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Page 1: ...SUPER P4SAA USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0b SUPER...

Page 2: ...ILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH TH...

Page 3: ...nstructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when installing the processor and DDR memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to con...

Page 4: ...uration Settings 1 11 1 5 Power Supply 1 13 1 6 Super I O 1 14 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Mounting the Motherboard in the C...

Page 5: ...P Connections 2 15 Game Port Connector 2 15 Parallel Port Connector 2 15 Floppy Connector 2 16 IDE Connectors 2 16 8xAGP Slot 2 17 2 9 Installing Software 2 18 SuperO Doctor II 2 19 Chapter 3 Troubles...

Page 6: ...fore Power On 3 1 Before Power On 3 1 4 5 PCI PnP Configurations 4 18 4 6 Power 4 20 4 7 Boot 4 23 4 8 Security 4 25 4 9 Exit 4 26 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Cod...

Page 7: ...quality and performance Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All Included with Retail...

Page 8: ...SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technic...

Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 SUPER P4SAA Figure 1 1 SUPER P4SAA Image...

Page 10: ...Connector ATX Power Connector J21 Keyboard Mouse J17 JPWAKE JPUSB USB0 1 COM1 Parallel Port LINE IN CHASSIS FAN2 MIC LINE OUT GAME PORT CPU 478 mPGA GMCH AGP 8x 1 5v PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI...

Page 11: ...n Header DIMM1 2 3 4 Memory DIMM Slots 1 through 4 Ethernet Gigabit LAN Ethernet Port Game Port Game Port J5 Floppy Disk Drive Connector J6 J7 IDE 1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors J15 Parallel Printer P...

Page 12: ...w ing pages for the actual specifications of each motherboard MCH 533 400 MHz System Bus 266 MHz Bus Dual Channel IDE PRI SEC Pentium 4 Processor PGA 478 DDR SDRAM PCI Slots USB Ports 6 Gb LAN Port IC...

Page 13: ...ote See Section 2 4 for details Chipset Latest Intel chipset technology Intel E7205 Expansion Slots Six 32 bit 33 MHz PCI slots One 8xAGP slot 1 5V BIOS 4 Mb Firmware Hub AwardBIOS Flash BIOS APM 1 2...

Page 14: ...Intel K32 1 EPP Enhanced Parallel Port and ECP Extended Capabilities Port supported parallel port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports 1 game port with audio Latest onboard 6 channel sound technology Up...

Page 15: ...ace which provides a maximum total bandwidth of 4 27 GB s The ICH4 interface is a 266 MB sec point to point connection using an 8 bit wide 66 MHz base clock at a 4x data transfer rate I O Controller H...

Page 16: ...controlled by the power management functions Environmental Temperature Control The P4SAA has a CPU thermal trip feature A thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will sen...

Page 17: ...Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up...

Page 18: ...e external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defin...

Page 19: ...ll a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs one of which supports serial infrared communi...

Page 20: ...pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selec tion a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O great...

Page 21: ...When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis prov...

Page 22: ...n chors Do not force the white pegs all the way in about 1 3 of the white pegs should be inside the black anchors These are for chassis that do not have four CPU retention holes 3 Place a retention br...

Page 23: ...u hear it click into the locked position Socket lever in locked position 8 Apply the proper amount of thermal compound to the CPU die 9 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU and press firmly down ward...

Page 24: ...ard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis Make sure the metal...

Page 25: ...266 200 SDRAM are supported Also both interleaved and non interleaved operation are sup ported Inserting two or four modules will enable interleaved operation while a single module in DIMM1 will resul...

Page 26: ...e 2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions JF1 JF2 Power On 1 1 IR Connector Reset X Speaker Keylock IDE LED X X X Power_LED Mouse Green Keyboard Purple Parallel Port Burgundy COM1 Port Turquoise USB 0...

Page 27: ...V ATX 20 pin Power Connector Pin Definitions J21 Required Connection IR Connector The infrared connector is located on pins 1 5 of JF1 See the table on the right for pin definitions See the Technical...

Page 28: ...mber 10 11 12 13 Function Key Definition Red wire Speaker data No connection Speaker data Key No connection Reset Connector The reset connector is located on pins 12 and 13 of JF1 This con nector atta...

Page 29: ...fan on your CPU heatsink to the CPU Fan header See the table on the right for pin definitions Fan Header Pin Definitions CPU Chassis and Overheat Pin Number 1 2 3 Definition Ground black 12V red Tacho...

Page 30: ...four additional USB 2 0 headers on the motherboard which may be used to provide front side chassis access cables not included These additional ports are labeled USB2 USB3 USB4 and USB5 See the tables...

Page 31: ...efinition Ground W ake up Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR1 AC 97 Output AC 97 provides high quality onboard audio The P4SAA features 6 chan nel sound for front L R rear L R center and subwoofer spea...

Page 32: ...power cord before clearing CMOS 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional set tings Jumpers create shorts be...

Page 33: ...Dog is a sys tem monitor that takes action when a software application freezes the system Pins 1 2 will have WD reset the system if a pro gram freezes Pins 2 3 will gener ate a non maskable interrupt...

Page 34: ...mper and the BIOS setting to allow the system to be woken up by depressing a key on the key board See the table on the right for jumper settings Your power supply must meet ATX specifica tion 2 01 or...

Page 35: ...ector s to your hard drive s Consult the docu mentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings for the hard disk drive Parallel Port Connector The parallel...

Page 36: ...ost Data 8 6 Host Data 9 8 Host Data 10 10 Host Data 11 12 Host Data 12 14 Host Data 13 16 Host Data 14 18 Host Data 15 20 Key 22 GND 24 GND 26 GND 28 BALE 30 GND 32 IOCS16 34 GND 36 Addr 2 38 Chip Se...

Page 37: ...r down the system and remove the I O shield corresponding to the AGP slot Then pull back the locking tab on the slot before inserting your VGA card After the card is inserted close the locking tab if...

Page 38: ...cons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these in order from top to bottom to install each item one at a time After installi...

Page 39: ...h your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Super Doctor II displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See Fi...

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Page 41: ...t all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse 5 Remove all add on cards 6 Install a CPU and heatsink making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis s...

Page 42: ...to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the abov...

Page 43: ...00 type SDRAM DDR 266 is only supported when using a 533 MHz FSB processor using DDR 266 with a 400 MHz FSB processor will result in DDR 200 performance See Section 2 4 for details on installing memor...

Page 44: ...We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers Question Why can t I turn off the p...

Page 45: ...es not share PCI 6 shares an IRQ with the USB 2 0 controller USB0 USB5 Question I installed my microphone correctly but I can t record any sound What should I do Answer Go to Start Programs Accessorie...

Page 46: ...the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be ap plied for all orders t...

Page 47: ...puter is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS Flash chip enabling it to retain the system parameters Each time the computer is pow ered on the computer is then configured with the v...

Page 48: ...can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing Del immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self...

Page 49: ...parameters of the IDE Primary Master Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave slots Press Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations...

Page 50: ...e IDE Primary Master Device The settings are CHS LBA Large and Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO See the previous setting for description The options for this setting are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 and...

Page 51: ...in 1 44M 3 5 in and 2 88M 3 5 in Default settings are 1 44 3 5 in for Drive A and None for Drive B Video Use this setting to specify the type of display you are using with the system Options are EGA...

Page 52: ...S Setup Choose Advanced BIOS Setup from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Select one of the items in the left frame of the screen to go to th...

Page 53: ...ll run at normal speed Boot Up NumLock Status This option enables the system to check the status of the NumLock key during boot up The settings are On and Off Gate A20 Option This option allows the us...

Page 54: ...provides IRQs beyond the conventional 16 under Windows 2000 or XP It has no effect on single processor systems MPS Version Control for OS This setting allows you to state the MPS version for your ope...

Page 55: ...that the user does not alter the default settings This section is provided as an emergency measure for the user to restore the functions of the system when the critical data stored in the BIOS is lost...

Page 56: ...Delayed Transaction This setting compensates for the slower speed of ISA cards on a PCI interface and so is only relevant if ISA cards are present on the motherboard The options are Enabled and Disabl...

Page 57: ...Enable this setting if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller it does and you have USB peripherals The options for this setting are Enabled and Disabled USB Keyboard Support If en...

Page 58: ...tings are Enabled and Disabled Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the main board and you wish to use it The settings are Enabled and Dis...

Page 59: ...isabled UR2 Duplex Mode This setting set the mode for the UR2 Duplex Mode The options are Full and Half Use IR Pins This item sets the usage of the IR pins The options are RxD2 TxD2 and IR Rx2Tx2 Onbo...

Page 60: ...re Disabled 201 and 209 Midi Port Address This setting allows the user to set the Midi Port address The options are Disabled 330 300 and 290 Midi Port IRQ This setting allows the user to set the Midi...

Page 61: ...els as indicated CPU Warning Temperature This allows you to set the CPU warning temperature If the CPU temperature reaches this threshold an alarm will activate and a warning message will be displayed...

Page 62: ...Disabled and Enabled CPU Voltage Regulator If you overclock your CPU it may be necessary to increase the voltage supplied to the CPU This setting allows you to do this The options are 0 050V 0 025V D...

Page 63: ...alled a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot reboot the system The options are Enabled and Disabled CPU Clock Ratio This item allows the user...

Page 64: ...lly assigns them The options are Auto ESCD and Manual PCI VGA Palette Snoop For best system performance this item has been pre set to Disabled by the manufacturer The settings are Enabled and Disabled...

Page 65: ...er Management program The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows the user to determine the ACPI Suspend type The options are S1 POS S3 STR and S1 S3 The S1 S3 setting shou...

Page 66: ...t off mode when the user presses the power button The options for this setting are Instant Off and Delay 4 sec CPU THRM Throttling THRM throttling is used to lower power consumption and reduce the hea...

Page 67: ...this field Time hh mm ss Alarm Set the time for RTC alarm wake up in this field POWER ON Function This setting allows the user to determine the method by which the system power is activated The optio...

Page 68: ...or IDE Hard Drive Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data into this area the BIOS will display a warning message and an alarm will sound The settings...

Page 69: ...DD LAN and Disabled Boot Other Device If enabled this option enables the BIOS to load the OS from another device rather than the ones that have been specified as the first second and third boot up dev...

Page 70: ...ord is highlighted on the above screen press the Enter key When prompted type the User Password in the dialogue box to set or to change the User Password Security Option This setting allows the user t...

Page 71: ...without Saving When the item Exit without Saving is highlighted press Enter to exit the Setup routine without saving any changes you may have made Your sys tem should then continue with the boot up pr...

Page 72: ...nual 4 26 Discard Changes When the item Discard Changes is highlighted press Enter to discard any changes you made to the BIOS settings and to stay in BIOS Setup Your system should then continue with...

Page 73: ...ed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not...

Page 74: ...POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems...

Page 75: ...tware NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Add...

Page 76: ...ly tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more I2O Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not e...

Page 77: ...Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press F2 to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the I2O Configu...

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Page 79: ...rite the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POSTCode Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable No...

Page 80: ...ow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize interrup...

Page 81: ...80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Configure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external paral...

Page 82: ...ietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Cle...

Page 83: ...ory size EEh Shadow Boot Block EFh System memory test F0h Initialize interrupt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize video F3h Initialize System Management Manager F4h Output one beep F...

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