DFI-ITOX LT600-DR User manual

LT600-DR
LT600-D
System Board
User’s Manual
935-LT6001-050G
I02800817

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FCC and DOC Statement on Class B
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential
installation.This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio fre-
quency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communi-
cations. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined
by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try
to correct the interference by one or more of the following meas-
ures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from
that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for
help.
Notice:
1. The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the
party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority
to operate the equipment.
2. Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with
the emission limits.

Table of Contents
About this Manual................................................................................
Warranty.................................................................................................
Static Electricity Precaution................................................................
Safety Measures.....................................................................................
About the Package...............................................................................
Before Using the System Board.........................................................
Chapter 1 - Introduction....................................................................
Specifications...................................................................................................................................
Features..............................................................................................................................................
Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation....................................................
System Board Layout ..........................................................................................................
System Memory..........................................................................................................................
CPU.......................................................................................................................................................
Jumper Settings............................................................................................................................
Rear Panel I/O Ports.............................................................................................................
I/O Connectors..........................................................................................................................
Chapter 3 - BIOS Setup......................................................................
Award BIOS Setup Utility.................................................................................................
Intel RAID BIOS........................................................................................................................
Updating the BIOS..................................................................................................................
Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares.....................................................
Drivers, Utilities and Software Applications......................................................
Installation Notes.......................................................................................................................
Chapter 5 - RAID.................................................................................
Appendix A - Watchdog Timer.............................................................
Appendix B - System Error Messages...............................................
Appendix C - Troubleshooting..........................................................
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Warranty
1. Warranty does not cover damages or failures that arised from
misuse of the product, inability to use the product, unauthorized
replacement or alteration of components and product specifica-
tions.
2. The warranty is void if the product has been subjected to physi-
cal abuse, improper installation, modification, accidents or unau-
thorized repair of the product.
3. Unless otherwise instructed in this user’s manual, the user may
not, under any circumstances, attempt to perform service, adjust-
ments or repairs on the product, whether in or out of warranty.
It must be returned to the purchase point, factory or authorized
service agency for all such work.
4. We will not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental or
consequencial damages to the product that has been modified
or altered.

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Static Electricity Precautions
It is quite easy to inadvertently damage your PC, system board,
components or devices even before installing them in your system
unit. Static electrical discharge can damage computer components
without causing any signs of physical damage. You must take extra
care in handling them to ensure against electrostatic build-up.
1. To prevent electrostatic build-up, leave the system board in its
anti-static bag until you are ready to install it.
2. Wear an antistatic wrist strap.
3. Do all preparation work on a static-free surface.
4. Hold the device only by its edges. Be careful not to touch any of
the components, contacts or connections.
5. Avoid touching the pins or contacts on all modules and connec-
tors. Hold modules or connectors by their ends.
Important:
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor,
disk drive and other components. Perform the upgrade in-
struction procedures described at an ESD workstation
only. If such a station is not available, you can provide
some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap
and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis. If a
wrist strap is unavailable, establish and maintain contact
with the system chassis throughout any procedures requir-
ing ESD protection.
Safety Measures
To avoid damage to the system:
• Use the correct AC input voltage range.....
To reduce the risk of electric shock:
• Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis
cover for installation or servicing. After installation or servicing,
cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord.
Battery:
• Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced.
• Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by
the manufacturer.
• Dispose of used batteries according to local ordinance.

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About the Package
The system board package contains the following items. If any of
these items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or
sales representative for assistance.
;The system board
;One IDE cable
;One FDD cable
;Two USB port cables
;Two Serial ATA data cables
;Two Serial ATA power cables
;One “Main Board Utility” CD
;Two RAID/AHCI driver floppy diskettes (LT600-DR only)
;One I/O shield
;One QR (Quick Reference)
The system board and accessories in the package may not come
similar to the information listed above.This may differ in accordance
to the sales region or models in which it was sold. For more infor-
mation about the standard package in your region, please contact
your dealer or sales representative.
Before Using the System Board
Before using the system board, prepare basic system components.
If you are installing the system board in a new system, you will need
at least the following internal components.
•A CPU
•Memory module
•Storage devices such as hard disk drive, CD-ROM, etc.
You will also need external system peripherals you intend to use
which will normally include at least a keyboard, a mouse and a video
display monitor.

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Processor
Chipset
System Memory
Expansion Slots
Graphics
Audio
LAN
Serial ATA
IDE Interface
• LGA 775 socket for:
- Intel®CoreTM2 Duo
- Intel®Pentium®D
- Intel®Pentium®4 or Intel®Celeron
- Intel®Celeron D
• Supports Intel Enhanced Memory 64 Technology (EMT64T)
• Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
• Supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
• Supports 1066/800/533MHz FSB
• Intel®chipset
- Northbridge: Intel®945G Express chipset
- Southbridge: Intel®ICH7R (LT600-DR)
Intel®ICH7 (LT600-D)
• Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
• Supports DDR2 533 and DDR2 667 DIMMs
• Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface
• Supports up to 4GB system memory
• Supports non-ECC x8 and x16 DIMMs
• Supports up to 1Gb DRAM densities
• Supports unbuffered DIMMs
• 1 PCI Express x16 slot
• 6 PCI slots
• Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
• Realtek ALC662 5.1-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
•Six channel DAC support 16/20/24-bit PCM format for 5.1
channel audio solution
• Two stereo ADC support 16/20-bit PCM format
• All DAC/ADC support independent 44.1k/48k/96kHz sample
rate
•44.1k/48k/96kHz S/PDIF-out interface
• Two Realtek RTL8111B PCI Express Gigabit controllers
• Supports 10Mbps, 100Mbps and 1Gbps data transmission
• IEEE 802.3 (10/100Mbps) and IEEE 802.3ab (1Gbps) compliant
• Supports four SATA (Serial ATA) interfaces which are compliant
with SATA 1.0 specification
• SATA speed up to 3Gb/s
• RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5 (LT600-DR only)
• One IDE connector supports up to two UltraDMA 100Mbps
IDE devices
• Supports PIO IDE transfers up to 16MB/sec
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Specifications

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Rear Panel I/O
Ports
I/O Connectors
BIOS
Energy Efficient
Design
Damage Free
Intelligence
Temperature
Humidity
PCB
• 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port
• 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port
• 1 DB-25 parallel port
• 1 DB-9 serial port
• 1 DB-15 VGA port
• 2 RJ45 LAN ports
• 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
• Mic-in, line-in and line-out
• 2 connectors for 4 additional external USB 2.0/1.1 ports
• 1 connector for an external COM 2 port
• 1 Digital I/O connector
• 1 front audio connector for line-out and mic-in jacks
• 1 CD-in internal audio connector
• 1 S/PDIF-out connector
• 1 connector for IrDA interface
• 4 Serial ATA connectors
• 1 40-pin IDE connector
• 1 floppy connector
• 1 24-pin ATX power connector
• 1 4-pin 12V power connector
• 1 chassis open connector
• 1 front panel connector
• 3 fan connectors
• Award BIOS
• 8Mbit flash memory
• Supports ACPI specification and OS Directed Power Manage-
ment
• Supports ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function
• Wake-On-Events include:
- Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
- Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse
- Wake-On-LAN and Wake-On-Ring
- RTC timer to power-on the system
• System power management supported
• CPU stopped clock control
• Microsoft®/Intel®APM 1.2 compliant
• Soft Power supported - ACPI v2.0 specification
• AC power failure recovery
• Monitors CPU/system/AUX temperature and overheat alarm
• Monitors Vcore/VCC3/VBAT/3VSB/12V/1.5V/1.8V/5V voltages
and failure alarm
• Monitors CPU/2nd/system fan speed and failure alarm
• Read back capability that displays temperature, voltage and fan
speed
• Watchdog timer function
•0
oC to 60oC
• 10% to 90%
• 4 layers, ATX form factor
• 30.5cm (12") x 24.4cm (9.6")

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S/PDIF
Features
The Watchdog Timer function allows your
application to regularly “clear” the system at
the set time interval. If the system hangs or fails to function, it will
reset at the set time interval so that your system will continue to
operate.
DDR2 is a higher performance DDR technology
whose data transfer rate delivers bandwidth of 4.3
GB per second and beyond. That is twice the speed of the conven-
tional DDR without increasing its power consumption. DDR2
SDRAM modules work at 1.8V supply compared to 2.6V memory
voltage for DDR modules. DDR2 also incorporates new innovations
such as the On-Die Termination (ODT) as well as larger 4-bit pre-
fetch against DDR which fetches 2 bits per clock cycle.
The Intel 945G northbridge chip comes integrated
with the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 deliv-
ering exceptional 3D graphics performance.
The audio jacks at the rear panel will
support 5.1-channel audio only when the
audio utility is configured to support this function. The mic-in at the
rear will be disabled. Use the front audio’s mic-in jack.
S/PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that
transfers digital audio signals to a device without
having to be converted first to an analog format. This prevents the
quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted
to analog. S/PDIF is usually found on digital audio equipment such as
a DAT machine or audio processing device.The S/PDIF connector on
the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal out-
puts to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like
CD recorders.
watchdog timer
5.1-channel audio
DDR2
graphics

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Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant
with SATA 1.0 specification. With speed of up to
3Gbps, it improves hard drive performance faster than the standard
parallel ATA whose data transfer rate is 100MB/s. LT600-DR allows
configuring RAID on Serial ATA drives. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 0+1 and RAID 5.
The two Realtek PCI Express Gigabit LAN con-
trollers support up to 1Gbps data transmission.
The system board is equipped with an IrDA connec-
tor for wireless connectivity between your computer
and peripheral devices.The IRDA (Infrared Data Association) specifi-
cation supports data transfers of 115K baud at a distance of 1
meter.
The system board supports USB 2.0 and USB 1.1
ports. USB 1.1 supports 12Mb/second bandwidth
while USB 2.0 supports 480Mb/second bandwidth providing a
marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your com-
puter and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug
and Play peripherals.
PCI Express is a high bandwidth I/O infra-
structure that possesses the ability to scale
speeds by forming multiple lanes. The system board currently sup-
ports the physical layer of x16 lane widths. The x16 PCI Express
lane supports transfer rate of 4 Gigabytes per second.
This feature allows the system that is in the
Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to
wake-up/power-on to respond to calls coming from an external mo-
dem or respond to calls from a modem PCI card that uses the PCI
PME (Power Management Event) signal to remotely wake up the
PC.
Important:
The 5V_standby power source of your power supply must sup-
port ≥ 720mA.
USB
SERIAL ATA
irda
gigabit lan
pci express
wake-on-ring

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This feature allows the network to remotely
wake up a Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC.
It is supported via the onboard LAN port or via a PCI LAN card
that uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal. However,
if your system is in the Suspend mode, you can power-on the system
only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt.
Important:
The 5V_standby power source of your power supply must sup-
port ≥ 720mA.
This function allows you to use the PS/2 key-
board or PS/2 mouse to power-on the sys-
tem.
Important:
The 5V_standby power source of your power supply must sup-
port ≥ 720mA.
This function allows you to use a USB key-
board or USB mouse to wake up a system
from the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state.
Important:
If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse function for
2 USB ports, the 5V_standby power source of your power sup-
ply must support ≥ 1.5A. For 3 or more USB ports, the
5V_standby power source of your power supply must support
≥ 2A.
The RTC installed on the system board allows your
system to automatically power-on on the set date
and time.
wake-on-USB
rtc timer
wake-on-lan
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The system board is designed to meet the ACPI
(Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) speci-
fication. ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to imple-
ment Power Management and Plug-and-Play with operating systems
that support OS Direct Power Management. Currently, only Win-
dows®®
®®
®2000/XP supports the ACPI function. ACPI when enabled in
the Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to
RAM function.
With the Suspend to RAM function enabled, you can power-off the
system at once by pressing the power button or selecting “Standby”
when you shut down Windows®®
®®
®2000/XP without having to go
through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files, applications
and operating system. This is because the system is capable of stor-
ing all programs and data files during the entire operating session
into RAM (Random Access Memory) when it powers-off. The oper-
ating session will resume exactly where you left off the next time you
power-on the system.
Important:
The 5V_standby power source of your power supply must sup-
port ≥ 720mA.
When power returns after an AC power fail-
ure, you may choose to either power-on the
system manually or let the system power-on
automatically.
Power failure
recovery
ACPI STR

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System Board Layout
Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation
The LT600-DR board (shown above) uses the ICH7R southbridge. On
a LT600-D board, it uses the ICH7 southbridge.

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System Memory
Warning:
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your system board, proces-
sor, disk drives, add-in boards, and other components. Perform the
upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only.
If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protec-
tion by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal
part of the system chassis. If a wrist strap is unavailable, establish
and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any proce-
dures requiring ESD protection.
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DDR2-1
DDR2-2
DDR2-3
DDR2-4
The four DDR2 DIMM sockets on the system board are divided into
2 channels:
Channel A - DDR2-1 and DDR2-2
Channel B - DDR2-3 and DDR2-4

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The system board supports the following memory interface.
Single Channel (SC)
Data will be accessed in chunks of 64 bits (8B) from the memory
channels.
Dual Channel (DC)
Data will be accessed in chunks of 128 bits from the memory chan-
nels. Dual channel provides better system performance because it
doubles the data transfer rate.
•DIMMs are on the same channel.
•DIMMs in a channel can be identical or
completely different. However, we highly rec-
ommend using identical DIMMs.
•Not all slots need to be populated.
•DIMMs of the same memory configura-
tion are on different channels.
Single Channel
Dual Channel
BIOS Setting
Configure the system memory in the Advanced Chipset Features
submenu of the BIOS.

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Hardware Installation
Installing the DIM Module
Note:
The system board used in the following illustrations may not
resemble the actual board. These illustrations are for reference
only.
1. Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to
it has been powered down.
2. Disconnect all power cords and cables.
3. Locate the DDR2 socket on the system board.
4. Push the “ejector tabs” which are at the ends of the socket to
the side.
Ejector
tab
5. Note how the module is keyed to the socket.
DDR2 sockets
Ejector
tab
Key
Notch

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7. Seat the module vertically, pressing it down firmly until it is com-
pletely seated in the socket.
6. Grasping the module by its edges, position the module above
the socket with the “notch” in the module aligned with the “key”
on the socket. The keying mechanism ensures the module can be
plugged into the socket in only one way.
8. The ejector tabs at the ends of the socket will automatically
snap into the locked position to hold the module in place.

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CPU
Overview
The system board is equipped with a surface mount LGA 775
socket. This socket is exclusively designed for installing a LGA 775
packaged Intel CPU.
Important:
1. Before you proceed, make sure (1) the LGA7751. Before you proceed, make sure (1) the LGA775
1. Before you proceed, make sure (1) the LGA7751. Before you proceed, make sure (1) the LGA775
1. Before you proceed, make sure (1) the LGA775
socket comes with a protective cap, (2) the capsocket comes with a protective cap, (2) the cap
socket comes with a protective cap, (2) the capsocket comes with a protective cap, (2) the cap
socket comes with a protective cap, (2) the cap
is not damaged and (3) the socket’s contact pinsis not damaged and (3) the socket’s contact pins
is not damaged and (3) the socket’s contact pinsis not damaged and (3) the socket’s contact pins
is not damaged and (3) the socket’s contact pins
are not bent. If the cap is missing or the capare not bent. If the cap is missing or the cap
are not bent. If the cap is missing or the capare not bent. If the cap is missing or the cap
are not bent. If the cap is missing or the cap
and/or contact pins are damaged, contact yourand/or contact pins are damaged, contact your
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2. Make sure to keep the protective cap. RMA re-Make sure to keep the protective cap. RMA re-
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Make sure to keep the protective cap. RMA re-
quests will be accepted and processed only if thequests will be accepted and processed only if the
quests will be accepted and processed only if thequests will be accepted and processed only if the
quests will be accepted and processed only if the
LGA775 socket comes with the protective cap.LGA775 socket comes with the protective cap.
LGA775 socket comes with the protective cap.LGA775 socket comes with the protective cap.
LGA775 socket comes with the protective cap.
Installing the CPU
1. Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has
been powered down.
2. Disconnect all power cords and cables.
3. Locate the LGA 775
CPU socket on the
system board.
Important:
The CPU socket must
not come in contact with
anything other than the
CPU. Avoid unnecessary
exposure. Remove the
protective cap only when
you are about to install
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4. The CPU socket comes
with a cover that is
attached with a remov-
able protective cap. The
cap is used to protect
the CPU socket against
dust and harmful parti-
cles. Remove the protec-
tive cap only when you
are about to install the
CPU.
Protective cap
Lever
Cover
5. Lift the protective cap
from the location
pointed below to detach
the cap from the cover.
Lift this part up
6. Unlock the socket by
pushing the lever down,
moving it away from the
side tab of the socket,
then lifting it up. Lever
lifted
Ta b
7. Now lift the cover.
Cover