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Product Guide - Page 2
Revision History
Revision Revision History
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First release of the Intel® Desktop Board D915PBL Product Guide
Date June 2004
If an FCC declaration of conformity marking is present on the board, the following statement applies:
FCC Declaration of Conformity
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions...
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.... • 2 Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components: instructions on how to install the
desktop board and other hardware components. • 3 BIOS: information about entering BIOS Setup and how to update the BIOS. • 4 Desktop Board Resources: information about connectors and desktop board resources. • A Error Messages and Indicators: information about BIOS error messages and...
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...Box Contents
• Intel® Desktop Board • I/O shield • One ATA-66/100 cable • Four Serial ATA cables • Two Serial ATA power cables • One diskette drive cable • One rear panel USB 2.0/IEEE 1394 adapter • One front panel USB 2.0/IEEE 1394/audio adapter • Intel® Express Installer CD-ROM • Floppy disk with RAID driver • Back panel...
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...10 Desktop Board Components 11 Processor ...13 Main Memory ...14 Intel® 915P Express Chipset 15 Audio Subsystem ...15 Input/Output (I/O) Controller 16 LAN Subsystem ...16
LAN Subsystem Software 16 RJ-45 LAN Connector LEDs 16 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Support 17 Enhanced IDE Interface ...17 Serial ATA...17 Expandability...17 BIOS ...18 Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration 18 PCI and PCI Express...
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... x16 Card 37
Connecting the IDE Cable 38 Connecting the Serial ATA Cable 39 Configuring the System for Intel® Matrix Storage Technology for Serial ATA 40
Configuring the BIOS for Intel Matrix Storage Technology 40 Creating your RAID set 40 Loading the Intel® Application Accelerator Drivers 40 Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System 40 Connecting Internal Headers 41 Front Panel Audio...
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... the PCI Express x16 Card 37 18. Connecting the IDE Cable 38 19. Connecting the Serial ATA Cable 39 20. Internal Headers ...41 21. Connecting the Rear Panel USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394 Adapter 44 22. Connecting the Front Panel USB/IEEE1394/Audio Cables 45 23. Location of Fan Headers 46 24. Connecting 2x10 Power Supply Cables 47 25. Connecting 2x12 Power Supply Cables 48 26...
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...82801FR I/O Controller Hub (ICH6-R) supporting Intel® Matrix Storage
Technology
• Intel 915P Express Chipset • Intel® high-definition audio codec • Up to four PCI bus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to PCI bus connector 2) • One PCI Express x16 connector • Two PCI Express x1connectors • Four Serial ATA (SATA) connectors • Two front panel USB...
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... on processor temperature and chassis fan speeds based on system temperature
• Voltage sensing to detect out of range values
Related Links For more information about Intel Desktop Board D915PBL, including the Technical Product Specification (TPS), BIOS updates, and device drivers, go to:
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/
Supported Operating Systems
The desktop board...
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... speed control) Serial ATA connectors (four) Alternate power LED header Front panel header USB 2.0 headers IEEE 1394 headers (blue) Speaker PCI bus add-in card connectors Rear fan header (3-pin)
Related Links Go to the following links for more information about:
• Intel Desktop Board D915PBL
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop
•...
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...to the Intel desktop board through the LGA775 socket. The supported processors list for Desktop Board D915PBL is located on the web at: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/ Related Links Go to the following links or pages for more information about: • Instructions on installing or upgrading the processor, page 28 in Chapter 2 • The location of the two power connectors...
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Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Product Guide
Main Memory
NOTE
To be fully compliant with all applicable Intel® SDRAM memory specifications, the desktop board should be populated with DIMMs that support the Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data structure. If your memory modules do not support SPD, you will see a notification to this effect on the screen at power up. The BIOS will attempt to ...
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... the drivers of the audio devices: Line in Three Line out Mic in or Center LFE out Two digital line out:
• One coaxial line out • One optical (Toslink) line out Related Links Go to the following link or pages for more information about: • Audio drivers and utilities http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/ • Installing the front panel audio solution...
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... that contains the MAC address
LAN Subsystem Software For LAN software and drivers, refer to the D915PBL link on Intel's World Wide Web site at: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop
RJ-45 LAN Connector LEDs
Table 4 describes the LED states when the board is powered up and the 10/100 Ethernet LAN subsystem is operating.
Table 4. RJ-45 10/100 Ethernet LAN Connector LEDs
LED...
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...LS-120) drives
Serial ATA
The desktop board supports four Serial ATA channels via the ICH6-R, connecting one device per channel in either a RAID or non-RAID configuration.
Expandability
Desktop board D915PBL supports the following: • One PCI Express x16 add-in card • Two PCI Express x1 add-in cards • Four PCI bus add-in cards Related Links For information about installing the PCI...
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Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Product Guide
BIOS
The BIOS provides the Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS Setup program, the PCI and IDE auto-configuration utilities, and the video BIOS. See Chapter 3 on page 59 for more information about the BIOS.
Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration If you install a Serial ATA or IDE device (such as a hard drive) in your desktop board, the autoconfiguration ...
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... memory • Install and remove a PCI Express x16 card • Connect the IDE and Serial ATA cables • Configure your system for Intel Matrix Storage Technology for Serial ATA • Connect internal headers • Install the rear and front panel USB/IEEE/audio solutions • Connect fans and power cables • Identify PCI bus add-in card and other connectors • Set the BIOS...
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Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Product Guide
Installation Precautions
When you install and test the Intel desktop board, observe all warnings and cautions in the installation instructions. To avoid injury, be careful of: • Sharp pins on connectors • Sharp pins on printed circuit assemblies • Rough edges and sharp corners on the chassis • Hot components (like processors, ...
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...of Windows Setup, press to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver. When prompted, insert the floppy disk labeled RAID Driver. Install the Intel 82801FR SATA RAID Controller driver. 3. Finish the Windows installation and install all necessary drivers. 4. Install the Intel Application Accelerator software via the Intel Express Installer CD included with your desktop board or after downloading it...
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... and Replacing Desktop Board Components
Setting Up Full 7.1-Channel Surround Sound (Optional)
After installing the audio driver from the Intel Express Installer CD-ROM, the multi-channel audio feature can be enabled. Figure 29 shows the location of back panel audio connectors.
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... of the Intel® Flash Memory Update Utility and the ease-of use of Windows-based installation wizards. To update the BIOS with the Intel Express BIOS Update utility: 1. Go to the Intel World Wide Web site: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/ 2. Navigate to the D915PBL page, click "[view] Latest BIOS updates," and select the Express BIOS Update utility file. 3. Download the...