Asus P3 Series User manual

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P3-Series

ASUS PC (Desktop Barebone)

Installation manual

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Front/Rear panel features

1. Optical drive eject button ( )

2. Optical drive bay cover

3. Power LED ( )

4. HDD LED ( )

5. Power button ( )

6. Front panel cover

7. Open the front panel cover ( )

8. Memory Stick®/Pro™card slot (MS)

9. Card reader LED (R/W)

10. CompactFlash®card slot (CF)

11. SmartMedia®card slot (SM)

12. Secure Digital™/MultimediaCard

slot (SD/MMC)

13.* • 4-pin IEEE 1394a port ( )

• USB 2.0 ports ( )

• Headphones jack ( )

• Microphone jack ( )

Front (Close) Front (Open) Rear

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14.* • PS/2 keyboard port ( )

• PS/2 mouse port ( )

• Serial (COM) port ( )

• E-SATA port ( )

• Parallel port ( )

• VGA port ( )

• HDMI port ( )

• DVI-D port ( )

• Optical S/PDIF Out port ( )

• Coaxial S/PDIF Out port ( )

• 6-pin IEEE 1394a port ( )

• USB 2.0 ports ( )

• LAN (RJ-45) port ( )

• One of the following audio

jacks congurations:

• 6-channel • 8-channel

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NOTE: *The front/rear panel ports and their locations may vary, depending on the

model of your system. For detailed descriptions, refer to the system User Guide.

NOTE: **The system’s power supply unit has a 115V / 230V voltage selector switch

located beside the power connector. Use this switch to select the appropriate system

input voltage according to the voltage supply in your area.

15. Expansion slot metal brackets

16. Metal bracket lock

17.** Voltage selector switch

18. Power connector

Internal components

NOTE: *Refer to the system User Guide for motherboard details.

1. 5.25-inch optical drive bay

2. Front panel cover

3. Optical drive lock

4. 3.5-inch hard disk drive bays

5. Hard disk drive lock

6. Power supply unit

7. Metal bracket lock

8.* ASUS motherboard

9. Chassis fan

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Removing the cover

1. Remove the cover screws on the

rear panel. Keep the screws for

later use.

2. Pull the cover toward the rear

panel.

3. Lift the cover and set it aside.

Removing the front panel cover

1. Locate the front panel cover tabs on the right

side of the chassis and the cover hooks on

the left. Lift them until they disengage from the

chassis.

2. Remove the front panel cover, and set it aside.

4. Lift the expansion card lock to a

90º-100º angle.

5. Lift the chassis support bracket

and remove it.

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Installing a CPU

CAUTION: To prevent damage to the

socket pins, do not remove the PnP

cap unless you are installing a CPU.

Installing an Intel®CPU in the LGA775 package

1. Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.

2. Press the load lever with your

thumb (2A), and then move it to the

left (2B) until it is released from the

retention tab.

3. Lift the load lever in the direction of the arrow to

a 135º angle.

4. Lift the load plate with your thumb and

forenger to a 100º angle (4A), then push the

PnP cap from the load plate window to remove

(4B).

Load lever

Retention tab

Load plate

PnP cap

4B 4A

5. Position the CPU over the socket, making

sure that the gold triangle is on the bottom-left

corner of the socket. Fit the socket alignment

key into the CPU notch.

6. Close the load plate (6A), and then push the

load lever (6B) until it snaps into the retention

tab.

Gold

triangle

mark

Alignment key

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Installing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly

Installing an Intel®CPU heatsink and fan

1. Place the heatsink on top of the installed

CPU, making sure that the four fasteners

match the holes on the motherboard.

2. Push down two fasteners at a time in a

diagonal sequence to secure the heatsink

and fan assembly in place.

3. When the fan and heatsink assembly is in

place, connect the CPU fan cable to the

connector on the motherboard.

NOTE: Your boxed CPU should come with installation instructions for the CPU and fan/

heatsink assembly. If the instructions in this section do not match the CPU documentation,

follow the latter.

CAUTION: Do not forget to connect the CPU fan connector! Hardware monitoring error

can occur if you fail to plug this connector.

Installing a DIMM

1. Locate the DIMM sockets in the motherboard.

2. Unlock a DIMM socket by pressing the retaining clips outward.

3. Align a DIMM on the socket such that the notch on the DIMM matches the

break on the socket.

4. Push the DIMM to the socket until the retaining clips snap inward.

CAUTION:

• Unplug the power supply before adding or removing DIMMs. Failure to do so may

cause damage to the motherboard and/or components.

• A DIMM is keyed with a notch so that it ts in only one direction. Do not force

a DIMM into a socket to avoid damaging the DIMM.

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Installing an expansion card

1. Lift the expansion card

lock to a 90º-100º angle.

2. Remove the metal cover

opposite the slot that you

intend to use.

3. Insert the card connector

to the slot, and press the

card rmly until it ts in

place.

Installing an optical drive

1. Drive a screw to the screw hole on

both sides of the optical drive.

2. Connect the IDE/SATA signal plug

(2A) and IDE/SATA power plug (2B)

to the connectors at the back of the

IDE/SATA optical drive.

3. Push the drive all the way into the

bay until the drive lock clicks.

Installing a SATA hard disk drive

1. Drive two screws with rubber

washers on both sides of the hard

disk drive.

NOTE: Before using the hard disk

drive screws, put the supplied rubber

washers onto the screws.

IDE

SATA

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2. Connect the SATA signal plug

(2A) and power plug (2B) to the

connectors at the back of the hard

disk drive.

3. Place the HDD into the bay. Make

sure the HDD screws align with the

screw tracks.

4. Push the drive to the direction

of the arrows until the drive lock

clicks.

HDD drive lock

Reinstalling the front panel cover

1. Insert the front panel cover tabs to the holes on the

right side of the chassis.

2. Insert the front panel cover hooks to the chassis

until the cover ts in place.

Reinstalling the cover

1. Reinstall the chassis support bracket and the expansion card lock.

2. Insert the cover tabs to the holes on both sides of the chassis.

3. Push the cover toward the front panel until it ts in place.

4. Secure the cover with two screws you removed earlier.

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ASUS PC (Système barebone)

Manuel d’installation

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Caractéristiques de la façade/de l’arrière

1. Bouton d’ejection du lecteur

optique ( )

2. Capot de la baie du lecteur optique

3. LED d’alimentation ( )

4. LED HDD ( )

5. Bouton d’alimentation ( )

6. Façade

7. Ouverture de la façade avant ( )

8. Slot pour cartes Memory Stick®/

Pro™ (MS)

9. LED lecteur de cartes (R/W)

10. Slot pour cartes CompactFlash® (CF)

11. Slot pour cartes SmartMedia® (SM)

12. Slot Secure Digital™/MultimediaCard

(SD/MMC)

13.* •Port IEEE 1394a 4 broches ( )

• Ports USB 2.0 ( )

• Port Casque ( )

• Port Microphone ( )

14.* • Port clavier PS/2 ( )

• Port souris PS/2 ( )

• Port Série (COM) ( )

• Port E-SATA ( )

• Port parallèle ( )

• Port VGA ( )

• Port HDMI ( )

• Port DVI-D ( )

• Port S/PDIF Out optique ( )

• Port S/PDIF Out coaxial ( )

• Port IEEE 1394a 6 broches ( )

• Ports USB 2.0 ( )

• Port LAN (RJ-45 ( )

• Congurations audio possibles:

• 6 canaux • 8 canaux

Façade (Fermé) Façade (Ouvert) Arrière

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