Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for professional system integrators and PC techni- cians. It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER S2QR6/S2QE6 system boards. The SUPER S2QR6/S2QE6 supports Xeon Pentium III/II processors in one, two, three or four way configurations. Please refer to the support section of our web site (http:// www.supermicro.com/TechSupport.htm) for a complete listing of supported processors. Manual Organization Chapter 1 provides a checklist of the components that should be included in the box your system board came in and describes the features, specifi- cations and performance of the SUPER S2QR6/S2QE6.
Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static-sensitive devices. Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and system memory and when mounting the S2QR6/S2QE6 in a chassis. Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives, the SCSI drives, the IDE interfaces, the parallel and serial ports and the twisted wires for the power supply, the reset button, the keylock/power LED, the speaker and the keyboard. If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3 , which describes trouble- shooting procedures for the video, the memory and the setup configuration stored in CMOS. For quick reference, a general FAQ [Frequently Asked Questions] section is provided.
Instructions are also included for contact- ing technical support. In addition, you can visit our web site at www.supermicro.com/techsupport.htm for more detailed information. Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa- tion on running the CMOS Setup utility. Appendix A offers information on BIOS error beep codes and messages. Appendix B provides post diagnostic error messages. iii