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Supermicro P5MMA2 Reference Manual

Supermicro p5mma2 memory modules: reference guide
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AMI BIOS
REFERENCE MANUAL
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  • Page 1 UPER ® P5MMA98/P5MMS98 P5MMA2/P5MMS2 AMI BIOS REFERENCE MANUAL Revision 1.1...
  • 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

    SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMA2/P5MMS98/P5MMS2 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 ... 1-3 BIOS Configuration Summary Screen ... 1-4...
  • 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: Introduction

    Chapter 1 AMI BIOS 1-1 Introduction This chapter describes the AMIBIOS for the Intel 430 TX chipset which is designed for an Intel Pentium 166/180/200/233 MHz, Cyrix/IBM 5x86, 6x86, AMD-K5, AMD-K6 and processors. The AMI ROM BIOS is stored in the Flash EEPROM and is easily upgraded using a floppy disk-based pro- gram.

  • Page 7: Post Memory Test

    SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 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.

  • Page 8: Bios Features

    1-2 BIOS Features • supports Plug and Play V1.0A • supports V1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification • supports V1.1 of the APM (Advanced Power Management) specification. Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported.

  • Page 9: Bios Configuration Summary Screen

    SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 User's Manual BIOS Configuration Summary Screen AMIBIOS displays a screen that looks similar to the following when the POST routines complete successfully. AMIBIOS System Configuration (C) 1985-1996 American Megatrends Inc., Main Processor :Pentium(P54C) Math Processor :Built-In Floppy Drive A: :1.2 MB, 5¼...

  • 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 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 User's Manual To configure a CD-ROM drive, select the appropriate drive icon, choose the Type parameter and select CDROM. You can boot the computer from a CD-ROM drive. To configure a SCSI drive, select Not Installed in the Type field.

  • 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 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 User's Manual The options for 1st Boot Device are IDE-1, IDE-2, IDE-3, Floppy, ARMD-FDD, ARMD-HDD, CDROM or SCSI. The options for 2nd Boot Device are Disabled, IDE-0, Floppy, ARMD-FDD, CDROM or SCSI. The options for 3rd Boot Device are Disabled, IDE-0, Floppy, ARMD-FDD, CDROM or SCSI.
  • Page 14 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 15 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 User's Manual Boot to OS/2 If DRAM size is over 64M, set this option to Yes to permit AMIBIOS to run with IBM OS/2. The settings are No or Yes. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are No.

  • Page 16: Chipset Setup

    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. settings are: Disabled, Cached or Enabled.
  • Page 17 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 User's Manual SDRAM CAS# Latency The settings for this option are 3 or 2. default settings are 2. When set to 2, a CAS# latency of 2 is used for all SDRAM cycles. When set to 3, a CAS# latency of 3 is used for all SDRAM cycles.
  • Page 18 DRAM Write Burst Timing You can define the DRAM write burst timing by setting the DRAM speed to Manual. This option sets the timing for system memory burst mode write operations. x4EDO/x4FPM, x3EDO/x3FPM, or x2EDO/x2FPM. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are x4EDO/x4FPM. DRAM Leadoff Timing (DLT) You can define the DRAM leadoff timing by setting the DRAM speed to Manual.
  • Page 19 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 User's Manual DRAM Refresh RAS Cycles (HCLK's) This controls the number of clocks RAS# is asserted for refresh cycles. The settings for this option are 5 or 4. Fail-Safe default settings are 5. DRAM Refresh Rate To ensure that the data stored in the DRAM will not get lost, the bit cells containing the charges must be periodically recharged to a good level.

  • Page 20: Power Management Setup

    16 bit I/O Recovery Time (Sysclk) This option sets the 16 bit recovery time in the chipset. This option increases the delay between back-to-back I/O instructions. The set- tings for this option are Disabled, 1 Sysclk, 2 Sysclk, 3 Sysclk and 4 Sysclk.
  • Page 21 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 User's Manual Green PC Monitor Power State This option specifies the power state that the green PC-compliant video monitor enters when AMIBIOS places it in a power savings state after the specified period of display inactivity has expired. The settings are Off, Standby, or Suspend.
  • Page 22 Standby Timeout (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 com- puter enters standby power state. The settings are Disabled and 4 minute intervals. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled.

  • Page 23: Pci/Pnp Setup

    SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 User's Manual Device 6 (Serial port 1) Device 7 (Serial port 2) Device 8 (Parallel port) Device 5 (Floppy disk) Device 0 (Primary Master IDE) Device 1 (Primary Slave IDE) Device 2 (Secondary Master IDE) Device 3 (Secondary Slave IDE) These options are for event monitoring.
  • Page 24 The settings for this option are Enabled or Disabled. and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled. multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device. Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit (0 is disabled).
  • Page 25 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 User's Manual Offboard PCI IDE Primary IRQ Offboard PCI IDE Secondary IRQ 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.
  • Page 26 These options specify which bus the specified IRQ line is used on and allow you to reserve IRQs for legacy ISA adapter cards. If more IRQs must be removed from the pool, the end user can use these options to reserve the IRQ by assigning an ISA/EISA setting to it. Onboard I/O is configured by AMIBIOS.

  • Page 27: Peripheral Setup

    SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 User's Manual 2-1-6 Peripheral Setup OnBoard FDC This option enables the FDC (Floppy Drive Controller) on the motherboard. The settings are Auto (AMIBIOS automatically deter- mines if the floppy controller should be enabled), Enabled, or Dis- abled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Auto.
  • Page 28 IR Base Address Select Use this feature to select the base address for the infrared port. The settings are 3E0, 2EO, 3E8, or 2E8. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are 2E8. IR IRQ Select Use this feature to select the IRQ for the infrared port. The settings are 3, 4, 10, or 11.
  • Page 29 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 User's Manual EPP Version The settings are 1.7 or 1.9. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default set- tings are N/A. Parallel Port IRQ This option specifies the parallel port IRQ. The settings are Auto, 5 or 7. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Auto.
  • Page 30 CPU Overheat Warning Temperature Use this option to set the CPU overheat warning temperature. The settings are 45 C through 75 C in 1 C intervals. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are 55 C. CPU Overheat Clock Down The CPU internal clock will slow down to the specified frequency when it is overheated.

  • Page 31: Supervisor/User

    SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 User's Manual 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 32: Utility Setup

    2-3 Utility Setup 2-3-1 Detect IDE Use this icon to let the BIOS autodetect the IDE hard drive. 2-3-2 Language The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings for this option are En- glish. 2-4 Default Setting Every option in WinBIOS Setup contains two default settings: Fail-Safe default, and an Optimal default.
  • Page 33 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 User's Manual 2-24...

  • Page 34: 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 35 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 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.
  • Page 36 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 37 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 User’s Manual...

  • Page 38: 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 39 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 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...

  • Page 40: 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 41 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 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...

  • Page 42: Appendix D: Ami Bios Post Diagnostics 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 43 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 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.
  • Page 44 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 45 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 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.
  • Page 46 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 47 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 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.
  • Page 48 Appendix D: AMI BIOS POST Diagnostics Error Messages Check Point Description DMA unit 1 and 2 programming over. About to initialize 8259 interrupt controller. 8259 initialization over. About to start keyboard test. Extended NMI sources enabling is in progress. Keyboard test started. Clearing output buffer, checking for stuck key.
  • Page 49 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 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.
  • Page 50 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 51 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 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.

  • Page 52: 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 53 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 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 54 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 55 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 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.
  • Page 56 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 57 SUPER P5MMA98/P5MMS98/P5MMA2/P5MMS2 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...

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