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1. zB m 2 CTRL ENR 2 EGO 5 E7221 d E A E CopperRi Quen C E T ETT MW EE NorthBrid SCSI CTRL E EI a E 3 To jene WDE immm SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Gigabit LAN Enable There are two Giga bit Controllers GLAN Enable JPL1 JPL2 Definitions located on the motherboard Each 12 Enable GLAN Controller can be enabled 23 Disable via a jumper Close Pins 1 amp 2 of JPL1 to enable the function of GLAN Controller 1 and close Pins 1 amp 2 of JPL2 to enable the func tion of GLAN Controller 2 See the table on the right for pin defini tions E 4 PWR a CPU z Eras LGA 775 CopperRiver NorthBridge DIMM 1A DIMM 1 Fang an AN DIMM 2B 1 ma DLE 5 PCI X 133 100 MHz PXH V Q GLAI El GLAN 1 Enable E CTR Bios Batter gt Mm GLAN2 Enable PCI 33MHz gt H B 7 88 5 SCSI CTRL ir 2 7902W 7 Evae JPA USB6 7 Fan4 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation Force Power On Enable Disable Jumper JPF allows you to enable or disable the function of Force Power On If enabled the power will always stay on automatically If this function disabled the user needs to press the power button to power on the system
2. pn 00000 mm a ORR J COM1 Port Keyboard USB 0 1 Ports VGA Port GLAN1 GLAN2 Purple Turquoise Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 2 4 for the pin definitions of the various connectors including the speaker Refer to Section 2 6 for details Ground NMI X X Power On LED Vcc IDE SATA LED Vcc NIC1 LED Vcc NIC2 LED Vcc Overheat Fan Fail LED Vcc X X Ground Reset Reset Button 3V Standby Signal gt Power Button SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual 2 6 Connecting Cables ATX Power Supply 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions J1 Power Supply Connectors Pin Number Definition Number Definition 13 43 3V T 3 3V i 14 12V 2 3 3V The primary power supply 15 COM COM tor J1 on the P8SC8 P8SCi meets 16 PS_ON 4 5V Oei 17 COM 5 COM the SSI Superset 24 18 6 es specification Refer to the table on 19 COM 7 COM Mm 20 Res NC 8 PWR OK the right for the pin definitions of 21 pe 9 5VSB the ATX 24 pin power connector 22 5V 10 12V 23 45V 11 12 You must also connect the 4 pin 24 COM 12 43 3V J2 processor power connector 4 pin to your power supply Refer to Required Connector the table below right for the
3. CTRI BIOS ICH6R zu x SES Lt 8 _ aaa scm 5 7902W 8 Cy m mwn ICI USB6 7 4 2 17 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional onnector settings Jumpers create shorts Pins d9 14 between two pins to change the e function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad Jumper on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Setting Note On a two pin jumper Closed means the jumper is on Pin 1 2 short both pins and Open means the jumper is either on only one pin or completely removed CMOS Clear JBT1 is not actually a jumper but consists of two contact pads To ST equum Ies HD clear the contents of CMOS short x these pads together by touching ee them both with metal conductor il such as the head of a small screwdriver JBT1 is located near H the SATA header on the P8SC8 bal P8SCi No
4. EE SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Quick Boot If enabled this feature allows the system to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system The settings are Enabled and Disabled Quiet Boot This feature allows the user to enable Quiet Boot When set to Enabled the BIOS is in the graphic mode and displays only an OEM Logo during POST while booting If an error occurs The system will automatically switch to the text mode The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Function Select Enabled to enable BIOS Support for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface features The settings are Enabled or Disabled APIC Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable APIC APIC is used to assign interrupt signals to a specific processor on a multiprocessor system and provides IRQs beyond the conventional 16 under Windows 2000 or XP It has no effect on single processor systems MPS Version Conirol This setting allows you to select the MPS version for your operating system The options are 1 1 and 1 4 Watch Dog Timer Select This setting is for enabling the Watch Dog feature The options are Enabled and Disabled Please refer to Chapter 2 for more details PWRON After PWR Fail This setting allows the user to determine how the system will respond when power is reapplied after a system shut down caused by power failure The options are Of
5. POTERE Dog to ri eo ttp ERR ERO ER Era e n 2 8 Onboard Indicators GEAN EEDS 5 on er rr eter TE 2 9 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Drive and SCSI Connections 2 24 Parallel Port Connector tnr ee m ene e rr 2 24 Floppy COnNECtO ceo ote eee ded eee botas 2 25 IDE GOMMGCtOMS nter A ween trt eren iun 2 25 Ultra SCS Connectors er rrr redeat 2 26 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 0 0 7 0 3 1 Before Power On NO POWOL ttes ud e xr eee im m ma Ls EE Heu UAM No a i eret oor e Pet ek cec ees Memory dpa ertet nt re reed oa Eoo ys Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures sese 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions eire 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service sss 3 5 SUPERO P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 IntodUCHOFLl nanc erri pice Da E EE ERE EE EF IEEE ORE TER ERU 4 1 4 2 RUNNING SETUP dei nde 4 2 4 9 Maim BIOS SO tl piss ihrer omma aree ei 4 2 Main BIOS Setup MOetU eine 4 3 4 4 Advanced BIOS Setup itt RR be irt eed ie cum 4 5 4 4 1 Advanced BIOS Featu
6. 2 Clock the appropriate cable here to uti 3 Ground 4 No Connection Cras SEE E 4 Pin PWR m JPUSB1 CopperRiver NorthBridge vaa Par llel Port CPU LGA 775 GLAN1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 2 GLAN2 Fan3 AN DIMM 2B g 5 CTRL O PCI X 133 100 MHz PXH V a E JPL E m watt m PCI 33MHz 2 PCI Ex1 8 9 PCI Ex1 JWOR 2 16 USB6 7 Fan4 Chapter 2 Installation SATA LED SATA LED Pin Definitions The SATA LED header is located on JSLED JSLED This header will display all Number emn SATA activities See the table on 1 HD Act the right for pin definitions 5 1 4 HD Act 5 NC Power LED JLED Pin Definiti The Power LED header is located Pin eee on JLED This header provides LED Number indication of power being supplied Fu to the system See the table on the right for pin definitions PWR LED I SATALED Wi Ce USBO KB CPU 8 2 erm Copperiver LGA 775 NorthBridge DIMM DINM TE DIMM 28
7. Fan Speed Control 1 5 When set to 3 pin the onboard fan speed is controlled by the CPU tem perature When the CPU temperature is higher the fan speed will be higher as well If set to Disable the fan speed control is disabled and the onboard fan will run at the full speed 12V at all time The options are Disable and 3 pin Server 4 13 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual 4 4 6 Processor amp Clock Options ties Bele Taree Theres aain 1 Bami Lesni e Bas Lined CUIU r Thraadirg sah to Taimi Ba B Disk Hatin tia NI UHizahlad for Wimky gruss pert rum Thermal Management This setting determines the method used by the BIOS to control the thermal management of the system The options are Thermal Monitor 1 On die throttling and Thermal Monitor 2 Ratio amp VID transition See Section 1 4 for details Limit CPUID MaxVal Select Enabled to set CUPID maximum value to 3 Select Disabled for Windows XP OS The options are Enabled and Disabled Hyper Threading Set this option to Enabled to activate the hyper threading function of the CPUs Enabling the hyper threading function makes each CPU appear as two to any programs that support it you must have OS support also The settings are Disabled and Enabled CPU Clock Ration Use this option to set the clock ratio of the processor Us
8. I eiin aien Codes Pheer nakoen kc resa Eremi e Specify a program folder where you want the Setup to add the program icon as shown in the following screen and click on the icon marked Next erator HAE Pde Galop Pag I nbn wini cider Setup ade erga cone to Program Fobie iba crabe erc rara isc ores Paca e Fc Lick im cione SUPERO P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual f The following screen will appear to display the status of the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition Installation inthe Accelerator HAD Setup fone Glau ril Ape Fian beuc r pe coreg ae rzialinz g Once the Application Accelerator RAID Edition installation is completed the following screen will appear and the system will start to re boot A pplicatinn Kcrelerator HEG dmm Setup Aerei acd i bl iani Compact has pacta y rs Sppkenten amp ccleraicr E rbierm Diis rue the vina Note Once the XP 2000 Operating System is installed please read the Readme text files for the instructions to use the SATA RAID Utility in the Windows XP 2000 OS environment C 12 Appendix C Software Installatio
9. SCSI Enable Disable P8SC8 only Force Power On JPF Jumper Position Definition Open Normal Closed Force On SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPA1 The SCSI Enable Disable jumper at Jumper JPA1 allows you to enable or dis Position __ Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled able the onboard SCSI The nor Pins 2 3 Disabled mal default position is on pins 1 2 to enable SCSI See the table on the right for jumper settings L Fans ra CI Force PWR O Pin PWR CPU E LGA 775 CopperRiver NorthBridge DIMM 1A DIMM 1 Fan2l Fan3 DIMM 2B n crn EE 1 GLA PCI X 133 100 MHz 9 ICH6R Eod ISouthBridge sm lt PCI 33MHz amp 7 ala SCSI_Enable Is 18 7902W D E yu woE3 CIC USB6 7 Fan4 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD enables the Watch Dog func Watch Dog tion Watch Dog is a system moni Sumpor Settings JWD umper tor that can reboot the system Position Definition Pins 1 2 WD to Reset when a software application is Pins 2 3 WD to NMI hung up Pins 1 2 will cause WD Open Disabled to reset the system if an applica tion is hung up Pins 2 3 will generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that is hung up See the table
10. This setting allows the BIOS to automatically configure all boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you choose Auto you cannot select the IRQ DMA and memory base address fields because the BIOS automatically assigns them The options are Auto ESCD and Manual IRQ Resources If the above item Resources Controlled By is set to manual the user is allowed to assign an IRQ to a PCI Device or Reserve an IRQ for other purpose The options are Auto ESCD and Manual IRQ 3 IRQ 4 IRQ 5 IRQ 7 IRQ 9 IRQ 10 IRQ 12 IRQ 14 IRQ 15 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Onboard LAN Boot ROM This feature allows the user to determine if the Boot ROMs of the Onboard LAN chips should be activated If activated the user can boot the system from the Onboard LAN chips The options are Disabled LAN1 LAN2 and Both Maximum Payload Size This setting allows the BIOS to set the maximum TLP Payload size for the PCI Express devices in the system The options are 128 bytes 256 bytes 512 bytes 1024 bytes 2048 bytes and 4096 bytes P PCI Express Root Port Function PCI Express Port 1 PCI Express Port 2 PCI Express Port 3 PCI Express Port 4 Select Enabled to enable the PCI Express Root Port Functions for the PCI Express port specified The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto PCI E Compliance Mode This features allows the BIOS to set the version of PCI E Compliance Mode
11. Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 3 4 Reset Ground Overheat OH LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 7 8 Vec GND OH Fan Fail LED JF1 Message Normal Overheat Fan Fail State Off Stay On Blink USBON 2 9 OH Fan Fail LED Reset 20 19 Ane Fas Fant Ground e NMI us PWR mu cpu X E Power On LED de 8 IDE SATA LED ve uud omms ins NIC1 LED Ve pep 3 NIC2 LED L o oR Bl Qverheat Fan Fail LED O aa Es il Mur X olo x TE ics x POLSSMHZ Cl H E MIS Ground peres SCSICTRL E DER El Standby B Eg ES APA EI E SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Con troller LED connection for GLAN porti is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to dis play network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin defi
12. Fan3 DIMM 2 DIMM 2B Cet 5 CTRL O PCI X 133 100 MHz IE Buzzer GLA PXH V ICH6R outhBridge JPL 8 1 m PCI 33MHz gt H 5 PCI Ex1 n WOR USB2 3 ENFAN JPA 05 6 7 4 Notes 1 See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers I O ports and JF1 front panel connections 2 indicates Pin 1 3 The only differences between the P8SC8 and the P8SCi are a P8SC8 has SCSI and it supports PCI X 100 MHz b P8SCi does not have SCSI and it supports PCI X up to 133MHz 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction P8SC8 P8SCi Quick Reference Jumpers JBT1 JPA1 P8SC8 JPF JPL1 JPL2 JPUSB1 JPWAKE1 JWD Connectors ATX Power 4 Pin Power COM1 COM2 Fans 1 5 DIMM 1A 2A 1B 2B Floppy Connector IDE IPMI J9 JL1 JLED JSLED JWOR Keyboard Mouse J14 LE1 LAN Ports Parallel J11 PCI slots Note 2 PCI E SATA 0 3 SCSI P8SC8 SMB J5 USB 0 1 USB 2 3 6 7 J10 J7 VGA Description Default Setting CMOS Clear See Section 2 7 SCSI CTRL Enable Power Force On LAN1 LAN2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled Open Normal Pins 1 2 Enabled USB Wake Up USB1 2 Pins 2 3 Disabled KB Mouse Wake Up Pins 2 3 Disabled Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Description 24 Pin Power Connector 4 Pin Power Connector COM Port Serial Port 1 amp Port 2 Connectors 1 CPU Fan Fan2 5 Chassis Fan Headers Memory
13. These settings allow the user to set the parameters of the IDE Channel 0 Master Slave to IDE Channel 3 Master Slave slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the submenu are SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Be lp ZZ Mam or Champi B azter Euta sutc delect the Errera Euin cite This chaam idu Dj d ador ish 18 a Liming Den nz 4 Herlur mE IDE HDD Auto Detection This option allows the user to determine the manner in which the AwardBIOS sets the settings for IDE Channel 0 to IDE Channel 3 Master Devices The options are None Auto and Manual IDE Channel 0 to IDE Channel 3 Master Press the Enter key to activate the HDD Auto Detection function which will allow the BIOS to automatically detect the status of the IDE HDD installed in the system such as the size the number of cylinders the configurations of items such as Head Precomp Landing Zone and Sector The options are None Auto and Manual Access Mode This item determines the location through which the AwardBIOS accesses the IDE Primary Master Device The settings are CHS LBA Large and Auto Halt On This item allows the user to select the situation in which the BIOS will stop the POST process and notify you about
14. 2E8 IRQ3 and Auto The default setting for Serial Port1 is 3F8 IRQ4 and the default for Port 2 is 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select This setting allows the user to select the UART mode for the BIOS The options are IrDA ASKIR and Normal RxD TxD Active This allows the user to change the settings for the RxD TxD Active function The options are Hi Hi Hi Lo Lo Hi and Lo Lo IR Transmission Delay If Enabled the transmission of IR infrared signals will be delayed The settings are Enabled and Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode This setting sets the mode for the UR2 Duplex Mode The options are Full and Half 4 9 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Use IR Pins This item sets the usage of the IR pins The options are RxD2 TxD2 and IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Parallel Port This setting allows the user to set the address and the corresponding IRQ for the onboard parallel port The options are Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 and 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode This setting sets the mode for the onboard Parallel port The options are SPP EPP ECP and Normal EPP Mode Select This setting allows the user to select the EPP port type The options are EPP 1 9 and EPP 1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA This setting allows the user to select the DMA channel for the ECP mode port to use The options are 1 and 3 Power On Function This setting allows the user to
15. BIOS 4 Scroll down to the item Advanced Chipset Control and press the Enter Key to select this option 5 Select the item On Chip Serial ATA and press the Enter Key When the sub menu appears select the item Enhanced Mode 6 Scroll up to the item SATA Mode and press the Enter Key to select this option When the sub menu appears select the item RAID 7 Tap Esc and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot Appendix C Software Installation Using Intel ICH6R SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Reseting RAID Volumes a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will auto matically reboot The following screen appears after Power On Self Test b When you see the above screen press the Ctrl and the i keys simultaneously the following screen of the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility will appear Creating RAID Volume a Select Item 1 Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear C 3 TIT Bir DE b Specify a RAID Volume Name press the Tab key or the Enter key to go to the next field Note You can use the Esc key to select the previous menu
16. DIMM Slots 1 through 4 Floppy Disk Connector IDE Connector IPMI 2 0 Socket Internal Speaker Buzzer Enable Chassis Intrusion Header Power LED Connector SATA LED Connector Wake On Ring Header PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Onboard 5V Standby Warning LED Giga bit Ethernet RJ45 LAN1 LAN2 Connectors Printer Port One PCI 33MHz slot One PCI X133 100MHz slot Two PCI Express x1 slots 4 SATA Headers SCSI Channel A Channel B Connectors System Management Bus Header Back Panel Universal Serial Ports1 2 Front Panel USB Headers 2 3 J10 FPUSB 6 7 J7 Video Graphic Connector Note P8SC8 supports PCI X 100MHz only P8SCi supports PCI X up to 133MHz SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual CK410 Intel LGA775 PROCESSOR ACCESO 2 gt SIF 5 1_PCIX_64b SLOTS gt lg lg PCI X sus c SCSI Ultra 320 g 2 PXH V p PCLE BUS E BUS D podR2 CHA _n CH A 2 DIMM PCI E PCLX Bridge E7221 COPPER RIVER GMCH DDR2 CH B 2DIMM JL DMI Interface Primary UDMA 100 1 PCI Slot ICH6R PCI Ex1BUS 2PCI Ex 1 SATA UDMA 100 n 1 BUS Sot 4 Ports 1 Gb LAN2 1 5721 Gb SM Bus to SM Alert 2 0 LPC BUS USB Ports 0 1 2 3 6 7 LPC I O FWH KB FDD SER 1 PRN H W nd SER2 MONITOR Figure 1 3 Intel E7221 Copper River Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram and may no
17. IDE controller PATA and Serial ATA SATA Host Controller which supports up to four Serial ATA ports and up to two sets of RAID drives The ICH6R supports the following Parallel ATA PATA and Serial SATA device configurations ATA Operation Modes You can select from the following two modes Legacy mode and Native mode C 1 SUPERO P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual SATA Operate Modes You can select from the following modes Auto Combined Enhanced and SATA Only Mode The number of devices supported by these modes are listed below SATA Only The maximum of 4 devices are supported 4 SATA Auto Mode The maximum of 6 devices supported 4 SATA 2 IDE Enhanced Mode The maximum of 6 devices supported 4 SATA 2 IDE Combined Mode The maximum of 4 devices supported 2 SATA 2 IDE 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 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 the item Load Optimized Default set tings and press the Enter key Select to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Advanced in the
18. Installation 5 Power LED Connector USBON gt Power LED The Power LED connector is lo Pin Definitions JF1 Pin cated on pins 15 16 of JF1 558 kunt JLED for a 3 pin connector This 15 51 16 Ground connection is used to provide LED indication of power being supplied to the system See the table on the right for pin definitions NMI Button NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 non maskable interrupt button Number Definition header is located on pins 19 and 19 Control 20 Ground 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions PWR On LED NMI 20 19 Fike meum Fars Fa LJ Ground D ui Ten 3 x x amp E7221 ca prete PowrOnLED o o ve gt IDE SATA LED 4 o NIC1 LED of of ve m al NIC2 LED 4 ojoj e E Overheat Fan Fail LED vc B x wl POISSMHZ Cl H 3 Ground Reset Reset Button 8 SCSI CTRL __ 5 NT ELA E Standby signal gt Power Button c A Ec P
19. Right arrow keys to enter the other categories of the BIOS settings The next section is described in detail to illustrate how to navigate through the menus 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu T i 4 Loe Hitik 3 5 ini d Tang ae Fives lir ism bed Chinga the day moni year amd HE Charme Raxter Rastor TB b F Chamel EE beruel Baxter Bom k B bare dae Burr DX Chines 2 Buster Change 2 11 Sneed Chanssl 1 Santer Susi Chanar J Dave Halt fe ENII Tite Pls ical Bent AHN Tita Date Time Set the system date and time Key in the correct information in the mm dd and yy fields Press the Enter key to save the data Legacy Diskette A Legacy Diskette B This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A and diskette B The options are None 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 Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives enable this feature to assign physical drive B to logical drive A or physical drive A to logic drive B The options are Enabled and Disabled gt IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master Slave IDE Channel 3 Master Slave
20. See support information below Gently press down on the memory module until it snaps into place Support Figure 2 2 The P8SC8 P8SCi supports Dual channel ECC Non ECC unbuffered DDR2 533 400 SDRAM Both interleaved and non interleaved memory are supported so you may populate any number of DIMM slots Popu lating DIMM 1A DIMM Z2A and or DIMM 1B DIMM 2B with memory modules of the same size and of the same type will result in dual channel two way interleaved memory which is faster than single channel non interleaved memory To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the notch To Remove Use your thumbs gently to push each release tab outward to release the DIMM from the slot Side and Top Views of DDRII Module Installation into Slot Notch i TI ooo ae Note Notch should align with the receptive point on the slot DDRII Slot Top View Release Tab Release Tab 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation 2 5 I O Port Control Panel Connector Locations The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC99 specification to make setting up your system easier See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various IO ports Figure 2 3 Port Locations and Definitions Parallel Port Burgundy Mouse Green
21. Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual One 1 0320 SCSI User s Manual P8SC8 only 1 1 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro 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 SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro n General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro 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 Email Tel support supermicro com tw 886 2 8226 3990 ext 132 or 139 Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 P8SC8 Image Note SCSI support is available for the P8SC8 motherboard only SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Figure 1 3 Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale TE eee Des T Di 4 Pin PWR a CPU 2 7221 LGA 775 CopperRiver NorthBridge DIMM 1A DIMM 1B Fana
22. mounting holes and the heatsink is properly installed on the motherboard 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 rotate counter clockwise to make a 1 4 90 turn 4 Repeat Step 3 to loosen all fasteners from the mounting 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 the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard 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 2 5 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual 2 4 2 Installing DDR2 Memory CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing memory modules to prevent any possible damage Memory Module Installation See Figure 2 2 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 incorrectly
23. on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog can also be enabled via BIOS Note when enabled the user needs to write his own application software in order to disable the Watch Dog Timer um ies gam 4 PWR E CPU 2 5 Ere LGA 775 CopperRiver NorthBridge DIMM 1A DIMM 1B DIMM ZA Fans TE DIMM 2B q meee Cie 3 oon PCI X 133 100 MHz Q JPL2 1 ver z Es PCI 33MHz E g 5 E R 5 WD E JWOR JPATE I 2 22 Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs The Gigabit Ethernet LAN port lo cated beside the COM2 port has two LEDs on the back of the con nectors The yellow LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green orange or off to indicate gygy rem Back Panel View 1 Gb LAN Left LED Indicator Speed LED LED Color Definition Off No Connection Green 10 100 MHz Amber 1GHz 1 Gb LAN Right LED the speed of the connection See Indicator Activity LED the table at right for the functions Definition associated with the second LED Amber Blinking 10 100MHz 1GHz Fie 24 Pin PWR L Fan5 Fani LI 4 PWR a CPU s 5 giask LGA 775 CopperRiver NorthBridge GLAN1 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B GLAN2 E LAN DIMM 2B C LE1 3 lt PCI X 133 100 MHz al CTRI BIOS Batt
24. 1 5V and 12V 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 Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensi tivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Software 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 Fan Fail warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat temperature When this temperature is exceeded or when a fan failure occurs then the Overheat Fan Fail warning LED is triggered Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The 3 phase switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to 60A current and auto sense voltage IDs ranging from 0 875 V to 1 6V This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make the system more stable 1 4 CPU Thermal Management Thermal Management 2 TM2 When 2 is enabled in the BIOS and the CPU temperature reaches a pre defined threshold a thermal monitoring mechanism will reduce the process speed by lowering the bus to core ratio of the processor core clock and decrease the voltage input by changing the CPU VID This combination of reduced CPU bus frequency and CPU VID effectively
25. 6 NC table on the right for pin defini tions Universal Serial Bus USB There are two Universal Serial USB Pin Definition Bus ports USB O 1 located at J15 USB 0 1 215 on the I O panel and addi Pin Definition tional four USB ports are located HE at 010 J7 on the motherboard 3 4 Ground These ports labeled USB 2 3 and USB 6 7 can be used to provide J7 USB 6 7 J10 USB2 3 front side chassis access cables Pin Number Definition Number Definition not included See the tables on 1 5V 2 5V the right for pin definitions 24 E 8 Ground 10 Ground KB Mouse G3 lei ood Pin L Fans Fant USB 0 1 0 eis a PWR a JPF CPU E7221 JPUSB1 LGA 775 CopperRiver NorthBridge Parallel Port 5 2 DIMM 1A DIMM 1B pav Fan2 Fan3 DIMM 28 J 133 100 MHz Ly PXH V B ICH6R Pu SouthBridge Wot wen m PCI 33MHz 5 SCSI CTRL E 7902W 198 c Fev JPA wE E USB 6 7 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is located at JWOR This function allows your computer to be awakened by an in coming call when in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin defi nitions You m
26. A IDE The options are Primary and Secondary If On chip Serial ATA is set to Enhanced Mode only Serial ATA will be activated and Primary PATA IDE will be available Secondary PATA IDE will not be available SATA Port This setting allows you configure the setting for the SATA port The options are P1 and P3 is Secondary USB Controller This setting allows you to enable or disable the USB Controller The options are Enabled and Disabled USB 2 0 Controller This setting allows you to enable or disable USB 2 0 EHCI Controller The options are Enabled and Disabled USB Legacy Support This setting allows you to enable or disable the functions of USB Keyboard Mouse under POST and DOS The options are Disabled and Enabled Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 3 Device Configuration liniimard Serial Fort 2 UMET Fede bert Sure lt Eel fict ine Lia a framsm snkna Dasi jad m hpies Buda Bajt fon Fia 14 1 Feri Parallel Port sim modb Gelace 7 WP ie 3 Fimti inn HLF 1 ME forar Erler fag Freer Chel F1 Onboard Serial Port1 Onboard Serial Port2 This setting allows the user to set the address and the corresponding IRQ for Serial Port1 and Serial Port 2 The options are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQS 3E8 IRQ4
27. B keyboard Main switch override mechanism e Internal external modem ring on Onboard I O e Adaptec 7902 0 dual channel Ultra 320 SCSI P8SC8 only Adaptec SCSI RAID 2010S supported P8SC8 only 1UDMAIDE Intel SATA Controller 4 connectors for 4 devices 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 2 Fast UART 16550 compatible serial connectors 1 header 1 port 2 Broadcom 5721 PCI Exp Gigabit Ethernet Controllers 1 EPP Enhanced Parallel Port and ECP Extended Capabilities Port supported parallel port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 6 USB Universal Serial Bus 2 0 ports for a speed of up to 480Mbps Latest USB 2 0 technology 1 VGA Connector e 1 IPMI 2 0 Socket Other Hyper threading enabled Wake on Ring WOR Wake on LAN WOL Multiple CPU clock frequency ratio selections set in BIOS Onboard 5vsb warning LED LE1 CD Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility Dimensions ATX form factor 12 x 9 5 305 x 228 6 mm Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Intel s E7221 Copper River chipset designed for the server market con sists of the following components the Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMCH Intel PCI X Hub PXH V and Intel Controller Hub ICH6R The E7221 Copper River chipset provides the performance and feature set required for the entry level single processor server solutions Graphics Memory Controller Hub GM
28. C8 P8SCi User s Manual Notes Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the AwardBIOS for the P8SC8 P8SCi The Award 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 Refer to the Manual Download area of our web site for any changes to the BIOS that are not reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The AwardBIOS Flash chip stores the System parameters such as amount of memory type of disk drives and video displays etc CMOS requires very little power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS Flash chip enabling it to retain the system parameters Each time the computer is pow ered on the computer is then configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control when the computer is pow ered on How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be ac cessed by pressing Del at the appropriate time during system boot Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is th
29. CD s legacy information 4 Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI amp DIMM slots 5 Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory amp I O resource Search for a valid VGA device amp VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0 24h Reserved 25h Reserved 26h Reserved 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h Program CPU internal MTRR P6 amp PII for 0 640K memory address Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU Program early chipset according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller Measure CPU speed Invoke video BIOS 2Ah Reserved 2Bh Reserved 2Ch Reserved Appendix B Award BIOS POST Codes POST hex Description 2Dh I Initialize multi language 2 Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU speed 2Eh Reserved 2Fh Reserved 30h Reserved 31h Reserved 32h Reserved 33h Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 34h Reserved 35h Reserved 36h Reserved 37h Reserved 38h Reserved 39h Reserved 3Ah Reserved 3Bh Reserved 3Ch Test 8254 3Dh Reserved 3Eh Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1 3Fh Reserved 40h Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2 41 42h Reserved 43h Test 8259 functionality 44h
30. CH The function of the GMCH is to manage the data flow between five inter faces Processor Host interface FSB System Memory Interface DRAM controller PCI Express Interface Direct Media Interface DMI and PXH V Interface The GMCH is optimized for the Prescott processors in an LGA775 Package It supports one or two channels of unbuffered ECC Non ECC DDR2 533 400 SDRAM The ACPI component provides the data buffering and interface arbitration required to ensure that system interfaces operate efficiently The Direct Media Interface DMI is a point to point interconnect between the Copper River GMCH and the ICH6 Intel ICH6R System Features The Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system Functions and capabilities include PCI Express Base Specification Rev 1 0a compliant PCI 2 3 ACPI Power Management Logic Support USB host interface Enhanced DMA Controller System Management Bus Low Pin Count LPC Interface Firmware Hub FWH Interface Graphics Features Display The Copper River GMCH provides an integrated server quality onboard graphics 1 9 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual 1 3 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the P8SC8 P8SCi The motherboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Eight Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Core Chipset Voltage 3 3V 5V 5V Standby
31. ER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers Question Why can t turn off the power using the momentary power on off switch Answer The instant power off function is controlled in BIOS by the Power Button Mode setting When the On Off feature is enabled the motherboard will have instant off capabilities as long as the BIOS has control of the system When the Standby or Suspend feature is enabled or when the BIOS is not in control such as during memory count the first screen that appears when the system is turned on the momentary on off switch must be held for more than four seconds to shut down the system This feature is required to implement the ACPI features on the motherboard 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 technol ogy offers Connect the blue connector to the onboard IDE header and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the docu mentation that came with y
32. J2 Connection 12V connector Pins Definition 1 amp 2 Ground 3 amp 4 12V PW ON Connector PW ON The PW ON connector is located Pin Definitions JF1 on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Pin Definition 1 Signal 2 43V Standby ATX PWR 12V 4 Pin PWR PWR On TE Pin L Fans Fani 4 E T L Fans 1 NM Y Power On LED IDE SATA LED DIMM 1A DIMM TE NIC1 LED poe NIC2 LED DMN DIMN 28 PCIX 133 100 MHz E eru Bs Overheat Fan Fail LED Vcc ICH6R MS outhBridge i n X H BB 2 Groun Reset Reget Button 8 Porex SCSI CTRL 5 8 9 aL 3V Standby Power i gets ERIE INED Chapter 2 Installation 5 Reset Connector The reset connector is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 This connec tor attaches to the reset switch on the computer chassis table on the right for pin defini tions See the Overheat FanFail LED Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of chassis overheating or system fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Reset Pin
33. NE LL 2 1 2 11 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Serial Ports Two serial ports are included on the motherboard COM1 is a port located beside the mouse key board ports and COM is a header located below the Floppy Drive See the table on the right for pin definitions NC indicates no connection Speaker Connector The speaker connector is located Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition 1 CD 6 DSR 2 RD 7 RTS 3 TD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground Serial Port Pin Definitions COM2 Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition 1 CD 6 DSR 2 RD 7 RTS 3 TD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Speaker Pin Definition Pin Definition on J9 See the table on the right Pins 1 4 External Speaker NUES Pins 3 4 Internal Speaker for pin definitions ge ADC24 Pin PWR Fans Fani 4 Pin 1 PWR a CPU 2 7221 B LGA 775 CopperRiver NorthBridge DIMM 1A DIMM 1B Ead Fan3 ZA T DIMM 2B g CLEN 5 CTRL Speaker PCI X 133 100 MHz Bu SA PXH V D sett en PCI 33MHz E PCI Ex1 SCSI CTRL a 7902W 1 JWOR Cc ERFA 2 12 Chapter 2 Installation Fan Headers There are five fan headers Fan 1 to Fan5 on the P8SC8 P8SCi See the table on the r
34. Reserved 45h Reserved 46h Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved 4Eh 1 Program MTRR of MI CPU 2 Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU amp program CPU with proper cacheable range 3 Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU 4 On MP platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical 4Fh Reserved 50h Initialize USB 51h Reserved 52h Test all memory clear all extended memory to 0 53h Reserved 54h Reserved 55h Display number of processors multi processor platform 56h Reserved 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual POST hex Description 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Ah Reserved 5Bh Optional Feature Show message for entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD optional 5Ch Reserved 5Dh 1 Initialize Init Onboard Super IO switch 2 Initialize Init Onboard AUDIO switch 5 Reserved 5Fh Reserved 60h Okay to enter Setup utility i e not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility 61h Reserved 62h Reserved 63h Reserve
35. SUPERO SUPERO P8SC8 SUPER P8SCi USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0a The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPERMICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State o
36. Software Installation DATA WITELN AE LOOT ABD HCH EZCCVZLABLE d When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume type Y to confirm the deletion of the RAID Volume and press the Enter key to return to the main menu Note the Esc key is used to select the previous menu Reset Disks to Non RAID a When you are in the main menu use the Down Arrow and the Upper Arrow keys to select item 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID in the main menu b When the item is highlighted press the Enter key to select the item Reset Disks to Non RAID The following screen will appear SUPERO P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual c When asked Are you sure you want to reset all RAID data Y N type Y to confirm the selection and press the Enter key to return to the main menu Press the Esc key to select the previous menu 2 Exiting the SATA RAID Configuration Utility Program a When you are in the main menu use the Down Arrow and the Upper Arrow keys to select item 4 Exit in the main menu b When the item 4 Exit is highlighted press the Enter key c When asked Are you sure you want to exit Y N Type Y to confirm the selection and press the Enter key to exit the ICH6R SATA RAID Configuration Utility Program The system will start to re boot C 2 Installing the Windows XP 2000 for systems with RAID Functions New Operating System W
37. ages Appendix B lists BIOS POST Codes Appendix C lists Software Drivers and the OS Installation Instructions SUPERO P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Mapual seve conc eati cen se iii Manual Organiz tioh iiit am tette rte tete btt eicere enia iii Chapter 1 Introduction OV OU VIOM Checklist Contacting Supermicto 5 tret ee te SEED EYE 1 2 SUPERO SUPER P8SCO Image reete eror 1 3 SUPERO P8SC8 P8SCi Layout sse 1 4 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi Quick Reference 1 5 E7221 Chipset System Block Diagram 1 6 Motherboard Features co dier toco eo et o einn 1 7 1 2 Chipset OVGIVIOW seiis 1 9 iPe HlealthiMohitoFilig s con rr tto eet Ene 1 10 1 4 CPU Thermal 1 10 1 5 Power Configuration Settings 1 11 1 6 Power SUPPLY e te cease ce he s pd de e Bp td 1 12 gt 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation esee 2 2 2 3 Mounting the Motherboard in the 5 5 2 5 2 4 Installing DDR2 Memory nre nnn
38. and JA2 Connectors P8SC8 only Contact Contact Number Signal Names Number Signal Names Refer to the table 1 DB 12 35 DB 12 2 DB 13 36 DB 13 below for the pin 3 DB 14 37 DB 14 definitions of the DB 15 38 DB 15 5 DB P1 39 DB P1 Ultra320 SCSI 6 DB 0 40 DB 0 d 7 DB 1 41 DB 1 connectors locate A DB 2 25 DB 2 at JA1 and JA2 9 08 3 48 DB 3 10 DB 4 44 DB 4 11 DB 5 45 DB 5 12 DB 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 GROUND 49 GROUND 16 DIFFSENS 50 GROUND 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR Please refer to 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 RESERVED 53 RESERVED Appendix C for software 20 GROUND 54 GROUND 21 ATN 55 ATN installation 22 GROUND 56 GROUND 23 BSY 57 BSY 24 ACK 58 ACK 25 RST 59 RST 26 MSG 60 MSG 27 SEL 61 SEL 28 C D 62 29 REQ 63 REQ 30 0 64 31 DB 8 65 DB 8 32 DB 9 66 DB 9 33 DB 10 67 DB 10 34 DB 11 68 DB 11 3 TE ATX 24 Pin Fan5 Fam JAKE 5 n E Pin 8 PWR a 08 CPU ale amp nar GA 778 is NorthBridge cal su DIMM 1A ed DIMM rand GLANZ Fan3 CAN DIMM 2B if E ELE 3 PCI X 133 100 MHz PXH V Q SCSI Channel B B E ICH6R u SouthBridge JPL2 we
39. antage of the speed this new technology offers The blue connector connects to the onboard IDE connector inter face and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the docu mentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings for the hard disk drive Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions 2 24 Chapter 2 Installation Floppy Connector Floppy Connector Pin Definitions J16 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function The floppy connector is located 1 GND 2 FDHDIN 3 GND 4 Reserved between the IDE slot and the IPMI 5 Key 6 FDEDIN Socket Refer to Figure 2 3 for 7 GND 8 Index 9 10 Motor Enable location See the table on the 11 GND 12 Drive Select B TENE 13 GND 14 Drive Select A right for pin definitions 15 GND 16 Motor Enable 17 GND 18 DIR 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 Write Data 23 GND 24 Write Gate 25 GND 26 Track 00 27 GND 28 Write Protect 29 GND 30 Read Data 31 GND 32 Side 1 Select 33 GND 34 Diskette IDE Connector Pin Definitions IDE Connector Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 Reset IDE 2 GND 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 There are no jumpers to co
40. c Use the lt Tab gt Upper Arrow Down Arrow and Enter keys to enter the appropriate values for the items selected and go to the next field d When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to confirm the selection or type N to change and to create the RAID volume Then press the Enter key to enter the value and return to the main menu Appendix C Software Installation Fara TTE Glee BACH Laval e You will return to the main menu with DISK VOLUME INFORMATION updated as shown in the following screen f Once the above screen appears use the lt Down Arrow gt key to select item 4 Exit and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear g When asked Are you sure you want to exit Y N type Y to confirm the selections and exit the Create RAID Volume menu Press the Enter key to return to the main menu Deleting RAID Volume a When you are in the main menu use the Down Arrow and the Upper Arrow keys to select item 2 Delete RAID Volume in the main menu b When the item 2 is highlighted press the Enter key to select the item Delete RAlDVolume The following screen will appear TELE 5 WILL LOIT AND ciii c Select the volume and press the Delete key to delete the RAID volume The following screen will appear C 6 Appendix C
41. cap is released from the load plate if the CPU is properly installed 2 3 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Installation of the Heatsink 1 Locate the CPU Fan on the motherboard Refer to the layout on Page 1 4 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 protective film from the copper core of the heatsink Warning CPU overheat may occur if the protective film is not removed from the heatsink Thermal Grease 5 Apply the proper amount of thermal grease on the CPU Note if your heatsink came with a thermal pad please ignore this step CPU 6 If necessary rearrange the wires to make sure that the wires are not pinched between the Fan Wires heatsink and the CPU Also make sure to keep clearance between the fan wires and the fins of the Heatsink Fins heatsink 7 Align the four heatsink fasteners with the mounting holes on the Gently push the Heatsink fasteners into the mounting holes Fastener f until you hear a click 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
42. circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just depress and hold the power button for 4 seconds The power will turn off and no power will be provided to the motherboard Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to re motely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and access tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The 1 11 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability Wake On LAN must be enabled in BIOS Note that Wake On LAN can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On Ring WOR Header 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 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation lt is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates of 1 GHz and faster SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi accommodates 12V ATX power supplies Al though most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are ina
43. d 64h Reserved 65h Initialize PS 2 Mouse 66h Reserved 67h Prepare memory size information for function call INT 15h ax E820h 68h Reserved 69h Turn on L2 cache 6Ah Reserved 6Bh Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup amp Auto configuration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO 6Eh Reserved 6Fh 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 70h Reserved 71h Reserved 72h Reserved 73h Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 74h Reserved 75h Detect amp install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM 76h Reserved TIh Detect serial ports amp parallel ports 78h Reserved 79h Reserved 7Ah Detect amp install co processor 7Bh Reserved 7Ch Reserved 7Dh Reserved 7Eh Reserved 7Fh 1 Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported If errors occur report errors amp wait for keys If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue Clear EPA or customization logo Appendix B Award BIOS POST Codes POST hex Description Reserved Reserved 1 Call chipset power management hook 2 Recover the text font used by EPA logo not for full screen logo 3 If password is set ask for password Save all data in stack back to CMOS Initialize ISA PnP boot d
44. decide which method to use to power on the System The options are Password Hot Key Mouse Left Mouse Right Any Key and Button Only KB Power On Password This setting allows the user to enter the Password when the system is powered on via keyboard Hot Key Power On This setting allows the user to decide which hot keys to use in order to power on the system The options are Ctrl F1 Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 and Ctrl F8 4 4 4 PnP PCI Configuration Choose PCI PnP Configurations from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS Bassi Data ied Bu Beth Eubnarzd Les Brest ME Bina Pappas fellas ie jl er 91 jii d b PUE Bim deed Pol E freyana 1981 Initial Display From This feature sets the device that will initiate the monitor display when the system is first turned on The options are PCI Slot and PCI Ex press Reset Configuration Data Enabling this setting resets the extended system configuration data when you exit setup Do this when you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot reboot the system The options are Enabled and Disabled Resources Controlled By
45. decreases CPU power Chapter 1 Introduction consumption to prevent processor overheat from happening and thus greatly increases system stability This function is available for the CPUs that support TM2 1 5 Power Configuration Settings This section describes features of your motherboard that deal with power and power settings Microsoft OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but appears to be off and responds immediately to user or other re quests Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on BIOS Support for USB Keyboard If the USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system it keyboard will function like a normal keyboard during system boot up Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a System suspend button When the user depresses the power button the System will enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Depressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required
46. dequate A 2 amps of current supply on a 5V Standby rail is strongly recommended It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets 12V ATX power supply Specification 1 1 or above Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to in stall a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges Warning Do not use a wrong type of onboard CMOS battery or install the onboard CMOS battery upside down to avoid any possible explosion Chapter 1 Introduction 1 7 Super The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data Separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selec tion a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports two 360 720 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs one of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud ra
47. e memory test As the memory is being tested press the Delete 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 Chipset and Power menus Section 4 3 gives detailed descriptions of each parameter setting in the Setup utility 4 1 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Optimal default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the Main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see on next page When you first power on the computer the AwardBIOS is immediately activated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two Ways 1 By pressing Del immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Del key to activate the Main Setup Menu Press DEL to enter SETUP 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All Main Setup options are described in this section The Main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys or the Tab key to move among the different settings in the above menu Press the Esc key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu and use the Left
48. e number keys to enter a number The default setting is 14 Spread Spectrum Spread Spectrum is a technique used to stabilize a system by reducing the level of ElectroMagnetic Interference The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 7 DMI Event Log mm umi c Cheer Aii Log amm Chee BAY bani Lag Estar Esa dd 1 Furi ranty Assi 1 Store PIT error Biasi Lag mesragng iba Mi Benn Lug i bidi iia j dd Weed Dag i Disabled 1 tare Basaaqes Du he tenet day DMI Event Log This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the function of DMI Event Logging The options are Disabled and Enabled Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press lt Enter gt to clear all DMI event logs The default setting is No View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to view the contents of the event log Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to mark the DMI events as read 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 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual 4 4 8 Console Redirection Fe nabim Adem to redirect UR i pari
49. e rnnt 2 6 2 5 Port Front Control Panel Connector 2 7 2 6 Connecting Cables itis ue iei ett e eerte needs 2 8 Power Supply 2 8 PW ON CONNECTION erre rem RERO ates Reset seite cite REB REL EE eee Overheat Fan Fail LED um NIC1 NIC2 LED IhndiCators netten 2 10 IDE SATA BED ette ira ERROR 2 10 Power Oni LED Connector eae e cents 2 11 D Eee ten e Eds 2 11 Serial POMS xor tire rm 2 12 Speaker receipt erepta nicer scetur 2 12 Table of Contents Fan lIdeadets ee itte ati ed e d good Chassis cce ec den er reet t er Ert PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Ports Universal Serial Bus USB Wak OMRING za cei vr e Wake On LAN REEEEMMMMMME VGA CONMGCIO Rs meer rene Gigabit LAN POMS irte ee cq app t REM dr en ep eu Gee pv 255 Power eniti Rer avin o rn nre ice Eire 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of J mpers mentir ree rete CMOS EUER USB Wake Up citm ien a Keyboard Wake Up ii cric tror en rre ea e EXER Giga bit LAN Enable cuite iet cd rr ted dtes Force Power Om Enable nri rr ett reris OSGSIIEnable
50. ease refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Product page product m htm for updates on sup ported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 includes a checklist of what should be included in your mainboard box describes the features specifications and performance of the P8SC8 P8SCi mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when installing the processor and DDR2 memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives the IDE interfaces the parallel and serial ports the mouse and keyboard and the twisted wires for the power supply the reset button the keylock power LED and the speaker If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for the video the memory and the setup configuration stored in CMOS For quick reference a general FAQ Frequently Asked Questions section is provided Instructions are also included for contact ing technical support n addition you can visit our web site at www supermicro com techsupport htm for more detailed information Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A provides BIOS POST Mess
51. ent capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor Ill displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor Ill interface Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen I Health Information Appendix C Software Installation Supero Doctor Interface Display Screen Il Remote Control Graceful power control Ti era kator TE Ge 2 phbs ui rr non or ka the action Sierra SD are pang on x ee Fosse TCETP Power control Note SD Software Revision 1 0 be downloaded from our Website at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor lll You can also download User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor II SUPERO P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Notes
52. er n IQ amp se vet m PCI 33MHz H E gu 8 SCSI CTRL 7902W 9 FEE USB2 3 EST JPME swoeg LL USB6 7 Fan4 2 23 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual 2 9 Parallel Port Floppy Drive Hard Drive and SCSI Connections Use the following information to connect the floppy and hard disk drive cables Parallel Port Pin Number Function Pin Number Function Connector 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error 4 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init The parallel port is located 7 Data Bit2 8 SLCTIN next to the USB 0 1 Ports 9 Data Bit3 10 GND 11 DataBit4 12 GND Refer to Figure 2 3 for loca 18 DataBit5 14 GND 15 DataBit6 16 GND tion See the table on the 17 DataBit7 18 GND right for pin definitions 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 GND 23 PE 24 GND 25 SLCT 26 NC Pin PY w SI We enm Cras Fant Di i Printer E TN zi n z The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B The 80 wire ATA100 66 IDE hard disk drive cable that came with your System has two connectors to support two drives This special cable should be used to take adv
53. evices 1 USB final Initialization NET PC Build SYSID structure Switch screen back to text mode Set up ACPI table at top of memory Invoke ISA adapter ROMs Assign IRQs to PCI devices Initialize APM Clear noise of IRQs Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code Enable L2 cache Program boot up speed Chipset final initialization Power management final initialization Clear screen amp display summary table Program K6 write allocation Program P6 class write combining Program daylight saving Update keyboard LED amp typematic rate Build MP table Build amp update ESCD Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick Build MSIRQ routing table Boot attempt INT 19h CA 4 B 5 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual NOTES Appendix C Software Installation Appendix C Installing Software Programs and Drivers Note if you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Section C 5 on Page C 22 for Operating System amp Other Software Installation After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel s ICH6R SATA RAID Note before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers T
54. f On and Former Sts 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 2 Advanced Chipset Control Wn Dhig Frame fuller Siew 1 ere niig Rerkal HIA Tuti BATH Ua Ebip 3erial ATA Hata s Pam 1 Rode escas Control ber E B Costrelier Lapar Sapper duel P DRAM Data Integrity Mode If enabled this feature allows the data stored in the DRMA memory to be integrated for faster data processing The options are ECC and Non ECC On Chip Frame Buffer Size This setting allows you to set On Chip Frame Buffer Size The options are 1 MB and 8 MB SATA Mode This feature allows you to select the channel for SATA mode The options are IDE RAID and AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface On Chip Serial ATA Select Disabled to disable the SATA Controller Select Auto to allow the BIOS to configure the SATA Controller automatically Select Combined Mode to use PATA and SATA Combined Mode The maximum of 2 IDE drives in each channel is allowed Select Enhanced Mode to enable both SATA and PATA This mode will support up to 6 IDE drives Select SATA Only to allow SATA to operate in Legacy Mode 4 7 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual PATA IDE Mode When the item On chip Serial ATA is set to Combined Mode the user can select either Primary or Secondary for Parallel AT
55. f California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product Unless you request and receive written 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 2004 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 P8SC8 P8SCi motherboard The P8SC8 P8SCi supports single Intel Pentium9 4 Processor the Prescott Processor in the 775 Land Grid Array Package LGA 775 at a system bus speed of 800 MHz The Pentium 4 Processor in the 775 Land Grid Array Package is housed in a Flip Chip Land Grid Array FC LGA4 package that interfaces with the moth erboard via an LGA775 socket The package consists of a processor core mounted on a substrate land carrier An integrated heat spreader IHS is attached to the package substrate and core and serves as the contacting surface for processor component thermal solutions such as a heatsink Pl
56. for the system The options are v 1 0a and v 1 0 PCI X Frequency This features allows the user to configure the default setting for PCI X Frequency The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCIX 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz PCI X 133 MHz Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 5 Hardware Monitors There are only three settings on this menu below The rest of this menu shows various temperatures and voltage levels as indicated Tampura urm hepr aleje Ere wir FEHI Parmi a H arm are Bm Ment vn EIH fash u Speed i CPU Warning Temperature This allows you to set the CPU warning temperature If the CPU temperature reaches this threshold an alarm will activate and a warning message will be displayed onscreen The options are Disabled 60 C 140 F 65 C 1499 F 709C 158 F 75 C 167 F 80 C 176 F and 85 C 185 F Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU Temperature System Temperature In addition to temperature monitoring the status of the following items will also be displayed Fan 1 Speed Fan 5 Speed Voltage Monitoring Processor Vcore V 3 3V Vcc V 5V Vcc V 12V V 12V Vcc V 5V Standby VBAT
57. g beep 1 short pause continuously Memory Modules Errors 1 long beep 2 short beeps VGA Errors 1 SUPER 85 8 85 User s Manual Notes 2 Appendix B Award BIOS POST Codes Appendix B Award BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Testing Codes for the Award BIOS POST hex Description CFh Test CMOS R W functionality COh Early chipset initialization Disable shadow RAM Disable L2 cache socket 7 or below Program basic chipset registers CIh Detect memory Auto detection of DRAM size type and ECC Auto detection of L2 cache socket 7 or below C3h Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM C5h Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 amp F000 shadow RAM Ohl Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio Early Init switch 04h Reserved 05h 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved OAh Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional Auto detect ports for keyboard amp mouse followed by a port amp interface swap optional Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips OBh Reserved OCh Reserved ODh Reserved OEh Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it i
58. hat covers the CPU socket from its locking position Socket Leve Load Plate 2 Carefully lift the socket lever up to open the load plate Load Plate Chapter 2 Installation 3 Locate Pin 1 on the CPU socket Note Pin 1 is the corner marked with a triangle Please note that the North Key and the South Key are located vertically in the CPU housing 4 Position the motherboard in such a Pin 1 way that Pin 1 of the CPU socket is 2 located at the left bottom of the CPU South Key housing North Center Edge 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 6 Align Pin 1 of the CPU with Pin 1 of the socket Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down to the South Center Edge Socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface of the Socket or against any pins of the socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket Socket L cke eve 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 press 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 Plastic
59. he necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CDs that came packaged with your motherboard C 1 Configuring Intel ICH6R SATA RAID Function To configure SATARAID functions you must first configure the RAID Level that you desire in the Intel ICH6R SATA RAID Utility program before you install the Windows XP 2000 operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CDs that came packaged with your motherboard Note the current version of ICH6R SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 Operating System Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It 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 SATA Transfer rates up to 150MBps 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 can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to Intel ICH6R SerialRAID Located in the South Bridge of the E7221 Copper River Chipset the I O Control ler Hub ICH6R provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the System It supports one channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master
60. heir antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides ex cellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as specified by the Manufacturer Do not install the CMOS onboard battery upside down to avoid a 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 Installation Procedures Follow the procedures as listed below for full installation of the mother board into a chassis Install the processor and the heatsink to the motherboard Install the motherboard in the chassis Install the memory and add on cards Finally connect the cables and install the drivers 2 1 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual 2 2 LGA775 Processor and Heatsink Fan Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink Installation of the LGA775 Processor New CPU Socket w plastic cap on 1 Press the socket lever to release the load plate t
61. ies SUPERMICR a d D Drivers amp Tools ET321 lt ini Geist Dri V hlperi us E Bee 5 Super Pocta M 5 Bild dri dekati enun e Birate CD Ere Up Hest Tine Fia pie vil DLIPERMICRU S seb die Cos qs lia Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD Installing Intel Application Accelerator Utility a When the above screen appears click on the icon marked Application Accelerator RAID Edition on the screen and the following screen will appear SUPERO P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Fic cea ann ew et eh ae ka nagh he ped Purses Ce Seip Be raba lintel Ape Acima AAD E deen riis eed ind eredi i applies n VE oe p
62. ight for pin definitions These fan headers support 3 pin fans The fan speed is controlled by Thermal Manage ment under the Hardware Monitor ing Section in the BIOS Chassis Intrusion The Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 See the board lay out in Chapter 1 for the location of JL1 and the table on the right for pin definitions 3 pin Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin Number Definition 1 Ground black 2 12V red 3 Tachometer Caution Fan headers use DC power Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Number Definition 1 Intrusion Input 2 Ground Fan 5 T 1 1 enm CLIE Cr CO E 4 Pin PWR a CPU 2 7221 5 LGA 775 CopperRiver NorthBridge DIMM 1A DIM Fan 2 DIMM ZA 3 DIMM 2B AN C LE1 CTRL S PCI X 133 100 MHz GLAI em ICH6R SSouthBridge JBT1 a PCI 33MHz 7 8 SCSI CTRL 5 7902W PCEEXT JPA 2 13 hassis Intrusion Fan 4 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Ports and Mouse Pin Definitions The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the Pi ca PS 2 mouse are located at J14 Number Definition t See the table on the right for pin 2 definitions The mouse port is P M above the keyboard port See the 5 Clock
63. indows XP 2000 Installation a Insert Microsoft Windows XP 2000 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 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s d Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 Driver for ICH6R into Drive A and press the Enter key e Choose Intel R 82801ER SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 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 specified press the Enter key to continue with the installation g From the Windows XP 2000 Setup screen press the Enter key The XP 2000 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2000 installation Note the current version of the ICH6R SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 Operating System C 8 Appendix C Software Installation h After Windows XP 2000 Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot i Insert Supermicro CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during system reboot and the following screen will appear SUPT P Fla mj IHF r
64. m ind Haeni Demmi le walt Fimpluink Wizah rd tisagi redirect congole s an keyboard absent Console Redirection This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the function of Console Redirection The options are Disabled and Enabled BAUD Rate Select the BAUD rate for console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Agent Connect Via This setting allows you to select the device to be used for Console Redirection Agent Wait Time Min This setting allows you to set the wait time for the Console Redirection Agent The options are 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min and 8 Min Chapter 4 BIOS 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Set Supervisor Password Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted on the above Screen press the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor Password in the dialogue box to set or to change the Supervisor Password Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted on the above screen press the Enter key When prompted type the User Password in the dialogue box to set or to change the User Password Password Check This setting allows the user to determine if the password is required every time when the system boots up or if the password is req
65. n C 5 Installing the Operating System and other Software Programs After all the hardware has been installed you must first install the operating System and then other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CDs that came packaged with your motherboard Note for the Windows 2003 OS please refer to Page C 14 SUPE PERCOR PED pi en SUPERMICREK Duet 10 Drivers amp Tools intel 7221 8 nisi 3 ups CU TI ment E T2371 Chipset Vrai pplication acr al SUPERBAD Sipai Decke 11 lt e CD 2 ux For reet wat UPEER ate R FEFIICHIO Compute Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD SUPERO P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Supero Doctor 111 The Supero Doctor 111 program is a Web base management tool that supports remote managem
66. nfig 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 ure the onboard IDE interfaces 7 Host DataS 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 Pins 3 5 of JF1 Refer to Fig 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 2 3 f ti S th 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 ure 2 5 location the 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 table on the left for pin defini 7 irse ENS Host Data 15 19 GND 20 Key tions Note You must use the 21 DRQ3 22 GND 23 VO Write 24 GND ATA100 66 cable included with 25 Read 26 GND your system to benefit from the 7 28 29 DACK3 30 GND ATA100 66 technology 31 IRQ14 32 10CS16 33 Addr 1 34 GND 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 GND Floppy IDE re 0 JPF CPU JPUSBi ib Usa 775 CopperRiver Parallel Port NorthBridge m EC Usson Kes DIMM 1A DIMM 18 T eLan Mm DINTZA aL DMZ 0 3 peed POLK TSS HOO LUE E satel a d ug wer x FREE C T i pe scsi CTA C ogg USBG 7 Fan4 Li Tas 2 05 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Ultra320 SCSI 68 pin Ultra320 SCSI Connectors JA1
67. ni tions IDE SATA See the note below NIC2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 1 9 Vcc 0 GND NIC1 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 11 12 Vcc GND IDE Pin Definitions JF1 Pin gt b Definiti The IDE SATA LED is located on S 14 HD Acti pins 13 14 of JF1 This connects Lb to the hard drive LED to display all IDE and SATA activities See the table on the right for pin defini tions Note This LED is for all IDE and SATA devices IDE SATA LED 2 LED NIC1 LED 20 19 E Sus memmew Ces tm Ground olo NMI oD 2 T i X lt ZH Hee io Power OnLED lt o vec SATA LED lve LED Vc CNIC2 LED 4 Ojo Vcc _ Overheat Fan Fail LED E gt 1 8 Ground gt Reset Button 3VStandby signal gt Power Button L5 Nem JWDEQ LL 2 1 2 10 Chapter 2
68. our disk drive for details on actual jumper loca tions and settings Question After have installed 4 pieces of 1GB Memory why does the BIOS only detect about 3 15 GB of memory during POST Answer Because the chipset does not support memory remapping so there is a memory hole located around the 4GB memory address Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Question What are the function keys for the IPMIVIEW ESCOP F1KEY ESC P Q F2 KEY ESC ESC ESC KEY CTRLM ENTER KEY CTRLH BACKSPACE KEY CTRL I TAB KEY ESC S SIGNAL TRANSFER REQUEST ESC c REBOOT SYSTEM ESC d ALT key on ESC e CTRL key on lt Tab gt Enter BIOS Setup 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be ap plied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover dam ages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alteration misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems SUPER P8S
69. r motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps 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 Questions FAQs sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site lt http www supermicro com support gt before contacting Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com techsupport download htm Note Not all BIOS can be flashed depending on the modifica tions to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Supermicro for technical support 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 posted on our web site at http www s
70. res sese 4 5 4 4 2 Advanced Chipset Control sse 4 7 4 4 3 10 Device Configuration 4 9 4 4 4 PnP Configuration 4 4 5 Hardware Monitors 4 13 4 4 6 Processor amp Clock Options 1 4 14 4 4 7 DMI Event Log eerte nr tiens 4 15 4 4 8 Console Redirection essen 4 16 4 5 nicae Db get ead o C d e o eques 4 17 4 61 BO OL LEE TUS MM LESE 4 18 4 7 i 4 20 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix B BIOS POST GCOd6S 5 nter rene or o eie tan Appendix C Software Installation Instructions 2 C 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an ac knowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All Included with Retail Box Only One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 IDE cable One 1 9 pin Serial port DKT Cable One 1 ATX floppy drive cable w 3 heads Two 2 SATA cables One 1 U320 SCSI Cable P8SC8 only One 1 I O shield One 1
71. res lu narima Fart b When the above screen appears click on the icon marked Next on the screen and the following screen will appear nifA depletion KAD Lernis Ape mani rad he diving agr ond aerial Pan la FREE DAN bap Im qaa Ha ot aparani EL SOFTWARE LICENSE ABREE WERT Aala garada Lire BEAD COPS HHSTALDHU ORI UMG stel iat iriver ed Varna af Hia pas nel anh aha bel sede bet ime he ambu ret ierni dirs yous matt accep Bs Appendix C Software Installation c After reading the License Agreement click on the icon marked Yes on the screen and the following screen will appear d Specify the folder that you want the program to be installed in and then click on the icon marked Next to begin the installation process Appio kie Accel atar BAT Sates Localia Rin rt Potter 3 Beh olini rai ar chiro a fena lola Td irodali Taiata a Peder chick U rca and
72. s R W able or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker B 1 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual POST hex Description OFh Reserved 10h Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD amp DMI support 11h Reserved 12h Use walking 1 s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry Also set real time clock power status and then check for override 13h Reserved 14h Program chipset default values into chipset Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers 15h Reserved 16h Initial Early Init Onboard Generator switch 17h Reserved 18h Detect CPU information including brand SMI type Cyrix or Intel and CPU level 586 or 686 19h Reserved 1Ah Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector table If no special specified all H W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR amp S W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR 1Ch Reserved 1Dh Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch 1Eh Reserved 1Fh Load keyboard matrix notebook platform 20h Reserved 21h HPM initialization notebook platform 22h Reserved 23h 1 Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack If CMOS checksum fails use default value instead 3 Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI amp PnP use If ESCD is valid take into consideration of the ES
73. t lt m PCI 33MHz 1 7 IB SCSI CTRL EIE o Peces 8 5 7902W wor USB2 3 Ly ACAL swa 1 05867 Fan 2 26 SCSI Channel A Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Always disconnect the AC power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Check that the 5v standby LED is lit LE2 on motherboard oak WwW nm Make sure that the 4 pin 12v power connector at J2 is connected to your power supply Make sure that no short circuits exist between the motherboard and chassis Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards Install a CPU and heatsink making sure that it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well Use the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the CMOS battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power Make sure that no short circuits exist between
74. t exactly represent the features on your motherboard See the follow ing pages for the actual specifications of each motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction Motherboard Features CPU Latest CPU technology Single Intel Pentium 4 Processor in the 775 Land Grid Array Package at a system bus speed of 800 MHz Memory Latest memory technology Dual Single Channel DDR2 533 400 using x8 DRAMTechnologies up to 4 GB of ECC Non ECC unbuffered two way interleaved DDR2 533 400 SDRAM in 4 DIMMS Note See Section 2 4 for details Chipset Latest Intel chipset technology ntel E7221 Copper River Expansion Slots Two 2 PCI Express x1 One 1 PCI X up to 133MHz P8SCi PCI X 100MHz P8SC8 One 1 32 bit PCI BIOS 8 Mb Firmware Hub AwardBIOS Flash BIOS APM 1 2 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Eight onboard voltage monitors for CPU core 3 3V 5V 5VStandby 1 5V VBATT and 12V Fan status monitor with firmware software speed control SuperDoctor Watch Dog NMI Environmental temperature monitoring via BIOS Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss System resource alert via Supero Doctor Ill Hardware BIOS virus protection Auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual ACPI Features Microsoft OnNow Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator BIOS support for US
75. te for ATX power supplies you must com clas pletely shut down the system and zm Fu E remove the AC power cord before T jo fes clearing CMOS 1 en 7 PCI 33MHz 2 18 Chapter 2 Installation USB Wake Up USB Wake Up Use JPUSB1 to enable or disable BUS USB Wake Up which allows you Jumper to wakeup the system by de Postion Definition pressing a key on the keyboard or 2 3 Disabled by clicking the mouse when either is connected to the USB1 or USB2 port This jumper is used together with the USB Wake Up function in BIOS Enable both the jumper and the BIOS setting to allow the sys tem to be woken up See the table on the right for jumper settings Keyboard Wake Up Keyboard Wake Up The JPWAKE1 jumper is used to Jumper Settings gether with the Keyboard Wake JPWAKE1 Up function in BIOS Enable both mec sas the jumper and the BIOS setting to 12 Enabled 2 3 Disabled allow the system to be woken up by depressing a key on the key board See the table on the right for jumper settings Your power supply must meet ATX specifica tion 2 01 or higher and supply 720 mA of standby power to use this feature
76. te generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt sys tem Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Con figuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management through a SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption The IRQs DMAs and space resources of the Super I O can be flexibly adjusted to meet ISA PnP requirements which support ACPI and APM Ad vanced Power Management SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual Notes 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 Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the anti static bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into t
77. the motherboard and the chassis Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to Appendix A for details on beep codes 3 1 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure that the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 You should be using unbuffered DDR2 memory see 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 Make sure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on you
78. the status of the system The settings are All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette and All But Disk Key Total Physical Memory Total System Resources Total Available Memory These are displays that inform you how much of each type of memory is recognized as being present in the system 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 Advanced BIOS Setup Choose the Advanced BIOS Setup from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Select one of the items in the left frame of the screen to go to the sub screen for that item The Advanced BIOS Setup options are displayed by highlighting the option using the arrow keys All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section tan Palg Advanced Chipeet Emairmi rads maa LAU Enef purat ium uva Coal ans Wardwars d Dl rh pi ns Eveni Log irri bem 4 4 1 Advanced BIOS Features When the item of Advanced BIOS Features is highlighted press the Enter key to activate the screen below rz l DOE Fealurez 1 1 iem Allow he mira in ine nah ship certain lasti Arete Enah did while booting This APS Varijan Dustrni 11 41 mlll dscreame the time Dag Thar Select boot ihe Alter
79. uired only when you enter the CMOS setup The options are System and Setup SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display The Award BIOS attempts to load the operating system from devices specified by the users in a user specified sequence Removable Device Boot Priority Hard Drive Boot Priority CD ROM Boot Priority This item allows the user to select the Boot Priority of Hard Disk Devices First Boot Device This item allows the user to set the first boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Second Boot Device This item allows the user to set the second boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Chapter 4 BIOS Third Boot Device This item allows the user to set the third boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD SCSI CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Boot Other Device If enabled this option enables the BIOS to load the OS from another device rather than the ones that have been specified as the first second and third boot up devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual 4 7 E
80. upermicro com techsupport contact_support htm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when contacting our technical support department by e mail at support supermicro com 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What type of memory does my motherboard support Answer The P8SC8 P8SCi supports up to 4 GB of ECC Non ECC unbuf fered DDR2 533 400 two way interleaved or non interleaved SDRAM See Section 2 4 for details on installing memory Question How do 1 update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com techsupport BIOS bios htm 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 current BIOS before downloading Select your mainboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS update file and you will find the readme txt flash instruc tions the awdflash exe BIOS flash utility and the BIOS image xxxx bin files Copy these files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system It is not necessary to set the BIOS boot block protection jumpers on the mainboard At the DOS prompt upon rebooting enter the command awdflash Then type in the BIOS file that you want to update xxxx bin 3 3 SUP
81. ust also have a WOR card and cable to use WOR Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header JWOL is designated WOL on the mother Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Definition 1 Ground 2 Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL board See the table on the right Pin for pin definitions You must en Number Definition 1 5 Standby able the LAN Wake Up setting in 2 Ground 3 Wake u BIOS to use this function You must also have a LAN with Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature Fibs Ces 10 4 z PWR E CPU 5 E7224 LGA 775 CopperRiver NorthBridge DIMM 1A DIMM 1B 1 UA Fans AN DIMM 2B 1 IRE 3 GIA PCI X 133 100 MHz 9 ICH6R SouthBridge WOL JPL a PCI 33MHz E 8 WOR SCSI CTRL 5 EX a 7902 W D USB2 3 Co JPA1E 9100 USB6 7 Fan4 2 15 SUPER P8SC8 P8SCi User s Manual VGA Connector A VGA connector JG1 is located next to the COM1 on the IO backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location Giga bit LAN Ethernet Ports There are two RJ45 Ethernet Gigabit LAN ports located on the IO backplane SMB Header lize SMB on your system SMB Header Pin Definitions J5 Pin A System Management Bus Number Definition header is located at J5 Connect 1 Data
82. xit Choose Exit from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Save amp Exit Setup When the item Save amp Exit Setup is highlighted press Enter to save the changes you ve made in the BIOS program CMOS and exit Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure Exit without Saving When the item Exit without Saving is highlighted press Enter to exit the Setup routine without saving any changes you may have made Your sys tem should then continue with the boot up procedure Load Fail Safe Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Load Optimized Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the optimized settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These settings provide you with optimal system performance Discard Changes When the item Discard Changes is highlighted press Enter to discard any changes you made to the BIOS settings and to stay in the BIOS Setup Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure 4 20 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a problem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Beeps Error Messages 1 lon

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