Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology—Introduction
Development Kit User’s Guide
October 2008
8
Order Number: 320067-002US
1.0
Introduction
This document provides user guide information for the Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated
Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology Development Kit. The document contains
a high-level description of the Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology Development Kit, technical reference, configuration and setup
information. The document also includes Pre-boot Firmware usage and recovery
information.
Note:
The “Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology
Development Board” is referred to as “Intel
®
EP80579 Development Board” throughout
this document.
The “Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology
Development Kit” is referred to as “Intel
®
EP80579 Development Kit” throughout this
document.
1.1
Document Organization
The following chapters are included in this document:
•
Chapter 1.0, “Introduction”
gives an overview of the information contained in this
document, as well as a list of acronyms.
•
Chapter 2.0, “Product Specification”
introduces key features of the Intel
®
EP80579
Development Board.
•
Chapter 3.0, “System Overview”
provides a system overview of the Intel
®
EP80579
Development Board.
•
Chapter 4.0, “Technical Reference”
includes an illustration of LEDs, connector
locations, connector/header descriptions, and pinout tables.
•
Chapter 5.0, “Pre-boot Firmware”
provides an introduction to AMI Aptio* 4.5 Pre-
boot Firmware on the Intel
®
EP80579 Development Board.
•
Chapter 6.0, “Platform Setup”
provides specifics for configuring the Intel
®
EP80579
Development Board.
•
Chapter 7.0, “Error Messages and Beep Codes”
lists Port 80h POST codes, system
initialization checkpoints and provides a brief description of each.
•
Chapter 8.0, “Socketed Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor with Intel
®
QuickAssist Technology Extraction and Insertion Instructions”
provides instructions
how to extract and insert the Intel
®
EP80579 Integrated Processor from the Intel
®
EP80579 Development Board.
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