Preface 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 H8DCE serverboard. The H8DCE is based on the nVidia® nForce Pro 2200/2050 chipset and supports single or dual AMD Opteron 200 series type processors in 940- pin microPGA ZIF sockets and up to 32 GB of DDR266 or 16 GB of DDR400/333 registered ECC SDRAM. Please refer to the serverboard specifi cations pages on our web site for updates on supported processors. This product is intended to be professionally installed.
Manual Organization Chapter 1 includes a checklist of what should be included in your serverboard box, describes the features, specifi cations and performance of the serverboard and provides detailed information about the chipset. Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static-sensitive devices. Read this chapter when installing the processor(s) and memory modules and when installing the serverboard in a chassis. Also refer to this chapter to connect the fl oppy and hard disk drives, the parallel and serial ports, the mouse and keyboard and the twisted wires for the power and reset buttons and the system LEDs.
procedures for the video, the memory and the setup confi guration stored in CMOS. If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3 , which describes troubleshooting For quick reference, a general FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section is pro- vided. Instructions are also included for contacting technical support. In addition, you can visit our web site for more detailed information. Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility. Appendix A provides BIOS Error Beep Code Appendix B lists BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes iii