Gigabyte G242-Z10 (rev. 100) [7/137] Table of contents

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Hardware Installation ...................................................................................11

1-1 Installation Precautions .................................................................................. 11

1-2 Product Specications .................................................................................... 12

1-3 System Block Diagram ................................................................................... 15

Chapter 2 System Appearance .....................................................................................17

2-1 Front View ...................................................................................................... 17

2-2 Rear View ....................................................................................................... 18

2-3 Front Panel LED and Buttons ........................................................................ 19

2-4 Rear System LAN LEDs ................................................................................. 20

2-5 Power Supply Unit (PSU) LED ....................................................................... 21

2-6 Hard Disk Drive LEDs .................................................................................... 22

Chapter 3 System Hardware Installation ......................................................................23

3-1 Removing Chassis Cover ............................................................................... 24

3-2 Removing and Installing the Fan Duct ........................................................... 25

3-3 Removing the Heat Sink ................................................................................ 26

3-4 Installing the CPU .......................................................................................... 27

3-5 Installing the Memory ..................................................................................... 29

3-5-1 Eight Channel Memory Conguration .....................................................................29

3-5-2 Installing a Memory ...............................................................................................30

3-5-3 DIMM Population Table ..........................................................................................30

3-6 Installing the PCI Expansion Card ................................................................. 32

3-7 Installing the GPU Card ................................................................................. 33

3-8 Installing the Hard Disk Drive ......................................................................... 34

3-9 Installing the M.2 Device and Heat Sink (G242-Z10 Only) ............................ 36

3-10 Installing the Mezzanine Card (G242-Z11 Only) ............................................ 37

3-10-1 Installing the OCP 3.0 Mezzanine Card .................................................................37

3-11 Replacing the Fan Assembly .......................................................................... 38

3-12 Replacing the Power Supply .......................................................................... 39

3-13 Cable Routing ................................................................................................ 40

3-13-1 G242-Z10 ...............................................................................................................40

3-13-2 G242-Z11 ................................................................................................................48

Chapter 4 Motherboard Components ...........................................................................47

4-1 Motherboard Components ............................................................................ 47