Datasheet

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

PDSLA/PDSLE motherboard. The PDSLA/PDSLE supports a single

Intel Pentium

D/Pentium

4/Celeron Processor in the 775-Land Grid Array Pack-

age at a system bus speed of 1066/800/533 MHz. The Intel Pentium

D/Pentium

4/Celeron Processor in the 775-Land Grid Array Package is housed in a Flip-Chip

Land Grid Array (FC-LGA4) package that interfaces with the motherboard via an

LGA775 socket. The package consists of a processor core mounted on a substrate

land-carrier. An integrated heat spreader (IHS) is attached to the package substrate

and core and serves as the contacting surface for processor component thermal

solutions, such as a heatsink. Please refer to the motherboard speciﬁ cations pages

on our web site (http://www.supermicro.com/Products) for updates on supported

processors. This product is intended to be professionally installed.

Manual Organization

Chapter 1 includes a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box,

describes the features, speciﬁ cations and performance of the PDSLA/PDSLE main-

board and provides detailed information about the chipset.

Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static-sensitive devices. Read

this chapter when installing the processor and DDR 2 memory modules and when

mounting the mainboard in the chassis. Also refer to this chapter to connect the

ﬂ oppy and hard disk drives, the IDE interfaces, the parallel and serial ports, the

mouse and keyboard and the twisted wires for the power supply, the reset button,

the keylock/power LED and the speaker.

If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes troubleshoot-

ing procedures for the video, the memory and the setup conﬁ guration stored in

CMOS. For quick reference, a general FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section

is provided. Instructions are also included for contacting technical support. In ad-

dition, 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 information on

running the CMOS Setup utility.

Appendix A provides BIOS POST Messages.

Appendix B lists BIOS POST Codes.

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