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About This Manual
This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and
knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use
of the
ports single or dual Intel
MHz front side bus.
Xeon EM64T processor supports IA-32 and IA-64 software and includes
features found in the Xeon
ogy, allowing the processor to operate at much higher core frequencies.
Packaged in a 604-pin Flip Chip Micro Pin Grid Array(FC-mPGA4) platform in
a Zero Insertion Force(ZIF) socket (mPGA 604), the Nocona Processor (800
MHz) supports Hyper-Threading Technology and is ideal for high perfor-
mance workstation and server environments with up to two processors on
one system bus. Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on
our web site (http: //www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/) for up-
dates on supported processors. This product is intended to be profession-
ally installed.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your
mainboard box, describes the features, specifications and performance of
the motherboard and provides detailed information about the chipset.
Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static-sensitive devices.
Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and DIMM memory
modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis.
this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives, SCSI drives, the IDE
interfaces, the parallel and serial ports, the keyboard and mouse, the power
supply and various control panel buttons and indicators.
If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes trouble-
shooting procedures for the video, the memory and the setup configuration
stored in CMOS.
Questions] section is provided.
Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa-
tion on running the CMOS Setup utility.
Appendix A lists BIOS Error Beep Codes and DS LED POST Codes.
Appendix B provides BIOS POST codes.
Appendix C provides software installation instructions.
Preface
X6DVL-EG2 motherboard. The
®
Xeon EM64T (Nocona
Based upon Intel's NetBurst microarchitecture, the
TM
processor such as Hyper Pipelined Technol-
For quick reference, a general FAQ [Frequently Asked
TM
) processors
iii
Preface
X6DVL-EG2 sup-
at a 800
Also refer to
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