SUPER MICRO Computer H8QM8-2, H8QME-2 user manual About This Manual, Manual Organization

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 H8QM8-2/H8QME-2 serverboard. The H8QM8-2/H8QME-2 is based on the nVidia® MCP55Pro and AMD 8132 chipset and supports two or four AMD Opteron Socket F type processors and up to 128 GB DDR2-667/533/400 registered ECC SDRAM.

Please refer to the serverboard specifications 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 serverboard box, describes the features, specifications and performance of the serverboard 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 serverboard in a chassis. Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives, the parallel and serial ports, the mouse and keyboard and the twisted wires for 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 configuration stored in CMOS. For quick reference, a general FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section is pro- vided. 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

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