Supermicro H8QGi-LN4F User manual

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USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.0d

SUPER

H8QG7-LN4F

H8QGi-LN4F

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Preface

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Preface

About This Manual

This manual is written for system integrators, PC technicians and

knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the

H8QG7/i-LN4F serverboard.

The H8QG7/i-LN4F serverboard is based on the AMD® SR5690/SR5670/SP5100

chipsets and supports four AMD Socket G34 type processors with up to 1 TB of

DDR3 Registered ECC DDR3-1600/1333/1066 Mhz SDRAM or 256 GB of DDR3

Unbuffered ECC/non-ECC SDRAM in thirty-two (32) DIMMs. The only difference

between the H8QG7-LN4F and H8QGi-LN4F serverboards is that the H8QG7-LN4F

serverboard has SAS2 (LSI 2208) capability and the H8QGi-LN4F serverboard

does not.

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

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

to be professionally installed.

Manual Organization

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

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

and provides detailed information about the chipset.

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

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

the motherboard in a chassis. Also refer to this chapter to connect the hard disk

drives, the various ports, and the power and reset buttons and the system LEDs.

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

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

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

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

you can visit our web site for more detailed information.

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

running the CMOS Setup utility.

Appendix A provides BIOS Error Beep Code Messages.

Appendix B lists BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction

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

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

1-2 Contacting Supermicro ....................................................................................1-2

H8QG7/i-LN4F Quick Reference ....................................................................1-5

1-3 Chipset Overview ..........................................................................................1-10

AMD SR5690/SR5670/SP5100 Chipsets ..................................................... 1-10

HyperTransport Technology .......................................................................... 1-10

1-4 PC Health Monitoring ....................................................................................1-10

1-5 Power Conﬁ guration Settings.........................................................................1-11

1-6 Power Supply ................................................................................................1-12

1-7 Super I/O .......................................................................................................1-13

Chapter 2 Installation

2-1 Standardized Warning Statements ................................................................. 2-1

About Standardized Warning Statements .......................................................2-1

2-2 Static-Sensitive Devices ..................................................................................2-4

Precautions ..................................................................................................... 2-4

Unpacking ....................................................................................................... 2-4

2-3 Processor and Heatsink Installation................................................................2-5

2-4 Mounting the Motherboard into a Chassis ......................................................2-7

2-5 Installing Memory ............................................................................................2-7

DIMM Module Population Conﬁ guration ..................................................2-10

2-6 PCI Expansion Cards .....................................................................................2-11

2-7 I/O Port and Control Panel Connections ......................................................2-12

Front Control Panel .......................................................................................2-12

2-8 Connector Deﬁ nitions ................................................................................... 2-13

Power Connectors ................................................................................... 2-13

Power Connector ...................................................................................... 2-13

Reset Connector ...................................................................................... 2-14

Power Fail LED ........................................................................................2-14

Overheat (OH)/Fan Fail/PWR Fail/UID LED ............................................2-14

NIC2 (Link/Activity) LED ........................................................................... 2-14

NIC1 (Link/Activity) LED ........................................................................... 2-14

HDD LED ..................................................................................................2-15

Power LED Connector ............................................................................. 2-15

NMI Button ...............................................................................................2-15

Table of Contents

NIC4 (LAN4) LED ..................................................................................... 2-15

NIC3 (LAN3) LED ..................................................................................... 2-15

Chassis Intrusion .....................................................................................2-15

Universal Serial Bus Ports ....................................................................... 2-16

USB Headers ........................................................................................... 2-16

SGPIO ......................................................................................................2-16

Standby Power Connector ....................................................................... 2-16

Fan Headers .............................................................................................2-17

ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports ............................................2-17

LAN1/2/3/4 (Ethernet Ports) ..................................................................... 2-17

Power LED/Speaker .................................................................................2-18

Unit Identiﬁ er Button ................................................................................. 2-18

Trusted Platform Module Header .............................................................2-18

Power SMB (I

C) ......................................................................................2-19

SMBus Header ......................................................................................... 2-19

Overheat LED ...........................................................................................2-19

SATA DOM Power Connector ..................................................................2-19

Compact Flash Card PWR Connector .....................................................2-19

SAS Battery Backup Connector ............................................................... 2-20

Video Connector .......................................................................................2-20

2-9 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................2-21

Explanation of Jumpers ................................................................................ 2-21

CMOS Clear .............................................................................................2-21

I2C to PCI-Express Slot ........................................................................... 2-22

Watch Dog Enable/Disable ......................................................................2-22

VGA Enable/Disable ................................................................................. 2-22

LAN1/2/3/4 Enable/Disable ..................................................................... 2-22

SAS Enable/Disable ................................................................................. 2-23

BMC Jumper ............................................................................................ 2-23

2-10 Onboard Indicators ........................................................................................2-23

LAN1/LAN2/LAN3/LAN4 LEDs .................................................................2-23

IPMI Dedicated LAN LEDs ....................................................................... 2-24

Power LED ...............................................................................................2-24

IPMI LED ..................................................................................................2-24

UID LED (LE1) ........................................................................................2-24

2-11 SATA Drive Connections ............................................................................... 2-25

SATA Ports ...............................................................................................2-25

SAS Ports ................................................................................................. 2-25

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2-12 Enabling SATA RAID ..................................................................................... 2-26

Serial ATA (SATA)..........................................................................................2-26

Installing the OS/SATA Driver ....................................................................... 2-26

Building a Driver Diskette ......................................................................... 2-26

Enabling SATA RAID in the BIOS ................................................................. 2-27

Using the DotHill and Adaptec RAID Utility ..................................................2-29

Installing the RAID Driver During OS Installation .........................................2-29

2-13 Installing Drivers ............................................................................................2-30

Supero Doctor III ........................................................................................... 2-31

2-14 Serverboard Battery ......................................................................................2-33

Chapter 3 Troubleshooting

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

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

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

No Video .........................................................................................................3-2

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

4-2 Main Menu ...................................................................................................... 4-2

4-3 Advanced Settings Menu ................................................................................ 4-3

4-6 Security Settings Menu ................................................................................. 4-16

4-5 Boot Settings Menu ....................................................................................... 4-17

4-8 Exit Menu ......................................................................................................4-18

Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes

Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes

B-1 Uncompressed Initialization Codes .................................................................B-1

B-2 Bootblock Recovery Codes .............................................................................B-2

B-3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes .................................................................B-3

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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.

• One (1) H8QG7/i-LN4F serverboard

• One (1) 9-pin Serial port DTK cable (CBL-010L) cable

• Two (2) Ipass to 4 SATA, 50-cm, W/50-cm SB, S, 26AWG I/O cables

(CBL-0097L-02) (H8QG7-LN4F only)

• Four (4) SATA CABLE 61-cm FLAT S-S PBF, 26AWG, flat I/O cables

(CBL-0044L) (H8QG7-LN4F only)

• Six (6) SATA CABLE 61-cm FLAT S-S PBF, 26AWG, ﬂ at I/O cables (CBL-0044L)

(H8QGi-LN4F only)

• One (1) MCP-260-00060-0N I/O shield with EMI gasket

Note: For your system to work properly, please follow the links below to download

all necessary drivers/utilities and the user’s manual for your motherboard.

• Supermicro product manuals: http://www.supermicro.com/support/manuals/

• Product drivers and utilities: ftp://ftp.supermicro.com

• Product safety information:

http://super-dev/about/policies/safety_information.cfm

• If you have any questions, please contact our support team at:

support@supermicor.com

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1-2 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: [email protected] (General Information)

[email protected] (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: [email protected] (General Information)

[email protected] (Technical Support)

[email protected] (Customer Support)

Web Site:

www.supermicro.com

Asia-Paciﬁ c

Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.

3F, No. 150, Jian 1st Rd.

Zhonghe Dist., New Taipei City 235

Taiwan (R.O.C)

Tel: +886-(2) 8226-3990

Fax: +886-(2) 8226-3992

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +886-(2)-8226-3990

Web Site:

www.supermicro.com.tw

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Figure 1-1. H8QG7/i-LN4F Image

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Notes:

Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only.

Not all ports, jumpers or LED Indicators are available on all serverboards.

Figure 1-2. H8QG7/i-LN4F Motherboard Layout

(not drawn to scale)

JF2

AFAN1

AFAN2

FAN9

/CPU1

FAN

/CPU24

FAN3

FAN2

FAN8 FAN7

/CPU3

FAN1

/CPU4

FAN6

FAN5

JD1

JF1

JL1

JOH1

JSD1

DP1

LEDS1

LEDS2

DP3

JPW4

JPW3 JPW2

BATTERY

JPL1

JWD1JPG1

JPB1

JPS1

JSTBY1

T-SGPIO1

T-SGPIO2

JIPMB1

COM1

JBT1

JPI2C1

JPW1

SPEAKER

JTPM1

P3-DIMM4B

SAS4~7

USB4/5

SAS0~3

SATA0

SATA1SATA3

SATA2

SATA5

SATA4

USB2/3

USB6

SLOT1 PCI-E 2.0 X8

SLOT2 PCI-E 2.0 X16

SLOT3 PCI-E 2.0 X8

SLOT4 PCI-E 2.0 X16

P2-DIMM1A

P2-DIMM1B

P2-DIMM2A

P2-DIMM2B

CPU1

P2-DIMM3A

UID/LE1

P2-DIMM3B

P2-DIMM4A

LAN4

P2-DIMM4B

LAN3

P1-DIMM4A

P1-DIMM3B

LAN2

CPU2

P1-DIMM3A

P1-DIMM2B

P1-DIMM2A

LAN1

P1-DIMM1B

VGA

P4-DIMM1A

P1-DIMM1A

P4-DIMM1B

P4-DIMM2A

USB0/1

IPMI LAN

P4-DIMM2B

P4-DIMM3A

P4-DIMM3B

CPU3

P4-DIMM4A

P4-DIMM4B

KB/

MOUSE

P3-DIMM4A

P3-DIMM3B

P3-DIMM3A

CPU4

P3-DIMM2B

P3-DIMM2A

P3-DIMM1B

P3-DIMM1A

P1-DIMM4B

AMD

SR5690

AMD

SR5670

LSI

2208

SAS2

AMD

SP5100

BMC

Intel

I350

JS3

JI2C1

JI2C2

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H8QG7/i-LN4F Quick Reference

Jumper Description Default Setting

JBT1 CMOS Clear (See Section 2-7)

JI2C1/JI2C2 I2C to PCI-E Slot Enable/Disable Pin 2-3 (Disabled)

JPB1 BMC Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPG1 VGA Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPL1 LAN 1/2/3/4 Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPS1 SAS Controller Enable/Disable (only on H8QG7-LN4F) Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JWD1 Watch Dog Pins 1-2 (Reset)

LED Description

LAN Ports LEDs for the LAN Ethernet ports

Dedicated IPMI LAN LEDs for the dedicated IPMI LAN Ethernet port

LE1 LED for UID Button

DP1 LED for IPMI Heartbeat

DP3 LED for Serverboard Power-On

LEDS1 SAS Activity LED (H8QG7-LN4F only)

LEDS2 SAS Fault LED (H8QG7-LN4F only))

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Connector Description

COM1 COM1 Serial Header

FAN 1-9 Chassis/CPU Fan Headers

IPMI LAN Dedicated IPMI LAN Port

JD1 Speaker Header

JF1 Front Panel Connector

JF2 NIC3/NIC4 (LAN3/4) LED Connectors

JIPMB1 System Management Bus Header (SMBus)

JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header

JOH1 Overheat Warning Header

JPI2C1 Power I

C Header

JPW1 24-pin Main ATX Power Connector

JPW2/3/4 +12V 8-pin CPU Power Connectors

JS3 SAS Battery Backup Cable Port

JSD1 SATA DOM (Device_On_Module) Power Connector

JTPM1 Trusted Platform Module Header

JWF1 Compact Flash Card Power Connector

JSTBY1 Standby Power Connection header

LAN1/2/3/4 Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45) Ports

PS2 Mouse/Keyboard PS2 Mouse/Keyboard connectors

SAS0~3, SAS4~7 SAS Ports (only on H8QG7-LN4F)

SATA0 ~ SATA5 SATA Ports

T-SGPIO1/T-SGPIO2 Serial General Purpose Input/Output Header for SATA

UID Unit Identiﬁ er Button

USB0/1, USB6, USB2/3, USB4/5 Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports, Type-A Ports and Headers

VGA VGA Connector

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Motherboard Features

CPU

• Quad AMD Opteron 6000 series (AMD Socket G34 type) processors

Note: You must install at least two processors for full functions to be supported.

Memory

• The H8QG7/i-LN4F serverboard has thirty-two (32) single/dual/tri/quad

channel DIMM slots supporting up to 256 GB of ECC/Non-ECC UDIMM or

up to 1 TB of ECC RDIMM/LRDIMM DDR3-1600/1333/1066 Mhz speed,

1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB size, 1.35V or 1.5V SDRAM

Note: Refer to Section 2-5 before installing memory and our web site for recommended DIMMs.

Chipset

• One SR5690, one SR5670 and SP5100 Southbridge chipsets

Expansion Slots

• Two (2) PCI-E 2.0 x16 slots

• Two (2) PCI-E 2.0 x8 slots

BIOS

• 16 Mb AMI BIOS® SPI Flash ROM

• APM 1.2, DMI 2.3, PCI 2.2, ACPI 1.0 (ACPI 2.0 is BIOS supported), SMBIOS

2.3, Real Time Clock Wakeup, Plug and Play (PnP), BIOS resume hot keys,

PC Health Monitoring

• Onboard voltage monitors

• Fan status monitor with ﬁ rmware/software on/off and speed control

• Watch Dog

• Environmental temperature monitoring via BIOS

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

• System resource alert (via included utility program)

• Auto-switching voltage regulator for the CPU core

• CPU thermal trip support

• I

C temperature sensing logic

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ACPI Features

• Microsoft OnNow

• Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator

• BIOS support for USB keyboard

• Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

• Internal/external modem ring-on

• Hardware BIOS Virus protection

Onboard I/O

• Six (6) SATA ports supported by an on-chip SATA controller (RAID 0, 1 and 10

supported)

• Eight (8) SAS ports supported by an LSI 2208 SAS2 controller

(RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60) (H8QG7-LN4F only)

• One (1) Fast UART 16550 compatible serial header

• Seven (7) USB (Universal Serial Bus 2.0) ports (2x rear, 4x header,

1x type A)

• Four (4) LAN ports supported by an onboard Intel® i350 quad port Ethernet

controller for 10/100/1000Base-T

• One (1) dedicated IPMI LAN port

• Two (2) PS-2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports

• One (1) VGA port supported by an onboard Matrox

G200eW graphics controller

(with 16 MB DDR2 memory)

Other

• Onboard power LED

• Chassis intrusion detection

CD Utilities

• BIOS ﬂ ash upgrade utility

• Super Doctor III

• IPMI 1.5 / 2.0 (Optional)

Dimensions

• SWTX format: (LxW) 13" x 16.48" (330 x 419 mm)

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FWH

KEYBOARD/

MOUSE

LPC SIO

W83627DHG-P

VRM

H/W_MONITOR

W83795

LPC BUS

9_FAN_CONN.

VRM

SATA PORT X6

SATA

SLOT#1

PCIE_(X8)

HT Link

VRM VRM

HT Link

16/16-1GHz

SLOT#2

PCIE_(X16)

HT Link

USB

USB PORT X7

AMD

SR5690#1

LAN

Intel I350

PCIE (x4)

AMD

SP5100

Winbond

WPCM450

VGA

HT Link

16/16-1GHz

AMD

SR5670#2

CH 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4BCH 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B

SLOT#3

PCIE_(X8)

SLOT#4

PCIE_(X16)

PCIE (X16)

PCIE (X8)

LSI

SAS2 2208

HT Link

8x DIMM

G34-SOCKET #2

8x DIMM

G34-SOCKET #1

8x DIMM

G34-SOCKET #4

G34-SOCKET #3

8x DIMM

DDR3-1600/1333/1066

DDR3-1600/1333/1066 DDR3-1600/1333/1066

DDR3-1600/1333/1066

Figure 1-3. SR5690/SR5670/SP5100 Chipset:

System Block Diagram

Note: This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent

the features on your motherboard. See the previous pages for the

actual speciﬁ cations of your motherboard.

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1-3 Chipset Overview

The H8QG7/i-LN4F serverboard is based on the AMD SR5690/SR5670/SP5100

chipset. This chipset functions as a Media and Communications Processor (MCP).

Controllers for the system memory are integrated directly into AMD Opteron

processors.

AMD SR5690/SR5670/SP5100 Chipsets

The AMD SR5690/SR5670/SP5100 are each a single-chip, high-performance

HyperTransport peripheral controllers. They include a 42 or 30-lane PCI Express

interface, an AMD Opteron 16-bit Hyper Transport interface link, a six-port Serial ATA

interface and a seven-port USB 2.0 interface. This hub connects directly to the CPU.

HyperTransport Technology

HyperTransport technology is a high-speed, low latency point to point link that was

designed to increase the communication speed by a factor of up to 48x between

integrated circuits. This is done partly by reducing the number of buses in the

chipset to reduce bottlenecks and by enabling a more efﬁ cient use of memory

in multi-processor systems. The end result is a signiﬁ cant increase in bandwidth

within the chipset.

1-4 PC Health Monitoring

This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the H8QG7/i-LN4F

serverboard. The serverboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that

supports PC health monitoring.

Onboard Voltage Monitors

The onboard voltage monitor will continuously scan crucial voltage levels. 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 deﬁ ne the sensitivity of the

voltage monitor. Real time readings of these voltage levels are all displayed in BIOS.

Fan Status Monitor with 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.

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CPU Overheat/Fan Fail LED and Control

This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat/Fan Fail warning

function in the BIOS. This allows the user to deﬁ ne an overheat temperature. When

this temperature is exceeded or when a fan failure occurs, the Overheat/Fan Fail

warning LED is triggered.

Auto-Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core

The 6-phase-switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to

AMD Opteron 6000SE series processors. This will allow the regulator to run cooler

and thus make the system more stable.

1-5 Power Conﬁ guration Settings

This section describes the 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 requests.

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 a USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system, it will function like a normal

keyboard during system boot-up.

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Main Switch Override Mechanism

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 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.

Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

Wake-On-LAN is deﬁ ned as the ability of a management application to remotely

power up a computer that is powered off. Remote PC setup, up-dates and access

tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN trafﬁ c 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.

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.

The H8QG7/i-LN4F serverboard requires the use of proprietary power supplies.

Please refer to the pinout information for the power connectors in Section 6 of

Chapter 2 for detailed information on power requirements.

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.

Warning: To prevent the possibility of explosion, do not use the wrong type of

onboard CMOS battery or install it upside down.

Chapter 1: Introduction

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1-7 Super I/O

The Super I/O includes 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 ﬂ oppy disk drives.

The Super I/O provides a high-speed, 16550 compatible serial communication

header (UART), which supports serial infrared communication. The UART includes a

16-byte send/receive FIFO, a programmable baud rate generator, complete modem

control capability and a processor interrupt system. The UART also provides 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 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 ﬂ exibly adjusted

to meet ISA PnP requirements, which support ACPI and APM (Advanced Power

Management).

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