Operat ing Syst em Support ................................................................................... 10
Deskt op Board Com ponent s.................................................................................. 11
Processor ........................................................................................................... 13
Syst em Mem ory .................................................................................................. 13
Graphics Support ................................................................................................ 14
I nt egrat ed Graphics Subsyst em ..................................................................... 14
Ext ernal Graphics ........................................................................................ 14
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NM10 Expr ess Chipset ................................................................................ 15
Onboard Audio Subsyst em ................................................................................... 15
Legacy I nput / Out put ( I / O) Cont roller ..................................................................... 16
LAN Subsy st em ................................................................................................... 17
USB 2.0 Support ................................................................................................. 18
SATA I nt er face.................................................................................................... 18
Expandabilit y ...................................................................................................... 18
BI OS ................................................................................................................. 18
PCI / PCI Express Aut o Configurat ion ............................................................... 18
Securit y Passw ords ...................................................................................... 19
Hardwar e Managem ent Feat ures ........................................................................... 19
Pow er Managem ent Feat ures ................................................................................ 19
ACPI .......................................................................................................... 20
Hardwar e Support ....................................................................................... 20
Bat t ery .............................................................................................................. 22
Real- Tim e Clock .................................................................................................. 22
Befor e You Begin ................................................................................................. 23
I nst allat ion Precaut ions ........................................................................................ 25
Prevent Pow er Supply Overload ..................................................................... 25
Observ e Safet y and Regulat ory Requirem ent s ................................................. 25
I nst alling t he I / O Shield ....................................................................................... 26
I nst alling and Rem oving t he Deskt op Board ............................................................ 27
I nst alling and Rem oving Mem or y .......................................................................... 28
Connect ing SATA Drives ....................................................................................... 29
I nst alling a PCI Expr ess Mini Card ......................................................................... 30
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Z- U130 USB Solid- St at e Drive or Com pat ible Device .................... 32
Connect ing t o t he I nt er nal Header s ....................................................................... 33
Connect ing t o t he Front Panel Audio Header .................................................... 34
Connect ing t o t he Front Panel USB 2.0 Header s ............................................... 35
Connect ing t o t he Piezoelect ric Speak er Header ............................................... 35
Connect ing t o t he Front Panel Header ............................................................ 36
Connect ing t o t he Front Panel Wireless Act ivit y LED Header .............................. 36
Connect ing a Syst em Fan ..................................................................................... 37
Connect ing a Pow er Supply .................................................................................. 38
Set t ing t he BI OS Configurat ion Jum per .................................................................. 39
Clearing Passwords ...................................................................................... 40
Replacing t he Bat t er y .......................................................................................... 41
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