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NTM6900 / WTM7026 Technical Reference

BIOS Messages

CPU B

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ONFIGURATION

PTIONS

The descriptions for the system options listed below show the values as they appear if you have not yet run
Chipset Setup. Once values have been defined, they display each time Chipset Setup is run.

QPI Links Speed

The Setup screen displays the system option:

QPI Links Speed [Full-Speed]

Available options are:

Slow-Mode
Full-Speed

QPI Frequency

The Setup screen displays the system option:

QPI Frequency [Auto]

Available options are:

Auto
4.800GT
5.866GT
6.400GT

QPI L0s and L1

The Setup screen displays the system option:

QPI L0s and L1 [Disabled]

Available options are:

Disabled
Enabled

Memory Frequency

The Setup screen displays the system option:

Memory Frequency [Auto]

Available options are:

Auto
Force DDR-800
Force DDR-1066
Force DDR-1333

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Page 1: ...NTM6900 WTM7026 6900 xxx 7026 xxx TECHNICAL REFERENCE Intel Xeon E5500 ies Quad Core PROCESSOR BASED Extended ATX Motherboards No 87 006903 000 No 87 007029 000 Revision C series Intel Xeon E5600 ser...

Page 2: ...nsequential damages arising out of or in connection with the performance or use of the product or information provided Trenton Technology Inc s liability shall in no event exceed the purchase price of...

Page 3: ...he PCI SIG All other brand and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies LIABILITY DISCLAIMER This manual is as complete and factual as possible at the tim...

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Page 5: ...rial ATA 300 Ports 1 11 Audio Interface 1 11 Trusted Platform Module TPM 1 2 1 12 Battery 1 12 System BIOS Setup Utility 1 12 Power Requirements 1 12 Temperature Environment 1 12 Mechanical 1 13 UL Re...

Page 6: ...PI Configuration 5 22 Chipset ACPI Configuration 5 24 AHCI Configuration 5 26 AHCI Port Configuration 5 28 I O Virtualization 5 30 Intel TXT LT Configuration 5 31 Intel VT d Configuration 5 33 MPS Con...

Page 7: ...by touching the metal chassis of the system before handling any components The system must be plugged into an outlet that is connected to an earth ground Use antistatic padding on all work surfaces A...

Page 8: ...X POWER REQUIREMENTS Both 12V AUX motherboard connectors P15 and P16 must be connected to the system power supply to ensure proper board operation DDR3 MEMORY The DDR3 memory modules used in the NTM69...

Page 9: ...control Closed System fan under ACPI control System fan speed runs at max speed all of the time Open No effect system fan speed max Open No effect system fan speed max Open System fan speed range limi...

Page 10: ...operations under varying environmental conditions We have validated proper board operation with typical temperature excursions 10 above the motherboard s stated maximum operating temperature Operatin...

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Page 12: ...100 1000Base T Ethernet interfaces and eight USB 2 0 ports Additional PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports for legacy input devices are also available for use on the I O plate On board headers support two RS...

Page 13: ...5600 Series Processors Quad Core 5 86GT s 12MB cache 7026 710 WTM 2 4QN 2 4GHz E5620 embedded 7026 711 WTM 2 53QN 2 53GHz E5630 7026 712 WTM 2 66QN 2 66GHz E5640 Two Intel Xeon 5600 Series Processors...

Page 14: ...sor Quad Core Hyper Threading 5 86GT s 8MB cache 6900 447 NTMS 2 13QLN 2 13GHz L5518 embedded 6900 448 NTMS 2 26QLN 2 26GHz L5520 6900 450 NTMS 2 40QLN 2 40GHz L5530 Single Processor WTM7026 Models Mo...

Page 15: ...m capacity of 144GB of Double Data Rate DDR3 system memory Seven option card slots Five PCI Express 2 0 or 1 1 slots One PCI Express 1 1 slot One 32 bit 33MHz PCI slot Four 10 100 1000Base T Ethernet...

Page 16: ...NTM6900 WTM7026 Technical Reference Specifications NTM6900 6900 xxx Extended ATX Motherboard Block Diagram 1 5 TRENTON Technology Inc...

Page 17: ...Specifications NTM6900 WTM7026 Technical Reference WTM7026 7026 xxx Extended ATX Motherboard Block Diagram TRENTON Technology Inc 1 6...

Page 18: ...NTM6900 WTM7026 Technical Reference Specifications NTM6900 6900 xxx Extended ATX Motherboard Layout WTM7026 7026 xxx Extended ATX Motherboard Layout 1 7 TRENTON Technology Inc...

Page 19: ...connector center Mounting holes have a nominal 0 156 diameter Italic text indicates the center dimension of a card slot or I O connector Superscript 1 indicates card slot center spacing Superscript 2...

Page 20: ...support PC3 10600 PC3 8500 or PC3 6400 DIMMS connected directly to the processors These memory interfaces may operated at speeds up to 1333MHz depending on the type of DDR3 DIMMs installed DMA Channe...

Page 21: ...le Dual Quad 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB NOTE 1 To maximize memory interface speed populate each memory channel with DDR3 DIMMs having the same interface speed The motherboard will support DIMMs with differen...

Page 22: ...1200 pixels at a 64k color depth Ethernet Interfaces Four 10 100 1000Base T Ethernet ports are located at the rear of the motherboard Two Intel 82575 Ethernet controllers with dual channel outputs are...

Page 23: ...ew and or change various setup features of your system Additional BIOS utility details are provided in the BIOS chapters of this manual Power Requirements The following are typical values Processor Ty...

Page 24: ...into the BIOS Setup Utility where you may reenter your desired BIOS settings load optimal defaults or load failsafe defaults W2 W4 CPU Fan Speed Control two position jumper Install to run CPU fan at...

Page 25: ...fications NTM6900 WTM7026 Technical Reference W8 PSON Soft Control two position jumper Install to enable ACPI soft control of the PSON signal line Remove to disable PSON control TRENTON Technology Inc...

Page 26: ...the P28 CPU Fan1 connector in the lower right corner of the motherboard LED2 is located near the center of the board and just above and to the left of memory DIMM socket BK02A These red LEDs are off...

Page 27: ...operating temperature This indicates that the processor s Thermal Control Circuit has been activated if enabled POST Code LEDs As the POST Power On Self Test routines are performed during boot up test...

Page 28: ...sents what amounts to a caution indicator When this LED is on the 5V stand by voltage is present on the motherboard Option cards and any other motherboard components must not be removed or installed w...

Page 29: ...PIN SIGNAL 1 Gnd 2 TX 3 TX 4 Gnd PIN SIGNAL 5 RX 6 RX 7 Gnd Notes 1 P5 SATA0 interface P6 SATA1 interface P7 SATA2 interface P8 SATA3 interface P9 SATA4 interface P10 SATA5 interface 2 SATA connector...

Page 30: ...5 P26 P27 P28 P30 P31 System Fan CPU Fan Power Connectors 4 pin single row header FOXCONN HF2704E M1 PIN SIGNAL 1 Speed Control Line P28 CPU1 fan connector 2 12V P31 CPU2 fan connector 3 Fan Tach P25...

Page 31: ...TA 18 SMB CLK 20 ICH Intruder 22 L2 ACTV 24 L2 LINK 26 NC 28 NC 30 NC 32 L3 ACTV 34 L3 LINK J1 Audio Connector 3 position audio FOXCONN JA33331 H119 4F Socket Color SIGNAL Light Blue Line In Lime Line...

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Page 33: ...t has four PCIe lanes which gives the slot a bandwidth of 250MB s in each direction per lane Unlike PCI parallel buses there are no additional devices sharing a serial PCI Express interface Since ther...

Page 34: ...lity exists on all of the motherboard s PCIe option card slots Option cards with PCI Express 2 0 interface implementations should be installed in motherboard slots PCIe1 PCIe3 PCIe4 PCIe5 or PCIe6 to...

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Page 36: ...atic inducing carpeted areas Recommended Board Handling Precautions This motherboard has components on both sides of the PCB Some of these components are extremely small and subject to damage if the b...

Page 37: ...anufacturer CAUTION Motherboard damage will occur if using mounting screws or fasteners with diameters larger than 0 150 CAUTION Do not press down on the motherboard when installing the mounting hardw...

Page 38: ...S256MKR72V3U 504520 002 4GB DDR3 PC3 10600 1333MHz Buffered 72 bit 240 pin DIMM Transcend TS512MKR72V3U The memory market is constantly changing Check with Trenton to learn the latest in validated mem...

Page 39: ...or detailed pin out information for all of the motherboard s rear I O connectors Front I O Header The motherboard connector P32 contains several header pins for connecting various front panel system e...

Page 40: ...lustrates the power connector locations on the motherboard See Chapter 1 for detailed pin out information on the power connectors Fan Headers Four fan headers are available for connecting system fans...

Page 41: ...board Connector Logical SATA Interface Motherboard Connector Logical SATA Interface P5 SATA0 P6 SATA1 P7 SATA2 P8 SATA3 P9 SATA4 P10 SATA5 The figure below shows the locations of the motherboard s SAT...

Page 42: ...eader that supplies two additional USB interfaces for use on the front or rear panel of the system chassis The header provides logical USB interfaces 10 and 11 and is shown in the drawing below See th...

Page 43: ...header P20 to sound the internal speaker alarm See Chapter 1 for the P18 and P20 pin out details Optional IPMI and TPM 1 2 Headers P23 is a 20 pin header that provides various IPMI signal connections...

Page 44: ...shown in the figure below The jumper is disconnected for normal system operation To reset the password to default i e the null password connect the two pins by installing the password clear jumper for...

Page 45: ...MIBIOS displays the CMOS Settings Wrong message press F1 to go into the BIOS Setup Utility where you may reenter your desired BIOS settings load optimal defaults or load failsafe defaults System Fan S...

Page 46: ...soft control jumper W8 enables the motherboard to take advantage of the ACPI soft control signal lines common on ATX and EPS system power supplies The factory default setting for this jumper is in th...

Page 47: ...on the LAN connector Off No current network transmit or receive activity On flashing Indicates network transmit or receive activity Link Speed LED This green yellow LED identifies the connection spee...

Page 48: ...vel A solid orange LED condition indicates that the processor has reached a CPU threshold limit Processor thermal shutdown may occur if the condition causing the elevated temperature state is not corr...

Page 49: ...al shutdown threshold The IOH continues to operate whileLED6 is flashing but the device operates at a reduced speed At the threshold limit the LED will become solid orange which indicates that a therm...

Page 50: ...dix A BIOS Messages S3 S4 and S5 Sleep State LEDs LEDs 41 42 and 47 indicate the three sleep states supported on the motherboard When LED41 is on the motherboard has entered the S5 sleep state LED42 i...

Page 51: ...indicated the function and location of each power status LED LED Number LED Function LED52 3 3V Level When turned ON this LED indicates that 3 3V is in the proper range for the motherboard LED53 12V L...

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Page 53: ...initialized the error message is displayed on the screen See BIOS Errors later in this section for more information on error handling The following are some of the Power On Self Tests POSTs which are...

Page 54: ...the system you may be requested to enter a password See Password Entry later in this section Once the POST routines complete successfully a screen displays showing the current configuration of your sy...

Page 55: ...incorrect password is entered the following screen displays Enter CURRENT Password X Enter CURRENT Password You may try again to enter the correct password If you enter the password incorrectly three...

Page 56: ...AMIBIOS Setup AMIBIOS Setup keeps a record of system parameters such as date and time disk drives and other user defined parameters The Setup parameters reside in the Read Only Memory Basic Input Out...

Page 57: ...Setup Utility Main Menu the format is similar to the sample shown above The data displayed on the top portion of the screen details parameters detected by AMIBIOS for your processor board and may not...

Page 58: ...election of other values may cause unreliable system operation NOTE Menu items listed below in italics are only available when and IOB module is installed Use the Right Arrow key to display the desire...

Page 59: ...BIOS EHCI Hand Off Legacy USB1 1 HC Support Hot Plug USB FDD Support ACPI Configuration Advanced ACPI Configuration ACPI Version Features ACPI APIC Support AMI OEMB Table Headless Mode Chipset ACPI Co...

Page 60: ...256 512 1024 2048 4096 Bytes Extended Tag Field No Snoop Maximum Read Request Size Active State Power Management Extended Synch Trusted Computing TCG TPM Support No Yes Select PCIPnP to make changes...

Page 61: ...word or to enable boot sector virus protection These functions are described later in this chapter The following options may be modified Change Supervisor Password User Access Level Password Check Cha...

Page 62: ...ons Disabled 2 USB Ports 4 USB Ports 6 USB Ports 8 USB Ports 10 USB Ports 12 USB Ports USB Port Configure 6x6 USB Ports 8x4 USB Ports USB 2 0 Controller HDA Controller SMBUS Controller SLP_S4 Min Asse...

Page 63: ...ct Exit to save or discard changes you have made to AMIBIOS parameters or to load the Optimal or Failsafe default settings These functions are described later in this chapter The following options are...

Page 64: ...own above Highlight the option you wish to change and press Enter NOTE The values on this screen do not necessarily reflect the values appropriate for your SHB Refer to the explanations below for spec...

Page 65: ...displays before you have established a password or if the last password entered was the null password If a password has already been established you are asked to enter the current password before bei...

Page 66: ...r of this manual for details If a password has been established the following options and their default values are added to the screen User Access Level Full Access Password Check Setup User Access Le...

Page 67: ...messages If you have signed on under the user password the Change Supervisor Password function is not available for modification If a user password has been established the Password Check option and i...

Page 68: ...TM6900 WTM7026 Technical Reference Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Available options are Disabled Enabled NOTE You should not enable boot sector virus protection when formatting a hard drive TRE...

Page 69: ...UTILITY Exit Menu Screen When you display the Exit Menu screen the format is similar to the sample shown above Highlight the option you wish to select and press Enter EXIT MENU OPTIONS When you are ru...

Page 70: ...inue the booting process without writing any changes to the CMOS Select Cancel to return to the BIOS Setup Utility screen Discard Changes When the Discard Changes option is selected the BIOS Setup Uti...

Page 71: ...corrupted the Optimal settings are loaded automatically If you select the Load Optimal Defaults option the following window displays OK Cancel Load Optimal Defaults You have two options Select Ok to...

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Page 73: ...Configuration PCI Express Configuration Trusted Computing V02 67 C Copyright 1985 2009 American Megatrends Inc Configure CPU Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save a...

Page 74: ...tm Tech Intel R C State Tech ACPI T State IDE Configuration The options on the IDE Configuration subscreens allow you to set up or modify parameters for your IDE controller and hard disk drive s The f...

Page 75: ...Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand Off Legacy USB1 1 HC Support Hotplug USB FDD Support ACPI Configuration The ACPI Configuration subscreen allows you to set up or modify the following options ACPI Confi...

Page 76: ...PCI Express Configuration The options on the PCI Express Configuration subscreen allow you to set up or modify parameters for configuring the motherboard s PCI Express interface parameters The follow...

Page 77: ...ech Enabled Intel R C STATE Tech Enabled C3 State ACPI C2 C6 State Enabled C State Package Limit Setting Auto C1 Auto Demotion Enabled C3 Auto Demotion Enabled ACPI T State Enabled V02 67 C Copyright...

Page 78: ...ions are Disabled Enabled MPS and ACPI MADT Ordering The Setup screen displays the system option MPS and ACPI MADT ordering Modern ordering Available options are Modern ordering Legacy ordering Max CP...

Page 79: ...system option Intel R HT Technology Enabled Available options are Enabled Disabled Active Processor Cores The Setup screen displays the system option Active Processor Cores ALL Available options are...

Page 80: ...ech The Setup screen displays the system option Intel R C STATE Tech Disabled Available options are Disabled Enabled ACPI T Technology The Setup screen displays the system option ACPI T State Enabled...

Page 81: ...1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit BIOS SETUP UTILITY IDE Configuration Screen When you display the IDE Configuration screen the format is similar to the sample shown above Highlight the option...

Page 82: ...a default value of 2822 with an optional device ID setting of 3A25 available The Hot Plug Menu Displays below the Fourth IDE Master displays with a default value of Disabled Select AHCI to enable Nat...

Page 83: ...ce Setup screen which is described later in this section Hard Disk Write Protect This option allows you to disable or enable device write protection Write protection will be effective only if the devi...

Page 84: ...n Cable Detection This option allows you to select the mechanism for detecting an 80 pin ATA PI cable The Setup screen displays the system option ATA PI 80Pin Cable Detection Host Device Available opt...

Page 85: ...t Screen Select Item Change Field F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit BIOS SETUP UTILITY IDE Device Screen When you display the IDE Device subscreen the format is similar to the sample shown ab...

Page 86: ...nslation to logical parameters The operating system which uses the parameter table will then see only 528MB of hard disk space even if the drive contains more than 528MB Select Auto to enable LBA mode...

Page 87: ...he PIO mode supported by the IDE drive being configured The Setup screen displays the system option PIO Mode Auto Available options are Auto 0 1 2 3 4 DMA Mode This option allows you to select DMA Mod...

Page 88: ...ed 32Bit Data Transfer If the 32Bit Data Transfer parameter is set to Enabled AMIBIOS enables 32 bit data transfers If the host controller does not support 32 bit transfer this feature must be set to...

Page 89: ...tion screen the format is similar to the sample shown above Highlight the option you wish to change and press Enter to display the available settings Select the appropriate setting and press Enter aga...

Page 90: ...port is configured with the next available address The default address assignment order is 3F8H 2F8H 3E8H 2E8H Note that this same assignment order is used by AMIBIOS to place the active serial port a...

Page 91: ...tion Screen When you display the USB Configuration screen the format is similar to the sample shown above Highlight the option you wish to change and press Enter to display the available settings Sele...

Page 92: ...ort This option allows you to alert the motherboard s USB hardware controller that there may be older USB 1 1 devices used in the system Some of these legacy devices may have issues functioning on a f...

Page 93: ...ation standard that among other things enables a unified approach for the motherboard s BIOS to discover hardware elements establish device configuration and set up power management and monitoring Whe...

Page 94: ...SC Exit BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Screen When you display the Advanced ACPI Configuration screen the format is similar to the sample shown above Highlight the option you wish to c...

Page 95: ...ed Enabled AMI OEMB Table The Setup screen displays the system option AMI OEMB Table Enabled Available options are Disabled Enabled Headless Mode The Setup screen displays the system option Headless M...

Page 96: ...the format is similar to the sample shown above Highlight the option you wish to change and press Enter to display the available settings Select the appropriate setting and press Enter again to accep...

Page 97: ...em option USB Device Wakeup From S3 S4 Disabled Available options are Disabled Enabled High Precision Event Timer The Setup screen displays the system option High Precision Event Timer Enabled Availab...

Page 98: ...display the available options and then press Enter again to accept the highlighted value you chose Other options on this screen allow you to continue to subscreens designed to change parameters for th...

Page 99: ...the system options AHCI Port 0 Not Detected AHCI Port 1 Not Detected AHCI Port 2 Not Detected AHCI Port 3 Not Detected AHCI Port 4 Not Detected AHCI Port 5 Not Detected This is an example of the scree...

Page 100: ...uration screen for any of the 6 AHCI Ports listed on the AHCI Configuration screen the format is similar to the sample shown above Highlight the option you wish to change and press Enter to display th...

Page 101: ...NTM6900 WTM7026 Technical Reference Advanced Setup S M A R T The Setup screen displays the system option S M A R T Enabled Available options are Disabled Enabled 5 29 TRENTON Technology Inc...

Page 102: ...ble with existing operating systems Hypervisors and applications Single Root I O Virtualization SR IOV is a sub specification that allows a PCI Express device to appear to be multiple separate physica...

Page 103: ...r platform The platform can utilize a set of CPU extensions designed to provide a measured and controlled launch of system software that will then establish a protected environment for itself and any...

Page 104: ...p NTM6900 WTM7026 Technical Reference Intel TXT L T Configuration The Setup screen displays the system option Intel TXT Initialization Disabled Available options are Disabled Enabled TRENTON Technolog...

Page 105: ...Directed I O extends this basic concept to I O devices while enhancing platform security by restricting direct memory access DMA of the devices to pre assigned domains or physical memory regions When...

Page 106: ...Advanced Setup NTM6900 WTM7026 Technical Reference The Setup screen displays the system options Coherency Support Disabled Available options are Disabled Enabled TRENTON Technology Inc 8 5 34...

Page 107: ...Screen When you display the MPS Configuration screen the format is similar to the sample shown above Highlight the option you wish to change and press Enter to display the available settings Select th...

Page 108: ...tings Select the appropriate setting and press Enter again to accept the highlighted value PCI EXPRESS CONFIGURATION OPTIONS These options allow you to determine how the motherboard s PCI Express inte...

Page 109: ...n 8 bit TAG field as a requester The Setup screen displays the system option Extended Tag Field Auto Available options are Auto Disabled Enabled No Snoop This option enables or disables the PCI Expres...

Page 110: ...ress links via the interface s L0s an L1 link power states The Setup screen displays the system option Active State Power Management Disabled Available options are Disabled Enabled Extended Synch This...

Page 111: ...ble BIOS support for the motherboard s on board TPM 1 2 module Configuration screen format is similar to the sample shown above Highlight the option you wish to change and press Enter to display the a...

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Page 113: ...2009 American Megatrends Inc Clear NVRAM during System Boot Select Screen Select Item Change Field F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Setup Screen When you display t...

Page 114: ...cts and enables all other PnP aware adapter cards Set this option to No if the operating system such as DOS or OS 2 does not use PnP NOTE You must set this option correctly or PnP aware adapter cards...

Page 115: ...plays the system option Palette Snooping Disabled Available options are Disabled Enabled PCI IDE BusMaster This option specifies whether the IDE controller on the PCI Local Bus has bus mastering capab...

Page 116: ...s OffBoard PCI IDE Primary IRQ Disabled OffBoard PCI IDE Secondary Disabled Available options are Disabled INTA INTB INTC INTD Hardwired IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ14 IRQ15 These options...

Page 117: ...erved for use by legacy devices Reserved Memory Size This option specifies the size of the memory area reserved for legacy devices If this option is set to Disabled the Reserved Memory Address option...

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Page 119: ...is similar to the sample shown above allowing you to continue to subscreens designed to change parameters for each of the Boot Setup options Highlight the option you wish to change and press Enter to...

Page 120: ...ve which will be booted first second third etc Hard Disk Drives The Hard Disk Drives subscreen specifies the boot sequence of the hard drives available in the system Removable Drives The Removable Dri...

Page 121: ...Settings Configuration Screen When you display the Boot Settings Configuration screen the format is similar to the sample shown above Highlight the option you wish to change and press Enter to displa...

Page 122: ...en displays the system option AddOn ROM Display Mode Force BIOS Two options are available Select Force BIOS to use the display mode currently being used by AMIBIOS Select Keep Current to use the curre...

Page 123: ...g for the F1 key to be pressed This eliminates the need for any user response to a non fatal error condition message Non fatal error messages are listed in Appendix A BIOS Messages The Setup screen di...

Page 124: ...apter Priority This option selects the graphics controller to be used as the primary boot device The Setup screen displays the system option Boots Graphic Adapter Priority PCI Express VGA Available op...

Page 125: ...sample shown above Highlight the option you wish to change and press Enter to display the available settings Select the appropriate setting and press Enter again to accept the highlighted value NOTE T...

Page 126: ...xx where is the boot order and xxxxxxxxx is the description of the device NOTE Disabled is also available as an option if you do not want a particular device to be included in the boot sequence Settin...

Page 127: ...to change and press Enter to display the available settings Select the appropriate setting and press Enter again to accept the highlighted value NOTE The number of line items on this screen is determi...

Page 128: ...ailable as an option if you do not want a particular drive to be included in the boot sequence The Setup screen displays the system option s Drive xxxxxxxxx where is the boot order and xxxxxxxxx is th...

Page 129: ...wish to change and press Enter to display the available settings Select the appropriate setting and press Enter again to accept the highlighted value NOTE The number of line items on this screen is d...

Page 130: ...ilable as an option if you do not want a particular device to be included in the boot sequence The Setup screen displays the system option s Drive xxxxxxxxx where is the boot order and xxxxxxxxx is th...

Page 131: ...ess Enter to display the available settings Select the appropriate setting and press Enter again to accept the highlighted value NOTE The number of line items on this screen is determined by the numbe...

Page 132: ...ilable as an option if you do not want a particular drive to be included in the boot sequence The Setup screen displays the system option Drive xxxxxxxxx where is the boot order and xxxxxxxxx is the d...

Page 133: ...hipset Setup Screen When you display the Chipset Setup screen the format is similar to the sample shown above allowing you to continue to subscreens designed to change parameters for each of the Chips...

Page 134: ...Closed Loop Hyster temp Guardband temp Inlet temp Temp Rise Air Flow Altitude DIMM Pitch Throttling Open Loop North Bridge Configuration The options on the North Bridge Configuration subscreen allow...

Page 135: ...Port 2 I OxAPIC Enable PCIe Port 3 I OxAPIC Enable PCIe Port 4 I OxAPIC Enable PCIe Port 5 I OxAPIC Enable Saving and Exiting When you have made all desired changes to Chipset Setup you may make chang...

Page 136: ...ir Flow 1500 Altitude Sea Level or Below DIMM Pitch 400 Inlet temp 070 Temp Rise 020 Air Flow 1500 Altitude Sea Level or Below DIMM Pitch 400 RED onl Throttling Open Loop Disabled Note Options in y di...

Page 137: ...the system option QPI Links Speed Full Speed Available options are Slow Mode Full Speed QPI Frequency The Setup screen displays the system option QPI Frequency Auto Available options are Auto 4 800GT...

Page 138: ...ed Available options are Disabled Enabled Throttling Closed Loop The Setup screen displays the system option Throttling Closed Loop Enabled Available options are Disabled Enabled If Throttling Closed...

Page 139: ...ptions are Disabled Enabled If Throttling Open Loop option is enabled the available options are Inlet temp 070 fixed setting Temp Rise 020 fixed setting Air Flow 1500 fixed setting Altitude Sea Level...

Page 140: ...the format is similar to the sample shown above Highlight the option you wish to change and press Enter to display the available settings Select the appropriate setting and press Enter again to accep...

Page 141: ...up screen displays the system option Crystal Beach DCA Enabled Available options are Disabled Enabled Coarse Grained Clock Gating The Setup screen displays the system option Coarse Grained Clock Gatin...

Page 142: ...Port 4 IOxAPIC Enable Disabled PCIe Port 5 IOxAPIC Enable Disabled Options Disabled 2 USB Ports 4 USB Ports 6 USB Ports 8 USB Ports 10 USB Ports 12 USB Ports Select Screen Select Item Change Field F1...

Page 143: ...s Available options are 6X6 USB Ports 8X4 USB Ports USB 2 0 Controller This Option can only be changed from its default if USB Functions is set to Disabled The Setup screen displays the system option...

Page 144: ...the power button SATA Master Break Event Disabled The Setup screen displays the following options for configuring the PCIe ports PCIE Port 0 through 5 Auto Enabled and Disabled PCIE High Priority Port...

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Page 146: ...errors which are communicated audibly Beep Codes Description 1 Memory refresh timer error 2 Parity Error 3 Main memory read write test error 4 Timer not operational 5 Processor error 6 Keyboard contr...

Page 147: ...ription Memory Errors Message Gate20 Error The BIOS is unable to properly control the SBC s Gate A20 function which controls access to memory over 1MB This may indicate a problem with the board Multi...

Page 148: ...re IDE ATAPI devices in POST XXXXXX Hard Disk Error XXXXXX ATAPI Incompatible Messages in this format indicate that the specified device could not be properly initialized by the BIOS Possible message...

Page 149: ...d new processor is installed in an SBC with an outdated BIOS In this case the BIOS must be updated to include the Microcode Update for the new processor NVRAM Checksum Bad NVRAM Cleared There was an e...

Page 150: ...w This message usually indicates that the CMOS battery needs to be replaced It could also appear when the user intentionally discharges the CMOS battery CMOS Settings Wrong CMOS settings are invalid T...

Page 151: ...alization Reenable cache Verify that flat mode is enabled D4 Test base 512K memory Adjust policies and cache first 8MB Set stack D5 Bootblock code is copied from ROM to lower system memory and control...

Page 152: ...9 EF Read error occurred on media Jump back to checkpoint EB E9 or Ea Determine information about root directory of recovery media F0 Search for pre defined recovery file name in root directory F1 Rec...

Page 153: ...Lower Nibble LN Hex Value LED8 LED7 LED6 LED5 Value LED2 Hex LED4 LED3 LED1 0 Off Off Off Off Off 0 Off Off Off 1 Off Off Off On 1 Off Off Off On 2 Off Off On Off 2 Off Off On Off 3 Off Off On On 3 O...

Page 154: ...in PIC for system timer interrupt Traps INT1Ch vector to POSTINT1ChHandlerBlock 08 Initialize the processor The BAT test is being done on KBC Program the keyboard controller command byte is being done...

Page 155: ...BIOS Data Area from base memory 60 Initialize NUM LOCK status and program the keyboard Typematic rate 75 Initialize INT13 and prepare for IPL detection 78 Initialize IPL devices controlled by BIOS an...

Page 156: ...erform the following functions Reset Detect and Disable function 0 Static Device Initialization function 1 Boot Output Device Initialization function 2 Function 0 disables all device nodes PCI devices...

Page 157: ...ted X can be from 0 to 8 0 Function 0 Disable all devices on the bus 1 Function 1 Initialize static devices on the bus 2 Function 2 Initialize output devices on the bus 3 Function 3 Initialize input d...

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