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Table of Contents
NIC1 ................................................................................................................ 3-2
HDD ................................................................................................................. 3-2
Power .............................................................................................................. 3-3
3-4 Serial ATA Drive Carrier LEDs ........................................................................ 3-3
Chapter 4 System Safety
4-1 Electrical Safety Precautions .......................................................................... 4-1
4-2 General Safety Precautions ............................................................................ 4-2
4-3 ESD Precautions ............................................................................................. 4-3
4-4 Operating Precautions .................................................................................... 4-4
Chapter 5 Advanced Serverboard Setup
5-1 Handling the Serverboard ............................................................................... 5-1
Precautions ..................................................................................................... 5-1
Unpacking ....................................................................................................... 5-2
5-2 Serverboard Installation .................................................................................. 5-2
5-3 Connecting Cables .......................................................................................... 5-3
Connecting Data Cables ................................................................................. 5-3
Connecting Power Cables .............................................................................. 5-3
Connecting the Control Panel ......................................................................... 5-3
5-4 I/O Ports .......................................................................................................... 5-4
5-5 Installing the Processor and Heatsink ............................................................ 5-5
Installing an LGA1366 Processor ................................................................... 5-5
Installing a Passive CPU Heatsink ................................................................. 5-7
Removing the Heatsink ................................................................................... 5-8
5-6 Installing Memory Modules ............................................................................. 5-9
Installing & Removing DIMMs ......................................................................... 5-9
Memory Support ....................................................................................... 5-10
5-7 Adding PCI Expansion Cards ........................................................................5-11
5-8 Serverboard Details ...................................................................................... 5-12
X8STi Quick Reference ................................................................................. 5-13
5-9 Connector Defi nitions ................................................................................... 5-14
Main ATX Power Supply Connector ......................................................... 5-14
Processor Power Connector .................................................................... 5-14
Power Button ............................................................................................ 5-14
Reset Button ............................................................................................. 5-14
Power Fail LED ....................................................................................... 5-14
Overheat/Fan Fail/UID LED ..................................................................... 5-15
NIC2 (JLAN2) LED ................................................................................... 5-15
NIC1 (JLAN1) LED ................................................................................... 5-15