American Megatrends X6DVA-4G, X6DVA-EG

X6DVA-4G/X6DVA-EG User's Manual

Contents

Main Page iii Preface About This Manual Manual Organization Table of Contents iv Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Chapter 4: BIOS v Appendices: Page 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Overview Checklist Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Europe Asia-Pacific Page 1-4 Introduction Clr CMOS PCI-E#4 Notes: 1-5 Jumper Description Default Setting Quick Reference ( X6DVA-4G/X6DVA-EG) 1-6 Motherboard Features 1-7 1-8 Introduction PCI 33MHz Slot#1 X6DVA-4G/X6DVA-EG User's Manual 1-9 1-2 Chipset Overview 6300ESB ICH System Features 1-3 Special Features 1-4 PC Health Monitoring 1-11 CPU Overheat LED and Control TM2/CPU VRM Overheat 1-12 Microsoft OnNow Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator Main Switch Override Mechanism External Modem Ring-On (WOR) 1-13 1-6 Power Supply 1-7 Super I/O 1-14 2-1 Chapter 2 Installation 2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices Precautions Unpacking 2-2 2-2 PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation ! CPU Installation Installing the CPU Mounting Plate and Retention Bracket 2-3 (Caution! Heatsink Installation To Un-install the Heatsink 2-4 Warning! ! 2-5 2-3 Installing DIMMs CAUTION DIMM Installation (See Figure 2-2) Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis Page Page 2-8 X6DVA-4G/X6DVA-EG User's Manual ATX PWR 8-pin PWR LED 2-5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector Pins 1 thru 4 5 thru 8 Definition Ground +12v CPU 8-Pin PWR Connector (PW2) 2-9 Power LED The Power LED connection is lo- cated on pins 15 and 16 of JF1. NMI Button 19 20 2-10 X6DVA-4G/X6DVA-EG User's Manual NIC1/NIC2 LED Indicators NIC1 LED Pin 11 12 2-11 Overheat/Fan Fail LED Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1. Overheat/Fan Fail LED LED State Off On Blink 2-12 X6DVA-4G/X6DVA-EG User's Manual PCI-E#4 PCIX #5 (PCIX-100) PCIX #6 (PCIX-133) 2-13 Chassis Intrusion LED DS9 Clr CMOS 2-14 X6DVA-4G/X6DVA-EG User's Manual WOR WOL LED DS9 2-15 Serial Ports COM1 GLAN1 GLAN2 2-16 X6DVA-4G/X6DVA-EG User's Manual Fan4 LED DS9 2-17 Power Fault LED DS9 JBT1 Connector I 2 C Connector SMB PWR Pin Definitions (PW3) Pin # Clock Data Speaker/Power LED/ Keylock 2-6 Jumper Settings LED DS9 JBT1 DIMM 1B 2-20 X6DVA-4G/X6DVA-EG User's Manual DIMM 1B DIMM 1A UPER X6DVA-4G 2-21 VGA Enable/Disable LED Fan2 DS9 2-22 X6DVA-4G/X6DVA-EG User's Manual Clr CMOS PCI-E#4 PCIX #5 (PCIX-100) 2-23 Alarm Reset PWR Force-On LED DS9 2-7 Onboard Indicators LED Color Off Green Amber 10 MHz 100 MHz 1 GHz 1 Gb LAN Left LED Indicator (Speed LED) RightLeft S DS9 DS7 DS8 Onboard LED Indicators (DS1-DS5, DS7-DS8) On board LED Definitions DS# DS1 DS2 DS3 DS4 DS5 DS7-8 2-8 Parallel Port, Floppy/Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections Parallel (Printer) Port Connector Pin Number Function 2 Auto Feed Parallel (Printer) Port Pin Defini tions (J10) GLAN1 2-27 IDE Connectors Floppy Clr CMOS PCI-E#4 2-28 X6DVA-4G/X6DVA-EG User's Manual SCSI Ultra320 SCSI Connector (*X6DVA-4G Only) Refer to the table below for the pin definitions of the Ultra320 SCSI connector located at J28. Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures Before Power On No Power No Video 3-2 Technical Support Procedures NOTE Memory Errors 3-3 (http://www.supermicro.com/support/bios/). 3-3 Frequently Asked Questions 3-4 3-4 Returning Merchandise for Service 4-1 Chapter 4 AMIBIOS 4-1 Introduction Starting BIOS Setup Utility 4-2 X6DVA-4G/X6DVA-EG 4-2 Main Setup Page 4-4 X6DVA-4G/X6DVA-EG 4-3 Advanced Settings Warning XCPU Configuration Sub-Menu Configure Advanced CPU Settings Ratio CMOS Setting Max CPUID Value Limit Page Page 4-7 Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) PIO Mode S.M.A.R.T. For Hard disk drives Page XPCI/PnP Configuration Page Page Page Page Page Page 4-16 X6DVA-4G/X6DVA-EG XRemote Access Configuration Remote Access XPCI Express Configuration Page 4-18 X6DVA-4G/X6DVA-EG 4-4 Boot Settings 4-19 XBIOS Settings Configuration Interrupt 19 Capture Page 4-21 Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Clear User Password 4-5 Security Settings Security Settings 4-22 X6DVA-4G/X6DVA-EG Discarding Changes 4-6 Exit Options Saving Changes and Exit Discarding Changes and Exit Page Page Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes A-1 A-1 AMIBIOS Error Beep Codes Beep Code Error Message Description A-2 DS7/DS8 LED Post Codes LED Indicators Description/Message B-1 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes B-1 Uncompressed Initialization Codes B-2 B-2 Bootblock Recovery Codes B-3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes B-3 B-4 B-5 B-6 B-7 Page C-1 Appendix C Installing Software Drivers and Windows Operating System C-1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA (SATA) Introduction to the Intel 6300 ESB I/O Controller Hub Page C-3 Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC) A. Using the Array Configuration Utility (ACU) The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Con- troller Driver Page C-5 C-6 Creating Arrays C-7 C-8 C-9 C-10 C-11 C-12 Initializing Disk Drives Page Page Page Page Page C-18 C-19 C-2Installing Intel's 6300 ESB Driver by Adaptec and the OS C-20 C-3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Onboard SCSI User's Guide Installing Drivers other than Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver C-21 Supero Doctor III