Asus P8B-E/4L User Manual

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About this guide
This user guide contains the information you need when installing and conguring
the motherboard.
How this guide is organized
This user guide contains the following parts:
• Chapter 1: Product introduction
This chapter describes the features of the motherboard and the new
technologies it supports.
• Chapter 2: Hardware information
This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform
when installing system components. It includes description of the switches,
jumpers, and connectors on the motherboard.
• Chapter 3: Powering up
This chapter describes the power up sequence and ways of shutting down
the system.
• Chapter 4: BIOS setup
This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup
menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.
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This chapter provides instructions for setting up, creating, and conguring
RAID sets using the available utilities.
• Chapter 6: Driver installation
This chapter provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers for
different system components.
• Appendix: Reference information
This appendix includes additional information that you may refer to when
conguring the motherboard.
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Refer to the following sources for additional information and for product and
software updates.
1. ASUS websites
The ASUS website provides updated information on ASUS hardware and
software products. Refer to the ASUS contact information.
2. Optional documentation
Your product package may include optional documentation, such as warranty
yers, that may have been added by your dealer. These documents are not
part of the standard package.

Asus P8B-E/4L Specifications

General

Microphone in	No
Serial ports quantity	0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	2
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	4
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Chassis intrusion connector	Yes
PCI Express slots version	2.0
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600 MHz
PCI Express slots quantity	6
Supported UDIMM module capacity	1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA II, SATA III
LAN controller	Intel® 82574L
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
On-board graphics card model	Aspeed AST2050
On-board graphics card memory	16 MB
Parallel processing technology support	Not supported
Certification	FCC, CFR47 15, B, CE, EN55022, EN55024, C
Component for	Server
Motherboard chipset	Intel® C204
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Cables included	SATA
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 35 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	20 - 90 %
Processor socket	LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
Intel Xeon series	E3-1200
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor number of cores supported	2, 4

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	304.8 mm
Width	243.8 mm