User`s manual

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X8SAX/C7X58 User’s Manual
Motherboard Features
CPU
Single Intel•
®
Core™ i7 900 series, i7 Extreme Edition, and Intel® Xeon®
5500/3500 series processors in an LGA1366 socket. Xeon® 5600/3600 series
processors are supported on PCB Rev. 2.0 with BIOS 2.0 and above.
Memory
Six 240-pin, DDR3 SDRAM DIMM sockets with support for unbuffered ECC (if •
supported by CPU) or non ECC 1333/1066/800 MHz memory.
Supports non ECC 1600 MHz XMP memory when an Extreme Edition CPU is •
installed (This feature is supported on the C7X58 motherboard only, see pages
2-10, 3-3, 3-4 and 4-11 for more information.)
Supports 3-channel memory bus•
DIMM sizes of 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, and 4 GB are supported•
Chipset
Intel® X58 Express Chipset (IOH) •
Intel ICH10R (South Bridge) •
Intel PXH/V (I/O Bridge) for PCI-X slots (X8SAX only)•
Expansion Slots
Two (2) PCI-Express x16 Gen2 slots (Slot 6/Slot 4)•
One PCI-Express x4 in x8 slot (Slot 5)•
Two (2) PCI-X 133/100 MHz slots (Slot 1/Slot 2) (X8SAX only)•
One (1) 32-bit PCI 33MHz slot (Slot 3)•
Audio
The HD ALC883 Audio Controller supports 7.1 channel High Denition audio •
interface
One HD Audio connector on the IO backplane supports 8-channel (7.1) audio •
with Line-in/Line-out/Microphone built-in
One S/PDIF connector on the IO backplane supports Digital Audio/Video In-•
terface
One additional onboard audio header (Audio FP) and a CD input header (CD-•
In) for front access
Graphics
Support for multiple PCI-Express Graphics cards (Gen 2 or Gen 1)•
Supports ATI•
®
CrossFireX™ Technology
Supports nVidia•
®
SLi™ Technology (C7X58 only)