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Supermicro PDSMA User Manual

Supermicro PDSMA User Manual (100 pages)

Supermicro PDSMA Motherboards: User Guide

Brand: Supermicro | Category: Motherboard | Size: 1 MB

Table of Contents

About this Manual
3
Conventions Used in this Manual
3
Manual Organization
3
Table of Contents
4
Chapter 1 Introduction

7
- Overview
  7
  - Checklist
    7
  - Contacting Supermicro
    8
    
    An Important Note to the User
    9
    
    PDSMA Image
    9
    
    Important Notes to the User
    10
    
    PDSMA Quick Reference
    11
    
    Motherboard Features
    12
- Chipset Overview
  15
- 1-3 PC Health Monitoring
  16
- 1-4 Power Conﬁ Guration Settings
  16
- 1-5 ACPI Features
  17
- 1-6 Power Supply
  17
Chapter 2 Installation

19
- Static-Sensitive Devices
  19
- Processor and Heatsink Installation
  20
  - Installation of the Heatsink
    22
  - Heatsink Removal
    23
- Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis
  23
- Installing DDR II Memory
  24
  - Front Control Panel
    25
  - Power Supply Connectors
    26
- Connecting Cables
  26
  - ATX Power Connector
    26
  - Processor Power Connector
    26
  - NMI Button
    27
  - Power Led
    27
  - Pwr Led
    27
  - Hdd Led
    28
  - NIC1/NIC2 LED Indicators
    28
  - Overheat/Fan Fail Led
    29
  - Reset Button
    29
  - Power Button
    30
  - Power Fault
    30
  - PWR Button
    30
  - Chassis Intrusion
    31
  - Serial Ports
    31
  - GLAN Ports
    32
  - Universal Serial Bus (USB)
    32
  - ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports
    33
  - Speaker Connector
    33
  - Fan Headers
    34
  - Wake-On-LAN
    35
  - Wake-On-Ring
    35
  - Compact Flash Power Connector
    36
  - VGA Connector
    36
- Jumper Settings
  37
  - Explanation of Jumpers
    37
  - GLAN Enable/Disable
    37
  - CMOS Clear
    38
  - VGA Enable
    38
  - Watch Dog Enable
    39
  - Smbus to PCI/PCI-Exp. Slots
    39
  - Power Force-On Enable/Disable
    40
  - Compact Flash Master/Slave Select
    40
- Onboard Indicators
  41
  - Power Leds
    41
- Floppy, Hard Drive, IPMI 2.0 and Printer Connections
  42
  - Floppy Connector
    42
  - IDE Connector
    43
  - IPMI 2.0 Socket
    43
  - Parallel Port Connector
    44
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting

45
- 3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures
  45
  - Before Power on
    45
  - No Power
    45
  - No Video
    45
  - Memory Errors
    46
  - Losing the System's Setup Conﬁ Guration
    46
- Technical Support Procedures
  46
- Frequently Asked Questions
  47
- Returning Merchandise for Service
  48
Chapter 4: BIOS

49
- 4-1 Introduction
  49
  - System BIOS
    49
  - How to Change the Configuration Data
    49
  - Starting the Setup Utility
    49
- Running Setup
  50
- Main BIOS Setup
  50
  - Main Bios Setup Menu
    51
  - Parallel ATA
    52
  - Serial ATA
    52
- Advanced Setup
  55
  - Cache Base 0-512K
    57
  - Cache Extended Memory
    57
  - Discrete MTRR Allocation
    57
  - Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch
    61
  - Processor Power Management
    61
  - CPU Temperature Threshold
    66
  - Set Supervisor Password
    67
  - Set User Password
    67
  - Fixed Disk Boot Sector
    68
  - Password on Boot
    68
  - Boot Priority Order/Excluded from Boot Order
    68
- Exit
  69
Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages

73
Appendix Bbios POST Codes

77
- Recoverable POST Errors
  77
- Terminal POST Errors
  77
- Software Installation
  83
- Serial ATA (SATA)
  83
- Raid Configurations
  84
- Creating a RAID 0 Volume
  86
- Creating a RAID 1 Volume
  87
- Creating a RAID 5 Set (Parity)
  89
- Deleting RAID Volume
  90
- Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility
  91
- With Raid Functions
  92

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