Installing Expansion Cards ................- 36 - PCI-Express Riser Card..................- 37 - Serial ATA Connector..................- 38 - IDE and Floppy Connectors ................- 39 - DNS Power Supply ....................- 40 - CPU/ System Fan Connectors .................- 41 - IWILL DNS Series - 3 -...
4. Rear panel I/O shield Covers the area around the rear panel I/O ports when the board is installed in a system housing. 5. One set of SATA cables (DNS-SATA has two sets) Connector cable for onboard SATA connectors. 6. Two ATA-66/100 IDE cables Connects IDE devices to one of the onboard IDE connectors.
Handle a board by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral chips, memory modules or contacts. When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins. IWILL DNS Series - 7 -...
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Intel Xeon @800MHz FSB Processor At least one Registered DDR memory module At least one SATA or IDE HDD EPS12V Power Supply with 460W or above Important: You must have enough system integration knowledge before the installation. - 8 - IWILL DNS Series...
If those options don't work for you, IWILL also provides some helpful resources to help you. 1. Visit IWILL® website at Http://www.iwill.net and navigate to this product’s page which contain links to product updates such as Jumper settings or BIOS updates.
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Hardware Monitor control by Analog Device ADM1026 System Management Fan speed control method: DC FAN Support AC power failure EATX form factor 12’’x13’’ Form Factor EEB 3.5 EPS 12V power connectors (24 pin + 8 pin) IWILL DNS Series - 11 -...
Plug and Play peripherals. You can connect or disconnect USB cables when the system is turned on. - 14 - IWILL DNS Series...
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• 10Mbps - will not blink • 100Mbps - LED is green • 1000Mbps - LED is orange Link and Activity LED (left) • LED is yellow when the LAN connection is linked and accessed. IWILL DNS Series - 15 -...
This header lets you set your memory speed. Depend on the memory you choose, please adjust this jumper in order to optimize your memory utilize. Setting JP17 PLLSE0 JP21 PLLSE1 Memory Pin 1-2 Short(Default) Short(Default) DDR-333 Pin 2-3 Short Short DDR-266 JP21 JP17 IWILL DNS Series - 17 -...
Pin 1 Pin4 DTR# Pin3 Pin2 Pin1 DCD# VGA Jumper This header lets you set your VGA port function. You can choose enable or disable this function or not. VCC5 Stand By VCC5 (Default) - 18 - IWILL DNS Series...
Duplex Mode” and “Use IR Pins” fields appropriately. Driver Installation You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the IrDA function. Refer to your operating system’s manual or documentation for more information. IWILL DNS Series - 19 -...
USB Headers DNS provides three USB pin headers on board for six USB devices. Besides, there are two more USB 2.0 ports at the rear panel. USB 2.0 supports transfer rates of up to 480MB/s. - 20 - IWILL DNS Series...
Serial/Modem and LAN connections, and the capabilities for automatic alerting and recovery. Installation Procedures 1. Before you enter in your BMC card on the DNS-SATA board, please match each pin’s position. Rear of BMC card On board 2.
These functions can be configured by making appropriate settings in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“Super IO Device” field) of the BIOS. Speaker Connector This connects to the PC speaker installed in the system chassis. - 22 - IWILL DNS Series...
Turn on your computer by pressing the power-on button. Hold down <F2> during boot and select either <Load Optimal Defaults> or <Load Failsafe Defaults> in the “Exit” section. Then go through the BIOS setup to re-enter user preferences. IWILL DNS Series - 23 -...
Chassis intrusion is a security function. This can detect whether the chassis (case) had been opened or not. If the case had been opened, the open record would show on the screen until you delete this message. Setting Function Open Disable Close Enable - 24 - IWILL DNS Series...
4. Place the motherboard in the housing and align the mounting holes to the standoffs of the housing’s motherboard mounting plate. Make sure all of the rear I/O ports are properly aligned with the openings of the I/O panel. - 26 - IWILL DNS Series...
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5. Secure the motherboard to the housing by inserting mounting screws in all the holes. EEB 3.5 holes for the motherboard DNS follows the EEB 3.5 form factor. Please choose the chassis that can support EEB3.5 form factor. IWILL DNS Series - 27 -...
IWILL Installing the CPU and Heatsink Procedures IWILL DNS supports Intel Xeon @FSB800 MHz processor. You must insert a CPU into CPU socket 1 (CPU1) first before installing one in CPU socket 2 (CPU2). We only recommend using the Intel Original heatsink kit. CEK (Common Enabling Kit) is specially designed for the Intel latest Xeon.
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Turn over the motherboard, and let the front side to face you. Then, raise the retaining lever of the processor locking mechanism to a perpendicular position. Raise the socket lever to the vertical position IWILL DNS Series - 29 -...
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Pin 1 corner on the Socket 604 (marked by a triangular hole in the Pin 1 corner). Align the Pin 1 corners Carefully insert the Xeon processor in the socket receptacles, taking care not to bend any pins. Insert the processor - 30 - IWILL DNS Series...
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CPU. Do not spread the TIM around. When you place the heatsink on top of the CPU the material will disperse evenly. Apply all of the thermal interface material to the center of the processor heater spreader plate IWILL DNS Series - 31 -...
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Place the CPU heatsink on the top, and align the heatsink, spring and motherboard holes together. Finally, please gently drive in all screws in order to fasten the heatsinks. Please follow the number sequence to drive in four screws - 32 - IWILL DNS Series...
--The rim of heatsink has a fillister, and it needs the retention to fasten it. Put the attached CPU plate to the back of this motherboard Screw Retention Module on top of this motherboard Put CPU Heatsink on the top and finish the installation IWILL DNS Series - 33 -...
DNS Motherboard IWILL Memory Installation Procedure Locate the DIMM modules Make sure the DIMM’s pins are facing down, and check that the pin arrangement on the memory module resembles the one pictured below. - 34 - IWILL DNS Series...
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PC2100/2700/3200 (DDR266/DDR333/DDR400) and Double Data Rate Memory (DDR) memory modules in 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, and 2GB combinations. Total memory size for one mainboard is between 128MB and 16GB. Warning DNS SERIES ONLY supports Registered DDR ECC memory. IWILL DNS Series - 35 -...
Card Interoperability Slot Card Warning Please completely power OFF your power supply when adding or removing any expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your Mainboard - 36 - IWILL DNS Series...
1U and 2U chassis without scarified the PCI-Express slot. Please plug this card into PCI-Express x8 and PCI-X 64/133 slot (show in red color on board). Important DNS-L still keeps PCI-X 133 slot without any bandwidth, but only for fixing PCI-Express Riser Card purpose. IWILL DNS Series - 37 -...
J80, J81, J82, J83 Serial ATAII Connector (DNS-SATA ONLY) DNS-SATA adopts Marvell chipset, and it can provide eight SATAII ports each with data transfer rates of 300MB/s. The speed of SATA II is double than the SATA devices. It uses point to point technology, and supports hot swap.
Mainboard. Then, plug the other end of the ribbon into the floppy drive. Make sure you align the Pin 1 on the connector with the Pin 1 alignments on the Mainboard and the floppy drive. IWILL DNS Series - 39 -...
CPUs. 24-pin Power Supply Connector 8-pin Power Supply Connector Important There are two 24 pin connectors. Please choose either one to install. DON’T plug into both connectors at the same time. - 40 - IWILL DNS Series...
The CPU and/or motherboard will overheat if there is not enough airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsink. Damage may occur to the motherboard and/or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used. These are NOT jumpers; DO NOT place jumper caps over these pins. IWILL DNS Series - 41 -...
Re-check your jumper settings and connections. Contact your retailer/dealer for assistance if everything else fails. 3. During power-on, hold down <F2> to enter BIOS setup. Follow the instructions in BIOS for further setup information. - 42 - IWILL DNS Series...
IWILL Chapter 4 BIOS Setup IWILL DNS Series - 43 -...
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Click File from the menu, and then select Format. A Format 3 1/2 Floppy Disk window appears. If you are using Windows™, select “Create an MS-DOS startup disk” from the format options field, then click Start. Move the latest BIOS file to the bootable floppy disk. - 44 - IWILL DNS Series...
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IWILL Using “AMIFLASH.EXE” to update the BIOS Update the BIOS using the AMIFLASH.EXE utility in DOS environment. 1. Visit the IWILL website ( http://www.iwill.net ) to download the latest BIOS file for your motherboard. Save the BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk.
<F2>/<F3> Key Change Colors <F7> Key Discard Changes Load Failsafe Defaults <F8> Key Load Optimal Defaults <F9> Key <F10> Key Save and Exit Home Go to Top of Screen Go to Bottom of Screen Exit - 46 - IWILL DNS Series...
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The best advice is to ONLY alter settings that you thoroughly understand. The default settings have been carefully chosen by AMIBIOS to provide the maximum system performance and reliability. Even a slight change to the chipset setup may cause potential and unpredictable failure to the system. IWILL DNS Series - 47 -...
Due to the different BIOS versions, this BIOS screen will possibly be not exactly the same with what you see while you are setting up DNS BIOS. Please read the right description column carefully on your BIOS screen. For any further setup questions, please contact with our Technology Support staff. - 48 - IWILL DNS Series...
You can make these modifications on the Advanced Menu. Select the Submenus to modify those settings. CPU Configuration IDE Configuration Floppy Configuration SuperIO Configuration Hardware Health Configuration ACPI Configuration Event Log Configuration MPS Configuration PCI-Express Configuration Remote Access Configuration USB Configuration IWILL DNS Series - 49 -...
Specify the boot device priority sequence from Hard Disk Drives available hard drives Specify the boot device priority sequence from Removable Drives available removable drives Specify the boot device priority sequence from CD/DVD Drives available CD/DVD drives - 50 - IWILL DNS Series...
Wait for “F1” if error Enabled error occurs Disabled Display “Press DEL to run Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display Enabled Setup” in POST Disabled Enabled: allows option ROMs to Interrupt 19 Capture Enabled trap interrupt 19 IWILL DNS Series - 51 -...
Load optimal default values for all the setup Load Optimal Defaults questions. F9 key can be used for this operation Load Failsafe default values for all the setup Load Failsafe Defaults questions. F8 key can be used for this operation - 52 - IWILL DNS Series...
Besides, this user’s manual will also be placed inside this the CD-ROM. If you have any question about how to install operation system, please check on IWILL website www.iwill.net or contact with our Technology Supporters. We also suggest you visit our website for downloading the latest BIOS and drivers regularly.
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