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1. Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 5V 14 PS ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 5V 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 PW OK 18 5V 9 5VSB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V Table 2 2 Infrared Pin Definitions Pin Pin Number Definition Number Definition 1 5V 1 5V 2 Key 2 Key 3 IRRX 3 IRRX 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 IRTX 5 IRTX JF2 8 Ng J45 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE Table 2 3 PW_ON Connector Pin Definitions Pin Pin Number Definition Number Definition 9 PW_ON 1 PW_ON 10 Power 2 Power JF2 JF1 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE SUPER 37088A 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Reset Connector The reset connectors are located on pins 12 amp 13 of JF2 on the 370SSA 370SSM and on pins 3 amp 4 of JF1 on the 370SSR 370SSE This connector attaches to the hardware reset switch on the computer case See Table 2 4 for pin definitions Hard Drive LED The hard drive LED are located on pins 1 4 of JF1 on the 370SSA 370SSM and on pins 13 amp 14 of JF1 on the 370SSR 370SSE At tach the hard drive LED cable to pins 1 and 2 See Table 2 5 for pin definitions Keylock Power LED Connector The keylock power LED connector is located on pins 5 to 9 of JF1 on the 370SSA 370SSM and the power LED connector is on pins 15 amp 16 of JF1 on pins1 3 of J50 on the 370SSR 370SSE See Table 2 6 for pin definitions Note NC indicates no co
2. Ext Ultra160 SCSI Ultra160 SCSI CHB O JBT1 JWOR WOL JP32 a n See the note listed on Page 1 3 1 12 Chapter 1 Introduction 370SSR Quick Reference See the note listed on Page 1 3 Jumpers Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear p 2 13 Pins 1 2 Normal JP11 12 Front Side Bus Speed p 2 12 Both Pins 1 2 Auto JP31 LAN2 Enable Disable p 2 14 Closed Enabled JP32 Speaker En Disable p 2 14 Closed Enabled JP33 LAN1 Enable Disable p 2 14 Pins 1 2 Enabled JPA1 SCSI Ch A Termination p 2 14 Open Terminated JPA2 SCSI Ch B Termination p 2 15 Open Terminated JPWAKE Keyboard Wake Up p 2 14 Pins 1 2 Disabled Connectors Description COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connector CPU CH OH FAN CPU Chassis Overheat Fan Headers p 2 11 J1 J2 J3 Memory DIMM Slots p 2 4 JA1 Ultra160 SCSI Conn Channel A p 2 14 JA2 Ext Ultra160 SCSI Conn Channel B p 2 14 JA3 Ultra160 SCSI Conn Channel B p 2 15 J18 J19 IDE Hard Disk Drive Connectors p 2 16 JP26 Floppy Disk Drive Connector p 2 16 J29 ATX Power Connector p 2 7 J30 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse p 2 8 J32 J33 J43 J51 Universal Serial Bus Port 0 1 p 2 9 JF1 Front Control Panel p 2 6 JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header p 2 11 JOH Overheat LED p 2 11 JWOR Wake On Ring Header p 2 13 LAN1 LAN2 Ethernet Port 1 2 USB2 3 Universal Serial Bus Port p 2 10
3. FAN2 Chassis Fan FANS Thermal Control Fan GAME PORT FLOPPY AGP PRO BATTERY SUPERI O 1 CD 1 AC 97 Audio CODEC chip JL1 JBTi JP28 WOL iT g SUPER 370SSA CNR USB3 Chapter 1 Introduction 370SSA Quick Reference Jumpers Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear p 2 13 Pins 1 2 Normal JP11 12 Front Side Bus Speed p 2 12 Both Pins 1 2 Auto JP28 AC97 Audio p 2 13 Pins 1 2 Enabled JPWAKE Keyboard Wake Up Pins 1 2 Disabled Connectors Description CD Audio CD Input large connector p 2 10 CD 1 Audio CD Input small connector p 2 10 CNR Communications Networking Riser COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connector CPU FAN CPU Fan Header p 2 11 FAN2 Chassis Fan Header p 2 11 FANS Thermal Control Fan Header p 2 11 GAME Game Port J1 J2 J3 Memory DIMM Slots p 2 4 J18 J19 IDE Hard Disk Drive Connectors p 2 16 JP26 Floppy Disk Drive Connector p 2 16 J29 ATX Power Connector p 2 7 J30 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse p 2 9 J32 J33 J43 Universal Serial Bus Ports p 2 9 J35 Parallel Printer Port p 2 16 JF1 JF2 Front Control Panel p 2 6 JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header p 2 11 JOH Overheat LED p 2 11 JWOR Wake On Ring Header p 2 13 LINE IN
4. 4 33 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual SMBUS Resume This allows you to wake up the system from a System Management Bus device The settings for this option Disabled and Enabled LAN Wake Up 370SSR 370SSE This allows you to wake up LAN1 and LAN2 from a System Management Bus device The settings for this option Disabled and Enabled 4 8 Boot Setup Choose Boot Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All Boot Setup options are described in this section The Boot Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives Removable Devices ATAPI CDROM Drives Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Scree General Help Save and Exit Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc Boot Device Priority 1st Boot Device AMI BIOS automatically detects hardware devices of the system This op tion allows the BIOS to specify the order of boot sequence that is auto detected by the BIOS The settings for the 1st Boot Device are Removeable Device Hard Drive ATAPI CDROM Onboard LAN1 option and Onboard LAN2 option 4 34 Chapter 4 BIOS 2nd Boot Device The settings for the 2nd Boot Device are Removeable Device Hard Drive ATAPI CDROM Onboard LAN10Option and Onboard LAN2 Option 3rd Boot Device The settings for the 3rd Boot Device are Removeable Device Hard Drive ATAPI CDROM Onboard
5. AGP Graphics Aperture Size This option allows you to adjust the graphics aperture size to either 64 MB or 32 MB Internal Graphics TV Format This option specifies the type of TV format that will be used with the onboard graphics The settings are NTSC and PAL 4 17 SUPER 37088A 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Output Device Synch Non Synch This option allows you to set the output device as either Non Synchro nous Asynchronous or Synchronous Synchronous means the output device will match the frequency of the bus speed Asynchronous or Non Synchronous allows data to be sent and received at a different frequency than the bus Digital Device Priority Use this option to prioritize the type s of display device on your system The settings are CRT FP TV FP CRT TV CRT TV FP TV CRT FP FP TV CRT and TV FP CRT FP stands for flat panel Init Display Cache Memory This option allows the Initial Display cache memory to be adjusted The setting are Enabled and Disabled Paging Mode Control This option allows the paging mode controls to be adjusted to either Close or Open RAS to CAS Latency Override The RAS to CAS Override is adjusted with this option The settings are Disabled and Enabled Disabled This option allows RAS to CAS Enabled This option overrides RAS to CAS SDRAM stores informa tion in blocks of rows and columns RAS stands for Row Address Strobe CAS stands for Column Address Strobe CAS L
6. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnR Power Boot Security Exit No lets the BIOS Plug amp Play O S No configure all the Reset Config Data No devices in the system PCI Latency Timer 64 Yes lets the Allocate IRQ to VGA Yes operating system Palette Snooping Disabled configure Plug and PCI IDE BusMaster Disabled Play PnP devices not OffBoard PCI ISA IDE Card Auto required for boot if OffBoard PCI IDE Primary IRQ Disabled your system has a Plug OffBoard PCI IDE Secondary Disabled and Play operating system USB Controller Enabled Legacy USB Support Disabled amp Select Screen TL select Item Change Option IRO3 F1 General Help TRO4 F10 Save and Exit IRO5 ESC Exit IRQ7 IRO9 IRO10 V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc Plug amp Play OS Choose the No setting for computers that do not meet the Plug and Play specifications which will allow the BIOS to configure all the devices in the system Choosing the Yes setting lets the operating system configure PnP devices that are not required for boot up if the system has a PnP operating System The operating system would have the ability to change interrupt I O and DMA settings Normally this option is set to Disabled Reset Configuration Data Choosing the Yes setting will cause the PnP configuration data in the BIOS to be cleared on the next boot up Choosing the No setting does not force PnP data to be cleared on th
7. SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Notes 4 40 Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes amp Messages During the POST Power On Self Test routines which are performed each time the system is powered on errors may occur Non fatal errors are those which in most cases allow the system to continue the boot up process The error messages normally appear on the screen Fatal errors are those which will not allow the system to continue the boot up procedure f a fatal error occurs you should consult with your system manufacturer for possible repairs These fatal errors are usually 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 A 1 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE Manual AMI BIOS Error Beep Codes Beep Error Message Description Code 1 beep Refresh The memory refresh circuitry on the motherboard is faulty 2 beeps BIOS ROM file The BIOS was unable to find absent the specific file name required to flash the BIOS 3 beeps Base 64KB Memory failure occurred in the memory failure first 64KB of Memory 4 beeps Flash program The flash was properly successful programmed with the BIOS ROM file 5 beeps Media read erro
8. OCh The keyboard controller input buffer is free Next issuing the BAT command to the keyboard controller OEh The keyboard controller BAT command result has been verified Next performing any necessary initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test OFh The initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test is done The keyboard command byte is written next 10h The keyboard controller command byte is written Next issuing the Pin 23 and 24 blocking and unblocking command 11h Next checking if End or Ins keys were pressed during power on Initializing CMOS RAM if the nitialize 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 The 8254 timer test is over Starting the memory refresh test next 1Ah The memory refresh line is toggling Checking the 15 second on off time next 2Bh Passing control to the video ROM to perform any required configuration before the video ROM test 2Ch All necessary processing before passing control to the video ROM is done Looking for the video ROM next and passing control to it 2Dh The video ROM has returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the video ROM had control 23h Readi
9. Power POSTS LED X X Reset Button Ground pins 3 4 Power Button Keyboard Power pins 1 2 Lock Power On JF1 X Power LED Speaker 1 Control Reset x ower JF2 JF1 R J50 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation 2 6 Connecting Cables see previous page for locations Power Supply Connector After you have securely mounted the motherboard memory and add on cards you are ready to connect the cables Attach an ATX power supply cable to J29 by aligning the tabs on both connectors See Table 2 1 for the pin definitions of an ATX power supply Infrared Connector The infrared connectors are lo cated on pins 1 5 of JF2 on the 370SSA 370SSM and pins 1 5 of J45 for the 370SSR 370SSE See Table 2 2 for pin definitions See the Technical Support section of our web page for information on the infrared devices you can con nect to the system PW_ON Connector The PW_ON connectors are lo cated on pins 9 amp 10 of JF2 on the 370SSA 370SSM and pins 1 amp 2 of JF1 on the 370SSM 370SSR Mo mentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system The user can also configure this but ton to function as a suspend but ton See the Power Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the power when set to suspend mode hold down the power button for at least 4 seconds See Table 2 3 for pin definitions 2 7 Table 2 1 ATX Power Supply Connector Pin Definitions J29
10. 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 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 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE 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 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed for the amount of memory desired 2 Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of memory used It is recommended
11. 10Min Power Button Mode This option specifies how the external power button on the computer chas sis functions When set to On Off depressing the power button turns the computer on or off When set to Suspend depressing the power button places the computer in Suspend mode or Full On power mode The Standby setting places the computer in Standby or Full On mode After G3 Enable This option allows AfterG3 Enable support The settings are Disabled and Enabled Disabled prevents the system to power on after power is applied to the system Enabled allows the system to power on after power is applied to the system This means that if an ATX compliant power supply is turned hard off or unplugged from the wall power socket supplying it power the computer system will not power back on immediately after the power cord is reattached or the hard off switch is flipped back on The power button on the front of the chassis is usually the soft off meaning that there is still power being supplied to the motherboard even though the system looks completely off Hard off means that there is not power being supplied to the system at all The only power is coming from the backup battery on the motherboard 4 30 Chapter 4 BIOS Green PC Monitor Power State This option specifies the power state that a green PC compliant monitor enters when BIOS places it in a power saving state after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The s
12. 5 watts Repost Video on S3 Resume This option determines whether or not to invoke the VGA BIOS post test when resuming from STR or the S3 state Settings are No and Yes Used with ACPI only Power Management APM This option allows you to select using APM Advanced Power Manage ment The settings are Disabled and Enabled Standby Time Out This option specifies the length of system inactivity time that should expire before the computer enters a standby power state The settings are Dis abled 1Min 5Min and 10Min 4 29 SUPER 37088A 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Suspend Power Saving Type The settings for this option are C2 and S1 The C2 setting allows the CPU microprocessor to be put in a low power state In this state incoming interrupts wake up the CPU microprocessor to process them I O APIC S1 allows the system to enter the S1 POS Power On Suspend state While the system is in this state the CPU is not executing instructions all power resources that supply system level reference of SO are off system memory context is maintained devices that reference power resources that are on are on and devices that can wake up the system can cause the CPU to continue to execute from where it left off Suspend Time Out This option specifies the length of system inactivity while in the standby state that should expire before the computer enters a suspend power state The settings are Disabled 1Min 5Min and
13. 7 6 8 or Auto CAS Latency SCLKS This option allows you to set the CAS latency time to 3 2 or Auto RAS to CAS Delay SCLKS The settings for this option are 3 2 or Auto RAS Precharge SCLKS This option sets the RAS precharge time The settings are 3 2 or Auto 4 19 SUPER 37088A 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual DRAM Page Closing Policy The settings for this option are Close and Open Memory Hole Some ISA cards may require specific areas of memory to function This can be done by choosing the 15 MB 16 MB option to reserve the area The settings for this option are Disabled and 15 MB 16 MB ICH Configuration 370SSM and ICH2 Configuration 370SSA 370SSR 370SSE You can use this screen to select options for the ICH Configuration 370SSM and for the ICH2 Configuration 370SSA 370SSR 370SSE Use the up and down arrow keys to select an item and the plus and minus keys to change the option setting The settings are described on the following pages ICH stands for I O Controller Hub which is a chipset on the motherboard that controls the basic I O functions USB ports audio functions modem functions IDE channels and PCI slots Moon ISA Device Enable This option allows a Moon ISA device to be supported The settings are Disabled and Enabled A Moon ISA device is a device that contains an Intel PClset S82380AB PCI to ISA in a 160 pin MQFP chipset This chipset is called an Intel amp Moon ISA or
14. AC 97 Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP28 AC 97 brings high quality audio to PCs When enabled with JP28 au Bes rel satin dio is processed onboard and the 1 2 Enabled 2 3 Disabled AMR slot 370SSM only will sup port modems only The disabled setting should be selected when you wish to use an add on card for audio either in the AMR or a PCI slot See Table 2 18 for jumper settings Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig Wake On Ring Pin nated as JWOR on the 370SSA cea ee 370SSR 370SSE and as JR on the Pin 370SSM This function allows your Number ee computer to receive and be woken 2 Wake up up by an incoming call when in the suspendstate Refer to Table 2 19 for pin definitions You must also have a WOR card and cable to use WOR 2 13 SUPER 37088A 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Keyboard Wake Up Table 2 20 The JPWAKE jumper is used to Keyboard Wake Up Jumper Settings gether with the Keyboard Wake Up JPWAKE function in BIOS Enable both the Jumper jumper and the BIOS setting to al reson Disabled low the system to be woken up by 23 enabled depressing a key on the keyboard See Table 2 20 for jumper settings Note Your power supply must meet ATX specifi cation 2 01 or higher and supply 720 mA of standby power to use this feature however you would need 1 5A for the SSR SSE Onboard Speaker Enable Table 2 21 Disable 370SSR 370SSE
15. Audio In Connector LINE OUT Audio Out Speaker Connector MIC Microphone Input USB3 Universal Serial Bus Port p 2 10 WOL Wake on LAN Header p 2 10 Also see the figures on page 2 5 for the I O ports and page 2 6 for the Front Control Panel JF1 2 connectors Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only 1 9 SUPER 37088A 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Figure 1 5 SUPER 370SSM Layout not drawn to scale 1L JPWAKE J29 370 FCPGA PPGA 32 J33 USB Processor ATX POWER PW ON RESET J35 Parallel Port IR CON IDE LED KEYLOCK SPEAKER JF2 CPU FAN FAN2 Chassis Fan FANS Thermal Control Fan GAME PORT FLOPPY AGP PRO AC 97 Audio CODEC chip SUPER 370SSM SUPERO BATTERY 1 10 Chapter 1 Introduction 370SSM Quick Reference Jumpers Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear p 2 13 Pins 1 2 Normal JP11 12 Front Side Bus Speed p 2 12 Both Pins 1 2 Auto JP28 AC97 Audio p 2 13 Pins 1 2 Enabled JPWAKE Keyboard Wake Up Pins 1 2 Disabled Connectors Description CD Audio CD Input large connector CD 1 Audio CD Input small connector COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial
16. BIOS support for USB keyboard Real time clock wake up alarm Main switch override mechanism External modem ring on Onboard I O 2 EIDE bus master interfaces support UDMA 100 370SSA 370SSR 2 EIDE bus master interfaces support UDMA 66 370SSM 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 2 Fast UART 16550A compatible serial ports 1 EPP Enhanced Parallel Port and ECP Extended Capabilities Port supported parallel port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports 1 infrared port 4 USB ports 370SSA 2 USB ports 370SSM 3 USB ports 370SSR 370SSE See the note listed on Page 1 3 Other Selectable CPU and chassis fan speed control set in BIOS Internal external modem ring on Recovery from AC power loss control Wake on LAN WOL Multiple FSB clock frequency selections set in BIOS CD Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility Drivers for 815 815E chipset utilities Dimensions SUPER 370SSA ATX 12 x 7 8 305 x 198 mm SUPER 370SSM MicroATX 9 6 x 7 8 244 x 198 mm SUPER 370SSR ATX 12 x 8 6 305 x 218 mm SUPER 370SSE ATX 12 x 8 6 305 x 218 mm See the note listed on Page 1 3 1 18 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Intel s 815 815E chipset is made up of three main components the Graphics and Memory Controller Hub GMCH the I O Controller Hub ICH and the Firmware Hub FWH The GMCH integrates a 133 100 66 MHz system bus con
17. LAN1Option and Onboard LAN2 Option Hard Disk Drives Use this screen to view the hard drives that have been auto detected or entered manually on your system Removeable Devices Use this screen to view the removeable devices that have been auto de tected or entered manually on your system ATAPI CDROM Drives Use this screen to view the ATAPI CDROM drives that have been auto detected or entered manually on your system 4 35 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual 4 9 Security Setup Choose Security Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All Security Setup options are described in this section The Security Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit Install or Change the Supervisor Password Not Installed password User Password E Not Installed gt gt gt Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Clear User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Scree General Help Save and Exit Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc Supervisor Password User Password AMIBIOS provides both Supervisor and User password functions If you use both passwords the Supervisor password must be set first The sys tem can be configured so that all users must enter a password every time the system boots or when AMIBIOS Setup is executed using either o
18. Latency Timer This option allows the CPU Latency Timer to be modified The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled Disabled The deferrable processor cycle will be deferred immediately after receiving another ADS Enabled The deferrable processor cycle will only be deferred after it has been in a Snoop Stall for 31 clocks and another ADS has arrived 4 22 Chapter 4 BIOS C000 16k Shadow C400 16k Shadow C800 16k Shadow CCO00 16k Shadow D000 16k Shadow D400 16k Shadow D800 16k Shadow DCO00 16k Shadow These options specify how the 16 KB of video ROM at each of the above addresses is treated The settings are Disabled Enabled and Cached WP When Disabled the contents of the video ROM are not copied to RAM When Enabled the contents of 16 KB of video ROM beginning at the above address are copied shadowed from ROM to RAM for faster application When set to Cached WP the contents of 16 KB of video ROM beginning at the above address are copied shadowed from ROM to RAM and can be written to or read from cache memory The settings for this option are Disabled Enabled and Cached WP The optimal settings are Cached WP for C000 and C400 and Disabled for all the other settings 4 23 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual 4 6 PCI PnP Setup Choose PCI PnP Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All PCI PnP options are described in this section The PCI PnP Setup screen is shown below
19. Mode setting When the On Off feature is enabled the motherboard 3 4 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 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 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 Shared IRQs 370SSM PCI 1 shares an IRQ with the 4xAGP slot and onboard VGA PCI 2 has a dedicated IRQ does not share 370SSA PCI 1 shares an IRQ with PCI 5 the AGP Pro slot and onboard VGA PCI 2 shares an IRQ with PCI 6 onboard audio and SM bus PCI 3 has a dedicated IRQ does not share PCI4 shares one IRQ with USB 370SSR PCI 1 shares an IRQ with Onboard LAN the AGP Pro slot amp Onboard VGA PCI 2 shares an IRQ with onboard SCSI and SM bus PCI 3 has a dedicated IRQ does not share PCI 4 shares an IRQ with USB 370SSE PCI 1 shares an IRQ with onboardLAN the AGP Pro slot and
20. Motherboard See the note listed on Page 1 3 CPU Single Pentium Ill FCPGA 500 MHz 1 GHz processors and Celeron FCPGA PPGA 333 500 MHz processors at 133 100 66 MHz front side bus speeds Note Please refer to the support section of our web site for a complete listing of supported processors http www supermicro com TechSupport htm Memory Three 168 pin DIMM sockets to support up to 512 MB unbuffered SDRAM PC133 and PC100 SDRAM are fully supported Chipset Intel 815 370SSM Intel 815E 370SSA 370SSR 370SSE Expansion Slots 837088A 37088M 370SSR S370SSE 32 bitPCisiots G 2 q4 3 4 AGP slots AGP Pro 1 4xAGP 1 4xAGP 1 4xAGP 1 CRN AMR CRN slot 1 ARM slot 1 slots BIOS 4 Mb Firmware Hub AMI Flash BIOS APM 1 2 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Seven onboard voltage monitors for CPU core chipset voltage 3 3V 5V and 12V Four fan status monitor with firmware software on off control Environmental temperature monitor and control CPU fan auto off in sleep mode Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss System overheat LED and control 1 17 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual System resource alert Hardware BIOS virus protection Auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core ACPI PC 98 Features Microsoft OnNow Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator
21. Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the thermal control fan to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chassis temperature is too high CPU Fan Auto Off in Sleep Mode The CPU fan activates when the power is turned on It can be turned off when the CPU is in sleep mode When in sleep mode the CPU will not run at full power thereby generating less heat 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 is exceeded both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Intel s LANDesk Client Manager optional lt is used to notify the user of certain system events For example if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insuf ficient hard drive space for saving the data you can be alerted of the potential problem 1 21 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual 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 infecting the BIOS area and dest
22. Port Connector CPU FAN CPU Fan Header p 2 11 FAN2 Chassis Fan Header p 2 11 FANS Thermal Control Fan Header p 2 11 GAME Game Port J1 J2 J3 Memory DIMM Slots p 2 4 J18 J19 IDE Hard Disk Drive Connectors p 2 16 JP26 Floppy Disk Drive Connector p 2 16 J29 ATX Power Connector p 2 7 J30 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse p 2 9 J32 J33 Universal Serial Bus Ports p 2 9 J35 Parallel Printer Port p 2 16 JF1 JF2 Front Control Panel p 2 6 JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header p 2 11 JOH Overheat LED p 2 11 JWOR Wake On Ring Header p 2 13 LINE IN Audio In Connector LINE OUT Audio Out Speaker Connector MIC Microphone Input p 2 10 WOL Wake on LAN Header p 2 10 Also see the figures on page 2 5 for the I O ports and page 2 6 for the Front Control Panel JF1 2 connectors Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Figure 1 6 SUPER 370SSR Layout not drawn to scale 1L JPWAKE ATX POWER 1 CPU FAN 32 J33 USB 370 FCPGA PPGA Processor CH CH FAN FAN2 FAN1 BATTERY OH USB3LL 3 J51 tc o o o ul 7g a 3 2 o FLOPPY Ultra160 SCSI CHA
23. SMI Enable This allows the system to generate a System Management Interrupt after a Power Management event has ocurred The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled SW SMI Timer Enable The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled 4 32 Chapter 4 BIOS TCO Logic SMI Enable This allows the system to generate a System Management Interrupt when a century rollover occurs The settings for this option Disabled and Enabled RTC Resume This allows you to direct the system to resume operation at a predetermined time by using the real time clock The settings for this option Disabled and Enabled RTC Alarm Date This allows you to input the date you want the system to resume operation according to a real time clock wake up Input a number from 1 to 31 to indicate the day of the month RTC Alarm Time This allows you to input the time you want the system to resume operation according to a real time clock wake up Input the hour and minutes as desired AC97 Logic Resume 370SSA 370SSM This allows you to wake up the system from an AC97 modem The settings for this option Disabled and Enabled USB Controller Resume This allows you to wake up the system from a USB device The settings for this option Disabled and Enabled PME Resume This allows you to wake up the system from a PME device The settings for this option Disabled and Enabled RI Resume The settings for this option Disabled and Enabled
24. The amount of memory above 1 MB has been found and verified Checking for a soft reset and clearing the memory below 1 MB for the Soft reset next If this is a power on situation going to checkpoint 4Eh next 4Ch The memory below 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Clearing the memory above 1 MB next 4Dh The memory above 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Saving the memory size next Going to checkpoint 52h next 4Eh The memory test started but not as the result of a soft reset Displaying the first 64 KB memory size next 4Fh The memory size display has started The display is updated during the memory test Performing the sequential and random memory test next 50h The memory below 1 MB has been tested and initialized Adjusting the displayed memory size for relocation and shadowing next 51h The memory size display was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Testing the memory above 1 MB next 52h The memory above 1 MB has been tested and initialized Saving the memory size information next 53h The memory size information and the CPU registers are saved Entering real mode next 54h Shutdown was successful The CPU is in real mode Disabling the Gate A20 line parity and the NMI next 57h The A20 address line parity and the NMI are disabled Adjusting the memory size depending on relocation and shadowing next 58h The memory size was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit DEL message next 59h The H
25. VGA VGA Port monitor WOL Wake on LAN Header p 2 10 Also see the figures on page 2 5 for the I O ports and page 2 6 for the Front Control Panel JF1 2 connectors Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only 1 13 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Figure 1 6 SUPER 370SSE Layout not drawn to scale 1L JJPWAKE t ATX POWER CPU FAN COM2 J32 J33 USB 370 FCPGA PPGA Processor CH CH FAN FAN2 FAN1 BATTERY OH ul N o eo 5 3 ul E 2 8 gt o FLOPPY cy JL1 JBT1 JWOR WOL JP32 See the note listed on Page 1 3 1 14 Chapter 1 Introduction 370SSE Quick Reference See the note listed on Page 1 3 Jumpers Description Default Setting JP11 12 Front Side Bus Speed p 2 13 Both Pins 1 2 Auto JP31 LAN2 Enable Disable p 2 12 Closed Enabled JP32 Speaker En Disable p 2 13 Closed Enabled JP33 LAN1 Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPWAKE Keyboard Wake Up Pins 1 2 Disabled Connectors Description COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connector CPU CH OH FAN CPU Chassis Overheat Fan Headers p 2 11 J1 J2 J3 Memory DIMM Slots p 2 4 J18 J19 IDE Hard Disk Drive Connectors p 2 16 JP
26. arrow keys to select the SuperlO Configuration line When the SuperlO Configuration line is highlighted hit ENTER to display its menu BIOS SETUP UTILITY Configure Nat317Serial Port s and Parallel P Serial Portl Address Serial Port2 Address Serial Port2 Mode Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ Onboard Game Midi Port Midi IRQ Select Power Loss Control Keyboard Wake up Function 3F8 2F8 Normal 378 ECP 3 7 200 298 5 Always Off Space 2 Select Screen TL Select Item Change Optio Fl General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc The Super IO Configuration includes the following items Serial Port 1 Address This option specifies the base I O port address and Interrupt Request ad dress of serial port 1 The settings for this item include Disabled 3F8 IRQA 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Select the desired setting and then press Enter Serial Port 2 Address This option specifies the base I O port address and Interrupt Request ad dress of serial port 2 The settings for this item include Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS Serial Port2 Mode This option specifies Serial Port2 Mode The settings for this item include Normal IRDA1 6ms IRDA311 6 ASKIR ASKIR500 ASKIRDem ASKIRD500 Parallel Port Address This option specifies the I O addres
27. clear the CMOS then load Optimal Values in the BIOS Question After flashing the BIOS my system does not have video How can correct this Answer f the system does not have video after flashing your new BIOS it indicates that the flashing procedure failed To remedy this first clear CMOS per the instructions in this manual and retry the BIOS flashing proce dure If you still do not have video please use the following BIOS Recov ery Procedure 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 CTRL and Home at the same time then turn on the power with these keys pressed until your floppy drive starts reading Your screen will remain blank until the BIOS program is done If the system reboots correctly then the recovery was successful The BIOS Recovery Procedure will not update the boot block in your BIOS Question Do need the CD that came with your 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 815 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
28. devices on the bus 0010 Function 2 Initialize output devices on the bus 0011 Function 3 Initialize input devices on the bus 0100 Function 4 Initialize IPL devices on the bus 0101 Function 5 Initiate general devices on the bus 0110 Function 6 Initialize error reporting on the bus 0111 Function 7 Initialize add on ROMs for all buses Bits 3 0 Specify the bus Generic DIM Device Initialization Manager Onboard System devices ISA devices EISA devices ISA PnP devices PCI devices c1 ono B 9 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Notes B 10
29. diaper ectiliee ibaa JP32 gives you the option of dis edd Definition abling the onboard speaker The Open Disabled E Closed Enabled default setting is enabled See Table 2 21 for jumper settings Table 2 22c Onboard LAN NIC Boba CIN Onboard LAN Enable Disable 370SSR Enable Disable jumper Sep 370SSE dumper Sena JP33 Jumper NIU Definition Position Definition SSR SSE Rev 1 1 JP31 JP33 Closed Enabled 1 2 Enabled 2 Di SSR SSE Rev 1 2 amp above JP31 Open Disabled pause JP35 Table 2 22a Onboard LAN1 Enable Disable Jumper Settings Change the setting of jumpers JP35 listed in Table 2 22 to enable or Jumper Position Definition disable LAN1 and LAN2 on your Closed Enabled motherboard respectively Open Disabled LVD Channel A SCSI Termination Enable Disable 370SSR only Table 2 23 Jumper JPA1 allows you to enable LVD CH ASCSI disabl P A f he LVD Termination or disable termination for the Jumper Settings JPA1 Channel A SCSI connector The jumper normal default position is open to Position Definition i Open Enabled enable SCSI termination See Closed Disabled I 23 for j A 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation LVD Channel B SCSI Table 2 24 Termination Enable pesca Disable 370SSR only Jumper Settings JPA2 Jumper Jumper JPA2 allows you to enable One EE or dis
30. for the hard disk drive 2 15 SUPER 37088A 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Table 2 26 Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions 438 Parallel Port Connector Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed 370SSR 370SSE Optional 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init 7 Data Bit2 8 SLCT IN The parallel port is located on J35 9 Data Bit 3 10 GND henna 11 DataBit4 12 GND See Table 2 26 for pin definitions 13 Data Bit 5 14 GND 15 Data Bit 6 16 GND 17 Data Bit 7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 GND 23 PE 24 GND 25 SLCT 26 NC Table 2 27 Floppy Connector Pin Definitions JP26 Floppy Connector Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 GND 2 FDHDIN 3 GND 4 Reserved The floppy connector is located 5 Key 8 FDEDIN 7 GND 8 Index on JP26 See Table 2 27 for pin 9 GND 10 Motor Enable FREE 11 GND 12 Drive Select B definitions 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 Table 2 28 IDE Connector Pin Definitions J18 J19 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 Reset IDE 2 GND 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 IDE Connectors 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Hest Data 4 10 Host Data 11 There are no jumpers to config 1 Host
31. onboard VGA PCI 2 shares an IRQ with SM bus PCI 3 has a dedicated IRQ does not share PCI4 shares an IRQ with USB System Management bus SUPER 37088A 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual 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 ATA66 100 cable to my IDE device s Answer The 80 wire 40 pin ATA66 100 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 ATA66 100 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 The 370SSM has an ATA66 cable and the 370SSA 370SSR 370SSE has an ATA100 cable 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
32. riser card Integration of the audio modem function enhances system capa bilities while reducing costs The AMR interface is based on an AC link that is compliant with Intel s Audio Codec 97 version 2 1 specification 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE All three have an onboard System Hard ware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Seven Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Core Chipset Voltage 3 3V 5V and 12V The onboard voltage monitor will scan these seven voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable it will give a warning or send an error message to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor 1 20 Chapter 1 Introduction Three 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 CPU and chassis fans are controlled by the power manage ment functions The thermal fan is controlled by the overheat detection logic Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU It can continue to monitor for overheat conditions even when the CPU is in sleep mode
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34. the OffBoard IDE Primary controller is a legacy device and the interrupt request channels cannot participate in PCI Swizzle PCI Swizzle is a term used to describe IRQ sharing USB Function The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled Disabled prevents the use of the USB ports and Enabled allows the use of the USB ports 4 25 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Legacy USB Support This option allows Legacy USB support The settings are Disabled En abled and Auto Disabled prevents the use of any USB device in DOS or during system boot Enabled allows the use of USB devices during boot and while using DOS The Auto setting auto detects USB keyboards or mice and if found allows them to be utilized during boot and while using DOS PCI Slot1 IRQ Preferrence PCI Slot2 IRQ Preferrence PCI Slot3 IRQ Preferrence PCI Slot4 IRQ Preferrence The settings for the above options are Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 IRQ 3 IRQ 4 IRQ 5 IRQ 7 IRQ 9 IRQ 10 IRQ 11 IRQ 14 IRQ 15 The settings for the above options are Available and Reserved Available allows the specified IRQ to be available for use by PCI PnP devices Re served means the specified IRQ is reserved for use by Legacy ISA de vices 4 26 Chapter 4 BIOS DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6 DMA Channel 7 Each of the above list of DMA channel setting options can be set to A
35. to use the same memory speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 For DIMMs make sure you are using PC133 or PC100 compliant unbuffered SDRAM EDO SDRAM is not supported 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping modules between slots and noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots 6 Check the power supply voltage 115V 230V switch Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Check the setting of jumper JBT1 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 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or s
36. 26 Floppy Disk Drive Connector p 2 16 J29 ATX Power Connector p 2 7 J30 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse p 2 9 J32 J33 J43 J51 Universal Serial Bus Port 0 1 p 2 9 JF1 Front Control Panel p 2 6 JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header p 2 11 JOH Overheat LED p 2 11 JWOR Wake On Ring Header p 2 13 LAN1 LAN2 Ethernet Port 1 2 p 2 USB2 3 Universal Serial Bus Port 2 13 VGA VGA Port monitor WOL Wake on LAN Header p 2 13 Also see the figures on page 2 5 for the I O ports and page 2 6 for the Front Control Panel JF1 2 connectors Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual 133 100 66 MHz Host Bus Graphics Performance Accelerator Audio Codec Modem Codec Superl O LPC Pentium Ill FCPGA PPGA CPU AC97 USB 1 5 Mb sec GMCH 544 BGA ICH 2x 4x AGP 133 100 MHz DIMMs EL LL 133 100 MHz Memory Bus PCI Slots 360 EBGA BIOS 4Mb FWH IDE Ports Figure 1 7 815 815E Chipset System Block Diagram NOTE This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent the features on your motherboard See the following pages for the actual specifications of each motherboard 1 16 Chapter 1 Introduction Features of the 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE
37. 37088A 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual THRM Throttle Ratio THRM throttling is used to lower power consumption and reduce heat The settings include 87 596 75 096 62 5 50 37 5 25 and 12 5 Intruder Sel This option allows you to set the Intruder SEL setting to SCI or SMI SCI stands for System Control Interrupt This is considered to be ACPI Ad vanced Configuration and Power Interface mode The operating system uses the SCI interrupt to process ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface events signaled by GPEs general Purpose Event whether the system is asleep or awake when the event occurs In other words the wake event has the side effect of causing the system to wake up if it is asleep but its primary purpose is to generate an SCI that notifies the oper ating system that the event has occurred SMI stands for System Manage ment Interrupt This is considered to be Legacy mode It is used to log interrupt events to operating systems that do not support ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface and operating systems that do Timer Overflow Enable This allows the system to generate a System Management Interrupt after a specific amount of time has passed The settings for this option are Dis abled and Enabled Thermal SMI Enable This allows the system to generate a System Management Interrupt after a specific temperature has been exceeded The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled PME
38. All Exit Setup op tions are described in this section The Exit Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit Exit system setup with Exit Saving Changes saving the changes Exit Discarding Changes Load Optimal Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Discard Changes Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Scree General Help Save and Exit Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc Exit Saving Changes Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter will save any changes you made in the BIOS Setup program and then exit Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure Exit Discarding Changes Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter will ignore any changes you made in the BIOS Setup program and then exit Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure 4 38 Chapter 4 BIOS Load Optimal Defaults Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter provides the optimum performance settings for all devices and system features Load Failsafe Defaults Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter provides the safest set of parameters for the system Use them if the system is behaving errati cally Discard Changes Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter will ignore any changes you made in the BIOS Setup program but will not exit the BIOS Setup pro gram 4 39
39. Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures esee 3 1 Before Power On ase ct nete a IRR 3 1 No PoOwWer 2 eccecesceeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeceeaeeseaeeeseaeeseaeeeeeaeeseeaeeseaaeeseaeeeeneeeseaeeeeaes 3 1 NO Video nter an Re HE 3 1 Memory Errol Scie erar e e PET P FOE Ea 3 2 Losing the System s Setup Configuration esses 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures EM 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions ssssssssssssssssseeeeeeeee enne 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service ssssseee 3 6 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Chapter 4 BIOS AED i ntrodUe HOD nea oret ree retire a a 4 2 BIOS Features sees a nennen enne nnne nennen nnns 4 9 Running Setup ce Ie Deni aee ee ne dete teens 4 4 Advanced Chipset Setup 4 5 Ghipset SetUp o erede ERE Rr HE re s ERREUR Arn 4 6 PGI PAP Setup entre tee HO etes 4 7 Power Setup name tide die e ie heat 4 8 Boot Setup 4 9 Security Setup nennen 4 10 Exit Setup eer in eene ie er na eee gei Appendices AMIBIOS Post Diagnostic Error Messages eme A 1 AMIBIOS Post Checkpoint Codes esee 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 utm
40. Data 3 12 Host Data 12 ure the onboard IDE interfaces 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 J18 and J19 Refer to Table 2 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 Tei 19 GND 20 Key 28 for pin definitions You 2 DRQ3 ee GND must use the ATA100 66 cable 23 1 0 Write 24 GND i 25 W O Read 26 GND included with your system to 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 GND benefit from the ATA100 66 3 IRQ14 32 10CS16 technology 33 Addr 34 GND 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 GND 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation AMR Table 2 29 Connector 370SSM AMR Connector Pin Definitions AMR only Pin Pin Refer to Table 2 29 for Number Signal Number Signal the pin definitions of the B1 AUDIO MUTE A1 AUDIO_PWRDN AMR connector B2 GND A2 MONO_PHONE B3 MONO OUT PC BEEP A3 B4 A4 B5 A5 Notes B6 PRIMARY DN A6 GND AMR SSM only B7 12V A7 5Vdual 5VSB B8 GND A8 USB_OC CNR SSA only B9 12V A9 GND B10 GND A10 USB SSR SSE AMR amp B11 5VD At USB CNR are not available KEY KEY KEY KEY B12 GND A12 GND B13 A13 S P DIF IN B14 A14 GND B15 3 3VD A15 3 3Vdual 3 3VSB B16 GND A16 GND B17 AC97_SDATA_OUT A17 AC97_SYNC B18 AC97_RESET A18 GND B19 AC97_SDATA_IN3 A19 AC97 SDATA IN1 B20 GND A20 GND B21 AC97_SDATA_IN2 A21 AC97 SDATA INO B22 GND A22 GND B23 AC97 MSTRCLK RST A23 AC97 BITCLK AGP Pro 4xAGP Slot for 370SSA 370SSM 4xAGPSl
41. Device Configuration Event Log Configuration Processor Configuration 2 Select Screen TL Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc Use the Up Down arrow keys to select the Health Monitor Features line When the Health Monitor Features line is highlighted hit ENTER to display its items Health Monitor Features The BIOS continuously monitors the health of your system by measuring certain voltage levels and temperatures 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS CPU Overheat Warning This option allows you to Enable or Disable a system overheat warning signal used to notify you in the event of a dangerous rise in heat levels CPU Overheat Warning This option allows you to specify the temperature threshold that when exceeded will trigger the overheat warning alarm The rest of the Health Monitor menu lists various voltages and temperatures as they are currently being measured These include CPU current tempera ture CPU voltage the RPMs of the CPU H W MonitorINO CPU1 H W MonitorIN2 3 3V H W MonitorIN3 5V H W MonitorIN4 12v H W MonitorIN5 12V CPU Fan Chassis Fan 1 Chassis Fan 2 and thermal control fans The settings are Enabled or Disabled 4 5 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Super IO Configuration After selecting the settings for Health Monitor Features use the Up Down
42. Firmware Hub FWH The FWH is a component that brings added security and manageability to the PC platform infrastructure This device includes an integrated Random Number Generator RNG for stronger encryption digital signing and secu rity protocols The FWH stores the system BIOS and video BIOS to eliminate a redundant nonvolatile memory component SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the BIOS chapter of this manual to change this setting The default setting is Always OFF 1 3 Special Features Communication and Networking Riser CNR 370SSA only The CNR slot supports audio modem and networking cards and provides interfaces that support multichannel audio V 90 analog modems home net working through a telephone line 10 100 Ethernet based networking and future technologies Separating sound and communications systems from the motherboard makes them less sensitive to noise Audio Modem Riser AMR 370SSM only The AMR is a new modular specification that integrates the audio modem functions on the motherboard by assigning the analog I O functions to a
43. Intel amp MISA This chipset is used to connect ISA devices to computers that do not have a physical ISA slot The best example of this is a notebook computer No ISA Slots when used with a docking station contains up to three ISA peripherals The docking station would contain the Intel amp Moon ISA chipset ICH Positive Decode 370SSM ICH2 Positive Decode 370SSA 370SSR 370SSE This option allows the ICH Positive Decode or ICH2 Positive Decode to be set The settings are Disabled and Enabled Onboard Audio Codec 370SSA 370SSM This option allows the system to Enable Onboard Audio Codec The set tings are Disabled and Enabled 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS CPU Bist Enable This option allows the CPU Bist Enable to be set The settings are Disabled and Enabled ICH DCB Enable 370SSM ICH2 DCB Enable 370SSA 370SSR 370SSE This option allows the ICH DCB and ICH2 DCB to be set The settings are Disabled and Enabled SMBus Controller The settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled AC97 Audio Controller 370SSA 370SSM The settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled AC97 Modem Controller 370SSA 370SSM The settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled Sound Blaster Decode 370SSA 370SSM This option is for adjusting the Sound Blaster Decode The settings are Disabled 220h 233h 240h 253h 260h 273h and 280h 293h Microsoft Sound Decode 370SSA 370SSM This option is for adjusting the Microsoft S
44. OM 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 BOh The system configuration is displayed Bih Copying any code to specific areas 00h Code copying to specific areas is done Passing control to INT 19h boot loader next B 8 Appendix B AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Codes B 4 Bus Checkpoint Codes The system BIOS passes control to different buses at the following checkpoints Checkpoint Code Description 2Ah Initializing the different bus system static and output devices if present 38h Initialized bus input IPL and general devices if present 39h Displaying bus initialization error messages if any 95h Initializing bus adaptor ROMs from C8000h through D8000h Additional Bus Checkpoints While control is inside the different bus routines additional checkpoints are output to I O port address 0080h as word to identify the routines being executed These are word checkpoints The low byte of checkpoint is the system BIOS checkpoint where control is passed to the different bus routines The high byte of checkpoint indicates that the routine is being executed in Different buses High Byte The high byte of these checkpoints includes the following information Bits Description Bits 7 4 0000 Function 0 Disable all devices on the bus 0001 Function 1 Initialize static
45. OW c aie tice ta nae Dette tede age Deb ee P gei tue 1 1 Checkliste 546 eth aceite LUN CHIC DPA ELLE 1 1 Contacting Supermicro sse 1 2 SUPER 370SSA Imadge Rte bete e 1 4 SUPER 370SSM Image sse nennen ener nnn 1 5 SUPER 370SSR Image oco ec Petre eR Er DER 1 6 SUPER 370SSE Mageni aadi Naa e aptae tanaira iiio 1 7 SUPER 370SSA La yo t ihini rase idi A SEa i 1 8 SUPER 370SSM Layout 1 10 SUPER 970SSR Layout tere eter i eh eed 1 12 SUPER 370SSE Layout sse 1 14 815 815E Chipset System Block Diagram sese 1 16 Motherboard Feature retten tree tnus 1 17 1 2 Chipset Overview 1 3 Special Features sesessssseseeeeeeeeeneeeenee nennen nennen Communication and Networking Riser CNR 370SSA only 1 20 Audio Modem Riser AMR 370SSM only sees 1 20 1 4 PG Health Monitoring rice pr p eet eed 1 20 1 5 ACPI PC 98 Features sssssseeeeneeeene nemen nnne 1 22 1 6 Power Supply neenon erret reed 1 24 1 7 Super l Q inre eee ra oe eio Ee 1 24 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 2 Processor Installation 2 83 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis sesseee 2 3 2 4 Installing DIMMS eintreten ener nt eere 2 4 2 5 Port Control Panel Connector Locations eseesseseeeeeee 2 5 6 2 6 Connecting Cables
46. PUS write operations stored in the L1 cache aren t copied to main memory until absolutely necessary This is the default setting External Cache This option is for enabling or disabling the internal CPU L2 cache Settings include Disabled Write Thru and Write Back See description above Peripheral Device Configurations This option allows the user to set the configurations for the devices listed below The options for these devices are Disabled Enabled Onboard SCSI Option ROM 370SSR only Onboard LAN1 Option ROM 370SSR 370SSE only Onboard LAN2 Option ROM 370SSR 370SSE only 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS Event Log Configuration Event Logging This option Enables or Disables the logging of events You can use this screen to select options for the Event Log Configuration Settings You can access sub screens to view the event log and mark all events as read Use the up and down arrow keys to select an item and the plus and minus keys to change the option setting The settings are described on the following pages The screen is shown below ECC Event Logging This option Enables or Disables the logging of ECC events The events logged by AMIBIOS are post errors such as a bad BIOS floppy errors or hard drive errors Clear All Event Logs This option can be used to tell the system to clear the event log on the next boot up The settings are No and Yes View Event Log This option allows the user view the eve
47. RI 5 Ground 10 NC just behind the Game Port on the 370SSA beside the AMR slot on 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE the 370SSM and behind the mouse keyboard ports on the 370SSR and 370SSE See Table 2 10 for pin definitions A 10 pin serial ribbon cable is required if connecting a device to a COM header Wake On LAN Table 2 11 4 The Wake On LAN header is lo Wake On PAN Pin Definitions WOL cated on WOL Refer to Table 2 11 for pin definitions You must Wap eater enable the LAN Wake Up setting in i u a roun BIOS to use this function You 3 Wake up must also have a LAN card with a Wake on LAN connector and cable to use this feature Table 2 12 Audio CD Header Pin Definitions CD Headers not on cD 370SSR 370SSE Pin Number Definition 1 Left Stereo Signal There are two CD headers of dif 2 Ground 3 Ground ferent sizes on the motherboard 4 Right state Signal for audio CD playback You must connect an audio cable from your Audio CD Header Pin Definitions CD player to the header that fits CD 1 your cable s connector Refer to Pin rrr Number Definition Table 2 12 for pin definitions 1 Right Stereo Signal 2 Ground i AAR 3 Left Stereo Signal Note NC indicates no connec 4 Ground tion 2 10 Chapter 2 Installation Fan Headers The CPU chassis and thermal control fan headers are desig nated CPU FAN FAN2 and FAN3 fo
48. SUPERO SUPER 370SSA SUPER 370SSM SUPER 370SSR SUPER 370SSE USER S MANUAL Revision 1 3a 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 Cal
49. SWDMAO SWDMA1 SWDMA2 MWDMAO MWDMA1 MWDM2 UWDMAO UWDMA1 UWDMA2 UWDMA3 and UWDMA4 Select Auto to auto de 4 9 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual tect the DMA Mode Select SWDMAO through SWDMA to set single word DMAO through DMA2 Select MWDMAO through MWDMA to set Multi word DMAO through DMA2 Select UDMAO trhough UDMAA to set Ultra DMAO through Ultra DMA4 S M A R T S M A R T stands for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology a feature that can help predict impending drive failures The settings are Auto Disabled and Enabled Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the S M A R T Select Auto to auto detect S M A R T 32Bit Data Transfer The settings are Auto Disabled and Enabled Select En abled or Disabled to enable or disable the 32 bit Data Transfer function Select Auto to auto detect the 32 bit Data Transfer function ARMD Emulation This option is used to select the emulation used when config uring an LS120 MO Magneto Optical or lomega Zip drive The settings are Auto Floppy and HardDisk Primary IDE Slave When the system enters Setup BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices This option displays the auto detection status of IDE de vices The settings for Primary IDE Slave are the same as those for the Primary IDE Master Secondary IDE Master This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices The settings for Secondary IDE M
50. able termination for the LVD Closed Disabled Channel B SCSI connector The normal default position is open to enable SCSI termination See Table 2 24 for jumper settings SCSI Enable Disable a Table 2 25 SI Enable Disable 370SSR only Jumper Settings JP34 Jumper JP34 allows you to enable Jumper bs 1 Position Definition or disable all onboard SCSI The 1 2 Enabled m 2 3 Disabled normal default position is en abled See Table 2 25 for jumper settings 2 8 Parallel Port AMR AGP and Floppy Hard Disk Drive Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables e The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 Asingle 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 ATA66 100 370SSM 370SSA 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 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
51. alization 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 B 7 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Checkpoint Code Description 9Bh Returned after setting the RS 232 base address Performing any required initialization before the Coprocessor test next 9Ch Required initialization before the Coprocessor test is over Initializing the Coprocessor next 9Dh Coprocessor initialized Performing any required initialization after the Coprocessor test next 9Eh Initialization after the Coprocessor test is complete Checking the extended keyboard keyboard ID and Num Lock key next Issuing the keyboard ID command next A2h Displaying any soft errors next A3h The soft error display has completed Setting the keyboard typematic rate next A4h The keyboard typematic rate is set Programming the memory wait states next A5h Memory wait state programming is over Clearing the screen and enabling parity and the NMI next A7h NMI and parity enabled Performing any initialization required before passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000 next A8h Initialization before passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h completed Passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h next A9h Returned from adaptor ROM at E000h control Performing any initialization required after the E000 option R
52. aster are the same as those for the Primary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices The settings for Secondary IDE Slave are the same as those for the Primary IDE Master 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS Hard Disk Write Protect This item allows the user to prevent the hard disk from being overwritten The options are Enabled or Disabled Enabled allows the drive to be used normally read write and erase functions can all be performed Disabled prevents the hard disk from being erased This function is effective only when the device can be accessed through BIOS ATA PI Detect Timeout Set this option to stop the system search for ATAPI devices within the specified number of seconds The options are 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 and 35 seconds Most ATA disk drives can be detected within 5 seconds ATA PI 80Pin Cable Detection This option selects the mechanism for detecting the 80 pin ATA PI cable Options include Host and Device Host and Device Host This option uses the motherboard onboard IDE controller to detect the type of IDE cable used Device This option uses the IDE disk drive to detect the type of IDE cable used Host amp Device This option uses both the motherboard onboard IDE controller and IDE disk drive to detect the type of IDE cable used Floppy Configuration Floppy A Use this option to specify which of floppy drive you have installed in the A drive T
53. atency This option regulates the speed of the Column Address Strobe CAS as either Fast or Slow which is higher or lower latency CAS latency optimizes the speed at which data is accessed in a column by defining CAS latency time in 100 MHz or 133 MHz clocks dependent on the memory bus speed It controls the time delay in clocks before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it Reading RAS data can be read twice as fast as reading CAS Lowering the latency can increase the speed of the SDRAM but at the expense of stability 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS RAS Timing This option regulates the speed of the Row Address Strobe RAS as either Fast or Slow As with CAS Latency lowering the timing can increase the speed of the SDRAM but at the expense of stability RAS Pre charge The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate a charge before a DRAM refresh Insufficient recharge time may cause the DRAM to lose data The settings are Fast and Slow which is more stable System Memory Frequency This option allows the system memory frequency to be adjusted The set tings are 100 MHz for PC100 memory 133 MHz for PC133 memory and Auto which allows the system memory frequency to auto select itself SDRAM Refresh This option sets the refresh rate for the system memory Settings include Auto 15 6 mS 7 8 mS and 128 CLKS DRAM Cycle Time SCLKS This option allows you set the DRAM cycle time to 5
54. 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 cover dam ages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation 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 AMIBIOS for the 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE The AMI ROM BIOS is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to 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 BIOS ROM stores the system param eters such as amount of memory type of disk drives and video displays etc BIOS ROM requires very little power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS ROM enabling it to retain the system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is then configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control wh
55. ce at bootup Internal This setting allows the onboard video display adapter to be the primary video device at bootup External PCI This setting allows a PCI Display Adapter card to be the primary video device at bootup External AGP This setting allows an AGP Display Adapter to be the primary video device at bootup 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS Internal Graphics Mode Select This option selects the mode for the internal graphics mode Settings in clude Disabled Enabled 512 KB and Enabled 1 MB Enabled 1MB This option allows the Internal Graphic controller to allocate 1 MB of system memory for video display use Enabled 512KB This option allows the Inter nal Graphic controller to allocate 512 KB of system memory for video dis play use Disabled This option allocates no system memory for video dis play use Display Cache Window Size This option sets the size of the display cache window The settings are 64 MB and 32 MB Display VBIOS Message This option allows the BIOS to display VBIOS messages The settings are Enabled or disabled Internal Graphics Scaling This option allows the Internal Graphics Scaling to be manually set or auto matically set The settings for this option for this setting include Disabled Auto and Enabled Auto This setting allows the Internal Graphics scaling to auto select itself This setting sets the Internal Graphics scaling off Enabled This setting sets the Internal Graphics scaling on
56. d Wake Up Function Use this option to specify which key is to be depressed to wake up the system from sleep mode The settings are Disabled CTRL F1 Space and Any Key Disabled This setting prevents the computer system from using the keyboard to power it on Ctrl F1 This setting allows the computer system to be powered on when the CTRL and F1 keys on the keyboard are pressed Space This setting allows the computer system to be powered on when the Space bar on the keyboard is pressed This is the default setting Any Key This setting allows the computer system to be powered on when any keys on the keyboard are pressed IDE Configuration Onboard PCI IDE Controller This option allows the user to enable or disable the integrated IDE Control ler The settings include Disabled Primary Secondary and Both Select Disabled to disable the Integrated IDE Controller Select Primary to en able the Primary IDE ontroller only Select Secondary to enable the Sec ondary IDE Controller only Select Both to enable both Primary and Sec ondary IDE Controllers Primary IDE Master When entering Setup BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices This displays the auto detection status of the IDE de vices You can also manually configure the IDE drives by providing the following information 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS Type This option sets the type of device that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST is c
57. des 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 pro tected 2 1 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual 2 2 Processor Installation IN When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan The following pages cover the installation procedure You should install the processor in the motherboard first then install the motherboard in the chas sis then the memory and add on cards and finally the cables and drivers Following the installation procedures in the order they appear in this chap ter should eliminate the most common problems encountered when installing a system IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always re move it before adding removing or changing any hardware compo nents Heat Sink Follow the instructions that came with your processor or heat sink to attach a heat sink to the processor Your heat sink should have a 3 pin fan which connects to the CPU FAN header Make sure that good contact is made between the CPU chip and the heat sink Insufficient contact will cause the processor to overheat which may crash the system Processor You are now ready to install the processor Your motherboard has a 370 pin FCPGA type soc
58. e Option V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc 4 28 Chapter 4 BIOS ACPI Aware O S This option allows the system to utilize Intel s ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification Settings are No and Yes DOS Windows 3 x8 Windows 95 and Windows NT are examples of non ACPI aware operating systems Windows 988 Windows ME and Windows 20006 are examples of ACPI aware operating systems Suspend to RAM Support This allows you to enable or disable the Suspend to RAM feature Settings are Disabled and Enabled The Disabled setting prevents the system from saving information to main memory when in a low power state Enabled causes the system to enter a low power state instead of being completely shut off This allows the computer system to bootup in a few seconds Suspend to RAM STR is a technology that is closely associated with the S3 state of the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface speci fication STR allows a properly configured system to go into a low power state while saving information to main memory about the system s configu ration open applications and active files While in the low power STR state memory remains powered to retain the system information while most other components turn off to conserve energy Fans are turned off to pro vide silent operation and to minimize power consumption Properly config ured systems in STR typically can consume less than
59. e first sector of the diskette Efh A read error occurred while reading the floppy drive in drive A FOh Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM file in the root directory Fih 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 internal cache memory FBh Next detecting the type of flash ROM FCh Next erasing the flash ROM FDh Next programming the flash ROM FFh Flash ROM programming was successful Next restarting the system BIOS B2 Appendix B AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Codes B 3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The following runtime checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution These codes are uncompressed in F0000h shadow RAM Checkpoint Code Description 03h The NMI is disabled Next checking for a soft reset or a power on condition 05h The BIOS stack has been built Next disabling cache memory 06h Uncompressing the POST code next 07h Next initializing the CPU and the CPU data area 08h The CMOS checksum calculation is done next 0Ah The CMOS checksum calculation is done Initializing the CMOS status register for date and time next OBh The CMOS status register is initialized Next performing any required initialization before the keyboard BAT command is issued
60. e next boot PCI Latency Timer 4 24 Chapter 4 BIOS This option specifies the latency timing of the PCI clocks for all PCI devices Settings include 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 and 248 PCI clocks Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA This option lets you allocate an interrupt request IRQ to the PCI VGA adapter card if used The settings are Yes and No Palette Snooping When enabled this option informs PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed The settings are Disabled and Enabled This does not neces sarily indicate a physical ISA adapter card The graphics chipset can be mounted on a PCI card Always check with your adapter card manuals first before modifying the default settings in the BIOS PCI IDE BusMaster The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled This option is only available on non Microsoft Operating Systems OffBoard PCI ISA IDE Card This option specifies which PCI slot has an IDE controller card installed Settings are Auto PCI slot 1 PCI slot 2 PCI slot 3 PCI slot 4 PCI slot 5 and PCI slot 6 PCI slot numbers will be available in this option even if your motherboard does not have that slot number If your motherboard does not have a PCI slot 5 for example do not set this option to PCI slot5 OffBoard PCI Primary IRQ This option specifies the primary IRQ for the PCI Settings include Disabled INTA Interrupt A INTB INTC INTD and Hardwired Hardwired tells the BIOS that
61. ee the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com techsupport htm before con tacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at 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 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 placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com or by fax at 408 895 2012 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that the 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE motherboard can support Answer The 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE have three 168 pin DIMM slots that support up to 512 MB of unbuffered 3 3V SDRAM registered DIMMs not supported ECC memory is not supported The 133 100 MHz memory bus fully supports both PC133 and PC100 memory However if three DIMM modules are installed the memory will run at 100 MHz even if PC133 memory is used this i
62. eets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above Additionally in ar eas 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 1 7 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 I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with 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 1 24 Chapter 1 Introduction 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 I O supports one PC compatible p
63. en the computer is powered on How To Change the Configuration Data The configuration data that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be ac cessed by pressing Del 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 Delete 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 An AMIBIOS identification string is displayed at the left bottom corner of the screen below the copyright message 4 1 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual 4 2 BIOS Features Supports Plug and Play V1 0A and DMI 2 1 Supports Intel PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect PME local bus specification Supports Advanced Power Management APM specification v 1 1 Supports ACPI Supports Flash ROM AMIBIOS supports the LS120 drive made by Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Industries Ltd The LS120 Can be used as a boot device Is accessible as the next available floppy drive AMIBIOS supports PC Health Monitoring chips When a failure occurs in a monitored activity AMIBIOS can sound an alarm and display a message The PC Health Monit
64. escribes the features specifications and performance of the SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE mainboards and provides detailed information about the chipset Note See the note listed on Page 1 3 Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and DIMM 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 and the twisted wires for the power supply the reset button the keylock power LED the speaker and the keyboard If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for the video the memory and the setup configuration stored in CMOS For quick reference a general FAQ Frequently Asked Questions section is provided Instructions are also included for contact ing technical support n 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 informa tion on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A lists BIOS error beep codes SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Table of Contents About This Mariual rariores rea Deere ete e nre nter eren rne eae iii Matiual OrganiZatiotn 2 odere ete in edu iii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 QOVerVI
65. ettings include Standby Sus pend and Off Video Power Down Mode This option specifies the power state that the VGA video subsystem enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired The settings include Disabled Standby and Suspend Hard Disk Power Down Mode This option specifies the power conserving state that the hard disk drive s enters after the specified period of inactivity has expired The settings include Disabled Standby and Suspend Hard Disk Time Out Minutes This option specifies the length of hard disk inactivity time that should expire before entering the power conserving state specified in the previous set ting The settings include Disabled and increments of 1 15 minutes Display Activity This option specifies if BIOS is to monitor for display activity when in a power saving state The Ignore setting means any display activity will not wake the system up from a power management state The Monitor setting allows display activity to wake up the system from a power management state Manual Throttle Ratio When in a power management state throttling can be used to lower power consumption and reduce heat This option allows the CPU to operate at a reduced average power which includes a sacrifice in performance The settings include 87 5 75 096 62 5 5096 37 5 25 and 12 5 A setting of 75 096 means the BIOS will throttle back the CPU clock to operate 75 of the time 4 81 SUPER
66. execution Checkpoint Code Description DOh The NMI is disabled Power on delay is starting Next the initialization code checksum will be verified Dih 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 setting the Stack next D5h Passing control to the uncompressed code in shadow RAM at E000 0000h The initialization code is copied to segment 0 and control will be transferred to segment 0 D6h Control is in segment 0 Next checking if lt Ctrl gt lt Home gt was pressed and verifying the system BIOS checksum If either lt Ctrl gt lt Home gt was pressed or the system BIOS checksum is bad next will go to checkpoint code EOh Otherwise going to checkpoint code D7h B 1 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual B 2 Bootblock Recovery Codes The bootblock recovery checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution Checkpoint Code Description EOh The onboard floppy controller if available is initialized Next beginning the base 512 KB memory test Eth Initializing the interrupt vector table next E2h Initializing the DMA and Interrupt controllers next Eeh Enabling the floppy drive controller and Timer IRQs Enabling internal cache memory Edh Initializing the floppy drive Eeh Looking for a floppy diskette in drive A Reading th
67. ext 37h The display mode is set Displaying the power on message next 38h Initializing the bus input 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 message next 3Bh The Hit DEL message is displayed The protected mode memory test is about to start 40h Preparing the descriptor tables next 42h The descriptor tables are prepared Entering protected mode for the memory test next 43h Entered protected mode Enabling interrupts for diagnostics mode next 44h Interrupts enabled if the diagnostics switch is on Initializing data to check memory wraparound at 0 0 next 45h Data initialized Checking for memory wraparound at 0 0 and finding the total system memory size next 46h The memory wraparound test is done Memory size calculation has been done Writing patterns to test memory next 47h The memory pattern has been written to extended memory Writing patterns to the base 640 KB memory next 48h Patterns written in base memory Determining the amount of memory below 1 MB next 49h The amount of memory below 1 MB has been found and verified Determining the amount of memory above 1 MB memory next B4 Appendix B AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Checkpoint Code Description 4Bh
68. g Road Chung Ho City Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C TEL 886 2 8221 1690 ext 102 FAX 886 2 82212790 www www supermicro com tw Email support supermicro com tw Chapter 1 Introduction Note All the 370SSR 370SSE motherboards do not have any LDT Ports parallel Ports installed on the boards Only those motherboards that are specified as the 370SSR or 370SSE motherboards are shipped with LDT parallel ports installed on the boards SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual SUPER 370SSA Figure 1 1 SUPER 370SSA Image Chapter 1 Introduction SUPER 370SSM Figure 1 2 SUPER 370SSM Image a8 ag ag BE mu ms EE mE m SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual SUPER 370SSR Figure 1 3 SUPER 370SSR Image Va ala Sa Vd kal ai a awe onnosmmowurm xn EN See the note listed on Page 1 3 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction SUPER 370SSE Figure 1 3a SUPER 370SSE Image HOOHHDOHHD S LLLI LLLI See the note listed on Page 1 3 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Figure 1 4 SUPER 370SSA Layout not drawn to scale 1L JPWAKE J29 370 FCPGA PPGA 32 J33 USB Processor ATX POWER g PW ON RESET J35 Parallel Port IRCON CPU FAN IDELED KEYLOCK SPEAKER C JF1 JF2 J18 J19
69. he settings are Disabled 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 5 1 4 720 KB 3 1 2 1 44 MB 3 1 2 and 2 88 MB 3 1 2 Floppy B Use this option to specify which of floppy drive you have installed in the B drive The settings are Disabled 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 5 1 4 720 KB 3 1 2 1 44 MB 3 1 2 and 2 88 MB 3 1 2 Floppy Drive Seek Use this option to Enable or Disable the floppy seek routine on bootup 4 11 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot This option allows the BIOS to skip certain tests that are normally perfomred on boot up You can disable the option to speed up boot time The settings are Disabled and Enabled Quiet Boot If Disabled this option will cause the normal POST messages to be dis played upon setup When Enabled the OEM logo is displayed instead of the POST messages Add On ROM Display Mode Set this option to display add on ROM read only memory messages The settings for this option are Force BIOS and Keep Current Force BIOS allows the computer to force a third party BIOS to display during system boot Keep Current has the system display AMIBIOS information on bootup BootUp Num Lock This option is used to select the status of the Number Lock function on your keyboard on bootup The settings are On and Off BootUp CPU Speed This option is used set the CPU speed to either High or Low PS 2 Mouse Support This option specifies whether a PS 2 Mo
70. ifornia USA The State of California 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 2000 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 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE motherboard The SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE supports single Pentium III FCPGA 500 MHz 1 GHz processors and Celeron FCPGA PPGA 333 500 processors at front side bus speeds of 133 100 and 66 MHz Please refer to the support section of our web site lt http www supermicro com TechSupport htm gt for a complete listing of supported processors FCPGA Pentium III proces sors are housed in a 370 pin package Note See the note listed on Page 1 3 Manual Organization Chapter 1 includes a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box d
71. ighlighted type in the correct time date in the time field and then press Enter The date must be entered in MM DD YY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format The time is in also 24 hour format For example 5 30 a m appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30 p m as 17 30 00 Press the lt ESC gt key to exit the Main Menu and use the Left Right arrow keys to enter the the other categories of BIOS settings The next section is de scribed in detail to illustrate how to navigate through the menus Note Items displayed in gray are preset and cannot be selected 4 3 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual 4 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Choose Advanced BIOS Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup Utility 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 such as SuperlO Configuration 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 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit Setup Warning Configure SuperIO Setting items on this screen to incorrect Chipset Winbond627F values may cause the system to malfunction Health Monitor Features SuperIO Configuration IDE Configuration Floppy Configuration Boot Settings Configuration gt gt gt Peripheral
72. it DEL message is cleared The WAIT message is displayed Starting the DMA and interrupt controller test next B 5 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Checkpoint Code Description 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 The DMA controller 2 base register test passed Programming DMA controllers 1 and 2 next 66h Completed programming DMA controllers 1 and 2 Initializing the 8259 interrupt controller next 67h Completed 8259 interrupt controller initialization 7Fh Extended NMI source enabling is in progress 80h The keyboard test has started Clearing the output buffer and checking for stuck keys Issuing the keyboard reset command next 81h A keyboard reset error or stuck key was found Issuing the keyboard controller interface test command next 82h The keyboard controller interface test completed Writing the command byte and initializing the circular buffer next 83h The command byte was written and global data initialization has completed Checking for a locked key next 84h Locked key checking is over Checking for a memory size mismatch with CMOS RAM data next 85h The memory size check is done Displaying a soft error and checking for a password or bypassing WINBIOS Setup next 86h The password was checked Performing any req
73. ket which supports 370 pin Pentium Ill FCPGA not SEPP and Celeron PPGA processors Lift the lever on the FCPGA socket and install with the notched corner of the processor oriented with pin 1 Fully seat the processor into the socket and then close the lever See Figure 2 1 for views of the FCPGA 370 pin socket before and after proces sor installation 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation Notched Corner Processor installed Figure 2 1 FCPGA 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 Chassis may include a variety of mounting fasteners made of metal or plastic Although a chassis may have both types metal fasteners are the most highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis For this reason it is best to use as many metal fasteners as possible 2 3 SUPER 37088A 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Installing DIMMs CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 Insert DIMMs in Bank 0 through Bank 2 as required for the desired system memory For the 370SSA 370SSM insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot For the 370SSR 370SSE insert each DIMM module into its slot in a 25 degree Pay attention to the two notches along the bottom of the module to prevent inse
74. mp Drivers amp Tools wins cone S M EE COE s etes G momen saat re NOTE For mech teen marked Fisboot au MUST reboot efter ingteiling Figure 2 5 Driver Tool Installation Display Screen 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 should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility which is optional The Security and Graphics Drivers support multiple lan guages Click the arrows to pull down a menu of choices The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Note The memory size reported in the device manager may be less than expected because some is used by the onboard graphics Higher screen resolutions will take up more of this memory 2 18 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system f 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 Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components a A WwW MN Before Power On
75. ng the 8042 input port and disabling the MEGAKEY Green PC feature next Making the BIOS code segment writable and performing any necessary configuration before initializing the interrupt vectors 24h The configuration required before interrupt vector initialization has completed Interrupt vector initialization is about to begin B 3 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Checkpoint Code Description 25h Interrupt vector initialization is done Clearing the password if the POST DIAG switch is on 27h Any initialization before setting video mode will be done next 28h Initialization before setting the video mode is complete Configuring the monochrome mode and color mode settings next 2Ah Bus initialization system static output devices will be done next if present See the last page for additional information 2Eh Completed post video ROM test processing If the EGA VGA controller is not found performing the display memory read write test next 2Fh The EGA VGA controller was not found The display memory read write test is about to begin 30h The display memory read write test passed Look for retrace checking next 31h The display memory read write test or retrace checking failed Performing the alternate display memory read write test next 32h The alternate display memory read write test passed Looking for alternate display retrace checking next 34h Video display checking is over Setting the display mode n
76. nnec tion 2 8 Table 2 4 Reset Pin Definitions Pin j Definition Pin Definition number number 12 Ground 3 Reset 13 Reset 4 Ground JF2 JF1 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE Table 2 5 Hard Drive LED Pin Definitions Pin Pin Definition Number Definition Number 1 5V 13 5V 2 HD Active 14 HD Active 3 HD Active 4 5V JF1 JF1 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE Table 2 6 Keylock Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Function Definition 5 5V LED power 6 5V LED power or key 7 Ground Black wire 8 keylock Keyboard inhibit 9 Ground Black wire 370SSA 370SSM PW LED Pin Definitions 3 Pin PWR Option Pin Definition Pin Definition Number Number 15 Power 1 Control 16 Control 2 NC 3 Power JF1 J50 370SSR 370SSE Chapter 2 Installation Speaker Connector The speaker connectors are lo cated on pins 10 13 of JF1 on the 370SSA 370SSM and pins 3 amp 4 of JF1 on the 370SSR 370SSE See Table 2 7 for pin definitions ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located on J30 See Table 2 8 for pin definitions The mouse port is above the keyboard port See Figure 2 3 for locations Universal Serial Bus USB USB Jumper settings 370SSA J32 J33 J43 370SSM J32 J33 370SSR SSE J32 J33 J43 J51 Two Universal Serial Bus connec to
77. nts of the system The settings are No and Yes Mark all Events as Read This option allows the user to use the screen to mark all events as read The settings are OK and Cancel 4 15 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual 4 5 Chipset Setup Choose Chipset Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup Utility main menu The screen is shown below All Chipset Setup options are described following the Screen You can use this screen to select options for the GHCH Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit gt GMCH Configuration Options for MCH gt ICH Configuration Processor Serial Number CPU Latency Timer C000 16k Shadow C400 16k Shadow C800 16k Shadow CC00 16k Shadow D000 16k Shadow D400 16k Shadow L Select Screen D800 16k Shadow L Tl Select Item DC00 16k Shadow Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc GMCH Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the GMCH Configuration Use the up and down arrow keys to select an item and the plus and minus keys to change the option setting The settings are described on the following pages Primary Video Device This option specifies the primary display device on your system Settings include Internal External PCI External AGP and Auto Auto This setting allows the BIOS to select the primary video devi
78. o o BRO esr Gu d m e cm ROMA Keyboard USBPorts Parallel Port Burgundy Line Out Line In Mic Purple VGA Monitor VUES oat d e as Lime Light blue Pink rquoise Turquoise Game Port gold Parallel Port Burgundy eraa oe ee e nae Nd SZ OOOO OOO UO OOO SZ Mouse Green 4 a E PAS 9 Kee E E USBPorts COM1 Port YOA MORI LANI LAN2 Turquoise Port Blue 370SSR 370SSE Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions Note The 370SSR 370SSE do not include the Game Parallel Line In Out and Mic ports but they have LAN1 and LAN instead 2 5 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Front Control Panel JF1 and JF2 contain header pins for various front control panel connec tors The 370SSA and 370SSM front control panel connectors JF1 and JF2 share the same layout The 370SSR and 370SSE have a single front control panel connector JF1 which is a different configuration and a 3 pin Power LED J50 Pin definitions for JF1 amp JF2 on the 370SSA 370SSM and JF1 amp J50 on the 370SS 370SSE are provided below Refer to the Sections 2 6 and 2 7 for connectors and pin definitions Figure 2 4 Front Control Panel Connectors Power LED Contro pins 15 16 Hard HDD LED T Drive Contro pins 13 14 i LED NIC1 LED onn Contro pins 11 12 NIC2 LED Contro pins 9 10 bon Overheat LED ontro ins 7
79. ompleted The settings include Not installed Auto CDROM and ARMD The Auto setting allows BIOS to automatically detect the presence of the IDE controller LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In LBA mode the maximum drive capac ity is 137 GB The settings are Disabled and Auto Select Disabled to disable LBA mode Select Auto to enable LBA mode if your device supports it and is not already formatted with the LBA mode Block Multi Sector Transfer Mode This option sets the block mode multi sector transfers option The settings include Disabled and Auto Disabled This op tion prevents the BIOS from using Multi Sector Transfer on the specified channel The data to and from the device will occur one sector at a time Auto This option allows the BIOS to auto detect device support for Multi Sector Trans fers on the specified channel If supported this option al lows the BIOS to auto detect the number of sectors per block for transfer from the hard disk drive to memory The data transfer to and from the device will occur multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it PIO Mode IDE PIO Programmable I O mode programs timing cycles be tween the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases The settings are Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 DMA This item allows the users to select the DMA mode The settings are Auto
80. or 4 seconds The power will turn off and no main power will be provided to the motherboard External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 23 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual 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 1 6 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 300 MHz and above The SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR accommodates ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate See the note listed on Page 1 3 It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that m
81. oring chips monitor CPU temperature Additional temperature sensors Chassis intrusion detector Five positive voltage inputs Two negative voltage inputs Three fan speed monitor inputs 4 3 Running Setup Optimal default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choos ing the appropriate text from the Standard 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 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS The Main BIOS Setup Menu Press the Delete key during the POST Power On Self Test to enter the Main Menu of the BIOS Setup Utility All Main Setup options are described in this section The Main BIOS Setup screeen is displayed below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Exit AMIBIOS Version BIOS Build Date BIOS ID Processor Type Processor Speed System Memory System Time System Date V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 Chipset PCIPnP 07 00xx XX XX XX SSM70626 PentiumIII 933MHz 256MB 10 10 00 Thu 08 24 00 Boot Security Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help Save and Exit Exit American Megatrends Inc Use the Up Down arrow keys or the Tab key to move between the different settings in the above menu When the items System Time and System Date are h
82. ost 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 One 1 Supermicro Mainboard Also see the note listed on Page 1 3 One 1 ATA100 ribbon cable for IDE devices 370SSA 370SSR 370SSE One 1 ATA66 ribbon cable for IDE devices 370SSM One 1 floppy ribbon cable for 1 5 25 inch floppy and 2 3 5 inch floppy drives One 1 serial COM 2 cable retail only One 1 I O shield 370SSR SSE only One 1 Supermicro CD or diskettes containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual See the note listed on Page 1 3 1 1 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual CONTACTING SUPERMICRO Headquarters Address Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Avenue San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 E mail marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web site www supermicro com European Office Address Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 E mail sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address 6th Floor No 755 Chung chen
83. ot for 370SSA 370SSM The AGP Pro slot is backward compatible with AGP and 4xAGP graphics cards which have fewer pins than AGP Pro cards Because of this care must be taken when installing a graphics card into this slot as doing so incorrectly can damage your motherboard For AGP Pro cards you should remove the orange sticker covering one end of the slot For other cards leave this sticker in place and make sure your card does not plug into the section it covers A general rule of thumb is to make sure your card fills the center section of pins first then the end toward the edge of the motherboard if there are more If the I O shield of your card is flush with the edge of the motherboard the card should be inserted correctly Edge of motherboard AGP Pro Slot 2 17 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual 2 9 Installing Software Drivers After all the hardware has been installed you must install the software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CD that came packaged with your motherboard After inserting this CD into your CDROM drive the display shown in Figure 2 5 should appear If this dis play does not appear click on the My Computer icon and then on the icon representing your CDROM drive Finally double click on the S Setup icon JIPEANBUHL imal D15 Lhaprcat Orvarn Nn ELI E al Inetall Intel GIS chipset INF les Fire S p Inghall ATA OMA diver Reban SUPERMICR a
84. ound Decode The settings are Disabled 530h 537h 604h 60Bh E80h E87h and F40h F47h MIDI Decode 370SSA 370SSM This option allows the MIDI Decode to be set The settings are Disabled 330h 331h and 300h 301h Adlib Range 388h 38Bh 370SSA 370SSM This option allows the Adlib Range 388h 38Bh to be set The settings are Disabled and Enabled Game Port 370SSA 370SSM This option allows the Game Port to be set The settings are Disabled and Enabled 4 21 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual LPC 4Eh 4Fh Decode This option allows the LPC 4Eh 4Fh to be set The settings are Disabled and Enabled DMA 0 Type DMA 1 Type DMA 2 Type DMA 3 Type DMA 4 Type DMA 5 Type DMA 6 Type DMA 7 Type This above options allow you to change the protocol for DMA 0 through DMA 7 The settings for all are PC PCI and LPC DMA Processor Serial Number Intel includes a serial number in their processors to act as a unique system identifier For privacy reasons you can disable the release of this identifier The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled Disabled This set ting restricts all access to the CPU serial number from your CPU Enabled This setting allows the operating system and applications to be able to read the CPU serial number from your CPUs Note If the CPU is a Intel Celeron Processor then this selection will be grayed out Intel Celeron Processors do not contain a processor serial number CPU
85. p is entered Enabled This option allows the system BIOS to wait for any error If an error is detected pressing F1 will enter Setup and the BIOS setting can be adjusted to fix the problem This normally happens when upgrading the hardware and not setting the BIOS to recognize it Hit Delete Message Displayed This option tells the system to display or not display the Hit Delete to Enter Setup message The settings are Enabled and Disabled Internal Cache This option is for enabling or disabling the internal CPU L1 cache Settings include Disabled Write Thru and Write Back Disabled This option pre vents the system from using the internal CPU L1 cache This setting should 4 13 SUPER 37088A 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual be used to slow the computer system down or to troubleshoot error mes sages Write Thru This option allows the computer system to use the internal CPU L1 cache as Write Though cache Write Through cache is slower than Write Back cache It performs write operations to the internal L1 CPU cache and system memory simultaneously Write Back This option allows the computer system to use the internal CPU L1 cache as Write Back cache Write Back cache is faster than Write Through cache Write Back cache is a caching method in which modifications to data in the cache aren t copied to the cache source until absolutely necessary Write back caching is available on all CPUs supported by this BIOS With these C
86. r 370SSA SSM and CPU Fan CHFan1 CHFan2 OHFan for 370SSR SSE respectively Refer to Table 2 13 for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion The Chassis Intrusion header is lo cated on JL1 See the board layouts in Chapter 1 for its location See Table 2 14 for pin definitions Overheat LED JOH The JOH header is used to con nect an LED to provide warning of chassis overheatin Refer to Table 2 15 for pin definitions The overheat LED header is located on JOH on the 370SSA SSM and JF1 on the 370SSR 370SSE 2 11 Table 2 13 Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin Number Definition 1 2 3 Ground black 12V red Tachometer Caution These fan headers are DC power Table 2 14 Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Number Definition 1 2 Intrusion Input Ground Table 2 15 Overheat LED Pin Definitions JOH Pin Number Definition 1 12VDC 2 OH Active 370SSA SSM JF1 Pin Definitions Pin Number Definition 7 12VDC 8 OH Active 370SSA SSM SUPER 37088A 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers Connector To modify the operation of the moth w eT erboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed cir Set
87. r The floppy or ATAPI media is not presented or cannot be read 6 beeps Keyboard The keyboard controller may controller Gate be bad The BIOS cannot A20 failure switch to protected mode 7 beeps Processor The CPU generated an exception exception interrupt interrupt error 8 beeps Display memory The system video adapter is read write error either missing or its memory is faulty This is not a fatal error 10 beeps Flash erase error The flash device was unable to be properly programmed 11 beeps Flash program The flash device was unable to error be properly programmed 12 beeps BIOS ROM file The BIOS ROM file found does incorrect size not match the size of the flash device 13 beeps BIOS ROM image The BIOS ROM file layout mismatch configuration does not match image present in the flash device 5 short 1 Memory Error No memory detected in the long beeps system 6 short 1 Memory Error EDO memory detected in long beeps system 7 short 1 SMBUS Error SMBUS error long beeps A2 Appendix B AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Appendix B AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Codes When AMIBIOS performs the Power On Self Test it writes diagnostic codes checkpoint codes to I O port 0080h If the computer cannot complete the boot process diagnostic equipment can be attached to the computer to read I O port 0080h B 1 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The uncompressed initialization checkpoint codes are listed in order of
88. r both the Supervisor password or User password The Supervisor and User passwords activate two different levels of password security If you select password support you are prompted for a 1 6 character password Type the password on the keyboard The password does not appear on the screen when typed Make sure you write it down If you forget it you must clear CMOS and reconfigure Remember your Password Keep a record of the new password when the password is changed If you forget the password you must erase the system configuration information in CMOS 4 36 Chapter 4 BIOS Change Supervisor Password This option allows you to change a supervisor password that was entered previously Change User Password This option allows you to change a user password that was entered previ ously Clear User Password Use this option to clear the user password so that it is not required to be entered when the system boots up Boot Sector Virus Protection This option allows you to enable or disable a virus detection program to protect the boot sector of your hard disk drive The settings for this option Disabled and Enabled If Enabled AMIBIOS will display a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive 4 37 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual 4 10 Exit Setup Choose Exit Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu
89. rinter port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Con figuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management through an 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 flexibly adjust to meet ISA PnP requirements which suppport ACPI and APM Ad vanced Power Management 1 25 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Note See the note listed on Page 1 3 2 1 Chapter 2 Installation Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To pre vent 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 provi
90. roying valuable data Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to 20A current and auto sense voltage IDs ranging from 1 3V to 3 5V This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make the system more stable 1 5 ACPI PC 99 Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specification defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application soft ware This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs tele phones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an oper ating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI lever ages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with both Win dows 98 Windows NT and Windows 2000 You can check to see if ACPI has been properly installed by looking for it in the Device Manager which is located in the Control Panel in Windows Microsoft OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive
91. rs USBO and USB1 are located on J32 and J33 See Table 2 9 for pin definitions The 370SSA also provides support for two addi tional USB ports USB2 is a header located near the IDE connectors and provides easy front side chas sis access cable not included USB3 is incorporated into the CNR slot the CNR card you plug in here should have a USB port 2 9 Table 2 7 Speaker Connector Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Function Definition 10 Red wire Speaker data 11 Key No connection 12 Key 13 Speaker data Table 2 8 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions J30 Pin Number Definition 1 Data 2 NC 3 Ground 4 voc 5 Clock 6 NC Table 2 9 Universal Serial Bus Pin Definitions J32 J33 Pin Pin Number Definition Number Definition 1 5V 1 5V 2 Po 2 PO 3 P0 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Ground 370SSA SSM SSR SSE J43 J51 Pin Pin Number Definition Number Definition 1 5V J1 45V 2 Po 2 P0 3 P0 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 key 5 Ground 370SSR 370SSE 370SSA SUPER 37088A 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Serial Ports Table 2 10 Two connectors for the COM1 Serial Port Pin Definition and COM2 serial ports are x Pin N Defini i initi provided on your board COM1 is n umber Dan Pin Number ae located beside the VGA port see 2 Serial In 7 RTS i 3 Serial Out 8 CTS Figure 2 3 and COM is located 4 DTR 9
92. rting the DIMM incorrectly Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place If installing only a single DIMM you may use any Bank The 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE will support a total of 512 MB of unbuffered SDRAM in its three DIMM slots ECC type memory is not supported PC133 and PC100 memory are both fully supported at their respective speeds However if three DIMM modules are installed the memory will run at 100 MHz even if PC133 memory is used this is a chipset limitation Figure 2 2 Side View of DIMM Installation into Slot To Install Insert module vertically and PC100 PC100 Notches Notches acm press down until it snaps Note Notches into place should align Pay attention with the receptive points to the two on the slot notches 2 4 Chapter 2 Installation Top View of DIMM Slot IL ll sere Release Tab To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push each release tab outward to release the DIMM from the slot 2 5 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 I O ports 370SSA 370SSM Mouse Green hy O IUODODOODOOU c YV WODOOOOO 0 tenen e deret once ue eeo ooo o oo o
93. s a chipset limitation Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experiencing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com Please check our BIOS warning message and the info on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select your motherboard model and down 3 3 SUPER 37088A 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual load the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS update file and you will find the readme txt flash instructions the fwhflash com BIOS flash utility and the BIOS image xxxxxx rom files Copy these files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system It is not necessary to set BIOS boot block protection jumpers on the motherboard At the DOS prompt enter the com mand fwhflash This will start the flash utility and give you an opportunity to save your current BIOS image Flash the boot block and enter the name of the update BIOS image file Note t is important to save your current BIOS and rename it super rom in case you need to recover from a failed BIOS update Select flash boot block then enter the update BIOS image Select Y to start the BIOS flash procedure and do not disturb your system until the flash utility displays that the procedure is complete After updating your BIOS please
94. s used by the parallel port The settings for this item include Disabled 378 278 and 3BC Select your setting and then press Enter Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port mode The settings for this item include Normal Bi directional EPP and ECP ECP Mode DMA Channel This option allows the user to set the setting for the ECP Mode of the DMA Channel The settings for this item include 0 1 and 3 Parallel Port IRQ This option allows the user to set the Parallel Port IRQ The settings for this item include 5 and 7 Onboard Game Midi Port 370SSA 370SSM only This option allows the user to set the Onboard Game Midi Port The settings for this item include Disabled 200 298 200 300 200 330 208 300 and 208 330 Midi IRQ Select 370SSA 370SSM only This option allows the user to set the Midi IRQ The settings for this item are 5 7 9 and 10 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual Power Loss Control This option determines how the system will react when power is reapplied after being lost unexpectedly The settings are Always Off if the system loses power unexpectedly the computer system will keep power off until the power button is pressed Always On if the system loses power unex pectedly the computer system will restore power and Previous if the System loses power unexpectedly the computer system restores the sys tem to its previous state before power was lost Keyboar
95. 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 1 22 Chapter 1 Introduction 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 Real Time Clock Wake Up Alarm Although the PC may be perceived to be off when not in use it is still capable of responding to preset wake up events In the BIOS the user can set a timer to wake up the system at a predetermined time 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 f
96. ting BA cuit board See the motherboard Pin 1 2 short layout pages for jumper locations l Jumper Cap Front Side Bus Speed Table 2 16 The FSB speed is set with JP11 Frontside SP MED Settings and JP12 Table 2 16 displays the settings for these two jumpers JP11 JP12 FSB Speed 1 2 1 2 A The CPU speed can also be 23 23 Ries changed by software control in Nes E bas PIOS See EPU Speed setting Note The Auto setting allows the CPU The CPU Speed setting will show to set the speed you the actual CPU speed for each FSB speed option selected Note If the system does not reboot after changing the CPU speed 1 clear CMOS and reboot as described on the next page and then set the correct CPU speed with the BIOS setting men tioned above 2 12 Chapter 2 Installation CMOS Clear Table 2 17 Refer to Table 2 17 for instruc cmos Oleas pimpar Settings tions on how to clear CMOS Al Jumper ways remove the AC power cord Position Definition from the system before clearing 2 3 CMOS Clear CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must Position Position 1 2 2 3 Ei 2 o o z o completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord then use JBT1 to clear CMOS Replace JBT1 back to the pin 1 2 position be fore powering up the system again Do not use the PW ON connector to clear CMOS AC 97 Enable Disable not on 370SSR 370SSE Table 2 18
97. troller a 2D 3D graphics accelerator AGP2x 4x discrete graphics card a 133 100 MHz SDRAM controller and a high speed hub architecture inter face that communicates with the ICH The ICH integrates a UDMA 100 con troller UDMA 66 for the 815 USB controllers and other I O functions see below The FWH stores both system and video BIOS and includes a Ran dom Number Generator RNG Graphics and Memory Controller Hub GMCH The GMCH includes the host CPU interface DRAM interface ICH interface and 4xAGP interface for the 815 815E chipset It contains advanced power management logic and supports dual channels for DRAM The AGP 2 0 interface supports 4x data transfers and operates at a peak bandwidth of 266 MB sec The MCH host interface bus runs at 133 100 66 MHz I O Controller Hub ICH ICH2 The ICH is the I O Controller Hub subsystem on the 370SSM which inte grates many of the Input Output functions of the 815 chipset including a two channel UDMA 66 Bus Master IDE controller It also provides the inter face to the PCI Bus and communicates with the MCH over a dedicated hub interface The 370SSA 370SSR 370SSE is based on the 815E chipset and has the more powerful ICH2 which includes UDMA 100 IDE controllers and two USB controllers that offer 24 Mbps of bandwidth across four ports three on the 370SSR 370SSE ICH2 also features an enhanced AC 97 interface that supports full surround sound for the Dolby Digital Audio used on DVDs
98. uired programming before WINBIOS Setup next 87h The programming before WINBIOS Setup has completed Uncompressing the WINBIOS Setup code and executing the AMIBIOS Setup or WINBIOS Setup utility next 88h Returned from WINBIOS Setup and cleared the screen Performing any necessary programming after WINBIOS Setup next B 6 Appendix B AMIBIOS POST Checkpoint Codes Checkpoint Code Description 89h The programming after WINBIOS Setup has completed Displaying the power on screen message next 8Bh The first screen message has been displayed The WAIT message is displayed Performing the PS 2 mouse check and extended BIOS data area allocation check next 8Ch Programming the WINBIOS Setup options next 8Dh The WINBIOS Setup options are programmed Resetting the hard disk controller next 8Fh The hard disk controller has been reset Configuring the floppy drive controller next 91h The floppy drive controller has been configured Configuring the hard disk drive controller next 95h Initializing the bus option ROMs from C800 next See the last page of this chapter for additional information 96h Initializing before passing control to the adaptor ROM at C800 97h Initialization before the C800 adaptor ROM gains control has completed The adaptor ROM check is next 98h The adaptor ROM had control and has now returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the option ROM returned control 99h Any initi
99. use will be supported Settings are Enabled and Disabled Typematic Rate Set this option to select the rate at which the computer repeats a key that is held down Settings are Fast and Slow Fast This sets the rate the computer repeats a key to over 20 times per second Under normal opera tions this setting should not be changed Slow This sets the rate the computer repeats a key to under 8 times per second 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS System Keyboard This option is to let the system know if a keyboard is Present or Absent Primary Display This option specifies the type of monitor display you have installed on the system The settings are Absent VGA EGA Color 40 x 25 Color 80 x 25 and monochrome Parity Check Use this option to either Enable or Disable the use of memory parity check ing Boot to OS 2 This option can be used to boot the system to an OS 2 operating system The settings are No and Yes Wait for F1 if Error This settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled Disabled This prevents the AMIBIOS to wait on an error for user intervention This setting should be used if there is a known reason for a BIOS error to appear An example would be a system administrator must remote boot the system The computer system does not have a keyboard currently attached If this setting is set the system will continue to bootup in to the operating system If F1 is enabled the system will wait until the BIOS setu
100. vail able and Reserved Available means the specified DMA channel is avail able for use by PCI PnP devices Reserved means the specified DMA chan nel is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices Reserved Memory Size This option specifies the size of a memory area to be reserved for Legacy ISA adapter cards The settings are Disabled 16k 32k and 64k Reserved Memory Address The option specifies the beginning address of the reserved memory area to be used for Legacy ISA adapter cards The settings are C0000 C4000 C8000 CC000 D0000 D4000 D8000 and DCO000 4 27 SUPER 370SSA 370SSM 370SSR 370SSE User s Manual 4 7 Power Setup Choose Power Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All Power Setup options are described in this section The Power Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit ACPI Aware O S No Suspend to RAM Support Disabled Repost Video on S3 Resume Yes Power Management APM Enabled Standby Time Out Disabled Suspend Power Saving S1 Suspend Time Out Disabled Power Button Mode On Off AfterG3 Enable Disabled Green PC Monitor Power State Suspend amp Select Screen Video Power Down Mode Suspend Hard Disk Power Down Mode Suspend Hard Disk Time Out Minute Disabled F1 General Help Display Activity Ignore F10 Save and Exit Manual Throttle Ratio 50 ESC Exit THRM throttle Ratio 50 Intruder Sel SMI Select Item Chang

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