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Chapter 2: Installation

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Front Control Panel

JF1/JF2 (P4SGA/P4SGL) and JF1 (P4SGR/P4SGE) contain header pins for
various front control panel connectors.  See Figure 2-4 for the pin defini-
tions of the various connectors included speaker.  Refer to Section 2-6 for
details.

Figure 2-4.  Front Control Panel Connectors

J F 1   J F 2

P ow er  O n

1

1

IR  C onnector

R eset

X

S p e a ke r

K e ylo ck

ID E  L E D

X

X

X

P o w e r _ L E D

Power Button

Overheat LED

1

NIC1 LED

Reset Button

2

Power Fail LED

NIC2 LED

HDD LED

Power LED

Reset

Pwr

Vcc

Vcc

Vcc

Vcc

Vcc

Ground

Ground

19

20

Vcc

X

NMI

Ground

X

JF1

P4SGA/P4SGL

P4SGR/P4SGE

Summary of Contents for SUPER P4SGA

Page 1: ...SUPER P4SGA SUPER P4SGL SUPER P4SGR SUPER P4SGE USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1c 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: ...pset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when installing the processor and DDR memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also...

Page 4: ...ard Features 1 11 1 2 Chipset Overview 1 13 1 3 PC Health Monitoring 1 14 1 4 Power Configuration Settings 1 15 1 5 Power Supply 1 17 1 6 Super I O 1 18 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Dev...

Page 5: ...le Disable 2 18 SCSI Enable Disable 2 18 SCSI Channel A B Termination Enable Disable 2 18 Chassis Overheat Fan Select 2 18 2 8 Game Port Parallel Port Floppy Hard Drive and AGP Connections 2 19 Game P...

Page 6: ...Setup 4 6 4 4 1 Advanced BIOS Features 4 6 4 4 2 Advanced Chipset Features 4 9 4 4 3 Integrated Peripherals 4 13 4 4 4 Hardware Monitors 4 16 4 4 5 Processor Over Clock 4 17 4 5 PCI PnP Configuration...

Page 7: ...ll been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All Included with Retail Box Only One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ATA66 100 ribbon cable for...

Page 8: ...e 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 n...

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

Page 10: ...1 4 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE User s Manual SUPER P4SGA P4SGL Figure 1 1 SUPER P4SGA P4SGL Image The P4SGL has the same layout but no 4xAGP slot...

Page 11: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 5 SUPER P4SGR P4SGE Figure 1 2 SUPER P4SGR P4SGE Image The P4SGE has the same layout but no onboard SCSI...

Page 12: ...ont Panel connections Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only J24 12V Power Connector ATX Power Connector J21 Keyboard Mouse J17 JPWAKE JPUSB USB0 1 COM1 Parallel Port VGA LINE IN CHASSIS FAN...

Page 13: ...DIMM1 2 Memory DIMM Slots Ethernet LAN Ethernet Port Game Port Game Port J1 4xAGP J5 Floppy Disk Drive Connector J6 J7 IDE 1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors J15 Parallel Printer Port J17 PS 2 Keyboard Mo...

Page 14: ...rposes only Keyboard Mouse J17 USB0 1 COM1 Parallel Port J15 VGA COM2 ATX Power Connector J21 CPU 478 mPGA J12 LAN1 LAN2 DIMM1 DIMM2 J24 12V Power Connector GMCH JF1 AGP 4x 1 5v PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI...

Page 15: ...M2 Serial Port Connector Header CPU Fan CPU Fan Header DIMM1 2 Memory DIMM Slots J1 4xAGP J5 Floppy Disk Drive Connector J6 J7 IDE 1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors J12 Infrared Header J15 Parallel Print...

Page 16: ...Dual Channel IDE PRI SEC Pentium 4 Processor PGA 478 DDR SDRAM PCI Slots USB Ports 6 Mb LAN Port ICH4 133 MB s PCI Bus 4xAGP Flash BIOS FWH 1 06 GB s 266 MB s Hub Audio CODEC On chip VGA AC 97 USB 2...

Page 17: ...sion Slots Six 32 bit 33 MHz PCI slots P4SGA P4SGL P4SGA Five 32 bit 33 MHz PCI slots P4SGR P4SGE One 1 5V 4xAGP slot P4SGA P4SGR P4SGE BIOS With the latest voice BIOS technology for POST messaging 4...

Page 18: ...ontroller for dual Gb ports P4SGR P4SGE 1 EPP Enhanced Parallel Port and ECP Extended Capabilities Port supported parallel port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Integrated high perfomance on chip In...

Page 19: ...bilities including video conferencing applications The controller does not utlilize local memory but accesses graphics data located in system memory at speeds matching that of the SDRAM installed It a...

Page 20: ...fans are controlled by the power management functions Environmental Temperature Control The P4SGA P4SGL P4SGR P4SGE has a CPU thermal trip feature A ther mal control sensor monitors the CPU temperatu...

Page 21: ...Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up...

Page 22: ...uch as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN...

Page 23: ...lso install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs one of which supports serial infrare...

Page 24: ...or write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selec tion a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super...

Page 25: ...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 prov...

Page 26: ...n chors Do not force the white pegs all the way in about 1 3 of the white pegs should be inside the black anchors These are for chassis that do not have four CPU retention holes 3 Place a retention br...

Page 27: ...u hear it click into the locked position Socket lever in locked position 8 Apply the proper amount of thermal compound to the CPU die 9 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU and press firmly down ward...

Page 28: ...motherboard and the 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...

Page 29: ...pin memory sockets support up to 2 GB unbuffered non ECC DDR type SDRAM see support information below Support The P4SGA P4SGL supports both double sided and single sided non registered unbuffered PC2...

Page 30: ...gure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various IO ports Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions Mouse Green Keyboard Purple Parallel Port Burgundy COM1 Port Turquoise VGA Port Blue L...

Page 31: ...of the various connectors included speaker Refer to Section 2 6 for details Figure 2 4 Front Control Panel Connectors JF1 JF2 Power On 1 1 IR Connector Reset X Speaker Keylock IDE LED X X X Power_LED...

Page 32: ...19 5V 20 5V Pin Definition 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 COM 4 5V 5 COM 6 5V 7 COM 8 PW OK 9 5VSB 10 12V ATX 20 pin Power Connector Pin Definitions J21 Color Definition Orange 3 3V Black Com Red 5V W hite Power OK...

Page 33: ...onnected to the chas sis power button which you may also configure to put the system into suspend mode see the Power Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the power when the sus pend mode is enabled...

Page 34: ...nition 5V Key Control Power_LED Pin Definitions JF2 Pin Number 8 9 Definition 5V Control Keylock Pin Definitions JF2 Speaker Connector The speaker connector is located on pins 10 to 13 of JF2 on the P...

Page 35: ...ee the board layout in Chapter 1 for the location of JL1 and the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Number 1 2 Definition Intrusion Input Ground Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Fan Heade...

Page 36: ...SGE also pro vides four additional USB 2 0 headers on the motherboard which may be used to provide front side chassis access cables not included These additional ports are labeled USB2 USB3 USB4 and U...

Page 37: ...n Ground W ake up Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR1 AC 97 Output P4SGA P4SGL AC 97 provides high quality onboard audio The P4SGA P4SGL features 6 channel sound for front L R rear L R center and subwo...

Page 38: ...umper Closed means the jumper is on both pins and Open means the jumper is either on only one pin or completely removed Connector Pins Jumper Cap Setting Pin 1 2 short 3 2 1 3 2 1 CMOS Clear JBT1 is u...

Page 39: ...g is a system monitor that will re start the system if a software ap plication freezes operations This jumper is used together with the Watch Dog enable function in BIOS Enable both the jumper and the...

Page 40: ...er Settings JPWAKE Speech Output Select P4SGA P4SGL The system BIOS has a voice fea ture that it can use to inform you of the POST Power On Self Test routine details You can also pro gram your voice t...

Page 41: ...jumper JPL2 to enable or disable the onboard LAN2 or NIC Network Interface Card on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is Enabled Jumper Position Pins 1...

Page 42: ...onnecting them to See the table on the right for jumper settings Jumper Position Open Closed Definition Enabled Disabled SCSI Channel Termination Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPA1 JPA2 Chassis Overh...

Page 43: ...ter face and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the docu mentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings for the hard disk drive Parallel P...

Page 44: ...B P1 DB 0 DB 1 DB 2 DB 3 DB 4 DB 5 DB 6 DB 7 DB P GROUND DIFFSENS TERMPW R TERMPW R RESERVED GROUND ATN GROUND BSY ACK RST MSG SEL C D REQ I O DB 8 DB 9 DB 10 DB 11 Connector Contact Number 1 2 3 4 5...

Page 45: ...not Replace all chassis covers before restoring power to the system IDE Connectors There are no jumpers to config ure the onboard IDE interfaces J6 and J7 See the table on the left for pin definition...

Page 46: ...Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these in order from top to bottom to install each item one at a time Af...

Page 47: ...h your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Super Doctor II displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See Fi...

Page 48: ...rd includes an editor that alllows you to choose from multiple languages and to make your own recordings for POST routine details The software is included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard...

Page 49: ...t all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse 5 Remove all add on cards 6 Install a CPU and heatsink making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis s...

Page 50: ...on Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If...

Page 51: ...00 or DDR 266 PC2100 type SDRAM The P4SGR P4SGE supports up to 2 GB of non ECC unbuffered DDR 266 PC2100 or DDR 333 PC2700 type SDRAM Important See Section 2 4 on rules to ob serve when installing DDR...

Page 52: ...ystem 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...

Page 53: ...ted IRQ does not share PCI 5 has a dedicated IRQ does not share PCI 6 shares an IRQ with the USB 2 0 controller USB0 USB5 Question I installed my microphone correctly but I can t record any sound P4SG...

Page 54: ...rning to 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...

Page 55: ...r When the 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 pow ered on the computer is then configu...

Page 56: ...program 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 briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power...

Page 57: ...DE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave These options allow the user to set the parameters of the IDE Primary Master Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave slots Pre...

Page 58: ...cesses the IDE Primary Master Device The settings are CHS LBA Large and Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO See the previous setting for description The options for this setting are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 M...

Page 59: ...s setting to specify the type of display you are using with the system Options are EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 and MONO Halt On If the system encounters a non specified error during boot up it will come to...

Page 60: ...anced BIOS Setup Choose Advanced BIOS Setup from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Select one of the items in the left frame of the screen to...

Page 61: ...if the chipset or the keyboard controller should have the control over Gate A20 The settings are Normal or Fast If set to Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 If Fast is selected...

Page 62: ...d the console display can be redirected via the COM port When Disabled console redirection is attempted only if keyboard is absent Agent After Boot When Enabled the agent will continue running after b...

Page 63: ...alter the default settings This section is provided as an emergency measure for the user to restore the functions of the system when the critical data stored in the BIOS is lost DRAM Timing Selectable...

Page 64: ...M RAS Precharge This item regulates the number of system memory clock cycles for RAS precharging The options are 3 and 2 Memory Frequency For This item regulates system memory frequency The options ar...

Page 65: ...d 32 Min AGP Aperture size MB This setting allows the user to set the aperture size for the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP The options are 4 8 16 32 64 128 and 256 MB On Chip VGA The 845G chipset featu...

Page 66: ...USB controller it does and you have USB peripherals The options for this setting are Enabled and Disabled USB Keyboard Support If enabled this setting allows the user to activate the BIOS support of t...

Page 67: ...lect Enabled to allow automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector that the IDE drive can support The settings are Enabled and Disabled Onboard LAN 1 2 Boot ROM This setti...

Page 68: ...e 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 tran...

Page 69: ...dress P4SGA P4SGL only This setting allows the user to set the Game Port address The options are Disabled 201 and 209 Midi Port Address P4SGA P4SGL only This setting allows the user to set the Midi Po...

Page 70: ...t to use to protect your system The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear Intrusion Status After being notified of a chassis intrusion enable this setting to clear the condition If you don t the Voic...

Page 71: ...Ratio This item allows the user to change the CPU Clock ratio Key in any whole number between and including 8 and 50 The default setting is 8x CPU Clock Key in a number between 100 and 165 to set the...

Page 72: ...n you exit setup Do this when you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot reboot the system The options are Enabled and Disable...

Page 73: ...assigns them The options are Auto ESCD and Manual PCI VGA Palette Snoop For best system performance this item has been pre set to Disabled by the manufacturer The settings are Enabled and Disabled As...

Page 74: ...ration and Power Management program The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows the user to determine the ACPI Suspend type The options are S1 POS S3 STR and S1 S3 The S1 S...

Page 75: ...ff mode when the user presses the power button The options for this setting are Instant Off and Delay 4 sec CPU THRM Throttling THRM throttling is used to lower power consumption and reduce the heat g...

Page 76: ...larm wake up in this field Time hh mm s Alarm Set the time for RTC alarm wake up in this field POWER ON Function This setting allows the user to determine the method by which the system power is activ...

Page 77: ...user to set the first boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD SCSI CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Second Boot Device This item allows the user to set the secon...

Page 78: ...s Warning This item allows the user to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Drive Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data into this area the...

Page 79: ...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 Security Option This setting allows the user to d...

Page 80: ...rocedure 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 sys tem should then continue with...

Page 81: ...S 4 27 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...

Page 82: ...ngle long beep that sounds repeatedly Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list includes messages for both the ISA an...

Page 83: ...is installed correctly and all cables are correctly and firmly attached Also be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup ERRORINITIALIZINGHARDDISKCONTROLLER Cannot initialize the control...

Page 84: ...ARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated OFFENDINGSEGMENT This message is used in conjunction with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when...

Page 85: ...t Unlock the key BIOS detect the keyboard is locked P17 of the keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure that the keyboard is att...

Page 86: ...t screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag 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 int...

Page 87: ...Initial 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...

Page 88: ...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 89: ...t registers 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...

Page 90: ...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...

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Page 92: ...p Code ErrorMessageDescription 1 short beep System 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 Lo...

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