SUPER MICRO Computer x7slm-l manual

X7SLM-L USER’S MANUAL Revision 1.0[...]

Manual Revision 1.0 Release Date: December 30, 2008 Unless you request and receive written permi ssion from Super Micr o Computer , Inc., you may not copy any part of this document. Informatio n in th is document is subject to cha nge without notice. Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of thei r r[...]

Preface About This Manual T h i s m a n u a l 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 s a n d knowledge able PC user s. It provid es information for th e i nstallati on and use of t he X7SLM-L motherbo ard. About This Motherboard The X7SLM-L sup ports a singl e I ntel® Core™ 2 Duo /Pentium ® du al-cor[...]

X7SLM-L Use r ’s Manual Danger/Caution: Instructi ons to be strictl y followe d to pr event cat astrophic system failur e or to avoid bodily injury W arning: Criti cal informati on to prevent damag e to the components . Important : Importa nt infor mation gi ven to e nsure pro per syste m instal la- tion or to relay safety precautions. Note: Addi[...]

Contactin g Supermicro v Cont act ing S upe rmi cro Headqua rters Address: Super Micro Comp uter , Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A . T el: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: marketing @supermic ro.com (Gene ral Informati on) support@supermicro.com (T echnical Support) Web Site: www .sup ermicro.c om Europe Address: Super Mi[...]

vi X7SLM-L Use r ’s Manual T able of Contents Preface About This Manual ..... ......... ......... ........ ........... ......... ......... ........ ......... ............ ......... ...... 3 About This Motherboard ......... ......... ......... .......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ............ ......... ... 3 Manual Organi zation .....[...]

vii T able of Contents DIMM Installa tion ............... ......... ........... ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........... 2-10 Memory Suppor t .......... ......... ........ ........... ......... ......... ......... ......... ........ .......... 2 -10 2-5 Connector s/I/O Ports ... ......... ......... .......... ......... .........[...]

X7SLM-L Use r ’s Manual viii Before Power On ........... ......... ........ ........... ......... ......... ......... ......... ........ ......... 3-1 No Power ....... ........ ......... ......... ........... ......... ......... ......... ......... ........ ............ .... 3-1 No Video ........ ......... ......... ........ ............ ........[...]

Chapter 1: Intro duction 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Over vie w Chec kli st Congratul ations on p urchasing your compu ter mother board fro m an acknow ledged leader in the indust ry . Super micro boards are des igned with the utmo st a ttention to detail to provid e you with the highest stan dards in qualit y and performanc e. Please check th a[...]

1-2 X7SLM-L User ’ s Manual X7SLM-L Image Note : All graphics shown in this manual were based upon the lat est PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual. The motherboard you've re ceived ma y or may n ot look e xactly the same as the graph ics shown in this manual .[...]

Chapter 1: Intro duction 1-3 Motherboard Layout Important Notes to the User Jumpers not indi cated are for testin g only . • See Chapter 2 for detaile d informati on on jumper s, I/O ports and JF1 front • panel connect ions. " " indicates the location of "Pin 1". • When LE1 (Onboard Power LED Ind icator) is on, system powe[...]

1-4 X7SLM-L User ’ s Manual A 1 USB2/3 COM2 USB7 USB5/6 USB4 JBT1 Slot 4 PCI 33MHz Slot 5 PCI-E x4 in x8 Speaker Slot 6 PCI 33MHz IDE I-SA T A0 I-SA T A1 Slot 7 PCI-E x16 I-SA T A3 I-SA T A2 LAN2 LAN1 VGA COM1 UNB NON-ECC DDR2 400/533/667 Required DIMM1A DIMM1B USB0/1 /CPU Fan JPW1 JPW2 KB/MOUSE Intel 945GC Intel ICH7R Battery BIOS Super IO LAN C[...]

Chapter 1: Intro duction 1-5 X7SLM-L Quick Reference Jumpers Label Description Default Setting JBT1 #20 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JPL1/JPL2 #8, 9 GLAN 1/2 Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled) JWD #26 W atch Dog T imer Enable Pins 1-2 (Reset) Connectors Label Description Battery #12 Onboard Battery BIOS #15 SPI BIOS Chip COM1/COM2 #3, #7 COM Port 1/Serial Port [...]

1-6 X7SLM-L User ’ s Manual Motherboard Features Proce ssor Single I ntel® Cor e™ 2 Duo /Pentium® dual-co re/Pentiu m D/Pen tium 4/Ce leron® dual-core /Celeron/ Celeron D Proces sor . 800/533 MHz Syst em Bus • Intel® Smart Mem ory Acces s • Intel® Dynami c Power Coordina tion • Memory Supports u nbuffered Non-EC C DDR2 up t o 2 GB/s [...]

Chapter 1: Intro duction 1-7 ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indi cator • Main switch over ride mechanis m • Onboard I/O Built-in ICH7R SA T A Controller , 4 connectors for 4 devices (with support for RAI D • 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and RAID 5 in the Windows OS envi ronment) T wo Fast UART 16550-compa tible serial port s (on e on[...]

1-8 X7SLM-L User ’ s Manual X7SLM-L Block Diagram Note: This is a general block diagram. Please see the Motherb oard Features pages for details on the feat ures of the motherbo ard. Slots LGA775_PROCESSOR ICH7R USB Ports 0~7 BIOS Flash ROM (SPI) LPC I/O MS. 1 . R E S . B K SER.2 PRI_IDE VRM 11 ADDR CTRL CTRL ADDR DATA DATA UDMA/100 LPC PCI_32_Bus[...]

Chapter 1: Intro duction 1-9 1-2 Chip set O ver vie w The Intel® 8294 5GC chipset , designed for use with a single Intel ® Core™ 2 Duo/ Pentium® dual-c ore/Penti um D/Pentium 4/Celeron ® dual-core/Ce leron/Cel eron D Processor with a system bu s speed of up to 800 MHz in an LGA 775 s ocket, contains two compo nents: GMC H (North B ridge) an d[...]

1-10 X7SLM-L User ’ s Manual 1-3 PC Hea lth M oni tor ing This section descri bes the PC he alth monitorin g f eatures of the X7SLM-L. The motherboa rd has an onboard System Hard ware Mon itor c hip tha t suppo rts PC health monito ring. Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC p[...]

Chapter 1: Intro duction 1-1 1 Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator When the CPU goes i nto a sus pend stat e, the ch assis po wer LED wi ll start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode. When the user pres ses any key , the CPU will wake up and the LED will auto matically stop blinking and remain on. BIOS Su ppo rt for USB Ke[...]

1-12 X7SLM-L User ’ s Manual 1-6 Supe r I/O The dis k drive adapter fun ctions o f the Super I/O c hip inc lude a data separat or , write pre-compensation circuitry , decode logic, data rate selection, a clock generator , drive interface contr ol log ic and inter rupt a nd DMA log ic. The w ide ra nge of funct ions integrate d onto the Super I/O [...]

Chapter 2: Insta llation 2-1 Chapter 2 Installation 2-1 Stat ic- Sen sit ive D evi ces El ec tr os ta ti c- Di sc ha rg e (ESD ) ca n da ma ge ele ct ro ni c com po ne nt s. T o prevent damage to your syste m boar d, it is im portant to han dle it very carefully . The follow ing measu res are g enerally suffi cient to pr otect you r equipment from[...]

2-2 X7SLM-L User's Manual 2-2 Motherboard Installation All motherboards have st andard mounting holes to fi t dif ferent types of chassis. Make sure that t he locations of all the mounting holes for bot h motherboard and chassis match. Although a ch assis may h ave both pla stic and me tal mounting fas- teners, met al ones are hig hly recomme[...]

Chapter 2: Insta llation 2-3 Installation Instructions Install the I/O shie ld into the chassis. Caution: T o avoid damaging the motherboard and its components, please do no t us e a force gre ater than 8 lb/inch on each mou nting screw durin g motherboa rd installat ion. Locate the mounting holes on t he motherboard. Refer to the layout on the pre[...]

2-4 X7SLM-L User's Manual 2-3 P roc ess or and Heat sin k Ins tall ati on W arning : Wh en handling the processor package, av oid placing direct pressure on the labe l area of the fan. Notes : 1. Alwa ys connect the power co rd last and a lways remo ve it before add- ing, rem oving o r changi ng any hardware compone nts. Ma ke sure that y ou i[...]

Chapter 2: Insta llation 2-5 Align CPU Pin 1 (the CPU corn er marked wit h a triangl e) against th e socket corner that is marke d with a triangle cutou t. Align the CP U key that is the semi-circle cutout b elow a golde n dot against the socket key , the Notch on the same side of the tria ngle cutout on the sock et. Once a ligned, carefu lly lo we[...]

2-6 X7SLM-L User's Manual Socket Key (Socket Notch) W arning: The CP U wi ll o nly seat inside the socket in one direct ion. Ma ke sure it i s properly inserte d befor e closin g the loa d plate. If it doesn't close properly , do not f orce it as it may dam age your C PU. Inste ad, open th e load plate again and double-chec k that the CPU[...]

Chapter 2: Insta llation 2-7 T h e p l a s t i c c a p i s re l e as e d fr o m t h e l o a d p l a te i f the CPU has been properly installed. If the CPU is prop erly instal led into the so cket, the pla stic PnP cap will be automatic ally rele ased from the load plate whe n the loa d lever is pushed in the lever lock. Remo ve the PnP cap from the[...]

2-8 X7SLM-L User's Manual Do not ap ply any thermal grease to th e heatsink or the CPU die -- the re quired amount has alrea dy been applied. Inst all ing a P ass ive CPU He ats ink Screw#1 Screw#2 Motherboard Mounting Holes Finish the insta llation by fully tightening all fou r screws. Screw in two d iagonal screw s (i .e., the #1 an d th e #[...]

Chapter 2: Insta llation 2-9 W arning: We do not re commend that the CPU or the hea tsink be removed . However , if you d o need to uninstall the heatsink, please follow the instruc- tions below to uninstal l the heatsink to prevent dama ge done to the CPU or the CPU socket. Remo vin g t he Heat sink ! Unscrew the hea tsink screws fr om the mothe r[...]

2-10 X7SLM-L User's Manual X7SLM-L 2-4 Inst all ing D DR2 M emo ry Note : Check the Supe rmicro web site for recommended mem ory modules. CAUTION Exercise extreme c are when i nstallin g or remo ving DIMM modu les to pre vent any p ossible d amage. DIMM In sta llat ion Insert the desir ed number of DIMMs into the memory slots, start ing with 1[...]

Chapter 2: Insta llation 2-1 1 Insert the DIMM mod- ule verticall y and press down until the modul e snaps into place . T o Remove: Use your thumbs to gently push the Lock / Release tabs nea r both ends of the module. This should release it from the slo t. Pull the DIMM module upwa rds. DDR2 Slot Position the DIMM module's bottom key so it ali[...]

2-12 X7SLM-L User's Manual A 1 USB2/3 COM2 USB7 USB5/6 USB4 JBT1 Slot 4 PCI 33MHz Slot 5 PCI-E x4 in x8 Speaker Slot 6 PCI 33MHz IDE I-SAT A0 I-SAT A1 Slot 7 PCI-E x16 I-SAT A3 I-SAT A2 LAN2 LAN1 VGA COM1 UNB NON-ECC DDR2 400/533/667 Required DIMM1A DIMM1B USB0/1 /CPU Fan JPW1 JPW2 KB/MOUSE Intel 945GC Intel ICH7R Battery BIOS Super IO LAN CTR[...]

Chapter 2: Insta llation 2-13 X7SLM-L A TX PS/2 Ke yboa rd and P S/2 Mouse Ports Th e A T X PS / 2 k e yb o a r d a n d PS / 2 mouse are loca ted next to the Back Panel USB Ports 01/ on the mother - board. See the table at right for pin defi nition s. PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Pin Defi nitions PS2 Keyboard PS2 Mouse Pin# Defi nition Pin# Defi nition [...]

2-14 X7SLM-L User's Manual A 1 USB2/3 COM2 USB7 USB5/6 USB4 JBT1 Slot 4 PCI 33MHz Slot 5 PCI-E x4 in x8 Speaker Slot 6 PCI 33MHz IDE I-SAT A0 I-SATA1 Slot 7 PCI-E x16 I-SAT A3 I-SAT A2 LAN2 LAN1 VGA COM1 UNB NON-ECC DDR2 400/533/667 Required DIMM1A DIMM1B USB0/1 /CPU Fan JPW1 JPW2 KB/MOUSE Intel 945GC Intel ICH7R Battery BIOS Super IO LAN CTRL[...]

Chapter 2: Insta llation 2-15 Serial Ports T wo COM connections (COM1 & COM2) are located on the motherboar d. COM1 is loc ated on the Backplan e I/O panel. COM2 is locat ed below the Sup er I/O chip to provide additional onboard se- rial connection support. See the tab le on the right for pin defi nitions. Serial Ports-COM1/COM2 Pin Defi nit[...]

2-16 X7SLM-L User's Manual X7SLM-L 1 1. VGA 1 Video Conn ecto r A Video (VGA/ CRT) connector is lo- cated next to COM Port1 on the I/ O b a c k p l a n e . T h i s co n n e c t o r is us e d t o p r o v i d e vi d e o an d CRT d i s p l a y . Refer t o t he board layout b elow for the location.[...]

Chapter 2: Insta llation 2-17 Ether net Po rts T wo Et hernet ports are loc ated at on the I/O backplane. The se ports accept RJ45 type cabl es. ( Note : Ple ase refer to the LED Indicator Section for LAN LED informati on.) LAN Ports Pin Defi nition Pin# Defi nition 1 P2V5SB 10 SGND 2 TD0+ 1 1 Act LED 3 TD0- 12 P3V3SB 4 TD1+ 13 Link 100 LED (Y el[...]

2-18 X7SLM-L User's Manual X7SLM-L Fron t C ont rol Pan el JF1 contains header pins for va rious buttons and indicators that are normally lo- cated on a control panel a t the fro nt of the chassis. These connecto rs are de signed specifi cally for use wit h Supermic ro server chassis. See the fi gure below for the descripti ons of the variou[...]

Chapter 2: Insta llation 2-19 Fron t C ont rol Pan el Pin Defi nition s Power LED The Pow er LED connecti on is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1. Refer to the table on the right for pin defi nitions. NMI But ton The non-maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1. Refer to the t able on the right for pin defi nitions. NM[...]

2-20 X7SLM-L User's Manual NIC1/ NIC2 LED Ind icato rs The NIC (Net work Inter face Contr ol- ler) LED connec tion f or LAN port 1 is located on pins 1 1 and 1 2 of JF1, and the LED connectio n f or LAN Port 2 is on Pin s 9 and 10. Attach the NIC LED c ables to di splay network activi ty . Refer to the tabl e on the right for pi n defi nition[...]

Chapter 2: Insta llation 2-21 Overh eat (O H)/F an Fail LED Co nn ec t an LED Ca bl e to the OH/ Fan Fail connection on pins 7 an d 8 of JF1 to pr ovide a dvanced warnings of chassis overheat or fan failure. Refer to the tabl e on the right for pi n defi nition s. Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1. Refe[...]

2-22 X7SLM-L User's Manual Power Butto n The Power Button conn ection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1. Momentarily con- tacting both pins will power on/off the sys- tem. Th is button c an also be c onfi gured to function as a suspend button (with a setting in th e BIOS - s ee Cha pter 4 ). T o turn off the power when set to susp end mo de ,[...]

Chapter 2: Insta llation 2-23 A 1 USB2/3 COM2 USB7 USB5/6 USB4 JBT1 Slot 4 PCI 33MHz Slot 5 PCI-E x4 in x8 Speaker Slot 6 PCI 33MHz IDE I-SAT A0 I-SATA1 Slot 7 PCI-E x16 I-SAT A3 I-SAT A2 LAN2 LAN1 VGA COM1 UNB NON-ECC DDR2 400/533/667 Required DIMM1A DIMM1B USB0/1 /CPU Fan JPW1 JPW2 KB/MOUSE Intel 945GC Intel ICH7R Battery BIOS Super IO LAN CTRL L[...]

2-24 X7SLM-L User's Manual A 1 USB2/3 COM2 USB7 USB5/6 USB4 JBT1 Slot 4 PCI 33MHz Slot 5 PCI-E x4 in x8 Speaker Slot 6 PCI 33MHz IDE I-SAT A0 I-SATA1 Slot 7 PCI-E x16 I-SAT A3 I-SAT A2 LAN2 LAN1 VGA COM1 UNB NON-ECC DDR2 400/533/667 Required DIMM1A DIMM1B USB0/1 /CPU Fan JPW1 JPW2 KB/MOUSE Intel 945GC Intel ICH7R Battery BIOS Super IO LAN CTRL[...]

Chapter 2: Insta llation 2-25 A 1 USB2/3 COM2 USB7 USB5/6 USB4 JBT1 Slot 4 PCI 33MHz Slot 5 PCI-E x4 in x8 Speaker Slot 6 PCI 33MHz IDE I-SAT A0 I-SATA1 Slot 7 PCI-E x16 I-SAT A3 I-SAT A2 LAN2 LAN1 VGA COM1 UNB NON-ECC DDR2 400/533/667 Required DIMM1A DIMM1B USB0/1 /CPU Fan JPW1 JPW2 KB/MOUSE Intel 945GC Intel ICH7R Battery BIOS Super IO LAN CTRL L[...]

2-26 X7SLM-L User's Manual A 1 USB2/3 COM2 USB7 USB5/6 USB4 JBT1 Slot 4 PCI 33MHz Slot 5 PCI-E x4 in x8 Speaker Slot 6 PCI 33MHz IDE I-SAT A0 I-SATA1 Slot 7 PCI-E x16 I-SAT A3 I-SAT A2 LAN2 LAN1 VGA COM1 UNB NON-ECC DDR2 400/533/667 Required DIMM1A DIMM1B USB0/1 /CPU Fan JPW1 JPW2 KB/MOUSE Intel 945GC Intel ICH7R Battery BIOS Super IO LAN CTRL[...]

Chapter 2: Insta llation 2-27 Chass is Int rusi on A Chassis Intrusion header is loc ated at JL1 on the moth erboard. A ttach the appropria te cable from the chassis to inform you of a c hassis intrusion w hen the chassis is opene d. Chassis Intrusion Pin Defi nitions (JL1) Pin# Defi nition 1 Intrusion Input 2 Ground A 1 USB2/3 COM2 USB7 USB5/6 U[...]

2-28 X7SLM-L User's Manual A 1 USB2/3 COM2 USB7 USB5/6 USB4 JBT1 Slot 4 PCI 33MHz Slot 5 PCI-E x4 in x8 Speaker Slot 6 PCI 33MHz IDE I-SAT A0 I-SAT A1 Slot 7 PCI-E x16 I-SAT A3 I-SAT A2 LAN2 LAN1 VGA COM1 UNB NON-ECC DDR2 400/533/667 Required DIMM1A DIMM1B USB0/1 /CPU Fan JPW1 JPW2 KB/MOUSE Intel 945GC Intel ICH7R Battery BIOS Super IO LAN CTR[...]

Chapter 2: Insta llation 2-29 A 1 USB2/3 COM2 USB7 USB5/6 USB4 JBT1 Slot 4 PCI 33MHz Slot 5 PCI-E x4 in x8 Speaker Slot 6 PCI 33MHz IDE I-SAT A0 I-SAT A1 Slot 7 PCI-E x16 I-SAT A3 I-SAT A2 LAN2 LAN1 VGA COM1 UNB NON-ECC DDR2 400/533/667 Required DIMM1A DIMM1B USB0/1 /CPU Fan JPW1 JPW2 KB/MOUSE Intel 945GC Intel ICH7R Battery BIOS Super IO LAN CTRL [...]

2-30 X7SLM-L User's Manual A 1 USB2/3 COM2 USB7 USB5/6 USB4 JBT1 Slot 4 PCI 33MHz Slot 5 PCI-E x4 in x8 Speaker Slot 6 PCI 33MHz IDE I-SAT A0 I-SAT A1 Slot 7 PCI-E x16 I-SAT A3 I-SAT A2 LAN2 LAN1 VGA COM1 UNB NON-ECC DDR2 400/533/667 Required DIMM1A DIMM1B USB0/1 /CPU Fan JPW1 JPW2 KB/MOUSE Intel 945GC Intel ICH7R Battery BIOS Super IO LAN CTR[...]

Chapter 2: Insta llation 2-31 A 1 USB2/3 COM2 USB7 USB5/6 USB4 JBT1 Slot 4 PCI 33MHz Slot 5 PCI-E x4 in x8 Speaker Slot 6 PCI 33MHz IDE I-SAT A0 I-SAT A1 Slot 7 PCI-E x16 I-SAT A3 I-SAT A2 LAN2 LAN1 VGA COM1 UNB NON-ECC DDR2 400/533/667 Required DIMM1A DIMM1B USB0/1 /CPU Fan JPW1 JPW2 KB/MOUSE Intel 945GC Intel ICH7R Battery BIOS Super IO LAN CTRL [...]

2-32 X7SLM-L User's Manual A 1 USB2/3 COM2 USB7 USB5/6 USB4 JBT1 Slot 4 PCI 33MHz Slot 5 PCI-E x4 in x8 Speaker Slot 6 PCI 33MHz IDE I-SAT A0 I-SATA1 Slot 7 PCI-E x16 I-SAT A3 I-SAT A2 LAN2 LAN1 VGA COM1 UNB NON-ECC DDR2 400/533/667 Required DIMM1A DIMM1B USB0/1 /CPU Fan JPW1 JPW2 KB/MOUSE Intel 945GC Intel ICH7R Battery BIOS Super IO LAN CTRL[...]

3-1 Chapter 3: T rou bleshoot ing Chapter 3 T roubleshooting 3-1 T roubleshooting Procedures Us e the fo ll ow in g pr oc edur e s to t ro ub l es ho o t your syste m. I f you have fol lo we d all of t he p ro c e du re s b el o w an d st il l ne e d as si st a nc e, r efe r to t h e ‘ T ec hn ic al Su pp o r t Pr oc e d ur es’ an d /or ‘ Ret[...]

3-2 X7SLM-L User's Manual 2. Us e th e sp ea ker to dete r m in e if any be ep c o de s exi st . (Ref er to A pp e nd ix A fo r det a il s on b ee p c o de s. ) 3. Re move al l me m or y m o du le s an d t ur n on t he sys te m. (If t h e a la r m is o n, ch e c k th e sp e c s of me m or y mo du l es , re se t th e me mo r y or tr y a dif fe [...]

3-3 Chapter 3: T rou bleshoot ing Note: Not a ll BIOS can be fl ashed. S ome cannot b e fl ashed; i t d epends on the modifi cations to the boot block code. 3. If y ou ' ve fo l lo we d t he ins t r uc t i on s a bove to t r ou bl e sh o ot yo u r sys te m, a nd st il l c an no t res o lve th e pro b le m, th en c o nt a c t Sup er m i c ro[...]

3-4 X7SLM-L User's Manual may take a few minutes to co mplete. Do n ot be conce rned if the screen is pau sed for a few minutes. War n i ng : D o no t shu t do wn o r re se t th e syst em w hi le upd at in g BI O S to pr event p o ss ib l e syst em b oo t fa il ur e! A ls o, th e S PI B I OS c h ip in st a ll ed o n th i s m ot h er b o ar d i[...]

Chapter 4: A MI BIOS 4-1 Chapter 4 BIOS 4-1 Introduction This chapte r describes t he AMI BIOS Se tup Utility f or the X7SLM -L. The AMI ROM BIOS is stored in a Fla sh EEPRO M and ca n be eas ily upda ted. T his chap ter de- scribes the basi c navigation of the AMI BIOS Setup Util ity setup screen s. Star tin g B IOS Set up Util ity T o enter the A[...]

4-2 X7SLM-L Us er ’s Manual Star tin g t he Setu p U tili ty Normally , the on ly visibl e POST ( Power On S elf T est) routine is the memor y test. As the memory is bei ng tested, press the <Delete> key to e nter the main menu of the AMI BIOS Set up Utility . From the main menu, you c an access t he other se tup screens. An AMI BIOS identi[...]

Chapter 4: A MI BIOS 4-3 Processor The AMI BIOS automaticall y displays the statu s of processor as shown below: Genuine Intel (R) CPU @ XX.XXGH z Speed :XXXXMHz Count :X Syste m Memo ry This displays the size of memory availab le in the system, in megab ytes (MB). Size :XXXXMB[...]

4-4 X7SLM-L Us er ’s Manual 4-3 Adva nce d Set up Co nfi g ura tio ns Use the arro w keys to sele ct Boot Setu p and hit <En ter> to acce ss the subme nu items: u BIOS Fe atu res Quick Boot If Enabled , this option wi ll skip certain tests during P OST to redu ce the time need ed for system boot. The options are Enabled and Disabled. Quiet[...]

Chapter 4: A MI BIOS 4-5 enabl ed. Use this fe atur e to sel ect th e inter rupt addre ss. The opt ions ar e [FED0 0000 h], [FED01000h], [FED02000h], and [FED03000h]. u ACPI Co nfi g urat ion Use this feature to co nfi gure ACPI (Advanced Confi guration and Power In terface) power managem ent settings for your system. ACPI Aware OS Select Y es t[...]

4-6 X7SLM-L Us er ’s Manual Inter rupt 19 Capt ure Int er r upt 1 9 is the so f t war e inte r r up t tha t han dl es the bo ot di sk fu nc t i on . Wh en th is ite m is s et to E na bl ed , th e RO M B IO S of t h e ho st a da pto r s w il l "c apt ur e" In te r r up t 19 at bo ot a n d al lo w t he dr i ves th at a re at t a ch e d to[...]

Chapter 4: A MI BIOS 4-7 Execu te-D isabl e Bit Ca pabi lity (A vail able wh en sup port ed by th e OS and the CPU ) Set to Enabl ed to enabl e the Execut e Disable Bi t which wil l allow the processor to desig nate ar eas in the sys tem mem ory wher e an a pplicati on code can e xecute and where it cannot, thus preventing a worm or a virus from ?[...]

4-8 X7SLM-L Us er ’s Manual Confi gure DRAM Timing by SP D Select Enable to allow the BIO S to rea d th e SPD (Se rial Presence Detect) ch ip which is b uilt in th e memory m odule in o rder to ge t the exa ct memory specifi ca- tions. The options are Enabled and Disabled. Memory Hole Use the feat ure to alloc ate memory r esource re served for[...]

Chapter 4: A MI BIOS 4-9 Boot Display Device This option allows the user to select the boot display device. T he options are CRT on Port 0 , LFP on P ort2, and CRT -Port 0 & LFP-Port 2. USB Fun ctio ns This featur e allows the use r to decide the nu mber of onboa rd USB ports to be enabled. The Options ar e: Disabled , 2 U SB ports, 4 USB po rt[...]

4-10 X7SLM-L Us er ’s Manual u IDE Con fi gu rati on Subm enu When this submenu is selected, the AMI BIOS automatically detects the presence of the IDE Devices and disp lays the followi ng items: Floppy A This featu re allows t he user to se lect the ty pe of fl oppy driv e connecte d to the sys - tem. The option s are Dis abled, 360KB 5 1/4&qu[...]

Chapter 4: A MI BIOS 4-1 1 T ype Select the type of device connected to the system. Th e options are Not Installed, Auto , CD/DVD and ARM D. LBA/L arge Mode LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of addressin g da ta on a disk dr ive. In the LBA mode , the maximum d rive capaci ty is 137 GB. For dri ve capaciti es over 137 GB, your system must [...]

4-12 X7SLM-L Us er ’s Manual DMA Mo de Select Auto to a llow the BI OS to autom atically de tect IDE D MA mode wh en the IDE disk drive suppo rt cannot be determi ned. Select SWDM A0 to allow th e BIOS to use Si ngle Word DMA mode 0. It has a data transfer rate of 2.1 MBs. Select SWDM A1 to allow th e BIOS to use Si ngle Word DMA mode 1. It has a[...]

Chapter 4: A MI BIOS 4-13 Hard Disk Write Protect Select Enab led to use the feature of Har d Disk Write Protect to prevent dat a from being written to HDD. Th e options are Enable d or Disabled . IDE Det ect Time Ou t Use this feature to set the time-out valu e for the BIOS to detect the A T A, A T API devices installed in the syst em. The options[...]

4-14 X7SLM-L Us er ’s Manual Load On boar d LAN 1 Op tion ROM/ Lo ad Onb oard LA N 2 Opti on ROM Select Enable d to load the onboard LAN Option ROM for the LAN port as specifi ed. The options are Enab led and Disabled . u Supe r I O C onfi gurati on Onboard Floppy Controller Select Enabled to en able the onb oard Floppy Controller . The options[...]

Chapter 4: A MI BIOS 4-15 CPU T empe ratur e, Syste m T empera ture , Fan Speed Control Modes This feature al lows the user to deci de how the system cont rols the speeds of t he onboard fans. The CPU te mperatu re a nd the fan speed are c orrelati ve. When the CP U on-d ie tem perature increa ses, t he fan speed will also increas e, and vice versa[...]

4-16 X7SLM-L Us er ’s Manual Flow Co ntro l This fe ature a llows t he user to s et the fl ow control for Console Redir ection. The options are None , Hardwa re, and Software . Redir ecti on Aft er BIO S POST Se l e c t Di sa b le d to tu r n of f C o ns o l e Red ir e c t io n af ter P owe r_O n _ S el f _ T es t (P OST ). Sel e c t A l ways to[...]

Chapter 4: A MI BIOS 4-17 Change Supervisor Password: Use this feature to set a su pervisor passwo rd. It secures the system from unau- thorized us e by restrict ing access to persons only w ith the prope r superviso r-level password. Sel ect this feature and press <Enter>, and then type in the Supervisor Password. User A cces s Leve l This f[...]

4-18 X7SLM-L Us er ’s Manual Us e t hi s f ea tu r e to c o n fi gu re Bo o t S et t i ng s: u Boot De vic e P rior ity This feature all ows the user to specify the seq uence of priori ty f or the Boot Device. The settings are 1st boot device, 2nd boot devi ce, 3rd boot device , and Disabled. 1st boot device - 1st Flopp y Drive • 2nd boot devi[...]

Chapter 4: A MI BIOS 4-19 u CD/D VD Driv es This fea ture al lows the user to speci fy the boot se quence from ava ilable C D/DVD Drives. The settings are 1st boot dev ice and Disabled . 1st Drive - [CD/DVD: XXXXXXXXXXX ] • 4-6 Exit Opti ons Select the Exit tab from the AMI BIOS Setup Utility scree n to ente r the Exi t BIO S Setup screen. Save C[...]

4-20 X7SLM-L Us er ’s Manual Load Fa il-S afe De fault s T o set t his feature, select Load Fail-Saf e Defaults from the Exit menu and p ress <Enter>. Th e Fa il-Safe setti ngs are d esigned for maxim um s ystem stabili ty , but not for maximum perf ormance.[...]

Appendix A: POST Error Beep Codes A-1 Appendix A POST Error Beep Codes This se ction l ists POS T (Power On Self T est) err or beep codes for th e AM I BIOS. POST er ror beep codes are div ided into two categories: recoverab le and t erminal. This section lis ts Beep Codes for recovera ble POST errors. Recoverable POST Error Beep Codes Wh e n a rec[...]

A-2 X7SLM-L User's Manua l Note s[...]

Appendix B: Inst alling the Windo ws OS B-1 Appendix B Installing the Windows OS After all the hardware has been installed, you must fi rst confi gure Intel South Bridge RAID settings before you in stall the OS and o ther software drivers. T o in stall the Linux OS or to co nfi gure RAI D settings, p lease refe r to the OS Insta llation or R AID[...]

B-2 X 7SLM-L User 's Manual Guide B-2 I nst all ing t he Wind ows X P/2 000 /200 3 OS fo r Systems without RAID Support Insert Micros oft's Window s XP/2000/20 03 Setup CD in the CD Driver , and the 1. system will star t booting up from CD. Continue with the OS installatio n. T he Windows OS Setup scr een will display . 2. From the Window[...]

Appendix C: Soft ware Installa tion Instruc tions C-1 Driver/T ool Instal lation Displ ay Screen Note : Click t he icons showing a hand writing on the p aper to view th e readme fi les for each ite m. Click a compute r i con to the right of an item to install an item (fro m to p to the bo ttom) one at a time. After installing each item, you mus t [...]

C-2 X7SLM-L User's Manua l Supero Doctor III Interface Disp lay Screen-I (He alth Informat ion) C-2 C onfi gurin g Sup ero D oct or II I The S upero Doctor I II pr ogram is a W eb-base mana gement tool th at s upports remote m anagement capabi lity . It inc ludes Re mote an d Local Managem ent too ls. The loca l manag ement is called the SD I[...]

Appendix C: Soft ware Installa tion Instruc tions C-3 Supero Doctor III Interface Disp lay Screen-II (Remote Control) Note : S D II I S oftware Revisi on 1 .0 can be do wnloaded from our Web site at: f tp://ftp. supermicr o.com/uti lity/Sup ero_Docto r_III/. Y ou c an also download SDIII User's Guide at: htt p://www .supermic ro.com/PR ODUCT/ [...]

C-4 X7SLM-L User's Manua l Notes[...]

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