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Contents

2.9

Cable connections .............................................................. 2-23

2.9.1

Motherboard connections ..................................... 2-23

2.9.2

SATA backplane connections ............................... 2-24

2.9.3

SCSI backplane connections ................................. 2-27

2.10

Removable components ..................................................... 2-30

2.10.1 Chassis fan ........................................................... 2-30

2.10.2 HDD blower ........................................................... 2-32

2.10.3 SATA/SCSI backplane ........................................... 2-35

2.10.4 Floppy disk drive ................................................... 2-37

2.10.5 Front I/O board .................................................... 2-39

2.10.6 Chassis footpads and roller wheels ...................... 2-41

2.10.7 Power supply unit ................................................. 2-43

Chapter 3:

Installation option

Preparing the system for rack mounting ......................................... 3-2

Chapter 4:

Motherboard info

4.1

Motherboard layouts ............................................................ 4-2

4.2

Jumpers ................................................................................ 4-5

4.3

Internal connectors ............................................................ 4-10

Chapter 5:

BIOS information

5.1

Managing and updating your BIOS ........................................ 5-2

5.1.1

Creating a bootable floppy disk .............................. 5-2

5.1.2

AFUDOS utility ........................................................ 5-3

5.1.3

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................ 5-6

5.1.4

ASUS Update utility ................................................ 5-8

5.2

BIOS setup program ........................................................... 5-11

5.2.1

BIOS menu screen ................................................. 5-12

5.2.2

Menu bar ............................................................... 5-12

5.2.3

Navigation keys .................................................... 5-12

5.2.4

Menu items ........................................................... 5-13

5.2.5

Sub-menu items ................................................... 5-13

5.2.6

Configuration fields .............................................. 5-13

5.2.7

Pop-up window ..................................................... 5-13

5.2.8

Scroll bar .............................................................. 5-13

5.2.9

General help .......................................................... 5-13