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Preface
This Product Guide gives inform at ion about board layout, com ponent inst allation, and
regulat ory requirem ent s for I ntel
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Deskt op Boar d D2550DC2.
Intended Audience
The Product Guide is intended for t echnically qualified personnel. I t is not int ended for
general audiences.
Intended Uses
All I nt el
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Deskt op Boards are evaluated as I nform at ion Technology Equipm ent ( I .T.E.)
for use in personal com puters ( PC) for inst allation in hom es, offices, schools, com puter
room s, and sim ilar locations. The suitabilit y of t his product for other PC or em bedded
non- PC applications or ot her environment s, such as m edical, industrial, alarm syst em s,
test equipm ent, et c. m ay not be support ed wit hout further evaluat ion by I ntel.
Document Organization
The chapt er s in t his Product Guide are arranged as follow s:
1 Deskt op Board Features: a sum m ary of product feat ures
2 I nstalling and Replacing Desktop Board Com ponent s: instruct ions on how t o inst all
t he Deskt op Board and ot her hardware com ponents
3 Updating t he BI OS: a descript ion of how t o updat e t he BI OS
A BI OS Error Messages: inform at ion about BI OS error m essages and beep codes
B Regulat ory Com pliance: safet y and EMC regulations and product certificat ions
Conventions
The following conventions are used in this m anual:
CAUTION
Caut ions warn the user about how to prevent dam age to hardware or loss of data.
NOTE
Not es call att ention t o im portant inform at ion.