Supero PDSLA, User Manual

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Preface
About This Manual
This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and
knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the
PDSLA/PDSLE motherboard. The PDSLA/PDSLE supports single Intel
Pentium ® D/Pentium ® 4/Celeron Processor in the 775-Land Grid Array Package at a
system bus speed of 1066/800/533 MHz. The Intel Pentium ® D/Pentium ® 4/Celeron
Processor in the 775-Land Grid Array Package is housed in a Flip-Chip Land Grid Ar-
ray (FC-LGA4) package that interfaces with the motherboard via an LGA775 socket.
The package consists of a processor core mounted on a substrate land-carrier.
An integrated heat spreader (IHS) is attached to the package substrate and core
and serves as the contacting surface for processor component thermal solutions,
such as a heatsink. Please refer to the motherboard specifi cations pages on our
web site (http://www.supermicro.com/Product_page/product-m.htm) for updates on
supported processors. This product is intended to be professionally installed.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1 includes a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box,
describes the features, specifi cations and performance of the PDSLA/PDSLE main-
board and provides detailed information about the chipset.
Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static-sensitive devices. Read
this chapter when installing the processor and DDR 2 memory modules and when
mounting the mainboard in the chassis. Also refer to this chapter to connect the
fl oppy and hard disk drives, the IDE interfaces, the parallel and serial ports, the
mouse and keyboard and the twisted wires for the power supply, the reset button,
the keylock/power LED and the speaker.
If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3 , which describes troubleshoot-
ing procedures for the video, the memory and the setup confi guration stored in
CMOS. For quick reference, a general FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section
is provided. Instructions are also included for contacting technical support. In ad-
dition, you can visit our web site at www.supermicro.com/techsupport.htm for more
detailed information.
Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on
running the CMOS Setup utility.
Appendix A provides BIOS POST Messages.
Appendix B lists BIOS POST Codes.
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