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Chapter 4: BIOS

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BIOS

H/W Monitor IN4 (+12V)

H/W Monitor IN5 (-12V)

H/W Monitor IN6 (-5V)

CPU Fan

Chassis Fan

Thermal Control Fan

The above features are for PC Health Monitoring.  The motherboards with

W83781D have seven onboard voltage monitors for the CPU core, CPU I/

O, +3.3V, +5V, -5V, +12V, and -12V, and for the three-fan status

monitor.

Onboard FDC

This option enables the FDC (Floppy Drive Controller) on the motherboard.

The settings are 

Disabled

 and 

Enabled

.

Onboard Serial Port1

This option specifies the base I/O port address of serial port 1.  The

settings are 

Disabled

3F8h

2F8h

3E8h

 and 

2E8h

.

Onboard Serial Port2

This option specifies the base I/O port address of serial port 2.  The settings

are 

Disabled

3F8h

2F8h

3E8h

 and 

2E8h

.

Serial Port 2 Mode

The settings for this option are 

Normal, IrDA1.6ms IrDA3/16, ASKIR,

ASKIR500, ASKIRDem 

and 

ASKIRD500

.  When set to 

Normal, 

the IR

Duplex Mode becomes available and can be set to either 

Half

 or

Full

.

IR Duplex Mode

This option is enabled by selecting 

Normal

 in the previous

Serial Port 2 Mode option.  This makes the IR Duplex Mode

available, which can be set to either 

Half

 or 

Full

.

Onboard Parallel Port

This option specifies the base I/O port address of the parallel port on the

motherboard.  The settings are 

Auto

 (AMIBIOS automatically determines the

correct base I/O port address), 

Disabled

378

278

 and 

3BC

.

Parallel Port Mode

This option specifies the parallel port mode.  The settings are 

Normal

,

Bi-Dir

,

 EPP 

and 

ECP

.  When set to 

Normal, 

the normal parallel port

mode is used.  Use 

Bi-Dir 

to support bidirectional transfers.  Use

Summary of Contents for SUPER P6SWA

Page 1: ...SUPER P6SWA SUPER P6SWD USER S AND BIOS MANUAL Revision 1 3 SUPER...

Page 2: ...achine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUC...

Page 3: ...performance of the SUPER P6SWA P6SWD mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when you wa...

Page 4: ...Appendix A provides information on BIOS error beep codes and messages Appendix B lists post diagnostic error messages iv SUPER P6SWA P6SWD Manual...

Page 5: ...1 13 1 3 PC Health Monitoring 1 14 1 4 ACPI PC 98 Features 1 16 1 5 Power Supply 1 18 1 6 Super I O 1 19 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 Proc...

Page 6: ...ons 2 12 Parallel Port Connector 2 13 Floppy Header 2 13 IDE Interfaces 2 13 AMR Connector 2 14 2 9 Installing Software Drivers 2 15 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 3 1 Before...

Page 7: ...User Supervisor Password 4 21 Change Language Setting 4 21 Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings 4 22 Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings 4 22 Save Settings and Exit 4 22 Exit Without Savin...

Page 8: ...Notes SUPER P6SWA P6SWD Manual...

Page 9: ...l 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...

Page 10: ...131 U S A Tel 1 408 895 2001 Fax 1 408 895 2008 E mail marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web site www supermicro com European Office Address Super M...

Page 11: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Introduction Notes...

Page 12: ...SUPER P6SWA P6SWD Manual 1 4 Introduction SUPER P6SWA Figure 1 1 SUPER P6SWA Motherboard Image...

Page 13: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 5 Introduction SUPER P6SWD Figure 1 2 SUPER P6SWD Motherboard Image...

Page 14: ...E LED KEYLOCK SPEAKER JP26 J19 FLOPPY IDE2 IDE1 1 1 J18 FAN2 Chassis Fan 1 WOL FAN3 ICH GMCH J35 Parallel Port 1 J28 12 7 0 J1 J9 BATTERY FAN2 JPWAKE 1 1 1 1 LINE OUT LINE IN MIC CD_1 D I S P L A Y CA...

Page 15: ...l Port Connector p 2 8 COM2 COM2 Serial Port Header p 2 8 FAN1 CPU Fan Header p 2 8 FAN2 Chassis Fan Header p 2 8 FAN3 Thermal Control Fan Header p 2 8 GAME Game Port J18 J19 IDE Hard Disk Drive Conne...

Page 16: ...DE1 1 1 J18 FAN2 Chassis Fan 1 WOL FAN3 ICH GMCH J35 Parallel Port 1 J28 12 7 0 J1 J9 BATTERY FAN2 JPWAKE 1 1 1 1 LINE OUT LINE IN MIC CD_1 D I S P L A Y CACHE CD 1 1 1 12 7 0 1 AMR JBT1 1 BIOS D I S...

Page 17: ...l Port Connector p 2 8 COM2 COM2 Serial Port Header p 2 8 FAN1 CPU Fan Header p 2 8 FAN2 Chassis Fan Header p 2 8 FAN3 Thermal Control Fan Header p 2 8 GAME Game Port J18 J19 IDE Hard Disk Drive Conne...

Page 18: ...SDRAM 100 66 MHz Host Bus PCI Slots USB ATA66 IDE Ports BIOS 4Mb FWH 4MB Display Cache 33 MHz PCI Bus 100 MHz SDRAM Bus SuperI O LPC 1 5 Mb sec AC 97 AMR 100 MHz Bus Note This is a general block diagr...

Page 19: ...side bus Chipset Intel 810 see page 1 13 for details Expansion Slots P6SWA P6SWD 4 PCI slots One PCI ISA shared 6 PCI slots 1 AMR slot 1 AMR slot 3 ISA slots BIOS 4 Mb Firmware Hub AMI Flash BIOS APM...

Page 20: ...pported parallel port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports 1 infrared port slow IR 2 USB Universal Serial Bus ports Other Selectable CPU and chassis fan speed control set in BIOS Keyboard wake up Intern...

Page 21: ...b GMCH The GMCH is the host bridge of the 810 chipset and provides the interconnect between the SDRAM and the rest of the system logic It includes a system memory DRAM controller which supports a 64 b...

Page 22: ...feature to take effect See page 1 16 for details on initiating ACPI All drivers and add on cards must be ACPI supported for STR to function See page 4 15 for the STR BIOS setting Recovery from AC Powe...

Page 23: ...the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chassis temperature is too high CPU Fan Auto Off in Sleep Mode The CPU fan activates w...

Page 24: ...ding its hardware operating system and application soft ware This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also...

Page 25: ...still capable of responding to preset wake up events In the BIOS the user can set a timer to wake up the system at a predetermined time see page 4 14 Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power...

Page 26: ...ducts a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates of 300 MHz and above The SUPER P6SWA P6SWD accommodat...

Page 27: ...ch supports serial infrared communication Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UART...

Page 28: ...SUPER P6SWA P6SWD Manual 1 20 Introduction Notes...

Page 29: ...al object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modul...

Page 30: ...otherboard place one of these caps if included on each end of the URM and push down until they snap into place These caps are not left right specific Processor You are now ready to install the process...

Page 31: ...e RIMM DIMM memory slots slide the SEPP SECC SECC2 processor package into the URM and continue pushing it down until fully seated in the Slot 1 connector Some URMs have extra caps to be used for SECC2...

Page 32: ...DIMM Installation into Socket DIMM PC100 Notches PC100 Notches 2 4 Installing DIMMs CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage DIMM Installat...

Page 33: ...2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions VGA Monitor Port Blue Line Out Line In Mic Front Control Panel Speaker IR Conn Power On X Reset JF2 JF1 X Keyboard Lock 1 1 Hard Drive LED Power LED JF1 and JF2...

Page 34: ...3 PW_ON Connector Pin Definitions JF2 2 6 Connecting Cables see previous page for locations Power Supply Connector After you have securely mounted the motherboard memory and add on cards you are read...

Page 35: ...Drive LED The hard drive LED is located on pins 1 to 4 of JF1 Attach the hard drive LED cable to pins 1 and 2 See Table 2 5 for pin definitions Speaker Connector The speaker connector is located on p...

Page 36: ...The CPU and chas sis fan headers are located on FAN1 and FAN2 respectively Refer to Table 2 12 for pin definitions Universal Serial Bus USB The two Universal Serial Bus con nectors are located on J32...

Page 37: ...3 4 Definition Right Stereo Signal Ground Ground Left Stereo Signal Overheat LED JOH The JOH header is to connect an LED to provide warning of chassis overheating Refer to Table 2 14 for pin definiti...

Page 38: ...ou the actual CPU speed for each FSB speed option selected The CPU Clock Frequency setting will show you additional FSB speed options The FSB speed is set with JP11 See Table 2 16 for jumper settings...

Page 39: ...nboard and the AMR slot will support modems only The disabled setting should be se lected when you wish to use an add on card for audio either in the AMR or a PCI slot See Table 2 19 for jumper settin...

Page 40: ...e for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B The 80 wire ATA66 IDE hard disk d...

Page 41: ...J35 Pin Number Function 1 GND 3 GND 5 Key 7 GND 9 GND 11 GND 13 GND 15 GND 17 GND 19 GND 21 GND 23 GND 25 GND 27 GND 29 GND 31 GND 33 GND Pin Number Function 2 FDHDIN 4 Reserved 6 FDEDIN 8 Index 10 Mo...

Page 42: ...B9 B10 B11 B12 B13 B14 B15 B16 B17 B18 B19 B20 B21 B22 B23 Signal AUDIO_PWRDN MONO_PHONE GND 5Vdual 5VSB USB_OC GND USB USB KEY KEY GND S P DIF_IN GND 3 3Vdual 3 3VSB GND AC97_SYNC GND AC97_SDATA_IN1...

Page 43: ...Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the tabs to the right of these in order from top to bottom to install each item one at a time After instal...

Page 44: ...2 16 SUPER P6SWA P6SWD Manual Installation Notes...

Page 45: ...power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Install a single memory module and make sure it is fully seated 6 Check the power supply voltage 115V 230V switch No Power 1 Make sure...

Page 46: ...should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked on page 2 11 Check the CPU cl...

Page 47: ...all to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com or by fax at 408 895 2012 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various memories that the 8...

Page 48: ...manual and retry the BIOS flashing procedure If you still do not have video please use the following BIOS Recovery Procedure First make sure the JPWAKE jumper is disabled Then turn your system off and...

Page 49: ...he box beside the line that reads Enable digital CD audio for this CD ROM drive 2 If the previous step does not work your speaker may require an amplifier to function If you are playing music from an...

Page 50: ...en service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of prod...

Page 51: ...em information when the computer is turned off The original IBM AT had 64 kbytes of non volatile memory storage in CMOS RAM All AT compatible systems have at least 64 kbytes of CMOS RAM which is usual...

Page 52: ...g chips When a failure occurs in a monitored activity AMIBIOS can sound an alarm and display a message The PC Health Monitoring chips monitor CPU temperature Additional temperature sensors Chassis int...

Page 53: ...ector Virus Protection Disabled Month Jan Dec ESC Exit Sel Day 01 31 PgUp PgDn Modify Year 1901 2099 F2 F3 Color AMIBIOS HIFLEX SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 18 1998 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reser...

Page 54: ...a list of drive parameters appears Click on OK to configure the drive Type How to Configure SCSI Select Type Select Not Installed on the drive parameter screen The SCSI drivers provided by the SCSI ma...

Page 55: ...per track SCSI and IDE drive may have even more sectors per track Capacity The formatted capacity of the drive is Number of heads x Number of cylinders x Number of sectors per track x 512 bytes per se...

Page 56: ...options for the 1st Boot Device are Disabled 1st IDE HDD 2nd IDE HDD 3rd IDE HDD 4th IDE HDD Floppy ARMD FDD ARMD HDD ATAPI CD ROM SCSI Network or I2 0 The options for the 2nd Boot Device are Disabled...

Page 57: ...en Floppy Access Control The settings for this option are Read Write or Read Only Hard Disk Access Control The settings for this option are Read Write or Read Only S M A R T for Hard Disks S M A R T S...

Page 58: ...led WriteThru or WriteBack System BIOS Cacheable When set to Enabled the contents of the F0000h system memory segment can be read from or written to cache memory The contents of this memory segment ar...

Page 59: ...led to enable the USB keyboard and mouse CPU Latency Timer See details on setup secreen The settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled Dram Page Closing Policy See details on setup secreen The...

Page 60: ...e display data The settings are 32MB and 64MB CPU Speed at 100 66 MHz This option allows you to change the CPU speed The Reserved settings will cause no change The other settings list the CPU speeds t...

Page 61: ...modem The settings for this option are Auto or Disabled AC97 Audio Controller This setting is used to switch the onboard audio on and off The settings for this option are Auto or Disabled SMBus Contr...

Page 62: ...t will have no effect Standby Time Out This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in the full power on state When this length of time expires the computer enters a standby...

Page 63: ...has expired The settings are Disabled Standby or Suspend Note The Optimal default setting for this option is Suspend and the Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Hard Disk Time Out Minutes This optio...

Page 64: ...d Disabled TCO Logic SMI Enable This allows the TCO logic to generate a System Management Interrupt when a century rollover occurs The settings are Enabled and Disabled Advanced Resume Event Controls...

Page 65: ...settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled SMBUS Resume This allows you to wake up the system from a system management bus device The settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled LAN Wake...

Page 66: ...bled For example if there are two VGA devices in the computer one PCI and one ISA and this option is disabled data read and written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device s palette register...

Page 67: ...INTA INTB INTC or INTD PCI Slot1 IRQ Priority PCI Slot2 IRQ Priority PCI Slot3 IRQ Priority PCI Slot4 IRQ Priority Use these options to specify the IRQ priority for PCI devices installed in the PCI e...

Page 68: ...or 64K Reserved Memory Address This option specifies the beginning address in hex of the reserved memory area The specified ROM memory area is reserved for use by legacy ISA adapter cards The setting...

Page 69: ...ttings are Disabled 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h and 2E8h Serial Port 2 Mode The settings for this option are Normal IrDA1 6ms IrDA3 16 ASKIR ASKIR500 ASKIRDem and ASKIRD500 When set to Normal the IR Duplex Mode be...

Page 70: ...y available if the setting of the parallel port mode op tion is ECP The settings are 0 1 2 3 5 6 and 7 Power Loss Control This option specifies what state the system returns to after losing power The...

Page 71: ...press Enter when the password prompt appears The password check option is enabled in the Advanced Setup by choosing either Always or Setup The password is stored in CMOS RAM You can enter a password...

Page 72: ...e safest set of parameters Use them if the system is behaving erratically They should always work but do not provide optimal system performance characteristics Save Settings and Exit Highlight this an...

Page 73: ...he screen Fatal errors are those which will not allow the system to continue the boot up procedure If a fatal error occurs you should consult with your system manufacturer for possible repairs These f...

Page 74: ...ror 6 8042 Gate A20 Failure The keyboard controller 8042 contains the Gate A20 switch which allows the CPU to operate in virtual mode This error means that the BIOS cannot switch the CPU into protecte...

Page 75: ...r replace the keyboard fuse if the keyboard has one 8 times there is a memory error on the video adapter Replace the video adapter or the RAM on the video adapter 9 times the BIOS ROM chip is bad The...

Page 76: ...2 Timer Error Most ISA computers include two times There is an error in time 2 CMOS Battery State Low CMOS RAM is powered by a battery The battery power is low Replace the battery CMOS Checksum Failu...

Page 77: ...and follow the screen instructions Display Switch Some compters require a video switch on the Not Proper motherboard be set to either color or monochrome Turn the computer off set the switch then pow...

Page 78: ...r No ROM BASIC Cannot find a bootable sector on either disk drive A or hard disk drive C The BIOS calls INT 18h which generates this message Use a bootable disk Off Board Parity error in memory instal...

Page 79: ...isabling cache memory 06 Uncompressing the post code unit next 07 Next initializing the CPU init and the CPU data area 08 The CMOS checksum calculation is done next 0B Next performing any required ini...

Page 80: ...et 14 The 8254 timer test will begin next 19 The 8254 timer test is over Starting the memory refresh test next 1A The memory refresh test line is toggling Checking the 15 second on off time next 23 Re...

Page 81: ...control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the video ROM had control 2E Completed post video ROM test processing If the EGA VGA controller is not found performing the display memor...

Page 82: ...0 next 45 Data initialized Checking for memory wraparound at 0 0 and finding the total system memory size next 46 The memory wraparound test has completed The memory size calculation has been complet...

Page 83: ...zed Adjusting the displayed memory size for relocation and shadowing next 51 The memory size display was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Testing the memory above 1 MB next 52 The memory above 1...

Page 84: ...the output buffer and checking for stuck keys Issuing the keyboard reset command next 81 A keyboard reset error or stuck key was found Issuing the keyboard controller interface test command next 82 T...

Page 85: ...PS 2 mouse check and extended BIOS data area allocation check next 8C Programming the WINBIOS Setup options next 8D The WINBIOS Setup options are programmed Resetting the hard disk controller next 8F...

Page 86: ...tialization after the Coprocessor test next 9E Initialization after the Coprocessor test is complete Checking the extended keyboard keyboard ID and Num Lock key next Issuing the keyboard ID command ne...

Page 87: ...elay is starting Next the initialization cade checksum will be verified D1h Initializing the DMA controller Performing the keyboard controller BAT test Starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB flat m...

Page 88: ...BIOS Manual B 10 APPENDIX B Notes...

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