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2. IS JP LAN Buzzer Z G ETES soso Fang Slot6 SXB2 PCI X 133 MHz iam za E e PXH V a OS N N X 7 ra O Intel ICHOR E Battery E TE i ATI LU BIDE CTRL E1000 d a E tol D va E 6 a G oF X amaran l Super VO T AGPIO1 T SGPIO2 lea Slott PCI 33 MHz cid K E JPG1 ee 3 C a RRR cR JBT S 5 sBe o usa WOE Larco HON WOR i PETH menso RSS TRES Eole old mat olb mae ol S Printer OM eats Ral I kets legas 2 17 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Fan Headers The X7SBi has six fan connections Fan to Fan6 Fan6 is designated as the CPU Cooling Fan Note all these fans are 4 pin fans However Pins 1 3 of the fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin definitions The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Man agement in the BIOS Hardware Monitoring Setting When using Thermal Manage ment setting please use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans on the motherboard Please do not use 3 pin fans and 4 pin fans on the same board The default setting is Disabled which will allow the onboard fans to run at full speed
3. wena B PXH V JSS HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 5V HD Active Intel ICHOR WM eA a o SIMSO PMI 2 0 o mE _ HIDE CTRL Super io TSGPIO ESGPIOZ ma s Por L T lo E E oa USB8 9_ usgar WOR R a Lo E LI lc li C GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 11 Vcc 10 12 Ground A HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED 20 19 Groun NMI X X Power LED Vcc Qon LED Vcc Que LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc PWR Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset gt Reset Button Ground PWR gt Power Button Chapter 2 Installation Overheat Fan Fail LED OH OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Connect an LED cable to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warnings of chassis overheating or fan failure Pin Definition 7 Vcc OH Fan Fail Indicator Refer to the table on the right for pin Status definitions State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing Power Fail LED PWR Fail LED
4. be 2 28 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Always disconnect the AC power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure that the Standby PWR LED LE1 is not lit Note If LE1 is on the onboard power is on Be sure to unplug the power cable before installing or removing the components 2 Make sure that the 8 pin 12v power connector at JPW2 is connected 3 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis 4 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Also be sure to remove all add on cards 5 Install a CPU and heatsink Be sure that it is fully seated and then connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis 2 Make sure that all jumpers are set to their default posit
5. o El ncs PXH V 0 a S na ES L E cA S aa L 5 Intel ICH9R f E Ar Battery TE El EHA e Bee K y bel Ed 5 VGA E sa 7 fr LD Super 1 0 T SGP101 T SGPIO2 LZ G COO mor rol eo Gp WOR S u Fan4 wigan ica bun leue K 2 22 Watch Dog Enable JWD controls Watch Dog a system monitor that takes action when a soft ware application hangs Close Pins 1 2 to reset the system if a program hangs Close Pins 2 3 to generate a non maskable interrupt for the program that hangs This function requires software support Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS VGA Enable Disable JPG1 enables or disables the VGA Connector on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled ATX 24 Pin PWR ach SMB PS DIMM2B 8 Pin PWR mooo00000 CCC Ome sons ool 000o o0000000 000 o CPUFan ooom k P 2 23 Slot6 SXB2 PCI
6. ue 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening all four screws Uninstalling a Passive Heatsink Warning We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed AN However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instruc tions below to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink screws from the motherboard in the sequence as show p in the picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink Screw 2 3 Once the CPU is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink 2 5 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual 2 4 Memory Module Installation Installing DDR2 Memory Gror Exerase extreme care when installing or removing memory modules to prevent any possible damage Support The X7SBi supports up to 8 GB of Dual channel unbuffered ECC Non ECC DDR2 800 667 SDRAM in 4 DIMM slots Both interleaved and non inter leaved memory are supported so you may populate any
7. o E F J1 ma L H D R e l PXH V LD gS LO amp 4 BE ES ES Intel ICH9R no E Battery IDE mre l Super lO S VS ao POR E e ls aa ica I kestal lesgsrd e SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Universal Serial Bus USB Back Panel USB Front Panel USB USBO 1 USB10 11 Two Back Panel Universal Serial Bus Giai Deihiene G Danen ports USBO and USB1 are located 7 5 7 at J11 on the I O back panel The 5 BO S Front Accessible USB headers USB 7 S S 6 7 8 9 located at J44 and J45 4 Ground 4 can be used to provide front access 5 N A 5 cables not included USB 10 and USB 11 located at J47 and J48 are Front Accessible USB Headers designated as Front Panel Onboard Pin Definitions USB 6 7 8 9 USB connections See the tables on Pin Definition Pin Definition the right for pin definitions 1 5V 1 5V PO GLAN Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports GLAN are located next to the VGA port on the IO backplane These ports accept RJ45 type cables sofa a R S35 A USB 0 1 x mo 6 o baia 8 Pin PWR Ra CPU Fan GLAN1 GLAN2 Intel 3210 MCH FP USB 8 9 USB 10 B c D FP USB 6
8. Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Reset IDE 2 Ground 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 1 0 Write 24 Ground 25 1 0 Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 32 10CS16 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 Addr0O 36 Addr2 37 Chip DDR2 0 38 Chip DDR2 1 39 Activity 40 Ground A IDE B SIMSO IPMI 2 0 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Parallel Port Connector The parallel port is located next to COM2 header See the table on the right for pin definitions Parallel Printer Port Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init 7 Data Bit 2 8 SLCT IN 9 Data Bit 3 10 GND 11 Data Bit 4 12 GND 13 Data Bit 5 14 GND 15 Data Bit 6 16 GND 17 Data Bit 7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 Write Data 23 tote 24 Write Gate 25 SLCT 26 NC A Printer MCH j y e a a Sa Intel 3210 4000 3204 PUE SINSO PMI 20 SUPER X7SBi Pace Intel ICHIR
9. Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin Definition y Ground Black 2 12V Red 3 Tachometer 4 PWM_Control leon JUSBT Intel 3210 MCH SUPER X7SBi eN e DIMM2B T intei gt LAN Buzzer CTRL mpoo Slot6 SXB2 PCI X 133 MHz iol o o feos PXH V x O No YN cum Intel ICHSR E i L Batey E mE ATI Ei E p pmm E a VGA BB O ee E onm T CTRL Super I O T SGPIO1 T SGPIO2 Esa Slot PCI 33 MHz ERT JPG1 E 00000 90000000 nd oooood Og oooooooooo0000000000 800 ol Ea 7 JBT JCA JC GT T Uses ___usB 7 Lam E Hon WOR e000000000000 2000 lana 9000 ooom 8 Pin PWR 8888 EE S fas araa aa 8 2 18 A Fan 1 B Fan 2 C Fan 3 D Fan 4 DESEE E Fan 5 Fan 6 CPU Fan m Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is located at JWOR This function allows your computer to be awakened by an incoming call to the modem when in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located at WOL See
10. 4 21 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual gt Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components Enter 4 22 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 5 Security Settings Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Item Specific Help User Password Is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Fixed disk boot sector Normal Password on boot Disabled Fi TL F9 Esc e gt Enter F10 Supervisor Password ls This item indicates if a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This item indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User P
11. c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to DDR2 RAID 0 Stripe and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disks item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to DDR2 the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See the Note on Page B 3 displays Select 2 to 4 disks to use in creating the volune LTX Prav imahe t SPACE1 Salecte CENTER Selection Conp lete e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to DDR2 it A triangle appears to confirm the DDR2 is on of the drive f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit lt Enter gt Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning mes sage displays h When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu B 4 Appendix B Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 1 Volume a DDR2 Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 85 Intel Corporation AIL Ri
12. 3 3V Standby 5V 5V Standby 12V and 12V Once a voltage becomes unstable it will give a warning or send an error message to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Speed Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The on board fans are controlled by Thermal Management via Hardware Monitoring in the BIOS CPU Overheat Fan Fail LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning func tion in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat temperature When the temperature reaches the predefined threshold the CPU thermal trip feature will be activated and it will send a signal to the Speaker LED and at the same time the CPU speed will be decreased It will also activate the alarm if a fan failure occurs 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 You 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 automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the BIOS chapter to change this setting The default setting is Last State 1 4 Power Configuration Settings This section describes features of your motherboard that deal with power and power setting
13. Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not Socket Lever rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket 7 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed 8 Use your thumb to gently push the lever down and lock it in the hook 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the le ver is pushed into the hook Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard Plastic cap is released Warning Please keep the plastic from the load plate if ZN ca The motherboard and the CPU CPU properly installed must be shipped with the plastic cap properly installed to protect the CPU pins Shipment without the CPU plas tic cap properly installed will void the warranty 2 4 Chapter 2 Installation Installation and Removal of the Heatsink Installing a Passive Heatsink Passive Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism Screwg1 A 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not over tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU
14. From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 4 3 detailed descriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility AN Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible boot failure Note The SPI BIOS chip used in the X7SBi is not removable To replace a dam aged SPI BIOS chip please send the motherboard to Supermicro for repair 4 1 SUPER X7SBi User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options See the next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing lt Delete gt immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the lt Delete gt key to activate the main Setup menu Press the lt Delete gt key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below
15. La Eae D SED OR ls aa ica I kestal laud e S225552 20020 A Printer SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to pre vent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then clear CMOS Do not use the PW_ON connector to clear CMOS SMBus to PCI PCI Exp Slots SMBus to PCI PCI Exp Jumpers JI C1 and JI C2 allow you to Jumper Settings connect PCIX PCI E slots to the System Jumper Setting Definition Management Bus The default setting is Closed Enabled Open to disable the connection See the Open table on the right for jumper settings Disabled Default ATXC24 Pin PWR E SMB PS Fani A Clear CMOS mo000000000o0fao8 r ng ooo rl 900000000000 CPUFan ooom 2 eer B Ji C1 f 2 C JIFC2 9000 ET TOMT DIMM1A
16. The Power Fail LED connection is uel alas A located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin definitions Grong Pin Definition 5 Vcc A OH Fan Fail LED B PWR Supply Fail paund NMI X x Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vec 7 EE NIC1 LED Vcc Ea Tua Fan2 cm E NIC2 LED Vcc CI OH Fan Fail LED Vcc SP i l Eleos PXH V g 3 D PWR Fail LED Vcc N L S Ine CHER mey E Ground Reset gt Reset Button 7 b i Ground PWR gt Power Button peo EA EEH EE p IE go E alo 7 bus legst Bei 2 11 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be configured to function as a suspend button with a setting in the
17. The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press lt Enter gt when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed h Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays i When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu B 7 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Deleting RAID Volume Warning Be sure to back up your data before deleting a RAID set You will lose all data on the disk drives when deleting a RAID set a From the main menu DDR2 item2 Delete RAID Volume and press lt Enter gt b Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to DDR2 the RAID set you want to delete and press lt Del gt A Warning message displays c When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume Y N press Y to delete the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Delete Volume menu B 8 Appendix B Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Setup Guidelines Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD A Warning Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non RAID or Resetting a RAID HDD Resetting a RAID volume HDD or Resetting a RAID HDD will reformat the HDD and delete all internal RAID structure on the drive a From the main menu DDR2 item3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press lt En ter gt The following screen
18. diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in BIOS Date The item displays the date that the BIOS was built BIOS Revision This item displays the BIOS revision number Hard Disk Pre Delay When Enabled this feature will add a delay to provide time need for HDD self initialization before the HDD is accessed by the BIOS for the first time Some HDDs will hang if accessed by the BIOS without proper initialization The options are Enabled and Disabled 3 Seconds 6 Seconds 9 Seconds 12 Seconds 15 Seconds 21 Seconds 30 Seconds 4 3 SUPER X7SBi User s Manual Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select Serial ATA to use the SATA mode or select Auto to use the Native Mode for ATA The options are Serial ATA and Auto Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID firmware to be activated If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled SATA AHCI Enable Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host
19. 7 E E G USB 11 JOH BS ml DIMM2B 016 SXB2 PCI X 133 MI Ja S L g D feos o PXH V C LO amp cet foe N n J Intel ICH9R f El Batey IE 8 amp es foe CTRL i f Lot e 4 mann E l Super O T AGPIO1 T SGPIO2 R a a a ET OET Jar Fan4 z S keid Chapter 2 Installation ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 Pin Definition mouse are located at J15 on the Back Panel USB ports on the motherboard See the table at right for pin defini tions Note NC No connection Speaker Connector The speaker connector located at JD1 allows you to choose between using the internal or an external l Pin Setting Definition speaker For the internal speaker short pins 3 and 4 To use an exter nal speaker place the speaker cable header on all four pins See the table Pins 3 4 Internal Speaker External Speaker on the right as SMBPS Fant A KB Mouse oofgseco moooo N 0000 CPU Fan 0008 TA TRES B Speaker Connector
20. BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions SMBPS wena Lo a B PXH V o n El LO E YN N 1 3 Intel ICH9R s mE me S A LO sion X _ HIDE CTRL l i tad E VGA o E N CTRL Ce Y E ES EET l Par L S ala sen 4 Tans la S MOR R pay L 88 STs Omen eae O Oa SI boven Bol le Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset Ground Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition Signal 3V Standby A Reset B PWR paund NMI X X Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc PWR Fail LED Vcc Reset gt Reset Button PWR gt Power Button 2 6 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connector The main power supply connector JPW1 on the X7SBi meets the SSI Superset ATX specification You can only use a 24 pin power supply cable on the motherboard Make sure that the orientation of the connector is correct You must also use th
21. BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address Tel Fax Email Website Europe Address Tel Fax Email Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A 1 408 503 8000 1 408 503 8008 marketing Wsupermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support www supermicro com Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands 31 0 73 6400390 31 0 73 6416525 sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address Tel Fax Website Super Micro Computer Inc 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C 886 2 8226 3990 886 2 8226 3991 www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email Tel support supermicro com tw 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 Chapter 1 Introduction SUPER X7SBi Image An Important Note to the User All images and graphics shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual 1 3 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Motherboard Layout ATX 24 Pin PWR SMB PS Fant
22. E Remote Control Keal Car g Graceful power control Espero Sock LI sews aur lopin Hi CS ecco ct diy dow vaa pected te v Oe de os 9D sven Defers we geste LL L 3 SBE com u s alowed to cance the azh w Reagaire tmr nts Les Supeco SDI we D 2gp uig 7t al es cn Buz she ande TPT rem tm a Power control 3 Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Website at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_IlI You can also download SDIII Us er s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor II C 3 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Notes Disclaimer continued The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems medical equipment nuclear facilities or systems aircraft aircraft devices aircraft emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions litigation and proceedings of any kind arising out of or related to such ultra haz
23. E oo D A VGA O mina Annan Sof C m J CTRL Cej YX 8 E UN E SuperllO E T SGPIO1 T SGPIO2 woo Slot PCI 33 MHz E E SS o es wo O DO DO D O DO T JPG1 00000 900000000000000000000000 imma sj 1 J3 0000007 000000000000000000000000 oo oo o JS JBTi B ICAO JC WOU72R O ez O O Sogea O E USB8 9 USB6 7 Se oyWOR bd Fand 0000000000000 9900 00000 P0000 dan O JBG JAR mo00000000000 moooo mooo mooo Oteo O NO Late O IO 2002002 O O 2999 33 BA Printer 0M2 J45 44 zi TAY Ep usd lee ushio Important Notes_to the User e Jumpers not indicated are for testing only e See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers I O ports and JF1 frontpanel connections e g indicates the location of Pin 1 e When the LE1 LED is on the 5V Standby PWR is on Maker sure to turn off the power before installing or removing components e Slot 6 PCI Exp x8 and PCI X slots are specially designed for Supermicro s proprietary riser cards only 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction X7SBi Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 J12C1 312C2 12C SMB Bus to PCI slots Open Open Disabled JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 JPL2 Giga bit LAN 1 2 Enable Open Enabled JPUSB1 BP USB Wake Up USB 0 1 Pins 1 2 Enabled JPUSB2 FP USB Wake Up USB 2 7 Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Co
24. Home Windows XP Professional Windows Server 2003 Standard Enterprise and Windows Vista Operating Systems Memory Latest memory technology Note See Section 2 4 for details Four DIMM slots support Dual Single Channel DDR2 800 667 MHz up to 8 GB of ECC Non ECC Unbuffered DDR2 SDRAM Chipset 4 Latest Intel chipset technology e Intel 3210 Intel ICH9R s Intel PXH V Expansion Slots One 1 PCI 32 Bit 33 MHz Slot 1 One 1 PCI X 64 Bit 133 MHz slot Slot6 SXB2 1 PCI E x8 Signal x8 via Riser Card Slot6 SXB1 BIOS e 16Mb Firmware Hub Phoenix BIOS e APM 1 2 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 3 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 and USB Keyboard support PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores Chipset Voltage Memory Voltage 1 8V 3 3V 3 3V Standby 5V 5V Standby 12V and 12V e CPU 4 phase switching voltage regulator e Status monitor for fan speed System OH Fan Fail LED Control e Pulse Width Modulation Fan Control amp Low noise fan speed control Environmental temperature monitoring via BIOS PWR Up from AC PWR loss e Supero Doctor III NMI e System Resource alert via Supero Doctor III Chapter 1 Introduction ACPI Features e Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator e Main switch override mechanism External modem ring on Onboard I O 1 ATA 100 EIDE Channel e Intel ICH9R SATA Controller 6 connectors for 6 devices with support of RAID functions 0 1 5
25. I O Controller Hub ICH9R provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports six Serial ATA SATA ports The ICH9R supports the following SATA device configu rations Legacy mode and Native mode B 1 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual RAID Configurations The following types of RAID configurations are supported RAID 0 Data Striping this writes data in parallel interleaved striped sections of two hard drives Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk RAID 1 Data Mirroring an identical data image from one drive is copied to another drive The second drive must be the same size or larger than the first drive RAID 10 Striping Mirroring RAID 0 and 1 schemes are combined without parity information to get the benefits of both RAID 5 both data and parity information are striped and mirrored across three or more hard drives Intel Matrix Storage The Intel Matrix Storage supported by the ICH9R allows the user to create RAID O and RAID1 set by using only two identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage Technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive and generate a virtual RAIDO and RAID1 sets It also allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the lt Del gt key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the
26. Ib inch on each mounting screw during motherboard installation Note Some components are very close to the mounting holes Please take all necessary precautionary measures to prevent damage done to these components when installing the motherboard into the chassis 2 1 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual 2 3 Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Notes 1 Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding re moving or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Intel s boxed LGA 775 package contains the CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi directional heatsink and fan 3 The Intel LGA 775 heatsink and fan comes with a push pin design and no tool is needed for installation Refer to Note 7 below 4 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan Refer to Note 7 below 5 When purchasing an LGA 775 CPU or when receiving a motherboard with an LGA 775 CPU pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 6 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support 7 When the X7SBi motherboard is installed i
27. Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The Enhanced AHCI mode is available when the Windows XP SP1 OS and the IAA Driver is used The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel to enable the Intel SATA RAID firmware Select Adaptec to use the Adaptec HostRAID firmware The options are Intel and Adaptec SATA Port 0 SATA Port 1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 4 and SATA Port 5 Extended Primary Master Slave These settings allow the user to set the parameters of the connections indicated above Hit lt Enter gt to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Type This option allows the user to select the type of an SATA device Select Auto to allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the SATA device installed on a slot Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined SATA device Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of a SATA device installed Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access a IDE Device v
28. Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the icon With the item highlighted press the lt Enter gt key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu Main Advanced Security Boot Exit 11 02 07 Item Specific Help System Date 69 21 2097 1 lt Tab gt lt Shift Tab gt or Legacy Diskette A 1 44 1 25 MB 34 lt Enter gt selects field BIOS Date Hard Disk Pre Delay Disabled Serial ATA Enabled Native Mode Operation Auto 1 SATA RAID Enable Disabled ICH Raid CodeBase Intel SATA AHCI Enable Disabled SATA AHCI Legacy Enable Disabled K SATA Port SATA Port 1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 4 SATA Port 5 K Ext Primary Master K Ext Primary Slave Fi tL 74 F9 Esc nd Enter F10 Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the lt Enter gt key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the lt Enter gt key to save the data Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as
29. V SIMSO PMI 2 0 N ooo Intel ICH9R d Y Batey E ME Am N WIDE CTRL 1000 R La YOR o gt CTRL ds S SUPEROX7SBi Super O T GPIO1 T SGPIO2 E mea Bo SI san ETE salt lala euan lease 2 26 JPU if IDE Connector An IDE Connector is located at J3 on the motherboard See the table on the right pin definitions SIMSO IPMI A SIMSO IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface 2 0 Socket is located on the motherboard Refer to the layout below for the location of the SIMSO Socket SUBS Fant Fin PWR Chapter 2 Installation IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions IDE DIMM2B Slot6 SXB2 PCLX 133 MHz SUPER X7SBi E PXH V Mm Batey 8 ITE _ WIDE CTRL wT Asai gaion 2 Intel ICH9R Ge USB8 9 uses ageso ieee poa EA R Vera Tar IG g lesmi leumid E
30. and 10 in the Windows OS environment 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB e 1 Fast UART 16550 compatible serial port and 1 header Two Intel single port 82573 V L PCI E Gigabit Ethernet Controller PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports s Up to 8 USB Universal Serial Bus 2 0 ports for a speed VGA Connector Low Profile SIMSO IPMI 2 0 e Super I O Winbond 83627DHG e Hardware Monitor Winbond 83793G ATI ES1000 with 32 MB DDR2 Video Memory Temperature e Monitoring CPU chassis environment e CPU Thermal Trip support s Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 available if supported by the CPU Other Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Onboard Standby PWR warning LED Indicator LE 1 CD Utilities Drivers and software for Intel 3210 chipset utilities Dimensions s 9 6 W x 12 L 243 84 mmx 304 8 mm SUPER X7SBi User s Manual VRM 11 A LGA775_PROCESSOR 2 CK505 CLK gt Ia S Jla S yr I gt FSB 1333 1066 800 yady 7141D Vivd PCIEx 8 1xPCIX_64 PCIE_x DIMM_CHA W DDR2 667 800 Jia X BUS IS PXH V MCH PCIE_x_8 Priv Y PCIE_x1 A GLAN2 82573L DMA 100 ICH9R PCIE_x1 PRI_IDE m GLAN1 82573V PCI_32_ BUS 6 x SATA L j ATI ES1000 PORTS E pe 75 USB 2 0 1 1 Lec PORTS_0 7 W83627DHG W83793G LPC I O IPMI_1 F KB FDD ae PRINTER IPMI MS The Intel 3210 Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent the features on yo
31. by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled Set Maximum Ext CPUID 3 When set to Enabled the Maximum Extended CPUID will be set to 3 The options are Disabled and Enabled Echo TPR Set to Enabled to prevent xTPR messages from being sent to the system The options are Disabled and Enabled C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intel s website for detailed information Intel Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note I
32. might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate PCI X s Frequency When set to Enabled this feature allows the user to set the bus frequency for a PCI X slot for it to work properly The default setting is Auto PCI X 133 MHz Slot Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h OOAO0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novelle and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate gt PCI Exp x8 Slot Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The op
33. number of DIMM slots Populating DIMM 1A DIMM 2A and or DIMM 1B DIMM 2B with memory modules of the same size and of the same type will result in dual channel two way interleaved memory which is faster than the single chan nel non interleaved memory When ECC memory is used it may take 25 40 seconds for the VGA to display Notes 1 Due to OS limitations 8 GB memory might only show 4 GB of memory in certain 32 bit operating systems such as Windows 32 bit XP and Windows 32 bit Vista 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the Table below Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability System Device Firmware Hub flash memory System BIOS Local APIC Area Reserved for the chipset 1 0 APIC 4 Kbytes PCI Enumeration Area 1 PCI Express 256 MB PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed Aligned on 256 MB boundary VGA Memory TSEG Memory available to OS and other applications Size Physical Memory 1MB 399 4KB 3 99 2 MB 3 99 4KB 3 99 256 MB 3 76 256 MB 3 51 512MB 3 01 16 MB 2 85 1 MB 2 84 2 84 Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Note to Microsoft users Microsoft implemented a de sign change in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 SP2 and Windows Vista This change is specific
34. supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still sup plies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please make sure that you have followed all the steps listed below Also Note that as a motherboard manufacturer Supermicro does not sell directly to end users so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our website http www supermicro com support fags before contacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our website at http www supermicro com support bios 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Note Not all BIOS can be flashed Some cannot be flashed it depends on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you ve followed the instructions above to troubleshoot your system and still cannot resolve the problem then contact Supermicro s technical support and provide them with the following information Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this
35. system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to DDR2 the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to DDR2 Load Optimized Default Settings and press the lt Enter gt key DDR2 OK to confirm the DDR2 is on Press the lt Enter gt key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to DDR2 the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press the lt Enter gt key to DDR2 Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press lt Enter gt Then DDR2 En abled 6 Scroll down to Exit DDR2 Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the lt Enter gt key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 7 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 8 During the system boot up press the lt Ctrl gt and lt l gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press lt Ctrl gt lt I gt for Intel RAID Configuration Utility B 2 Appendix B Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Setup Guidelines Using the Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automatically reboot The following screen appears after Power On Self Test RAID Vo lunes None defined Physical Disks Port Drive Mode Serial Si Type S
36. the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Errors Enabling this function to log POST errors The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable POST Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS OS Boot Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled Timer for Loading OS Minutes This feature allows the user to set the time value in minutes for the previous item OS Boot Watch Dog by keying in a desired number in the blank The default setting is 10 minutes Please ignore this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of asystem boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles gt System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Time Stamp Generator ID SEL Message Revision Sensor Type Sensor Number SEL Event Type Event Description and SEL Event Data SEL Entry Number
37. the table on the right for pin definitions You must enable the LAN Wake Up function in the BIOS and have a LAN card with a Wake on LAN connector and cable to use this feature Chapter 2 Installation Wake On Ring Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 2 Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground Wake up o gt ze 0 surs rn On 2 3 00000000000 o CPUFan o g _ A A WOR E VRS B WOL DIMM2B a LAN Buzzer JOH BS S o E JL E ma L e PXH V 10 ES LS Ed N BZ X A ES FASO cam gt L LE Intel ICH9R E genr i De B Batey E mE Hal 3 e A foe CTRL i ee ES1000 8 S 4 woh 5 o Ep E CTRL o S a 2 l Super I O T SGPIO1 T SGPIO2 Elo Slot1 PCI 33 MHz R R JPG1 T a o B Car ESE Sas O TD ic et eoad bee S S Fan4 2 19 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual VGA Connector A VGA connector J7 is located next to the COM1 port on the IO backplane Refer to the board layout bel
38. to the A table on the right for pin definitions lid 16 Ground AN A NMI nono Reza BA 0 ali B PWR LED NMI Q X DIMMIA Orower LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc sn NIC1 LED Vcc v S NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc N tharos PXH V R ue a y A o 7 PWR Fail LED Vcc L Intel ICH9R Battery mE Ground Reset gt Reset Button Y PA nemem Ground PWR gt Power Button EET als SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach a hard drive LED cable here to display disk activities for any hard drives on the system including Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Control ler LED connection for GLAN port1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity status Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions SMBPS
39. 8KB Capacity xxxx GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 10 set and press lt Enter gt c When RAID Level item is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to DDR2 RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit lt Enter gt d When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to DDR2 the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is 6 4KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed f Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays f When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu B 6 Appendix B Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity a DDR2 Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM 45 1 8 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2663 85 Int
40. 9000000000000 8225555552222 pocos Pai anal aa Printer Fy IDE SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Overheat LED Fan Failure Overheat LED Pin Definitions The JOH1 header is used to connect an LED to indicate chassis overheat ing This LED blinks when there is a fan failure Refer to the table on right for pin definitions Pin Definition 1 5vDC OH Active OH Fan Fail LED State Message Solid Overheat Fan Fail Blinking Chassis Intrusion Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located Pin Dennitions L1 at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable to inform you of a chassis intrusion Pin Definition 1 Intrusion Input Ground ATX 24 Pin PWR as SMB PS Fant A Overheat LED Fan Failure gt Os Oy CET odos as 0500 On 3 8 00000000000 ol CBU Pan ooom E IS N B Chassis Intrusion o 8 Pin PWR DIMM2B Slot6 SXB2 PCI X 133 MHz AS A D om
41. Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD SUPERMICRO Computer Inc B 4 Installing the Intel Application Accelerator Utility a When the above screen appears click on the icon marked Application Accel erator RAID Edition on the screen and the following screen will appear B 12 Appendix B Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Setup Guidelines Ime HHA ApPM stan cceicerstor ZAIL Leatiion Sctu wienas ha hee Pei MID II toe fee AIRY Sn or e ts HAID Eal tines ee A R Ca ee r WA e seem A A md aden HK b When the above screen appears click on the icon marked Next on the screen and the following screen will appear Intel T ppli alion Sar ater FERED Fit errs Sel up Enea ran reer Aav A A ST T EA A A A e Rar e re ad SY MINA Z AC Tae ee d aa me Re HLR a L K d E N E A T A L ES AAA l a eee olor lesa Se ADA ee ee ere RT A te T a Ta ae Ree T Rd N C tt ER d See ett B 13 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual c After reading the License Agreement click on the icon marked Yes
42. Disabled Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Core Multi Processing Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s website for more information The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Enabled and Disabled Compatible FPU Code Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to keep the content of the last instruction Operating Code OP Code in the floating point FP state The options are Disabled and Enabled 4 7 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Thermal Management 2 Available when supported
43. SUPERO SUPERO X7SBi USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0c The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our website at www supermicro com SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC Supermicro reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in t
44. The Phoe nix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Supermicro website lt http www supermicro com gt for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery provides power to the CMOS logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the lt Delete gt key at the appropriate time during system boot See below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the lt Delete gt key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility
45. X 133 MHz i coal Dias PXH V ES a BS N aza BS eaker YN A N BE x S BS Yoo Mama C ES Intel ICH9R A Battery B ITE ATI 2 L FO esioo0 El S goog Es w 5 a S 5 cre B 27 A Esa r DH n V C Super O T SGPI01 T SGPIO2 Slott PCI 33 MHz sa E E Ret 7 OOO RIR R AS El RTC CA Deol sac o JBT1 gt Usao usgar VOLA Luo Rau Za sas 309 cooo l e Edita acco 888 messo 3 ENI T Ee erate rpg eese lesse E Pal OI esate Chapter 2 Installation Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Reset Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled A Watch Dog Enable B VGA Enable SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual USB Wake Up These jumpers allow you to wake up the system by pressing a key on the USB keyboard or by click ing the USB mouse of your system The JPUSB jumpers are used together with the USB Wake Up feature in the BIOS Enable both the jumpers and the BIOS setting to use this feature See the table on the right for jumper settings and jumper con nections Note JPUSB1 is for Back Panel USB ports 0 1 and JPUSB2 is for Front Panel USB connections 6 7 8 9 10 11 Note JPUSB1 should be enabled by default to allow BP USBO and BP USB1 to wake up from the Standby Mode However the default jumper setting for the JPUSB2 is Disabled When the USB W
46. ade You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 26 Appendix A POST Error Beep Codes Appendix A POST Error Beep Codes This section lists POST Power On Self Test 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 When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST BIOS will display a POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected 1 continuous beep with front panel Overheat LED on system overheat A 1 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Notes Appendix B Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Setup Guidelines Appendix B Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel s ICHOR SATA RAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers Important Notes to the User Note 1 If you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Section B 4 for Operating System amp Other Software Installation Note 2 This chapter describes RAID Configuration Instructions for the Intel ICH RAID Control
47. ake Up feature is enabled in the BIOS and the USB ports are also enabled via the JPUSB jumpers please be sure to remove all other USB devices from the USB ports whose USB jumpers are set to Disabled before the system goes into the standby mode ooom amp Pin PWR 398 888 Bs 3 E DIMM1A 0 28 ron si sok Ka wo 2 P looky Azi O e BS lg E E lo JOH meo Intel Fan 150 LAN kas CTRL roo MED EX es ik Slot6 SXB2 PCIX 133 MHz ima int EXE LAN CTRL g B Jt B S 5 feos PXH V L TA a ES LO d fe BE Pad H E2 Z o N cm 3 ES Intel ICH9R E 3 e E Batey mE E lt ia E KW foe cra E yl El aa S H 3 VGA E O Eom 7 E q MR e N ws l Super VO T ggpI01 Ts ma Slott PCI 33 MHz K E JPGt E prn iz Jan 2 iG Deco JO o BT E eins O10 sas EWR om 2 24 USB Wake Up Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled A JPUSB1 B JPUSB2 2 8 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs There are two GLAN ports on the mother board Each Gigabit Ether
48. and Drivers C 1 Installing Other Software and Drivers After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items SUPERMICRO X7SBI Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinXP x Intel Bigby P Chipset INF Files SUPERMICR Microsoft Directx 9 0 Drivers amp Tools ATI Graphics Driver Intel 3210 Chipset Intel Matrix Storage Manager X7SBI Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD T Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site Driver Tool Installation Display Screen SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click a computer icon to the right of an item to install an item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD C 1 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual C 2 Configuring Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor III program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management too
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50. assword When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up 4 23 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Fixed Disk Boot Sector Select Normal to enable the feature of Write Protect to protect the boot sector on the hard drives from virus intrusion Password on Boot When set to Enabled a user will need to key in a password to enter the system at system boot The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 24 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 6 Boot Settings Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Corada Redrecien Keyboard Vew Macros Help Boot List j Enter Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the lt f gt key or the lt r gt key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can se
51. audio drivers Question How do connect the ATA100 66 cable to my IDE device s Answer The 80 wire 40 pin high density ATA100 66 IDE cable that came with your system has two connectors to support two drives This special cable must be used to take advantage of the speed the ATA100 66 technology offers Connect the blue connector to the onboard IDE header and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the documentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Ship ping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alteration misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product prob lems 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X7SBi
52. can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our website at http www supermicro com support contact cfm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 or by fax at 408 503 8019 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What type of memory does my motherboard support Answer The X7SBi supports up to 8 GB of unbuffered ECC Non ECC DDR2 800 667 two way interleaved or non interleaved SDRAM See Section 2 4 for details on installing memory Question Why does Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista show less memory than what is physically installed Answer Microsoft implemented a design change in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 SP2 and Windows Vista This change is specific to the Physical Address Extension PAE mode behavior which improves driver compatibility For more in formation please read the following article at Microsoft s Knowledge Base website at http support microsoft com kb 888137 Question How do update my BIOS Answer lt is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing any problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please
53. check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure that it is newer than your BIOS before downloading You can choose from the zip file and the exe file If 3 3 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual you choose the zip BIOS file please unzip the BIOS file onto a bootable device or a USB pen Run the batch file using the format flash bat filename rom from your bootable device or USB pen to flash the BIOS Then your system will automati cally reboot If you choose the exe file please run the exe file under Windows to create the BIOS flash floppy disk Insert the floppy disk into the system you wish to flash the BIOS Then bootup the system to the floppy disk The BIOS utility will automatically flash the BIOS without any prompts Please note that this process may take a few minutes to complete Do not be concerned if the screen is paused for a few minutes AN Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible system boot failure Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows security and
54. ct DRAM timing may cause the system to become unstable When this occurs reset the setting to the default setting Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled Memory Remapping Select Enable to enable the functionality of Memory Remapping above 4GB The settings are Enabled and Disabled Enable VT d Select Enable to enable the functionality of the Intel Virtualization Technology for Direct I O support which offers fully protected I O resource sharing across the Intel platforms providing the user with greater reliability security and availability in networking and data sharing The settings are Enabled and Disabled High Precision Event Time Select Yes to activate the High Precision Event Timer HPET which is capable of producing periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real time Clock RTC can in synchronizing multimedia streams providing smooth playback and reducing the dependency on other timestamp calculation devices such as an x86 RDTSC Instruction embedded in a CPU The High Precision Event Timer is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer The options for this feature are Yes and No 4 9 SUPER X7SBi User s Manual Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug informa
55. cture indepen dent implementation that is compatible with both Windows and Linux Operating Systems 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates of 1 GHz and faster The SUPER X7SBi accommodates 12V ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate The X7SBi accommodates ATX power supplies It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above You should use one that will supply at least 350W of power Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Chapter 2 Installation Static Sensitive Devices Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The fol lowing measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to pr
56. e 8 pin JPW2 processor power con nector for adequate power supply to the system below See the table on the right for pin definitions Processor Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the 12V 8 pin Pro cessor connector at JPW2 must also be connected to your power supply to provide adequate power supply to the system A ATX24 Pin Pi 00000000C 2000000000 oftPuFan Fan 5 DIMM2B Buzzer Slot6 SXB2 0 JOHET o Chapter 2 Installation ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 13 3 3V 1 3 3V 14 12V 2 3 3V 15 COM 3 COM 16 PS_ON 4 5V 17 COM 5 COM 18 COM 6 5V 19 COM 7 COM 20 Res NC 8 PWR_OK 21 5V 9 5VSB 22 5V 10 12V 23 5V 11 12V 24 COM 12 3 3V Secondary Power Connector Pin Definitions Pins Definition 1 through 4 Ground 12V 5 through 8 A 24 Pin ATX PWR B 8 Pin 12V PWR E iaoe PXH V S 5 E 3 2 HH ka Intel ICH9R Battery TE ATI IDE CTRL ES1000 Ap VGA A tal CTRL Y E Super lO T SGPIO1 T SGPIO2 S S S JPG1 v M 2 S 5
57. e changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for the keyboard clock The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of Serial PortA The options are Enabled user defined and Disabled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for Serial Port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for Serial Port A 4 13 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of Serial Port B The options are Enabled user defined and Disabled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to Serial Port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for Serial Port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for Serial Port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Parallel Port This setting allows you to assign control of the parallel port The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are 378 278 and 3BC Interrupt This setting allows you to se
58. e l PXH V cual a Zo te YN N A CEN m O Intel ICH9R E a Ee Batey E TE E No Joeom E y a 5 3 A Taa F nN i GPIO1 T SGPIO2 Slott PCI 33 MHz bni R R 20000 poDo0d0000000002000000000 lnd w Sono Ocaccccvc00000000000000004 2 aba P JBT1 gt SS Chego usgar MOA amoo E mor 5 ei E e lt esa H tes 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation T SGPIO Headers T SGPIO Two SGPIO Serial General Purpose Pin Definitions Input Output headers are located on the Pin Definition Pin Definition motherboard These headers support 1 NC NC serial link interface for the onboard SATA 3 Ground DATA Out connectors See the table on the right for 5 Load Ground pin definitions Refer to the board layout Clock below for the location Note NC No Connections Power LED PWR LED The Power LED connector is desig Pin Definitions nated JLED1 This connection is used Pin Definition to provide LED Indication of power 1 5V being supplied to the system See the 2 Key table on the right for pin definitions Ground CN A leeis ours Fant Z A T SGPIO1 LIR p fasal B T SGPIO2 i C PWR LED JOH BS S DIMM2B a LAN Buzzer
59. el Corporation AIL Rights Reserved L J Name VolunS RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity B BM CB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volune This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt C When the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to DDR2 RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to DDR2 the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See the Note on Page B 3 displays Port Drive Hodel Serial 4 Size Status R Hie Ae J L PINCHA N 117289497 168 How RAII 1 ube BIC WALT 234599 232 908 Hom RAID Diaki IC TEZ H 69TYR WD HARENL 76 LE 300 Mow RAID Dis K MUDA 1 MDF IGE U RATT Select 2 to 4 disks to use in creating the volune th Previous Mext CSPACE Selecte CENTER Selection Comp lete e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to DDR2 it A triangle appears to confirm the DDR2 is on of the drive f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to DDR2 the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit lt Enter gt Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size
60. elect this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm including the LED and the buzzer to be triggered when the CPU temperature reaches about 5 C above the threshold temperature as predefined by the CPU manufacturer to give the CPU and system fans additional time needed for CPU and system cooling The Early Alarm Setting Select this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm including the LED and the buzzer to be triggered as soon as the CPU temperature reaches the CPU overheat threshold as predefined by the CPU manufacturer See the notes on P 4 18 for more information CPU Temperature The item displays the level of CPU temperature High Medium Low as detected by the BIOS The information shown in the screen is for your reference only See the notes below for more information on DTS and PECI Fan Speed Control Modes Low This level is considered as the normal operating temperature No action is required The PECI count is below or equal to the processors DTS thermal throttle point minus 10 PECI counts Medium The processor is running warmer This is a caution level and generally means that there may be factors contributing to this condition At this point the PECI count is above the processor s DTS thermal throttle point minus 10 PECI counts but still below or equal to the DTS thermal throttle point 4 17 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual High The processor is running hot Take the necessary steps
61. er displays c When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s d Insert the driver diskette ITE RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for IDE into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key e Choose the Intel R 82801GR GH SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key f Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation g From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation h After the Windows XP 2000 2003 Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot i Insert Supermicro s CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during system reboot and the following screen will appear B 11 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual S SUPERMICRO X7SBI Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinXP Intel Bigby P Chipset INF Files SUPERMICRO Microsoft Direct 9 0 Drivers amp Tools ATI Graphics Driver Intel 3210 Chipset Intel Matrix Storage Manager X7SBI LS Q Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD T
62. er gt key e Insert the driver diskette ITE RAID XP 2003 Driver for IDE into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key f Choose the Intel R 82801GR GH SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2003 Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key g Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation h From the Windows XP 2003 Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The XP 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2003 installation i After the Windows XP 2003 Installation is completed the system will automati cally reboot j Insert Supermicro s CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during system reboot and the following screen will appear Note the current version of the ICH9R SATA RAID Utility can only support the Windows XP 2003 Operating System B 10 Appendix B Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Setup Guidelines B 3 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 for systems without RAID Functions Installing a New Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating System a Insert the Microsoft Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD b Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driv
63. er s Manual ING IPOWGT T 3 1 NO VIGGO starts 3 1 Memory l 3 2 Losing the System s Setup Configuration eee eee 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures sse eee eee eee cece eee 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions sss eee e e eee 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Serie eee ee e e e 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introducir cia da 4 1 4 2 RUANING SOUP rca 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS TT 4 2 SN 4 5 4 5 Security Setup sirios Aa 4 21 4 0 Boot SetuP ici es etetecaveitessiendnanstion deca EEE E EEEE SEENE 4 23 TIEN 4 24 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Error Beep Codes eee A 1 Appendix B Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Setup Guidelines eee eee B 1 Appendix C Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers C 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Please check that the following items have all been included with your mother board If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All the following items are included in the retail box only One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 floppy drive ribbon cable CBL 022 Four 4 SATA cables CBL 044 One 1 I O shield CSE PTO7L One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s
64. event static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag e Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins e Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use e For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery Do not install the onboard upside down battery to avoid possible explosion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 2 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the mother board to the chassis Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray To avoid damaging the motherboard and its components please do not use a force greater than 8
65. f there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s website for detailed information No Execute Mode Memory Protection Available when supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Note this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute Disable Bit The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s websites Enhanced Intel Speed Step Support Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation The default setting is GV1 GV3 Please refer to Intel s website for detailed information gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take Caution when changing the Advanced settings An incor rect value a very high DRAM frequency or an incorre
66. ghts Reserved L Nane RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity J Vo lun RAIC1 Mirror Select Disks N A 8 4 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to DDR2 the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to DDR2 RAID 1 Mirror and hit lt Enter gt d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning mes sage displays f When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu B 5 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 a DDR2 Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1819 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 45 Intel Corporation AIL Rights Reserved L J x Name VoluniA RAID Level RAIDIBCRA 1001 Disks Select Disks Strip Size 12
67. he State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause harmful interference with radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case you will be required to correct the interference at your own expense California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate WARNING Handling of lead solder materials used in this product may expose you to lead a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm Manual Revision 1 0c Release Date February 9 2009 Unless you
68. ia the LBA mode 32 Bit 1 0 This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to configure the Ultra DMA Mode setting System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is available in the system Installed Memory This display informs you how much memory installed in the system is detected by the BIOS 4 4 Advanced Setup When you choose Advanced from the BIOS Setup Utility the following items will display Main Advanced Security Boot Exit K K Advanced Processor Options K Advanced Chipset Control K Memory Cache K PnP Configuration 1 0 Device Configuration DMI Event Logging K Console Redirection K Hardware Monitor Item Specific Help Select Boot features K IPMI P TL Ae F9 Esc ts Enter Fi 4 5 SUPER X7SBi User s Manual gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Quiet Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen during boot up QuickBoot Mode If enabled this feature will soeed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed POST Errors Select Enab
69. ions 3 Check if the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Turn the power switch on and off to test the system 5 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to make sure that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video 1 If the power is on but you have no video in this case you will need to remove all the add on cards and cables first 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to Appendix A 3 1 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual for details on beep codes 3 Remove all memory modules and turn on the system If the alarm is on check the specs of memory modules reset the memory or try a different one Memory Errors 1 Make sure that the DIMM modules are properly installed and fully seated in the slots 2 You should be using unbuffered ECC Non ECC DDR2 800 667 memory see the next page Also it is recommended that you use the memory modules of the same type and speed for all DIMMs in the system See Section 2 4 for memory limitations 3 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping modules between slots to see if you can locate the faulty modules 4 Check the power supply voltage 115V 230V switch Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Please be sure to use a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power
70. isit Intel s website for processor support This product is intended to be professionally installed and serviced by a technician Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes features specifications and performance of the X7SBi mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when in stalling the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for the video the memory and the system setup Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A lists BIOS POST Error Beep Codes Appendix B provides Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Setup Guidelines Appendix C lists Other Software Driver and Program Installation Instructions Conventions Used in the Manual Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself Danger Caution Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic system failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation or to prevent damage to the components Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure cor rect system setup SUPER X7SBi Users Manual Table of Conte
71. le to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to set the BAUD rate for the console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to set the console redirection type The options are VT100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 VT UTF8 and ASCII Flow Control This item allows you to select the flow control option for the console The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how console redirection is to be connected either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST This feature allows you to decide if you want to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off Hardware Monitoring Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see the status of each of the following items CPU Overheat Alarm This option allows the user to select the CPU Overheat Alarm setting which de termines when the CPU OH alarm will be activated to provide warning of possible CPU overheat Warning Any temperature that exceeds the CPU threshold temperature predefined by the CPU manufacturer may result in CPU overheat or system instability When the CPU temperature reaches this predefined threshold the CPU and system cool ing fans will run at full speed 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS The options are The Default Alarm Setting S
72. lect one item from the boot list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select an item from the candidate list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then become a bootable device See details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices in the Item Specific Help window 4 25 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help Exit Discarding Changes Exit System Setup and Load Setup Defaults save your changes to F CMOS Discard Changes Save Changes Fi TL had F9 Esc e gt Enter F18 Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you m
73. lect the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode This feature allows you to specify the parallel port mode The options are Output only Bi Directional EPP and ECP DMA Channel This item allows you to specify the DMA channel for the parallel port The options are DMA1 and DMA3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS and OS controlled and OS Controlled 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press lt Enter gt to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No 4 15 SUPER X7SBi User s Manual Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specify which COM port to direct the remote conso
74. led to temporarily halt system boot and display POST Power On Self Testing error messages when errors occur during bootup Select Disable to continue with system boot even when an error occurs The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Mode Select Yes to use the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management feature on your system The options are Yes and No Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power on or power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button The options are Instant Off and 4 Second Override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Resume On PME Select On to wake your system up from the PME of PCI slots The options are On and Off PS2 Keyboard KB Mouse Wake Up Select Enable to wake your system up from the S1 S4 or S5 state If this feature is set to Enabled you will also need to enable the JPWAKE jumper by closing pins 1 2 Please refer to Pg 1 5 and Chapter 2 for more details The default setting is Disabled 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS USB Wake Up Select Enable to wake your system up from S3 or S4 state via a USB device If this feature is set to Enabled you will also need to enable the USB Wake up jumpers JPUSB1 JPUSB2 by closing pins 1 2 Please refer to Pg 1 5 and Chapter 2 for more details The default setting is
75. ler designed for the Windows OS If you choose to use the Linux OS please enable Adaptec s RAID Controller in the BIOS and refer to Adaptec RAID Configuration Instructions listed under this link http www supermicro com manuals other RAID_SATA_Adaptec_ESB_ICH7R_ICH9R paf B 1 Introduction to Serial ATA To configure the SATA RAID functions you must first use the Intel ICH9IR SATA RAID Utility program to configure the RAID Level that you desire before installing the Windows XP 2003 Operating System and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CD that came packaged with your motherboard Note the current version of the ICH9R SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA are limited to a length of 40cm while Serial ATA cables can be up to one meter in length Overall SATA provides better functionality than PATA Introduction to the Intel ICH9R Serial RAID Located in the South Bridge of the 3210 chipset the
76. ls The local management is called the SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note 1 The default user name and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor Ill settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor III adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD Ill settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen l Health Information re oS 7 p 7 E Dottor M Sj Romie Management El Ge S ran Wee Ibak hia Semmen Perret Control Cor g cation Adwindeti ation S dva Maraga rn Tepat heb A Health information C 2 Appendix C Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Il Remote Control T Fiz Edi am remo oes eg a j gt or M Rro le Marnaygenrunt j tation d ir Dn Who hak hia A
77. mal throttle point value in a processor is 85 C and the current temperature read ing is 35 C the value reported by PECI would be 50 C This PECI count is monitored by your Supermicro motherboard and has been configured to display information according to a particular PECI count These are displayed in the BIOS as Low Medium and High A reading of High means that the PECI count has exceeded the DTS thermal throttle point PECI count of zero and above The information provided above is for your reference only For more informa tion on thermal management please refer to Intel s Web site at www Intel com System Temperature The item displays the absolute temperature as detected by the BIOS 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS CPU Fan Fan 1 to Fan 6 If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of each fan as specified Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows you to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select Workstation or Server if your system is used as a Workstation or Server respectively Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to consta
78. n a server please use the SNK P0016 SNK P0016P Passive Heatsink only Installation Procedures Heatsink For proper system setup please follow the procedure below 1 Install the heatsink backplate into the cru lt gt chassis if needed CPU Socket 2 Install the motherboard into the chas Motherboard sis 3 Install the CPU onto the motherboard Retention installed 4 Install the heatsink or and cooling fans l Backplate if any 5 Connect fan and power cables if any 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation Installation of the LGA775 Processor 1 Press the socket lever to release the load plate which covers the CPU socket from its locking position 2 Gently lift the socket lever to open the load plate 3 Locate Pin 1 on the CPU socket Note Pin 1 is the corner marked with a triangle Please Note that the North Key and the South Key are located vertically in the CPU housing 4 Position the motherboard in such a way that Pin 1 of the CPU socket is located at the left bottom of the CPU housing 2 3 Socket Lever Load Plate SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual 5 Use your thumb and your index finger North Center Edge to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU 6 Align Pin 1 of the CPU with Pin 1 of the socket Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down to the socket Do not South Center Edge drop the CPU on the socket
79. net LAN port has two LEDs The yellow right LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the table at right for the functions associated with the second LED Onboard Power LED LE1 is an Onboard Power LED located on the motherboard When this LED is lit the onboard power is on Be sure to turn off the system and unplug the power cord before removing or installing components See the layout below for the LED location T kag E Intel 3210 A gt MOH DIMM1A Bias PXHV ZS Sent 7 SIMSO IPM 2 0 N u Intel ICH9R F 7 sn E me H five cre J te I ES y Came Rami E gor E Mi ars la 7 esm led ld Am ES1000 VGA CTRL oy DE SUPEROX7SBi Chapter 2 Installation Liak tivity ten ean Rear View Viewing from the back of the system GLAN Yellow LED Right Activity LED Indicator LED Color Definition Yellow Flashing Active running 10Mbps 100Mbps or 1 Gbps GLAN Link LED Left Speed Indicator LED Color Definition Off 10Mbps
80. nnector Description COM1 COM2 COM Port 1 8 COM 2 Header Fans 1 6 System Fan Headers Fans 1 5 Fan6 CPU Fan Floppy Floppy Disk Connector IDE IDE Slot Blue J3 I SATAO I SATA5 6 Intel SATA Ports JS1 JS5 JD1 Speaker Connector Pins 3 4 Internal Buzzer Enable Pins 1 4 External Speaker Cable JF1 Front Panel Control Header JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JLED1 Power LED Header JOH Overheat LED Header JPW1 ATX 24 Pin Power Connector JPW2 12V 8 pin Power Connector Required JWOL Wake On LAN Header JWOR Wake On Ring Header KB Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector J28 LAN1 2 Ethernet RJ45 Gigabit LAN Port1 Port2 Connectors Printer Parallel Port Printer Header SIMSO IPMI SIMSO IPMI 2 0 Socket SMB_PS Power Supply SMbus Header 1 C SPK1 Internal Buzzer T SGPIO 1 2 Serial General Purpose Input Output Headers 1 2 USB 0 1 Back Panel Universal Serial Bus Ports 0 1 J11 F P USB 6 7 8 9 Front Panel Accessible USB Headers 6 7 8 9 44 J45 USB 10 11 Front Panel Onboard USB Ports 10 11 J47 J48 VGA VGA Connector J7 LED Indicator Description LE 1 Onboard Standby PWR warning LED Indicator SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU Latest CPU technology s A Quad Core Dual Core Intel Xeon 3000 Series 3200 Series Processor at system bus speeds of 1333 1066 800 MHz OS Licensing Support e Intel Quad Core Dual Core CPU supports Windows 2000 Professional Windows Advanced Server Windows XP
81. ntly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable and 2 3 pin server 3 pin workstation 4 pin server and 4 pin workstation Do not select 4 pin settings if you have a mix of 3 pin and 4 pin fans Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A MCH Core 12V VDIMM 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD P_VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor lll settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor Ill adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD Ill settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 19 SUPER X7SBi User s Manual IPMI The option is available only when an IPMI card is installed in the system System Event Logging IPMI Specification Version This item displays the current IPMI Version Firmware Version This item displays the current Firmware Version System Event Logging Select Enabled to enable IPMI Event Logging When this function is set to Disabled the system will continue to log events received via system interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during
82. nts Preface About This Manual cion a iii Manual OTDANIZA ION sarsies arn aaa aaan aaa aaa aa N iii Conventions Used in the Manual sese eee eee iii Chapter 1 Introduction Wed OVEIVIOW TT 1 1 Checklist sariaren eena ea dello 1 1 Contacting Supermicro se e e e e e eee 1 2 SUPERO AP SEP T L 1 3 SUPER X7SBi NAV OU uo 1 4 SUPER X7SBi Quick Reference 1 5 Motherboard Features sse sese sese ee eee eee eee 1 6 Chipset System Block Diagram eee ee 1 8 1 2 Chipset OVEIVICW ici ia 1 9 1 3 PC Health Monitoring esse eee eree ee eee eee eee 1 10 1 4 Power Configuration Settings see eee eee eee eee 1 10 1 5 ACPI F ature is size iria E RAR 1 11 1 6 e T aT Hele U 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices eee eee 2 1 2 2 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis sese eee eee 2 1 2 3 Processor and Heatsink Installation sese eee eee eee 2 2 2 4 Installing DDR2 Memory sse eee eee eee cece eee eee 2 6 2 5 I O Port Front Control Panel Connector Locations sese ee eee eee ee e e e e 2 7 Back Panel Connectors lO Pors eee 2 7 Front Control Panel sisteskanse nan ira a ASEE anosa 2 8 Front Control Panel Pin Definitions sese eee 2 9 NMI BUOM stress andadas 2 9 PWR LED pe n ios 2 9 HDD R e e do ae 2 10 NIC1 NIC2 LED lees 2 10 OH Fan Fail LED scort lili 2 11 Power Fall LED idad ds 2 11 Reset SIH eT 2 12 PWR BUON siere a E a a 2 12 Table of Contents 2 6 Connecting Cables rriari ianiai e aaae
83. on the screen and the following screen will appear d Specify the folder that you want the program to be installed in and then click on the icon marked Next to begin the installation process A les Ke te os an YR LE Seer HL e d d Tae ee d ee Doc ud atis Be alu ekar OUD Ran eet Y Ken Te T dr HU o e Sd P d r I swe ANDA LN MAC ere RT R K KN A LA ae Tx EH E N e ME Ke T d N C dN E d Sr ad ede e Specify a program folder where you want the Setup to add the program icon as shown in the following screen and click on the icon marked Next Ketel DR fo 1 gt c hom Asse maar SID Fd the See 6 timai Prog T r U a R hK Kah RE AR et ee e d R m e R e K rer SET a Ka aE Ee KC Ke A woe Appendix B Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Setup Guidelines f The following screen will appear to display the status of the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition Installation Pcs 4 36 01 ZH Accelerator HAE LdMion Set_p S ETA g Once the Application Accelerator RAID Edition installation is completed the following screen will appear and the system will start to reboot Note Once the XP 2003 Operating System is installed please read the Readme text files for the instructions to use the SATA RAID Utility in the Win dows XP 2003 OS environment B 15 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Note B 16 Appendix C Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Appendix C Installing Other Software Programs
84. or No Connection Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps A GLAN1 Port B GLAN2 Port C Onboard LED SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual 2 9 Floppy Hard Disk Drive SIMSO and Printer Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables e The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 s A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition Floppy Connector 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN The floppy connector is located ee it at J1 See the table below for pin CS MM ila 7 Ground 8 Index definitions 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive DDR2 B 13 Ground 14 Drive DDR2 B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable 17 Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Side 1 DDR2 33 Ground 34 Diskette A Floppy Slot6 SXB2 PCIX 133 MHz oP Bins PXH
85. ow for the location Power SMB I C Connector Power SMB I C Connector J17 monitors onboard power supply fan and system temperature See the table on the right for pin definitions ATX 24 Pin PWR d m00000000000 Qu00o 00000000000 o CPUFan Fant lao 3d 9909 ooom 8 Pin PWR JOH BS S DIMM2B Ea T inet Fan JPL LAN o CTRL 280 Fans Slot6 SXB2 PCI X 133 MHz Intel LAN al wn E Ju E ic Bios PXH V I D Bs x 303 ES ZL O aker B ge do gS E2 E Intel ICH9R E Battery TE dl CTRL f See Sd O E ganan 7 e o wre Super VO Tab 01 T SGPIO2 K E C PCO O G S a JBT S a E OS atic ol ON WOR E gat k ir rara est leb E 2 20 PWR SMB Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Clock 2 Data 3 PWR Fail 4 Ground 3 3V A VGA B SMB PWR Chapter 2 Installation 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard grea JOE jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings J
86. quired for the system to operate efficiently It also provides the bandwidth needed for the system to maintain its peak performance The Direct Media Interface DMI provides the connection between the MCH and the ICH9R The ICH9R supports up to six PCI Express x8 Lanes six Serial ATA ports and twelve USB 2 0 ports In addition the ICH9R offers the Intel Matrix Storage Technology which provides various RAID options for data protection and rapid data access lt also supports the next generation of client management through the use of PROActive technology in conjunction with Intel s next generation Gigabit Ethernet controller Intel ICH9R System Features The lO Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system Functions and capabilities include Advanced Power Management e SMBus 2 0 I C SST PECI Fan Speed Control e BHI Flash Low Pin Count LPC Interface Note The Intel 3210 chipset does not support add in graphics cards in the PCI E interface provided by the Memory Controller Hub MCH 1 9 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual 1 3 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7SBi The motherboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitoring via SuperO Doctor Ill The onboard voltage monitor will scan the following voltages continuously CPU Cores Chipset Voltage Memory Voltage 1 8V 3 3V
87. r details 2 7 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed specifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions JF1 Header Pins Groun NMI X Xx Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc i NIC1 LED Vcc EL NIC2 LED Vcc R OH Fan Fail LED Vcc 5 PWR Fail LED Vcc 5 Ground Reset gt Reset Button E Ground PWR gt Power Button 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation Front Control Panel Pin Definitions NMI Button A NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button Pin Definitions JF1 header is located on pins 19 and 20 Pin Definition of JF1 Refer to the table on the right 19 Control for pin definitions 20 Ground Power LED PowerLED The Power LED connection is located ls EA A on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer
88. request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2009 by Super Micro Computer Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER X7SBi motherboard The X7SBi supports a Quad Core Dual Core Intel Xeon 3000 Series 3200 Series Processor at system bus speeds of 1333 1066 800 MHz With the Intel Xeon 3000 Series 3200 Series Processor and the 3210 Chipset built in the X7SBi offers unprecedented energy efficiency performance and provides optimized low power 64 bit computing solutions for single uni processor UP sys tems based on the Intel Core microarchitecture With support of Intel Virtualization Technology Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology and the Enhanced Intel Speed step Technology the X7SBi delivers server platforms that are reliable easy to use environmentally friendly and very economical in TCO Total Cost of Ownership Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our website http www su permicro com Product for updates or v
89. s Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on 1 10 Chapter 1 Introduction BIOS Support for USB Keyboard If the USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system this keyboard will function like a normal keyboard during system boot up Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button When the user presses the power button the system will enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up Dur ing the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds The power will turn off and no power will be provided to the motherboard Wake Ring On WOR Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management applica
90. taaa Eaa Ea AAA K AAAA ANni 2 13 ATX Power Connector sese eee eee eee 2 13 Processor Power Connector sese eee eee eee ee eree 2 13 Overheat LED Fan Fail LED sese 2 14 Chassis IMtruSion scsi tsa a Aa edo alee ta eee 2 14 T SGPIO Headers vis Z rady fe liv nv Oe Todd el eds 2 15 Power LED A 2 15 US Bianca tada 2 16 CIAN Ports e Ace Bia 2 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Port eee 2 17 Speaker Connector cia ine eset ale 2 17 Fan Headers aeinn ished iru AA Meal iad 2 18 Wake On RING T 2 19 Wake OMELAN T 2 19 VGA ConneclOf sii cance p in a alia A eae 2 20 Power TS 2 20 22f Jumper Settings iii A a Ai a iat a ed ae ae 2 21 Explanation Of Jumpers esse eee eee e e e 2 21 GLAN Enable Disable sees eee 2 21 GMOS eT 2 22 SMBus to PCI PCI Exp Slots k e a e a a ei 2 22 Watch Dog Enable serisine a eaaa nda 2 23 VGA Enabled ad oleae aie earl 2 23 USB Wak e p cis ia 2 24 2 8 Onboard Indicators cece eee e eect anea a eee Ta Ea aAa EKAA EARR 2 25 GLAN LED Indicators oil aa ladder eee 2 25 Onboard Power LED nna r a A 2 25 2 9 Floppy Connector Hard Drive IPMI and Parallel Port Connections 2 26 Floppy COMECtOF gesin gane ra Sih eas See 2 26 IDE e n e eT TT 2 27 SIMSO IP MD eer AA A te ae aes 2 27 Parallel Port Connector sese sese ee ee eee eee 2 28 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures sese eee eee ee eee 3 1 Before Power OR isch ek Sena tt esate as edheseceeevot ts 3 1 SUPER X7SBi Us
91. tatus Vol ID P HDC HD25B8SD 91K HD HMAL72834971 212 I HDC WD2584SD 8 1K HD HMAL 72834599 2 NDC HD2589JD 4BF WD WMAEH1376189 IIA WD WMAEH1449527 Configuration Utility Se lect IH Utility gt gt gt e LZ b When you see the above screen press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt I gt keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supernicro s endorsement or non en dorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual B 3 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual Creating a RAID 0 Volume a DDR2 Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1819 ICH 7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 45 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved L J Name Volun RAID Level RAIDB Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 8 8 OCB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 0 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to DDR2 the previous menu
92. tic DROM SDROM or written into the L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the extended memory area above 1 MB Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back gt PnP Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices PCI 32 Slot Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority SUPER X7SBi User s Manual high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h OOA0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novelle and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you
93. tion to The options are PCI and LPC USB Host Controller Select Enabled to enable the USB Host Controller The settings are Enabled and Disabled EHCI Controller This feature enables the onboard Enhanced Host Controller Interface The options Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into the L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed
94. tion to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL without any connection to the WOL header The 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on card only Note Wake On LAN requires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifi cation defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating 1 11 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor archite
95. tions are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h OOAO0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novelle and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate gt Onboard LAN 1 Onboard LAN 2 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h OOAO0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novelle and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate KIO Device Configuration Access the submenu to mak
96. to correct any heat dissipation problems Please check the system fans chassis ventilation and room temperature to correct any problems At this point the system fans will run at full speed The system s Overheat Alarm will be triggered if the DTS thermal throttle point reaches plus 5 PECI counts The system may also shut down to prevent dam age to the processor if it is not corrected At this level the PECI count is above the processor s DTS thermal throttle point f Notes Supermicro does not display CPU absolute temperatures because Intel has changed the processor methodology to PECI Platform Environment Con trol Interface using DTS Digital Thermal Sensors Intel processors only provide PECI counts as references for fan speed controls So all our Intel processor based motherboards will be have been updated to change the CPU temperature display from numbers absolute temperatures to text low medium and high Each processor has a DTS and every processor s DTS is individually cali brated at the factory DTS function is to provide digital data that informs the system of the processor s thermal throttle point Since this value varies for every processor it is impossible to assign a particular temperature level at the BIOS level Instead Intel developed PECI PECI reports a negative value expressing the information imbedded in DTS and subtracting from it the current temperature reading For example if the assigned DTS ther
97. to the Physical Ad dress Extension PAE mode behavior which improves driver compatibility For more informa tion please read the following article at Microsofts Knowledge Base website at http support microsoft com kb 888137 Chapter 2 Installation To Install Insert module verti cally and press it tion to the notch to release the DIMM from the slot Installing DIMM into Slot on the slot down until it snaps T Note Notch T should align into place Pay atten ip To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push each ToO Die 00 DDRU Slot release tab outward Release Tab PL igi Release Tab 2 5 Control Panel Connectors lO Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See the Figure below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Back Panel Connectors lO Ports ol SHIH l QE eE SUPERO X7SBi E B Es an Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple 2 PS 2 Mouse Green 3 Back Panel USB Port 0 4 Back Panel USB Port 1 5 COM Port 1 Turquoise 6 VGA Port Blue 7 Gigabit LAN 1 8 Gigabit LAN 2 See Section 2 5 fo
98. umpers create shorts aag between two pins to change the function AR LES of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a IS soso CE square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable GLAN 1 2 Enable Jumper Settings JPL1 enables or disable GLAN 1 Port and JPL2 enables or disable GLAN 2 Port on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default set ting is enabled Jumper Setting Definition Open Enabled 2 3 Disabled S ATX 24 Pin PWR ds SMBPS Fani A GLAN1 Enable y M Dota mod00000000 oaeeo m0000 as oooo On 2 o0000000 00 0 o CPUFan ooom oy ania B GLAN2 Enable ki O B REE O JOH BS a DIMM2B Sa LAN Buzzer JL ma P D e e o PXH V Nn m LO d N f 6 N oom 2 0 Intel ICH9R E p Batey ITE S 400 N A IDE CTRL ES El ES1000 E K Kar E B 5 woh E o z E amam 7 E N CTRL ce S n E Super I O i GPIO1 T SGPIO2 Per EA H H o
99. up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into the L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512K 640K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Sta
100. ur motherboard See the following pages for the actual specifications of the motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview The 3210 chipset designed for use with the Quad Core Dual Core Intel Xeon 3000 Series 3200 Series Processor is comprised of two primary components the Memory Controller Hub MCH and the I O Controller Hub ICH9R In addition the PXH V chip is used for added functionality The X7SBi provides the performance and feature set required for cost effective power efficient UP system platforms Memory Controller Hub MCH The function of the MCH is to manage the data flow between four interfaces the CPU interface the DDR2 System Memory Interface the PCI Express Interface Note Below and the Direct Media Interface DMI The MCH is optimized for a Quad Core Dual Core Xeon 3000 Series 3200 se ries processor in the LGA775 Land Grid Array Package with a FSB frequency of 800 1066 1333 MHz The 3210 MCH supports 36 bit host bus addressing al lowing the CPU to access to the entire 64 GB of the host address space It also has a 12 deep In Order Queue to support up to 12 outstanding pipelined address request on the host bus It supports one or two channels of DDR2 SDRAM The 3210 platform uses the ninth generation I O Controller Hub ICH9R to provide I O related functions The Ninth Generation I O Controller Hub ICH9R The I O Controller ICH9R provides the data buffering and interface arbitration re
101. will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIT Copyright C 2883 95 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved l 1 Create RAID Volune Port Drive Mode Size Status Select the disks that should be reset 11 PreviousMext SPACEJ Selects CENTER Selection Complete 11 Se lect J E CENTER Select Menu b Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press lt Space gt to DDR2 c Press lt Enter gt to reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu DDR2 item4 Exit and press lt Enter gt A warning mes sage will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu B 9 SUPERO X7SBi User s Manual B 2 Installing the Windows XP 2003 for systems with RAID Functions Installing a New Windows XP 2003 Operating System a Insert the Microsoft Windows XP 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD b Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays c When the Windows XP 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify ad ditional device s d Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2003 Driver for ICH9R into Drive A and press the lt Ent

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