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P8B-X
How to differentiate REV 1.0x and REV 2.0x
Confidential
By ASUS Server BU
Aug 12, 2011
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How to differentiate the motherboard
VGA chipset location
R1.0x (Z9s) R2.0x (AST1100)
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How to differentiate the motherboard
PCB revision location
R1.0x (Z9s) R2.0x (AST1100)
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How to differentiate the motherboard
SN label location
R1.0x (Z9s) R2.0x (AST1100)
* B means year, B=2011, C=2012… 9 means month, 1...9, A, B, C
** After September 2011, we will be shipping R2.0x, the SN will be B9S2XXXXXXXX or above
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How to differentiate the motherboard
PCBA revision location
R1.0x (Z9s) R2.0x (AST1100)
* B06 or earlier PCBA revision indicate R1.0x
** After September 2011, we will be shipping R2.0x, the PCBA revision will be C03 or above
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Supplier
Component name and version
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
Edition SP2
x86
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition
R2
x64
Windows 7
x86
Windows 7
x64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.6
x86
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.6
x64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.5
x86
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 5.5
x64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.0
x86
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 6.0
x64
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.1
x86
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.1
x64
CentOS
x86
CentOS 5.6
x64
CentOS 5.5
x86
CentOS 5.5
x64
Functionality – OS support list
Microsoft
Red Hat
Novell
CentOS
5.6
R1.0x
R2.0x
(Z9s)
V
V
V
V
X
X V
V
V
V
V
V
V
X V
X V
V
V
(AST1100)
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
PS: ‘X’ means vendor doesn’t provide driver. When using OS default driver only can support 1280 x 1024
‘V’ means vendor provide driver, could support 1600 x 1200
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*
Red Hat 5.6
when using OS default driver only could
support
*
OS could support
please refer to previous page)
Functionality – Maximum resolution
R1.0x (Z9s) R2.0x (AST1100)
1280 x 1024
Vendor doesn’t provide Z9s driver for
and CentOS 5.6 or later OS,
1280 x 1024
1600 x 1200
Driver provided by vendor for previous
1600 x 1200. (Detail
1600 x 1200
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