Antec ISK 300-65 manual

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Table of contents for the manual

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    ISK 300 -65 U SER ’ S M ANUAL[...]

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    1 T ABLE OF C ONTENTS I NTRODUCTION 1.1 Case Specifications.…..……………………… ………………………………………………………….. 3 1.2 Diagram……………………………………… …………………………….…………………………………. 3 1.3 Power Supply Specifications………… ……?[...]

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    2 ISK 300 -65 U SER ’ S M ANUA L A t A n t e c , w e c o n t i n u a l l y r e f i n e a n d i m p r o v e o u r p r o d u c t s t o e n s u r e t h e h i g h e s t q u a l i t y . I t ’ s p o s s i b l e t h a t y o u r n e w c a s e w i l l d i f f e r s l i g h t l y f r o m t h e d e s c r i p t i o n s i n t h i s m a n u a l . T h i s i s[...]

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    3 1.1 C ASE S PECIFICATIONS C ase Type Mini-ITX D esktop Color Black Dimensio ns 96mm (H ) X 222mm (W) X 3 28mm (D) 3.8” (H) x 8.7” (W) x 12.9” (D) Net Weight 5.5 lbs / 2.5 kg Cooling 1 x Side 80m m TriCool™ fan Drive Bays 3 Drive Ba ys: - 1 x External 5.25” slim drive bay - 2 x Internal 2.5” drive bays Expansio n Slots 1 x Ha lf-height[...]

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    4 1.3 P OWER S UPPLY S PECIFICATIO NS The ISK 300 -65 is powere d by an EP-65 pow er adapter. Input charact eristics: Rated Voltage Input Voltage Range Frequency Range 100 VAC ~ 240 VAC 90 VAC ~ 264 VAC 50 Hz ~ 60 Hz Output cha racteristics: Rated Power Rated Voltage Voltage Range Output Current Ripple & Noise 65W 19V 18.4V ~ 20 .0V 0A ~ 3.42A [...]

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    5 H ARDWARE I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2.1 R EMOVING THE TOP PANEL Place the case flat on an even, stable surface . 1. Remove the three thumbscrew s from the re ar of the top pane l. 2. Grip the top panel and slide it back several i nches until it stops . 3. Grip the panel from the sides and lift it up until it pulls comple tely free of the m ain chassis[...]

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    6 2.4 I NTERNAL 2.5” D EVICE I NSTALLATION Remove the top panel as descr ibed in section 2 .1. Included at t he top of the drive tray assembly is a HDD tray that can support up to two 2.5” device s. 1. On the right side of the drive tray assembly, remove the thumbscr ew holding the HDD tray to the rest of the device. 2. Slide the HDD tray back [...]

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    7 Pin Signal Names Pin Signal Names 1 USB Power 1 2 USB Power 2 3 Negative Sig nal 1 4 Negative Sig nal 2 5 Positive Sig nal 1 6 Positive Sig nal 2 7 Ground 1 8 Ground 2 9 Key (No Con nectio n) 10 Empty Pin Pin Signal Names (HDA) Pin Signal Names (AC’97) 1 MIC2 L 1 MIC In 2 AGND 2 GND 3 MIC2 R 3 MIC Powe r 4 AVCC 4 N C 5 FRO- R 5 Line Out (R) 6 M[...]

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    8 3.4 P OWER S WITCH / R ESET S WITCH / H ARD D ISK D RIVE LED C ONNECTORS Connected to your front panel are LED and switch leads fo r power, rese t, and HDD LED activity. Attach t hese to the correspo nding connecto rs on your motherboard. Consult your mot herboard use r’s manual for specific pin header loca tions. For LEDs , colored wires are p[...]

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    9 C OOLI NG S YSTEM 4.1 T RI C OOL ™ E XHAUST F AN T h e r e i s a 8 0 x 2 5 m m T r i C o o l ™ f a n p r e - i n s t a l l e d o n t h e r i g h t - h a n d s i d e o f t h e c a s e . I t h a s a n e x t e r n a l , t h r e e - s p e e d s w i t c h t h a t a l l o w s y o u t o c h o o s e b e t w e e n q u i e t p e r f o r m a n c e , o r[...]

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