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              X7SLM/X7SLM+ User's Manual Guide

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Page 1: ... X7SLM X7SLM USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0b ...

Page 2: ...he 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 operated...

Page 3: ... product is intended to be installed and serviced by a professional 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 in stalling the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system If you encounte...

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

Page 5: ...r Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical 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 Web Sit...

Page 6: ... 1 10 Fan Status Monitor with Software 1 10 CPU Overheat LED and Control 1 10 1 4 Power Configuration Settings 1 10 Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator 1 11 BIOS Support for USB Keyboard 1 11 Main Switch Override Mechanism 1 11 1 5 Power Supply 1 11 1 6 Super I O 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 Motherboard Installation 2 2 To...

Page 7: ...l LED 2 16 Reset Button 2 17 Power Button 2 17 2 6 Connecting Cables 2 18 8 Pin Auxiliary Power Connector 2 18 External Power Connector 2 19 Fan Headers 2 20 Internal Speaker 2 21 Power LED Speaker 2 21 Overheat Fan Fail LED JOH1 2 22 Chassis Intrusion 2 22 2 7 Jumper Settings 2 23 Explanation of Jumpers 2 23 LAN Port Enable Disable 2 23 CMOS Clear 2 24 Watch Dog Enable Disable 2 24 TPM Support En...

Page 8: ...tion 4 1 Starting BIOS Setup Utility 4 1 How To Change the Configuration Data 4 1 Starting the Setup Utility 4 2 4 2 Main Setup 4 2 4 3 Advanced Setup Configurations 4 4 4 4 Security Settings 4 16 4 5 Boot Configuration 4 18 4 6 Exit Options 4 19 Appendix A POST Error Beep Codes Recoverable POST Error Beep Codes A 1 Appendix B Installing the Windows OS Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS for Sy...

Page 9: ...dards in quality and performance Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All the following items are included in the retail box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard Two 2 SATA cables CBL 0044L One 1 IDE hard drive cable CBL 0036L 03 One 1 floppy drive ribbon cable CBL 022L One 1 I O shield CSE PT7L...

Page 10: ...M Image Note All graphics shown in this manual were based upon 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 this manual ...

Page 11: ...talling or removing any components Trusted Platform Module TPM support is available on the X7SLM only X7SLM X7SLM KB Mouse USB 0 1 COM1 VGA JPL1 LAN1 LAN2 JPL2 LAN CTRL Fan4 LAN CTRL COM2 Floppy Battery Super I O SPI BIOS TPM CTRL USB2 J45 J46 USB3 4 Fan3 JL1 JBT1 JPT1 JWD JD1 IDE PWR Extension JP3 I SATA0 I SATA1 I SATA2 I SATA3 Fan2 LE1 FP CTRL Speaker SP1 JOH1 Fan1 8 pin PWR J41 Fan5 CPU Fan 24...

Page 12: ...D1 IDE PWR Extension JP3 I SATA0 I SATA1 I SATA2 I SATA3 Fan2 LE1 FP CTRL Speaker SP1 JOH1 Fan1 8 pin PWR J41 Fan5 CPU Fan 24 pin PWR JPW1 Intel 945GC MCH CPU DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DDR2 Unbuffered Non ECC 667 533 400 MHz Slot6 PCI E x8 Slot5 PCI 33 MHz Intel ICH 7 JF1 9 5 4 3 10 11 8 7 6 1 2 12 13 14 16 17 18 20 21 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 15 34 35 X7SLM X7SLM Quick Reference not drawn to scale 19 22 ...

Page 13: ...d Drive Connector I SATA 0 3 20 Intel South Bridge SATA Headers J41 32 12V 8 pin Power Connector Required JD1 23 Power LED External Speaker Header JF1 29 FP Control Panel Header JL1 16 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 30 Overheat LED Header JP3 21 Power Extension Connector for Add on card JPW1 34 ATX 24 pin Power Connector Required LAN1 LAN2 6 7 Ethernet RJ45 Gigabit LAN Connectors 1 2 KB Mouse 1 PS ...

Page 14: ...for dual channel mode Chipset Intel 945GC GMCH North Bridge ICH7 South Bridge Supports Intel Graphics Media Accelerator GMA 950 Expansion Slots One 1 PCI Express x8 slot Slot 6 One 1 32 bit PCI 33MHz slot Slot 5 BIOS 8 Mb AMI BIOS SPI Flash BIOS DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 2 0 3 0 Hardware BIOS virus protection SMBIOS 2 5 and Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU Cor...

Page 15: ... Realtek RTL8111C GR Single port Gigabit Ethernet Controllers support 2 Gigabit LAN ports PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports One IDE hard drive supports single dual channel s Two USB Universal Serial Bus 2 0 ports for a speed of up to 480Mbps on the backpanel and three USB connections that can be accessed from the front panel Intel GMA 950 and an Onboard VGA Connector built in Winbond Super I O 83...

Page 16: ...CI_32_BUS DDR2 667 533 400 VRM V10 1 DMI 1_PCI_x32 DIMM_CHA S ATA 300 4 x SATA CK505 CLK 1 PCIE_x8 Slot PORTS PCIE_x16 INTEGRATED GRAPHICS RTL8111C PCIE_x1 W83627DHG FSB 800 533MHz LPC USB 2 0 1 1 PCIE_x1 945GC Pb RTL8111C GMCH MCH X7SLM X7SLM Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram Please see the Motherboard Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard ...

Page 17: ...C of the CPU s usable memory address space The GMCH also supports one or two channels of SDRAM and the PCI Express based graphics attached devices The Intel 945GC platform supports the seventh generation I O Controller Hub In tel ICH7 to provide a multitude of I O related features The Direct Media Interface DMI provides the chip to chip connection between the GMCH and the ICH7 Intel I O Controller...

Page 18: ...the following voltages continuously CPU Cores Chipset Voltage Memory Voltage 3 3V 3 3V standby 5V 5V Standby Vbat and 12V Once a voltage becomes unstable it will give a warning or send an error message to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor by using SD III Fan Status Monitor with Software The PC health monitor can check the RPM status...

Page 19: ...stem alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds The power will turn off and no power will be provided to the motherboard 1 5 Power 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 of 1 GHz a...

Page 20: ...1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 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 sys tem Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an adv...

Page 21: ...y its edges only do 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 U...

Page 22: ...o not use a force greater than 8 lb inch on each screw Repeat Step 4 to insert 6 screws to all mounting holes 7 Make sure that the motherboard is securely placed on the chassis 8 2 2 Motherboard Installation All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both motherboard and chassis match Although a chassis...

Page 23: ...d fan 4 When receiving a motherboard with an LGA 775 Processor 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 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Load Lever PnP Cap on top of the Load Plate Load Plate w PnP Cap attached Installing the LGA 775 Processor Press the load lever to rel...

Page 24: ...e CPU is properly installed into the 9 socket the plastic PnP cap will be auto matically released from the load plate when the load lever is pushed in the lever lock Remove the PnP cap from the motherboard Warning Please save the plastic PnP cap The motherboard must be shipped with the PnP cap properly installed to protect the CPU socket pins Shipment without the PnP cap properly installed will ca...

Page 25: ... 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 Screw 2 Removing the Heatsink Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws 1 from the motherboard in the sequence as show in the picture on the right Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture 2 on the right and gently wriggle the...

Page 26: ...ation Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot 2 Repeat step 1 to install DIMM1B if needed Memory Support The X7SLM X7SLM supports up to 2GB Unbuffered Non ECC DDR2 667 533 400 in 2 DIMM slots Populating these DIMM modules with a pair or pairs of memory modules of the same type and same size will result in interleaved memory which will improve memory performance T...

Page 27: ...lor coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See the figure below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Back Panel Connectors and IO Ports Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple 2 PS 2 Mouse Green 3 USB Port 1 4 USB Port 2 5 COM Port 1 Green 6 VGA Blue 7 LAN Port 1 8 LAN Port 2 2 4 7 1 3 5 6 8 ...

Page 28: ...ard See the table at right for pin definitions PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Pin Definitions PS2 Keyboard PS2 Mouse Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 KB Data 1 Mouse Data 2 No Connection 2 No Connection 3 Ground 3 Ground 4 Mouse KB VCC 5V 4 Mouse KB VCC 5V 5 KB Clock 5 Mouse Clock 6 No Connection 6 No Connection VCC with 1 5A PTC current limit 1 2 1 Keyboard Purple 2 Mouse Green Keyboard Mouse ...

Page 29: ...USB 3 4 are located at J45 J46 on the mother board to provide front chassis access Cables are not included See the tables on the right for pin definitions Back Panel USB 0 1 Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 5V 5 5V 2 USB_PN 6 USB_PN 3 USB_PP 7 USB_PP 4 Ground 8 Ground Front Panel USB 2 3 4 Pin Definitions USB 2 3 Pin Definition USB 4 Pin Definition 1 5V 6 5V 2 USB_PN2 7 USB_PN3 3 US...

Page 30: ...kplane IO panel COM2 is located next to the floppy drive to provide additional onboard serial connection support See the table on the right for pin definitions Serial Ports COM1 COM2 Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 N A X7SLM X7SLM 1 1 Backpanel COM1 2 COM2 1 2 ...

Page 31: ... 2 11 X7SLM X7SLM 1 1 VGA 1 Video Connector A Video VGA CRT connector is located next to COM Port1 on the IO backplane This connector is used to provide video and CRT display Refer to the board layout below for the location ...

Page 32: ...e Please refer to the LED Indicator Section for LAN LED information LAN Ports Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 P2V5SB 10 SGND 2 TD0 11 Act LED 3 TD0 12 P3V3SB 4 TD1 13 Link 100 LED Yellow 3V3SB 5 TD1 14 Link 1000 LED Yellow 3V3SB 6 TD2 15 Ground 7 TD2 16 Ground 8 TD3 17 Ground 9 TD3 88 Ground NC No Connection X7SLM X7SLM 1 1 LAN1 2 LAN2 2 ...

Page 33: ...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 Pin 19 Pin 20 Pin 1 Pin 2 Power Button OH Fan Fail LED 1 NIC1 LED Reset Button 2 Power Fail LED HDD LED Power LED Reset PWR Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X ...

Page 34: ...t 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 Vcc X Ground NMI X Vcc PWR Fail LED NIC2 LED NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 19 Control 20 Ground Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 15 5V 16 Ground A NM...

Page 35: ... 2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach a hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drive ac tivities on the system including Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED Pin Definitions...

Page 36: ... advanced warnings of chassis overheat or fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 7 Vcc 8 Ground OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash ing Fan Fail PWR Fail...

Page 37: ...unction as a suspend button with a setting in the BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 1 Signal 2 3V Standby Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to a hardware reset switch on the com...

Page 38: ...ge 2 10 A 24 Pin ATX Main PWR B 8 Pin Auxiliary PWR A B 8 Pin Auxiliary Power Connector In addition to the ATX main power the 8 pin 12V power connector located at J41 is also required to provide power to the South Bridge North Bridge and all VRMs See the table on the right for pin definitions ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions JPW1 Pin Definition Pin Definition 13 3 3V 1 3 3V 14 12V 2 3 3V...

Page 39: ...U DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DDR2 Unbuffered Non ECC 667 533 400 MHz Slot6 PCI E x8 Slot5 PCI 33 MHz Intel ICH 7 JF1 External Power Connector In addition to the 24 pin main power con nector and the 8 pin auxiliary power located at J41 the 4 pin External Power connector at JP3 is used to provide power to external removable devices such as add on cards installed on the PCI slots This power con nector supports ...

Page 40: ...H 7 JF1 Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 2 2 5A 16V Red 3 Tachometer 4 PWM_Control Fan Headers The X7SLM X7SLM has five fan head ers Fan1 Fan5 Fans 1 4 are system cooling fans Fan 5 is used as a CPU fan These fans are 4 pin fan headers However Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans Note Please use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans...

Page 41: ...ker located at SP1 can be used to provide audible indica tions for various beep codes See the table on the right for pin definitions Refer to the layout below for the loca tions of the Internal Buzzer SP1 A Internal Speaker B Power LED Speaker A Internal Buzzer SP1 Pin Definition Pin Definitions Pin 1 Pos Beep In Pin 2 Neg Alarm Speaker Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are used for a p...

Page 42: ...T1 JWD JD1 IDE PWR Extension JP3 I SATA0 I SATA1 I SATA2 I SATA3 Fan2 LE1 FP CTRL Speaker SP1 JOH1 Fan1 8 pin PWR J41 Fan5 CPU Fan 24 pin PWR JPW1 Intel 945GC MCH CPU DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DDR2 Unbuffered Non ECC 667 533 400 MHz Slot6 PCI E x8 Slot5 PCI 33 MHz Intel ICH 7 JF1 A Overheat Fan Fail LED B Chassis Intrusion A B Overheat Fan Fail LED JOH1 The JOH1 header is used to connect an LED to provide w...

Page 43: ...r 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 Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins A A LAN Port 1 E...

Page 44: ...6 USB3 4 Fan3 JL1 JBT1 JPT1 JWD JD1 IDE PWR Extension JP3 I SATA0 I SATA1 I SATA2 I SATA3 Fan2 LE1 FP CTRL Speaker SP1 JOH1 Fan1 8 pin PWR J41 Fan5 CPU Fan 24 pin PWR JPW1 Intel 945GC MCH CPU DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DDR2 Unbuffered Non ECC 667 533 400 MHz Slot6 PCI E x8 Slot5 PCI 33 MHz Intel ICH 7 JF1 A A Clear CMOS B Watch Dog Enable Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog is a system monitor that can reboot...

Page 45: ... 8 pin PWR J41 Fan5 CPU Fan 24 pin PWR JPW1 Intel 945GC MCH CPU DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DDR2 Unbuffered Non ECC 667 533 400 MHz Slot6 PCI E x8 Slot5 PCI 33 MHz Intel ICH 7 JF1 A A TPM Support Enable TPM Support Enable X7SLM Only JPT1 allows the user to enable TPM Trusted Platform Modules support to enhance data integrity and system security See the table on the right for jumper settings The default settin...

Page 46: ...speed of the con nection See the tables at right for more information See the table on the right for more information 2 8 Onboard Indicators A A LAN Port 1 B LAN Port 2 C Onboard Power LED A Onboard PWR LED Indicator LED Settings LED Color Definition Off System Off On System on or System off and PWR Cable Connected Onboard Power LED An Onboard Power LED is located at LE1 on the motherboard When LE...

Page 47: ...e to use the correct cable for each connector Refer to Page 1 1 for cables that came with your shipment A red mark on a wire indicates the location of pin 1 The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B A SATA Connectors Four Serial ATA SATA connectors I SATA 0 3 are located on the mother board to provide s...

Page 48: ...on 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 SIORDY 28 PD 29 SDDACK 30 Ground 31 IRQ...

Page 49: ... 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 Selec...

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Page 51: ...motherboard and chas sis 3 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Also be sure to remove all add on cards 4 Install a CPU and heatsink Be sure that it is fully seated and then connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the ...

Page 52: ...to Section 1 5 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please make sure that you have followed all the ...

Page 53: ...ling memory Question Why does Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista show less memory than what is physically installed Answer Microsoft implemented a design change in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 SP2 and Windows Vista This change is specific to the Physical Address Extension PAE mode behavior which improves driver compatibility For more in formation please read the following article at Micr...

Page 54: ...urity and audio drivers Question How do I connect the ATA100 66 cable to my IDE device s Answer The 80 wire 40 pin high density ATA100 66 IDE cable that came with your system has two connectors to support two drives This special cable must be used to take advantage of the speed the ATA100 66 technology offers Connect the blue connector to the onboard IDE header and the other connector s to your ha...

Page 55: ...annot be configured Options in blue can be configured by the user The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text message When an option is selected in the left frame it is highlighted in white Often a text message will accompany it Note the AMI BIOS has default text messages built in Supermicro retains the option to include omit or change any of these t...

Page 56: ...tup When you first enter the AMI BIOS Setup Utility you will enter the Main setup screen You can always return to the Main setup screen by selecting the Main tab on the top of the screen The Main BIOS Setup screen is shown below System Overview The following BIOS information will be displayed System Time System Date Use this option to change the system time and date Highlight System Time or Sys te...

Page 57: ...ocessor When you select this option the AMI BIOS will automatically display the status of processor as shown below Speed Count System Memory This option allows the AMI BIOS to display the size of memory available in the system ...

Page 58: ...mal POST messages The op tions are Enabled and Disabled Wait for F1 If Error If set to Enabled the system will wait for the user to press F1 before displaying a message when an error occurs The options are Enabled and Disabled High Performance Event Timer Select Enabled to activate the High Performance Event Timer HPET that produces periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real time C...

Page 59: ...Select Last State to allow the system to resume its last state before a power loss The options are Power On Power Off and Last State MPS Revision This feature allows the user to specify the version of the Multi Processor Specifica tion MPS the motherboard is using The options are 1 4 and 1 1 Interrupt 19 Capture Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function When this i...

Page 60: ... both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled Max CPUID Value Limit This feature allows the user to set the maximum CPU ID value Enable this function to boot the legacy operating systems that cannot support processors with extended CPUID functions The options are Enabled and Disabled for the Windows OS Intel Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to ...

Page 61: ...Down Spread and Center Center Spread Clock Spread Spectrum Control This feature allows the user to determine the Clock Spread Spectrum Control level The options are 0 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 and 2 5 Advanced Chipset Settings The items included in the Advanced Settings submenu are listed below NorthBridge Configuration This feature allows the user to configure the settings for the Intel 945GC North Bridge DR...

Page 62: ...et to Enabled PEG will be configured to x1 setting by the BIOS The options are Enabled and Disabled Video Function Configuration DVMT Mode Select This option allows the user to set the DVMT mode The options are Fixed Mode DVMT Mode and the COMBO mode DVMT Fixed Memory This option allows the user to set the amount of memory to be used for operation in the DVMT Fixed Mode The options are 64 MB 128 M...

Page 63: ...face will be changed from the BIOS controlled to the OS controlled The options are Disabled and Enabled USB Mass Storage Device Configuration This feature allows the user to configure USB Mass Storage Device Settings USB Mass Storage Reset Delay This setting allows you to decide how long the system should wait in an attempt to detect the presence of a USB Mass Storage Device before it issues a sta...

Page 64: ...ce connected to the system The options are Not Installed Auto CD DVD and ARMD LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In the LBA mode the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB For drive capacities over 137 GB your system must be equipped with a 48 bit LBA mode addressing If not contact your manufacturer or install an ATA 133 IDE controller card that su...

Page 65: ... data transfer rate of 8 3 MBs Select MWDMA0 to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 0 It has a data transfer rate of 4 2 MBs Select MWDMA1 to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 13 3 MBs Select MWDMA2 to allow the BIOS to use Multi Word DMA mode 2 It has a data transfer rate of 16 6 MBs Select UDMA0 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 0 It has a dat...

Page 66: ...lay Select No to allow the AMI BIOS to configure all devices in the system PCI Latency Timer This feature sets the latency Timer of each PCI device installed on a PCI bus Select 64 to set the PCI latency to 64 PCI clock cycles The options are 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 and 248 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Select Yes to allow the system to give the VGA adapter card an interrupt address The options are Yes...

Page 67: ...address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt address The options for Serial Port1 are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 The options for Serial Port2 are Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port 2 Mode Use this feature to configure Serial Port 2 mode The options are Normal IrDA and ASK IR Hardware Health Configuration This feature allows the user to monitor Hardware Health of the system and rev...

Page 68: ...em is used as a Server Select Disabled Full Speed 12V to disable the fan speed control function and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at the full speed 12V The Options are Disabled 4 pin Server and 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring Vcore AVCC 3 3Vcc 12V VDIMM 5V Chipset 1 5V 3 3Vsb and Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take precedence over the BIOS se...

Page 69: ...er to select the target terminal type for Console Redirec tion The options are ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Select Enabled to allow VT UTF8 combination key support for ANSI VT100 terminals The options are Disabled and Enabled Sredir Memory Display Delay This feature defines the length of time in seconds to display memory information during remote access The options are No Delay...

Page 70: ...m Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Change Supervisor Password Select this feature and press Enter to access the submenu and then type in a new Supervisor Password 4 4 Security Settings The AMI BIOS provides a Supervisor and a User password If you use both pass words the Supervisor password must be set first TPM Enable Disab...

Page 71: ...r a User Password that has been entered Password Check Select Setup to allow the BIOS to check a user s password at setup Select Always to allow the BIOS to check a user s password at all time The options are Setup and Always Boot Sector Virus Protection This feature is near the bottom of the Security Setup screen When Enabled the AMI BOIS displays a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk...

Page 72: ... device 1st Floppy Drive 2nd boot device CD DVD PM LITE ON 3rd boot device SATA SS ST3800811A5 Hard Disk Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available Hard Disk Drives The options are 1st boot device and Disabled 1st Drive SATA SS ST3800811A5 Removable Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available Removable Drives The settings are...

Page 73: ...elect Save Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enter Discard Changes and Exit Select this option to quit the BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes to the system configuration and reboot the computer Select Discard Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enter Discard Changes Select this option and press Enter to discard all the changes and return to the AMI BIOS Utility P...

Page 74: ...ser s Manual Load Fail Safe Defaults To set this feature select Load Fail Safe Defaults from the Exit menu and press Enter The Fail Safe settings are designed for maximum system stability but not for maximum performance ...

Page 75: ... 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 Overheat LED on system overheat...

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Page 77: ...Windows XP 2003 Setup CD in the CD Drive and the sys 1 tem will start booting up from CD Continue with the OS installation The Windows OS Setup screen will display 2 From the Windows XP 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 2003 installation After the Windows XP 2003 OS Installation is completed...

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Page 79: ...g each item you must re boot 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 Software Installation Instructions C 1 Installing 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 ...

Page 80: ...isplays 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 precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor III adopts the temperature threshold settings...

Page 81: ...ote Control Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 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 ...

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Page 83: ... 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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