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Table of Contents

Chapter 3 System Interface

3-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 3-1

3-2 Control Panel Buttons ..................................................................................... 3-1

Reset ............................................................................................................... 3-1

Power .............................................................................................................. 3-1

3-3 Control Panel LEDs ........................................................................................ 3-2

Overheat/Fan Fail ........................................................................................... 3-2

NIC2 ................................................................................................................ 3-2

NIC1 ................................................................................................................ 3-2

HDD ................................................................................................................. 3-2

Power .............................................................................................................. 3-3

3-4 Hard 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 Motherboard Setup

5-1 Handling the Motherboard .............................................................................. 5-1

Precautions ..................................................................................................... 5-1

Unpacking ....................................................................................................... 5-1

5-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation................................................................ 5-2

Installing the LGA1155 Processor ................................................................. 5-2

Installing a Passive CPU Heatsink ................................................................. 5-4

Removing the Heatsink ................................................................................... 5-4

5-3 Connecting Cables .......................................................................................... 5-6

Connecting Data Cables ................................................................................. 5-6

Connecting Power Cables .............................................................................. 5-6

Connecting the Control Panel ......................................................................... 5-6

5-4 I/O Ports .......................................................................................................... 5-7

5-5 Installing Memory ............................................................................................ 5-8

5-6 Adding PCI Cards ......................................................................................... 5-10

5-7 Motherboard Details .......................................................................................5-11

5-8 Connector Deﬁ nitions ................................................................................... 5-13

5-9 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................ 5-19

5-10 Onboard Indicators ........................................................................................ 5-21

5-11 SATA Drive Connections ............................................................................... 5-22

5-12 Installing Drivers ............................................................................................ 5-23