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1. VRD Porcessor 2 Porcessor 1 VRD T 1067 133 1 1333 2 ne 7 lt hu a PCI E x8 N Ports u 67 PCI E x N Ports EN 4 5 VN Intel 5100 PCI E x8 N Q PCI E Bridge Q PCI E x8 A PCI E x8 NPorts EK E VPEX8532N Wf2 3 Port N a LLI 0 LA 5 L______P6GLE x 2 gt Ax LAN PCI E x1 LAN1 Lane 5 DMI RJ45N 14 82573 N LAN PCI E 1 3 0 Gb S E EEs N lt ICH9R u PCLE x4 N 1 2 3 4 GN DDR2 SDRAM 32MB ZN a VGA VN VGA PCI 33MMZN Pal Conn N Volari Z9S USB 20 m N 2 GO ol Z EN swso 2 IT8213F SPI W83627DHG IDE ji MS COM1 COM2 KB External Internal SOL Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Fea tures pages for details on the features of each motherboard 1 8 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset and Processor Features Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the Intel 5100 chipset the X7DCX mo
2. r 55505 oa 6 JPW3 OIMMIB d m GLAN P 2 LED BOE j O E ort S ER DIMMO DIMM A CH1 DIMM1 DIMM2B Geli zal e 7 T TET Onboard PWR LED ki DIMMZ DIME leg DIMM2 DIMM3A 2 4 a t Intel 1 wi ceu Nem un North Bridge zc 1017 PCI Ex4 inxB slot LAN 5 fad JBATI 1015 PCI Ex amp in x16slot ZEN e e s Ex EL EES 5 3 z 8 CENE PCLEXB H E VGA CTRL s E sfa pcies 2 2 o E lt Belle rw si pores 5 i JE m iur USB2 3 103845 Sac Use usedi 77 Chapter 2 Installation 2 9 Floppy SIMSO IPMI and HDD Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 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 do
3. Gee A VGA j SATAO C SATA1 o Ei sesma me D SATA2 je SATA3 om ke EN E SATA4 d Ka E 2 PGI Ex4 inx amp 63 SS 63 Br r sGPIOt a d F 50 2 9 s PoLexe 5 loa POLE 862 POLEX8 SUPER X7DCX mo gigi E T SGPIO Headers Two T SGPIO Serial Link General Purpose Input Output headers are located between the South Bridge and the VGA Controller on the motherboard These headers are used to communicate with the Serial Link System Monitoring chip on the backplane See the table on the right for pin definitions Refer to the board layout below for the locations of the headers 55 E r Dee PWR 2 IN ans Far 6 EZ 50 8 6 5 E CH1 DIMMO c DIMMIB lan T GHO_DIMMO C DIMMIA o DIMMI DIMM2B E DIMMI DIMM2A 8 CH DIMV2 DIMMSB CHO DIMM2 DIMMSA 2 z North Bridge cpu2 3 CTRL 117 PCI Ex4linx8 slot
4. Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports are located on the I O backplane These ports LAN 1 2 accept RJ45 type cables ERE Tl A USB 0 1 DOS OA E B USB 2 3 zazan m H USB 4 5 epa DIMM2 Her D USB 6 di EN E USB 7 ka E LAN Port 1 G LAN Port 2 sis pave 56 ap 805 PCIEx amp n x1 slot pores SIMSO ciat pei 2 19 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual VGA Connector A VGA connector is located next to COM1 port the IO 59555 Refer to the board layout below for the location Serial ATA Ports Six Serial ATA SATA ports I SATAO I SATA5 are located SATA Port JS1 JS6 on the motherboard These Pin Definitions SATA connections are supported by Pin Definition Pin Definition Intel South Bridge to provide Serial eem 2 Te Link signal transmissions on the 3 4 Ground motherboard See the table on the 5 RX 6 RX right for pin definitions Refer to the f Ground board layout below for the locations of the headers
5. Uninstalling the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instructions on the next page to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket Chapter 2 Installation 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink NO 1 SCREW 0 4 SCREW ar screws from the motherboard in the sequence as shown in the picture on the right 2 Hold the heatsink as shown in the pic e a ture on the right and gently wriggle the BILE SENEM heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the heatsink is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old thermal grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface be fore you re install the CPU and the heatsink 2 7 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual 2 4 Installing DIMMs DIMM Installation 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to
6. 1 EL lo DIMMO DIMMIB o c o DIMM2B CPUI DIMM2A CH1 2 DIMM3B COMI JE gt R Fang DIMM2 Intel o 3 JEU LAN North Bridge 3 CTRL r PCI ExA inx slot LAN rr n POLE 3 JBATL E 015 PCI Ex amp in x1 6slat KEN 63 z x Sidi POL EX8 amp c PLX BOS VGA FO CTRL gt PCI Ex amp 81 HE 362 POLES 7 amp 2 0586 0387 Etc otii sedi SMB Header Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Data 2 Ground 3 Clock 4 No Connection PWR SMB Pin Definitions Pin Definition Clock PWR Fail Data Ground 3 3V A Overheat LED PWR Chapter 2 Installation 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the mother board jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings
7. e SUPERG X7DCX SMBus p GE pM M b ke hi sused ised 1530881200885 Pin 5 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Data 2 3 Ground 4 vec 5 Clock e Nc Definition Pin 4 Definition DCD DSR RXD RTS TXD CTS DTR RI Ground NC Pin 10 Key is available on COM only NC No Connec tion e A Keyboard Mouse 1 COM2 Chapter 2 Installation Universal Serial Bus USB Back Panel USB USB 0 1 There are eight USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports headers on the motherboard Two of them are Back Panel USB ports USB 0 1 The other six are Front Panel USB connectors USB 2 3 USB 4 5 USB 6 and USB 7 See the tables on the right for pin definitions Front Panel USB Pin Definitions USB 2 7 Pin Definitions 1 5V PO Note To comply with FCC require _ USB 2 4 6 7 USB35 ments please do not attach an un Pin Definition Pins Definition shielded cable to a USB port even 45V if there is no device attached to the PO cable Use only a shielded USB cable that meets the requirements for a USB Ground Ground device No connection Key GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet
8. 4 23 MBE opo oe Rt de Raul 4 24 s 4 25 Appendix A BIOS POST Error A 1 Recoverable POST Emmons A 1 Appendix B Installing the Windows B 1 B 1 Installing the Windows XP 2003 OS for systems with RAID Functions B 1 B 2 Installing the Windows OS to Systems without RAID Functions B 2 Appendix C Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers C 1 od Installing Dil C 1 G2 Contiguring Supero Doctor 2 viii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All the following items are included in the retail box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 floppy cable CBL 0022L One 1 IDE cable CBL 036L 03 Six 6 SATA cables CBL 0044L One 1 I O Backp
9. lt 3845 USB2 3 seda Ep EI T eme USB ges p hir ame ilc susedi 227 VGA Enable Disable JPG1 allows you to enable or disable the VGA port The default position is on pins 1 and 2 to enable VGA See the table on the right for jumper settings Bus to PCI Slots Jumpers JI C1 and JI C2 allow you to con nect the System Management Bus SMB to PCI E and PCI slots The default setting is set to Disabled See the table on the right for jumper settings 55 PWR 12C oy Fam Fan OO gt DIMMO o DIMMIB is E c3 CHO DIMMO DIMM1A_ o DIMM1 DIMM2B B a CPU1 8 DIMM2A ii DIMM2 DIMM3B ion CHO DIMM2 gt DIMM3A 8 Intel a JPLI En LAN North Bridge 2 N CTRL 69 1017 PCI Ex4 inx8 slot LAN siis PCI ExR CTRL 05 PCI Ex amp n x16slo 014 PCI E PLX BI PCI Exp EM gt lt E Switch 5 er m at 03 PCI Ex8 22 E 02 POLE IDE j CTRL n mmmn 1986 USB4 5 0582 used useda Chapter 2 Installation VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JPG1 Both Jumper
10. Connector BIOS Chip COM1 COM2 Fans 1 6 Fans 7 8 Floppy IDE I SATAO 5 JBAT1 JD1 JF1 JL1 JPW1 JPW2 JPW3 JWOL JWOR LAN1 2 KB MS PWR SIMSO SMBus1 JSMB1 5 1 T SGPIO1 2 USB 0 1 USB 2 3 4 5 USB 6 7 VGA LED DP1 Chapter 1 Introduction X7DCX Connectors Headers Label 24 3 16 Fan1 51 2 49 Fan3 45 Fan4 36 5 57 Fan6 58 Fan7 54 Fans 44 38 37 34 33 32 31 30 29 43 47 50 35 52 55 56 21 17 6 7 1 53 39 22 46 42 41 2 USB2 3 28 4 5 27 USB 6 23 7 25 4 Description Phoenix BIOS SPI Chip COM1 COM2 Serial Port Header Fans 1 6 Chassis System Fans CPU Fans Floppy Drive Connector IDE Connector Intel South Bridge SATA Ports 0 5 Onboard Battery Onboard Speaker Power LED Front Panel Control Connector Chassis Intrusion Header 12V 8 Pin Auxiliary PWR Connector ATX 24 pin Main Power Connector 4 Pin CPU PWR Connector Wake On LAN Header Wake On Ring Header Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 Ports Keyboard Mouse JKM1 Power Supply SMBus Header SIMSO Remote Management IPMI System Management Bus Internal Buzzer Speaker SATA General Purpose Headers Back Panel Universal Serial Bus USB Front Panel USB Headers 2 3 4 5 FP USB Connectors 6 7 VGA Connector X7DCX LED Indicators Label 48 Description Power LED SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU e Dual Intel 64 bit Xeon LGA 771 Quad
11. tac e SNN IT EL LIE 2 17 Heec 2 18 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports Ee 2 18 Sonah PONS 2 18 Universal Serial Bus USB rici ea de ih ka kanal k 2 19 GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports Laudi eder ine ne 2 19 VGA GCOHPIBCIOD ee en kerya pe eed cs nhac rk u re ees ebd ke na reo 2 20 Serial ATA POMS eoe reci ig EUER E Va pole 2 20 T SGPIO 2 21 Onboard Headers ne a a c I M 2 22 Wake Or Ig isi k nari nk kaba bal n ak n b k n ad bel k kn ka UC wek B e Re d ek n ADA b 2 22 Wake On LAN MET kake kk k k ek ke ka k K ke k KA KAK KK KAKA kk KA KA KA KA KA k 2 22 Power SDC cT HE 2 23 GMASSIS in lS EES an kekan s rek dele awa dan n ka besan R K 2 23 SMB M m 2 24 Power COnFecltor oio eee ee 2 24 Jumper Settings seme eee lan ua S 2 25 Explanation of JUmperS gene ene ee ee eee een Peer Ek kek ree ere 2 25 GLAN 2 25 eue cNer i T 2 26 Watch Dog Enable Disable rne cease statue sse 2 26 Enable Disable sse nennen 2 27 Bus POL cie aE EE 2 27 Onboard kk kk kk kek k
12. Setting 5 C and TControl 10 Thermal Control Setting 10 C CPU 1 Temperature CPU 2 Temperature System 1 Temperature System 2 Temperature The BIOS will automatically detect and display the temperature settings of the devices indicated above Fan1 Fan 8 If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fan as specified Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to run at full speed 12V at all times The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V 12V P1V8 3 3V 5Vsb 5VDD P_VTT Vbat Note In the Windows OS environmen
13. of a chassis intrusion when the chassis is Ground opened oy ada PWR LED Speak 5 Hi CEREN 3 JPwa an JPWI dj nf Chassis intri i 5 Sapien Sean Chassis Intrusion CH1 DIMM1 DIMM2B CHO DIMM2A E gt CHO_DIMM2 gt DIMM3A n X i E j 0 e 3 RS Intel eg LAN North Bridge o 3 Gy Tag 3 N 63 17 PCI Exd4 inx amp slot LAN 1516 PCI Ex amp 1014 r1 5 PCI Ex amp IDE r VGA cm sig poLexe kek 86 2 B az wo MBust USBAS get Ten pers isc USB susedi sadi SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual SMB A System Management Bus header is located at JSMB1 Connect an propriate cable here to utilize SMB on your system Power lC Connector Power 12 Power SMB connector monitors the status of the power supply fan and system temperature See the table on the right for pin definitions
14. Core Dual Core 5400 5300 5200 5100 Sequence processors at a front side bus speed of 1333 MHz 1066 MHz Memory Six 240 pin DIMM sockets with support up to 48 GB ECC Buffered Registered DDR2 667 533 MHz Memory See Section 2 4 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Population Chipset e Intel 5100 chipset including the 5100 Memory Control Hub MCH and the ICH9R South Bridge Expansion Slots e Six PCI Exp x8 slots Slots 2 6 one in x16 slot Slot5 e One PCI Exp x4 in x8 slot Slot7 e One PCI 33MHz slot Slot1 One SIMSO IPMI slot with full KVM support if a SIMSO Add on Card is installed BIOS 16 Mb Phoenix SPI Flash EEPROM e DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 1 2 ACPI 1 0 2 0 Plug and Play PnP USB Keyboard support Hardware BIOS Virus Protection and SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring e Onboard voltage monitors for CPU core Memory Chipset 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V standby 5V standby and VBAT e Fan status monitor with firmware control e CPU chassis temperature monitors Low noise fan speed control e Fan status monitor for on off control e CPU fan auto off in sleep mode e Pulse Width Modulation PWM fan control temperature sensing logic e Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 support Ready Platform Environment Control Interface CPU slow down on temperature overheat 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction CPU thermal trip support for processor protection e Power up mode control for recover
15. Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations J Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 JPL2 enable or disable GLAN Port1 GLAN Port2 the mother board See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is Enabled o F 7 E an TA E EET S OMNEA 8 i ENT IUS oO CHO_DIMM2 DIMM3A Ol kooo 4 E j 0 e 3 3 LAN hi LAN s 1516 8 em Ge ste Iss T SGPIO2 az SUPER X7DCX mmm V VGA e CTRL sid PGI Ex amp SMBust uss zs pao Pee EP eS wars Lu Exec sad enda b S JPW Connector 2 E Jumper Cap 2 1 1 Setting Pin 1 2 short GLAN Enable Jumper Settings Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default 2 3 Disabled Floppy A
16. SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual gt IPMI LAN Control This feature allows the user to configure IPMI LAN Control settings ULAN Tagging fi nt HE VLAN Tagging Select Enabled to enable Virtual LAN s for IPMI connections and allow the user to configure VLAN settings The options are Enabled and Disabled VLAN ID If VLAN Tagging above is set to Enabled this item allows the user to change the VLAN ID If VLAN Tagging is disabled this item will be ignored by the firmware IP Address Source This item allows the user to select the IP address source for the connection The options are DHCP Dynamic Host Controller Protocol and Static This item displays the IP address for the IPMI connection detected IP Subnet Mask This item displays the IP Subnet Mask for the IPMI connection detected Default Gateway This item displays the Default Gateway for the IPMI connection detected MAC Address This item displays the MAC Address for the IPMI connection detected Update LAN Settings Select Yes to allow BIOS update LAN setting The options are Yes and No 4 22 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Set Supervisor Tassuord fi n
17. as comprised if Enabled The options 4 13 SUPER X7DCX User s Manual are Disabled and Enabled Hardware Prefetcher Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the hardware components that are used in conjunction with software programs to prefetch data in order to shorten execution cycles and maximize data processing efficiency The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel lt R gt Virtualization Technology Available if supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel EIST Support Available if supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation The options are Enabled and Disabled Note Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information CPU Cache Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings DCU Prefetch Select Enable to enable DCU Data Cache Unit Prefetch support f
18. efficiency ideal for complex application computing in a multi user environment Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com products motherboard for updates This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 introduces the motherboard providing information on the layout con nectors jumpers features specifications and the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system Chapter 3 includes an introduction to the BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility If you encounter any problems see Chapter 4 which describes troubleshooting procedures for the video the memory and the system setup stored in the CMOS Appendix A lists BIOS POST Error Codes Appendix B and Appendix C provide the Windows OS and Other Software Programs Installation Instructions Conventions Used in the Manual Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation or to prevent damage to the components SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to correct system setup Contac
19. it is logged as a Patrol error A correctable error is corrected and written back into memory The options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC Enabling Multimedia Timer Select Yes to activate a set of timers that are alternative to the traditional 8254 timers for the OS use The options are Yes and No USB Host Controller 1 Select Enabled to enable USB Host Controller 1 The options are Enabled and Disabled USB Host Controller 2 Select Enabled to enable USB Host Controller 2 The options are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled Chapter 4 BIOS Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Frequency Ratio Available if supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are Default x6 x7 x8 and x Core Multi Processing Available if supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for more information The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to En
20. of chassis overheating or fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition i Ground OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 5 Vcc Ground A OH Fan Fail LED B PWR Supply Fail ET gu Ein ga m lose ler Groun g om E r 2 8 P Power LED HDD LED L NIC1 LED e NIC2 LED QYouran Fail LED SUPER X7DCX ascen Edd ges KIE i pwr rail LED 2 1 Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located Pin Definitions JF1 on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the Pin Definition hardware reset switch on the computer a a case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Ground Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily systm This button can also be Pin Definitions JF1
21. support supermicro com or by fax at 408 503 8000 option 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my motherboard can support Answer The X7DCX has six 240 pin DIMM slots that support DDR2 Registered ECC 667 533 MHz SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes See Chapter 2 for detailed Information Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experi encing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure that it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to 3 3 SUPER X7DCX User s Manual your computer Unzip the BIOS files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system Follow the Readme txt to continue flashing the BIOS Warning Do not shut down reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible system boot failure Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied 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 ne
22. the system This button can also be in Definitions JF1 Pin Definition configured to function as a suspend button with a setting in the BIOS see 1 Signal Chapter 4 To turn off the power when 43V Standby set to suspend mode press the button for atleast 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions A Reset Button B PWR Button NMI f e Power LED Vec o q ETI HDD LED Vcc TI NIC1 LED Vcc E kj NIC2 LED Vcc 5 d gt m OH Fan Fail LED Vec Bes i_j PWR Fail LED Ground Reset FP Reset z e FP Power Butto amp saa jina 18 PWR 2 15 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual 2 6 Connecting to the Headers and Connectors ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions Power Connectors Pin Definition Pin Definition ATX Power Connector 13 33 1 43 3V A 24 pin main power supply connector 42y 433V JPW2 and an 8 pin CPU PWR connector B GOV Gan JPW3 are located on the motherboard 16 PS ON V These power connectors met the SSI EPS INCUN Em 12V specification The 4 pin 12V PWR con 18 6 5V nection JPW1 is also required to provide 19 7 COM adequate power to the system For th
23. then Bank 2 and so on see Section 2 4 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply 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 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http Awww supermicro com support faqs before contacting Technical Sup port 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermi cro com support bios 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Supermicro for technical support e Motherboard model and PCB revision number e BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up e System configuration e An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at
24. to select the base I O address for serial port B The tions are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for the Floppy port The options are Primary and Secondary 4 15 SUPER X7DCX User s Manual gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to mark the DMI events as read Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press lt Enter gt to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the followin
25. 3 PCI Ex8 8 r E streo V cou NEREYE YY USB amp USB Bp TEEN figs alkid Juse da Chapter 2 Installation 1 2 3 4 Pin Definition Fan Header Pin Definitions Ground 412V Tachometer PWR Modulation Fan 1 Fan 2 Fan 3 Fan 4 Fan 5 Fan 6 Fan 7 Fan 1 H Fan 8 CPU Fan 2 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual Connections ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located on the I O back plane See the table on the right for pin definitions The mouse port is above the keyboard port See the table on the right for pin definitions Serial Ports COM 1 and are serial port con nections located on the motherboard COM is a connector located on the backplane COM is a header lo cated below PCI Slot 1 to provide front access See the table on the right for pin definitions PWR 2c DIMMO c DIMMIB GHO_DIMMO CH c DIMM2B CPU GHO_DIMM1 DIMM2A GH1_DIMM2 CHO_DIMM2 DIMM3A 7 o j North Bridge 56 2 pore
26. Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take Caution when changing the Advanced settings An incorrect setting may cause the system become unstable When this occurs reset the setting to the default setting Accelerate MRC If Enabled the BIOS will ignore the Memory Reference Code MRC when there is no change to DIMM population in order to speed up system boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled Crystal Beach Configuration Enabled This feature cooperates with the Intel I O AT Acceleration Technology to accelerate the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For this motherboard the TOE device is built inside the ICH9R South Bridge chip The options are Enabled and Disabled SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that an SERR is to be asserted The options are N
27. BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to al low data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512 640K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data b
28. DIMM1B gt F7 ad 2 CH1 DIMM1 DIMM2B B E pem m 8 5 DIMM2 lt 3 E ms Intel 3 PA TAN North Bridge 8 3 GTRL lir POLE adn sot LAN 3 lis POLE POLE Wain desan D Pa g SUPER X7DCX s PCI Ex8 CTRL 63 PCI Ex8 sid PCI Ex8 USBAS 05829 ic used reel Floppy IDE Wake On Ring Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Ground 2 Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Wake up A WOR B WOL Chapter 2 Installation Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the table on the right for speaker pin Pin Dennitions definitions Pin Setting Definition Pins 6 7 Internal Speaker Note The speaker connector pins are use with an external speaker lf you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper External Speaker Chassis Intrusion Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at Pin Definitions JL1 JL1 on the motherboard Attach an appro Pind Definition priate cable from the chassis to inform you 1 Intrusion Input
29. GLAN 1 Enable B GLAN 2 Enable SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog JWD1 is a system moni Watch Dog tor that can reboot the system when a Jumper Settings software application hangs Close pins Jumper Setting Definition 1 2 to reset the system if an applica Pins 1 2 Reset tion hangs Close pins 2 3 to generate a IE non maskable interrupt signal for the ap Ping 2 9 plication that hangs See the table on the Open Disabled right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS gt 22222722222 qt 1 A Clear CMOS jii GE _ 10 H Watch Dog Enable a 2 d 3 p ite c E D North Bridge CPu2 sisi7 PCI Ex4 inx slot E
30. IOS BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all PC XT and PS 29 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS utility stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS Logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the Delete key at the appropriate time during system boot See below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the 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 Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 4 3 detailed de scriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible boot failure 4 1 SUPER X7DCX User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwis
31. LAN 59 E POLE zs PCI Ex amp in 1650 BETI 805 svo 5 r 03 PCI Ex8 Ko E 2 Big uses use EAE Lr Lic usedi Chapter 2 Installation GPIO1 2 Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 wc 3 Ground 4 DATA Out 5 Load 6 Ground 7 Clock NC No Connections SGPIO1 5 2 PI wy Floppy IDE SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual Onboard Headers Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is located at JWOR Use this header to wake up your system when it receives an incoming call to the modem while in suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located at JWOL on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin defini tions You must have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature E 2 JPW3 Pw was CH1 DIMMO
32. S TYPE This item displays the type of IDE or SATA Device Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS LBA Mode Conitrol This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast 4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the func
33. SUPER SUPERO X7DCX USER S MANUAL 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 Super Micro Computer Inc Supermicro reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL Super Micro Computer Inc BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of Calif
34. User s Manual B 2 Installing the Windows OS to Systems without RAID Functions 1 Insert Microsoft s Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD 2 Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays 3 When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s 4 Insert the driver diskette ITE RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for IDE into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key 5 Press the lt Enter gt key to proceed with the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation 6 From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue with the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation 7 After the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot 8 Insert the Supermicro Setup CD that came with your motherboard into the CD Drive during system boot and the main screen will display B 2 Appendix Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Appendix C Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers C 1 Installing Other Drivers After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as s
35. abled to enable Machine Checking support to allow the CPU to detect and report hardware errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Enabled and Disabled Thermal Management 2 Available if supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold C1 Enhanced Mode Available if supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Execute Disable Bit Available if supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot preventing virus infection during an attack The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes
36. ack directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data pro cessing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the extended memory area above 1MB Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and opera tion The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 9 SUPER X7DCX User s Manual gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN 1 Onboard GLAN 2 Gigabi
37. ction a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super supports 360 K 720 K 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 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 I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electro 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 e Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag e Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts e When handling chips or modules avo
38. e 20 Res 8 PWR_OK 8 PWR JPW3 please refer to the item 21 5V 9 5VSB listed below See the table on the right for NEW 22 45V 10 12 pin definitions 23 45V 11 12V 24 12 3 3 Required Connection 12V 4 pin Power Con nector Pin Definitions Processor Power Connector Ping asin In addition to the Primary ATX power con 1 and 2 Ground nector above the 12V 8 pin CPU PWR connector at JPW3 must also be connected Required Connection to your power supply See the table on the right for pin definitions 4 12V 12V 8 pin Power CPU Connector Pin Definitions Pins Definition 1 through 4 Ground PWR 2 M MN j Gane Fam pots i E B C 5 through 8 12V Required Connections CH1_DIMMO c DIMMIB GHO_DIMMO CH c DIMM2B CPU GHO_DIMM1 DIMM2A CHi_DIMM2 DIMM3B Fan CHO_DIMM2 A 24 pin ATX PWR B 4 pin PWR 8 pin Processor PWR og LAN North Bridge CTRL Gk PCI Exd inx amp sioti sis pone 51015 PCI Ex8 in x16slot 2 ZS intel CTRL u
39. e noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the ap propriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see the next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 pressing lt Delete gt immediately after turning the system 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the lt Delete gt key to activate the main Setup menu Press the lt Delete gt key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the icon With the item highlighted press the lt Enter gt key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu System Time Enter Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key
40. ed Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for the Windows OS and security and audio drivers 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damage in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Chapter 4 BIOS Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X7DCX The Phoe nix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of our web site at lt http www supermicro com gt for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System B
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42. ene 1 9 The 5100 Memory Controller Hub MCOCH u kek 1 9 The Ninth Generation Controller Hub 9 1 9 1 3 Special Features rcc ka kk 1 10 1 4 SI cuu IP T 1 10 1 5 CoL cio cc 1 11 Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator 1 11 Main Switch Override Mechanism u 1 12 External Modem Ring Ox lakin sk Waye chee s ka Ena kh We 1 12 MEE Lo o soU bka n wek dabe n k bp und HO Va bak 1 12 Terz COUDBI Luces l eren cli deb K n en cen ka n reer 1 13 Chapter 2 10 AA AA A A MEE NEED 2 1 25 1 Stiatlc Ser Siliy DEVICES L 2 1 PRECAUTIONS Dm 2 1 MENT rmn r mm 2 1 2 2 Mounting the Motherboard in the C hASS S ELE Eke 2 2 Installation or rrr rto Hila klan 2 2 2 3 Installing Processor and Heatsink Fatis erede EE 2 4 installing the LGA771 Processor kan kek sa Ra eu kar 2 4 Loading the Processor into the amp 2 5 Installing the HeatsinK EiE 2 6 Uninstalling the Heatsink 2 6 2 4 Installing DIV SH yin silan ma eyb oe te ten Ea ER De ege i o 2 8 DIMM tel ets a
43. ents For example if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insufficient hard drive space for saving the data you can be alerted of the potential problem You can also configure Supero Doctor to provide you with warnings when the system temperature goes beyond a pre defined range 1 5 Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifi cation defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture indepen dent implementation that is compatible with Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows 2003 Servers 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 wi
44. er fi TI nr Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the f key or the lt r gt key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the x key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select an item from the candidate list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then become a bootable device See details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices in the Item Specific Help window 4 24 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display BIOS settings are described in this section Exit Saving Changes Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Se
45. errors The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 19 SUPER X7DCX User s Manual BIOS POST Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable POST Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled OS Boot Watch Dog Set to Enabled to enable OS Boot Watch Dog The options are Enabled and Disabled Timer for Loading OS Minutes This feature allows the user to set the time value in minutes for the previous item OS Boot Watch Dog by keying in a desired number in the blank The default setting is 10 minutes Please ignore this option when OS Boot Watch Dog is set to Disabled Time Out Option This feature allows the user to determine what action to take in an event of a system boot failure The options are No Action Reset Power Off and Power Cycles gt System Event Log System Event Log List Mode These options display the System Event SEL Log and System Event SEL Log in List Mode Items include SEL System Event Log Entry Number SEL Record ID SEL Record Type Time Stamp Generator ID SEL Message Revision Sensor Type Sensor Number SEL Event Type Event Description and SEL Event Data System Event Lo SEL Entry Number 1 fi nt 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS System Event Log in List Mode 0001 Fant 11 05 2008 10 55 02 gt Realtime Sensor Data This feature display information from motherboard sensors such as temperatures fan speeds and voltages of various components 4 21
46. es not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Floppy Floppy Connector Definition Definition The floppy connector is located next Ground FDHDIN to the IDE drive See the table below Ground Reserved for pin definitions Key FDEDIN Ground Index Ground Motor Enable Ground Drive Select B Ground Drive Select B Ground Motor Enable Ground DIR Ground STEP Ground Write Data Ground Write Gate Ground Track 00 Ground Write Protect Ground Read Data Ground Side 1 Select Ground Diskette E FE FATE A Floppy j OF Dp p gag Usus OR PG yc JUL PER Ezan EME i bean rs used sedi SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual IDE Connector An IDE Connector is located next to the floppy drive on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin definitions SIMSO IPMI Slot A SIMSO IPMI slot is located next to the floppy drive on the motherboard This connection offers Intelligent Plat form Management Interfacing IPMI capability for multi platform multi user communications and remote system management It als
47. esent in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the ar row keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt gt Boot Features EE Enter gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings QuickBoot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routines by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The options are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed QuietBoot Mode This setting allows you to Enable or disable the graphic logo screen at the boot up POST Errors Set to Enabled to display POST Error Messages if an error occurs at the bootup If set to Disabled the system will continue to boot without displaying any error message even when a boot error occurs ACPI Mode Select Yes to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No 4 7 SUPER X7DCX User s Manual Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the s
48. etai i cana s rin d y adatto ide cd a 2 8 Memo deren Ker ke rae 2 8 Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability 2 9 2 5 Control Panel Connectors lO EEE kek 2 10 Back Panel Connectors lO POMS 2 10 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 6 2 7 2 8 Front GOMMOMP anes PI 2 11 Front Control Panel Pin 2 12 cicer oria etn anada dxke eu in ade h k na k s k sa Ked dank 2 12 Power LED s NAE tae cece retener 2 12 Bis eR E Dr rg 2 13 NIC1 NIC2 LED 2 13 Overheat Fan Fail LED CN 2 14 Power Fall lad ka ka nak b n aa da He Ak deena 2 14 Reset 2 15 2 15 Connecting to the Headers and Connectors 2 16 Power 2 16 ATX Power 2 16 Processor Power 2 16 Fan Headers eise tie tle m ak 2 17
49. ever you need to use the memory modules of the same speed and of the same type on a motherboard memory to work properly you need to follow the restrictions listed above iii For e Note 1 Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Note 2 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional See the following table for details 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation System Device Firmware Hub flash memory System BIOS Local APIC Area Reserved for the chipset APIC 4 Kbytes PCI Enumeration Area 1 PCI Express 256 MB boundary VGA Memory TSEG Memory available to OS and other applications Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability 1 MB 4 2 4 256 MB 256 MB PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed Aligned on 256 512 MB Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Notch Release Tab Notch Note Notch should align Release Tab with the receptive point on the slot To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom To Remove Use your t
50. for test purposes only e See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers ports and JF1 front panel connections e a indicates the location of Pin 1 1 3 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual X7DCX Quick Reference 56 55 e m 5 CH1 DIMMO o DIMM1B 9 a DIMMO 0 DIMM1A O CH1_DIMM1 o DIMM2B _ CPU1 8 o CHO DIMM1 6 DIMM2A o 9 A CH1_DIMM2 DIMM3B o Fan2 gt 49 To o CHO_DIMM2 DIMM3A M lt 48 O 3 Intel ou LAN North Bridge CPU2 7 2 o 3 CTRL fb CPU2 Fan Vus 9 Q o ON CTRL mi E a 43 NJBATI TM ac 40 222 em E 39 ll 38 B 37 pur UO E 13 BE d B CTRL B P lt cE OAS K 5 5 5 3 5 5 KO Foy o T USB6 USB7 PGi JWOL 1 1 pe Ta mooo Ty 16 1718192021 22 293031323334 35 36 Label JBT1 26 Jl261 JI2C2 19 20 JPL1 JPL2 5 11 JPG1 18 JWD1 40 23 2425 26 27 X7DCX Jumpers Description CMOS Clear SMB to PCI slots Connect Enable LAN1 2 Enable Disable VGA Enable Disable Watch Dog 1 4 Default Setting See Chapter 2 Off Disabled Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 1 2 Reset
51. g settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specify which COM port to direct the remote console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B The options are Onboard COM A Onboard COM B and Disabled g Note The default COM port will be set to COM B when an IPMI card is 4 installed on the motherboard BAUD Rate This item allows you to set the BAUD rate for the console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to choose the console redirection type The options are VT 100 VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to set the flow control for the console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to decide how the console redirection is to be connected either Direct or Via Modem Continue CR after POST This item allows you to decide whether you want to continue with the console redirection after POST routines The options are On and Off 447 SUPER X7DCX User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set the CPU Overheat Temperature Threshold When the CPU temperature reaches this overheat threshold the system will slow down and the CPU fan will be activated to prevent CPU overheat The options are TCon trol the Thermal Control Setting inside the CPU TControl 5 Thermal Control
52. h a new one 3 1 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual No Video 1 Ifthe power is on and you have no video please remove all the add on cards and cables 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 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 4 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still sup plies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 5 f the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs Memory Errors 1 Make sure the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed Check if DIMMs of different speeds or types have been installed Also make sure that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used 2 ltis recommended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR2 Buffered Registered ECC 667 533 MHz SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 3 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between four slots and noting the results Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an interleaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1
53. he 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on card only Note Wake On LAN requires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The X7DCX can only accommodate 24 pin ATX power supply Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the motherboard some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 400W of power depend ing on your system configuration In addition the 12V 8 pin is also required for adequate power supply to the CPU Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise Chapter 1 Introduction It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid prob lems caused by power surges 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 sele
54. he environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperatures system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor interface Note 1 Both default username and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor Ill settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen l Health Information mc Ruper Dodor Remote Management System Info Health Info Performance Remote Control Configuration Administration CPUl Chassis CPUZ Chassis 7 13 19V MER 1 129 C 2 Appendix Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen ll Remote Control Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor III allows a user to inform the OS to reboot or shut down within a specified time the default is 30 seconds Before the system reboots or shuts down it s allowed to cancel the action Req
55. hown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items Driver Tool Installation Display Screen SUPERMICRO X7DCX Series Motherboard Drivers and Tools WinXP iv fools Drivers amp Tools XGI 29 Graphics Driver Intel San Clemente Chipset INF fles SUPERMICR B Microsoft DirectX 9 0 Intel 5100 chipset Intel Matrix Storage Manager Adaptec Storage Manager Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor Ill SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click a computer icon on the right of an item to install an item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list 1 SUPER X7DCX User s Manual C 2 Configuring Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor Ill program is a Web based management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called the SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor t
56. humbs to Top View of DDR2 ECC Slot gently push the re Release Tab Il lease tabs near both ends of the module to release it from the slot Il Release Tab SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual 2 5 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See the graphics below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Back Panel Connectors lO Ports is Ga mU Y oz 9 Bes U ex I d 3 4 iet e e EZ 2 E f mem 0000 099009 Nee ack Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Il li UJ Back Panel Connectors 1 Keyboard Purple PS 2Mouse Green USB 0 USB 1 COM 1 Turquoise VGA Blue AP C Chapter 2 Installation Front Control Panel contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally lo cated on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed specifically for use with Supermicro server chassis See the figure below for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons a
57. id touching their pins e Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use e For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explosion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 1 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual 2 2 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis For proper installation please follow the instructions below to mount the mother board into the chassis before installing the CPU on the motherboard Tools needed Phillips screwdriver e 6 32 x5mm pan head screw as shown below Installation Procedures Locate the mounting holes on the motherboard Refer to the layout below for the locations of the mounting holes The holes marked with arrows are the mounting holes on this motherboard locate the mounting holes on the chassis e Align the mounting holes on the motherboard against the mounting holes the chassis e Insert a 6 pan head screw into a pair of mounting holes on the motherboard and on the chassis Using a Phi
58. il LED L Ground Ground is omea 2 1 Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located HDD UID LED Pin Definitions JF1 on pin 14 of JF1 Attach a hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for SATA hard drives on the system je UD Sge See the table on the right for pin HD Active definitions Pin Definition NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Control ler LED connection for GLAN is GLAN1 2 LED located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and Pin Definitions JF1 the LED connection for GLAN Port2 Pin Definition is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC 9 11 Vcc LED cables to display network activity 10 12 Ground Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions A HDD LED B NIC1 LED NIC2 LED E gs 0325255323557 B O sik Power LED MET rn z G oio gt S nici LED e Ce ES NIC2 LED l Fail LED Bes E 1 PWR Fail LED m z Ground i j Ground 2 2 2 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual Overheat Fan Fail LED OH Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warnings
59. improve performance DIMM 1A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two mod ules at a time beginning with DIMM 1A DIMM 1B then DIMM 2A DIMM 2B and DIMM 3A DIMM 3B 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 This motherboard supports both dual rank and single rank memory modules For system memory to work properly please use all dual rank memory mod ules or use all single rank memory modules on the same motherboard Check the Supermicro web site for other information Memory Support The X7DCX supports up to 48 GB Buffered Registered ECC DDR2 667 533 MHz in 6 DIMMs Populating memory slots of the same bank with a pair or pairs of memory modules of the same size and same type will result in two way Inter leaved Memory which will improve memory performance See the table below Optimized DIMM Population Configurations No of DIMMs 2DIMMs DIMMIB l 4DIMMs DIMM1A DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM2B 6DIMMs DIMM1A DIMM2A DIMM3A DIMM2A DIMM3B Notes i DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot to be populated ii Both 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported how
60. in its peak performance The Direct Media Interface DMI provides the connection between the MCH and the ICH9R The ICH9R supports up to one PCI Express x16 slot six Serial ATA ports and six USB 2 0 ports In addition the ICH9R offers the Intel Matrix Storage Technology which provides various RAID options for data protection and rapid data access It also supports the next genera tion of client management through the use of PROActive technology in conjunction with Intel S next generation Gigabit Ethernet controllers 1 9 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section to change this setting The default setting is Last State 1 4 Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7DCX All have an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Voltage Monitoring An onboard voltage monitor will scan the CPU Core Chipset 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12 12V 3 3V Standby 5V Standby and VBAT voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error me
61. in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the lt Enter gt key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the lt Enter gt key to save the data BIOS Date This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in 4 3 SUPER X7DCX User s Manual gt SATA Port 0 SATA Port 1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 SATA Port 4 SATA Port 5 and Ext Primary Master Slave These settings allow the user to set the parameters of the slots indicated above Hit lt Enter gt to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Type This option allows the user to select the type of IDE hard drive The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select User to allow the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIO
62. lane CSE PTO7L One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual MNL 1029 1 1 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual SUPER X7DCX Image latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual Note The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction SUPER X7DCX Motherboard Layout CH1 DIMMO o DIMM1B CHO_DIMMO 0 DIMM1A CH1_DIMM1 DIMM2B gt 7 CPU1 8 o DIMM1 DIMM2A CH1_DIMM2 DIMM3B CH0 DIMM2 o DIMM3A 5 2 vea OF IJD1 B 5 1 lt Intel E a JPL1 va LAN North Bridge CPU2 2 Fan3 lt CTRL oo Fan8 fh CPU2 Fan 7N o NABATL dg 55 z i ES PCLEx8 PLX PCI Exp 5 0 Switch Q 5 Q SR 503 E 2 lt a e lt m 3102 PCI Ex8 5 5 Ji ou P dinde 2 1 JWOL Notes e Jumpers not indicated are
63. ll wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Pressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just press and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the Standby or Off state The external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL without any connection to the WOL header T
64. llips screwdriver tighten the screw Make sure that the standoffs on the chassis click in or are screwed in tightly e Repeat the step above until the motherboard is securely installed into the chassis 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation Notes 1 All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both motherboard and chassis match 2 Some components are very close to the mounting holes Please take precautionary measures to avoid damaging the components when install ing the motherboard into the chassis 2 3 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual 2 3 Installing a Processor and Heatsink Fans Warning When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Notes 1 Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any components Make sure that you install the pro cessor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Intel s boxed Xeon CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink assem bly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi directional heatsink and fan 3 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 4 When purchasing a motherboard with an LGA 771 CPU Socket make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU Socket pin
65. nd LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions Front Control Panel Header JF1 Pins SUPER X7DCX lo mama ma mel Te Power HDD LED NIC1 LED NIC2 LED OH Fan Fail LED uin A AA ad cds SA PWR Fail LED Ground FP Reset Button Ground BE PWR FP Power Button 2 1 2 11 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual Front Control Panel Pin Definitions NMI Button NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button Pin Definitions JF1 header is located on pins 19 and 20 Pinf Definition of JF1 Refer to the table on the right 19 Control for pin definitions 20 Ground Power LED Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the dO 15 sv table on the right for pin definitions A NMI B PWR LED do Power LED ols Ee HDD LED NIC1 LED Ts S NIC2 LED LJ 7 OH Fan Fail LED Qu 5 PWR Fa
66. ng CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate WARNING Handling of lead solder materials used in this product may expose you to lead a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm Manual Revision 1 0 Release Date November 23 2008 Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2008 by Super Micro Computer Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users lt provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER X7DCX motherboard About This Motherboard The SUPER X7DCX supports dual Intel Xeon Quad Core Dual Core 5400 5300 5200 5100 Sequence processors with a front side bus speed of up to 1333 MHz With multi core processors cost effective Intel 5100 chipset and low power native DDR2 memory built in the X7DCX delivers superb processing ca pacity without sacrificing affordability This motherboard offers powerful business capabilities with optimal power
67. o provides full KVM support if a SIMSO Add on card is installed on this slot Refer to the layout below for the IPMI slot location sss PWR I26 CH1 DIMMO c DIMMIB DIMMO DIMM1A GH1_DIMM1 DIMM2B com Of DIMM2A GH1_DIMM2 DIMM2 DIMM3A i o LAN North Bridge CPU2 E CTRL X 5 E x 2 a 117 PCLEvA nxB sible 1015 PCI Ex amp in x16slat SGPIO VGA CTRL sida PoLexe 805 EB ina POLES uses me Rura NP eua COE mE EN SG i Use Pins EOM N B 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 Definition Pin Reset IDE 2 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 0 18 Ground 20 DRQ3 22 Write 24 Read 26 IOCHRDY 28 DACK3 30 IRQ14 32 Addr1 34 36 Chip Select 0 38 A IDE Drive B SIMSO IPMI IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions Definition Ground Host Data 8 Host Data 9 Host Data 10 Host Data 11 Ho
68. one Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both 4GB PCI Hole Granularity This feature allows you to select the granularity of PCI hole for PCI slots If MTRRs are not enough this option may be used to reduce MTRR occupation The options are 256 MB 512 MB 1GB and 2GB Channel 0 Rank Sparing Channel 1 Rank Sparing Select Enable to enable the function of memory sparing for Memory Bus of Channel 0 1 The options are Enabled and Disabled Enhanced x8 Detection Select Enabled to enable Enhanced x8 DRAM UC Error Detection The options are Disabled and Enabled 4 11 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual Demand Scrub Scrubbing is a process that allows the North Bridge to correct correctable memory errors found on an FBD memory module When the CPU or I O issues a demand read command and the read data from memory turns out to be a correctable ECC it is corrected and sent to the original source Memory is updated as well Select Enabled to use Demand Scrubbing for ECC memory correction The options are Enabled and Disabled Patrol Scrub Scrubbing is a process that allows the North Bridge to correct correctable memory errors found on FBD memory modules Select Enabled to use Patrol Scrubbing a background ECC memory correction activity initiated by the North Bridge to find and correct memory errors by scanning all memory modules doing simulated READs while checking for ECC errors When an ECC error is detected during this process
69. or perfor mance enhancement The options are Enabled and Disabled IP Prefetch Select Enable to enable IP Prefetch support to enhance network performance The options are Enabled and Disabled Direct Cache Access Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enable to route inbound network IO traffic directly into processor caches to reduce memory latency and improve network performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A The op tions are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQA Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal IR for an infrared device and Ask IR Base I O Address This setting allows you
70. ornia USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause interference with radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Materials This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containi
71. s Definition Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled to PCI Slots Jumper Settings Jumper Definition Enabled Disabled Default B 261 2 2 NJBATI IDE SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual 2 8 Onboard Indicators Lin m _ Activity LED LED GLAN LEDs Rear View There are two GLAN ports on the moth when viewing from the back of the chassis erboard Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port GLAN Activity Indicator has two LEDs The yellow LED indicates LED Setting activity while the Link LED may be RE green amber or off to indicate the speed Yelow Flashing LAN Active of the connection See the tables at right for more information LED Settings LED Color Definition Off No Connection or 10 Mbps Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps Onboard PWR LED Indicator LED Setti Onboard Power LED LED Color Definition An Onboard Power LED is located at DP1 Off System Off PWR cable not connected on the motherboard When this LED Indi cator is on the system is on Be sure to Green System Green ACPI S1 State unplug the power cable before removing Flashing or adding any components See the table QUEM i i ACPI TR on the right for more details CPI S3 STR State Slowly GLAN Porti LEDs
72. s are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 5 Refer to the Chipset MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Installing the LGA771 Processor 1 Press the load lever to release the load plate which covers the PnP Cap on CPU socket from its locking top of the position Load Plate 2 lift the load lever to open Load Lever the load plate 3 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU Load Plate with PnP Cap attached 2 4 Chapter 2 Installation Loading the Processor into the Socket Align CPU Pin1 the CPU corner marked with a triangle against the socket corner that is marked with a triangle cutout Align the CPU key that is the semi circle cutout below a gold dot against the socket key the notch on the same side of the triangle cutout on the socket Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down to the 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 or against any pins of the socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket With the CPU installed in the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed Then close the load plate Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down to lock it If the CPU is properly installed into the socke
73. ssage is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the thermal fan control to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chas sis temperature is too high Chapter 1 Introduction CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat temperature When the CPU temperature reaches the pre defined overheat threshold both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor in Linux Supero Doctor is used to notify the user of certain system ev
74. st Data 12 Host Data 13 Host Data 14 Host Data 15 Key Ground Ground Ground BALE Ground lOCS16 Ground Addr2 Chip Select 1 Ground Activity 40 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards 3 Install a CPU in CPU Socket and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Make sure that the CPU is properly seated Be sure to check all jumper settings as well No Power 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and the chassis 2 Make sure that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Make sure that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your moth erboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it wit
75. t LAN OPROM Configure Select Enabled to allow the system to boot from the GLAN 1 connection or the GLAN 2 connection The options are Disabled and Enabled Default Primary Video Adapter This item allows the user to select the Primary Video Adapter between two adapters instead of selecting among three or more adapters The options are Other and Onboard Video Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No PCI 33MHz Slot2 PCI Exp x8 Slot3 PCI Exp x8 Slot4 PCI Exp x8 Slot5 PCI Exp x8 Slot6 PCI Exp x8 and PCI Exp x4 Access the submenu to make changes to the following items Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk
76. t the Supero Doctor settings take prece dence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those in the BIOS 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS gt IPMI The option is available only when IPMI card is installed in the system System Event Luyy iny Enter IPMI Specification Version This item displays the current IPMI Version BMC Hardware Firmware Version This item displays the current BMC Baseboard Management Controller Hardware Firmware Version System Event Logging Select Enabled to enable IPMI Event Logging When this function is set to Disabled the system will continue to log events received via system interface The options are Enabled and Disabled Clear System Event Logging Enabling this function to force the BIOS to clear the system event logs during the next cold boot The options are Enabled and Disabled Existing Event Log Number This item displays the number of the existing event log Event Log Control System Firmware Progress Enabling this function to log POST progress The options are Enabled and Disabled BIOS POST Errors Enabling this function to log POST
77. t the plastic cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the clip is pushed in the clip lock Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard Socket Key Socket Notch CPU Key semi circle cutout below the circle Corner with a triangle cutout North Center Edge Load Lever CPU in the p CPU socket Plastic cap is released from the load plate if the CPU properly stalled Warning Please save the plastic PnP cap The motherboard must be shipped with the PnP cap properly installed to protect the CPU Socket pins Shipment without the PnP cap properly installed will cause damage to the socket pins 2 5 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual Installing the Heatsink CEK Heatsink Installation CEK Passive Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die the required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention Screw 1 Screw 2 mechanism 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid possible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening Screw 1 all four screws
78. t JH Supervisor Password Is This indicates if a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up 4 23 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual Password on Boot This setting allows you to determine if a password is required for a user to enter the system at bootup The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Boot List 1 Legacy Floppy Drtu
79. th Bridge pone 1 PCI Ex popen Floppy IDE By SUPERG X7DCX SMBus citt ei a lisa used Fan Headers Fan Headers The X7DCX has six chassis system fan headers Fans 1 Fan 6 and two CPU fan headers Fans 7 8 These fan head ers support 4 pin or 3 pin fans However for the system to function properly please use all 3 pin or all 4 pin fans on a moth erboard See the table on the right for pin definitions Note The speeds of 4 pin PWM fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting The default setting is Disabled FIE decet 0 bz CH DIMMO DIMMIB EEE DiMA EN b o DIMM2A DIMM2 DIMM3B DIMM2 DIMM3A i Li E 3 m Inte TAN North Bridge 3 GTRL sz PCI Ex4 inx PES E POLE g s i JaaT PCI Ex amp in sario 36 2 ji BIOS A BOS naa VGA UPS CTRL o 9 10
80. therboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual processor based high end computer systems with configuration options optimized for intensive computing high energy efficiency and complex business applications The 5100 chipset supports single or dual Intel Xeon 64 bit Quad Core Dual Core 5400 5300 5200 5100 Sequence processors with front side bus speeds of up to 1333 MHz The chipset consists of the 5100 Memory Controller Hub Intel Controller Hub ICH9R and the I O subsystem The 5100 Memory Controller Hub MCH The Intel 5100 MCH chip is designed for symmetric multiprocessing across two independent front side bus interfaces Each front side bus uses a 64 bit wide 1333 1066 MTS data bus capable of transferring data at 8 5 10 6 GB s for a total bandwidth of 17 21 3 GB s The MCH supports a 36 bit wide address bus and up to four DDR2 667 MHz 533 MHz DIMM modules providing a total memory capacity of up to 48 GB The 5100 also provides three x8 PCI Express interfaces and one x4 DMI Interface to the ICH9R Each PCI Express port on the MCH provides 4 GB s bi directional bandwidth if configured as a x8 port or 2 GB s bi directional bandwidth if configured as a x4 port The Ninth Generation Controller Hub ICH9R The I O Controller ICH9R provides the data buffering and interface arbitration re quired for the system to operate efficiently It also provides the bandwidth needed for the system to mainta
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82. tion of the Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled When this item is set to Enabled the following item will display 4 5 SUPER X7DCX User s Manual ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel to enable Intel s SATA RAID firmware to configure Intel s SATA RAID settings The options are Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being pr
83. tup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you have made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 25 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual Notes 4 26 Appendix A BIOS POST Error Codes Appendix A BIOS POST Error Codes This section lists Recoverable POST Power On Self Test Error codes for the Phoenix BIOS A 1 Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display a POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the following beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected 1 continuous beep Front Panel Overheat LED On Motherboard Overheating SUPER X7DCX User s Manual Notes Appendix B Installing the Windows OS Appendix B Installing the Windows OS After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel South Bridge RAID settings before you install the OS and other software drivers To install the Linux OS or to configure RAID settings please refer to the OS Installation or RAID Configuration User Guides posted on our web site at www s
84. uirements Keep Supero SD3Service Daemon running at all times on this system Provide TCP IP connectivity Power control Note SD III Software can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor 111 You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For the Linux OS we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor Il SUPER X7DCX User s Manual Notes Disclaimer Continued The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems medical equipment nuclear facilities or systems aircraft aircraft devices aircraft emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions litigation and proceedings of any kind arising out of or related to such ultra hazardous use or sale
85. upermicro com sup port manuals Please note that the ICH9R Driver does not support the Windows 2000 OS B 1 Installing the Windows XP 2003 OS for systems with RAID Functions 1 Insert Microsoft s Windows XP 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD 2 Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays 3 When the Windows XP 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify ad ditional device s 4 Insert the driver diskette ITE RAID XP 2003 Driver for IDE into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key 5 When the Windows XP 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify ad ditional device s 6 Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2003 Driver for ICH9R into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key 7 Choose the Intel R ICH9R SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2003 Setup Screen and press the Enter key 8 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 9 From the Windows XP 2003 Setup screen press the Enter key The XP 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2003 installation After the OS Installation is completed the il 1 SUPER X7DCX
86. y from AC power loss e Chassis intrusion detection e System resource alert Supero Doctor III ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism ACPI Power Management e Power on mode for power recovery Onboard e Six SATA 2 ports supporting RAIDO 1 10 and 5 in the Windows OS environ ment One SIMSO IPMI socket Two Intel 82573V and 82573L LAN chips support two Giga bit LAN ports e One EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interface supports UDMA Mode 5 and PIO Mode 4 e One floppy port interface Two COM ports 1 header 1 port supports Fast UART 16550 connections Up to eight USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus two ports two headers and two Type A connectors e Super I O Winbond W83627DHG e 795 32 MB Controller supports one VGA port Other e External modem ring on e WOL e Wake on Ring WOR e Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions Extended ATX 13 0 L x 12 W 330 2 mm x 304 8 mm 1 7 SUPERO X7DCX User s Manual
87. ystem will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video

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