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1. J44 amp J29 There are six Universal Serial Bus Pint Definition ports located at J29 J44 on the 2 PO iti 3 PO I O panel and additional two USB 1 Ground ports located at J43 on the p motherboard These ports la S HE in i beled USB7 to USB8 can be used Number Definition Number Definition 1 5V 2 5V to provide front side chassis ac 3 PO 4 PO cess cables not included See 5 PO 6 PO 7 Ground 8 Ground the tables on the right for pin defi 10 Ground nitions J28 VU Fl Keyboard lt KB MS 1 FREI t E 2 i o j ES g E g E D EN 2 2 Lll s amp s S 3 a HERE S be 12V gin ils glg m 8 8 2 8 USB 3 4 5 6 dcin clock North Bridge j pem TE KESER Ioer TIDE USB 7 8 a i SEEE evdty ang un ste a 2 omas E Chs SATAQH Buzzer 8 Pola 1 Fwd wo tru LED LED i m ceran an wo NusBzes Tes iE Tuer hon pisse 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation Wake On Ring
2. Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR1 The Wake On Ring header is located j E at JWOR1 This function allows your Nur ber Definition computer to be awakened by an in 1 Ground coming call when in the suspend state 2 Wake up See the table on the right for pin defi nitions You must also have a WOR card and cable to use WOR Wake On LAN N Wake On LAN Pin The Wake On LAN header is des Definitions WOL ignated WOL on the motherboard Pin i Number Definition See the table on the right for pin 1 5V Standby definitions You must enable the 2 Ground j 3 Wake up LAN Wake Up setting in BIOS to use this function You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature 328 gis Er amp 2 LGA775 i iuis 925K ajal jaye USB1 2 Alderwood aLAN L o Audio PEE P PEEL WOR uer FIPOFER T WOL Tem di prese THER BE s 2 k1 PCIE SVStby Waming soum ariago E mE D E E l n LET Ren Ja 327 Chs SATAOH Buzzer 2 ones E m e 3 CNN Intri LED JEI 2 I peas Hi FP CTRL ko SUPER P8SAA User s Manual Ethernet Port RJ45 Connector One Ethernet port Gigabit LAN is located beside the Audio port on the IO backplane SMB Header SMB Header A System Management Bus Pin Definitions J34 header is located at J34 Connect Fin u Number Definition the appropriate cable here to uti 1 Data i
3. ssseeeeeeeeemem 2 8 IR COR CO a tise cides armen mienmonemm n mimm e E PW ON Connector sereni nri on ee ERR RA SERENO KERAN KEK GRA Y l Reset Connector WE RED Power LED Cont amp ctot un sayan ns key n n Ta mirer W NE K 2 10 K yloek Connector mette cie nca eri R KAR 2 11 Speaker Contnector i erac eda obe b e ia eet de 2 11 Table of Contents Serial POMS zc iter tert ert eet e Perdre ere gs 2 12 CD Header Audio Header sss 2 12 Fan Headers Chassis InttusiQn iaceo erit kane RE zad den kake eas 2 13 ATX PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Ports onines 2 14 Universal Serial Bus USB 2 14 Wake Ons Ring 2 15 Wake On LAN E EE DRY 2 15 Ethernet POT cie e reni ei e n et oe doe dee 2 16 SMB Heada octo JJJ 2 16 OverheatFan Fall BED x ya i maln al k r ke nari dra etm rer erred 2 17 he o nl m 2 17 SATA LE Dy ika Ea darte Aeg a rak Meda nen 2 18 GAN EBD etaa rrr LLLA ALS 2 18 2 7 wudumper Seltings cassis cassette Ae denne earn 2 19 Explanation Of JUmp6ers oispas pet Erie rak n ER OE SEREN EXER 2 19 Power Forca ODi uester ed eh tiae a ra eee doe GMOSIGIBAE c ntt noir De USB Wake Up i tenen es Keyboard Wake Up Gigabit LAN Enable 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Drive and Audio Connections 2 22 Parallel Port Connecior a eere meo He
4. o Tr Zj g z g S c A N SN uso o J3 USB z 4 5 16 Chapter 2 Installation Floppy Connector Floppy Connector Pin Definitions J27 R Pin Number Function Pin Number Function The floppy connector is located 1 GND 2 FDHDIN on J27 Refer to Figure 2 3 for 3 GND 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN location See the table on the 7 GND 8 Index n 9 GND 10 Motor Enable right for pin definitions t GND 12 Drive Select B 13 GND 14 Drive Select A 15 GND 16 Motor Enable 17 GND 18 DIR 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 Write Data 23 GND 24 Write Gate 25 GND 26 Track 00 27 GND 28 Write Protect 29 GND 30 Read Data 31 GND 32 Side 1 Select 33 GND 34 Diskette IDE Connector IDE Connector Pin Definitions There are no jumpers to config 3 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function ure the onboard IDE interfaces 1 Reset IDE 2 GND 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 Pins 3 5 7 of JF1 See the 5 HostData6 6 Host Data 9 table on the left for pin defini 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 y 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11
5. optional Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips OBh Reserved OCh Reserved 0Dh Reserved OEh Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker B 1 SUPER P8SAA User s Manual POST hex Description OFh Reserved 10h Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD amp DMI support 11h Reserved 12h Use walking 1 s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry Also set real time clock power status and then check for override 13h Reserved 14h Program chipset default values into chipset Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers 15h Reserved 16h Initial Early_Init_Onboard_Generator switch 17h Reserved 18h Detect CPU information including brand SMI type Cyrix or Intel and CPU level 586 or 686 19h Reserved 1Ah Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector table If no special specified all H W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR amp S W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR 1Ch Reserved 1Dh Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch 1Eh Reserved 1Fh Load keyboard matrix notebook platform 20h Reserved 21h HPM initialization notebook platform 22h Reserved 23h 1 Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stac
6. Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to Appendix A for details on beep codes 3 1 SUPER P8SAA User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 You should be using unbuffered ECC DDR II 533 400 memory see the next page Also it is recommended that you use the same memory speed for all DIMMs in the system See Section 2 4 for memory limitations 3 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping modules between slots and noting the results 4 Check the power supply voltage 115V 230V switch Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Please be sure to use a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting
7. We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers Question Why can t turn off the power using the momentary power on off switch Answer The instant power off function is controlled in the BIOS by the Power Button Mode setting When the On Off feature is enabled the moth erboard will have instant off capabilities as long as the BIOS has control of the system When the Standby or Suspend feature is enabled or when the BIOS is not in control such as during memory count the first screen that appears when the system is turned on the momentary on off switch must be held for more than four seconds to shut down the system This feature is required to implement the ACPI features on the motherboard Question How do utilize the six channel sound Answer The six channel sound available on the P8SAA can be enabled with the audio driver software that was included in your motherboard pack age When activated sound will be routed through the jacks under the Game Port as follows Line Out front L amp R speakers Line In rear L amp R speakers MIC center and subwoofer speakers You must also enable the AC97 Audio setting in the Advanced Chipset section of the BIOS setup Question installed my microphone correctly but can t record any sound What should do Answer Go to Start Programs Accessories
8. 13 4 67 BO OL recess E A canst eret utt Le TUS MM ELS 4 14 4 7 i T 4 15 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix B BIOS POST GCOd6S 5 nter rene or o SENA VE G Appendix C Software Installation Instructions een C 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an ac knowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All Included with Retail Box Only One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 IDE cable CBL 036 One 1 floppy drive ribbon cable CBL 022 Two 2 SATA cables CBL 044 One 1 I O shield CBL PT37A One 1 Supermicro CD or diskettes containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPER P8SAA 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 Het Sterrenbe
9. 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F 75 C 167 F 80 C 176 F and 85 C 185 F Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items Current System Temperature This item displays the Current Temperature of the System CPU Temperature This item displays the Current CPU Temperature In addition to temperature monitoring the AwardBIOS wil also display the following items Fan 1 Speed Fan 2 Speed Fan 3 Speed Voltage Monitoring for the following items VCORE 3 3V Standby 12V 12V VCC V VBAT V 5VSB V 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 6 Processor amp Clock Options Thermal Management This setting allows the user to select the method to be used by the BIOS to control the thermal management of the system The options are Thermal Monitor 1 On die throttling and Thermal Monitor 2 Ratio amp VID transition Limit CPUID MaxVal Select Enabled to set the CUPID maximum value to 3 Select Disabled for Windows XP OS The options are Enabled and Disabled Hyper Threading Set this option to Enabled to activate the function of the CPU hyper threading Enabling the hyper threading function makes each CPU appear as two to any programs that support it to optimize CPU performance if your OS supports this function The settings are Disabled and Enabled CPU Clock Ration Use this feature to set CPU clock ratio The settings are x8 x9 x10 x11 x12 x13 x14 x15 x16 x17 x18 x19 x2
10. BIOS Setup All Main Setup options are described in this section The Main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys or the Tab key to move among the different settings in the above menu Press the Esc key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu and use the Left Right arrow keys to enter the other categories of BIOS settings The next section is described in detail to illustrate how to navigate through the menus 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu Date Time This setting allows the user to the system date and time Key in the correct information in the mm dd and yy fields Press the Enter key to save the data Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are None 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 Legacy Diskette B This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette B The options are None 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 Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives enable this feature to assign physical drive B to logical drive A or physical drive A to logic drive B The options are Enabled and Disabled IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master Slave IDE Channel 3 Master Slave These settings allow the us
11. ICH6R provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and two Serial ATA SATA Host Controllers which support up to two Serial ATA ports and up to two RAID drives The ICH6R supports the following Parallel ATA PATA and Serial SATA device configurations ATA Operation Modes You can select from the following two modes Legacy mode and Native mode C 1 SUPER P8SAA User s Manual SATA Operate Modes You can select from the following modes Auto Combined Enhanced and SATA Only Mode The number of devices supported by these modes are listed below SATA Only The maximum of 4 devices are supported 4 SATA Auto Mode The maximum of 6 devices supported 4 SATA 2 IDE Enhanced Mode The maximum of 6 devices supported 4 SATA 2 IDE Combined Mode The maximum of 4 devices supported 2 SATA 2 IDE Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select the item Load Optimized Default set tings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Ente
12. Insert Supermicro CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during system reboot and the following screen will appear SIPIH HIN A PAWAN hir herban Drivers A Tools ine amp j B eee al Microook Direct 30 SUPERMICR Drivers amp Tools Intel FAEN Chipset PA A A gj 3 SUPER MICRO Supess Decir l j m Bia driver diak pilap ard rasrasals el B co T dude Siani Up Hes Tene Far feces Eee plages esit SUPERMICRO s pass dd Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at atime After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD SUPERKICEU Compurer Inc Installing Intel Application Accelerator Utility a When the above screen appears click on the icon marked Application Accelerator RAID Edition on the screen and the following screen will appear SUPER P8SAA User s Manual J Fic HI Pg oon cera EAN Pc nr Besha n perry ew a eh ed pev ka nagh Hp ped r He sea p de n Purses nl HE REETE REG RR GRAN TT D IR j Apli nilO Tn icter KAD Ll Jill Seip E Selam ln Be
13. LED connector is lo Pin Definitions JF1 Pin cated on pins 9 11 and 13 of JF1 Number Definition This connection is used to provide ae LED indication of power being sup 13 PWR LED plied to the system See the table on the right for pin definitions IDE LED PWR LED x i aH B i 8 pn Pin 26 Reset ele Pin 25 VCCS LIT ai a Pin 24 Ground Pin 23 X Ei z 3 in roun e e in Bm DE HE An Pin 22 X e e Pin 21 X E elal rm BHIHS Pin 20 PW ON Pin 19 Speaker or E Pin 18 PW ON e e Pin 17 Ground E i m Pin 16 X ele Pin 15 Keylock ves BILE E MERE E Pin 14 LAN LED ele Pin 13 Power LED aera preren B PRIRIANDE e e Pin 11 X S E POLEN ICHER EE 8 Pin 10 IRTX eie Pin 9 Power LED H k1 PCHEMT i dad South Bridgo a Pin 8 GROUND e e Pin 7 IDE LED 3 es POLS e T Pin 6 IRRX ele Pin 5 IDE LED Active E F in 4 X Pin 3 IDE LED Active e r r e IP HESS e e a Po Gr nl GP n2 vcos eje Chapter 2 Installation Keylock Connector Keylock y Pin
14. Software Programs After all the hardware has been installed you must first install the operating system and then other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CDs that came packaged with your motherboard Note for the Windows 2003 OS please refer to Page C 14 E amp inked 55 chapel IHF es SUPERMICR 2 Hirah Cine 910 Drivers amp Tools j amp Intel Application decolor del VIEN Chipset 2 denn Logic ACS Audio Devers PESAA E SUPERMICRO Suen Doctor lil j Km Pepa ENIR el Breen CD ede Slat lip Mai Teri For more inioeration pisata vik SLPERMACAO s Nbre Driver Tool Installation Display Screen SUPERMICRO Congeulis line Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD SUPER P8SAA User s Manual Supero Doctor lll The Supero Doctor III program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called S
15. amp PCI 2 Battery FWH SMB ui J34 Chs SATA OH Buzzer 2 PCI 1 WOR J43 Intr L J JE 1 o wor FJ luspz a lr 3 SUPER P8SAA User s Manual SATA LED SATALED Pin Definitions The SATA LED header is located J37 on J37 This header will display Pin Number Definition SATAO SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 NC all SATA activities See the table on the right for pin definitions anon Right GLAN LED Len O The Gigabit Ethernet LAN port lo i Back i cated beside the Video port has eachraner lew ened 1 Gb LAN Left LED two LEDs The yellow LED indi Indicator Speed LED cates activity while the other LED LED i may be green amber or off to indi Color LL Definition cate the speed of the connection Green 100 MHz Amber 1GHz See the table at right for the func tions associated with the second 1 Gb LAN Right LED LED Indicator Activity LED LED Definition Color Amber Blinking 10 100MHz j 1GHz J28 E E KB MS amp nah i 6 5 a 8 3 S sla a B GLAN LED aj 3 IN H m l pel d T ii me ji Je 5 M HE E E 9 _
16. avoid a possible explosion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static pro tected Installation Procedures Follow the procedures as listed below for full installation of the mother board into a chassis Install the processor and the heatsink to the motherboard Install the motherboard in the chassis Install the memory and add on cards Finally connect the cables and install the drivers won 2 1 SUPER P8SAA User s Manual 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Fan Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing AN direct pressure on the label area of the fan IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink Installation of the LGA775 Processor Socket Lever 1 Press the socket lever to release the load plate which Load Plate covers the CPU socket from its locking position 2 Gently lift the socket lever to open the load plate Chapter 2 Installation 3 Locate Pin 1 on the CPU socket Note Pin 1 is the corner marked with a triangle Please note that the North Key and the South Key are located vertically in the CPU housing 4 Position the motherboard in such a way
17. by EPA logo not for full screen logo 3 If password is set ask for password Save all data in stack back to CMOS Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 1 USB final Initialization NET PC Build SYSID structure Switch screen back to text mode Set up ACPI table at top of memory Invoke ISA adapter ROMs Assign IRQs to PCI devices Initialize APM Clear noise of IRQs Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code Enable L2 cache Program boot up speed Chipset final initialization Power management final initialization Clear screen amp display summary table Program K6 write allocation Program P6 class write combining Program daylight saving Update keyboard LED amp typematic rate Build MP table Build amp update ESCD Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick Build MSIRQ routing table Boot attempt INT 19h MBWNRIN SS CA 4 09 P3 B 5 SUPER P8SAA User s Manual NOTES Appendix C Software Installation Appendix C Installing Software Programs and Drivers Note if you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Section C 5 on Page C 22 for Operating System amp Other Software Installation After all the hardware has been installed
18. ma BH S2 3 HE za Alderwood zi ES gr SATALED J45 T em PEPE pa g GLAN Enaoi Ph 7 i SVStby Warring south Bridge S eqs me Sgn H 2 PCL tay FWH in E e 3 raz 2 Kema det 2 18 Chapter 2 Installation 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers 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 See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On a two pin jumper Closed means the jumper is on both pins and Open means the jumper is either on only one pin or completely removed Power Force On Jumper JP4 allows you to enable or disable the function of Power Force On f enabled the power will always stay on automatically If this function disabled the user needs to press the power button to power on the system s JPWAKE KEMS Wake Up lo 24 Pin ATX PWR DIMMA Buo DIMMEZA Black DIMMS ue DIMMEZS Black I is pes us Eu EE E LAN CTRL precem HE pea PCHE 2 ICHER mi M n J5 ER SE Z GECER SvStbyWamina soun an el BEI 3 LED LE1 E Fic Peta agrs g cuos hi Pore D e tr 5 kur u
19. mask bits for channel 1 3Fh Reserved 40h Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2 41h Reserved 42h Reserved 43h Test 8259 functionality 44h Reserved 45h Reserved 46h Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved 4Eh 1 Program MTRR of MI CPU 2 Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU amp program CPU with proper cacheable range 3 Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU 4 On MP platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical 4Fh Reserved 50h Initialize USB 51h Reserved 52h Test all memory clear all extended memory to 0 53h Reserved 54h Reserved 55h Display number of processors multi processor platform 56h Reserved 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device SUPER P8SAA User s Manual POST hex Description 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Ah Reserved 5Bh Optional Feature Show message for entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD optional 5Ch Reserved 5Dh 1 Initialize Init Onboard Super IO switch 2 Initialize Init Onboard AUDIO switch 5Eh Reserved 5Fh Reserved
20. nin n iones Frigo I g ke siran Codes ac Firs oriefirizi oben kc resa Eremi e Specify a program folder where you want the Setup to add the program icon as shown in the following screen and click on the icon marked Next Intel Ap pinalinn Socr enalor HAE dilim Galop Jaiari Pag aum I ober F za wini A perge cider Setup sall ade erga una k hae Program Fobie iba crabe rana may keran a rawa ick mane x isc ana hami e siig fide lizi Chick isani k cione SUPER P8SAA User s Manual f The following screen will appear to display the status of the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition Installation inthe Applian Accelerator HAD Eilinn Setup ona BI un Hl i abe an n A s an aka R D Fian artus r a coreg Haa m an n a n iranin g Once the Application Accelerator RAID Edition installation is completed the following screen will appear and the system will start to re boot Imeli A pplicatinn Kcrelerator HEG ioe Setup Aerei all Eki nid ard Compact Thee Irakal Meki li orae has pacta mal lend intel Sppkenten amp ccleraicr FD E rbierm Diis Pri iz rue the vina Note Once the XP 2000 Operating System is installed please read the Readme text files for the instructions to use the SATA RAID Utility in the Windows XP 2000 OS environment C 12 Appendix C Software Installation C 5 Installing the Operating System and other
21. that Pin 1 of the CPU socket is located at the left bottom of the CPU South Key housing North Center Edge 5 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU 6 Align Pin 1 of the CPU with Pin 1 of the socket Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down to the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket Socket Leve 7 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to CPU in the CPU socket make sure that the CPU is properly installed 8 Use your thumb to gently push the lever down and lock it in the hook 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the lever is pushed into the hook Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard Plastic cap is released from the load plate if CPU properly installed 2 3 SUPER P8SAA User s Manual Installation of the Heatsink 1 Locate the CPU Fan on the motherboard Refer to the layout on Page 1 4 for the CPU Fan location 2 Position the heatsink in such a way that the heatsink fan wires are closest to the CPU fan and are not interfered with other components 3 Inspect the CPU Fan wires to make sure that the wir
22. the location of pin 1 A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B The 80 wire ATA100 66 IDE hard disk drive cable that came with your System has two connectors to support two drives This special cable should be used to take advantage of the speed this new technology offers The blue connector connects to the onboard IDE connector inter face and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the docu mentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings for the hard disk drive Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions J30 Parallel Port Connector Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error The parallel port is located on J30 5 DataBit1 6 Init Refer to Figure 2 3 for location 7 Data Bit 2 8 SLCT IN g 9 DataBit3 10 GND See the table on the right for pin 11 DataBit4 12 GND finiti 13 Data Bit5 14 GND definitions 15 DataBit6 16 GND 17 DataBit7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND n 21 BUSY 22 GND J28 Parallel 23 PE 24 GND KB MS 25 SLCT 26 NC 34
23. the power button can function as a system suspend button When the user depresses the power button the system will enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Depressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just depress and hold the power button for 4 seconds The power will turn off and no power will be provided to the motherboard 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specification defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application soft ware This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs tele phones and stereos 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 ACPI lever ages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation tha
24. to allow the system to be woken up See the table on the right for jumper set tings m g i mo ij Ez ha d B PA CPU es LGA775 HE H i HE HB ps 12V 4 pin HE UE ewa sal HB M 925X eI me ti kria usg LU 8 LAN GT L PCH HERI WakeUp mem fi PCER ICH6R u Guten o gE se H B rere 5VStby Warning south Bridge Hawan ms es alan Clear cus E Ta id PCI 2 jatte FWH cmos amp C lamar JK B um Cool use eed ETC ger Chapter 2 Installation Keyboard Wake Up Keyboard Wake Up J Setti The JPWAKE jumper is used to MPWAKE gether with the Keyboard Wake Jumper m Up function in the BIOS Enable TE Enabled both the jumper and the BIOS set 23 ae ting to allow the system to be woken up by depressing a key on the keyboard See the table on the right for jumper settings Your power supply must meet ATX specification 2 01 or higher and supply 720 mA of standby power to use this feature Gigabit LAN Enable GLAN Enable JPL A header for GLAN Enable is lo Pin Definitions 1 2 Enable cated at JPL Close Pins 1 amp 2 of 23 Disable JPL to enable the function of LAN S
25. 0 x21 x22 and x23 Spread Spectrum Spread Spectrum is a technique used to stabilize a system by reducing the level of ElectroMagnetic Interference The options are Enabled and Disabled SUPER P8SAA User s Manual 4 4 7 DMI Event Log DMI Event Log This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the function of DMI Event Logging The options are Disabled and Enabled Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press lt Enter gt to clear all DMI event logs The default setting is No View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to view the contents of the event log Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to mark the DMI events as read 4 4 8 Console Redirection Console Redirection This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the function of Console Redirection The options are Disabled and Enabled Agent Connect Via This setting allows you to select the device to be used for Console Redirection Agent Wait Time Min This setting allows you to set the wait time for the Console Redirection Agent The options are 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min and 8 Min Agent After Boot Select Enabled to keep the Agent running after boot The options are Disabled and Enabled 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Sant Daparolknr Paadwerd S
26. 0 compatible serial ports 1 ECP EPP parallel port Intel 82541 Gigabit Ethernet Controller PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 8 USB Universal Serial Bus 2 0 ports for a speed of up to 480Mbps AC 97 audio high quality 6 channel sound Other Hyper threading enabled Wake on LAN Wake on Ring WOR Multiple CPU clock frequency ratio selections set in BIOS Suspend to RAM Onboard 5vsb warning LED LE1 CD Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility Drivers and software for Intel 925X chipset utilities Dimensions ATX form factor 12 x 9 5 305 x 228 6 mm Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Intel s Alderwood 925X chipset designed for use with the Pentium 4 LGA 775 CPU is comprised of two primary components the Memory Controller Hub MCH and the I O Controller Hub ICH6R The Alderwood 925X provides the performance and feature set required for the high end desk top and the UP workstation market Memory Controller Hub MCH The function of the MCH is to manage the data flow between five inter faces the CPU interface Front Side Bus FSB System Memory Interface DRAM controller PCI Express Graphic Interface l OController and the Di rect Media Interface DMI The MCH is optimized for the Pentium 4 proces sors in an LGA775 Package It supports one or two channels of unbuf fered ECC DDR2 533 400 SDRAM It also supports the PCI Express based external graphics s
27. 2 Clock lize SMB on your system 3 Ground 4 No Connection J28 z s KB MS 2 z an amp n r a E E x g E 5 P4 CPU E o x LGA 775 u Ss A Pe a ls olal lolz a S 3 SPs L3 S 430 a J al ala e lt jl lt a la J32 12V 4 B 3 E GLAN VS PWR j44 5 5 Z MEAN ore aya 925X Alderwood S North Bridge orth Bridge 28 Clock S925 2 ira aja z Su Q x16 PCI E m oa M M o LAN CTRL J1 PCI E 3 gr z J7 wi x1 PCI E Y ICH6R JPL1 Eg ug GLAN Enable 5E alg o 5 c PLE 5VStby Warning South Bridge 5 Hd 5 LED L 1LE1 lt A mm Ja J27 pin AUX JBT1 x o CMOS E 2 m e 5 PCI 2 FWH 2 7 SMB N SMB u m Chs SATAQH Buzzer 2 PCI 1 WOR J73 Int LED LED o wa usB7 8 ir Em JF1 EP CTRL Chapter 2 Installation Overheat Fan Fail LED JOH1 The overheat Fan Fail LED header is used to connect an LED to pro vide warning of chassis overheat ing and fan failure The LED blinks to indicate overheat The LED Alarm will be activated to indicate fan failure Refer to the tab
28. 60h Okay to enter Setup utility i e not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility 61h Reserved 62h Reserved 63h Reserved 64h Reserved 65h Initialize PS 2 Mouse 66h Reserved 67h Prepare memory size information for function call INT 15h ax E820h 68h Reserved 69h Turn on L2 cache 6Ah Reserved 6Bh Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup amp Auto configuration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO 6Eh Reserved 6Fh 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 70h Reserved 71h Reserved 72h Reserved 73h Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 74h Reserved 75h Detect amp install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM 76h Reserved TIh Detect serial ports amp parallel ports 78h Reserved 79h Reserved 7Ah Detect amp install co processor 7Bh Reserved 7Ch Reserved 7Dh Reserved 7Eh Reserved 7Fh 1 Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported If errors occur report errors amp wait for keys If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue Clear EPA or customization logo Appendix B Award BIOS POST Codes POST hex Description Reserved Reserved 1 Call chipset power management hook 2 Recover the text font used
29. A RIAD Configuration Utility Program The system will start to re boot C 2 Installing the Windows XP 2000 for systems with RAID Functions New Operating System Windows XP 2000 Installation a Insert Microsoft Windows XP 2000 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD b Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays c When the Windows XP 2000 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s d Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 Driver for ICH6R into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key e Choose Intel R 82801ER SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key f Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation g From the Windows XP 2000 Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The XP 2000 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2000 installation Note the current version of the ICH6R SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 Operating System C 8 Appendix C Software Installation h After Windows XP 2000 Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot i
30. Bridge Audio Sm was 20E 8 a x16 PCI E E 1PCKER3 EU LAN CTRL E Als Ix 5 ICH6R GLAN Enable i m ER 8 8 9 1 PCIE 1 svstby warning South Bridge E gms oe ieo n n OREN lt in PCI 3 Apen e CMOS ing Aux kak EN PCI 2 Batter FWH 2 gj SMB y Audio x J34 Chs SATAoH Buzzer B Perl WO en users nE eee 2 12 Chapter 2 Installation Fan Headers There are three fan headers Fan 1 Fan 2 and Fan3 on the P8SAA These are 4 pin fan headers however these fan headers also support traditional 3 pin fans Pins 1 2 3 are back compat ible with traditional 3 pin fan head ers The fan speeds are con trolled by Thermal Management via BIOS within the Hardware Moni tor Section in the BIOS Ad vanced Setting The default set ting for Fan Speed Control is Dis abled the fan is set to run at the full speed 12V Note Please use all 4 pin fans or all 3 pin fans on the same board Do not use 4 pin fans and 3 pin fans together on the same motherboard See the table on the right for pin defini tions Chassis Intrusion The Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 See the board lay Fan Header Pin Definitions CPU Chassis and Overheat Pin Definition Ground black 12V red Tachometer PWM Control AONI Caution These fan headers use DC power Chassis Intrusion Pin De
31. CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be ac cessed by pressing lt Del gt at the appropriate time during system boot Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the lt Delete gt key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Chipset and Power menus Section 4 3 gives detailed descriptions of each parameter setting in the Setup utility 4 1 SUPER P8SAA User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Optimal default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing 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 options see next page When you first power on the computer the AwardBIOS is immediately activated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two Ways 1 By pressing Del immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Del key to activate the Main Setup Menu Press DEL to enter SETUP 4 3 Main
32. D III Client The Supero Doctor Ill program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor Ill displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen I Health Information Appendix C Software Installation Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Il Remote Control Graceful power control Ta era kator TE abra rar r ata r 5 D phbs a aha kan w n peed bire iriee delk s HI pec Ecfzrz e ric rr non or thes diyan E aland k cece the action Vhosguam meni Kang Sierra SI are Cannes peng xt all wun on x WIT WE Fosse TCETP emrit WR Power control Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Website at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_ Doctor lll You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor II SUPER P8SAA User s Manual Notes
33. Definitions The keylock connector is located JF1 on pins 15 and 17 of JF1 See the Pin r N Number Definition table on the right for pin defini 15 Keylock tions 17 Ground Speaker Connector Speaker Pin Definition Pin The speaker connector is located Number Pin Definition 19 Speaker data on pins 19 21 23 and 25 of JF1 21 No connection Y i 23 No connection See the table on the right for pin 25 45V Red wire definitions Speaker r Keylock 2 Connector KB MS E eer Y iat 2 2 El 2 x Ble t pa cpu AE e a Alaa Pin 26 Reset ele Pus Vecs S ao all g Pin 24 Ground Pin23 X E 12V 4 pin i 28 eje use PWR jai J l l Pin 22 X ele Pin 21 X 3 4 5 6 925X Bia es USSUI t Pin 20 PW ON ele Pin 19 Speaker Tias 3s Glock North Bridge Pin 18 PWON Te Pin T7 Ground s an 8 Pin 16 X e e Pin 15 Keylock br _sippere E Pin 14 LAN LED e Pin 13 Power LED umor prore J pin 12 LAN LED ele Pin 11 X ena bu PCI E 3 ICH6R ER g 8 Pin 10 IRTX eo Pin 9 Power LED t ki POLE 5VStby Warning south Bridge E E Pin 8 GROUND ele Pin 7 IDE LED 3 LED CI LE1 i Ese Pots ne Pin 6 IRRX e e Pin 5 IDE LED Active 8 m E Pin4 X eo Pin 3 IDE LED Active Ein Pin 2 VCCS ele Pin 1 IDE LED o PCI jWoR LIT SUPER P8SAA User s Manual Serial Ports Two serial ports are included on the motherboard COM1 COM2 J31 J32 is a port located beside the mou
34. Entertainment and then Volume Control Under the Properties tab scroll down the list of devices in the menu and check the box beside Microphone Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Question How do connect the ATA100 66 cable to my IDE device s Answer The 80 wire 40 pin high density ATA100 66 IDE cable that came with your system has two connectors to support two drives This special cable must be used to take advantage of the speed the ATA100 66 technol ogy offers Connect the blue connector to the onboard IDE header and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the docu mentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper loca tions and settings 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be ap plied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover dam ages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alteration misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distr
35. Fan Headers FP Control JF1 Front Panel Control Header Floppy Connector J27 Floppy Disk Connector IDE J3 IDE Connector KB Mouse J28 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse LAN Port Ethernet RJ45 Gigabit LAN Connector LE 1 5V Standby PWR LED Indicator OH LED JOH1 Overheat LED Header Parallel J30 Printer Port SATA 0 3 4 SATA Headers SATA LED J37 SATA LED header SMB J34 System Management Bus Header USB1 2 J29 USB3 6 J44 Back Panel Universal Serial Ports 1 6 USB7 8 J43 Front Panel USB headers 7 8 WOL Wake On LAN header WOR JWOR 1 Wake On Ring Header SUPER P8SAA User s Manual RM V10 1 vaio KAN Gaz PROCESSOR fN kocik ydav 19419 viva FSB 800 533MHz uaav 1112 vivd PCIE PCIE_x16 Alderwood DDR2 DIMM_CHA x16 925X GRAPHIC MCH SDRAM DIMM CHB UDMA 100 3 PCIE x1 oS ICH 6R 4x SATA PCI 32 BUS N 23 PCI 32b M Gb LAN PORTS ee sors USB USB 2 0 1 1 9 LPC FWH PORT 0 7 W83627THF 5 1 CH LPC 1 0 AUDIO KB FDD SER 1 MS SER 2 Figure 1 3 925X Alderwood Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent the features on your motherboard See the follow ing pages for the actual specifications of each motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction Motherboard Features CPU Latest CPU technology Single Intel Pentium 4 Processor up to 3 6 GHz in the 775 Land Grid Array Package at a system bus speed of 800
36. L GE LOIT AND HIH EEZIT RRNMELE c Select the volume and press the Delete key to delete the RAID volume The following screen will appear C 6 Appendix C Software Installation r za DATA WITELN AE LOOT ABD HCH EZCCVZLABLE d When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume type Y to confirm the deletion of the RAID Volume and press the Enter key to return to the main menu Note the Esc key is used to select the previous menu Reset Disks to Non RAID a When you are in the main menu use the Down Arrow and the Upper Arrow keys to select item 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID in the main menu b When the item 3 is highlighted press the Enter key to select the item Reset Disks to Non RAID The following screen will appear SUPER P8SAA User s Manual c When asked Are you sure you want to reset all RAID data Y N type Y to confirm the selection and press the lt Enter gt key to return to the main menu Press the Esc key to select the previous menu 2 Exiting the ICH6R SATA RIAD Configuration Utility Program a When you are in the main menu use the lt Down Arrow gt and the lt Upper Arrow gt keys to select item 4 Exit in the main menu b When the item 4 Exit is highlighted press the lt Enter gt key c When asked Are you sure you want to exit Y N Type Y to confirm the selection and press the lt Enter gt key to exit the ICH6R SAT
37. MHz New VRM 10 1 power design supporting Intel next generation CPU Memory Latest memory technology Four DIMM slots support Dual Single Channel DDRII 533 400 MHz up to 4 GB of ECC Unbuffered two way interleaved or non interleaved DDR2 256MB 512MB and 1GB SDRAM Note See Section 2 4 for details Chipset Latest Intel chipset technology Intel Alderwood 925X Expansion Slots One 1 PCI Express x16 Three 3 PCI Express x1 Three 3 32 bit PCI 33MHz 5V BIOS 4 Mb Firmware Hub AwardBIOS Flash BIOS APM 1 2 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU core Chipset Voltage Memory Voltage 3 3V 45V 5V standby 12V and 12V Fan status monitor with firmware software speed control e SuperDoctor IIl NMI Environmental temperature monitoring via BIOS Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss System overheat Fan Fail LED and control System resource alert via Supero Doctor Ill Hardware BIOS virus protection SUPER P8SAA User s Manual ACPI Features e Microsoft OnNow Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator BIOS support for USB keyboard Main switch override mechanism e Internal external modem ring on Onboard I O 1 ATA 100 EIDE Channel e Intel ICH6R SATA Controller 4 connectors for 4 devices with support of RAID 0 RAID 1 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 2 Fast UART 1655
38. SUPERO SUPERO P8SAA USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0a The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPERMICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California Cou
39. Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field Note You can use the Esc key to select the previous menu c Use the lt Tab gt lt Upper Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt and lt Enter gt keys to enter the appropriate values for the items selected and go to the next field d When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to confirm the selection or type N to change and to create the RAID volume Then press the lt Enter gt key to enter the value and return to the main menu Appendix C Software Installation Fara ln i j Glee BACH Laval mpari l u e You will return to the main menu with DISK VOLUME INFORMATION updated as shown in the following screen f Once the above screen appears use the lt Down Arrow gt key to select item 4 Exit and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear SUPER P8SAA User s Manual g When asked Are you sure you want to exit Y N type Y to confirm the selections and exit the Create RAID Volume menu Press the lt Enter gt key to return to the main menu Deleting RAID Volume a When you are in the main menu use the lt Down Arrow gt and the lt Upper Arrow gt keys to select item 2 Delete RAID Volume in the main menu b When the item 2 is highlighted press the lt Enter gt key to select the item Delete RAlDVolume The following screen will appear zd x DESCOM LO TELE 5 WIL
40. 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 They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our Chapter 3 Troubleshooting web site http www supermicro com support fags before con tacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Note Not all BIOS can be flashed depending on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm 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 by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 or by fa
41. USE 3 PWR yay ils i Pin207PWON Pin 19 Speaker use sax PPP finis P WON Pin 17 Ground USB an in 18 Gr pal 2 North Bridge be m Pin 15 Keylock s E Clock e e e Key m are mr i Pin 14 LAN LED eo Pin 13 Power LED MESH ini Pin 12 LAN LED ee Pin 11 X nec m ale in 10 IRTX e e Pin 9 Power LED Gun Enablef EE BL Pin 8 GROUND olo Pin 7 IDE LED 9 k1 PCLE SvStby Waring sou ridge E i LED cates BB la Pin 6 IRRX ele Pin 5 IDE LED Active Din ux pos Ager E cu s Pin 4 X Pin 3 IDE LED Active n j eoe fe 5 PCI 2 ba FWH id ae e em Q Pin 2 VCCS ele Pin 1 IDE LED E eot sers Ped Era SUPER P8SAA User s Manual IDE_LED The IDE LED is located on pins 1 3 5 and 7 of JF1 This connects to the IDE LED to display all activi ties of all IDE devices See the IDE Pin Definition IDE LED Active IDE LED Active Definition IDE LED 2 10 i Lu IDE LED table on the right for pin defini tions Power_LED Connector Power_LED The Power
42. V connector 3u psa IR Connector Infrared Pin The infrared connector is located Definitions JF1 on pins 2 4 6 8 and 10 of JF1 Pin See the table on the right for pin Number BON definitions See the Technical 4 CIRRX 6 IRRX Support section of our web page 8 Ground for information on the infrared de 10 IRTX Vices you can connect to the sys tem 4 pin PWR ATX PWR 24 pin IR ene i4 E E JF1 EIE 8 E E F GPU E Pin 26 Reset ee Pin 25 VCC5 I 8 amp H la elal Pin 24 Ground Pin 23 X l a i SEL e e n i i B 8 Pin22 X e e Pin21 X RN 925x aja ala Pin 20 PW ON eoe Pin 19 Speaker amp LAN a Tm Pin 18 PW ON e Pin 17 Ground 429 is rem North Bridge e Aw ae Pin 16 X e e Pin 15 Keylock ls X16PCHE E Pin 14 LAN LED e e Pin 13 Power LED user gren ae Pin 12 LANLEb e Pin 11 X LAN cna b k ER ale Pin 10 IRTX ele Pin 9 Power LED S EPEE evstbyWamino sou end Pin 8 GROUND le Pin 7 IDE LED 5 Ern Au Pcia M 33 m ces ele Pin 5 IDE LED Active g ces P 5 PCIe 4 FWH Pin 4 X Pin 3 IDE LED Active m Cg ele
43. a PCIA a em pomo LEI Pin 2 VCC5 ele Pin 1 IDE LED Chapter 2 Installation PW ON Connector _ PW ON Ed Pin Definitions JF1 The PW ON connector is located Pin Number Definition on pins 18 and 20 of JF1 Con 20 PW ON nect it to the chassis power but 18 JEW ON ton which you may also configure to put the system into suspend mode see the Power Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the power when the suspend mode is enabled depress the power but ton for at least 4 seconds See the table on the right for pin defini tions Reset Connector Reset Pin Definitions The reset connector is located on JF1 pins 24 and 26 of JF1 This con Pin Number Definition nector attaches to the reset 24 Ground switch on the computer chassis 25 Reset See the table on the right for pin definitions PWR On EZ ZERA Beset gps ew i JF1 ii Tar z ws EL H E Pin 26 Res a E g or E e e Pin 25 VCC5 E LGA775 i Pin 244 Ground ele Pin23 X EI um En HH ef 3 PinZHX ee Pin 21 X
44. all fasteners loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU 2 3 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 Make sure the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Note some compo nents are very close to the mounting holes Please take precautionary mea sures to prevent damage done to these components when you install the motherboard into the chassis 2 5 SUPER P8SAA User s Manual 2 4 Installing DDRII Memory CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing memory modules to prevent any possible damage Memory Module Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert each DDRII memory module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the module incorrectly See support information below 2 Gently press down on the memory module until it snaps into place Support The P8SAA supports Dual channel ECC unbuffered DDRII 533 DDR400 SDRAM Both interleaved and non interleaved memory are supported so you may populate any number of DIMM slots Popul
45. ating DIMM 1A DIMM 1B and or DIMM 2A DIMMZ2B with memory mod ules of the same size and of the same type will result in dual channel two way interleaved memory which is faster than the single channel non interleaved memory Figure 2 2 Side and Top Views of DDRII Module Installation into Slot To Install Insert module we A vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the notch Noten Tab Note Notch ps should align with the receptive point on the slot To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push each release tab outward to release the DIMM from the slot Top View Of DDRII Slot Release Tab Ji IL Release Tab 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation 2 5 I O Port Control Panel Connector Locations The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC99 specification to make setting up your system easier and locations of the various IO ports Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations Parallel Port Burgundy o Ca See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and Definitions Keyboard COM1 Port Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors LAN Port z 2 vo n EHE m m COM2 Port USB Ports USB Port Notes P8SAAonly Blue Line In Green Line Out Pink Mic See Figure 2 4 for t
46. ations pages on our web site http www supermicro com Product for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 includes a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes the features specifications and performance of the P8SAA mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when installing the processor and DDR memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives the IDE interfaces the parallel and serial ports the mouse and keyboard and the twisted wires for the power supply the reset button the keylock power LED and the speaker If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for the video the memory and the setup configuration stored in CMOS For quick reference a general FAQ Frequently Asked Questions section is provided Instructions are also included for contact ing technical support n addition you can visit our web site at www supermicro com techsupport htm for more detailed information Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A provides BIOS POST Messages Appendix B lists BIOS POST Codes Appendix C lists Softwa
47. been specified as the first second and third boot up devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled Chapter 4 BIOS 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Save amp Exit Setup Save amp Exit Setup When the item Save amp Exit Setup is highlighted press lt Enter gt to save the changes you ve made in the BIOS program CMOS and exit Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure Exit without Saving When the item Exit without Saving is highlighted press lt Enter gt to exit the Setup routine without saving any changes you may have made Your sys tem should then continue with the boot up procedure Load Fail Safe Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Load Optimized Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the optimized settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These settings provide you with optimal system performance SUPER P8SAA User s Manual Discard Changes When the item Discard Changes is highlighted press lt Enter gt to discard any changes you made to the BIOS settings and to stay in the BIOS Setup Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure 4 16 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On S
48. ee the table on the right for pin definitions r m gts Keyboard 13 KB MS Z WakeUp ts B E akeUp 2 2 3 P4 CPU 2 a 3 LGA 775 IS x 5 5 a a edl ol a sisi lelg 2 HERBES 5 so ajal sa o DE 12V 4 pi i 2 8 EIFIBEIE USB PWR j44 5 5 d aja Aja 925X USB Alderwood eLA al 3 North Bridge orth Bridge 25 Clock 25 Audio ara a 8 J45 ail 1L 6 lid x16 PCI E z amp 8 3 Sz LAN CTRL E PCI E 3 en J7 x1 PCI E ICH6R JPUNJS 2 le ul GLAN Ena Elle 9 GLAI e k1 PCLE 5VStby Warning South Bridge 5 2 EY UE o J9 Enabl LED EZ LE1 5 nable Ja 427 lt Din Aux pora c 5 3 E G JBT1 S 2 CMOS a PCI 2 Late FWH 3 SMB y w Laal Chs SATAQH Buzzer 2 PCI 1 WOR J43 intru LED LED wa j UsB7 8 d JAT Eg FP CTRE 2 21 SUPER P8SAA User s Manual 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy Drive and Hard Drive Connections Use the following information to connect the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates
49. een Chs SAAOH Buzzer i Pa Kz s Nazya jyan ee cm FB CTRL 2 19 PWR Force ON Connector Pins 8a 8 3 a Jumpe Cap Setting Pin 1 2 short Power Force On JP4 Jumper Position Definition Off Normal On Force On zl AN SAT AR FWH SATAQH Buzzer LED isa ED LIE EP CTRI SUPER P8SAA User s Manual CMOS Clear JBT1 is not actually a jumper but consists of two contact pads To clear the contents of CMOS short these pads together by touching 0 them both with a metal conductor such as the head of a small screwdriver JBT1 is located near the ICHR6 chip on the P8SAA Note for ATX power supplies you must completely shut down the system and remove the AC power cord before clearing CMOS USB Wake Up Use JPUSB1 to enable or disable USB Wake Up which allows you to wakeup the system by de YSP Wake Up umper Settings pressing a key on the keyboard or UUPUSB by clicking the mouse when either Jumper d Positi initi is connected to the USB1 or USB2 E RENTE port This jumper is used together 23 Disabled with the USB Wake Up function in the BIOS Enable both the jumper and the BIOS setting
50. eld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro n General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan D5 4F No 16 Chien Ba Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8226 3990 ext 132 or 139 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER P8SAA Image Md j T i liil SUPER P8SAA User s Manual Figure 1 3 Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale J28 s co KB MS En 31 22 5 2 3 3 8 E 5 t P4 CPU E o a Ox LGA 775 gs o a al zl lalz o E 3 SI az SERE USB PWR J41 z 3 2 2 Aja ajo 4 5 6 925X USB1 2 Alderwood amp LAN m North Bridge 39 Clock E Audio Los Li 3r c J45 2 uL o x16 PCI E c 2 Ji E KTPCLEZ3 Ss LAN CTRL ki PCI E S s
51. elf 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 Beeps Error Messages 1 long beep Memory Modules Errors 1 long beep 2 short beeps VGA Errors A 1 SUPER P8SAA User s Manual Notes A 2 Appendix B Award BIOS POST Codes Appendix B Award BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Testing Codes for the Award BIOS POST hex Description CFh Test CMOS R W functionality COh Early chipset initialization Disable shadow RAM Disable L2 cache socket 7 or below Program basic chipset registers Clh Detect memory Auto detection of DRAM size type and ECC Auto detection of L2 cache socket 7 or below C3h Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM C5h Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 amp F000 shadow RAM Ohl Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio Early Init switch 04h Reserved 05h 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved OAh Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional Auto detect ports for keyboard amp mouse followed by a port amp interface swap
52. er to set the parameters of the IDE Channels 0 3 Master Slave slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options Be sure to set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the submenu are listed below SUPER P8SAA User s Manual IDE HDD Auto Detection This option allows the user to determine the manner in which the AwardBlOS sets the settings for the IDE Channels 0 3 Master Devices The options are None Auto and Manual IDE Channels 0 3 Master Press the Enter key to activate the IDE HDD Auto Detection function which will allow the BIOS to automatically detect the status of the IDE HDD installed in the system such as size number of cylinders and the configurations of items such as Head Precomp Landing Zone and Sector Access Mode This item allows the user to select the location through which the AwardBIOS accesses the IDE Primary Master Device The settings are CHS LBA Large and Auto Halt On This item sets the condition that activates the function of Halt On The options are All Error No Error All But Keyboard All But Diskette and All But Disk Key Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory These are displays that inform you how much of each type of memory is recognized as being present in the system Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 Advanced BIOS Setup Choose Advanced BIOS Setup from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You shou
53. es are routed through the bottom of the heatsink 4 Remove the thin layer of the protective film from the copper core of the heatsink Warning CPU overheat may occur if the protective film is not removed Thermal Grease from the heatsink 5 Apply the proper amount of thermal grease on the CPU Note if your heatsink came with a thermal pad please ignore this step CPU 6 If necessary rearrange the wires to make sure that the wires are not pinched between the f heatsink and the CPU Also make Fan Wires sure to keep clearance between the fan wires and the fins of the heatsink Heatsink Fins 7 Align the four heatsink fasteners with the mounting holes on the motherboard Gently push the fasteners into the mounting holes Heatsink until you hear a click Fastener 2 4 Chapter 2 Installation 8 Repeat Step 6 to insert all four heatsink fasteners into the mounting holes 9 Once all four fasteners are securely inserted into the mounting holes and the heatsink is properly installed on the motherboard connect the heatsink fan wires to the CPU Fan connector Heatsink Removal 1 Unplug the power cord from the power supply 2 Disconnect the heatsink fan wires from the CPU fan header 3 Use your finger tips to gently press on the fastener cap and rotate counter clockwise to make a 1 4 90 turn 4 Repeat Step 3 to loosen all fasteners from the mounting holes 5 With
54. et Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted on the above screen press the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the Supervisor Password in the dialogue box to set or to change the Supervisor Password Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted on the above screen press the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the User Password in the dialogue box to set or to change the User Password Password Check This setting allows the user to determine if the password is required every time when the system boots up or if the password is required only when you enter the CMOS setup The options are System and Setup SUPER P8SAA User s Manual 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Award BIOS attempts to load the operating system from devices specified by the users in a user specified sequence gt Removable Device Priority Hard Disk Boot Priority CD ROM Boot Priority Hard Disk Boot Priority This item allows the user to select the Boot Priority of Hard Disk Devices First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device This item allows the user to set the first boot up device The options are Removable Hard Disk CD ROM Legacy LAN IBA GE Slot21 and Disabled Boot Other Device If enabled this option enables the BIOS to load the OS from another device rather than the ones that have
55. finitions JL1 Pin out in Chapter 1 for the location of Suno Delon JL1 and the table on the right for 2 Ground pin definitions Fan1 TE pee P i rane Fan3 B Al J J HEP BB E a mp pale JBT1 a pez YEN MOS a 8 8 FREE i Battery om prem n POE 73 Buzzer lexan enano 25 EE s v El POLE SVStby Warning south Bridge izle paras BE g Eon pae ipen z n em 2 B z Chassis Intrusion SUPER P8SAA User s Manual ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the J28 PS 2 mouse are located at J28 mL sinit See the table on the right for pin j ur definitions The mouse port is 3 Ground above the keyboard port See the bak table on the right for pin defini 6 NC tions USB Pin Definition Universal Serial Bus USB
56. flict that the OS cannot reboot the system The options are Enabled and Disabled Resources Controlled By This setting allows the BIOS to automatically configure all boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you choose Auto you cannot select the IRQ DMA and memory base address fields because the BIOS automatically assigns them The options are Auto ESCD and Manual Maximum Payload Size This setting allows the BIOS to set the maximum TLP Payload size for the PCI Express devices in the system The options are 128 bytes 256 bytes 512 bytes 1024 bytes 2048 bytes and 4096 bytes SUPER P8SAA User s Manual P PCI Express Root Port Function PCI Express Port 1 PCI Express Port 2 PCI Express Port 3 PCI Express Port 4 Select Enabled to enable the PCI Express Root Port Functions for the PCI Express port specified The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto PCI E Compliance Mode This features allows the BIOS to set the version of PCI E Compliance Mode for the system The options are v 1 0a and v 1 0 4 4 5 Hardware Monitors This section allows the BIOS to display the status of hardward components monitored by the AwardBIOS CFU Maran irq Terc f aU r CPU Warning Temperature This allows you to set the CPU warning temperature If the CPU temperature reaches this threshold an alarm will be activated and a warning message will be displayed on the screen The options are Disabled 60 C
57. for the Serial Port1 and Serial Port 2 The options are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 and Auto The default setting for Serial Port1 is 3F8 IRQ4 and the default setting for Port 2 is 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select This setting allows the user to select the UART mode for the BIOS The options are IrDA ASKIR and Normal Onboard Parallel Port This setting allows the user to set the address and the corresponding IRQ for the onboard parallel port The options are Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 and 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode This setting sets the mode for the onboard Parallel port The options are SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP and Normal Power On Function This setting allows the user to decide which method to use to power on the system The options are Password Hot Key Mouse Left Mouse Right Any Key Button Only and Keyboard 98 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 4 PCI PnP Configuration Choose PCI PnP Configurations from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Init Dizolae First Initial Display From This feature sets the device that will initiate the monitor display when the system is first turned on The options are PCI Slot and PCIEx press Reset Configuration Data Enabling this setting resets the extended system configuration data when you exit setup Do this when you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious con
58. he pin definitions of the various connectors including the speaker Pin 26 Reset Pin 24 Ground Pin 22 X Pin 20 PW ON Pin 18 PW ON Pin 16 X Pin 14 LAN LED Pin 12 LAN LED Pin 10 IRTX Pin 8 GROUND Pin 6 IRRX Pin 4 X Pin 2 VCC5 Figure 2 4 Refer to Section 2 6 for details JF1 2 7 Pin 25 VCC5 Pin 23 X Pin 21 X Pin 19 Speaker Pin 17 Ground Pin 15 Keylock Pin 13 Power LED Pin 11 X Pin 9 Power LED Pin 7 IDE LED Pin 5 IDE LED Active Pin 3 IDE LED Active Pin 1 IDE LED Front Control Panel Connectors SUPER P8SAA User s Manual 2 6 Connecting Cables ATX Power Supply 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions J20 Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition Power Supply Connectors 13 3 3V 1 3 3V 14 12V 2 3 3V 15 COM 3 COM The primary power supply 16 PS_ON 4 5V 17 COM 5 COM connector J40 on the P8SAA 18 COM 6 5V meets the SSI Superset ATX 24 19 COM 7 COM NEGERE 20 Res NC 8 PWR_OK pin specification Refer to the table 21 45V 9 5VSB initi 22 45V 10 12V on the right for the pin definitions B 45V ji oV of the ATX 24 pin power connec 24 COM 12 3 3V tor You must also connect the 4 12V 4 pin pin J41 processor power con Connector 41 nector to your power supply Re Required zn fer to the table below right for the Connection Pins Definition 1 amp 2 Ground J41 12
59. ibutor first for any product problems Question After have installed 4 pieces of 1GB Memory why does the BIOS only detect about 3 15 GB of memory during POST Answer Because the chipset does not support memory remapping so there is a memory hole located around the 4GB memory address SUPER P8SAA User s Manual Notes Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the AwardBIOS for the P8SAA The Award 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 Refer to the Manual Download area of our web site for any changes to the AwardBIOS that are not reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The AwardBIOS Flash chip stores the system parameters such as amount of memory type of disk drives and video displays etc CMOS requires very little power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS Flash chip enabling it to retain the system parameters Each time the computer is pow ered on the computer is then configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control when the computer is pow ered on How To Change the Configuration Data The
60. k If CMOS checksum fails use default value instead 3 Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI amp PnP use If ESCD is valid take into consideration of the ESCD s legacy information 4 Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI amp DIMM slots 5 Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory amp I O resource Search for a valid VGA device amp VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0 24h Reserved 25h Reserved 26h Reserved 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h Program CPU internal MTRR P6 amp PII for 0 640K memory address Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU Program early chipset according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller Measure CPU speed Invoke video BIOS 2Ah Reserved 2Bh Reserved 2Ch Reserved Appendix B Award BIOS POST Codes POST hex Description 2Dh I Initialize multi language 2 Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU speed 2Eh Reserved 2Fh Reserved 30h Reserved 31h Reserved 32h Reserved 33h Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 34h Reserved 35h Reserved 36h Reserved 37h Reserved 38h Reserved 39h Reserved 3Ah Reserved 3Bh Reserved 3Ch Test 8254 3Dh Reserved 3Eh Test 8259 interrupt
61. ld see the following display Select one of the items in the left frame of the screen to go to the sub screen for that item Advanced BIOS Setup options are displayed by highlighting the option using the arrow keys All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section 4 4 1 Advanced BIOS Features When the item of Advanced BIOS Features is highlighted press the lt Enter gt key to activate the screen below Buick Moot SUPER P8SAA User s Manual Quick Boot If enabled this feature allows the system to skip certain tests during bootup This will decrease the time needed to boot the system The settings are Enabled and Disabled Quiet Boot This feature allows the user to activate the function of Quiet Boot The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Function Select Enabled to activate the BIOS Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface features The settings are Enabled or Disabled ACPI Suspend Type If enabled the option allows the user to select the ACPI Suspend type The options are S1 POS S3 STR S1 amp S3 MPS Version Control This setting allows you to set the MPS version for your operating system The options are 1 1 and 1 4 PWRON After PWR Fail This setting allows the user to specify how the system will respond when power is reapplied after the system has gone down due to a power failure The options are Off On and Former Sts 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 2 Adva
62. le on the right for pin definitions AC 97 Output AC 97 provides high quality onboard audio The P8SAA features 6 chan nel sound for front L amp R rear L amp R center and subwoofer speakers This feature is activated with the Ad vanced software on the CD ROM in cluded with your motherboard Sound is then output through the Line In Line Out and MIC jacks see at right Activate AC 97 with the AC 97 Audio setting in the Advanced Overheat Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JOH1 Pin Number Definition 1 OH Active 2 Ground Overheat Fan Fail LED LED Message Blinking Overheat Alarm Fan Fail Activated Pink MIC In Center subwoofer Blue Line Out Front L R Green Line In surround L R Chipset Features section of BIOS 4m gn a tf et g ols LGA775 i gp 1 3 us use Y Pwr sai Es zz RU amp LAN ze S Worth Bridge I i crock xus 2 as BIS 5 AC 87 LAN CTRL PIPEN i MT eren Bi le X 1 PCI E H1 5VStby Warnir South Bridge je Id Nn Pots JBT1 AR J Aux No OH Fan Fail LED Pore a FH H 2 ac EPA aie Fm
63. ly with ACPI Advanced Con figuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management through a SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption The IRQs DMAs and I O space resources of the Super I O can be flexibly adjusted to meet ISA PnP requirements which support ACPI and APM Ad vanced Power Management Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent 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 Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the anti static bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides ex cellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as specified by the Manufacturer Do not install the CMOS onboard battery upside down to
64. n DERINE TEK OW KE WEN ALEK 2 22 Floppy f e pj e xol PR tree RE COR D es 2 23 IDE el nl pise o ZE a aa a a a 2 23 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 5 menn eene 3 1 Before Power On NO rp NON V O s sn retentus antem in Graec n e oa tuo flo ils nrc Losing the System s Setup Configuration sss 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures abies 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions sssssneeeeeneene 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service srair 3 5 SUPERO P8SAA User s Manual Chapter 4 BIOS 4 L L t GO UC lO a s zayiya aa Hesir nin Ek A zn ren ee rdi neb RA g N EF HE EE RR KER YA S 4 1 4 2 RUNNING Set p 5 etcetera ei endete 4 2 4 9 Main BIOS Set pi s eerte trt ente herren ra HERA MA ISRA 4 2 Main BIOS Setup M6nhUS 5xi lk mime oebarte ores 4 3 4 4 Advanced BIOS Setup init rh eee help bin ite irt eed diran 4 5 4 4 1 Advanced BIOS Features sse 4 5 4 4 2 Advanced Chipset Control 4 7 4 4 3 l O Device Configuration 5 ntn 4 8 4 4 4 PnP Configuration T 4 4 5 Hardware Monitors rennen eene 4 10 4 4 6 Processor amp Clock Options ssesee 4 11 4 4 7 DMI Event 00 0 5ii iii 5i eerte terrens 4 12 4 4 8 Console Redirection 4 12 4 5 SECUTI nca ete e endo edi n yan e o ques 4
65. n is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recom mended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges Note an additional 12V 4 pin power J41 connection is required for high load system configurations SUPER P8SAA User s Manual 1 7 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 The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports two 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs one of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt sys tem Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O provides functions that comp
66. nced Chipset Control nini ep kayi Serial ATA Setting rr HE id ATA me JETA Port PLE is Secondary de DE pa eye DRAM Data Integrity Mode This setting allows you to set the Data Integrity Mode for DRAM slots The options are Non ECC and ECC On Chip Serial ATA Select Disabled to disable the SATA Controller Select Auto to allow the BIOS to make arrangements automatically Select Combined Mode to use the PATA and SATA Combined Mode The maximum of 2 IDE drives in each channel is allowed Select Enhanced Mode to enable both SATA and PATA This mode will support up to 6 IDE drives Select SATA Only to allow SATA to operate in Legacy Mode USB Controller This setting allows you to enable or disable the USB Controller The options are Enabled and Disabled USB 2 0 Controller This setting allows you to enable or disable USB 2 0 EHCI Controller The options are Enabled and Disabled USB Legacy Support This setting allows you to enable or disable the functions of USB Keyboard Mouse under POST and DOS The options are Disabled and Enabled AC 97 Audio Select Disable to disable AC 97 Audio Controller Select Auto to allow the BIOS to select AC97 automatically The options are Auto and Disabled SUPER P8SAA User s Manual 4 4 3 1 0 Device Configuration Onboard Serial Fort 1 Onboard Serial Port1 Onboard Serial Port2 This setting allows the user to set the address and the corresponding IRQ
67. nt power supply Chapter 1 Introduction Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to re motely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability Wake On LAN must be enabled in BIOS Note that Wake On LAN can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates of 1 GHz and faster The SUPER P8SAA accommodates 12V ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate A 2 amps of current supply on a 5V Standby rail is strongly recommended The P8SAA accommodates ATX power supplies It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above You should use one that will supply at least 350W of power Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmissio
68. nty 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 Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2005 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface 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 SUPER P8SAA motherboard The P8SAA supports single Intel Pentium 4 Processor the Prescott Processor in the 775 Land Grid Array Package at a system bus speed of 800 MHz The Pentium 4 Processor in the 775 Land Grid Array Package is housed in a Flip Chip Land Grid Array FC LGA4 package that interfaces with the motherboard via an LGA775 Socket The package consists of a processor core mounted on a substrate land carrier An integrated heat spreader IHS is attached to the package substrate and core and serves as the contacting surface for processor component thermal solutions such as a heatsink Please refer to the moth erboard specific
69. olutions The ACPI component provides the data buffering and interface arbitration required to ensure that system interfaces operate efficiently The Direct Media Interface DMI is a point to point interconnect between the AlderwoodMCH and the ICH6R Virtually all communication between the MCH and the ICH occurs over the Direct Media Interface DMI supports 2GB s IGB s each direction of bandwidth using a 100 MHz differential clock Intel ICH6R System Features The I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system Functions and capabilities include PCI Express Base Specification Rev 1 0a compliant PCI 2 3 ACPI Power Management Logic Support USB host interface Enhanced DMA Controller System Management Bus Low Pin Count LPC Interface Firmware Hub FWH Interface 1 9 SUPER P8SAA User s Manual 1 3 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the P8SAA The motherboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that sup ports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Core Chipset Voltage Memory Voltage 3 3V Standby 5V 12V 12V and 5V standby The onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable it will give a warning or send an error message to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensi tivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor wi
70. r key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Advanced in the BIOS 4 Scroll down to the item Advanced Chipset Control and press the Enter Key to select this option 5 Select the item On Chip Serial ATA and press the Enter Key When the sub menu appears select the item Enhanced Mode 6 Scroll up to the item SATA Mode and press the Enter Key to select this option When the sub menu appears select the item RAID 7 Tap Esc and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot Appendix C Software Installation Using Intel ICH6R SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Reseting RAID Volumes a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will auto matically reboot The following screen appears after Power On Self Test b When you see the above screen press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt i gt keys simultaneously the following screen of the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility will appear Creating RAID Volume a Select Item 1 Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear C 3 SUPER P8SAA User s Manual TIT Bir DE Eae SET ETT Te b Specify a RAID Volume Name and press the lt
71. rata rib eil ji wizard lan lintel Ape lac ation Ji xel mal AAD Edien Dine riis Fee ie and all ind iA i applies en Aacreberava VE ron oe poss ragais fo narima ico Fart b When the above screen appears click on the icon marked Next on the screen and the following screen will appear MELAN depletion Az Da l rabay KAD Edi lion Seley Lernis Ape mani Please rad h casing bin speed Dae Pan ba FREE DEL bap Im an Ew ma ot Ha aparani EL SOFTWARE LICENSE ABREE WERT jalpha Hala garada Lira PROARAI BEAD BEFUFE OOP ihe HHSTALDHU ORI UMG stel iat item rra e RIETI Varna af Hia Agen reri li pax a nel anh k un Bate peria P l Bir zan aha bel sede aller mts ran bak ulis Eis gen d ep irs en p inde Locis aji ai ae T 1E en hs i n ambu pal Z nan i irail ret Applcaten ierni FT E d ran yous matt accep Eya Appendix C Software Installation c After reading the License Agreement click on the icon marked Yes on the screen and the following screen will appear d Specify the folder that you want the program to be installed in and then click on the icon marked Next to begin the installation process nivl Appio kie Accel atar BAT ail k r Sates x Chats La ma a kan raz al am Bala rt mijar hae ar eel rmn al Han 3 L Beh olini Kali haaf ji oqdader inada Red chiro oe thea lola iain i irodali la iei krin ciet Had Taiata k a dikeen Peder chick U maman and
72. re Installation Instructions SUPER P8SAA User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Mapual s eati eee cen se rotor sd MAR b re deynane M cece EEA iii Manual Organiza tiOh iiit am tette rtt ett eei certe enia iii Chapter 1 Introduction DT OM OT VTC IeMPLPPLT EEE R Checklist Contacting Supermicro estrenar qna Ee HEVA RERO EXER EX MAKA KARA 1 2 SUPERO SUPER P8SAAlmage ettet egt 1 3 SUPERO P8SAA Layout E i krn eke eke keke kk ek nnne trennen 1 4 SUPER P8SAAQuick Reference Ei Eek keke keke k 1 5 Intel 925X Alderwood Chipset System Block Diagram 1 6 Motherboard Features noie rona neo dot ease sug ER 1 7 1 2 Chipset OVERVICW coerente en i cte dan 1 9 13 iPG HealthiMohitotilig en iret Eee 1 10 1 4 Power Configuration Settings eese 1 10 1 5 ACPI QULO S iiir etcetera e pane 1 11 1 6 Power Supply iege e er ne cest e d ee pete ce 1 13 NST Super Os PEEL 1 14 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation sese 2 2 2 3 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis sse 2 5 2 4 Installing DDR MOmOLy 5 rn nter rho inno tror ires 2 6 2 5 I O Port Front Control Panel Connector Locations 2 7 2 6 Connecting Cables 5 uie etr e c cedes dus 2 8 Power Supply Connectors
73. se keyboard ports See the table on the right for pin defini tions NC indicates no connection CD Header Auxiliary Audio Header A 4 pin CD header CD in and an Auxiliary header Aux are lo cated on the motherboard These headers allow you to use the on board sound for audio CD play back Connect the audio cable Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition 1 cD 6 DSR 2 RD 7 RTS 3 TD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Note Pin 10 is included on the header but not on the port Audio CD Header Pin Definitions CD In Pin m Definition 1 Left Stereo Signal 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Stereo Signal Auxiliary Header Pin Definitions Aux from your CD drive to the header Pin siti Definition that fits your cable s connector y 1 Right Stereo Signal Only one CD header can be used 2 dm 3 round at any one time See the tables at 4 Left Stereo Signal right for pin definitions gfs KB MS 0 Fant m ADS NE 5 z COM 5 8 SVs P4 CPU fiN LGA775 Ei COM2 m ala l n a 12V 4 pi E Fas USB ewn sal E E 2 aa lal i3 4 5 G 925X USB1 2 Alderwood Tos B M North
74. t is compatible with both Win dows 2000 and Windows NT 5 0 SUPER P8SAA User s Manual Microsoft OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but appears to be off and responds immediately to user or other re quests Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Depressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the re quired circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just depress and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine Wake Ring On WOR Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above complia
75. th Firmware Software Speed Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat tempera ture When this temperature reaches the threshold the CPU thermal trip feature will be activated and it will send a signal to the Speaker LED and at the same time the CPU speed will be decreased 1 4 Power Configuration Settings This section describes features of your motherboard that deal with power and power settings Microsoft OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but appears to be off and responds immediately to user or other re quests Chapter 1 Introduction Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on BIOS Support for USB Keyboard If the USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system it keyboard will function like a normal keyboard during system boot up Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used
76. ting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have 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 Always disconnect the AC power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Check that the 5v standby LED is not lit LE2 on motherboard oak WwW nm Make sure the 4 pin 12v power connector at J41 is connected to your power supply Make sure that no short circuits exist between the motherboard and chassis Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards Install a CPU and heatsink Be sure that it is fully seated and then connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well It is imperative that you use the correct type of CMOS battery as specified by the Manufacturer Do not install the CMOS battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power Make sure that no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chassis Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old
77. tions Note You must use the 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 ATA100 66 cable included with 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 your system to benefit from the 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 GND 20 Key ATA100 66 technology 21 DRQ3 22 GND 23 VO Write 24 GND 25 VO Read 26 GND 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 a i 33 Addr 1 34 GND ee Pg Far 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 E 2 i 37 Chip SelectO 38 Chip Select 1 z 3 PET E 39 Activity 40 GND 13 LGATIS i J li Ji E l 430 Em H H H H Pin 26 Reset ele Pin 25 VCCS use PWR sa EEIBHEBH Pin 24 Ground Pin23 X USB12 d Pin22 X in21 X Piin a Akdenwooc e e Pin21 X Iu EP Clock Jenn Sidon Pin 20 PW ON e e Pin 19 Speaker caw at Pin 18 PW ON e e Pin 17 Ground Pin 16 X e e Pin 15 Keylock LAN CTRL prem Pin 14 LAN LED e e Pin 13 Power LED lusit Pore ICHER eg Floppy Pin 2 LANLED elie Pin 11 X o TEGEER SVStby Waring south Brago Pin 10 IRTX rm Pin 9 Power LED H ie Eiet IDE Pin 7 IDE im e a ee R am e e Pin 5 IDE LED Active k g SHE em Q ele Pin 3 IDE LED A a PCI 1 rad Kama ay Er ET Pin 2 VCC5 ele Pin 1 IDE LED 2 23 SUPER P8SAA User s Manual Note Please refer to Appendix C for Software SATA Host RAID and the OS installation instructions 2 24 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshoo
78. x at 408 503 8019 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What type of memory does my motherboard support Answer The P8SAA supports up to 4 GB of ECC unbuffered DDR2 533 400 two way interleaved or non interleaved SDRAM See Section 2 4 for details on installing memory Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is not recommended that you upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com techsupport BIOS bios htm Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your current BIOS before downloading Select your mainboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS update file and you will find the readme txt flash instruc tions the awdflash exe BIOS flash utility and the BIOS image xxxx bin files Copy these files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system It is not necessary to set the BIOS boot block protection jumpers on the main board At the DOS prompt upon rebooting enter the command awdflash Then type in the BIOS file that you want to update xxxx bin 3 3 SUPER P8SAA User s Manual Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system
79. y J7 us k PCI E 2 ICH6R JPLy jg ER J GLAN Enablej nalga T9 9 1 PCHERH 5V Stby Warning South Bridge 2 o J9 E LED LE1 Hl lt J3 J27 lt Din Aux PEES KONIE c 2 CMOS E 5 PCI 2 FWH o Batten 2 E SME O ma J34 Chs SATAQH Buzzer 2 PCI 1 WOR J43 intru LED COLE j JE1 o A USB7 8 disi F CTRL See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers I O ports and JF1 front panel connections g indicates the location of Pin 1 All drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of this manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction P8SAA Quick Reference Jumpers Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear See Section 2 7 JP4 Force Power On Pins 2 3 Disabled JPL1 Giga bit LAN Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPUSB USB Wake Up USB1 2 Pins 2 3 Disabled JPWAKE KB Mouse Wake Up Pins 2 3 Disabled Connectors Description ATX J40 ATX 24 Pin Power Connector AUX PWR J41 12V 4 pin Power Connector Required Audio Audio Port Line In Line Out Microphone AUX Auxiliary Audio Input Header Chassis Intrusion JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header CD In Audio CD Input Header COM 1 J31 COM2 J32 COM Port Port 1 amp Port 2 Connectors DIMM 1A 2A 1B 2B Memory DIMM Slots 1 through 4 Fans 1 3 Fani CPU Fan Fan2 3 Chassis
80. you must first configure Intel s ICH6R SATA RAID Note before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CDs that came packaged with your motherboard C 1 Configuring Intel ICH6R SATA RAID Function To configure SATARAID functions you must first configure the RAID Level that you desire in the Intel ICH6R SATA RAID Utility program before you install the Windows XP 2000 operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CDs that came packaged with your motherboard Note the current version of ICH6R SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 Operating System Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates up to 150MBps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to Intel ICH6R SerialRAID Located in the South Bridge of the 925x Alderwood Chipset the I O Controller Hub

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