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Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages

Appendix A

BIOS POST Messages

During the Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS will check for problems. If a prob-

lem is found, the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message. The following is

a list of such BIOS messages.

1 short beep System Normal

1 long beep+2 short beeps VGA Errors

1 long beep+9 short beeps ROM Errors

Repetitive pattern of beep+pause Memory errors

Overheat LED is On with beeping Overheat

Beeps Error Messages

Contents

Main S this manual, please see our web site at www.supermicro.com. Printed in the United States of America Preface About This Manual Manual Organization Page Page vi Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Server Installation Chapter 3: System Interface Chapter 4: System Safety Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup vii viii Chapter 6: Advanced Chassis Setup Chapter 7: BIOS ix Appendices: Page Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Overview 1-1 1-2 Motherboard Features Page Page 1-5 1-3 Server Chassis Features System Power Serial ATA Subsystem Control Panel Front I/O Panel Page 1-4 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Europe Asia-Paci c Page 2-1 Chapter 2 Server Installation 2-1 Overview 2-2 Unpacking the System 2-3 Preparing for Setup Warnings and Precautions! Rack Mounting Considerations 2-4 Installing the System into a Rack 2-5 Installing the Chassis Rails 2-6 Installing the Server into the Rack Installing the Rack Rails Page Page 2-9 2-5 Checking the Motherboard Setup Page 2-11 2-6 Checking the Drive Bay Setup Page 3-1 Chapter 3 System Interface 3-1 Overview 3-2 Control Panel Buttons 3-3 Control Panel LEDs Page Page 4-1 Chapter 4 System Safety 4-1 Electrical Safety Precautions 4-2 4-2 General Safety Precautions 4-3 4-3 ESD Precautions 4-4 Operating Precautions OR 5-1 Chapter 5 Advanced Motherboard Setup 5-1 Handling the Motherboard Precautions 5-2 5-2 Motherboard Installation Unpacking 5-3 5-3 Connecting Cables Connecting Data Cables Connecting Power Cables Connecting the Control Panel 5-4 5-4 I/O Ports 5-5 5-5 Installing the Processor 5-6 5-7 Heatsink Installation Heatsink Removal 5-8 5-6 Installing Memory 5-9 5-7 Adding PCI Cards 5-10 Figure 5-4. P8SCT Layout (not drawn to scale) Note: Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only. 5-8 Motherboard Details S 5-11 P8SCT Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting Connector Description 5-12 S 5-9 Connector De nitions Power Supply Connectors 5-13 Overheat LED (OH) NIC2 (JLAN2) LED IDE/SATA LED NIC1 (JLAN1) LED 5-14 Power On LED Fan Headers ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports NMI Button 5-15 Wake-On-LAN Chassis Intrusion Universal Serial Bus (USB) JLAN1/2 (Ethernet Ports) 5-16 Power LED Wake-On-Ring SATA LED Serial Ports 5-10 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers CMOS Clear Speaker Connector 5-18 System Power Force On USB Wake-Up Keyboard Wake-Up 5-19 JLAN1/JLAN2 Enable/ Disable Watch Dog Enable/Disable SMBus to PCI 5-20 5-11 Onboard Indicators JLAN1/JLAN2 LEDs 5-21 5-12 Parallel Port, Floppy and IDE Drive Connections Parallel Port Connector 5-22 Floppy Connector Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup 5-23 IDE Connector Page 6-1 Chapter 6 Advanced Chassis Setup Tools Required 6-1 Static-Sensitive Devices Precautions Unpacking 6-2 Control Panel 6-3 6-3 System Fan System Fan Failure 6-4 Drive Bay Installation/Removal Accessing the Drive Bay 6-4 Serial ATA Drive Installation Page 6-6 6-5 Power Supply Power Supply Failure Replacing the Power Supply 7-1 Chapter 7 BIOS 7-1 Introduction System BIOS How To Change the Con guration Data Starting the Setup Utility 7-2 Running Setup 7-3 Main BIOS Setup Page Page 7-4.1 Advanced BIOS Features 7-4 Advanced BIOS Setup 7-4.2 Advanced Page 7-4.3 7-4.4 PnP/PCI Con guration Page 7-11 7-4.5 Hardware Monitors CPU Warning Temperature 7-4.6 Processor & Clock Options 7-4.7 DMI Event Log 7-4.8 Console Redirection 7-5 Security 7-6 Boot 7-7 Exit Page Page Page B-1 Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST (Power On Self Testing) Codes for the Award BIOS. B-2 B-3 B-4 B-5 B-6 C-1 Appendix C Software Installation C-1 Con guring Intel's ICH6R SATA RAID Function Serial ATA (SATA) Intel's ICH6R Serial RAID ATA Operating Modes C-2 Con guring BIOS Settings (Native Mode) Using the LSI ICH6R SATA RAID Utility Driver Page Page Page Page Page Page Page C-11 C-2 Installing WindowsXP/2000/2003 for RAID Systems C-12 C-3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Installing Other Drivers