AOpen DXPN-U User manual

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Overview
Hardware
Installation
Drivers &
Utilities
BIOS Setup Glossary
Troubleshooting &
Technical Support
DXPN-U
DOC. NO.: DXPNU-OL-E0306A

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DXPN-U .........................................................................................................................................1
What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
You Must Notice .............................................................................................................................................................. 7
Before You Start.............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Overview ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Feature Highlight........................................................................................................................................................... 10
Quick Installation Procedure ......................................................................................................................................... 13
Motherboard Map.......................................................................................................................................................... 14
Hardware Installation................................................................................................................ 15
About “User Upgrade Optional” and “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”… ....................................................................... 16
CPU Installation ............................................................................................................................................................ 17
Installing CPU and Housing Fans.................................................................................................................................. 18
AGP 8x (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot ...................................................................................................... 19
DIMM Sockets............................................................................................................................................................... 20
Multi Function Panel Connector .................................................................................................................................... 23
ATX Power Connector ................................................................................................................................................... 24
AC Power Auto Recovery .............................................................................................................................................. 25

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IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 26
ATA100 Supported ........................................................................................................................................................ 28
PC99 Color Coded Back Panel ..................................................................................................................................... 29
Chassis Intrusion Sensor .............................................................................................................................................. 30
JP1 Check Password Jumper........................................................................................................................................ 31
JP3 Clear CMOS Jumper .............................................................................................................................................. 32
JP4 BIOS Configuration / Recovery Select Jumper....................................................................................................... 33
Support Two USB2.0 Channels (Four Ports) ................................................................................................................. 34
WOL (Wake on LAN)..................................................................................................................................................... 36
STBY LED..................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Resettable Fuse ............................................................................................................................................................ 39
Low ESR Capacitor ....................................................................................................................................................... 40
Driver and Utility .......................................................................................................................41
BIOS Setup Utility ..................................................................................................................... 42
Entering Setup .............................................................................................................................................................. 43
System Information ....................................................................................................................................................... 46
Product Information....................................................................................................................................................... 51
Disk Devices ................................................................................................................................................................. 53
Onboard Peripherals ..................................................................................................................................................... 61

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Power Management ...................................................................................................................................................... 68
Boot Options ................................................................................................................................................................. 75
Date and Time............................................................................................................................................................... 79
System Security ............................................................................................................................................................ 81
Health Monitor Status.................................................................................................................................................... 85
Load Default Settings.................................................................................................................................................... 86
Abort Settings Change .................................................................................................................................................. 87
Glossary .................................................................................................................................... 88
AC97 CODEC ............................................................................................................................................................... 88
ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ....................................................................................................... 88
ACR (Advanced Communication Riser)......................................................................................................................... 88
AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ................................................................................................................................... 89
AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................................................................................................................................ 89
ATA (AT Attachment) ..................................................................................................................................................... 89
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ................................................................................................................................ 90
Bluetooth....................................................................................................................................................................... 90
CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)................................................................................................................ 91
DDR (Double Data Rate) RAM ...................................................................................................................................... 91
ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ........................................................................................................................... 92

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EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................... 92
EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ...................................................................................................................... 92
EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................ 92
FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ........................................................................................................................... 93
FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ................................................................................................................................ 93
FC-PGA2 (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array).............................................................................................................................. 93
Flash ROM .................................................................................................................................................................... 93
Hyper Threading ........................................................................................................................................................... 93
IEEE 1394..................................................................................................................................................................... 94
Parity Bit ....................................................................................................................................................................... 94
PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus ................................................................................................................... 95
PDF Format................................................................................................................................................................... 95
PnP (Plug and Play) ...................................................................................................................................................... 95
POST (Power-On Self Test) .......................................................................................................................................... 95
PSB (Processor System Bus) Clock.............................................................................................................................. 96
RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory) .................................................................................................. 96
RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module) ........................................................................................................................ 96
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ...................................................................................................................................... 96
SATA (Serial ATA) ......................................................................................................................................................... 97

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SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................................................................................................................... 97
SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ....................................................................................................................................... 97
USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ..................................................................................................................................... 97
VCM (Virtual Channel Memory)..................................................................................................................................... 98
Wireless LAN – 802.11b ................................................................................................................................................ 98
ZIP file........................................................................................................................................................................... 98
Troubleshooting.........................................................................................................................99
Technical Support ................................................................................................................... 103
Product Registration ............................................................................................................... 107
How to Contact Us .................................................................................................................. 108

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This Online Manual will introduce you how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later chapters.
Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes. This Online Manual is saved in PDF
format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free
download from Adobe web site.
Although this Online Manual is optimized for screen viewing, it is still capable for hardcopy printing, you can print it by A4 paper
size and set 2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer. To do so, choose File > Page Setup and follow the instruction of your printer
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Thank you for choosing AOpen DXPN-U motherboard. DXPN-U is Intel®Socket 604 motherboard (M/B) based on the BIG ATX
form factor featuring the Intel®E7505 Chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, DXPN-U motherboard can support
Intel®Socket 604 Intel®Xeon™ and up to 533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock.The DXPN-U also integrates the Intel
®82540
GbE PCI Ethernet controller that supports 1 Gbites function for better remote site management. According to different
customer’s requirements, the chipset memory interface supports ECC DDR RAM devices with densities of 64, 128, 256, 512Mb,
and 1Gb DDR RAM DIMM modules and the maximum memory size can be up to 4GB.

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CPU
Supports Intel®Xeon™ 1.8GHz above with up to FSB533MHz (Front Side Bus) designed for Socket 604 technology.
Chipset
With Intel®E7505 chipset is designed for use with the Intel®Xeon™ processor in the 604-pin package. It is optimized for the
Intel®Xeon™ processor, supporting Dual channel of DDR 200/266.
Expansion Slots
Including four 64-bit/66/100MHz PCI-X and one 32-bit/33MHz PCI slots.
Intel®82540 GbE LAN controller
Another cost-effective feature for network solution is the integration of Intel 82540 GbE Fast Ethernet controllers. The Intel
82540 GbE integrates Intel’s fourth-generation Gigabit MAC design with fully integrated, physical-layer circuitry to provide a
standard IEEE 802.3 Ethernet interface for 1000BASE-T and 100BASE-TX applications.
Memory
The motherboard has four 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets. It supports DDR200/266MHz ECC unbuffered memory and is up to