Supero Super P6DNF User manual
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SUPER
Dual Pentium Pro Processor
SUPER P6DNF
Single Pentium Pro Processor
SUPER P6SNF
USER’S MANUAL
Revision 2.1
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accurate. The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be
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Copyright © 1996 by SUPER P6DNF/P6SNF
All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.
Unless you request and receive written permission from SUPER P6DNF/P6SNF, you may
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Intel i386 and Pentium Pro are trademarks and Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
AMI is a trademark of American Megatrend, Inc. Novell is a registered trademark of
Novell, Inc. SUPER P6DNF/P6SNF is a trademark of SUPER P6DNF/P6SNF. UNIX is
a registered trademark of UNIX Systems Laboratories. Windows, Windows NT and Win-
dows 95 are trademarks and Microsoft, MS-DOS and XENIX are registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation. AT, IBM, OS/2 and PS/2 are registered trademarks of International
Business Machines Corporation.
All products and company names not mentioned above are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective holders.
Do not upgrade the BIOS unless you are notified to do so. Please call technical
support first before upgrading the boot-block BIOS.
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Preface
About This Manual
This manual is written for system houses, PC technicians and
knowledgeable PC end users. It provides information for the instal-
lation and use of the SUPER™ P6DNF/P6SNF motherboard, which
supports the 200/180/166/150 and >200 MHz Intel®Pentium® Pro
processors.
The Pentium Pro processor has two 64-bit data buses. One bus
interconnects to the built-in L2 cache and the other is an external
bus that interconnects with the system memory, I/O and the other
processor. Both come with ECC (Error Checking and Correction)
allowing for the correction of single-bit data errors and detection of
2-bit errors on the data bus.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1, Introduction, describes the features, specifications and
performance of the SUPER P6DNF/P6SNF system board, provides
detailed information about the chipset, and offers warranty informa-
tion.
Refer to Chapter 2, Installation, for a list of the equipment needed
for a system based on the SUPER P6DNF/P6SNF system board.
This chapter provides you with the instructions for handling static-
sensitive devices, checking and/or configuring the jumpers. Read
this chapter when you want to install or remove SIMM memory mod-
ules and to mount the system board in the chassis. Also refer to
this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives, IDE inter-
face, parallel port, serial ports, as well as the cables for the power
supply, reset cable, Keylock/Power LED, speaker and keyboard.
If you encounter any problem, please see Chapter 3, Troubleshoot-
ing, which describes troubleshooting procedures for video, memo-
ry, and the setup configuration stored in memory. Instructions are
also included on contacting a technical assistance support repre-
sentative and returning merchandise for service and the BBS# for
BIOS upgrades .
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Table of Contents
Preface
About This Manual ......................................................................................... iii
Manual Organization...................................................................................... iii
Chapter 1:
1-1 Overview............................................................................................... 1-1
SUPER P6DNF Motherboard Layout........................................ 1-4
SUPER P6SNF Motherboard Layout........................................ 1-5
SUPER P6DNF/P6SNF System Board Architecture.............. 1-6
Features......................................................................................... 1-7
1-2 Power Supply ...................................................................................... 1-9
1-3 Chipset Overview................................................................................ 1-9
1-4 National Semiconductor 87306 ..................................................... 1-10
1-5 Voltage Regulator Modules ............................................................ 1-10
1-6 System Overheat Thermal Control ................................................ 1-11
1-7 Warranty, Technical Support, and Service.................................. 1-12
Parts.............................................................................................. 1-12
BIOS .............................................................................................. 1-12
Labor............................................................................................. 1-12
Returns......................................................................................... 1-12
Chapter 2: Installation
2-1 SUPER P6DNF/P6SNF System Components.............................. 2-1
Standard System Configuration ................................................ 2-1
Enhanced System Configuration .............................................. 2-2
2-2 Static-Sensitive Devices ................................................................... 2-2
Precautions ................................................................................... 2-2
Unpacking...................................................................................... 2-3
2-3 Configuring System Board Jumpers.............................................. 2-3
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Manufacturing Settings ............................................................... 2-3
Changing the CPU Speed ......................................................... 2-4
2-4 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis................................... 2-4
2-5 Connecting Cables............................................................................ 2-4
Power Supply Connectors.......................................................... 2-5
Turbo Function.............................................................................. 2-5
Reset Cable Connector .............................................................. 2-7
Keylock/Power LED Cable Connector ..................................... 2-7
Keyboard Connector .................................................................... 2-8
Thermal Control Connector ....................................................... 2-8
Hard Drive LED ............................................................................ 2-9
Speaker Cable Connector.......................................................... 2-9
PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports ........................................... 2-10
Serial Ports.................................................................................. 2-10
Back-up Cooling Fan and Buzzer Connectors ..................... 2-11
2-6 Installing/Removing the SIMM Modules ...................................... 2-12
SIMM Module Installation.......................................................... 2-12
Removing SIMM Modules ......................................................... 2-13
2-7 Connecting Floppy and Hard Disk Drives.................................. 2-14
Parallel Port Connector ............................................................ 2-15
Floppy Connector ....................................................................... 2-16
IDE Interfaces ............................................................................. 2-17
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting
3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures ........................................................... 3-1
No Video ........................................................................................ 3-1
Troubleshooting Flowchart ........................................................ 3-2
Memory Error................................................................................. 3-3
Losing the System’s Setup Configuration.............................. 3-3
3-2 Technical Support Procedures........................................................ 3-4
3-3 Returning Merchandise for Service................................................ 3-4
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 1
Introduction
1-1 Overview
SUPER™ P6DNF/P6SNF is a high performance, function-enhanced
computer system board based on Intel®Pentium® Pro 200/180/166/
150 MHz processors. SUPER P6DNF/P6SNF incorporates Intel
440FX chipset. It supports dual processing (SUPER P6DNF) and
FPM or EDO memory of up to 1GB.
The Pentium Pro processor is Intel’s top-of-the-line generation of
performance for servers, workstations, and high-end desktops. It
delivers its superior performance through its Dynamic Execution
microarchitecture which allows multiple branch prediction, dataflow
analysis and speculative execution.
The Pentium Pro processor includes 16KB of internal cache and an
integrated 256KB or 512KB non-blocking secondary cache in the
same package. Having the L2 cache inside the package will not
only save space, it will also have the CPU core communicating with
the L2 cache at full speed. Non-blocking means that the transac-
tions on the processor bus do not block subsequent bus transac-
tions. For example, when a cache miss occurs, the processor will
continue to process other instructions while initiating a bus trans-
action to satisfy the cache miss. These instructions could generate
additional cache misses which could cause more bus transactions.
The Pentium Pro processor can maintain up to four concurrent re-
quests of the bus.
The general purpose registers of the Pentium Pro processor are
the same as on previous generations. The processor bus achieves
high bus efficiency by providing support for multiple, pipelined
transactions and deferred replies. A single processor may have up
to 4 outstanding transactions at the same time. There are a variety
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of wider datapaths both inside and outside the chip. It has an
external 64-bit bus in order to communicate more efficiently with the
system memory. The package have two cavities with about 21 mil-
lion transistors. The larger one is the CPU core with 5.5 million
transistors. The smaller one is the non-blocking cache which con-
tains 15.5 million transistors.
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) provides industry-leading
performance and compatibility. The 32-bit, 33 MHz pathway to the
CPU offers performance unmatched by other bus architectures. The
PCI standard is clearly defined to ensure complete compatibility. A
PCI add-on card available today will work in any PC-compliant sys-
tem in the future. The PCI add-on card interface is processor inde-
pendent. This will enable an efficient transition to future processor
generations and use with multiple processor architecture.
In addition to the security of a true standard, PCI add-on cards fea-
ture auto-configurability for easy integration. The user-friendly BIOS
automatically allocates system resources for add-on cards and con-
figures hard disk, memory, and other peripherals. No more
hassles with settings, jumpers, or switches. Just plug in the card
and go (Plug and Play or PnP).
The motherboard’s four 32-bit slots with industry standard PCI de-
sign have a very high performance capability that provides an ideal
system board solution for a wide range of demanding applications;
such as networking multiuser environments, computer aided
design (CAD), computer aided manufacturing (CAM), computer-
aided engineering (CAE), database management, desktop publish-
ing, image processing, and artificial intelligence. The
motherboard’s additional four ISA slots provide standard 16-bit
compatibility for AT-type add-on card expansion.
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