Asus Vintage-AE1 User Manual

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Table of contents

Notices ............................................................................................... vii
Safety information ............................................................................. vii
About this guide ............................................................................... viii
System package contents ................................................................... x

Chapter 1: System Introduction

1.1

Welcome! .............................................................................. 1-2

1.2

Front panel ........................................................................... 1-2

1.3

Rear panel ............................................................................. 1-4

Voltage selector ................................................................... 1-6

1.4

Internal components ............................................................ 1-7

Chapter 2:

Basic Installation

2.1

Preparation ........................................................................... 2-2

2.2

Before you proceed .............................................................. 2-2

2.3

Removing the side plates and front cover ........................... 2-3

2.4

Central Processing Unit (CPU) .............................................. 2-5
2.4.1

Overview ................................................................. 2-5

2.4.2

Installling the CPU ................................................... 2-5

2.4.3

Installing the heatsink and fan ................................ 2-7

2.5

Installing a DIMM ................................................................. 2-10
2.5.1

Memory configurations ......................................... 2-10

2.5.2

Installing a DIMM ................................................... 2-11

2.5.3

Removing a DIMM ................................................. 2-11

2.6

Expansion slots ................................................................... 2-12
2.6.1

Installing an expansion card .................................. 2-12

2.6.2

Configuring an expansion card .............................. 2-12

2.6.3

PCI Express x1 slot ............................................... 2-14

2.6.4

PCI slots ................................................................ 2-14

2.6.5

AGP slot ................................................................ 2-14

2.7

Installing an optical drive .................................................... 2-15

2.8

Installing a hard disk drive .................................................. 2-17

2.9

Installing a floppy disk drive ............................................... 2-19

2.10

Re-connecting cables ......................................................... 2-20

2.11

Replacing the side plates and front cover .......................... 2-21

2.12

Connecting external devices .............................................. 2-23