Supero SUPER S2DG2, User'S And Bios Manual

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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 Overview
The SUPER S2DG2/S2DGU/S2DGE/S2DGR supports dual Pentium II Xeon
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and dual Pentium III Xeon processors. All four motherboards are based on Intel’s
440GX chip set, which supports a 100 MHz system bus speed, an Accelerated
Graphics Port (AGP), Wake-on-LAN
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, SDRAM, concurrent PCI and a 33 MB/s
Ultra DMA burst data transfer rate.
While all of the motherboards are the ATX form factor, the S2DG2, S2DGU and
S2DGE have 5 PCI and 2 ISA slots (with one shared). The S2DGR has 4 PCI
and 2 ISA slots (with one shared). All have an AGP port and can accommodate
up to 2 GB unbuffered SDRAM or registered SDRAM memory in 4 168-pin DIMM
sockets.
AGP reduces contention between the CPU and I/O devices by broadening the
graphics bandwidth to memory. It delivers a maximum of 532 MB/s in the 2x
transfer mode, which is quadruple the PCI speed!
Wake-On-LAN allows for the remote network management and configuration of
the PC, even in off-hours when the PC is turned off. This reduces the complexity
of managing the network.
Other features that maximize customer satisfaction and simplicity in managing
the computer are its support for the PC 98-ready and and the Advanced Configu-
ration and Power Interface (ACPI) standards. With PC Health Monitoring, you
can protect your system from problems before they even occur.
All motherboards include the following I/O: 2 EIDE ports, a floppy port, an ECP/
EPP supported parallel port, PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard ports, 2 serial
ports, an infrared port and 2 USB ports. The S2DGR has an integrated onboard
Adaptec 7895 dual UW SCSI controller. The dual channels enable a data transfer
rate of 40 MB/s per channel and an optional RAID II port (ARO-1130CA/SA). The
S2DG2 has the onboard Adaptec 7896 controller for Ultra2 LVD (Low Voltage
Device) SCSI, which enables a data transfer rate of 80 MB/s per channel and an
optional RAID III port (ARO-1130C). In addition, this motherboard has an onboard
RAID port to support the Adaptec ARO-1130C RAIDport II card for increased I/
O performance and fault tolerance. The S2DGU provides an onboard Adaptec
7890 Ultra2 LVD SCSI controller, which enables data transfer rates of up to 80
MB/s, and an optional RAID III port (ARO-1130C).