Chapter 2: Installation

Onboard Power LED

An onboard Power LED header is located at JLED. This Power LED header is connected to Front Control Panel located at JF1 to indicate the status of system power. See the table on the right for pin definitions.

Power Supply I2C Connector

Power Supply (I2C) Connector, locat- ed at SMB_PS1 on the motherboard. This connector monitors the status of the power supply, fan and system temperature. See the table on the right for pin definitions.

DOM PWR Connector

The Disk-On-Module (DOM) PWR connector provides power to a solid- state DOM storage device connected to one of the SATA ports. See the table on the right for pin definitions.

 

 

B

 

KB/MOUSE

JPI2C:PWR I2C

JPI2C

 

COM1

 

FLOPPY

requiredUDIMM/RDIMM1066/1333DDR3

JPUSB1

DIMM1BDIMM2ADIMM2BDIMM1A

Onboard PWR LED

Pin Definitions

Pin# Definition

1VCC

2No Connection

3Connection to PWR LED in JF1

PWR Supply I2C

Pin Definitions

Pin# Definition

1Clock

2Data

3PWR Fail

4Ground

53.3V

DOM PWR

Pin Definitions

Pin# Definition

15V

2Ground

3Ground

A.PWR LED

B.PWR SMB

C.DOM PWR

VGA

JTPM

FAN5

LAN1

JLAN2 JLAN1

FAN1

 

 

FAN2

 

 

 

JLED1:Power LED

JD1:Buzzer/Speaker

SPKR1

JLED1

JD1

CPU

A

JPB JPL1 JPL2

JI2C1

JF1

JPES

 

JI2C2

 

 

J6

SLOT7 PCI-E X8 GEN2

J5

 

 

 

 

 

 

LE4

 

FAN3

SLOT6 PCI-E X8 GEN2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LE7

REV:1.00

 

 

 

 

 

LE3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLOT5 PCI-E X4 on X8

X8SIL DESIGNEDUSAIN

 

I-SATA4

I-SATA0

I-SATA2

SGPIO2-TSGPIO1

JL1

J8

 

 

MAC CODE

LE2

JBT1

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLOT4 PCI 33MHZ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JBT1:CMOS CLEAR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BAR CODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I-SATA5

I-SATA1

I-SATA3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T-

 

COM2

JL1:CHASSIS INTRUSION

USB 10/11

 

FAN4

JPG1

USB4

USB2/3

DOM PWR

C

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SUPER MICRO Computer X8SIL-F, X8SIL-V user manual Onboard Power LED, Power Supply I2C Connector, DOM PWR Connector

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