Intel 6 SERIES, User Manual

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About This Document
2
nd
Generation Intel
®
Core™ Processor with Intel
®
6 Series Chipset Development Kit
March 2011 User Guide
Document Number: 325208-001 7
1 About This Document
This guide describes the use of the 2
nd
Generation Intel
®
Core™ Processor Family with
Intel
®
6 Series Chipset Development Kit. The document has been written for OEMs,
system evaluators, and embedded system developers, and assumes basic familiarity
in the fundamental concepts involved with installing and configuring hardware for a
personal computer system. The document defines all jumpers, headers, LED functions,
their locations on the development kit, and other subsystem features and POST codes.
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®
Core™ Processor Family
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®
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1.1
Content Overview
This manual is arranged into the following sections:
• About This Document contains a description of conventions used in this document.
The last few sections explain how to obtain literature and contact customer
support.
• Getting Started describes the contents of the development kit and explains the
basics steps necessary to get the board running. This section also includes
information on how to update the BIOS.
•
Development Kit Features describes details on the hardware features of the
development board. It explains the Power Management and Testability features.
•
Development Board Summary provides a list of major board components and
connectors. It gives a description of jumper settings and functions. The section
also explains the use of the programming headers.
•
Add-In Cards contains information on add-in cards available from Intel that can be
used with the development board.
1.2 Text Conventions
The notations listed in Table 1 may be used throughout this document.
Table 1. Text Conventions
Notation Definition
#
The pound symbol (#) appended to a signal name indicates that the signal
is active low (e.g., PRSNT1#).
Variables
Variables are shown in italics. Variables must be replaced with correct
values.
Instructions
Instruction mnemonics are shown in uppercase. When you are
programming, instructions are not case-sensitive. You may use either