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X7DB8, X7DBE user manual
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UPER
X7DB8
X7DBE
USER’S MANUAL
Revision 1.1b
Contents
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Printed in the United States of America
Preface About This Manual
Manual Organization
Conventions Used in the Manual:
iii
Table of Contents
iv
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Installation
v
vi
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting
Chapter 4: BIOS
Appendices:
1-1
Chapter 1 Introduction
1-1 Overview
Checklist
1-2
Contacting Supermicro
Headquarters
Europe
Asia-Paci c
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1-4
X7DB8/X7DBE User's Manual X7DB8/X7DBE Motherboard Layout
Notes
JUSB2
S
(not drawn to scale)
GLAN1
JLAN1
8-pin PWR
Quick Reference ( X7DB8/X7DBE)
1-6
Motherboard Features
1-7
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FBD DIMM
D DIMM
FB
1-2 Chipset Overview
1-3 Special Features
1-4 PC Health Monitoring
1-11
CPU Fan Auto-Off in Sleep Mode
CPU Overheat LED and Control
1-5 ACPI Features
Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator
1-12
Main Switch Override Mechanism
External Modem Ring-On
1-6 Power Supply
1-13
1-7 Super I/O
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2-1
Chapter 2 Installation
2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices
Precautions
Unpacking
2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation
2-2
Installation of the LGA771 Processor
2-3
2-4
!
Installation of the Heatsink
To Un-install the Heatsink
2-5
Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis
2-6
2-3 Installing DIMMs
CAUTION
DIMM Installation (See Figure 2-2)
2-7
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2-4 Control Panel Connectors/IO Ports
2-9
B. Front Control Panel
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Power LED
NMI Button
NMI Button
2-11
320 SCSI Channel A
320 SCSI Channel B
NIC1/NIC2 LED Indicators
HDD LED
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Overheat/Fan Fail LED (OH)
Power Fail LED
OH/Fan Fail LED
2-13
GLAN1
DA2
SIMLP IPMI
PCI-Exp x8 SEPC
2-5 Connecting Cables
ATX Power Connector
Processor Power Connector
ATX Power Connector
Required Connection
2-15
Introduction
D
DA1
DIMM 4A (Bank 4)
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2-17
ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports
Serial Ports
A. Keyboard/Mouse B. COM1 C. COM2
(Pin 10 is available on COM2 only. NC: No Connection.)
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Wake-On-Ring
Wake-On-LAN
Wake-On-Ring Pin De nitions Pin# De nition 1 Ground 2 Wake-up
2-19
Power LED/Speaker
GLAN 1/2 (Giga-bit Ethernet Ports)
GLAN1 GLAN2
A. GLAN1/2 B. PWR LED/Speaker
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Power Fault (PWR Supply Failure)
Note: This feature is only available when using Supermicro redundant power supplies.
Alarm Reset
2-21
SMB
Overheat LED/Fan Fail (JOH1)
SMB Header Pin De nitions Pin# De nition 1 Data
3 Clock 4 No Connection
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Power SMB (I2C) Connector
PWR SMB Pin De nitions Pin# De nition 1 Clock 2 Data 3 PWR Fail
5 +3.3V
2-23
A. Compact Flash PWR B. SGPIO1 B. SGPIO2
Compact Flash Card PWR Connector
SGPIO Headers
2-24
2-6 Jumper Settings
Explanation of Jumpers
Connector Pins Jumper Cap Setting
3 2 1
GLAN Enable/Disable
2-25
CMOS Clear
A. Clear CMOS B. Watch Dog Enable
Watch Dog Enable/Disable
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A. SCSI Enable B. SCSI Channel A Termi- nation Enable C. SCSI Channel B Termi- nation Enable
SCSI Controller Enable/ Disable
SCSI Termination Enable/ Disable
2-27
3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault Detect (J3P)
A. 3rd PWR Fail B. VGA Enabled
VGA Enable/Disable
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Compact Flash Master/Slave Select
A. Compact Flash Master/ Slave Select B. SMBus to PCI slots
2-7 Onboard Indicators
A. GLAN Port1 LEDs B. GLAN Port2 LEDs
Activity LED
(*Rear View: when viewing it from the rear side of the chassis)
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Onboard SCSI Activity LED Indicators (*X7DB8 only)
Onboard Power LED
A. SCSI Channel A Activ- ity LED B. SCSI Channel B Activ- ity LED C. Onboard PWR LED
2-8 Parallel Port, Floppy Drive, Hard Disk Drive, SIMLP IPMI and SCSI Connections
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Floppy Connector
SIMLP IPMI Slot
A. Floppy B. SIMLP IPMI
2-33
IDE Connectors
A. IDE#1 B. Compact Flash Card
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A. SCSI Channel A B. SCSI Channel B
Ultra 320 SCSI Connectors (*X7DB8 only)
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
System BIOS
How To Change the Con guration Data
Starting the Setup Utility
4-2 Running Setup
4-3 Main BIOS Setup
Main BIOS Setup Menu
Main Setup Features
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4-4 Advanced Setup
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4-9
XMemory Cache Cache System BIOS Area
Cache Video BIOS Area
Cache Base 0-512K
Cache Base 512K-640K
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4-18
XHardware Monitor Logic
CPU Temperature Threshold
4-19
XHardware Monitor Logic
CPU Temperature Threshold (*See the Note on Page 4-18.)
4-20
XHardware Monitor Logic (*See the Note on Page 4-18.) CPU Temperature Threshold
Temperature Monitoring
Page
4-22
XSystem Event Log/System Event Log (List Mode)
Page
4-5 Security
4-25
Password on Boot
4-6 Boot
Boot Priority Order/Excluded from Boot Orders
4-7 Exit
A-1
Appendix A BIOS POST Messages
A-2
A-3
A-4
A-5
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B-1
Recoverable POST Errors
Terminal POST Errors
Appendix B BIOS POST Codes
B-2
B-3
B-4
B-5
The following are for boot block in Flash ROM
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C-1
Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines
Important Notes to the User:
C-1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA
Serial ATA (SATA)
Introduction to the Intel ESB2 Serial RAID
C-2
The Intel HostRAID Con gurations
The Intel Matrix Storage
Con guring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions (Native Mode)
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C-4
Creating a RAID 0 Volume:
C-5
Creating a RAID 1 Volume:
C-6
Creating a RAID 10 (RAID 1+ RAID 0):
C-7
Creating a RAID 5 Set (Parity):
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C-10
C-2 Installing the Windows XP/2000/2003 for systems with RAID Functions
Installing a New Operating System-the Windows XP/2000/2003 OS
D-1
Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines
D-1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA (SATA)
Introduction to the Intel ESB2 I/O Controller Hub
D-2
D-3
The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller Driver
Using the Adaptec RAID Con guration Utility (ARC)
A. Using the Array Con guration Utility (ACU)
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D-5
Con guring Disk Drives
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D-8
Creating Arrays
D-9
D-10
D-11
D-12
D-13
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D-15
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D-2 Installing Intel's ESB2 Driver by Adaptec and Installing the OS
E-1
Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers
E-1 Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver
E-2
E-2 Con guring Supero Doctor III
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E-4