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1. KB MS PWR 24 ATX PWR VGA DIMM 2B SB 1 2 DIMM 1B i CTRL DIMM 2A 8 2 CPUEan DIMM 1A Fang 5 2 Intel 3000 FS LE3 North Bridge JLAN1 LGA 775 B LE4 JLAN2 JLED amp Fang JWD PCI Exp x8 i 64 bit 133 MHz PF A CTRL 01262 2 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PXH V LAN2 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz lt HPE A ass PCI 32 bit 33 MHz EI A ICH7R po 510 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz Printer South Bridge Battery 5 ul PCI 32 bit 33 MHz n 2 SP USB3A4 pi cowe Foy rg wor 2 27 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual 2 9 Floppy Hard Disk Drive and Printer Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 Asingle floppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to pr
2. KB MS 4 be PWR 24 ATX PWR VGA DIMM 2B ISB 1 2 DIMM 1B CTRL 8 DIMM 2A Le 8 Fol CPUFan DIMM 1A Fang 5 Intel 3000 E CPU JLAN1 North Bridge LGA 775 4 JLAN2 A Fang PCIExp 8 TANT PCFX 64 bit 133 MHz CTRL ESIEGI PCI 32 bit33 MHz LAN2 PCI 32 bit33 MHz lt Lore wit PCI 32 bit 33 MHz E M Ste ICH7R 0 510 PCI32 bit33 MHZ EE Printer South Bridge E a PCI 32 bit 33 MHz mr 2 SPI sBagusBa4 E 2 24 Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Reset Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled Power Force On Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPF Jumper Setting Definition Open Normal Closed Force On A Watch Dog Enable B Power Force On i i E Chapter 2 Installation Compact Flash Master Slave Select A Compact Flash Master Primary Slave Secondary Select Jumper is located at JP3 Close this jumper to enable Compact Flash Card For the Compact Flash Card to work properly you will need to connect the Compact Flash Card power cable to JWF1 and close this jumper to enable it first Refer to t
3. Clock Fan and system temperature See the ata table on the right for pin definitions PWR Fail Ground 3190 B KBMS ew mi bon PwR 24 Pin ATX PWR b VGA DIMM 2B SEE eii DIMM 1B DIMM 2A DIMM Fag A VGA EU Intel 3000 B PWR SMB JLAN1 T North Bridge JLAN2 5 JLED ira Fang B PCLExp x8 mE E TANT PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz PF L CTR ee PCI 32 bit33 MHz PXH V LAN2 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz lt Lore EPt 5 32 5 33 MHz 2 a E ICH7R 8 p 0 5 0 PCI32 bt33 MHz BIE e Printer South Bridge Batey a eo S PCI 32 bit 33 MHz Br 5 SP UsB34 BATADI 2 Floppy TAT ER SUPER PDSM A User s Manual Power Fault PWR Supply Failure PWR Supply Fail LED Pin Definitions Connect a cable from your power Definition supply to the Power Fail PSF header PWR 1 Fail PW3 to provide a warning of power PWR 2 Fail supply failure This warning signal is passed through the PWR LED pin ae to indicate of a power failure on the Signal Alarm Reset chassis See the table on the right Note This feature is only available when using for pin definitions Supermicro redundant power supplies Alarm Reset Alarm Reset If three power supplies are instal
4. KB MS be RACES VGA DIMM 28 SB 1 2 DIMM 1B CTRL DIMM 2 x 8 8 CER DIMM 1A Fan 5 Intel 3000 gt CPU North Bridge LGA 775 JLAN2 Fi n JLED t 8 ewe ir o TANT PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz g CTRL E E PCI 32 bit33 MHz PXH V LAN2 PCI 32 bit33 MHz lt Bos 2 PCI32 bit33 MHz gt SLE ICH7R gels 8 510 i V BE b PCI 32 bit33 MHz e TET South Bridge D 5 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz JTO gt SP USB34 EATAO SATAZ 2 Floppy 79 wor E OH Fan Fail Indicator OH Fan Fail LED Status Pin Definitions JF1 State Definition Pin Definition Off Normal 7 Vcc On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 3 Reset Ground A OH Fan Fail LED B Reset LED Groun NMI X X Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc Bon Fail LED Vcc X Vcc Ground fo Reset gt Reset Button Ground fo PWR gt Power Buttor 2 11 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Mo mentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button ca
5. KB MS 4 PWR 24 ATX PWR b MON DIMM 2B ISB 1 2 DIMM 1B CTRL 8 DIMM 2A LS 8 CPUFan DIMM 1A Fang gt Intel 3000 CPU 5 JLAN1 North Bridge LGA775 JLAN2 JLED amp La 1 Fan3 x8 E LANI PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz 3er CTRL Eggs PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PXH V LAN2 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz lt t cru Pt aos 5 PCI 32 633 MHz Su A ICH7R 510 Sh S 8 E PCI 32 bit33 MHz Printer South Bridge a rs PCI 32 bi Hz s n 9 2 Floppy E 2 18 Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 2 Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL Pin Definition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up A WOR B WOL Chapter 2 Installation VGA Connector AVGA connector JG1 is located next to COM1 Port on the IO backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location Power SMB I C Connector PWR SMB Pin Definitions Power SMB I Connector PW4 monitors the status of PWR Supply Pin Definition
6. 15 bonPwR 24 ATX PWRI DIMM 28 DIMM 1B DIMM 2A CPUFan DIMM 1A Fang Intel 3000 CPU North Bridge LGA775 z JLAN2 E JLED E Fara IE PCI Exp x8 JWD LANT PCIX 64 bit 133 MHz CTRL TBS PCI32 bit 33 MHz PXH V LAN2 PCI32 bit33 MHz lt pos Z PCI32 bit33 MHz HT a BLE ICH7R By ele 510 PCI32 bit33 MHz HE e Printer South Bridge E a PCI 32 bit 33 MHz nz SP USB3A4 JP3 EJ Foy LE 2 14 Serial Port Pin Definitions 1 2 Pin Definition Pin Definition DSR RTS CTS RI Ground NC Note Pin 10 is included on the header but not on the port NC indicates no connection Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Definition 1 Intrusion Input Ground A COM1 B COM2 C Chassis Intrusion Chapter 2 Installation Universal Serial Bus USB Two Universal Serial Bus ports USB 1 2 are located at J15 on the back panel Additional four USB ports USB 3 4 USB 5 6 located are at J46 and J45 on the motherboard These ports can be used to provide front side chassis access cables not included See the tables on the right for pin definitions GLAN Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports GLAN are located next to the VGA port on th
7. nnne rere iii Chapter 1 Introduction scettr Ute DUE DII MOD 1 1 d 1 1 Contacting Supermicro 1 2 SUPERO PDSMA Mage rtr ere rri isis 1 3 SUPER 0 1 4 SUPER PDSMA Quick 1 5 Motherboard Features 1 6 Intel 3000 Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 Chipset Overview 2 2 1000001 100000000100 en en nennen retener 1 9 1 3 Special Features 1 10 Recovery from AC Power Loss 1 10 1 4 Health 1 10 1 5 Power Configuration Settings 2 1 11 1 6 ACPI Features 1 12 1 7 Supply E 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices ssssssssseeeeenenenenennenenen enne 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink 2 2 2 3 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis 2 5 2 4 Installing DDR2 Memory
8. 2 6 2 5 Control Panel 2 8 A Backplane Connectors IO 2 8 B Front Control Panel pct Re ERE 2 8 C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions 2 9 Pv SW re T TT T T 2 9 PWR Ce SUPR E E EE 2 9 ADD LED 0 oe AV U c 2 10 NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators 2 10 OHF an Faill ED ccr 2 11 Reset Button be EE 2 11 Table of Contents 2 6 Connecting Cables ossicles oe i 2 13 ATX Power Connector 0 2 13 Processor Power Connector 0 0004 1 2 13 Setlal POrtS ier rie th naires 2 14 CHASSIS RECTE 2 14 Universal Serial Bus 2 15 GLAN PONS 2 15 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse 2 16 Speaker reum 2 16 Lan 216 2 17 M M M M 2 18 ertet bre xem e deu de 2 18 COMMOCIOR usos EnA aa E 2 19 Power SMB
9. Ground 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions KB MS Pwalt Bi bpn PWR 24 Pin ATX PWR F VGA DIMM 2B ISB 1 2 DIMM 1B CTRL E z DIMM 2A 8 d CPUFan DIMM 1A Fang 5 2 Intel 3000 CPU JLAN1 North Bridge LGA 775 JLAN2 R JLED PCHEXp 8 JWD i o CANT PCEXG4 bit 133 MHZ 4 CTRL z PCI 32 bit33 MHz PXH V LAN2 PCI 32 bit33 MHz lt gt PCI 32 bit33 MHz HOS Bu a EXE3 ICH7R le S PCI32 bit33 MHZ ale Im Printer South Bridge a n PCI 32 bit 33 MHz mnm iN B SP USB3A4 n mo 1 AAS BATA EAD S 2 9 NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 19 Control Ground P
10. 52 P 3 1 No VIdGO inscite dae orologi Ede Reste 3 1 Memory 3 2 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures 2 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for 2 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Aa To rro o TE AARS ASARU d 4 1 4 2 RUNNING Setup 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS Setup rhet 4 2 4 4 Advanced SetPoint asa cce RE been c YQ Ru EN balls 4 6 4 5 Security Setup P E ER Yr E Pe ae 4 18 4 6 UR HER cane ERE RE ERE RRR 4 19 LM ec A 4 20 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes iiie three breton er re Re p B 1 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup C 1 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup D 1 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and E 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the indust
11. ee 9 Oo SUPER PDSMA Figure 2 3 I O Port Locations and Definitions a Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple 2 PS 2 Mouse Green 3 Back Panel USB Port 1 4 5 6 7 Back Panel USB Port 2 COM Port 1 Turquoise VGA Port Blue Gigabit LAN 1 8 Gigabit LAN 2 B 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 specifi cally 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 SUPER PDSMA for descriptions and pin definitions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins 20 19 Groun X Power LED HDD LED E NIC1 LED T NIC2 LED IT OH Fan Fail LED B X Ground
12. 2 19 Power Fault RUP m 2 20 Alarm cierre eer 2 20 Compact Flash Card Power 2 21 2 7 Jumper Settings etuer ER Ee ER PER XR sexe aea ea pau AE SS ERSS 2 22 Explanation of Jurnpers aa E 2 22 GLAN Enable Disable 2 22222 000 2 22 EE 2 23 c EE 2 23 Watch Dog Enable 2 24 Power Force On 2 24 Compact Flash Master Slave 2 25 SMBus to PCI PCI Exp 2 2 900 2 25 2 8 Onboard Indicators 2 1 0000000 2 26 GLEAN LED ee eere e ates 2 26 Onboard Power LED rentre 2 26 BIOS POST Code LED eret tee i dec ett Y cete eda nts 2 27 2 9 Floppy Hard Drive 2 0 and Printer Connections 2 28 Floppy CONNECT E 2 28 Parallel shanwadessanaedeennenecdvenatiinccstmeneadents 2 29 2 OL SOCK SU 2 29 IDE Connectors 2 30 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 3 1 SUPERO PDSMA User s Manual Before PPOWOr Qn eii edocet 3 1
13. JPF 9 PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz ai CTRL E amp PCI 32 bit33 MHz PXH V LAN2 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz lt Lomi EVEL Bos gt z PCI32 bit33 MHz zu a EXE ICH7R z po 510 PCI32 bi 33 MHz Printer South Bridge a z n PCI 32 bit 33 MHz 2 SP 05834 JP3E BATAOISAT cov2 Floppy E BATM 5 2 10 HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 5V HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 11 Vcc 10 12 A HDD LED B GLAN1 LED C GLAN2 LED 20 19 Groun NMI X X Power LED Vcc G HDD LED Vcc Sic LED Vcc Suc LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc Vcc Ground Reset gt Reset Button Ground fo PWR gt Power Buttor Chapter 2 Installation Overheat FanFail LED Connect an LED cable to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide an advanced warning of chassis overheating or system fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Reset Button The Reset Button connection is lo cated 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
14. C 9 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual C 2 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 for systems with RAID Functions Installing a New Operating System Windows XP 2000 2003 OS 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 F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays c When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s d Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ICH7R into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key e Choose Intel R 82801 GR GH SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the Enter key f Press the Enter 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 speci fied press the Enter key to continue with the installation g From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the Enter key The XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation h After Windows XP 2000 2003 Installation is completed the system will automati cally reboot i Insert Supermicro CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during system reboot and the following screen will appear Note the current vers
15. C6h Console redirection init C7h Unhook INT 10h if console redirection enabled C8h Force check optional C9h Extended ROM checksum optional CDh Reclaim console redirection vector Appendix BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description D2h D4h D8h D9h DEh Unknown interrupt Check Intel Branding string Alert Standard Format initialization Late init for IPMI Log error if micro code not updated properly The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh E1h E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh F1h F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an addi tional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the
16. DMMTA A Parallel Port lt E Ri Intel 3000 75 B IPMI 2 0 wee North Bridge E JLAN2 m JLED Fan3 PCLExp x8 pi PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz CTRL PCI 32 bit 33 MHz 2 LAN2 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz lt PCI 32 bit 33 HIE a EE ICH7R 5 510 25133 e South Bridge Batey a u PCI 32 bit 33 MHz nm a 2 Floppy 77 2 6 2 29 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual IDE Connectors There are two IDE Connectors J3 Blue J4 White on the motherboard The blue IDE connector J3 is desig nated as the Primary IDE Drive The white IDE connector J4 is designated as the Secondary IDE Drive reserved for Compact Flash Card use only See the note below See the table on the right for pin definitions Note J4 the white slot is reserved for Compact Flash Card only Do not use it for other devices If J4 is populated with a Compact Flash Card J3 the blue slot will be available for one device only For the Compact Flash Card to work properly you will need to connect a power cable to JWF1 first IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions IDE Pin Definition 1 Reset IDE 3 Host Data 7 5 Host Data 6 T Host Data 5 9 Host Data 4 11 Host Data 3 13 Host Data 2 15 Host Data 1 iff Host Data 0 19 Ground 21 DRQ3 23 Write 25 Read 27 IOCHRDY 29 DACK3 31 IRQ14 33 Addr1
17. Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket South Center Edge 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 lever is pushed into the hook Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard Warning Please keep the plastic cap The motherboard and the CPU must be shipped with the plastic cap prop erly installed to protect the CPU pins Ship ment without the CPU plastic cap properly installed will void the warranty Plastic cap is released from the load plate if CPU properly installed 2 3 SUPERO PDSMA User s Manual Installation of the Heatsink 1 Locate the CPU Fan on the mother board Refer to the layout on the right for the CPU Fan location 2 Position the heatsink in such a way that the heatsink fan wires are closest to the CPU fan and are not interfered with other components 3 Inspect the CPU Fan wires to make sure that the wires are routed through the bottom of the heatsink 4 Remove the thin layer of the protec tive film from the copper core of the heatsink uere Grease Warning CP
18. System BIOS Local APIC Area Reserved for the chipset 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 applications 1 MB 3 99 4KB 3 99 2 3 99 4KB 3 99 3 76 256 MB 256 MB 3 51 512MB 3 01 Figure 2 2 Installing DIMM into Slot Notch p To Install Insert module verti cally and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention Release to the notch Note Notch should align with the receptive point on the slot 4 Notch Release Tab To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push each release tab outward to release the DIMM from the slot Release Tab Top View Of DDR2 Slot L 2 7 age Release Tab SUPER PDSMA User s Manual 2 5 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various ports A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports 0 2 L1 E C1 i Ono RON 4 H 2 mm MODO OO
19. contact your distributor first for any product problems 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the PDSMA The Phoenix 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 web site lt http Awww supermicro com support bios gt for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent possible boot failure System BIOS The 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 pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time when 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 util
20. lt Enter gt d When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select 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 g 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 C 6 Appendix Intel HostRAID Installation Guidelines Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity a Select 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 6 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved n VolunS RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity 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 5 set and press lt Enter gt c W
21. to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select 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 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 C 5 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 a Select 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 v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2083 05 Intel Corporation 11 Rights Reserved Volunig RAID Level RARIDIBCRAID8 D Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity xxx 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 select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit
22. Code Base Available when SATA RAID is Enabled Select Intel to enable Intel s SATARAID firmware Select Adaptec to use Adaptec s HostRAID firmware The options are Intel and Adaptec 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Primary IDE Master Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave These settings allow the user to set the parameters of Primary IDE Master Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave slots Hit lt Enter gt to activate the following submenu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the submenu are Enter Type This option allows the user to selects the type of IDE hard drive The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit d
23. D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent data loss Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Manage Arrays 2 Select the array you wish to delete and press lt delete gt 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press lt Enter gt The follow ing prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the parti tion Yes No 4 Press Yes to delete the array and partition or No to return to the previous menu 5 Press lt Esc gt to return to the previous menu D 15 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown above and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears SATA Port 0 SATA Port 1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 5 5138981385 HDC WD748GD BBFLA1 HDC WD7486D BBFLA2 HDC HWD748GD BBFLAR1 HDC WD7486D BBFLA2 3 85 1 27 08 27 1 31 88F31 1 27 8
24. Definition Closed Enabled Open Disabled Default A Compact Flash Select SUPER PDSMA User s Manual 2 8 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs There are two GLAN ports on the mother board Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The yellow LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connec tion See the table at right for the functions associated with the second LED Onboard Power LED There is an Onboard Power LED LE1 lo cated on the motherboard When LE1 is off the system is off When the green light is on the system is on When the yellow light is on the system is off but the AC power cable is still connected Make sure to disconnect the power cable before removing or installing components See the layout below for the LED location SUPER PDSMA E i KB MS PWA LED Pn PWR 24 ATX PWR VGA DIMM 2B USB 1 2 DIMM 1B CTRL 5 DINIM 2A CPUFan DIMM 1A 5 gt CPU Intel 3000 JLAN1 A North Bridge LGA 775 JLAN2 FP CTRL JLED Fani PCLExp
25. Page C 3 displays e Use the Up Arrow gt Down Arrow keys to highlight a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit Enter 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 Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message 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 C 4 Appendix Intel HostRAID Installation Guidelines Creating a RAID 1 Volume a Select 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 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2483 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Nane RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity 1 Vo Lun RAID1 Minor Select Disks NA 6 6 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 1 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key
26. Power System Management Bus I2C SATA 0 3 I SATA 0 3 Intel SATA Headers ISATAO ISATA3 SPKR Internal Buzzer Speaker J9 Speaker Connector Pins 3 4 Internal Buzzer Pins 1 4 External Speaker Cable Slot 1 Slot 5 PCI 32 bit 33MHz slots Slot 6 Slot 7 PCI X 64 bit 133MHz Slot 6 PCI Exp x8 Slot 7 USB1 2 J15 Back Panel Universal Serial Bus Ports 1 2 USB3 4 J46 USB5 6 J45 Front Panel Accessible USB headers 3 4 5 6 VGA JG1 VGA Connector WOL WOL Wake On LAN header WOR JWOR Wake On Ring header LED Indicator Description Refer to Chapter 2 for details LE 1 Onboard Standby PWR warning LED Indicator LE3 LE4 BIOS POST Code Indicators 1 5 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU Latest CPU technology Single Intel Quad Core QX6700 Xeon 3000 Series Pentium D Dual Core Pentium 4 Extreme Edition Pentium 4 Celeron D LGA Land Grid Array 775 Processors at system bus speeds of 1066 MHz 800 MHz 533 MHz Hyper Threading HT EM64T Enhanced Intel SpeedStep EIST supported Using the EMG4T Feature Use a CPU that supports the EM64T Technology Install a 64 bit OS Windows XP Professional x64 Ed Server 2003x64 Ed Install the 64 bit drivers for all MB components devices and add on cards Using the Hyper Threading HT Technolo Use a CPU that supports Hyper Threading Install an OS that supports HT including Windows XP 2003 Server and Linux 2 4 Under Linux use the HT compil
27. Windows dynamic disks volumes because it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the process when you create RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart the system or to recover the data that was on the source drive Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press lt Ctrl gt and lt B gt 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below ey Hrrays Maran Arras Create Array 89 RAID 34 468 dd Delete Hotspare es Configure Drives Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press lt Ctrl gt and lt B gt Note a bootable array is the array marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 When the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Enter Y to delete a b
28. and the lt I gt keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear raphics 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 raphics shown in this manual SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Creating a RAID 0 Volume a Select 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 5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation AIL Rights Reserved 1 1 Volung RAID Level RAID Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128 Capacity 8 8 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 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 select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 0 Stripe and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disks item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See Note on
29. 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 4 7 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual 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 Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 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 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 Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stor
30. 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 PDSMA supports up to 8 GB of unbuffered ECC Non ECC DDR2 677 533 two way interleaved or non interleaved SDRAM See Section 2 4 for details on installing memory Question How do update my BIOS It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experiencing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system Follow the Readme txt to continue flashing the BIOS 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 yo
31. high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novell 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 Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems 4 9 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take Caution when changing the Advanced settings Incorrect values entered may cause system malfunction Also a very high DRAM frequency or incorrect DRAM timing may cause system instability When this occurs revert 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 Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send the debug information to The options are PCI LPC and Disabled USB Function If set to Enabled to enable the USB fu
32. in the 64k block at which the error was de tected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not con figured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the wait
33. is completed the system will automatically re boot D 20 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver 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 S SUPERMICRO PDSMA Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinXP Intel E3010 chipset INF files SUPERMICR Microsoft Direct 9 0 Drivers amp Tools XGI Graphics driver Intel 3000 Intel Matrix Storage Manager Chipset Adaptec Storage Manager PDSMA Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers lalate SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III imi Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site Driver Tool Installation Display Screen SUPERMICRO Computer Ine 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 must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it
34. key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache Appendix BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring optional Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs optional Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initi
35. use it for other devices If J4 is populated with a Compact Flash Card J3 the blue slot will be available for one device only if not J3 can be used for multiple devices 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction PDSMA Quick Reference See Chapter 2 for details Jumpers Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear See Section 2 7 JP3 Compact Flash Master Slave Closed Master Note 2 Ji2c1 JI2C2 SMbus to PCI Slot Open Open Disabled JPF Power Force On Open Disabled JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 JPL2 Giga bit LAN 1 LAN 2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD Watch Dog Enable Pins 1 2 Reset Connectors Description 24 PIn ATX JPW1 ATX 24 Pin Power Connector 8 Pin PWR JPW2 12V 8 pin Power Connector Required Alarm Reset JPR1 Alarm Reset Chassis Intrusion JL 1 Chassis Intrusion Header COM1 J31 COM2 COM Port 1 amp COM 2 Header Compact Flash Power JWF 1 Compact Flash PWR Connector See Notes on P 1 4 DIMM 1A 2A 41B 2B Memory DIMM Slots 1 through 4 Fans 1 6 System Fan Headers Fans 1 5 Fan6 CPU Fan FP Control JF1 Front Panel Control Header Floppy Connector J27 Floppy Disk Connector GLAN1 2 JLAN1 2 Ethernet RJ45 Gigabit LAN Port1 Port2 Connectors IDE J3 Compact Flash J4 IDE Master Compact Flash See Notes on Pg 1 4 IPMI IPMI 2 0 Socket KB MS J28 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector Printer Parallel Port Printer Header Power Fault PW3 Power Fault Header See Chapter 2 Power SMB PW4
36. 1B CTRL E DIMM 2 2 CPUFan DIMM 1A Fang 5 Intel 3000 North Bridge LGA 775 JLAN2 5 JLED Fang PCLExp x8 CIAM lt LANI PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz CTRL E Es PCI 32 bit33 MHz PXH V LAN2 PCI 32 bit33 MHz lt E PCI 32 bit 33 MHz zu Ste ICH7R A 5 le svo PCI32bit33 MHz RIE 2 Printer Battery 5 E u PCI 32 bit 33 MHZ 2 R N VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled A Clear CMOS B VGA Enabled SUPERO PDSM A User s Manual 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 soft ware support Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS Power Force On Enable Disable Jumper JPF allows you to enable or disable the Power Force On function If enabled the power will always stay on automatically If this function is disabled the normal setting the user needs to press the power button to power on the system
37. 35 Chip Select 0 39 Activity PWR 24 ATX PWR VGA DIMM 28 ISB 1 2 DIMM 1B CTRL DIMM 2A x s CPUFan DIMM 1A Fang 5 gt Intel 3000 CPU RI North Bridge LGA775 z JLAN2 JLED amp d Fan3 PCHExp x8 ND o LANT PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz CTRL EJ PCI 32 0133 MHz PXH V RIA LAN2 PCI32 bit33 MHz lt Lcid 8 PCI 32 bit33 MHz E a Steg ICH7R E 5 b A 510 PCI32 bit33 MHz e Printer South Bridge B ui LS PCI 32 bit 33 MHz E 2 SP USB3 4 E UD SATAO SAT Qlcome zs AES 2 30 Pin Definition 2 Ground 4 Host Data 8 6 Host Data 9 8 Host Data 10 10 Host Data 11 12 Host Data 12 14 Host Data 13 16 Host Data 14 18 Host Data 15 20 Key 22 Ground 24 Ground 26 Ground 28 BALE 30 Ground 32 0 516 34 Ground 36 Addr2 38 Chip Select 1 40 Ground IDE 1 B Compact Flash Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Chapter 3 Troub
38. 802 1 31 88F31 1 Only drives present at POST are displayed 2 Select the desired disk and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To format a disk Note The operation of Formatting Disk allows you to perform a low level formatting of a hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again 3 When the screen shown below displays select Format Disk and press Enter The following screen appears Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 8 5138001385 3 85 SATA Port 1 HDC HD74BGD BBFLR1 27 80D2 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 5 Only drives present at POST are displayed 4 Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below To continue with disk formatting select Yes and hit lt Enter gt Otherwise select No and press lt Enter gt Caution Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before formatting a disk Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 SATA Port 8 ST3I8B613AS 3 85 1 5 65 5 Capacity 74 5 GBytes WARNING This drive is about to be fornatted RII data on the disk uill be erased Fornat Disk Yes No firrou keys to move cursor Enter to select option lt Esc gt to exit default D 17 SUPER PDSMA User s Man
39. CI 32 bit 33 MHz lt Lora EPt aos 2 32 5 33 HI a EE ICH7R ET ES bo SVO PCI32 bit33 MHz e Panter South Bridge Battery 5 s PCI 32 bit 33 MHz o E 2 2 75 A b 2 28 Chapter 2 Installation Parallel Printer Port Parallel Printer Port Connector Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition The parallel printer port is located 1 Strobe 2 Molosi on the motherboard See the table on 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error the right for pin definitions 5 1 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 PE 24 Write Gate 25 SLOT 26 NC IPMI 2 0 Slot There is an IPMI 2 0 Slot on the motherboard Refer to the layout below for the IPMI Slot location KB MS EE Pon PWR 24 PWR VGA DIMM 2B USB 1 2 CTRL DIMM 1B 2 DIMM 2A _
40. D 10 you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Init Fastest way to create a RAID 1 or RAID 10 RAID 10 Appropriate when using new drives D 1 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual To configure the Adaptec SATA RAID for Operating Systems that support RAID functions Windows Red Hat amp SuSe Linux 1 Press the lt Del gt key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If this is the first time you power on the system we recommend that you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the lt Enter gt key Select OK to confirm the selection Press lt Enter gt to load the BIOS default setting 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press lt Enter gt to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press lt Enter gt Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to ICH RAID Codebase and select Adaptec Then press lt En ter gt Adaptec ICH RAID configurations Change the setting from Intel to Adaptec 7 Scroll down to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the lt Enter gt key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility
41. Hz e BI ICH7R z amp 510 132 5133 RIE e Pm South Bridge PCI 32 bit 33 MHz mo si 5 SP UsB34 lus mo WS 2 22 Jumper Setting Definition 1 2 Enabled 2 3 Disabled GLAN1 Enable B GLAN2 Enable Chapter 2 Installation CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal ob ject such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS Note For ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Do not use the PW ON connector to clear CMOS VGA Enable Disable JPG1 enables or disables the VGA Con nector on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled KB MS Pw PWR 24 Pin ATX PWR b VGA DIMM 28 SB 1 DIMM
42. MUKILTEO 2 MCH 1x PCIX 64 SLOT PCI X BUS aif PRI IDE PCIE x4 ev CF HEADER 2XGb LAN S ATA 300 PCI 32 BUS XGi 77 VGA PCI 32 BUS 5x PCI 32 USB 2 0 1 1 SLOL W83627HF LPC I O IPMI SMBUS I F W83793 H MONITOR Figure 1 3 Intel 3000 Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent the features on your motherboard See the following pages for the actual specifications of the motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview The Intel 3000 chipset designed for use with the Pentium 4 Processor in the LGA 775 Land Grid Array Package is comprised of two primary components the Memory Controller Hub MCH and the I O Controller Hub ICH7R In addition Intel s PCI X PXH V is used for added functionality The PDSMA provides the performance and feature set required for the high end UP Server market Memory Controller Hub MCH The function of the MCH is to manage the data flow between four interfaces CPU interface DDR2 System Memory Interface PCI Express Interface and Direct Media Interface DMI The MCH is optimized for the Pentium 4 processor in the LGA775 Land Grid Array Package It supports one or two channels of DDR2 SDRAM The I O Controller ICH7R provides the data buffering and interface arbitration re quired for the system to operate efficiently It also provides the bandwidth needed for the system to mai
43. OS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Hardware Monitor Logic the Note on Page 4 16 CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The hardcode default setting is 75 C See the note below CPU1 Temperature Temperature Monitoring Available if supported by the CPU Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following PECI Platform Environment Control Interface items PECIAgent 1 Temperature PECI Agent 2 Temperature PECI Agent 3 Temperature PECI Agent 4 Temperature System Temperature Fan1 Fan5 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user 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 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chas sis
44. PXH V LAN2 PCI32 bit33 MHz lt Lomi PE osl 5 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz Sly oa ICH7R z 8 bo 510 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz Printer South Bridge Battery a ui i a PCI 32 bit 33 MHz nm T SP USB34 SATAO SATA2 Picone rm AAS BATATSATAS UE 2 13 Pin Definition ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition 43 3V 1 3 3V 12V 2 33V 3 COM PS 4 5 6 5V 7 Res 8 5V 9 5VSB 5V 10 12V 5V 40 12V 120 3 3V Secondary Power Connector Pin Definitions Pins Definition 1 through 4 Ground 5 through 8 12V A 24 Pin ATX PWR B 8 Pin 12V PWR SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Serial Ports Two serial headers COM1 J31 2 are included on the mother board COM1 J31 is a port located next to VGA port See the table on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 Attach the appropriate cable to inform you of a chassis intrusion
45. R Allocation Ifenabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped Set to Enabled to enhance graphic performance when using a Linux graphic driver that requires write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard 2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from the GLAN port specified The options are Disabled and Enabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for PCI X This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz Slot 1 Slot 5 PCI 32 bit Slot 6 PCI X 133 MHz Slot 7 PCI E x8 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
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48. U overheat may occur if the protective film is not removed from the heatsink 5 Apply the proper amount of thermal grease on the CPU Note if your heatsink came with a thermal pad please ignore this step 6 If necessary rearrange the wires to make sure that the wires are not pinched between the heatsink and the CPU Also make sure to keep clear ance between the fan wires and the fins of the heatsink 7 Align the four heatsink fasteners with the mounting holes on the mother board Gently push the pairs of diago nal fasteners 1 amp 2 and 3 amp 4 into the mounting holes until you hear a click Note Make sure to orient each fastener in a way that the narrow end of 4 2 the groove is pointing outward Narrow end of the groove points outward 2 4 Chapter 2 Installation 8 Repeat Step 6 to insert all four heatsink fasteners into the mounting holes 9 Once all four fasteners are securely inserted into the mounting holes and the heatsink is properly installed on the moth erboard connect the heatsink fan wires to the CPU Fan connector Heatsink Removal 1 Unplug the power cord from the power supply 2 Disconnect the heatsink fan wires from the CPU fan header 3 Use your finger tips to gently press on the fastener cap and turn it counterclockwise to make a 1 4 90 turn and then pull the fastener upward to loosen it 4 Repeat Step 3 to loosen all fasteners from the mountin
49. alize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs and shadow if successful One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9 Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives AOh Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase lt 5 gt prompt AAh Scan for lt 5 gt key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors B1h Inform RomPilot about the end of POST optional B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 Cth Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error flags
50. allows you to view the entire contents of the CD E 1 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual B Configuring Supero Doctor The Supero Doctor 1 program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called the SD Client The Supero Doctor program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor 111 interface Note 1 The default user name and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III 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 BIOS Supero Doctor Interface Display Screen l Health Information E 2 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Ill Remote Control n Info Health Info Perfo emote Control Configu
51. an array you may not be able to use the array again Note Do not configure a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to the section Viewing Array Properties To configure a disk drive 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Configure Drives and hit lt Enter gt as shown below anage firrays reate Array id De lete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 5 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual 2 From the Select Drives for Configuring List shown below select the drives you want to configure and press Insert Select drives for Configuring Selected Drives HDC HD748GD BBFLAI 69 268 82 UDC HD7480GD RAOFLA2 69 26B 83 748 69 268 8 5 HDC HD74H8GD HHFLRZ 69 208 3 The drive you ve selected will appear in the Selected Drives Dialog Box on the right as shown below Repeat the same steps until all drives that you want to configure appear in the selected drives box Select drives for Conf igur ing Selected Drives dH STJEBHIJAS 14 56 HH SIJEHHIJHS Z Klrdldl HHELRHE MIX ROARED RAPT 4 Once both drives display in the selected drive box press lt Enter gt D 6 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines 5 Read the warning message as shown in the screen below WARNING Configuring drives vill write Array Information on to the selected dr
52. and Disabled ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec 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 allow your system be woken up when signals are received by the selected PME of a PCI slot The options are On and Off 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 Last State Stay off and Power On 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 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
53. any number of DIMM slots Populating DIMM 1A DIMM 1B and or DIMMZ2A DIMMZ2B 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 channel non interleaved memory When ECC memory is used it may take 25 40 seconds for the VGA to display Notes 1 Due to chipset limitation 8GB Memory can only be supported by the following operating systems 32 Bit Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 64 Bit Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition 2 You may install a maximum of 2GB DIMMs on each slot however only DDR2 533 MHz 2GB density modules are available for this configuration 3 Some old version of DDR2 667 may not match Intel s On Die Temperature re quirement and will automatically down grade to run 533 MHz If this occurs contact your memory vendor to check the ODT value 4 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 Memory Availability Table below for details Chapter 2 Installation Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory
54. ata transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 5 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast 2 Fast PIO3 Fast 4 FPIO3 DMA1 FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is detected in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is detected in the system 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Options for PIR settings are displayed by highlighting the setting option using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section Boot Features gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Quick Boot Mode Select Enabled to speed up POST Power On Self Test routines by skipping certain tests after bootup If Disabled POST routines will run at normal speed 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS Quiet Boot Set to Enabled to display the Diagnostic Screen during POST The settings are Enabled
55. bes the features specifications and performance of the PDSMA motherboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing 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 provides BIOS POST Messages Appendix B lists BIOS POST Codes Appendix C and Appendix D list HostRAID Configuration and Software Installa tion Instructions Conventions Used in this 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 installa tion or to prevent damage to the components Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure correct system setup SUPERO PDSMA User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual inaran EEKEREN EE iii Manual Organization iii Conventions Used in this Manual
56. came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable fan speed control and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore 1 5V 12V Vdimm 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD P VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor 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 III 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 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual 4 5 Security 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 Set Supervisor Password Supervisor Password Is This item indicates if a supervisor password has been entered to the
57. e backplane This port accepts RJ45 type cables Back Panel USB USB 1 2 Pin Definitions 5V PO PO Ground N A Front Panel USB Pin Definitions USB 3 4 5 6 USB 3 5 Pin Definition USB 4 6 Pin Definition 5V PO PO Ground Ground No connection Pw LED Pon PWR 24 ATX PWR DIMM 28 DIMM 1B 5 DIMM 2A CPUF DIMM 1A or A USB 1 2 GU Intel 3000 B GLAN1 North Bridge C GLAN2 D USB3 4 n In mgt E FP USB5 6 PCLExp x8 JWD o LANT PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz CTRL E561 amp PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PXH V LAN2 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz lt EPE Bos PCI32 bit 33 MHz E u a Ste ICH7R 0 SIO PCI 32 bit33 MHz e Panter South Bridge Battery eo PCI 32 bit 33 MHz i 2 SP SB 1 3 2 us 2 15 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse are located next to the Back Panel USB ports on the motherboard See the table at right for pi
58. e IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQA 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled 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 This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the Parallel Port The options are 378 278 and 3BC Interrupt This setting allows you to set the Interrupt for the Parallel Port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode This feature allows the user to set the mode for the Parallel Port The options are Output Only Bi Directional EPP and ECP DMA Channel This feature allows the user to select the DMA Channel for the Parallel Port The options are DMA1 DMA3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controlle
59. e conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map of the bits at the RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory A 3 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data device IRQ conflict device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed 120 block stor age devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bu
60. ection Legacy Floppy Drives 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 select 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 changing the boot priority order of a device in the Item Specific Help window 4 19 SUPER PDSMA 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 Exit Saving Changes Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to save any changes you ve made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes y
61. ed in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in Static DROM SDROM or written into 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 512 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 Static DROM SDROM or written into 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 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS Discrete MTR
62. elect Manage Arrays and hit lt Enter gt as shown on the previous page 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box shown below select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears as shown below showing detailed in formation on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here amine rays tray aH A SAY MT rdg Hninpira ont igure IE iyez H Hrite Cacag WOT LW Stripe Size HH STH EH BEUH H3 HDT4BZD BHELAI Er 3 Press Esc to return to the previous menu D 13 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build process is interrupted or when one critical member is missing you must perform a Rebuild to restore its functionality For a critical array rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press lt Ctrl gt and lt R gt to Rebuild anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives Appendix
63. ent implementation that is compatible with both Windows and Linux Operating Systems 1 7 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 PDSMA accommodates 12V ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate A 2 amps of current supply on a 5V Standby rail is strongly recom mended It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above 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 recom mended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges To provide adequate power supply to the system the additional 8 pin 12V power is also required Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precaut
64. eps 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 Ques tion FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support faqs before contacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Note Not all BIOS can be flashed some can be flashed depending on the modifications to the boot block code 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 If you ve followed the instructions above to troubleshoot your system and still cannot resolve the problem then please contact Supermicro s technical support and provide them with the following information Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this 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 web site at http www supermicro
65. er Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b Choose from the list the item Intel ICH7R Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec and press lt ENTER gt c From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press lt Enter gt d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press lt Enter gt as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the system f Insert the Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD 9 Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SAS or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key j Choose the Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key k 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 speci fied press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation From the Windows OS Setup screen press lt Enter gt The OS Setup will automati cally load all device files and then continue with the Windows OS installation m After Windows OS Installation
66. er to compile the code For other oper ating systems be sure to disable the HT feature in the BIOS Enable the HT feature in the BIOS under Advanced Setting before install ing a supported OS Note visit www Intel com for CPU support and driver updates OS Licensing Support ntel Dual Core CPU supports Windows 2000 Professional Windows Advanced Server Windows XP Home Windows XP Professional Windows Server 2003 Standard Enterprise Intel Dual Core CPU and Hyper Threading Technology supports Windows 2000 Advanced Server Windows XP Home Windows XP Professional Windows Server 2003 Standard Enterprise Memory Latest memory technology Note See Section 2 4 for details Four DIMM slots support Dual Single Channel DDR2 667 533 MHz up to 8 GB of Unbuffered ECC Non ECC two way interleaved SDRAM Chipset Latest Intel chipset technology ntel 3000 Intel ICH7R ntel PXH V Expansion Slots Five 5 PCI 32 Bit 33 MHz Slot 1 Slot 5 1 64 Bit 133 MHz Slot 6 One 1 PCI Exp x8 Slot 7 BIOS 8Mb Firmware Hub Phoenix BIOS e DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP and SMBIOS 2 3 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores Chipset 1 5V Memory 1 8V VTT FSB 3 3V 3 3V Standby 5V 5V Standby 12V 12 and VBAT CPU 4 phase switching voltage regulator Status monitor for fan speed amp Sy
67. g holes 5 With all fasteners loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU 2 3 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 mounting holes for 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 Note some components are near 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 5 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual 2 4 Installing DDR2 Memory Memory Module Installation See Figure 2 2 2 Exercise extreme care when installing or removing memory modules to prevent any possible damage Insert each DDR2 memory module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the module incor rectly See support information below Gently press down on the memory module until it snaps into place Support PDSMA supports Dual channel ECC Non ECC unbuffered DDR2 667 533 400 SDRAM Both interleaved and non interleaved memory are supported so you may populate
68. h a new one No Video 1 If the power is on but you have no video in this case you will need to re move all the add on cards and cables first 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to Appendix A for details on beep codes 3 Remove all memory modules and turn on the system If the alarm is on check the specs of the memory re install the memory or try a different one 3 1 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B 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 677 533 memory see the next page Also it is recommended that you use the same memory 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 and noting the results 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 sup ply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power 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 st
69. he board layout below for the location 2 Bus to PCI X PCI Exp Slots Jumpers JI2C1 and JI2C1 allow you to connect the System Management Bus 2 to PCI X PCI E slots default setting is Open to disable the connection See the table on the right for jumper settings Pwa PWR 24 ATX PWR VGA DIMM 28 SB 1 2 DIMM 1B CTRL z DIMM 2A 8 PUER DIMM 1A Fang Intel 3000 gt CPU m North Bridge LGA775 J r4 JLAN2 JLED amp 3 JWD Ee PCLExp x8 E o PCI X MHz g CTRL C m PXH V PCI32 bit33 MHz lt cra Bos PCI 32 bit33 MHz gle 2 SE ICH7R p amp 5 0 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz H e Printer 8 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz Jer 5 SP USB3 4 20 BATAO SATA2 2 Floppy JS mor d 2 25 Compact Flash Master Slave Select Jumper Definition Open Slave Secondary Closed Master Primary 12C to PCI S PCI Exp Jumper Settings Jumper Setting
70. hen the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See Note on Page C 3 displays e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit Enter 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 Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press Enter 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 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 C 7 SUPER PDSMA 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 select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press lt Enter gt b Use the
71. ibed in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right 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 Enter key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu gt IDE Primary Master 2506B 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 BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as 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 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable disable the function of Parallel ATA and configure Parallel ATA settings The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable
72. ify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a 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 JPL1 and JPL2 enable or disable GLAN 1 Port and GLAN 2 Port on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled Pins Jumper GLAN 1 2 Enable Jumper Settings KE MS PWR 24 ATX PWR VGA DIMM 28 USB 1 2 DIMM 1B CTRL DIMM 2A 8 1 CPUFan DIMM 1A gt Intel 3000 JEAN North Bridge LGA 775 _ a JLAN2 5 JLED E Fand PCLExp x8 pee ilo PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz JI2C 1 z CTRL a PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PXH V LAN2 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz 2 CTRL BIOS 51 5 PCI 32 bit 33 M
73. in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press the Enter key to select En hanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press Enter Then select Enabled 6 Scroll down to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the Enter 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 Ctrl and I keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl lt gt for Intel RAID Configuration Utility C 2 Appendix Intel HostRAID Installation Guidelines Note All Using the Intel ICH7R 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 Uolunes None def ined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial WD2588SI HD HMMAL 72934971 1 HDC 0258851 WHD HMAL72834599 MDC HD2588JI WD AEH137 WD2588JI WD MMAEH 1449527 Size Type Status Vol ID 4 HDi 958 9GB 968 90 199 39 32 232 23 WD CIRL 1 1 BIOS 4 39 0 AHS Adapter Int All Riahts Reserved Configuration Utility idaptei Si ight 444 Pres I f SISelect TM Utility b When you see the above screen press the Ctrl
74. ion of the ICH7R SATA RAID Utility can only support the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS C 10 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came packaged with your motherboard Note The following section provides information on the Adaptec SATA RAID Driver based on the Intel ICH7R South Bridge Controller Introduction to the Intel ICH7R Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel 3000 Chipset the ICH7R I O Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and one Adaptec s Se rial ATA SATA Host Controller which support up to six Serial ATA drives up to two RAID volumes and up to four drives in RAID Configurations See the table below for details Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 Quick Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 or RAID 10 on new drives or when RAI
75. ions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag 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 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 1 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Fan Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan 1 Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before addin removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the rocessor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Intel s boxed Pentium 4 CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink as sembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only I
76. ions of two hard drives Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk 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 amp 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 ICH7R allows the user to create RAID 0 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 Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the 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 select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section
77. ity 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 From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 4 3 detailed de scriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility 4 1 SUPER PDSMA 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 ap propriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described 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 pressing Delete 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 Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are descr
78. ives Drive size will be rounded off to neet Standard size Do you want to continue this operation Yes No 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to configure If correct type Y to continue SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Creating Arrays Before you create arrays make sure that the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized or not formatted are shown in gray and cannot be used Note It is recommended that you configure devices before you create arrays To create array 1 From the main menu shown on page D 4 select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete Select drives to create Array Selected Drives 0 5138001355 74 368 B1 HDC HD 7486D BBTLR1 69 860 82 UDC HD 48GD BBFLA2 53 86B 83 HDC HD 4BGD BBFLRI 53 86B H5 HDC HD 4HGD BHFLAZ ALE 3 The arrays you have selected will appear on the Selected Drives dialog box on the right as shown below 4 Press lt Enter gt when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Pro perties menu displays Select drives to create Array piected Drives i 51738881385 74 3063 HDC HD74HEUD HHFLAT DENM 83 WDC HD74ACD BAFLAL 69 BCB 85 WDC HD 74HGD PBFLRZ 69 860 D 8 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Set
79. l systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If 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 web site for detailed information No Execute Mode Memory Protection Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to 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 information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base Address This setting allows you to select the base address for serial port A options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2 8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select th
80. lay the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user 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 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chas sis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable fan speed control and allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore 1 5V 12V Vdimm 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD P VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor 111 settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor 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 III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BI
81. led and Alarm Reset JPR1 is enabled the system will notify you when any of the three power modules fails Con nect JPR1 to a micro switch to turn off the alarm that is activated when a power module fails See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Setting Definition 1 Ground Pin 2 5V KB MS 24 ATX PWR f ISB 1 2 DIMM 1B CTRL A Power Fault 2 DIMM 2A 8 CPUEan DIMM 1A B Alarm Reset Fag Intel 3000 5 2 CPU JLAN1 North Bridge LGA 775 z r4 JLAN2 E JLED Ia JWD PCLExp x8 lt LANT PCIX 64 bit 133 MHz E CTRL PCI 32 bit33 MHz PXH V LAN2 PCI32 bit33 MHz lt cr 5 PCIS2 bit 33 MHz ely SE ICH7R 8 1510 PCI32 bi33 MHz HE e Printer South Bridge PCI 32 bit 33 MHz E 2 SPI USB34 Fey gs mof TOFS 7 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation Compact Flash Card PWR Connector A Compact Flash Card Power Con
82. leshooting 3 1 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 the 8 pin 12v power connector at JPW2 is connected 2 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis 3 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse 4 Remove all add on cards 5 Install a CPU and heatsink making sure that it is fully seated and then con nect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well 6 Make sure to use the correct type of CMOS battery as specified by the Manu facturer Do not install the CMOS battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Make sure that all jumpers are set to their default positions 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 verify that it still sup plies 3VDC If it does not replace it wit
83. lication 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 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual 1 6 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifica tion defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that integrates power man agement features with other components of a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automati cally turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes other 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 system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independ
84. lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously B 5 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Notes Appendix Intel HostRAID Installation Guidelines Appendix C Intel HostRAID Installation Instructions After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel s ICH7R 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 C 2 for Operating System amp Other Software Installation Note 2 This chapter describes RAID Configuration Instructions for the Intel ICH RAID Controller designed for the Windows OS For the Linux OS please use the Adaptec HostRAID Utility Note 3 To use the Adaptec HostRAID please enable Adaptec s RAID Controller in the BIOS and refer to the Adaptec HostRAID Utility and documentation included in the CD that came with your motherboard for Adaptec RAID Configuration Instructions C 1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA To configure the SATA RAID functions you must first use the Intel ICH7R SATA RAID Utility program to configure the RAID Level that you desire before installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 operating system and
85. lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select 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 C 8 Appendix Intel HostRAID Installation Guidelines Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD Warning Be cautious when you reset 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 select item3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear T Corpo tion All Right Create RAID Volum Hl Port Drive MDC Mi Select the disks that should be reset 11 Previous Next SPACE Selects ENTER Selection Complete 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 select 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 select item4 Exit and press lt Enter gt A warning message will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or type to go back to the main menu
86. mail support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER PDSMA Image An Important Note to the User All images and layouts shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of this manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual 1 3 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual igure 1 3 Motherboard Layou not drawn to scale Pen PWR 24 Pin ATX PWR Did DIMM 2B DIMM 3 DIMM 1B o indo DIMM 2A ue CPUFan DIMM 1 DIMM 1A Intel 3000 CPU North Bridge LGA775 51017 PCI Exp x8 PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz E 1JI2C1 1 2 2 205 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz 94 32 bit 33 MHz PEA PL2 5103 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz 97 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz Printer ee 9 32 bit 33 MHz Jer SPKR B56USB34 N 2 NR SATAS Compact Flash only Primary IDE J4 Important Notes_to the User Jumpers not indicated are for testing only See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers 1 ports and JF1 front panel connections g indicates the location of Pin 1 When the LE1 LED is on the 5V Standby PWR is on Maker sure to turn off the power before installing or removing components J4 the white slot is reserved for Compact Flash Card only Do not
87. n In this case the system will be restored to its original state before the power outage The default setting is Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the PDSMA The motherboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores Chipset Voltage 1 5V Memory Voltage 1 8V 3 3V 3 3V Standby 5V 5V Standby 12V 12 VTT FSB and VBAT The onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable it will give a warning or send an error message to the screen The user 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 onboard fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS CPU Overheat Fan Fail LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning option in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat temperature When this temperature reaches the 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 decrease It will also activate the alarm if a fan failure occurs Chapter 1 Introduction 1 5 Power Configuration Settings This section describes the features of Po
88. n also be configured to function as a suspend button with a setting in 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 KBiMS Pwa PWR 24 ATX PWR VGA DIMM 2B SB 1 2 CTI DIMM 1B DIMM 2 CPUFan DIMM 1A Fag 5 Intel 3000 lt CPU ki JLAN1 North Bridge LGA 775 JLAN2 JLED T SUPER PDSMA 5 7 Le d i LANT PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz CTRL E PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PXH V LAN2 PCI 32 bit33 MHz HPE mos PCI 32 bit 33 MHz EI ELE ICH7R z SVO z PCI 32 bit 33 MHz SIE Printer South Bridge 5 a PCI 32 bit 33 MHz SP UsB34 JP3E 2 TAT 2 12 Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 1 Signal 2 3V Standby A PWR Button Groun NMI x x Power LED Vcc HDD LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc X Vcc Ground Reset Reset l Ground PWR gt Power Buttor Chapter 2 Installation 2 6 C
89. n defini tions Note connection Speaker Connector The speaker connector located at J9 allows you to choose using the internal or an external speaker For the internal speaker short pins 3 and 4 To use an external speaker place a speaker cable header on all four pins See the table on the right KB MS 24 ATX PWR VGA DIMM 28 ISB 1 2 DIMM 1B CTRL DIMM 2A Nd S CPUFan DIMM 1A Fang lt Intel 3000 5 JLAN1 North Bridge LGA 775 JLAN2 JLED LI Lr Fang PCLExp x8 JWD LAI PCI X 64 bit 133 MHZ E CTRL 0201 PCI 32 bit33 MHz PXH V LAN2 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz lt Lom aos PCI32 bit33 MHz Bly SER ICH7R HB 510 32 5433 2 Printer South Bridge 5 E ul PCI 33 MHz mr 2 m 5 UsB34 13 UD EATAOIEAT xix ITE 2 16 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Data 2 NC 3 Ground 4 VCC 5 Clock Speaker Connector J9 Pin Set
90. nction when the user keys in a value to a USB item The options are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for the Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 Frequency Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are Default and x12 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 web site for more information The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use this function which will allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled Enhanced Intel SpeedStep 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 options are Enabled and Disabled Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Thermal Managemen
91. nector is located at JWF1 Please connect the Compact Flash Card power cable to JWF1 and enable Compact Flash Card Jumper located at JP3 before using Compact Flash Card Refer to the board layout below for the location KB MS EXE PWR 24 PWRI b VGA DIMM 28 SB 1 2 DIMM 1B CTRL 2 DIMM 2 LE B CPUFan DIMM 1A Fang 5 Intel 3000 di CPU North Bridge LGA 775 J 4 JLAN2 5 JLED s PCIExp x8 JWD PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz CTRL z PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PXH V LAN2 PCI 32 bit33 MHz lt Lom 2 A PCI32 bit33MHz a SLE ICH7R dp A po 510 PCI32 bit33MHz E Em South Bridge 6 u PCI 32 bit 33 MHZ n 2 SPI USB3A4 cone Fo ow Ll RAAT LE 2 21 Compact Flash Card PWR Connector Jumper Definition On Compact Flash Power On Compact Flash Power Off A Compact Flash Card Power SUPER PDSMA User s Manual 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To mod
92. ntain its peak performance The Direct Media Interface DMI provides the connection between the MCH and the ICH7R The ICH7R supports up to six PCI Express slots four Serial ATA ports six USB 2 0 ports and two IDE devices In addition the ICH7R offers the Intel Matrix Storage Technology which provides various RAID options for data protection and rapid data access It 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 ICH7R System Features The Controller Hub provides the subsystem with access to the rest of the system Functions and capabilities include Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Version 2 0 ACPI Intel I O External Design Specification EDS Intel s 3000 Memory Controller Hub External Design Specification EDS Intel Controller Hub 7 ICH7R Thermal Design Guideline Intel 82573 Platform LAN Connect PLC PCI Design Low Pin Count LPC Interface 1 9 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain Powered Off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on when the power is restored You can also select Last State from the Advanced BIOS Setup sectio
93. ntel certified multi directional heatsink and fan 3 The Intel Pentium 4 LGA 775 heatsink and fan comes with a push pin design and no tool is needed for installation 4 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 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 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 Load Plate 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation 3 Locate Pin 1 on the CPU socket Note North Key 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 5 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU North Center Edge 1 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 drop the CPU on the socket
94. ol word during warm boot 13h Reset PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size SUPER PDSMA User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board optional 52h Test keyboard 54h Set
95. onnecting Cables ATX Power Connector The main power supply connector JPW1 on the PDSMA 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 the 8 pin JPW2 processor power connector for adequate power supply to the system See 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 Processor power connector at JPW2 must also be connected to your power supply to provide adequate power supply to the system 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 z Lh x E i KB MS 24 PWR gt VGA DMM 28 USB 1 2 DIMM 1B CTRL 5 DIMM 2A 8 el CPUFan DIMM 1A Fang Intel 3000 y CPU JLAN1 North Bridge LGA775 4 JLAN2 E JLED amp 5 Fan PCLExp x8 JWD i LANI PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz CTRL EEG PCI32 bit 33 MHz
96. ootable array The bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disap pear Note Do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array D 11 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Adding Deleting Hotspares add a Hotspare Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID 0 or RAID 1 you would need to add new HDD as a hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press Insert and then press Enter 3 Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Selected drives Menu To delete a Hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the Hotspare you want to delete and press delete and then press Enter 3 When the following warning is displayed Do you want to delete the hot spare Yes No press Yes to delete the hotspare you have selected 5138001385 74 36B 85 HDC HD 4BGD BRFLA2 59 BGB HDC HD 4BGD BHFLR1 69 BGB HDC HD74ACD ABFLAZ 69 ACB HDC HD74AGD AAFLAI 53 RGB Do you want to delete the Spare Yes No D 12 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 From the main menu s
97. other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CD that came packaged with your motherboard Note that the current version of the ICH7R SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 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 Intel ICH7R Serial RAID Located in the South Bridge of the Intel 3000 chipset the I O Controller Hub ICH7R provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports a 2 channel UltraATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and four Serial ATA SATA ports The ICH7R supports the following PATA and SATA device configurations Legacy mode and Native mode C 1 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual RAID Configurations The following types of RAID configurations are supported RAID 0 Data Striping this writes data in parallel interleaved striped sect
98. ou may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and press 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 press lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you ve made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to save any changes you ve made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 20 Appendix BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a prob lem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is attached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of
99. ovide 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 1 Ground 2 FDHDIN 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B Floppy Connector 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable The floppy connector is located DX mem 18 DR between the IDE connectors and 19 Ground 20 STEP the printer See the table below 21 Ground 22 Write Data for pin definitions 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 Select 33 Ground 34 Diskette KB MS Pw Pon PWR 24 Pin ATX PWR VGA DIMM 28 USB 1 2 ETRE DIMM 1B 5 DIMM 2A us DIMM 1 lt 9 den Intel 3000 North Bridge LGA 775 r4 JLAN2 5 JLED ip E Fang PCLExp x8 gwo TANT PCEX 64 bit 133 MHz EIS Lm PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PXH V LAN2 P
100. ower LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 15 5V A NMI B PWR LED Groun fo NMI C X X power LED Vcc HDD LED Vec LED Vec NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc X Vcc Ground Reset gt Reset Button Ground PWR gt Power SUPER PDSMA User s Manual HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the hard drive LED cable here to display disk activities including Serial ATA and IDE drive activities See the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Control ler LED connections for the GLAN port1 is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and for the GLAN port2 is lo cated on pins 9 and 10 of JF1 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activities Refer to the tables on the right for pin definitions KB MS EE be PWR 24 Pin ATX PWR VGA DIMM 2B SB 1 2 DIMM 1B CTRL gt DIMM 2A ue 8 CPUFan DIMM 1A Fang 5 gt Intel 3000 CPU JLAN1 North Bridge LGA 775 JLAN2 JLED x8
101. permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER 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 2007 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 PDSMA motherboard The PDSMA supports single Intel Quad Core QX6700 Xeon 3000 Series Pentium D Dual Core Pentium 4 Extreme Edition Pentium 4 Celeron D LGA Land Grid Array 775 Processors at system bus speeds of 1066 MHz 800 MHz 533 MHz The LGA 775 Intel Quad Core QX6700 Xeon 3000 Series Pentium D Dual Core Processor is housed in a Flip Chip Land Grid Array FC LGA4 package that interfaces with the motherboard via an LGA775 socket The PDSMA supports the Intel Hyper Threading HT Technology the EM64T Technology the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology EIST and the Matrix Stor age Technology Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Product for updates or visit Intel s web site for processor support This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 descri
102. r The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the Floppy port The options are Primary and Secondary 4 13 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual 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 Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter 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 14 Chapter 4 BIOS gt 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 console 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 console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console T
103. ration Administration ns Management Report Help Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor allows a user to inform the OS to reboot or shut down within a specified time the default is 30 seconds Before the system reboots or shuts down it s allowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Service Daemon running at all times on this system Provide TCP IP connectivity Power control Note SD Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor You can also download User s Guide at http Awww supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor II SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Notes
104. ry 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 motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All Included In the Retail Box Only One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 IDE cable CBL 0036L 02 One 1 floppy drive ribbon cable CBL 022 Four 4 SATA cables CBL 044 For retail only One 1 I O shield CSE PTO7L One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Contacting Super Micro Headquarters Address Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address Super Micro Computer Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address Super Micro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support E
105. s BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Appendix BIOS POST Messages Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Press lt F1 gt to resume lt F2 gt to Setup lt F3 gt for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press lt 1 gt to start the boot process or lt F2 gt to enter Setup and change the settings Press lt F3 gt to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press lt F2 gt to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the 120 Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an 2 Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicat ing released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory manager Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS s
106. state configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup Appendix BIOS POST Messages System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long Device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resourc
107. stem OH Fan Fail LED Pulse Width Modulation Fan Control amp Low Noise Fan Speed Control Platform Environment Control Interface PECI support SuperDoctor 111 NMI System Resource alert via SuperDoctor 111 ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator BIOS support for USB keyboard Main switch override mechanism External modem ring on Onboard 1ATA 100 EIDE Channel Intel ICH7R SATA HostRAID Controller 4 connectors for 4 devices with sup port of RAID functions 0 1 5 and 10 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 1 Fast UART 16550 compatible serial port and 1 header Two Intel single port Gigabit Ethernet Controllers 82573V 82573L PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 6 USB Universal Serial Bus 2 0 ports 4 Internal headers e VGA Connector PMI 2 0 Socket Super I O Winbond W83627 HG with hardware monitoring W83793 e XGI Volari Z7 Temperature Monitoring CPU chassis environment CPU Thermal Trip support Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 available if supported by the CPU Other Wake on LAN WOL e Wake on Ring WOR e Onboard Standby PWR warning LED Indicator LE 1 CD Utilities Drivers and software for Intel 3000 chipset utilities Dimensions 9 6 W x 12 L 243 84 mmx 304 8 mm 1 7 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual LGA775 PROCESSOR J 1066 800 533MHz DDR2 667 533 40Q Intel3000 PCIE x8 1x so
108. system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered User Password Is This item indicates if a user password has been entered to the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted press lt Enter gt 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 Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted press lt Enter gt 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 18 Chapter 4 BIOS Fixed Disk Boot Sector This setting may offer some protection against viruses when set to Write Protect which protects the boot sector on the hard drive from having a virus written to it The other option is Normal Password on Boot This setting allows you to require a password to be entered when the system boots up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on changing boot priority and devices in Specific Help Windows All Boot BIOS settings are described in this s
109. t 2 Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower the 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 default setting is Enabled Set Maximum Extended CPUID 3 Select Enabled to set the Maximum Extended CPUID value to 3 The options are Enabled and Disabled Echo TPR Select Enabled to send TPR Transport Protocol messages on the system bus The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 11 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual 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 web site for detailed information Intel R 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 virtua
110. the following 1 Enable RAID functions in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations 2 Press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously when prompted during system boot Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU When you press lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously at the prompt during system bootup the main menu will appear Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the Enter key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt 5 gt key Press the Insert key to select a drive When a drive is highlighted selected press the Delete key to de select it D 3 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Options firray Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and configure array settings To select this option using the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Configure Drives D 4 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Configuring Disk Drives You may need to configure a disk drive before you can use it Caution Configuring a disk may overwrite the partition table on the disk and may make any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in
111. the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation This setting allows the user to set the native mode for ATA The options are Serial ATA and Auto SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and placed in the Legacy Mode Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display 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 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 Available when SATA RAID is Disabled Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled Warning Exercise extreme caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH RAID
112. the system will reboot 9 During the system bootup press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl lt A gt for Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility D 2 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller Driver The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller adds SATA RAID functionality and performance enhancements to a motherboard RAID striping RAID 0 allows data to be written across multiple drives greatly improving hard disk I O perfor mance RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows data to be simultaneously written to two drives improving data security even if a single hard disk fails A Stripe of Mirrors RAID 10 provides multiple RAID 1 mirrors and a RAID 0 stripe maximizing data security and system efficiency By incorporating the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro s PDSMA offers the user the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Configuration Utility Use this utility to create configure and manage ar rays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to do
113. ting Definition Pins 3 4 Internal Speaker Pins 1 4 External Speaker A KB Mouse B Speaker Connector Chapter 2 Installation Fan Headers The PDSMA has six fan headers Fan1 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 the Fan Speed Mode Thermal Management in the BIOS Hardware Monitoring Section When us ing Thermal Management settings 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 the full speed KEIMS Pw Pon PWR 24 Pin ATX PWR USB 1 2 m a cmi DIMM 1B A 5 DIMM 2A KS o DIMM 1A Fang VGA JLAN1 EDU Intel 3000 Oo North Bridge LGA775 JLAN2 CTRL JLED Fang PCI Exp x8 JWD ir o m PCEX 64 bit 133 MHz CTRL Eye PCI 32 bit33 MH
114. ual To verify disk media Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 8 5138881385 3 85 1 SATA Port 1 HDC 7480 27 88D27 1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 5 Only drives present at POST are displayed 3 When the screen shown above displays select Verify Disk Media and press lt Enter gt 4 A message will display indicating that the selected drive will be scanned for media defects Select Yes and hit Enter to proceed with disk verifying otherwise select No and hit Enter Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 SATA Port 1 HDC WD74 CD ABFLAL 27 0802 1 5 Gb s Capacity 69 2 GButes This drive vill be scanned for defects All recoverable defects will be remapped Verify Disk Yes No D 18 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press lt ESC gt to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility 4 Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility gt Arrow keys to move cursor lt Enter gt to sele lt Esc gt to exit default SUPER PDSMA User s Manual D 2 Installing Intel s ICH7R Driver by Adaptec and Installing the OS a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Sup
115. uccessfully copied to shadow RAM A 5 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual Notes A 6 Appendix BIOS POST Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the Phoenix BIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the follow ing beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POST Code Description 01 IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag OAh Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache OCh Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize component Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU contr
116. up Guidelines Assigning Array Properties Once a new array is completed you can assign properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned and you cannot change the array properties using this utility To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the screen below select an array type and press lt Enter gt Only the available array types will be displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives Array RAID O Stripe RAID 1 Array Array Siz 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in a label and press Enter Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB 64K is default Please do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different ways of creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 Quick Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 or RAID 10 on new drives or when RAID 10
117. ur system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Win dows security and audio drivers 3 3 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual 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 be fore 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 Shipping 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 in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alteration misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period
118. wer Configuration and Power Management of your motherboard 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 the suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and is turned on BIOS Support for USB Keyboard If the USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system it 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 Press the power button again to wake up the whole system During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to the required circuitry and keep 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 On Ring 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 app
119. x8 JwD PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz L CTRL Ee PCI 32 bit33 MHz PXH V LAN2 PCI32 bit33 MHz Leri EPE Bos PCI 32 bit 33 MHz ICH7R SR i Suo PCI32 bit33MHz EE Printer South Bridge 5 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz mo SP USB3 4 Jea COM2 Floppy wf SANSAT t 2 26 Link a ey LED Rear View When viewing it from the rear side of the system GLAN Activity LED Activity Indicator LED Color Definition Yellow Flashing LAN Port Active GLAN Link LED Connection Speed Indicator LED Color Definition Off 10Mbps or No Connection Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps Onboard PWR LED Indicator LE1 LED Color Definition Off System Off Green System On Yellow System off PWR Cable Connected GLAN1 Port B GLAN2 Port C Onboard Power LED Chapter 2 Installation On BIOS POST Code LEDs POST LED Indicators LE3 LE4 There are two POST Power On Self LE3 Test Code LEDs LE3 LE4 located on Green Yellow the motherboard The green LED is LE3 POST On on and the yellow LED is LE4 These LEDs Memory Initial Blinking Blinking indicate POST activities during system PCI Initialization On Blinking bootup Refer to the table on the right for Video Initial Blinking details Also see the layout below for the id Com off off LED locations
120. you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Init Fastest way to create a RAID 1 or RAID 10 RAID 10 Appropriate when using new drives Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost D 9 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual 5 When you are finished press lt Done gt as the screen shown below Array Type Array Label Array Size Stripe Size Create RAID via No Ini Done Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array be sure to back up any data stored on the new drive otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 you can restart it by press ing Ctrl and lt gt 3 If you ve used the Quick Init option to create a RAID1 it may return some data mis comparison when you run a consistency check at a later time This is normal 4 The Adaptec Host RAID allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However you can only select a smaller drive as the source or first drive during a build operation 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 It is not recommended that you migrate or build an array on
121. ype This item allows you to set 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 console redirection 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 item allows you to decide if you want to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off 4 15 SUPER PDSMA User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic Note The Phoenix BIOS will automatically detect the type of CPU s and hardware monitoring chip used on the motherboard and will display the Hardware Monitoring Screen accordingly Your Hardware Monitoring Screen may look like the one shown on this page or on P 4 17 depending on the type of CPU s and HW Monitoring chip you are using CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 75 C 80 C 85 C and 90 C See the note below Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU Temperature System Temperature Fan1 Fan6 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically disp
122. z PXH V LAN2 PCI32 bit33 MHz lt Lomi HYPE wos PCI32 bit33 MHz HT A SLE ICH7R Bele 510 8 p PCI32 bit33 MHz Printer South Bridge 5 a PCI 32 bit 33 MHz deri SP USB34 P come jus mof 5 2 17 Pin Definitions 1 5 Pin Definition 1 Ground Black 12V Red Tachometer PWM Control Fan 1 w Fan 2 3 4 m Fan 5 Fan 6 CPU Fan m SUPER PDSMA User s Manual 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 a cable to use this feature Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located at WOL See the table on the right for pin definitions You must enable the LAN Wake Up function in the BIOS and also have a LAN card with a Wake on LAN connector and a cable to use this feature

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