Gigabyte G481-H80 (rev. 100) [7/120] 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 Installing the PCIe Card ................................................................................. 25

3-3 Installing the CPU and Heatsink .................................................................... 27

3-4 Installing the Memory ..................................................................................... 29

3-4-1 Six Channel Memory Conguration ........................................................................29

3-4-2 Installing a Memory ...............................................................................................30

3-4-3 DIMM Population Rule ............................................................................................30

3-4-4 DIMM Population Table .........................................................................................31

3-4-5 Intel Optane DCPMM DIMM Population Rule ........................................................32

3-5 Installing the 2.5" Hard Disk Drive.................................................................. 33

3-6 Installing the 3.5" Hard Disk Drive.................................................................. 34

3-7 Replacing the System FAN Module ............................................................... 35

3-8 Removing the Top Front Cover ...................................................................... 36

3-9 Replacing the PCIe RAID Card ...................................................................... 37

3-10 Replacing the Power Supply .......................................................................... 39

3-11 Replacing the LAN Module ............................................................................ 40

3-12 Cable Connections ......................................................................................... 41

3-12-1 Motherboard CPU & System Power to PCIe Board ...............................................41

3-12-2 Motherboard Slimline 8i to PCIe Board ..................................................................41

3-12-3 Motherboard Slimline 4i to PCIe Board ..................................................................42