Intended Audience; Use Only For Intended Applications - Intel D945GBO Product Manual

Preface
This Product Guide gives information about board layout, component installation, BIOS update,
and regulatory requirements for Intel

Intended Audience

The Product Guide is intended for technically qualified personnel.

Use Only for Intended Applications

All Intel desktop boards are evaluated as Information Technology Equipment (I.T.E.) for use in
personal computers (PC) for installation in homes, offices, schools, computer rooms, and similar
locations. The suitability of this product for other PC or embedded non-PC applications or other
environments, such as medical, industrial, alarm systems, test equipment, etc. may not be supported
without further evaluation by Intel.
Information Layout
The chapters in this Product Guide are arranged as follows:
1 Desktop Board
2 Installing and Replacing Desktop Board
board and other hardware components
3 Updating the BIOS: instructions on how to update the BIOS
4 Configuring for RAID (Intel
Drives: information about configuring your system for RAID
5 Intel Quick Resume Technology Driver (Intel
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configuring Intel Quick Resume Technology Driver
A Error Messages and
B Regulatory Compliance: information about safety and EMC regulations, and product
certifications
Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
CAUTION
Cautions warn the user about how to prevent damage to hardware or loss of data.
NOTE
Notes call attention to important information.
Desktop Board D945GBO.
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Features: a summary of product features
Matrix Storage Technology) Requires Serial ATA (SATA) Hard
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Indicators: information about BIOS error messages and beep codes
Components: instructions on how to install the desktop
QRTD): information about installing and
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