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             X7DCX User's Manual

ICH RAID Code Base

Select Intel to enable Intel's SATA RAID fi rmware to confi gure Intel's SATA RAID 

settings. The options are Intel and Adaptec.

SATA AHCI 

Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface. (Take 

caution when using this function. This feature is for advanced programmers only. 

The options are Enabled and 

Disabled

.)

System Memory

This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present 

in the system.

Extended Memory

This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being 

present in the system.

Summary of Contents for X7DCX

Page 1: ...SUPER X7DCX USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0...

Page 2: ...DWARE 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...

Page 3: ...lly installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 introduces the motherboard providing information on the layout con nectors jumpers features specifications and the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware insta...

Page 4: ...X7DCX User s Manual Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure correct system setup iv...

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: ...ch Override Mechanism 1 12 External Modem Ring On 1 12 1 6 Power Supply 1 12 1 7 Super I O 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 1 Precautions 2 1 Unpacking 2 1 2 2 Mounting t...

Page 7: ...eaders 2 17 Fan Headers 2 17 I O Connections 2 18 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports 2 18 Serial Ports 2 18 Universal Serial Bus USB 2 19 GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports 2 19 VGA Connector 2 20 S...

Page 8: ...S 4 1 4 1 Introduction 4 1 System BIOS 4 1 How To Change the Configuration Data 4 1 Starting the Setup Utility 4 1 4 2 Running Setup 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Setup 4 2 4 4 Advanced Setup 4 7 4 5 Security 4 2...

Page 9: ...est standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All the followi...

Page 10: ...The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the...

Page 11: ...DIMM1 CH0_DIMM1 JPW1 DP1 JI2C2JI2C1 JL1 Fan3 X7DCX SIMSO USB7 USB6 USB4 5 I SATA5 I SATA4 I SATA3 I SATA1 I SATA2 I SATA0 CPU1 Fan CPU2 Fan Slo3 PCI Ex8 Slot4 PCI Ex8 SMBus1 Fan6 Fan1 Fan8 T SGPIO2 JW...

Page 12: ...slot Slot1 PCI 33MHz JWOR COM2 Fan5 JPW2 T SGPIO1 CPU2 BIOS JPL1 Slo2 PCI Ex8 LAN CTRL LAN CTRL DIMM1B DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM3B DIMM3A Intel North Bridge Intel South Bridge VGA CTRL S I O PLX PCI E...

Page 13: ...35 Chassis Intrusion Header JPW1 52 12V 8 Pin Auxiliary PWR Connector JPW2 55 ATX 24 pin Main Power Connector JPW3 56 4 Pin CPU PWR Connector JWOL 21 Wake On LAN Header JWOR 17 Wake On Ring Header LAN...

Page 14: ...PCI 33MHz slot Slot1 One SIMSO IPMI slot with full KVM support if a SIMSO Add on Card is installed BIOS 16 Mb Phoenix SPI Flash EEPROM DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 APM 1 2 ACPI 1 0 2 0 Plug and Play PnP USB Keybo...

Page 15: ...tel 82573V and 82573L LAN chips support two Giga bit LAN ports One EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interface supports UDMA Mode 5 and PIO Mode 4 One floppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port s...

Page 16: ...MT S 1067 1333 MT S USB 0 1 2 3 4 PCIE x4 0 2 0 1 DDR2 667 1 2 1 1 DDR2 667 DMI Lane 6 Lanes1 2 3 4 82573L DDR2 SDRAM 32MB PCI E x8 4 5 3 0 Gb S SATA 0 1 2 3 5 6 LAN 7 PCI Slot 82573V LAN RJ45 LAN1 La...

Page 17: ...s The MCH supports a 36 bit wide address bus and up to four DDR2 667 MHz 533 MHz DIMM modules providing a total memory capacity of up to 48 GB The 5100 MCH also provides three x8 PCI Express interfac...

Page 18: ...and VBAT voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the vol...

Page 19: ...ecifi cation 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 a...

Page 20: ...m and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN controller can...

Page 21: ...ange of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk...

Page 22: ...1 14 X7DCX User s Manual Notes...

Page 23: ...not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags...

Page 24: ...efer to the layout below for the locations of the mounting holes The holes marked with arrows are the mounting holes on this motherboard Locate the mounting holes on the chassis Align the mounting hol...

Page 25: ...ferent types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both motherboard and chassis match 2 Some components are very close to the mounting holes Please take precautionary m...

Page 26: ...s Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding 1 removing or changing any components Make sure that you install the pro cessor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU h...

Page 27: ...side of the triangle cutout on the socket Once aligned carefully lower the 3 CPU straight down to the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not ru...

Page 28: ...echanism Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 3 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU Finish the installation by fully tightening 4 all...

Page 29: ...n the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink Once the heatsink is loosened remove 3 the heatsink from the CPU socket Cle...

Page 30: ...permicro web site for other information Memory Support The X7DCX supports up to 48 GB Buffered Registered ECC DDR2 667 533 MHz in 6 DIMMs Populating memory slots of the same bank with a pair or pairs...

Page 31: ...ase Tab Possible System Memory Allocation Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory System BIOS 1 MB 3 99 Local APIC 4 KB 3...

Page 32: ...pecification See the graphics below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Back Panel Connectors IO Ports Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Back Panel Connec...

Page 33: ...d 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...

Page 34: ...connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the...

Page 35: ...D connection is located on pin 14 of JF1 Attach a hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for SATA hard drives on the system See the table on the right for pin definitions HDD UID LED Pin D...

Page 36: ...vanced warnings of chassis overheating 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 ta...

Page 37: ...e table on the right for pin definitions Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 1 Signal 2 3V Standby Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to t...

Page 38: ...Connector A 24 pin main power supply connector JPW2 and an 8 pin CPU PWR connector JPW3 are located on the motherboard These power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V specification The 4 pin 12V PWR con n...

Page 39: ...L DIMM1B DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM3B DIMM3A Intel North Bridge Intel South Bridge VGA CTRL S I O PLX PCI Exp Switch IDE CTRL Fan Headers The X7DCX has six chassis system fan headers Fans 1 Fan 6 and t...

Page 40: ...TRL S I O PLX PCI Exp Switch IDE CTRL I O Connections ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located on the I O back plane See the table on the right for p...

Page 41: ...s 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 The other six are Front Panel USB connectors USB 2 3 USB 4 5 USB 6 and...

Page 42: ...LAN CTRL DIMM1B DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM3B DIMM3A Intel North Bridge Intel South Bridge VGA CTRL S I O PLX PCI Exp Switch IDE CTRL G F D E SATA Port Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Gr...

Page 43: ...No Connections JPW3 JSMB1 JUSB3 JUSB2 JUSB4 JUSB5 JBT1 JBAT1 JD1 SP1 JPG1 JPL2 JWD1 CPU1 JF1 CH0_DIMM2 CH0_DIMM0 CH1_DIMM0 CH1_DIMM2 CH1_DIMM1 CH0_DIMM1 JPW1 DP1 JI2C2JI2C1 JL1 Fan3 X7DCX SIMSO USB7 U...

Page 44: ...L DIMM1B DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM3B DIMM3A Intel North Bridge Intel South Bridge VGA CTRL S I O PLX PCI Exp Switch IDE CTRL Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is located at JWOR Use this header to...

Page 45: ...B DIMM3A Intel North Bridge Intel South Bridge VGA CTRL S I O PLX PCI Exp Switch IDE CTRL Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the tabl...

Page 46: ...t1 PCI 33MHz JWOR COM2 Fan5 JPW2 T SGPIO1 CPU2 BIOS JPL1 Slo2 PCI Ex8 LAN CTRL LAN CTRL DIMM1B DIMM1A DIMM2B DIMM2A DIMM3B DIMM3A Intel North Bridge Intel South Bridge VGA CTRL S I O PLX PCI Exp Switc...

Page 47: ...el South Bridge VGA CTRL S I O PLX PCI Exp Switch IDE CTRL 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the mother board jumpers can be used to choose between optional setting...

Page 48: ...clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same t...

Page 49: ...nition On Enabled Off Disabled Default JPW3 JSMB1 JUSB3 JUSB2 JUSB4 JUSB5 JBT1 JBAT1 JD1 SP1 JPG1 JPL2 JWD1 CPU1 JF1 CH0_DIMM2 CH0_DIMM0 CH1_DIMM0 CH1_DIMM2 CH1_DIMM1 CH0_DIMM1 JPW1 DP1 JI2C2JI2C1 JL1...

Page 50: ...AN port has two LEDs The yellow LED indicates activity while the Link LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at right for more information 2 8 Onboard Ind...

Page 51: ...r Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable 17 Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00 27 G...

Page 52: ...he motherboard This connection offers Intelligent Plat form Management Interfacing IPMI capability for multi platform multi user communications and remote system management It also provides full KVM s...

Page 53: ...s Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for 2 the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards Install a CPU in CPU Socket and connect the chassis speaker and the power...

Page 54: ...s of different speeds or types have been installed Also make sure that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recommended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the s...

Page 55: ...For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com or by fax at 408 503 8000 o...

Page 56: ...vers 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by callin...

Page 57: ...backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by th...

Page 58: ...ng Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the...

Page 59: ...e Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was buil...

Page 60: ...ers of the HDD installed Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item disp...

Page 61: ...ptions are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATA and...

Page 62: ...nable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled System Memory This dis...

Page 63: ...On Self Test routines by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The options are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed QuietBoot Mode This setting...

Page 64: ...nabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup XMemory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setti...

Page 65: ...tect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512 640K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Me...

Page 66: ...d PCI Exp x4 Access the submenu to make changes to the following items Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Ma...

Page 67: ...to accelerate the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of thi...

Page 68: ...memory errors by scanning all memory modules doing simulated READs while checking for ECC errors When an ECC error is detected during this process it is logged as a Patrol error A correctable error is...

Page 69: ...cy when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU te...

Page 70: ...information Intel EIST Support Available if supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core...

Page 71: ...serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Nor...

Page 72: ...pacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Eve...

Page 73: ...e 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 choose the console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI...

Page 74: ...f the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came w...

Page 75: ...t to Disabled the system will continue to log events received via system interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the...

Page 76: ...ting is 10 minutes Please ignore this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failur...

Page 77: ...Chapter 4 BIOS 4 21 XRealtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components System Event Log in List Mode...

Page 78: ...he IP address source for the connection The options are DHCP Dynamic Host Controller Protocol and Static This item displays the IP address for the IPMI connection detected IP Subnet Mask This item dis...

Page 79: ...word has been entered for the system User Password Is This 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...

Page 80: ...above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a key or a key to move t...

Page 81: ...scarding 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...

Page 82: ...4 26 X7DCX User s Manual Notes...

Page 83: ...A 1 Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display a POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long...

Page 84: ...A 2 X7DCX User s Manual Notes...

Page 85: ...s When the Windows XP 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify 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 Win...

Page 86: ...A and 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 specifie...

Page 87: ...and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons sh...

Page 88: ...voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note 1 Both default username and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor...

Page 89: ...n II Remote Control Note SD III Software 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 PRO...

Page 90: ...C 4 X7DCX User s Manual Notes...

Page 91: ...expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in su...

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