Server User Manual

Chapter 2: Hardware setup2-18
2.8.2 Installing ASUS PIKE RAID card (optional)
Follow the steps below to install an optional ASUS RAID card on your motherboard.
If you install the PIKE 1078 or PIKE 2008 Series SAS RAID card, follow steps 1
and 2 to remove the outer heatsink on RAID card.
3. Locate the PIKE RAID card slot on
the motherboard.
4. Align the golden ngers of the RAID
card with the PIKE RAID card slot.
1. Remove the two screws that secure
the heatsink bracket on the back of
the SAS RAID card.
Heatsink bracket
2. Remove the two screws that
secure the outer heatsink on the
front of the SAS RAID card.
DO NOT remove the inner
heatsink from the SAS RAID
card.