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Onboard Indicators

GLAN1/GLAN2 LEDs 

(GLAN2

is for X5DPA-GG Only)

The Ethernet ports (located beside
the VGA port) have two LEDs.
See the table on the right for the
functions associated with these
LEDs.  On each GLAN port, the
yellow LED indicates activity while
the other LED may be green, or-
ange or off to indicate the speed
of the connection.

LED

Color

Off

Green

Orange

Definition

No Connection

100 MHz

1 GHz

GLAN Right LED

Indicator

Summary of Contents for X5DPA-G

Page 1: ... SUPER X5DPA G SUPER X5DPA GG USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0b SUPER ...

Page 2: ...BILITY 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 THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by th...

Page 3: ... instructions 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 chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives SCSI drives the IDE interfaces the parallel and serial ports the keyboard and mouse the power supply and various control panel buttons and indicators I...

Page 4: ...1 2 Chipset Overview 1 13 1 3 Special Features 1 13 ATI Graphics Controller 1 13 Recovery from AC Power Loss 1 13 1 4 PC Health Monitoring 1 14 1 5 ACPI Features 1 15 1 6 Power Supply 1 17 1 7 Super I O 1 17 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMs 2 5 2 4 I O Ports Control Panel Conne...

Page 5: ...2 Wake On LAN 2 13 Wake On Ring 2 13 Keylock 2 13 2 6 Jumper Settings 2 14 Explanation of Jumpers 2 14 CMOS Clear 2 14 GLAN Enable Disable 2 15 VGA Enable Disable 2 15 Front Side Bus Speed 2 15 Watch Dog Enable Disable 2 15 2 7 Onboard Indicators 2 16 GLAN1 GLAN2 LEDs 2 16 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and IPMI Connections 2 17 Parallel Port Connector 2 17 IPMI Socket 2 17 Floppy Connec...

Page 6: ...ions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 5 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction 4 1 4 2 MainSetup 4 2 4 3 Advanced BIOS Setup 4 5 4 4 Boot Setup 4 17 4 5 Security Setup 4 18 4 6 Exit Options 4 19 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes B 1 SUPER X5DPA G X5DPA GG User s Manual ...

Page 7: ...y and performance Please check that the following items have been included with your mother board 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 cable One 1 USB cable One 1 COM Port Cable with Bracket One 1 I O backpanel shield One 1 Supermicro CD or diskettes containing drivers and utilities One...

Page 8: ...urope 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 nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan D5 4F No 16 Chien Ba Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 39...

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

Page 10: ...1 4 Introduction SUPER X5DPA G X5DPA GG User s Manual Figure 1 1 SUPER X5DPA G Image ...

Page 11: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 5 Introduction Figure 1 2 SUPER X5DPA GG Image ...

Page 12: ...n 1 Pin 1 IDE 1 IDE 2 J F 2 INTEL RC8254X SSI 24PIN VGA ONBOARD MEMORY FPUSB0 1 2 JL1 JBT1 Pin 1 JP37 Pin 1 ICH3 SOUTH BRIDGE FWH BIOS JP39 Pin 1 NORTH BRIDGE CH Fan4 JD1 SUPER X5DPA 8 PIN PW CONN WOL1 Figure 1 3 SUPER X5DPA G Layout not drawn to scale J7 PRINTER JW OR 1 JOH1 PCI BRIDGE Notes 1 The CPU sockets are designed for the 604 Pin Xeon Processors however the 603 Pin CPUs are also supported...

Page 13: ... 2B Memory RAM Slots CPU CHASSIS FANS CPU Chassis Fan Headers LAN1 GLAN1 Gigabit Ethernet Port 1 J2 J3 IDE 1 J2 IDE 2 J3 HDD Connectors J4 VGA Connector J7 Printer Connector JP7 Floppy Disk Drive Connector J8 J26 COM1 SerialPort1 J8 COM2 SerialPort2 J26 J10 J11 Back Panel USB 0 1Ports J10 USB 0 J11 USB 1 JD2 J27 USB5 Front Panel USB Ports JD2 USB2 3 J27 USB4 USB5 J15 Secondary ATX Power 8 Pin Conn...

Page 14: ...P 6 Pin 1 Pin 1 J P 3 RAGE XL Pin 1 J P 4 COM 2 Pin 1 Clear CMOS Pin 1 Pin 1 Pin 1 IDE 1 IDE 2 CH Fan3 J F 2 INTEL RC8254X SSI 24PIN INTEL RC8254X VGA ONBOARD MEMORY FPUSB0 1 2 JL1 JBT1 Pin 1 JP37 Pin 1 ICH3 FWH BIOS JP39 Pin 1 NORTH BRIDGE CH Fan4 JD1 SUPER X5DPA 8 PIN PW CONN WOL1 JOH1 JW OR 1 PCI BRIDGE SOUTH BRIDGE Notes 1 The CPU sockets are designed for the 604 Pin Xeon Processors however th...

Page 15: ...A DIMM 2B Memory RAM Slots CPU Chassis FAN CPU Chassis Fan Headers 5 LAN1 GLAN1 Gigabit Ethernet Port 1 LAN2 GLAN2 Gigabit Ethernet Port 2 J2 J3 IDE 1 J2 IDE 2 J3 HDD Connectors J4 VGA Connector JP7 Floppy Disk Drive Connector J8 J26 COM1 SerialPort1 J8 COM2 SerialPort2 J26 J10 J11 Back Panel USB 0 1Ports J10 USB 0 J11 USB 1 JD2 J27 USB5 Front Panel USB Ports JD2 USB2 3 J27 USB4 USB5 J15 Secondary...

Page 16: ... 400 MHz FSB speed processors it will run at 200 MHz See Section 2 3 for details Chipset Intel E7501 chipset Expansion Slots X5DPA GG X5DPA G Two 64 bit 133 100 66 MHz PCI X 3 3 V only one slot is available for 133MHz bus PCI X Two 32 bit 33 MHz PCI BIOS 4 Mb AMI Flash ROM APM 1 2 DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores 3 3V...

Page 17: ...wo GLAN ports on X5DPA GG one GLAN port on X5DPA G 2 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 2 Fast UART 16550A compatible serial ports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 5 USB Universal Serial Bus ports Parallel port on X5DPA G Other Internal external modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Console redirection IPMI X5DPA GG only optional CD Diskette Utilities BI...

Page 18: ... diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard Clock VRM MCH 533 DDR P64H2 ICH3 VGA PCI32 3 PCI32 4 IDE PRI SEC USB LPC I O FWH LAN 1 SER 1 SER 2 FDD KB MS HW Monitor LAN 2 PCIX100 1 PCIX100 2 66MHz 100MHz 533 400MHz DDR 200 266 Proce ssor 1 Proce ssor 2 ...

Page 19: ...e ICH3 I O Controller Hub provides various integrated functions including a two channel UDMA100 bus master IDE controller USB host controllers a System Management Bus controller and an AC 97 compliant interface The P64H2 PCI X Hub provides a 16 bit connection to the MCH for high performance I O capability and two 64 bit PCI X interfaces 1 3 Special Features ATI Graphics Controller The X5DPA G X5DP...

Page 20: ...rd 3 pin CPU and chassis fans are controlled by the power manage ment functions Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU It can continue to monitor for overheat conditions even whe...

Page 21: ... 4V to 3 5V This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make the system more stable 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specification defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application soft war...

Page 22: ...in down Depressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the re quired circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions 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 BIOS features under the Ad vanced Menu External Modem Ri...

Page 23: ...eon CPUs Fail ure to provide this extra power will result in the CPUs becoming unstable after only a few minutes of operation See Section 2 5 for details on connecting the power supply cables It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas wh...

Page 24: ...bility and a processor inter rupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems 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...

Page 25: ...removing 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 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 provides ex cellent conductivity between the po...

Page 26: ...PU Retention Plate mounting holes Also Locate the four standoffs on each of the Retention Plates shown on the pictures on the right Retention Brackets 2 3 Make sure that the small sheet of Mylar is attached on the surface of the Retention Plate Align the standoffs of the Retention Plate with the four mounting holes on the motherboard 4 Place the Retention Plate on the back side of the motherboard ...

Page 27: ...Connect the three wires of the CPU fan to the respective CPU fan connector CPU fan connector CPU fan wires Retention clip Fan 7 Lift the lever on the CPU socket lift the lever completely and fully 1200 to 1350 for Xeon CPUs as shown on right or you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied Install CPU1 first Open 1200 to 1350 for Xeon CPUs line up the mounting holes on the bracket against t...

Page 28: ...e 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 standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Warning Make sure you lift the lever completely when installing the CPU If the lever is o...

Page 29: ...Figure 2 2 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with Bank 1 The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module unt...

Page 30: ...conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions Mouse Green Keyboard Purple USB Ports COM1 Port Turquoise VGA Monitor Port Blue GLAN1 GLAN2 X5DPA G GLAN1 Only X5DPA GG GLAN1 GLAN2 Notes COM2 is a header located on the motherboard see the motherboard layout pages in Chapter 1 for locati...

Page 31: ...ly for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin defini tions Figure 2 4 JF2 Header Pins Power On Overheat LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 Power Fail LED HDD LED Power LED NIC2 LED Power On Reset Button Power Fail LED Overheat LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED HDD LED Powe...

Page 32: ... it also supports a 20 pin power supply connector Make sure that the orientation of the PS connector is correct The X5DPA G X5DPA GG has the 24 pin connector See the tables on the right for pin definitions Pins 1 thru 4 5 thru 8 Definition Ground 12v 8 Pin 12v Power Supply Connector J15 NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF2 Refer to the table on th...

Page 33: ... LED The NIC1 Network Interface Con troller LED connection is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF2 Attach the NIC1 LED cable to display net work activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED The HDD LED for IDE and SCSI Disk Drives connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF2 Attach the IDE hard drive LED cable to these pins to display disk activity Refer to the table on the r...

Page 34: ... USB0 1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports J10 J11 are located beside the PS 2 keyboard mouse ports USB0 is the bottom connector and USB1 is the top connector See the table on the right for pin definitions Back Panal Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions J10 J11 Pin Number Definition 1 5V 2 P0 3 P0 4 Ground Pin Number Definition 1 5V 2 P0 3 P0 4 Ground USB0 USB1 Reset Button The Reset Button connection...

Page 35: ...ble on the right for pin definitions The COM2 J26 connector is a header on the motherboard see pp 1 6 1 8 for location Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Number Definition 1 CD 2 RD 3 TD 4 DTR 5 Ground Pin Number Definition 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 10 NC Ethernet Ports GLAN1 2 GLAN 2 is for X5DPA GG Only Two Ethernet ports designated GLAN1 and GLAN2 are located beside the VGA port on the IO b...

Page 36: ...on Key Speaker data Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin Number 1 2 3 Definition Ground black 12V red Tachometer Caution These fan headers are DC power Fan Headers The X5DPA G X5DPA GG has five CPU chassis fan headers Desig nations include CPU Fan1 CPU Fan2 Chassis Fan 3 Chassis Fan4 and Chassis Fan 5 See the table on the right for pin defini tions ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 key...

Page 37: ... connector and cable Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR1 This function al lows your computer to receive and wake up by an incoming call to the modem when in suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake on Ring Pin Definitions JWOR1 Pin Number 1 2 Definition Ground Wake up Keylock The keyboard...

Page 38: ...See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins Connector Pins Jumper Cap Setting Pin 1 2 short 3 2 1 3 2 1 CMOS Clear JBT1 is not literally a jumper but consists of two contact pads To clear the contents of CMOS short these pads together by touching them both with a metal conductor such as the he...

Page 39: ... 3 Definition Enabled Disabled LAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP3 LAN 1 JP6 LAN2 Front Side Bus Speed JP39 see motherboard layout is used to set the system front side bus speed for the processors It is best to keep this jumper set to Auto This jumper is used to gether with the CPU Clock setting in BIOS See the table on the right for jumper settings Jumper Position Pins 1 2 Pins 2 3 Open Defini...

Page 40: ... beside the VGA port have two LEDs See the table on the right for the functions associated with these LEDs On each GLAN port the yellow LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green or ange or off to indicate the speed of the connection LED Color Off Green Orange Definition No Connection 100 MHz 1 GHz GLAN Right LED Indicator ...

Page 41: ...ts to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Port Connector X5PDA G only J7 is designated as the parallel printer port connector for the X5DPA G motherboard See the table on the right for pin defini tions Pin Number Function 1 Strobe 3 Data Bit 0 5 Data Bit 1 7 Data Bit 2 9 Data Bit 3 11 Data Bit 4 13 Data Bit 5 15 Data Bit 6 17 Data Bit 7 19...

Page 42: ...Read Data 32 Side 1 Select 34 Diskette Floppy Connector Pin Definitions JP7 Pin Number Function 1 Reset IDE 3 Host Data 7 5 Host Data 6 7 Host Data 5 9 Host Data 4 11 Host Data 3 13 Host Data 2 15 Host Data 1 17 Host Data 0 19 GND 21 DRQ3 23 I O W rite 25 I O Read 27 IOCHRDY 29 DACK3 31 IRQ14 33 Addr 1 35 Addr 0 37 Chip Select 0 39 Activity Pin Number Function 2 GND 4 Host Data 8 6 Host Data 9 8 H...

Page 43: ...ting 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 Finally double click on the S Setup icon Figure 2 5 Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item The bottom icon with a CD ...

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Page 45: ...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 No Power 1 Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chas sis 2 Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply...

Page 46: ...ble problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest spe...

Page 47: ...uration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com techsupport contact_support htm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com or by fax at 408 503 8000 option 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the...

Page 48: ...grams that will greatly enhance your system 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 power using the momentary power on off switch Answer The instant power off function is controlled in BIOS by the Power Button Mode setting When the On Off fea...

Page 49: ...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 that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover dam ages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improp...

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Page 51: ...guide The Main BIOS setup menu screen has two main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be configured Grayed out options cannot be config ured Options in blue can be configured by the user The right frame dis plays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text message When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in white Often a text messag...

Page 52: ...m time and date Highlight System Time or System Date using the Arrow keys Enter new values through the keyboard Press the Tab key or the Arrow keys to move between fields The date must be entered in MM DD YY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Note The time is in 24 hour format For example 5 30 A M appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30P M as 17 30 00 Floppy A Floppy B Move the cursor to these fie...

Page 53: ...re described on the following pages The screen for the Primary IDE Master is shown below Type Select the type of device connected to the system The options are Not Installed Auto CDROM and ARMD LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In LBA mode the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB For drive ca pacities over 137 GB your system must be equipped wit...

Page 54: ...mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select 3 to allow the BIOS to use PIO mode 3 It has a data transfer rate of 11 1 MBs Select 4 to allow the BIOS to use PIO mode 4 It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs This setting generally works with all hard disk drives manufactured after 1999 For other disk drives such as IDE CD ROM drives check the specifications of the drive allow the BIOS to u...

Page 55: ...ta transfer Select Disabled to deactivate the function The options are Enabled and Dis abled Select UDMA1 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 25 MBs Select UDMA2 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 33 3 MBs The Options are Auto SWDMA0 SWDMA1 SWDMA2 MWDMA0 MWDMA1 MWDMA2 UDMA0 UDMA1 and UDMA2 System Memory When AMI BIOS auto d...

Page 56: ...default setting is Enabled Select Dis abled to allow the computer system to display the POST messages Select Enabled to allow the computer system to display the OEM logo Add On ROM Display Mode Set this option to display add on ROM read only memory messages The default setting is Force BIOS Select Force BIOS to allow the computer system to force a third party BIOS to display during system boot Sel...

Page 57: ...ow ROMs to trap Interrupt 19 The options are En abled and Disabled XAPCI Configuration This item allows the user to enable or disable ACPI support for the operating system ACPI Aware O S Select Yes if the operating system supports ACPI Select No if the oper ating system does not support ACPI The options are No and Yes XAdvanced APCI Configuration ACPI 2 0 Features Select Yes to allow RSDP pointers...

Page 58: ... On Ring from S5 The options are Enabled and Disabled X X X X XSystem Frequency Display This feature allows the BIOS to display the status and the frequency of Front Side Bus Memory and PCI slots Select Last State if you want to system to resume its last state when the power recovers from an outage The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog Timer Select Enabled to activate Watch Do...

Page 59: ...ette Snooping Set this value to allow the system to modify the Palette Snooping settings The default setting is Disabled This setting should not be changed unless the VGA card manufacturer indicates otherwise Select Enabled to inform the PCI devices that an ISA based Graphics device is installed in the system so that the ISA based Graphics card will function correctly Always check with your adapte...

Page 60: ...and Reserved for the following IRQs Select Reserved to allow the specified IRQ to be used by a legacy ISA device IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ14 IRQ15 DMA Select Available to allow the specified DMA to be used by PCI PnP device Select Reserved to allow the specified DMA to be used by a legacy ISA device The options are Available and Reserved DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 3 DMA...

Page 61: ...e the settings for Intel E7500 E7501 NorthBridge chipset Chipset Memory Remap Feature Select Enabled to allow remapping of overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory The options are Enabled and Disabled Memory Hole Select Enabled to allow the memory hole to be set from 15M to 16M The options are Disabled and enabled XIntel ICH3 SouthBridge Configuration This feature allows the user to c...

Page 62: ...ent The options are Disabled and Enabled IOAPIC Select Enabled to enable IOAPIC in ICH3 The options are Enabled and Disabled Extended IOAPIC Select Enabled to enable the extended mode of IOAPIC in ICH3 The op tions are Enabled and Disabled CPU B I S T Select Enabled to enable the function of CPU Built In Self Test The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH3 DMA Collection Select Enabled to enable th...

Page 63: ...igure USB settings Legacy USB Support Select Enabled to enable the support for USB Legacy The options are Disabled and Enabled USB Mass Storage Device Configuration This feature allows the user to configure USB Mass Storage Device settings USB Mass Storage Reset Delay This feature allows the user to set the reset delay for USB Mass Storage The options are 10 Sec 20 Sec 30 Sec and 40 Sec X X X X X ...

Page 64: ...able Select 378 to allow the parallel port to use 378 as its I O port address The majority of parallel ports on computer systems use IRQ7 and I O Port 378H as the standard setting Select 278 to allow the Select 3F8 IRQ4 to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt address The options are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 parallel port to use 278 as its ...

Page 65: ...ht this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Mark All Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear Event Log This setting will clear all event logs when set to OK Options are OK and Cancel Event Log Statistics This setting allows you to view Event Log Statistics XRemote Access Configuration You can use this screen to select options f...

Page 66: ...his feature allows you to select the target terminal type You can set the value for this option to either ANSI or VT100 Send Carriage Return Select Enabled if the target terminal type has more than 80 columns or does not have the function of Word Wrap The options are Enabled and Disabled Redirection After BIOS POST Select Disabled to turn off the function of Console Redirection after POST Select B...

Page 67: ...4 Boot Settings XBoot Device Priority This feature allows the user to specify the sequence of priority for the Boot Device The settings are 1st Floppy Drive CD ROM ATAPI CDROM and Dis abled The default settings are 1st boot device 1st Floppy Drive 2nd boot device CD ROM 3rd boot device ATAPI CDROM XHard Disk Drives This feature allows the user to specify the Boot sequence from available Hard Drive...

Page 68: ...he Options are 1st Floppy Drive and Disabled XATAPI Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available ATAPI CDROM Drives 1st Drive Specify the boot sequence for 1st Hard Drive The Options are CD ROM and Disabled 1st Drive Specify the boot sequence for 1st Hard Drive The Options are PM ST340016A and Disabled XRemovable Drives This feature allows the user to specify the...

Page 69: ... sub menu to clear the user password Boot Sector Virus Protection This option is near the bottom of the Security Setup screen Select Dis abled to deactivate the Boot Sector Virus Protection Select Enabled to enable boot sector protection When Enabled AMI BOIS displays a warn ing when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive Th...

Page 70: ...efaults from the Exit menu and press Enter The Fail Safe settings are designed for maximum system stability but not maximum performance Save Changes and Exit When you have completed the system configuration changes select this option to leave BIOS Setup and reboot the computer so the new system configuration parameters can take effect Select Save Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enter...

Page 71: ...ly communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list on the following page correspond to the number of beeps for the corresponding error All errors listed with the exception of Beep Code 8 are fatal errors POST codes may be read on the debug LEDs located beside the LAN port on the motherboard backplane See the description of the Debug LEDs LED1 and LED2 in Section ...

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Page 73: ...he initialization 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 next D4h Returning to real mode Executing any OEM patches and setting the Stack next D5h Passing control to the uncompressed code in shadow RAM at E000 0000h Theinitializationcodeiscopied...

Page 74: ...kette 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 memory FBh Next detecting the type of flash ROM FCh Next erasing the flash ROM FDh Next programming the flash ROM FFh Flash ROM programming was successful Next restarting the system BIOS B 3 Uncom...

Page 75: ...ollers 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 over Starting the memory refresh test next 1Ah The memory refresh line is toggling Checking the 15 second on off time next 2Bh Passing control to the video ROM to perform any required configu rat...

Page 76: ...etrace 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 next if present See the last page of this chapter for additional information 39h Displaying bus initialization error messages See the last page of this chapter for additional information 3Ah The new...

Page 77: ...ext 4Fh 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 Adjusting the displayed memory size for relocation and shadowing next 51h The memory size display was adjusted for relocation and shadow ing Testing the memory above 1 MB next 52h The memory above 1...

Page 78: ...has 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 checking for a password or bypassing WINBIOS Setup next 86h The password was checked Performing any required programming before WINBIOS Setup next 87h The programming before WINBIOS Setup has completed...

Page 79: ...n after 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 Displaying any soft errors next A3h The soft error display has completed Setting the keyboard typematic rate next A4h The keyboard typematic rate is set Programming the memory wait states next A5h Memor...

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