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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Page 1: ...SUPER P4SS8 SUPER P4SSE USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0 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: ...tructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and DIMM memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapte...

Page 4: ...t System Block Diagram 1 12 1 2 Chipset Overview 1 13 1 3 Special Features 1 13 ATI Graphics Controller 1 13 BIOS Recovery 1 13 Recovery from AC Power Loss 1 13 1 4 PC Health Monitoring 1 14 1 5 ACPI...

Page 5: ...l Speaker Header 2 13 2 6 Onboard Indicators 2 13 LAN Port LEDs 2 13 CR1 LED 2 13 2 7 DIP Switch Settings 2 14 DIP Switch 1 Processor Speed 2 14 2 8 Jumper Settings 2 15 Explanation of Jumpers 2 15 CM...

Page 6: ...Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 5 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction 4 1 4 2 BIOS Features 4 2 4 3 Running Setup 4 2 Main BIOS Setup Menu 4 3 4 4 Advanced BIOS Set...

Page 7: ...items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices One 1 floppy ribbon...

Page 8: ...pe Address 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...

Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Introduction Notes...

Page 10: ...1 4 Introduction SUPER P4SS8 P4SSE User s Manual Figure 1 1 SUPER P4SS8 Image...

Page 11: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 5 Introduction Figure 1 2 SUPER P4SSE Image...

Page 12: ...eyboard Mouse USB0 1 Parallel Port COM1 VGA Mb LAN Port Gb LAN Port ATX POWER SEC POWER DDR1 DDR2 DDR3 CPU North Bridge DDR4 FLOPPY S UPER P4SS8 Broadcom LAN Controller IDE 1 IDE 2 SCSI CH B SCSI CH A...

Page 13: ...or Speed Connector Description COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Ports CPU CHS OH FAN CPU Chassis Overheat Fan Headers CPU CPU Socket DDR1 DDR4 Memory SDRAM Slots JA2 JA3 Ultra320 LVD SCSI CH A B Connector J...

Page 14: ...and pin definitions Keyboard Mouse USB0 1 Parallel Port COM1 VGA Mb LAN Port Gb LAN Port ATX POWER SEC POWER DDR1 DDR2 DDR3 CPU North Bridge DDR4 FLOPPY S UPER P4SSE Broadcom LAN Controller IDE 1 IDE...

Page 15: ...ption COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Ports CPU CHS OH FAN CPU Chassis Overheat Fan Headers CPU CPU Socket DDR1 DDR4 Memory SDRAM Slots JF1 Front Control Panel Headers JF2 ChInt NMI HD LED PWR LED Headers...

Page 16: ...upported but only at 200 MHz PC1600 speed Chipset ServerWorks Grand Champion SL Expansion Slots Three 64 bit 33 MHz and two 32 bit 33 MHz PCI slots BIOS 4 Mb AMI Flash ROM APM 1 2 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI...

Page 17: ...ce up to 2 88 MB 2 Fast UART 16550A compatible serial ports 1 EPP ECP Enhanced Parallel Port Extended Capabilities Port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports 4 USB Universal Serial Bus ports USB 1 1 Othe...

Page 18: ...Bus Gb LAN Thin IMB SIO ATI XL VGA 32 bit 33 MHzPCI Bus Serial Port Parallel Port Floppy Port Mb LAN 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 64 bit 33 MHz PCI SCSI Figure 1 5 ServerWorks Grand Champion SL Chipset System Bl...

Page 19: ...t controllers and the LPC Bus 1 3 Special Features ATI Graphics Controller The P4SS8 P4SSE has an integrated ATI video controller based on the Rage XL graphics chip The Rage XL fully supports sideband...

Page 20: ...fan is controlled by the over heat detection logic Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whene...

Page 21: ...ides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application soft ware This enables the system to automatically turn on and...

Page 22: ...functions and you want to turn off the power just depress and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On Wake up e...

Page 23: ...supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above Additionally in ar eas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from nois...

Page 24: ...The Super I O supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I O provides functions that comply wit...

Page 25: ...emoving the board from the anti static bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touchin...

Page 26: ...e pegs 8 2 Insert the white pegs into the black anchors Do not force the white pegs all the way in only about 1 3 of the way into the black anchors 3 Place a retention bracket in the proper position a...

Page 27: ...7 Press the lever down until you hear it click into the locked position Socket lever in locked position 4 Secure the other retention bracket into position by repeating Step 3 8 Apply the proper amoun...

Page 28: ...is 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 standoffs click...

Page 29: ...ors htm CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert one to four memory modules Memory is not interle...

Page 30: ...Port Blue Mb LAN Gb LAN Note COM2 is a header located on the motherboard behind the VGA port 2 4 IOPorts Control Panel Connectors The IO ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specificati...

Page 31: ...s and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions Figure 2 4 JF1 JF2 Header Pins 1 2 HD LED C 17 18 NC JF2 NIC1 LED C NIC1 LED A NIC2 LED C NIC2 LED A Reset Butt...

Page 32: ...F1 Attach the IDE hard drive LED cable to these pins to display disk activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions IDE HDD L ED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 13 14 Definition 5V HD Act...

Page 33: ...pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach an LED cable to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions L2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 9 10 Definition 5V GND O verheat O H L...

Page 34: ...r on off the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend button see the Power Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the power when set to suspend mode de press the button for...

Page 35: ...heat fan headers See the table on the right for pin defini tions Serial Ports The COM1 serial port is located under the parallel port see Figure 2 3 See the table on the right for pin definitions The...

Page 36: ...ake up W ake On LAN Pin Definitions JP11 Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is des ignated JP11 See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a LAN card with a Wake on LAN connector an...

Page 37: ...rd LED Power Indicator CR1 LED Color Green Yellow Definition Connected Active 100 M b LAN LED Indicators LED Color Off Yellow Definition Not Active Active 1 Gb LAN Left LED Indicator 2 6 Onboard Indic...

Page 38: ...for the various speeds your processor may be able to run at This table is also silkscreened on the motherboard Note Most Intel processors have a fixed Core Bus ratio that over writes the setting of DI...

Page 39: ...em remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Do not use the PW_ON connector to clear CMOS 2 8 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers...

Page 40: ...n 1 2 2 3 Definition Enabled Disabled VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP9 Watch Dog Enable Disable JP19 is used to enable or disable the Watch Dog function This jumper is used together with the Wat...

Page 41: ...board SCSI The nor mal default position is on pins 1 2 to enable SCSI See the table on the right for jumper settings Jum per Position Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Definition Enabled Disabled SCSI Enable Disable...

Page 42: ...disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Port Connector The parallel port is loca...

Page 43: ...ed 6 FDEDIN 8 Index 10 Motor Enable 12 Drive Select B 14 Drive Select A 16 Motor Enable 18 DIR 20 STEP 22 W rite Data 24 W rite Gate 26 Track 00 28 W rite Protect 30 Read Data 32 Side 1 Select 34 Disk...

Page 44: ...26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Signal Names DB 12 DB 13 DB 14 DB 15 DB P1 DB 0 DB 1 DB 2 DB 3 DB 4 DB 5 DB 6 DB 7 DB P GROUND GROUND TERMPW R TERMPW R RESERVED GROUND ATN GROUND BSY ACK RST MSG SEL C D RE...

Page 45: ...ing this CD into your CDROM drive the display shown in Figure 2 5 should appear If this dis play does not appear click on the My Computer icon and then on the icon representing your CDROM drive Finall...

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Page 47: ...he keyboard and mouse 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install one CPU making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well...

Page 48: ...ble problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Refer to the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Ques tion FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our w...

Page 49: ...fax at 408 503 8019 or by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that the P4SS8 P4SSE motherboard can support Answer The P4SS8 P4SS...

Page 50: ...dy this first clear CMOS per the instructions in this manual and retry the BIOS flashing proce dure If you still do not have video please use the following BIOS Recov ery Procedure First turn your sys...

Page 51: ...vice will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displaye...

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Page 53: ...he BIOS ROM enabling it to retain the system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is then configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains contr...

Page 54: ...ve AMIBIOS supports PC Health Monitoring chips When a failure occurs in a monitored activity AMIBIOS can sound an alarm and display a message The PC Health Monitoring chips monitor CPU temperature Cha...

Page 55: ...illustrate how to navigate through the menus Note Items displayed in gray are preset and cannot be selected Items with a blue arrow are commands not options i e Discard Changes The Main BIOS Setup Me...

Page 56: ...IO Configuration to go to the sub screen for that item Advanced BIOS Setup options are displayed by highlighting the option using the arrow keys All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this s...

Page 57: ...specifies the base I O port address of serial port 2 The settings for this item include Disabled 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Serial Port 2 IRQ This option specifies the Interrupt Request address of serial port 2...

Page 58: ...is option specifies the parallel port mode The settings for this item include Normal Bi directional EPP and ECP ECP Mode DMA Channel This option allows the user to set the setting for the ECP Mode of...

Page 59: ...method of addressing data on a disk drive In LBA mode the maximum drive capac ity is 137 GB The settings are Disabled and Auto Select Disabled to disable LBA mode Select Auto to enable LBA mode if you...

Page 60: ...lect UDMA0 trhough UDMA4 to set Ultra DMA0 through Ultra DMA4 S M A R T S M A R T stands for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology a feature that can help predict impending drive failures...

Page 61: ...or the Primary IDE Master Hard Disk Write Protect This item allows the user to prevent the hard disk from being overwritten The options are Enabled or Disabled Disabled allows the drive to be used nor...

Page 62: ...Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot This option allows the BIOS to skip certain tests that are normally perfomred on boot up You can disable the option to speed up boot time The settings are Disab...

Page 63: ...ast This sets the rate the computer repeats a key to over 20 times per second Under normal opera tions this setting should not be changed Slow This sets the rate the computer repeats a key to under 8...

Page 64: ...option is for enabling or disabling the internal CPU L1 cache Settings include Disabled Write Thru Write Back and Reserved Disabled This option prevents the system from using the internal CPU L1 cache...

Page 65: ...llowing pages The screen is shown below ECC Event Logging This option Enables or Disables the logging of ECC events The events logged by AMIBIOS are post errors such as a bad BIOS floppy errors or har...

Page 66: ...health of your system by measuring certain voltage levels and temperatures CPU1 Current Temperature 1st System Temperature 2nd System Temperature These readings display the real time temperatures of t...

Page 67: ...dress are copied shadowed from ROM to RAM BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit C000 16k Shadow Cached C400 16k Shadow Cached C800 16k Shadow Cached CC00 16k Shadow...

Page 68: ...sting of accesses within the PCI memory re gions Memory Writing Posting The settings are Enabled and Disabled Scrubbing Enable The settings are Enabled and Disabled Scrubbing writes corrected ECC data...

Page 69: ...yper threading is a method of creating an additional virtual processor by using parallelism to process mulitple instructions simultaneously The settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled Hot Sp...

Page 70: ...rd Disk No lets the BIOS configure all the devices in the system Yes lets the operating system configure Plug and Play PnP devices not required for boot if your system has a Plug and Play operating sy...

Page 71: ...PCI clocks Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA This option lets you allocate an interrupt request IRQ to the PCI VGA adapter card if used The settings are Yes and No Palette Snooping When enabled this option inf...

Page 72: ...upport for Legacy USB The settings are Auto Enabled and Disabled ARMD Emulation Type This settings for this option are Hard Disk Auto and Floppy BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power B...

Page 73: ...entering the power conserving state The settings are Off 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and 10 minutes ACPI Aware O S This option allows the system to utilize Intel s ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interfac...

Page 74: ...vices The settings for the 1st Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive and Intel UNDI PXE 2 0 build 082 2nd Boot Device The settings for the 2nd Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI...

Page 75: ...DI PXE 2 0 build 082 Hard Disk Drives Use this screen to view the boot sequency of hard drives that have been auto detected or entered manually on your system Removable Devices Use this screen to view...

Page 76: ...ecurity If you select password support you are prompted for a 1 6 character password Type the password on the keyboard The password does not appear on the screen when typed Make sure you write it down...

Page 77: ...ption to clear the user password so that it is not required to be entered when the system boots up Boot Sector Virus Protection This option allows you to enable or disable a virus detection program to...

Page 78: ...m setup with saving the changes Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc Exit Saving Changes Hig...

Page 79: ...ystem features Load Failsafe Defaults Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter provides the safest set of parameters for the system Use them if the system is behaving errati cally Discard Cha...

Page 80: ...th your system manufacturer for possible repairs These fatal errors are usually communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list on the following page correspond to t...

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Page 82: ...tion code checksum will be verified D1h Initializing the DMA controller performing the keyboard controller BAT test starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB flat mode next D3h Starting memory sizing...

Page 83: ...e FAT to find the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT ROM file F3h Next reading the AMIBOOT ROM file cluster by cluster F4h The AMIBOOT ROM file is not the correct size F5h Next disabling internal cache...

Page 84: ...1 and 2 and interrupt controllers 1 and 2 13h Thevideodisplayhasbeendisabled PortBhasbeeninitialized Next initializing the chipset 14h The 8254 timer test will begin next 19h The 8254 timer test is o...

Page 85: ...ce checking next 34h Video display checking is over Setting the display mode next 37h The display mode is set Displaying the power on message next 38h Initializing the bus input IPL general devices ne...

Page 86: ...The memory size display has started The display is updated during the memory test Performing the sequential and random memory test next 50h The memory below 1 MB has been tested and initialized Adjus...

Page 87: ...completed Checking for a locked key next 84h Locked key checking is over Checking for a memory size mismatch with CMOS RAM data next 85h The memory size check is done Displaying a soft error and chec...

Page 88: ...the Coprocessor test next 9Eh Initialization after the Coprocessor test is complete Checking the extended keyboard keyboard ID and Num Lock key next Issuing the keyboard ID command next A2h Displayin...

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