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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 H8DSP-8/H8DSP-i serverboard. The H8DSP-8/H8DSP-i is based on the

ServerWorks HT-2000/1000 chipset and supports single or dual AMD Opteron

processors (single or dual core) in 940-pin microPGA ZIF sockets and up to 32 GB

of DDR266/200 or 16 GB of DDR333/400.

Please refer to the serverboard speciﬁ cations pages on our web site for updates on

supported processors (http://www.supermicro.com/aplus/). This product is intended

to be professionally installed.

Chapter 1 includes a checklist of what should be included in your serverboard

box, describes the features, speciﬁ cations and performance of the serverboard and

provides detailed information about the chipset.

Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static-sensitive devices. Read this

chapter when installing the processor(s) and memory modules and when installing

the serverboard in a chassis. Also refer to this chapter to connect the ﬂ oppy and

hard disk drives, the serial ports, the mouse and keyboard and the twisted wires

for the power and reset buttons and the system LEDs.

If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes troubleshooting

procedures for the video, the memory and the setup conﬁ guration stored in CMOS.

For quick reference, a general FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section is pro-

vided. Instructions are also included for contacting technical support. In addition,

you can visit our web site for more detailed information.

Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on

running the CMOS Setup utility.

Appendix A provides BIOS Error Beep Code Messages.

Appendix B lists BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes.

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