Intel BOXDG43GT

Intel Desktop Board DG43GT Product Guide
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Installing the I/O Shield ......................................................................................29
Installing and Removing the Desktop Board ...........................................................30
Installing and Removing a Processor.....................................................................31
Installing a Processor ..................................................................................31
Installing a Processor Fan Heat Sink..............................................................34
Connecting the Processor Fan Heat Sink Cable................................................35
Removing the Processor ..............................................................................35
Installing and Removing Memory..........................................................................36
Guidelines for Dual Channel Memory Configuration..........................................36
Two or Four DIMMs .............................................................................36
Three DIMMs ......................................................................................37
Installing DIMMs ........................................................................................38
Removing DIMMs........................................................................................40
Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Card ....................................................41
Installing a PCI Express x16 Card .................................................................41
Removing the PCI Express x16 Card..............................................................42
Connecting a PATA (IDE) Cable ............................................................................43
Connecting Serial ATA (SATA) Cables....................................................................45
Connecting to Internal Headers............................................................................46
S/PDIF Header ...........................................................................................47
Front Panel HD Audio Header .......................................................................47
Serial Port Header ......................................................................................48
Parallel Port Header ....................................................................................48
IEEE 1394a Header.....................................................................................49
Front Panel Header .....................................................................................49
Alternate Front Panel Power LED Header ........................................................50
USB 2.0 Headers ........................................................................................50
Chassis Intrusion Header .............................................................................51
Connecting to the Audio System...........................................................................51
Connecting Chassis Fan and Power Supply Cables...................................................52
Chassis Fan Cables .....................................................................................52
Power Supply Cables...................................................................................53
Setting the BIOS Configuration Jumper .................................................................54
Clearing Passwords in the BIOS Setup Program......................................................55
Clearing CMOS Memory ......................................................................................56
Replacing the Battery .........................................................................................57
3 Updating the BIOS
Updating the BIOS with the Intel
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Express BIOS Update Utility.................................63
Updating the BIOS with the ISO Image BIOS Update File or the Iflash Memory
Update Utility...............................................................................................64
Obtaining the BIOS Update File ....................................................................64
Updating the BIOS with the ISO Image BIOS Update File .................................64
Updating the BIOS with the Iflash Memory Update Utility .................................65
Recovering the BIOS...................................................................................66
A Error Messages and Indicators
BIOS Beep Codes...............................................................................................67
BIOS Error Messages..........................................................................................67