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Preface

About This Manual

This manual is written f o r s y s t e m i n t e g rators, P C t e c h n icians a n d

knowledgeable PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the

PDSG4/PDSGE motherboard. The PDSG4/PDSGE supports single Intel

Pentium D (Dual-Core)/Pentium 4 Extreme Edition/Pentium 4/Pentium Extreme

Edition/Celeron D LGA (Land Grid Array) 775 Processors at system bus speeds

of 1066 MHz/800 MHz/533 MHz. The LGA 775 Pentium D/Pentium 4/Celeron

D Processor is housed in a Flip-Chip Land Grid Array (FC-LGA4) package that

interfaces with the motherboard via an LGA775 socket. The PDSG4/PDSGE

supports the Intel Hyper-Threading (HT) Technology, the EM64T Technology, the

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST) and the Matrix Storage Technology.

Please refer to the motherboard speciﬁ cations pages on our web site (http://

www.supermicro.com/Product) for updates or visit Intel's web site for processor

support. This product is intended to be professionally installed and serviced by a

technician.

Manual Organization

Chapter 1 describes the features, speciﬁ cations and performance of the PDSG4/

PDSGE mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset.

Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions. Read this chapter when

installing the processor, memory modules and other hardware components into

the system. If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes

troubleshooting procedures for the video, the memory and the system setup stored

in CMOS.

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.

Appendix C lists Software Installation Instructions.

Conventions used in this Manual

Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and

to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself:

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Warning: Important information given to ensure proper system installa-

tion or to prevent damage to the components.

Danger/Caution: Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastro

phic system failure or to avoid bodily injury.

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