American Megatrends X6DVA-4G, X6DVA-EG

Appendix C: Software Installation Instructions

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4. Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you wish

to initialize and press Insert (as shown in the screen below).

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