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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
X9SCE-F motherboard product series. This product is intended to be
professionally installed and serviced by a technician.
About This Motherboard
The X9SCE-F motherboard is a proprietary form-factor, high-density motherboard
designed for microcloud node applications.
The X9SCE-F supports an Intel® Xeon E3-1200 & E3-1200 v. 2 series and 3
rd
Gen.
Core i3 CPU on an H2 socket (LGA 1155) and the Intel C204 PCH chipset. This
motherboard also features support for up to 32 GB DDR3 ECC UDIMMM memory,
two SATA 3.0 ports on the backplane (6 Gb/sec), one 10/100 IPMI LAN, and a
KVM connector on the I/O panel. These features enable the X9SCE-F to deliver a
cost-effective microcloud solution in a small form-factor package.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1
describes the features, specifications and performance of the mother
-
board and provides detailed information about the C204 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
lists Driver Installation Instructions.
Appendix B
provides the UEFI BIOS Recovery Instructions.
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