Chapter 1: Introduction

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Notes:
1. CPU Overclocking is supported by this motherboard; however, SMCI does not recommend CPU Overclocking and cannot
resume any responsibility or liability of out_of_spec. overclocking.
2. CATERR_LED is for internal testing only.
Motherboard Features
CPU 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3, Pentium, and Cel-
eron processor in an LGA1150 socket.
Memory Four (4) SDRAM slots support up to 32 GB of DDR3 Unbuf-
fered, Non-ECC 1600/1333 MHz memory for the X10SLQ.
Two (2) SDRAM slots support up to 16 GB of DDR3
Unbuffered, Non-ECC 1600/1333 MHz memory for the
X10SLQ-L.
Dual-channel memory
DIMM sizes
UDIMM 1 GB, 2 GB, 4GB, and 8GB
Chipset Intel® Q87 Express
Expansion Slots One (1) PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot (Slot 7)
One (1) PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot (Slot 5)
One (1) PCI Express 2.0 x4 slot (Slot 4)
Network Connections Two (2) Gigabit Ethernet Controllers:
LAN1: Intel i217LM gigabit LAN PHY
LAN2: Intel i210AT gigabit LAN controller
Two (2) RJ-45 rear I/O panel connectors with Link and
Activity LEDs
I/O Devices SATA Connections
SATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) Six (6) I-SATA 0-5, via Intel PCH Q87,
SATA Port 5 to mSATA
RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 (MS Windows®)
USB Devices (USB 0/1 and 10/11: Not available on
the -L model)
Four (4) USB 2.0 ports on the rear I/O panel (USB 0/1,
4/5),
Two (2) USB 3.0 ports on the rear I/O panel (USB 2/3)
Four (4) Front Accessible USB 2.0 ports on two headers
(USB 6/7, 8/9),
Two (2) Front Accessible USB 3.0 ports on one header
(USB 10/11)
Keyboard/Mouse (Not available on the -L model)
One shared PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse port on the I/O
backpanel
Serial (COM) Ports
Four (4) front accessible Serial Port header (COM1-
COM4) (COM2 supports RS232/422/485)