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Intel Desktop Board DP55SB Product Guide Installing the I/O Shield 33 Installing and Removing the Desktop Board 34 Installing and Removing a Processor 35 Installing a Processor 35 Installing the Processor Fan Heat Sink 40 Connecting the Processor Fan Heat Sink ...with the Iflash Memory Update Utility 69 Recovering the BIOS 70 4 Configuring for RAID Using Intel® Matrix Storage Technology Configuring the BIOS 71 Creating Your RAID Set 71 Loading the Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Drivers and Software (Required for Microsoft Windows XP Installation 72 Setting Up a "RAID Ready" ...
Intel Desktop Board DP55SB Product Guide Installing the I/O Shield 33 Installing and Removing the Desktop Board 34 Installing and Removing a Processor 35 Installing a Processor 35 Installing the Processor Fan Heat Sink 40 Connecting the Processor Fan Heat Sink ...with the Iflash Memory Update Utility 69 Recovering the BIOS 70 4 Configuring for RAID Using Intel® Matrix Storage Technology Configuring the BIOS 71 Creating Your RAID Set 71 Loading the Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Drivers and Software (Required for Microsoft Windows XP Installation 72 Setting Up a "RAID Ready" ...
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.... Intel Desktop Board DP55SB supports an Intel processor in damage to the board, or the system may not function properly. Intel Desktop Board DP55SB Product Guide Online Support For more information on supported processors for Intel Desktop Board DP55SB http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/DP55SB/ index.htm • Supported processors http://processormatch.intel.com • Chipset information http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/chipsets/inde x.htm • BIOS and driver...
.... Intel Desktop Board DP55SB supports an Intel processor in damage to the board, or the system may not function properly. Intel Desktop Board DP55SB Product Guide Online Support For more information on supported processors for Intel Desktop Board DP55SB http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/DP55SB/ index.htm • Supported processors http://processormatch.intel.com • Chipset information http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/chipsets/inde x.htm • BIOS and driver...
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... Bluetooth Antenna on page 58 for information on the back panel (see Figure 2). Driver support is occurring 10 Mb/s data rate 100 Mb/s data rate 1000 Mb/s data rate Bluetooth* Technology Support The Desktop Board includes a Bluetooth* module (Figure 1, GG). Desktop Board Features Two LEDs are built into the RJ-45 LAN connector located on...
... Bluetooth Antenna on page 58 for information on the back panel (see Figure 2). Driver support is occurring 10 Mb/s data rate 100 Mb/s data rate 1000 Mb/s data rate Bluetooth* Technology Support The Desktop Board includes a Bluetooth* module (Figure 1, GG). Desktop Board Features Two LEDs are built into the RJ-45 LAN connector located on...
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Serial ATA Support Intel Desktop Board DP55SB supports six onboard 3.0 Gb/s Serial ATA (SATA) channels via a discrete SATA controller. The Desktop Board includes a SATA drive activity indicator (a blue LED) shown in the BIOS reverts all USB 2.0 ports to...drivers that do not support USB 2.0. This may be required to USB 1.1 operation. The board also provides one port routed to an onboard vertical connector). SATA Drive Activity LED 18 USB 1.1 devices will function normally at USB 1.1 speeds. Figure 3. Intel Desktop Board DP55SB Product Guide USB 2.0 Support The Desktop Board...
Serial ATA Support Intel Desktop Board DP55SB supports six onboard 3.0 Gb/s Serial ATA (SATA) channels via a discrete SATA controller. The Desktop Board includes a SATA drive activity indicator (a blue LED) shown in the BIOS reverts all USB 2.0 ports to...drivers that do not support USB 2.0. This may be required to USB 1.1 operation. The board also provides one port routed to an onboard vertical connector). SATA Drive Activity LED 18 USB 1.1 devices will function normally at USB 1.1 speeds. Figure 3. Intel Desktop Board DP55SB Product Guide USB 2.0 Support The Desktop Board...
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... separate RAID drivers using the F6 key. x16 compatible) • Two PCI Express 2.0 x1 ports 19 distributed parity NOTE In order to use supported onboard RAID features, you must first enable RAID in the BIOS. Legacy I/O Intel Desktop Board DP55SB includes an ...• Intelligent power management, including a programmable wake up event interface • PCI power management support Expandability Intel Desktop Board DP55SB provides the following Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Drives) levels: • RAID 0 - data mirroring • RAID 0+1 (or RAID...
... separate RAID drivers using the F6 key. x16 compatible) • Two PCI Express 2.0 x1 ports 19 distributed parity NOTE In order to use supported onboard RAID features, you must first enable RAID in the BIOS. Legacy I/O Intel Desktop Board DP55SB includes an ...• Intelligent power management, including a programmable wake up event interface • PCI power management support Expandability Intel Desktop Board DP55SB provides the following Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Drives) levels: • RAID 0 - data mirroring • RAID 0+1 (or RAID...
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Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card Installing Linked PCI Express Graphics Cards The Desktop Board supports technology that are NVIDIA certified and the latest graphics driver. You can use two identical SLI-ready graphics cards that allows you to connect the two graphics cards together...you use the connector included with the SLI bridge (Figure 25, C) as NVIDIA* SLI* (Scalable Link Interface) cards. Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components Figure 24. Visit the NVIDIA zone website (http://nzone.com) for more information. To install two linked PCI Express graphics cards: 1. ...
Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card Installing Linked PCI Express Graphics Cards The Desktop Board supports technology that are NVIDIA certified and the latest graphics driver. You can use two identical SLI-ready graphics cards that allows you to connect the two graphics cards together...you use the connector included with the SLI bridge (Figure 25, C) as NVIDIA* SLI* (Scalable Link Interface) cards. Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components Figure 24. Visit the NVIDIA zone website (http://nzone.com) for more information. To install two linked PCI Express graphics cards: 1. ...
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...) B Surround Left and Right C Side Surround Left and Right/Line In/Retasking Jack D Line Out E Mic In F Side Surround Figure 28. Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components Connecting to the Audio System After installing the Realtek audio driver from the Intel® Express Installer DVD-ROM, the multi-channel audio feature can be enabled.
...) B Surround Left and Right C Side Surround Left and Right/Line In/Retasking Jack D Line Out E Mic In F Side Surround Figure 28. Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components Connecting to the Audio System After installing the Realtek audio driver from the Intel® Express Installer DVD-ROM, the multi-channel audio feature can be enabled.
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... Storage Console software via the Intel Express Installer CD included with your Desktop Board or after downloading it from the Windows installation CD. 2. Install the Intel® SATA RAID Controller driver. 3. At the beginning of Windows Setup, press to the system. Intel Desktop Board DP55SB Product Guide Loading the Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Drivers and Software (Required for information on...
... Storage Console software via the Intel Express Installer CD included with your Desktop Board or after downloading it from the Windows installation CD. 2. Install the Intel® SATA RAID Controller driver. 3. At the beginning of Windows Setup, press to the system. Intel Desktop Board DP55SB Product Guide Loading the Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Drivers and Software (Required for information on...
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... MRC Set bootmode, GPIO init Early chipset register programming Basic PCH init, discrete device init LAN init Exit early platform init driver SMBUS driver init Entry/Exit to SMBUS execute read/write Entry/Exit to CK505 programming Entry/Exit to PEI overclock programming MEC Memory Detection ...of memory DIMMs 27 Configuring memory 28 Testing memory 29 Exit MRC driver 2A, 2B PEI After MRC Start/finish programming MTRR settings 31, 33, 34 PEIMs/Recovery Recovery has initiate, load, valid 76 Table 17. Intel Desktop Board DP55SB Product Guide Table 17 lists the Port 80h POST codes in ...
... MRC Set bootmode, GPIO init Early chipset register programming Basic PCH init, discrete device init LAN init Exit early platform init driver SMBUS driver init Entry/Exit to SMBUS execute read/write Entry/Exit to CK505 programming Entry/Exit to PEI overclock programming MEC Memory Detection ...of memory DIMMs 27 Configuring memory 28 Testing memory 29 Exit MRC driver 2A, 2B PEI After MRC Start/finish programming MTRR settings 31, 33, 34 PEIMs/Recovery Recovery has initiate, load, valid 76 Table 17. Intel Desktop Board DP55SB Product Guide Table 17 lists the Port 80h POST codes in ...
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... I/O Buses PCI enumeration, allocation, hot plug Resetting USB bus Resetting SATA bus and all devices Unrecoverable error, start with PIC Boot Device Selection (BDS) BDS driver entry Entered DXE phase Waiting for user input Checking password Entering BIOS setup Calling legacy option ROMs Keyboard/Mouse (PS/2 or USB) Keyboard initialization Mouse...
... I/O Buses PCI enumeration, allocation, hot plug Resetting USB bus Resetting SATA bus and all devices Unrecoverable error, start with PIC Boot Device Selection (BDS) BDS driver entry Entered DXE phase Waiting for user input Checking password Entering BIOS setup Calling legacy option ROMs Keyboard/Mouse (PS/2 or USB) Keyboard initialization Mouse...