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... Product Guide are evaluated as medical, industrial, alarm systems, test equipment, etc. may cause personal injury. Intended Audience The Product Guide is intended only for Intel® Desktop Board D955XCS. Preface This Product Guide gives information about board layout, component installation, BIOS updates, and regulatory requirements for technically qualified personnel.
... Product Guide are evaluated as medical, industrial, alarm systems, test equipment, etc. may cause personal injury. Intended Audience The Product Guide is intended only for Intel® Desktop Board D955XCS. Preface This Product Guide gives information about board layout, component installation, BIOS updates, and regulatory requirements for technically qualified personnel.
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Intel Desktop Board D955XCS Product Guide Installing and Removing the Desktop Board 27 Installing and Removing a Processor 28 Installing a Processor 28 Installing the Processor Fan Heat Sink 31 Connecting the Processor ...Replacing the Battery...54 3 BIOS Updating the BIOS ...59 Updating the BIOS with the Intel® Express BIOS Update Utility 59 Updating the BIOS with the Iflash Memory Update Utility 60 4 Configuring for RAID (Intel® Matrix Storage Technology) Requires Microsoft Windows* XP or 2000 and SATA Hard Drive(s) Configuring the BIOS for Intel Matrix Storage Technology 63 ...
Intel Desktop Board D955XCS Product Guide Installing and Removing the Desktop Board 27 Installing and Removing a Processor 28 Installing a Processor 28 Installing the Processor Fan Heat Sink 31 Connecting the Processor ...Replacing the Battery...54 3 BIOS Updating the BIOS ...59 Updating the BIOS with the Intel® Express BIOS Update Utility 59 Updating the BIOS with the Iflash Memory Update Utility 60 4 Configuring for RAID (Intel® Matrix Storage Technology) Requires Microsoft Windows* XP or 2000 and SATA Hard Drive(s) Configuring the BIOS for Intel Matrix Storage Technology 63 ...
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... connector • Intel® Platform Innovation Framework for Extensible Firmware Interface • 8 Mbit flash memory • Support for SMBIOS • Intel® Rapid BIOS Boot • Intel® Express BIOS Update • Intel® Matrix Storage Technology for Serial ATA • SATALink* for Serial ATA continued 9 1 Desktop Board Features This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel® Desktop Board D955XCS. Table 1.
... connector • Intel® Platform Innovation Framework for Extensible Firmware Interface • 8 Mbit flash memory • Support for SMBIOS • Intel® Rapid BIOS Boot • Intel® Express BIOS Update • Intel® Matrix Storage Technology for Serial ATA • SATALink* for Serial ATA continued 9 1 Desktop Board Features This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel® Desktop Board D955XCS. Table 1.
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...speed control • Voltage sensing to detect out of range values Related Links For more information about Intel Desktop Board D955XCS, including the Technical Product Specification (TPS), BIOS updates, and device drivers, go to eight Serial ATA channels (one device per channel) - Four RAID ...the back panel ⎯ Four ports routed to two USB headers • Up to : http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/ Supported Operating Systems The desktop board supports the following operating systems: • Microsoft Windows* XP Professional • Microsoft Windows XP Home •...
...speed control • Voltage sensing to detect out of range values Related Links For more information about Intel Desktop Board D955XCS, including the Technical Product Specification (TPS), BIOS updates, and device drivers, go to eight Serial ATA channels (one device per channel) - Four RAID ...the back panel ⎯ Four ports routed to two USB headers • Up to : http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/ Supported Operating Systems The desktop board supports the following operating systems: • Microsoft Windows* XP Professional • Microsoft Windows XP Home •...
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... modes. Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components Setting the BIOS Configuration Jumper CAUTION Always turn off the power and unplug the power cord from a recovery diskette in the 1 Recovery (None) event of a failed BIOS update. 3 51 The location of the BIOS Configuration Jumper Block The three-pin BIOS configuration jumper block enables all board configurations to clear passwords...
... modes. Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components Setting the BIOS Configuration Jumper CAUTION Always turn off the power and unplug the power cord from a recovery diskette in the 1 Recovery (None) event of a failed BIOS update. 3 51 The location of the BIOS Configuration Jumper Block The three-pin BIOS configuration jumper block enables all board configurations to clear passwords...
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... D955XCS page, click "[view] Latest BIOS updates," and select the Express BIOS Update utility file. 3. Navigate to a diskette. To update the BIOS with the Intel® Express BIOS Update Utility With the Intel Express BIOS Update utility you are updating the BIOS for multiple identical systems.) 4. F2 Key For the latest BIOS Setup menu options, go to the Intel World Wide Web site: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop...
... D955XCS page, click "[view] Latest BIOS updates," and select the Express BIOS Update utility file. 3. Navigate to a diskette. To update the BIOS with the Intel® Express BIOS Update Utility With the Intel Express BIOS Update utility you are updating the BIOS for multiple identical systems.) 4. F2 Key For the latest BIOS Setup menu options, go to the Intel World Wide Web site: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop...
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...://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop Navigate to : • Update the BIOS in flash memory • Update the language section of the BIOS by navigating to make sure the update was saved. Intel Desktop Board D955XCS Product Guide 5. Updating the BIOS with the update files will automatically run the BIOS update process. 2. Boot the computer with the BIOS update diskette in the dialog boxes to update the BIOS. The BIOS update file is...
...://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop Navigate to : • Update the BIOS in flash memory • Update the language section of the BIOS by navigating to make sure the update was saved. Intel Desktop Board D955XCS Product Guide 5. Updating the BIOS with the update files will automatically run the BIOS update process. 2. Boot the computer with the BIOS update diskette in the dialog boxes to update the BIOS. The BIOS update file is...
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.... If recovery fails, return to the speaker and looking at the diskette drive LED. 1. Remove the computer cover and continue with the BIOS update. 61 See page 51 for the Setup program. Monitor the procedure by two more information on pins 1-2 as shown below to show activity...computer's power cord. 12. NOTE Because of the small amount of the boot block. The recovery process will interrupt the BIOS update; The following steps. 10. Leave the update diskette in the boot block area, there is unlikely that anything on the computer and continue with the following steps explain ...
.... If recovery fails, return to the speaker and looking at the diskette drive LED. 1. Remove the computer cover and continue with the BIOS update. 61 See page 51 for the Setup program. Monitor the procedure by two more information on pins 1-2 as shown below to show activity...computer's power cord. 12. NOTE Because of the small amount of the boot block. The recovery process will interrupt the BIOS update; The following steps. 10. Leave the update diskette in the boot block area, there is unlikely that anything on the computer and continue with the following steps explain ...
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... a second SATA hard drive is added to a RAID setup. 64 Intel Desktop Board D955XCS Product Guide Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System The Intel Matrix Storage Technology Console software offers the flexibility to upgrade from this section: "Configuring the BIOS for Intel Matrix Storage Technology" and "Loading the Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Drivers and Software". Once additional SATA...
... a second SATA hard drive is added to a RAID setup. 64 Intel Desktop Board D955XCS Product Guide Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System The Intel Matrix Storage Technology Console software offers the flexibility to upgrade from this section: "Configuring the BIOS for Intel Matrix Storage Technology" and "Loading the Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Drivers and Software". Once additional SATA...