SUPER MICRO Computer MBD-X7SLM-L-O User manual

X7SLM-L

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.0

Manual Revision 1.0

Release Date: December 30, 2008

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uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the

manufacturer’s instruction manual, may cause interference with radio communications. However,

there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment

does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by

turning the equipment off and on, you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by one

or more of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is

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WARNING: Handling of lead solder materials used in this

product may expose you to lead, a chemical known to

the State of California to cause birth defects and other

reproductive harm.

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

X7SLM-L motherboard.

About This Motherboard

The X7SLM-L supports a single Intel® Core™ 2 Duo/Pentium® dual-core/Pentium

D/Pentium 4/Celeron® dual-core/Celeron/Celeron D Processor with a system bus

speed of up to 800 MHz in an LGA775 socket. With support for the Intel® Core

Microarchitecture Technology, Graphics Media Accelerator 950, Advanced Digital

Media Boost, and Smart Memory Access, the X7SLM-L delivers cost-effective

performance in a small form factor. Please refer to the motherboard speciﬁ cations

pages on our web site (http://www.supermicro.com/Products/) for updates on sup-

ported processors. This product is intended to be professionally installed.

Manual Organization

Chapter 1 describes the features, speciﬁ cations and performance of the mainboard

and provides detailed information about the chipset.

Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions. Read this chapter when in-

stalling the processor, memory modules and other hardware components into the

system. If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes trouble-

shooting procedures for video, memory and system setup stored in the CMOS.

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

on running the CMOS Setup utility.

Appendix A provides BIOS Error Beep Codes.

Appendix B lists the Windows OS Installation Instructions.

Appendix C lists Other Software Program Installation Instructions.

Conventions Used in the Manual:

Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and

to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself:

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Danger/Caution: Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic

system failure or to avoid bodily injury

Warning: Critical information to prevent damage to the components.

Important: Important information given to ensure proper system installa-

tion or to relay safety precautions.

Note: Additional Information given to differentiate various models or pro-

vides information for correct system setup.

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Contacting Supermicro

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Contacting Supermicro

Headquarters

Address: Super Micro 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: Super Micro Computer B.V.

Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML

's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Tel: +31 (0) 73-6400390

Fax: +31 (0) 73-6416525

Email: sales@supermicro.nl (General Information)

support@supermicro.nl (Technical Support)

rma@supermicro.nl (Customer Support)

Asia-Paciﬁ c

Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.

4F, No. 232-1, Liancheng Rd.

Chung-Ho 235, Taipei County

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: 886-2-8228-1366, ext.132 or 139

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Table of Contents

Preface

About This Manual ........................................................................................................ 3

About This Motherboard ................................................................................................ 3

Manual Organization ..................................................................................................... 3

Conventions Used in the Manual: ................................................................................. 3

Contacting Supermicro .................................................................................................. 5

Chapter 1 Introduction

1-1 Overview ......................................................................................................... 1-1

Checklist .......................................................................................................... 1-1

1-2 Chipset Overview ........................................................................................... 1-9

Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) ..................................................... 1-9

Intel® I/O Controller Hub 7R (ICH7R) ............................................................ 1-9

1-3 PC Health Monitoring .................................................................................... 1-10

Recovery from AC Power Loss ..................................................................... 1-10

Onboard Voltage Monitoring ........................................................................ 1-10

Fan Status Monitor with Software ................................................................. 1-10

CPU Overheat LED and Control .................................................................. 1-10

1-4 Power Conﬁ guration Settings........................................................................ 1-10

Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator ............................................1-11

BIOS Support for USB Keyboard...................................................................1-11

Main Switch Override Mechanism .................................................................1-11

1-5 Power Supply .................................................................................................1-11

1-6 Super I/O ....................................................................................................... 1-12

Chapter 2 Installation

2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices .................................................................................. 2-1

Precautions ..................................................................................................... 2-1

Unpacking ....................................................................................................... 2-1

Tools Needed .................................................................................................. 2-2

Location of Mounting Holes ............................................................................ 2-2

2-2 Motherboard Installation .................................................................................. 2-2

Installation Instructions .................................................................................... 2-3

2-3 Processor and Heatsink Installation................................................................ 2-4

Installing the LGA775 Processor .................................................................... 2-4

Installing a Passive CPU Heatsink ................................................................. 2-8

Removing the Heatsink ................................................................................... 2-9

2-4 Installing DDR2 Memory ............................................................................... 2-10

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DIMM Installation .......................................................................................... 2-10

Memory Support ............................................................................................ 2-10

2-5 Connectors/I/O Ports ..................................................................................... 2-12

Back Panel Connectors and I/O Ports .......................................................... 2-12

ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports ............................................ 2-13

Universal Serial Bus (USB) ...................................................................... 2-14

Serial Ports ............................................................................................... 2-15

Video Connector ....................................................................................... 2-16

Ethernet Ports .......................................................................................... 2-17

Front Control Panel ....................................................................................... 2-18

Front Control Panel Pin Deﬁ nitions............................................................... 2-19

NMI Button ............................................................................................... 2-19

HDD LED .................................................................................................. 2-20

NIC1/NIC2 LED Indicators ....................................................................... 2-20

Overheat (OH)/Fan Fail LED.................................................................... 2-21

Power Fail LED ........................................................................................ 2-21

Reset Button ........................................................................................... 2-22

Power Button ........................................................................................... 2-22

2-6 Connecting Cables ........................................................................................ 2-23

8-Pin Auxiliary Power Connector.............................................................. 2-23

External Power Connector ...................................................................... 2-24

Fan Headers ............................................................................................. 2-25

Internal Speaker ....................................................................................... 2-26

Power LED/Speaker ................................................................................. 2-26

Overheat/Fan Fail LED (JOH1) ........................................................ 2-27

Chassis Intrusion ..................................................................................... 2-27

2-7 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................ 2-28

Explanation of Jumpers ................................................................................ 2-28

LAN Port Enable/Disable ......................................................................... 2-28

CMOS Clear ............................................................................................. 2-29

Watch Dog Enable/Disable ...................................................................... 2-29

2-8 Onboard Indicators ........................................................................................ 2-30

LAN Port LEDs ......................................................................................... 2-30

Onboard Power LED ............................................................................... 2-30

2-9 Serial ATA and HDD Connections ................................................................. 2-31

SATA Connectors ..................................................................................... 2-31

IDE Connector .......................................................................................... 2-32

Chapter 3 Troubleshooting

3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures ........................................................................... 3-1

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Before Power On ............................................................................................ 3-1

No Power ........................................................................................................ 3-1

No Video ......................................................................................................... 3-1

Memory Errors ............................................................................................... 3-2

Losing the System’s Setup Conﬁ guration ....................................................... 3-2

3-2 Technical Support Procedures ........................................................................ 3-2

3-3 Frequently Asked Questions ........................................................................... 3-3

3-4 Returning Merchandise for Service................................................................. 3-4

Chapter 4 BIOS

4-1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 4-1

Starting BIOS Setup Utility .............................................................................. 4-1

How To Change the Conﬁ guration Data ......................................................... 4-1

Starting the Setup Utility ................................................................................. 4-2

4-2 Main Setup ...................................................................................................... 4-2

4-3 Advanced Setup Conﬁ gurations...................................................................... 4-4

4-4 Security Settings ........................................................................................... 4-16

4-5 Boot Conﬁ guration ........................................................................................ 4-18

4-6 Exit Options ................................................................................................... 4-19

Appendix A POST Error Beep Codes

Recoverable POST Error Beep Codes ......................................................................A-1

Appendix B Installing the Windows OS

B-1 Installing the Windows XP/2000/2003 OS for Systems with RAID Support ...B-1

B-2 Installing the Windows XP/2000/2003 OS for Systems without RAID Support ...

B-2

Appendix C Software Installation Instructions

C-1 Installing Drivers ..............................................................................................C-1

C-2 Conﬁ guring Supero Doctor II ..........................................................................C-2

Chapter 1: Introduction

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Chapter 1

Introduction

1-1 Overview

Checklist

Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged

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.

The following items are included in the retail box.

One (1) Supermicro Mainboard•

One (1) SATA cables (CBL-0044L)•

One (1) IDE hard drive cable (CBL-0036L-03) •

One (1) I/O shield (CSE-PT7L) •

One (1) Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities (CDR-X7-UP)•

One (1) User's/BIOS Manual (MNL-1082)•

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X7SLM-L Image

Note: All graphics shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB

Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual. The motherboard

you've received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics

shown in this manual.

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Motherboard Layout

Important Notes to the User

Jumpers not indicated are for testing only. •

See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers, I/O ports and JF1 front •

panel connections.

" " indicates the location of "Pin 1". •

When LE1 (Onboard Power LED Indicator) is on, system power is on. Unplug •

the power cable before installing or removing any components.

A

1

USB2/3

COM2

USB7

USB5/6

USB4

JBT1

Slot 4 PCI 33MHz

Slot 5 PCI-E x4 in x8

Speaker

Slot 6 PCI 33MHz

IDE

I-SATA0

I-SATA1

Slot 7 PCI-E x16

I-SATA3

I-SATA2

LAN2

LAN1

VGA

COM1

UNB NON-ECC DDR2 400/533/667 Required

DIMM1A

DIMM1B

USB0/1

/CPU Fan

JPW1

JPW2

KB/MOUSE

Intel 945GC

Intel ICH7R

Battery

BIOS

Super IO

LAN

CTRL

LAN

CTRL

VRM

CTRL

Intel

CPU

LE1

JF1

FP CTRL

JD1

Fan1

PWR LED/SPKR

JOH1

Fan2

JWD

Fan3

JL1

Fan4

JPL1

JPL2

Fan5

JP3

Clock chip

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A

1

USB2/3

COM2

USB7

USB5/6

USB4

JBT1

Slot 4 PCI 33MHz

Slot 5 PCI-E x4 in x8

Speaker

Slot 6 PCI 33MHz

IDE

I-SATA0

I-SATA1

Slot 7 PCI-E x16

I-SATA3

I-SATA2

LAN2

LAN1

VGA

COM1

UNB NON-ECC DDR2 400/533/667 Required

DIMM1A

DIMM1B

USB0/1

/CPU Fan

JPW1

JPW2

KB/MOUSE

Intel 945GC

Intel ICH7R

Battery

BIOS

Super IO

LAN

CTRL

LAN

CTRL

VRM

CTRL

Intel

CPU

LE1

JF1

FP CTRL

JD1

Fan1

PWR LED/SPKR

JOH1

Fan2

JWD

Fan3

JL1

Fan4

JPL1

JPL2

Fan5

JP3

Clock chip

X7SLM-L

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5

4

3

10

11

8

7

6

1

2

12

14

15

16

18

19

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

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32

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X7SLM-L Quick Reference

(not drawn to scale)

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X7SLM-L Quick Reference

Jumpers Label Description Default Setting

JBT1 #20 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2

JPL1/JPL2 #8, 9 GLAN 1/2 Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JWD #26 Watch Dog Timer Enable Pins 1-2 (Reset)

Connectors Label Description

Battery #12 Onboard Battery

BIOS #15 SPI BIOS Chip

COM1/COM2 #3, #7 COM Port 1/Serial Port Connector 2

Fans 1~5 #33, 27, 19, 11, 36 System Cooling Fans 1~4 & CPU Fan (Fan 1)

IDE #25 IDE Hard Drive Connector

I-SATA 0~3 #21, 22, 23, 24 Intel South Bridge SATA Headers

JD1 #32 PWR LED/External Speaker Header (Pins 4~7: SPKR)

JF1 #30 FP Control Panel Header

JL1 #18 Chassis Intrusion Header

JOH1 #28 Overheat LED Header

JP3 #10 Power Extension Connector (for Add-on cards)

JPW1 #34 ATX 24-pin Power Connector (Required)

JPW2 #35 12V 8-pin Power Connector (Required)

LAN1/LAN2 #5, 6 Ethernet RJ45 (Gigabit LAN) Connectors 1~2

KB/Mouse #1 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse

Speaker #31 Internal Speaker/Buzzer

USB 0/1 #2 Back Panel Universal Serial Bus Ports 0/1

USB 2/3, 5/6 #13, 16 Internal USB Ports

USB 4, 7 #14, 17 Front Panel USB Connections 3/4

VGA #4 Video Graphics Port

LED Indicator Label Description

LE1 #29 Onboard Power LED Indicator

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Motherboard Features

Processor

Single Intel® Core™ 2 Duo/Pentium® dual-core/Pentium D/Pentium 4/Celeron®

dual-core/Celeron/Celeron D Processor.

800/533 MHz System Bus

•

Intel® Smart Memory Access•

Intel® Dynamic Power Coordination •

Memory

Supports unbuffered Non-ECC DDR2 up to 2 GB/s (DDR2 667/533/400) for

•

dual-channel mode.

Chipset

Intel® 945GC GMCH (North Bridge), ICH7R (South Bridge)

•

Supports Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950•

Expansion Slots

One (1) PCI-Express x16 slot (Slot 7)

•

One (1) PCI-Express x4 (in x8 physical) slot (Slot 5)•

Two (2) 32-bit PCI 33MHz slots (Slot 4, Slot 6) •

BIOS

8 Mb AMI BIOS•

®

, SPI Flash BIOS

DMI 2.3, PCI 2.2, ACPI 1.0/2.0/3.0, USB Keyboard support, SMBIOS 2.5, and

•

Plug and Play (PnP)

PC Health Monitoring

Onboard voltage monitors for CPU Cores, Chipset Voltage, Memory Voltage

•

(+1.8V), +3.3V, +3.3V standby, +5V, +5V Standby, +12V, -12V and VBat

Fan status monitor with ﬁ rmware 4-pin (Pulse Width Modulation)

•

Low noise fan speed control•

CPU 3-Phase-switching voltage regulator•

SuperoDoctor III, Watch Dog, NMI•

Power-up mode control for recovery from AC power loss•

I•

2

C temperature sensing logic

CPU/System overheat LED and control

•

System resource alert via Supero Doctor III

•

CPU Thermal Trip support•

Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2) support•

PECI (Platform Environment Conﬁ guration Interface) support•

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ACPI Features

Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator

•

Main switch override mechanism•

Onboard I/O

Built-in ICH7R SATA Controller, 4 connectors for 4 devices (with support for RAID

•

0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and RAID 5 in the Windows OS environment)

Two Fast UART 16550-compatible serial ports (one on back panel, one internal

•

header)

Dual Realtek RTL8111C-GR single-port Gigabit Ethernet Controllers

•

One PS/2 mouse and one PS/2 keyboard ports•

One IDE controller that supports up to two IDE devices•

Eight USB 2.0 ports & headers (up to 480 Mbps): Two ports on the backpanel, •

two Type A internal USB headers, and four USB headers for front panel ac-

cess

One onboard VGA port

•

Winbond Super I/O controller 83627DHG-P•

Other

Chassis Intrusion Header and Detection

•

Lead free•

CD Utilities

BIOS ﬂ ash upgrade utility

•

Drivers and software for Intel® 945GC chipset utilities •

Dimensions

Micro ATX form factor, 9.6" x 8.6" (243.8 x 218.44 mm)•

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X7SLM-L Block Diagram

Note: This is a general block diagram. Please see the Motherboard Features pages

for details on the features of the motherboard.

Slots

LGA775_PROCESSOR

ICH7R

USB

Ports 0~7

BIOS Flash

ROM (SPI)

LPC I/O

MS.

1.RES.BK

SER.2

PRI_IDE

VRM 11

ADDR

CTRL CTRL

ADDR

DATADATA

UDMA/100

LPC

PCI_32_Bus

DDR2_667/533/400

VRM V11

DMI

2_PCI_x32

DIMM_CHA

S-ATA/300

4 x SATA

IDTCV183-1

1 PCIE_x16

Slot

BHC_MMIDHCM/

H

CMG

Ports

PCIE_x16

INTEGRATED

GRAPHIC

RTL8111C

PCIE_x1

W83627DHG-P

FSB: 800/533MHz

LPCUSB 2.0/1.1

PCIE_x1

945GC

RTL8111C

RJ45

Gb_LAN1

RJ45

Gb_LAN2

1 PCIE_x4 (x8 Slot)

PCIE_x4

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1-2 Chipset Overview

The Intel® 82945GC chipset, designed for use with a single Intel® Core™ 2 Duo/

Pentium® dual-core/Pentium D/Pentium 4/Celeron® dual-core/Celeron/Celeron D

Processor with a system bus speed of up to 800 MHz in an LGA 775 socket, contains

two components: GMCH (North Bridge) and ICH7R (South Bridge). The GMCH is

used for the host bridge, and the ICH7R, for the I/O subsystems.

Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)

The GMCH manages the data ﬂ ow between its four interfaces: the processor

interface (FSB), the system memory interface (DRAM controller), the integrated

graphics interface, the External Graphics interface, and the I/O Controller through

DMI interface. It provides bus arbitration between the four interfaces when each

initiates transactions. The GMCH supports a 32-byte Cache Line, decoding up to 4

GB (2GB for the 945GC) of the CPU's usable memory address space. The GMCH

also supports one or two channels of SDRAM and the PCI Express-based graphics

attached devices.

The Intel® 945GC platform supports the seventh generation I/O Controller Hub (In-

tel® ICH7R) to provide a multitude of I/O related features. The Direct Media Interface

(DMI) provides the chip-to-chip connection between the GMCH and the ICH7R.

Intel® I/O Controller Hub 7R (ICH7R)

The I/O Controller (ICH7R) provides the data buffering and interface arbitration

required for the system to operate efﬁ ciently. It also provides the bandwidth needed

for the system to maintain its peak performance. The ICH7R supports PCI slots, Se-

rial ATA ports, USB 2.0 ports and dual channel IDE devices. In addition, the ICH7R

offers the Intel Matrix Storage Technology which provides various RAID options for

data protection and rapid data access. It also supports the next generation of client

management through the use of PROActive technology in conjunction with Intel's

next generation Gigabit Ethernet controllers.

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1-3 PC Health Monitoring

This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7SLM-L. The

motherboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC

health monitoring.

Recovery from AC Power Loss

BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when

AC power is lost and then restored to the system. You can choose for the system

to remain powered off (in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back

on) or for it to automatically return to a power on state. See the Power Lost Control

setting in the BIOS chapter of this manual to change this setting. The default set-

ting is Last State.

Onboard Voltage Monitoring

The onboard voltage monitor will scan the following voltages continuously: CPU

Cores, Chipset Voltage, Memory Voltage (+1.8V), +3.3V, +3.3V standby, +5V, +5V

Standby, +12V, -12V and Vbat. Once a voltage becomes unstable, it will give a

warning or send an error message to the screen. The User can adjust the voltage

thresholds to deﬁ ne the sensitivity of the voltage monitor by using SD III.

Fan Status Monitor with Software

The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans via Supero

Doctor III.

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 deﬁ ne an overheat temperature. When this

temperature reaches the pre-deﬁ ned 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 Conﬁ guration Settings

This section describes features of your motherboard that deal with power and

power settings.

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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 will function like a normal

keyboard during system boot-up.

Main Switch Override Mechanism

When an ATX power supply is used, the power button can function as a system

suspend button. When the user presses the power button, the system will enter

a SoftOff state. The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down.

Pressing 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 press and hold the power button for 4 seconds. The power will turn off

and no power will be provided to the motherboard.

1-5 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

X7SLM-L accommodates 12V ATX power supplies. Although most

power supplies generally meet the speciﬁ cations required by the CPU, some are

inadequate. A 2-Amp of current supply on a 5V Standby rail is strongly recom-

mended.

It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets

12V ATX power supply speciﬁ cation 1.1 or above. It is also required that the 12V

8-pin power connection (JPW2) be used for adequate power supply. In areas where

noisy power transmission is present, you may choose to install a line ﬁ lter to shield

the computer from noise. It is recommended that you also install a power surge

protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges.

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1-6 Super I/O

The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I/O chip include a data separator,

write pre-compensation circuitry, decode logic, data rate selection, 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 I/O devices.

It also provides two high-speed, 16550 compatible serial communication ports

(UARTs). 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 comply with ACPI (Advanced Conﬁ guration

and Power Interface), which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage-

ment through a SMI or SCI function pin. It also features auto power management

to reduce power consumption.

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