Gigabyte G481-HA0 (rev. 200) [7/124] 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 Buttons and LEDs ....................................................................... 19

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

2-5 Rear System LAN LEDs (Optional) ................................................................ 20

2-6 Power Supply Unit (PSU) LED ....................................................................... 21

2-7 Hard Disk Drive LEDs .................................................................................... 21

2-8 Memory Status LED ....................................................................................... 22

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

3-1 Removing the Top Rear Cover ....................................................................... 24

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

3-3 Removing the GPU Fan Module .................................................................... 26

3-4 Installing the GPU Card (Optional) ................................................................. 27

3-5 Installing the PCIe Card ................................................................................. 30

3-6 Installing the CPU and Heat Sink ................................................................... 32

3-7 Installing the Memory ..................................................................................... 34

3-7-1 Six Channel Memory Conguration ........................................................................34

3-7-2 Installing a Memory ...............................................................................................35

3-7-3 DIMM Population Rule ............................................................................................35

3-7-4 DIMM Population Table .........................................................................................36

3-7-5 Intel Optane DCPMM DIMM Population Rule ........................................................37

3-8 Installing the 2.5" Hard Disk Drive.................................................................. 38

3-9 Installing the 3.5" Hard Disk Drive.................................................................. 39

3-10 Replacing the System FAN Module ............................................................... 40

3-11 Removing the Top Front Cover ...................................................................... 41

3-12 Replacing the PCIe RAID Card ...................................................................... 42

3-13 Replacing the Power Supply .......................................................................... 44

3-14 Replacing the LAN Module ............................................................................ 45

3-15 Cable Connections ......................................................................................... 46