DFI LanParty DK P35 series User manual

System Board
User’s Manual

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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
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.............................................................................................................
Internal I/O Connectors.....................................................................................................
Chapter 3 - BIOS Setup......................................................................
Award BIOS Setup Utility.................................................................................................
RAID BIOS.....................................................................................................................................
Updating the BIOS..................................................................................................................
Chapter 4 - Supported Software.......................................................
Chapter 5 - RAID.................................................................................
Appendix A - System Error Message...............................................
Appendix B - 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 instruction
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, estab-
lish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout
any procedures requiring 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
;A user’s manual
;One IDE cable
;One FDD cable
;Two Serial ATA data cables
;One Serial ATA power cable
;One RAID floppy diskette (LP DK P35-T2R / LP DK P35-T2RS
only)
;One I/O shield
;One “Mainboard Utility” CD
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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Chapter 1 - Introduction
Specifications
Processor
Chipset
System Memory
Expansion Slots
BIOS
Audio
LAN
IDE
Serial ATA
• LGA 775 socket for:
- Intel®CoreTM2 Quad, Intel®CoreTM2 Extreme, Intel®CoreTM2
Duo, Intel®Pentium®D or Intel®Pentium®4
• Supports Intel Enhanced Memory 64 Technology (EMT64T)
• Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
• Supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
• Supports 1333*/1066/800MHz system bus speed
*Available only on CPUs that support 1333MHz FSB
• Intel®chipset
- Northbridge: Intel®P35 Express chipset (with Intel®Fast
Memory Access technology)
- Southbridge: Intel®ICH9 (LP DK P35-T2)
Intel®ICH9R (LP DK P35-T2R / LP DK P35-T2RS)
• Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
• Supports DDR2 667/800 MHz DIMMs
• Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface
• Supports up to 8GB system memory
• Delivers up to 12.8Gb/s bandwidth
• Supports unbuffered x8 and x16 DIMMs
• 1 PCI Express x16 slot
• 2 PCI Express x1 slots
• 3 PCI slots
• Award BIOS
• 8Mbit SPI flash BIOS
• CMOS Reloaded
• Realtek ALC885 High Definition audio CODEC
• 8-channel audio output
• DAC SNR/ADC SNR of 106dB/101dB
• Full-rate lossless content protection technology
• Optical S/PDIF-out and coaxial RCA S/PDIF-out interfaces
• Marvell 88E8053 PCIE Gigabit LAN
• Fully compliant to IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE-
TX) and 802.3ab (1000BASE-T) standards
• JMicron JMB368 PCI Express to PATA host controller
• Supports up to 2 UltraDMA 33/66/100Mbps IDE devices
• LP DK P35-T2R / LP DK P35-T2RS
- 6 SATA ports
- SATA speed up to 3Gb/s
- RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5
• LP DK P35-T2
- 4 SATA ports
- SATA speed up to 3Gb/s

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Rear Panel I/O
Internal I/O
Power Management
Hardware Monitor
PCB
• 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port
• 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port
• 1 optical S/PDIF-out port
• 1 coaxial RCA S/PDIF-out port
• 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
• 1 RJ45 LAN port
• Center/subwoofer, rear R/L and side R/L jacks
• Line-in, line-out (front R/L) and mic-in jacks
• 3 connectors for 6 additional external USB 2.0 ports
• 1 connector for an external COM port
• 1 front audio connector for line-out and mic-in jacks
• 1 CD-in internal audio connector
• 1 connector for IrDA interface
• 6 Serial ATA ports (LP DK P35-T2R / LP DK P35-T2RS)
4 Serial ATA ports (LP DK P35-T2)
• 1 40-pin IDE connector
• 1 floppy connector
• 1 24-pin ATX power connector
• 1 8-pin 12V power connector
• 1 4-pin 5V/12V power connector (FDD type)
• 1 front panel connector
• 3 fan connectors
• EZ touch switches (power switch and reset switch)
• ACPI and OS Directed Power Management
• ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function
• 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
• AC power failure recovery
• Monitors CPU/system/Northbridge temperature and overheat
alarm
• Monitors Vcore/Vdimm/Vnb/VCC5/12V/V5sb/Vbat voltages
• Monitors the speed of the cooling fans
• CPU Overheat Protection function monitors CPU temperature
and fan during system boot-up - automatic shutdown upon sys-
tem overheat
• 4 layers, ATX form factor
• 24.5cm (9.64") x 30.5cm (12")

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Features
DDR2 is a higher performance DDR technology whose
data transfer rate delivers bandwidth of 4.3 GB per sec-
ond 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 onboard Realtek ALC885 is a High Definition audio
codec and the 6 audio jacks at the rear I/O panel pro-
vides 8-channel audio output for advanced 7.1-channel
super surround sound audio system. ALC885 also sup-
ports S/PDIF output, allowing digital connections with DVD systems
or other audio/video multimedia.
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 interface on the system board sends surround sound and
3D audio signal outputs to amplifiers and speakers and to digital
recording devices like CD recorders.
The JMicron JMB368 chip supports up to two
UltraDMA 100Mbps IDE devices.
Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compli-
ant with SATA 1.0 specification. The Intel
chipset supports Serial ATA ports with speed of up to 3Gb/s. Serial
ATA improves hard drive performance faster than the standard par-
allel ATA whose data transfer rate is 100MB/s.
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The Intel ICH9R chip on the LP DK P35-T2R and LP DK
P35-T2RS system boards allow configuring RAID on Serial
ATA devices. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1
and RAID 5.
The Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabit LAN chip
supports up to 1Gbps data rate.
The system board supports Intel proces-
sors with Hyper-Threading Technology. Ena-
bling the functionality of Hyper-Threading
Technology for your computer system requires ALL of the following
platforms.
Components:
• CPU - an Intel®Pentium®4 Processor with HT Technology
• Chipset - an Intel®chipset that supports HT Technology
• BIOS - a BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled
• OS - an operating system that includes optimizations for HT
Technology
For more information on Hyper-Threading Technology, go to:
www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading.
PCI Express is a high bandwidth I/O infrastructure
that possesses the ability to scale speeds by forming
multiple lanes.The system board currently supports the physical layer
of x1 and x16 lane widths. The x1 PCI Express lane supports trans-
fer rate of 2.5 Gigabytes (250MBbps) per second. The PCI Express
architecture also provides a high performance graphics infrastructure
by enhancing the capability of a x16 PCI Express lane to provide 4
Gigabytes per second transfer rate.
CMOS Reloaded is a technology that allows storing
multiple user-defined BIOS settings by using the
BIOS utility to save, load and name the settings. This
is especially useful to overclockers who require sav-
ing a variety of overclocked settings and being able
to conveniently switch between these settings simul-
taneously.
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CPU Overheat Protection has the capability of moni-
toring the CPU’s temperature during system boot up.
Once the CPU’s temperature exceeded the tempera-
ture limit pre-defined by the CPU, the system will automatically shut-
down. This preventive measure has been added to protect the CPU
from damage and insure a safe computing environment.
The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector
for wireless connectivity between your computer and
peripheral devices.The IRDA (Infrared Data Association) specification
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 computer and a wide range of simultaneously
accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.
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:
If you are using a modem add-in card, the 5VSB power source
of your power supply must support a minimum of ≥ 720mA.
Wake-On-Ring
IrDA
CPU
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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 5VSB power source of your power supply must support
≥ 720mA.
This function allows you to use the PS/2 key-
board or PS/2 mouse to power-on the sys-
tem.
Important:
The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support
≥ 720mA.
This function allows you to use a USB
keyboard 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 5VSB power source of your power supply
must support ≥ 1.5A. For 3 or more USB ports, the 5VSB
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-LAN
Wake-On-PS/2
Wake-On-USB
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The system board is designed to meet the ACPI (Ad-
vanced Configuration and Power Interface) specification.
ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to implement
Power Management and Plug-and-Play with operating systems that
support OS Direct Power Management. 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 the system without having to go through the
sometimes tiresome process of closing files, applications and operat-
ing system. This is because the system is capable of storing all pro-
grams and data files during the entire operating session into RAM
(Random Access Memory) when it powers-off.The operating session
will resume exactly where you left off the next time you power-on
the system.
Important:
The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support
≥ 1A.
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.
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Hardware Installation
Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation
The layout shown above is the LP DK P35-T2R/T2RS system board
which supports 6 SATA ports. On the LP DK P35-T2 board, it only
supports 4 SATA ports (SATA 0/1/4/5).
System Board Layout

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PCI 3
PCI 2
PCI 1
1
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.
System Memory
Warning:
When the DRAM Power LED lit red, it indicates that power is
present on the DIMM sockets. Power-off the PC then unplug the
power cord prior to installing any memory modules. Failure to do so
will cause severe damage to the motherboard and components.
The four 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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DDR2-1
DDR2-2
DDR2-3
DDR2-4
Channel A
Channel B
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DIMMs are on the same channel.
DIMMs in a channel can be identical or com-
pletely different.
Not all slots need to be populated.
DIMMs of different memory configurations
are on different channels.
Odd number of slots can be populated.
DIMMs of the same memory configuration
are on different channels.
In single channel, requires even number or
rows (side of the DIMM) populated.This
mode can be enabled with 1 SS, 2 SS or
2 DS.
In VSC mode, both channels must have
identical row structure.
Single Channel
Virtual Single
Channel
Dual Channel
Dynamic Mode
Addressing
BIOS Setting
Configure the system memory in the Genie BIOS Setting submenu
of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.
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.
Virtual Single Channel (VSC)
If both channels are populated with different memory configurations,
the MCH defaults to Virtual Single Channel.
Dual Channel (DC)
Dual channel provides better system performance because it doubles
the data transfer rate.
Dynamic Mode Addressing
This mode minimizes the overhead of opening/closing pages in
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The table below lists the various optimal operating modes that should
be configured for the memory channel operation.
Config
No memory
Single channel A
Single channel A
Single channel A
Single channel B
Single channel B
Single channel B
Virtual single channel
Virtual single channel
Virtual single channel
Virtual single channel
Virtual single channel
Virtual single channel
Virtual single channel
Virtual single channel
Virtual single channel
Dual channel
Dual channel
Dual channel
DIMM 1
E
P
P
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
P
P(**)
p(**)
P
P(**)
P(**)
E
P(*)(1,3)
P(*)(1,3)
DIMM 2
E
E
P
P
E
E
E
P(**)
P
P(**)
E
E
E
P(**)
P
P(**)
P(*)(2,4)
E
P(*)(2,4)
DIMM 3
E
E
E
E
P
P
E
E
P
P
E
P(**)
P(**)
E
P(**)
P(**)
E
P(*)(1,3)
P(*)(1,3)
DIMM 4
E
E
E
E
E
P
P
P(**)
E
P(**)
P
E
P
P(**)
E
P(**)
P(*)(2,4)
E
P(*)(2,4)
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Config
Dynamic Mode Addressing
Dynamic Mode Addressing
Dynamic Mode Addressing
Dynamic Mode Addressing
Dynamic Mode Addressing
Dynamic Mode Addressing
DIMM 1
E
P(*)(1,3)
DS
P(*)(1,3)
DS
E
P(*)(1,3)
SS
P(*)(1,3)
SS
DIMM 2
P(*)(2,4)
DS
E
P(*)(2,4)
DS
P(*)(2,4)
SS
E
P(*)(2,4)
SS
DIMM 3
E
P(*)(1,3)
DS
P(*)(1,3)
DS
E
P(*)(1,3)
SS
P(*)(1,3)
SS
DIMM 4
P(*)(2,4)
DS
E
P(*)(2,4)
DS
P(*)(2,4)
SS
E
P(*)(2,4)
SS
P - denotes populated
E - denotes empty
* - denotes DIMMs are identical
** - denotes DIMMs are not identical
SS - denotes Single Sided DIMM
DS - denotes Double Sided DIMM
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Installing the Memory 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 DIMM 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.
DIMM sockets
Ejector
tab
Key
Notch