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Chapter 2: Installation

2-15

Serial Ports

Two COM connections (COM1 & COM2)

are located on the motherboard. COM1

is located on the Backplane I/O panel.

COM2 is located below the Super I/O

chip to provide additional onboard se-

rial connection support. See the table

on the right for pin defi nitions.

Serial Ports-COM1/COM2

Pin Defi nitions

Pin # Defi nition

DCD

DSR

RXD

RTS

TXD

CTS

DTR

Ground

N/A

M-L

1. (Backpanel) COM1

2. COM2

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

Page 2: ...RDWARE 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 Sant...

Page 3: ...is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Cha...

Page 4: ...to avoid bodily injury Warning Critical information to prevent damage to the components Important Important information given to ensure proper system installa tion or to relay safety precautions Note...

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: ...s Monitor with Software 1 10 CPU Overheat LED and Control 1 10 1 4 Power Configuration Settings 1 10 Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator 1 11 BIOS Support for USB Keyboard 1 11 Main Switch O...

Page 7: ...LED 2 21 Power Fail LED 2 21 Reset Button 2 22 Power Button 2 22 2 6 Connecting Cables 2 23 8 Pin Auxiliary Power Connector 2 23 External Power Connector 2 24 Fan Headers 2 25 Internal Speaker 2 26 Po...

Page 8: ...Data 4 1 Starting the Setup Utility 4 2 4 2 Main Setup 4 2 4 3 Advanced Setup Configurations 4 4 4 4 Security Settings 4 16 4 5 Boot Configuration 4 18 4 6 Exit Options 4 19 Appendix A POST Error Beep...

Page 9: ...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 The...

Page 10: ...ge Note All graphics shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same...

Page 11: ...the power cable before installing or removing any components A 1 USB2 3 COM2 USB7 USB5 6 USB4 JBT1 Slot 4 PCI 33MHz Slot 5 PCI E x4 in x8 Speaker Slot 6 PCI 33MHz IDE I SATA0 I SATA1 Slot 7 PCI E x16...

Page 12: ...ECC DDR2 400 533 667 Required DIMM1A DIMM1B USB0 1 CPU Fan JPW1 JPW2 KB MOUSE Intel 945GC Intel ICH7R Battery BIOS Super IO LAN CTRL LAN CTRL VRM CTRL Intel CPU LE1 JF1 FP CTRL JD1 Fan1 PWR LED SPKR...

Page 13: ...Intel South Bridge SATA Headers JD1 32 PWR LED External Speaker Header Pins 4 7 SPKR JF1 30 FP Control Panel Header JL1 18 Chassis Intrusion Header JOH1 28 Overheat LED Header JP3 10 Power Extension C...

Page 14: ...o 2 32 bit PCI 33MHz slots Slot 4 Slot 6 BIOS 8 Mb AMI BIOS SPI Flash BIOS DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 2 0 3 0 USB Keyboard support SMBIOS 2 5 and Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage m...

Page 15: ...8111C GR single port Gigabit Ethernet Controllers One PS 2 mouse and one PS 2 keyboard ports One IDE controller that supports up to two IDE devices Eight USB 2 0 ports headers up to 480 Mbps Two ports...

Page 16: ...0 7 BIOS Flash ROM SPI LPC I O MS 1 R E S B K SER 2 PRI_IDE VRM 11 ADDR CTRL CTRL ADDR DATA DATA UDMA 100 LPC PCI_32_Bus DDR2_667 533 400 VRM V11 DMI 2_PCI_x32 DIMM_CHA S ATA 300 4 x SATA IDTCV183 1 1...

Page 17: ...the 945GC of the CPU s usable memory address space The GMCH also supports one or two channels of SDRAM and the PCI Express based graphics attached devices The Intel 945GC platform supports the sevent...

Page 18: ...ng voltages continuously CPU Cores Chipset Voltage Memory Voltage 1 8V 3 3V 3 3V standby 5V 5V Standby 12V 12V and Vbat Once a voltage becomes unstable it will give a warning or send an error message...

Page 19: ...stem alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds The power will turn off and no power will be provided to the motherboar...

Page 20: ...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 t...

Page 21: ...ts edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their...

Page 22: ...motherboard to the chassis Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Caution Some components are...

Page 23: ...Locate the matching mounting holes on the chassis Install standoffs in the chassis as needed Align the mounting holes on the motherboard against the mounting holes on the chassis Install the motherbo...

Page 24: ...e CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi directional heatsink and fan 3 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis befor...

Page 25: ...socket key the Notch on the same side of the triangle cutout on the socket Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down to the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizo...

Page 26: ...it as it may damage your CPU Instead open the load plate again and double check that the CPU is aligned properly Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid damag...

Page 27: ...lly released from the load plate when the load lever is pushed in the lever lock Remove the PnP cap from the motherboard 6 CPU properly installed Load lever locked into place Important Please save the...

Page 28: ...ard Mounting Holes Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws Screw in two diagonal screws i e the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not over tighten the screws to avoid possible...

Page 29: ...e as shown in the illustration below Loosen screws in se quence as shown Screw 2 Motherboard Remove the Heatsink Bracket from under neath the mother board Screw 1 Screw 3 Screw 4 1 2 3 4 Clean the sur...

Page 30: ...vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent incorrect DIMM module installation Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the...

Page 31: ...DR2 Slot Position the DIMM module s bottom key so it aligns with the receptive point on the slot When the module is properlly inserted the Lock Release tabs will automatically secure the DIMM module l...

Page 32: ...IO LAN CTRL LAN CTRL VRM CTRL Intel CPU LE1 JF1 FP CTRL JD1 Fan1 PWR LED SPKR JOH1 Fan2 JWD Fan3 JL1 Fan4 JPL1 JPL2 Fan5 JP3 Clock chip X7SLM L I O Port Locations and Definitions 2 5 Connectors I O Po...

Page 33: ...See the table at right for pin definitions PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Pin Definitions PS2 Keyboard PS2 Mouse Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 KB Data 1 Mouse Data 2 No Connection 2 No Connection 3 Ground 3 Gr...

Page 34: ...4 Internal USB 4 5 Front Panel USB 5 6 6 Internal USB 7 Universal Serial Bus USB Two Universal Serial Bus ports USB 0 and USB 1 are located on the I O backplane Additionally two Type A Internal USB he...

Page 35: ...lane I O panel COM2 is located below the Super I O chip to provide additional onboard se rial connection support See the table on the right for pin definitions Serial Ports COM1 COM2 Pin Definitions P...

Page 36: ...anual X7SLM L 1 1 VGA 1 Video Connector A Video VGA CRT connector is lo cated next to COM Port1 on the I O backplane This connector is used to provide video and CRT display Refer to the board layout b...

Page 37: ...te Please refer to the LED Indicator Section for LAN LED information LAN Ports Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 P2V5SB 10 SGND 2 TD0 11 Act LED 3 TD0 12 P3V3SB 4 TD1 13 Link 100 LED Yellow 3V3SB 5 TD1...

Page 38: ...cifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See the figure below for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and p...

Page 39: ...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 table on the right for pin definitions NMI Button Pin...

Page 40: ...r to the table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach a hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drive ac tiv...

Page 41: ...ht for pin definitions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Defin...

Page 42: ...the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 1 Signal 2 3V Standby Res...

Page 43: ...e Page 2 10 A 24 Pin ATX Main PWR B 8 Pin Auxiliary PWR A B 8 Pin Auxiliary Power Connector In addition to the ATX main power the 8 pin 12V power connector located at JPW2 is also required to provide...

Page 44: ...TRL Intel CPU LE1 JF1 FP CTRL JD1 Fan1 PWR LED SPKR JOH1 Fan2 JWD Fan3 JL1 Fan4 JPL1 JPL2 Fan5 JP3 Clock chip X7SLM L External Power Connector In addition to the 24 pin main power connec tor and the 8...

Page 45: ...Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 2 2 5A 16V Red 3 Tachometer 4 PWM_Control Fan Headers The X7SLM L has five fan headers Fan1 Fan5 Fans 2 5 are system cooling fans Fan 1 is used as a CPU fan These fans ar...

Page 46: ...e Internal Speaker can be used to provide audible indications for various beep codes See the table on the right for pin definitions Refer to the layout below for the locations of the Internal Buzzer S...

Page 47: ...UNB NON ECC DDR2 400 533 667 Required DIMM1A DIMM1B USB0 1 CPU Fan JPW1 JPW2 KB MOUSE Intel 945GC Intel ICH7R Battery BIOS Super IO LAN CTRL LAN CTRL VRM CTRL Intel CPU LE1 JF1 FP CTRL JD1 Fan1 PWR L...

Page 48: ...umper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the mother board jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers cre ate shorts between two pins to change the function...

Page 49: ...CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS Note For an ATX po...

Page 50: ...e speed of the con nection See the tables at right for more information See the table on the right for more information 2 8 Onboard Indicators A A LAN Port 1 B LAN Port 2 C Onboard Power LED A Onboard...

Page 51: ...e to use the correct cable for each connector Refer to Page 1 1 for cables that came with your shipment A red mark on a wire indicates the location of pin 1 The connector with twisted wires always con...

Page 52: ...tion Pin Definition 1 Reset IDE 2 Ground 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data...

Page 53: ...motherboard and chas sis 3 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Also be sure to remove all add on cards 4 Install a CPU and heatsink Be sur...

Page 54: ...he system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 5 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If...

Page 55: ...two way interleaved or non interleaved SDRAM See Section 2 4 for details on installing memory Question How do I update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are not...

Page 56: ...device s Answer The 80 wire 40 pin high density ATA100 66 IDE cable that came with your system has two connectors to support two drives This special cable must be used to take advantage of the speed t...

Page 57: ...s cannot be configured Options in blue can be configured by the user The right frame displays the key legend Above the key legend is an area reserved for a text message When an option is selected in t...

Page 58: ...st enter the AMI BIOS Setup Utility you will enter the Main setup screen You can always return to the Main setup screen by selecting the Main tab on the top of the screen The Main BIOS Setup screen is...

Page 59: ...sor The AMI BIOS automatically displays the status of processor as shown below Genuine Intel R CPU XX XXGHz Speed XXXXMHz Count X System Memory This displays the size of memory available in the system...

Page 60: ...Disabled Wait for F1 If Error If set to Enabled the system will wait for the user to press F1 before displaying a message when an error occurs The options are Enabled and Disabled High Performance Eve...

Page 61: ...the power supply goes on reduced power mode However main memory RAM is still powered ACPI Version Feature This feature allows the user to select the ACPI Version for the system The op tions are ACPI...

Page 62: ...options are Auto and Manual Ratio CMOS Setting This option appears when Manual is select under CPU Ratio above It allows the user to set the ratio between the CPU Core Clock and the FSB Frequency Note...

Page 63: ...and attempt to reduce the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components whenever needed The options are Disabled and Enabled If this feature is set to Enabled the following items will...

Page 64: ...rnal Graphics Device IGD Graphics Mode Select Use the feature to set the amount of system memory to be used by the Internal Graphics Devices The options are Disabled Enabled 1 MB and Enabled 8 MB PEG...

Page 65: ...gs for the motherboard Legacy USB Support Select Enabled to use Legacy USB devices If this item is set to Auto Legacy USB support will be automatically enabled if a legacy USB device is installed on t...

Page 66: ...to con figure your RAID by pressing and holding down Ctrl and pressing I the i key during POST For a downloadable PDF manual please visit Supermicro s website at http www supermicro com support manua...

Page 67: ...a transfer from and to the device occur multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it The options are Auto and Disabled PIO Mode The IDE PIO Programmable I O Mode programs timing cycles between...

Page 68: ...a transfer rate of 16 6 MBs It has the same transfer rate as PIO mode 4 and Multi Word DMA mode 2 Select UDMA1 to allow the BIOS to use Ultra DMA mode 1 It has a data transfer rate of 25 MBs Select UD...

Page 69: ...ect No to allow the AMI BIOS to configure all devices in the system PCI Latency Timer This feature sets the latency Timer of each PCI device installed on a PCI bus Select 64 to set the PCI latency to...

Page 70: ...address The options for Serial Port1 are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 The options for Serial Port2 are Disabled 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 and 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port 2 Mode Use this feature to configure...

Page 71: ...nment the Doctor III SD III settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed SD III adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to t...

Page 72: ...t Loader The options are Disabled Boot Loader and Always Terminal Type This feature allows the user to select the target terminal type for Console Redi rection The options are ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 V...

Page 73: ...uthorized use by restricting access to persons only with the proper user level password Select this feature and press Enter and then type in the User Password Clear User Password This feature appears...

Page 74: ...ive 2nd boot device CD DVD XXXXXXXXXX 3rd boot device SATA XXXXXXXXXX uHard Disk Drives This feature allows the user to specify the boot sequence from available Hard Disk Drives The options are 1st bo...

Page 75: ...elect Save Changes and Exit from the Exit menu and press Enter Discard Changes and Exit Select this option to quit the BIOS Setup without making any permanent changes to the system configuration and r...

Page 76: ...s Manual Load Fail Safe Defaults To set this feature select Load Fail Safe Defaults from the Exit menu and press Enter The Fail Safe settings are designed for maximum system stability but not for max...

Page 77: ...nal 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 pro...

Page 78: ...A 2 X7SLM L User s Manual Notes...

Page 79: ...s F6 if you need to install a 2 third party SCSI or RAID driver displays When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify 3 additional device s Insert the driver diskette Intel AA...

Page 80: ...ndows OS Setup screen will display 2 From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the Enter key The 3 XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue with the Windows...

Page 81: ...each item you must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Appendix C Software Installatio...

Page 82: ...lays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note 1 Both default user name and password...

Page 83: ...te Control Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_III You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com...

Page 84: ...C 4 X7SLM L User s Manual Notes...

Page 85: ...ted to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ul...

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