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Preface

About This Manual

This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and
knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of
the X9SPV motherboard product series. This product is intended to be
professionally installed and serviced by a technician.

About This Motherboard

The X9SPV motherboard series is a value-driven product aimed at users who
demand a small form-factor, ultra low-power motherboard for PC, gateway server
or embedded applications.
The X9SPV motherboard series features a mobile, 3rd generation Intel® Core™
i7/i5/i3 processor onboard with an FCBGA1023 package, offering many features
such as two ECC SO-DIMM memory support, four SATA 2.0 ports, two SATA 3.0
ports, an on-board VGA with Intel HD 4000 graphics option. It also includes 4 LAN
ports (X9SPV-LN4F), IPMI 2.0, Disk on Module, and TPM support. These enable
theX9SPVmotherboardseriestodeliveran energy-efcient,lowpower,highper-
formance platform, in a small form-factor.

Manual Organization

Chapter 1describesthefeatures,specicationsandperformanceofthemainboard
and provides detailed information about the chipset.
Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions. Read this chapter when in-
stalling the processor, memory modules and other hardware components into the
system. If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes trouble-
shooting procedures for video, memory and system setup stored in the CMOS.
Chapter 4 includes an introduction to the BIOS and provides detailed information
on running the CMOS Setup utility.
Appendix A provides BIOS Error Beep Codes.
Appendix B lists Driver Installation Instructions.
Appendix C provides the UEFI BIOS Recovery Instructions.
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