AOpen HQ45 User Manual
Chapter 0 Catalogue
Chapter 0 Catalogue
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Chapter 1 How To Use This Manual.......................1-1
1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Started ......................................................................... 1-1
1.2 The Features Of This Manual ............................................................................................. 1-2
1.3 Preliminary Tools ................................................................................................................ 1-3
Chapter 2 Start To Assemble......................................2-1
2.1 Open The Housing.............................................................................................................. 2-1
2.2 Check Accessories ............................................................................................................. 2-3
2.3 Check Your I/O Back-panel................................................................................................. 2-5
2.4 Set Up Hard Disk ................................................................................................................ 2-7
2.5 Set Up Motherboard ........................................................................................................... 2-9
2.6 Set Up CPU .......................................................................................................................2-11
2.7 Plug In Memory................................................................................................................. 2-18
2.8 Set Up Front USB / Audio Module (Optional) ................................................................... 2-20
2.9 Set Up Floppy Diskette Drive............................................................................................ 2-22
2.10 Set Up Optical Storage Devices ..................................................................................... 2-24
2.11 Connect Signal Cable ..................................................................................................... 2-27
2.12 Connect Power Cord ...................................................................................................... 2-30
2.13 Connect The Front Panel LEDs ...................................................................................... 2-33
2.14 Set Up Interface Card ..................................................................................................... 2-34
2.15 All Set.............................................................................................................................. 2-37
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Chapter 3 Check What You've Achieved..3-1
3.1 Connect The External Peripherals...................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 Turn On The Power To Check............................................................................................. 3-5
3.3 Postscripts .......................................................................................................................... 3-9
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How To Use This Manual
Chapter 1 How To Use This Manual
1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Started
First of all, we would like to express our gratitude to your purchase of this specially-designed
bare-system by
personal needs with our great industrial designing ability and our everlasting perseverance with
the quality of all products.
This manual is for those who want to set up the computer by themselves. In other words, this is a
book for " Fresh drivers on the road." If you are already a veteran, this manual may not be that
suitable for you. It is our hope that the novices can build up their own computers step by step.
Now, we invite you to personally experience this user-friendly manual and all the powerful
functions this
AOpen
. Once again, this bare-system is designed uniquely to meet all your
AOpen
Baresystem offer.
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1.2 The Features Of This Manual
In this manual, you will be able to know how to:
Set up a personal computer on your own.
Correctly and safely put everything together and get some ideas about hardware.
Make the setup easier with some practical techniques.
In addition, this manual DOES NOT offer you:
Any sorts of back doors, such as overclocking.
A great bunch of hardware standard that is difficult to understand.
Lengthy, fanciful but vague theories.
Instead, this manual explains theories in simple language by colorful illustrations. Therefore,
you will see the icons below quite often.
Note
Warning
Setup Order
Contains knowledge you should know in process of
assembling and some helpful tips.
When seeing this mark, please beware. It highlights
mistakes occurred often when assembling or something
you should pay attention to.
This mark indicates the assembling sequence which
should be followed by numerical order.
Force direction
This arrow shows the right direction the force should be
imposed or the correct assembling direction.
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1.3 Preliminary Tools
"A workman must first sharpen his tools if he is to do his work well". Before you start the setup,
there are some tools that you can't spare.
Firstly, the most frequently used tool is cross screwdriver. You can use it to screw most interior
components. A suitable screwdriver can make the setup job much easier. But does any
screwdriver apply? No, we suggest a screwdriver with a magnetic tip. When you set up your
PC, the situation is very likely to happen: you accidentally drop screws into the space between
components. In case of this, a magnetic screwdriver helps attracting those fallen screws that
are impossible to reach by hands. Some screw holes are difficult to reach. At this case, we
need a magnetic screwdriver as well. In addition, the size of tool does matter. Generally, the
domestic 107 cross screwdriver
is the best one.
I can get it done!!
When putting things together, you can't avoid adjusting Jumpers. In most of cases, it can be
done barehanded. But the time always comes when there is a situation hands fail to reach in
and fix the problem. You will thank God if you have a pliers on hand to avoid any hassle just
because of one JUMPER.
What is Jumper?
Jumper is something generally referred to "
Jumping wire", which is used to adjust some
functions such as FSB (front side bus), ratio, and
sound switches adjustment by causing them
short circuit.
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Chapter 2 Start To Assemble
2.1 Open The Housing
This product you bought from
MicroATX / ATX. And this bare-system has following distinguishing features:
The MicroATX/ATX housing provides you a big space to expand capacity.
Bend-in edges ensure your safety when assembling.
A highly efficient 300/250W power supplier ensures your computer work smoothly
in most cases.
FCC Class B / DoC and CE conformed standards guarantee your health.
A high-efficiency motherboard attached makes your job much easier.
Led cover provides 4 kinds of option colors.
A great extensible function; you can optionally purchase AGP/PCI interfaces,
VGA or other add-on cards.
P4 ready
Now, let's open the housing and take a look at the interior design and attached accessories:
Loosen screws on the housing
You can loosen them with a cross screwdriver.
AOpen Baresystem
series belongs to special standards of
Need your attention.
This manual can be applied to HQ / LX / HX
series Baresystem. They are only different
in their appearance. The pictures shown
below are just for your reference.
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Remove both sides of housings.
To remove side housings, slide the housing a bit backward and lift it up. Procedure goes
the same with the other side..
Then you can have a clear look of AOpen Baresystem.
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2.2 Check Accessories
Opening the housing, you are supposed to see the following accessories:
Power cord: Connects the computer power.
Power cords are various in different countries.
Please use an appropriate power cord according
to your country.
Fixed screws: After opening the accessory parcel, you'll see three different types of
screws as follows:
s shown in the picture, the threads
on NO.1 screw are wide and it is a
so-called hex screw.
s shown in the picture, the NO.2
screw’s threads are wide as well but it
has a round head. It is a so-called
bindin
Are power cords all the same?
head screw.
s shown in the picture, threads on
NO.3 screw are narrow. It is a
so-called round head washer screw.
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disk and CD-ROM.
CD-ROM.
IDE Cable: is a 40-pin connector used to link IDE interface devices such as hard
40-Pin Connector
IDE Cable: a 80-pin connector to connect the hard disk with IDE interface and
80-Pin Connector
Floppy diskette Drive (FDD) Cable: is a 34-pin connector to connect disk drive.
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34-Pin Connector
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2.3 Check Your I/O Back-panel
HQ / LX /HX series Baresystem is equipped with an all-purpose I/O back-panel. You can break
through the port bracket according to your personal needs. If your motherboard has built-in
sound effects or network functions, then you need more ports to connect external speakers
and network.
Check I/O connector ports on the motherboard with your housing
and decide which port brackets you need to break through.
If there is a built-in network card on the
motherboard, then you need to brea
through this bracket.
If there is a built-in sound device, then
you need to break though these two
brackets.
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Use a tool to break the iron bracket on the I/O back-panel.
As shown in the picture, use a tool to tear down the bracket by twisting it several
times.
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Be careful when twisting!!
When breaking brackets, it is wise to use a pliers
to avoid cutting yourself. If you fail to have a
pliers on hand, pad a piece of cloth on you
palm to tear it down.
2.4 Set Up Hard Disk
A Hard disk is the place where most of the data is stored. Therefore, it is one of the most
important components in a personal computer. This section will introduce you the knowledge
of the hard disk and some important tips when you set it up.
Get to know the hard disk
Taking out the hard disk from the parcel, you will see the following equipment:
Jumper
configurations
Adjust Jumpers on your hard disk
As has been mentioned to you, we assume you know the definition of Jumpers. The
setting of Jumpers in IDE hard disk is essential for a computer to distinguish various
devices connected on the same cable. To be general, we normally set the hard disk
to "Master", indicating the first device of the cable; and we set CD-ROM to "Slave",
meaning the second device of the cable. The Jumper settings are marked on the tag
affixed to the surface of the hard disk or mentioned in its handbook. Here we only set
up one hard disk so that it has to be set as "Master."
IDE cable connector
Jumper here is set as
"Master"
Power connector
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Place the hard disk into the frame.
Tighten the screws to the frame.
In fact, a hard disk is a very fragile and delicate device though it is covered with a metal
housing. When in operation, a slight vibration might do great harm. Therefore, be sure to
screw it on the frame securely.
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Don't mess up screws!!
Generally there are special screws for a hard disk in the
parcel when you buy a new hard disk. If no screws are
attached, use those packed in the accessory parcel.
Make sure to use the NO.2 screws. (See page 2-3)
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2.5 Set Up Motherboard
It is very easy to set up a motherboard in
in the correct position and tighten the screws. Please follow the steps below:
Read the handbook of the motherboard and adjust Jumper settings.
Currently almost all motherboards have a Jumper-free design (or Jumperless design).
Even so, there are still some other functions that need to be adjusted through Jumpers.
Please refer to the handbook of your motherboard and adjust the Jumper settings
according to your personal requirements.
Please refer to you
motherboard handbook to
adjust the Jumper settings
according to your needs.
How many brass studs should I screw?
Before setting up the motherboard, you have to screw brass studs at the chassis
of housing to avoid the motherboard from directly contacting with the iron base.
For your convenience, we have fastened 7 brass studs on HQ / LX / HX series
Baresystem. Please compare your motherboard with your housing. Then just
screw the brass studs you need. The Motherboard you purchase may look
different from the one shown below.
ATX Model
AOpen Baresystem
Micro ATX Model
. Just place the motherboard
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How many brass studs should
screw?
There are holes for screws on the motherboard. Just
compare the position of the holes with the iron base of
the housing. Then you will know the position where to
screw the brass studs. The number of the brass studs
depends on the motherboard you purchased.
With an angle of 45 degrees, level the motherboard at the back panel brackets
and place it on the brass studs you just screwed.
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Tighten the screws respectively with screws NO.1
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2.6 Set Up CPU
When setting up CPU, please don't go wrong with the direction of CPU. It is very easy to
distinguish its direction. First of all, let's have a look at what CPU is like:
As shown in the picture, it's FC-PGA CPU of Intel Pentium III, which is so-called Socket370
CPU. There are still many other varieties of CPU available in the marketplace. Please pay
attention to the model when you are purchasing. It should be consistent with your
motherboard. What we use here is an Intel’s Pentium III CPU. You need not worry if you
are not using the same one as all models have similar set-up procedures.
Pull open the lever next to the CPU socket to 90 degrees.
Pull outward the lever beside the CPU socket and pull it upward vertically.
Note that the arrow indicates
the first pin
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