About This Manual; Content Overview; Text Conventions - Intel ® Core i7 User Manual

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About This Manual

This manual describes the use of the Intel
Chipset Development kit (Development kit). This manual has been written for OEMs, system
evaluators, and embedded system developers. This manual assumes basic familiarity in the
fundamental concepts involved with installing and configuring hardware for a personal
computer system. This document defines all jumpers, headers, LED functions, their locations
on the development kit, and other subsystem features and POST codes. This manual assumes
basic familiarity in the fundamental concepts involved with installing and configuring hardware
for a personal computer system.
For the latest information about the Dev Kit and platform design collateral, please visit:
http://tigris.intel.com/scripts-edk/viewer/UI_CLCatalog.asp?edkId=8381

1.1 Content Overview

This manual is arranged into the following sections:
About This Manual contains a description of conventions used in this manual. The last few
sections explain how to obtain literature and contact customer support.
Getting Started describes the contents of the development kit. This section explains the basics
steps necessary to get the board running. This section also includes information on how to
update the BIOS.
Development Board Features
board. It explains the Power Management and Testability features.
Development Board Physical Hardware Reference
and connectors. It gives a description of jumper settings and functions. The chapter also
explains the use of the programming headers.
Daughter and Plug-in Cards
be used with the development board.

1.2 Text Conventions

Throughout this document:
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 Intel Core™ i7-620M Processor, Intel
620LE Processor, Intel
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and Intel Core™ i5-520E Processor, Intel
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Celeron P4505 processor may be referred to as the Processor or CPU.
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 Intel QM57 Series Chipset may be referred to as the Chipset or PCH.
The notations listed in
Dev Kit Manual
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Core™ i7 Processor with Intel
describes details on the hardware features of the development
contains information on add-in cards available from Intel that can
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Core™ i7-620UE Processor, Intel
Table 1 may be used throughout this manual.
provides a list of major board components
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Core™ i7-610E Processor, Intel
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Core™ i5-520M Processor,
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Celeron P4500 processor, and Intel
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QM57 Express
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Core™ i7-
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