Supermicro X5DL8-GG, User Manual

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Preface
Preface
About This Manual
T h i s m a n u a l i s w r i t t e n f o r s y s t e m i n t e g r a t o r s , P C t e c h n i c i a n s a n d
knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use
of the SUPER X5DL8-GG/X5DLR-8G2+/X5DLR-8G2 serverboard. At launch,
the SUPER X5DL8-GG/X5DLR-8G2+/X5DLR-8G2 supported single or dual
Intel
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Xeon TM 1.50 - 3.20 GHz processors at a 533/400 MHz front side bus. Refer
t o t h e m o t h e r b o a r d s p e c i f i c a t i o n s p a g e s o n o u r w e b s i t e ( h t t p : / /
www.supermicro.com/Product_page/product-m.htm) for updates on sup-
ported processors. This product is intended to be professionally installed.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your
mainboard box, describes the features, specifications and performance of
the motherboard and provides detailed information about the chipset.
Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static-sensitive devices.
Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and DIMM memory
modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis. Also refer to
this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives, SCSI drives, the IDE
interfaces, the parallel and serial ports, the front control panel functions,
the speaker and the keyboard.
If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3 , which describes trouble-
shooting procedures for the video, the memory and the setup configuration
stored in CMOS. For quick reference, a general FAQ (Frequently Asked Ques-
tions) section is provided. Instructions are also included for contacting technical
support. In addition, you can visit our web site at www.supermicro.com/
techsupport.htm for more detailed information.
Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on
running the CMOS Setup utility.
Appendix A gives information on BIOS error beep codes.
Appendix B provides POST BIOS checkpoint codes.