A+ Workstation 4020C-T User Manual: Comprehensive Guide for Technicians

A+ Workstation 4020C-T USER’S MANUAL 1.0

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Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for professional system integrators and PC technicians. It provides information for the installation and use of the A+ Workstation 4020C-T. Installation and maintainance should be performed by experienced technicians only. The 4020C-T is a high-end, dual processor workstation based on the SC743T-645 4U tower/rackmount chassis and the H8DCE, a dual processor serverboard that supports single or dual 940-pin AMD Opteron TM 200 series processors. Manual Organization Chapter 1:

Introduction The fi rst chapter provides a checklist of the main components included with the system and describes the main features of the H8DCE serverboard and the SC743T- 645 chassis, which comprise the 4020C-T. Chapter 2: Installation This chapter describes the steps necessary to install the system into a rack and check out the workstation confi guration prior to powering up the system. If your workstation was ordered without processor and memory components, this chapter will refer you to the appropriate sections of the manual for their installation. Chapter 3:

System Interface Refer here for details on the system interface, which includes the functions and information provided by the control panel on the chassis as well as other LEDs located throughout the system. iii

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A+ Workstation 4020C-T User's Manual Chapter 4: System Safety You should thoroughly familiarize yourself with this chapter for a general overview of safety precautions that should be followed when installing and servicing the 4020C-T. Chapter 5: Advanced Serverboard Setup Chapter 5 provides detailed information on the H8DCE serverboard, including the locations and functions of connections, headers and jumpers. Refer to this chapter when adding or removing processors or main memory and when reconfi guring the serverboard. Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup Refer to Chapter 6 for detailed information on the SC743T-645 chassis.

You should follow the procedures given in this chapter when installing, removing or reconfi gur- ing Serial ATA or peripheral drives and when replacing system power supply units and cooling fans. Chapter 7: BIOS The BIOS chapter includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa- tion on running the CMOS Setup Utility. Appendix A: BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix B: BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Appendix C: System Specifi cations iv

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