Intel DX79SI Product Guide for Intel Desktop Board DX79SI - Page 20

Legacy I/O, Expandability, BIOS, Table 3. LAN Connector LEDs - instructions

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Intel Desktop Board DX79SI Product Guide Table 3 describes the LED states when the board is powered up and the LAN subsystem is operating. Table 3. LAN Connector LEDs LED A B C D LED Color Green N/A Green Yellow Green N/A Green Yellow LED State Off On Blinking Off On On Off On Blinking Off On On Indicates LAN link is not established LAN link is established LAN activity is occurring 10 Mb/s data rate 100 Mb/s data rate 1000 Mb/s data rate LAN link is not established LAN link is established LAN activity is occurring 10 Mb/s data rate 100 Mb/s data rate 1000 Mb/s data rate Legacy I/O Intel Desktop Board DX79SI includes an I/O controller that provides the following legacy I/O features: • Consumer Infrared (CIR) support • Low pin count (LPC) interface • Intelligent power management, including a programmable wake up event interface • PCI power management support Expandability Intel Desktop Board DX79SI provides the following expansion capability: • Three PCI Express 3.0 x16 connectors (two x16 electrical and one x8 electrical). Operation at PCI Express 3.0 speeds requires a processor that supports the PCI Express 3.0 Specification. • Two PCI Express 2.0 x1 connectors • One PCI bus connector BIOS The BIOS provides the Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS Setup program, and the PCI/PCI Express and IDE auto-configuration utilities. The BIOS is stored in the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Flash device. The BIOS can be updated by following the instructions on page 67 in Chapter 3. 20

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Intel Desktop Board DX79SI Product Guide
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Table 3 describes the LED states when the board is powered up and the LAN
subsystem is operating.
Table 3. LAN Connector LEDs
LED
LED Color
LED State
Indicates
A
Green
Off
LAN link is not established
On
LAN link is established
Blinking
LAN activity is occurring
B
N/A
Off
10 Mb/s data rate
Green
On
100 Mb/s data rate
Yellow
On
1000 Mb/s data rate
C
Green
Off
LAN link is not established
On
LAN link is established
Blinking
LAN activity is occurring
D
N/A
Off
10 Mb/s data rate
Green
On
100 Mb/s data rate
Yellow
On
1000 Mb/s data rate
Legacy I/O
Intel Desktop Board DX79SI includes an I/O controller that provides the following
legacy I/O features:
Consumer Infrared (CIR) support
Low pin count (LPC) interface
Intelligent power management, including a programmable wake up event interface
PCI power management support
Expandability
Intel Desktop Board DX79SI provides the following expansion capability:
Three PCI Express 3.0 x16 connectors (two x16 electrical and one x8 electrical).
Operation at PCI Express 3.0 speeds requires a processor that supports the PCI
Express 3.0 Specification.
Two PCI Express 2.0 x1 connectors
One PCI bus connector
BIOS
The BIOS provides the Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS Setup program, and the
PCI/PCI Express and IDE auto-configuration utilities.
The BIOS is stored in the Serial
Peripheral Interface (SPI) Flash device.
The BIOS can be updated by following the instructions on page 67 in Chapter 3.