Gigabyte G481-S80 (rev. 100/200) [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

1-4 NV Link 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 ................................................................................. 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 Installing the CPU and Heatsink .................................................................... 26

3-4 Installing the Memory ..................................................................................... 28

3-4-1 Six Channel Memory Conguration ........................................................................28

3-4-2 Installing a Memory ...............................................................................................29

3-4-3 DIMM Population Rule ............................................................................................29

3-4-4 DIMM Population Table .........................................................................................30

3-4-5 Intel Optane DCPMM DIMM Population Rule ........................................................31

3-5 Installing the GPU Card (SXM2 Card) and Heatsink ..................................... 32

3-6 Installing the LAN Card (PCIe x16 Card) ....................................................... 37

3-7 Installing the 2.5" Hard Disk Drive.................................................................. 38

3-8 Replacing the System FAN Module ............................................................... 39

3-9 Removing the Top Front Cover ...................................................................... 40

3-10 Replacing the Power Supply .......................................................................... 41

3-11 Replacing the LAN Module ............................................................................ 42

3-12 Installing the OCP Card (Optional) ................................................................. 43

3-13 Cable Connections ......................................................................................... 45

3-13-1 Motherboard to SXM2 Board ..................................................................................45