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X7SBL-LN1/LN2 USER’S MANUAL Revision 1.0c[...]

Manual Revision 1.0c Release Date: February 6, 2009 Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer , Inc., you m ay not copy any pa rt of this d ocument. Informatio n in this do cument is s ubject to ch ange witho ut notice. Other produ cts and com panies referred to herein are trademarks or registe red tradem arks of t[...]

Preface iii Preface About This Manual Th is m an ual i s w r i t t e n f o r s y s t e m i n t e g r a t o r s , P C t e c h n i c i a n a n d k n o w l e d g e a b l e PC users. It provides information for t he installation and use of th e X7SBL- LN1/LN2 motherboard. The X7SBL-LN1/LN2 supports single Xeon ® 3000 sequence processor with a sy stem [...]

iv T able of Contents Chapter 1 Introd uction 1-1 Overview ................ ........ ......... ........... ......... ......... ......... ........ ......... ............ ..... 1 -1 Checklist .. ......... ......... ......... ........ ............ ........ ......... ......... ......... ............ ........ .. 1-1 Contactin g Super micro ........ ....[...]

v T a ble of Content s Processor Power Connect or ... ........ ......... .......... ......... ......... ........ ......... ........ 2-15 Universal Serial Bus .......... ........ ......... .......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ........... .. 2-1 6 Chassis Intrusio n ....... ......... ......... .......... ......... ......... ......... ..[...]

3-3 Frequentl y Asked Question s ..... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ........ ......... ........ 3 -4 3-4 Returning Mercha ndise f or Ser vice...... ......... ......... ......... ......... ........ ......... ...... 3-5 Chapter 4 BIOS 4-1 Introduct ion ......... ......... ......... ........... ........ ......... ......... .......[...]

Chapter 1: Int roduction 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Over vie w Chec kli st Congratul ations on p urchasing your compu ter mother board fr om an ackno wledged leader in the indust ry . Supermi cro boards are desig ned with the utmost at tention to detail to prov ide you with the hi ghest s tandards in quality and pe rformance . Please check that[...]

X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al 1-2 Con tac tin g Supe rmi cro Headqua rters Address: Super M icro Co mputer , Inc. 980 Roc k Ave. San Jos e, CA 95131 U.S.A. T e l: +1 (408 ) 503-8 000 Fax: +1 (408 ) 503-8 008 Email: marketing @supermic ro.com (General Inform ation) support@s upermicro .com (T echn ical Su pport) Web Site: www .superm icro.com Eu[...]

Chapter 1: Int roduction 1-3 X7SBL -LN1/LN 2 Image Note: All pictures and draw ings s hown in this manual w ere based upon the latest P CB Revi sion av ailable at the time of publishin g of t he manu al. T he motherboa rd you have receive d may or m ay no t look exac tly th e same as those i n this manual.[...]

X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al Important Notes to the User • Jumpers not in dicated are fo r testi ng onl y . • See Cha pter 2 for d etailed informat ion on jumper s, I/O ports and J F1 fron t panel connections. • " " ind icates the loc ation o f "Pin 1." • GLAN2 is o nly ava ilable on LN2 models. • Slot 6 is specia[...]

Chapter 1: Int roduction 1-5 Jumpers Description Default Setting JI 2 C1/JC 2 C2 SMB to PCI Slots Open/Open (Disabled) JPF Power Force On Pins 1-2 (Reset) JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled) JPL1/JPL2 Gigabit LAN 1/2 Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled) JPUSB1/JPUSB2 USB 0-1 Enable/USB 2-6 Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled) JP3 (Optional) T rusted Platform Module Enabl[...]

X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al 1-6 Moth erb oard Fea ture s Processo r Singl e Intel Xeo n 3000/3 200 seri es proce ssor wit h a system bus speed of • 1333/1066 /800 MH z Intel • ® Core ™ 2 Duo an d Quad Process ors Supports Int el Dual Core T echnolo gy , Wide Dynam ic Executio n • , F SB Dynamic Bus Inversion (DBI), Advance d Digital [...]

Chapter 1: Int roduction 1-7 ACPI Feature s Slow bl inking LED for suspen d stat e indic ator • BIOS su pport f or USB keyboar d • Main sw itch ov erride mechanism • Internal/ external modem ring-on • Onboard I/O Intel ICH9R S A T A C ontroller , 6 connectors for 6 dev ices with su pport of RAID • functions 0, 1, 5 and 10 (RAI D 5: suppor[...]

X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al 1-8 Intel 3200 Chipset: System Block Diagram Note: This is a general block diagram and ma y not exactly repres ent the fea tures o n your motherb oard. See the previo us pag es for the actual specifi cations of your mother board. Blo ck Diag ram 4 3 BIGBY-V LGA775_PROCESSOR ICH-9 USB LPC I/O KB/MS PS/2 FDD SER.1 S[...]

Chapter 1: Int roduction 1-9 1-2 Chip set Ov erv iew The Intel 320 0 chipset, designed for use with an Int el Xeon 3000 sequence pro ces- sor in the LGA 775 Land Gri d Array Package, is co mprised of two prim ary com- ponents: t he Memory Controll er Hub (MC H) and the I/O Contr oller Hub (ICH9R). The X7 SBL-LN1/L N2 pr ovides the pe rformance and [...]

X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al 1-10 1-3 Spec ial Fe atu res Reco very f rom A C Pow er Los s BIOS provides a setting for y ou to dete rmine how the system will res pond when AC po wer is l ost and t hen restored to the system . Y ou can choose for the system to remain po wered off (in which ca se you must h it the power switch to tu rn it back o[...]

Chapter 1: Int roduction 1-1 1 I/O Virtualization T echnology With t he Int el IC H9R bu ilt in , the X7SBL- LN1/LN2 suppor ts I/O Virtualizat ion T e ch- nology (VT -d) that enables multiple operating syste ms and applications to run in independe nt partition s. Each partitio n uses its own subset of host physical memory , and behaves l ike a virt[...]

X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al 1-12 Slow Bli nkin g LE D fo r Sus pen d-St ate Ind icat or When the CPU goes into a sus pend stat e, the ch assis po wer LED w ill start blinking to indic ate that the CP U is i n suspen d mode. When t he user presses any key , the CPU wil l wake- up and the L ED will autom atically stop blinking and remain on. 1-[...]

Chapter 2: Ins tallation 2-1 Chapter 2 Installation 2-1 Stat ic- Sen sit ive De vice s Electrost atic-Disc harge (ES D) can d amage ele ctronic com ponents. T o prevent d am- age t o your syst em bo ard, it is important to han dle i t ver y care fully . The foll owing measures are g enerally suffi cient t o prote ct your equip ment fr om ESD. Prec[...]

2-2 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al Note: Some compon ents are very close to the mountin g holes. Please take precautio nary measures to prevent damage to these components when install- ing the mother board t o the chassis . 2-3 Proc ess or and Heat sink In sta lla tio n W ar ning: When handling the p rocessor pac kage, avoid placing direct pres-[...]

Chapter 2: Ins tallation 2-3 T riangle Socket Key (Socket Notch) Bottom Center Edge T o p Cente r Edge CPU Key (semi- circle cutout) below the circle. CPU Pin 1 Corner with a triangle cutout golden dot 1 . P r e s s t h e l o a d l e v e r t o r e l e a s e the load plate, whi ch covers the CPU socket, from i ts lock ing pos ition. 2. Gentl y lift [...]

2-4 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al Load Lever CPU in the C PU sock et Plastic cap is rele ased from th e load plate if CPU properly installed. 5 . A l i g n t h e C P U k e y t h a t i s t h e semi-circ le cutout be low a golden dot against the socket key , the Notch on the sa me sid e of the triang le cut out on the socket. 6. Once alig ned, ca[...]

Chapter 2: Ins tallation 2-5 1. Do n ot apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die, the required amount has alr eady be en appl ied. 2 . Pl a c e th e h e a t s i n k on to p o f t h e CPU so that the four mount ing ho les are aligne d with those on the retent ion mechanism . 3. Screw in two diagonal screws (eg. the #1 and the #2 screw[...]

2-6 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al 1. Unsc rew and remove the heatsink screws from in the sequence as sh ow in the pi cture on the right. 2. Hold and gently wriggle the he atsink to loosen it from the CPU. (Do not use excessiv e force w hen loo sening the hea tsink!) 3. Once the heatsink is lo osened, remove it from th e CPU socket. 4. Clea n th[...]

Chapter 2: Ins tallation 2-7 2-4 Installing DIMMs Note: Check the S upermicro web site fo r reco mmended memory modules . W ar ning: E xercise extreme care when in stalling or re moving DIMM mo dules t o preve nt any possib le dama ge. Also note that the mem ory is interle aved to impro ve perf ormance (see step 1). DIMM I nsta llat ion Insert the [...]

2-8 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al T o Install: Insert module ver tically and press down until it snaps into place. Pay a ttention to the alignm ent notch at the bottom. Installin g and Removing DIMMs T o Re move: Use your th umbs to gently p ush the release tabs near both e nds of the module. This should rele ase it from the sl ot. T op View o [...]

Chapter 2: Ins tallation 2-9 2-5 Cont rol Pa nel Co nne cto rs/I O P ort s The I /O po rts a re co lor c oded in co nformance wit h the PC 99 specifi cation. See the ima ge belo w for the co lors an d loca tions o f the various I/O ports. 1. Bac k Pane l Conn ecto rs/I O Port s Back Pa nel I/O Port Location s and Defi nitions Back Panel Connector[...]

2-10 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al FP Pow er Butto n OH/Fan Fail/ PWR Fail/UID LED 1 NIC1 LED FP Rese t Button 2 HDD LED Pow er LED Reset PWR Vcc UID Switch/Vcc Vcc Blue_LED_Cathode (UID)/Vcc Ground Ground 19 20 Vcc X Ground NMI X Vcc PWR Fail LED NIC2 LED 2. Front Control Panel JF1 con tains h eader p ins for various bu ttons a nd ind icators [...]

Chapter 2: Ins tallation 2-1 1 3. Fro nt Con trol P anel P in Defi nit ions Header Pins Power LED The Pow er LED connect ion is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1. Refer to the table o n the right for pin defi nitions. NMI Bu tton The non-maskable interrupt button header is loc ated on pins 19 a nd 2 0 of JF1. R efer to t he table on the r ight for[...]

2-12 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al GLAN 1 LED Pin Defi nitions (JF1) Pin# Defi nition 1 1 LED_Anode+ 12 NIC1 LED Signal Header Pins NIC1 /NIC 2 LED In dica tors The NIC (Network Interface Control- le r) LED co nn ec ti on fo r G LA N 1 is located on pins 1 1 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connec tion for GLAN 2 is on Pins 9 and 10. Attach the NIC [...]

Chapter 2: Ins tallation 2-13 Header Pins Over heat /Fan F ail LE D (OH) Conne ct an L ED to t he OH/F an Fail con necti on on p ins 7 and 8 o f JF1 to provi de advan ced warn ing of chass is overh eati ng or f an failu re. Refer to the ta ble on the righ t f or p in defi nitions. Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 a[...]

2-14 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al Power Button The Pow er Butt on con nection is locate d on pins 1 and 2 of JF1. Momentarily con- tacting both pins will power on/off the sys- tem. This button can also b e co nfi gured to function as a susp end button (with a setting in the BIOS - se e Chapter 4). T o turn o ff the powe r when set to suspend [...]

Chapter 2: Ins tallation 2-15 2-6 Conn ect ing Ca ble s A. JPW1 B. JPW2 Proc esso r Powe r Conn ecto r In addi tion to the Primary A TX powe r connector (above) , the 12 V 8-pin CPU PWR connector at JPW2 mu st also be connect ed to your power sup ply . S e e t h e ta b l e on t h e ri g h t fo r pi n defi nitions. 12V 8-pin Power CPU Connector Pin[...]

2-16 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al Univ ersa l Seri al Bus ( USB) There are seven USB 2. 0 (Universal S e r i a l B u s ) p o r t s / h e a d e r s o n t h e motherboa rd. T wo of the m are Back P a n e l U S B p o r t s (U S B 0 - 1 : J 1 5 ) . Another two US B Heade rs: (U SB 2-3: J44) and (USB 4 -5 : J4 5) can provide fr on t a cc es s U SB [...]

Chapter 2: Ins tallation 2-17 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Defi nitions Pin# Defi nition 1 Data 2 NC 3 Ground 4 VCC 5 Clock 6 NC Serial Port Pin Defi nitions Pin # Defi nition Pin # Defi nition 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC A. Keyboard/Mo use B. COM1 C. COM2 (Pin 10 is available on COM2 only . NC: No Connect[...]

2-18 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al Power LED The Power LED connector is located at JLED. This connectio n is us ed to provide LED Indicat ion o f po wer b eing supplied to the sys tem. See the table on the right for pi n defi nitions. PWR LED Pin Defi nitions Pin# Defi nition 1 +5V 2 Key 3 Ground Exte rnal S peak er/I nter nal Buzzer On the [...]

Chapter 2: Ins tallation 2-19 GLAN1 GLAN2 GLAN ( Giga -bit E ther net Po rts) Tw o G - b i t E t h e r n e t p o r t s ( G L A N 1 / GLAN2) a re loca ted nex t to th e VGA Connector on the IO back plane. These ports a ccept R J45 typ e cabl es. A. GLAN1 B. GLAN2 C. VGA VGA Connector A VG A co nnec tor (J16 ) is lo cate d betwe en COM1 and GLA N1 o [...]

2-20 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al Fan Headers The X7SBL- LN1/LN2 ha s six fan he aders (Fan1 to Fan 6) in cluding fi ve chassis /sys- tem f an h eaders (Fan1 to Fan5) and one CPU Fan (CPU Fan6). All these fan head- ers support 4-p in fans. Howeve r , Pins 1-3 of th e fan head ers a re b ackward compat- ibl e with the tr adi tio nal 3-pi n fan[...]

Chapter 2: Ins tallation 2-21 W a ke-O n-Ri ng The Wake-On-Ring header is loca ted a t JW O R . Th i s fe a t u r e al l o w s y o u r computer to be awakened by an incom- ing call to the modem w hen the syst em is in the s uspend state. See t he table on th e r i g h t fo r p i n d e fi ni t io n s . Y ou must have a W ak e-On-Rin g ca rd a nd a [...]

2-22 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al A. PWR Faul t B. PWR SMB Powe r SMB Co nnec tor Power SMB Connec tor (P W4) is used to monitor PWR supply , fan and system temperatu re. See t he table on the r ight for pin defi nitions. PWR SMB Pin Defi nitions Pin# Defi nition 1 Clock 2 Data 3 PWR Fail 4 Ground 5 +3.3V Power Fault (PWR Supply Failure) Co[...]

Chapter 2: Ins tallation 2-23 2-7 Jumper Settings Expl anat ion of J umpe rs T o m odify the opera tion of the mother- board, ju mpers ca n be use d to cho ose between option al settings. Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the f unction of the co nnector . Pin 1 is identifi ed with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board. S [...]

2-24 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al Clear CMOS JBT1 is used to clea r CMOS. Instead of pins, this "jump er" consist s of contact pads to prevent the accid ental cle aring of C MOS. T o cl ear CMOS , use a met al object such as a small scr ewdriver t o touch both pads at the sa me time to sho rt the conne ction. Always remove the AC pow[...]

Chapter 2: Ins tallation 2-25 SMBus to PCI-X/PCI-Exp Slots Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Defi nition Closed Enabled Open Disabled (*Default) VGA Enab le/D isab le JPG1 enables or disables the VGA Connector on th e m otherboar d. See the table on the r ight for jump er se t- tings. The d efault setting is en abled. VGA Enable Pin# Defi nition Pin[...]

2-26 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al Forc e-Po wer- On Ena ble/ Disa ble Ju m pe r J PF all o ws y o u to ena b le o r dis a b le the funct ion of F orce-Powe r-On. If enabled, the power will always stay on a utomatica lly . If this function is disab led, the user needs to pres s th e power b utton t o power on t he sys tem. Power Force On Jumper[...]

Chapter 2: Ins tallation 2-27 USB Wake-Up Us e J P US B ju mp e r s t o e na bl e th e f unc t i o n o f " S yst em Wake - Up v ia U S B dev i c es " , wh ic h a l - lo ws yo u t o " wa ke - u p" th e syst em by pr e ss i ng a key on the US B keyb oa rd or by c li c ki n g the US B mo us e of yo ur sys te m. T he J PU S B ju mp [...]

2-28 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al 2-8 Onboard Indicators A. GLAN1 B. GLAN2 GLAN L EDs There are two GLAN ports on the moth erb oard . Eac h Giga bit Et her - net LAN port has two LEDs . T he yellow LED indicates activity , while the Link LED may be green, a mber or off to indica te the sp eed of th e connectio n. See the tables at right for mo[...]

Chapter 2: Ins tallation 2-29 A. Power LED Onboard PWR LED Indicator (LE1) LED Color Defi nition Off System Off On Standby Power On Green System On Onboard Power LED (LE1) The Onboard 3.3 V Standby Power LED is locat ed at LE1 on the moth- e r b o a r d . W h e n L E 1 i s o f f , t h e system is off. When the LED i s on, the power is on. Unplug t[...]

2-30 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al 2-9 Floppy and SIM 1U IPMI Connections Note th e follo wing wh en con necting the fl oppy a nd har d disk drive cables: • The fl oppy d isk dri ve cabl e has seven twisted wires. • A red mark on a wi re typ ically designate s the locatio n of pin 1. • A single fl oppy disk drive ribbon cable ha s two [...]

Chapter 2: Ins tallation 2-31 SIM 1U I PMI A S IM 1 U IPM I S oc k et i s loc at ed a t J1 9 on t h e mo t h e r b o a r d . T h i s connection provides IPMI (Intelli- gent Powe r Managem ent Inter face) capabilit y to the motherb oard. Ref er to the layout b elow for the S IM 1U IPMI lo cation. A. SIM 1U IPMI A[...]

2-32 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al Notes[...]

3-1 Chapter 3: T rou bleshoot ing Chapter 3 T roubleshooting 3-1 T roubleshooting Procedures Use the foll owing proce dures to tro ubleshoot your syste m. If you have followed al l of the proce dures b elow a nd sti ll nee d assi stance, refer t o the ‘T e chnical Support Procedure s’ and/o r ‘Returning Merchan dise for Service’ section (s)[...]

3-2 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al Check t hat the 1 15V/230V s witch o n the power supply is pro perly s et. 3. T ur n the power switch on and off to tes t the system. 4. The bat tery on your motherbo ard ma y be old. Ch eck to verify that it stil l sup- 5. plies ~ 3VDC. I f it does no t, repl ace it with a new one. No Video If the power is on [...]

3-3 Chapter 3: T rou bleshoot ing Note: Not all BIOS can b e fl ashed; it depends on the m odifi cations to the boot block code. If the above steps do not fi x the Set up Confi guration proble m, con tact yo ur 3. vendor for rep airs. 3-2 T ech nic al Suppo rt Proc edu res Before contacting T echnical S upport, please t ake the following steps.[...]

3-4 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al 3-3 Frequently Asked Questions Question: What type o f memor y does my m otherboar d suppo rt? Answer: The X7SBL-LN1/LN2 supports unbuffered, ECC/Non-ECC DDR2 667/800 MHz mem ory mod ules. S ee Sec tion 2- 4 for details on in stalling memory . Question: Why does Micr osoft Windows XP (SP2 ) an d Window s Vista [...]

3-5 Chapter 3: T rou bleshoot ing Question: A fter I have installed 4 pieces of 1GB Memory , why does the BIOS on ly detect about 3 .145 GB of m emory d uring POST? Answer: Be cause the c hipset doe s not suppo rt memory r emapping , and PCI-E memory requires a great deal of memory , so there is a memory hole located around the 4GB memory addres s.[...]

3-6 X7SBL-LN1 /LN2 Us er ’s Manu al Notes[...]

Chapter 4: BIO S 4-1 Chapter 4 BIOS 4-1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS™ Setup utility for t he X7SBL-LN1/LN 2. The Ph oenix ROM BIO S is stored in a fl ash chip and can be easi ly upg raded using a fl oppy disk -based program. Note: Due to perio dic change s to the BIOS , some setti ngs may hav e been added or deleted and [...]

4-2 X7S BL-LN1/LN 2 User' s Manua l 4-2 Runn ing Se tup * Default setti ngs are in bold te xt unless other wise noted . The BIO S setup option s descr ibed in this section are sel ected b y choos ing the ap- propriate text from t he main BIO S Setup scr een. All dis played tex t is descri bed in this section, although the screen disp lay is of[...]

Chapter 4: BIO S 4-3 Main BIO S Set up M enu u Main Set up Fe atu res Syst em Time T o set the system date and time, key in the correct informat ion in the appropr iate fi elds. Then press the < Enter> key to save the dat a. Syst em Dat e Using the ar row keys, hi ghlight the month, da y a nd year fi elds, and en ter the correct data. Press[...]

4-4 X7S BL-LN1/LN 2 User' s Manua l BIOS D ate The ite m displ ays the date that t he BIO S was built. BIOS Revision The ite m displ ays the BIOS revisio n numbe r . Hard D isk Pr e-De lay This se tting a llows t he user to ad d a d elay pr ior to the fi rst access of a ha rd disk by the BIOS. T he dela y ensur es that the hard disk has time [...]

Chapter 4: BIO S 4-5 SA T A A HCI Le gac y Enab le This setting allows you t o disable SA T A ports 5 and 6 while in t his mode. The options are Disabled and Enabled. u IDE C han nel 0 Mas ter /Sla ve/ SA T A Port 2/S A T A P ort3 These settings allow you to set the par ameters of slots i ndicated above. Hit <Enter> to act ivate the follow in[...]

4-6 X7S BL-LN1/LN 2 User' s Manua l CHS Fo rmat The fol lowing items w ill be display ed by the BI OS: TYPE: Thi s item display s the type o f IDE or SA T A Dev ice. Cylinder s: This item i ndicates the s tatus o f Cylin ders. Headers: This i tem ind icates the num ber of headers . Sectors: This item displays the number of sectors. Maximum Cap[...]

Chapter 4: BIO S 4-7 32 Bit I /O This option allow s yo u to ena ble or disable the func tion of a 32 -bit data transf er . The opt ions ar e Enabl ed and Disabled . T ransfer Mode This op tion all ows you to s et the transfer mode. The options are S tandard , Fast PIO1, F ast PIO 2, Fast PIO3, Fast PIO4, FPIO3/DMA 1 and FPIO4/DMA 2. Ultr a DMA M o[...]

4-8 X7S BL-LN1/LN 2 User' s Manua l 4-4 Adva nce d S etu p Choose Advanced from the Phoeni x BIO S Set up Ut ility main menu with the arrow keys. Y ou s hould s ee the following display . The i tems w ith a triangle be side th em have sub- men us that can be access ed by highlig hting the item and pressi ng <Enter>. u Boot Features Quie [...]

Chapter 4: BIO S 4-9 POST Errors Use the setting to Pause and Di splay SETUP en try or resume boot prompt if error o ccurs o n boot disable d. T he opti ons ar e Enabl ed and Disabl ed. ACPI M ode Use the setting to d etermine whether you want to use the ACPI ( Advanced Confi guration and Power Interface ) po wer m anagement on your syste m. The o[...]

4-10 X7S BL-LN1/LN 2 User' s Manua l Power Loss Control This setting al lows you to choose ho w t he system will re act when power ret urns after an unexp ected loss of pow er . T he options are Stay Off, Power On, and Last St ate . W a tch Do g Select Enabl ed to automati cally reset the sy stem if the syste m is not active for more th an 4 m[...]

Chapter 4: BIO S 4-1 1 Hype rthr eadi ng (Available w hen s uppo rted b y the CP U) Set to Enabled to use the Hy perthread ing T ec hnology , which will result i n in- creased CPU pe rformance . Th e optio ns are Enable d and Disabled . Core -Mul ti-P roce ssin g (Available whe n su ppor ted by the CPU. ) Set to Enable d to use a process or's [...]

4-12 X7S BL-LN1/LN 2 User' s Manua l Adja cent C ache L ine Pr efet ch (*Availabl e w hen supp orte d by th e CPU.) The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to D isabled. The CPU fe tches bot h cache li nes for 12 8 bytes as comprise d if Enabl ed. The options are Di sabled and Enabled. . Set Ma ximu m Ext. C PUID =3 W[...]

Chapter 4: BIO S 4-13 No Execute Mode Memory Protection (Availabl e wh en suppo rted by the CPU and the OS. ) Set to Enable d to enable Exec ute Disable Bit and allow th e processo r to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot, and thus prev enting a w orm or a vi rus from inserting and crea ting a fl ood [...]

4-14 X7S BL-LN1/LN 2 User' s Manua l Memory Remapping This feature al lows the bios rese rve memories to r emap the memory ab ove the 4GB t o 5GB area w hen u sing 4 GB of memo ry . The sett ings are Enable d and Disabled . Enab le VT -D Select Enable to use the function ality of V T -D. The options are Enab led and Disabled . High P reci sion[...]

Chapter 4: BIO S 4-15 u Memo ry C ache Cach e Syst em BIO S Are a This settin g allows you to d esignate a re serve area in the system m emory to be used as a System BIO S buffer and allo w BI OS to writ e (ca che) data into this reserved memory area. Select Write Protect to ena ble this function, and this area will be reserv ed for BI OS ROM acc e[...]

4-16 X7S BL-LN1/LN 2 User' s Manua l to w rite dat a b ack dire ctly fro m t he buffer witho ut writ ing data to the Sys tem Memor y f or f ast CPU . Cache Extended Memory If enabled, this feature will allow the data stored in the extend ed memory area to be c ached (writt en) into a buffer , a stor age area in the Static DRO M (S DROM) or wri[...]

Chapter 4: BIO S 4-17 0020h, 0040h, 0 060h, 0 080h, 0 0A0h, 0 0C0h, a nd 00E0 h. For Unix, Novell and other Opera ting Syste ms, please select the op tion: othe r . If a drive fa ils after the in stallati on of a new so ftware, you might want to ch ange t his s etting and try again. A different OS requir es a different Bus Master clock rate . u Slo[...]

4-18 X7S BL-LN1/LN 2 User' s Manua l Enab le Mas ter This setting allows you to en able the selected device as t he PCI bu s master . The opt ions ar e Enab led and Disabled. Latency Timer This settin g allows you t o set the clock r ate for Bus Ma ster . A hi gh-prior ity , high- throughou t device may be nefi t from a gr eater cl ock rat e.[...]

Chapter 4: BIO S 4-19 KBC Cl ock In put This setting allo ws you to select the clock frequen cy for the Keyboard Cont roller . The opt ions ar e 6MHz, 8MHz, 12MHz, and 16MHz. Seri al Por t A This settin g allows you to decide ho w the system controls S erial Port A. The options are Enabled (user defi ned) and Disabled. Base I /O Ad dres s This s e[...]

4-20 X7S BL-LN1/LN 2 User' s Manua l Inte rrup t This setting allows you to select the IRQ (interrupt request) for Serial Port B. The opt ions ar e IRQ3 and IRQ4. Flop py Dis k Cont roll er This setting allows you to assign control of the fl oppy disk controll er . The options are Ena bled (u ser defi ned), Disabled, and A uto (BI OS and OS [...]

Chapter 4: BIO S 4-21 u Cons ole Redi rec tion Access the sub menu to make changes to th e follo wing s ettings: COM Po rt Ad dres s This sett ing will allow you to specify whic h COM por t to dire ct the re mote con- sole to: Onboard COM A or Onbo ard C OM B . The o ptions are Disable d, CO M A and COM B . Baud Rate This setting will enable you to[...]

4-22 X7S BL-LN1/LN 2 User' s Manua l CPU Ov erhe at Al arm This option all ows the user to sele ct the CPU Overhe at Alarm settin g which determine s when the C PU OH alarm will be act ivated to provide wa rning of possible CPU o verheat. W ar ning: Any temper ature that ex ceeds t he CPU thresh old tem perature predefi ned by the CPU ma nufa[...]

Chapter 4: BIO S 4-23 CPU T emperature The item display s t he l evel of CPU tempera ture (High, Medi um, Low) as detecte d by the BIOS . The infor mation sho wn in the sc reen is fo r your refe rence only . (See the not es belo w for more i nformati on on DTS an d PECI) Low – This leve l is considered a s the ‘normal’ operati ng tempera ture[...]

4-24 X7S BL-LN1/LN 2 User' s Manua l provide PEC I counts as r eferences for fan spee d controls . So all our In tel proces sor-ba sed mothe rboard s will be/hav e been updat ed to change the CPU temperat ure display fr om numbers (ab solute temp eratures) to te xt (low , medium, and hi gh). Each processor has a DTS an d every processor ’s D[...]

Chapter 4: BIO S 4-25 3-pin (ser ver) 3-pi n (worksta tion), 4- pin (serve r) and 4- pin (works tation). Do not select 4-pin s ettings if you have a mix of 3- pin an d 4-pin fans. V oltage Monitor ing The fol lowing items w ill be monitor ed and displa yed: Vcore A, MCH Cor e, - 12V , V -DIMM , 3 .3V , +1 2V , 5V Stan dby , 5V DD, PVTT , Vbat t Not[...]

4-26 X7S BL-LN1/LN 2 User' s Manua l Supervisor Password Is: This item indicates if a supervisor password has been entered for the system. Clear means such a pass word has no t bee n used and Set means a s upervisor pass word has bee n enter ed for the s ystem. User Password Is: This item indi cates if a user pas sword has been ente red f or t[...]

Chapter 4: BIO S 4-27 4-6 Boot Se tti ngs Choose Boot from the P hoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys. Y ou should see t he fo llowing display . Se e deta ils o n how to change the order and specs of boot d evices in the I tem Spe cifi c He lp wind ow . All B oot BIOS setting s are described in t his sec tion. Boot P rior ity Or[...]

4-28 X7S BL-LN1/LN 2 User' s Manua l 4-7 Exit Choose Exit from the Pho enix BIOS Setup Util ity main menu with the arrow ke ys. Y ou should se e the follo wing display . All Exit BIOS sett ings are descri bed i n thi s section. Exit S avin g Chan ges Highlight this item and hit <E nter> to ex it the BIO S Setup ut ility whil e saving a n[...]

Chapter 4: BIO S 4-29 Disc ard Ch ange s Highlight this item an d hit <Enter> to discar d (can cel) a ny cha nges y ou mad e. Y ou w ill rem ain in the S etup ut ility . Save C hang es Highlight this item and hit <Ente r> to save any cha nges y ou mad e. Y ou will remain in the Setup utility .[...]

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A-1 Appendix A: BIOS POST Messa ges Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes This section lists POST (Power On Self T est) error beep code s for the Phoenix BIOS. POST er ror beep cod es are divi ded into tw o categori es: recove rable and t erminal. This se ction l ists Beep C odes fo r reco verable POST errors. Recoverable POST Error Beep Codes Wh e n a [...]

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Appendix B: BI OS POST Code s B-1 Appendix B Installing the Windows OS After all hardware components have bee n ins talled, you must fi rst confi gure Intel South Bridg e RAID Settin gs before you in stall the Wi ndows OS and oth er software drivers. T o confi gure RAID settings, please refer t o RAID Confi guration U ser Guides posted on our w[...]

B-2 X7SBL- LN1/LN2 User's Manual B-2 In stal lin g t he Window s X P/2 000 /20 03 OS fo r S yste ms with out RA ID Funct ion s Insert Microsoft 's Wind ows XP/ 2000/200 3 Setup CD i n the CD Dr iver , an d the 1. system will st art boo ting up from CD. Continue with the OS install ation. The Windows OS Set up scre en wil l displ ay . 2. F[...]

Appendix C: Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C-1 D r iv er / T oo l In s t a l la t i o n D i s p l ay S c r e en Note : Cli ck th e ico ns sho wing a han d wri ting on the pap er to view the readme fi les for each item. C lick on a c omputer icon to the right of an item to insta ll an i tem (fr om top to the bottom) one at a time. After install in[...]

C-2 X7SBL- LN1/LN2 User's Manual Supero Doctor III Int erface Display Screen-I (Healt h Infor mation) C-2 Confi g uri ng Supe ro Docto r I II Th e Su pe r o D o c to r II I pr o gr am i s a We b - ba se ma na g em en t t o ol t ha t s up p or t s re mo te m an ag em e nt c a pa bi li t y . It i nc lu de s Re mo te a nd L oc al M a na ge m ent[...]

Appendix C: Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C-3 Supero Doctor III Int erface Display Screen-I I (R emote C ontrol) No t e : SD I II S of t w ar e Revi si o n 1 . 0 c an b e dow n lo ad e d fr o m our web - si te a t: f t p:// f t p.su pe r m ic r o.c o m /ut i li t y/S up e ro _ D o c to r_ I II / . Y ou c a n al s o dow n lo ad SD I II U se r &apo[...]

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