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1. JPUSB Sale SUPER P4SPA P4SPE yboard Mouse JPWAKE CPU FAN r Cou 5 3 3 p7 8 CPU 3 478 PGA E x 3 a zw ole zz E a zz S aia 8 S J9 E Ef 12V Power a Ir SG 2E JP3 5 e E up2 3 S OHFAN E e ele LINE LINE our HNE mic AGP 8x 1 5v 4X IN1 PCI 1 PINI PCI 2 KR EIERE JP1 JP20 le PINI SUPERIO PCI3 ICH5 PIN1 J17 J18 PCI4 CD AUX Nor SATA E PINI BIOS BATTERY PCI5 USB6 7 CH FAN1 GAME HEADER OHLED A toie JWOR 13941 1394 2 SS elle pin PIN1 See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers I O ports and JF1front panel connections Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only Note the only difference between the PASPE and P4SPA is that the P4SPA has an onboard VGA Connector and the P4SPE does not 14 Chapter 1 Introduction P4SPA P4SPE Quick Reference Jumpers Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear See Section 2 7 JP1 Overheat Fan Force On Open Disabled JP2 JP3 FSB Speed Pins 1 2 Auto JP4 Watch Dog Pins 2 3 NMI JP20 Force Power On Open Disabled JPUSB USB Wake Up USBO0 1 Pins 1 2 Disabled JPWAKE KB Mouse Wake Up Pins 1 2 Disabled Connectors Description AUX Auxiliary Port Connector CD1 Audio CD Input large connector COM1 COM Port
2. POST hex Description 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Ah Reserved 5Bh Optional Feature Show message for entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD optional 5Ch Reserved 5Dh 1 Initialize Init Onboard Super IO switch 2 Initialize Init Onboard AUDIO switch 5Eh Reserved 5Fh Reserved 60h Okay to enter Setup utility i e not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility 61h Reserved 62h Reserved 63h Reserved 64h Reserved 65h Initialize PS 2 Mouse 66h Reserved 67h Prepare memory size information for function call INT 15h ax E820h 68h Reserved 69h Turn on L2 cache 6Ah Reserved 6Bh Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup amp Auto configuration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO 6Eh Reserved 6Fh 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 70h Reserved 71h Reserved 72h Reserved 73h Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 74h Reserved 75h Detect amp install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM 76h Reserved TIh Detect serial ports amp parallel ports 78h Reserved 79h Reserved 7Ah Detect amp install co processor 7Bh Reserved 7Ch Reserved 7Dh Reserved 7Eh Reserved 7Fh 1 Switch back to t
3. Pin Definition Pin Definition 11 3 3V 1 3 3V 12 12V 2 3 3V 13 COM 3 COM 14 PS_ON 4 5V 15 COM 5 COM 16 COM 6 5V 17 COM T COM 18 5V 8 PW OK 19 5V 9 5VSB 20 5V 10 412V 12V 4 pin Connector J9 Required Pins Definition i 1 amp 2 Ground Connection 333 12V Infrared Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 2 45V 4 CIRRX 6 IRRX 8 Ground 10 IRTX PW ON Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 20 PW ON 18 Ground Chapter 2 Installation Reset Connector The reset connector is located on pins 24 and 26 of JF1 This con nector attaches to the reset switch on the computer chassis See the table on the right for pin definitions IDE SATA LED See Note below The IDE LED is located on pins 1 3 5 and 7 of JF1 This connects to the IDE SATA LED to display all activities of all IDE SATA devices See the table on the right for pin definitions This LED is for all IDE SATA devices Power_LED Connector The Power LED connector is lo cated on pins 9 11 and 13 of JF1 This connection is used to provide LED indication of power being sup plied to the system See the table on the right for pin definitions Keylock Connector The keylock connector is located on pins 15 and 17 of JF1 See the table on the right for pin defini tions Speaker Connector The speaker connector is located on pins 19 21 23 and 25 of JF1 See the ta
4. 50 37 5 25 and 12 5 4 4 3 1 0 Device Configuration Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port1 Onboard Serial Port2 This setting allows the user to set the address and the corresponding IRQ for the Serial Porti and Serial Port 2 The options are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 and Auto The default setting for Serial Port1 is 3F8 IRQ4 and the default for Port 2 is 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select This setting allows the user to select the UART mode for the BIOS The options are IrDA ASKIR and Normal RxD TxD Active This allows the user to change the settings for the RxD TxD Active function The options are Hi Hi Hi Lo Lo Hi and Lo Lo IR Transmission Delay If Enabled the transmission of IR infrared signals will be delayed The options are Enabled and Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode This setting set the mode for the UR2 Duplex Mode The options are Full and Half 4 9 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Use IR Pins This item sets the usage of the IR pins The options are RxD2 TxD2 and IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port This setting allows the user to set the address and the corresponding IRQ for the onboard parallel port The options are Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 and 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode This setting sets the mode for the onboard Parallel port The options are SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP and Norma
5. Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted on the above screen press the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the User Password in the dialogue box to set or to change the User Password Password Check This setting allows the user to determine if the password is required every time when the system boots up or if the password is required only when you enter the CMOS setup The options are System and Setup Fixed Disk Boot Sector This setting allows the user to configure the Fixed Disk Boot Sector The default setting is Protected Chapter 4 BIOS 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display E Hard D1rk Boot Pepority Award BIOS attempts to load the operating system from devices specified by the users in a user specified sequence Hard Disk Boot Priority This item allows the user to select the Boot Priority of Hard Disk Devices First Boot Device This item allows the user to set the first boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Second Boot Device This item allows the user to set the second boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Third Boot Device
6. After all the hardware has been installed you must first install the operating system and then other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CDs that came packaged with your motherboard 5 sUPERPAIERSO Fase Pesp Motherbosrd Drivers at Me E Si Bie Mirat Drs OD SUPERMICR Drivers amp Tools ei E Iniel E sien Bacheca Drei bot PER Intel SEP Eja Uhigsi FASPE PASPA ej Aj gol al SUFERMLURU Supeno Dock M Cy e Avance Loge ACS Ako Deet Egide dick elses arci rusa Browse CD T ite Sia Uz bd Tee Fo more indonrestapn pase wist ELIPER IM DHT asti ee ELIPER MICHI Corsair Ire Drivers Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD 2 19 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor IIl program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management i
7. Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 and Ctrl F8 4 4 4 PnP Configuration Choose PCI PnP Configurations from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Init D 3play from Initial Display From This feature sets the device that will initiate the monitor display when the System is first turned on The Options are PCI Slot and Onboard AGP 4 11 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Reset Configuration Data Enabling this setting resets the extended system configuration data when you exit setup Do this when you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot reboot the system The options are Enabled and Disabled Resources Controlled By This setting allows BIOS to automatically configure all boot and Plug and Play compatible devices lf you choose Auto you cannot select the IRQ DMA and memory base address fields because BIOS automatically assigns them The options are Auto lt ESCDs and Manual 4 4 5 Hardware Monitors There are only three settings on this menu below The rest of this menu shows various temperatures and voltage levels as indicated CPU Waeninkg Tamparakuca CPU Warning Temperature This allows you to set the CPU warning temperature If the CPU temperature reaches this threshold an alarm will activate and a warning message will be displayed onscreen The op
8. and 256 CSA LAN Giga LA This setting allows you to enable or disable the CSA GLAN Controller The options are Enabled and Disabled On Chip VGA This setting allows you to enable or disable On Chip VGA Controller The options are Enabled and Disabled On Chip Frame Buffer Size This setting allows you to set On Chip Frame Buffer Size The options are 1 MB 4 MB 8 MB 16 MB and 32 MB Onboard LAN This setting allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN Controller The options are Enabled and Disabled On Chip Serial ATA Select Disabled to disable SATA Controller Select Auto to allow the BIOS to make arrangements automatically The options are Disabled Auto and Manual However if Primary IDE and Secondary IDE drives are not populated the Award BIOS will display Pri Master for the item Onboard SATA1 and Sec Master for the item Onboard SATA2 If the Primary IDE is populated and the Secondary IDE drive is not populated the Award BIOS will display Sec Master for the item 4 7 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Onboard SATA1 and Sec Slave for the item Onboard SATA2 If the Primary IDE is not populated and the Secondary IDE drive is populated the Award BIOS will display Pri Master for the item Onboard SATA1 and Pri Slave for the item Onboard SATA2 If both Primary IDE and the Secondary IDE drives are populated the Award BIOS will assign Tertiary
9. standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray 2 4 Chapter 2 Installation 2 4 Installing DDR Memory CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing memory modules to prevent any possible damage Memory Module Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert each DDR memory module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the mod ule incorrectly See support information below 2 Gently press down on the memory module until it snaps into place Support The P4SPA P4SPE supports Dual or Single channel Non ECC unbuf fered DDR 400 333 266 SDRAM Both interleaved and non interleaved memory is supported so you may populate any number of DIMM slots Populate DIMM1 DIMM3 and or DIMM2 DIMM4 with memory modules of the same size same type will result in the dual channel two way inter leaved memory which is faster than the single channel non interleaved memory BLOCK DIAGRAM SINGLE PROCESSOR M B Io BU SPRINGDALE G PLATFORM 2 Channel PC3200 DDR SDRAM AG QE LY 5 Mbit KI 2 MMO IDE amp 2 SATA EM PGA478 PROCESSOR CLOCK 1 Giga LAN x x 8 USB SII wir BCD A PREQO slot ADIT CDAB PREQI 11394 FIREWIRE ap ADIS DABC mn ATX Forn Factor SIOM wu EFGH mn e FILE LINGO LIST 2 5 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Figure 2 2 Side and Top Views of D
10. 7 QGP5 JSBUT 8 5V fused the right for pin definitions 9 45V fused 10 GP6 JSBUT2 11 GP2 JSX2R 12 MIDLOUTR 13 GP3 JSYoR 14 GP7 JSBUT3 15 MIDI INR Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions Parallel Port Connector 4 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed i 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error The parallel port is located OI ae 5 Se nt Refer to Figure 2 3 for location 7 DataBit2 8 SLCT IN 9 Data Bit3 10 GND See the table on the right for pin 11 Data Bit 4 12 GND initi 13 DataBit5 14 GND definitions 15 Data Bit6 16 GND 17 Data Bit7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 GND 23 PE 24 GND 25 SLCT 26 NC 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation Floppy Connector Floppy Connector Pin Definitions J5 The floppy connector is located Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 GND 2 FDHDIN on J5 Refer to Figure 2 3 for lo 3 GND 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN cation See the table on the right GND 8 Indos for pin definitions 9 GND 10 Motor Enable 11 GND 12 Drive Select B 13 GND 14 Drive Select A 15 GND 16 Motor Enable 17 GND 18 DIR 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 Write Data 23 GND 24 Write Gate 25 GND 26 Track 00 27 GND 28 Write Protect 29 GND 30 Read Data 31 GND 32 Side 1 Select 33 GND 34 Diskette IDE Connectors There are no jumpers to config ure the onboard IDE interfaces Pins 3 5 of JF1 Refer to Fig ure 2 3 for location Se
11. Keylock Pin 14 Ground eo Pin 13 Ground Pin 12 NIC LED eo Pin 11 X Pin 10 IRTX ee Pin 9 Power LED Pin 8 GROUND ee Pin 7 VCC5 Pin 6 IRRX eo Pin 5 IDE LED Pin 4 CIRRX eo Pin 3 IDE LED Pin 2 VCCS e e Pin 1 VCC5 Figure 2 4 Front Control Panel Connectors 2 7 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual 2 6 Connecting Cables Power Supply Connectors The primary power supply connector J7 on the P4SPA P4SPE meets the SSI Superset ATX 20 pin specification Refer to the table on the right for the pin definitions of the ATX 20 pin power connector You must also connect the 4 pin J9 processor power connector to your power supply Refer to the table below right for the J9 12V connector IR Connector The infrared connector is located on pins 2 4 6 8 and 10 of JF1 See the table on the right for pin definitions See the Technical Support section of our web page for information on the infrared de vices you can connect to the sys tem PW ON Connector The PW ON connector is located on pins 18 and 20 of JF1 Con nect it to the chassis power but ton which you may also configure to put the system into suspend mode see the Power Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the power when the suspend mode is enabled depress the power but ton for at least 4 seconds See the table on the right for pin defini tions 2 8 ATX 20 pin Power Connector Pin Definitions J7
12. SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to re motely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboards have a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability Wake On LAN must be enabled in BIOS Note that Wake On Lan can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Chapter 1 Introduction 1 5 Power Supply As with all computer products 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 1 GHz and faster The SUPER P4SPA P4SPE accommodates 12V ATX power supplies Al though most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate You power supply must supply 1 amp of 5V standby voltage It is strongly recommended that you use a high 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 in stall a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a po
13. This item allows the user to set the third boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD SCSI CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Boot Other Device If enabled this option enables the BIOS to load the OS from another device rather than the ones that have been specified as the first second and third boot up devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled Chapter 4 BIOS 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Save amp Exit Setup Save amp Exit Setup When the item Save amp Exit Setup is highlighted press lt Enter gt to save the changes you ve made in the BIOS program CMOS and exit Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure Exit without Saving When the item Exit without Saving is highlighted press lt Enter gt to exit the Setup routine without saving any changes you may have made Your sys tem should then continue with the boot up procedure Load Fail Safe Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Load Optimized Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the optimized settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These settings provide you with optimal system performance 4 17 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s M
14. Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensi tivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Software On Off Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard 3 pin fans are controlled by the power management functions CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat tempera ture When this temperature reaches the threshold the CPU thermal trip feature will be activated and it will send a signal to the Speaker LED and at the same time the CPU speed will be decreased Hardware BIOS Virus Protection The system BIOS is protected by hardware so that no virus can infect the BIOS area The user can only change the BIOS content through the flash utility provided by Supermicro This feature can prevent viruses from in fecting the BIOS area and destroying valuable data Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The 3 phase switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to 60A current and auto sense voltage IDs ranging from 0 875 V to 1 6V This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make the system more stable Chapter 1 Introduction 1 4 Power Configuration Settings This section describes features of your motherboard that deal with power and power settings Microsoft OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a c
15. adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Check that the 5v standby LED is not lit LE2 on motherboard a A O Inm Make sure the 4 pin 12v power connector at J24 is connected to your power supply Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and chassis Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards Install a CPU and heatsink making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well No Power Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chassis Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to Appendix A for details on beep codes 3 1 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1
16. for front L amp R rear L amp R center and subwoofer speak ers This feature is activated with the Advanced software on the CD ROM included with your mother board Sound is then output through the Line In Line Out and MIC jacks see at right Activate AC 97 with the AC 97 Audio setting in the Ad vanced Chipset Features section of BIOS 2 12 Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR1 Pin aia Number Definition 1 Ground 2 Wake up Table 2 15 Overheat LED Pin Definitions JOH1 Pin Number Definition 1 2 12VDC OH Active Blue Line In Green Line Out Red MIC In Chapter 2 Installation 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used Connector to choose between optional set Ping 3 2 1 tings Jumpers create shorts be e o tween two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is r1 det identified with a square solder pad i on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for Setting MEME jumper locations Te EMEN Pin 1 2 short Note On a two pin jumper Closed means the jumper is on both pins and Open means the jumper is either on only one pin or completely removed CMOS Clear JBT1 is not actually a jumper but consists of two contact pads To clear the contents of CMOS short these pads together by touching them both wit
17. 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 mainboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS update file and you will find the readme txt flash instruc tions the awdflash exe BIOS flash utility and the BIOS image xxxx bin files Copy these files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system It is not necessary to set the BIOS boot block protection jumpers on the mainboard At the DOS prompt upon rebooting enter the command awdflash Then type in the BIOS file that you want to update xxxx bin SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Question After flashing the BIOS my system does not have video How can correct this Answer If the system does not have video after flashing your new BIOS it indicates that the flashing procedure failed To fix this first clear CMOS per the instructions in this manual and retry the BIOS flashing procedure If you still do not have video please use the following BIOS Recovery Pro cedure First make sure the JPWAKE jumper is disabled Then turn your system off and place the floppy disk with the saved BIOS image file see above FAQ in drive A Press and hold Alt and F2 at the same time then turn on the power keeping these keys pressed until your floppy drive starts reading Your screen will remain blank until the BIOS program is d
18. this feature allows the system to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system The settings are Enabled and Disabled Quiet Boot This feature allows the user to activate the function of Quiet Boot Enabled and Disabled ACPI Function Select Enabled to activate the function of BIOS Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface features The settings are Enabled or Disabled ACPI Suspend Type If enabled the option allows the user to determine the ACPI Suspend type The options are S1 POS S3 STR S1 amp S3 APIC Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable APIC APIC is used to assign interrupt signals to a specific processor on multi processor system and provides IRQs beyond the conventional 16 under Windows 2000 or XP It has no effect on single processor systems MPS Version Control for OS This setting allows you to state the MPS version for your operating system Options are 1 1 and 1 4 PWRON After PWR Fail This setting allows the user to specify how the system will respond when power is reapplied after the system has gone down due to a power failure The options are Off On and Former Sts 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 2 Advanced Chipset Control Sraphice Aperturen Graphics Apertures This option allows the BIOS to set the size of system memory reserved for AGP Graphic access The options are 4 8 16 32 64 128
19. tions 2 USB Pin Definition Universal Serial Bus USB JPUSB A Universal Serial Bus header on ieee E E the motherboard which may be 2 PO 3 PO used to provide front side chassis i Ground access cables not included p These additional ports are labeled Em Em USB6 to USB7 See the tables on Number Definition Number Definition the right below for pin defini De S bo tions 5 PO 6 PO 7 Ground 8 Ground 10 Ground Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is des ignated WOL on the motherboard Wake On LAN Pin Definitions WOL See the table on the right for pin definitions You must enable the Number Definition 1 5V Standby LAN Wake Up setting in BIOS to 2 Ground use this function You must also 3 Wake up have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature 2 11 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be awakened by an incoming call when in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must also have a WOR card and cable to use WOR Overheat LED JOH The JOH header is used to con nect an LED to provide warning of chassis overheating Refer to Table 2 15 for pin definitions AC 97 Output AC 97 provides high quality onboard audio The P4SPA P4SPE features 6 channel sound
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21. DR Module Installation into Slot To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the notch To Remove Use your thumbs gently to push each release tab outward to release the DIMM from the slot Notch p gs q A Notch Release Tab Note Notch should align with the receptive point on the slot Release Tab Release Tab Top View of DDR Slot L Q Release Tab 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation 2 5 I O Port Control Panel Connector Locations The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC99 specification to make setting up your system easier See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various IO ports Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions LAN Port E z z 2 ne fw VGA Keyboard COM Port USB Ports USB Port Note Blue Line In CRASH As only Green Line Out Red Mic Front Control Panel JF1 acontain header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 2 4 for the pin definitions of the various connectors including the speaker Refer to Section 2 6 for details JF1 Pin 26 Reset o Pin 25 VCC5 Pin 24 Ground o Pin 23 X Pin 22 X e Pin 21 X Pin 20 PW ON eoe Pin 19 Speaker Pin 18 Ground eo Pin 17 Ground Pin 16 X ee Pin 15
22. ER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro n General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan D5 4F No 16 Chien Ba Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8226 3990 ext 132 or 139 Chapter 1 Introduction SUPER P4SPA P4SPE Figure 1 1 SUPER P4SPA Image Note the only difference between the P4SPE and P4SPA is that the P4SPA has an onboard VGA Connector and the P4SPE does not SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Figure 1 3 Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale
23. LR amp S W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR 1Ch Reserved 1Dh Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch 1Eh Reserved 1Fh Load keyboard matrix notebook platform 20h Reserved 21h HPM initialization notebook platform 22h Reserved 23h 1 Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack If CMOS checksum fails use default value instead 3 Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI amp PnP use If ESCD is valid take into consideration of the ESCD s legacy information 4 Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI amp DIMM slots 5 Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory amp I O resource Search for a valid VGA device amp VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0 24h Reserved 25h Reserved 26h Reserved 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h Program CPU internal MTRR P6 amp PII for 0 640K memory address Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU Program early chipset according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller Measure CPU speed Invoke video BIOS 2Ah Reserved 2Bh Reserved 2Ch Reserved Appendix B Award BIOS POST Codes POST hex Description 2Dh I Initialize multi language 2 Put information on scr
24. Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 You should be using unbuffered DDR memory see next page Also it is recommended that you use the same memory speed for all DIMMs in the system See Section 2 4 for memory limitations 3 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping modules between slots and noting the results 4 Check the power supply voltage 115V 230V switch Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Ensure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard 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 that as a motherboard manufacturer Supermicro does not sell directly to end users so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They 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 Questions FAQs sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermic
25. ORTS SMBus 2 0 i c AC 97 CODEC PCI Bus 5 PCI Masters 2 ATA 100 PORTS Flash TFM SIO BIOS LPC interface Figure 1 3 865G 865PE Springdale Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent the features on your motherboard See the follow ing pages for the actual specifications of each motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction Motherboard Features CPU Latest CPU technology Single Pentium 4 478 pin 0 13 micron processors up to 3 06 GHz at 800 533 400 MHz FSB or Intel Celeron 478 pin 0 13 micron processors up to 2 4 GHz at 400 MHz FSB Note Refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Product_page product m htm for updates on supported processors Memory Latest memory technology Dual Single Channel DDR up to 4 GB of two way interleaved or non interleaved non ECC DDR 400 333 266 SDRAM in 4 DIMMS Note See Section 2 4 for details Chipset Latest Intel chipset technology e Intel Springdale 865G P4SPA 865PE P4SPE Expansion Slots Five 32 bit 33 MHz PCI slots 5V One AGP8x X4 slot 1 5V BIOS 4 Mb Firmware Hub AwardBIOS Flash BIOS APM 1 2 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Eight onboard voltage monitors for CPU core 3 3V 3 3V standby 45V 5V standby Vbat battery voltage and 12V Fan status monitor with fi
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27. SUPERO SUPER P4SPA SUPER PASPE USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1a The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPERMICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine 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 PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION 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 the State of California USA The State of Ca
28. Serial Port 1 Connector COM2 COM Header Serial Port 2 Header Chassis Fani Chassis Fan Header CPU Fan Processor Fan Header OH Fan Overheat Fan Header DIMM1 2 3 4 Memory DIMM Slots 1 through 4 Ethernet Gigabit LAN Ethernet Port Floppy Connector 1 Floppy Disk Connector Game Port Game Port IDE 2 2 IDE Connectors SATA 2 SATA Headers J1 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse J4 Parallel Printer Port J7 ATX Power Connector J9 12V Power Supply JF1 Front Control Panel JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 Overheat LED Header JWOR Wake On Ring Header LINE IN Audio In Connector LINE OUT Audio Out Speaker Connector MIC Microphone Input USB 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Universal Serial Ports 0 7 VGA Video Graphic Connector WOL Wake On LAN 1394 1 1394 2 IE Connector Firewire Optional Note the only difference between the PASPE and P4SPA is that the P4SPA has an onboard VGA Connector and the P4SPE does not 1 5 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Processor 400 533 800 MHz LL SystemBus T DDR 1 AGP 8X 4X SE Chanera 2 1GB s 3 2GB s DUR GMCH i Ee bag Channel B 266MB s BUR CSA LAN KEAN DDR 266MB s Hub Interface LE J UBS 2 0 8 PORTS POWER MANAGEMENT GPIO LAN CONN ASF ICH5 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT 2 SATA P
29. UPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual 4 2 R nning Setup eerte b ee edge eene inge bg 4 2 4 3 MaimBlOS Setup suite repetere nen ar ette 4 2 Main BIOS Setup MetU oo iit trece 4 3 4 4 Advanced BIOS Setup 4 4 1 Advanced BIOS Features AE 4 5 4 4 2 Advanced Chipset Control 4 7 4 43 HO Device Configuration ierre et fter 4 9 424 4 PAP Gonfiguration cit treten ties 4 11 4 4 5 Hardware Monitors erts 4 12 4 4 6 Processor A Clock Options seen 4 13 4 5 SeCUtity eniin eremo nete rar eO RE td E 4 14 4 6 4 7 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages EE A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST G0d68 5i totes det eee B 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an ac knowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail 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 contact your retailer All Included with Retail Box Only One 1 Supermicro Mainboard Two 2 SATA66 100 ribbon cables One 1 COM port cable with bracket One 1 IDE cable One 1 floppy drive ribbon cable One 1 I O shield One 1 Supermicro CD or diskettes containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual 1 1 SUP
30. anual Discard Changes When the item Discard Changes is highlighted press lt Enter gt to discard any changes you made to the BIOS settings and to stay in BIOS Setup Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure 4 18 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a problem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Beeps Error Messages 1 long beep Memory Modules Errors 1 long beep 2 short beeps VGA Errors A 1 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Notes A 2 Appendix B Award BIOS POST Codes Appendix B Award BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Testing Codes for the Award BIOS POST hex Description CFh Test CMOS R W functionality COh Early chipset initialization Disable shadow RAM Disable L2 cache socket 7 or below Program basic chipset registers Clh Detect memory Auto detection of DRAM size type and ECC Auto detection of L2 cache socket 7 or below C3h Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM C5h Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 amp F000 shadow RAM Ohl Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio Early Init switch 04h Reserved 05h 1 Blank out screen 2 C
31. ble on the right for pin definitions 2 9 Reset Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 24 Ground 26 Reset IDE Pin Definition Pin Number Definition 1 5V 3 HD Active 5 HD Active 7 5V Power_LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 9 5V 11 5V 13 Ground Keylock Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 15 Keylock 17 Control Speaker Pin Definition Pin Number Fucntion Pin Definition 19 Secher data 21 Key o connection 23 Key No connection 25 5V Red wire SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Serial Ports Two serial ports are included on the motherboard COM1 is a port located beside the mouse key board ports and COM2 is a header located on the motherboard near PCI slot 5 See the table on the right for pin definitions NC indicates no connection CD Header There are two 4 pin CD headers of different sizes on the motherboard These allow you to use the onboard sound for audio CD playback Connect the audio cable from your CD drive to the header that fits your cable s con nector Only one CD header can be use at any one time See the tables at right for pin definitions Fan Headers There are four fan headers on the P4SPA P4SPE which are desig nated CPU Fan Chassis Fan 1 and Over Heat Fan Connect the fan on your CPU heatsink to the CPU Fan header See the table
32. board in the chassis 3 Install the memory and add on cards 4 Finally connect the cables and install the drivers 2 1 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Fan Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing AN direct pressure on the label area of the fan IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink Installation of the Processor and Heatsink 1 Locate the following components which are included in the shipping package Clips 2 Ny Bile Bracket 1 Note The CPU heatsink fan with clips is included only with the retail ver sions of the P4SPA P4SPE f you buy a boxed Intel Pentium 4 478 Northwood processor it should include a heatsink fan and retention mecha nism If you buy a processor separately use only a Supermicro or Intel certified heatsink and fan 2 Insert the white pegs into the black an chors Do not force the white pegs all the way in about 1 3 of the white pegs should be inside the black anchors These are for chassis that do not have four CPU retention holes dme e y E Bracket in position 3 Place a retention bracket in the proper position and secure it by pressing two pegs into the reten tion holes until you hear a click The cli
33. cking sound indicates that the peg is locked and secured 4 Secure the other retention bracket into position by repeating Step 3 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation 5 Lift the lever on the CPU socket Socket Lever 6 Install the CPU in the socket Make sure that Pin 1 of the CPU is seated on Pin 1 of the socket both corners are marked with a triangle 7 Press the lever down until you hear it click into the locked position Socket lever in locked position 8 Apply the proper amount of thermal compound to the CPU die 9 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU and press firmly down ward do not twist or slide the heatsink to seat thermal compound 10 Secure the heat sink by locking the retention clips into their proper position Retainer clip attachment point 11 Connect the CPU fan cable to the CPU Fan header on the motherboard SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Lever Pin 1 Processor installed Pin 1 Figure 2 1 478 pin mPGA Socket Empty and with Processor Installed 2 3 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure the location of all the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis Make sure the metal
34. cover dam ages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alteration misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the AwardBIOS for the P4SPA P4SPE The Award ROM BIOS is stored in a Flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Refer to the Manual Download area of our web site for any changes to BIOS that are not reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The AwardBIOS Flash chip stores the system parameters such as amount of memory type of disk drives and video displays etc CMOS requires very little power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS Flash chip enabling it to retain the system parameters Each time the computer is pow ered on the computer is then configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control when the computer is pow ered on How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can b
35. e CPU clock frequency ratio selections set in BIOS e AC97 CODEC Suspend to RAM Onboard 5vsb warning LED LE2 CD Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility Drivers and software for Intel 865G 865PE chipset utilities Dimensions ATX form factor 12 x 8 8 305 x 223 5 mm Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview 865G P4SPA 865PE P4SPE Intel s Sprindale 865G 865PE chipset is comprised of two primary compo nents the Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMCH and the I O Controller Hub ICH5 The Sprindale 865G 865PE provides the performance and feature set required for high end dual single processor desktop and work station systems Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMCH The GMCH provides the host CPU interface DDR Memory interface AGP interface ICH5 Hub CSA interface and 8xAGP interface for the Sprindale 865G 865PE chipset The CPU interface supports the Pentium 4 Processor subset of the Extended Mode of the Scalable Bus Protocol The GMCH memory interface supports dual channel DDR and the 1 5V AGP slot which supports 8X 4X data transfers and AGP Fast Writes The Integrated Graphics Controller provides 3D 2D high performance graphics solution Host Interface and System Memory Interface The Springdale GMCH can utilize a single PGA 478 pin processor It sup ports a FSB frequency of 800 533 400 MHz 100 MHz 133 MHz and 200 MHz CLK respectively It supports 32 bit host addressing decodin
36. e ac cessed by pressing lt Del gt at the appropriate time during system boot Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the lt Delete gt key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Chipset and Power menus Section 4 3 gives detailed descriptions of each parameter setting in the Setup utility 4 1 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Optimal default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the Main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see on next page When you first power on the computer the AwardBIOS is immediately activated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two Ways 1 By pressing Del immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Del key to activate the Main Setup Menu Press DEL to enter SETUP 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All Main Setup options are described in this section The Main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Us
37. e the Up Down arrow keys or the Tab key to move among the different settings in the above menu Press the Esc key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu and use the Left Right arrow keys to enter the other categories of BIOS settings The next section is described in detail to illustrate how to navigate through the menus 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu Cote aa PETRI Date Time Set the system date and time Key in the correct information in the mm dd and yy fields Press the Enter key to save the data Legacy Disketie A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are None 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette B The options are None 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in b Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave These settings allow the user to set the parameters of the IDE Primary Master Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual IDE MDD Auto Detection IDE HDD Auto Detection This o
38. e the table on the left for pin defini tions Note You must use the ATA100 66 cable included with your system to benefit from the ATA100 66 technology IDE Connector Pin Definitions J6 J7 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 Reset IDE 2 GND 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 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 GND 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 GND 23 UO Write 24 GND 25 VO Read 26 GND 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 lOCS16 33 Addr 1 34 GND 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 GND SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual 1 5V 8xAGP Slot The P4SPA P4SPE includes an 8xAGP slot for high performance video cards It is backward compatible with 4xAGP and 2xAGP graphics cards To install a VGA card power down the system and remove the I O shield corresponding to the AGP slot Then pull back the locking tab on the slot before inserting your VGA card After the card is inserted close the locking tab if possible some VGA cards have a notch in the corner of the board to lock it into place others do not Replace all chassis covers before restoring power to the system Figure 2 5 8xAGP Slot Locking Tab 2 18 Chapter 2 Installation 2 9 Installing the Operating System and Software Programs
39. een display including Award title CPU type CPU speed 2Eh Reserved 2Fh Reserved 30h Reserved 31h Reserved 32h Reserved 33h Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 34h Reserved 35h Reserved 36h Reserved 37h Reserved 38h Reserved 39h Reserved 3Ah Reserved 3Bh Reserved 3Ch Test 8254 3Dh Reserved 3Eh Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1 3Fh Reserved 40h Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2 Alb Reserved 42h Reserved 43h Test 8259 functionality 44h Reserved 45h Reserved 46h Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved 4Eh 1 Program MTRR of MI CPU 2 Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU amp program CPU with proper cacheable range 3 Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU 4 On MP platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical 4Fh Reserved 50h Initialize USB 51h Reserved 52h Test all memory clear all extended memory to 0 53h Reserved 54h Reserved 55h Display number of processors multi processor platform 56h Reserved 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual
40. ers for JP JPS the Front Side Bus Speed Select JP2 JP3 i i 12 12 AUTO See the table on the right for pin 1 23 Ke UE definitions 2 3 NC 133 MHz NC 2 3 200 MHz NC NC Reserved 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation Keyboard Wake Up The JPWAKE jumper is used to gether with the Keyboard Wake Up function in BIOS Enable both the jumper and the BIOS setting to allow the system to be woken up by depressing a key on the key board See the table on the right for jumper settings Your power supply must meet ATX specifica tion 2 01 or higher and supply 720 mA of standby power to use this feature Power On Instead of using the chassis power on switch you may close jumper JP20 to apply power to the system See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is Open normal Chassis Overheat Fan Select A header for the Overheat Fan Force On is located on JP1 Close Pins 1 amp 2 of JP 1 to enable the function of OH Fan Force On which will force the OH Fan to stay on all the time and the OH Fan will function as a normal Chassis Fan The default setting is Open to disable the function of OH Fan Force On In this situa tion the OH Fan will not be turned on unless an overheat condition occurs in the system 2 15 Keyboard Wake Up Jumper Settings JPWAKE Jumper Position Definition 1 2 2 3 Disabled Enabled Power On Jumper Settings Jumper Pos
41. ext mode if full screen logo is supported If errors occur report errors amp wait for keys If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue Clear EPA or customization logo Appendix B Award BIOS POST Codes POST hex Description Reserved Reserved 1 Call chipset power management hook 2 Recover the text font used by EPA logo not for full screen logo 3 If password is set ask for password Save all data in stack back to CMOS Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 1 USB final Initialization NET PC Build SYSID structure Switch screen back to text mode Set up ACPI table at top of memory Invoke ISA adapter ROMs Assign IRQs to PCI devices Initialize APM Clear noise of IRQs Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code Enable L2 cache Program boot up speed Chipset final initialization Power management final initialization Clear screen amp display summary table Program K6 write allocation Program P6 class write combining Program daylight saving Update keyboard LED amp typematic rate Build MP table Build amp update ESCD Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick Build MSIRQ routing table Boot attempt INT 19h MBWNRIN OV CA 4 La HA rs B 5 SUPER P4SP
42. floppy disk drives The Super I O supports four 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the anti static bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides ex cellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected Installation Procedures Follow the procedures as listed below for full installation of the motherboard into a chassis 1 Install the processor and the heatsink to the motherboard 2 Install the mother
43. for the item Onboard SATA1 and Quad for the item Onboard SATA2 The last option is supported by XP or the later version of OS only On Chip Serial ATA Port0 Port1 Mode The option allows you to select SATA PortO mode The options are Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Logical Primary Logical Secondary Tertiary Master and Quaternary Master The default setting for On Chip SATA Pom is Logical Primary and the default setting for Porti is Logical Secondary USB Controller This setting allows you to enable or disable the USB Controller The options are Enabled and Disabled USB 2 0 Controller This setting allows you to enable or disable USB 2 0 EHCI Controller The options are Enabled and Disabled USB Legacy Support This setting allows you to enable or disable the functions of USB Keyboard Mouse under POST and DOS The options are Disabled and Enabled USB KB Wake Up From S3 This setting allows you to enable or disable the function of USB KB Wake Up from S3 The options are Disabled and Enabled AC97 Audio Select Disable to disable AC 97 Controller Select Auto to allow the BIOS select AC97 automatically The options are Auto and Disabled CPU THRM Throttling THRM throttling is used to lower power consumption and reduce the heat generated by the CPU The options for this setting are 87 5 75 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS 62 5
44. g up to 4GB of the CPU s memory address space The Springdale GMCH integrates a system memory DDR Controller which supports dual DDR data channels with a bandwidth up to 3 2GB s DDR 400 for single channel mode and 6 4GB s DDR 400 for dual channel mode Intel ICH5 System Features The I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports dual channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE Controller two Serial ATA SATA Host Controllers SMBus 2 0 Controller LPC Flash BIOS Interface PCI 2 3 Interface and Integrated System Manage ment Controller Graphics Features Display 865G for PASPA only The Springdale GMCH provides an integrated graphics accelerator deliver ing 3D 2D and video capabilities It also provides interfaces to a progres sive scan analog monitor and two DVO devices It is compliant with DVI specification and has a high speed interface to a digital display SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual 1 3 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPER P4SPA P4SPE The motherboard has an onboard System Hardware Moni tor chip that supports PC health monitoring Eight Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Core Chipset Voltage 3 3V 3 3V standby 5V 5V standby Vbat and 12V The onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable it will give a warning or send an error message to the screen
45. h a metal conductor such as the head of a small screwdriver JBT1 is located near the SATA header on the P4SPA P4SPE Note for ATX power supplies you must com pletely shut down the system and remove the AC power cord before clearing CMOS 2 13 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual USB Wake Up USB Wake Up Jumper Settings JPUSB Use JPUSB to enable or disable Jumper USB Wake Up which allows you Position Definition 1 2 Disabled to wakeup the system by de 2 3 Enabled pressing a key on the keyboard or by clicking the mouse when either is connected to the USBO or USB1 port This jumper is used together with the USB Wake Up function in BIOS Enable both the jumper and the BIOS setting to allow the sys tem to be woken up See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog Jumper Settings JP4 JP4 enables controls the Watch Jumper i j 8 Position Definition Dog function Watch Dog is a Sys Be Wie eer tem monitor that takes action Pins 2 3 WD to NMI Open Disabled when a software application freezes the system Pins 1 2 will have WD reset the system if a pro gram freezes Pins 2 3 will gener ate a non maskable interrupt for the program that has frozen See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS Front Side Bus Speed Settings Front Side Bus Speeds JP 2 and JP3 are the jump
46. ition Definition Open Normal Closed Force Power On Overheat Fan Force On JP1 Pin Definitions Position Open Disabled Closed Enabled SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual 2 8 Game Port Parallel Port Floppy Drive Hard Drive and AGP Connections Use the following information to connect the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide 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 ATA100 66 IDE hard disk drive cable that came with your System has two connectors to support two drives This special cable should be used to take advantage of the speed this new technology offers The blue connector connects to the onboard IDE connector inter face and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the docu mentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings for the hard disk drive Game Port Header Pin Game Port Header Definitions T Hea Pin Number Function Pin Number Function There is a game port header on 5V fused 2 GP4 JSBUTO 9 p 3 GPO JSX1R 4 Ground the motherboard See the table on 5 Ground 6 GP JSY1R AMA
47. l EPP Mode Select This setting allows the user to select the EPP port type The options are EPP 1 9 and EPP 1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA This setting allows the user to select the DMA channel for the ECP mode port to use The options are 1 and 3 Game Port Address This setting allows the user to set the address for the Game Port The options are Disabled 201 and 209 Midi Port Address This setting allows the user to set the address for the Midi Port The options are Disabled 330 300 and 290 Midi Port IRQ This setting allows the user to set the IRQ for the Midi Port The options are 5 and 10 Watch Dog Timer Select This setting allows you to set the Watch Dog Timer You must also change 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS the setting of the Watch Dog jumper in order for this function to work well see jumper settings in Chapter 2 Options are 10 Sec 20 Sec 30 Sec 40 Sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min and Disabled Power On Function This setting allows the user to decide which method to use to power on the system The options are Password Hot Key Mouse Left Mouse Right Any Key and Button Only KB Power On Password This setting allows the user to enter the Password when the system is powered on via keyboard Hot Key Power On This setting allows the user to decide which hot keys to use in order to power on the system The options are Ctrl F1 Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3
48. lear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved OAh Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional Auto detect ports for keyboard amp mouse followed by a port amp interface swap optional Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips OBh Reserved OCh Reserved ODh Reserved OEh Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker B 1 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual POST hex Description OFh Reserved 10h Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD amp DMI support 11h Reserved 12h Use walking Us algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry Also set real time clock power status and then check for override 13h Reserved 14h Program chipset default values into chipset Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers 15h Reserved 16h Initial Early_Init_Onboard_Generator switch 17h Reserved 18h Detect CPU information including brand SMI type Cyrix or Intel and CPU level 586 or 686 19h Reserved 1Ah Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector table If no special specified all H W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HD
49. lifornia County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product Unless you request and receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2002 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER P4SPA P4SPE motherboard The P4SPA P4SPE supports single Intel Pentium 4 478 pin 0 13 micron processors up to 3 06 GHz at a system bus speed of 800 533 400 MH or Intel Celeron 478 pin 0 13 mi cron processors up to 2 4 GHz at a system bus speed of 400 MHz Pentium 4 processors are housed in a 478 pin micro PGA Plastic Grid Array pack age Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Product_page product m htm for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be professionally in stalled Manual Organization Chapter 1 includes a checklist of
50. nect the blue connector to the onboard IDE header and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the docu mentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper loca tions and settings Question After have installed 4 pieces of 1GB Memory why does the BIOS only detect about 3 75 GB of memory during POST Answer Because the chipset does not support memory remapping so there is a memory hole located around the 4GB memory address 3 5 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Question have a P4SPA motherboard The IDE CD ROM on the Secondary IDE disappears after install the SATA hard drive Answer To fix this set SATA to MANUAL and set SATAO to Primary IDE Master then both SATA and Secondary IDE can be seen If you have your IDE CDROM on the Primary IDE then you need to set the SATAO to Second ary IDE Master 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be ap plied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not
51. omprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but appears to be off and responds immediately to user or other re quests Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on BIOS Support for USB Keyboard If the USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system it keyboard will function like a normal keyboard during system boot up Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can 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 During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just depress and hold the power button for 4 seconds The power will turn off and no power will be provided to the motherboard SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Wake On Ring WOR Header Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the
52. on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion The Chassis Intrusion header is designated JL1 See the board layout in Chapter 1 for the location of JL1 and the table on the right for pin definitions 2 10 Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition 1 CD 6 DSR 2 RD 7 RTS 3 TD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Note Pin 10 is included on the header but not on the port Audio CD Header Pin Definitions CD1 Pin TM Number Definition 1 Left Stereo Signal 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Stereo Signal Audio CD Header Pin Definitions CD2 Pin ER Number Definition 1 Right Stereo Signal 2 Ground 3 Left Stereo Signal 4 Ground Fan Header Pin Definitions CPU Chassis and Overheat Pin SW Number Definition 1 Ground black 2 12V red 3 Tachometer Caution These fan headers are DC power Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Number Definition 1 Intrusion Input 2 Ground Chapter 2 Installation ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Ports and Mouse Port Pin Definitions J1 The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the Pin PS 2 mouse are located on J1 Number Definition See the table on the right for pin 2 NC BC 3 Ground definitions The mouse port is 4 VCC above the keyboard port See the S Gees table on the right for pin defini
53. one f the system reboots correctly then the recovery was successful The BIOS Recovery Procedure will not update the boot block in your BIOS Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers Question Why can t turn off the power using the momentary power on off switch Answer The instant power off function is controlled in BIOS by the Power Button Mode setting When the On Off feature is enabled the motherboard will have instant off capabilities as long as the BIOS has control of the system When the Standby or Suspend feature is enabled or when the BIOS is not in control such as during memory count the first screen that appears when the system is turned on the momentary on off switch must be held for more than four seconds to shut down the system This feature is required to implement the ACPI features on the motherboard Question How do utilize the six channel sound Answer The six channel sound available on the P4SPA P4SPE can be enabled with the audio driver software that was included in your motherboard package When activated sound will be routed through the jacks under the Game Port as follows Line Out front L amp R speakers Line In
54. ption allows the user to determine the manner in which the AwardBlOS sets the settings for the IDE Primary Master Device The options are None Auto and Manual IDE Primary Master Press the Enter key to activate the IDE HDD Auto Detection function which will allow BIOS to automatically detect the status of the IDE HDD installed in the system such as the size the number of cylinders the configurations of items such as Head Precomp Landing Zone and Sector Access Mode This item determines the location through which the AwardBIOS accesses the IDE Primary Master Device The settings are CHS LBA Large and Auto Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory These are displays that inform you how much of each type of memory is recognized as being present in the system Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 Advanced BIOS Setup Choose Advanced BIOS Setup from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Select one of the items in the left frame of the screen to go to the sub screen for that item Advanced BIOS Setup options are displayed by highlighting the option using the arrow keys All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section e BIOS Features 4 4 1 Advanced BIOS Features When the item of Advanced BIOS Features is highlighted press the Enter key to activate the screen below SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Quick Boot If enabled
55. rear L amp R speakers MIC center and subwoofer speakers You must also enable the AC97 Audio setting in the Advanced Chipset section of the BIOS setup Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Question see some of my PCI devices sharing IRQs but the sys tem seems to be fine Is this correct or not Answer Some PCI Bus Mastering devices can share IRQs without perfor mance penalties These devices are designed to work correctly while shar ing IRQs See Table 3 1 below for details on shared IRQs Table 3 1 P4SPA P4SPE IRQs PCI 1 shares an IRQ with USB 2 0 AC 97 and the SM Bus Controller PCI 2 shares an IRQ with CSA LAN USB 1 1 USB5 6 and SATA PCI 3 shares an IRQ with USB 1 1 USB3 4 PCI 4 has a dedicated IRQ does not share PCI 5 has a dedicated IRQ does not share Assumes USB 2 0 drivers have not been installed Question installed my microphone correctly but can t record any sound What should do Answer Go to Start Programs Accessories Entertainment and then Volume Control Under the Properties tab scroll down the list of devices in the menu and check the box beside Microphone Question How do connect the ATA100 66 cable to my IDE device s Answer The 80 wire 40 pin high density ATA100 66 IDE cable that came with your system has two connectors to support two drives This special cable must be used to take advantage of the speed the ATA100 66 technol ogy offers Con
56. rmware software on off control e SuperDoctor Il Watch Dog NMI LDCM LDSM Environmental temperature monitoring and control Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss System overheat LED and control System resource alert Hardware BIOS virus protection Auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core Note the only difference between the PASPE and P4SPA boards is that the PASPE does have the VGA Connector 1 7 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual ACPI Features e Microsoft OnNow Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator BIOS support for USB keyboard Main switch override mechanism Internal external modem ring on Onboard UO 2 ATA 100 EIDE Channel s for a total of 4 IDE devices backward compatible Intel ICH5 SATA Controller 2 connectors for 2 devices 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 2 Fast UART 16550 compatible serial ports Intel 82547EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller 66MHz For P4SPA Intel 82562EZ 10 100 Mb Ethernet LAN Controller For PASPE 1 EPP Enhanced Parallel Port and ECP Extended Capabilities Port supported parallel port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports 1 game port header Up to 8 USB Universal Serial Bus 2 0 ports for a speed of up to 480Mbps Latest USB 2 0 technology 1 infrared port AC 97 audio high quality 6 channel sound Other Hyper threading enabled Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Multipl
57. ro com techsupport htm before contacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at Chapter 3 Troubleshooting http www supermicro com techsupport download htm Note Not all BIOS can be flashed depending on the modifica tions to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Supermicro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is posted on our web site at http www supermicro com techsupport contact_support htm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when contacting our technical support department by e mail at support supermicro com 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What type of memory does my motherboard support Answer The P4SPA P4SPE supports up to 4 GB of non ECC unbuf fered DDR 400 333 266 two way interleaved or non interleaved SDRAM See Section 2 4 for details on installing memory Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com techsupport BIOS bios htm Please check our BIOS warning message and
58. s called SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor Ill displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor Ill interface Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen I Health Information 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Il Remote Control Graf power com tral eee een ee te a ipil ai Eh den Pm or iit Feta da rrem riesen ar Goeres fr ores cual Ba cc Heas rseein LP LIEU ELLE Prob TCH coer Power control Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Website at ftpz ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor II You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor II 2 21 SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Notes 2 22 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Always disconnect the AC power cord before
59. tions are Disabled 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F 75 C 167 F 80 C 176 F and 85 C 185 F Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 6 Processor amp Clock Options Hypar Threading Technology Hyper Threading Set this option to Enabled to activate the hyper threading function of the CPUs Enabling the hyper threading function makes each CPU appear as two to any programs that support it you must have OS support also The settings are Disabled and Enabled CPU Clock Ration Use this option to set the clock ratio of the processor The settings are x8 x9 x10 x11 X12 x13 x14 x15 x16 X17 X18 x19 X20 x21 x22 and x23 Spread Spectrum Spread Spectrum is a technique used to stablize a system by reducing the level of ElectroMagnetic Interference The options are Enabled and Disabled CPU Clock Key in the number you want to set for the CPU clock MHz Supermicro does not recommend or make any guarantees with CPU overclocking SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display fet Superviror Fagreorgd Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted on the above screen press the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the Supervisor Password in the dialogue box to set or to change the Supervisor Password
60. wer surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs one of which 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 sys tem 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 UO provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Con figuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management through a SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption The IRQs DMAs and I O space resources of the Super I O can be flexibly adjusted to meet ISA PnP requirements which support ACPI and APM Ad vanced Power Management SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual 1 6 Super I O The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selec tion a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super UO greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with
61. what should be included in your mainboard box describes the features specifications and performance of the P4SPA P4SPE mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when installing the processor and DDR memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives the IDE interfaces the parallel and serial ports the mouse and keyboard and the twisted wires for the power supply the reset button the keylock power LED and the speaker 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 ing technical support In addition you can visit our web site at www supermicro com techsupport htm for more detailed information Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A provides BIOS POST Codes Appendix B lists BIOS POST Messages SUPER P4SPA P4SPE User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This ET ET NEE iii Manual e DE LEE iii Chapter 1 Introduction ieli SOON NG EE 1 1 Checklist Gontacting SupermictO ue tet eee Re EE cea
62. yboard Mouse Ports AAA 2 11 Universal Serial Bus USB rte es 2 11 Wake On EAN 2er cgi dc iet pee er e gd de 2 11 Wake Oris BID EE 2 12 Overli at LED irri ento aor erae Yee te RES 2 12 AC 97 Output 2 12 2 7 Jumper Settings iere e tie o ae tee id ee 2 13 Explanation of Jumpers eeeeeeeeeeee nennen nennen nnne 2 13 CMOS Clear eiie oie retenir ie rcr erre eni 2 13 EREM 2 14 Watch Dog Enable Disable ttr 2 14 Front Side BUS Spaed e eees eiesteegde Zeg pepe m edes 2 14 Chassis Overheat Fan Select i 2 8 Game Port Parallel Port Floppy Hard Drive and AGP Connections 2 16 Game Port COnneclor accen eurer reo Ee eren reir 2 16 Parallel Port Connector rrr re rrr e ia 2 16 Floppy Connector IDE Conte clos o oed Eege 8xAGP X4AGP Slot 2 9 Installing SOfWARG seu cn ceteri S E Supero Doctor l rrt rrr t tr Deed Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures ot er ene t rei ri eed 3 1 Betore Ewert Dt eege eene dece gren pedes 3 1 NO ev 3 1 No Video MGIMOLY d simal EA 3 2 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 00 0 ceeceseseeeteeeeeeees 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures ccececeeceeseeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeseeseeeeeeeneerenteeees 3 2 39 8 Frequently Asked Questioris ecce aE 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service sss 3 6 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 IntrOQUCHOT iii one nere rtr era rire i Fiir a nene 4 1 S

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