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Appendix C: Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers

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Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen-II (Remote 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 Doc-
tor II.

Summary of Contents for SUPERO X7SBi-LN4

Page 1: ... X7SBi LN4 X7SBi LN4 TM USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0b ...

Page 2: ...AR SUPERMICRO 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 the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara ...

Page 3: ...ended to be professionally installed by a technician Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system Chapter 3 describes troubleshoo...

Page 4: ...d Installation 2 1 2 3 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 4 Installing DIMMs 2 7 2 5 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports 2 9 1 Back Panel Connectors IO Ports 2 9 2 Front Control Panel 2 10 3 Front Control Panel Pin Definitions 2 11 NMI Button 2 11 Power LED 2 11 HDD LED 2 12 NIC1 NIC2 NIC3 NIC4 LED Indicators 2 12 Overheat Fan Fail LED OH 2 13 Power Fail LED 2 13 Reset Button 2 14 Power Butto...

Page 5: ...lear CMOS 2 25 Watch Dog Enable Disable 2 25 SMB to PCI PCI E Slots Speeds 2 26 VGA Enable Disable 2 26 IDE Enable Disable 2 27 Force Power On Enable Disable 2 27 USB Wake Up 2 28 TPM Support Enable 2 29 2 8 Onboard Indicators 2 30 GLAN LEDs 2 30 Onboard Power LED LE1 2 31 2 9 Floppy Parallel and SIMSO Connections 2 32 Floppy 2 32 Parallel Port 2 33 SIMSO IPMI 2 33 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Tr...

Page 6: ...Main BIOS Setup 4 2 4 4 Advanced Setup 4 7 4 5 Security Settings 4 24 4 6 TPM State 4 26 4 7 Physical Presence Operations 4 27 4 8 Boot Settings 4 28 4 9 Exit 4 29 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Beep Codes A 1 Appendix B Installing the Windows OS B 1 Appendix C Installing Other Software and Drivers C 1 X7SBi LN4 X7SBi LN4 TM User s Manual ...

Page 7: ...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 The following items are included in the retail box only One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 floppy drive ribbon cable CBL 0022L One 1 IDE cable CBL 0036L 03 Six 6 SATA cables CBL 044L One 1 Supermicro CD containing ...

Page 8: ...ope Address Super 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 8...

Page 9: ...4 TM Image Note All pictures and drawings shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you have received may or may not look exactly the same as those in this manual ...

Page 10: ...i LN4 TM only 6 See Note 6 1 4 Printer JPG1 Slot1 PCI 33 MHz COM2 USB4 5 USB6 7 S I O 1 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 1 SATA 0 SATA 4 SATA 5 USB 3 USB 2 FAN 4 JP2 JWOR JBT1 Battery JL1 JWD JD1 IDE Floppy FAN 3 FAN 2 JPF JF1 JLED1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B T SGPIO1 T SGPIO2 JPL3 JPL4 FAN 5 LAN 1 2 JPL1 LAN 3 4 VGA COM 1 USB 0 1 KB MOUSE JPW1 FAN 6 SMBUS_PS PWR FAIL JPWF PSU ALARM RST JAR FAN 1 NIC LED 3...

Page 11: ...O IPMI 2 0 Socket JBT1 CMOS Clear JD1 External Speaker Header JF1 FP Control Panel Header JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JLED1 Onboard Power LED Header JOH Overheat LED Header PWR Fail Power Fail JPW1 ATX 24 pin Power Connector Required JPW2 12V 8 pin Power Connector Required JWOL Wake on LAN Header JWOR Wake on Ring Header KB Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Mouse LAN1 LAN4 Ethernet RJ45 Gigabit LAN Connectors ...

Page 12: ...on Slots One 1 32 bit PCI 33MHz 3 3V One 1 PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz 3 3V BIOS 8 Mb Firmware Hub Phoenix BIOS Note 1 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 2 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores Memory Voltage 1 8V 3 3V 5V 5V Standby 12V 12V and VBAT CPU 4 phase switching voltage regulator Status monitor for fan speed System OH Fan Fail LED Control Pulse Width Mo...

Page 13: ...onitor W83793G ATI ES1000 w 32MB Video Memory Temperature Monitoring CPU chassis environment CPU Thermal Trip support Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 available if supported by the CPU Other Wake on LAN JWOL Wake on Ring JWOR Trusted Platform Module TPM Support for X7SBi LN4 TM only Onboard Standby Power warning LED Indicator LE 1 CD Utilities Drivers and software for Intel 3200 chipset utilities Dimensions ...

Page 14: ...6 x SATA CK505 CLK MCH DIMM_CHB PORTS PCIE_x8 GLAN4 82573L PCIE_x1 W83627HG FSB 1333 1066 800MHz LPC USB 2 0 1 1 PXH V 1x PCIX_64 PCI X BUS IPMI IPMI I F Print port LCI GLCI GLAN3 82573L PCIE_x1 GLAN2 82573L PCIE_x1 GLAN1 82573V LPC TPM X7SBi LN4 X7SBi LN4 TM System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent the features on your motherboard See the previous pa...

Page 15: ...iently It also provides the bandwidth needed for the system to maintain its peak performance The Direct Media Interface DMI provides the connection between the MCH and the ICH9R The ICH9R supports two PCI Express devices six Serial ATA ports and up to eight USB 2 0 ports headers In addition the ICH9R offers the Intel Matrix Storage Technology which provides various RAID options for data protection...

Page 16: ...ssage is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal ...

Page 17: ... range 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifica tion defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs ...

Page 18: ...ed 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 advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O provides fun...

Page 19: ...ower supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 2 Motherboard ...

Page 20: ...n 3 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 4 When purchasing an LGA 775 Processor or 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 5 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU supp...

Page 21: ...ch Bottom Center Edge Top Center Edge 3 Use your thumb and your index fin ger to hold the CPU at the top center edge and the bottom center edge of the CPU CPU Key semi circle cutout below the circle CPU Pin1 Corner with a triangle cutout golden dot 4 Align CPU Pin1 the CPU corner marked with a triangle against the socket corner that is marked with a triangle cutout 5 Align the CPU key that is the ...

Page 22: ...talled 8 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down to the lever lock 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic PnP cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the load lever is pushed in the lever lock Remove the PnP cap from the motherboard Load Lever CPU in the CPU socket Plastic cap is released from the load plate if CPU properly installed Warning Pl...

Page 23: ... the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws eg the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws which may damage the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tighten ing all four screws Installing the Heatsink Screw 1 Screw 2 ...

Page 24: ...the heatsink is loosened remove it from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surfaces of the CPU and the heatsink to remove the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before re installing the CPU and the heatsink Removing the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to un install the heatsink please follow thes...

Page 25: ...ps into place in the slot 3 Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The X7SBi LN4 X7SBi LN4 TM supports up to 8 GB of Unbuffered ECC Non ECC DDR2 800 677 MHz in 4 DIMM slots Populating DIMM1A DIMM2A and or DIMM1B DIMM2B 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 the single channel non interlea...

Page 26: ...ty System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory System BIOS 1 MB 3 99 Local APIC 4 KB 3 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 2 MB 3 99 I O APIC 4 Kbytes 4 KB 3 99 PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76 PCI Express 256 MB 256 MB 3 51 PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed Aligned on 256 MB boundary 512 MB 3 01 VGA Memory 16 MB 2 85 TSEG 1 MB 2 84 Memor...

Page 27: ...cations of the various I O ports 1 Back Panel Connectors IO Ports Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple 2 PS 2 Mouse Green 3 Back Panel USB Port 0 4 Back Panel USB Port 1 5 COM Port 0 Turquoise 6 VGA Port Blue 7 Gigabit LAN 2 8 Gigabit LAN 1 9 Gigabit LAN 4 10 Gigabit LAN 3 See Section 2 5 for details 4 2 5 3 6 1 7 X7SBi LN4 9 8 10 ...

Page 28: ...A 3 SATA 2 SATA 1 SATA 0 SATA 4 SATA 5 USB 3 USB 2 FAN 4 JP2 JWOR JBT1 Battery JL1 JWD JD1 IDE Floppy FAN 3 FAN 2 JPF JF1 JLED1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B T SGPIO1 T SGPIO2 JPL3 JPL4 FAN 5 LAN 1 2 JPL1 LAN 3 4 VGA COM 1 USB 0 1 KB MOUSE JPW1 FAN 6 SMBUS_PS PWR FAIL PS ALARM RST FAN 1 NIC LED 3 NIC LED 4 JPW2 LGA 775 CPU W83627DHG Slot6 SXB2 PCIX 133 LAN CTRL LAN CTRL 82573L LAN CTRL Intel ICH...

Page 29: ...7 S I O 1 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 1 SATA 0 SATA 4 SATA 5 USB 3 USB 2 FAN 4 JP2 JWOR JBT1 Battery JL1 JWD JD1 IDE Floppy FAN 3 FAN 2 JPF JF1 JLED1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B T SGPIO1 T SGPIO2 JPL3 JPL4 FAN 5 LAN 1 2 JPL1 LAN 3 4 VGA COM 1 USB 0 1 KB MOUSE JPW1 FAN 6 SMBUS_PS PWR FAIL PS ALARM RST FAN 1 NIC LED 3 NIC LED 4 JPW2 LGA 775 CPU W83627DHG Slot6 SXB2 PCIX 133 LAN CTRL LAN CTRL 82573L LAN C...

Page 30: ...t for pin definitions HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 5V 14 HD Active A HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED D NIC3 LED E NIC4 LED Printer JPG1 Slot1 PCI 33 MHz COM2 USB4 5 USB6 7 S I O 1 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 1 SATA 0 SATA 4 SATA 5 USB 3 USB 2 FAN 4 JP2 JWOR JBT1 Battery JL1 JWD JD1 IDE Floppy FAN 3 FAN 2 JPF JF1 JLED1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B T SGPIO1 T SGPIO2 JPL3 JPL4 FAN 5 LAN 1 2 ...

Page 31: ...inter JPG1 Slot1 PCI 33 MHz COM2 USB4 5 USB6 7 S I O 1 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 1 SATA 0 SATA 4 SATA 5 USB 3 USB 2 FAN 4 JP2 JWOR JBT1 Battery JL1 JWD JD1 IDE Floppy FAN 3 FAN 2 JPF JF1 JLED1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B T SGPIO1 T SGPIO2 JPL3 JPL4 FAN 5 LAN 1 2 JPL1 LAN 3 4 VGA COM 1 USB 0 1 KB MOUSE JPW1 FAN 6 SMBUS_PS PWR FAIL PS ALARM RST FAN 1 NIC LED 3 NIC LED 4 JPW2 LGA 775 CPU W83627DHG Slot6...

Page 32: ...e on the right for pin definitions Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset 4 Ground Printer JPG1 Slot1 PCI 33 MHz COM2 USB4 5 USB6 7 S I O 1 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 1 SATA 0 SATA 4 SATA 5 USB 3 USB 2 FAN 4 JP2 JWOR JBT1 Battery JL1 JWD JD1 IDE Floppy FAN 3 FAN 2 JPF JF1 JLED1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B T SGPIO1 T SGPIO2 JPL3 JPL4 FAN 5 LAN 1 2 JPL1 LAN 3 4 VGA COM 1 USB 0 1 KB MOUS...

Page 33: ...ting Cables A JPW1 B JPW2 A B Processor Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the 12V 8 pin CPU PWR connector at JPW2 must also be connected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions 12V 8 pin Power CPU Connector Pin Definitions JPW2 Pins Definition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V ATX Power Connector There are a 24 pin main power supply c...

Page 34: ... 82573L 82573L SPI BIOS X7SBi LN4 SPKR1 JPT1 Universal Serial Bus USB There are eight USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports headers on the motherboard Two of them are Back Panel USB ports USB 0 1 Another four USB Headers USB 4 5 and USB 6 7 can provide front access USB con nections FP USB 2 3 are front panel USB connections See the tables on the right for pin definitions A Backpanel USB0 1 B Front Pa...

Page 35: ...1 JPUSB1 JPL2 LAN CTRL 82573V 82573L 82573L SPI BIOS X7SBi LN4 SPKR1 JPT1 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Data 2 NC 3 Ground 4 VCC 5 Clock 6 NC Serial Port 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 NC A Keyboard Mouse B COM1 C COM2 Pin 10 is available on COM2 only NC No Connection A B C ATX PS 2 Keyboard a...

Page 36: ...OL LE1 JPUSB1 JPL2 LAN CTRL 82573V 82573L 82573L SPI BIOS X7SBi LN4 SPKR1 JPT1 Power LED The Power LED connector is located at JLED This connection is used to provide LED Indication of power being supplied to the system See the table on the right for pin definitions PWR LED Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 5V 2 Key 3 Ground External Speaker Internal Buzzer On the J9 header pins 1 4 are for an Exte...

Page 37: ...CPU W83627DHG Slot6 SXB2 PCIX 133 LAN CTRL LAN CTRL 82573L LAN CTRL Intel ICH9R Intel Bigby V 3200 IDE CTRL PXH V JPUSB2 VGA ES1000 IPMI JI2C2 JI2C1 JWOL LE1 JPUSB1 JPL2 LAN CTRL 82573V 82573L 82573L SPI BIOS X7SBi LN4 SPKR1 JPT1 GLAN1 GLAN2 GLAN Giga bit Ethernet Ports F o u r G b i t E t h e r n e t p o r t s GLAN1 2 3 4 are located next to the VGA Connector on the IO back plane These ports acce...

Page 38: ...hassis system fan headers Fan1 to Fan5 and one CPU Fan CPU Fan6 All these fans are 4 pin fans However Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin definitions The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Note The Default setting is Disabled 4 pin Fan Header ...

Page 39: ...2 JI2C1 JWOL LE1 JPUSB1 JPL2 LAN CTRL 82573V 82573L 82573L SPI BIOS X7SBi LN4 SPKR1 JPT1 Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is located at JWOR This feature allows your computer to be awakened by an incom ing call to the modem when the system is in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and a cable to use this feature Wake On LAN The Wak...

Page 40: ...3V 82573L 82573L SPI BIOS X7SBi LN4 SPKR1 JPT1 A PWR Fault B PWR SMB Power SMB I2 C Connector Power SMB I2 C Connector PW4 is used to monitor PWR supply fan and system temperature See the table on the right for pin definitions PWR SMB Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Clock 2 Data 3 PWR Fail 4 Ground 5 3 3V Power Fault PWR Supply Failure Connect a cable from your power sup ply to the Power Fail J3P...

Page 41: ...D JD1 IDE Floppy FAN 3 FAN 2 JPF JF1 JLED1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B T SGPIO1 T SGPIO2 JPL3 JPL4 FAN 5 LAN 1 2 JPL1 LAN 3 4 VGA COM 1 USB 0 1 KB MOUSE JPW1 FAN 6 SMBUS_PS PWR FAIL PS ALARM RST FAN 1 NIC LED 3 NIC LED 4 JPW2 LGA 775 CPU W83627DHG Slot6 SXB2 PCIX 133 LAN CTRL LAN CTRL 82573L LAN CTRL Intel ICH9R Intel Bigby V 3200 IDE CTRL PXH V JPUSB2 VGA ES1000 IPMI JI2C2 JI2C1 JWOL LE1 JPUS...

Page 42: ... SPI BIOS X7SBi LN4 SPKR1 JPT1 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumperscreateshortsbetweentwopins tochangethefunctionoftheconnector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder padontheprintedcircuitboard Seethe motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note Ontwopinjumpers Closed means the...

Page 43: ...le interrupt signal for the application that hangs See the table on the right for jumper set tings Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS Note When enabled the user needs to write his her own application software to disable the Watch Dog Timer Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Reset default Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled JBT1 Printer JPG1 Slot1 PCI 33 MHz COM2 USB4 5...

Page 44: ...USB2 VGA ES1000 IPMI JI2C2 JI2C1 JWOL LE1 JPUSB1 JPL2 LAN CTRL 82573V 82573L 82573L SPI BIOS X7SBi LN4 SPKR1 JPT1 SMB to PCI PCI E Slot Speeds Jumpers JI 2 C1 JI 2 C2 allow you to con nect PCI PCI Exp Slots to the System Management Bus The default setting is open to disable the connection See the table on the right for jumper settings SMBus to PCI X PCI Exp Slots Jumper Settings JI 2 C1 JI 2 C2 Ju...

Page 45: ...y V 3200 IDE CTRL PXH V JPUSB2 VGA ES1000 IPMI JI2C2 JI2C1 JWOL LE1 JPUSB1 JPL2 LAN CTRL 82573V 82573L 82573L SPI BIOS X7SBi LN4 SPKR1 JPT1 A IDE Enable B Power Force On IDE Enable Disable JP2 enables or disables IDE on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled IDE Enable JP2 Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default 2 3 Disabled Force Power On Enable D...

Page 46: ... devices which al lows you to wake up the system by pressing a key on the USB keyboard or by clicking the USB mouse of your system The JPUSB jump ers are used together with the USB Wake Up function in the BIOS Enable both the jumpers and the BIOS setting to allow the system to wake up via USB Devices See the table on the right for jumper settings Note JPUSB1 is for Back Panel USB ports 0 1 and JPU...

Page 47: ...ALARM RST FAN 1 NIC LED 3 NIC LED 4 JPW2 LGA 775 CPU W83627DHG Slot6 SXB2 PCIX 133 LAN CTRL LAN CTRL 82573L LAN CTRL Intel ICH9R Intel Bigby V 3200 IDE CTRL PXH V JPUSB2 VGA ES1000 IPMI JI2C2 JI2C1 JWOL LE1 JPUSB1 JPL2 LAN CTRL 82573V 82573L 82573L SPI BIOS X7SBi LN4 SPKR1 JPT1 A TPM Support Enable A TPM Enable For the X7SBi LN4 TM Use JPT1 to enable or disable Trusted Platform Module TPM on the m...

Page 48: ...10 Mbps Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps L i n k LED Rear View When viewing it from the rear side of the chassis Printer JPG1 Slot1 PCI 33 MHz COM2 USB4 5 USB6 7 S I O 1 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 1 SATA 0 SATA 4 SATA 5 USB 3 USB 2 FAN 4 JP2 JWOR JBT1 Battery JL1 JWD JD1 IDE Floppy FAN 3 FAN 2 JPF JF1 JLED1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B T SGPIO1 T SGPIO2 JPL3 JPL4 FAN 5 LAN 1 2 JPL1 LAN 3 4 VGA COM 1 USB 0 1...

Page 49: ...r the LED location Printer JPG1 Slot1 PCI 33 MHz COM2 USB4 5 USB6 7 S I O 1 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 1 SATA 0 SATA 4 SATA 5 USB 3 USB 2 FAN 4 JP2 JWOR JBT1 Battery JL1 JWD JD1 IDE Floppy FAN 3 FAN 2 JPF JF1 JLED1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM 2A DIMM 2B T SGPIO1 T SGPIO2 JPL3 JPL4 FAN 5 LAN 1 2 JPL1 LAN 3 4 VGA COM 1 USB 0 1 KB MOUSE JPW1 FAN 6 SMBUS_PS PWR FAIL PS ALARM RST FAN 1 NIC LED 3 NIC LED 4 JPW2 LGA 77...

Page 50: ... and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to provide for 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 Floppy Connector The ...

Page 51: ...2573L 82573L SPI BIOS X7SBi LN4 SPKR1 JPT1 SIMSO IPMI 2 0 Socket A SIMSO IPMI 2 0 Socket is located next to the PCI slots on the moth erboard This connection provides IPMI Intelligent Power Management Interface capability to the mother board Refer to the layout below for the SIMSO IPMI location A Parallel Header B SIMSO IPMI 2 0 Parallel Port Header The parallel printer header is located on the Ba...

Page 52: ...2 34 X7SBi LN4 X7SBi LN4 TM User s Manual Notes ...

Page 53: ...sis Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the 2 keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards 3 Install a CPU and heatsink making sure it is fully seated and connect the 4 chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well Use the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the Manufacturer 5 Do not install the CMOS bat...

Page 54: ...should be using unbuffered DDR2 memory See the next page Also it 2 is recommended that you use the same memory speed for all DIMMs in the system See Section 2 4 for memory limitations Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping modules between slots and 3 noting the results Check the power supply voltage 115V 230V switch 4 Losing the System s Setup Configuration Make sure that you are using a ...

Page 55: ...lock code Note 2 The onboard SPI BIOS chip cannot be removed from the motherboard To repair or replace the BIOS chip please return the motherboard to RMA Dept at Supermicro for service 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Supermicro for technical suppor...

Page 56: ...ur bootable device or USB pen thumb drive Use the following format F flash xxxxxxxx rom Enter Note Be sure to insert a space immediately after flash and use only the file named flash bat to update the BIOS When completed your system will automatically reboot If you choose the exe file please run the exe file under Windows to create the BIOS flash floppy disk Insert the floppy disk into the system ...

Page 57: ...ated around the 4GB memory address 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 Ad dress Extension PAE mode behavior which improves driver compatibility For more information please read the fo...

Page 58: ...ing to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alteration misuse abuse or i...

Page 59: ...e CMOS The CMOS memory requires 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 Each time when the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information...

Page 60: ...stem 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 displays below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move between the different settings in each...

Page 61: ... type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88 MB 3 5 in BIOS Date The item displays the date that this version of BIOS was built Hard Disk Pre Delay This setting allows the user to add a delay before a hard drive is accessed by the BIOS for the first time This delay will allow the time needed for the...

Page 62: ...ed Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced program mers only The Enhanced AHCI mode is available when the Windows XP SP1 OS and the IAA Driver is used The options are Enabled and Disabled SATA AHCI Legacy Enable This setting allows the user to enable or disable SATA ports 5 and 6 while in this mode The options are Disabled and Enabled IDE Channel 0 Master ...

Page 63: ...lti sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Primary Master device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O Select Enable to enable the function of 32 bit IDE data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set...

Page 64: ...ntrol This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Primary Master device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O Select Enable to enable the function of 32 bit IDE data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PIO4 FPIO3 D...

Page 65: ...ill speed up the POST 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 POST Errors Select Enabled to stop the POST routine and allow the system to display error mes sages when an error occurs at bootup The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Mode Select Yes to use the A...

Page 66: ...ils The default setting is Disabled Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected power loss The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if it is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Extended Shadow RAM Select Enabled t...

Page 67: ...The options are Disabled and Enabled Core Multi Processing Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for more information The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report har...

Page 68: ...he 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 need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for det...

Page 69: ...emapping above 4GB The settings are Enabled and Disabled Enable VT d Select Enable to enable the functionality of the Intel Virtualization Technology for Direct I O support which offers fully protected I O resource sharing across the Intel platforms providing the user with greater reliability security and availability in networking and data sharing The settings are Enabled and Disabled High Precis...

Page 70: ... access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area of block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this functio...

Page 71: ...eing written into the extended memory area above 1 MB Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and opera tion The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back PnP Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices VBIOS This setting...

Page 72: ...ges to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for the Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit fr...

Page 73: ...anges to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to set a clock frequency for the KBC The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to decide how Serial Port A will be controlled The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for Serial Port...

Page 74: ...s you to select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode This feature allows you to specify the parallel port mode The options are Output only Bi Directional EPP and ECP DMA Channel This item allows you to specify the DMA channel for the parallel port The options are DMA1 and DMA3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to decide how the floppy disk...

Page 75: ...ws you to specify which COM port to direct the remote console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to set the BAUD rate for console redirection The options are 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 U...

Page 76: ...ly Alarm Setting Select this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm including the LED and the buzzer to be triggered as soon as the CPU temperature reaches the CPU overheat threshold as predefined by the CPU manufacturer CPU Temperature The CPU Temperature feature will display the CPU temperature status as detected by the BIOS Low This level is considered as the normal operating state The CPU ...

Page 77: ...to a more advanced feature by Intel in its newer processors The basic concept is that each CPU is embedded by a unique temperature information that the motherboard can read This Temperature Threshold or Temperature Tolerance has been assigned at the factory and is the baseline by which the motherboard takes action during different CPU temperature conditions i e by increasing CPU Fan speed triggeri...

Page 78: ... speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable and 2 3 pin server 3 pin workstation 4 pin server and 4 pin workstation Do not select 4 pin settings if you have a mix of 3 pin and 4 pin fans Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed VcoreA Vcc 1 5 12V 12V V_DIMM 3 3V 5Vsb 5VDD VTT_FSB Vbatt Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take precedence over the...

Page 79: ...isabled Clear System Event Logging Enable 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 Enable this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled and Dis abled BIOS POST Errors Enable thi...

Page 80: ... 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 System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These items display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in the List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Time Stamp Ge...

Page 81: ...Chapter 4 BIOS 4 23 Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as tempera tures fan speeds and voltages of various components ...

Page 82: ...ans a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This item indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the...

Page 83: ... the system boots up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required TPM Trusted Platform Module Support X7SBi LN4 TM only Select Enabled to enable Trusted Platform Module support and allow the BIOS to automatically download the drivers needed to provide support for the platforms specified The options are Enabled and Disabled If set to Enabled the TPM State screen disp...

Page 84: ... be done to the current TPM State Select Clear to clear or erase all information related to TPM support If set to Clear the sub menu Physical Presence Operations will appear Select Reject to cancel the selection Select Execute to proceed with selection All information related to TPM Support will be erased 4 6 TPM Trusted Platform Module State For the X7SBi LN4 TM only Choose the TPM State menu fro...

Page 85: ...ng screen will display State This feature allows you to configure TPM state settings Please note that this action will switch TPM state support on or off Reject This feature allows you to abandon a setting you ve configured The setting that you have chosen will be abandoned Execute This feature allows the system to carry out the setting you ve configured and be carried out ...

Page 86: ... 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 Subseque...

Page 87: ... Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you have made You will remain in the S...

Page 88: ...4 30 X7SBi LN4 X7SBi LN4 TM User s Manual Notes ...

Page 89: ...able and terminal This section lists Beep Codes for recoverable POST errors Recoverable POST Error Beep Codes When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST BIOS will display a POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected 1 long continuous with OH LED on s...

Page 90: ...A 2 X7SBi LN4 X7SBi LN4 TM User s Manual Notes ...

Page 91: ...ify ad 3 ditional device s Insert the driver diskette ITE RAID XP 2003 Driver for IDE into Drive A and 4 press the Enter key When the Windows XP 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify ad 5 ditional device s Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2003 Driver for ICH9R into Drive 6 A and press the Enter key Choose the Intel R ICH9R 7 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP ...

Page 92: ... IDE into Drive A and 4 press the Enter key Press the Enter key to proceed with the installation process If you need 5 to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the Enter key to continue with the installation From the Windows XP 2003 Setup screen press the Enter key The 6 XP 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then...

Page 93: ...system before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Appendix C Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers C 1 Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install sof...

Page 94: ... 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 Note 1 The default username 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 sett...

Page 95: ...I Remote 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 Doc tor II ...

Page 96: ...X7SBi LN4 X7SBi LN4 TM User s Manual C 4 Notes ...

Page 97: ... 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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