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JBT

JWOL1

JPL1

JWD

JPG1

JI2C2

JI2C4

JI2C1

JI2C3

J8

JPT1

SPKR

JD1

J18

JP2

JOH1

JL1

JP1

J7

FAN6

FAN5

FA

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1

FAN2

FAN3

FAN4

LED5

LED6

LE1

USB6

T-SGPIO2

USB4/5

USB2/3

COM2

LAN2

LAN1

PWR

BANK1

COM1

VGA

USB0/1

BANK2

KB/MS

DIMM1A

DIMM1B

DIMM2A

DIMM2B

CPU2

CPU1

Slot5 PCI-E x8

Slot6 PCI-E x8

Slot7 SIMLP

Slot4 PCI-E x8

Slot1 PCI-X 133MHz

Slot 2 PCI-E x4

Slot 0 PCI-U

I-SATA5

I-SATA4

FLOPPY

I-SATA0

I-SATA2

I-SATA1

I-SATA3

X7DWE

IDE#1

SMB

FP

CTRL

JPL2

Super I/O

LAN

CTRL

Intel 5400

North Bridge

Slot3 PCI-E x8

Intel ESB2

South Bridge

BIOS

T-SGPIO1

VGA

CTRL

24-Pin ATX PWR

8-Pin PWR

GLAN LEDs

There are two GLAN ports on the moth-
erboard. Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port
has two LEDs. The yellow 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.

2-7

Onboard

Indicators

A

B

A. GLAN Port1 LEDs

B. GLAN Port2 LEDs

C. Onboard Power LED

Activity

LED

GLAN Link Indicator

LED Color De

fi

nition

Off

No Connection or 10 Mbps

Green

100 Mbps

Amber

1 Gbps

L i n k

LED

GLAN Activity Indicator

LED Settings

Color Status De

fi

nition

Yellow

Flashing

Active

Onboard Power LED

An Onboard Power LED is located at LE1
on the motherboard. When this LED is lit,
the system is on. Be sure to turn off the
system and unplug the power cord before
removing or installing components. See
the tables at right for more information.

C

Onboard PWR LED Indicator (LE1)

LED Color De

fi

nition

Off

System Off (PWR cable
not connected)

Green

System On

Green:
Flashing
Quickly

ACPI S1 State

Green:
Flashing
Slowly

ACPI S3 (STR) State

Rear View

(when facing the

rear side of the chassis)

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Summary of Contents for X7DWE

Page 1: ... X7DWE USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0b SUPER ...

Page 2: ...or 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 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 oper...

Page 3: ... and enterprise server environments Please refer to our website 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 mother board and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions R...

Page 4: ...ual Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation or to prevent damage to the components Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure correct system setup iv ...

Page 5: ...v Notes Preface ...

Page 6: ...cial Features 1 10 1 5 PC Health Monitoring 1 10 1 6 ACPI Features 1 11 1 7 Power Supply 1 12 1 8 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 Installation 2 2 2 3 Installing DIMMs 2 6 2 4 Control Panel Connectors and IO Ports 2 8 1 Back Panel Connectors IO Ports 2 8 2 Front Control Panel 2 9 3 Front Control Panel P...

Page 7: ...ctor 2 20 Power SMB Connector 2 20 2 6 Jumper Settings 2 21 Explanation of Jumpers 2 21 GLAN Enable Disable 2 21 Clear CMOS 2 22 Watch Dog 2 22 VGA Enabled Disabled 2 23 I 2 C Bus to PCI X PCI Exp Slots Enable Disable 2 23 2 7 Onboard Indicators 2 24 GLAN LEDs 2 24 Onboard Power LED 2 24 CPU1 VRM OH LED CPU2 VRM OH LED 2 25 2 8 Floppy SIMLP Serial ATA and Hard Disk Drive Connections 2 26 Floppy Co...

Page 8: ...Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 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 24 4 6 Boot Setup 4 26 4 7 Exit 4 27 Appendices Appendix A POST Error Beep Codes A 1 Appendix B Installing the Windows OS B 1 Appendix C Installing Other Software and Drivers C 1 ...

Page 9: ...uality 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 The following items are included in the retail box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 0036L 03 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 0022L Six 6 Serial ATA cables CBL 0044Lx6 One 1 I O backpanel shield CSE PT07...

Page 10: ...per 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 Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address Super Micro Computer Inc 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Rd Chung Ho 235 Taipei County Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Websi...

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 the same as the graphics shown in the manual ...

Page 12: ... JF1 J22 JWOL1 JPL1 JWD JPG1 JI2C2 JI2C4 JI2C1 JI2C3 J8 JPT1 SPKR JD1 J18 JP2 JOH1 JL1 JP1 J7 FAN6 FAN5 FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 FAN4 LED5 LED6 LE1 USB6 T SGPIO2 USB4 5 USB2 3 COM2 JLAN2 JLAN1 PWR BANK1 COM1 VGA USB0 1 BANK2 KB MS DIMM1A DIMM1B DIMM2A DIMM2B CPU2 CPU1 Slot5 PCI E x8 Slot6 PCI E x8 Slot7 SIMLP Slot4 PCI E x8 Slot1 PCI X 133MHz Slot 2 PCI E x4 Slot 0 PCI U I SATA5 I SATA4 FLOPPY I SATA0 I SAT...

Page 13: ...Headers IDE IDE HDD Connector JD1 Speaker Header JF1 Front Panel Connector JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JLAN1 2 Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 Ports JOH1 Overheat LED Header JPW1 24 pin Main ATX Power Connector JPW2 12V 8 pin Secondary Power Connector JWOL1 Wake On LAN Header JWOR Wake On Ring Header SATA0 SATA5 SATA Ports SIMLP Low Profile SIMLP IPMI 2 0 Socket SMB System Management Bus I2 C Connector J18...

Page 14: ...MI Slot Slot 7 BIOS 16 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 2 0 Plug and Play PnP USB Keyboard support and SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores chipset Memory voltage 1 8V 3 3V 3 3V Standby 5V 5V Standby 12V 12V and Vbatt Fan status monitor with firmware control CPU chassis temperature monitors Platform Environment Control Interface PECI ready Thermal Monitor 2 T...

Page 15: ...er support dual Giga bit LAN ports One EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interface One floppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 7 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 3 ports 4 Headers XGI Z9S 32 MB Graphic Controller supports one VGA connector Super I O Winbond W83627HF w Hardware Monitor support W83793 Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on R...

Page 16: ... W83627 FDD USB 0 1 2 3 4 SIMLPCONN EBUS CONN EXP BUS IDE CONN ATA 100 33 KB MS FRONT PANEL PORT PORT POR PORT PORT PORT PORT PORT ESI 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 3 0 2 USB 2 0 3 0 Gb S VRM ISL6307 VRM ISL6307 PROCESSOR 1 1067 1333 1600 MT S 1067 1333 1600 MT S 6 EHF AD17 REQ0 GNT0 IRQ_N0 REQ0 AD18 GNT0 Gilgal RJ45 RJ45 1 PCI X SLOT VGA XGI GNT1 REQ1 AD17 5 PCI EX_X8_SLOT MAC IRQ_NB IRQ_NA AUTO FREQ DETEC...

Page 17: ...bandwidth for each FBD channel is 8 GB s for DDR2 800 667 533 FBD memory giving a total memory size of 32 GB The Intel 631xESB 632x ESB I O Controller Hub ESB2 South Bridge The 631xESB 632xESB I O Controller Hub Enterprise South Bridge 2 integrates an Ultra ATA 100 Controller six Serial ATA host controller ports one EHCI host controller seven external USB 2 0 ports an LPC interface controller and ...

Page 18: ...rs 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 controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU...

Page 19: ...ism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with both Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Operating Systems Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED ...

Page 20: ...cts 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 X7DWE can accommodate 24 pin ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inad equate In addition the 12V 8 pin power connections are also required to ensure adequate power supply to th...

Page 21: ...4 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 compatible serial 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 advance...

Page 22: ...1 14 X7DWE 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 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 24: ...d fan Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the 3 CPU heatsink and fan When purchasing an LGA 771 CPU or when receiving a motherboard with an 4 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 immedi ately Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support 5 Ins...

Page 25: ...pect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed Use your thumb to gently push the 8 socket clip down to the clip lock If the CPU is properly installed into 9 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 Please save the plas tic cap The mothe...

Page 26: ...e damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws CEK Heatsink Installation Screw 2 To Un install the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be re moved However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket Unscrew and remove the 1...

Page 27: ...se a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Note some components are very close to the mounting holes Please take precautionary measures to avoid damaging these components when you install the motherboard to the chassis Screw 1 Screw 2 3 Once the CPU is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old th...

Page 28: ...time with the maximum of 4 modules as shown in the Table below Refer to our website for additional memory information Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch 2 along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incor rectly Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules DIMM Modules Supported by...

Page 29: ...ning available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional See the Memory Availability Table below 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 GB Local APIC 4 KB 3 99 GB Area Reserved for the chip...

Page 30: ...elow for the colors and locations of the various I O ports 1 Back Panel Connectors IO Ports Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors Keyboard Purple 1 PS 2 Mouse Green 2 Back Panel USB Port 0 3 Back Panel USB Port 1 4 COM Port 1 Turquoise 5 VGA Port Blue 6 Gigabit LAN 1 7 Gigabit LAN 2 8 See Section 2 5 for details 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...

Page 31: ...re designed specifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See the figure below 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...

Page 32: ...ridge Slot3 PCI E x8 Intel ESB2 South Bridge BIOS T SGPIO1 VGA CTRL 24 Pin ATX PWR 8 Pin PWR 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 Rese...

Page 33: ...vities on the system including SAS 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 JBT JWOL1 JPL1 JWD JPG1 JI2C2 JI2C4 JI2C1 JI2C3 J8 JPT1 SPKR JD1 J18 JP2 JOH1 JL1 JP1 J7 FAN6 FAN5 FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 FAN4 LED5 LED6 L...

Page 34: ...inition 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 JBT JWOL1 JPL1 JWD JPG1 JI2C2 JI2C4 JI2C1 JI2C3 J8 JPT1 SPKR JD1 J18 JP2 JOH1 JL1 JP1 J7 FAN6 FAN5 FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 FAN4 LED5 LED6 LE1 USB6 T SGPIO2 USB4 5 USB2 3 COM2 LAN2 LAN1 PWR BANK1 ...

Page 35: ...eset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to a 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 JBT JWOL1 JPL1 JWD JPG1 JI2C2 JI2C4 JI2C1 JI2C3 J8 JPT1 SPKR JD1 J18 JP2 JOH1 JL1 JP1 J7 FAN6 FAN5 FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 FAN4 ...

Page 36: ...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 12V 8 pin Power Con nector Pin Definitions Pins Definition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V A 24 pin ATX PWR B 8 pin Processor PWR A B JBT JWOL1 JPL1 JWD JPG1 JI2C2 JI2C4 JI2C1 JI2C3 J8 JPT1 SPKR JD1 J18 JP2 JOH1 JL1 JP1 J7 FAN6 FAN5 FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 FAN4 LED5 LED6 LE1 USB6 T SGPI...

Page 37: ...the motherboard Back Panel USB Ports 0 and 1 are located at JUSB1 The other five are Front Panel Accessible USB headers USB Headers 2 and 3 USB Header 4 and 5 and USB6 located next to the floppy drive pro vide front panel USB access See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 on the motherboard Attach an appropriate cable from the ...

Page 38: ...ot3 PCI E x8 Intel ESB2 South Bridge BIOS T SGPIO1 VGA CTRL 24 Pin ATX PWR 8 Pin PWR Fan Headers The X7DWE has six chassis system CPU fan headers Fan1 to Fan6 All these 4 pin fans headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management via Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting in BIOS The Default setting is Disabled See the ...

Page 39: ...e BIOS T SGPIO1 VGA CTRL 24 Pin ATX PWR 8 Pin PWR 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 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 ...

Page 40: ...TRL 24 Pin ATX PWR 8 Pin PWR Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located at JWOL1 on the motherboard You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and a cable to use this feature See the table on the right for pin definitions Wake On LAN Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up A B A WOR B PWR LED Speaker Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are used fo...

Page 41: ... ESB2 South Bridge BIOS T SGPIO1 VGA CTRL 24 Pin ATX PWR 8 Pin PWR GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports are located at JLAN1 and JLAN2 on the I O backplane These ports accept RJ45 type cables A B A GLAN1 B GLAN2 C T SGPIO 1 C T SGPIO 2 GLAN1 GLAN2 C T SGPIO Headers Two SGPIO Serial Link General Purpose Input Output headers T SGPIO 1 T SGPIO 2 are located next to the IDE connec...

Page 42: ...ATA1 I SATA3 X7DWE IDE 1 SMB FP CTRL JPL2 Super I O LAN CTRL Intel 5400 North Bridge Slot3 PCI E x8 Intel ESB2 South Bridge BIOS T SGPIO1 VGA CTRL 24 Pin ATX PWR 8 Pin PWR SMB A System Management Bus header is located at J18 Connect the appropri ate cable here to utilize SMB on your system SMB Header Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Data 2 Ground 3 Clock 4 No Connection A B A SMB B PWR SMB Power S...

Page 43: ...2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the mother board jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers cre ate 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 See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper i...

Page 44: ...ontact pads to prevent 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 system before clear ing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the sys tem remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS A B A Clear CMOS B Watch...

Page 45: ...IOS T SGPIO1 VGA CTRL 24 Pin ATX PWR 8 Pin PWR A A JI 2 C1 B JI 2 C2 C JI 2 C3 D JI 2 C4 E VGA Enabled B VGA Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the VGA Controller The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to use this feature See the table on the right for jumper settings VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled I 2 C Bus to...

Page 46: ...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 LEDs B GLAN Port2 LEDs C Onboard Power 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 LED Settings Color Status Defin...

Page 47: ...re Normal LED6 On CPU2 VRM Overheat JBT JWOL1 JPL1 JWD JPG1 JI2C2 JI2C4 JI2C1 JI2C3 J8 JPT1 SPKR JD1 J18 JP2 JOH1 JL1 JP1 J7 FAN6 FAN5 FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 FAN4 LED5 LED6 LE1 USB6 T SGPIO2 USB4 5 USB2 3 COM2 LAN2 LAN1 PWR BANK1 COM1 VGA USB0 1 BANK2 KB MS DIMM1A DIMM1B DIMM2A DIMM2B CPU2 CPU1 Slot5 PCI E x8 Slot6 PCI E x8 Slot7 SIMLP Slot4 PCI E x8 Slot1 PCI X 133MHz Slot 2 PCI E x4 Slot 0 PCI U I SATA5...

Page 48: ... Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable 17 Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Side 1 S...

Page 49: ... Definitions Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 TX_P 3 TX_N 4 Ground 5 RX_N 6 RX_P 7 Ground B C G F E D A A I SATA0 B I SATA1 C I SATA2 D I SATA3 E I SATA4 F I SATA5 G SIMLP Serial ATA Ports Six Serial ATA Ports I SATA0 I SATA 5 are located at JS1 JS6 on the motherboard These ports provide serial link signal transmis sion which is faster than that of the traditional Parallel ATA See the table on the right ...

Page 50: ...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 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground A A IDE 1 IDE Connector An IDE Connector is located at JIDE1 on the motherboard This conne...

Page 51: ...rboard and 1 chassis Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for 2 the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards 3 Install CPU 1 first making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis 4 speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well No Power Make sure that no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 1 Make sure tha...

Page 52: ...vendor for repairs NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors Make sure that the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 1 Check if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and check if the BIOS 2 setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recommended to use the same RAM speed...

Page 53: ...ite at 2 http www supermicro com support bios If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when 3 contacting Supermicro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our website at http www...

Page 54: ...his process may take a few minutes to complete Do not be concerned if the screen is paused for a few minutes Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the 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 few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that ...

Page 55: ...disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS CMOS memory re quires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery provides 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 Da...

Page 56: ...ressing 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 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 ...

Page 57: ...as 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 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in XIDE Channel 0 Master Slave SATA Port 1 SATA Port SATA Port 3 and SATA Port 4 These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave SATA Port 1 SATA Po...

Page 58: ...ed 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 Cylinders This item indicates the status of cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system LBA Forma...

Page 59: ...ction of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode Thisoptionallowstheusertosetthetransfermode TheoptionsareStandard 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 ena...

Page 60: ...ure is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will become available The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID utility Select Adaptec to use Adaptec s HostRAID utility The options are Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI Enable Select Enable ...

Page 61: ...T Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests 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 screen during boot up POST Errors Select Enable to stop the POST routine and allow the system to display error messages when an error occurs dur...

Page 62: ... allows the user to determine how to use the keyboard 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 system Select Disabled to disable this function Power Loss Control This setting allows you to decide how the system will react when power returns after a...

Page 63: ...the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select 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 Cache B...

Page 64: ... settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Select Enabled to allow the system to boot from the GLAN1 connection or the GLAN 2 connection The options are Enabled and Disabled Option ROM Replacement If set to enabled the user is allowed to select the bootable peripheral device If a system hangs during bootup please change the setting of this item The options ar...

Page 65: ...fter the installation of a new software 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 allows the user to set the Large Disk Access mode 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 sett...

Page 66: ...DIMM Select 1 8V Forced to use 1 8V memory for testing Using the 1 8V Forced setting may be harmful to some 1 5V FBDIMM The options are Auto Detect 1 5V Forced and 1 8V Forced Memory Branch Mode This option determines how the two memory branches operate System address space can either be interleaved between the two branches or Sequential from one branch to another Mirror mode allows data correctio...

Page 67: ...mal Throttle Select Enabled to enable closed loop thermal throttling on a fully buffered FBD memory module In the closed loop thermal environment thermal throttling will be activated when the temperature of the FBD DIMM module exceeds a predefined threshold The options are Enabled and Disabled Global Activation Throttle Select Enabled to enable the function of open loop global thermal throttling o...

Page 68: ...e Disabled PCI and LPC High Precision Event Time Select Yes to activate the High Precision Event Timer HPET which is capable of producing periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real time Clock RTC can in synchronizing multimedia streams providing smooth playback and reducing the dependency on other timestamp calculation devices such as an x86 RDTSC Instruction embedded in a CPU The ...

Page 69: ... 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 reaches the overheat threshold C1 C2 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enable...

Page 70: ... 32 bus cycles Intel R Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creat ing multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will nee...

Page 71: ...ial Port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows you to decide how Serial Port B is controlled in the system 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 al...

Page 72: ...vent 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 This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Ent...

Page 73: ...300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to set console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 and ASCII Flow Control This item allows you to select the flow control option for the console The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how console redirection is to be...

Page 74: ...s Select 4 pin if your chassis uses 4 pin fans Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at the full speed 12V The Options are 1 Full Speed 12V 2 Optimized Server w 3 pin 3 Optimized Workstation w 3 pin 4 Optimized Server w 4 pin and 5 Optimized Workstation w 4 pin Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vco...

Page 75: ... continue to log events received via system 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...

Page 76: ...he default setting is 10 minutes Please ignore this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This item allows the user to decide 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 I...

Page 77: ...r Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components XIPMI LAN Configuration The following features allow the user to configure and monitor IPMI LAN settings ...

Page 78: ...ions and allow the user to configure VLAN settings The options are Enabled and Disabled VLAN ID If VLAN Tagging above is set to Enabled this item allows the user to change the VLAN ID If VLAN Tagging is disabled this item will be ignored by the firmware IP Address This item displays the IP address for the IPMI connection detected IP Subnet Mask This item displays the IP Subnet Mask for the IPMI co...

Page 79: ...Password is highlighted hit the Enter key At the prompt enter the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password to allow the user to access the BIOS with the privileges as a supervisor Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted enter the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s pas...

Page 80: ...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 of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices ...

Page 81: ...iscarding 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 have made You will remain in the Set...

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Page 83: ...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 front panel Overheat...

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Page 85: ... 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 86: ...ows 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 CD 5...

Page 87: ...the 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 InstallingDriversotherthantheAdaptecEmbedded 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 softw...

Page 88: ...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 precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doc tor III adopts the temperature threshold setting...

Page 89: ...II Remote Control Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our website 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 ...

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Page 91: ... 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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