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ATXN-5520 / ATXW-5520 

 

S6900-xxx / S7026-xxx 

 

 

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B

 

 

 

TECHNICAL REFERENCE 

 

 

Intel® Xeon® E5500-series / Intel® Xeon® E5600-series 

 

Quad Core  

 

 

PROCESSOR-BASED 

 

 

Extended ATX Motherboards 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for ATXN-5520

Page 1: ...ATXN 5520 ATXW 5520 S6900 xxx S7026 xxx Revision B TECHNICAL REFERENCE Intel Xeon E5500 series Intel Xeon E5600 series Quad Core PROCESSOR BASED Extended ATX Motherboards...

Page 2: ...tial damages arising out of or in connection with the performance or use of the product or information provided Chassis Plans liability shall in no event exceed the purchase price of the product purch...

Page 3: ...al Computer Manufacturers Group PCI Express is a trademark of the PCI SIG All other brand and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies LIABILITY DISCLAIME...

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Page 5: ...11 Ethernet Interfaces 1 11 Serial ATA 300 Ports 1 11 Audio Interface 1 11 Trusted Platform Module TPM 1 2 1 11 Battery 1 12 System BIOS Setup Utility 1 12 Power Requirements 1 12 Temperature Environ...

Page 6: ...anced ACPI Configuration 5 22 Chipset ACPI Configuration 5 24 AHCI Configuration 5 26 AHCI Port Configuration 5 28 I O Virtualization 5 30 Intel TXT LT Configuration 5 31 Intel VT d Configuration 5 33...

Page 7: ...round yourself frequently by touching the metal chassis of the system before handling any components The system must be plugged into an outlet that is connected to an earth ground Use antistatic paddi...

Page 8: ...er 1 Specifications for more details 12V AUX POWER REQUIREMENTS Both 12V AUX motherboard connectors P15 and P16 must be connected to the system power supply to ensure proper board operation DDR3 MEMOR...

Page 9: ...ference Chassis Plans v ICH10R you must install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager A link to the software is available under the Downloads tab on the ATXN 5520 or the ATXW 5520 product detail web pages...

Page 10: ...slots driven with x8 PCIe electrical links Slots 3 5 and 7 are x8 mechanical slots driven with x4 PCIe electrical links PCI CARD SLOT CONFIGURATION There is an additional PCI slot supported on the mo...

Page 11: ...d s I O plate along with four 10 100 1000Base T Ethernet interfaces and eight USB 2 0 ports Additional PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports for legacy input devices are also available for use on the I O plat...

Page 12: ...M 2 26MLN 2 26GHz L5640 Two Intel Xeon 5600 Series Processors Quad Core 5 86GT s 12MB cache S7026 710 WTM 2 4QN 2 4GHz E5620 embedded S7026 711 WTM 2 53QN 2 53GHz E5630 S7026 712 WTM 2 66QN 2 66GHz E5...

Page 13: ...5500 Series LV Processor Quad Core Hyper Threading 5 86GT s 8MB cache S6900 447 NTMS 2 13QLN 2 13GHz L5518 embedded S6900 448 NTMS 2 26QLN 2 26GHz L5520 S6900 450 NTMS 2 40QLN 2 40GHz L5530 Single Pro...

Page 14: ...e DIMM slots with a maximum capacity of 144GB of Double Data Rate DDR3 system memory Seven option card slots Five PCI Express 2 0 or 1 1 slots One PCI Express 1 1 slot One 32 bit 33MHz PCI slot Four 1...

Page 15: ...ATXN 5520 ATXW 5520 Technical Reference Specifications 1 5 Chassis Plans ATXN 5520 S6900 xxx Extended ATX Motherboard Block Diagram...

Page 16: ...Specifications ATXN 5520 ATXW 5520 Technical Reference Chassis Plans 1 6 ATXW 5520 S7026 xxx Extended ATX Motherboard Block Diagram...

Page 17: ...ATXN 5520 ATXW 5520 Technical Reference Specifications 1 7 Chassis Plans ATXN 5520 S6900 xxx Extended ATX Motherboard Layout ATXW 5520 S7026 xxx Extended ATX Motherboard Layout...

Page 18: ...ypical PCIe pin 1 location is 0 049 from connector center Typical PCI pin 1 location is 0 150 from connector center Mounting holes have a nominal 0 156 diameter Italic text indicates the center dimens...

Page 19: ...Rate DDR3 memory channels support PC3 10600 PC3 8500 or PC3 6400 DIMMS connected directly to the processors These memory interfaces may operated at speeds up to 1333MHz depending on the type of DDR3...

Page 20: ...emory channel with DDR3 DIMMs having the same interface speed The motherboard will support DIMMs with different speeds but the memory channel interface will operate speed of the slowest DIMM NOTE 2 Lo...

Page 21: ...el outputs are driven with PCI Express communication links on the motherboard This motherboard design feature ensures that the final system solution supports fastest Ethernet network communications po...

Page 22: ...BIOS chapters of this manual Power Requirements The following are typical values Processor Type Processor Speed 5V 12V 3 3V CPU Idle State with 12GB of system memory Intel Xeon E5645 2 40GHz 4 59A 7...

Page 23: ...three position jumper Install on the TOP to clear Install on the BOTTOM to operate NOTE To clear the CMOS power down the system and install the jumper on the TOP Wait for at least two seconds move the...

Page 24: ...LED1 is located just above the P28 CPU Fan1 connector in the lower right corner of the motherboard LED2 is located near the center of the board and just above and to the left of memory DIMM socket BK0...

Page 25: ...eached its maximum safe operating temperature This indicates that the processor s Thermal Control Circuit has been activated if enabled POST Code LEDs As the POST Power On Self Test routines are perfo...

Page 26: ...and this green LED represents what amounts to a caution indicator When this LED is on the 5V stand by voltage is present on the motherboard Option cards and any other motherboard components must not...

Page 27: ...onnector Molex 67491 0031 PIN SIGNAL 1 Gnd 2 TX 3 TX 4 Gnd PIN SIGNAL 5 RX 6 RX 7 Gnd Notes 1 P5 SATA0 interface P6 SATA1 interface P7 SATA2 interface P8 SATA3 interface P9 SATA4 interface P10 SATA5 i...

Page 28: ...PS 2 pointing devices P25 P26 P27 P28 P30 P31 System Fan CPU Fan Power Connectors 4 pin single row header FOXCONN HF2704E M1 PIN SIGNAL 1 Speed Control Line P28 CPU1 fan connector 2 12V P31 CPU2 fan...

Page 29: ...ACTV 14 L1 LINK 16 SMB DATA 18 SMB CLK 20 ICH Intruder 22 L2 ACTV 24 L2 LINK 26 NC 28 NC 30 NC 32 L3 ACTV 34 L3 LINK J1 Audio Connector 3 position audio FOXCONN JA33331 H119 4F Socket Color SIGNAL Lig...

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Page 31: ...n indicates that the slot has four PCIe lanes which gives the slot a bandwidth of 250MB s in each direction per lane Unlike PCI parallel buses there are no additional devices sharing a serial PCI Expr...

Page 32: ...cal link This same capability exists on all of the motherboard s PCIe option card slots Option cards with PCI Express 2 0 interface implementations should be installed in motherboard slots PCIe1 PCIe3...

Page 33: ...l work surfaces Avoid static inducing carpeted areas Recommended Board Handling Precautions This motherboard has components on both sides of the PCB Some of these components are extremely small and su...

Page 34: ...mmended by the chassis manufacturer CAUTION Motherboard damage will occur if using mounting screws or fasteners with diameters larger than 0 150 CAUTION Do not press down on the motherboard when insta...

Page 35: ...bit 240 pin DIMM Transcend TS256MKR72V3U 504520 002 4GB DDR3 PC3 10600 1333MHz Buffered 72 bit 240 pin DIMM Transcend TS512MKR72V3U The memory market is constantly changing Check with Chassis Plans to...

Page 36: ...hapter 1of this manual for detailed pin out information for all of the motherboard s rear I O connectors Front I O Header The motherboard connector P32 contains several header pins for connecting vari...

Page 37: ...ions The figure below illustrates the power connector locations on the motherboard See Chapter 1 for detailed pin out information on the power connectors Fan Headers Four fan headers are available for...

Page 38: ...tware listed below Motherboard Connector Logical SATA Interface Motherboard Connector Logical SATA Interface P5 SATA0 P6 SATA1 P7 SATA2 P8 SATA3 P9 SATA4 P10 SATA5 The figure below shows the locations...

Page 39: ...eader P33 is a ten pin header that supplies two additional USB interfaces for use on the front or rear panel of the system chassis The header provides logical USB interfaces 10 and 11 and is shown in...

Page 40: ...can send a signal to header P20 to sound the internal speaker alarm See Chapter 1 for the P18 and P20 pin out details Optional IPMI and TPM 1 2 Headers P23 is a 20 pin header that provides various IP...

Page 41: ...two position jumper as shown in the figure below The jumper is disconnected for normal system operation To reset the password to default i e the null password connect the two pins by installing the p...

Page 42: ...d turn the power on When AMIBIOS displays the CMOS Settings Wrong message press F1 to go into the BIOS Setup Utility where you may reenter your desired BIOS settings load optimal defaults or load fail...

Page 43: ...umper Installing the PSON soft control jumper W8 enables the motherboard to take advantage of the ACPI soft control signal lines common on ATX and EPS system power supplies The factory default setting...

Page 44: ...r Off No current network transmit or receive activity On flashing Indicates network transmit or receive activity Link Speed LED This green yellow LED identifies the connection speed This is the LED fa...

Page 45: ...r s thermal throttling level A solid orange LED condition indicates that the processor has reached a CPU threshold limit Processor thermal shutdown may occur if the condition causing the elevated temp...

Page 46: ...limit but below the thermal shutdown threshold The IOH continues to operate whileLED6 is flashing but the device operates at a reduced speed At the threshold limit the LED will become solid orange whi...

Page 47: ...alues are listed in Appendix A BIOS Messages S3 S4 and S5 Sleep State LEDs LEDs 41 42 and 47 indicate the three sleep states supported on the motherboard When LED41 is on the motherboard has entered t...

Page 48: ...table and drawing below indicated the function and location of each power status LED LED Number LED Function LED52 3 3V Level When turned ON this LED indicates that 3 3V is in the proper range for th...

Page 49: ...display device is initialized the error message is displayed on the screen See BIOS Errors later in this section for more information on error handling The following are some of the Power On Self Test...

Page 50: ...e the POST routines complete successfully a screen displays showing the current configuration of your system including processor type base and extended memory amounts hard drive types display type and...

Page 51: ...rect password is entered the following screen displays You may try again to enter the correct password If you enter the password incorrectly three times the system responds in one of two different way...

Page 52: ...her user defined parameters The Setup parameters reside in the Read Only Memory Basic Input Output System ROM BIOS so that they are available each time the system is turned on The BIOS Setup Utility s...

Page 53: ...te These options allow you to set the correct system time and date If you do not set these parameters the first time you enter the BIOS Setup Utility you will receive a Run SETUP error message when yo...

Page 54: ...tem configuration selection of other values may cause unreliable system operation NOTE Menu items listed below in italics are only available when and IOB module is installed Use the Right Arrow key to...

Page 55: ...0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand Off Legacy USB1 1 HC Support Hot Plug USB FDD Support ACPI Configuration Advanced ACPI Configuration ACPI Version Features ACPI APIC Support AMI OEMB Table Headless Mo...

Page 56: ...um Payload Size 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 Bytes Extended Tag Field No Snoop Maximum Read Request Size Active State Power Management Extended Synch Trusted Computing TCG TPM Support No Yes Select PCIP...

Page 57: ...visor or user password or to enable boot sector virus protection These functions are described later in this chapter The following options may be modified Change Supervisor Password User Access Level...

Page 58: ...iguration USB Functions Disabled 2 USB Ports 4 USB Ports 6 USB Ports 8 USB Ports 10 USB Ports 12 USB Ports USB Port Configure 6x6 USB Ports 8x4 USB Ports USB 2 0 Controller HDA Controller SMBUS Contro...

Page 59: ...IOxAPIC Enable Select Exit to save or discard changes you have made to AMIBIOS parameters or to load the Optimal or Failsafe default settings These functions are described later in this chapter The fo...

Page 60: ...ons for the system options listed below show the values as they appear if you have not changed them yet Once values have been defined they display each time the BIOS Setup Utility is run CHANGE SUPERV...

Page 61: ...displays before you have established a password or if the last password entered was the null password If a password has already been established you are asked to enter the current password before bein...

Page 62: ...pecifications chapter of this manual for details If a password has been established the following options and their default values are added to the screen User Access Level This option allows you to d...

Page 63: ...es If you have signed on under the user password the Change Supervisor Password function is not available for modification If a user password has been established the Password Check option and its def...

Page 64: ...5520 ATXW 5520 Technical Reference Chassis Plans 4 16 Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Available options are Disabled Enabled NOTE You should not enable boot sector virus protection when formatt...

Page 65: ...ns are stored in the CMOS when this option is selected The CMOS checksum is calculated and written to the CMOS Control is then passed back to the AMIBIOS and the booting process continues using the ne...

Page 66: ...ess without writing any changes to the CMOS Select Cancel to return to the BIOS Setup Utility screen Discard Changes When the Discard Changes option is selected the BIOS Setup Utility resets any param...

Page 67: ...tics If CMOS RAM is corrupted the Optimal settings are loaded automatically If you select the Load Optimal Defaults option the following window displays You have two options Select Ok to load the Opti...

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Page 69: ...ced Setup option unless you understand the impact on system operation Depending on your system configuration selection of other values may cause unreliable system operation Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot S...

Page 70: ...s A2OM Intel R SpeedStep tm Tech Intel R C State Tech ACPI T State IDE Configuration The options on the IDE Configuration subscreens allow you to set up or modify parameters for your IDE controller an...

Page 71: ...acy USB Support USB 2 0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand Off Legacy USB1 1 HC Support Hotplug USB FDD Support ACPI Configuration The ACPI Configuration subscreen allows you to set up or modify the follo...

Page 72: ...ollowing option MPS Revision PCI Express Configuration The options on the PCI Express Configuration subscreen allow you to set up or modify parameters for configuring the motherboard s PCI Express int...

Page 73: ...gs Module Version 01 0A Manufacturer Intel Intel R Xeon R CPU E5645 2 40GHz Frequency 2 40GHz BCLK Speed 133MHz Cache L1 384 KB Cache L2 1536 KB Cache L3 12288 KB Ratio Status Unlocked Min 12 Max 18 R...

Page 74: ...tch Enabled Available options are Disabled Enabled MPS and ACPI MADT Ordering The Setup screen displays the system option MPS and ACPI MADT ordering Modern ordering Available options are Modern orderi...

Page 75: ...etup screen displays the system option Intel R HT Technology Enabled Available options are Enabled Disabled Active Processor Cores The Setup screen displays the system option Active Processor Cores AL...

Page 76: ...ans 5 8 Intel R C STATE Tech The Setup screen displays the system option Intel R C STATE Tech Disabled Available options are Disabled Enabled ACPI T Technology The Setup screen displays the system opt...

Page 77: ...e descriptions for the system options listed below show the values as they appear if you have not run the BIOS Setup Utility program yet Once values have been defined they display each time the BIOS S...

Page 78: ...evice ID line appears with a default value of 2822 with an optional device ID setting of 3A25 available The Hot Plug Menu Displays below the Fourth IDE Master displays with a default value of Disabled...

Page 79: ...proceed to the IDE Device Setup screen which is described later in this section Hard Disk Write Protect This option allows you to disable or enable device write protection Write protection will be ef...

Page 80: ...sis Plans 5 12 ATA PI 80Pin Cable Detection This option allows you to select the mechanism for detecting an 80 pin ATA PI cable The Setup screen displays the system option ATA PI 80Pin Cable Detection...

Page 81: ...pon initial bootup IDE DEVICE SETUP OPTIONS The following options are available for each of the IDE devices on the primary and secondary IDE controllers Type This option allows you to specify what typ...

Page 82: ...he hard disk and do no translation to logical parameters The operating system which uses the parameter table will then see only 528MB of hard disk space even if the drive contains more than 528MB Sele...

Page 83: ...that you are selecting the PIO mode supported by the IDE drive being configured The Setup screen displays the system option PIO Mode Auto Available options are Auto 0 1 2 3 4 DMA Mode This option all...

Page 84: ...ns are Auto Disabled Enabled 32Bit Data Transfer If the 32Bit Data Transfer parameter is set to Enabled AMIBIOS enables 32 bit data transfers If the host controller does not support 32 bit transfer th...

Page 85: ...r if you have not run the BIOS Setup Utility program yet Once values have been defined they display each time the BIOS Setup Utility is run Serial Port1 Address Serial Port2 Address Each of these opti...

Page 86: ...he second on board serial port is configured with the next available address The default address assignment order is 3F8H 2F8H 3E8H 2E8H Note that this same assignment order is used by AMIBIOS to plac...

Page 87: ...he BIOS Setup Utility is run Legacy USB Support This option allows you to enable support for older USB devices The Auto option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected If this option is...

Page 88: ...bled Legacy USB1 1 HC Support This option allows you to alert the motherboard s USB hardware controller that there may be older USB 1 1 devices used in the system Some of these legacy devices may have...

Page 89: ...ed to change parameters for each of the ACPI Configuration options Highlight the option you wish to change and press Enter to proceed to the appropriate subscreen The subscreens allow you to set up or...

Page 90: ...tions for the system options listed below show the values as they appear if you have not run the BIOS Setup Utility program yet Once values have been defined they display each time the BIOS Setup Util...

Page 91: ...ilable options are Disabled Enabled AMI OEMB Table The Setup screen displays the system option AMI OEMB Table Enabled Available options are Disabled Enabled Headless Mode The Setup screen displays the...

Page 92: ...y program yet Once values have been defined they display each time the BIOS Setup Utility is run Energy Lake Feature Energy Lake is an Intel processor technology that enables system support for consum...

Page 93: ...screen displays the system option USB Device Wakeup From S3 S4 Disabled Available options are Disabled Enabled High Precision Event Timer The Setup screen displays the system option High Precision Eve...

Page 94: ...or AHCI defines the operation of the motherboard s SATA host bus adapters ACHI is an industry standard that enables the motherboard s BIOS to set up communications to the system s SATA drives regardle...

Page 95: ...he Setup screen displays the system options AHCI Port 0 Not Detected AHCI Port 1 Not Detected AHCI Port 2 Not Detected AHCI Port 3 Not Detected AHCI Port 4 Not Detected AHCI Port 5 Not Detected This i...

Page 96: ...lighted value AHCI PORT CONFIGURATION OPTIONS The descriptions for the system options listed below show the values as they appear if you have not run the BIOS Setup Utility program yet Once values hav...

Page 97: ...ATXN 5520 WTM7026 Technical Reference Advanced Setup 5 29 Chassis Plans S M A R T The Setup screen displays the system option S M A R T Enabled Available options are Disabled Enabled...

Page 98: ...en the format is similar to the sample shown above Highlight the option you wish to change and press Enter to display the available settings Select the appropriate setting and press Enter again to acc...

Page 99: ...XT extensions and the motherboard s on board TPM provide a Trusted Computer Group platform environment that guards against malicious software attacks and protects the platform s Measured Launch Enviro...

Page 100: ...Setup NTMS6900 ATXW 5520 Technical Reference Chassis Plans 5 32 Intel TXT L T Configuration The Setup screen displays the system option Intel TXT Initialization Disabled Available options are Disabled...

Page 101: ...screen the format is similar to the sample shown above Highlight the option you wish to change and press Enter to display the available settings Select the appropriate setting and press Enter again t...

Page 102: ...Advanced Setup NTMS6900 ATXW 5520 Technical Reference Chassis Plans 5 34 The Setup screen displays the system options Coherency Support Disabled Available options are Disabled Enabled...

Page 103: ...Enter again to accept the highlighted value MPS CONFIGURATION SETUP OPTIONS The description for the system option listed below shows the value as it appears if you have not yet run Advanced Setup Once...

Page 104: ...alues have been defined they display each time Advanced Setup is run Relaxed Ordering Relaxed Ordering is a configuration option that allows PCIe data packets to be processed ahead of data packets alr...

Page 105: ...w a PCIe device to use an 8 bit TAG field as a requester The Setup screen displays the system option Extended Tag Field Auto Available options are Auto Disabled Enabled No Snoop This option enables or...

Page 106: ...consumption of the PCI Express links via the interface s L0s an L1 link power states The Setup screen displays the system option Active State Power Management Disabled Available options are Disabled E...

Page 107: ...again to accept the highlighted value TRUSTED COMPUTING OPTION TCG TPM Support Use caution when enabling your system for Trusted Computing support You must have a complete understanding of TCG TPM act...

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Page 109: ...information PCIPNP SETUP OPTIONS The descriptions for the system options listed below show the values as they appear if you have not yet run PCIPnP Setup Once values have been defined they display ea...

Page 110: ...which is PnP aware detects and enables all other PnP aware adapter cards Set this option to No if the operating system such as DOS or OS 2 does not use PnP NOTE You must set this option correctly or...

Page 111: ...ly The Setup screen displays the system option Palette Snooping Disabled Available options are Disabled Enabled PCI IDE BusMaster This option specifies whether the IDE controller on the PCI Local Bus...

Page 112: ...isplays the system options OffBoard PCI IDE Primary IRQ Disabled OffBoard PCI IDE Secondary Disabled Available options are Disabled INTA INTB INTC INTD Hardwired IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 I...

Page 113: ...fied DMA channel is reserved for use by legacy devices Reserved Memory Size This option specifies the size of the memory area reserved for legacy devices If this option is set to Disabled the Reserved...

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Page 115: ...oes not display BOOT SETUP OPTIONS The descriptions for the system option listed below show the values as they appear if you have not yet run Boot Setup Once values have been changed they display each...

Page 116: ...ws you to select the drive which will be booted first second third etc Hard Disk Drives The Hard Disk Drives subscreen specifies the boot sequence of the hard drives available in the system Removable...

Page 117: ...s run Quick Boot This option allows you to have the AMIBIOS boot quickly when the computer is powered on or go through more complete testing If you set the Quick Boot option to Enabled the BIOS skips...

Page 118: ...option ROM The Setup screen displays the system option AddOn ROM Display Mode Force BIOS Two options are available Select Force BIOS to use the display mode currently being used by AMIBIOS Select Keep...

Page 119: ...process without waiting for the F1 key to be pressed This eliminates the need for any user response to a non fatal error condition message Non fatal error messages are listed in Appendix A BIOS Messa...

Page 120: ...lans 7 6 Boots Graphic Adapter Priority This option selects the graphics controller to be used as the primary boot device The Setup screen displays the system option Boots Graphic Adapter Priority PCI...

Page 121: ...er in which AMIBIOS attempts to boot the devices after the POST routines complete The setting for each boot device line item is the description of the bootable device The number of line items on this...

Page 122: ...ion s Boot Device xxxxxxxxx where is the boot order and xxxxxxxxx is the description of the device NOTE Disabled is also available as an option if you do not want a particular device to be included in...

Page 123: ...o six hard disk drives through a primary and secondary SATA controller in a master slave configuration 1st Drive 2nd Drive When the system boots up it searches for all hard drives and displays the des...

Page 124: ...7 10 Disabled is also available as an option if you do not want a particular drive to be included in the boot sequence The Setup screen displays the system option s Drive xxxxxxxxx where is the boot...

Page 125: ...d supports multiple removable drives and allows you to change the boot sequence of these devices 1st Drive 2nd Drive When the system boots up it searches for all removable devices and displays the des...

Page 126: ...7 12 Disabled is also available as an option if you do not want a particular device to be included in the boot sequence The Setup screen displays the system option s Drive xxxxxxxxx where is the boot...

Page 127: ...supports multiple CDROM and DVD devices and allows you to change the boot sequence of these devices 1st Drive 2nd Drive When the system boots up it searches for all CDROM and DVD drives and displays...

Page 128: ...7 14 Disabled is also available as an option if you do not want a particular drive to be included in the boot sequence The Setup screen displays the system option Drive xxxxxxxxx where is the boot or...

Page 129: ...lues appropriate for your motherboard Refer to the explanations following the screens for specific instructions about entering correct information CHIPSET SETUP OPTIONS NOTE Do not change the values f...

Page 130: ...trol Scrubbing Throttling Closed Loop Hyster temp Guardband temp Inlet temp Temp Rise Air Flow Altitude DIMM Pitch Throttling Open Loop North Bridge Configuration The options on the North Bridge Confi...

Page 131: ...1 I OxAPIC Enable PCIe Port 2 I OxAPIC Enable PCIe Port 3 I OxAPIC Enable PCIe Port 4 I OxAPIC Enable PCIe Port 5 I OxAPIC Enable Saving and Exiting When you have made all desired changes to Chipset S...

Page 132: ...evision B1 Current QPI Frequency 5 866GT Current Memory Frequency 1066 MHz QPI Links Full Speed QPI Frequency Auto QPI L0s and L1 Disabled Memory Frequency Auto Memory Mode Independent Demand Scrubbin...

Page 133: ...he Setup screen displays the system option QPI Links Speed Full Speed Available options are Slow Mode Full Speed QPI Frequency The Setup screen displays the system option QPI Frequency Auto Available...

Page 134: ...on Patrol Scrubbing Enabled Available options are Disabled Enabled Throttling Closed Loop The Setup screen displays the system option Throttling Closed Loop Enabled Available options are Disabled Enab...

Page 135: ...oop Disabled Available options are Disabled Enabled If Throttling Open Loop option is enabled the available options are Inlet temp 070 fixed setting Temp Rise 020 fixed setting Air Flow 1500 fixed set...

Page 136: ...hutdowns Enabling the Crystal Beach DMA option allows the motherboard to receive the various stop codes and then restart the system automatically The descriptions for the system options listed below s...

Page 137: ...ystal Beach DCA The Setup screen displays the system option Crystal Beach DCA Enabled Available options are Disabled Enabled Coarse Grained Clock Gating The Setup screen displays the system option Coa...

Page 138: ...Bus USB ports to be used The Setup screen displays the system option Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Exit South Bridge Chipset Configuration USB Functions 12 USB Ports USB Port Configure 6X...

Page 139: ...t Configure 6X6 USB Ports Available options are 6X6 USB Ports 8X4 USB Ports USB 2 0 Controller This Option can only be changed from its default if USB Functions is set to Disabled The Setup screen dis...

Page 140: ...remain off until it is powered back on via a soft power on i e by pressing and releasing the power button Select Power On to have the system turn the power back on automatically if AC power becomes a...

Page 141: ...ollowing table lists the errors which are communicated audibly Beep Codes Description 1 Memory refresh timer error 2 Parity Error 3 Main memory read write test error 4 Timer not operational 5 Processo...

Page 142: ...essage appears below Memory Errors Message Description Gate20 Error The BIOS is unable to properly control the SBC s Gate A20 function which controls access to memory over 1MB This may indicate a prob...

Page 143: ...g to detect and configure IDE ATAPI devices in POST XXXXXX Hard Disk Error XXXXXX ATAPI Incompatible Messages in this format indicate that the specified device could not be properly initialized by the...

Page 144: ...ely to appear when a brand new processor is installed in an SBC with an outdated BIOS In this case the BIOS must be updated to include the Microcode Update for the new processor NVRAM Checksum Bad NVR...

Page 145: ...Low CMOS Battery is low This message usually indicates that the CMOS battery needs to be replaced It could also appear when the user intentionally discharges the CMOS battery CMOS Settings Wrong CMOS...

Page 146: ...additional chipset initialization Reenable cache Verify that flat mode is enabled D4 Test base 512K memory Adjust policies and cache first 8MB Set stack D5 Bootblock code is copied from ROM to lower s...

Page 147: ...mp back to checkpoint E9 EF Read error occurred on media Jump back to checkpoint EB E9 or Ea Determine information about root directory of recovery media F0 Search for pre defined recovery file name i...

Page 148: ...code LEDs Upper Nibble UN Lower Nibble LN Hex Value LED8 LED7 LED6 LED5 Hex Value LED4 LED3 LED2 LED1 0 Off Off Off Off 0 Off Off Off Off 1 Off Off Off On 1 Off Off Off On 2 Off Off On Off 2 Off Off O...

Page 149: ...h handler Enable IRQ 0 in PIC for system timer interrupt Traps INT1Ch vector to POSTINT1ChHandlerBlock 08 Initialize the processor The BAT test is being done on KBC Program the keyboard controller com...

Page 150: ...cates memory for Extended BIOS Data Area from base memory 60 Initialize NUM LOCK status and program the keyboard Typematic rate 75 Initialize INT13 and prepare for IPL detection 78 Initialize IPL devi...

Page 151: ...ize different buses and perform the following functions Reset Detect and Disable function 0 Static Device Initialization function 1 Boot Output Device Initialization function 2 Function 0 disables all...

Page 152: ...umber that is being executed X can be from 0 to 8 0 Function 0 Disable all devices on the bus 1 Function 1 Initialize static devices on the bus 2 Function 2 Initialize output devices on the bus 3 Func...

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