Preface
About This Manual
This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and
knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the
X7DCT-L/X7DCT-LF/X7DCT-3/X7DCT-3F/X7DCT-3IBXF motherboard.
About This Motherboard
The
X7DCT-L/X7DCT-LF/X7DCT-3/X7DCT-3F/X7DCT-3IBXF mother-
board supports dual Intel®
Xeon™ Dual-Core 5400/5300/5200/5100 Series proces-
sors with a front side bus speed of up to 1.333 GHz. With dual 64-bit Xeon Dual-
Core LGA 771 processors built-in, this motherboard offers substantial functionality
enhancements to the motherboards based on the Intel Core™ microarchitecture
while remaining compatible with the IA-32 software. With twin-platfom design, op-
tional Infi niBand and SAS connections build-in, he X7DCT-L/X7DCT-LF/X7DCT-3/
X7DCT-3F/X7DCT-3IBXF provides the performance and feature set required
for dual processor-based high-end computer systems with confi guration options
optimized for intensive computing, high energy-effi ciency and High-performance
computing (HPC) applications. This motherboard is ideal for intense processing
in High-performance computing (HPC) environments. Please refer to the mother-
board specifi cations pages on our web site (http://www.supermicro.com/products/
motherboard/) for updates. This product is intended to be installed and serviced
by professional technicians.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1
describes the features, specifi cations and performance of the mother-
board and provides detailed information about the chipset.
Chapter 2
provides hardware installation instructions. Read this chapter when in-
stalling the processor, memory modules and other hardware components into the
system. If you encounter any problems, see
Chapter 3
, which describes trouble-
shooting procedures for video, memory and system setup stored in the CMOS.
Chapter 4
includes an introduction to the BIOS and provides detailed information
on running the CMOS Setup utility.
Appendix A
provides BIOS POST Error Codes.
Appendix B
and
Appendix C
list
the Windows OS and Other Software Programs Installation Instructions.
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Summary of Contents for X7DCT-3
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