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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Chapter 1

Introduction

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Overview

Checklist

Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an ac-

knowledged leader in the industry. Supermicro boards are designed with

the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards 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 Included with Retail Box Only

One (1) Supermicro Mainboard

One (1) IDE cable

One (1) 9-pin Serial port DKT Cable

One (1) ATX floppy drive cable w/3 heads

Two (2) SATA cables

One (1) I/O shield

One (1) Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities

One (1) User's/BIOS Manual

Summary of Contents for P8SCT

Page 1: ... P8SCT USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0a SUPER ...

Page 2: ...BILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by th...

Page 3: ...hecklist of what should be included in your main board box describes the features specifications and performance of the P8SCT mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when installing the processor and DDR2 memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this ch...

Page 4: ...ment 1 10 1 5 Power Configuration Settings 1 11 1 6 Power Supply 1 12 1 6 Super I O 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 3 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis 2 5 2 4 Installing DDR2 Memory 2 6 2 5 I O Port Front Control Panel Connector Locations 2 7 2 6 Connecting Cables 2 8 Power Supply Connectors 2 8 PW_ON Connector 2 8 R...

Page 5: ...N Enable 2 20 Force Power On Enable 2 21 Watch Dog Enable 2 21 SMBus to PCI PCI X Slots 2 22 PCI X Slot Speed Select 2 22 CPU Front Side Bus Speed 2 23 USB Wake Up 2 23 2 8 Onboard Indicators 2 24 GLAN LEDs 2 24 2 9 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Drive and SCSI Connections 2 25 Parallel Port Connector 2 25 Floppy Connector 2 26 IDE Connectors 2 26 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedure...

Page 6: ...dvanced BIOS Setup 4 5 4 4 1 Advanced BIOS Features 4 5 4 4 2 Advanced Chipset Control 4 6 4 4 3 I O Device Configuration 4 8 4 4 4 PnP Configuration 4 9 4 4 5 Hardware Monitors 4 11 4 4 6 Processor Clock Options 4 12 4 4 7 DMI Event Log 4 13 4 4 8 Console Redirection 4 14 4 5 Security 4 15 4 6 Boot 4 16 4 7 Exit 4 17 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes B 1 Appe...

Page 7: ...the highest standards 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 Included with Retail Box Only One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 IDE cable One 1 9 pin Serial port DKT Cable One 1 ATX floppy drive cable w 3 heads Two 2 SATA cables One 1 I O shield One 1 Supermicr...

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Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Figure 1 1 P8SCT Image ...

Page 10: ...otes KB MS USB1 2 Parallel Port ATX 24 Pin PWR JPWAKE1 4 Pin PWR CPU CopperRiver NorthBridge GLAN1 GLAN2 DIMM 1A blue GLAN CTRL JPL1 JPL2 PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz LGA 775 IDE Fan3 Fan2 J F 1 Fan1 Fan5 PXH V JPA1 IPMI Buzzer J 9 LE1 E7221 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI X 6 S I O COM2 J K 1 JWOR JWOL JWD Floppy ...

Page 11: ...1 Port 2 Connectors Fans 1 5 Fan5 CPU Fan Fan1 4 Chassis Fan Headers DIMM 1A 1B 2A 2B Memory DIMM Slots 1 through 4 Floppy Floppy Disk Connector IDE IDE Connector IPMI IPMI 2 0 Socket J9 Internal Speaker Buzzer JF1 Front Panel Control JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JK1 Keylock Header JLED Power LED Connector JSLED SATA LED Connector JWOL Wake On LAN JWOR Wake On Ring Header KB MS J14 PS 2 Keyboard M...

Page 12: ...l specifications of each motherboard GMCH Intel LGA775_PROCESSOR ICH6R USB PORT_1 6 FWH LPC I O MS KB FDD SER 1 SER 2 PRN Primary IDE VRM 10 1 ADDR CTRL CTRL ADDR DATA DATA UDMA 100 LPC BUS PCI 32 BUS DMI 5x PCI_32 H W MONITOR S ATAI CK410 PCI X BUS VGA_CONN PXH V PCI Ex8 PCI E PCI X Bridge CH_A1 2 COPPER RIVER 2x Gb_LAN Slot 4 Ports SLOT 1x PCIX_64b PCI Ex1 FSB 800 533MHz INTEGRATED GRAPHIC CH_B1...

Page 13: ... technology Intel E7221 Copper River Expansion Slots One 1 PCI X 64bit 133MHz Five 5 PCI 32 bit 33MHz slots BIOS 8Mb Firmware Hub AwardBIOS Flash EEPROM BIOS APM 1 2 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 limited Plug and Play PnP BIOS resource hot keys SMBIOS2 3 PC Health Monitoring Seven onboard voltage monitors for CPU core 3 3V 5V 5VStandby VBATT and 12V Fan status monitor with firmware software speed contr...

Page 14: ...ectors 1 header 1 port 2 Broadcom 5721 PCI E Gigabit Ethernet Controllers 1 EPP Enhanced Parallel Port and ECP Extended Capabilities Port supported parallel port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 6 USB Universal Serial Bus 2 0 ports for a speed of up to 480Mbps Latest USB 2 0 technology 1 VGA Connector 1 IPMI 2 0 Socket Other Hyper threading enabled Wake on Ring WOR Wake on LAN WOL Multiple...

Page 15: ...timized for the Prescott processors in an LGA775 Package It supports one or two channels of unbuffered ECC Non ECC DDR2 533 400 SDRAM The ACPI component provides the data buffering and interface arbitration required to ensure that system interfaces operate efficiently The Direct Media Interface DMI is a point to point interconnect between the Copper River GMCH and the ICH6 Intel ICH6R System Featu...

Page 16: ...en the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat tempera ture When the temperature reaches the pre defined OH temperature or when a fan failure occurs then the Overheat warning LED is triggered Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The 4 phase switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support auto sense voltage IDs rang...

Page 17: ...f the USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system it will function like a normal keyboard during system boot up Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button When the user depresses the power button the system will enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Depressing the power...

Page 18: ...ification 1 1 or above Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to in stall a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability Wake O...

Page 19: ... speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs one of which supports serial infrared communication 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 advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s whic...

Page 20: ...1 14 P8SCT User s Manual Notes ...

Page 21: ...eripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides ex cellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as specified by the Manufacturer Do not install the CMOS onboard battery upside down to avoid a possible explosion Unpacking T...

Page 22: ...the CPU heatsink 2 2 LGA775 Processor and Heatsink Fan Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Installation of the LGA775 Processor 1 Press the socket lever to release the load plate that covers the CPU socket from its locking position New CPU Socket w plastic cap on Socket Lever 2 Carefully lift the socket lever up to open the lo...

Page 23: ...p the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface of the socket or against any pins of the socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket 7 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed Pin 1 South Key North Key South Center Edge North Center Edge Socket Lever CPU in th...

Page 24: ...copper core of the heatsink Warning CPU overheat may occur if the protective film is not removed from the heatsink 5 Apply the proper amount of thermal grease on the CPU Note if your heatsink came with a thermal pad please ignore this step 6 If necessary rearrange the wires to make sure that the wires are not pinched between the heatsink and the CPU Also make sure to keep clearance between the fan...

Page 25: ...close to the mounting holes Please take all precautionary measures to prevent damage done to these components when you install the motherboard into the chassis Heatsink Removal 8 Repeat Step 6 to insert all four heatsink fasteners into the mounting holes 9 Once all four fasteners are securely inserted into the mounting holes and the heatsink is properly installed on the motherboard connect the hea...

Page 26: ...ulate any number of DIMM slots Popu lating DIMM 1A DIMM 2A and or DIMM 1B DIMM 2B with memory modules of the same size and of the same type will result in dual channel two way interleaved memory which is faster than single channel non interleaved memory 2 4 Installing DDR2 Memory CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing memory modules to prevent any possible damage Memory Module I...

Page 27: ... Green Keyboard Purple Parallel Port Burgundy VGA Port USB 1 2 Ports COM1 Port Turquoise Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 2 4 for the pin definitions of the various connectors including the speaker Refer to Section 2 6 for details NIC1 LED Power Button Overheat Fan Fail LED 1 Reset Button 2 IDE SATA LED Power On LED Reset Signal Vcc...

Page 28: ...Definitions Pin Number Definition 13 3 3V 14 12V 15 COM 16 PS_ON 17 COM 18 COM 19 COM 20 Res NC 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 24 COM Pin Number Definition 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 COM 4 5V 5 COM 6 5V 7 COM 8 PWR_OK 9 5VSB 10 12V 11 12V 12 3 3V KB MS USB1 2 Parallel Port ATX 24 Pin PWR JPWAKE1 4 Pin PWR CPU CopperRiver NorthBridge GLAN1 GLAN2 DIMM 1A blue GLAN CTRL JPL1 JPL2 PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz LGA 775 IDE Fan3 Fan2 J...

Page 29: ...A 775 IDE Fan3 Fan2 J F 1 Fan1 Fan5 PXH V JPA1 IPMI Buzzer J 9 LE1 E7221 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI X 6 S I O COM2 J K 1 JWOR JWOL JWD Floppy USB3 4USB5 6 J L 1 Fan4 JFSB2 JFSB1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 JLED JBT1 BIOS JSLED ICH6R South Bridge Bank1 Bank2 Battery J P F GLAN CTRL J P 1 J P 2 J P 3 JPUSB1 ...

Page 30: ... Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to dis play network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions NIC1 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 11 12 Definition 3VSTBY GND NIC2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number 9 10 Definition 3VSTBY GND KB MS USB1 2 Parallel Port ATX 24 Pin PWR JPWAKE1 4 Pin PWR CPU CopperRiver NorthBridge GLAN1 GLAN2 DIMM 1A blue GLAN CTRL JPL1 JP...

Page 31: ...header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Number 19 20 Definition Control Ground NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 KB MS USB1 2 Parallel Port ATX 24 Pin PWR JPWAKE1 4 Pin PWR CPU CopperRiver NorthBridge GLAN1 GLAN2 DIMM 1A blue GLAN CTRL JPL1 JPL2 PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz LGA 775 IDE Fan3 Fan2 J F 1 Fan1 Fan5 PXH V JPA1 IPMI Buzzer J 9 LE1 E7221 PC...

Page 32: ... RTS 8 CTS 9 RI Serial Port Pin Definitions COM2 Pin Number Definition 1 CD 2 RD 3 TD 4 DTR 5 Ground Pin Number Definition 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 10 NC KB MS USB1 2 Parallel Port ATX 24 Pin PWR JPWAKE1 4 Pin PWR CPU CopperRiver NorthBridge GLAN1 GLAN2 DIMM 1A blue GLAN CTRL JPL1 JPL2 PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz LGA 775 IDE Fan3 Fan2 J F 1 Fan1 Fan5 PXH V JPA1 IPMI Buzzer J 9 LE1 E7221 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz P...

Page 33: ...efinitions Pin Number 1 2 3 Definition Ground black 12V red Tachometer Caution Fan headers use DC power KB MS USB1 2 Parallel Port ATX 24 Pin PWR JPWAKE1 4 Pin PWR CPU CopperRiver NorthBridge GLAN1 GLAN2 DIMM 1A blue GLAN CTRL JPL1 JPL2 PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz LGA 775 IDE Fan3 Fan2 J F 1 Fan1 Fan5 PXH V JPA1 IPMI Buzzer J 9 LE1 E7221 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33...

Page 34: ...additional four USB ports are located at J10 J7 on the motherboard These ports labeled USB 3 4 and USB 5 6 can be used to provide front side chassis access cables not in cluded See the tables on the right for pin definitions KB MS USB1 2 Parallel Port ATX 24 Pin PWR JPWAKE1 4 Pin PWR CPU CopperRiver NorthBridge GLAN1 GLAN2 DIMM 1A blue GLAN CTRL JPL1 JPL2 PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz LGA 775 IDE Fan3 Fan2...

Page 35: ...9 LE1 E7221 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI X 6 S I O COM2 J K 1 JWOR JWOL JWD Floppy USB3 4USB5 6 J L 1 Fan4 JFSB2 JFSB1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 JLED JBT1 BIOS JSLED ICH6R South Bridge Bank1 Bank2 Battery J P F GLAN CTRL J P 1 J P 2 J P 3 JPUSB1 DIMM 2A blue DIMM 1B black DIMM 2B black JPUSB2 COM1 VGA WOR ...

Page 36: ...Fan5 PXH V JPA1 IPMI Buzzer J 9 LE1 E7221 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI X 6 S I O COM2 J K 1 JWOR JWOL JWD Floppy USB3 4USB5 6 J L 1 Fan4 JFSB2 JFSB1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 JLED JBT1 BIOS JSLED ICH6R South Bridge Bank1 Bank2 Battery J P F GLAN CTRL J P 1 J P 2 J P 3 JPUSB1 DIMM 2A blue DIMM 1B black DIMM...

Page 37: ...ridge GLAN1 GLAN2 DIMM 1A blue GLAN CTRL JPL1 JPL2 PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz LGA 775 IDE Fan3 Fan2 J F 1 Fan1 Fan5 PXH V JPA1 IPMI Buzzer J 9 LE1 E7221 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI X 6 S I O COM2 J K 1 JWOR JWOL JWD Floppy USB3 4USB5 6 J L 1 Fan4 JFSB2 JFSB1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 JLED JBT1 BIOS JSLED ICH6R ...

Page 38: ...PL2 PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz LGA 775 IDE Fan3 Fan2 J F 1 Fan1 Fan5 PXH V JPA1 IPMI Buzzer J 9 LE1 E7221 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI X 6 S I O COM2 J K 1 JWOR JWOL JWD Floppy USB3 4USB5 6 J L 1 Fan4 JFSB2 JFSB1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 JLED JBT1 BIOS JSLED ICH6R South Bridge Bank1 Bank2 Battery J P F GLAN CTR...

Page 39: ...ween 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 See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On a two pin jumper Closed means the jumper is on both pins and Open means the jumper is either on only one pin or completely removed Connector Pins Jumper Cap Setti...

Page 40: ...ca tion 2 01 or higher and supply 720 mA of standby power to use this feature Jumper Position 1 2 2 3 Definition Enabled Disabled Keyboard Wake Up Jumper Settings JPWAKE1 KB MS USB1 2 Parallel Port ATX 24 Pin PWR JPWAKE1 4 Pin PWR CPU CopperRiver NorthBridge GLAN1 GLAN2 DIMM 1A blue GLAN CTRL JPL1 JPL2 PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz LGA 775 IDE Fan3 Fan2 J F 1 Fan1 Fan5 PXH V JPA1 IPMI Buzzer J 9 LE1 E7221 ...

Page 41: ...TA2 SATA3 JLED JBT1 BIOS JSLED ICH6R South Bridge Bank1 Bank2 Battery J P F GLAN CTRL J P 1 J P 2 J P 3 JPUSB1 DIMM 2A blue DIMM 1B black DIMM 2B black JPUSB2 COM1 VGA Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD enables the Watch Dog func tion Watch Dog is a system moni tor that can reboot the system when a software application hangs Pins 1 2 will cause WD to reset the system if an applica tion hangs Pins 2 3 wi...

Page 42: ...n PWR JPWAKE1 4 Pin PWR CPU CopperRiver NorthBridge GLAN1 GLAN2 DIMM 1A blue GLAN CTRL JPL1 JPL2 PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz LGA 775 IDE Fan3 Fan2 J F 1 Fan1 Fan5 PXH V JPA1 IPMI Buzzer J 9 LE1 E7221 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 4 PCI 5 PCI X 6 S I O COM2 J K 1 JWOR JWOL JWD Floppy USB3 4USB5 6 J L 1 Fan4 JFSB2 JFSB1 SATA0...

Page 43: ...4 PCI 5 PCI X 6 S I O COM2 J K 1 JWOR JWOL JWD Floppy USB3 4USB5 6 J L 1 Fan4 JFSB2 JFSB1 SATA0 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 JLED JBT1 BIOS JSLED ICH6R South Bridge Bank1 Bank2 Battery J P F GLAN CTRL J P 1 J P 2 J P 3 JPUSB1 DIMM 2A blue DIMM 1B black DIMM 2B black JPUSB2 COM1 VGA JFSB1 JFSB2 USB Wake Up Use JPUSB1 JPUSB2 to enable or disable USB Wake Up which allows you to wakeup the system by depressing a...

Page 44: ... Gb LAN Right LED Indicator Activity LED Back View KB MS USB1 2 Parallel Port ATX 24 Pin PWR JPWAKE1 4 Pin PWR CPU CopperRiver NorthBridge GLAN1 GLAN2 DIMM 1A blue GLAN CTRL JPL1 JPL2 PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz LGA 775 IDE Fan3 Fan2 J F 1 Fan1 Fan5 PXH V JPA1 IPMI Buzzer J 9 LE1 E7221 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 4 PCI 5 ...

Page 45: ...r two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B The 80 wire ATA100 66 IDE hard disk drive cable that came with your system has two connectors to support two drives This special cable should be used to take advantage of the speed this new technology offers The blue connector connects t...

Page 46: ...right for pin definitions Pin Number Function 1 GND 3 GND 5 Key 7 GND 9 GND 11 GND 13 GND 15 GND 17 GND 19 GND 21 GND 23 GND 25 GND 27 GND 29 GND 31 GND 33 GND Pin Number Function 2 FDHDIN 4 Reserved 6 FDEDIN 8 Index 10 Motor Enable 12 Drive Select B 14 Drive Select A 16 Motor Enable 18 DIR 20 STEP 22 Write Data 24 Write Gate 26 Track 00 28 Write Protect 30 Read Data 32 Side 1 Select 34 Diskette F...

Page 47: ...and mouse 5 Remove all add on cards 6 Install a CPU and heatsink making sure that it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 7 Use the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the CMOS battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that no short circuit...

Page 48: ... to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 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...

Page 49: ...swer The P8SCTsupports up to 4 GB of ECC Non ECC unbuffered DDR2 533 400 two way interleaved or non interleaved SDRAM See Sec tion 2 4 for details on installing memory Question How do I update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com techsupport BIO...

Page 50: ...he first screen that appears when the system is turned on the momentary on off switch must be held for more than four seconds to shut down the system This feature is required to implement the ACPI features on the motherboard 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 su...

Page 51: ... 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 ap plied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover dam ages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alteration misuse abuse or improp...

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Page 53: ...computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS Flash chip enabling it to retain the system parameters Each time the computer is pow ered on the computer is then configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control when the computer is pow ered on How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters ...

Page 54: ...n be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing Del immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Del key to activate the Main Setup Menu Press DEL 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...

Page 55: ...88MB 3 5 in Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives enable this feature to assign physical drive B to logical drive A or physical drive A to logic drive B The options are Enabled and Disabled IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master Slave IDE Channel 3 Master Slave These settings allow the user to set the parameters of the IDE Channel 0 Master Slave ...

Page 56: ...configurations of items such as Head Precomp Landing Zone and Sector The options are None Auto and Manual Access Mode This item determines the location through which the AwardBIOS accesses the IDE Primary Master Device The settings are CHS LBA Large and Auto Halt On This item allows the user to select the situation in which the BIOS will stop the POST process and notify you about the status of the...

Page 57: ...ng POST while booting If an error occurs The system will automatically switch to the text mode The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Function Select Enabled to enable BIOS Support for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface features The settings are Enabled or Disabled 4 4 Advanced BIOS Setup Choose the Advanced BIOS Setup from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You...

Page 58: ...ilure The options are Off On and Former Sts Watch Dog Timer Select This setting is for enabling the Watch Dog feature The options are Enabled and Disabled Please refer to Chapter 2 for more details 4 4 2 Advanced Chipset Control DRAM Data Integrity Mode If enabled this feature allows the data stored in the DRMA memory to be integrated for faster data processing The options are ECC and Non ECC On C...

Page 59: ...ondary for Parallel ATA IDE The options are Primary and Secondary If On chip Serial ATA is set to Enhanced Mode only Serial ATA will be activated and Primary PATA IDE will be available Secondary PATA IDE will not be available SATA Port This setting allows you configure the setting for the SATA port The options are P1 and P3 is Secondary USB Controller This setting allows you to enable or disable t...

Page 60: ... the onboard Parallel port The options are SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP and Normal EPP Mode Select This setting allows the user to select the EPP port type The options are EPP 1 9 and EPP 1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA This setting allows the user to select the DMA channel for the ECP mode port to use The options are 1 and 3 Power On Function This setting allows the user to decide which method to use to power on the...

Page 61: ...this feature is set to Enabled the following item will display Resources Controlled By This setting allows the BIOS to automatically configure all boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you choose Auto you cannot select the IRQ DMA and memory base address fields because the BIOS automatically assigns them The options are Auto ESCD and Manual IRQ Resources If the above item Resources Controll...

Page 62: ... 2 PCI Express Port 3 PCI Express Port 4 Select Enabled to enable the PCI Express Root Port Functions for the PCI Express port specified The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto PCI E Compliance Mode This features allows the BIOS to set the version of PCI E Compliance Mode for the system The options are v 1 0a and v 1 0 PCI X Frequency This features allows the user to configure the default settin...

Page 63: ... and 850 C 1850 F Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU Temperature System Temperature In addition to temperature monitoring the status of the following items will also be displayed Fan 1 Speed Fan 5 Speed Voltage Monitoring Processor Vcore V 3 3V Vcc V 5V Vcc V 12V Vcc V 12V Vcc V 5V Standby VBAT Fan Speed Control Fan1 Fan5 When set to 3 pin the onboard fan ...

Page 64: ... The options are Enabled and Disabled Hyper Threading Set this option to Enabled to activate the hyper threading function of the CPUs Enabling the hyper threading function makes each CPU appear as two to any programs that support it you must have OS support also The settings are Disabled and Enabled CPU Clock Ration Use this option to set the clock ratio of the processor Use number keys to enter a...

Page 65: ...lear all DMI event logs The default setting is Yes View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log ...

Page 66: ... and Enabled BAUD Rate Select the BAUD rate for console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K bits per second Agent Connect Via This setting allows you to select the device to be used for Console Redirection Agent Wait Time Min This setting allows you to set the wait time for Console Redirection The options are 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min and 8 Min ...

Page 67: ...is highlighted on the above screen press the Enter key When prompted type the User Password in the dialogue box to set or to change the User Password Password Check This setting allows the user to determine if the password is required every time when the system boots up or if the password is required only when you enter the CMOS setup The options are System and Setup 4 5 Security Choose Security f...

Page 68: ...CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Second Boot Device This item allows the user to set the second boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Third Boot Device This item allows the user to set the third boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD SCSI CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Boot Other Devic...

Page 69: ...ut saving any changes you may have made Your sys tem should then continue with the boot up procedure Load Fail Safe 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 Load Optimized Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the optimized settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These settings provide...

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Page 71: ...s If a problem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages 1 short beep System Normal 1 long beep 2 short beeps VGA Errors 1 long beep 9 short beeps ROM Errors Repetitive pattern of beep pause Memory errors Overheat LED is On with beeping Overheat Beeps Error Messages ...

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Page 73: ... E000 F000 shadow RAM 0h1 Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio_Early_Init switch 04h Reserved 05h 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved 0Ah Disable PS 2...

Page 74: ...LY_PM_INIT switch 1Eh Reserved 1Fh Load keyboard matrix notebook platform 20h Reserved 21h HPM initialization notebook platform 22h Reserved 23h 1 Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack If CMOS checksum fails use default value instead 3 Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI PnP use If ESCD is valid take into consideration ...

Page 75: ...6h Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved 4Eh 1 Program MTRR of M1 CPU 2 Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU program CPU with proper cacheable range 3 Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU 4 On MP platform adjust the ca...

Page 76: ... according to items described in Setup Auto configuration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO 6Eh Reserved 6Fh 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 70h Reserved 71h Reserved 72h Reserved 73h Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH i...

Page 77: ...ssign IRQs to PCI devices 7 Initialize APM 8 Clear noise of IRQs 86h Reserved 87h Reserved 88h Reserved 89h Reserved 90h Reserved 91h Reserved 92h Reserved 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 94h 1 Enable L2 cache 2 Program boot up speed 3 Chipset final initialization 4 Power management final initialization 5 Clear screen display summary table 6 Program K6 write allocati...

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Page 79: ...ial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between de vices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates up to 150MBps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis t...

Page 80: ...press the Enter Key to select this option 5 Select the item On Chip Serial ATA and press the Enter Key When the sub menu appears select the item Enhanced Mode 6 Scroll up to the item SATA Mode and press the Enter Key to select this option When the sub menu appears select the item RAID 7 Tap Esc and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes ...

Page 81: ...from our web site Accessing the LSI SATA RAID Utility After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automati cally reboot To run the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility press the CTRL key and the M key simultaneously during system bootup as shown in the screen below LSI SATA RAID Utility Main Menu Once you ve entered the LSI SATA RAID Setup Utility the Main Menu of the ...

Page 82: ... press the Enter key The following screen displays b From the Configuration Submenu select New Configuration and press the Enter key to activate the following submenu c When the submenu appears highlight Yes and press the Enter key at the prompt as shown above to proceed with the new RAID Configuration The following screen displays ...

Page 83: ...l drives that you wish to configure as RAID drives and the texts of the selected drives will change from Ready to ONLINE shown below e When the screen shown above displays press F10 to associate the selected physical drive with the current array Once you ve finished creating the current array press Enter The following screen appears ...

Page 84: ... the pop up submenu indicating SPAN 1 appears as shown above use the space bar to configure the selected drive and press F10 The following screen appears f When the screen shown above displays press the space bar to select the array ...

Page 85: ...s highlight RAID 1 to select it default or press Enter for other RAID options i After completing the RAID level selection use the arrow keys to highlight Accept and press Enter j Once you ve created a new RAID save the configuration and proceed with disk drive initialization ...

Page 86: ... and makes any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To Initialize Disk Drives a Use the arrow keys to select the second item Initialize from the LSI SATA RAID main menu sho...

Page 87: ...d for confirmation use the arrow keys to select Yes and press Enter The following screen displays to confirm the initializa tion of the selected disk drive Creating Hot Spare Drives a Use the arrow keys to select Objects from the LSI SATA RAID main menu and press Enter b Select Physical Drive and press Enter The following menu displays ...

Page 88: ...bmenu and press Enter The status of the disk drive selected will be changed from Ready to HOTSP Note For detailed information regarding LSI s SATA RAID Configuration please refer to the LSI User s Manual included in the CD that came with your motherboard You can also visit our web site at www supermicro com for the LSI s User s Manual ...

Page 89: ...third party SCSI or RAID driver is displayed 8 When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s 9 Insert the driver diskette labelled LSI Embedded Serial ATA RAID Con troller Driver into your floppy drive and press the Enter key 10 Choose LSI Embedded Host Serial ATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the Enter key 11 Pre...

Page 90: ...ting on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bottom ...

Page 91: ...ment is called SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III 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 Supero Doctor III Interface Display Scre...

Page 92: ... 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 Supero Doctor II Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen III Remote Control ...

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