Supero SUPER S2QE6, User Manual

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Preface
About This Manual
This manual is written for professional system integrators and PC techni-
cians. It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER
S2QR6/S2QE6 system boards. The SUPER S2QR6/S2QE6 supports Xeon
Pentium III/II processors in one, two, three or four way configurations.
P l e a s e r e f e r t o t h e s u p p o r t s e c t i o n o f o u r w e b s i t e ( h t t p : / /
www.supermicro.com/TechSupport.htm) for a complete listing of supported
processors.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1 provides a checklist of the components that should be included
in the box your system board came in and describes the features, specifi-
cations and performance of the SUPER S2QR6/S2QE6.
Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static-sensitive devices.
Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and system
memory and when mounting the S2QR6/S2QE6 in a chassis. Also refer to
this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives, the SCSI drives, the
IDE interfaces, the parallel and serial ports and the twisted wires for the
power supply, the reset button, the keylock/power LED, the speaker and
the keyboard.
If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes trouble-
shooting procedures for the video, the memory and the setup configuration
stored in CMOS. For quick reference, a general FAQ [Frequently Asked
Questions] section is provided. Instructions are also included for contact-
i n g t e c h n i c a l s u p p o r t . I n a d d i t i o n , y o u c a n v i s i t o u r w e b s i t e a t
www.supermicro.com/techsupport.htm for more detailed information.
Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa-
tion on running the CMOS Setup utility.
Appendix A offers information on BIOS error beep codes and messages.
Appendix B provides post diagnostic error messages.
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