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Preface
About This Manual
This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and
knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of
the X9SKV motherboard product series. This product is intended to be
professionally installed and serviced by a technician.
About This Motherboard
The X9SKV motherboard series is a value-driven product aimed at users who de-
mand a small form-factor, ultra low-power communication motherboard for gateway,
routerorrewallapplications.
The X9SKV motherboard series features an Intel® Pentium® B915C, Xeon® E3-
1125C or Xeon® E3-1105C v2 CPU onboard on an FCBGA1283 package with the
Intel 8903 communication PCH chipset, offering many features such as Quad Port
GbE LAN bypass, additional 2 non bypass GbE LAN ports, four ECC SO-DIMM
supportforupto32GBmemory,twoSATA2.0ports.ItalsoincludesveUSB2.0
ports, 2 COM ports, eUSB standoff, Disk on Module, Intel® QuickAssist Technol-
ogy, and TPM support. These enable the X9SKV motherboard series to deliver an
energy-efcient,lowpower,networksecurityplatform,inasmallform-factor.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1describesthefeatures,specicationsandperformanceofthemainboard
and provides detailed information about the chipset.
Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions. Read this chapter when in-
stalling the processor, memory modules and other hardware components into the
system. If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes trouble-
shooting procedures for video, memory and system setup stored in the CMOS.
Chapter 4 includes an introduction to the BIOS and provides detailed information
on running the CMOS Setup utility.
Appendix A provides BIOS Error Beep Codes.
Appendix B lists Driver Installation Instructions.
Preface