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MSI MS-6135 User Manual

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Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
The ATX GX1 Dual-P mainboard is a state-of-the-art dual-processor server
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TM
®
mainboard based on Intel
Pentium
II Xeon
processor. The Intel
®
TM
Pentium
II Xeon
processor is designed exclusively for powerful servers
and workstations.
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The mainboard uses the highly integrated Intel
82440GX chipset to support
the PCI/ISA and Green standards, and to provide the Host/AGP bridge. The
82371EB chipset integrates all system control functions such as ACPI
(Advanced Configuration and Power Interface). The ACPI provides more
Energy Saving Features for the OSPM(OS Direct Power Management)
®
function. The Intel
82371EB chipset also improves the IDE transfer rate by
supporting Ultra DMA/33 IDE that transfers data at the rate of 33MB/s.
The mainboard also supports the System Hardware Monitor Controller as an
optional function. This function includes: CPU /power supply/chassis fan
revolution detect, CPU/system voltage monitor, system temperature monitor,
and chassis intrusion detect.
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  • Page 1 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION The ATX GX1 Dual-P mainboard is a state-of-the-art dual-processor server ® ® ® mainboard based on Intel Pentium II Xeon processor. The Intel ® Pentium II Xeon processor is designed exclusively for powerful servers and workstations. ® The mainboard uses the highly integrated Intel 82440GX chipset to support the PCI/ISA and Green standards, and to provide the Host/AGP bridge.

  • Page 2: Mainboard Features

    1.1 Mainboard Features ® ® Dual Slot 2 for Intel Pentium II Xeon processor. Support 400MHz or faster with 512KB, 1MB or 2MB integrated L2 cache. Chipset ® Intel 82440GX AGPset. ® Intel 82371EB chipset. Onboard SCSI Connector Adaptec AIC-7890/AIC3860 - support high performance 80Mbytes/sec Ultra 2 SCSI peripherals at a cable length up to 12 meters.
  • Page 3 On-Board IDE ® An IDE controller on the Intel 82371EB Chipset provides IDE HDD/CD- ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA/33 operation modes. Can connect up to four IDE devices. Integrated Super I/O Controller Winbond W83977F-AW I/O controller - 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes.
  • Page 4 Mounting 12 mounting holes. System Hardware Monitor CPU/Power Supply/Chassis Fan Revolution Detect CPU Fan Control (the fan will automatically stop when the system enters suspend mode) System Voltage Detect CPU Overheat Warning. Display Actual Current Voltage...

  • Page 5: Mainboard Layout

    PCI SLOT 2 7890 Digital 21152 PCI SLOT 3 ACTLAN IDE1 System Hardware PCI SLOT 4 Monitor IDE2 HI-LAN PIIX4E JSOUND1 JBAT1 PCI SLOT 5 BATT PCI SLOT 6 JFP1 APIC JWOL1 BIOS ISA SLOT 1 JRMS1 MS-6135 ATX GX1 Dual-P Mainboard...

  • Page 6: Hardware Installation

    Chapter 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ® ® The mainboard operates with Intel Pentium II Xeon processor. The mainboard uses a CPU Slot called Slot 2 for easy CPU installation and a DIP switch (SW1) to set the proper speed for the CPU. The CPU should always have a Heat Sink attached to prevent overheating.
  • Page 7 2.1-1 CPU Installation Procedures ® ® Intel Pentium II Xeon processor Installation Proce- dures Retention Mechanism Plastic Guide that holds and secure the processor into the Slot 2 connector Retention Cap Plastic Guide that secure the processor to the Retention Mechanism. 1.
  • Page 8 2. Connect the Retention Cap into the processor. Processor will only fit in one direction. 3. The Retention Cap got two mounting holes, which should match with the Retention Mechanism. 4. Insert the processor into the Slot 2. 5. Secure with screws.
  • Page 9 6. Repeat steps 2 to 5 for the second processor. 7. The installation is now complete. Note: To install a single Intel Pentium II Xeon processor, refer to Chapter 2 section 2.1-4.

  • Page 10: Cpu Core Speed Derivation Procedure

    2.1-2 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure The DIP Switch SW1 (1, 2, 3, and 4) is used to set the Core/Bus (Fraction) ratio of the CPU. The actual core speed of the CPU is the Host Clock Frequency multiplied by the Core/Bus ratio. For example: CPU Clock 100MHz Core/Bus ratio...
  • Page 11 2.1-3 CPU Speed Setting: SW1 To adjust the speed of the CPU, you must know the specifications of your CPU (always ask the vendor for CPU spec.). Then look at Table 2.1 (400 ~ ® ® 600MHz Intel Pentium II Xeon processor) for setting.
  • Page 12 2.1-4 CPU Terminator The CPU terminator is used, when only one CPU is installed. You must always install the CPU terminator on the empty CPU 2 slot. CPU Terminator Important: To use dual CPU, it is strongly adviced that same CPU speed and CPU stepping is used: which means that if you install 400MHz in the 1st CPU slot, then you must also install 400MHz on the 2nd slot.
  • Page 13 2.1-5 Fan Power Connectors: CPUFA1/CPUFA2/CPUFA3/ CPUFA4/PSFAN1 These connectors support system cooling fan with +12V. It supports three pin head connector. When connecting the wire to the connector, always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the +12V, the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND.
  • Page 14 A battery must be used to retain the mainboard configuration in CMOS RAM. You must short 1-2 pins of JBAT1 to keep the CMOS data. JBAT1 Function JBAT1 Keep Data Clear CMOS Note: You can clear CMOS by shorting 2-3 pin, while the system is off. Then, return to 1-2 pin position.

  • Page 15: Memory Bank Configuration

    2.3-1 Memory Bank Configuration The mainboard supports a maximum of 2 GB memory for registered DIMM and 512MB for unbuffered DIMM: It provides four 168-pin DIMMs (Double In-Line Memory Module) sockets. It supports 8 MB to 256 Mbytes DIMM memory module. DIMM1(Bank0 + Bank1) DIMM2(Bank2 + Bank3) DIMM3(Bank4 + Bank5)

  • Page 16: Memory Installation Procedures

    2.3-2 Memory Installation Procedures A. How to install a DIMM Module Single Sided DIMM Double Sided DIMM 1. The DIMM slot has a two Notch Key “VOLT and DRAM”, so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction. 2.

  • Page 17: Memory Population Rules

    2.3-3 Memory Population Rules 1. Supports SDRAM. 2. Supports registered/unbuffered DIMM. 3. To operate properly, at least one 168-pin DIMM module must be in- stalled. 4. This mainboard supports Table Free memory, so memory can be installed on DIMM1, DIMM2, DIMM 3, or DIMM 4 in any order. 5.
  • Page 18 The Power Switch, Reset Switch, Key Lock, Power LED, Speaker and HDD LED are all connected to the JFP1 connector block. Speaker Reset Switch Keylock Power Power L E D Switch L E D JFP1 2-13...
  • Page 19 2.4-1 Power Switch Connect to a 2-pin push button switch. This switch had the same feature with JRMS1. 2.4-2 Reset Switch Reset switch is used to reboot the system rather than turning the power ON/ OFF. Avoid rebooting while the HDD LED is lit. You can connect the Reset switch from the system case to this pin.
  • Page 20 The mainboard also provides a standard floppy disk connector FDC that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector support the provided floppy drive ribbon cables. 2-15...
  • Page 21 The mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA/33 function. It has two HDD connec- tors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary). You can connect up to four hard disk drives, CD-ROM, 120MB Floppy and other devices to IDE1 and IDE2. These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk cable.
  • Page 22 2.7-1 ATX 20-pin Power Connector: JPWR1/JPWR2 There are two power supply connectors. If the system power requirements exceed 300W, a power supply with two 20-pin connectors can be used. Avoid using two power supply. Power Connector JPWR1 JPWR2 2-17...
  • Page 23 PIN DEFINITION SIGNAL SIGNAL 3.3V 3.3V -12V 3.3V PS_ON PW_OK 5V_SB Warning: Since the mainboard has the instant power on function, make sure that all components are installed properly before inserting the power connector to ensure that no damage will be done. Note: To be able to use this function, you need a power supply that provide enough power for this feature.
  • Page 24 2.7-2 Remote Power On/Off Switches: JRMS1 Connect to a 2-pin push button switch. If Instant-on is Enabled, every time the switch is shorted by pushing it once, the power supply will change its status from OFF to ON. If Instant-on is Disabled: During ON stage, push once and the system goes to sleep mode: pushing it more than 4 seconds will change its status from ON to OFF.
  • Page 25 The mainboard provides two 5-pin infrared (IR) connectors for IR modules. These connectors are for optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function. FIR and Consumer IR are reserved functions for future Super I/O chipset.
  • Page 26 The mainboard has two 9-pin male DIN connectors for serial ports COM A and COM B. These two ports are 16550A high speed communication ports that send/receive 16 bytes FIFOs. You can attach a mouse or a modem cable directly into these connectors. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 COM A...
  • Page 27 The mainboard provides a 25 pin female centronic connector for LPT. A parallel port is a standard printer port that also supports Enhanced Parallel Port(EPP) and Extended capabilities Parallel Port(ECP). See connector and pin definition below: 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 PIN DEFINITION SIGNAL...
  • Page 28 ® The mainboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse mini DIN connector for ® ® attaching a PS/2 mouse. You can plug a PS/2 mouse directly into this connector. The connector location and pin definition are shown below: Pin5 Mouse Clock Pin6 Pin3 Pin4...
  • Page 29 The mainboard provides a UHCI(Universal Host Controller Interface) Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices like: keyboard, mouse and other USB devices. You can plug the USB device directly to this connector. USB Port 1 1 2 3 4 USB Port 2 SIGNAL -Data0...
  • Page 30 The mainboard provides a RJ-45 connector for your network need. RJ-45 Connector 2-25...
  • Page 31 Attach LED to this connector. When the onboard LAN chipset is active, this LED will lit. ACTLAN 2-26...
  • Page 32 Attach LED to this connector. When the onboard LAN chipset is on active high speed (100MB/s), this LED will lit. HI-LAN 2-27...
  • Page 33 The JMODEM connector is for use with Modem add-on card that supports the Modem Wake Up function. JMODEM SIGNAL MDM_WAKEUP 5VSB Note: Modem wake-up signal is active “low”. Note: To be able to use this function, you need a power supply that provide enough power for this feature.
  • Page 34 The JWOL1 connector is for use with LAN add-on cards that supports Wake Up on LAN function. JWOL1 SIGNAL 5VSB MP_WAKEUP Note: LAN wake-up signal is active “high”. Note: To be able to use this function, you need a power supply that provide enough power for this feature.
  • Page 35 The mainboard provides a distributed DMA connector for PCI sound card ® with this feature, such as Creative PCI 3D sound card. JSOUND1 Definition DMA Grand Signal DMA Request Signal Serial Interrupt Signal 2-30...
  • Page 36 J1 can be connected with dual-color LED. LED will lit while the system is in suspend mode. Green Color Orange Color Note: Green Color: Indicate the system is in full on mode. Orange Color: Indicate the system is in suspend mode. 2-31...
  • Page 37 The mainboard provides three SCSI connector. The first SCSI is for Ultra SCSI which supports 20MB/s. The second SCSI is for Ultra Wide SCSI supports 40MB/s. The third SCSI is for Ultra 2 SCSI which supports 80MB/s. SCSI-1 SCSI-2 SCSI-3 2-32...
  • Page 38 ® Chapter 3 ® BIOS USER’S GUIDE The system configuration information and chipset register information is stored in the CMOS RAM. This information is retained by a battery when the power is off. Enter the BIOS setup (if needed) to modify this information. The following pages will describe how to enter BIOS setup, and all about options.

  • Page 39: Enter Bios Setup

    ® 3.1 Enter BIOS Setup ® Enter the AMI setup Program’s Main Menu as follows: 1. Turn on or reboot the system. The following screen appears with a series of diagnostic check. AMIBIOS (C) 1998 American Megatrends Inc. AGIOMS VXXX XXXXXX Hit <DEL>...
  • Page 40 ® AMIBIOS HIFLEX SETUP UTILITIES - VERSION 1.20 (C) 1998 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Standard CMOS Setup Advanced CMOS Setup Advanced Chipset Setup Power Management Setup PCI/Plug and Play Setup Peripheral Setup Hardware Monitor Setup Auto-Detect Hard Disks Change User Password Change Supervisor Password Change Language Setting...

  • Page 41: Standard Cmos Setup

    ® 3.2 Standard CMOS Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “Standard CMOS Setup” of the main menu screen . AMIBIOS SETUP - STANDARD CMOS SETUP (C)1998 American Megatrends,Inc.All Rights Reserved Date (mm/dd/yyyy): Fri Dec 14, 1998 Time (hh/mm/ss): 17:09:25 Floppy Drive A: 1.44 MB 3 1/2 Floppy Drive B: Not Installed...

  • Page 42: Advanced Cmos Setup

    ® 3.3 Advanced CMOS Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “Advanced CMOS Setup” of the main menu AMIBIOS SETUP - ADVANCED CMOS SETUP (C)1998 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Quick Boot Enabled Available Options: Ist Boot Device Floppy Disabled 2nd Boot Device IDE 0 Enabled 3rd Boot Device...
  • Page 43 ® Description of the item on screen follows: Quick Boot ® Set this option to Enabled to permit AMI BIOS to boot within 5 seconds. This option replaces the old ABOVE 1 MB Memory Test option. The Optimal default setting is Enabled. The Fail-Safe default setting is Disabled.
  • Page 44 ® Boot up Num Lock ® When this option is set to Off, AMI BIOS turns off the Num Lock key when the system is powered on. The end user can then use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard. The settings are On or Off.

  • Page 45: Internal Cache

    ® Internal Cache This option can enable or disable the internal cache memory of the CPU (L1 cache memory). Enabling this function on a CPU without L1 cache will likely freeze the system. Cache Bus ECC ® This option is for Pentium II processor.
  • Page 46 ® C800, 16k Shadow/CC00, 16k Shadow/D000, 16K Shadow/ D400, 16k Shadow/D800, 16k Shadow/DC00, 16K Shadow These options specify how the contents of the adaptor ROM named in the option title are handled. The ROM area that is not used by ISA adapter cards will be allocated to PCI adapter cards.

  • Page 47: Advanced Chipset Setup

    ® 3.4 Advanced Chipset Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “Advanced Chipset Setup” of the main menu screen. AMIBIOS SETUP - ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP (C) 1998 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Available Options: ******** SDRAM Timing ******** Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD Disabled Disabled Enabled...
  • Page 48 ® Description of the item on screen follows: Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD Enabling this option will set the SDRAM timing value to the value provided by the DIMM SPD, otherwise, value will be set to the values you set. Note: It is recommended that under 100MHz, you use DIMM with SPD.

  • Page 49: Memory Hole

    ® DRAM Refresh Rate This option is for setting the frequency of refreshing the DRAM. Available settings are 15.6, 31.2, 62.4, 124.8, and 249.6 us. Memory Hole This option allows the end user to specify the location of a memory hole.

  • Page 50: Graphics Aperture Size

    ® USWC Write Post Set this option to Enabled to use USWC(Uncacheable, Speculatable, Write-Combined) memory. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled. Graphics Aperture Size This option determines the effective size of the graphics aperture used in the particular PAC configuration.
  • Page 51 ® USB Passive Release ® During Enabled, this will allow the PIIX4E to use passive ® release(look at PIIX4E Passive Release) while transferring control informa- ® tion or data for USB transaction. During Disabled, PIIX4E will perform PCI accesses for USB without using passive release. ®...

  • Page 52: Power Management Setup

    ® 3.5 Power Management Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “Power Management Setup” of the main menu screen. AMIBIOS SETUP - POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP (C) 1998 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Available Options: Power Management / APM Enabled Green PC LED Status Blinking Disabled Enabled...
  • Page 53 ® Description of the item on screen follows: Power Management/APM Set this option to Enabled to enable the chipset’s power management features and APM(Advanced Power Management). The settings are Enabled, Inst-On(instant-on) or Disabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled. Green PC LED Status This option determines which state the Green PC LED will use.

  • Page 54: Standby Time Out (Minute)

    ® Standby Time Out (Minute) This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in Full power on state. When this length of time expires, the computer enters Standby power state. The settings are Disabled, 1 min, 2 min, 3 min, 4 min, 5 min, 6 min, 7 min, 8 min, 9 min, 10 min, 11 min, 12 min, 13 min, 14 min or 15 min.
  • Page 55 ® Thermal Slow Clock Ratio When set to Monitor, then you can choose the throttle ratio. This option is connected with the CPU Critical Temperature Option. CPU Critical Temperature This option is for setting the CPU temperature that would be critical enough, so that it would use the Thermal Slow Clock Ratio to cool down the CPU.
  • Page 56 ® LAN Resume from Soft-Off During Disabled, the system will ignore any incoming signal from the LAN network card. During Enabled, the system will boot up if there’s an incoming signal from the LAN network card. Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system.

  • Page 57: Pci/Plug And Play Setup

    ® 3.6 PCI/Plug and Play Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “PCI/Plug and Play Setup” of the main menu screen. AMIBIOS SETUP - PCI/PLUG AND PLAY SETUP (C) 1998 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Available Options: Plug and Play Aware O/S Enabled Clear NVRAM PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks)

  • Page 58: Primary Graphics Adapter

    ® Description of the item on screen follows: Plug and Play Aware O/S Set this option to Yes if the operating system in this computer is aware of and follows the Plug and Play specification. Currently, only ® Windows 95/98 is PnP-aware. The settings are Yes or No. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings No.

  • Page 59: Allocate Irq To Pci Vga

    ® Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Set this option to allow user to choose which IRQ to be assign for the PCI VGA card. PCI IDE BusMaster Set this option to Enabled to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI local bus includes a bus mastering capability.

  • Page 60: Dma Channel

    ® DMA Channel 0/1/3/5/6/7 These options specify the bus that the specified DMA channel is used. These options allow you to reserve DMAs for legacy ISA adapter cards. ® These options determine if AMI BIOS should remove a DMA from the available DMAs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS.

  • Page 61: Peripheral Setup

    ® 3.7 Peripheral Setup 1. Press <ENTER> on “Peripheral Setup” of the main menu screen. AMIBIOS SETUP - PERIPHERAL SETUP (C) 1998 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Available Options: Onboard Network Device Enabled Auto Onboard SCSI Device Enabled Disabled U/2 LVD Terminator Config Reserved Enabled...
  • Page 62 ® Description of the item on screen follows: OnBoard Network Device The system had an onboard Intel 82558 10/100M Ethernet LAN controller. During enabled, the system will use the onboard LAN controller for accessing the RJ-45 LAN connector. OnBoard SCSI Device The system had an onboard SCSI controller.

  • Page 63: Onboard Fdc

    ® Onboard FDC Choose Auto, for the BIOS to automatically detect the device If the ISA add-on card has Onboard FDC to be set at Disabled FDC exist Enabled none FDC exist Choose Enabled, Enabling onboard FDC. Choose Disabled, Disabling onboard FDC. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Auto.
  • Page 64 ® IR I/O pin Location Select Choosing SINB/SOUTB allows you to connect an external IR device to COMB. Set this option to IRRX/IRTX when using an internal IR device which is connected to IR1 connector. Serial PortB Mode Choosing Normal will set the Serial Port B for normal use, not for IR device.
  • Page 65 ® Parallel Port Mode This option allows user to choose the operating mode of the onboard parallel port. The settings are Normal, SPP/EPP or ECP mode. EPP Version This option is for setting which EPP version will be used. The settings are 1.7 and 1.9.

  • Page 66: Hardware Monitor Setup

    ® 3.8 Hardware Monitor Setup The Hardware Monitor Setup is used to set the CPU speed and monitor the current CPU Temperature, CPU Fan speed, Chassis Fan Speed, Power fan speed, Vcore, etc. 1. Press <ENTER> on “Hardware Monitor Setup” of the main menu screen.
  • Page 67 ® Chapter 4 ® INTEL 82558 FAST ETHERNET LAN DRIVER The 82558 is a sophisticated 32-bit PCI component, with enhanced scatter- gather bus mastering capabilities. Its true 32-bit architecture enables it to perform high speed data transfers on the PCI bus using four DMA channels. 1.1 Features IEEE 802.3/802.3u 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX compatible Glueless 32-bit PCI bus master interface...
  • Page 68 ® ® 2.1 Windows 95/98 To install the driver, just insert the provided CD-ROM into the CD- ROM drive. The CD-ROM will autorun. Press the button for install- ing the LAN driver. 2.2 Other OS driver To install the driver for other operating system, just insert the provided CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
  • Page 69 Chapter 5 WINDOWS 98/NT This chapter provides information about Windows 98/NT installation procedure. To install the SCSI controller driver during Windows NT 4.x installation: 1. Boot the system with the Windows NT 4.x setup diskette #1. 2. Insert setup diskette#2 when prompted and press <Enter>. 3.

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