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X7DCA-L

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.0a

UPER

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Page 1: ...X7DCA L USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0a SUPER...

Page 2: ...o s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device...

Page 3: ...applications and high end workstations Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com products motherboard for updates This product is intended to be pro...

Page 4: ...prevent cata strophic system failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation or to prevent damage to the components Note Additional Informati...

Page 5: ...Notes Table of Contents v...

Page 6: ...h Monitoring 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features 1 11 1 6 Power Supply 1 12 1 7 Super I O 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Insta...

Page 7: ...19 T SGPIO Headers 2 20 Power SMB Connector 2 20 High Definition Audio 2 21 CD and FP Audio Headers 2 21 Auxiliary FP Audio Control 2 22 SMB 2 22 2 6 Jumper Settings 2 23 Explanation of Jumpers 2 23 G...

Page 8: ...rvice 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction 4 1 4 2 Running Setup 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Setup 4 2 4 4 Advanced Setup 4 7 4 5 Security Setup 4 19 4 6 Boot Setup 4 21 4 7 Exit 4 27 Appendices Appendix A BIOS...

Page 9: ...quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All the following items are incl...

Page 10: ...r Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical S...

Page 11: ...te The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly th...

Page 12: ...supermicro com not drawn to scale FAN4 Buttery JD1 USB6 JWD1 JPL2 JPL1 JI2C1 JWOR1 JSMB1 CD1 J139 JWOL1 Mini PWR LED LED6 JBT1 CPU2 J7 FAN1 FAN6 Floppy FAN5 USB4 5 PWR I2C KB MS USB0 1 2 3 COM1 VGA LA...

Page 13: ...nector JFDD1 I SATA0 I SATA5 SATA Ports JD1 Onboard Speaker Power LED JF1 Front Panel Control Connector JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JPW1 8 pin Power Connector JPW2 24 pin Power Connector JSMB1 Power...

Page 14: ...lot BIOS 16 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 2 0 Plug and Play PnP USB Keyboard support Hardware BIOS Virus Protection and Real Time Clock Wake up PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage mon...

Page 15: ...1 header 1 port Up to eight USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus four ports four headers 7 1 High Definition HD Audio Super I O Winbond W83627DHG Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL1 Wake on Ring WOR...

Page 16: ...I Ex8 SPI LPC COM1 External SIO W83627DHG VGA PCI33MMz Volari Z9S VGA Conn KB MS VRD ISL6312A 2 3 4 5 6 7 VRD ISL6312A 1067 1333 MT S 1067 1333 MT S USB 0 1 2 3 4 PCIEx4 2A 1A DDRII 667 2B 1B DDR2 667...

Page 17: ...interfaces and one x4 DMI Interface to the ICH9R Each PCI Express port on the MCH provides 4 GB s bi directional bandwidth if configured as a x8 port or 2 GB s bi directional bandwidth if configured...

Page 18: ...t 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V standby 5V standby and VBAT Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the se...

Page 19: ...pecifica tion defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and...

Page 20: ...motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL without any connec...

Page 21: ...cing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatib...

Page 22: ...1 14 X7DCA L User s Manual Notes...

Page 23: ...o not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags...

Page 24: ...Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding 1 removing or changing any components Make sure that you install the pro cessor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU he...

Page 25: ...side of the triangle cutout on the socket Once aligned carefully lower the 3 CPU straight down to the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not ru...

Page 26: ...mechanism Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 3 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU Finish the installation by fully tightening 4 all...

Page 27: ...motherboard into the chassis Unscrew and remove the heatsink 1 screws from the motherboard in the sequence as shown in the picture on the right Hold the heatsink as shown in the pic 2 ture on the righ...

Page 28: ...ee step 1 above Memory Support The X7DCA L supports up to 48 GB Buffered Registered ECC DDR2 667 533 in 6 DIMMs Populating memory slots of the same bank with a pair of memory modules of the same size...

Page 29: ...ab Release Tab Possible System Memory Allocation Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory System BIOS 1 MB 3 99 Local APIC...

Page 30: ...orts Back Panel Connectors IO Ports Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple 9 LAN 1 2 PS 2Mouse Green 10 LAN 2 3 US...

Page 31: ...d specifi cally for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and p...

Page 32: ...3Vcc Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 1...

Page 33: ...or GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14...

Page 34: ...s 5 and 6 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 7 Vcc 8 Ground OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Over...

Page 35: ...efer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 1 Signal 2 3V Standby Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Atta...

Page 36: ...3V 14 12V 2 3 3V 15 COM 3 COM 16 PS_ON 4 5V 17 COM 5 COM 18 COM 6 5V 19 COM 7 COM 20 Res NC 8 PWR_OK 21 5V 9 5VSB 22 5V 10 12V 23 5V 11 12V 24 COM 12 3 3V Required Connections 12V 8 pin CPU PWR Pin De...

Page 37: ...Bus ports headers on the motherboard Four of them are Back Panel USB ports USB 0 3 JPUSB1 The other four are Front Panel USB connectors USB 4 5 JUSB3 USB 6 JUSB4 and USB 7 JUSB5 See the tables on the...

Page 38: ...IMM2A DIMM3B DIMM3A X7DCA L LED7 JF1 J8 USB7 JPG1 JL1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 SATA5 Fan Headers The X7DCA L has six CPU system fan headers Fans 1 Fan 6 All these fans are 4 pin fans See the tabl...

Page 39: ...TA3 SATA4 SATA5 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located on the IO Backpanel See the table on the right for pin definitions The mouse port is above t...

Page 40: ...USB7 JPG1 JL1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 SATA5 Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is located at JWOR1 This feature allows your computer to be awakened by an incoming call to the modem when the sy...

Page 41: ...IMM3B DIMM3A X7DCA L LED7 JF1 J8 USB7 JPG1 JL1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 SATA5 Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the table on th...

Page 42: ...PIO1 2 Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 NC 2 NC 3 Ground 4 DATA Out 5 Load 6 Ground 7 Clock 8 NC A A T_GPIO1 B T_GPIO2 C Power SMB C B T GPIO Headers Two GPIO Serial Link General Pur po...

Page 43: ...sound output multiple streaming through the front panel stereo out for the front L R rear L R center and subwoofer speakers Use the Advanced software included in the CD ROM that came with your motherb...

Page 44: ...io output is disabled This is done through the FP Audio header J139 If the front panel interface card is not connected to the front panel audio header jumpers should be installed on the header J139 pi...

Page 45: ...Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modif y the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of th...

Page 46: ...ent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the sy...

Page 47: ...3A X7DCA L LED7 JF1 J8 USB7 JPG1 JL1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 SATA5 A B A I 2 C1 B I 2 C2 C VGA Enabled I 2 C Bus to PCI Slots Jumpers JI 2 C1 and JI 2 C2 allow you to con nect the System Managem...

Page 48: ...ndicates activity while the Link LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at right for more information 2 7 Onboard Indicators A B A GLAN Port1 Port2 LEDs B...

Page 49: ...IMM3B DIMM3A X7DCA L LED7 JF1 J8 USB7 JPG1 JL1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 SATA5 A LED5 CPU1VRM OH B LED6 CPU1VRM OH C Mini Power LED A B Mini Power LED Indicator The Mini Power LED Indicator is loc...

Page 50: ...ection Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A A...

Page 51: ...s Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for 2 the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards Install a CPU in CPU Socket and connect the chassis speaker and the power...

Page 52: ...m integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed Check if 1 DIMMs of diffe...

Page 53: ...cannot resolve the problem include the following information when 6 contacting Supermicro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on...

Page 54: ...ng Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible system boot failure Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a...

Page 55: ...displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameter...

Page 56: ...pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 1 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen 2 during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activ...

Page 57: ...was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as dis kette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5...

Page 58: ...to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BI...

Page 59: ...indows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For th...

Page 60: ...A L User s Manual System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is detected by the BIOS Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory in the system is detected by t...

Page 61: ...after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed QuietBoot Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo...

Page 62: ...d to power on the system from S3 S5 States Select Space to allow the user to power on the system by pressing the space bar Select Password to allow the user to enter the password to power on the syste...

Page 63: ...PU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to al low data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write...

Page 64: ...cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are En...

Page 65: ...ettings Warning Take caution when changing the Advanced settings An Incor rect value a very high DRAM frequency or an incorrect DRAM timing may cause system to become unstable When this occurs reset t...

Page 66: ...or I O issues a demand read command and the read data from memory turns out to be a correctable error the error is corrected and sent to the requestor the original source Memory is updated as well Sel...

Page 67: ...cessor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for more information The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activa...

Page 68: ...nents that are used in conjunction with software programs to prefetch data in order to shorten execution cycles and maximize data processing efficiency The options are Disabled and Enabled Echo TPR Se...

Page 69: ...cks Available when supported by the CPU This feature allows the user to set the clock delay setting from snoop to prefetch for Direct Cache Access Select a setting from 8 bus cycles to 120 bus cycles...

Page 70: ...etting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the b...

Page 71: ...bled BAUD Rate This item allows you to set the BAUD rate for console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to set console redire...

Page 72: ...etting Select this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm including the LED and the buzzer to be triggered as soon as the CPU temperature reaches the CPU overheat threshold as predefined by the CP...

Page 73: ...ature by Intel in its newer processors The basic concept is each CPU is embedded by unique temperature information that the motherboard can read This Temperature Threshold or Temperature Tolerance has...

Page 74: ...ons are 1 Disabled Full Speed 12V 2 4 pin Quiet 3 4 pin Super Quiet 4 Optimized Server w 4 pin and 5 Optimized Workstation w 4 pin Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displaye...

Page 75: ...supervisor password has been entered User Password Is This feature indicates if a user password has been entered to the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user passwo...

Page 76: ...er s Manual Password on Boot This setting allows you to determine if a password is required for a user to enter the system at system boot The options are Enabled password required and Disabled passwor...

Page 77: ...The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a key or a key to move the device up or down Use the f key or the r key to specify the type of an US...

Page 78: ...t Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the def...

Page 79: ...fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard c...

Page 80: ...r The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out...

Page 81: ...eplace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write t...

Page 82: ...em Extended or Shadow memory Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data I O device IRQ conflict I O device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Bo...

Page 83: ...n If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in...

Page 84: ...2O Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blo...

Page 85: ...tem overheat Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the erro...

Page 86: ...24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 2Eh 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits x...

Page 87: ...Ah Display prompt Press ESC to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache 5Ch Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB 60h Test extended memory 62h Test extended memory address lines 64h Jump to UserPatch1 66h Configur...

Page 88: ...ea 8Bh Test and initialize PS 2 mouse 8Ch Initialize floppy controller 8Fh Determine number of ATA drives optional 90h Initialize hard disk controllers 91h Initialize local bus hard disk controllers 9...

Page 89: ...OS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders C0h Try to boot with INT 19 C1h Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize...

Page 90: ...pt vectors F1h Initialize Run Time Clock F2h Initialize video F3h Initialize System Management Manager F4h Output one beep F5h Clear Huge Segment F6h Boot to Mini DOS F7h Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS...

Page 91: ...2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify 3 additional device s Insert the driver diskette ITE RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for IDE into Drive 4 A and press the Enter key When the Windows XP 2000...

Page 92: ...or RAID driver displays When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify 3 additional device s Insert the driver diskette ITE RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for IDE into Drive 4 A and p...

Page 93: ...cons to the right of these items Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Notes 1 Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click a computer icon on the...

Page 94: ...voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note 1 Both default username and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Docto...

Page 95: ...Remote Control Note SD III Software can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_III You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT...

Page 96: ...D 4 X7DCA L User s Manual Notes...

Page 97: ...ted to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ul...

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