SUPER MICRO Computer H8QI6-F, H8QII-F 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 H8QI6/i-F serverboards.

This series includes the following serverboards and characteristics:

	Embeded IPMI	Onbard SAS2	1U Board
H8QI6-F	Yes	Yes
H8QIi-F	Yes

The H8QI6/i-F serverboard is based on the AMD® SR5690/SP5100 chipset and supports four AMD Socket F type processors with up to 128 GB of DDR2- 800/667/533 registered ECC SDRAM.

Please refer to the motherboard 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 motherboard box, describes the features, specifications 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 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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