Antec NINE HUNDRED TWO V3 User's User manual

NINE HUNDRED TWO V3
U SER ’ S M ANUAL

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Table of Contents
Introduction
1.1 Case Spe ifi ations ............................................................................................. 3
1.2 Diagram .............................................................................................................. 3
Hardware Installation Guide
2.1 Setting Up .......................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Power Supply Installation .................................................................................. 4
2.3 Motherboard Installation..………………………………………………… ............................ 4
2.4 Flexi-Drive Bay System………….………………………………………… ............................... 5
2.5 Internal 3.5” Devi e Installation…………………………………………. ........................... 5
2.6 External 3.5” Devi e Installation………………………………………… ............................ 6
2.7 External 5.25” Devi e Installation………………………………………. ........................... 6
2.8 Internal 2.5” Devi e Installation…………………………………………. ........................... 7
2.9 Cable Management Compartment……………………………..………............................ 7
2.10 Water Cooling Platform…………………………………………………… .............................. 8
2.11 Three-Way SLI Configuration Option…………………………………… .......................... 8
Connecting the Front I/O Ports
3.1 USB 2.0 Ports………………………………………………….…………… .................................. 8
3.2 USB 3.0 Port…………………………………….………………………….. .................................. 8
3.3 AC’97 / HD Audio Ports……………………….…………………………. ................................ 9
3.4 Power Swit h / Reset Swit h / Hard Disk Drive LED Conne tors…. ................... 9
3.5 Rewiring Motherboard Header Conne tions…………………………… ...................... 10
Cooling System
4.1 Big Boy 200 mm TriCool™ Fan………………………………………….. ............................. 10
4.2 Front/Rear TriCool™ LED Fans …………………………………………. ............................. 11
4.3 Optional Fans.………………………………………………………………. ................................. 12
4.4 Washable Air Filters………………………………………..……………… ............................... 13

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Congratulations on your pur hase of the Nine Hundred Two V3!
The best-selling Ante Nine Hundred offers gamers an unbeatable en losure, one that delivers a
ombination of ooling, performan e and onvenien e and stands head and shoulders above the
ompetition. The Nine Hundred Two V3 builds on this design, adding a CPU utout, internal bottom-
mounted 2.5” SSD drive bay and front USB 3.0 port. We know your gaming hardware produ es a lot of
heat, so we’ve built this ase for maximum ooling, with a perforated front bezel, three 120 mm fans
with mounts for even more fans and a monster top-mounted 200 mm fan.
The Nine Hundred Two V3 omes without a power supply. Make sure you hoose a power supply that is
ompatible with your omputer omponents and has a long enough power harness to rea h your
motherboard and peripheral devi es. We re ommend our High Current Gamer or High Current Pro
power supplies for the latest ATX spe ifi ation omplian e, broad ompatibility, and power-saving
apability.
At Ante , we ontinually refine and improve our produ ts to ensure the highest quality. It’s possible
that your new ase will differ slightly from the des riptions in this manual. This isn’t a problem; it’s
simply an improvement. As of the date of publi ation, all features, des riptions, and illustrations in this
manual are orre t.
Disclaimer: This manual is not designed to over CPU, RAM, or expansion ard installation. Please
onsult the motherboard manual for spe ifi mounting instru tions and troubleshooting. Before
pro eeding, he k the manual for your CPU ooler to find out if there are steps you must take before
installing the motherboard. While installing hardware, keep your ase on a flat, stable surfa e.

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1.1 Case S ecifications
Case Type
Mid Tower
Color
Bla k
Dimensions
19.3” (H) x 8.7” (W) x 18.5” (D)
493 mm (H) x 218 mm (W) x 472 mm (D)
Weight
25.4 lbs / 11.5 kg
Cooling
1 x Top
200 mm
TriCool™ Blue LED 3
-
speed Fan
2 x Front 120 mm Blue LED Fan with Front Control Knobs
1 x Rear 120 mm TriCool™ Blue LED 3-speed Fan
1 x Side 120 mm Fan Mount (Optional)
1 x Middle 120 mm Fan Mount (Optional)
Drive Bays
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Drive Bays:
-Up to 9 x External 5.25” Drive Bays
-Up to 6 x Internal 3.5” Drive Bays
-1 x External 3.5” Drive Bay Bra ket (Optional)
-1 Internal bottom-mounted 2.5” SSD drive
Expansion Slots 8 expansion slots to support three-way SLI onfiguration
Motherboard Size
Mini-ITX, mi roATX, Standard ATX
Front I/O Panel
2 x USB 2.0
1 x USB 3.0
AC’97/HD Audio In and Out
1.2 Diagram
1. 120 mm rear TriCool™ fan
2. 200 mm top TriCool™ fan
3. 2 front 120 mm fans with
front ontrol knobs
4. 1 middle 120 mm fan bra ket
5. Washable air filters
6. Motherboard mount
– Mini-ITX, mi roATX or
Standard ATX
7. CPU utout
8. Power supply mount
9. 9 total 5.25” drive bays
10. Re onfigurable 3.5” drive
ages
11. Internal 2.5” SSD drive bay
12. Front I/O panel
13. 8 expansion slots (Three-way SLI apable)
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Hardware Installation Guide
2.1 Setting U
1. Pla e the ase upright on a flat, stable surfa e so that the rear panel (power supply and expansion
slots) is fa ing you.
2. Remove the panel thumbs rews from the side panel and open it by sliding it towards you.
Note: Pla e the panel thumbs rews arefully aside as they are NOT inter hangeable with the HDD
age thumbs rews.
3. Remove the panel thumbs rews from the other side panel and open it by sliding it towards you.
Pla e the s rews arefully aside. Inside the ase is the power supply mount at the lower rear of the
ase and the 5.25” drive bay area with two HDD ages inside the bays. You will also find some wiring
with marked onne tors (USB, PWR et .), an installed I/O panel and a toolbox ontaining more
hardware (s rews, brass standoffs, et .).
Note: Don’t use your fingernails to pry or lift the panels.
2.2 Power Su ly Installation
1. With the ase upright, pla e the power supply on
the four sili one pads on the bottom of the ase.
Note: Power supplies will need to be mounted
so that the PSU fan is fa ing the top of the ase.
Nine Hundred Two V3 provides mounting holes for
power supplies with standard mounting layouts
to be installed upside up or upside down.
2. Push the power supply to the ba k of the ase and
align the mounting holes.
3. Atta h the power supply to the ase with the s rews
provided.
2.3 Motherboard Installation
1. Lay the ase down so that the open side is up.
2. Make sure you have the appropriate I/O panel
for the motherboard. If the panel provided is not
suitable for the motherboard, please onta t
the motherboard manufa turer for the orre t
I/O panel.
3. Line up the motherboard with the standoff
holes. Determine whi h holes line up and
remember where they are. Not all motherboards
will mat h with all of the provided s rew holes,
and this is not ne essary for proper
fun tionality. Some standoffs may be pre-
installed for your onvenien e.

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4. Lift up and remove the motherboard.
5. S rew in the brass standoffs to the threaded
holes that line up with the motherboard.
6. Pla e the motherboard on the brass standoffs.
S rew in the motherboard to the standoffs with
the provided Phillips-head s rews.
2.4 Flexi-Drive Bay System
The Nine Hundred Two V3 omes with nine 5.25” external drive bays at the front of the ase. There are
three HDD ages pre-installed inside the bottom six 5.25” bays. Ea h HDD age o upies three
onse utive 5.25” drive bays and an house three hard disk drives. For maximum flexibility you an
mount the HDD age anywhere within the external drive bays (i.e., you are not limited to the bottom six
bays).
Possible drive bay ombinations in lude but are not limited to:
• External 3 x 5.25” + internal 6 x HDD
• External 6 x 5.25” + internal 3 x HDD
• External 9 x 5.25”
There is a middle fan bra ket pre-installed on one of the HDD ages. You an install a 120 mm fan to the
bra ket so the air will be blown into the ase to use the HDD age as a ooling du t to ool your graphi s
ard or CPU. This will prevent the installation of hard drives into this age, however. Remove the middle
fan bra ket from the HDD age if you de ide to mount your hard drives into this age.
• External 3 x 5.25” + internal 3 x HDD + ooling du t
2.5 Internal 3.5” Device Installation
1. Remove both side panels per the instru tions in Setting Up.
2. Remove the age thumbs rews fastening the HDD age to
the frame.
3. Slide the HDD age forward out of the front of the ase.
4. Mount the hard drive in the drive age and fasten it using
the long s rews provided.
5. Slide the HDD age ba k into the ase and fasten it with
thumbs rews.
6. Conne t the appropriate onne tor(s) from the power supply
to the devi e(s). Leave some sla k in the onne tions so that
you an easily a ess the fan filters for leaning.

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7. There is a 120 mm fan pre-installed into ea h age. Conne t
the 4-pin onne tor to the power supply.
Note: There is a middle fan bra ket pre-installed on one of
the HDD ages. Remove it from the age if you de ide to
mount your hard drives into this age.
2.6 External 3.5” Device Installation
1. Remove both side panels per the instru tions
in Setting Up.
2. Remove the drive bay over from the drive bay
you wish to install an external 3.5” drive into.
3. Install your external 3.5” devi e into the adapter.
4. Slide the drive adapter/devi e assembly into the bay.
5. S rew the adapter to the drive age.
6. Mount the fa eplate and se ure it with s rews.
2.7 External 5.25” Device Installation
Note: The HDD ages ea h o upy three onse utive
drive bays, and will blo k installation of larger devi es
su h as opti al drives, so please plan ahead before
installing your drives.
1. Remove both side panels per the instru tions in
Setting Up.
2. Remove the s rews fastening the appropriate metal
drive bay over(s) to the sides of the ase.
3. Remove the over(s).
4. If ne essary, please remove the HDD age that is
pre-installed in the bay.
5. Slide the 5.25” devi e into the bay from the front of
the ase.
6. Fasten the drive using the s rews that ame with your
drive.
7. Conne t the appropriate power and interfa e onne tors
from the power supply and motherboard to the devi e.
Make sure that you leave some sla k in the onne tions
so that you an easily a ess the fan filters for leaning.
8. Mount the other devi es a ordingly.

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2.8 Internal 2.5” Device Installation
At the bottom of your ase, there are mounting holes designed to support one 2.5” SSD devi e.
1. Lo ate the plasti bag labeled “For 2.5 HDD” and
remove the 4 sili one grommets.
2. Install the grommets into the four holes at the
base of the ase at the bottom of the drive bay
area as shown. You should install them with the
thi k part of the grommets fa ing the inside of
the ase.
3. Lay the Nine Hundred Two V3 on its side, and
hold the drive in pla e on top of the grommets.
4. Se ure the devi e to the ase with the s rews
provided, tightening the s rews with your fingers
first, and then the s rewdriver.
5. Conne t the appropriate power and data ables
to your devi e
2.9 Cable Management Com artment
There is a able management ompartment between the motherboard and right side panel. You an
tu k or route ex ess ables in this ompartment.
1. Remove both side panels.
2. Choose the ables you would like to pass through the holes behind the motherboard tray and pull
them out of the power supply hamber towards the right side of the ase.
3. Use the able ties provided to hold them in pla e.
4. Feed the ables ba k through the insertion point nearest the destination of the able. Conne t the
able and then pull the sla k ba k to the right side of the ase.

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Pin Signal Names Pin Signal Names
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USB Power 1
2
USB Power 2
3
Negative Signal 1
4
Negative Signal 2
5
Positive Signal 1
6
Positive Signal 2
7
Ground 1
8
Ground 2
9
Key (No Connection)
10
Empty Pin
2.10 Water Cooling Platform
This ase omes with a 5.25” metal plate pre-installed in the 3rd 5.25” drive bay. This plate is designed
to allow you to easily mount omponents of a water- ooling kit su h as a pump or reservoir. The plate
an be mounted in any of the nine 5.25” drive bays for maximum flexibility.
Note: The plate is not pre-drilled. You will need to drill the appropriate holes to be ompatible with
your water- ooling kit.
2.11 Three-Way SLI Configuration O tion
The Nine Hundred Two V3 has eight expansion slots, making it apable of supporting up to three
graphi s ards in triple-SLI onfiguration. Consult your motherboard and graphi s ards manuals for
more information.
Conne ting the Front I/O Ports
3.1 USB 2.0
Conne t the front I/O panel USB able to the USB header pin on your motherboard. Che k the
motherboard manual to ensure that it mat hes the table below:
3.2 USB 3.0
There is a pre-routed able for the front-panel USB 3.0 port. Plug the ba k end of this able into an on-
board USB 3.0 port on your motherboard to enable the front USB 3.0 port.
1 2
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Pin
Signal Names
(HDA)
Pin
Signal Names
(AC’97)
1 MIC2 L 1 MIC In
2 AGND 2 GND
3 MIC2 R 3 MIC Power
4 AVCC 4 N C
5 FRO-R 5 Line Out (R)
6 MIC2_JD 6 Line Out (R)
7 F_IO_SEN 7 N C
8 Key (no pin) 8 Key (no pin)
9 FRO-L 9 Line Out (L)
10 LINE2_JD 10 Line Out (L)
3.3 AC’97/HD Audio Ports
There is an Intel® standard 10-pin AC’97 onne tor and an Intel® 10-pin HDA (High Definition Audio)
onne tor linked to the front panel of the ase.
You an onne t either the AC’97 or the HDA onne tor, depending on the model of the motherboard.
Lo ate the internal audio onne tors from your motherboard or sound ard and onne t the
orresponding audio able. Consult your motherboard or sound ard manual for the pin-out positions.
Even if your system supports both audio standards, you may only use one onne tor.
3.4 Power Switch / Reset Switch / Hard Disk Drive LED Connectors
Conne ted to your front panel are LED and swit h leads for power,
reset, and HDD LED a tivity. Atta h these to the orresponding
onne tors on your motherboard. Consult your motherboard
manual for spe ifi pin header lo ations. For LEDs, olored wires
are positive ( + ). White or bla k wires are negative ( – ). If the LED
does not light up when the system is powered on, try reversing the
onne tion. For more information on onne ting LEDs to your
motherboard, see your motherboard manual.
Note: Polarity (positive and negative) does not matter for swit hes. There is also no Power LED in this
ase. The illuminated ase fans will turn on when there is power to the omputer.

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3.5 Rewiring Motherboard Header Connections
There may ome a time that you need to re onfigure the pin-out of a motherboard header onne tor.
Examples ould be for your USB header, audio input header, or some other front panel onne tor su h
as the Power Button onne tor.
Before performing any work, please refer to your motherboard manual or your motherboard
manufa turer's website to be sure of the pin-out needed for your onne tor. And we strongly
re ommend making a notated drawing before beginning work so that you an re over if your work gets
disturbed.
1. Determine whi h wires you need to remove in
order to rewire your plug to mat h the USB pin-outs
on your motherboard (refer to your motherboard
manual). Working on one onne tor at a time, use
a very small flathead s rewdriver or similar tool to
lift up on the bla k tab lo ated beside the gold
posts (squares). This will allow you to easily slide
out the pins from the USB plug.
2. Working arefully so as not to damage the wires,
onne tors, or pins, slowly remove the pin from
the onne tor. Repeat these steps for ea h wire
you need to hange.
3. Working arefully so as not to damage the wires,
onne tors or pins, slowly reinsert the pin into
the orre t slot of the onne tor, then snap
losed the bla k tab that was lifted in step 1.
Repeat these steps for ea h wire you need to
hange.
Cooling System
4.1 Big Boy 200 mm TriCool™ Blue LED Fan
The Nine Hundred Two V3 omes with a Big Boy 200 mm blue LED fan.
This fan has a three-speed swit h that lets you hoose the speed best
suited to your needs and a swit h to turn on or off the blue LED. The
default fan speed setting is Low.

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Size: 200 x 30 mm three-speed fan
Rated Voltage: 12V DC
Operating Voltage: 10.8V ~ 13.2V
Speed
(RPM)
Input
Current Air Flow Stati Pressure
A ousti
Noise
Input
Power
High
800 0.3A 3.8 m³ / min (134 CFM)
0.7mm-H2O (0.03 in h-
H2O) 30 dBA 3.6 W
Medium
600 0.2A 3.1 m³ / min (108 CFM)
0.4mm-H2O (0.02 in h-
H2O) 27 dBA 2.0 W
Low
400 0.1A 2.3 m³ / min (82 CFM)
0.2mm-H2O (0.01 in h-
H2O) 24 dBA 1.0 W
4.2 Front/Rear TriCool™ Blue LED Fans
The Nine Hundred Two V3 omes with two pre-installed 120 x 25 mm blue LED fans, one in front of ea h
HDD age to ool the hard drives. These fans are installed so the air will be blown into the ase. Ea h fan
omes with a speed ontrol knob at the front of the fa eplate. Turn the knob lo kwise to in rease the
speed. The lowest speed is 1200 RPM while the highest speed is 2000 RPM. See the hart below to view
the appropriate spe ifi ations.
There is one 120 x 25 mm TriCool™ blue LED fan pre-installed at the rear of the ase. This fan is installed
so the air will be blown out of the ase. It has a three-speed swit h that lets you hoose between quiet,
performan e, or maximum ooling. This swit h is lo ated at the rear of the ase. The default fan speed
setting is Low.

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Size: 120 x 25 mm TriCool™ fan
Rated Voltage: 12V
Operating Voltage: 10.2V - 13.8V
Speed
(RPM)
Input
Current Air Flow Stati Pressure
A ousti
Noise
Input
Power
High
2000
0.24A
(Max.)
2.2 m³ / min
(79 CFM)
2.5mm-H2O
(0.10 in h-H2O) 30 dBA 2.9 W
Medium
1600 0.20A 1.6 m³ / min (56 CFM)
1.5mm-H2O
(0.06 in h-H2O) 28 dBA 2.4 W
Low
1200 0.13A 1.1 m³ / min (39 CFM)
0.9mm-H2O
(0.04 in h-H2O) 25 dBA 1.6 W
Note: The minimum voltage to start a 120 mm TriCool™ fan is 5V. We re ommend that you set
the fan speed swit h to High if you hoose to onne t the fan(s) to a fan ontrol devi e or to the
Fan-Only onne tor found on some Ante power supplies. A fan ontrol devi e regulates the fan
speed by varying the voltage, whi h may start as low as 4.5V to 5V. Conne ting a TriCool™ fan
set on Medium or Low to a fan- ontrol devi e may result in the fan not being able to start
be ause the already lowered voltage from the fan ontrol devi e will be further redu ed by the
TriCool™ ir uitry below 5V.
4.3 O tional Fans
There are two optional 120 mm fan mounts—the side fan (on the left
side panel) and the middle fan (at the rear end of the HDD age).
We re ommend using Ante 120 mm TriCool™ fans and setting the
speed to Low. These two fans should be installed so that the air is
blowing into the ase.
Side Fan — the side fan opening enhan es graphi s ard ooling.
Just snap a fan into the bra ket on the side panel so that it blows
air into the ase.
Middle Fan — the middle fan is designed to ool the CPU,
graphi s ard or the power supply, depending on whi h drive bays
you install the HDD age into. You an use the middle fan on any
drive age you do NOT install hard drives in. This design is
espe ially useful in ooling dual graphi s ard implementations.
1. To remove the middle fan mount, press in on the lips that se ure
the bay to its age.
2. Pla e a 120 mm fan inside the mount and press it into pla e so that

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the holes in the fan are se ured to the mount.
3. Use the long s rews provided to se ure the fan to the mount.
Do not overtighten.
4. Run the power (and ontrol swit h if using a TriCool™ fan)
through the able guide that runs along the side of the mount.
5. Clip the assembly onto the ba k of an empty HDD age.
6. Conne t the fan to the power supply.
4.4 Washable Air Filters
Front Air Filters – There is a filter lo ated behind the fa eplate of ea h HDD age fa eplate. Two front air
filters ome with the ase by default.
To lean the filters:
1. Remove the age thumbs rews fastening the HDD age to the 5.25” drive bays and set them
aside.
2. Slide the HDD age forward about 1 or 2 in hes. You will see the air filter behind the fa eplate.
Note: There should be no need to dis onne t the power or data onne tions from the HDD or
the fan in order to remove the filters for leaning if you have left about 2 in hes of sla k in the
ables.
3. Lift the tab upwards to remove the filter.
Side Air Filter – There is a filter lo ated in the side fan bra ket. It is lo ated on the inside of the side
panel, so you must open the side panel to a ess it. Remove the filter by sliding it out of the bra ket.
From time to time it will be ne essary to wash the installed air filters. Not washing the air filter will result
in high system temperatures and possible stability problems. We re ommend he king the air filter at
least on e a month initially. The frequen y will hange depending on environmental onditions and
system usage. Users who run their systems 24/7 will have to he k their filters more often than those
who don’t run their systems every day.

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