DFI PS82-BC/BL, PS83-BC/BL, PS85-BC/BL User Manual

PS82-BC/BL PS83-BC/BL PS85-BC/BL

Rev. B+ System Board User’s Manual

70360412

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Trademarks

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Caution

To avoid damage to the system:  Use the correct AC input voltage range.

To reduce the risk of electric shock:  Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis

cover for installation or ser vicing. After installation or ser vicing, cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord.

Battery:  Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced.  Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by

the manufacturer.

 Dispose of used batteries according to the batter y

manufacturers instructions.

Joystick or MIDI port:  Do not use any joystick or MIDI device that requires more than

10A current at 5V DC. There is a risk of fire for devices that exceed this limit.

FCC and DOC Statement on Class B

This equipment 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 when the equipment is operated in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to tr y to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.  Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.  Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from

that to which the receiver is connected.

 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for

help.

Notice:

1. The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

2. Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits.

Notice

This users manual contains detailed information about the system board. If, in some cases, some information doesnt match those shown in the multilingual manual, the multilingual manual should always be regarded as the most updated version. The multilingual manual is included in the system board package.

To view the users manual, inser t the CD into a CD-ROM drive. The autorun screen (Mainboard Utility CD) will appear. Click the Tools icon then click Manual on the main menu.

System Board

This users manual is for the PS82-BC/BL, PS83-BC/BL and PS85BC/BL system boards. The differences between these boards are shown below.

Chipset

CPU FSB

Memory

Onboard Graphics

Onboard LAN

Intel 865P

400/533MHz

DDR266 DDR333

None

BL only

Intel 865PE

400/533/800MHz

DDR266 DDR333 DDR400

None

BL only

PS85-BC/BLPS82-BC/BL PS83-BC/BL

Intel 865G

400/533/800MHz

DDR266 DDR333 DDR400

Ye s

BL only

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Introduction

1. 1 Features and Specifications..................................................................................

1. 2 Hyper-Threading Technology Functionality Requirements..........

1. 3 Package Checklist.........................................................................................................

Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

2. 1 System Board Layout ...........................................................................................

2. 2 System Memory...........................................................................................................

2.3 CPU......................................................................................................................... ...............

2. 4 Jumper Settings.............................................................................................................

2. 5 Rear Panel I/O Ports..............................................................................................

2. 6 I/O Connectors...........................................................................................................

Chapter 3 - Award BIOS Setup Utility

3. 1 The Basic Input/Output System.....................................................................

3.1.1 Standard CMOS Features.............................................................

3.1.2 Advanced BIOS Features..............................................................

3.1.3 Advanced Chipset Features ......................................................

3.1.4 Integrated Pe r ipherals.........................................................................

3.1.5 Power Management Setup............................................................

3.1.6 PnP/PCI Configurations....................................................................

3.1.7 PC Health Status...................................................................................

3.1.8 CPU Frequency Control............................................................

3.1.9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults.....................................................................

3.1.10 Load Optimized Defaults..............................................................

3.1.11 Set Super visor Password...............................................................

3.1.12 Set User Password..............................................................................

3.1.13 Save & Exit Setup.................................................................................

3.1.14 Exit Without Saving..............................................................................

3. 2 Updating the BIOS.....................................................................................................

7 16 16

17 23 27 32 35 49

64 64 70 75 79 89 94 96

98 101 102 103 104 105 106 107

Introduction

Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares

4.1 Desktop Management Interface.................................................................

4.2 Drivers, Utilities and Software Applications.....................................

4.3 3D Audio Configuration....................................................................................

4.4 Installation Notes......................................................................................................

Appendix A - Enabling the Hyper-Threading

Technology

A.1 Enabling the Hyper-Threading Technology...........................................

Appendix B - System Error Messages

B.1 POST Beep....................................................................................................................

B.2 Error Messages...........................................................................................................

Appendix C - Troubleshooting

C.1 Troubleshooting Checklist.................................................................................

109 112 123 126

127

130 130

132

Introduction

1.1 Features and Specifications

1.1.1 Features

Chipset

• PS82-BC/BL Intel® 865P chipset

- Intel® 865P Memor y Controller Hub (MCH)

- Intel® 82801EB I/O Controller Hub (ICH5)

• PS83-BC/BL Intel® 865PE chipset

- Intel® 865PE Memory Controller Hub (MCH)

- Intel® 82801EB I/O Controller Hub (ICH5)

• PS85-BC/BL Intel® 865G chipset

- Intel® 865G Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)

- Intel® 82801EB I/O Controller Hub (ICH5)

Processor

The system board is equipped with Socket 478 for installing one of the following supported processor s.

• Intel® Pentium® 4 (Prescott and Northwood) processor up to

3.2GHz+

- Intel Hyper-Threading Technology

- FSB: 533MHz and 800MHz

• Intel® Celeron® processor

- 400MHz system data bus

Note:

• PS82-BC/BL suppor ts 400MHz and 533MHz FSB only.

• Refer to section 1.2 and appendix A for more information

on the Hyper-Threading Technology.

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Introduction

Density Width

Single/Double

184-pin DDR

64 Mbit

SS/DS

64/128MB

X16

SS/DS

32MB/NA

Density 128 Mbit

SS/DS

128/256MB

X16

SS/DS

64MB/NA

256 Mbit

SS/DS

256/512MB

X16

SS/DS

128MB/NA

512 Mbit

SS/DS

512/1024MB

X16

SS/DS

256MB/NA

System Memory

 Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface

- Each channel supports 2 DIMM sockets  Supports up to 4GB system memory  Synchronous operation with processor system bus

- PC2100/PC2700/PC3200 (DDR266/DDR333/DDR400)

with 800MHz FSB CPU. DDR333 will run at 320MHz memory frequency when used with 800MHz FSB CPU. (PS83-BC/BL and PS85-BC/BL only.)

- Use PC2100/PC2700 (DDR266/DDR333) with 533MHz

FSB CPU

- Use PC2100 (DDR266) with 400MHz FSB CPU  Supports non-ECC (x64) DIMM using 128Mb, 256Mb or

512Mb

 Supports unbuffered DIMMs

Expansion Slots

The system board is equipped with 1 AGP slot and 5 PCI slots.

AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port)

 Supports AGP 3.0 (AGP 4x and 8x) and AGP 2.0 (AGP 1x and

4x) spec.

 Supports 1.5V AGP 8x (2.13GB/sec.) and AGP 4x (1066MB/

sec.) add-in cards.

AGP is an interface designed to support high performance 3D graphics cards for 3D graphics applications. It handles large amounts of graphics data with the following features:

 Pipelined memory read and write operations that hide

memory access latency.

Introduction

• Demultiplexing of address and data on the bus for nearly 100 percent efficiency.

Note:

AGP 2x and 3.3V AGP cards are not supported.

Onboard Graphics Features (PS85-BC/BL only)

• Gr aphics memory

- Shares 1MB/4MB/8MB/16MB of the system memor y in DOS mode

- Uses Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) in Windows mode

• Graphics controller

- Core frequency of 266MHz

- 350MHz integrated 24-bit RAMDAC

- Analog display up to 2048x1536 @ 60Hz refresh

- 3D setup and render engine - Discrete, Triangles, Strips and fans

- Per pixel per spective cor rected texture mapping

- Software DVD at 30fps, full screen

• 2D graphics features

- Optimized 256-bit BLT engine

- 32-bit alpha blended cursor

- Programmable 3-color tr ansparent cur sor

• 3D graphics features

- 200 megapixels/sec fill rate

- Maximum 3D resolution: 1600x1200x32 @ 85Hz

- Flat and Gouraud shading

- 16- and 24-bit Z-buffering and 16- and 24-bit W-buffering

- Vertex and programmable pixel fogging and atmospheric effects

- Double and triple render buffer

• Software driver s

- Windows

98SE/2000/ME/XP

- Windows NT® 4.0

Introduction

Onboard Audio Features

 20-bit stereo full-duplex codec with independent variable

sampling rate  High quality differential CD input  True stereo line level outputs  S/PDIF-in/out interface  6-channel audio output

S/PDIF

S/PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that transfers digital audio signals to a device without having to be converted first to an analog format. This prevents the quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is conver ted to analog. S/PDIF is usually found on digital audio equipment such as a DAT machine or audio processing device. The S/PDIF connector on the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal outputs to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like CD recorders.

6-channel Audio

The surround connector which supports four audio output signals: center channel, subwoofer, rear right channel and rear left channel; together with the line-in and mic-in jacks (at the rear panel) support 6-channel audio output.

Onboard LAN Features (PS82-BL, PS83-BL and PS85-BL only)

 Uses Realtek RTL8101L fast ethernet controller  Integrated IEEE 802.3, 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX compatible

PHY  32-bit PCI master interface  Integrated power management functions  Full duplex support at both 10 and 100 Mbps  Supports IEEE 802.3u auto-negotiation  Suppor ts wire for management

Compatibility

 PCI 2.2 and AC 97 compliant  Intel AGP version 3.0

Introduction

SATA (Serial ATA) IDE Interface

Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant with SATA 1.0 specification. With speed of up to 1.5Gbps, it improves hard drive performance even in data intensive environments such as audio/ video, consumer electronics and entry-level servers.

• Two SATA (Serial ATA) interfaces which are compliant with SATA

1.0 specification (1.5Gbps interface)

PCI Bus Master IDE Controller

• Two PCI IDE interfaces support up to four IDE devices

• Supports ATA/33, ATA/66 and ATA/100 hard drives

• PIO Mode 4 Enhanced IDE (data transfer rate up to 14MB/sec.)

• Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer

• Supports ATAPI CD-ROM, LS-120 and ZIP

IrDA Interface

The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices. The IRDA (Infrared Data Association) specification supports data transfers of 115K baud at a distance of 1 meter.

USB Ports

The system board supports USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 ports. USB 1.1 supports 12Mb/second bandwidth while USB 2.0 supports 480Mb/ second bandwidth providing a marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.

BIOS

• Award BIOS, Windows® 98SE/2000/ME/XP Plug and Play compatible

• CPU/DRAM overclocking in 1MHz stepping

• AGP/PCI/SATA overclocking

• CPU/DIMM overvoltage

• Supports SCSI sequential boot-up

• Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades

• Supports DMI 2.0 function

• 4Mbit flash memory

Introduction

Desktop Management Interface (DMI)

The system board comes with a DMI 2.0 built into the BIOS. The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI pool, which is a part of the system board's Plug and Play BIOS. DMI, along with the appropriately networked software, is designed to make inventory, maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier. Refer to chapter 4 for instructions on using the DMI utility.

Rear Panel I/O Ports (PC 99 color-coded connectors)

 2 USB 2.0/1.1 por ts  1 RJ45 LAN port (PS82-BL, PS83-BL and PS85-BL only)  1 DB-9 serial port (PS85-BC/BL only) or

2 DB-9 serial ports (PS82-BC/BL and PS83-BC/BL only)  1 DB-15 VGA por t (PS85-BC/BL only)  1 DB-25 parallel port  1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse por t  1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port  1 game/MIDI por t  3 audio jacks: line-out, line-in and mic-in

I/O Connectors

 3 connectors for 6 additional external USB 2.0/1.1 ports  1 connector for 1 external serial port (PS85-BC/BL only)  1 front audio connector for external line-out and mic-in jacks  1 CD-in internal audio connector  1 surround connector  1 S/PDIF-in/out connector  1 connector for IrDA interface  2 Serial ATA connectors  2 IDE connectors  1 floppy drive interface supports up to two 2.88MB floppy

drives  2 ATX power supply connectors  1 Wake-On-LAN connector  1 opened chassis alarm connector  CPU fan, chassis fan and second fan connectors

Introduction

1.1.2 System Health Monitor Functions

The system board is capable of monitoring the following system health conditions.

 Monitors CPU/system temperature and overheat alarm  Monitors CPU/1.5V/5VSB/VBAT/3.3V/5V/±12V voltages and

failure alarm

 Monitors the fan speed of the CPU fan, chassis fan and second

fan; and failure alarm  Automatic chassis fan and second fan on/off control  Read back capability that displays temperature, voltage and fan

speed  Opened chassis alarm

Refer to the PC Health Status section in chapter 3 and the Hardware Monitor section in chapter 4 for more information.

1.1.3 Intelligence

Automatic Chassis/Second Fan Off

The chassis fan and second fan will automatically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode.

Dual Function Power Button

Depending on the setting in the Soft-Off By PWR-BTTN field of the Power Management Setup, this switch will allow the system to enter the Soft-Off or Suspend mode.

Wake-On-Ring

This feature allows the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake-up/power-on to respond to calls coming from an external modem or respond to calls from a modem PCI card that uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal to remotely wake up the PC.

Important:

If you are using a modem add-in card, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of ≥720mA.

Introduction

Wake-On-LAN

This feature allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC. It is supported via the onboard LAN port, via a PCI LAN card that uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal or via a LAN card that uses the Wake-On-LAN connector. However, if your system is in the Suspend mode, you can power-on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interr upt.

Important:

The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥

720mA.

Wake-On-Keyboard/Wake-On-Mouse

This function allows you to use the keyboard or PS/2 mouse to power-on the system.

Important:

The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥

720mA.

Wake-On-USB Keyboard

This function allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system from the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state.

Important:

 If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard function for 2

USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥1.5A.

 If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard function for 3

or more USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥2A.

RTC Timer to Power-on the System

The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power-on on the set date and time.

Introduction

ACPI STR

The system board is designed to meet the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) specification. ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug-and-Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management. Currently, only Windows® 98SE/2000/ME/XP supports the ACPI function. ACPI when enabled in the Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to RAM function.

With the Suspend to RAM function enabled, you can power-off the system at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows® 98SE/2000/ME/XP without having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files, applications and operating system. This is because the system is capable of storing all programs and data files during the entire operating session into RAM (Random Access Memory) when it powers-off. The operating session will resume exactly where you left off the next time you power-on the system.

Important:

The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥

1A.

AC Power Failure Recovery

When power returns after an AC power failure, you may choose to either power-on the system manually, let the system power-on automatically or return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs.

Virus Protection

Most viruses today destroy data stored in hard drives. The system board is designed to protect the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive.

Introduction

1.2 Hyper-Threading Technology Functionality Requirements

Enabling the functionality of Hyper-Threading Technology for your computer system requires ALL of the following platforms.

Components:

 CPU - an Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology  Chipset - an Intel® chipset that supports HT Technology  BIOS - a BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled  OS - an operating system that includes optimizations for HT

Technology

Please refer to Appendix A for information about enabling the functionality of the Hyper-Threading Technology. For more information on Hyper-Threading Technology, go to: www.intel.com/info/ hyperthreading.

1.3 Package Checklist

The system board package contains the following items:

þ The system board þ A users manual þ One Serial ATA cable þ One IDE cable for ATA/33, ATA/66 or ATA/100 IDE drives þ One 34-pin floppy disk drive cable ¨ One card-edge bracket mounted with a serial port (optional

for PS85-BC/BL only)

¨ One card-edge bracket mounted with S/PDIF-in and S/PDIF-

out ports (optional)

þ One Mainboard Utility CD

If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance.

Hardware Installation

2.1 System Board Layout

Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

PS82-BC

(Uses Intel 865P)

KB/Mouse

USB 1/2

COM 1

COM 2

Parallel

+12V power

Socket 478

1 1

CPU fan

Second fan

AT X

power

DDR 1

DDR 2

DDR 3

DDR 4

FDD

CPU FSB

I/O

chip

IrDA

Front audio

Intel

865P

CD-in

Audio

Codec

Surr_con

S/PDIF

BIOS

WOL

Chassis fan

Clear CMOS

S ATA2

S ATA1

USB 3/4

IDE 2

IDE 1

USB 7/8

USB 5/6

Front Panel

Battery

Intel

ICH5

AGP

PCI 1

PCI 3

PCI 2

PCI 5

PCI 4

DIMM

LED

Line-out

Game

Line-in

Mic-in

Chassis open

Hardware Installation

PS82-BL

(Uses Intel 865P and supports onboard LAN)

KB/Mouse

USB 1/2 LAN

COM 1

COM 2

Parallel

Socket 478

1 1

CPU fan

Second fan

AT X

power

DDR 1

DDR 2

DDR 3

DDR 4

FDD

Realtek

RTL8101L

I/O

chip

IrDA

Front

audio

Intel

865P

CD-in

Audio Codec

Surr_con

S/PDIF

BIOS

WOL

Clear CMOS

SATA2

SATA1

IDE 2

IDE 1

Battery

Intel

ICH5

AGP

PCI 1

PCI 3

PCI 2

PCI 5

PCI 4

DIMM

LED

CPU FSB

Chassis fan

USB 3/4

USB 7/8

USB 5/6

Front Panel

Line-out

Game

Line-in

Mic-in

+12V power

Chassis open

Hardware Installation

PS83-BC

(Uses Intel 865PE)

KB/Mouse

USB 1/2

COM 1

COM 2

Parallel

Socket 478

1 1

CPU fan

Second fan

AT X

power

DDR 1

DDR 2

DDR 3

DDR 4

FDD

CPU FSB

I/O

chip

IrDA

Front

audio

Intel

865PE

CD-in

Audio Codec

Surr_con

S/PDIF

WOL

Clear CMOS

SATA2

SATA1

IDE 2

IDE 1

Intel

ICH5

AGP

PCI 1

PCI 3

PCI 2

PCI 5

PCI 4

DIMM

LED

BIOS

Battery

Chassis fan

USB 3/4

USB 7/8

USB 5/6

Front Panel

Line-out

Game

Line-in

Mic-in

+12V power

Chassis open

Hardware Installation

PS83-BL

(Uses Intel 865PE and supports onboard LAN))

KB/Mouse

USB 1/2 LAN

COM 1

COM 2

Parallel

Socket 478

1 1

CPU fan

Second fan

AT X

power

DDR 1

DDR 2

DDR 3

DDR 4

FDD

CPU FSB

Realtek

RTL8101L

I/O

chip

IrDA

Front

audio

Intel

865PE

CD-in

Audio Codec

Surr_con

S/PDIF

WOL

Clear CMOS

SATA2

SATA1

IDE 2

IDE 1

Intel

ICH5

AGP

PCI 1

PCI 3

PCI 2

PCI 5

PCI 4

DIMM

LED

BIOS

Battery

Chassis fan

USB 3/4

USB 7/8

USB 5/6

Front Panel

Line-out

Game

Line-in

Mic-in

+12V power

Chassis open

Hardware Installation

PS85-BC

(Uses Intel 865G)

KB/Mouse

USB 1/2

COM 1

VGA

Parallel

Socket 478

1 1

CPU fan

Second fan

AT X

power

DDR 1

DDR 2

DDR 3

DDR 4

FDD

CPU FSB

I/O

chip

IrDA

Front audio

Intel

865G

CD-in

Audio Codec

Surr_con

S/PDIF

COM 2

WOL

Clear CMOS

SATA2

SATA1

IDE 2

IDE 1

Intel

ICH5

AGP

PCI 1

PCI 3

PCI 2

PCI 5

PCI 4

DIMM

LED

BIOS

Battery

Chassis fan

USB 3/4

USB 7/8

USB 5/6

Front Panel

Line-out

Game

Line-in

Mic-in

+12V power

Chassis open

Hardware Installation

PS85-BL

(Uses Intel 865G and supports onboard LAN)

KB/Mouse

USB 1/2 LAN

COM 1

VGA

Parallel

Socket 478

1 1

CPU fan

Second fan

AT X

power

DDR 1

DDR 2

DDR 3

DDR 4

FDD

CPU FSB

Realtek

RTL8101L

I/O

chip

IrDA

Front

audio

Intel

865G

CD-in

Audio Codec

Surr_con

S/PDIF

COM 2

WOL

Clear CMOS

SATA2

SATA1

IDE 2

IDE 1

Intel

ICH5

AGP

PCI 1

PCI 3

PCI 2

PCI 5

PCI 4

DIMM

LED

BIOS

Battery

Chassis fan

USB 3/4

USB 7/8

USB 5/6

Front

Panel

Line-out

Game

Line-in

Mic-in

+12V power

Chassis open

Hardware Installation

2.2 System Memory

Warning:

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your system board, processor, disk drives, add-in boards, and other components. Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only. If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis. If a wrist strap is unavailable, establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection.

The system board supports DDR SDRAM DIMM. Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM) is a type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock. This effectively doubles the speed of operation therefore doubling the speed of data transfer.

The four DDR DIMM sockets on the system board are divided into 2 channels:

Channel A - DDR 1 and DDR 2 Channel B - DDR 3 and DDR 4

DDR 3 DDR 4

DDR 1 DDR 2

Hardware Installation

PS82-BC/BL supports DDR266 and DDR333.

PS83-BC/BL and PS85-BC/BL support DDR266, DDR333 and

DDR400.

The system board supports the following memory interface.

Single Channel (SC)

Data will be accessed in chunks of 64 bits (8B) from the memory channels.

Virtual Single Channel (VSC)

If both channels are populated with different memory configurations, the MCH defaults to Virtual Single Channel.

Dual Channel (DC)

Dual channel provides better system performance because it doubles the data transfer rate.

BIOS Setting

Memory Frequency For in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu of the BIOS must be set accordingly.

DIMMs are on the same channel. DIMMs in a channel can be identical or completely different. Not all slots need to be populated.

DIMMs of different memory configurations are on different channels. Odd number of slots can be populated.

DIMMs of the same memor y configuration are on different channels.

Single Channel

Virtual Single Channel

Dual Channel

Hardware Installation

The table below lists the various optimal operating modes that should be configured for the memory channel oper ation.

Config

No memory

Single channel A

Single channel B

Virtual single channel

Dual channel

DDR 1

P(**)

p(**)

P(**)

P(*)(1,3)

DDR 2

P(**)

P(*)(2,4)

DDR 3

P(**)

P(*)(1,3)

DDR 4

P(**)

P(*)(2,4)

P - denotes populated E - denotes empty * - denotes DIMMs are identical ** - denotes DIMMs are not identical

Hardware Installation

2.2.1 Installing the DIM Module

A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board. Pin 1 of the DIM module must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket.

1. Pull the tabs which are at the ends of the socket to the side.

2. Position the DIMM above the socket with the notch in the module aligned with the key on the socket.

3. Seat the module vertically into the socket. Make sure it is completely seated. The tabs will hold the DIMM in place.

Pin 1

Notch

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2.3 CPU

2.3.1 Overview

The system board is equipped with a surface mount 478-pin CPU socket. This socket is exclusively designed for installing an Intel processor.

2.3.2 Installing the CPU

1. Locate Socket 478 on the system board.

2. Unlock the socket by pushing the lever sideways, away from the socket, then lifting it up to a 90o angle. Make sure the socket is lifted to at least this angle otherwise the CPU will not fit in properly.

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3. Position the CPU above the socket then align the gold mark on the corner of the CPU (designated as pin 1) with pin 1 of the socket.

Important:

Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins.

Gold mark

4. Insert the CPU into the socket until it is seated in place. The CPU will fit in only one orientation and can easily be inserted without exerting any force.

Important:

Do not force the CPU into the socket. Forcing the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and damage the CPU.

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5. Once the CPU is in place, push down the lever to lock the socket. The lever should click on the side tab to indicate that the CPU is completely secured in the socket.

2.3.3 Installing the Fan and Heat Sink

The CPU must be kept cool by using a CPU fan with heatsink. Without sufficient air circulation across the CPU and heat sink, the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board.

Note:

 Only use Intel® certified fan and heat sink.  An Intel® boxed processor package contains a retention

mechanism, heat sink, fan and installation guide. If the installation procedure in the installation guide differs from the one in this section, please follow the installation guide in the package.

 If you are installing a non-boxed processor, the heat sink,

fan and retention mechanism assembly may look different from the one shown in this section but the procedure will more or less be the same.

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1. The system board comes with the retention module base already installed.

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2. Position the fan / heat sink and retention mechanism assembly on the CPU, then align and snap the retention legs hooks to the retention holes at the 4 corners of the retention module base.

Note:

You will not be able to snap the hooks into the holes if the fan / heat sink and retention mechanism assembly did not fit properly onto the CPU and retention module base.

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Fan / heat sink and retention mechanism assembly

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