SUPER MICRO Computer H8QM3-2, H8QMI-2

Chapter 1: Introduction

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Figure 1-1. H8QM3-2 Image

Note: the H8QMi-2 has the same layout but does not include SAS ports or compo-

nents.

Contents

Main S Manual Revision 1.0c Release Date: November 13, 2007 Printed in the United States of America iii Preface About This Manual Manual Organization Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction iv Chapter 2: Installation v Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Chapter 4: BIOS Appendices: vi 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Overview Checklist 1-2 Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Europe Asia-Paci c Page 1-4 H8QM3-2/H8QMi-2 Users Manual CPU 3 Figure 1-2. Serverboard Layout (not drawn to scale) S CPU 4 CPU 2 CPU 1 1-5 H8QM3-2/H8QMi-2 Quick Reference 1-6 Serverboard Features 1-7 1-8 H8QM3-2/H8QMi-2 Users Manual nVidia MCP55 Pro nVidia IO55 1-2 Chipset Overview 1-3 PC Health Monitoring 1-4 Power Con guration Settings Page 1-12 1-5 Power Supply 1-6 Super I/O 2-1 Chapter 2 Installation 2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices Precautions Unpacking Installation Procedures 2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation Installing Processors CPU Backplates 2-3 2-4 2-3 Mounting the Serverboard into a Chassis 2-4 Installing Memory CAUTION 2-5 2-6 2-5 I/O Port and Control Panel Connections Front Control Panel 2-7 2-6 Connector De nitions ATX Power Connector Processor Power Connectors NMI Button Power LED 2-8 Overheat/Fan Fail LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED HDD LED 2-9 Reset Button Power Button Universal Serial Bus Ports (USB0/1) USB Headers 2-10 Fan Headers Serial Ports Overheat LED Power LED/Speaker 2-11 ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports Chassis Intrusion Wake-On-LAN JLAN1/2 (Ethernet Ports) 2-12 Wake-On-Ring Compact Flash Power Headers 3-SGPIO1/3-SGPIO2 T-SGPIO1/T-SGPIO2 2-7 Jumper Set tings Explanation of Jumpers 2-14 VGA Enable/Disable JLAN Enable/Disable I2C to PCI-X Slots I2C to PCI-E Slots 2-15 Watch Dog Enable/Disable PCI-X Slot Speed SAS RAID Select 2-16 2-8 Onboard Indicators JLAN1/JLAN2 LEDs Onboard Power LED (DP2) 2-17 2-9 Floppy, IDE, SATA and SAS Drive Connections Floppy Connector 2-18 IDE Connector SATA Ports 2-19 SAS Ports SIMLC (IPMI Slot) 2-20 2-10 Enabling SATA RAID Serial ATA (SATA) Installing the OS/SATA Driver Building a Driver Diskette Enabling SATA RAID in the BIOS 2-21 Using the nVidia RAID Utility Page 2-23 2-11 Installing Software Drivers Page 3-1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures Before Power On No Power No Video 3-2 Technical Support Procedures 3-3 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 Main Menu 4-3 Advanced Settings Menu Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 4-4 Boot Menu 4-5 Security Menu 4-6 Exit Menu Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes A-1 A-1 AMIBIOS Error Beep Codes Beep Code Error Message Description 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 B-3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes B-4 B-5 B-6 B-7