Equipment Required for CRB Usage, Precautions

Equipment Required for CRB Usage

Equipment Required for CRB Usage 3

The following components are required for the Intel® Xeon™ Processor with 800 MHz System Bus and Intel® E7520 and Intel® 6300ESB Customer Reference Board (CRB) usage:

•A 550 W SSI EPS 12 V power supply. The CRB is shipped with the power supply.

•At least two modules of DDR2 400 DIMM. The CRB is shipped with 2 x 256 Mbytes of DDR2 400.

•Hard drive loaded with Operating System1

•Monitor

•PS/2 mouse and keyboard

Visually inspect the board and ensure that the MCH, Intel® 6300ESB I/O Controller, PXH, and other components did not shake loose during shipment. If the board has any loose or missing components, contact your Intel representative.

Caution: Powering up without all components installed correctly could lead to a power-up failure that could damage the board. Do not power up the board until the source of any loose component is determined and the component has been replaced on the board.

3.1Precautions

The following precautions will reduce the chances of damaging the board:

•Ensure that a 550 W SSI EPV 12 V power supply is used to power up the CRB. Refer to Section 5.1, “Power Diagrams” on page 25 for details on the SSI power supply interface on the CRB.

•This platform supports DDR2 400 DIMMs; ensure that the same speed DIMM is plugged in all slots of the platform.

•Ensure that each processor has heat sinks attached before powering up the board.

•Ensure that the heat sink is attached to the MCH and PXH before powering up the board. Never attach a heat sink while the board is powered.

•Use Table 4 to verify that all jumpers are in their default positions.

1. Note The hard disk provided with the development kit is not pre-loaded with any software.

Intel® Xeon™ Processor, Intel® E7520 Chipset, Intel® 6300ESB ICH Development Kit User’s Manual