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Chapter 5: Chassis Setup and Maintenance
Installing the Motherboard
Review the documentation that came with your motherboard. Become familiar 1.
with component placement, requirements, precautions, and cable connec-
tions.
Pull the motherboard node drawer out of the back of the chassis. 2.
Remove the add-on card brackets: 3.
3a. Remove screw securing the add-on card bracket to the back of the node
drawer.
3b. Lift the bracket out of the node drawer.
Lay the motherboard in the node drawer aligning the standoffs with the moth-4.
erboard.
Secure the motherboard to the node drawer using the rounded, Phillips head 5.
screws included for this purpose.
Install the adapter card associated with the motherboard if the chassis is a 6.
hot-swappable version. Refer to the next section for instructions on installing
the adapter card
Secure the CPU(s), heatsinks, and other components to the motherboard as 7.
described in the motherboard documentation.
Figure 5-12: Installing the Motherboard in the Motherboard Node Drawer