User Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

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Motherboard Features

CPU

• Single Intel® Core™ i7 and and Intel® Xeon® 5500/3500 series processors in

an LGA1366 socket.

Memory

• Six 240-pin, DDR3 SDRAM DIMM sockets with support for unbuffered ECC or

non ECC 1333/1066/800 MHz memory.

Note: Both Unbuffered ECC and Non-ECC DIMM modules are supported

by the motherboard. Using ECC or Non-ECC memory on your motherboard

depends on the CPU installed. Please see Page 3-3 for more information

on memory support.

• Supports 3-channel memory bus

• Supports DIMM sizes of 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, and 4 GB

Chipset

• Intel® X58 Express Chipset

• Intel ICH10R

Expansion Slots

• One (1) (PCI-Express x16 Gen2 + PCI-Express x8 in x4) slot

• One (1) 32-bit PCI 33MHz slot (Slot 1)

Integrated Graphics

• Matrox G200ew with 8 MB Video Memory

Network Connections

• Two Intel 82574L Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mb/s) Ethernet Controllers for LAN 1

and LAN 2 ports, additional two 82574L for LAN 3 and LAN 4 ports on the

X8STi-LN4 model

• Two (2) or four (4)* RJ-45 Rear IO Panel Connectors with Link and Activity LEDs

(*Four RJ-45 ports are available on the X8STi-LN4 only)

• Single Realtek RTL8201N PHY for the Dedicated IPMI 2.0LAN for the X8STi-

F/-3F

• One (1) RJ45 Rear I/O Panel Dedicated IPMI 2.0 Connector for the X8STi-F/-

• I/O Devices

SATA Connections

• Six (6) SATA ports supported by the Intel ICH10R SATA Controller

• Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 under the Windows OS environment