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 SUPER S2DL3/370DL3/370DLE/370DLR/370DLI motherboard. The SUPER S2DL3 supports single or dual Pentium ® III/II Xeon 400 MHz-1GHz processors with a 133/100 MHz front side bus. The SUPER 370DL3/370DLE/ 370DLR/370DLI supports single or dual Pentium ® III 500 MHz-1 GHz FCPGA processors with a 133/100 MHz front side bus. Please refer to the support section of our web site (http://www.supermicro.com/TechSupport.htm) for a complete listing of supported processors.
Pentium III FCPGA (Flip Chip Pin Grid Array) processors are housed in a 370- pin socket, which is the new standard that will support future Intel processors. Xeon processors are based on the "Slot 2" architecture. Manual Organization Chapter 1 includes a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box, describes the features, specifications and performance of the SUPER S2DL3/370DL3/370DLE/370DLR/370DLI mainboard and provides detailed in- formation about the chipset. Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static-sensitive devices. Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and DIMM memory mod- ules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis.
Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives, 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 key- board. If you encounter any problems, read 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 iii