Motherboard Installation
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Motherboard Installation
INSTALLATION PRECAUTIONS
During installation and initial test, use caution to avoid personal injury and damage to wiring due to sharp
pins on connectors and printed circuit assemblies, rough chassis edges and corners, and hot components.
Adhere to warnings and limitations regarding accessibility into areas designated only for authorized
technical personnel.
A QUICK INTRODUCTION
To Install and operate your the new motherboard, you must follow the steps below:
1.
Set Jumpers on the motherboard
2.
Install the CPU with cooling fan
3.
Install RAM modules
4.
Connect cables, wires and power connector
5.
Install expansion cards
Jumpers Setting
There are several user-adjustable jumpers on the board which allow you to configure your system to match
your requirements. This chapter contains the information on the various jumpers settings and connector
on your motherboard.
Jumpers
Jumpers are used to make several hardware settings on the motherboard. From the “Map of the
Motherboard” shown above, you can identify the location of the jumpers. There are two kinds of jumper
on-board, 2-pin jumper and 3-pin jumper. On the symbol of jumper likes “
”, “
” inside stands
for pin 1. To set a jumper, a black cap containing metal contacts is placed across the jumper pin/s
according to your required configuration. The jumper settings will also be described numerically such as
[open] for open, [short] for short, [1-2] for connect pins 1&2, [2-3] for connects pins 2&3 respectively.
Black cap
Onboard
jumper
Pin 1 symbol on
the silk screen
Pin 1
Pin 3
Pin 2
CAUTION
performance.
