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Global Service Team

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Market Analysis

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TOTAL

1818 2294
1769
1853

SA 600 U5
1015

MySono SA PICO 864 SA R3

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SA SA X1
3200

Rank Company MS Rank Company MS

1위 Esaote 29.6% 1위 Esaote 36.8%
2위 Siemens 20.6% 2위 Philips 23.7%
3위 MEDISON 11.7% 3위 Aloka 10.8%
4위 GE 6.9% 4위 Siemens 10.7%
5위 Aloka 6.7% 5위 GE 7.8%
6위 Mindray 5.6% 6위 Mindray 2.3%
7위 Fukuda Denshi 4.2% 7위 Fukuda Denshi 1.2%
8위 SIUI 3.0% 8위 Toshiba 1.1%
9위 Hitachi 2.6% 9위 SIUI 1.0%
10 위 Edan 2.1% 10 위 Landwind 0.8%
[2005] 2 [2010]
SonoAce R Line

17in

15 in
Performance

Entry Level 4D

Cart Based Color

Portable Color

SonoAce R3 SonoAce R5 SonoAce R7

Price

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Competitors
Performance

Portable Color
Sonoscape S6
Chison Q6
SIUI Apogee 1100
SA R3 Fukuda Densi UF-750XT

Mobile BW

DP-7700/DP-8500/DP-8800/DP-9900
CTS-6000 / CTS-415 plus
8900 / 8500 / 600A
SSI-6000 / A8
Nemio10 / SSD-1000
Portable BW F40/F40Plus

Mindray /
Chison /
Sonoscape /
SIUI Price

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Summary

Features
1) Image Part
FSI, QuickScan, SRF, Harmonic Imaging

2) Hardware Part
15” LCD Monitor (1024 x 768)
Image Only (640 x 450)
Two Probe Connectors (optional)
Weight : 8.5 kg
3 USB ports

3) Software Part
Enhanced Color / PW quality
Human / Veterinary
Measurement package (X6)

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Compact Design

Front / Control Panel

Carrying Handle
15 in LCD Monitor

Probe Holder

Backlight Control Panel

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Compact Design

Rear / Connectors
Probe port
Peripheral Device port

2 USB ports
LAN
DVI-Out
Remote
BNC
S-VHS
Audio out

USB port 314mm

150mm 360mm

Weight : 8.5kg
Packing size
System + 2probe : 0.124 [CBM]
7 Cart : 0.121 [CBM]
Compact Design

4 wheels swivel cart

3 Probe holders

BW Printer shelf

Height
775mm ~
920mm Front handle

4 Swivel wheels
(4 wheel breaks)

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Probes

EC4-9
Center Freq : 6.5MHz LN5-12/40
FOV : 150⁰ Center Freq : 7.5MHz
App. : OB/GYN, Urology FOV : 40mm
Human only App. : Small part, Breast
Vascular, MSK
HU/VET

CN2-8
Center Freq : 3.5MHz LN5-12/60
FOV : 60⁰ Center Freq : 7.5MHz
App. : Abdomen, OB/GYN, FOV : 60mm
Renal, Fetal Heart App. : Small part, Breast
HU/VET Vascular, MSK
HU/VET

C2-4/20
Center Freq : 3.0MHz LV5-12/60
FOV : 90⁰ Center Freq : 7.5MHz
App. : Abdomen, Cardiac FOV : 60mm
HU/VET App. : OB, MSK
VET only

CN4-9 LV2-5/180
Center Freq : 6.5MHz Center Freq : 3.5MHz
FOV : 150⁰ FOV : 180mm
App. : Neonatal, Pediatric App. : MSK
Vascular VET only
HU/VET 9 Freeze Key equipped
Configuration

EC4-9
General
CN2-8
SA R3 Abdomen
C2-4/20, CN4-9
OB Color (default)
LN5-12/40, LN5-12/60
GYN
Fetal Heart PW (default)
Renal Cardiac Measure
Urology
Breast DICOM
Small part Cart
Vascular
Cardiac 2 probe PSA
CN2-8 Neonatal Foot Switch (USB)
C2-4/20, CN4-9 Pediatric
SV R3
LN5-12/40, LN5-12/60 MSK
LV5-12/60, LV2-5/180

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Basic performance

Display layout

Menu Thumbnail
1024X768
Area Area

Image Area
640 X 450

Display Size
1024 X 768
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Easy to use

QuickScanTM

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Easy to use

Customizable user interface

Measurement package Bodymark

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Easy to use

Cine Save & Play

Storage Manger

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Easy to use

Set up menu

VET measure set up Stand by on/off

Probe freeze key on/off

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Peripheral Device

USB Thermal Printer

Sony UP-D897 Sony UP-D23MD

BW Color

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Marketing Materials

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Sales Point

Color Portable system on basic performance

- Mid-range technology migration : FSI, SRF
- 2D and color performance

User Friendly Design

- Wide image size, 4 swivel wheels, Storage Manager
- QuickScan, Customizable measurement / body-marker

Origin and Reliability

- Made in Korea
- Reliability = Low Service Cost

Affordable Price
- Price : BW
- Performance : Color

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Comparison Chart

　 SonoAce R3 Chison Q6 Sonoscape S6

Monitor 15'' 15" 15"
Image size 640 X 450 512 X 512 512 X 512
Dimension 314 X 360 X 150 No info 340 X 340 X 150
Weight 8.5kg 12kg 8kg
Probes 　
Linear array Yes Yes Yes
Convex Yes Yes Yes
Microconvex Yes Yes Yes
Endo-Cavity Yes Yes Yes
Phased Array No Yes No
Linear array for Large Animal Yes No No
Harmonic Yes Yes Yes
Quickscan Yes No Yes
FSI Yes No No
SRF Yes SRA No
Max Depth 30cm 24cm 32cm
Dynamic range 180dB No info 175dB

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Comparison Chart

　 SonoAce R3 Chison Q6 Sonoscape S6

Color Doppler Yes Yes Yes
Power Doppler Yes Yes Yes
Pulse Doppler Yes Yes Yes
M-Mode Yes Yes Yes
CW No Yes Yes
Probe port No. 2 ports 2 ports 2 ports
HDD capacity 160GB 160GB 80GB
DICOM 3.0 Yes Yes Yes
USB port No 3 ports 2 ports 2 ports
Cart Yes Yes Yes
Foot switch Yes No info Yes
DVI video output Yes No No
BNC Yes Yes Yes
S-VHS Yes No info Yes
Battery No No No
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Common Carotid Artery

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Thyroid and CCA

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Liver

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Kidney

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Image Comparison

C2-4/20

Enhanced color resolution and color sensitivity

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Image Comparison

C2-4/20

Enhanced 2D resolution and penetration

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Image Comparison

CN4-9

Improved hemodynamic

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Image Comparison

EC4-9

Enhance 2D resolution
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Image Comparison

LN5-12/40

Enhance color and doppler sensitivity

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Image Comparison

CN2-8

Same level of color perfomance

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•SAX6 HW & SW based platform
•Board structure : Main BD, PSA BD, Rear BD, CP BD
•15" LCD (VGA 1024 * 768 / Image 640 * 450 )
•CH : 32ch (TX On-board, HVIC)
•OS : Linux
• Design : PICO  based
•PC : X6 Level
•Main IC : MCB124, MCB028, DSP FPGA, DSC FPGA, CPLD
• BF & DSP Part : New ASIC
• DSC & VM : X6 based platform

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X6 Simple System Block Diagram
Array Transducer
Main BD

LCD 15”
B/F DSP DSC VM Monitor
PSA
Video Out

PW Doppler Sound
SOUND
PC module Rear Panel
USB
Power

S-ATA
HDD

Track Ball Control Panel

Control Panel BD
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Classified by Structures

Ultrasound System Part User Interface Part

1 5” LCD Monitor
 PSA(Probe Select Assembly) : High voltage
 Inverter Board
SW
 Key Matrix
 Main BD
 Alpha Numeric
BF(Beamformer) : 32ch
 Track Ball
BE(Back End)
Sound
Speaker

PC Part Power Part

 PC Mother Board  Power Module
 HDD : Seagate 160GB

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PSA

Spec.
- 32Channel BF Part Support
- Array Probe Connector 1ea(Option 2ea)
- High Voltage Switching (32 Channel : 96 Element)
- Probe ID Path
High Voltage Switch
- SonoAce R3support 32Channel, Max.96 elements probe available
- TX,RX circuit on BF board support 32Ch maximum. Therefore, Extra Element Selection required
- Support Element Selection by High Voltage Switch
- High Voltage Switch controlled by the signal from Control Logic(DSP FPGA)
Probe Port Switching
- Circuit for probe port select
- Probe port group select by driving relay circuit
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Main Board

Main Board

PC

Main Board
Signal Flow
- Interface between Ultrasound System and PC
- TX (TX Focusing) : TX Pulser
- RX (RX Focusing) : Limiter, TCG, ADC, BF
- DSP : BW, PW Doppler, CW, Doppler, Power Doppler
- DSC
- VM
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Main Board

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Main Board - BF Spec.

• TX Pulser (MHIC2022 on board)

• Limiter
• TGC amp
• AD converter
• BF ASIC 2ea (MCB124)

• RX Dynamic Aperture
• RX Apodization
• BFIC controlling
• Synthetic Aperture
• Multi-line receiving
• TX Focal point

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Main Board - BF Block Diagram

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Main Board - BF signal flow
TX Pulser
- TX Pulser(on board) receive the exciting pulse data from BF ASIC(MCB124)
- TX Pulser make Bipolar Pulse by exciting pulse data
- Bipolar Pulser make U/S whenever TX pulser send to probe element through PSA
- TX Pulser is Hybrid on board
- Active aperture : 32 Channel (Max. 96 Element)

Limiter
- Cut the signal from High Voltage Switch of PSA
- Required signal is very small from Max 180 Vpp of Tx Pulse and few mV of Echo signal
- few mV of Rx Data is eliminated before transmitted to Pre-Amp
- After cutting over 0.6V signal, then signal flows to Pre-Amp

Pre-Amp & TGC

- Pre-Amp amplify the few mV of Echo signal
- TGC compensates the time and distance loss for the Echo signal
- SonoAce R3 equips the integrated IC for Pre-Amp & TGC

Low Pass Filter (Anti-aliasing Filter)

- Minimize the aliasing caused by high frequency probe like 7.5MHz probe
- The aliasing of high frequency probe is coming from the sampling clock limitation from
BF ASIC

A/D Converter
- Analog to digital signal converting for Digital Beamforming

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Main Board – BE Part

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 Main Board – DSP
DSP FPGA
BW
Frame
interlacing
From BF Pre Gain BW input BW post B/M pass 3x3 2D BW Post BW out
Shift control Gain shift control filter Curve control To DSC
Part
4tab Part
Lateral
filter
M

MCB12 Filter
8 Threshol
Flash
Spatial red
Color Color
Inout d filter
rejectio
filter data
out To DSC
n control
control buffer Color Part
DSP Color
in out DSP
Dopple control
Boxcar FFT
rDSP
filterin Out
Inout
g control To DSC
control

Dopple Part
Sound r
mcbsp
Doppler
DSP

Sound To Speaker
Color Processor Processing
SSRAM
SSRAM
(MCB026)

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Main Board – DSP

• B/M Signal Flow

- Input RF Data to DSP FPGA
- On MCB028 : DTGC, Decimation, Quadrature mixer, Envelope detection, Log compression and etc.
- After signal processing, signal flows to BW Data DSP of FPGA
- Signal flows through FSI and several filters for minimize the multibeam artifact

• Color Signal Flow

- Input RF Data to DSP FPGA
- I/Q Data generation on MCB 028, then signal flows to DSP FPGA
- Color signal detection on MCB 028, then signal flows to DSP FPGA
- Filtering processing (Smooth Filter, Post Filter on PDSP)

• Doppler Signal Flow

- Input RF Data to DSP FPGA
- I/Q Data generation on MCB028, then signal flows to DSP FPGA
- After filtering on Boxcar, FFT processing on Doppler DSP, Doppler Data acquired
- Through DSP FPGA, Sound Data flows to Sound Part, Doppler Data flows to DSC Part

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Main Board – DSC (Scan Converter) B C

Cine SSRAM
SSRAM FM FM

BW
From Axial Part Frame Input CTR Part Memory CTR Part Real Zoom
DSP C Buffer (Axial Average (Azimuth (FM &
Part Interpolator) Part interpolator) Interpolator) Edge Enhance

To 3D Part
PCC (DMA)
3D/Loop
Memory

M/D LOOP
Out FIFO
From Buffer Memory To VM
ECG FIFO
DSP CTR

Loop CTR Part

RTC DSP
Post Image
Header Post ECG Acquisition NI to I
From DSC Map Store
Mapping Map memory Converter
(R,G,B) (DMA)

Post Controller

Video
Keying
CPLD

DSC FPGA
Scan
Image
Convertor
Grabber
Field
Memory
Memory
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Main Board – DSC

Axial Part Data Select

- Re-sampling of B/W data : To synchronize sampling clock for scan conversion
Frame Average
- Average of Scanline`s
- User Control : Frame Average value (Image Quality: Higher, Frame Rate: Lower)
Input CTR
- B/W Data Control
- Scan Conversion : Image conversion from Axial to Horizontal
- Azimuth Interpolation : Pseudo Data(z) Generation from Real data(x,y)  Image Quality
- Axial Interpolation : Pseudo Data(z) Generation from Real data(x,y)  Image Quality
Frame Memory CTR
- Save each frame in the memory
- Frame Interpolation : Pseudo Frame Creation from 2 Real Frames  Frame Rate
Read Zoom & Edge Enhancement
- Read Zoom and Write Zoom
Edge Enhancement`
- Emphasize the high frequency area : Clear boundary image between organs or tissues
Loop CTR
- Manage D, M mode Data
- Save FFT Data, M Data
RTC (Real Time Controller)
- Generate and control signals for DSP parts PRF(Pulse Repeat Frequency, OF(One Frame), RP(Rate Pulse),
LineType, ScanLine and etc.

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Main Board – VM

Post Process
- Image Synch Generation (Screen:1025 X 768, Sonoarea: 640 X 440)
- B/W, Loop Dual Display Window generation
- Image Header Mapping (B/W, M, Color,Doppler)
- Image Grabber Memory (Gray Bar, B dual, B/Loop, Sonoview data)
- Field Memory (Video Frame Memory)
NI to I Process
- NI2I
- Horizontal & Vertical Scale (Down & Up Scale)
- RGB2YUV Conversion
DVI Transmitter
- LCD Monitor Data transfer

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Main Board – VM

Menu Thumbnail
1024X768
Area Area

Image Area
640 X 450

Display Size
1024 X 768
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Display layout
Control Panel
Main Board PC Module

Control Panel Board

MCU ADC

Speaker

TGC
Control Panel Alpha numeric
Track Key board Key board
Ball

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Power Supply (DDM+ ADM)
Input Power
Voltage Frequency Current

100 ~ 240 V 47 ~ 63 Hz 1.63 ~ 0.7A

Output Power
Name Voltage Max. Current

P2.5V +2.3Vdo 6.0A

P3.5V +3.5Vdo 7.5A

P5V +5Vdo 5.0A

P12V +12Vdo 4.0A

N12V -12Vdo 0.5A

PTHV 0 ~ +80Vdo 80mA

NTHV 0 ~ -80Vdo 80mA

PSHV +97Vdo 10mA

NSHV -97Vdo 10mA

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Cable used

LCD Data Cable(20pin) : Main Board - LCD Panel

Connected LCD LVDS Data and Power Line(3.3V)

LCD Inverter Cable(6Pin) : Main Board - Inverter

+12V Line , LCD Adjust( Bright control) and LCD On/Off 신호

Control Panel Cable(30Pin) : Main Board - Control Panel

+12V,+5V, RS232C, PS/2(Track-Ball & Alphanumeric Control), Speaker Line, Probe
Freeze(180mm veterinary Probe Freeze Line)

HDD Power Cable and SATA Cable

System FAN and PC FAN Cable(Connect with Main Board)

USB Cable (Connected Main Board and USB Dot Board )

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Up-grade & Patch

By File
- Using Flash Memory or external CD/DVD-ROM
- Go to Windows XP mode
- Run on Windows Explore

Software Installation

Discwizard Install
Reference : Chapter 4 Software Service

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Software – Setup/System

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Software – Setup/System

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Software – Setup/System

USB Foot Switch Support

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Software – Setup/System/Information
System Information : System Version and details info. check

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Sonoview
Post analysis & Image management
Review & Comparison
Backup & Export

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Option Setting
SonoAce R3 Option Unlock
▶ When you’ve lost option password…

DISTRIBUTOR

1. System Serial
No.
2. System Key
Passwords
Request

MEDISON H.Q
<Setup Option Tab>

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Option Setting
SonoAce R3 Option Lock

*********

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Admin Mode Control
– Password : Ctrl + Enter + *********** + Enter
– Admin Mode password : ***********
You have to hold ‘Ctrl’ key until other keys’ input finish.

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Admin Mode Control
1. System Serial # : Input System Serial No.
(1) (9) 2. Save all Configuration of admin mode setting.
3. Go back to Initialize System Setting
(2) 4. Export all probes/Apps image setting parameters
(10 as HTML type (Only for R&D)
(3)
)
(4) 5. Lock Manager (Only for R&D)
6. Go to software upgrade window
(11)
(5) 7. Image Setting Values Backup and Restore
User Setting, Sonoview Setting, etc
(6) 8. Overall System Control (Only for R&D)
(7) (12) HDD Diagnosis/Time Zone Setting/ Cure DB
(13) 9. Shell : Debugging (Only for R&D)
(8) 10. System Control
HDD Checking, Time Zone Setting, Cure BD(X)
11. Germany KV insurance feature set request
(Only for Germany)
12. Activate Virtual key panel
13. Debugging (Only for R&D)

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 S/W upgrade

Insert CD/DVD media or connect USB

Memory and select device.

Select upgrade version

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 S/W upgrade

Check upgrade version again and select

“y”.

After finishing upgrade, system ask you

want to reset the user’s image setting.

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S/W upgrade

After complete upgrade, system will be

restarted. Please check S/W version again

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User Setting Back up
1. Compact Disk
2. MO Disk
3. USB Memory

If you select DB data ‘Yes’, the backup file

size could exceed to a CD media capacity.
In this case, the DB back up is impossible.

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User Setting Back up

If CD media is not in a drive,

then backup fail message will show up.

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User Setting Restore

Insert the media which has

backup data, and select
media type. Then, Start button
will be enable.

To disconnect the USB

flash memory from the
product, use the ‘Unplug’
WARNING
function from Storage
Manager to remove it from
the product.

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Body Rear & Middle Cover

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Main Part and LCD/Control Panel

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Power & HDD & Side Fan

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PSA
Rear
Rear Fan
Handle

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LCD & Inverter
& USB Board

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Control Panel and LCD

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Control Panel

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