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Supermicro 440fx motherboards: reference guide
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440FX Chipset

AMI BIOS

REFERENCE MANUAL
Revision 3.3

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  • Page 1: Ami Bios

    UPER ® 440FX Chipset AMI BIOS REFERENCE MANUAL Revision 3.3...
  • Page 2 LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT, INCLUDING THE COSTS OF THE REPAIRING, REPLACING, OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, OR DATA. Copyright © 1997 by SUPERMICRO COMPUTER INC. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    BIOS User's Manual Table of Contents Chapter 1: AMI BIOS 1-1 Introduction System BIOS ... 1-1 Configuration Data ... 1-1 How Data Is Configured ... 1-1 POST Memory Test ... 1-2 1-2 BIOS Features ... 1-2 BIOS Configuration Summary Screen ... 1-3 Chapter 2: Running Setup Setup...
  • Page 4 Table of Contents Appendix A: Hard Disk Error Messages ... A-1 Appendix B: BIOS Hard Disk Drive Types ... B-1 Appendix C: BIOS Error Beep Codes ... C-1 Appendix D: AMI BIOS POST Diagnostic Error Messages ... D-1 Appendix E: BIOS Non-Fatal Error Messages ... E-1...
  • Page 5 PRINTED IN U.S.A.

  • Page 6: Chapter 1: Ami Bios

    Chapter 1 AMI BIOS 1-1 Introduction This chapter describes the AMIBIOS for the Intel 440FX chipset which is designed for Intel Pentium Pentium II 233/266/300 MHz processors. stored in the Flash EEPROM and is easily upgraded using a floppy disk-based program.

  • Page 7: Post Memory Test

    BIOS User's Manual POST Memory Test Normally, the only visible POST routine is the memory test. screen that appears when the system is powered on is shown below. An AMIBIOS Identification string is displayed at the left bottom corner of the screen, below the copyright message. Made in U.S.A.

  • Page 8: Bios Configuration Summary Screen

    BIOS Configuration Summary Screen AMIBIOS displays a screen that looks similar to the following when the POST routines complete successfully. AMIBIOS System Configuration (C) 1985-1994 American Megatrends Inc., Main Processor Pentium(tm)Pro Math Processor Built-In Floppy Drive A: : 1.2 MB, 5¼ Floppy Drive B: : 1.44 MB, 3½...
  • Page 9 BIOS User's Manual...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2: Running Setup

    Chapter 2 Running Setup The WinBIOS Setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate high-level icon from the Standard Setup screen. All displayed icons are described in this section, although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the option.
  • Page 11 BIOS User's Manual To configure an old MFM hard disk drive, you must know the drive parameters (number of heads, number of cylinders, number of sec- tors, the starting write precompensation cylinder, and drive capac- ity). Select the hard disk drive type (1-46). Refer to Appendix B in this manual for a list of the various hard disk drive types.

  • Page 12: Advanced Setup

    Date and Time Configuration Select the Standard option. Select the Date/Time icon. The current values for each category are displayed. the keyboard. Floppy A Floppy B Choose the Floppy Drive A or B icon to specify the floppy drive type. The settings are 360 KB 5¼...
  • Page 13 BIOS User's Manual or IDE-2 or IDE-3 is selected as 1st boot device, IDE-0 cannot be selected as 2nd boot device. This means that only one IDE device can be selected as the boot device. IDE-0, IDE-1, IDE-2, IDE-3 are the four hard disks than can be in- stalled by the BIOS.
  • Page 14 This option determines the display screen with which the POST is going to start the display. If selected as BIOS, the POST will start with the normal sign-on message screen. POST will start with the silent screen. are BIOS or Silent. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are BIOS.
  • Page 15 BIOS User's Manual Boot Up Num-Lock When this option is set to On, the BIOS turns off the Num Lock key when the system is powered on. use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard. The settings are On or Off. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default set- tings are On.
  • Page 16 CPU MicroCode Updation Set this option to Enabled to allow the CPU microcode to be up- dated online at any time. The settings for this option are Disabled or Enabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are En- abled. P6 Internal Cache This option is for enabling or disabling the internal cache memory.

  • Page 17: Chipset Setup

    BIOS User's Manual 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. ISA adapter cards will be allocated to PCI adapter cards. The set- tings are: Disabled, Cached or Enabled.
  • Page 18 DRAM Speed (ns) This option should be set according to the speed of the DRAM in the system. The value of this option determines how the DRAM timings should be programmed in the chipset. The settings for this option are 50ns, 60ns or 70ns. settings are 70ns.
  • Page 19 BIOS User's Manual DRAM ECC Mode The settings are Disabled or Enabled. default settings are Disabled. VGA Frame Buffer USWC USWC is a memory cycle type that stands for Uncacheable Specu- lative Write Combining. The settings are: Disabled or Enabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled.
  • Page 20 CPU to PCI Posting Set this option to Enabled to enable posted messages from the CPU to the PCI bus. The settings are: Disabled or Enabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Enabled. PCI to DRAM Pipeline Set this option to Enabled to allow the PCI bridge to run back-to- back cycle to access the DRAM.

  • Page 21: Power Management

    Disabled. 2-1-4 Power Management Standard Power Management Set this option to Enabled to enable the Intel 440FX power manage- ment features. This is the basic power conservation mode. settings are Enabled, Inst-On (instant-on) or Disabled. set to Enabled, the system BIOS only turns on the system hardware power management support.
  • Page 22 system activity occurs. The settings are Disabled and 1 Min through 15 Min in 1 minute intervals. settings are Disabled. Auxilary Power Supply Timeout The settings are Disabled, Standby, or Suspend. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled. DPMS Video Power Down Mode This option specifies the power conserving state that the VGA video subsystem enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired.
  • Page 23 BIOS User's Manual tion. The settings are Disabled and 1 Min through 15 Min in 1 minute intervals. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled. Standby Timeout (Minutes) This option specifies the length of a period of system inactivity while in full power on state.

  • Page 24: Pci/Pnp Setup

    When set to Monitor, these options enable event monitoring on the specified hardware interrupt request line. computer is in a power saving state, AMIBIOS watches for activity on the specified IRQ line. The computer enters the full on power state if any activity occurs.
  • Page 25 BIOS User's Manual is the VGA Palette Snoop bit (0 is disabled). For example: if there are two VGA devices in the computer (one PCI and one ISA) and this option is disabled, data read and written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device's palette registers.
  • Page 26 These options specify the PCI interrupt used by the primary (or sec- ondary) IDE channel on the offboard PCI IDE controller. tings are Disabled, Hardwired, INTA, INTB, INTC, or INTD. Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled. PCI Slot 1 IRQ Priority PCI Slot 2 IRQ Priority PCI Slot 3 IRQ Priority PCI Slot 4 IRQ Priority...

  • Page 27: Peripheral Setup

    BIOS User's Manual options to reserve the IRQ by assigning an ISA/EISA setting to it. Onboard I/O is configured by AMIBIOS. All IRQs used by onboard I/ O are configured as PCI/PnP. IRQ14 and 15 will not be available if the onboard PCI IDE is en- abled.
  • Page 28 OnBoard Serial Port 1 This option specifies the base I/O port address of serial port 1. The settings are Auto (AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct base I/O port address), Disabled, 3F8h, 2F8h, 2E8h, or 3E8h. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Auto. OnBoard Serial Port 2 This option specifies the base I/O port address of serial port 2.
  • Page 29 BIOS User's Manual Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port mode. mal, Bi-Dir, EPP or ECP. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Bi-Dir. When set to Normal, the normal parallel port mode is used. Use Bi-Dir to support bidirectional transfers. hanced Parallel Port) to provide asymmetric bidirectional data trans- fer driven by the host device.

  • Page 30: Security Setup

    2-2 Security Setup 2-2-1 Supervisor User The system can be configured so that all users must enter a pass- word every time the system boots or when the WINBIOS setup is executed. You can set either a Supervisor password or a User password.

  • Page 31: Utility Setup

    BIOS User's Manual 2-3 Utility Setup 2-3-1 Language The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings for this option are En- glish. 2-3-2 Detect IDE Use this icon to let the BIOS autodetect the IDE hard drive. 2-4 Default Setting Every option in WinBIOS Setup contains two default settings: a Fail- Safe default, and an Optimal default.

  • Page 32: Appendix A Hard Disk Error Messages

    Appendix A: Hard Disk Error Messages Appendix A Hard Disk Error Messages The first group of errors listed below may appear during the initialization process, before anything else happens. No Hard Disk Installed — The program could not find a hard disk drive installed on the system. message appears if there is no hard disk on the system and you have chosen to run the Hard Disk Utility.
  • Page 33 BIOS User’s Manual The errors listed below may appear during operation. Undefined Error - Command Aborted — An error condition has occurred which the program cannot identify. Address Mark Not Found — The address mark (initial address) on the hard disk could not be found. Requested Sector Not Found —...
  • Page 34 Appendix A: Hard Disk Error Messages ECC Corrected Data Error — The ECC value (explained above) read from the disk is not the same value which was written to the disk; therefore, the program assumes that the data is not correct. It, then, attempts to correct the data, but the ECC value is not corrected.
  • Page 35 BIOS User’s Manual...

  • Page 36: Appendix Bbios Hard Disk Drive Types

    Appendix B: BIOS Hard Disk Drive Types Appendix B BIOS Hard Disk Drive Types Table B-1. AMI BIOS Hard Disk Drive Types Type Cylinders Heads Write Precompensation 65535 65535 65535 65535 65535 65535 65535 65535 1024 65535 65535 65535 1024 65535 1024 65535...
  • Page 37 BIOS User’s Manual Table B-1. AMI BIOS Hard Disk Drive Types (Continued) Type Cylinders Heads Precompensation 1224 ENTER PARAMETERS PROVIDED WITH HARD DRIVE Write Landing Sectors Zone 65535 65535 65535 1223 Size 41 MB 25 MB 57 MB 41 MB 41 MB 41 MB 48 MB...

  • Page 38: Appendix Cbios Error Beep Codes

    Appendix C: BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix C BIOS Error Beep Codes 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.
  • Page 39 BIOS User’s Manual Beeps Error message Refresh Failure Parity Error Base 64 KB Memory Failure Timer Not Operational Processor Error 8042 - Gate A20 Failure Processor Exception Interrupt Error Display Memory Read/Write Error ROM Checksum Error CMOS Shutdown Register Read/Write Error Cache memory bad - do not enable cache Description...

  • Page 40: Appendix D: Ami Bios Post Diagnostic Error Messages

    Appendix D: AMI BIOS POST Diagnostics Error Messages Appendix D AMI BIOS POST Diagnostic Error Messages This section describes the power-on self-tests (POST) port 80 codes for the AMI BIOS. Check Point Description NMI is Disabled next. Soft reset/power-on determined. cache (i.e., disable shadow RAM/cache, if any).
  • Page 41 BIOS User’s Manual Check Point Description The keyboard controller I/B is free. command to the keyboard controller next. The BAT command was issued to the keyboard con- troller. Verifying the BAT command next. The keyboard controller BAT result has been verified. Any initialization after the keyboard controller BAT com- mand will be done next.
  • Page 42 Appendix D: AMI BIOS POST Diagnostics Error Messages Check Point Description Memory Refresh line has been toggled. check 15 microseconds ON/OFF time. Memory Refresh completed. Base 64 KB memory test and address line test about to start. Base 64 KB sequential data R/W test passed. setup before Interrupt vector initialize about to start.
  • Page 43 BIOS User’s Manual Check Point Description Optional video ROM control is done. About to give con- trol to do any processing after video ROM returns control to post. Return from processing after the video ROM control. If EGA/VGA not found, then do display memory R/W test. EGA/VGA not found.
  • Page 44 Appendix D: AMI BIOS POST Diagnostics Error Messages Check Point Description Entered in the virtual mode. Going to enable interrupts for diagnostics mode. Interrupts enabled (if diagnostics switch is on). Going to initialize data to check memory remap at 0:0. Data initialized.
  • Page 45 BIOS User’s Manual Check Point Description Memory test below 1 MB completed. memory size for relocation/shadow. Memory size adjusted due to relocation/shadow. Memory test above 1 MB to follow. Memory test above 1 MB completed. memory size information. CPU registers are saved including memory size. Going to enter into real mode.
  • Page 46 Appendix D: AMI BIOS POST Diagnostics Error Messages Check Point Description 8259 initialization over. About to start keyboard test. Extended NMI sources enabling is in progress. Keyboard test started. ing for stuck key. About to issue keyboard reset com- mand. Keyboard reset error/stuck key found.
  • Page 47 BIOS User’s Manual Check Point Description Main and Video BIOS shadow successful. tions programming after CMOS setup about to start. Setup options are programmed. and initialization will be done next. The mouse check and initialization are done. Going for hard disk reset. The hard disk reset is complete.
  • Page 48 Appendix D: AMI BIOS POST Diagnostics Error Messages Check Point Description Required initialization before coprocessor test is over. Going to initialize the coprocessor next. Coprocessor initialized. after coprocessor test. Initialization after coprocessor test is completed. Going to check extended keyboard, keyboard ID and num-lock.
  • Page 49 BIOS User’s Manual Check Point Description Initialization after E000 optional ROM control is over. Going to display the system configuration. system Uncompressing the Setup code for hotkey setup next, if required. The setup code for hotkey has been uncompressed. Copying any required code to a specific area. The code has been copied to a specific area.

  • Page 50: Appendix Ebios Non-Fatal Error Messages

    Appendix E: BIOS Non-Fatal Error Messages Appendix E BIOS Non-Fatal Error Messages If a non-fatal error occurs during the POST routines performed each time the system is powered on, the error message will appear on the screen in the following format: ERROR Message ERROR...
  • Page 51 BIOS User’s Manual INTR #2 Error — The interrupt channel #2 has failed the POST routine. CMOS Battery State Low — There is a battery in your system which is used for storing the CMOS values. This battery appears to be low in power and needs to be replaced.
  • Page 52 Appendix E: BIOS Non-Fatal Error Messages Keyboard Error — The BIOS has encountered a timing problem with the keyboard. Make sure you have an AMI keyboard BIOS installed in your system. You may also set the ‘Keyboard’ option in the BIOS SETUP Program, Standard CMOS Setup to “Not Installed,”...
  • Page 53 BIOS User’s Manual C: Drive Failure — The BIOS cannot get any response from the hard disk drive C. It may be necessary to replace the hard disk. D: Drive Failure — The same error as #17 has occurred with hard drive D. CMOS Time &...
  • Page 54 Appendix E: BIOS Non-Fatal Error Messages Diskette Boot Failure — The diskette used to boot- up in floppy drive A is corrupt, which means you cannot use it to boot-up the system. Use another boot diskette and follow the instructions on the screen.
  • Page 55 BIOS User’s Manual * Parity Error ???? — The BIOS has encountered a parity error with some memory in the system, but it is not able to determine the address of the error. Memory diagnostic software, such as AMIDIAG, can be used to find and correct memory problems.

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