Chapter 1: Introduction
Motherboard Features
CPU
•Quad AMD Opteron 8000 series (Socket F type) processors
Note: Support for 837x, 838x, 839x and 84xx processors. Refer to our web site for details on
supported processors.
Note: You must install at least two processors for full functions to be supported.
Memory
•Sixteen single/dual channel DIMM slots supporting up to 128 GB of DDR2- 800/667/533 registered ECC SDRAM
Note: Refer to Section
Chipset
•Dual AMD SR5690 chipset and one SP5100 Southbridge chipset
Expansion Slots
•Three (3)
•One (1)
•Two (2)
•One (1) UIO
BIOS
•16 Mb AMIBIOS® SPI Flash ROM
•DMI 2.3, PCI 2.2, ACPI 1.0 (ACPI 2.0 is BIOS supported), SMBIOS 2.3, Real Time Clock Wakeup, Plug and Play (PnP), BIOS resume hot keys,
PC Health Monitoring
•Onboard voltage monitors
•Fan status monitor with firmware/software on/off and speed control
•Watch Dog
•Environmental temperature monitoring via BIOS
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•System resource alert (via included utility program)
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•CPU thermal trip support
•I2C temperature sensing logic