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Chapter 4: PhoenixBIOS

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Power

Choose Power from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow

keys.  You should see the following display.  Power setting options are displayed

by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing <Enter>.  All Power

BIOS settings are described in this section.

ACPI Mode

Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI (Advanced

Configuration and Power Interface) power management on your system.

Options are Yes and No.

Power Savings

This setting sets the degree of power saving for the system.  The options

a r e   D i s a b l e d ,   C u s t o m i z e d,   M a x i m u m   P o w e r   S a v i n g s   a n d   M a x i m u m

Performance.  Customized allows you to alter the other two modes.

                                        Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility 

Main    Advanced    Security    Power    Boot    PIR    Exit 

 

 

 

ACPI Mode:                       [Yes]  

Power Savings:                   [Customized]  

 

Suspend Timeout:                 [Off] 

Resume on Time:                  [Off] 

Resume Time:                     [00:00:00] 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Item Specific Help 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

F1 Help     

↑↓

  Select Item      -/+  Change Values      F9 Setup Defaults 

Esc Exit    

  Select Menu      Enter Select

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Sub-Menu   F10 Save and Exit 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for SUPER P4DME-M

Page 1: ...SUPER P4DMS 6GM SUPER P4DME M USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0b 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: ...ions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to conne...

Page 4: ...Chipset 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 14 1 4 PC Health Monitoring 1 14 1...

Page 5: ...er 2 12 Keylock 2 13 Wake On LAN 2 13 Wake On Ring 2 13 2 6 Jumper Settings 2 14 Explanation of Jumpers 2 14 CMOS Clear 2 14 Mb LAN Enable Disable 2 15 Gb LAN Enable Disable 2 15 VGA Enable Disable 2...

Page 6: ...3 2 Technical Support Procedures 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 5 Chapter 4 PhoenixBIOS 4 1 Introduction 4 1 4 2 Running Setup 4 2 4 3 Main Setup 4 2 4...

Page 7: ...following 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 flo...

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 supermic...

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

Page 10: ...SUPER P4DMS 6GM P4DME M User s Manual 1 4 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER P4DMS 6GM Image...

Page 11: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 5 Introduction Figure 1 2 SUPER P4DME M Image...

Page 12: ...1 Keyboard Mouse Mb LAN Gb LAN CPU 2 CPU 1 J15 JP8 MCH ICH3 P64H2 AIC 7899 Rage XL Battery Speaker COM2 33 MHz PCI 2 33 MHz PCI 1 33 MHz PCI 3 133 MHz PCI X 6 66 MHz PCI X 5 IPMI 66 MHz PCI X 4 J12 IR...

Page 13: ...ders Gb LAN Gb LAN Ethernet Port IDE 1 IDE 2 IDE 1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors FPUSB0 1 Front Side USB0 1 Headers J7 Parallel Printer Port J9 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Ports J15 Secondary ATX Power Connect...

Page 14: ...WR CONN DIMM 3A Parallel Port VGA COM1 USB0 1 Keyboard Mouse Mb LAN CPU 2 CPU 1 J15 JP8 MCH ICH3 P64H2 Rage XL Battery Speaker COM2 33 MHz PCI 2 33 MHz PCI 1 33 MHz PCI 3 133 MHz PCI X 6 100 MHz PCI X...

Page 15: ...eaders IDE 1 IDE 2 IDE 1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors FPUSB0 1 Front Side USB0 1 Headers J7 Parallel Printer Port J9 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Ports J15 Secondary ATX Power Connector JD1 PWR LED Header Spea...

Page 16: ...speeds See Section 2 3 for details Chipset Intel E7500 Plumas chipset Expansion Slots P4DMS 6GM P4DME M One 64 bit 133 MHz PCI X One 64 bit 133 MHz PCI X Two 64 bit 66 MHz PCI X Two 64 bit 100 MHz PCI...

Page 17: ...Intel 82550 10 100 fast Ethernet port P4DME M 2 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 2 Fast UART 16550A compatible serial ports 1 EPP ECP Parallel Port Enhan...

Page 18: ...ach motherboard Because the P4DME M has no onboard SCSI controller PCI X slots 4 and 5 run on a 100 MHz PCI X bus MCH 400 MHz Host Bus 200 MHz Memory Bus P64H2 Processor Processor DDR 200 ICH3 66 MHz...

Page 19: ...The P64H2 interface is a 1 GB s point to point connection using a 16 bit wide 66 MHz base clock at a 8x data transfer rate The ICH3 I O Controller Hub provides various integrated functions including a...

Page 20: ...ntinuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Sta...

Page 21: ...ard drive space for saving the data you can be alerted of the potential problem Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up t...

Page 22: ...nking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on Main Switch Override Mechanism When an A...

Page 23: ...ost power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 400W of power and includes the additional 12V 8 pin power conn...

Page 24: ...send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generat...

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: ...shown on right White pegs 4 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 t...

Page 27: ...PU socket 2 is auto matically disabled if only one CPU is used Pin 1 7 Press the lever down until you hear it click into the locked position Socket lever in locked position 4 Secure the other retentio...

Page 28: ...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...

Page 29: ...DIMM Installation See 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 wi...

Page 30: ...ts are color coded in 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 Keyb...

Page 31: ...d especially 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...

Page 32: ...SI Superset ATX 24 pin specifica tion however it also supports a 20 pin power supply connector Make sure that the orientation of the PS connector is correct Pins 1 thru 4 5 thru 8 Definition Ground 12...

Page 33: ...e 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 L...

Page 34: ...us USB0 1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports are located beside the PS 2 key board mouse ports USB0 is the bottom connector and USB1 is the top connector See the table on the right for pin definitions Uni...

Page 35: ...definitions The mouse port is above the keyboard port See Fig ure 2 3 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions J9 Pin Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 Definition Data NC Ground VCC Clock NC Serial Ports The COM...

Page 36: ...re for the speaker connection See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you sho...

Page 37: ...onnector 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 t...

Page 38: ...he 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 used to clear CMOS In stead of pins this jumper consists of con...

Page 39: ...on Enabled Disabled G b LAN Enable Disable Jum per Settings JD3 VGA Enable Disable JP4 allows you to enable or disable the VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table...

Page 40: ...o enable teminate both SCSI channels If you wish to connect external SCSI devices you should disable termination for the channnel s you will be connecting them to See the table on the right for jumper...

Page 41: ...pin definitions 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 ACK 21 BUSY 23 PE 25 SLCT Pin Number Functi...

Page 42: ...ta 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...

Page 43: ...9 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 REQ I O DB 8...

Page 44: ...inserting 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...

Page 45: ...e 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 N...

Page 46: ...le 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 Me...

Page 47: ...ibutors 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 50...

Page 48: ...e BIOS Question After flashing the BIOS my system does not have video How can I correct this Answer If the system does not have video after flashing your new BIOS it indicates that the flashing proced...

Page 49: ...t appears when the system is turned on the momentary on off switch must be held for more than four seconds to shut down the system This feature is required to implement the ACPI features on the mother...

Page 50: ...3 6 SUPER P4DMS 6GM P4DME M User s Manual Notes...

Page 51: ...res 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 th...

Page 52: ...pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activa...

Page 53: ...he correct data Press the Enter key to save the data Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit System Time 16 19 20 System Date 02 02 02 Legacy Diskette A 1 44 1 25 MB Legacy D...

Page 54: ...Master Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included...

Page 55: ...S will access the IDE Primary Master Device via LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 bit I O Selects 32 bit I O operation Options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode Selects the transfe...

Page 56: ...abled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed Quiet B...

Page 57: ...are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled Installed OS This setting allows you to select the op...

Page 58: ...eed of PCI X slots 4 and 5 Options are 33 MHz 66 MHz 100 MHz 133 MHz and Auto uPCI Device Slot 1 uPCI Device Slot 2 uPCI Device Slot 3 uPCI Device Slot 4 uPCI Device Slot 5 uPCI Device Slot 6 Option R...

Page 59: ...re Disable Primary Secondary and Both uCache Memory Access the submenu for this item to specify one of the following actions for the various sections of cache memory Uncached Write Protect Write Back...

Page 60: ...are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt Select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A Options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are...

Page 61: ...he IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port Options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode Specify the parallel port mode Options are Output Only Bi directional EPP and ECP DMA Channel Specify the DMA channel Opti...

Page 62: ...be activated as a result of an ECC error The options are None NMI Non Maskable Interrupt SMI System Management Interrupt and SCI System Control Interrupt SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies...

Page 63: ...ows you to Enable or Disable hyper threading Enabling hyper threading results in increased CPU performance L3 Cache This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the L3 cache uDMI Event Logging Access...

Page 64: ...ng will clear all DMI event logs when set to Yes Options are Yes and No uConsole Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address Specifies to redirect the con...

Page 65: ...oenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing Enter A...

Page 66: ...en prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hi...

Page 67: ...guration and Power Interface power management on your system Options are Yes and No Power Savings This setting sets the degree of power saving for the system The options are Disabled Customized Maximu...

Page 68: ...Boot PIR Exit Removable Devices CD ROM Drive Hard Drive Item Specific Help F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select4Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Suspend Tim...

Page 69: ...d specs of removable devices in the Item Specific Help window CD ROM Drive See details on how to change the order and specs of removable devices in the Item Specific Help window Hard Drive Highlight a...

Page 70: ...OS Setup options are described in this section Select the Processor s PIR Selects the processor PIR Options are A0h A1h A2h A3h A4h A5h A6h A7h A8h A8h AAh ABh ACh ADh and AEh AFh See the Item Specifi...

Page 71: ...ta Feature Data Other Data OEM Data uHardware Monitor Logic Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature System Temperature CPU Fan1 Chass...

Page 72: ...keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot PIR Exit Exit Saving Changes Exit Discardin...

Page 73: ...ithout saving any changes you may have made Load Setup 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 Disc...

Page 74: ...SUPER P4DMS 6GM P4DME M User s Manual 4 24 Notes...

Page 75: ...er Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor ty...

Page 76: ...vious POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On sy...

Page 77: ...Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict...

Page 78: ...essfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more I2O Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was...

Page 79: ...ard Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press F2 to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the I2O Con...

Page 80: ...SUPER P4DMS 6GM P4DME M User s Manual A 6 Notes...

Page 81: ...rite the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h Appendix B PhoenixBIOS POST Codes POSTCode Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Dis...

Page 82: ...h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot 42h Initialize in...

Page 83: ...ent 80h Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs 81h Late POST device initialization 82h Detect and install external RS232 ports 83h Configure non MCD IDE controllers 84h Detect and install external p...

Page 84: ...ate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BBh Initialize PnP Option ROMs BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu B...

Page 85: ...size EEh Shadow Boot Block EFh System memory test F0h Initialize interrupt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize video F3h Initialize System Management Manager F4h Output one beep F5h...

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