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USER’S MANUAL

GA-3CESL-RH

AMD Socket F Dual Processor Motherboard

AMD Opteron

 Socket F Dual Processor Motherboard

Rev. 1001

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The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with
user's other household waste and must be handed over to a designated collection point
for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment!!

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The WEEE marking applies only in European Union's member states.

Summary of Contents for GA-3CESL-RH

Page 1: ...oard Rev 1001 The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user s other household waste and must be handed over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment The WEEE marking applies only in European Union s member states ...

Page 2: ...tall Memory Modules 10 2 3 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 13 2 3 1 I O Back Panel Introduction 13 2 4 Connectors Introduction 15 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 29 Main 31 Advanced 33 Advanced Processor Options 34 Memory Configuration 36 Advanced Chipset Control 37 PCI Configuration 39 I O Device Configuration 41 IDE Configuration 44 Floppy Configuration 46 Boot Configuration 47 DMI Eve...

Page 3: ...ectoronthemotherboard Installing the motherboard to the chassis GA 3CESL RH motherboard GA 3CESL RH Quick Reference Guide Serial ATA cable x 6 I O Shield Kit IDE ATA133 cable x 1 Floppy cable x 1 SATA Power cable x 3 CD for motherboard driver utility Item Checklist If the motherboard has mounting holes but they don t line up with the holes on the base and there are no slots to attach the spacers d...

Page 4: ...upports up to 64GB 533 667memory y Dual Channel memory bus y RegisteredDDR2533 667 y Supports 512MB 1GB 2GB and 4GB memory I O Control y ITE IT8716F S Expansion Slots y 2 PCI slots 32 Bit 33MHz 3 3V y 1 PCI Express x8 slot with x4 bandwidth y 2 PCI Express x16 slot One with x8 bandwidth SATA RAID Controller y Built in NVIDIA 3600 MCP with Software RAID 0 1 0 1 5 y Supports 6 SATA 3 0 Gb s connecto...

Page 5: ...shutdown when overheat y System Voltage Detect On Board LAN y Dual Marvell 88E1116 GbE PHY y Supports WOL PXE BIOS y Phoenix BIOS on 8Mb flash ROM AdditionalFeatures y PS 2 Mouse wake up from S1 under Windows Operating System y External Modem wake up y Supports S1 S4 S5 under Windows Operating System y Wake on LAN WOL y Wake on Ring WOR y AC Recovery y SupportsConsoleRedirection y Supports4 pinFan...

Page 6: ...r 12 Floppy cable connector 35 4 pin Power connector 13 Front USB cable connector 36 CPU 1 fan cable connector 14 Front USB cable connector 37 CPU 2 fan cable connector 15 SATA cable connectors 38 North Bridge chip fan cable 16 IDE cable connector connector 17 I2C connector for power supply 39 Buzz stop jumper for IPMI 18 BMC module slot 40 Intrusion cable connector 19 PCI Slot 32bit 33MHz 41 PCI ...

Page 7: ...7 Introduction 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 32 31 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 41 43 45 44 ...

Page 8: ...the processor before placing cooling fan 4 Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard 5 If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well it will cause improperinstallation Pleasechangetheinsertorientation 2 1 1 Installing CPU Step1 Raise the metal locking lever on the socket Remove the plastic covering on the CPU socket Step2 Insert the CPU with the correct orienta...

Page 9: ...e heat sink clip to the processor socket Hook the metal bracket into retention Module Step2 Hook the other side of metal bracket into retention module Step3 Push down the clip to the locked position Step4 Connect processor fan can cable to the processor fan connector 1 3 2 4 ...

Page 10: ... install remove DIMM from socket DIMM A1 A4 DIMM B1 B4 The motherboard has 8 dual inline memory module DIMM sockets The BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size To install the memory module just push it vertically into the DIMM socket The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the notch Memory size can vary betweensockets DIMM D1 D4 DIMMC1 C4 ...

Page 11: ...Close the plastic clip at both edges of theDIMM slots to lock the DIMM module NOTE DIMM must be populated in order starting from B1 A1 DIMM sockets Each logical DIMM must be made of two identical DIMMs having the same device size on each and the same DIMM size Step 3 Reverse the installation steps when you wish to remove the DIMM module 2 2 1 ...

Page 12: ...ical DIMM1 DIMM 0 MB DIMM 1 MB DIMM 2 MB DIMM 3 MB X X 256 256 256 256 256 256 X X 512 512 512 512 512 512 X X 1024 1024 1024 1024 1024 1024 X X 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 2048 X X 4096 4096 4096 4096 4096 4096 Note X Do Not populate DIMM 0 MB DIMM 2 MB X 256 256 256 X 512 512 512 X 1024 1024 1024 X 2048 2048 2048 X 4096 4096 4096 Note X Do not populate ...

Page 13: ...13 Hardware Installation Process 2 3 Connect ribbon cables cabinet wires and power supply 2 3 1 I O Back Panel Introduction ...

Page 14: ...rt purple Serial Port Modem can be connected to Serial port VGA Port Monitor can be connected to VGA port USB Port Before you connect your device s into USB connector s please make sure your device s such as USB keyboard mouse scanner zip speaker etc have a standard USB interface Also make sure your OS supports USB controller If your OS does not support USB controller please contact OS vendor for ...

Page 15: ..._FAN CPU2 fan connector 7 F_USB2 Internal USB cable connector 19 CPU2_FAN CPU2 fan connector 8 SATA0 SATA data cable connector 20 MCP55_FAN NB fan connector 9 SATA1 SATA data cable connector 21 SYS_FAN1 System fan connector 10 SATA2 SATA data cable connector 22 SYS_FAN2 System fan connector 11 SATA3 SATA data cable connector 23 BATTERY1 12 SATA4 SATA data cable connector 24 JP1 25 CLR_CMOS1 3 2 1 ...

Page 16: ...ected tothemainboard PIN No Definition 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 5V 5 GND 6 5V 7 GND 8 POK 9 5VSB 10 12V 11 12V 12 3 3V 13 3 3V 14 12V 15 GND 16 PSON 17 GND 18 GND 19 GND 20 5V 21 5V 22 5V 23 5V 24 GND 2 ATX_12V1 8 pin Auxiliary Power Connector This connector ATX 12V is used only for CPU Core Voltage 24 13 12 1 4 8 5 1 Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 GND 3 GND 4 GND 5 P12V_CPU1 6 P12V_CPU1 7 P12V_CPU0 8 P12...

Page 17: ...IDE IDE Connector Please connect first harddisk to IDE1 The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1 2 1 39 40 3 ATX_12V2 4 pin Auxiliary Power Connector 3 1 4 2 Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V ...

Page 18: ... Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector Check the pin assignment carefully while you connect the front USB cable incorrect connection between the cable and connector will make the device unable to work or even damage it For optional front USB cable please contact your localdealer 6 7 F_USB1 2 3 Front USB Connectors F_USB1 F_USB2 Pin No Definition 1 Power 2 Power 3 USB Dx 4 USB Dy ...

Page 19: ...peed transfer rates 3 0 Gb sec 8 9 10 11 12 13 SATA 0 5 Serial ATA Connectors Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND SATA4 SATA3 SATA2 SATA1 SATA5 SATA0 Pin No Definition 1 DCD 2 SIN2 3 SOUT2 4 DTR2 5 GND 6 DSR2 7 RTS2 8 CTS2 9 RI2 10 NC 14 COMB1 Serial port connector 7 1 1 10 2 9 ...

Page 20: ...D ID LED Signal cathode 7 HD Hard Disk LED Signal anode 8 F_SYSRDY System Fan Fail LED Signal 9 HD Hard Disk LED Signal cathode 10 F_SYSTATUS System Status LED Signal 11 PWB Power Button Signal anode 12 L1_ACT LAN1 access LED Signal 13 PWB _GND Power Button Ground 14 L1_LNK LAN1 linked LED Signal cathode 15 RST_BTN ResetButtoncathode 16 SENSOR_SDA SMBus Data 17 RST_BTN_GND ResetButtonGround 18 SEN...

Page 21: ...escription 1 HD Hard Disk LED Signal anode 2 PWLED Power LED Signal anode 3 HD Hard Disk LED Signal cathode 4 PWLED Power LED Signal cathode 5 RST_BTN ResetButtoncathode 6 PWB Power Button Signal anode 7 RST_BTN Reset Button anode 8 PWB Power Button Signal Signal cathode 9 NC No pin 10 KEY Key pin ...

Page 22: ...CPU cooler is essential to prevent the CPU from running underabnormalconditionordamagedbyoverheating TheCPUfanconnectorsupportsMax current up to 1A 1 CPU2_FAN CPU1_FAN Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense 4 Control 1 17 PS1 SMBUS connector for power supply 1 Pin No Definition 1 SMBus Clock 2 SMBUSData 3 SMBUSAlert 4 GND 5 3 3V ...

Page 23: ...amage the Chip Fan Usually black cable is GND 1 Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense SYS_FAN2 21 22 SYS_FAN1 SYS_FAN2 System fan cable connectors This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature These connectors are for system use only 1 Pin No Definition 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense 4 Control SYS_FAN1 ...

Page 24: ...or 30 second 3 Re installthebattery 4 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 5 Or you can use CLR_CMOS jumper to erase CMOS data 23 BATTERY CAUTION Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent typerecommendedbythemanufacturer Disposeofusedbatteriesaccordingtothe manufacturer sinstructions ...

Page 25: ...JumperSetting 25 24 JP1 BIOS Recovery Jumper 1 2 Close Enable BIOS recovery function 2 3 Close Disabe this function Default setting 1 1 ...

Page 26: ...ata to restore its default values by this jumper Default value doesn t include the Shunter to prevent from improper use this jumper To clear CMOS temporarily short 2 3 pin 25 CLR_CMOS1 Clear CMOS Jumper 1 2 Close Clear CMOS 2 3 Close Normal Default setting 1 1 ...

Page 27: ...help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 Reserved F3 Reserved F4 Reserved F6 Reserved F7 Reserved F8 Reserved F9 LoadtheOptimizedDefaults F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed CMOS RAM so...

Page 28: ...additionalfeaturesenabled disabledsetupmenus z z z z z Boot Thissetuppageincludealltheitemsoffirstbootfunctionfeatures z z z z z Exit There are five optionsin this selection Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding Changes Load Optimal Defaults Load Failsafe Defaults and Discard Changes GETTINGHELP MainMenu Theon linedescriptionofthehighlightedsetupfunctionisdisplayedatthebottomofthescreen Status Page ...

Page 29: ...y automatically changed after you set the date Weekend DD MM YY YY 1099 2099 BIOS Verison BIOSDate These two fields indicate the main board BIOS version and release date Main Once you enter Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen Use arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu Figure 1 Main ...

Page 30: ...ation These following items display all information of current CPU Type CPU Speed and CPU Count These items are display only which is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS Total Memory Size This item identifies the total memory size ...

Page 31: ...ure 2 Advanced Advanced About This Section Advanced With this section allowing user to configure your system for basic operation User can change theprocessoroptions chipsetconfiguration PCIconfigurationandchipsetcontrol ...

Page 32: ...nced Virus Protection Power Now Technology Node Interleave and ACPI SRAT Table AMDVirtualization TM Technology AMD Virtualization Technology will allow a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions With virtualization one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems With processor and I O enhancements to Intel s various platforms Intel Virtuali...

Page 33: ...onditions providing a cooler and quieter running system It also provides performance on demand when required by the application Enabled Enable Power Now Technology feature Default setting Disabled Disables Power Now Technology feature NodeInterleave Interleave memory blocks across nodes Auto Enablenodeinterleavefunction Disabled Disablethisfunction Defaultsetting ACPI SRATTable Enabled Enable ACPI...

Page 34: ... 2 Memory Configuration SyetemMemory ExtendedMemory DIMMInformation These category is display only which is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS ClearDisabledDIMMs Press Enter to clear the memory error status Save the changes and restart system ...

Page 35: ...abled Wake on Keyboard Mouse Default setting Disabled Disablethisfunction Note This item must enabled if you re running under Windows operating system Wake On Ring This item allow user to determine the action of the system power is off via modem Enabled Enable Wake On Ring Default setting Disabled Disablethisfunction Note This item must enabled if you re running under Windows operating system ...

Page 36: ...A 3CESL RH Motherboard Wake On RTCAlarm You can set RTC items to enabled and key in Data time to power on system Disabled Disablethisfunction Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system Default setting ...

Page 37: ...etting Disabled Disablethisfunction OnboardLAN1Control Enabled Enable onboard LAN1 device Defualt setting Disabled Disablethisfunction LAN1OptionaROMScan Enabled Enableing this item to initialize device expansion ROM Defualtsetting Disabled Disablethisfunction Figure 2 4 PCI Configuration PCI Configuration ...

Page 38: ...d OnboardLAN2Control Enabled Enable onboard LAN1 device Defualt setting Disabled Disablethisfunction LAN2OptionaROMScan Enabled Enableing this item to initialize device expansion ROM Defualtsetting Disabled Disablethisfunction ...

Page 39: ...ation Figure 2 5 I O Device Configuration Serial Port A This allows users to configure serial protA address by using this option Enabled Set serial port A address to 3F8 IRQ4 Disabled Noconfiguration Auto Auto detection Defaultsetting ...

Page 40: ...led prevents any installed PS 2 mouse from functioning but frees up IRQ12 USB Control USB1 1 Enable the USB 1 1 device USB1 1 USB2 Enable the USB 1 1 and USB2 devices Default setting Disabled Disables both USB device USB BIOS Legacy Support This option allows user to function support for legacy USB Enabled Enable the USB BIOS legacy support Default setting Disabled Disables support for legacy USB ...

Page 41: ... Default setting Disabled Disable the SerialATA0 device NVRAIDConfiguration Enabled Enable nVIDIA RAID control Default setting Disabled Disable the SerialATA0 device SATA0 5 Enabled Enable SATA0 5 RAID control Default setting Disabled Disable SATA 0 5 RAID control ...

Page 42: ...pecifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category If you select User Type related information will be asked to enter to the following items Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press Enter Such information should be provided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the syste...

Page 43: ...i Sector Transfer Mode Disabled The data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector at a time Auto The data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supportsit LBA Large Mode This field shows if the device type in the specific IDE channel support LBA Mode 32 Bit I O Enable this function to max imize the IDE data transfer rate Transfer Mode This field s...

Page 44: ...1 2 inchAT type high density drive 360K byte capacity 1 2MB 31 2 in 31 2 inchAT type high density drive 1 2M byte capacity 720K 31 2 in 31 2 inch double sided drive 720K byte capacity 1 44M 31 2 in 31 2 inch double sided drive 1 44M byte capacity 2 88M 31 2 in 31 2 inch double sided drive 2 88M byte capacity Note The 1 25MB 31 2 reference a 1024 byte sector Japanese media format The 1 25MB 31 2 di...

Page 45: ...c Disabled Disablethisfunction Defaultsetting Multiprocessor Specification This option allows user to configure the multiprocessor MP specification revision level Some operating system will require 1 1 for compatibility reasons 1 4 Support MPS Version 1 4 Default setting 1 1 Support M PS Version 1 1 Boot Configuration Figure 2 8 Boot Configuration ...

Page 46: ...may be detected and you will be prompted After Power Failure This option provides user to set the mode of operation if an AC power loss occurs Power On System power state when AC cord is re plugged Stay Off Do not power on system when AC power is back LastState Set system to the last sate when AC power is removed Do not power on system when AC power is back Default setting NumLock This option allo...

Page 47: ...ldity Eventlogcapacity These two items display the current status of Event log vaildity and Event log capacity ViewDMI event log Press Enter to view DMI event log EventLogging Enabled Select Enabled to allow logging of DMI events Default setting Disabled Disablethisfunction ...

Page 48: ...ect Enabled to allow logging of killed memory Default setting Disabled Disablethisfunction MarkDMI events as read Press Enter to mark all DMI events in the event log as read Clear all Event Logs Yes Clear all event logs No Disablethisfunction Defaultsetting ...

Page 49: ...49 BIOS Setup Hardware Monitor Figure 2 10 Hardware Monitor ...

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Page 51: ... temperature and system temperature Voltage Monitor VCORE1 2 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 1 5V P1 1 8V P2 1 8V P1 0 9V P2 0 9V Detect system s voltage status automatically FAN Monitor CPU1 2 FAN MCP55 FAN SYS1 2 FAN Display the current front fanspeed rear fan speed and CPU fan speed ...

Page 52: ...ed password from the CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the entered password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a specified password or press Enter key to disable this option About This Section Security In this section user can set either supervisor or user passwords or both for different level of password securities In additio...

Page 53: ... to 6 characters in lengh and press Enter The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from the CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the entered password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a specified password Passwordonboot Password entering will be required when system on boot Enabled Requries entering pass...

Page 54: ...54 GA 3CESL RH Motherboard Server Figure 4 Server ...

Page 55: ...ws user to view the server management features Including information of BIOS Version System Product Name System Serial Number BaseBoard ID Main Board Serial Number and System ID All items in this menu cannot be modified display only Clear Case Open Status Press Enter to clear the Case Open Status ...

Page 56: ... Port A as the COM port address On board COM B Use Serial Port B as the COM port address Disabled Disablethisfunction Defaultsetting BaudRate This option allows user to set the specified baud rate Options 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K 115 2K ConsoleType This option allows user to select the specified terminal type This is defined by IEEE Options VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit VT100 VT UTF8 ...

Page 57: ...function None Notsupported XON OFF Software control CTS RTS Hardwarecontrol Defaultsetting Continue C R after POST This option allows user to enable console redirection after O S has loaded On Enable console redirection after O S has loaded Off Disablethisfunction Defaultsetting ...

Page 58: ...pecifies the boot sequence from the available devices If the first device is not a bootable device the system will seek for next available device Key used to view ot configure devices Up and Down arrows select a device and moves the device up or down f and r specifies the device fixed or removable x exclude or include the device to boot 1 4 Loads default boot secquence ...

Page 59: ...e made the changes in the BIOS setup items you have to save your changes and exit BIOS setup program Select Exit from the menu bar to display the followingsub menu Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Load Optimal Defaults Load Failsafe Defaults ...

Page 60: ...with saving the changes Press Enter on this item to ask for the following confirmation message Pressing Y to store all the present setting values tha user made in this time into CMOS Therefore whenyou boot up your computer next time the BIOS will re configure your system according data in CMOS ...

Page 61: ...hanges This option allows user to exit system setup without changing any previous settings values in CMOS The previous selection remain in effect This will exit the Setup Utility and restart your compuetr when selecting this option ...

Page 62: ...GA 3CESL RH Motherboard LoadSetupDefault This option allows user to load default values for all setup items When you press Enter on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message as below ...

Page 63: ...ges This option allows user to exit system setup without changing any previous settings values in CMOS The previous selection remain in effect This will exit the Setup Utility and restart your compuetr when selecting this option ...

Page 64: ... RH Motherboard Save Changes This option allows user to save setup dat ato CMOS When you press Enter on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message as below Press Yes to save setup daya to CMOS ...

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