Operating guidelines .............................................................................................................. 20
Routine care .......................................................................................................................... 21
Service considerations ............................................................................................................ 22
SATA hard drives ................................................................................................................... 24
SATA hard drive cables .......................................................................................................... 25
SMART ATA drives ................................................................................................................. 25
Cable management ................................................................................................................ 25
Access panel ......................................................................................................................... 27
Front bezel ............................................................................................................................ 28
Bezel blanks .......................................................................................................................... 29
Memory ................................................................................................................................ 31
Expansion cards .................................................................................................................... 33
System board connections ....................................................................................................... 38
Drives ................................................................................................................................... 39
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Grounding the work area ......................................................................................... 19
Cleaning the keyboard ............................................................................................ 21
Cleaning the monitor ............................................................................................... 22
Cleaning the mouse ................................................................................................. 22
Power supply fan .................................................................................................... 22
Screws ................................................................................................................... 23
Cables and connectors ............................................................................................ 23
Hard Drives ............................................................................................................ 23
SATA data cable ..................................................................................................... 25
DIMMs .................................................................................................................. 31
DDR3-SDRAM DIMMs .............................................................................................. 31
Installing DIMMs ..................................................................................................... 32
Drive positions ........................................................................................................ 41