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MACKIE.  

Digital X bus Supermicro motherboard replacement installation guide  

  

Overview

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The Supermicro P4spa+ is a replacement motherboard for the previously used Iwill P4se. The 
Supermicro P4spa+ will use all of the previous peripheral components such as the P4 3.0 GHz 
processor, Zalman heat sink, PC3200 RAM, and the ATI 9200 video card.  
 
The only item that will not be used is the 16 pin flat ribbon. The 16 pin flat ribbon cabled was used 
to connect the MIDI/Footswitch daughter board to the game port of the Iwill motherboard. This 
connection will require a new conversion cable made with the correct pinout to correspond with 
the Supermicro P4spa+. 

 

Please read, and follow all installation 
Instructions before proceeding. 

 

• Keep the new motherboard in its protective anti-static bag until 
the exact moment you are ready to use it. 
 
• This repair requires opening your Digital X bus and handling sensitive electronic components. 
Anti-static precautions must be taken in order to prevent damage to the unit or to the new 
motherboard from electro-static discharge (ESD).  
 
It is highly recommended that you read getting inside the digital X bus located at the link below. 

 

http://www.mackie.com/products/digitalxbus/pdfs/Getting_Inside.pdf

  

 

Tools required: 

 

In order to perform this procedure you will need to provide the tools listed below  

 

1. A new condition #2 Philips head Screwdriver (Figure 1, below left). 
2. Flathead “Jeweler’s” Screwdriver (Figure 2, below right) 
3. Anti-static Wrist Strap  
4. Thermal paste (Thermal paste can be purchased at any computer supply store.)  
5. 2 zip ties 

 

  

 

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Summary of Contents for DIGITAL XBUS - SOFTWARE

Page 1: ...Instructions before proceeding Keep the new motherboard in its protective anti static bag until the exact moment you are ready to use it This repair requires opening your Digital X bus and handling se...

Page 2: ...ed to extend beyond the rear side of the Digital X Bus by at least three feet or one meter of distance because the rear panel will eventually slide out like a drawer and you will need to make sure it...

Page 3: ...r are already familiar with how to open the Digital X bus properly 1 Start by removing the aluminum cross brace This will be held in place by 5 Philip head screws located in each corner of the brace a...

Page 4: ...socket 3 Remove the flat IDE ribbon cable located in the upper right hand corner Note this will be a blue header labeled IDE1 4 Next we will remove the ribbon cabled used to connect the USB from the...

Page 5: ...ort to Com 2 port of the Iwill motherboard Start by removing the end of the ribbon cabled connected to the Iwill motherboard refer to figure 5 below Leave the other end of the ribbon cable connected t...

Page 6: ...away from any potential electro static discharge 7 Now it is time for the most important part Take the Digital X bus PCI card is located in PCI slot 5 Slowly pull the PCI card upwards away from the P...

Page 7: ...ach screw holding the heat sink As you loosen each screw you will feel the spring action start to release Once the heat sink screws are free from the heat sink slowly twist and slide the heat sink off...

Page 8: ...the arm located on the side of the processor socket Slowly lifts the processor from the processor socket make sure you do not feel any resistance the processor should come free very easily Note Set t...

Page 9: ...t is time to remove the Iwill motherboard The motherboard is held in place by 9 screws Remove all 9 screws then lift the Iwill motherboard from the stand offs Place all 9 screws in a safe place for la...

Page 10: ...rist Strap 2 Place the new motherboard in the position of the previous Iwill motherboard Make sure to align the new motherboard on top of the stand offs Bring the new motherboard all the way to the fr...

Page 11: ...cessor s socket Note be very carful when handling the processor keep the processor away from any potential electro static discharge Note make sure to put a small amount of thermal paste on the process...

Page 12: ...t is time to install your RAM modules It is very important you install one RAM module in A1 and the other in A2 RAM socket A1 and A 2 are colored blue Slowly move each latch outwards at the end of Ram...

Page 13: ...lot figure 9 below Tilt the AGP video card backwards towards the rear of the AGP slot Slowly lower the front of the AGP video card into the AGP slot Once the AGP video card is in position in place pre...

Page 14: ...talled in the correct orientation in regards to pin 1 otherwise there could be damage to the motherboard Take the side of the MIDI Footswitch conversion cable labeled motherboard and connect it to gam...

Page 15: ...e of the Digital X Bus daughter board and connect it to USB header 6 7 You will need to make sure to position the red strip on the ribbon cable indicating pin 1 so that it is facing the motherboard ba...

Page 16: ...daughter board to the Supermicro motherboard Take the10 pin ribbon cable located on the right hand side of the of the Digital X Bus daughter board figure 15 below and connect it to Com port 2 on the S...

Page 17: ...d drive and back plain Carefully take the Digital X Bus PCI card and position it over the fifth PCI slot Push down slowly on the PCI card until it is firmly seated all the way Note Be very careful not...

Page 18: ...e IDE ribbon cable This cable will connect to IDE 1 The IDE 1 header is colored blue 14 Connect the 20 pin Molex connector to the primary power supply header 15 Connect the 4 pin 12V power supply cabl...

Page 19: ...ce so the screw holes line up with PCI card and mounting brackets Take 4 of 5 screws we sat aside earlier and begin tightening down each corner of the cross brace Once the cross brace is loosely in pl...

Page 20: ...ure 22 18 The last thing we will need to do is install the momentary power switch Take the momentary power switch and connect it to the PW ON jumper The PW ON jumper will be located in the upper right...

Page 21: ...oot and allow you to recover any stored session files the system is not stable You can use an external USB flash drive to transfer and backup a stored session files You will require a copy of the Digi...

Page 22: ...A IDE Channel 0 Master Auto Access Mode Auto IDE Channel 0 Slave None IDE Channel 1 Master None IDE Channel 1 Slave None Halt on No Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 1047552K Total Memory 10485...

Page 23: ...KB Wake up from S3 Disabled AC97 Disabled CPU THRM Throttling 75 0 I O Device Configuration Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select Normal X RxD TxD Active Hi L...

Page 24: ...m only Processor Clock Option Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled Hyper Threading Technology Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled CPU Clock 200MHz SECURITY Set Supervisor Password Disabled will not show option Se...

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