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H8QM8-2+
H8QME-2+

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.0a

Summary of Contents for H8QM8-2+

Page 1: ...H8QM8 2 H8QME 2 USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0a ...

Page 2: ...MENTATION 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 THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in th...

Page 3: ...ailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when installing the processor s and memory modules and when installing the serverboard in a chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the ﬂoppy and hard disk drives the parallel and serial ports the mouse and keyboard and the twisted wires for the power and reset button...

Page 4: ...h Monitoring 1 10 1 4 Power Conﬁguration Settings 1 11 1 5 Power Supply 1 12 1 6 Super I O 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Mounting the Serverboard into a Chassis 2 5 2 4 Installing Memory 2 5 2 5 I O Port and Control Panel Connections 2 7 2 6 Connecting Cables 2 8 ATX Power Connector 2 8 Processor Power Connector 2 8 NMI...

Page 5: ...2 14 2 7 Jumper Settings 2 15 Explanation of Jumpers 2 15 CMOS Clear 2 15 VGA Enable Disable 2 16 JLAN Enable Disable 2 16 SCSI Controller Enable Disable 2 16 SCSI Termination Enable Disable 2 16 Compact Flash Master Slave 2 17 Watch Dog Enable Disable 2 17 2 8 Onboard Indicators 2 18 JLAN1 JLAN2 LEDs 2 18 Onboard Power LED 2 18 2 9 Floppy IDE SCSI and SATA Drive Connections 2 19 Floppy Connector ...

Page 6: ...port Procedures 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction 4 1 4 2 Main Menu 4 2 4 3 Advanced Settings Menu 4 2 4 4 Boot Menu 4 16 4 5 Security Menu 4 17 4 6 Exit Menu 4 18 Appendices Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes B 1 vi ...

Page 7: ...lowing items have all been included with your serverboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer Included with retail box only One 1 H8QM8 2 H8QME 2 serverboard One 1 IDE cable CBL 036L 02 One 1 ﬂoppy cable CBL 022L One 1 COM port cable CBL 010 One 1 SCSI cable H8QM8 2 only CBL 034L U320 Two 2 SATA cables H8QM8 2 only CBL 044L Four 4 SATA cables H8QME 2 only CBL 044L F...

Page 8: ...1 2 H8QM8 2 H8QME 2 User s Manual Notes ...

Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Note H8QM8 2 is pictured The H8QME 2 shares the same layout but with no SCSI components connectors or jumpers Figure 1 1 H8QM8 2 H8QME 2 Image ...

Page 10: ... JLAN1 JLAN2 USB0 1 COM1 VGA CPU 3 CPU 2 CPU 1 CPU 4 Slot 6 PCI Express x16 HT Connector Floppy JA1 SCSI CH A JPW2 JPW1 J1B1 North Bridge nVidia MCP55 Pro South Bridge AMD 8132 DIMMD 2B DIMMD 1A DIMMD 1B DIMMC 1B DIMMC 1A DIMMC 2B DIMMC 2A DIMMA 2A DIMMA 2B DIMMA 1A DIMMA 1B DIMMB 1B DIMMB 1A DIMMB 2B DIMMB 2A JF2 N SATA5 N SATA4 N SATA2 N SATA0 N SATA3 N SATA1 FAN9 FAN8 CPU4 JPL1 nFAN4 JWD JUSB2 ...

Page 11: ... 1 IDE Drive Compact Flash Card Connector J1B1 24 Pin ATX Power Connector J3P 3rd Power Supply Fail Detect JA1 JA2 U320 SCSI Channel A B Connector JAR 3rd Power Supply Alarm Reset Header JF1 Front Panel Connector JF2 Onboard Speaker Keylock Power LED JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JLAN1 2 Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 Ports JOH1 Overheat Warning Header JPW1 JPW2 8 Pin Processor Power Connectors JWF1 Compact...

Page 12: ...t nVidia MCP55 Pro AMD 8132 Expansion Slots One 1 PCI Express x16 slot One 1 HT Hyper Transport slot BIOS 8 Mb AMIBIOS LPC Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 2 0 SMBIOS 2 3 Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for four CPU cores Hyper Transport 1 2V memory banks 1 8V chipset 1 5V Fan status monitor with ﬁrmware software on off and speed control Watch Dog Environmental temper...

Page 13: ...320 SCSI controller H8QM8 2 only RAID 0 1 10 and JBOD One 1 UltraDMA ATA 133 100 IDE port One 1 ﬂoppy port interface up to 2 88 MB One 1 Fast UART 16550 compatible serial port On chip AMD 8132 Ethernet controller supports two Gigabit LAN ports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Four 4 USB Universal Serial Bus 2 0 ports headers Other Wake on Ring JWOR Wake on LAN JWOL Chassis intrusion detection CD...

Page 14: ...HT link 1 GHz DDR2 667 533 400 DDR2 667 533 400 SATA Ports 6 IDE ATA133 USB Ports 4 S I O BIOS Floppy Kybd Mouse Serial Port 1 AMD Socket F Type Processor CPU1 AIC 7902W PCI X CH A SCSI Ports 2 LPC IPMI ATI ES 1000 AMD 8132 AMD Socket F Type Processor CPU3 AMD Socket F Type Processor CPU4 16 x 16 HT link 1 GHz Gb LAN Ports 2 PCI X CH B Slot 6 PCI E x16 PCI E SIMSO SATA UDMA133 USB 2 0 DIMMC 2A DIM...

Page 15: ...o CPU 1 AMD 8132 HyperTransport PCI X Tunnel This hub includes AMD speciﬁc technology that provides two PCI X bridges with each bridge supporting a 64 bit data bus as well as separate PCI X operational modes and independent transfer rates Each bridge supports up to ﬁve PCI masters that include clock request and grant signals This hub connects to the processors and through them to system memory It ...

Page 16: ... voltage levels are all displayed in BIOS Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Software Speed Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard fans are controlled by thermal management via BIOS CPU Overheat Fan Fail LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat Fan Fail warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to deﬁne a...

Page 17: ... function as a system suspend button When the user depresses the power button the system will enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Depressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up Dur ing the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions an...

Page 18: ...gh quality power supply that meets 12V ATX power supply Speciﬁcation 1 1 or above Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line ﬁlter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges Warning To prevent the possibility of explosion do not use the wrong ty...

Page 19: ...rts serial infrared communication Each UART in cludes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O supports one PC compatible prin...

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Page 21: ...ard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the serverboard Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as speciﬁed by the manufac turer Do not install the CMOS onboard battery upside down which may result in a possible ex...

Page 22: ...on modules Exercise extreme caution when handling and installing the proces sor Always connect the power cord last and always remove it be fore adding removing or changing any hardware components 1 Begin by removing the cover plate that protects the CPU Lift the lever on the CPU socket until it points straight up With the lever raised lift open the silver CPU retention plate 2 Use your thumb and y...

Page 23: ... inserted into the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that it is properly in stalled and ﬂush with the socket Then gently lower the silver CPU retention plate into place 5 Carefully press the CPU socket le ver down until it locks into its retention tab For a dual CPU system repeat these steps to install another CPU into the CPU 2 socket and into CPU 2 3 and 4 sockets for a qua...

Page 24: ...nstalled these are used to help attach the heatsinks to the CPUs To install align the module with the standoffs of the preinstalled CPU backplate and with the four feet on the module contacting the serverboard Secure the retention module to the backplate with two of the screws provided See Figure 2 1 Repeat for the second CPU socket Note BKT 0012L is included for use with non proprietary heatsinks...

Page 25: ...doffs in the tray Insert screws into all the mounting holes in the serverboard that line up with the standoffs Then use a screwdriver to secure the serverboard to the mainboard tray tighten until just snug if too tight you might strip the threads Metal screws provide an electrical contact to the serverboard ground to provide a continuous ground for the system 2 4 Installing Memory CAUTION Exercise...

Page 26: ...ots at a time with memory modules of the same size and type will result in inter leaved 128 bit memory which is faster than non interleaved 64 bit memory Optimizing memory performance It is better to spread pairs of DIMMs across all memory banks with a CPU installed than to ﬁll up one CPU memory bank while leaving another empty For example if you were to install eight DIMMs in a quad CPU conﬁgurat...

Page 27: ...Port Locations and Deﬁnitions Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 2 4 for the pin deﬁnitions of the various connectors Refer to Section 2 6 for details Figure 2 4 JF1 Front Control Panel Header JF1 NMI x key Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Reset Button Power Button Ground x key Power LED HDD LED NIC1 NIC2 OH Fan Fail LED Power Fail LED Ground ...

Page 28: ...2V 23 5V 11 12V 24 COM 12 3 3V Processor Power Connector In addition to the primary ATX power connector above the 8 pin proces sor power connector at JPW1 must also be connected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Processor Power Connector 1 Pin Deﬁnitions JPW1 Pins Deﬁnition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V Required Connection Processor Power Connector An addition...

Page 29: ...network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions OH Fan Fail LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 7 Vcc 8 Control NIC1 LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 11 Vcc 12 NIC1 Active NIC2 LED Pin Deﬁnitions JF1 Pin Deﬁnition 9 Vcc 10 NIC2 Active HDD LED The HDD IDE Hard Disk Drive LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the IDE hard drive LED cable to display disk a...

Page 30: ... 1 and 2 of JF1 Mo mentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be conﬁgured to function as a suspend button see the Power Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the power when set to suspend mode depress the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Universal Serial Bus Ports USB0 1 Two Universal Serial Bus ports USB2 0 a...

Page 31: ...ack 2 12V 9V Red 3 Tachometer USB Headers Two additional USB2 0 head ers USB2 3 are included on the serverboard These may be con nected to provide front side access A USB cable not included is needed for the connection See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions Universal Serial Bus Headers Pin Deﬁnitions USB2 3 USB2 Pin Deﬁnition USB3 Pin Deﬁnition 1 5V 1 5V 2 PO 2 PO 3 PO 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Groun...

Page 32: ...ns Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 5 and 7 with a jumper Pwr LED Keylock Connector Pin Deﬁnitions JF2 Pin Deﬁnition 2 Vcc 4 Vcc 6 Vcc 8 Keylock 10 Ground Speaker Connector Pin Deﬁnitions JF2 Pin Deﬁnition 1 Red wire speaker data 3 NC 5 Buzzer signal 7 Speaker data Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion...

Page 33: ...ﬁnition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up 3rd Power Supply Alarm Reset Header Connect a cable from your power sup ply to JAR to provide you with warning of a power supply failure The warning signal is passed through the PWR_LED pin to indicate a power failure See the table on the right for pin deﬁnitions 3rd Power Supply Alarm Reset Header Pin Deﬁnitions JAR Pin Deﬁnition 1 P S 1 Fail Signal 2 P S 2...

Page 34: ...Detect Header Pin Deﬁnitions J3P Pin Deﬁnition 1 P S 1 Fail Signal 2 P S 2 Fail Signal 3 P S 3 Fail Signal 4 Alarm Reset Note This feature is only available when using redundant Supermicro power supplies SGPIO SGPIO1 and SGPIO2 Serial General Purpose Input Output provide a bus between the SATA controller and the SATA drive backplane to provide SATA enclosure management func tions Connect the appro...

Page 35: ...he PW_ON connector to clear CMOS The onboard battery does not need to be removed when clearing CMOS however you must short JBT1 for at least four seconds JBT1 contact pads 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the serverboard jumperscanbeusedto choose between optional settings Jumperscreateshortsbetweentwo pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identi...

Page 36: ...abled SCSI Controller Enable Disable H8QM8 2 only Jumper JPA1 is used to enable or dis able the Adaptec AIC 7902W SCSI controller The default setting is on pins 1 2 to enable SCSI See the table on right for jumper settings SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPA1 Both Jumpers Deﬁnition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled SCSI Termination Enable Disable H8QM8 2 only Jumpers JPA2 and JPA3 are used to...

Page 37: ...ls the Watch Dog function Watch Dog is a system monitor that can reboot the system when a software application hangs Pins 1 2 will cause WD to reset the system if an applica tion has frozen Leaving the jumper open will disable the Watch Dog fea ture See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS setting located in the Power Menu Note When enabled the user nee...

Page 38: ...ed of the connection See the table on the right for the func tions associated with the connection speed LED JLAN LED Connection Speed Indicator LED Color Deﬁnition Off 10 MHz Green 100 MHz Amber 1 GHz Onboard Power LED DP2 DP2 is an Onboard Power LED When this LED is lit it means power is pres ent on the serverboard In suspend mode this LED will blink on and off Be sure to turn off the system and ...

Page 39: ... should be used to take advantage of the speed this new technology offers The blue connector connects to the onboard IDE connector interface and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the documentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings for the hard disk drive Floppy Drive Connector Pin Deﬁnitions Floppy Pin Deﬁnition Pin Deﬁnition 1 GND ...

Page 40: ... 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 I O Write 24 Ground 25 I O Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 Addr0 36 Addr2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground SATA Connectors There are no jumpers to con figure the SATA connectors which...

Page 41: ...3 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 Ground 49 Ground 16 DIFFSENS 50 Ground 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 Reserved 53 Reserved 20 Ground 54 Ground 21 ATN 55 ATN 22 Ground 56 Ground 23 BSY 57 BSY 24 ACK 58 ACK 25 RST 59 RST 26 MSG 60 MSG 27 SEL 61 SEL 28 C D 62 C D 29 REQ 63 REQ 30 I O 64 I O 31 DB 8 65 DB 8 32 DB 9 66 DB 9 33 DB 10 67 DB 10 34 DB 11 68 DB 11 SCSI Connectors H8QM8 2 o...

Page 42: ...ring the OS installation Note the SATA RAID driver is supported by Windows 2000 and XP only Building a Driver Diskette You must ﬁrst build a driver diskette from the CD ROM that was included with the system You will have to create this disk on a computer that is already running and with the OS installed Insert the CD into your CD ROM drive and start the system A display as shown in Figure 2 5 will...

Page 43: ... RAID you wish to use for your RAID array press the F7 key You will be prompted to verify your choice if you want to continue with your choices select Yes Note that selecting Yes will clear all previous data from the drives you selected to be a part of the array You are then given the choice of making the RAID array bootable by pressing the the B key After you have ﬁnshed press the Ctrl and X keys...

Page 44: ...y Computer icon and then on the icon representing your CD ROM drive Finally double click on the S Setup icon 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 installing each item you must reboot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You s...

Page 45: ...those for the keyboard and mouse 5 Remove all add on cards 6 Install CPUs and heatsinks making sure they are fully seated and connect the internal chassis speaker and the power LED to the serverboard Check all jumper settings as well 7 Use the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as recommended by the manufac turer To avoid possible explosion do not install the CMOS battery upside down No Power 1 ...

Page 46: ... Refer to Sec tion 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your serverboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not ﬁx the setup conﬁguration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note ...

Page 47: ... that you not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experi encing problems with your system Updated BIOS ﬁles are located on our web site Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your current BIOS before downloading Select your serverboard model on the web page and download th...

Page 48: ...d the ATA133 technology offers Connect the blue connector to the onboard IDE header and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the documentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be render...

Page 49: ...as F1 F2 etc Each main BIOS menu option is described in this manual The Main BIOS screen has two main frames The left frame displays all the options that can be conﬁgured Grayed out options cannot be conﬁgured The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text mes sage When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in white Often a text mess...

Page 50: ...ate must be entered in DAY MM DD YYYY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format Please note that time is in a 24 hour format For example 5 30 A M appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30 P M as 17 30 00 4 3 Advanced Settings Menu BOOT Features Quick Boot If Enabled this option will skip certain tests during POST to reduce the time needed for the system to boot up The options are Enabled and Disabled Quiet...

Page 51: ...ure Select Enabled to allow ROMs to trap Interrupt 19 The options are Enabled and Disabled OS Installation Change this setting if using a 64 bit Linux operating system The available op tions are Other and Linux ACPI Version Features Use this setting the determine which ACPI version to use Options are ACPI v1 0 ACPI v2 0 and ACPI v3 0 ACPI APIC Support Determines whether to include the ACPI APIC ta...

Page 52: ...apter 2 for details To enable choose from 1 2 3 4 8 15 or 30 min MPS Revision This setting allows the user to select the MPS revision level The options are 1 1 and 1 4 SMBIOS SMI Support Use this setting to Enable or Disable SMBIOS SMI wrapper support for PnP function 50h 54h CPU Conﬁguration This submenu lists CPU information and contains the following settings GART Error Reporting This setting i...

Page 53: ...isable the onboard ﬂoppy controller Onboard IDE Controller There is a single ﬂoppy controller on the motherboard which may be Enabled or Disabled with this setting Serial ATA Devices This setting is used to determine if SATA drives will be used and how many Op tions are Disabled Device 0 Device 0 1 and Device 0 1 2 nVidia RAID Setup nVidia RAID Function This setting is used to Enable or Disable th...

Page 54: ...ltiple sectors at a time if the device supports it The options are Auto and Disabled PIO Mode PIO Programmable I O mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases The options are Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 Select Auto to allow AMI BIOS to auto detect the PIO mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be ...

Page 55: ...al ATA0 1 2 Primary Secondary Channel Highlight one of the items above and press Enter to access the submenu for that item If a drive is present information on that drive will be displayed here Type Select the type of device connected to the system The options are Not Installed Auto CDROM and ARMD LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive The option...

Page 56: ...ROM drives check the speciﬁcations of the drive DMA Mode Selects the DAM Mode Options are SWDMA0 SWDMA1 SWDMA2 MWDMA0 MDWDMA1 MWDMA2 UDMA0 UDMA1 UDMA2 UDMA3 UDMA4 and UDMA5 SWDMA Single Word DMA MWDMA Multi Word DMA UDMA UltraDMA S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART can help predict impending drive failures Select Auto to allow BIOS to auto detect hard disk drive suppo...

Page 57: ...terrupt address The options are Yes and No Palette Snooping Select Enabled to inform the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the system in order for the graphics card to function properly The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI IDE BusMaster Set this value to allow or prevent the use of PCI IDE busmastering Select Enabled to allow AMI BIOS to use PCI busmaster for reading and ...

Page 58: ...dress This option speciﬁes the base I O port address and Interrupt Request address of serial port 1 Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources When this option is set to Disabled the serial port physically becomes unavailable Select 3F8 IRQ4 to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt address The options are Disabled 3...

Page 59: ...Port Mode Specify the parallel port mode The options are Normal Bi directional EPP and ECP Parallel Port IRQ Select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Chipset Conﬁguration NorthBridge Conﬁguration Memory Conﬁguration Memclock Mode This setting determines how the memory clock is set Auto has the memory clock by code and Limit allows the user to set a stand...

Page 60: ...Enabled and Disabled 4 Bit ECC Mode Allows the user to enabled 4 bit ECC mode also known as ECC Chipkill Options are Enabled and Disabled DRAM Scrub Redirect Allows system to correct DRAM ECC errors immediately even with background scrubbing on Options are Enabled and Disabled DRAM BG Scrub Corrects memory errors so later reads are correct Options are Dis abled and various times in nanoseconds and...

Page 61: ... Conﬁguration USB 1 1 Controller Enable or disable the USB 1 1 controller USB 2 0 Controller Enable or disable the USB 2 0 controller USB Devices Enabled This ﬁeld dsiplays the USB devices currently enabled Legacy USB Support Select Enabled to enable the support for USB Legacy Disable Legacy support if there are no USB devices installed in the system Auto disabled Legacy support if no USB devices ...

Page 62: ...r Serial Port Number Selects the serial port to use for console redirection Options are COM1 and COM2 Serial Port Mode Selects the serial port settings to use Options are 115200 8 n 1 57600 8 n 1 38400 8 n 1 19200 8 n 1 and 09600 8 n 1 Flow Control Selects the ﬂow control to be used for console redirection Options are None Hardware and Software Redirection After BIOS POST Options are Disable no re...

Page 63: ... C Other items in the submenu are systems monitor displays for the following information CPU1 Temperature CPU2 Temperature CPU3 Temperature CPU4 Tempera ture for 4U systems System Temperature CPU1 Vcore CPU2 Vcore CPU3 Vcore CPU4 Vcore for 4U systems 3 3V Vcc 5Vin 12Vin 5V standby and battery voltage System Fan Monitor Fan Speed Control This feature allows the user to determine how the system will...

Page 64: ...ce 5th Boot Device Hard Disk Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available hard disk drives 1st Drive Speciﬁes the boot sequence for the 1st Hard Drive Removable Drives This feature allows the user to specify the Boot sequence from available remov able drives 1st Drive Speciﬁes the boot sequence for the 1st Removable Drive The options are 1st Floppy Drive and Disa...

Page 65: ...word Select this option and press Enter to access the sub menu and then type in the password Boot Sector Virus Protection This option is near the bottom of the Security Setup screen Select Disabled to deactivate the Boot Sector Virus Protection Select Enabled to enable boot sector protection When Enabled AMI BIOS displays a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts...

Page 66: ...on and reboot the computer Select Discard Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enter Discard Changes Select this option and press Enter to discard all the changes and return to AMI BIOS Utility Program Load Optimal Defaults To set this feature select Load Optimal Defaults from the Exit menu and press Enter Then Select OK to allow BIOS to automatically load the Optimal Defaults as the BIOS...

Page 67: ...ually communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list on the following page correspond to the number of beeps for the corresponding error All errors listed with the exception of Beep Code 8 are fatal errors POST codes may be read on the debug LEDs located beside the LAN port on the serverboard backplane See the description of the Debug LEDs LED1 and LED2 in Chapt...

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Page 69: ...s are listed in order of execution Checkpoint Code Description D0h The NMI is disabled Power on delay is starting Next the initialization code check sum will be veriﬁed D1h Initializing the DMA controller performing the keyboard controller BAT test starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB ﬂat mode next D3h Starting memory sizing next D4h Returning to real mode Executing any OEM patches and settin...

Page 70: ...curred while reading the ﬂoppy drive in drive A F0h Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle in the root directory F1h The AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle is not in the root directory F2h Next reading and analyzing the ﬂoppy diskette FAT to ﬁnd the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle F3h Next reading the AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle cluster by cluster F4h The AMIBOOT ROM ﬁle is not the correct size F5h Next disabling inter...

Page 71: ...d during power on Initializing CMOS RAM if the Initialize CMOS RAM in every boot AMIBIOS POST option was set in AMIBCP or the End key was pressed 12h Next disabling DMA controllers 1 and 2 and interrupt controllers 1 and 2 13h The video display has been disabled Port B has been initialized Next initializing the chipset 14h The 8254 timer test will begin next 19h Next programming the ﬂash ROM 1Ah T...

Page 72: ...IPL general devices next if present See the last page of this chapter for additional information 39h Displaying bus initialization error messages See the last page of this chapter for additional information 3Ah The new cursor position has been read and saved Displaying the Hit DEL mes sage next 3Bh The Hit DEL message is displayed The protected mode memory test is about to start 40h Preparing the ...

Page 73: ... was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit DEL message next 59h The Hit DEL message is cleared The WAIT message is displayed Starting the DMA and interrupt controller test next 60h The DMA page register test passed Performing the DMA Controller 1 base register test next 62h The DMA controller 1 base register test passed Performing the DMA controller 2 base register test next 65h T...

Page 74: ... control and has now returned control to BIOS POST Perform ing any required processing after the option ROM returned control 99h Any initialization required after the option ROM test has completed Conﬁguring the timer data area and printer base address next 9Ah Set the timer and printer base addresses Setting the RS 232 base address next 9Bh Returned after setting the RS 232 base address Performin...

Page 75: ...0 option ROM had control next Aah Initialization after E000 option ROM control has completed Displaying the system conﬁguration next Abh Uncompressing the DMI data and executing DMI POST initialization next B0h The system conﬁguration is displayed B1h Copying any code to speciﬁc areas 00h Code copying to speciﬁc areas is done Passing control to INT 19h boot loader next ...

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