User`s manual

Preface
About This Manual
This manual is written for system houses, PC technicians and
knowledgeable PC end users. It provides information for the installation and
use of the SUPER P6DGS/P6DGE/P6DGU/P6SGU motherboard. The SU-
PER P6DGS/P6DGE/P6DGU/P6SGU supports Pentium II 233-333 MHz pro-
cessors at a 66MHz bus speed and Pentium II/III 350-700 MHz processors at
a 100MHz bus speed and Slot 1 Celeron processors of up to 466 MHz. The
SUPER P6DGU/P6DGS/P6DGE supports single or dual Pentium II/III proces-
sors and the SUPER P6SGU supports a single Pentium II/III processor.
Please refer to the support section of our web site (http://
www.supermicro.com/TechSupport.htm) for a complete listing of supported
processors.
The Pentium II/III processor with the Dual Independent Bus Architecture is
housed in a package technology called a Single Edge Contact Cartridge
(S.E.C.C.). This new cartridge package and its associated "Slot 1" infrastruc-
ture will provide the headroom for future high-performance processors.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1, Introduction, describes the features, specifications and perfor-
mance of the SUPER P6DGS/P6DGE/P6DGU/P6SGU system board and pro-
vides detailed information about the chipset.
Refer to Chapter 2, Installation, for instructions on how to install the Pentium
II/III processor, the retention mechanism and the heat sink support. This
chapter provides you with the instructions for handling static-sensitive de-
vices. Read this chapter when you want to install DIMM modules and to
mount the system board in the chassis. Also refer to this chapter to connect
the floppy and hard disk drives, IDE interfaces, parallel and serial ports as
well as the cables for the power supply, reset cable, keylock/power LED,
speaker and keyboard.
If you encounter any problems, please see Chapter 3, Troubleshooting, which
describes troubleshooting procedures for video, memory and the setup con-
figuration stored in memory. For quick reference, a general FAQ [frequently
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