Intel D955XCS - Desktop Board Motherboard driver and firmware
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Product Guide - Page 2
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Revision Revision History
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First release of the Intel® Desktop Board D955XCS Product Guide
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Second release of the Intel® Desktop Board D955XCS Product Guide
Date May 2005 June 2005
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...
Product Guide - Page 3
... product features. 2 Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components: instructions on how to install the desktop board and other hardware components. 3 BIOS: information about how to update the BIOS. 4 Configuring for RAID (Intel® Matrix Storage Technology) Requires Microsoft Windows* XP or 2000 and SATA Hard Drive(s): information about configuring your system for RAID. A Error Messages and...
Product Guide - Page 4
... cable • Eight Serial ATA cables • Two Serial ATA power cables • One rear panel USB 2.0 adapter • One front panel USB 2.0/IEEE 1394/audio adapter • One 2x2 to 2x4 power adapter • Intel® Express Installer driver CD-ROM • Intel Express Installer Extreme Series software DVD-ROM • One Intel® Matrix Storage Technology RAID Driver floppy disk...
Product Guide - Page 5
... Extreme Edition 13 Processor Type ...13 Main Memory ...14 Intel® 955X Express Chipset 14 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...18 BIOS...18 Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration 18 PCI and PCI Express* Auto...
Product Guide - Page 6
...BIOS with the Intel® Express BIOS Update Utility 59 Updating the BIOS with the Iflash Memory Update Utility 60
4 Configuring for RAID (Intel® Matrix Storage Technology) Requires Microsoft Windows* XP or 2000 and SATA Hard Drive(s)
Configuring the BIOS for Intel Matrix Storage Technology 63 Creating Your RAID Set 63 Loading the Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Drivers and Software...
Product Guide - Page 7
...Beep Codes...65 BIOS Error Messages ...65
B Regulatory Compliance
Safety Regulations ...67 European Union Declaration of Conformity Statement 67 Product Ecology Statements 69 EMC Regulations ...72 Product Certification Markings (Board Level 73
Figures
1. Desktop Board D955XCS Components 11 2. Back Panel LAN Port LED Locations 16 3. Location of the Standby Power Indicator 20 4. Installing the...
Product Guide - Page 9
...8226; One PCI Express x1 connector Intel® 82573V or 82573L Gigabit Ethernet LAN controller with RJ-45 connector • Intel® Platform Innovation Framework for Extensible Firmware Interface • 8 Mbit flash memory • Support for SMBIOS • Intel® Rapid BIOS Boot • Intel® Express BIOS Update • Intel® Matrix Storage Technology for Serial ATA •...
Product Guide - Page 10
... control • Voltage sensing to detect out of range values
Related Links For more information about Intel Desktop Board D955XCS, 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...
Product Guide - Page 12
... information about:
• Intel Desktop Board D955XCS
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop
• Supported processors
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop
• Audio software and utilities
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/software.htm
• LAN software and drivers
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd
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Product Guide - Page 13
... to the Intel desktop board through the LGA775 socket. The supported processors list for Desktop Board D955XCS 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 power connectors...
Product Guide - Page 14
... 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...
Product Guide - Page 15
Desktop Board Features
Audio Subsystem
The desktop board includes a flexible 8-channel audio subsystem based on the 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 82801GR I/O Controller Hub (ICH7R) &#...
Product Guide - Page 16
...-45 connector with status indicator LEDs • Configurable EEPROM that contains the MAC address
LAN Subsystem Software
For LAN software and drivers, refer to the D955XCS link on Intel's World Wide Web site at: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop
RJ-45 LAN Connector LEDs
Two LEDs are built into the RJ-45 LAN port located on the back panel (see Figure 2).
OM17386
Figure 2. Back...
Product Guide - Page 17
...system and drivers that fully support USB 2.0 transfer rates. Disabling Hi-Speed USB in the BIOS reverts all USB 2.0 ports to USB 1.1 operation. This may be required to accommodate operating systems that do not support USB 2.0.
Enhanced IDE Interface
The ICH7R's IDE interface handles the exchange of information between the processor and peripheral devices like hard disks, CD-ROM drives, and Iomega...
Product Guide - Page 18
... about installing the PCI Express x16 card, see page 37 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 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...
Product Guide - Page 51
... Setup Program Modes
Jumper Setting
1
Mode Normal (default) (1-2)
Description
The BIOS uses the current configuration and passwords for booting.
3
After the Power-On Self-Test (POST) runs, the BIOS
1
Configure (2-3)
displays the Maintenance Menu. Use this menu to clear
passwords.
3
The BIOS recovers data from a recovery diskette in the
1
Recovery (None)
event of a failed BIOS update...
Product Guide - Page 59
... 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 D955XCS page, click "[view] Latest BIOS updates," and select the
Express BIOS Update utility file. 3. Download the...
Product Guide - Page 63
... disk labeled RAID Driver. Install the Intel® 82801GR SATA RAID Controller driver. 3. Finish the Windows installation and install all necessary drivers. 4. Install the Intel Matrix Storage Console software via the Intel Express Installer CD included with your desktop board or after downloading it from the Internet at http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/. The Intel Matrix...
Product Guide - Page 64
...Desktop Board D955XCS Product Guide
Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System
The Intel Matrix Storage Technology Console software offers the flexibility to upgrade from a single Serial ATA drive to RAID without reinstalling the operating system, when a second SATA hard drive is added to the system. Follow the steps described in the headings from this section: "Configuring the BIOS for Intel Matrix Storage...
Product Guide - Page 65
... (a faulty video card or no card installed) or if an external ROM module does not properly checksum to zero.
Table 11. Beep Codes
Beep 3 Siren
Description No memory CPU overheat (on reboot)
BIOS Error Messages
When a recoverable error occurs during the POST, the BIOS displays an error message describing the problem.
Table 12. BIOS Error Messages
Error Message PROCESSOR_THERMAL_TRIP_ERROR...