SUPER MICRO Computer H8QG6+-F, H8QGI+-F

Chapter 1: Introduction

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Contents

Main Printed in the United States of America iii Preface About This Manual Manual Organization Page v Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Installation vi Page Page 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Overview Checklist 1-2 1-2 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Europe Asia-Paci c Page 1-4 H8QG6/i+-F Serverboard Users Manual VGA JPW1 JPW3 JPW2 H8QG6/i+-F Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting LED Description 1-6 H8QG6/i+-F Serverboard Users Manual Connector Description Motherboard Features Page Chapter 1: Introduction 1-9 AMD SR5690 VGA WPCM450 H/W_MONITOR W83795 1-3 Chipset Overview AMD SR5690/SP5100 Chipsets HyperTransport Technology 1-4 PC Health Monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors 1-5 Power Con guration Settings 1-12 Wake-On-LAN (WOL) 1-6 Power Supply 1-7 Super I/O Page Page Page 2-2 ! 2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2-3 2-4 2-3 Mounting the Motherboard into a Chassis ! 2-4 Installing Memory 2-5 Memory Support Maximum Memory 2-6 DIMM Module Population Con guration 2-7 2-8 2-5 PCI Expansion Cards 2-9 2-6 I/O Port and Control Panel Connections Front Control Panel 2-10 2-7 Connector De nitions 2-11 2-12 2-13 2-14 2-15 2-16 2-17 2-8 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers 2-18 2-19 2-20 2-9 Onboard Indicators 2-21 2-10 SAS and SATA Drive Connections 2-22 2-11 Enabling SATA RAID Serial ATA (SATA) Installing the OS/SATA Driver Building a Driver Diskette 2-23 Enabling SATA RAID in the BIOS 2-24 Using the Adaptec RAID Utility Installing the RAID Driver During OS Installation 2-25 2-12 Installing Drivers 2-26 Supero Doctor III Page Page 3-1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures Before Power On No Power 3-2 No Video NOTE Memory Errors Losing the Systems Setup Con guration 3-3 3-2 Technical Support Procedures 3-3 Frequently Asked Questions 3-4 3-4 Returning Merchandise for Service 4-1 Chapter 4 BIOS 4-1 Introduction Starting the Setup Utility 4-2 4-2 Main Menu 4-3 Advanced Settings Menu CPU Con guration 4-3 Primary/Secondary/Third IDE Master/Slave 4-4 4-5 4-6 View BMC System Event Log MPS Con guration 4-8 4-9 USB Mass Storage Device Con guration 4-10 Fan Speed Control Modes 4-4 PCI/PNP Settings Menu 4-11 4-12 4-5 Boot Settings Menu 4-13 4-6 Security Settings Menu 4-14 4-7 Chipset Settings Menu NorthBridge Con guration Memory Con guration 4-15 ECC Con guration 4-16 DRAM Timing Con guration SouthBridge Con guration SB Debug Con guration 4-17 4-18 RD890 Con guration PCI Express Con guration Port 02 ~ Port 13 Features 4-19 NB-SB Port Features GPP1 ~ GPP3b Core Settings 4-20 SB Core Setting 4-21 Hyper Transport Con guration 4-22 Debug Option 4-8 Exit Menu 4-23 Page Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes A-1 AMIBIOS Error Beep Codes A-1 Page B-1 Appendix B BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes B-1 Uncompressed Initialization Codes B-2 B-2 Bootblock Recovery Codes The bootblock recovery checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution: B-3 Appendix B: BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes B-3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes B-4 B-5 Appendix B: BIOS POST Checkpoint Codes B-6