SE7500CW2 Server Board Technical Product Specification
Appendix B: SE7500CW2Errata documentation
CXIII
Revision 1.40
Implication
When running the Adaptec card in “EBDA relocation” mode the system will not
boot. If Adaptec’s card “EBDA Relocation” mode is disabled on SE7500CW2
BIOS 1.12 the card will perform correctly under some circumstances.
Workaround
Create boot disks using Windows 98 DOS instead of DOS 6.22 or the ROM-
DOS shipped on the resource CD.
Status
This issue is resolved with a new release of the Adaptec BIOS and
SE7500CW2 BIOS 1.16. The Adaptec BIOS v1.30 should work correctly.
BIOS 1.16 and 1.17 are now available for the SE7500CW2. Both should work
properly with this card.
4.
NetWare Service Pack 2 won’t allow BIOS to enable hyper-
threading functionality.
Problem
The acpidrv.psm and scpica.nlm files included support pack 2 don’t allow for
hyper-threading enabling in BIOS v1.17 and below. The PSM fails to load with
the following error: “GPEO block overlaps the GPE1 block. Error initializing the
ACPI system.”
Implication
Processor performance of some applications will be hindered without hyper-
threading support. Hence, NetWare 6.0 will only be able to use one virtual
processor.
Workaround
The workaround is to use NetWare 6.0 Service Pack 1 if the hyper-threading
performance enhancement is required. The ACPI functionality in this service
pack works correctly.
Status
This has been fixed in BIOS 1.18.
5.
Disabling PXE support in BIOS doesn’t correctly disable
Network boot support with a PCI NIC add-in card.
Problem
After setting BIOS <F2> setup “Advanced” sub-menu’s “PXE Support” to
disabled and rebooting, the <F2> boot menu still incorrectly displays the
“Network Boot” as a boot option. The “Boot” menu then incorrectly displays the
“Network Boot” device as “Intel UNDI, PXE-1.0 (Build Dev).”
Implication
Users may incorrectly expect that the “Network” boot is still available since it is
listed in the <F2> setup “Boot” sub-menu.
Workaround
None