Chapter 2: Installation

Marvell's SATA Enable (*P4SCT+/P4SCT+II Only)

JPS1 is used to enable or disable Marvell's Serial ATA Controller. See the table on right for pin defi- nitions. Intel's Serial ATA Control- ler is enabled or disabled via the BIOS.

Marvell's SATA Enable

Jumper Settings (JPS1)

(P4SCT+/P4SCT+II Only)

Jumper

Position Definition

1-2 Enabled

2-3 Disabled

USB Wake-Up (*USB1/2 Only)

Use JPUSB1 to enable or disable USB Wake-Up, which allows you to wakeup the system by de- pressing a key on the keyboard or by clicking the mouse when either is connected to the USB1 or USB2 port. Enable the jumper a to allow the system to be woken up from S1 and S3 in Windows OS. See the table on the right for jumper settings.

USB Wake-Up

Jumper Settings (JPUSB1)

Jumper

Position

Definition

1-2

VCC5V

2-3

VCC5V

 

Standby

USB 1/2

KB/Mouse

JPWAKE

 

24-pin ATX PWR Conn

 

PWR LED

 

 

1nHCFa/U

 

 

COM2

 

PWR Force On

 

 

+12V 4-pin PWR Conn.

 

 

 

JPUSB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PC

 

 

 

 

 

 

I/O

Watch Dog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PWR Froce On

CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LAN CTLR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speed

 

 

478 PGA

 

 

 

 

COM 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ort

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU

 

MCH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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(North Bridge)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VGA

 

 

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A. USB Wake-Up

GLAN 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B. Marvell SATA Enable

 

 

 

 

BANK0

DIMM 0A (Blue)

 

 

 

 

GLAN 2

 

DIMM 0B (Black)

 

 

 

 

CTR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JF1

 

 

 

 

BANK1

DIMM 1A (Blue)

 

 

 

PANEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM 1B (Black)

 

 

 

 

 

/P4SCT+II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRONT

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI 1-X

 

 

Hance

IR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intel's SATA1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGP Pro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intel's SATA2

 

 

+

GLAN CTLR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAN2

 

 

82541

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rapids

 

P4SCT/P4SCT

 

 

 

 

Standby LED

 

 

 

 

SATA3/7SATA4/8

FAN3CHS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI-X 2

 

 

 

 

CHS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAN2 Enable

 

 

WOL

 

 

 

CLR CMOS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI -X 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SMBus

M-SATA1-2 Enable

 

 

 

 

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RAGE-XL

Speaker

BATTERY

SATA CTLRB

 

BIOS

SATA2/6

SATA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI 1

Marvell

 

 

 

 

 

UPER

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB 3/4

 

FLOPPY

IDE2

IDE1

SATA1/5

(Marvall's

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI 2

I-SATA LED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHS FAN4

 

 

 

 

VGA Enable

Keylock Speaker

M- SATA LED

 

 

Ch. Intru.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SUPER MICRO Computer Marvells Sata Enable *P4SCT+/P4SCT+II Only, USB Wake-Up *USB1/2 Only, Marvell Sata Enable

P4SCT+, P4SCT, P4SCT+II specifications

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