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X7DVL-L

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.0c

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Page 1: ... X7DVL L USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0c SUPER ...

Page 2: ...utes Super Micro 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 pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment ...

Page 3: ...sors This product is intended to be professionally installed Note CPUs with 90W or less are recommended 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 installing the processor memory modules and other hardware compone...

Page 4: ...Health Monitoring 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features 1 11 1 6 Power Supply 1 12 1 7 Super I O 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMs 2 6 2 4 Control Panel Connectors and IO Ports 2 8 A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports 2 8 B Front Control Panel 2 9 C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions 2 10 NMI Bu...

Page 5: ... Headers 2 20 VGA Connector 2 20 2 6 Jumper Settings 2 21 Explanation of Jumpers 2 21 GLAN Enable Disable 2 21 CMOS Clear 2 22 Watch Dog 2 22 VGA Enable Disable 2 23 I2C Bus to PCI Slots 2 23 2 7 Onboard Indicators 2 24 GLAN LEDs 2 24 Onboard Power LED 2 24 POST Code LED Indicators 2 25 Status LED 2 25 CPU VRM Overheat LED 2 26 2 8 Floppy and Hard Disk Drive Connections 2 27 Floppy Connector 2 27 ...

Page 6: ... 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 20 4 6 Boot Setup 4 21 4 7 Exit 4 22 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Error Codes A 1 Appendix B Installing the Windows OS B 1 Appendix C Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers C 1 X7DVL L User s Manual ...

Page 7: ...y 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 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 Four 4 SATA cables CBL 0044L One 1 I O backpanel shield CSE PT07L One 1 CPU Retention Mo...

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Page 9: ...ote The drawings and graphics 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: ...ded not drawn to scale Fan 1 LE2 8 Pin PWR JPW3 24 Pin PWR JPW1 JKM1 J20 JCOM1 KB MS USB0 1 COM1 VGA PWR Force GLAN1 GLAN2 J15 JPF JP2 JLAN1 JLAN2 FAN5 D31 BIOS Slot 6 PCI Ex8 J10 Battery VGA Memory S I O COM2 JCOM2 JWD J19 JPG1 Slot 4 PCI 33MHz Floppy J6 J22 JI2C2 JI2C1 JPL2 JPL1 Buzzer SP1 SD1 JWOL1 J26 JWOR1 USB2 3 JUSB1 JBT1 T SPGIO LE4 LE5 I SATA1 I SATA3 I SATA0 I SATA2 JS1 JS2 JS3 JS4 JF1 F...

Page 11: ...l Panel Connector GLAN 1 2 JLAN1 2 G bit Ethernet Ports IDE 1 JIDE1 IDE 1 Hard Drive Keyboard Mouse JKM1 Keyboard Mouse Connectors PWR LED SPKR JD1 Power LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 PWR Force On JPF JP2 Power Force On SATA0 SATA3 JS1 JS4 Intel SATA 0 3 Connectors Slot 4 J6 PCI 33MHz Slot Slot 6 J10 PCI Exp x8 Slots T SGPIO J26 Serial General Purpose Input Output Header USB 0 1 J20 Back Pane...

Page 12: ...PCI 33 MHz slot Slot 4 BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP USB Keyboard support Hard ware BIOS Virus Protection and SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V standby 5V standby and VBAT Fan status monitor with firmware control CPU chassis temperature monitors Low noise fan speed control Platform Environment C...

Page 13: ...63EB supports two Giga bit LAN ports One EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interface One floppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port Up to four USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 2 ports 1 Header Xgi Z7 Graphic Controller Super I O Winbond W83627DHG Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS CD Diskette U...

Page 14: ...ERAN PORT PORT PORT PORT PORTPORT PORT PORT 0 MCH PROCESSOR 2 ESB2 PCI 32 33MHz GILGAL GB LAN FWH RJ45 RJ45 LPC COM2 COM1 SIO W83627 FDD IDE CONN ATA 100 KB MS VRM ISL6312 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 3 1 2 VRM ISL6312 PROCESSOR 1 1067 1333 MT S 1067 1333 MT S PCI EXP x8 J10 6 PCI EXP_x8_SLOT PCI32_SLOT J6 1 DHG USB 0 1 2 3 PCIEx8 PCIEx4 FBD CHNL0 FBD CHNL1 1B 2B 1A 2A FBD DIMM FBD DIMM SATA 0 1 2 3 VGA XGI Z7 V...

Page 15: ...rs data at 10 7 GB sec The MCH chipset con nects up to four Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing a total memory bandwidth of up to 16 0 GB s The MCH chipset also provides one x8 PCI Express and one x4 ESI interfaces to the ESB2 In addition the 5000V Blackford VS chipset offers a wide range of RAS features including memory interface ECC x4 x8 Single Device Data Correction CRC parity protection mem...

Page 16: ...set Voltage 1 8V 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 sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are control...

Page 17: ...ware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the P...

Page 18: ... Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The X7DVL L can only accommodate 24 pin ATX power supply Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the motherboard some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 400W of ...

Page 19: ...erial communication ports UARTs Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O provides functions that comply wit...

Page 20: ...1 14 X7DVL L User s Manual Notes ...

Page 21: ...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 when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correc...

Page 22: ...stic cap is in place and none of the CPU Socket pins are bent other wise contact the retailer immediately 5 All graphics shown in this manual are for reference only The components that came with your motherboard may or may not look exactly the same as the pictures shown in this manual Installation Procedures For proper system setup please follow the procedure below to install the CPU backplate hea...

Page 23: ...s 4 Align the backplate with the chassis Make sure that the arrow on the back plate is pointing at the front side of the chassis 5 Once the backplate is correctly orient ed align the four heatsink mounting holes on the backplate against their respective mounting holes on the chassis Note The two mounting holes on the center of the backplate are optional 6 Once aligned securely attach the backplate...

Page 24: ...e the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed Then close the load plate 8 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down to lock it 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the clip is pushed in the clip lock Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard Warning Ple...

Page 25: ...follow the instruc tions on the next page to uninstall the heatsink to avoid damaging the CPU or the CPU socket Installation and Removal of the Heatsink CEK Passive Heatsink Screw 1 Screw 2 To Un install 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 right and gently w...

Page 26: ...les with a pair s of memory modules of the same size and same type will result in better memory performance Note 1 Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory See the DIMM Population Configurations Table below Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining avail able for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reductio...

Page 27: ...DIMM Top View of DDR2 FBD Slot 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 Enumeration Area 2 if needed Aligne...

Page 28: ...ow for the colors and locations of the various I O ports A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports 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 COM Port 1 Turquoise 6 VGA Port Blue 7 Gigabit LAN 1 8 Gigabit LAN 2 See Section 2 5 for details 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...

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 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 Fail LED NIC2 ...

Page 30: ...AN CTRL VGA CTRL 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 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions 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 V...

Page 31: ...tach a hard drive LED cable here to display disk activities for any hard drives on the system including Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED Pin Definitions 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 Fan 1 LE2 8 Pin PWR 24 Pin PWR KB MS USB0 1 COM1 VGA PWR Forc...

Page 32: ... the right for pin definitions OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 7 Vcc 8 Ground OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash ing Fan Fail PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 5 Vcc 6 Ground A B A OH Fan Fail LED B PWR Supply Fail Fan 1 LE2 8 Pin PWR 24 Pin PWR KB MS USB0 1 COM1 VGA PWR Force GLAN1 GLAN2 JPF FAN5 D31 BIOS Slot 6 PCI Ex8 Batt...

Page 33: ...ns 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 Attach it to the hardware reset 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 Fan 1 LE2 8 Pin PWR 24 Pin PWR KB MS USB0 1...

Page 34: ...therboard These power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V specification 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 In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the 12V 8 pin CPU PWR connector at JPW3 must also be connected to your mother board See the table on the right for pin definitions ATX Power 20 p...

Page 35: ...otherboard USB Ports 0 1 J20 are located on the I O Back Panel and USB Headers 2 3 JUSB1 can be accessed from the Front Panel See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header J23 is located next to the IDE port on the motherboard Attach an appropriate cable from the chassis to inform you of a chassis intrusion when the chassis is opened Chassis Intrusion...

Page 36: ...in fans See the table on the right for pin definitions The onboard fan speeds are controlled by the Thermal Management feature in Hardware Monitoring under the Advanced Section in the BIOS Default Disabled When using Thermal Management setting please use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans on the motherboard Fan Header Pin Definitions Fan1 6 Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Tachometer 4 PWR Modulation...

Page 37: ... 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 table on the right for pin definitions PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Data 2 NC 3 Ground 4 VCC 5 Clock 6 NC Serial Ports COM1 is a connector located on the IO Backpanel and COM2 is a header locat...

Page 38: ...n Ring The Wake On Ring header is desig nated JWOR1 This function allows your computer to be awakened by an incoming call to the modem when the system is in suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located at JWOL1 on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin defini ti...

Page 39: ...DIMM1B DIMM2A DIMM2B LAN CTRL VGA CTRL Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker Close pins 4 7 with a jumper to use an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker please close pins 6 7 See the table on the right for speaker pin defini tions GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports GLAN1 JLAN1 and GLAN2 JLAN2 are ...

Page 40: ... DIMM2A DIMM2B LAN CTRL VGA CTRL A B A T SGPIO B VGA VGA Connector A VGA connector J15 is located next to the COM1 port on the IO backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location T SGPIO Header The T SGPIO Serial General Purpose Input Output header is located at J26 on the motherboard This header is used to talk to a system monitoring chip on the backplane See the table on the right for ...

Page 41: ...ionofthemotherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board Seethemotherboardlayoutpages for jumper locations Note Ontwopinjumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins Connector Pins Jumper Cap Se...

Page 42: ... 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 completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS A B A Clear CMOS B Watch Dog Enable Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog JWD is a system monitor that ...

Page 43: ...N CTRL VGA CTRL VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings Both Jumpers Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Default Pins 2 3 Disabled A B A VGA Enabled B JI2C1 C JI2C2 VGA Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper settings I2 C Bus to PCI Slots Jumpers JI2 C1 JI2 C2 allow you to con nect the System M...

Page 44: ... the speed of the connection See the tables at right for more information 2 7 Onboard Indicators A B C A GLAN Port1 LEDs B GLAN Port2 LEDs C Onboard PWR LED Activity LED GLAN Link Indicator LED Color Definition Off No Connection or 10 Mbps Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps L i n k LED GLAN Activity Indicator Color Status Definition Yellow Flashing Active Onboard Power LED LE1 An Onboard Power LED is loc...

Page 45: ... of the system Refer to the table on the right for system status See the layout below for the LED location Status LED Indicator LED Color Definition Green Power On system normal Red PWR on PWR problem s occur s or JPW3 not properly installed Yellow S5 or S4 POST Code LED Indicators LE4 LE5 There are two POST Code LED Indica tors LE4 LE5 located on the moth erboard These two LEDs are used to indica...

Page 46: ...dge DIMM1A DIMM1B DIMM2A DIMM2B LAN CTRL VGA CTRL A B CPU VRM Overheat LED Indicators LE2 LE6 There are two CPU VRM Overheat LED Indicators LE2 and LE6 are on the moth erboard LE2 is for CPU1VRM and LE6 is for CPU2 VRM If the temperature of a CPU VRM is normal its CPU VRM Overheat LED is off When a CPU VRM is over 90o C its CPU VRM Overheat LED will turn yellow and the CPU will slow down to preven...

Page 47: ...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 Floppy Floppy Connector The floppy connector is located at J22 See the table below for pin definitions Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Grou...

Page 48: ...rs Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Reset IDE 2 Ground 3 Host Data 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 ...

Page 49: ...s speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Make sure that the CPU is properly seated Be sure to 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 the chassis 2 Make su...

Page 50: ...t you are using the correct type of DDR2 Fully Buffered FBD 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 all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an interleaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so...

Page 51: ...do I update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing any 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 Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer A...

Page 52: ... marked with the date of purchase is required 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 o...

Page 53: ... a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters When the 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 Setup u...

Page 54: ...g 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 to ...

Page 55: ...te 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 This field displays the date when this version of 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 ...

Page 56: ...Auto allows BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc The option User allows the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection Choose the option 1 39 to select a predetermined HDD type 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 ...

Page 57: ...ctors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are S...

Page 58: ...tected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 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 the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled The options are Enabled and Disab...

Page 59: ...is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed Quiet Boot This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen during boot up POST Errors Set to Enabled to display POST Error Messages if an error occurs during bootup If set to Disabled the system will continue to boot without displaying any error message even when a boot err...

Page 60: ...che data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into...

Page 61: ... L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the extended memory area above 1 MB Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing...

Page 62: ...on ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The o...

Page 63: ...eaved between two channels or Sequential from one channel to another Single Channel 0 allows a single DIMM population during system manufacturing The options are Sequential and Single Channel 0 Branch 0 Rank Interleaving Select enable to enable the functions of Memory Interleaving for Branch 0 Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 Branch 0 Rank Sparing Select enable to enabl...

Page 64: ...rocessing of this add on card For this motherboard the TOE device is built inside the ESB2 South Bridge chip The options are Enabled and Disabled Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled 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...

Page 65: ...o enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Execute Disable Bit Available when supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it canno...

Page 66: ...upported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation The options are Enabled and Disabled Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information XI O Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following ...

Page 67: ...llows you to select the base I O address for the Floppy port The options are Primary 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 Highligh...

Page 68: ... 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 connected ...

Page 69: ... 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 chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your syst...

Page 70: ...ed 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 chassis 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 to allow the onboard fans to constantly run at the full speed 12V The...

Page 71: ...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 chassis 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 d...

Page 72: ...password has been entered for the system User Password Is This item indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to ...

Page 73: ...above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified 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 USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the x key to remove it from the list o...

Page 74: ...Exit 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 made You will remain in the Se...

Page 75: ...able and 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 OH LED on s...

Page 76: ...A 2 X7DVL L User s Manual Notes ...

Page 77: ...r 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 78: ...river and the 1 system will start booting up from CD Follow the instructions given on the screen to continue with OS installation 2 After the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS Installation is completed the system will 3 automatically reboot Insert the Supermicro Setup CD that came with your motherboard into the CD 4 Drive during system boot and the main screen will display ...

Page 79: ...system before proceeding 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 than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install sof...

Page 80: ...plays 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 Both 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 settings ...

Page 81: ...een II Remote Control Note The 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 Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor II ...

Page 82: ...pected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro dis claims 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 li...

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