Antec P280 - Manuals

7 1.4 Before You Begin In order to ensure that your building experience with the P280 will be a positive one, please take note of the following: • While working inside your P280, keep your chassis on a flat, stable surface. Make sure your build environment is clean, well-lit, and free of dust. • Ant...

9 2.1 Setting Up Put the case upright on a flat, stable surface so that the rear panel (power supply and expansion slots) is facing you. To remove the left and right side panels, remove these thumbscrews first. Note : Place the panel thumbscrews aside carefully and remember where they are. Remove th...

12 3. Preparing the KUHLER H 2 O backplate is specific to your CPU socket. Please refer to the KUHLER H 2 O installation guide, available at http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=Mjc2OCYxNw== (KUHLER H 2 O 620) or http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=NzA0MzcwJjE3 (KUHLER H 2 O 920...

13 2.5 External 5.25” Device Installation To install a 5.25” drive, you will need to remove the side panel and open the front door. For side panel removal, please see Section 2.1. 1. With the side panel off, carefully push the drive bay cover out of the drive bay. 2. Slide your 5.25” drive through t...

14 2.6 Internal 2.5” Device Installation There are two dedicated 2.5” drive bays in the P280. To install a 2.5” drive: 1. With the side panel open, slide your 2.5” drive into the drive bay so that the drive’s holes align with the drive bay holes. 2. Secure your drive with the 2.5” screws provided (D...

16 Using the grommet-lined cable routing holes to route PSU cables. The yellow circle shows a cable tiedown 2.8 Cable Management There is a cable management compartment between the motherboard and right side panel, as well as cable tiedowns located on the back of the motherboard panel. You can tuck ...

19 Pin Signal Names (HDA) Pin Signal Names (AC’97) 1 MIC2L 1 MIC In 2 AGND 2 GND 3 MIC2R 3 MIC Power 4 AVCC 4 NC 5 FRO-R 5 Line Out(R) 6 MIC2_JD 6 Line Out(R) 7 F_IO_SEN 7 NC 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® ...

20 3.5 Rewiring Motherboard Header Connections There may come a time when you need to reconfigure the pin-out of a motherboard header connector. Examples could be for your USB header, audio input header, or some other front panel connector such as the Power Button connector. Before performing any wo...

24 4.3 Air Filters There are two filters in the P280 that can be removed and washed. One filter is the front filter and the other is the PSU intake filter. You can access the front filter by opening the front door and pushing down on the tabs at the top of the filter. Note : From time to time it wil...