Intel D925XBC - Desktop Board Motherboard driver and firmware
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Product Guide - Page 2
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First release of the Intel® Desktop Board D925XCV/D925XBC 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...
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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 ...15 Main Memory ...16 Intel® 925X Express Chipset 17 Audio Subsystem ...17 Input/Output (I/O) Controller 18 LAN Subsystem ...18
LAN Subsystem Software 18 RJ-45 LAN Connector LEDs 18 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Support 19 Enhanced IDE Interface ...19 Serial ATA ...19 Expandability...19 BIOS...20 Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration 20 PCI and PCI Express...
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... Serial ATA 42 Configuring the BIOS for Intel Matrix Storage Technology 42 Creating Your RAID Set 42 Loading the Intel® Application Accelerator Drivers 42 Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System 42 Connecting Internal Headers 43 Front Panel Audio Header 44 IEEE 1394 Headers 44 USB 2.0 Headers ...44 Front Panel Header...45 Alternate Power LED Header 45 Chassis Intrusion Header 45 Installing...
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... the PCI Express x16 Card 39 19. Connecting the IDE Cable 40 20. Connecting the Serial ATA Cable 41 21. Internal Headers ...43 22. Connecting the Rear Panel USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394 Adapter 46 23. Connecting the Front Panel USB/IEEE1394/Audio Cables 47 24. Location of Fan Headers 48 25. Connecting 2x10 Power Supply Cables 50 26. Connecting 2x12 Power Supply Cables 51 27...
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...connector (Intel Desktop Board D925XBC) • Four Serial ATA (SATA) connectors • Two front panel USB 2.0 headers • One front panel audio header • Two IEEE 1394 headers
LAN Subsystem BIOS
RAID
Marvell* 88E8050 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (10/100/1000 Mbit/sec) with RJ-45 connector • Intel® BIOS • 8 Mbit symmetrical flash memory • Support for...
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... of range values
Related Links For more information about Intel Desktop Board D925XCV/D925XBC, 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 supports the following operating systems: • Microsoft Windows* XP • Microsoft Windows 2000
10
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...control) Serial ATA connectors (four) Alternate power LED header Front panel header USB 2.0 headers IEEE 1394 headers (blue) PCI bus add-in card connectors Speaker
Related Links
Go to the following links for more information about:
• Intel Desktop Board D925XCV/D925XBC
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop
• Supported processors...
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... the Intel desktop board through the LGA775 socket. The supported processors list for Desktop Boards D925XCV and D925XBC 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 30 in Chapter 2 • The location of the two power...
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... 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 configure the memory controller...
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Audio Subsystem
Desktop Board D925XCV/D925XBC includes a flexible 7.1-channel audio subsystem based on an Intel high-definition audio codec: The audio subsystem features: • Impedance sensing capability for jack re-tasking • S/N (signal-to-noise) ratio: > 90 dB • Power management support for ACPI 2.0 (driver dependent) • Intel 82801FR I/O Controller Hub (ICH6...
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...• Configurable EEPROM that contains the MAC address
LAN Subsystem Software
For LAN software and drivers, refer to the D925XCV/D925XBC link on Intel's World Wide Web site at: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop
RJ-45 LAN Connector LEDs
Table 5 describes the LED states when the board is powered up and the 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN subsystem is operating.
Table 5. RJ...
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...) 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
The desktop boards support the following: • Desktop board D925XCV:
One PCI Express x16 add-in card Two PCI Express x1 add-in cards Four PCI bus add-in cards • Desktop board D925XBC...
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Intel Desktop Board D925XCV/D925XBC Product Guide
Related Links For information about installing the PCI Express x16 card, see page 38 in Chapter 2.
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 61 for more information about the BIOS.
Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration
If you ...
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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...
Product Guide - Page 42
...Installer CD included with your motherboard or after downloading it from the Internet. This will add the Intel® Storage Utility which can be used to manage the RAID configuration.
Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System
The Intel Application Accelerator software offers the flexibility to upgrade from a single Serial ATA drive to RAID without reinstalling the Operating System (OS), when a second SATA...
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... BIOS Setup Program Modes
Jumper Setting
Mode Normal (default) (1-2)
1 3
Configure (2-3)
1 3
Recovery (None)
1 3
Description The BIOS uses the current configuration and passwords for booting.
After the Power-On Self-Test (POST) runs, the BIOS displays the Maintenance Menu. Use this menu to clear passwords.
The BIOS recovers data from a recovery diskette in the event of a failed BIOS update...
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Intel Desktop Board D925XCV/D925XBC Product Guide
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 31 shows the location of back panel audio connectors.
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Description Rear left/right out (multi-channel audio)
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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 D925XCV/D925XBC page, click "[view] Latest BIOS updates," and select the
Express BIOS Update utility file...