GA-8IPXDR- E

Legacy | Software updates supported

Rev. 1.0

Intel^®Plumas E7501/ICH3-S, Dual P64H2*2, ATI^® Rage XL 8MB
Dual Intel^® Xeon^™ Processors with 512KB L2 Cache (Socket 604/533MHz FSB/3.06GHz)
Max. 12GB Registered (ECC) DDR-266 Memory in 6 DIMM Slots(Dual Channels)
Adaptec^® 7902W Dual Ultra 320 SCSI Channels
Intel^® RAIDIOS/Adaptec® Zero Channel RAID Enabled PCI-X Slot
Supports 4 PCI-X slots for 133MHz, 66MHz and 100MHz (3.3V), 2 PCI solt with 32-Bit/33MHz
Build in Intel^® 82546EB single chip with Dual ports Gigabit Ethernet controller (Server Adapter)
EATX 12”W x 13”D, SSI 3.0 Power (24-Pin, 8-Pin, 4-Pin 12V. Auxiliary), VRM 9.1
Optional IPMI 1.0 Module

SPECIFICATIONS

CPU

Supports Dual Intel^® Xeon Prestonia CPUs up to 3.06 GHz
533 Mhz FSB

Chipset

Intel^® E7501 MCH (Memory Controller Hub)
Intel^® ICH 3
P64H2*2 (PCI-X)

LAN

Build in Intel^® 82546EB single chip with Dual ports Gigabit Ethernet controller
Wake On LAN (WOL)
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)
Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
EtherChannel* (FEC/GEC)

Video

ATI Rage-XL on board with 8MB memory

IDE / SCSI

Adaptec^® 7902W SCSI Controller
Dual SCSI Channels (Ultra 320)
Dual ATA-100 IDE Channels

RAID

Intel^®RAIDIOS (Optioal)
Adaptec^® ASR-2010S Zero Channel RAID card (Optional)

Expansion Slots

4 x PCI-X 133/100/66 MHz
2 x PCI 32/33 Mhz

Rear I/O

2 x PS/2 (Keyboard and Mouse Connectors)
4 x USB (2x at Rear, 2x By.Cable)
2 x COM (1xRear, 1xBy.Cable)
1 x LPT
2 x LAN RJ45

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SUPPORT

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Utility

Manual
Support List

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Driver

BIOS

Utility

QVL

All
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Windows XP 32bit
Windows Server 2003 32bit
Windows NT
Windows Me
Windows 98
Windows 95
Windows 2000
Novell Netware

Chipset Update Patch

Version

Size

Date

Driver for Interl^®82852/82855 GM/GME Chipset

Version : 4.30.1006

1.55 MB

Aug 11, 2003

Download

OS: Windows 95,Windows 98,Windows Me,Windows 2000,Windows XP 32bit

LAN

Version

Size

Date

Intel LAN driver

Version : 8.3C005

55.98 MB

Apr 22, 2005

Download

OS: Windows 2000,Windows XP 32bit,Windows Server 2003 32bit,Novell Netware

SCSI

Version

Size

Date

Adaptec 7902W U320 SCSI Driver

Version : 1.30.1

21 MB

Aug 11, 2003

Download

OS: Windows NT,Windows 2000,Windows XP 32bit,Windows Server 2003 32bit,Novell Netware

VGA

Version

Size

Date

VGA drivers

Version : J5.30.0

40.25 MB

Aug 11, 2003

Download

OS: Windows NT,Windows 2000,Windows XP 32bit

BIOS

Description

Version

Size

Date

Enable L3 cache and modify DMI information

Version : F4

0.55 MB

Mar 11, 2004

Download

Disable system event LED
Turn off Fan led in normal status (2U system)
Modify the routing of the riser card to IRQ 4, 5
Support Fan fails warning
Add S.M.A.R.T function of IDE on setup menu
Update memory reference code from Intel
Support riser card on Win2000
Add Chung Hwa Telecom
While using two GMT (Local GMT and remote GMT) to monitor the same platform, the local side hangs
While only install single CPU, the buzzer does not works
Fix: Sometimes buzzer works, but no error occurs
When power on, buzzer works around 5-6 second
Enable fan alarm on setup menu, it will produce short beep sound when power on
Add fan alarm and power fan alarm in setup menu
If no memory, BIOS has no beep sound
Update CPU micro code (D-1 stepping)If virtual memory was changed from C drive to D drive, the system has blue

Version : F3

0.55 MB

Aug 11, 2003

Download

Warning:
Because BIOS flashing is potentially risky, if you do not encounter problems using the current version of BIOS, it is recommended that you not flash the BIOS. To flash the BIOS, do it with caution. Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in system malfunction.

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