Intel DG965MQ Product Guide

Intel Desktop Board DG965MQ Product Guide
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Installing and Removing a Processor...................................................................... 32
Installing a Processor ................................................................................... 32
Installing the Thermal Module .......................................................................35
Removing the Processor ............................................................................... 37
Installing and Removing Memory ..........................................................................38
Guidelines for Dual Channel Memory Configuration .......................................... 38
Two or Four DIMMs .............................................................................. 38
Three DIMMs ....................................................................................... 39
Installing DIMMs.......................................................................................... 40
Removing DIMMs.........................................................................................42
Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Card.....................................................43
Installing a PCI Express x16 Card .................................................................. 43
Removing the PCI Express x16 Card .............................................................. 44
Connecting the IDE Cable..................................................................................... 45
Connecting the Serial ATA (SATA) Cable ................................................................ 46
Connecting to Internal Headers.............................................................................47
Installing a Front Panel Audio Solution for Intel
®
High Definition Audio............... 48
Connecting to the USB 2.0 Headers ...............................................................49
Connecting to the Front Panel Header ............................................................ 49
Connecting to the Alternate Front Panel Power LED Header............................... 50
Connecting to the IEEE 1394a Header ............................................................ 50
Connecting to the Parallel Port Header ........................................................... 51
Connecting to the Serial Port Header.............................................................. 51
Connecting to the HD Audio Link Header ........................................................ 52
Connecting to the Flexible Audio System ................................................................ 52
Connecting Chassis Fan and Power Cables.............................................................. 53
Connecting Chassis Fan Cables...................................................................... 53
Connecting Power Cables.............................................................................. 54
Other Connectors and Headers .............................................................................55
Setting the BIOS Configuration Jumper ..................................................................56
Clearing Passwords..............................................................................................58
Back Panel Connectors......................................................................................... 59
3 Updating the BIOS
Updating the BIOS with the Intel
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Express BIOS Update Utility.................................65
Updating the BIOS with the ISO Image BIOS Update File or the
Iflash Memory Update Utility ...........................................................................
66
Obtaining the BIOS Update File .....................................................................66
Updating the BIOS with the ISO Image BIOS Update File..................................66
Updating the BIOS with Iflash ....................................................................... 67
Recovering the BIOS.................................................................................... 68
4 Configuring for RAID (Intel
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Matrix Storage Technology)
Configuring the BIOS for Intel Matrix Storage Technology................................. 69
SATA Port Mapping ......................................................................................69
Creating Your RAID Set ................................................................................ 70
Loading the Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Drivers and Software ............71
Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System ................................................................ 71

Intel DG965MQ Specifications

General

Brand	Intel
Model	DG965MQ
Category	Motherboard
Language	English