Supermicro X7SBE manual

X7SB4 X7SBE USER’S MANUAL Revision 1.1b[...]

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Pre f a c e Abou t 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 kn ow le dge ab le PC use rs . I t prov id es info r mat i on for th e i nst a lla ti on and use of the X 7S B 4/ X 7SB E moth er b oa rd. The X7S B 4/ X 7SB E supp or ts a sing le Inte l ® Xe on 3 0 0 0 Se[...]

X7SB4/X7SBE User ’s Manual T able of Contents Pre f ac e Ab out T his M anua l ...................................................................................................... iii Manual Or ganization ................................................................................................... iii Co nventi ons Us ed in th e M an ual [...]

v Reset Bu t ton ........................................................................................... 2 -1 3 Power But t on .......................................................................................... 2 -13 2- 6 Co nne ct ing Ca bl es ....................................................................................... 2 -14 [...]

X7SB4/X7SBE User ’s Manual Ultra 320 SCSI Connector ....................................................................... 2- 3 3 SIM 1U I PMI ............................................................................................. 2- 3 3 Chapter 3: T roubleshooting 3 -1 T roub le sho oti ng Pro c edu res ...................................[...]

Chapter 1: Introduction 1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 -1 Over vi ew Checklist Co ng rat ulat io ns on pur ch asi ng yo ur comp ute r mo th er bo ar d f ro m an ackn owl ed ge d lea der in the in dust r y. Sup er mic r o b oar ds are des ig ned wi th th e ut mo st at tent io n to d eta il to prov id e yo u w it h t he hi ghe st st and ard s i n q ual[...]

1-2 X7SB4/X7SBE User ’s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquar te rs Addr es s: Sup er Mi cr o C om put er , In c. 98 0 R oc k A v e. S an J os e , C A 9 5 1 3 1 U . S .A. T e l : + 1 ( 40 8 ) 50 3-80 00 F a x: + 1 ( 40 8 ) 50 3-8 008 Email : marketing@supermicro.com ( General Information) suppor t@supermicro.com ( T echnical Suppor t) Web Site : [...]

Chapter 1: Introduction 1-3 X7SB4/X7SBE Image An I mp or t an t Not e to t he U se r • A l l i ma ge s a nd layo ut s s how n in th is ma nua l w ere  ba se d upo n th e l ate st PC B Revisi on availa ble at t he tim e of pub lis hin g. T he m ot her b oar d you 've rec ei ved may o r may n ot lo [...]

1-4 X7SB4/X7SBE User ’s Manual Im po r t a nt No te s to t h e Use r • S eeChapte r 2  fo r d et ai le d in fo r mat io n o njumpe rs , I /Opor t sand J F 1  f ro nt p an el co nn ec t io ns. • " " in d ic a te s t he l oc a ti o no f "P i n 1 " [...]

Chapter 1: Introduction 1-5 X7SB4 / X7SBE Q uick Refer ence Jumper D e s c r i p t i o n D e f a u l t Set ting JBT1 CM OS Cle ar (See Ch apte r 2) JI 2 C1/J I 2 C2 S M B t o P CI Sl ots O pe n /Op en (Disa ble d) JPA 1 ( X7S B 4) SC SI Ch ann el Enab le P ins 1-2 (Enab led) JPA 2 ( X 7SB 4) SC SI Ch anne l T er min. Enab le O pen (Ena bl ed) JPF P[...]

1-6 X7SB4/X7SBE User ’s Manual Motherboard Features CPU • S in gl e Inte l ® Xeo n 3 0 0 0 Se r ie s Pro c es so r s at syst em bu s spe e ds of 1333 MHz /1066 M Hz /80 0 M Hz . •  I nt e l V ir t u a li z a t i on  T ec h n o l o g y ( V T ),  Ex e c ut e D is a b l e Bi t ,  E n ha n c e d  I n te l?[...]

Chapter 1: Introduction 1-7 Onboard I/O •  Ad apte c U lt ra 320 A IC -79 01 S CS I Co ntr oll er ( X7S B 4 onl y) • In tel IC H 9R SAT A C ont rol ler, 6 c onn ec tor s for 6 devi c es, sup po r t ing R A ID fun ct io ns 0, 1, 5 and 1 0 ( R A I D 5 : sup por ted by I ntel 's R[...]

1-8 X7SB4/X7SBE User ’s Manual The Intel 3210 Chips et: System Block Diagram Note: Th i s i s a ge n e r al b l oc k di a gr a m an d m a y n o t e x a ct l y r ep r e - sen t t h e f eat ur es o n your m ot he rb o ard . S ee t he f oll ow in g pag es f or th e a c tua l sp ec i c at io ns o f e ac h mo th er b oar d. 3210 L[...]

Chapter 1: Introduction 1-9 1-2 Chipset Overview The Intel 3210 Chip set , desig ned for use with the Xeon 30 0 0 Ser ie s Proc es so r , is c o mpr is ed of t wo p ri mar y c o mpo nen ts: t he M em or y C ont ro lle r H ub ( MC H) and th e I/O Cont ro lle r Hub (IC H9 R). In addit io n, Intel 's PCI -X (PXH) is used for a d d e d f u n c t i[...]

1-10 X7SB4/X7SBE User ’s Manual 1 - 3 Sp ecial Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC Power is lost and then restored to the system. Y ou can choose for the system to remain powered off (in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on) or for it to autom[...]

Chapter 1: Introduction 1-1 1 CPU O ve r h ea t L ED and C on t ro l Thi s featur e is avai lab le when t he user enab le s t he C PU overh eat warn in g f un c ti on in th e BI OS . Th is a ll ows t he u se r to de n e an ove r hea t tem pe ra tur e. W hen  the CPU te mp er atu re pas s es th is tem pe [...]

1-12 X7SB4/X7SBE User ’s Manual M ai n S w it c h Ov er r id e Me c h an i s m Wh en an A T X p owe r s upp ly is u se d, t he powe r b ut to n can func t io n a s a sys tem s u s p e n d b u t t o n t o m a k e t h e s y s t e m e n t e r a S o f t O f f s t a t e . T h e m o n i t o r w i l l b e s u s p e n d e d a n d t h e h a r d d r i v e [...]

Chapter 1: Introduction 1-13 1 - 7 S u p e r I / O Th e d is k d r ive ad apte r fu nc ti o ns of th e Su pe r I /O c hi p inc lu de a  op py dis k dr ive co nt ro ll er that is c om pat ib le wit h i ndu st r y stan da rd 82077/76 5, a data sepa rat or, write pre-c ompensation c ircuitry , decode log[...]

1-14 X7SB4/X7SBE User ’s Manual Notes[...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-1 Chapter 2 Installation 2- 1 Sta tic - Sensit ive Devices Electrostatic Discharge (E S D ) c an damage elec tronic com ponen ts. T o prev ent dama ge to yo ur system b oar d, it is im po r t ant t o ha ndl e it ver y c ar efu lly. T he fol - low ing me asur es ar e g ene ra lly suf  ci ent to pro tec [...]

2-2 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual Installing the LGA775 Processor P r e s s t h e s o c k e t l e v e r t o r e l e a s e t h e 1. lo ad plate, w hi c h c ove r s t h e C PU so cket , fr om i ts l oc ki ng p os it io n. Ge ntl y l if t t he so cket lever to o p en 2. the lo ad pl ate. Socket Lever Load Plate Load Plate 2-2 Processor and Heatsink I[...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-3 South Key North Key South Center Edge North Center Edge Socket Lever CPU in the CPU socket Plastic c ap is r eleased from the lo ad plate if CPU properly installed. Loc ate P in 1 on the C PU so cket . (No te: 1. Pin 1 is th e c or ne r ma r ked w ith a tr i - ang le). Pl ea se not e th at th e No r t h Key and th e Sou [...]

2-4 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual X7SB4 Fan Wires Thermal Grease CPU Heatsink Fastener Heatsink Fins Loc ate t he CP U Fan on the m oth er bo ard. 1. (Refe r to th e layo ut o n t he r i ght fo r th e C PU Fa n loc ation. ) Po s i t i o n th e he a t s in k in su c h a way th a t 2. the heats ink fan wi res are c lo sest to the CPU fan and are not[...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-5 2-3 M ountin g th e Mot her board in t he Chas sis Al l mot her b oa rd s have s t and ar d moun tin g hol es to t dif fer ent t yp es  of c ha ss is .  Ma ke s ure th at the loc a ti on s of al l the mou nti ng hol es f or bot h the mot he r bo ard and the c h as sis ma tc h. A [...]

2-6 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual 2-4 Installing DDR2 Memory Me mor y Module Inst allation Exe rc is e ex tr em e c are w he n ins t all ing o r re mov in g mem o r y m odu le s to p revent any po ssi bl e d ama ge. 1. Ins er t ea ch DDR 2 me mo r y mo dul e ver t ic al ly i nto i ts s lot . Pay at tent io n to th e n otc h alo ng t he bo t tom o [...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-7 DDR2 Installation T o Install: Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place. Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom. T op View Of DDR2 Slot T o Remove: Use yo ur thu mbs t o gently push the re lease tabs n ear bo th en ds of the mo dule. This should release it from the slot. DDR2 Possible[...]

2-8 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual Back Panel I/O Port Locations and Denitions 2-5 Control Panel Connectors/IO Ports The I/O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specication. See Figure 2-3 below for the colors and locations of the various I/O ports. A. Back Panel Connectors/IO Ports Ba[...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-9 B. Front Co nt ro l Pane l JF1 c ont ain s heade r pins fo r vari ou s but ton s and indi c ator s tha t are nor ma lly loc at ed on a c o ntr ol panel at th e f ro nt of the chass is. Thes e c o nne ct or s a re d e - sig ne ds pe c i c al lyf or us ew it hS upe r mi cr os er ver c has si s. S[...]

2-10 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual Powe r LE D The Power LED conn ec tio n is loc at ed on pin s 15 and 16 of JF1 . Re fer to t he t ab le on t he r ig ht fo r pin  d e ni ti on s.  NM I But t on T h e n o n - m a s k a b l e i n t e r r u p t b u t t o n head er i s l oc ate d on pins 19 an d 20 of JF1 . Refe r to t he t a[...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-1 1 NIC1 /NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC ( Net w or k In ter fac e C o ntro ll er) LED c onn ec ti on fo r G L A N po r t1 is l oc at - ed on pi ns 1 1 an d 12 of J F1 and th e L ED c on ne c ti on f or GL A N Po r t 2 is o n P in s 9 and 10. At t ac h th e NIC L ED c ab le s to dis pl ay net wo r k act iv it y. Ref er to th [...]

2-12 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual Over h ea t / Fan Fail LE D (OH) C on n e c t a n L E D to t h e O H / Fa n Fa i l c o n - ne c ti o n o n p in s 7 an d 8 o f J F1 to p ro vi d e advanced wa rnings of chassis overheat - ing or fa n fail ur e. Re fer to th e tab le on th e r i ght  f or p in de n it io ns .  Powe r Fai l LE [...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-13 Powe r B ut to n The Power Butt on conn ec ti on is l oc ate d o n pi n s 1 an d 2 of JF1. M o m e n t a r i l y co nt ac t ing bot h p ins wi ll p owe r o n/of f t he system. This b ut ton c a n als o be c o n g - ure d to f unc t io n as a suspen d bu t ton (w ith a set ti ng in t he BI OS - se e [...]

2-14 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual X7SB4 2-6 Connecting Cables A. 24-pin A TX Power B.8-pin Processor Power B A A T X Pow e r Co n ne c t or A 24 - p in mai n p ower su pp ly c o nn ec to r is lo ca ted at J PW1 and an 8 - p in CPU Powe r c o nne c tor is l oc at ed at J PW 2 o n the motherboard. These power connec - tor smeettheSSIEPS[...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-15 X7SB4 Univ er sal Ser ial Bus (USB ) T h e r e a r e s e v e n U S B 2 . 0 (U n i ve r s a l Ser i al B us) por ts / he ad er s on th e mot he r- bo ard . T wo o f th em a re B ac k Pa ne l US B por ts - U SB 0/1 ( J15). FP USB 6 (J47) is a fro n t pa ne l U S B co n n e c to r. A no t h e r t w o US B He a d e r s - U [...]

2-16 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual X7SB4 B C A Serial Port s CO M1 (J31 ) is a c o nn ec to r lo c ate d on th e IO Bac kp ane l and CO M 2 is a heade r lo c ate d at J1 3. See t he t ab le o n the ri ght for  p in d e nit io ns .  Serial Port Pin Denitions (COM1/COM2) Pin#Denition Pin#?[...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-17 X7SB4 B A Po wer LED The Power LED con nec to r is loc ate d at JLE D. T hi s c o nn ec ti o n p rov i des L ED Indi c ati on of pow er s upp lie d to the sys - tem. Se e th e t abl e o n th e r ig ht fo r pi n denitions. Power LED Pin Denitions Pin#Denition 1 +5V 2 Key 3 Ground E [...]

2-18 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual X7SB4 GL AN (Gi g a- b i t Et h e r ne t Po r t s) T wo G -b it Et her net por t s (GL A N1 / G L A N 2) ar e lo c a t e d nex t to the VGA Co nn ec to r o n t he IO bac k pl an e. T he se po r t s ac c ept R J 45 t y p e c a bl es . C B A A. GLAN1 B. GLAN2 C. VGA VGA Connec tor A V G A c o n n e c t o r (J 1 6 )[...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-19 X7SB4 F an Headers The X7S B 4/ X 7S BE has  ve c has is /sys - tem f an h ead er s (Fan1 to Fan5) a nd o ne CPU Fan (CP U Fan6). A ll t he se f ans a re 4-p i n f an s . H o we v e r , Pi n s 1 - 3 o f th e fa n he ad er s are bac k wa rd c o m pat i bl e wit h th e trad it io nal 3- p in fan s. S ee the[...]

2-20 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual X7SB4 B A Wake - O n- R in g Th e Wake - O n - R in g he ad er is l o ca ted at JWO R . T his feature allow s you r c om - pute r to b e awa kene d by an inco min g ca ll t o th e mo de m wh en t he sy ste m is i n th e sus pe nd s ta te. S ee t he t ab le o n t he ri gh tforpi nde ni ti on s.Y [...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-21 X7SB4 A B A. Power Fault B. Power SMB Power SM B (I 2 C) Co n n e c t o r Power SMB (I 2 C) C on nec to r (P W4) i s use d to mo nit or Powe r sup ply, f an and syste m tem pe ra tur e. See the t ab le o n the r ig ht f or pi n d en iti on s. PWR SMB Pin Denitions Pin#Denition?[...]

2-22 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual X7SB4 A Alarm Reset If t hre e p ower suppl ies are i nst all ed, the system w ill noti f y yo u w hen any of th e t hre e p owe r m o dul es fa ils . Co nn ec t JP R1 to a mi cr o - s wi tc h to en ab le you to tur n of f th e ala rm t hat is ac ti vated w hen a po wer m odu le f ail s. S ee the t ab le o n the?[...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-23 X7SB4 2-7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumper s T o mo dif y the o pe rat io n of t he m o t h e r b o a r d , j u m p e r s c a n b e u s e d to c ho o se b et w ee n op ti o na l set ti ng s. Ju m p e r s c r e at e sh o r t s be t w e en t w o p i n s t o c h a n g e t h e f u n c t i o n o f t h e c o n n e c t o [...]

2-24 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual X7SB4 CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear C MOS. I nstead of pins, this "jumper" consists of contact pads to preve nt the accidental clearing of CMOS. T o cl ear CMO S, use a metal object such as a small scr ewdriver to touc h both pads at the same time to short the connection. Always remove the AC power c[...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-25 X7SB4 B A SMB us to P CI/ PCI - E xp. S lot s Jumpers JI 2 C1, J I 2 C2 a llo w your PCIX / P C I - E c a r d s t o b e c o n n e c t e d t o t h e System Management Bus . The d ef a ul t set ti ng i s O pen to disa bl e th e c onn ec - ti on. S ee t he t ab le o n th e r igh t fo r jum pe r set t in gs. V GA Enable/Dis[...]

2-26 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual X7SB4 SCS I E n ab l e /D i sa b l e ( X 7S B 4 On ly) J u m p e r J PA 1 a l l o w s y o u to e n a b l e o r dis a bl e t he S CS I C o nt ro ll e r . Th e def au lt set ti ng i s t o c lo se P ins 1-2 to ena ble th e S C S I c o n n e c t i o n . S e e t h e t a b l e o n t h e ri g ht fo r j um pe r se t ti n[...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-27 USB Wa ke - U p U s e J P U S B j u m p e r s t o e n a b l e t h e f u n c t i o n o f " S y s - tem Wa ki ng - U p v ia U SB devi c es". Th es e jum pe r s all ow you to "wa ke up" the sys tem by pr es si ng a key on the USB keyboa rd or by cl ic kin g the USB mo use o f your syste m. T he J PUS B [...]

2-28 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual X7SB4 A. Power Force On F orce- Power - O n Enable Jum pe r J PF allo ws yo u to en abl e o r dis abl e th e fe atur e of Fo rc e - Powe r- On. If enabled, the power wil l alw ays st ay on auto mat ic a lly. If this f unc t io n d i s a b l e d , th e us e r ne e d s to pr e s s t h e po w e r bu t t o n to po w [...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-29 X7SB4 2-8 Onboard Indicators A B A. GLAN1 B. GLAN2 GLAN LEDs There are two Gigabit-LAN ports. A Gigabit Ethern et L AN port has two LEDs. The yellow G LAN Activity LED (ri ght, see below) indicates activity , while the GLAN Link/Speed LED (left) may be green, amber or off to indicate the speed of the con ne cti on . See[...]

2-30 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual X7SB4 Onboar d Pow er LED An Onboard Power LED is located at LE1 on the moth erboard. When LE1 is off, the system is o ff. When the green light is on, the system is on. Make sure to discon - ne ct the pow e r cab le bef or e rem o vi ng or insta lling c omponents. See the layout below for the LED location. Onboar[...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-31 Sy st e m S t at u s LE D A Sys tem St atu s LE D is l oc a ted a t D25 on the m otherboard. When the green lig ht is on, the syste m is nor ma l. W he n th e or an ge l ig ht is on, th e syst em i s in a st and by mo de, bu t the AC power ca bl e is sti ll c on nec te d. Whe n is red li ght is on, it i ndi c ate s p ow[...]

2-32 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual X7SB4 A 2-9 Floppy , Hard Disk Drive, SIM 1U IPMI and SCSI Connectio ns Note t he fol low ing w hen c on nec ti ng th e  op py a nd har d disk dr i ve c ab le s: • T he  op py di sk dr i ve c a bl e has s even t w is ted w ir es .  • A[...]

Chapter 2: Installation 2-33 Ultra320 SCSI Drive Connector Pin Denitions Pin#DenitionPin#Denition 1 +DB (12) 35 -DB (12) 2 +DB (13) 36 -DB (13) 3 +DB (14) 37 -DB (14) 4 +DB (15) 38 -DB (15) 5 +DB (P1) 39 -DB (P1) 6 +DB (0) 40 -DB (0) 7 +DB (1) 41 -DB [...]

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3-1 Chapter 3: Troubleshooting Chapter 3 T roubleshoot ing 3-1 T ro ubl eshooting Procedures Use the fol low ing pro c edu res to trou ble sho ot your system. If you have f oll owe d all of th e p ro c ed ure s be lo w a nd st il l nee d as si st an ce, r efe r t o th e ‘ T e ch ni c al Su pp or t Pro c ed ure s’ a nd /or ‘ Retu r nin g M e r[...]

3-2 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual N OT E If you a re a sys tem i nte gr ato r , VAR o r O EM , a PO ST di ag no st ic s ca r d is r e co mm e nd e d . F o r I/ O p or t 80 h co de s , re f e r t o A pp . B . Memor y Er rors Make sur e t hat t he DI M M mod ule s are pr op er ly in st all ed and f ull y s eate d in 1. th e s lo ts . Y ou shou ld be[...]

3-3 Chapter 3: Troubleshooting If you' ve fol lowe d the instr uc ti ons above to trou bl esho ot your syst em, and 3. st il l can no t res o lve th e p ro b lem , the n p le ase c on tac t S up er mi cr o's te ch nic a l suppor t and provide them with the following information : Moth er bo ard mo de l a nd PC B revis io n n umb er •[...]

3-4 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual F:> ash x x x x x x x x .ro m < Enter > Note:  Be s ure  to i nse r t a sp ac e i mm edi ate ly a f te r "  as h" an d us e on ly t he  l e name d “ a sh.ba t ” to upd ate the B IOS . When completed, your syste[...]

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-1 Chapter 4 BIOS 4-1 Introduction Thi s ch apte r des c ri be s the Ph oe ni x BIO S ™ Se tup ut il it y fo r the X 7SB 4 / X 7S B E. Th ePhoe nix ROMBIO Sis s to re din a ashchi pandcan be e as il yupgr ade dusin g a  op py di sk- bas ed pr ogr am. Note: D ue to per[...]

4-2 X7SB4/ X7SBE User's Man ual 4 -2 Running Se tup De f aul t s et t in gs ar e i n b ol d t ex t u nle s s o th er wi se not e d . The B IO S setu p opt io ns de sc r ibe d in t his s ec ti on ar e se lec te d by ch oo sing the app ro pr i ate tex t fr om t he ma in BI OS Set up sc re en . A l l d isp laye d t ex t i s d es cr i be d in t hi[...]

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-3 Main BIOS Setup Menu Main Setup Fea tures Syst e m Tim e T o set the s ystem dat e and time , ke y in the correct inf or mation in the appropriate e l ds.  T h en p re s s t he < Ent er > key t o s ave th e d at a. System Date Us in g  t h e a r ro w keys , h ig h li g ht t h[...]

4-4 X7SB4/ X7SBE User's Man ual Serial A T A Th i s s et ti ng a ll ow s t he u se r to en a b le or d is ab le th e fu nc tio n of S eri al A T A. T he opti on s a re Di sab le d a nd Enabled. Native Mo de Oper ation Se le ct Ser ia l A T A to use th e SA T A mo de, or sel ec t Au to to use the N ati ve Mo de for A T A . The o ptio ns are: S [...]

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-5 SA TA d ev ic e in st a ll ed . Se le c t CD RO M i f a CD RO M dr i ve i s ins t al le d. Se l ec t A T A PI o r ID E Re movab le if a rem ovabl e di sk dr ive is ins ta lle d. CHS Format The fo llo win g i tem s w ill be di spl ayed by th e BIO S: T Y PE: Thi s item di spl ays t he t yp e o f a SAT A d ri ve. Cylinder s: T h i[...]

4-6 X7SB4/ X7SBE User's Man ual Installed Memor y Thi s d isp lay i nfo rm s yo u how muc h tot al mem or y i s detec te d by th e B IO S. Pos t Er ro r s Select Enabled to temporarily halt system boot and displ ay POST (Power-On- Self T esting ) error message s when errors occur durin g bootup. Sele ct Disable to continue with system boot eve[...]

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-7 ski ppi ng c er tai n test s af te r the c o mpu ter is t ur ned o n. Th e set ti ngs a re Enable d and Di sa ble d. I f Dis ab led, t he PO ST r out ine wi ll r un at n or ma l s pe ed. ACP I Mo d e Sel ec t Y es to use  t he  ACP I (A dva nc e d Co n g ur at io n and Powe r I nte r fa c e ) powe r[...]

4-8 X7SB4/ X7SBE User's Man ual  Advanced Processor O ptions Ac c e ss t h e su bm en u to m ake c ha ng e s to t he f o ll ow in g se t ti ng s. CPU Sp e e d Thi s i s a di spl ay t hat ind ic ate s t he sp eed of th e inst all ed pr oc es so r . F requency Ratio ( Avail ab le w he n s up po r te d by t h e CP U) Th e feat ur e all ow s th[...]

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-9 CP U fe tc he s b ot h c ac h e l ine s f o r 128 by te s a s c o mp r is ed if Ena bl e d. T he opt i on s are Di sa ble d a nd Enabled . Set M a xi mu m Ex t . C PUI D =3 Whe n set to Enabled , the Ma xim um Ex te nde d CPUI D will be set to 3. The opti ons are Disabled an d Enabled. Ech o TPR Set to Enab l ed to prev ent x T [...]

4-10 X7SB4/ X7SBE User's Man ual  Advanced Chipset Control Ac ce ss th e subm enu to ma ke c han ges to th e fol low ing set t ing s. Warning : T ake Caution whe n changing the Advanced set tings. A n inc or - rec t val ue, a very high D R AM freq uen cy , or an in c or re ct D R A M ti min g may ca us e the sys tem to bec o me un st ab le.[...]

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-1 1 Legac y USB Suppo rt Th is se t ti ng a ll ow s yo u to en ab le su pp or t fo r L eg ac y US B dev ic e s. T h e s et t in gs are Enabled and Disabled.  Memor y Cache Cach e Sy ste m BI OS A re a Th is s et t in g a ll ow s yo u to d e si gn ate a re s er ve a re a in the sy ste m m em o r y t o b e us ed as a Sy ste m BI [...]

4-12 X7SB4/ X7SBE User's Man ual Cache E xt ended Memor y If ena ble d, thi s feat ure w ill al low th e dat a stor ed in t he ex tend ed me mo r y are a to b e c a c h e d ( w ri tt e n ) i n t o a b u ff e r , a s t o r a g e a r e a i n t h e S t a t i c D R O M ( S D R O M ) or wr i t te n i nt o t he L 1, L 2 , L 3 c ac he in si d e t he [...]

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-13  Slo t 4 PCI - E x p. X4 / Slo t 7 PCI - Ex p. X8 Ac c e s s th e su b m e n u f o r e a c h o f t h e se t t i n g s ab o ve to ma ke c ha n g e s to th e following: Option ROM Scan W h e n e n a b l e d , t h i s s e t t i n g w i l l i n i t i a l i z e t h e d e v i c e e x p a n s i o n R O M . T h e o p t i o n s are E[...]

4-14 X7SB4/ X7SBE User's Man ual  Onboard L AN 1 /Onboard L AN 2 Ac c e s s th e su b m e n u f o r e a c h o f t h e se t t i n g s ab o ve to ma ke c ha n g e s to th e following: Option ROM Scan W h e n e n a b l e d , t h i s s e t t i n g w i l l i n i t i a l i z e t h e d e v i c e e x p a n s i o n R O M . T h e o p t i o n s are En[...]

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-15 Mode Th is set t in g a ll ow s you t o set th e t yp e of dev i c e t ha t will be c on ne c ted t o S e r ia l Por t B. Th e o pti ons a re Normal , I R and AS K- IR (Inf ra - Re d D evi ce s ). B as e I/O Ad dr es s Thi s sett ing allo ws you to sel ec t t he base I/O addre ss for Ser ia l Po r t B. The opti on s a re 3F8 , [...]

4-16 X7SB4/ X7SBE User's Man ual  D M I Event Log gi ng Ac c e ss t h e su bm en u to m ake c ha ng e s to t he f o ll ow in g se t ti ng s. Ev ent Log Validity Thi s i s a di spl ay to in for m you of th e event lo g vali dit y. I t i s not a s et ti ng. Ev ent Log Capacit y Thi s i s a di spl ay to in for m you of th e event lo g c apac i[...]

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-17  Console Redirection Ac c e ss t h e su bm en u to m ake c ha ng e s to t he f o ll ow in g se t ti ng s. COM Por t Add re ss Th is item a ll ow s yo u t o sp e ci f y wh ic h COM po r t to dire c t t he r e mot e c o ns ol e t o: Onb oa rd CO M A o r O nb oar d CO M B . T hi s s et tin g ca n a lso b e Disabled . BAU D Ra t[...]

4-18 X7SB4/ X7SBE User's Man ual  Hardware Monitoring CPU Ov erhe at Alar m This option allows the user to select the CPU Overheat Alarm setting which de - termines when the CP U OH alarm will be activa ted to provide warn ing of possible CPU overheat. Refer to the the next item, CPU T emperature for more information regarding PECI , D TS a[...]

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-19 CPU T emperature The CPU T emperat ure fea ture wi ll disp lay th e CPU temperat ure sta tus as detecte d by the BIOS: Low – This level is considered as the ‘normal’ operating state. The CPU temperature is well below the CPU ‘T emperature T olerance’. The motherboard fans and CPU will run normally as congu[...]

4-20 X7SB4/ X7SBE User's Man ual The Earl y Ala rm – the Over heat LED and system b uzzer wi ll be activated exactly when the Hig h level is reached. The CPU fan will ru n at full speed to brin g the CPU temperature down. Note: In both the alarms above, please take immediate action as shown below . See CPU Overheat Alarm to modify the above [...]

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-21 onboard fans to constantly run at full speed (12V). The Options are: 1. Disable and 2. 3-pin (serv er) 3-pin (wor kstation), 4 -pin (server ) and 4-pin (wo rkstation). Do not select 4-pin sett ings if you have a mix of 3-pin an d 4-pin fans. V oltag e Monitoring The fo llo win g i tem s w ill be m oni tore d and di spl ayed: V [...]

4-22 X7SB4/ X7SBE User's Man ual  IP MI (T h e opt i on is avai la b le onl y wh en an IP MI car d is in st a ll e d in th e syst em .) Firmware Version : T his ite m d isp lays the c ur ren t Fi rm ware Versi on. Syst e m Event Log gi ng Se le c t Enab le d to enab l e IPM I Event Log gi ng . Whe n thi s fun c ti o n is set to Dis ab le d,[...]

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-23 set ti ng is 10 (mi nu te s. ) (Pl e ase ig no r e th is opt i on w h en O S B o ot Watc h Do g i s set to " Disabled" . ) Tim e Ou t Op t io n T h i s f e a t u r e a l l o w s t h e u s e r t o d e t e r m i n e w h a t a c t i o n t o t a k e i n a n e v e n t o f a s y s t e m boo t f ail ure. Th e o pti ons ar e [...]

4-24 X7SB4/ X7SBE User's Man ual  R eal t im e Se nso r Dat a T h i s f e a t u r e d i s p l a y i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m m o t h e r b o a r d s e n s o r s , s u c h a s t e m p e r a t u r e s , fa n sp ee ds a nd vol t ag es o f va ri o us c o mp o ne nt s.[...]

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-25 4-5 Security Settings Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys. Y ou should see the following display . Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing<Enter>.  All Security BIOS settings[...]

4-26 X7SB4/ X7SBE User's Man ual Fixed Disk Boot Sector Select Write-Protec t to protect the boot sector on the har d drives from virus intru sion. The options are Normal and Write Protect. Password on Boot When set t o Enable d, a user w ill nee d to key-i n a passw ord to en ter the sy stem at system boot. The options are Enabled (password r[...]

Chapter 4: BIOS 4-27 4-6 Boot Settings Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys. Y ou should see the following display . See details on how to change the order and specsof boot devicesin the ItemSpecic Help window . AllBootBIOS settingsare described in this sect[...]

4-28 X7SB4/ X7SBE User's Man ual 4-7 E xit Cho os e E xit f ro m th e Pho en ix B IOS Setu p Uti lit y main men u wit h t he ar ro w keys. Y ou s ho uld se e t he fo llow in g di sp lay . Al l E x it BIO S s et ti ngs ar e d esc r ib ed in thi s section. Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit <Enter> to save[...]

Appendix A: POST Error Beep Codes A-1 Appendix A POST Error Beep Codes This section lists POST (Power On Self T est) error beep codes for the Phoenix BIOS. POST error beep codes are divided into two categories: recoverable and terminal. This section lists Beep Codes for recoverable POST errors. Recoverable POST Error Beep Codes Wh en a re cov era b[...]

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Appendix B: Installing the Windows OS B-1 Appendix B Installing the Windows OS After all h ardware components have b een installed, you must rst congure Int el South Bridge RAID Settin gs be fore you install the Windows OS and other soft ware drivers.T ocongureRAID se ttings,pleaserefer[...]

B-2 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual B-2 Installing the Windows XP/2000/2003 OS for Systems without RAID Functions Insert Microso ft's Windows XP/ 2000/2003 Setu p CD in the CD Drive, and the 1. system will start booting up from CD. Continue with the OS installation. The Windows OS Setup screen will display . 2. From the Windows XP/2 00[...]

Appendix C: Insta lling Other Soft ware Programs and D rivers C-1 Driver/T ool Installation Display Screen Note : C lic k th e ic o ns sh owi ng a ha nd wr it in g o n t he pap er to v ie w t he r ea dme l esforeac hitem. C li ck a c om put eric ontotherig htof a nitemtoinsta llanitem (fro[...]

C-2 X7SB4/X7SBE User's Manual Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen-I (Health Information) C-2 Congu ring Sup ero Do cto r II I Th e Sup er o Do c to r III p ro gr am i s a Web - b ase man ag eme nt to ol tha t sup po r t s rem ote m ana ge me nt c apa bi lit y . I t i nc lu de s Rem ote an d Lo c al M ana ge me nt to ols . Th e l oc a[...]

Appendix C: Insta lling Other Soft ware Programs and D rivers C-3 Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen-II (Remote Control) Note : SD III S of t ware Revisi on 1 . 0 c an be down loa ded fr om our Web sit e at : f tp: //f tp. sup er m ic ro.c o m /uti li t y/Su pe ro _ Do c to r_I II / . Y ou can al so dow nl oa d SDI II User's Guide at: [...]

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