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Supermicro p4dpl-m motherboards: user guide
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  • Page 1 ® UPER SUPER P4DPL-8GM SUPER P4DPL-iGM SUPER P4DPL-M USER’S MANUAL Revision 1.0...
  • Page 2 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.

  • Page 3: About This Manual

    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 P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M mainboard. The SUPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M supports single or dual Intel Xeon 512K L2 cache processors at up to 2.8 GHz at a 400 MHz front side bus.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Super P4DPL-M Image ... 1-5 Super P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM Layout ... 1-6 Super P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM Quick Reference ... 1-7 Super P4DPL-M Layout ... 1-8 Super P4DPL-M Quick Reference ... 1-9 Motherboard Features ... 1-10 Intel E7500 Chipset: System Block Diagram ... 1-12 Chipset Overview ... 1-13 Special Features ...
  • Page 5 HDD LED ... 2-9 NIC1 LED ... 2-9 NIC2 LED ... 2-9 Overheat LED ... 2-9 Power Fail Button ... 2-9 Reset Button ... 2-10 Power Button ... 2-10 Chassis Intrusion ... 2-10 Universal Serial Bus (USB0/1) ... 2-10 Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers ... 2-11 Serial Ports ...
  • Page 6 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures ... 3-1 Before Power On ... 3-1 No Power ... 3-1 No Video ... 3-1 Memory Errors ... 3-2 Losing the System’s Setup Configuration ... 3-2 Technical Support Procedures ... 3-2 Frequently Asked Questions ...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction

    One (1) ribbon cable for IDE devices One (1) floppy ribbon cable One (1) I/O backpanel shield One (1) Supermicro CD or diskettes containing drivers and utilities One (1) User's/BIOS Manual Two (2) Pentium 4 Xeon active heatsinks (FAN-042, retail only)

  • Page 8: Contacting Supermicro

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address: SuperMicro Computer, Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. Tel: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (Technical Support) Web Site: www.supermicro.com Europe Address: SuperMicro Computer B.V.
  • Page 9 Chapter 1: Introduction Notes...

  • Page 10: Super P4Dpl-8Gm/P4Dpl-Igm Image

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Figure 1-1. SUPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM Image...

  • Page 11: Super P4Dpl-M Image

    Chapter 1: Introduction Figure 1-2. SUPER P4DPL-M Image...

  • Page 12: Super P4Dpl-8Gm/P4Dpl-Igm Layout

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Figure 1-3. SUPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM Layout* Keyboard Mouse Chassis Fan3 DIMM #3A USB0/1 DIMM #3B DIMM #2A COM1 DIMM #2B DIMM #1A DIMM #1B 133 MHz PCI-X #6 66 MHz PCI-X #5 66 MHz PCI-X #4 Rage...
  • Page 13 P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM Quick Reference Jumper Description JBT1 CMOS Clear JP3/JD3 Mb/Gb LAN Enable/Disable VGA Enable/Disable 3rd P/S Fail Alarm En/Dis JP22* SCSI Enable/Disable JP37 Watch Dog Enable/Disable JPA1/JPA2* SCSI CH A/B Termination Connector ATX PWR CONN DIMM#1A-DIMM#3B COM1/COM2 CPU/Chassis FAN Gb LAN IDE#1/IDE#2 FPUSB0/1 J15**...

  • Page 14: Super P4Dpl-M Layout

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Figure 1-4. SUPER P4DPL-M Layout Keyboard Mouse Chassis Fan3 DIMM #3A USB0/1 DIMM #3B DIMM #2A COM1 DIMM #2B DIMM #1A DIMM #1B 133 MHz PCI-X #6 66 MHz PCI-X #5 66 MHz PCI-X #4 Rage...
  • Page 15 P4DPL-M Quick Reference Jumper Description JBT1 CMOS Clear Mb LAN Enable/Disable VGA Enable/Disable 3rd P/S Fail Alarm En/Dis JP37 Watch Dog Enable/Disable Connector ATX PWR CONN DIMM#1A-DIMM#3B COM1/COM2 CPU/Chassis FAN IDE#1/IDE#2 FPUSB0/1 J15* JOH1 JP35 JP36 JWOR1 Mb LAN Speaker...

  • Page 16: Motherboard Features

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Motherboard Features • Single or dual Intel to 2.8 GHz at a 400 MHz front side (system) bus speed. Note: Please refer to the support section of our web site for a complete listing of supported processors (http://www.supermicro.com/TechSupport.htm).
  • Page 17 • Device drivers Dimensions • P4DPL-8GM: Extended ATX, 12" x 13.05" (304.8 x 331.5 mm) • P4DPL-iGM: Extended ATX, 12" x 13.05" (304.8 x 331.5 mm) • P4DPL-M: Extended ATX, 12" x 13.05" (304.8 x 331.5 mm) Chapter 1: Introduction 1-11...

  • Page 18: Intel E7500 Chipset: System Block Diagram

    Note: This is a general block diagram. Please see the previous Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard. (Because the P4DPL-iGM and P4DPL-M have no onboard SCSI controller, PCI-X slots #4 and 5 run on a 100 MHz PCI-X bus.)

  • Page 19: Chipset Overview

    I/O capability and two 64-bit PCI-X interfaces. Special Features ATI Graphics Controller The P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M has an integrated ATI video controller based on the Rage XL graphics chip. The Rage XL fully supports sideband addressing and AGP texturing. This onboard graphics package can provide a bandwidth of up to 512 MB/sec over a 32-bit graphics memory bus.

  • Page 20: Recovery From Ac Power Loss

    Always On. PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M. The motherboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring. Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores, Chipset Voltage, +3.3V, +5V, +12V and +3.3V Standby...

  • Page 21: Acpi Features

    CPU Fan Auto-Off in Sleep Mode The CPU fan activates when the power is turned on. It continues to operate when the system enters Standby mode. When in sleep mode, the CPU will not run at full power, thereby generating less heat. CPU Overheat LED JOH1 is a header used to connect to a CPU overheat LED.
  • Page 22 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual 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. ages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture-independent implementation that is compatible with both Win- dows 2000 and Windows NT 5.0.

  • Page 23: Power Supply

    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.

  • Page 24: Super I/O

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual 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.

  • Page 25: 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. •...

  • Page 26: Pga Processor And Heatsink Installation

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor package, avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan. Also, do not place the motherboard on a conductive surface, which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up.
  • Page 27 4. Secure the other retention bracket into position by repeating Step 3. 5. Lift the lever on the CPU socket: lift the lever completely or you will damage the CPU socket when power is applied . (Install CPU1 first.) 6. Install the CPU in the socket. Make sure that pin 1 of the CPU is seated on pin 1 of the socket (both corners are marked with a triangle).
  • Page 28 Notched Corner Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis. Make sure the location of all the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match. Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners, metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis.

  • Page 29: Installing Dimms

    Installing DIMMs Note: Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules: http://www.supermicro.com/TECHSUPPORT/FAQs/Memory_vendors.htm Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage. Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance (see step 1).

  • Page 30: I/Oports/Control Panel Connectors

    (Green) Keyboard USB Ports (Purple) Note: The GbLAN port is not included on the P4DPL-M. COM2 is a header located on the motherboard - see the motherboard layout pages in Chapter 1 for location. I/O Port Locations and Definitions Parallel Port (Burgundy)
  • Page 31 JF2 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are nor- mally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis. These connec- tors are designed especially for use with Supermicro server chassis. See Figure 2-4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators.

  • Page 32: Connecting Cables

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector The main power supply connector meets the SSI (Superset ATX) 24- pin specification, however it also supports a 20-pin power supply connector. Make sure that the ori- entation of the PS connector is correct.

  • Page 33: Hdd Led

    HDD LED The HDD LED (for IDE Hard Disk Drives) connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF2. Attach the IDE hard drive LED cable to these pins to display disk activity. Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions.

  • Page 34: Reset Button

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Reset Button The Reset Button connection is lo- cated on pins 3 and 4 of JF2. At- tach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case. Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions.

  • Page 35: Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers

    PCI-X #1 slot on the motherboard. LAN (Ethernet) Ports Two Ethernet ports (one only on the P4DPL-M) are located beside the VGA port on the IO backplane. These ports accept RJ45 type cables.

  • Page 36: Fan Headers

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Fan Headers Your motherboard has several fan headers designated CPU1 Chassis Fan, CPU2 Chassis Fan, Chassis Fan3, Chassis Fan4 Chassis Fan5 and Chassis Fan63. The first two attach to the fans on the CPU heatsinks. See the table on the right for pin definitions.

  • Page 37: Keylock

    Keylock The keyboard lock connection is lo- cated on JP35. Utilizing this header allows you to inhibit any actions made on the keyboard, effectively "locking" it. Wake-On-LAN The Wake-On-LAN header is des- ignated WOL. See the table on the right for pin definitions. You must enable the LAN Wake-Up setting in BIOS to use this feature.

  • Page 38: Jumper Settings

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard, jumpers can be used choose optional settings. create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector. Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board.

  • Page 39: Mb Lan Enable/Disable

    The system will notify you in the event of a power supply failure. This feature assumes Supermicro redundant power sup- ply units are installed in the chas- sis. If you only have a single power supply installed, you should disable this (the default setting) with JP9 to prevent false alarms.

  • Page 40: Scsi Enable/Disable

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual SCSI Enable/Disable (P4DPL-8GM) The SCSI Termination jumper at JP22 allows you to enable or dis- able the onboard SCSI controller. The normal (default) position is on pins 1-2 to enable SCSI termina- tion. See the table on the right for jumper settings.

  • Page 41: Onboard Indicators

    Onboard Indicators Gb LAN LEDs (P4DPL-8GM, P4DPL-iGM) The Gb LAN (Ethernet) port has two LEDs. On the Gb LAN port, the yellow (left) LED indicates ac- tivity while the other (right) LED may be green, orange or off to in- dicate the speed of the connec- tion.

  • Page 42: Floppy Connector

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Floppy Connector The floppy connector is located on JP7. See the table below for pin definitions. IDE Connectors There are no jumpers to configure the onboard IDE#1 and #2 connectors. See the table on the right for pin definitions.

  • Page 43: Ultra320 Scsi Connectors

    Ultra320 SCSI Connector (P4DPL-8GM) Refer to the table below for the pin definitions of the Ultra320 SCSI connectors located at JA1 and JA2. 6 8 -p in U ltra 3 2 0 S C S I C o n n e c to rs (J A 1 a n d J A 2 ) C onnec tor C ontact N umber...

  • Page 44: Installing Software Drivers

    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. 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.

  • Page 45: Chapter 3 Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system. 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.

  • Page 46: Memory Errors

    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.

  • Page 47: Frequently Asked Questions

    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) 503-8000, option 2. Frequently Asked Questions...
  • Page 48 To recover BIOS: a recovery flash requires an update key over the COM port as follows: hardwire Pin4 to Pin8, hardwire Pin9 and Pin7 to Pin6, and hardwire Pin3 to Pin2. Use the Supermicro CD to make a “Phoenix BIOS Crisis Disk for Supermicro Mainboard”. This disk includes a BIOS file named “bios.rom”.

  • Page 49: Returning Merchandise For Service

    Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Question: Why can't I turn off the power using the momentary power on/off switch? Answer: The instant power off function is controlled in BIOS by the Power Button Mode setting. When the On/Off feature is enabled, the motherboard will have instant off capabilities as long as the BIOS has control of the system.
  • Page 50 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Notes...

  • Page 51: Introduction

    Introduction This chapter describes the PhoenixBIOS™ Setup utility for the P4DPL-8GM/ P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M. The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk-based program. Note: Due to periodic changes to the BIOS, some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual.

  • Page 52: Running Setup

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Running Setup *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 main BIOS Setup screen. All displayed text is described in this section, although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options (see on next page).

  • Page 53: Main Bios Setup Menu

    Main BIOS Setup Menu Main Advanced System Time System Date Legacy Diskette A: Legacy Diskette B: Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave System Memory Extended Memory F1 Help Select Item Esc Exit Select Menu Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time, key in the correct information in the appropriate fields.

  • Page 54: Legacy Diskette A

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A. The options are Disabled, 360Kb 5.25 in, 1.2MB 5.25 in, 720Kb 3.5 in, 1.44/1.25MB, 3.5 in and 2.88MB 3.5 in.
  • Page 55 Type Selects the type of IDE hard drive. The options are Auto (allows BIOS automatically determine the hard drive's capacity, number of heads, etc.), a number from 1-39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive, CD-ROM and ATAPI Removable. Multi-Sector Transfers Select the number of transfer sectors.

  • Page 56: Advanced Setup

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys. You should see the following display. The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing <Enter>.
  • Page 57 PCI/PnP Configuration Access the submenu for this item to make changes to the PCI/PnP configuration, as listed below. Onboard LAN1 OPROM Configure Enabling this setting allows you to boot your system from LAN 1. Options are Enabled and Disabled. Onboard LAN2 OPROM Configure Enabling this setting allows you to boot your system from LAN 2.
  • Page 58 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual PCI Slot Configuration PCI/PCIX Frequency (Slot 4-5) This setting controls the bus speed of PCI-X slots # 4 and 5. Options are 33 MHz, 66 MHz, 100 MHz, 133 MHz and Auto. Note that the onboard SCSI limits the speed of these two slots to 66 MHz on the P4DMS-6GM.
  • Page 59 Latency Timer This setting (included in the submenu for the above six settings) sets the minimum guaranteed time slice allotted to the bus master in units of PCI bus clocks. Options are Default, 0020h, 0040h, 0060h, 0080h, 00A0h, 00C0h and 00E0h. Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed.
  • Page 60 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual KBC Clock Input Use this setting to select the keyboard clock rate. Options are 6 MHz, 8 MHz and 12 MHz. Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A. The options are Enabled (user defined), Disabled, Auto (BIOS controlled) and OS Controlled.
  • Page 61 Parallel Port This setting allows you to assign control of the parallel port. The options are Enabled (user defined), Disabled and Auto (BIOS controlled). Base I/O Address Select the base I/O address for the parallel port. The options are 378, 278 and 3BC.
  • Page 62 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings. Enable Memory Gap This setting allows you to turn off system RAM to free up address space. The options for this setting are Disabled and Extended.
  • Page 63 Chapter 4: BIOS Fast String Operations This setting allows you to Enable or Disable fast string operations. Compatible FPU Code This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the compatible FPU code. Split Lock Operations This setting allows you to Enable or Disable split lock operations. Hyper-Threading This setting allows you to Enable or Disable hyper-threading.
  • Page 64 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging. ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging. Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press <Enter> to mark the DMI events as read.

  • Page 65: Console Connection

    Console Connection Select the console connection: either Direct or Via Modem. Continue CR after POST Choose whether to continue with console redirection after the POST routine. Options are On and Off. # of Video Pages to Support Choose the number of video pages to allocate for redirection when video hardware is not available.
  • Page 66 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Supervisor Password Is: This displays whether a supervisor password has been entered for the system. Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system.
  • Page 67 Power Choose Power from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys. You should see the following display. Power setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing <Enter>. All Power BIOS settings are described in this section. Main Advanced ACPI Mode:...
  • Page 68 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Suspend Timeout Use this setting to specify the period of system inactivity to transpire before entering the suspend state. Options are Off, 5 min, 10 min, 15 min, 20 min, 30 min, 40 min and 60 min.
  • Page 69 Chapter 4: BIOS +Removable Devices Highlight and presss <Enter> to expand the field. See details on how to change the order and specs of removable devices in the Item Specific Help w i n d o w . CD-ROM Drive See details on how to change the order and specs of removable devices in the Item Specific Help window.
  • Page 70 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Choose PIR from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys. You should see the following display. The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing <Enter>.
  • Page 71 Processor Info ROM Data Highlight this and hit <Enter> to see PIR data on the following items: Header Info Processor Data Processor Core Data L3 Cache Data Package Data Part Number Data Thermal Reference Data Feature Data Other Data OEM Data Hardware Monitor Logic Highlight this and hit <Enter>...

  • Page 72: Exit

    UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual 3.3V Standby (V) 3.3V Vcc (V) 5V Vcc (V) 12V Vcc (V) 1.8V Vcc (V) -12V Vcc (V) Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys. You should see the following display. All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section.
  • Page 73 Chapter 4: BIOS Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit <Enter> to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility. Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit <Enter> to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made.
  • Page 74 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Notes 4-24...

  • Page 75: Appendix Abios Post Messages

    Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS will check for problems. If a problem is found, the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message. The following is a list of such BIOS messages.
  • Page 76 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual System CMOS checksum bad - Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly, perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS. The BIOS installed Default Setup Values. If you do not want these values, enter Setup and enter your own values.
  • Page 77 Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages System cache error - Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache. On older boards, check the cache jumpers. You may have to replace the cache. See your dealer. A disabled cache slows system performance considerably. CPU ID: CPU socket number for Multi-Processor error.
  • Page 78 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n (0-3) identified. Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM (CMOS) data. I/O device IRQ conflict I/O device IRQ conflict error. PS/2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen: PS/2 Mouse installed. nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested.
  • Page 79 Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I/O bus. BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen. If it cannot locate the address, it displays ????. Press <F1> to resume, <F2> to Setup, <F3> for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message.
  • Page 80 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Notes...

  • Page 81: Appendix Bbios Post Codes

    BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST (Power On Self Test) codes for the PhoenixBIOS. POST codes are divided into two categories: recoverable and terminal. Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST, the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem.
  • Page 82 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual POST Code Description 8254 timer initialization 8237 DMA controller initialization Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 1-3-1-1 Test DRAM refresh 1-3-1-3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller Set ES segment register to 4 GB Auto size DRAM Initialize POST Memory Manager...
  • Page 83 POST Code Description Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode (SMM) area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults (optional) Display shadow-area message...
  • Page 84 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual POST Code Description Check for SMART Drive (optional) Shadow option ROMs Set up Power Management Initialize security engine (optional) Enable hardware interrupts Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives Set time of day Check key lock...
  • Page 85 POST Code Description Re-map I/O and memory for PCMCIA Initialize digitizer and display message Unknown interrupt The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I/O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM...
  • Page 86 UPER P4DPL-8GM/P4DPL-iGM/P4DPL-M User’s Manual Notes...

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