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Chapter 4: BIOS

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4-7 Exit 

Choose Exit from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left/Right arrow keys.  You 

should see the following display:  

Save & Exit Setup

When the item Save & Exit Setup is highlighted, press <Enter> to save the changes 

you've made in the BIOS program (CMOS) and exit.  Your system should, then, 

continue with the boot-up procedure.  

Exit 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 system should then 

continue with the boot-up procedure. 

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Highlight this item and hit <Enter> to load the default settings for all items in the 

BIOS Setup.  These are the safest settings to use.

Load Optimized Defaults

Highlight this item and hit <Enter> to load the optimized settings for all items in the 

BIOS Setup.  These settings provide you with optimal system performance.

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 the boot-up procedure. 

Summary of Contents for PDSLA

Page 1: ...PDSLA PDSLE USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0...

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: ...1 includes a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes the features speci cations and performance of the PDSLA PDSLE main board and provides detailed information about the...

Page 4: ...3 PC Health Monitoring 1 10 1 4 Power Con guration Settings 1 11 1 5 Power Supply 1 12 1 6 Super I O 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installati...

Page 5: ...21 Speaker Connector 2 21 CPU Front Side Bus Speed 2 22 2 8 Onboard LED Indicators 2 23 GLAN LEDs 2 23 Power LED 2 23 2 9 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Drive and Audio Connections 2 24 Parallel Port Conn...

Page 6: ...anced BIOS Setup 4 5 4 4 1 Advanced BIOS Features 4 5 4 4 2 Advanced Chipset Control 4 6 4 4 3 I O Device Con guration 4 8 4 4 4 PnP Con guration 4 10 4 4 5 Hardware Monitors 4 11 4 4 6 Processor Cloc...

Page 7: ...to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing co...

Page 8: ...s 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 Techni...

Page 9: ...portant Note to the User All images and layouts shown in this manual are based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of this manual The motherboard you ve received may or ma...

Page 10: ...has Internal VGA S UPER DSLA PDSLE PCI E x1 LGA 775 Processor KB MS Parallel Port COM1 VGA USB 3 4 5 6 USB1 2 JFUSB1 Fan3 Clock 945G P Lakeport North Bridge PCI Ex16 LAN CTRL JPL1 GLAN Enable CD in A...

Page 11: ...l Port 1 Port 2 Connectors DIMM 1A 2A 1B 2B Memory DIMM Slots 1 through 4 Fans 1 3 Fan1 CPU Fan Fan2 3 Chassis Fan Headers Floppy J27 Floppy Disk Connector FP Audio J12 Front Panel Audio Connector See...

Page 12: ...each motherboard LAKEPORT SLOTS LGA775_PROCESSOR ICH 7 USB PORT_0 7 FWH LPC I O MS KB FDD SER 1 SER 2 PRN PRI_IDE VRM 10 1 ADDR CTRL DATA UDMA 100 LPC PCI_32_BUS DDR2_667 533 400 VRM V10 1 DMI 4_PCI_...

Page 13: ...rt 945G P chipset Expansion Slots One 1 PCI Express x16 intended for graphics One 1 PCI Express x8 PCI Express x1 Signal One 1 PCI Express x1 Four 4 32 bit PCI 33MHz 5V BIOS 4 Mb Firmware Hub AwardBIO...

Page 14: ...h quality 6 channel sound Integrated gfx core graphics on board PDSLA Only Other Wake on LAN Wake on Ring WOR System Bus Clock Frequency Selection Overclocking Support Note Suspend to RAM Onboard 5V S...

Page 15: ...00 1066 MHz using a scalable CPU It supports up to two channels of non ECC DDR2 400 533 667 SDRAM The integrated Graphics Controller provides 3D 2D and display capabilities The GMCH MCH also supports...

Page 16: ...sholds to de ne the sensitivity of the voltage monitor by using SD III Fan Status Monitor with Software The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans via Supero Doctor III Fan Fai...

Page 17: ...t keyboard will function like a normal keyboard during system boot up Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button When the...

Page 18: ...d by the CPU some are inadequate A 2 Amp of current supply on a 5V Standby rail is strongly recom mended It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets 12V ATX power su...

Page 19: ...speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs one of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART in cludes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete...

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Page 21: ...ripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fastener...

Page 22: ...on of the LGA775 Processor IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before add ing removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into t...

Page 23: ...not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket 7 With...

Page 24: ...yer of the protec tive lm from the copper core of the heatsink Warning CPU overheat may occur if the protective lm is not removed from the heatsink 5 Apply the proper amount of thermal grease on the C...

Page 25: ...from being dam aged when you install the motherboard into the chassis Note some components are very close to the mounting holes please take all precautionary measures to prevent damage done the these...

Page 26: ...e damage Memory Module Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert each DDR2 memory module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the module i...

Page 27: ...rt Locations and De nitions Mouse Keyboard Parallel Port Burgundy COM1 Port USB Ports LAN Port Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 2 4 fo...

Page 28: ...75 Processor KB MS Parallel Port COM1 VGA USB 3 4 5 6 USB1 2 JFUSB1 Fan3 Clock 945G P Lakeport North Bridge PCI Ex16 LAN CTRL JPL1 GLAN Enable CD in Aux In AC97 COM2 BIOS CL CMOS JL1 WOL I SATA0 FP CT...

Page 29: ...ctor attaches to the reset switch on the computer chassis See the table on the right for pin de nitions S UPER DSLA PDSLE PCI E x1 LGA 775 Processor KB MS Parallel Port COM1 VGA USB 3 4 5 6 USB1 2 JFU...

Page 30: ...J45 J 1 1 J44 JG1 J 3 1 J30 Battery PCI 4 33MHz 4 Pin ATX PWR J41 J28 JPUSB1 JFUSB2 J7 J1 PCI Ex1 J 8 PC I4 PCI 3 33MHz PC I3 PC I2 PCI 2 33MHz PCI 1 33MHz PC I1 JP 1 JP 2 JPU SB 2 F P USB Wake up J43...

Page 31: ...I Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin de nitions S UPER DSLA PDSLE PCI E x1 LGA 775 Processor KB MS Parallel Port COM1 VGA USB 3 4 5 6 USB1 2 JFUSB1 Fan3 Clock 945G P Lakeport North...

Page 32: ...USB Wake up J43 I SATA1 I SATA2 I SATA3 D2 4 JWD JLED LE 1 JWO R RJ45 Fan1 CPU Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 5 Slot 4 Slot 6 Slot 7 FP Aud J12 PDSLA CD Header Auxiliary Audio Header There is a 4 pin CD h...

Page 33: ...front panel headphones are plugged in the back panel audio output is disabled This is done through the FP Audio header J12 If the front panel interface card is not connected to the front panel audio h...

Page 34: ...JWD JLED LE 1 JWO R RJ45 Fan1 CPU Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 5 Slot 4 Slot 6 Slot 7 FP Aud J12 PDSLA Chassis Intrusion The Chassis Intrusion header is lo cated at JL1 See the board layout in Chapter 1...

Page 35: ...PC I1 JP 1 JP 2 JPU SB 2 F P USB Wake up J43 I SATA1 I SATA2 I SATA3 D2 4 JWD JLED LE 1 JWO R RJ45 Fan1 CPU Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 5 Slot 4 Slot 6 Slot 7 FP Aud J12 PDSLA ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS...

Page 36: ...PC I2 PCI 2 33MHz PCI 1 33MHz PC I1 JP 1 JP 2 JPU SB 2 F P USB Wake up J43 I SATA1 I SATA2 I SATA3 D2 4 JWD JLED LE 1 JWO R RJ45 Fan1 CPU Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 5 Slot 4 Slot 6 Slot 7 FP Aud J12 P...

Page 37: ...IOS MIC In Center subwoofer Line In surround L R Line Out Front L R Blue Green Pink S UPER DSLA PDSLE PCI E x1 LGA 775 Processor KB MS Parallel Port COM1 VGA USB 3 4 5 6 USB1 2 JFUSB1 Fan3 Clock 945G...

Page 38: ...ages for jumper locations Note On a two pin jumper Closed means the jumper is on both pins and Open means the jumper is either on only one pin or completely removed Clear CMOS S UPER DSLA PDSLE PCI E...

Page 39: ...USB ports are enabled via the JPUSB jumper please be sure to remove all USB devices from the USB ports whose USB jumpers are set to Dis abled before the system goes into the standby mode JPUSB2 JPUSB1...

Page 40: ...I2 PCI 2 33MHz PCI 1 33MHz PC I1 JP 1 JP 2 JPU SB 2 F P USB Wake up J43 I SATA1 I SATA2 I SATA3 D2 4 JWD JLED LE 1 JWO R RJ45 Fan1 CPU Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 5 Slot 4 Slot 6 Slot 7 FP Aud J12 PDSLA...

Page 41: ...USB2 J7 J1 PCI Ex1 J 8 PC I4 PCI 3 33MHz PC I3 PC I2 PCI 2 33MHz PCI 1 33MHz PC I1 JP 1 JP 2 JPU SB 2 F P USB Wake up J43 I SATA1 I SATA2 I SATA3 D2 4 JWD JLED LE 1 JWO R RJ45 Fan1 CPU Slot 1 Slot 2 S...

Page 42: ...in Aux In AC97 COM2 BIOS CL CMOS JL1 WOL I SATA0 FP CTRL Fan 2 JF 1 Buzzer I D E 24 Pin ATX PW R Su per I O F P USB7 8 ICH7 J9 DIMM 1A DIMM 2A DIMM 1B DIMM 2B Floppy Audio JBT1 J3 J2 7 J40 South Bridg...

Page 43: ...UPER DSLA PDSLE PCI E x1 LGA 775 Processor KB MS Parallel Port COM1 VGA USB 3 4 5 6 USB1 2 JFUSB1 Fan3 Clock 945G P Lakeport North Bridge PCI Ex16 LAN CTRL JPL1 GLAN Enable CD in Aux In AC97 COM2 BIO...

Page 44: ...s to your hard drive s Consult the documentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings for the hard disk drive S UPER DSLA PDSLE PCI E x1 LGA 775 Processor...

Page 45: ...8 JPUSB1 JFUSB2 J7 J1 PCI Ex1 J 8 PC I4 PCI 3 33MHz PC I3 PC I2 PCI 2 33MHz PCI 1 33MHz PC I1 JP 1 JP 2 JPU SB 2 F P USB Wake up J43 I SATA1 I SATA2 I SATA3 D2 4 JWD JLED LE 1 JWO R RJ45 Fan1 CPU Slot...

Page 46: ...ation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme les for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the...

Page 47: ...rallel ATA Introduction to the Intel ICH7 I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel Lakeport 945G P chipset the ICH7 I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the...

Page 48: ...includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to moni tor the e...

Page 49: ...ontrol Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Website at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_III You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PROD...

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Page 51: ...is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 6 Use the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as speci ed by the Manu facturer...

Page 52: ...supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still sup plies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not x the Setup Con guration proble...

Page 53: ...g memory Question How do I update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experi encing problems with your system Updated BIOS les are located on our web site at...

Page 54: ...erboard package When activated sound will be routed through the jacks under the Game Port as follows Line Out front L R speakers Line In rear L R speakers MIC center and subwoofer speakers You must al...

Page 55: ...3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling you...

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Page 57: ...computer 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 powered on the computer is then con gured with the...

Page 58: ...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 brie y at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self T...

Page 59: ...s are None 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two oppy drives enable this feature to assign physical drive B to logical drive...

Page 60: ...size the number of cylinders the con gurations of items such as Head Precomp Landing Zone and Sector Access Mode This item determines the location through which the AwardBIOS accesses the IDE Primary...

Page 61: ...vanced BIOS Settings If an incorrect eld value is entered the system may become unstable Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory These are displays that inform you how much of each type of memory is...

Page 62: ...le processor systems MPS Version Control This setting allows you to state the MPS version for your operating system The options are 1 1 and 1 4 Watch Dog Timer Select This setting is for enabling the...

Page 63: ...A Only to allow SATA to operate in Legacy Mode USB Controller This setting allows you to enable or disable the USB Controller The options are Enabled and Disabled USB 2 0 Controller This setting allow...

Page 64: ...s are IrDA ASKIR and Normal RxD TxD Active This allows the user to change the settings for the RxD TxD Active function The options are Hi Hi Hi Lo Lo Hi and Lo Lo IR Transmission Delay If Enabled the...

Page 65: ...tem has gone down due to a power failure The options are Off On and Former Sts Power On Function This setting allows the user to decide which method to use to power on the system The options are Passw...

Page 66: ...ot reboot the system The options are Enabled and Disabled Resources Controlled By This setting allows BIOS to automatically con gure all boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you choose Auto yo...

Page 67: ...isplayed Fan Speed Control Fan 1 Fan 3 If the Fan Speed Control feature is set to Disabled or when the CPU or the system temperature reaches the pre de ned threshold the fans will run at the full spee...

Page 68: ...Spectrum Spread Spectrum is a technique used to stabilize a system by reducing the level of ElectroMagnetic Interference The options are Enabled and Disabled CPU Clock Use this option to set the cloc...

Page 69: ...rd 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 Password Check This setting allows the user to...

Page 70: ...LAN and Disabled Second Boot Device This item allows the user to set the second boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Third Bo...

Page 71: ...out saving any changes you may have made Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure Load Fail Safe Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for all item...

Page 72: ...PDSLA PDSLE User s Manual 4 16 Notes...

Page 73: ...e Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a prob lem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages 1 long beep Memory...

Page 74: ...A 2 PDSLA PDSLE User s Manual Notes...

Page 75: ...address 1000 0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio_Early_Init switch 04h Reserved 05h 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error ag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 T...

Page 76: ...ebook platform 20h Reserved 21h HPM initialization notebook platform 22h Reserved 23h 1 Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS...

Page 77: ...O chips 34h Reserved 35h Reserved 36h Reserved 37h Reserved 38h Reserved 39h Reserved 3Ah Reserved 3Bh Reserved 3Ch Test 8254 3Dh Reserved 3Eh Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1 3Fh Reserved...

Page 78: ...rs multi processor platform 56h Reserved 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Ah Res...

Page 79: ...go is supported If errors occur report errors and wait for keys If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue Clear EPA or customization logo 80h Reserved 81h Reserved 82h 1 Call chipset power m...

Page 80: ...4 Power management nal initialization 5 Clear screen and display memory table 6 Program K6 write allocation 7 Program P6 class write combining 95h 1 Program daylight saving 2 Update keyboard LED and...

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