AOpen XC Cube User manual

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Disposal Instruction (US)
For better protection of our earth, please don’t throw this electronic device into
municipal trash bin when discarding. To minimize pollution and ensure utmost
protection of the global environment, please recycle the product. For more
information about the collection and recycling of Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (WEEE), you are invited to visit our homepage at www.aopen.com under
“Green Products”
廃棄上の指示
より良い地球保護のために、電子機器を廃棄処分にする時は、ゴミ箱に捨てな
いで下さい。汚染を最小限に抑え、地球環境の最大限の保護のために、製品を
リサイクルして下さい。廃電気電子機器 (WEEE) の回収とリサイクルについて
の情報は、弊社ホームページwww.aopen.com の“Green Products”（環境に優
しい製品）をご覧下さい。
廢棄及回收處理
為了保護環境，請勿將本產品當作一般廢棄物處理。為減少環境污染，維護地球
資源，本產品報廢時，請回收本產品。
Instruktion til bortskaffelse (Danish)
Af hensyn til vores miljø bedes De ikke bortskaffe denne elektroniske enhed i en
almindelig affaldsspand. For at mindske forurening og sikre beskyttelse af miljøet
bedes De genbruge produktet. For yderligere information vedrørende indsamling og
genbrug af elektronik-affald (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)) er
De velkommen til at besøge vores website www.aopen.com og læse nærmere under
“Green Products”.

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Verwijderingsinstructie (Dutch)
Om mogelijke schade aan het milieu of de menselijke gezondheid door
ongecontroleerde afvalverwijdering te voorkomen, moet u dit elektronisch product
scheiden van andere soorten afval en op een verantwoorde manier recyclen. Verwijder
dit product dan ook alstublieft niet samen met ander huishoudelijk afval. Voor meer
informatie over de verzameling en recycling van elektrisch afval en elektronische
apparatuur (WEEE), nodigen we u uit om onze homepage te bezoeken www.aopen.com
onder “Green Products”.
Instruction de Disposition (French)
Pour une meilleure protection de la terre, ne jetez pas ce dispositif électronique dans la
poubelle municipale lors de la disposition. Pour éliminer la pollution et assurer la plus
grande protection de l’environnement global, réutilisez s’il vous plaît le produit. Pour
plus d’informations sur la gestion des déchets d’Equipements Electriques et
Electroniques (DEEE ou WEEE), vous êtes invité à visiter notre site à www.aopen.com
sous “ Green Products”.
Entsorgungsanleitung (German)
Zum besseren Schutze unseres Planeten, schmeissen Sie elektrische Geräte bitte nicht
in öffentliche Mülleimer. Zur Verringerung der Verschmutzung und zur
Sicherstellung grösstmöglichen Schutzes der Umwelt recyceln Sie bitte das Produkt.
Für mehr Informationen zum Sammeln und Recyceln von elektrischen und
elektronischen Müll (WEEE) besuchen Sie bitte unsere Homepage unter www.aopen.
com unter dem Punkt “Green Products”.
Istruzioni per lo smaltimento (Italian)
Per una migliore salvaguardia del nostro pianeta, si prega di non gettare questo
dispositivo elettronico nei normali rifiuti al momento dell’eliminazione. Per ridurre al
minimo l’inquinamento ed assicurare la massima protezione dell’ambiente, si prega di
riciclare il prodotto. Per maggiori informazioni riguardanti la raccolta ed il riciclaggio
delle apparecchiature elettriche ed elettroniche residue (WEEE), siete invitati a visitare
la nostra homepage www.aopen.com alla voce “Green Products”.

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Instruksjoner for Resirkulering og Oppsamling (Norweigian)
For ĺbeskytte vĺr planet, kast ikke dette elektroniske utstyret sammen med vanlig
avfall. For ĺbeskytte vĺr natur og miljř, vennligst resirkuler dette produktet. For mer
informasjon om oppsamling og resirkulering i henhold til Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment (WEEE), se vĺr hjemmeside pĺwww.aopen.com under “Green
Products”.
Programa de Tratamento de Resíduos de Equipamentos Eléctricos e
Electrónicos (Portugese)
Para melhor protecção ambiental do nosso planeta terra, não coloque o dispositivo
electrónico no receptáculo de lixo municipal. Para minimizar a poluição e garantir
protecção máxima do ambiente global, recicle o produto. Para mais informações sobre
acerca da recolha e reciclagem de Equipamento Eléctrico e Electrónico (WEEE),
convidamos-lhe a visitar nossa página na Internet em www.aopen.com sobre “Green
Products”.
Instrucciones para depositar los productos electrónicos (Spanish)
Para proteger mejor el medio ambiente, por favor, no deposite los productos
electrónicos en los contenedores de basura tradicionales. Para reducir la contaminación
y proteger el medio ambiente se recomienda que los recicle. Para más información
acerca de dónde depositar y cómo reciclar Equipos Electrónicos y Desperdicios
Electrónicos (WEEE), por favor, visite la página web www.aopen.com y entre en la
sección Productos Ecológicos (“Green Products”).
Kassering (Swedish)
För att bättre värna om vår jord bör denna elektroniska utrustning ej kasseras
tillsammans med vanligt avfall. För att minimera mängden föroreningar och så långt
som möjligt skydda den globala miljön bör produkten återvinnas.
För vidare information om insamling och återvinning av uttjänta elektriska och
elektroniska produkter (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, WEEE), besök
avsnittet “Green Products” på vår hemsida, www.aopen.com.

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Copyright
Copyright of this publication belongs to AOpen Inc. AOpen reserves the right to change
the content of this publication without obligation to notify any party of such changes
or revisions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted,
translated into any language, stored in a retrieval system in any form or by any means
electronically, mechanically, optically without the prior written permission of this
company.
Disclaimer
AOpen makes no warranties or representations, either expressed or implied, with
respect to the content herein and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability
of fitness for any particular purpose.
AOpen and AOpen logos used herein are registered trademarks of AOpen Inc.
All other brand names and trademarks are owned by their respective owners.
Copyright © 2007 by AOpen Inc.
All rights reserved.
AOpen Inc.
http://xc.aopen.com.tw

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Safety Instructions
1. Please read these safety instructions carefully.
2. Please keep this User’s Manual for later reference.
3. Please disconnect this equipment from connecter before cleaning. Don’t use liquid
or prayed detergent for cleaning. Use moisture sheet or cloth for cleaning.
4. Make sure the equipment is connected to the power source with the correct voltage,
frequency, and ampere.
5. All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted.
6. Never pour any liquid into opening; this could cause fire or electrical shock.
7. Never open the equipment. For safety reason, the equipment should only be opened
by qualified service personnel.
8. If one of the following situations arises, get the equipment checked by a service
personnel :
a. Liquid has penetrated into the equipment.
b. The equipment has been exposed to moisture.
c. The equipment has not work well or you can not get it work according to user’s
manual.
d. The equipment has dropped and damaged.
e. If the equipment has obvious sign of breakage.
9. Ambient operation temperature: less than 40 degrees C.
10. Caution on use of battery: Use the battery recommended by the manufacturer or the
same type of battery installed by the manufacturer. If incorrect battery is used, it
may cause explosion or fire hazard. Recycle or discard used batteries according the
manufacturer’s instruction or your local authority.
11. Safety caution concerning laser products:
DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive is “Class I Laser Product” This equipment, built
with DVD and/or CD disc drives using laser beam to read or write data on optical
discs, is classified as “Class 1 laser product”. While the laser optical drive is
reading data from or writing data to an optical disc, do not force open the disc drive
door. Press the Eject button to retrieve the optical disc only after the in-use indicator
goes off.

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FCC notice
This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
This device generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed
and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this device does cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception, which can be determined by turning the device off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
 Increase the separation between the device and receiver.
 Connect the device into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help
Notice: Shielded cables
All connections to other computing devices must be made using shielded cables to
maintain compliance with FCC regulations.
Notice: Peripheral devices
Only peripherals (input/output devices, terminals, printers, etc.) certified to comply
with Class B limits may be attached to this equipment. Operation with non-certified
peripherals is likely to result in interference to radio and TV reception.
Caution
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the
user’s authority, which is granted by the Federal Communications Commission, to
operate this computer.
Operation conditions
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)
this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.
Notice: Canadian users
This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003

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Contents
Chapter 1 ............................................................................................................... 1
1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Started ........................................... 1
1.2 The Features Of This Manual ................................................................. 2
1.3 Preliminary Tools .................................................................................... 3
Chapter 2 What’s In The Box? ............................................................................ 4
2.1 What’s In The Box? ................................................................................ 4
2.2 Accessory ................................................................................................ 5
Chapter 3 Start To Assemble ............................................................................... 6
3.1 Features of XC Cube ............................................................................... 6
3.2 Starting Installing .................................................................................... 7
3.3 Cooler, Hard Disk, Floppy Drives and Optical devices .......................... 8
3.3.1 Taking Cooler out .......................................................................... 8
3.3.2 Install Hard disk ............................................................................ 9
3.3.3 Install Floppy Drive ...................................................................... 9
3.3.4 Install Optical Drive ...................................................................... 10
3.4 Cables and Connectors ............................................................................ 10
3.5 Install CPU .............................................................................................. 12
3.5.1 Install CPU On Socket T ............................................................... 12
3.5.2 Install CPU On Socket 479 ........................................................... 13
3.6 Install CPU Cooler and CPU Fan Connector .......................................... 13
3.7 Connecting DRAM to DIMM Sockets ................................................... 13
3.8 Insert Add-on card (AGP/PCI/PCIe/PCIeX1/PCIeX16) on
motherboard ............................................................................................ 14
3.9 Putting Drives Cage back to Chassis ...................................................... 15
3.10 All Set ................................................................................................... 16
3.11 How about all external peripheral? ....................................................... 17
Chapter 4 Turn On The Power! ........................................................................... 19
Postscripts .............................................................................................................. 22
Introduction To Jumper Settings and Other Connectors ............................... 23
CPU and System Fan Connector ................................................................... 24

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Chapter 1
1.1 Thank-you Note Before You Get Started
First of all, we would like to express our gratitude for purchasing our
AOpen specially-designed XC Cube. Once again, this bare-system is designed
uniquely to meet all your personal needs with our great industry-designing
ability and our everlasting perseverance to the quality of all our products.
This manual is for those who want to set up 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 suitable for you. It is our hope that novices
can build up their own computer step by step.
Now, we would like to invite you to personally experience this user-friendly
manual and all of the powerful functions this AOpen XC Cube offers.
The logos of Adobe and Acrobat are the registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
The logos of AMD, Athlon, and Duron are the registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
The logos of Intel, Intel Celeron and Pentium II&III are the registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.
The logos of nVidia are the registered trademarks of nVidia Corporation.
The logos of Microsoft, Windows are the registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in America and
other countries.
All the titles of the products and the trademarks mentioned in this manual are for the purpose of illustrative
conveniences and are possessed by their respective firms.
We regret not informing about any changes in usage standards and other related information.
AOpen Company reserves the right of altering or modifying the content of this manual. In case of any
mistakes or incorrect descriptions, which include those on the products, AOpen makes no guarantee or
commitments.
This document is based on the copyright laws in order to protect our company and reserve all rights.
Under no circumstances are any types of duplicating and loading this brochure in any databases and
media permitted except the permission signed on formal document by AOpen Company.
1996-2007 Copyrights, AOpen Ltd. All rights reserved.
http://xc.aopen.com.tw

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1.2 The Features Of This Manual
In this manual, you’ll be able to learn how to:
 set up a personal computer on your own.
 correctly and safely put everything together and learn something about
hardware.
 learn some practical techniques that make doing the job easier.
In addition, this manual DOES NOT offer you:
 any sorts of back doors, such as overclocking.
 a great deal of hardware standard that are hard to comprehend.
 lengthy fanciful article or vague theories.
Instead, this manual explains profound theories in simple language by colorful
illustrations. Therefore, you will see the icons below frequently:
Note mark
Warning mark
Force direction
Contains knowledge you should know in process of
assembling, or some helpful tips.
Please be careful when you see this mark. It highlights
mistakes that occur often during assembling, or
something you need to pay attention to.
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”. Right
before you start the assembly, there are some tools that can’t be spared.
Firstly, the most frequently-used tool is cross screwdriver by which most interior
components are fixed. A suitable screwdriver can make the following job much
easier. Being so, does any screwdriver apply? Actually a magnetic tip one is
suggested. That is because in the process of setting up your PC, the situation
is very likely to happen: you accidentally drop the screws into the interior of the
computer. In case of this, a magnetic screwdriver helps attracting the fallen
screws that are hard to reach by hands. Some screw holes are placed where
hands can hardly reach. At this time, we need a magnetic screwdriver, too. In
addition, the size of our tool also matters. Generally, the domestic 107 cross
screwdriver is the most appropriate one. Besides, a flat screwdriver is also
essential for installing CPU on socket 479.
I can get it done!!
When putting things together, it is necessary to adjust Jumper. In most cases,
things can be done barehanded. But there comes a time always when your
hands fail to reach in and fix the problem. You’ll thank God with a pliers on
hand which keeps you away from any annoying trouble for just setting one
JUMPER.
What is Jumper?
Jumper is something generally referred to “
Jumping wire” that utilizes the short circuit
of the pins to tune up some functions, such
as FSB (front side bus), ratio, and sound
switches adjusting.

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Chapter 2
2.1 What’s In The Box?
Open the XC Cube box, you will find components as follow:
 XC Cube chassis / Drives Cage
 Motherboard
 Power Supply
 CPU Cooler
The pictures above may look different from the product you purchased.
All in One
Drives Cage Power Supply / XC Cube Chasis
CPU Cooler Motherboard

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2.2 Accessory
Beside main components, you are supposed to see the following accessories:
 Fixed screws:After opening the accessory parcel, you’ll see the following
three different type of screws:
 IDE Cable: a 40-pin connector to connect the hard disk with IDE
interface.
 IDE Cable: a 40-pin connector to connect
the optical device IDE interface.
 Disk Drive Cable: a 34-pin connector
to connect disk drive.
40-pin hard disk connector
40-pin optical connector
34-pin connector
FDD header
Motherboard
header
As shown in the picture, the
threads on NO.1 screw are
wide and it has a
hexagonal head. It is for fixing
the mother board and
power supply on chassis.
As shown in the picture,
threads on NO.2 screw are
narrow and there is a ring
on its head. It is for fixing
the optical device drive on
the drive bays.
As shown in the picture,
the NO.3 screw’s threads
are wide as well but it has
a round head. It is for fixing
the hard disk drive on the
drives cage.

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Chapter 3 Start To Assemble
3.1 Features of XC Cube
AOpen XC Cube, designed as a Mini-PC, provides you as many advantages
as it can. You may find that it is elegant among other traditional PC design that
obviously highlighted your individual style and taste with different color panel
provided. In addition to it’s unique appearance,AOpen XC Cube is easy to
move around in your house, suitable for decoration even in your living room.
As light and crispy as it is, it is definitely your choice for a PC.
 Unique design that reflects your style and taste!
 Space flexibility allows you to move it from living room or to your
bedroom.
 Silent Technology, PC that is quiet even in the middle of the night.
 Easy Installation for any new hand assembling their first PC.
 Mini housing which saves you almost 60% of housing space.
 Hand-harmlessness design ensures you 100% security during
assembling.
 Equipped with a highly efficient power supply to keep your computer
work smoothly in most cases.
 Conform to FCC ClassB/DoC and CE standards to guarantee your
health.
 Teamed with high-efficiency motherboard to make your job a great deal
easier.
 Great extensible function where you can optionally purchase Add-on/PCI
interfaces with low-profile standards.

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3.2 Starting Installing
1. Unscrew all screws on the chassis. Use your thumb to push the chassis
backward to you.
2. Lift the chassis up. Here you may see the internal of the chassis.

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3.3 Cooler, Hard Disk, Floppy Drives and Optical devices
3.3.1 Taking Cooler out
Before installing hard disk, floppy drives and optical devices into the XC Cube
chassis, let’s take the cooler out from chassis first.
1. Take the screws off the chassis and then take the Drives Cage out.
2. Before taking AOpen-made Cooler out, please disconnect its connector first.
After that, unfasten AOpen-made Cooler. For detail, please refer to EIG
wording.
3. Take the cooler out of the chassis. Put it aside for later use then.
Why AOpen Fan Cooler ?
After thermal testing and confirmation, we have
chosen this model of AOpen cooler for fitting
with XC Cube. It has been tested with optimized
air-flow and excellent heat dissipation function
for our XC Cube system.
It is highly recommended not to use other
branded cooler to go with XC Cube.

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3.3.2 Install Hard disk
After taking out Cooler, let’s focus on Installing Drives Cage. Slide hard disk
into the Drives Cage, and use screw no. 3 to screw it firmly to the cage.
The bottom of Cooler had been protected with
a plastic cover when shipped.
Please take it off when you want to put the
cooler on CPU.
3.3.3 Install Floppy Drive
Slide in the floppy drive as shown. Use screw no.2 to screw the 3rd and 6th
hole separately.
Heat dissipation side faces up.
Front mark Front mark
Front mark

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3.3.4 Install Optical Drive
Slide in the optical drive. Use screw no.2 to screw the optical drive firmly.
Optical device must aim
at the edge of Drives
Don’t mess up screws!!
Generally there are special screws for hard disk
in the parcel when you buy a new hard disk.
There will be no harm done using those screws.
If no screws are attached, use those packed
in the accessory parcel. Make sure to use the
NO.2 screws.
3.4 Cables and Connectors
1. Before connecting necessary cables and connector to motherboard, you
may found most of the I/O panel connectors (IEEE1394, USB, FrontAudio
and S/PDIF) both at front panel and back panel on motherboard have had
been connected properly as shown.
I/O connectors have had
been inserted previously.

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2. Connecting floppy cable, hard disk and optical cable on motherboard for
later use.
Hard disk
cable
Optical device
cable
3. If you happen to have Serial ATA hard disk, except EZ661L, this motherboard
comes with SerialATA connectors onboard as well. With EzColor design, you
may easily find out the correct flame-red cable with the correct header. You
may kindly install the SerialATA cables onto Serial ATA headers.
As Serial ATA hard disk comes with different power connector, please use our
bundled SATA power connector to connect the hard disk.
Serial ATA
Cables
Power Connector
Where is Pin1 ?
When connecting IDE cables, bear in mind to
aim the red side of IDE cables at the first pin of
the socket where there’s an arrow mark on the
motherboard. If you are still not sure, please
refer to your motherboard manual.

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3.5 Install CPU
3.5.1 Install CPU On Socket T
1. Remove plastic cap and erect CPU socket lever up.
2. Pull CPU socket plate up and install CPU onto CPU socket. Then press
plate back to CPU socket.
3. Press down CPU socket lever to finish CPU installation.
Lever
Plastic Cap
Plate