Preface; Manual Organization; About This Manual - Supermicro SUPER X5DPL-8GM User Manual

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 SUPER X5DPL-8GM/X5DPL-iGM mainboard. The SUPER X5DPL-8GM/
X5DPL-iGM supports single or dual Intel
cache processors at a 533/400 MHz front side bus.
support section
TechSupport.htm) for a complete listing of supported processors.
product is intended to be professionally 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 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 other connections, 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.
ing technical support.
www.supermicro.com/techsupport.htm) for more detailed information.
Chapter 4 includes an introduction to PhoenixBIOS and provides detailed
information on running the CMOS Setup utility.
Appendix A gives information on BIOS POST messages.
Appendix B provides BIOS POST codes.

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