Preface
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa-
tion. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful inter-
ference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the
equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one
or more of the following measures:
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Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver
Connect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that to
which the receiver is connected
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help
Shielded interconnect cables and a shielded AC power cable must be employed with
this equipment to ensure compliance with the pertinent RF emission limits governing
this device. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the system’s manu-
facturer could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
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Declaration of Conformity
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the
following conditions:
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This device may not cause harmful interference, and
This device must accept any interference received, including interfer-
ence that may cause undesired operation
Canadian Department of Communications
This class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-
causing Equipment Regulations.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur
le matériel brouilieur du Canada.
About the Manual
The manual consists of the following:
Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Chapter 2
Installing the Motherboard
Chapter 3
Using BIOS
Chapter 4
Using the Motherboard Software
Chapter 5
ATI CrossfireXTM Technology Support
Chapter 6
Intel® Matrix Storage Manager
RAID Configurations
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Describes features of the
motherboard.
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Describes installation of
motherboard components.
Go to page 7
Provides information on us-
ing the BIOS Setup Utility.
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Describes the motherboard
software
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page 45
Describes the ATI
CrossfireXTM Technology
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Describes the Intel® Matrix
Storage Manager RAID Con-
figurations
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Chapter 1
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Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction.....................................................................................1
Feature..............................................................................................2
Specifications...................................................................................4
Motherboard Components............................................................5
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Chapter 2
Installing the Motherboard 7
Safety Precautions............................................................................7
Choosing a Computer Case.............................................................7
Installing the Motherboard in a Case............................................7
Checking Jumper Settings...............................................................8
Setting Jumpers...................................................................8
Checking Jumper Settings...................................................9
Jumper Settings...................................................................9
Connecting Case Components.....................................................10
Front Panel Header...........................................................12
Installing Hardware........................................................................13
Installing the Processor.....................................................13
Installing Memory Modules...............................................15
Installing a Hard Disk Drive/CD-ROM/SATA Hard Drive..17
Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive....................................18
Installing Add-on Cards....................................................19
Connecting Optional Devices............................................21
Connecting I/O Devices................................................................23
Chapter 3
Using BIOS
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About the Setup Utility........................ ......................................... 25
The Standard Configuration..............................................25
Entering the Setup Utility...................................................25
Updating the BIOS............................................................27
Using BIOS......................................................................................27
Standard CMOS Setup......................................................28
Advanced Setup.................................................................30
Advanced Chipset Setup....................................................32
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Integrated Peripherals.......................................................33
Power Management Setup.................................................34
PCI/PnP Setup...................................................................35
PC Health Status...............................................................36
M.I.B (MB Intelligent BIOS)..............................................39
Load Default Settings........................................................42
Supervisor Password........................................................42
User Password..................................................................43
Save & Exit Setup..............................................................43
Exit Without Saving............................................................43
Chapter 4
Using the Motherboard Software
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About the Software CD-ROM......................................................45
Auto-installing under Windows XP/Vista..................................45
Running Setup....................................................................46
Manual Installation........................................................................50
Utility Software Reference............................................................50
Chapter 5
ATI CrossFireX™ Technology Support
51 51 51 51 51
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Requirements..................................................................................51
Installing a single graphics card..................................................51
Installing CrossFireX™ graphics cards......................................52
The Catalyst™ Control Center Dialog Box.................................54
View....................................................................................54
To Enable CrossFireX™...................................................54
Chapter 6
Intel® Matrix Storage Manager RAID Configurations
55 55 55 55 55
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Before creating a RAID set...........................................................55
Entering Intel® Matrix Storage Manager RAID BIOS utility...55
Creating a RAID set.......................................................................57
Deleting a RAID set.......................................................................59
Resetting disks to Non-RAID......................................................60
Exiting Setup...................................................................................60
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Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction
Thank you for choosing the X48T-A motherboard. This motherboard is a high
performance, enhanced function motherboard designed to support the LGA775 socket
Intel® Yorkfield/Wolfdale/CoreTM 2 Extreme/CoreTM 2 Quad/CoreTM 2 Duo processors
for high-end business or personal desktop markets.
The motherboard incorporates the Intel X48 Northbridge (NB) and Intel ICH9-R
Southbridge (SB) chipsets. The Northbridge supports a Front Side Bus (FSB) fre-
quency of 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz using a scalable FSB Vcc_CPU. The memory
controller supports DDR3 memory DIMM frequencies of 1600/1333/1066/800. It
supports four DDR3 sockets with up to maximum memory of 8 GB. DDR3 Maxi-
mum memory bandwidth of 25.6 GB/s in dual-channel symmetric mode assuming
DDR3 1600 MHz. High resolution graphics via two PCI Express slots, intended for
Graphics Interface, is fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision
2.0. It supports the ATI CrossFireXTM Technology that allows you to install GPU
graphics cards.
The ICH9-R Southbridge supports two PCI slots which are PCI v2.3 compliant. In
addition, two PCI Express x1 slots are supported, fully compliant to the PCI Express
Base Specification, Revision 1.1. It implements an EHCI compliant interface that
provides 480 Mb/s bandwidth for twelve USB 2.0 ports (6 USB ports and 3 USB
headers support additional 6 USB ports). The Southbridge integrates a Serial ATA
host controller, supporting six SATA ports with maximum transfer rate up to 3.0 Gb/
s each. It supports Intel® Matrix Storage Technology, providing both AHCI and
RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 configuration.
The motherboard is equipped with advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel,
including PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors, COM, one RCA SPDIFI port, one
RCA SPDIFO port, one optical SPDIFO port, one ESATA port, six USB ports, two
LAN ports and audio jacks for microphone, line-in and 6-ch line-out. Additionally,
one Heat pipe heat sink is supported for NB & CPU heat dissipation.
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Feature
Processor
The motherboard uses an LGA775 type of Intel® Yorkfield/Wolfdale/CoreTM 2
Extreme/CoreTM 2 Quad/CoreTM 2 Duo that carries the following features:
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Accommodates Intel® Yorkfield/Wolfdale/CoreTM 2 Extreme/CoreTM 2
Quad/CoreTM 2 Duo processors
Supports a system bus (FSB) of 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz
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Chipset
The X48 Northbridge (NB) and ICH9-R Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on
an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
X48 (NB)
Supports 36-bit host bus addressing, allowing the CPU to
access the entire 64 GB of the memory address space
2 GB/s point-to-point Direct Media Interface (DMI) to ICH9 (1
GB/s each direction)
Supports 512 Mb and 1 Gb DDR3 DRAM technologies for
x8 and x16 devices
Two, 16-lane PCI Express ports intended for external de-
vice attach, compliant to the PCI Express* Base Specifica-
tion revision 2.0
Enhanced DMA Controller, interrupt controller, and timer func-
tions
Compliant with PCI v2.3 specification
Integrated SATA 3.0 Gb/s Host Controller
Supports up to twelve USB 2.0 ports
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• Integrated Gigabit LAN Controller
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Supports Intel® Matrix Storage Technology, providing both
AHCI and RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 configuration.
ICH9-R
(SB)
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Memory
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Supports DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 DDR SDRAM with Dual-channel
architecture
Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs
Up to 2 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 8 GB
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Audio
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Compliant with Intel High Definition Audio Codec
8-channel audio CODEC
Onboard LAN (Optional)
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Intel Giga LAN Controller
Realtek Giga LAN Controller
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