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Chapter 1: Pre-Configuration
Airflow management
It is important to manage the velocity, quantity and direction of air that
flows within the system (and how it flows) to maximize the volume of
air that flows over the processor.
Thermal interface management
To optimize the heatsink design for the Celeron/Pentium III processor,
it is important to understand the impact of factors related to the
interface between the processor and the heatsink base. Specifically, the
bond line thickness, interface material area, and interface material
thermal conductivity should be managed to realize the most effective
thermal solution.
This completes the installation of the CPU. Now is it a good time to
double check both the CPU and DIMM installation to make sure that
these devices have been properly installed.
Installing Cables
Power and Control Panel Cables
The Raptor MicroATX gets power from the power connector J1
(Figure 1-3).
Installing Peripheral Cables
Now it is a good time to install the internal peripherals such as floppy
and hard disk drives. Do not connect the power cable to these
peripherals, as it is easier to attach the bulky ribbon cables before the
smaller power connectors. If you are installing more than one IDE
drive double check your master/slave jumpers on the drives. Review
the information supplied with your drive for more information on this
subject.
Connect the floppy cable (not included) to the system board. Then
connect remaining ends of the ribbon cable to the appropriate
peripherals. Connect the Ethernet cable (not included) if using the
header connector. Connect the serial port cables and the auxiliary
Keyboard/Mouse cable (not included) if using the alternative
Keyboard/Mouse header connector. Finally, connect the IDE cable (not
included) to the system. If using a Solid State Device, connect it to the
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