Key Features
1. Intel® Core™ i7 / i7 Extreme Edition,
and Intel® Xeon® 5600/5500/3600/3500
series processors (QPI up to 6.4 GT/s) 2. Intel® X58 Express Chipset 3. Up to 24GB DDR3 1333, 1066 & 800
ECC / non-ECC Un-Buffered DIMM 4. Dual Intel® 82574L Gigabit
Ethernet Controller 5. 6x SATA (3.0Gbps) Ports
RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 6. 3 (x8) PCI-Express 2.0 (1 in x16 slot),
1 (x4) PCI-Express (using x8 slot),
2x 32-bit PCI Slots 7. Integrated Graphics 8. 8x USB (2 rear, 2 on-board, 2 headers)
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Product SKUs MBD-X8STE-B

• X8STE (Bulk Pack)

Physical Stats Form Factor

• ATX

Dimensions

• 12" x 10" (30.5cm x 25.4cm)

Processor/Cache CPU

• LGA 1366 Socket
• Intel® Core™ i7-980X, i7-975, i7-965 and i7-960 Extreme Edition
• Intel® Core™ i7 series
• Intel® Xeon® 5600/5500 series
• Intel® Xeon® 3600/3500 series

System Bus

• QPI (up to 6.4 GT/s)

System Memory Memory Capacity

• Supports up to 24 GB 1333 / 1066 / 800MHz DDR3 ECC / non-ECC Un-Buffered memory
• Three Channel memory bus
• 6 DIMM sockets

Memory Type

• 1333 / 1066 / 800MHz Un- Buffered ECC / non-ECC DDR3 SDRAM 72-bit, 240-pin gold-plated DIMMs

DIMM Sizes

• 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB

Memory Voltage

• 1.5 V

Error Detection

• Corrects single-bit errors
• Detects double-bit errors (using ECC memory)
• Supports Intel® x4 and x8 Single Device Data Correction (SDDC)

On-Board Devices Chipset

• Intel® X58 Express chipset
• ICH10R

SATA

• Intel ICH10R SATA 3.0Gbps Controller
• RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support (Windows)
• RAID 0, 1, 10 support (Linux)

Network Controllers

• 2x Intel® 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controllers
• Supports 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T, RJ45 output

VGA

• Matrox G200eW 16 MB DDR2

Super I/O

• Winbond 83627DHG chip

Clock Generator

• CK505

Input / Output Serial ATA

• 6 SATA ports
• 6 SATA hard drives supported

Floppy

• 1 Floppy controller; 1.44 MB

LAN

• 2x RJ45 LAN ports

USB

• 2x USB rear ports
• 2x USB on-board
• 2x USB internal headers (4 ports)
• Total 8 USB 2.0 Compliant

VGA

• 1x VGA port

Keyboard / Mouse

• PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports

Serial Port / Header

• 1x Fast UART 16550 serial port
• 1x internal header

I/O Panel
• Please see this board's I/O Panel OS Compatibility
• Please see our OS Compatibility Chart Chassis (Optimized for X8STE) 2U Chassis

• CSE-213A-R900LPB
• CSE-216A-R900LPB
• CSE-216E1-R900LPB
• CSE-216E2-R900LPB
• CSE-822T-400LPB
• CSE-823MTQ-R700LPB
• CSE-823TQ-650LPB

Important Chassis Notes

• To support the new generation Intel® Xeon® processor-based motherboards, a Revision K chassis is recommended for most models. Please talk to your sales representative or follow the link for details.

Expansion Slots PCI-Express

• 3 (x8) PCI-e 2.0 slots (1 using x16 slot)
• 1 (x4) PCI-e slot (using x8 slot)

PCI

• 2x 32-bit PCI slot

System BIOS BIOS Type

• 32Mb SPI Flash EEPROM with AMI BIOS

BIOS Features

• DMI 2.3
• PCI 2.3
• ACPI 1.0 / 2.0
• USB Keyboard support
• SMBIOS 2.3

Management Software

• SuperDoctor® III
• Watch Dog
• NMI

Power Configurations

• ACPI / ACPM Power Management
• Main Switch Override Mechanism
• Wake-On-LAN (WOL) header
• Keyboard Wakeup from Soft-Off
• Power-on mode for AC power recovery
• Internal/External modem ring-on

PC Health Monitoring Voltage

• Monitors for CPU Cores, +1.8V, +3.3V, +5V, ±12V, +3.3V Standby, +5V Standby, VBAT, HT, Memory, Chipset Voltages.
• 6-Phase-switching voltage regulator with auto-sense from 0.8375V-1.60V

FAN

• Total of five fan headers supporting up to 5 fans
• Five 4-pin fan headers
• 5x fans with tachometer status monitoring
• Status monitor for speed control
• Status monitor for on/off control
• Support 3-pin fans (w/o speed control)
• Low noise fan speed control
• Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) fan connectors

Temperature

• Monitoring for CPU and chassis environment
• CPU thermal trip support
• FC temperature sensing logic
• Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) support
• PECI

LED

• CPU / System Overheat LED
• +5V Standby alert LED

Other Features

• Chassis intrusion detection
• Chassis intrusion header

Operating Environment / Compliance RoHS

• RoHS Compliant 6/6, Pb Free

Environmental Spec.

• Operating Temperature: 10°to 35°C (50°to 95°F)
• Non-operating Temperature: -40°to 70°C (-40°to 158°F)
• Operating Relative Humidity: 8% to 90% (non-condensing)
• Non-operating Relative Humidity: 5 to 95% (non-condensing)

Parts List Part Number Qty Description X8STE MBD-X8STE
1 X8STE Motherboard I/O Cables CBL-0044L 2 2ft. Amphenol, SATA Cable I/O Shield MCP-260-00027-0N 1 Motherboard I/O ShieldTerms and Conditions

Hours of Operation

Our business hours are 10am to 5pm PST Monday through Friday. All email requests will be addressed within 24 hours.

Returns or Exchanges

Returns postmarked within 30 days of the delivery of the original shipment will be accepted with 20% restocking fee, no returns allowed after 30 days. All returns must be approved by Customer Relations who will issue a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. If the item is defective and is under warranty, please contact us and we will assist you in pursuing a warranty claim with the manufacturer.

Payment

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Shipping Info

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