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Q965 Express Chipset
October 2007 DM
Order Number: 315664-002US 26
Development Kit Software and BIOS Features—Intel Q965 Express Chipset
3.0 Development Kit Software and BIOS Features
This chapter provides an overview of development kit software and BIOS features.
3.1 Software Key Features
The software in the kit was chosen to facilitate development of real-time applications
based on the components used in the evaluation board. The driver CD included in the
kit contains all of the software drivers necessary for basic system functionality under
the following operating systems Windows 2000/XP/XP Embedded, and Linux.
Note: While every care was taken to ensure the latest version of drivers were provided on the
enclosed CD at time of publication, newer versions may be available. Updated drivers
for Intel components can be found at: http://developer.intel.com/design/intarch/
software/driver/index.htm#q965.
For all third party components, please contact the appropriate vendor for updated
drivers.
Note: Software in the kit is provided free by the vendor and is only licensed for evaluation
purposes.
Refer to the documentation in the evaluation kit for further details on any terms and
conditions that may be applicable to the granted licenses. Customers using the tools
that work with Microsoft* products must license those products. Any targets created by
those tools should also have appropriate licenses. Software included in the kit is subject
to change. Refer to http://developer.intel.com/design/intarch/devkit for details on
additional software from other third-party vendors.
3.2 BIOS Features
3.2.1 BIOS Overview
This development kit ships pre-installed with Intel BIOS. The BIOS provides an
industry-standard BIOS platform to run most standard operating systems, including
Windows* 2000/XP/XP Embedded, Linux*, WEPOS and others.
The BIOS is stored in a 16 Mb SPI flash at the primary SPI flash footprint at XU3LB and
can be updated using a BIOS flash programming tool. FWH will not be supported
The BIOS displays a message during POST identifying the type of BIOS and a revision
code. The BIOS Setup program can be used to view and change the BIOS settings for
the computer. The BIOS Setup program is accessed by pressing the <DELETE> key
after the Power-On Self-Test (POST) memory test begins and before the screen goes
black before booting any device. The menu bar is shown below.
Figure 4. Menu Bar
<MAIN> - <ADVANCED> - <PCIPnP> - <BOOT> - <SECURITY> - <CHIPSET> -
<EXIT>