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UPER P3TDDE User’s Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

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Overview ............................................................................................................ 1-1

Checklist ....................................................................................................... 1-1

Contacting Supermicro ................................................................................ 1-2

SUPER P3TDDE Image ............................................................................ 1-3

SUPER P3TDDE Layout .......................................................................... 1-4

SUPER P3TDDE Quick Reference ........................................................... 1-5

VIA Apollo Chipset: System Block Diagram ........................................... 1-6

Motherboard Features ............................................................................... 1-7

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Chipset Overview .............................................................................................. 1-9

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Special Features ............................................................................................ 1-10

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PC Health Monitoring .................................................................................... 1-10

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ACPI/PC 99 Features ................................................................................... 1-12

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Power Supply ................................................................................................. 1-13

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Super I/O .......................................................................................................... 1-14

Chapter 2: Installation

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Static-Sensitive Devices ................................................................................. 2-1

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Processor Installation ..................................................................................... 2-2

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Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis .................................................... 2-3

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Installing DIMMs .............................................................................................. 2-4

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I/O Port/Front Control Panel Connector Locations ...................................... 2-5

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Connecting Cables .......................................................................................... 2-7

Power Supply Connector .......................................................................... 2-7

6-Pin Power Connector .............................................................................. 2-7

Infrared Connector ....................................................................................... 2-8

PWR_ON Connector ................................................................................. 2-8

Reset Connector ......................................................................................... 2-8

Overheat LED Connector ............................................................................ 2-8

IDE RAID LED ........................................................................................... 2-9

NICLED ....................................................................................................... 2-9

IDE LED ....................................................................................................... 2-9

Power LED Connector ................................................................................ 2-9

Table of Contents

About This Manual ...................................................................................................... iii

Manual Organization ................................................................................................... iii

Summary of Contents for SUPER P3TDDE

Page 1: ...SUPER P3TDDE USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0c SUPER...

Page 2: ...ABILITY 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...

Page 3: ...e devices Read this chapter when installing the processors SDRAM memory modules and for mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter for connecting floppy hard disk drives the IDE...

Page 4: ...s 1 12 1 6 Power Supply 1 13 1 7 Super I O 1 14 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 2 2 Processor Installation 2 2 2 3 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis 2 3 2 4 Installing DI...

Page 5: ...2 13 Watch Dog Enable 2 13 LAN Enable Disable 2 14 Fan RPM Detection Select 2 14 Onboard IDE RAID 2 14 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and AGP Connections 2 15 Parallel Port Connector 2 15 F...

Page 6: ...nfigurations 4 16 4 6 Power Management 4 18 4 7 Boot up Devices 4 21 4 8 Security Setup 4 23 4 9 Exit Setup 4 25 Chapter 5 IDE RAID Controller 5 1 Introduction 5 1 5 2 Installing Drivers 5 3 5 3 Frequ...

Page 7: ...t attention to detail 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...

Page 8: ...Europe Address Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 E mail sales supermicro nl General Information support super...

Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Introduction SUPER P3TDDE Figure 1 1 SUPER P3TDDE Image...

Page 10: ...WH 370 FCPGA PPGA Processor COM2 PCI 4 PCI 5 4x AGP PRO SUPER I O J12 J13 J14 J16 VT8633 1 1 1 WOM1 1 1 1 IDE2 CLK BUF1 CPU1 CHASSIS FAN CPU1 Fan JPL1 JP3 1 SPK1 J2 J10 CPU2 FAN 370 FCPGA PPGA Process...

Page 11: ...CPU1 2 CHASSIS FAN Overheat Fan Header CPU CHASSIS FAN1 2 Chassis Fan Header DIMM 0 1 2 3 SDRAM Memory slots D11 D12 IDE RAID Drive 1 2 Connectors IDE1 IDE2 IDE Hard Disk Drive 1 2 Connectors JF1 Fron...

Page 12: ...ost Bus 3D Graphics Controller Pentium III FCPGA PPGA CPUs PCI Slots 266 MHz Memory Memory Bus AGP Bus Clock Buffer Clock Generator GCLK MCLK HCLK PCLK PCI Bus ATA 33 66 100 MII LAN 6x USB LPC SMBus P...

Page 13: ...gement PAC 99 color coded I O connectors One WOL Wake On LAN connector Internal control of Power On Mode for recovery from AC power loss PC Health Monitoring Seven onboard voltage monitors for CPU cor...

Page 14: ...anced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports 1 infrared port 4 USB ports 2 IDE RAID connectors Other Selectable CPU and chassis fan speed control set in BIOS I...

Page 15: ...e PCI slots arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and an LPC bus Memory Support and AGP Capability The VT8633 supports up to 4 GB of SDRAM memory The DRAM controller supports both SDRA...

Page 16: ...board voltage monitor will scan these seven voltages continuously If a voltage becomes unstable the monitor will give a warning or send an error message to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thre...

Page 17: ...ystem Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Intel s LANDesk Client Manager optional It is used to notify the user of certain system events For example if the system is running low on...

Page 18: ...es the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with both Win dows 98 Windows NT and Windows 2000 You can check to see...

Page 19: ...power will turn off and no main power will be provided to the motherboard External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in th...

Page 20: ...peed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems At any given time the Super I O supports one of the followinga PC com patible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Po...

Page 21: ...omputer object before removing the board from the antistatic 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...

Page 22: ...to attach heat sinks to the processors Each of your heat sinks should have a 3 pin fan connector which should be connected to the CPU FAN header Make sure that good contact is made between the process...

Page 23: ...ounting fasteners made of metal or plastic Although a chassis may have both types metal fasteners are the most highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis For this reason it...

Page 24: ...to the two notches along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the memory module until it snaps into place 4 Four PC133 SDRAM sockets support up to...

Page 25: ...er 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 To Remove Use your thumbs gently to push each release tab outward to release...

Page 26: ...igure 2 4 for the pin definitions of the speaker component function LEDs power on and reset button headers Refer to Sections 2 6 and 2 7 for connector pin definitions and jumper settings Figure 2 4 Fr...

Page 27: ...ee Figure A below for connector orientation If a 20 pin connector is used please re fer to Table 2 1b for pin defini tions Also see Figure B below for connector orientation Pin 1 Pin 1 Pin 13 Pin 10 P...

Page 28: ...See Table 2 4 for pin definitions Overheat LED The Overheat connector is located on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 It attaches to an LED to to provide warning of chassis overheating See Table 2 6 for pin definit...

Page 29: ...ocated on JF1 At tach the IDE hard drive LED cable to pins 13 and 14 of JF1 See Table 2 9 for pin definitions PW_LED Connector The PW_LED connector is located on pins 1 through 3 of JP9 See Table 2 11...

Page 30: ...finition LED LED LED Table 2 13 Speaker Pin Definitions JP9 Pin Number 7 8 9 10 11 Definition Spkr Pull Up NC Spkr Pull Up Onboard Spkr Spkr Signal Table 2 14 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definiti...

Page 31: ...e On Ring header is lo cated on WOM1 Refer to Table 2 18 for pin definitions You must enable the Ring Wake Up setting in BIOS to use this function You must also have a modem card with a Wake on Ring c...

Page 32: ...tor Pins Jumper Cap Setting Pin 1 2 short Front Side Bus Speed The FSB speed is set with JP4 and JP5 Table 2 20 displays the settings for these two jumpers The CPU speed can also be changed by softwar...

Page 33: ...etting to allow the system to be woken up by depressing a key on the key board See Table 2 22 for jumper settings Note Your power supply must meet ATX specification 2 01 or higher and supply 720 mA of...

Page 34: ...gs Jumper Position 1 2 2 3 Definition Enabled Disabled Table 2 23 LAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPL1 Fan RPM Detection Select JP6 and JP7 allow you to choose which of two fans to monitor for RPM...

Page 35: ...wo connectors to support two drives This special cable should be used to take advantage of the speed this new technology offers The blue connector connects to the onboard IDE connector inter face and...

Page 36: ...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 Diskette Table 2 27 Floppy Connector Pin Definiti...

Page 37: ...d For AGP Pro cards you should remove the orange sticker covering one end of the slot For other cards leave this sticker in place and make sure your card does not plug into the section it covers A gen...

Page 38: ...oes 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 ic...

Page 39: ...the keyboard and mouse 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install a 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 40: ...load htm Note Not all BIOS can be flashed depending on the modifica tions to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Supermicro...

Page 41: ...stem Updated BIOS files are lo cated on our web site at http www supermicro com Please check our BIOS warning message and the info on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIO...

Page 42: ...plications you need Applications on the CD include VIA Pro 266 chipset drivers for Windows plus security and audio drivers Question Why can t I turn off the power using the momentary power on off swit...

Page 43: ...he documentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purc...

Page 44: ...3 6 SUPER P3TDDE User s Manual Notes...

Page 45: ...es very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS Flash chip enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the...

Page 46: ...key to exit theCMOS Setup Menu and use the Left Right arrow keys to enter other categories of BIOS settings The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus When you first power...

Page 47: ...in 1 2M 5 25in 720K 3 5in 1 44M 3 5in 2 88M 3 5in Swap Floppy Drive These options allow the user to swap the names of floppy disk drives installed in the system should there be two floppy disk drives...

Page 48: ...e Auto and Manual Access Mode This item determines the location through which the AwardBIOS access the IDE Primary Master Device The settings are CHS LBA Large and Auto IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Prim...

Page 49: ...the setting for the default video device The settings are EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 and MONO HaltOn This option allows the user to select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process...

Page 50: ...OS Setup Choose the Advanced BIOS Setup from the Award BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the Left and Right arrow keys You should see the display shown below Select one of the items in the left frame...

Page 51: ...l 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 user to determine...

Page 52: ...settings are 250 500 750 and 1000 MPS Version Control for OS This option sets the modes of the MPS Version Control for the operating system The settings are 1 4 and 1 1 OS Select For DRAM 64MB The op...

Page 53: ...re configured by the manufacturer for optimal system performance It is not recommended that the user alter the default settings This section is provided as an emergency measure for the user to restore...

Page 54: ...tain section of the memory will be reserved for the use of the devices installed in the PCI slots This section of memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16 MB The settings are 15M 16M and D...

Page 55: ...he BIOS support of On Chip LAN Controller The settings are Disabled and Enabled On Chip USB Controller If enabled this option will allow the user to acctivate the BIOS support of On Chip USB Controlle...

Page 56: ...IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 and Auto The default setting for Serial Port1 is 3F8 IRQ4 and the default for Port 2 is is 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select This option allows the user to select the UART mode for BIOS The sett...

Page 57: ...user to set the address and the corresponding IRQ for the onboard parallel port The settings are Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 and 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode This option sets the mode for the onboard p...

Page 58: ...PU Warning Temperatures This item allows the user to set the CPU temperature threshold When the CPU temperature reaches the threshold temperature set by the user the alarm will sound and a warning mes...

Page 59: ...er key to activate the sub menu as seen below CPU L1 L2 Cache Set this option to Enabled to activate the CPU L1 and L2 cache The settings are Disabled and Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Check Set this optio...

Page 60: ...ser to set the CPU Clock Ratio The settings are x3 x3 5 x4 x4 5 x5 x5 5 x6 x6 5 x7 x7 5 x8 x8 5 x9 x9 5 x10 x10 5 x11 x11 5 x12 x13 x14 x15 and 16 4 5 PnP PCI Configurations With the item PnP PCI high...

Page 61: ...AwardBIOS can automatically configure all the boot devices and all Plug and Play compatible devices However if this item is set to Auto ESCD the user will not be able to set the IRQ DMA and memory add...

Page 62: ...Power Down Doze Mode and Suspend Mode The settings are User Define Min Saving and Max Saving Suspend Mode This item sets the system suspend time out mode The settings are Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6...

Page 63: ...Suspend Off the video device and the monitor will be turned off when the system is in the suspend mode Video Off Method This item determines the manner in which the monitor is turned off The settings...

Page 64: ...assword Hot Key Power On This option allows the user to set the hot key to activate the power on function The settings are Ctrl F1 Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 Ctrl F8 Ctrl F9 Ctrl...

Page 65: ...p device The settings are Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 USB HDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Second Boot Device This item allows the user to select the second bo...

Page 66: ...is called The settings are Enabled and Disabled Virus Warning This item allows the user to choose the Virus Warning feature for the IDE Hard Drive Disk boot sector protection If this function is enab...

Page 67: ...t the Enter key to activate the following screen Set Supervisor s Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted on the above screen press the Enter key to activate the following screen...

Page 68: ...pe in User s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the User s Password Security Option When the item Security Option is highlighted on the Security Main Menu press the Enter key to activate...

Page 69: ...up procedure The options are Y and N Exit without Saving If you highlight the letter Y and press Enter any changes you ve made in the CMOS will not be saved when you exit the CMOS Setup Your system sh...

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Page 71: ...of all attached drives without requiring identical drive sizes but offers no other RAID functionality A FastTrak100 striped array can double the sustained data transfer rate of Ultra ATA 66 drives Fas...

Page 72: ...arrays directly from FastBuildTM Employs the latest Promise PCI Ultra ATA 100 ASIC technology Fully supports Ultra ATA 100 specifications with 100 MB sec timing and CRC error checking at high speeds M...

Page 73: ...configuration appears 1c CD ROM Install Boot from the CD ROM Press F6 after the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears 2 When the Windows 2000 Setup window is...

Page 74: ...ws 2000 driver database 6 When the System Settings Change dialog box appears remove the floppy diskette and click on Yes to restart the system Windows 2000 will then restart for the driver installatio...

Page 75: ...y Location and then type A WINME in the text box 10 Insert the FastTrak100 Driver diskette into the A drive 11 Press the Next button A message informing you that Windows Millennium has found Windows M...

Page 76: ...re installing the FastTrak100 drivers on a system with Windows 95 98 already installed see Installing Drivers with Existing Windows 95 98 on page 5 7 Windows 98 1 After installing the FastTrak100 cont...

Page 77: ...was unable to find the drivers press Other Locations 12 In the Select Other Location dialog box type A WIN95 98 13 Press the Next button A message informing you that Windows 95 has found Win95 98 Prom...

Page 78: ...at the file FastTrak100 MPD cannot be found go to the Copy files from text box and type A WIN95 98 7 Choose Yes when asked whether you want to start your computer Be sure to remove the diskette from d...

Page 79: ...en will appear again saying Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices The list will include Win NT Promise FastTrak100 tm controller NOTE If you need to specify any additional dev...

Page 80: ...Start Button choose Control Panel in Setup group 2 In Control Panel select SCSI Adapter next choose Drivers label 3 Choose Remove button 4 After successful removing the SCSI Adapter Setup box will sho...

Page 81: ...nts is to switch the PCI slot that the card is in Q How does the FastTrak100 RAID controller provide storage and or data protection with their arrays A FastTrak100 implements three different types of...

Page 82: ...ontroller such as the one integrated on the motherboard A Yes but only under certain configurations The following array configurations will allow the drive s to be accessed individually on another con...

Page 83: ...der to boot from the FastTrak100 array A The boot sequence is controlled by the system BIOS As far as the system BIOS is concerned the FastTrak100 controller and defined arrays are categorized as a SC...

Page 84: ...the drive information from the DOS System area into the upper reaches of RAM where Windows resides This causes the FastTrak100 to lose track of its drives when asked to execute the next line in the C...

Page 85: ...and that the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information A single long beep that sounds repeatedly indicates that an error has occurred in Rambus error has occurred...

Page 86: ...OT Since last powering off the system the display adapter has been changed You must configure the system for the new display type ERRORENCOUNTEREDINITIALIZINGHARDDRIVE Hard drive cannot be initialized...

Page 87: ...be isolated OFFENDINGSEGMENT This message is used in conjunction with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has been isolated PRESSAKEYTOREBO...

Page 88: ...oller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure that the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot Manufacturing P...

Page 89: ...ag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved 0Ah Disabl...

Page 90: ...EARLY_PM_INIT switch 1Eh Reserved 1Fh Load keyboard matrix notebook platform 20h Reserved 21h HPM initialization notebook platform 22h Reserved 23h 1 Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5Ah is...

Page 91: ...Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch R...

Page 92: ...ers according to items described in Setup Auto configuration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setu...

Page 93: ...sign IRQs to PCI devices 7 Initialize APM 8 Clear noise of IRQs 86h Reserved 87h Reserved 88h Reserved 89h Reserved 90h Reserved 91h Reserved 92h Reserved 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Tren...

Page 94: ...SUPER P3TDDE User s Manual B 6 Notes...

Page 95: ...boot 2 short beeps Incorrect CMOS setting 1 long 1 short DRAM error 1 long 2 short VGAerror 1 long 3 short Keyboard error 1 long 9 short ROM error Long beeps Memory module error High beeps Power erro...

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