CLEAR CMOS BIOS
3-47
Clear CMOS
The following steps will load the BIOS defaults by jumper:
1. Power down the system.
2. Move CMOS clear jumper from pins 1-2 to pins 2-3 for a few seconds.
3. Move CMOS clear jumper back to pins 1-2.
4. System automatically powers on.
5. Check BIOS defaults are loaded.
RDIMM
Registered DIMM (also called buffered) memory modules have an address buffer register
between the SDRAM modules and the system's memory controller.
ROM Read-Only Memory.
RTC Real Time Clock.
SAS Serial Attached SCSI, a high speed serial data version of SCSI.
SATA Serial ATA, a high speed serial data version of the disk ATA interface.
SCI System Control Interrupt.
SCSI Small Computer System Interface, a connection usually used for disks of various types.
SDR Sensor Data Record.
SEL System Event Log.
SERR System Error.
SKU
Stock Keeping Unit – indicates a specific marketing package, in this sense based around a
server board configuration.
SMBIOS System Management BIOS.
SMI System Management Interrupt.
SMM System Management Mode.
SOL Serial Over LAN.
SPI Serial Peripheral Interface, a serial data interface used for Flash memory.
UDIMM
Unbuffered DIMM (also called Unregistered) memory modules do not have a register
between the SDRAM modules and the system's memory controller.
UE or UCE Uncorrectable Error (memory ECC error).
UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface – replacement for Legacy BIOS and the Legacy DOS
interface.
USB Universal Serial Bus, a standard serial expansion bus meant for connecting peripherals.
UUID Universally Unique Identifier. See also GUID.
WHEA Windows Hardware Error Architecture.
Table 39: Terminology (Continued)
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