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USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.1a

X8SAX

C7X58

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Page 1: ...USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1a X8SAX C7X58...

Page 2: ...HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California County of Sa...

Page 3: ...rkstations Please refer to our web site http www supermicro com products for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be installed and serviced by professional technicians Manual Or...

Page 4: ...ponents or injury to yourself Danger Caution Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic system failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Important information given to ensure proper...

Page 5: ...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 Su...

Page 6: ...1 12 1 4 Power Configuration Settings 1 12 Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator 1 13 BIOS Support for USB Keyboard 1 13 Main Switch Override Mechanism 1 13 1 5 Power Supply 1 13 1 6 Super I...

Page 7: ...2 22 Power Fail LED 2 22 Reset Button 2 23 Power Button 2 23 2 6 Connecting Cables 2 24 4 Pin Auxiliary Power Connector 2 24 Fan Headers 2 25 Internal Buzzer 2 26 Speaker 2 26 Overheat Fan Fail LED JO...

Page 8: ...rning Merchandise for Service 3 5 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction 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 Adv...

Page 9: ...llowing 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 only One 1 Supermi...

Page 10: ...age 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 sam...

Page 11: ...JPL2 JPL1 JLED JPI1 JPUSB2 SPKR1 B1 Fan4 Fan5 Fan6 Fan1 CPU Fan3 LE1 JWOR JL1 JI2C2 JI2C1 JOH JPW1 COM2 COM1 JPW2 SMBUS_PS1 JD1 1 JPW3 I SATA5 I SATA4 I SATA3 I SATA2 I SATA1 I SATA0 DIMM3A DIMM3B JBT...

Page 12: ...PCI 33MHz Slot1 PCI X 133 100 MHz Fan2 Audio CTRL CPU Intel North Bridge Intel ICH10R South Bridge Battery Intel PXH V 1394a CTRL BIOS X58 9 5 4 3 10 11 8 7 6 1 2 12 13 15 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 46...

Page 13: ...PW3 7 12V 4 pin Secondary power connector this is rec ommended but not required for normal operation JWOL 29 Wake On LAN header JWOR 23 Wake On Ring header KB Mouse 1 Keyboard mouse connectors LAN1 LA...

Page 14: ...set IOH Intel ICH10R South Bridge Intel PXH V I O Bridge for PCI X slots X8SAX only Expansion Slots Two 2 PCI Express x16 Gen2 slots Slot 6 Slot 4 One PCI Express x4 in x8 slot Slot 5 Two 2 PCI X 133...

Page 15: ...p to 1 44 MB USB Devices Eight 8 USB ports USB 0 3 USB 4 5 USB 6 7 on the IO backplane for rear access Four 4 USB connections for front access Two Type A connectors and one header Keyboard Mouse PS 2...

Page 16: ...2 support Fan Control Fan status monitoring with firmware 4 pin PWM Pulse Width Modulation fan speed control Low noise fan speed control System Management PECI Platform Environment Configuration Inter...

Page 17: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 9 Notes...

Page 18: ...PCIE_x16 PCI_E x16 Slot Realtek ALC883 HDA PCIE_X4 W83627DHG PCI 32 X 1 Slot TI TSB43AB22A COM1 COM2 Floppy KB MS SPI SPI EEPROM FAN x 6 ICH10R LPC I O X8SAX C7X58 Block Diagram PCI_32_BUS DMI INTEL 8...

Page 19: ...erconnect technology built in the X8SAX C7X58 is one of the first motherboards on the market that offer the next generation point to point system interconnect interface replacing the current Front Sid...

Page 20: ...lowing voltages continuously CPU Core Chipset Voltage Memory Voltage 1 8V 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 t...

Page 21: ...st 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 necess...

Page 22: ...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 r...

Page 23: ...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...

Page 24: ...tsink fans When purchasing an LGA 1366 processor or when receiving a motherboard 4 with an LGA 1366 processor pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are...

Page 25: ...ket or its pins to avoid dam aging the CPU or the socket With the CPU inside the socket 7 inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed Once the CPU is securely 8...

Page 26: ...e that the wires are routed through the bottom of the heatsink 4 Remove the thin layer of the protective film from the copper core of the heatsink Warning CPU may overheat if the protective film is no...

Page 27: ...e CPU or the heatsink be re moved However if you do need to remove the heatsink please follow the instructions below to uninstall the heatsink and prevent damage to the CPU or other components 7 Align...

Page 28: ...thermal grease 3 to the heatsink or the CPU be cause the required amount has already been applied Place the heatsink on top of the 4 CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the b...

Page 29: ...socket To reinstall the CPU and the 5 heatsink clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to remove the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before reinstal...

Page 30: ...se compo nents when installing the motherboard into the chassis Tools Needed 1 Philips Screwdriver 2 9 Pan head 6 screws Installation Instructions Install the I O shield in your 1 chassis This is prov...

Page 31: ...of DIMMs into the memory 1 slots starting with DIMM1A When populating multiple DIMM modules within a channel always start with Bank1 first For best performance please use the memory modules of the sam...

Page 32: ...f the Bank2 slots but none in the Bank1 slots The first DIMM module must be installed in DIMM1A and all Bank1 slots must be filled before populating any Bank2 slot s Bank1 Slots Bank2 Slots T SGPIO0 T...

Page 33: ...emory available for the OS other applications 2 84 GB Note 4 For Microsoft Windows users Microsoft implemented a design change in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 SP2 and Windows Vista This change is sp...

Page 34: ...CTRL S I O 1394_2 Slot3 PCI 33MHz Slot1 PCI X 133 100 MHz Fan2 Audio CTRL CPU Intel North Bridge Intel ICH10R South Bridge Battery Intel PXH V 1394a CTRL BIOS X58 2 5 Connectors IO Ports The I O ports...

Page 35: ...2 1 Keyboard Purple 2 Mouse Green Keyboard Mouse T SGPIO0 T SGPIO1 JF1 JWOL JWD JPUSB1 JPAC JPL2 JPL1 JLED JPI1 JPUSB2 SPKR1 B1 Fan4 Fan6 Fan1 CPU Fan5 Fan3 LE1 JWOR JL1 JI2C2 JI2C1 JOH JPW1 COM2 COM1...

Page 36: ...B 1 3 Backplane USB 2 4 Backplane USB 3 5 Backplane USB 4 6 Backplane USB 5 7 Backplane USB 6 8 Backplane USB 7 9 Front Panel USB 8 10 Front Panel USB 9 11 Front Panel USB 10 11 Universal Serial Bus U...

Page 37: ...ppy X8SAX DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM1A LAN CTRL LAN CTRL S I O 1394_2 Slot3 PCI 33MHz Slot1 PCI X 133 100 MHz Fan2 Audio CTRL CPU Intel North Bridge Intel ICH10R South Bridge Battery Intel PXH V 1394a...

Page 38: ...pro vides 10 DAC channels simultaneously sup porting 7 1 sound playback and two channels of independent stereo sound output multiple streaming through the front panel stereo out via the front L R rear...

Page 39: ...e jumpers are not installed the back panel line out connector will be disabled and microphone input Pin 1 will be left floating which can lead to excessive back panel microphone noise and cross talk S...

Page 40: ...e Intel ICH10R South Bridge Battery Intel PXH V 1394a CTRL BIOS X58 Serial Ports Two COM Port headers are located on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin definitions Serial Port Pin Defi...

Page 41: ...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 a...

Page 42: ...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...

Page 43: ...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 detected on the mothe...

Page 44: ...vanced warnings for 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 tabl...

Page 45: ...a suspend button with a setting in the BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power in the suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power B...

Page 46: ...orts refer to Page 2 9 For information on COM Port 1 and COM Port 2 please see Page 2 10 A 24 Pin ATX Main PWR B 8 Pin Processor PWR B 4 Pin Auxiliary PWR A B 4 Pin Auxiliary Power Connector In additi...

Page 47: ...Hz Fan2 Audio CTRL CPU Intel North Bridge Intel ICH10R South Bridge Battery Intel PXH V 1394a CTRL BIOS X58 Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 2 2 5A 16V Red 3 Tachometer 4 PWM_C...

Page 48: ...Audio CTRL CPU Intel North Bridge Intel ICH10R South Bridge Battery Intel PXH V 1394a CTRL BIOS X58 Internal Buzzer The Internal Buzzer SP1 can be used to provide audible indications for various beep...

Page 49: ...2 USB6 7 USB 0 3 1394_1 USB9 USB8 Audio FP LAN1 USB4 5 Slot6 PCI E x16 Gen2 Slot5 PCI E x4 in x8 Gen2 Slot4 PCI E x16 Gen2 Slot2 PCI X 133 100 MHz CD In KB Mouse Floppy X8SAX DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM...

Page 50: ...ot3 PCI 33MHz Slot1 PCI X 133 100 MHz Fan2 Audio CTRL CPU Intel North Bridge Intel ICH10R South Bridge Battery Intel PXH V 1394a CTRL BIOS X58 A PWR SMB B PWR LED A Power Supply I2 C Connector Power S...

Page 51: ...ommunicate with the enclosure management chip in the system See the table on the right for pin definitions Refer to the board layout below for the locations of the headers NC No Connections T SGPIO0 T...

Page 52: ...n 1 Ground 2 Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL Pin Definition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up T SGPIO0 T SGPIO1 JF1 JWOL JWD JPUSB1 JPAC JPL2 JPL1 JLED JPI1 JPUSB2 SPKR1 B1 Fan4 Fan6 Fan1 CPU F...

Page 53: ...Audio CTRL CPU Intel North Bridge Intel ICH10R South Bridge Battery Intel PXH V 1394a CTRL BIOS X58 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the mother board jumpers can b...

Page 54: ...3B JBT1 USB 10 11 HD Audio 7 1 S PDIF LAN2 USB6 7 USB 0 3 1394_1 USB9 USB8 Audio FP LAN1 USB4 5 Slot6 PCI E x16 Gen2 Slot5 PCI E x4 in x8 Gen2 Slot4 PCI E x16 Gen2 Slot2 PCI X 133 100 MHz CD In KB Mou...

Page 55: ...PW1 COM2 COM1 JPW2 SMBUS_PS1 JD1 1 JPW3 I SATA5 I SATA4 I SATA3 I SATA2 I SATA1 I SATA0 DIMM3A DIMM3B JBT1 USB 10 11 HD Audio 7 1 S PDIF LAN2 USB6 7 USB 0 3 1394_1 USB9 USB8 Audio FP LAN1 USB4 5 Slot6...

Page 56: ...North Bridge Intel ICH10R South Bridge Battery Intel PXH V 1394a CTRL BIOS X58 A A Audio Enable B USB Wake up Backpanel C USB Wake up Front Panel USB Wake Up Use JPUSB jumpers to wake up your sys tem...

Page 57: ...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 motherboa...

Page 58: ...location of pin 1 A SATA Connectors Six Serial ATA SATA connectors I SATA 0 5 are located on the motherboard to provide serial link connections Se rial Link connections provide faster data transmissi...

Page 59: ...the PCI X Slot 1 on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin definitions Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FD...

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Page 61: ...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 sur...

Page 62: ...may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer 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 suppli...

Page 63: ...uently Asked Questions Question What type of memory does my motherboard support Answer The X8SAX C7X58 supports up to 24 GB of unbuffered ECC or non ECC 1 5V DDR3 1333 1066 800 MHz two way interleaved...

Page 64: ...web site Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS rom file to your computer Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure that it is newer than your BIOS before downloading You may cho...

Page 65: ...ed batteries carefully Do not damage the battery in any way a damaged battery may release hazardous materials into the environ ment Do not discard a used battery in the garbage or a public landfi ll P...

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Page 67: ...nnot 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 l...

Page 68: ...n 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...

Page 69: ...rocessor The AMI BIOS will automatically display the status of processor as shown below Speed Physical Count Logical Count System Memory This displays the size of memory available in the system Popula...

Page 70: ...user to choose between POST messages and the OEM logo Select Disabled to display the POST messages Select Enabled to display the OEM logo instead of the normal POST messages The options are Enabled an...

Page 71: ...n AC Power Loss Use this feature to set the power state after a power outage Select Power Off for the system power to remain off after a power loss Select Power On for the system power to be turned on...

Page 72: ...The options are Disabled and Enabled Hardware Prefetcher Available when supported by the CPU If set to Enabled the hardware prefetcher will prefetch streams of data and instruc tions from the main mem...

Page 73: ...e Disable Disable GV3 and Enable Enable GV3 Intel TurboMode Tech Available if Intel EIST technology is Enabled This feature allows processor cores to run faster than marked frequency in specific condi...

Page 74: ...d the CPU will conditionally demote C6 or C7 requests to C3 based on un core auto demote information The options are Disabled and Enabled DCA Technology This feature accelerates the performance of TOE...

Page 75: ...t frequency than the default frequency The available options are Auto Force DDR 800 Force DDR 1066 and Force DDR 1333 Memory Mode The options are Independent Channel Mirror Lockstep and Sparing Indepe...

Page 76: ...temperature detected at the chassis inlet Each step is in 0 5o C increment The default is 070 Press or on your keyboard to change this value Temperature Rise This item allows the user to define the te...

Page 77: ...gher frequency than a Real time Clock RTC does in synchronizing multimedia streams providing smooth playback and reducing the dependency on other timestamp calculation devices such as an x86 RDTSC Ins...

Page 78: ...ecide the number of onboard USB ports to be en abled The Options are Disabled 2 USB ports 4 USB ports 6 USB ports 8 USB ports 10 USB ports and 12 USB ports USB 2 0 Controller Select Enabled to activat...

Page 79: ...Available if RAID is selected above Select Intel to enable the Intel Host RAID Utility Select Adaptec to use the Adaptec HostRAID Utility The options are Intel and Adaptec SATA 2 Configuration Selecti...

Page 80: ...allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt Select Disabled to allow data to be transferred from and to the device one sector at a time Select Auto to allow data transfer from and to the device occu...

Page 81: ...ransfer rate of 16 6 MBs It has the same transfer rate as PIO mode 4 and Multi Word DMA mode 2 Select UDMA1 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 25 MBs Select UDMA2...

Page 82: ...32 64 96 128 160 192 224 and 248 PCIX Slot Frequency Use this setting to change the clock frequency of the PCIX slot s The available options are Auto 33MHz PCI 66MHz PCI 66MHz PCI X M1 100MHz PCI X M...

Page 83: ...is an industry standard for remote control devices ASK IR Amplitude Shifted Keying Infra Red is a protocol compatible with Sharp branded PDAs and other infra red devices Floppy Controller Select Enabl...

Page 84: ...n The options are No Delay Delay 1 Sec Delay 2 Sec and Delay 4 Sec Hardware Health Configuration This feature allows the user to monitor Hardware Health of the system and review the status of each ite...

Page 85: ...age High The processor is running hot This is a caution level since the CPU s Tem perature Tolerance has been reached or has been exceeded and may activate an overheat alarm The Default Alarm the Over...

Page 86: ...re displays the absolute system temperature i e 34oC Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the f...

Page 87: ...Yes and No Suspend Mode This option is used to select the ACPI State that is used for system suspend The options are S1 POS S3 STR and Auto S1 POS All processor caches are erased and stops executing i...

Page 88: ...press Enter to access the submenu and then type in a new Supervisor Password User Access Level Available when Supervisor Password is set as above Available options are Full Access grants full User rea...

Page 89: ...assword Select this feature and press Enter to access the submenu and then type in a new User Password Clear User Password Available only if User Password has been set Password Check Available options...

Page 90: ...ing 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 d...

Page 91: ...tically load Optimal De faults to the BIOS Settings The Optimal settings are designed for maximum system performance but may not work best for all computer applications Load Fail Safe Defaults To set...

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Page 93: ...ction 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 m...

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Page 95: ...next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Appendix B Software Installation Instructions B 1 Installing Drivers After you ve installed the W...

Page 96: ...splays 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 passwor...

Page 97: ...te 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...

Page 98: ...B 4 X8SAX C7X58 User s Manual Notes...

Page 99: ...rted at this time Below is a two part procedure to recover the BIOS Part 1 Boot Sector Recovery Process 1 Using a different system download and copy the correct BIOS binary image into a USB flash devi...

Page 100: ...bove except that the BIOS image file super rom is loaded from an IDE ATAPI CD DVD ROM RW disc drive that is attached to the system Note that loading from an IDE SATA hard disk drive is NOT supported 1...

Page 101: ...ted to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ul...

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