AOpen XC Cube Manual
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Chapter of Contents ..................................................................................... 1
1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Started ................................... 3
1.2 The Features Of This Manual ........................................................ 4
1.3 Preliminary Tools........................................................................... 5
Chapter 2 What's In The Box? .................................................................... 6
2.1 What's In The Box? ....................................................................... 6
2.2 Accessory....................................................................................... 7
Chapter 3 Start To Assemble ....................................................................... 8
3.1 Features of XC Cube ..................................................................... 8
3.2 Starting Installing........................................................................... 9
3.3 Cooler, Hard Disk, Floppy Drives and Optical devices............... 10
3.3.1 Taking Cooler out ............................................................. 10
3.3.2 Install Hard disk................................................................ 11
3.3.3 Install Floppy Drive.......................................................... 11
3.3.4 Install Optical Drive ......................................................... 12
3.4 Cables and Connectors ................................................................ 12
3.5 Install CPU .................................................................................. 14
3.5.1 Install CPU On Socket 478............................................... 14
3.5.2 Install CPU On Socket T .................................................. 15
3.5.3 Install CPU On Socket 754............................................... 16
3.5.4 Install CPU On Socket A .................................................. 17
3.5.5 Install CPU On Socket 479............................................... 17
3.6 Install CPU Cooler and CPU Fan Connector............................... 19
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
2.1 What’s In The Box? ............... 6 2.2 Accessory..................7 Chapter 3 Start To Assemble ............... 8 3.1 Features of XC Cube ..............8 3.2 Starting Installing................9 3.3 Cooler, Hard Disk, Floppy Drives and Optical devices....10 3.3.1 Taking Cooler out ............. 10 3.3.2 Install Hard disk.............. - Page 2 3.7 Connecting DRAM to DIMM Sockets ........19 3.8 Insert AGP card or PCI card to motherboard....... 19 3.9 Putting Drives Cage back to Chassis ........... 21 3.10 All Set ..................22 3.11 How about all external peripheral? ..........23 Chapter 4 Turn On The Power! ..............
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Page 3: A Thank-You Note Before You Get Started
First of all, we would like to express our gratitude for purchasing our AOpen specially-designed XC Cube. Once again, this bare-system is designed uniquely to meet all your personal needs with our great industry-designing ability and our everlasting perseverance to the quality of all our products. -
Page 4: The Features Of This Manual
1.2 The Features Of This Manual In this manual, you'll be able to learn how to: set up a personal computer on your own. correctly and safely put everything together and learn something about hardware. learn some practical techniques that make doing the job easier. In addition, this manual DOES NOT offer you: any sorts of back doors, such as overclocking. -
Page 5: Preliminary Tools
1.3 Preliminary Tools "A workman must first sharpen his tools if he is to do his work well". Right before you start the assembly, there are some tools that can't be spared. Firstly, the most frequently-used tool is cross screwdriver by which most interior components are fixed. -
Page 6: Chapter 2 What's In The Box
Chapter 2 What’s In The Box? Chapter 2 What’s In The Box? 2.1 What’s In The Box? Open the XC Cube box, you will find components as follow: XC Cube chassis / Drives Cage Motherboard Power Supply CPU cooler All in One... -
Page 7: Accessory
2.2 Accessory Beside main components, you are supposed to see the following accessories: Fixed screws: After opening the accessory parcel, you'll see the following four different type of screws: As shown in the picture, the As shown in the threads on NO.1 picture, the NO.3... -
Page 8: Chapter 3 Start To Assemble
Chapter 3 Start To Assemble 3.1 Features of XC Cube AOpen XC Cube, designed as a Mini-PC, provides you as many advantages as it can. You may find that it is elegant among other traditional PC design that obviously highlighted your individual style and taste with different color panel provided. -
Page 9: Starting Installing
3.2 Starting Installing Unscrew all screws on the chassis. Use your thumb to push the chassis backward to you. Lift the chassis up. Here you may see the internal of the chassis. -
Page 10: Cooler, Hard Disk, Floppy Drives And Optical Devices
3.3 Cooler, Hard Disk, Floppy Drives and Optical devices 3.3.1 Taking Cooler out Before installing hard disk, floppy drives and optical devices into the XC Cube chassis, let’s take the cooler out from chassis first. Take the screws off the chassis and then take the Drives Cage out. -
Page 11: Install Hard Disk
The bottom of Cooler had been protected with a plastic cover when shipped. Please take it off when you want to put the cooler on CPU. 3.3.2 Install Hard disk After taking out Cooler, let’s focus on Installing Drives Cage. Slide hard disk into the Drives Cage, and use screw no. -
Page 12: Install Optical Drive
3.3.4 Install Optical Drive Slide in the optical drive. Use screw no.2 to screw the optical drive firmly. Optical device must aim at the edge of Drives Don't mess up screws!! Generally there are special screws for hard disk in the parcel when you buy a new hard disk. - Page 13 Connecting floppy cable, hard disk and optical cable on motherboard for later use. Optical Hard disk device cable cable If you happen to have Serial ATA hard disk, Except EZ661L, this motherboard comes with Serial ATA connectors onboard as well. With EzColor design, you may easily find out the correct flame-red cable with the correct header.
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Page 14: Install Cpu
Where is Pin1 When connecting IDE cables, bear in mind to aim the red side of IDE cables at the first pin of the socket where there’s an arrow mark on the motherboard. If you are still not sure, please refer to your motherboard manual. 3.5 Install CPU 3.5.1 Install CPU On Socket 478 Erect sensor up a bit (it might have been folded while shipped in with Cooler on top of it). -
Page 15: Install Cpu On Socket T
And it’s done. 3.5.2 Install CPU On Socket T Remove plastic cap and erect CPU socket lever up. Plastic Cap Lever Pull CPU socket plate up and install CPU onto CPU socket. Then press plate back to CPU socket. Plate... -
Page 16: Install Cpu On Socket 754
Press down CPU socket lever to finish CPU installation. 3.5.3 Install CPU On Socket 754 Erect CPU socket lever up and gently put CPU onto socket. Lever Press lever back to CPU socket, and then it’s done. -
Page 17: Install Cpu On Socket A
3.5.4 Install CPU On Socket A Erect CPU socket lever up and gently put CPU onto Socket Lever Press lever back to CPU socket, and then it’s done. 3.5.5 Install CPU On Socket 479 Remove plastic membrane from CPU socket and make sure the drop-shaped indicator on socket screw aims at open direction (the default is open). -
Page 18: Install Cpu On Socket 939
Match socket Pin 1 and golden arrow, and gently put CPU onto CPU socket. Then lock socket screw clockwise to finish CPU installation. Golden arrow Socket pin 1 3.5.6 Install CPU On Socket 939... -
Page 19: Install Cpu Cooler And Cpu Fan Connector
3.6 Install CPU Cooler and CPU Fan Connector There is a certain direction for the installation of cooler for optimized air-flow performance within chassis. For details, please refer to EIG. 3.7 Connecting DRAM to DIMM Sockets DIMM socket is designed in Sky Blue color, which is very easy to recognize. Install memory module evenly into DIMM. - Page 20 After that, please plug in the AGP card. Screw the iron lock on top of the AGP slot will do. AGP card is done!
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Page 21: Putting Drives Cage Back To Chassis
3.9 Putting Drives Cage back to Chassis Putting all cables aside, you may assemble the Drives Cage back to the chassis from top of the chassis. Lift the Drive Cage up at 45 degree for better installing optical and Floppy Drive. Connecting Floppy drive and its power cord to Drive Cage: Connecting optical drive/power cord to Drive Cage:... -
Page 22: All Set
Connecting hard disk/power cord to Drive Cage: Lock the Drives Cage with screw No. 2. 3.10 All Set Put the housing on the chassis, then press it toward chassis... -
Page 23: How About All External Peripheral
Mount screws and then it’s down. 3.11 How about all external peripheral? Let’s take a look at the Front Panel and Rear Panel ports. Front Panel Optical Devices Floppy Drive/Card Reader On/Off button IEEE1394 port (6-pin) IEEE1394 port (4-pin) USB2.0 ports S/PDIF Out port Phone jack Microphone jack... -
Page 24: Back Panel
Back Panel IEEE1394 connector Coaxial Out RCA Port Ethernet network COM1 connecto (RJ-45) Line-In Jack (SUR L/R) Printer Port Line-out Jack(L/R) Microphone jack(C/B) PS/2 mouse connector PS/2 keyboard connector USB2.0 connector S/PDIF IN port Monitor connector The pictures above are for reference. Please refer to the EIG for detail. keyboard and mouse Connect monitor and tighten screws... - Page 25 Microphone (speaker or earphone) and network cable Connect Set proper voltage and connect power supply cable. The voltage supplied by power outlet differs from countries or areas you dwell in. If the outlet is supplied by 110V, please set the switch to 115V. If the outlet is supplied by 220V, please set the switch to 230V.
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Page 27: Chapter 4 Turn On The Power
BIOS. If you would like to see the POST screen, you may just press Tab button. Phoenix-AwardBIOS BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 2003, Phoenix Technologies, LTD. L210 R0.05 July.16.2003 AOpen Inc. Main Processor : AMD Ahtlon(tm) XP 3000+ Memory Testing : 491520K OK + 32M Shared Memory... - Page 28 After pressing Delete, you'll see the following BIOS setup: Now, you can move the cursor by using direction keys on the keyboard. Move the cursor to the option item "Load Setup defaults" and press Enter...
- Page 29 Then, the following dialogue screen will pop up to confirm the default BIOS values. Please press "Y" to confirm and then press Enter Finally, move the cursor to "Save & Exit Setup" and press Enter to save the parameters and exit BIOS setup.
- Page 30 At the same time, type "Y" in the dialogue box and press Enter to exit. Now everything is perfectly finished!!
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Page 31: Postscripts
We sincerely hope every customer who wants to assemble a computer on his or her own has a wonderful beginning! To learn more about AOpen XC Cube, visit us at http://xc.aopen.com.tw P/N: 49.EZ101.0C6 Doc.no:EZ65EZ18B-OL-E0505C... -
Page 32: Appendix
Appendix Appendix Install OS Into Serial ATA Hard Disk for UX661 Series UX661 is equipped with powerful SiS 964 chip with Serial ATA function. Please notice that when installing OS into Serial ATA hard disk, there will be some limitations due to the limitation of SiS 964 chip. -
Page 33: Raid Driver Installation Guide For Ux661 Series
RAID Driver Installation Guide for UX661 Series By the strength of SiS 964 chip, UX661 provides RAID 0 and 1 functions. User could build RAID in Windows 2000 or Windows XP. For enabling RAID function, it’s needed to install driver from Floppy drive. - Page 34 Select the driver for your OS (Windows 2000 or Windows XP) and press <Enter> to install the driver. For more information of RAID installation, please refer to the file “964_180umh030.pdf“ in the Utility CD.
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Page 35: Introduction To Jumper Settings And Other Connectors
Introduction To Jumper Settings and Other Connectors JP14 Clear CMOS You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below. 1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. 2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. 3. - Page 36 CPU and System Fan Connector Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN1 connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it into SYSFAN2. +12V SENSOR CPUFAN1 connector SYSFAN2 connector...
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