User manual ASUS F1A55-M LX3 GPU BOOST SUPPORT

[. . . ] Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. The product name and revision number are both printed on the product itself. Manual revisions are released for each product design represented by the digit before and after the period of the manual revision number. Manual updates are represented by the third digit in the manual revision number. [. . . ] · With the device still in its antistatic bag, touch it to a metal frame of the system. · Grasp cards and boards by the edges. Avoid touching the solder joints or pins. · If you need to lay the device down while it is out of the antistatic bag, lay it on the antistatic bag. Before picking it up again, touch the antistatic bag and the metal frame of the system unit at the same time. · Handle the devices carefully in order to prevent permanent damage. F1A55-M LX3 Hardware Reference Guide 11 1. Introduction (This page was intentionally left blank) 1. Introduction 12 F1A55-M LX3 Hardware Reference Guide 2. System Overview · 2-1 Server Front Side The front side of the server is provided to show the front exterior components of this server. The chassis is made of strong rust-resistant metal and covered with a protective ivory surfacing. 1 2 3 4 5 6 2. Overview 13 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1. Hardware Setup 18 Chassis Fans Fan Modules There are four screws used to secure the fan into the individual frames. IMPORTANT: Usually, the rotation of the fan sends air toward the manufacturer's label on the center of the fan. F1A55-M LX3 Hardware Reference Guide 4. Hardware Setup · 4-2 Rear Cooling Fan Control Board The rear fans are controlled and monitored by a control board. The fan control board requires power input from the power supply which allows the individual fans to obtain their power when connected to the control board. The ASMA software can monitor the fan status from the fan control board. The fan control board's cable connections are shown below. Fan Fan Power Connectors Reserved Connector Fan Status Signal Connector Power Input Connector Fan Control Settings Reserved Fan Connectors The rear fan control board has DIP switches to allow controlling the control board status and the number of fans. DIP Switch SET1 Fan Control Board Setting ON (momentarily) Reset Control Board OFF SET2 SET3 ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF Normal (Default) SET4 ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF Number of Fans 1 2 (Default) 3 4 5 6 7 8 F1A55-M LX3 Hardware Reference Guide 19 Rear Fans Rear Cooling Fan Control Board Settings 4. Hardware Setup · 4-3 Motherboard Placement You can remove the extended expansion card guide before installing or removing the motherboard. All screws are necessary to provide the needed stabilization to support all the motherboard expansion cards used in this chassis. Motherboard Spacers Place four spacers in the areas circled on the chassis. Extended Expansion Card Guide Spacer Motherboard Screws Place nine screws in the areas circled on the motherboard. The four screws used with the motherboard spacers are longer than the others. Be careful not to overtighten the screws. Doing so may damage your motherboard. 4. [. . . ] Don't get confused by the width of the connector or cable. · The SCSI ID for devices on one connector cannot be the same as the SCSI ID for devices on the other connectors. None of the devices on any connector can use ID7, which is reserved for the SCSI controller. · A maximum of 15 devices may be connected to the motherboard (three connectors) at one time. NOTE · A total of 15 "Ultra2-SCSI" devices (ID0-ID15) may be connected to the 68-pin Ultra2 connector on the motherboard. [. . . ]