IWILL dca200, Manual

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Chapter 4 Hardware Setup
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DCA200-N Series
4.3 Install the Processor
This motherboard is designed for Intel® Pentium® III Xeon™ processors through a
SC330 connector (330-pin slot connector) .
T h e C P U s h o u ld h a v e a fa n a tta c h e d to it to p re v e n t o v e r h e a tin g . I f th is is
n o t t h e c as e, t h e n pur c h as e a f a n b ef or e y o u t u r n o n y o u r s y st e m.
B e s u r e th a t th e r e is s u ffic ie n t a ir c irc u la tio n a c ro s s th e p ro c e s so r
h e a ts in k b y r e g u la r ly c h e c k in g th a t y o u r C P U fa n is w o r k in g . W ith o u t
s u ffic ie n t c ir c u la tio n , th e p r o c e s so r c o u ld o v e r h e a t a n d d a m a g e b o th th e
p r o c e s so r a n d th e m o th e r b o a r d . Yo u m a y in s ta ll a n a u x ilia r y fa n , if
n e c e s sa r y.
The motherboard is provides two Slot2 connectors.
Don’t forget to set the correct Bus Frequency and Multiple (frequency
multiple setting is available only on unlocked processors) for your Socket
370 processor or else boot-up may not be possible.
4.4 Install Memory Modules
There are four RIMM sockets on the motherboard , which provide you the most
flexibility of RDRAM usage. That is to say, the motherboard supports for dual Direct
RAMBUS Channels operating in lockstep and supports up to 64 Direct RAMBUS
devices. These RIMM sockets only support 2.5V unbuffered RDRAM modules of 64M,
128M and 256M. The use of RAMBUS Signaling Level (RSL) technology permits 600
MHz to 800 MHz transfer rates while using conventional system and board design
technologies. The chipset supports ECC memory module (Single bit error Correction,
Multiple bit error Detection) and increases storage, bandwidth. The motherboard also
support SPD (Serial Presence Detect) architecture to provide the best choice for
performance vs. stability.