Intel DQ965GF - Desktop Board Motherboard User Manual

Intel Desktop Board DQ965GF Product Guide
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Installing and Removing the Desktop Board............................................................ 30
Installing and Removing a Processor......................................................................31
Installing a Processor ................................................................................... 31
Installing the Processor Fan Heat Sink............................................................ 34
Connecting the Processor Fan Heat Sink Cable ................................................ 34
Removing the Processor ...............................................................................35
Installing and Removing Memory .......................................................................... 35
Guidelines for Dual Channel Memory Configuration ..........................................35
Two or Four DIMMs ..............................................................................36
Three DIMMs ....................................................................................... 37
Installing DIMMs..........................................................................................37
Removing DIMMs......................................................................................... 39
Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Card..................................................... 40
Installing a PCI Express x16 Card .................................................................. 40
Removing the PCI Express x16 Card ..............................................................41
Connecting the IDE Cable..................................................................................... 42
Connecting the Serial ATA (SATA) Cable ................................................................43
Connecting to Internal Headers.............................................................................44
Installing a Front Panel Audio Solution for Intel
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High Definition Audio............... 45
Connecting to the USB 2.0 Headers ...............................................................46
Connecting to the Front Panel Header ............................................................46
Connecting to the Alternate Front Panel Power LED Header............................... 47
Connecting to the IEEE 1394a Header ............................................................ 47
Connecting to the Serial Port Header.............................................................. 47
Connecting to the HD Audio Link Header ........................................................ 48
Connecting to the Flexible Audio System ................................................................ 48
Connecting Chassis Fan and Power Cables.............................................................. 49
Connecting Chassis Fan Cables...................................................................... 49
Connecting Power Cables.............................................................................. 50
Other Connectors and Headers .............................................................................51
Setting the BIOS Configuration Jumper..................................................................52
Clearing Passwords.............................................................................................. 53
Back Panel Connectors......................................................................................... 54
3 Updating the BIOS
Updating the BIOS with the Intel
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Express BIOS Update Utility................................. 61
Updating the BIOS with the ISO Image BIOS Update File or the
Iflash Memory Update Utility ...........................................................................
62
Obtaining the BIOS Update File ..................................................................... 62
Updating the BIOS with the ISO Image BIOS Update File.................................. 62
Updating the BIOS with Iflash ....................................................................... 63
Recovering the BIOS .................................................................................... 64
4 Configuring for RAID (Intel
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Matrix Storage Technology)
Configuring the BIOS for Intel Matrix Storage Technology................................. 65
SATA Port Mapping ......................................................................................65
Creating Your RAID Set ................................................................................66
Loading the Intel Matrix Storage Technology RAID Drivers and Software ............67
Setting Up a “RAID Ready” System................................................................ 67

Intel DQ965GF - Desktop Board Motherboard Specifications

General

Brand	Intel
Model	DQ965GF - Desktop Board Motherboard
Category	Motherboard
Language	English