Product guide for Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL
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... the Desktop Board and other hardware components 3 Updating the BIOS: instructions on how to update the BIOS 4 Configuring Intel Smart Response Technology and RAID Using Intel RST A Error Messages and Indicators: information about BIOS error messages and beep codes B Regulatory Compliance: describes the...Cautions warn the user about board layout, component installation, BIOS update, and regulatory requirements for general audiences. iii Intended Audience The Product Guide is not intended for Intel® Desktop Board DZ68PL. Preface This Product Guide gives information about how to ...
... the Desktop Board and other hardware components 3 Updating the BIOS: instructions on how to update the BIOS 4 Configuring Intel Smart Response Technology and RAID Using Intel RST A Error Messages and Indicators: information about BIOS error messages and beep codes B Regulatory Compliance: describes the...Cautions warn the user about board layout, component installation, BIOS update, and regulatory requirements for general audiences. iii Intended Audience The Product Guide is not intended for Intel® Desktop Board DZ68PL. Preface This Product Guide gives information about how to ...
Product guide for Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL
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Contents 1 Desktop Board Features Supported Operating Systems 11 Desktop Board Components 12 Processor ...14 Intel® Z68 Express Chipset 15 Intel® RST 15 Intel® RRT 15 Intel® Smart Response Technology 15 Main Memory...16 Graphics Support 17 Audio Subsystem 17 LAN Subsystem 18 ...USB Support ...19 SATA Support...19 Expandability...19 Legacy I/O ...20 BIOS ...20 SATA Auto Configuration 20...
Contents 1 Desktop Board Features Supported Operating Systems 11 Desktop Board Components 12 Processor ...14 Intel® Z68 Express Chipset 15 Intel® RST 15 Intel® RRT 15 Intel® Smart Response Technology 15 Main Memory...16 Graphics Support 17 Audio Subsystem 17 LAN Subsystem 18 ...USB Support ...19 SATA Support...19 Expandability...19 Legacy I/O ...20 BIOS ...20 SATA Auto Configuration 20...
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Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Product Guide Installing and Removing a Processor 31 Installing a Processor 31 Installing a Processor Fan Heat Sink 35 Connecting the Processor Fan Heat Sink Cable 35 Removing ... Battery 54 3 Updating the BIOS Updating the BIOS with the Intel® Express BIOS Update Utility 61 Updating the BIOS Using the F7 Function Key 62 Updating the BIOS with the Intel® Flash Memory Update Utility or the ISO Image BIOS Update File 62 Obtaining the BIOS Update File 62 Updating the BIOS with the Intel Flash Memory Update Utility...
Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Product Guide Installing and Removing a Processor 31 Installing a Processor 31 Installing a Processor Fan Heat Sink 35 Connecting the Processor Fan Heat Sink Cable 35 Removing ... Battery 54 3 Updating the BIOS Updating the BIOS with the Intel® Express BIOS Update Utility 61 Updating the BIOS Using the F7 Function Key 62 Updating the BIOS with the Intel® Flash Memory Update Utility or the ISO Image BIOS Update File 62 Obtaining the BIOS Update File 62 Updating the BIOS with the Intel Flash Memory Update Utility...
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...Channel Memory Configuration with Four DIMMs 36 14. Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card 42 19. Connecting a SATA Drive 43 20. Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Components 12 2. Installing the I/O Shield 29 5. Lift the Load Plate 32 8. Secure the Load Plate in Place 34 11. Location... of the Chassis Fan Header 50 23. Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Mounting Screw Hole Locations 30 6. Use DDR3 DIMMs 38 16. Location of the BIOS Configuration Jumper Block 52 25. Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL China RoHS Material Self Declaration Table 76 vii Location of ...
...Channel Memory Configuration with Four DIMMs 36 14. Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card 42 19. Connecting a SATA Drive 43 20. Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Components 12 2. Installing the I/O Shield 29 5. Lift the Load Plate 32 8. Secure the Load Plate in Place 34 11. Location... of the Chassis Fan Header 50 23. Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Mounting Screw Hole Locations 30 6. Use DDR3 DIMMs 38 16. Location of the BIOS Configuration Jumper Block 52 25. Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL China RoHS Material Self Declaration Table 76 vii Location of ...
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... Guide Tables 1. LAN Connector LEDs 19 5. Front Panel Audio Signal Names for the BIOS Setup Program Modes 53 16. Chassis Intrusion Header Signal Names 46 9. S/PDIF Header Signal Names 48 15. Feature Summary 9 2. Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Components 13 3. Alternate Front Panel Power LED Header Signal Names 47 12. USB 2.0 Header Signal Names...
... Guide Tables 1. LAN Connector LEDs 19 5. Front Panel Audio Signal Names for the BIOS Setup Program Modes 53 16. Chassis Intrusion Header Signal Names 46 9. S/PDIF Header Signal Names 48 15. Feature Summary 9 2. Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Components 13 3. Alternate Front Panel Power LED Header Signal Names 47 12. USB 2.0 Header Signal Names...
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Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Product Guide Table 1. Feature Summary (continued) Peripheral Interfaces USB Support: • Two USB 3.0 ports implemented with stacked back panel connectors • Fourteen USB 2.0 ports: ― ... SATA (eSATA) 3.0 Gb/s ports (one on the board and one on the back panel) Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) version 10.6 Legacy I/O Support LAN Support BIOS Legacy I/O Controller (Nuvoton* W83677HG-I) that provides Consumer Infrared (CIR) support Intel® 82579V Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mb/s) Ethernet LAN controller including an RJ-45...
Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Product Guide Table 1. Feature Summary (continued) Peripheral Interfaces USB Support: • Two USB 3.0 ports implemented with stacked back panel connectors • Fourteen USB 2.0 ports: ― ... SATA (eSATA) 3.0 Gb/s ports (one on the board and one on the back panel) Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) version 10.6 Legacy I/O Support LAN Support BIOS Legacy I/O Controller (Nuvoton* W83677HG-I) that provides Consumer Infrared (CIR) support Intel® 82579V Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mb/s) Ethernet LAN controller including an RJ-45...
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...-bit edition • Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition • Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit edition The Desktop Board provides minimal BIOS and driver support for the following operating systems: • Microsoft Windows* XP Media Center Edition 2005 • Microsoft Windows XP Professional • Microsoft Windows XP...
...-bit edition • Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition • Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit edition The Desktop Board provides minimal BIOS and driver support for the following operating systems: • Microsoft Windows* XP Media Center Edition 2005 • Microsoft Windows XP Professional • Microsoft Windows XP...
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... information on supported processors for Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL • Supported processors http://ark.intel.com http://processormatch.intel.com • Chipset information http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/chipsets/inde x.htm • BIOS and driver updates http://downloadcenter.intel.com/ • Integration information http://www.intel.com/support/go to http://processormatch.intel.com. 14 Processors are not...
... information on supported processors for Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL • Supported processors http://ark.intel.com http://processormatch.intel.com • Chipset information http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/chipsets/inde x.htm • BIOS and driver updates http://downloadcenter.intel.com/ • Integration information http://www.intel.com/support/go to http://processormatch.intel.com. 14 Processors are not...
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... Presence Detect • DDR3 1333 MHz and DDR3 1066 MHz SDRAM DIMMs NOTE 32-bit operating systems are limited to a maximum of 4 GB of memory. Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Product Guide NOTE The SATA Drive Mode must reinstall the operating system with the SATA Drive Mode set to RAID in the... BIOS Setup in order for your memory modules do not support SPD, you will see a notification to this effect on page 65 for more information on Intel Smart Response...
... Presence Detect • DDR3 1333 MHz and DDR3 1066 MHz SDRAM DIMMs NOTE 32-bit operating systems are limited to a maximum of 4 GB of memory. Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Product Guide NOTE The SATA Drive Mode must reinstall the operating system with the SATA Drive Mode set to RAID in the... BIOS Setup in order for your memory modules do not support SPD, you will see a notification to this effect on page 65 for more information on Intel Smart Response...
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... options by specifying manual configuration in Chapter 3 starting on page 61. Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Product Guide Legacy I/O The board's Legacy I/O Controller provides the following the instructions in the BIOS Setup program. BIOS The BIOS provides the Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS Setup program, and the PCI Express and SATA auto-configuration utilities. You...
... options by specifying manual configuration in Chapter 3 starting on page 61. Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Product Guide Legacy I/O The board's Legacy I/O Controller provides the following the instructions in the BIOS Setup program. BIOS The BIOS provides the Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS Setup program, and the PCI Express and SATA auto-configuration utilities. You...
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... the computer. Setup options are set, you can be set for the BIOS Setup and for booting the computer, with the Wired for viewing and changing depending on page 53. Hardware Management The hardware management features of Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL enable the board to detect levels above or below acceptable values •...
... the computer. Setup options are set, you can be set for the BIOS Setup and for booting the computer, with the Wired for viewing and changing depending on page 53. Hardware Management The hardware management features of Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL enable the board to detect levels above or below acceptable values •...
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...system control. The use of the chassis intrusion header. The computer's response can be connected to the power state it was in the BIOS Setup program's Boot menu. The Desktop Board has two power connectors. When resuming from CIR Software Support ACPI ACPI gives the operating system... an operating system that detects if the chassis cover has been removed. See Figure 23 on the chassis that can turn off ). Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Product Guide Chassis Intrusion The board supports a chassis security feature that provides full ACPI support. See Figure 1 for the location of a ...
...system control. The use of the chassis intrusion header. The computer's response can be connected to the power state it was in the BIOS Setup program's Boot menu. The Desktop Board has two power connectors. When resuming from CIR Software Support ACPI ACPI gives the operating system... an operating system that detects if the chassis cover has been removed. See Figure 23 on the chassis that can turn off ). Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Product Guide Chassis Intrusion The board supports a chassis security feature that provides full ACPI support. See Figure 1 for the location of a ...
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... fan control on or off and the front panel power LED will appear to be off (the power supply is off as configured by the BIOS "S3 State Indicator" option).
... fan control on or off and the front panel power LED will appear to be off (the power supply is off as configured by the BIOS "S3 State Indicator" option).
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... ACPI S3 state. Refer to ± 13 minutes/year at 25 ºC with an equivalent one. When the battery voltage drops below a certain level, the BIOS Setup program settings stored in , the standby current from an ACPI S3 state. Go to replace the battery. 25 The speaker provides audible error code...
... ACPI S3 state. Refer to ± 13 minutes/year at 25 ºC with an equivalent one. When the battery voltage drops below a certain level, the BIOS Setup program settings stored in , the standby current from an ACPI S3 state. Go to replace the battery. 25 The speaker provides audible error code...
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... SATA drives • Connect to the internal headers • Connect to the audio system • Connect chassis fan and power supply cables • Set the BIOS configuration jumper • Clear passwords • Replace the battery Before You Begin CAUTION The procedures in this chapter. Failure to disconnect power, telecommunications links, networks...
... SATA drives • Connect to the internal headers • Connect to the audio system • Connect chassis fan and power supply cables • Set the BIOS configuration jumper • Clear passwords • Replace the battery Before You Begin CAUTION The procedures in this chapter. Failure to disconnect power, telecommunications links, networks...
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...the cover is a high-pass input which the computer can use to "learn" to emulate "learned" infrared commands in the system BIOS before it can use to speak the infrared communication language of two output ports which the computer can function. Table 9. Table 9 shows... pin assignments for the front panel CIR receiver (input) header and Table 10 shows the pin assignments for the chassis intrusion header. Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Product Guide Chassis Intrusion Header Figure 20, C shows the location of a filtered translated infrared input compliant with Microsoft CIR specifications and ...
...the cover is a high-pass input which the computer can use to "learn" to emulate "learned" infrared commands in the system BIOS before it can use to speak the infrared communication language of two output ports which the computer can function. Table 9. Table 9 shows... pin assignments for the front panel CIR receiver (input) header and Table 10 shows the pin assignments for the chassis intrusion header. Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Product Guide Chassis Intrusion Header Figure 20, C shows the location of a filtered translated infrared input compliant with Microsoft CIR specifications and ...
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Figure 24 shows the location of the BIOS Configuration Jumper Block 52 Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Product Guide Setting the BIOS Configuration Jumper NOTE Always turn off the power and unplug the power cord from the computer before moving the jumper. Figure 24. Location of the Desktop Board's BIOS configuration jumper block. Moving the jumper with the power on may result in unreliable computer operation.
Figure 24 shows the location of the BIOS Configuration Jumper Block 52 Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Product Guide Setting the BIOS Configuration Jumper NOTE Always turn off the power and unplug the power cord from the computer before moving the jumper. Figure 24. Location of the Desktop Board's BIOS configuration jumper block. Moving the jumper with the power on may result in unreliable computer operation.
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... cover. 4. Jumper Settings for the BIOS Setup Program Modes Jumper Setting Mode Normal (default) (1-2) Description The BIOS uses the current configuration and passwords for the BIOS Setup program modes. Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components The three-pin BIOS jumper block enables board configuration to normal... Begin" on pins 2-3 as shown below. 53 Configure (2-3) After the Power-On Self-Test (POST) runs, the BIOS displays the Maintenance Menu. Turn off all peripheral devices connected to clear passwords. Find the configuration jumper block (see Figure 24...
... cover. 4. Jumper Settings for the BIOS Setup Program Modes Jumper Setting Mode Normal (default) (1-2) Description The BIOS uses the current configuration and passwords for the BIOS Setup program modes. Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components The three-pin BIOS jumper block enables board configuration to normal... Begin" on pins 2-3 as shown below. 53 Configure (2-3) After the Power-On Self-Test (POST) runs, the BIOS displays the Maintenance Menu. Turn off all peripheral devices connected to clear passwords. Find the configuration jumper block (see Figure 24...
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...la mesure du possible. Turn off the computer. Remove the computer cover. 12. Figure 25 on pins 1-2 as shown below a certain level, the BIOS Setup program settings stored in , the standby current from the AC power source. 11. Batteries should be accurate. La mise au rebut des piles ...life of explosion if the battery is plugged in CMOS RAM (for example, the date and time) might not be recycled where possible. Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Product Guide 6. The computer starts the Setup program. Press and Setup displays a pop-up screen requesting that you confirm clearing the password.
...la mesure du possible. Turn off the computer. Remove the computer cover. 12. Figure 25 on pins 1-2 as shown below a certain level, the BIOS Setup program settings stored in , the standby current from the AC power source. 11. Batteries should be accurate. La mise au rebut des piles ...life of explosion if the battery is plugged in CMOS RAM (for example, the date and time) might not be recycled where possible. Intel Desktop Board DZ68PL Product Guide 6. The computer starts the Setup program. Press and Setup displays a pop-up screen requesting that you confirm clearing the password.
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... the Windows environment. This chapter tells you can be rebooted at http://downloadcenter.intel.com/ 2. Go to recover the BIOS if an update fails. Navigate to complete the BIOS update. 61 This is included in the dialog boxes to the DZ68PL page. This step is required. Double-click the executable file from the location...
... the Windows environment. This chapter tells you can be rebooted at http://downloadcenter.intel.com/ 2. Go to recover the BIOS if an update fails. Navigate to complete the BIOS update. 61 This is included in the dialog boxes to the DZ68PL page. This step is required. Double-click the executable file from the location...