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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Summary of Contents for X7DA8 Plus

Page 1: ... X7DA8 X7DAE USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1 SUPER ...

Page 2: ...WARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipm...

Page 3: ...ver environments Please refer to our web site http www supermicro com products for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when...

Page 4: ...s 1 10 1 4 PC Health 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 Motherboard Installation 2 1 2 3 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 4 Installing DIMMs 2 6 2 5 Control Panel Connectors and IO Ports 2 8 A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports 2 8 B Front Control Panel 2 9 C ...

Page 5: ... 20 Overheat Fan Fail LED 2 20 SMB Connector 2 21 Power SMB Connector 2 21 Compact Flash Card PWR Connector 2 22 SGPIO Headers 2 22 HD Audio 2 23 CD Connectors 2 23 Front Panel Audio Control 2 24 Alarm Reset 2 24 2 7 Jumper Settings 2 25 Explanation of Jumpers 2 25 GLAN Enable Disable 2 25 CMOS Clear 2 26 Watch Dog 2 26 SCSI Controller Enabled Disabled 2 27 SCSI Termination Enabled Dsiabled 2 27 3...

Page 6: ...No Video 3 1 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 2 Memory Errors 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 3 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 6 4 5 Security Setup 4 25 4 6 Boot Setup 4 26 4 7 Exit 4 27 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Codes A 1 Append...

Page 7: ... included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All the following items are included in the retail box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 036L 03 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 022L One 1 Ultra 320 SCSI cable CBL 034 U320 X7DA8 only One 1 4 Port SATA cable CBL 044L X7DA8 only One 1 6 Port SATA cable CBL 044L X7DAE on...

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Page 9: ... Note 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 the same as the graphics shown in the manual ...

Page 10: ... Channel A Fan4 SATA3 SATA5 USB4 5 SMB PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot PCI X 133 MHz JWD Battery GLAN CTLR JPG1 PCI Exp x4 North Bridge COM1 Fan6 Fan5 ATX PWR 4 Pin PWR J3P 24 Pin SCSI CTRL PXH CPU1 CPU2 South Bridge Fan7 JAR J17 PSF JPW2 JPW1 JPW3 Fan2 JD1 JIDE1 JIDE2 Compact Flash LE1 Fan8 JCF1 JWF1 JPA2 JPA3 J22 JA1 JA2 JPA1 320 SCSI Channel B SATA2 SATA4 SATA1 SATA0 JL1 Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 PCI X 13...

Page 11: ... 8 Fans 1 8 Fan7 CPU Fan1 Fan8 CPU Fan2 Floppy J22 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FP Control JF1 Front Control Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE1 IDE2 Note IDE1 Hard Drive JIDE1 Compact Flash Card JIDE2 Parallel J21 Parallel Printer Port PWR LED SPKR JD1 PWR LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 PWR SMB J17 Power System Management I2 C Header PSF JP3 Power Supply Failure See Chapte...

Page 12: ...4 signal on x16 slot Three 64 bit PCI X slots two PCI X 133 slots one PCI X 100 ZCR Slot One PCI 33 MHz slot One SIM Low Profile IPMI slot BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 1 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PCI X 1 0 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V and 5V standby Fan status monitor with firmware speed on off control CPU chas...

Page 13: ...ID1 RAID5 RAID 10 For the Windows OS only 1 floppy port interface 1 serial port and 1 header 1 EPP ECP Parallel Port 7 1 High Definition Audio and Front Panel Accessible Audio Super I O Winbond W83627HG w Hardware Monitor support W83793 PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 6 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 4 ports 2 Headers Super I O Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR C...

Page 14: ... 2A 3A 4A FBD DIMM FBD DIMM FBD DIMM PCI ExpX16 PCI33 MHz PCI EXP X8 PXH V PCI X 133 PCI X Slot PCI Exp X4 PCI E_X4_in_X16_Slot SATA 0 1 2 3 4 5 PCIE X4 PCIE X4 GILGAL GB LAN FWH RJ45 RJ45 LPC COM1 SIO W83627 FDD USB 0 1 2 3 4 1U IPMI CONN System PWR EBUS CONN EXP BUS IDE CONN ATA 100 KB MS KUMERAN USB 2 0 3 0 Gb S VRM ISL6307 VRM ISL6307 PROCESSOR 1 MT S 667 1067 1333 MT S PARALLEL PORT J13 2 J9 ...

Page 15: ...g across two independent front side bus interfaces Each front side bus uses a 64 bit wide 1 333 GHz data bus The MCH chipset connects up to 8 Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing a total of 32 0 GB s for DDR2 667 533 memory The MCH chipset also provides three x8 PCI Express and one x4 ESI interface to the ESB2 In addition the 5000X chipset offers a wide range of RAS features including memory inte...

Page 16: ...r can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circu...

Page 17: ...003 Windows 2003 Servers Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function ...

Page 18: ... power supply Specification 2 01 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges 1 7 Super I O The disk drive adapter functions of ...

Page 19: ...rovides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage ment through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption ...

Page 20: ...1 14 X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual Notes ...

Page 21: ...is provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the manu facturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explo sion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the perso...

Page 22: ...he CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi di rectional heatsink and fan 3 When purchasing an LGA 771 CPU or when receiving a motherboard with an LGA 771 CPU pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 4 Refer to the MB Features Section f...

Page 23: ...s the CPU socket from its locking position Load Lever 2 Gently lift the load lever to open the load plate PnP Cap on top of the Load Plate South Center Edge North Center Edge 3 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU Load Plate w PnP Cap attached ...

Page 24: ...inst the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket 7 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed 8 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down to the lever lock 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic PnP cap will be automatically released from the load plate...

Page 25: ...m 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws Screw 2 To Remove the Heatsink 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the sequence as show in the picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture on the...

Page 26: ...memory For best performance please install pairs of memory modules in both Branch 0 and Branch 1 Note 1 Due to the OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the fo...

Page 27: ... Top View of DDR2 FBD Slot DDR2 FBD Top View of DDR2 FBD 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 4 KB 3 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 2 MB 3 99 I O APIC 4 Kbytes 4 KB 3 99 PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76 PCI Express 256 MB 256 MB 3 51 PCI Enumerati...

Page 28: ...e 2 3 Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple 2 PS 2 Mouse Green 3 Back Panel USB Port 0 4 Back Panel USB Port 1 5 Back Panel USB Port 2 6 Back Panel USB Port 3 7 COM Port 1 Turquoise 8 Parallel Port Printer 9 Gigabit LAN 1 10 Gigabit LAN 2 11 Side_Surround Grey 12 Back_Surround Black 13 CEN LFE Orange 14 Microphone In Pink 15 Front Green 16 Line In Bl...

Page 29: ...e designed 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 pin definitions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins Power Button OH Fan Fail LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 HDD LED Power LED Reset PWR Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X Vcc PWR Fai...

Page 30: ...DIMM 4B Bank 4 JWOL JWOR KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 5000X BIOS DA1 DA2 CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port Audio CTRL SI O J8 Clear CMOS ESB Cha Intru 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 19 ...

Page 31: ...finitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 5V 14 HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 11 Vcc 10 12 Ground A B C A HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED LAN1 2 SUPER X7DA8 Fan1 8 pin PWR FP Control SPK PW LED JOH1 Fan3 IDE1 Floppy 320 SCSI Channel A Fan4 SATA3 SATA5 USB4 5 SMB PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot PCI X 133 MHz JWD Battery GLAN CTLR JPG1 PCI Exp x4 North Bridge COM1 Fan6 Fan5 ATX PWR 4 P...

Page 32: ...S DA1 DA2 CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port Audio CTRL SI O J8 Clear CMOS ESB Cha Intru Power Button OH Fan Fail LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 HDD LED Power LED Reset PWR Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X Vcc PWR Fail LED NIC2 LED Overheat Fan Fail LED OH Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advan...

Page 33: ...t switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset 4 Ground A Reset Button B PWR Button A B LAN1 2 SUPER X7DA8 Fan1 8 pin PWR FP Control SPK PW LED JOH1 Fan3 IDE1 Floppy 320 SCSI Channel A Fan4 SATA3 SATA5 USB4 5 SMB PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot PCI X 133 MHz JWD Battery GLAN CTLR JPG1 PCI Exp x4 North Bridge CO...

Page 34: ...There are a 24 pin main power supply connector JPW1 and an 8 pin CPU PWR connector JPW3 on the moth erboard These power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V specification The 4 pin 12V PWR supply located at JPW2 is also required to provide ad equate power to the system See the table on the right for pin definitions For the 8 pin PWR JPW3 please refer to the item listed below Processor Power Connector I...

Page 35: ...Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port Audio CTRL SI O J8 Clear CMOS ESB Cha Intru Universal Serial Bus USB There are six USB 2 0 Universal Se rial Bus ports headers on the moth erboard Four Back Panel USB ports USB 0 1 2 3 are located at JUSB1 and the other two are Front Panel USB headers USB 4 5 JUSB2 See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header JL1 is...

Page 36: ...USB 0 1 2 3 JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 5000X BIOS DA1 DA2 CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port Audio CTRL SI O J8 Clear CMOS ESB Cha Intru Fan Headers The X7DA8 X7DAE has eight chassis system fan headers Fan1 to Fan8 including two CPU Fans Fans 7 8 Note Pins 1 3 of a 4 pin fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right f...

Page 37: ...IMM 4B Bank 4 JWOL JWOR KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 5000X BIOS DA1 DA2 CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port Audio CTRL SI O J8 Clear CMOS ESB Cha Intru ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located at JKM1 See the table on the right for pin definitions The mouse port is above the key board port See the ...

Page 38: ... KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 5000X BIOS DA1 DA2 CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port Audio CTRL SI O J8 Clear CMOS ESB Cha Intru A WOR B WOL Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR This function allows your computer to wake up when receiving an incoming call to the modem while in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin...

Page 39: ... USB 0 1 2 3 JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 5000X BIOS DA1 DA2 CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port Audio CTRL SI O J8 Clear CMOS ESB Cha Intru A GLAN1 2 B PWR LED Speaker 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 the right for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with ...

Page 40: ...dio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port Audio CTRL SI O J8 Clear CMOS ESB Cha Intru Power Fault PWR Supply Failure Connect a cable from your power supply to the PSF Power Supply Failure header at JP3 to provide a warning of power supply failure This warning signal is passed through the PWR_LED pin to indicate of a power failure on the chassis See the table on the right for pin definitions Note This featu...

Page 41: ... 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 JWOL JWOR KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 5000X BIOS DA1 DA2 CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port Audio CTRL SI O J8 Clear CMOS ESB Cha Intru SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J18 Connect the appropri ate cable here to utilize SMB on your system ...

Page 42: ... Compact Flash LE1 Fan8 JCF1 JWF1 JPA2 JPA3 JPA1 320 SCSI Channel B SATA2 SATA4 SATA1 SATA0 JL1 PCI X 133 MHz JPL2 PCI 33MHz FP Audio PCI Exp x16 SIMLPIPMI DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 JWOL JWOR KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 5000X BIOS DA1 DA2 CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SG...

Page 43: ...efini tion Pin Definition 1 Left 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right High Definition Audio HD Audio The X7DA8 E features a 7 1 2 Channel High Definition Audio HDA JC1 codecs that provide 10DAC channels simultaneously supporting 7 1 sound playback with 2 channels of independent stereo sound output multiple streaming through the front panel stereo out for front L R rear L R center and subwoofer speakers Useth...

Page 44: ...MB PCI X 100 MHz ZCR Green Slot PCI X 133 MHz JWD Battery GLAN CTLR JPG1 PCI Exp x4 North Bridge COM1 Fan6 Fan5 ATX PWR 4 Pin PWR J3P 24 Pin SCSI CTRL PXH CPU1 CPU2 South Bridge Fan7 JAR J17 PSF Fan2 Compact Flash LE1 Fan8 JCF1 JWF1 JPA2 JPA3 JPA1 320 SCSI Channel B SATA2 SATA4 SATA1 SATA0 JL1 PCI X 133 MHz JPL2 PCI 33MHz FP Audio PCI Exp x16 SIMLPIPMI DIMM 1A Bank 1 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 2A Bank 2 ...

Page 45: ... DA1 DA2 CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port Audio CTRL SI O J8 Clear CMOS ESB Cha Intru 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumperscreateshortsbetweentwopins tochangethefunctionoftheconnector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder padontheprintedcircuitb...

Page 46: ...L SI O J8 Clear CMOS ESB Cha Intru CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent 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 system before clearing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must complet...

Page 47: ...IO2 Parrallel Port Audio CTRL SI O J8 Clear CMOS ESB Cha Intru A A SCSI Enable B SCSI Channel A Termi nation Enable C SCSI Channel B Termi nation Enable SCSI Controller Enable Disable X7DA8 Only Jumper JPA1 is used to enable or dis able the Adaptec SCSI controller The default setting is on pins 1 2 to enable SCSI See the table on the right for jumper settings SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP...

Page 48: ...S ESB Cha Intru 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect J3P The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature is available when three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one act ing as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with J3P to prevent false alarms 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Jumper Set...

Page 49: ...MM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 3B Bank 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 JWOL JWOR KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 5000X BIOS DA1 DA2 CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port Audio CTRL SI O J8 Clear CMOS ESB Cha Intru Compact Flash Master Slave Select A Compact Flash Master Slave Select Jumper is located at JCF1 Close this jumper to enable ...

Page 50: ...1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port Audio CTRL SI O J8 Clear CMOS ESB Cha Intru GLAN LEDs There are two GLAN ports on the moth erboard Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The green LED indicates 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 8 Onboard Indicators Activity LED GL...

Page 51: ...M 4A Bank 4 DIMM 4B Bank 4 JWOL JWOR KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 JI2 C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 5000X BIOS DA1 DA2 CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port Audio CTRL SI O J8 Clear CMOS ESB Cha Intru B A A Overheat LED B Onboard PWR LED Onboard PWR LED Indicator LE1 LED Color Definition Off System Off Green System On Onboard Power LED LE1 There is an Onboard Power LED LE1 lo cated o...

Page 52: ...ESB Cha Intru Parallel Printer Port Connector The parallel printer port is located at J21 See the table on the right for pin definitions 2 9 ParallelPort FloppyDrive HardDiskDrive SIMLP IPMI and SCSI Connections 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...

Page 53: ...C2 JI2 C3 JI2 C4 5000X BIOS DA1 DA2 CPU Fan 1 CD1 JPL1 JI2 C1 CPU Fan2 HD Audio SGPIO1 SGPIO2 Parrallel Port Audio CTRL SI O J8 Clear CMOS ESB Cha Intru Floppy Connector The floppy connector is located at J22 See the table below for pin definitions Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Floppy Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Gro...

Page 54: ...7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 I O Write 24 Ground 25 I O Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 Addr0 36 Addr2...

Page 55: ...finition Pin Definition 1 DB 12 35 DB 12 2 DB 13 36 DB 13 3 DB 14 37 DB 14 4 DB 15 38 DB 15 5 DB P1 39 DB P1 6 DB 0 40 DB 0 7 DB 1 41 DB 1 8 DB 2 42 DB 2 9 DB 3 43 DB 3 10 DB 4 44 DB 4 11 DB 5 45 DB 5 12 DB 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 Ground 49 Ground 16 DIFFSENS 50 Ground 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 Reserved 53 Reserved 20 Ground 54 Ground 21 ATN 55 ATN 22 Grou...

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Page 57: ...motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 5 Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid pos sible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis 2 Make sure that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Make sure that the 115V 230V switc...

Page 58: ...ect type of DDR2 FBD Fully Buffered ECC 533 667 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between four slots and noting the results 5 Make sure that all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an in terleaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules at a time beginning with 1A then 1B and so on see Page 2 6 6 Check t...

Page 59: ... recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experi encing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure that it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select yo...

Page 60: ...quired be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service ...

Page 61: ...ned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS logic enabling it to retain system parameters When a computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Se...

Page 62: ...ssing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys...

Page 63: ...stem Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date The item displays the date that the BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB ...

Page 64: ...tomatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the...

Page 65: ...andard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disabl...

Page 66: ...AID firmware The options are Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI Available when SATA RAID is disabled Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Ext...

Page 67: ...ep Mode This option allows you to decide how you are going to use the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system when it is in the sleep mode The options are S1 S1 S3 and S3 Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses t...

Page 68: ...to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in Static DROM SDROM or to be ...

Page 69: ...Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better...

Page 70: ...The feature allows SERR and PERR errors detected in the PCI slots to be sent forwarded to the BIOS DMI Event Log for the user to review The options are Enabled and Disabled ROM Scan Ordering This feature allows the user to decide which Option ROM to be activated first The options are Onboard first and Add On first PCI Fast Delayed Transaction Enable this function to improve DMA data transfer rate ...

Page 71: ...are you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines the size of a hard drive to be accessed by the user The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems XAdvanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take Cauti...

Page 72: ...andwidth FSB Select Enabled to enable high bandwidth Front Side Bus FSB The options are Enabled and Disabled High Temperature DRAM Operation When set to Enabled the BIOS will refer to the SPD table to set the maximum DRAM temperature If disabled the BIOS will set the maximum DRAM temperature based on a predefined value The options are Enabled and Disabled AMB Thermal Sensor Select Enabled to enabl...

Page 73: ... Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled High Precision Event Time Select Yes to act...

Page 74: ...ters MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled Thermal Management 2 Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature...

Page 75: ...cycles in 8 cycle increment The default setting is 32 bus cycles PECI Absent Alarm Available when supported by the CPU If set to Enabled the PECI Absent Alarm will be activated if the function of PECI Platform Environment Control Interface is not available for the onboard process es or for the motherboard The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel R Virtualization Technology Available when support...

Page 76: ...allows you to assign control of Serial Port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to Serial Port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for Serial Port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and...

Page 77: ...mary and Secondary XDMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging ...

Page 78: ...00 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to choose the console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to set the flow control for the console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how the console redirection is to be connecte...

Page 79: ... the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chas sis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system...

Page 80: ...the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chas sis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to ...

Page 81: ...voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chas sis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboa...

Page 82: ...m interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enab...

Page 83: ...ion when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles XSystem Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number SE...

Page 84: ...4 24 X7DA8 X7DAE User s Manual XRealtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components ...

Page 85: ...been used and Set means a 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 password has been entered Set Supervisor Password When this item is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to chan...

Page 86: ... from Boot Orders The items included in the boot list section are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The items included in the candidate list are currently not bootable Use the key or the key to move the device up or down Use the f key or the r key to specify the type of USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the x ke...

Page 87: ...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 default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you ve made You will remain in the Setu...

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Page 89: ... terminal This section lists Beep Codes for recoverable POST errors Recoverable POST Error Beep Codes When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST BIOS will display a POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected 1 continuous beep with the front panel OH ...

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Page 91: ... RAID driver displays When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify 3 additional device s Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ESB2 into 4 Drive A and press the Enter key Choose the Intel R ESB2 5 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the Enter key Press the Enter key to continue the installation ...

Page 92: ...indows OS Setup screen will display 2 From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the Enter key The 3 XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue with the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation After the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS Installation is completed the system will 4 automatically reboot Insert the Supermicro Setup CD that came with your motherboard into the C...

Page 93: ...ing with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Appendix C Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers C 1 Installing Drivers other Software and Drivers After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed ...

Page 94: ...displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note 1 The default user name and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor III adopts the temperature threshold setting...

Page 95: ... Remote Control Note The SD III Software program can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_III You can also download the SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor II ...

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Page 97: ... expected 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 ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions ...

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