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1. LED Definition Color Amber Blinking 10 100MHz 1GHz JPWAKE1 2 a ATX 24 Pin PWR ta Fan5 Fan1 4 Pin a e x PUSB1 ll PWR NH a 3 E7221 TEN z E 86e NorthBridge LGA 775 EAR i 218 CopperRiver Ets GLAN1 DIMM 1A blue DIMM 1B black GLAN2 DIMM 2A blue DIMM 2B black PXH V E Lu ol VJ GUN PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz PCI X 6 J a JP3 CTRL Batter Buzzer CI 32 bit 33 MHz p c asl ICH6R Fan 7 GLAN 5 South 5 BIOS Fan CTRL PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pcig4 L Bridge an t EPLI 5 oL E d1JPL2 O ul PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pci es ISATAS PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 2 SATA2 TEJ ED IPMI JPUSB2 AN PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI Ir USB3 4USB5 6 SATAO cove IK Jwor swo DWB L TK Floppy IDE Z 2 24 Chapter 2 Installation 2 9 Parallel Port Floppy Drive and Hard Drive Connections Use the following information to connect the floppy and hard disk drive cables Parallel Port Pin Number Function Pin Number Function Connector 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error H 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init The parallel port is loca
2. z di Gs x PUSB1 PWR Cd cl i 2 ke E7221 3 E NorthBridge Ls LGA 775 EAR i AIS CopperRiver Sie GLAN1 d DIMM 1A blue d DIMM 1B black IGLAN2 Ht DIMM 2A blue a DIMM 2B black PXH V al GUN PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz PCI X 6 CTRL Batter e PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pci s ICH6R Fang iz GLAN South 5 BIOS Fang CTRL PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pel LI Bridge BT E EPL su E IJPL2 a a PCI 32 bit 33 MHz __ c 3 3 uj SATA3 JPUSB2 SH PCI 32 bit 33 MHZ Pcig2 ama J4 p PCI 32 bit 33 MHz Fei cove fr JWOR JWOL JKi Floppy IDE fa 2 23 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual 2 8 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs The Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports located beside the Video port has two LEDs The yellow LED indicates activity while the other LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connec tion See the table at right for the func tions associated with the second LED Yellow LED Mim a MON Back View 1 Gb LAN Left LED Indicator Speed LED LED Color Definition Off 10 MHz Green 100 MHz Amber 1GHz 1 Gb LAN Right LED Indicator Activity LED
3. Fan 5 o d z k ATX 24 Pin PWRI ah gE TES x PUSB1 or al e EE E7221 PM 2 t 8 NorthBridge a LGA775 Xs i EAR CopperRiver Sje GLAN HI DIMM 1A blue Ei DIMM 1B black IGLAN2 d DIMM 2A blue al DIMM 2B black PXH V p GN PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz PCI X amp t6 En E P3 Q CTRL Batter Buzzer PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pcigs TCHER amis Ean 2 CLAN South e e Bigs Fan Fan 3 CTRL PCI 32 bit 33 MHz poiga Li Bridge JI tp KOUP Su E 3JPL2 n amp a PCI 32 bit 33 MHz 2 Ej SATAG suo PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pci 2 le Te IPMI SATA H j JPUSB2 PCI 32bit 33 MHz Fo JUSB3 4 USB5 6 Chassis Intrusion om Je swor swo HD ee T m i Floppy IDE Fan 4 2 13 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located at J14 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 defini tions Universal Serial Bus USB There are two Universal Serial Bus ports USB 1 2 located on the I O panel and additional four USB ports are located at J10 J7 on the motherboard These ports labeled USB 3 4 and USB 5 6 can be used to provide f
4. 2 20 Pin Definitions located on the motherboard Each 12 Enable GLAN Controller can be enabled 23 Disable via a jumper Close Pins 1 amp 2 of JPL1 to enable the function of d Come GLAN Controller 1 and close Pins E a AT PUSB1 1 amp 2 of JPL2 to enable the func a tion of GLAN Controller 2 See the 2 2 table on the right for pin defini z E i KB Wake Up Q tions KB Wake U Sle 8 Olio gt a m KDCZ4 Pin PWR SS 3 Kaka E IGLAN1 G nm d FIR Dee KR DE Coppie Eid IGLAN2 Kale EE al allt eg g DIMM 2A blue E DIMM 2B black aut laan gi GLAN PCI X Uess iren O Sep cm Useren pad kene pe P GLAN 1 Enable PCI 3 e S b raa MH e 3 GLAN2 Enable Sp PCI 32 bit 33 MHz Pcis2 mur sama EE zk ef e Chapter 2 Installation USB1 2 KBMS Force Power On Enable Force Power On JPF Disable Jump
5. OH Fan Fail LED Reset JEWAKET ADC2APIRPWR UR Fan5 Fa Pn Leg S PAR ES I CPU Ground lt J JO NMI E7221 d SI NorthBridge X lt x 3 LGA775 DIR CopperRiver f Power On LED lt Vcc 5 STB x f bam gr DIMM 1A blue IDE SATA LED lt Ver al DIMM 1B black a GLAN2 a DIMM ZA blue NIC1 LED lt Vcc 3 STB al DIMM 2B black gt PXH V NIC2 LED lt Vcc 3 STB paar PCHX64 bit 133 MHz Pcrxsd B 7 crm Ae Overheat Fan Fail LED lt Vec3 PCHS2biU33MHz pcd i an is GU South Bios dL Pi o Reserved CTRL PCI 32bi33 MHz pg Jee 5 Reserved S EPE xin L e TI PCI 32 bit 33 MHz___pc aal 3 Ground gt O Reset gt ieee r d swo s i Perse bss M jEES Fu Ge Isignat gt Power Button PA uses IS J PCI 32 a MHz rom jusssisusess 2 j Wc uwor Jwo UWOL IL DO JKT ET C Fopy IDE 5 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual USB1 2 KBMS NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Con troller LED connection for GLAN porti is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to dis play network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions IDE SATA See the note below The IDE SATA LED is located on pins 13 14 of JF1 This LED con nects to
6. Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to Appendix A for details on beep codes 3 1 SUPER P8SCTUser s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For UO port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure that the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 You should be using unbuffered DDR2 memory see next page Also it is recommended that you use the same memory speed for all DIMMs in the system See Section 2 4 for memory limitations 3 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping modules between slots and noting the results 4 Check the power supply voltage 115V 230V switch Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Make sure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new
7. Appendix A provides BIOS POST Messages Appendix B lists BIOS POST Codes Appendix C lists Software Drivers and the OS Installation Instructions SUPERO P8SCT User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Mamnilal EE iii Manual ees DIE NEE iii Chapter 1 Introduction TT VOI VIOM EE Checklist Contacting Supermicto teer eet ro te SEED EUER EROR 1 2 SUPERO SUPER PSSCT li a06 eessen eegen eet tege 1 3 SUPER P8SCT Layout sse nennen nennen nnne 1 4 SUPER P8SCT Quick Reference sse 1 5 E7221 Chipset System Block Diagram see 1 6 Motherboard WI dier terreno ie o Els 1 7 1 2 giele Ee Ve EE 1 9 i3 iPe HlealthiMOohitOFilig s con rr tto etn Ene 1 10 1 4 CPU Thermal Management REENEN 1 10 1 5 Power Configuration Settings AANEREN 1 11 1 6 Power Supply e ter eene ce he d pd ib Bep tid 1 12 VE el O pL 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation eene 2 2 2 3 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis 2 5 2 4 Installing DDR2 Memory rere nnne nien 2 6 2 5 I O Port Front Control Panel Connector Locations sesser 2 7 2 6 Connecting Cables ue iei ett t cree ree ds 2 8 Power Supply Connectors sssssseeeneeeeenemene 2 8 PW ON GOHFGCIO erm Eegeregie Reset Contleclor iiiter HERE ERE EO EE eee Overheat Fan Fail LED um NIC1 NIC2 LED IhndiCators netten 2 10
8. E7221 NorthBridge d LGATIS CoppefRivr CopperRiver Di TIM TE Terach E ae T Ir DINIM 2B black au IGLAN1 HI DIMM 1A blue FA TT E v DIMM1A bue camry T S al DIMM 1B black EN Si RR sciri EN PGI 32 bit 33 MHz pc ss ICHOR Ee pom E mm EI d DIMM 2A blue t mE E E i DIMM 2B black E PCI 32 bit 33 MHz __pc al san E ban PGI 32 biv33 MHZ NT TH lewe SNE row hoses ES E e won wor xan KI LI Peer IDE Uer 2 25 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual Floppy Connector Floppy Connector Pin Definitions J16 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function The floppy connector is located 1 GND 2 FDHDIN 3 GND 4 Reserved between the IDE slot and the IPMI 5 Key 6 FDEDIN Socket Refer to Figure 2 3 for 7 GND 8 Index 9 GND 10 Motor Enable location See the table on the 11 GND 12 Drive Select B x TR 13 GND 14 Drive Select A right for pin definitions 15 GND 16 Motor Enable 17 GND 18 DIR 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 Write Data 23 GND 24 Write Gate 25 GND
9. VIGGO Memory e 3 2 Losing the System s Setup Configuration sess 3 2 SUPERO P8SCT User s Manual 9 2 Technical Support Procedures cerei tees 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions eene 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service sse 3 5 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 17 InOQUCHOTD E 4 1 4 2 RUNNING SOU DM aux G ng ine ern ER eerie reete iE rni SEG 4 2 4 8 Main BIOS Setup ett CHER NA ER MERE Day AWR espera 4 2 Main BIOS Setup Men arii edit eee dederas 4 3 4 4 Advanced BIOS Setup mette tt Rede kanan 4 5 4 4 1 Advanced BIOS Features AE 4 5 4 4 2 Advanced Chipset Control 4 6 4 4 3 1 0 Device Configuration versiasi hasini 4 8 4 4 4 PnP Configuration 4 4 5 Hardware Monitors rennen entren inns 4 11 4 4 6 Processor A Clock Options siceraria dika 4 12 4 4 7 DMI Event Log nre n eerie 4 13 4 4 8 Console Redirection E 4 14 4 5 SECU inii eee ette omen EET RET rat t 4 15 LE Mic 4 16 LEM m ER 4 17 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix B BIOS POST GQOd6S 1i eoi eee deeper Appendix C Software Installation Instructions eeeeeereeeeeteeeeeeeees C 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an ac knowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention
10. above use the space bar to configure the selected drive and press lt F10 gt The following screen appears Appendix C Software Installation h When the screen shown above appears highlight RAID 1 to select it default or press Enter for other RAID options i After completing the RAID level selection use the arrow keys to highlight Accept and press Enter j Once you ve created a new RAID save the configuration and proceed with disk drive initialization SUPERO P8SCT User s Manual Initializing Disk Drives If an installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list for creating a new array or if it appears grayed out you may have to initialize it before you can use it as part of an array Drives attached to the controller must be initialized before they can be used in an array Caution Initializing a disk overwrites the partition table on the disk and makes any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To Initialize Disk Drives a Use the arrow keys to select the second item Initialize from the LSI SATA RAID main menu shown above and press the Enter key b Select Logical Drive from the pop up submenu and press Enters c Use the Space Bar on
11. e Five 5 PCI 32 bit 33MHz slots BIOS 8Mb Firmware Hub AwardBIOS Flash EEPROM BIOS APM 1 2 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 limited Plug and Play PnP BIOS resource hot keys SMBIOS2 3 PC Health Monitoring Seven onboard voltage monitors for CPU core 3 3V 5V 5VStandby VBATT and 12V Fan status monitor with firmware software speed control e SuperDoctor Ill Watch Dog NMI Environmental temperature monitoring via BIOS Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss System resource alert via Supero Doctor Ill Auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core SUPER P8SCT User s Manual ACPI Features Microsoft OnNow Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator BIOS support for USB keyboard Main switch override mechanism Internal external modem ring on Onboard l O 1 UDMA IDE supporting two drives Intel ICH6R SATA Controller 4 connectors for 4 devices 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 2 Fast UART 16550 compatible serial connectors 1 header 1 port 2 Broadcom 5721 PCI E Gigabit Ethernet Controllers 1 EPP Enhanced Parallel Port and ECP Extended Capabilities Port supported parallel port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports Up to 6 USB Universal Serial Bus 2 0 ports for a speed of up to 480Mbps Latest USB 2 0 technology 1 VGA Connector e 1 IPMI 2 0 Socket Other Hyper threading enabled Wake on Ring WOR Wake on LAN W
12. 1 0a and v 1 0 PCI X Frequency This features allows the user to configure the default setting for PCI X Frequency The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCIX 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz PCI X 133 MHz Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 5 Hardware Monitors There are only three settings on this menu below The rest of this menu shows various temperatures and voltage levels as indicated EFH Tampura urm Pept hepr aleje lte SET PEM Pared oar H arm a are H Bm am abi li paru zu ggg LIT ka i erat fa zb H LU Gert LU L A8 ou WII 4 H WERT P Ph Ou Fan Speed Contra Bil nakl eril CPU Warning Temperature This allows you to set the CPU warning temperature If the CPU temperature reaches this threshold an alarm will activate and a warning message will be displayed onscreen The options are Disabled 50 C 122 F 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 709C 158 F 75 C 167 F 80 C 176 F and 85 C 185 F Highlight this and hit lt Enter gt to see monitor data for the following items CPU Temperature System Temperature In addition to temperature monitoring the status of the following items will also be displayed Fan 1 Speed Fan 5 Speed Voltage Monitoring Processor Vcore V 3 3V Vcc V 5V Vcc V 12V Vcc V 12V Vcc V 5V Standby VBAT Fan Speed Control Fani Fan5 When set to 3 pin the onboard fan speed is controlled by the CPU tem perature Wh
13. 24h Reserved 25h Reserved 26h Reserved 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h Program CPU internal MTRR P6 amp PII for 0 640K memory address Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU Program early chipset according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller Measure CPU speed Invoke video BIOS 2Ah Reserved 2Bh Reserved 2Ch Reserved Appendix B Award BIOS POST Codes POST hex Description 2Dh I Initialize multi language 2 Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU speed 2Eh Reserved 2Fh Reserved 30h Reserved 31h Reserved 32h Reserved 33h Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 34h Reserved 35h Reserved 36h Reserved 37h Reserved 38h Reserved 39h Reserved 3Ah Reserved 3Bh Reserved 3Ch Test 8254 3Dh Reserved 3Eh Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1 3Fh Reserved 40h Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2 41h Reserved 42h Reserved 43h Test 8259 functionality 44h Reserved 45h Reserved 46h Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved 4Eh 1 Program MTRR of MI CPU 2 Initialize L2
14. CPU Core The 4 phase switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support auto sense voltage IDs ranging from 0 875 V to 1 6V This will accommo date different CPUs with different core voltage requirements It will also allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make the system more stable 1 4 CPU Thermal Management Thermal Management 2 TM2 When TM2 is enabled in the BIOS and the CPU temperature reaches a pre defined threshold a thermal monitoring mechanism will reduce the process speed by lowering the bus to core ratio of the processor core clock and decrease the voltage input by changing the CPU VID This combination of reduced CPU bus frequency and CPU VID effectively decreases CPU power Chapter 1 Introduction consumption and prevents the processor from overheat and thus greatly increases system stability This function is available for the CPUs that support TM2 1 5 Power Configuration Settings This section describes features of your motherboard that deal with power and power settings Microsoft OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but appears to be off and responds immediately to user or other re quests Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the us
15. Gm EEN Eens les See ml ET uni Floppy IDE HI 2 11 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual Serial Ports Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 Two serial ports are included on Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition the motherboard COM1 is a port 2 RD 7 RTS 3 TD 8 CTS located beside the mouse key 4 DTR 9 RI board ports and COM is a header 5 Ground located below PCI 1 slot See the Serial M E table on the right for pin defini Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition tions 1 CD 6 DSR 2 RD 7 RTS ini 3 TD 8 CTS NC indicates no connection 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Speaker Connector Speaker Pin Definition The speaker connector is located on J9 See the table on the right Pins 1 2 External Speaker M Pi 4 for pin definitions ins 3 Internal Speaker o JEWAKE1 J ATX 24 Pin PWR Ill Fan5 Fani 4Pin e H e x PUSB1 riii PWR N I i Rod CPU E7221 8 NorthBridge COM1 E LGA 775 T 5 CopperRiver 2n0 IGLAN1 Hl DIMM 1A
16. IDE SATA BED rnit ette ira ERROR 2 10 Power Oni LED Connector eae tr eerte e cents 2 11 NMI et 2 11 Serial POMS xor tire rm RE ET PEE SID V VE b n v aie 2 12 Speaker Connector receipt erepta nicer scetur KESANE 2 12 Table of Contents Fan Headers Chassis Intr SlOR arcere iier e HERE ro repere TORRES 2 13 ATX PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Ports sssssseeeeee 2 14 Universal Serial Bus USB adegit 2 14 Wake Ori Bifigi EE 2 15 Wake On LAN iir rre rere eee erred mh Dr ih E e CEA WE EN 2 15 Viet Werl 2 16 Giga bit LAN POMS iitt dete nene eni 2 16 y wp Hc X ae Power LED Explanation of Jumpers eene enne Ria da an tnn CMOS e Keyboard ET EE Giga bit E Le tiet er rre et eic te te Force Power Om Enable tree esee ob dente deu Watch Dog Enable retirees SMBus to PCI PCI X Slots PCIX Slot Speed Select uote e etae CPU Front Side Bus Speed USB Wake UD ttr tereti reiten eid PEERS 2 8 Onboard Indicators o CILAN LE RE 2 9 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Drive and SCSI Connectione 2 25 Parallel Port Contiector eintreten mene ien 2 25 Floppy GOFfIneCltOL coe eec tren eee ka na eee ka MA Va kEY 2 26 IDE COnn Ctor uie e e ee a hte ipn dei e Eos 2 26 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 321 Troubleshooting WE Gg ee le EE 3 1 Betore Power On eene ec Eget edited 3 1 No Power NO
17. Mode 6 Scroll up to the item SATA Mode and press the Enter Key to select this option When the sub menu appears select the item RAID 7 Tap Esc and scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot Appendix C Software Installation Using the LSI ICH6R SATA RAID Utility Driver Accessing the LSI SATA RAID Utility After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automati cally reboot To run the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility press the lt CTRL gt key and the lt M gt key simultaneously during system bootup as shown in the screen below LSI SATA RAID Utility Main Menu Once you ve entered the LSI SATA RAID Setup Utility the Main Menu of the SATA RAID Setup Utility displays as shown below Jar ra LN S Ci pirak ian umm ml bara Ter Note Please refer to the LSI User s Guide which is included in the CD for installing the LSI SATA RAID Controller Driver You can also down load a copy of the guide from our web site lt C 3 SUPERO P8SCT User s Manual Creating New A SATA RAID a From the Setup Utility Main Menu shown on the previous page select Configure and press the Enter key The following screen displays Sree cfd Conf sur alt bys g
18. This setting allows the user to select the DMA channel for the ECP mode port to use The options are 1 and 3 Power On Function This setting allows the user to decide which method to use to power on the System The options are Password Hot Key Mouse Left Mouse Right Any Key and Button Only KB Power On Password This setting allows the user to enter the Password when the system is powered on via keyboard Hot Key Power On This setting allows the user to decide which hot keys to use in order to power on the system The options are Ctrl F1 Ctrl F2 Ctrl F3 Ctrl F4 Ctrl F5 Ctrl F6 Ctrl F7 and Ctrl F8 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 4 PnP PCI Configuration Choose PCI PnP Configurations from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Initial Display From This feature sets the device that will initiate the monitor display when the System is first turned on The options are PCI Slot and PCI Ex press Reset Configuration Data Enabling this setting resets the extended system configuration data when you exit setup Do this when you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot reboot the system The options are Enabled and Disabled If this feature is set to Enabled the following item will display Resources Controlled By This setting allows the BIOS to auto
19. as the graphics shown in the manual 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction P8SCT Quick Reference Jumpers Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JP1 JP2 SMBus To PCI Open Disabled JP3 PCI X Frequency Close 133MHz JPF Power Force On Open Normal JPL1 JPL2 LAN1 LAN2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JFSB1 JFSB2 Front Side Bus Speed Pins 1 2 Pins 1 2 Auto JPUSB1 JPUSB2 USB Wake Up Enable Pins 2 3 Disabled JPUSB1 USB 1 2 JPUSB2 USB 3 4 5 6 JPWAKE1 KB Mouse Wake Up Pins 1 2 Enabled JWD Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connectors Description ATX Power PW1 24 Pin Power Connector 4 Pin Power PW2 4 Pin Power Connector COM1 COM2 COM Port Serial Port 1 amp Port 2 Connectors Fans 1 5 Fan5 CPU Fan Fan1 4 Chassis Fan Headers DIMM 1A 1B 2A 2B Memory DIMM Slots 1 through 4 Floppy Floppy Disk Connector IDE IDE Connector IPMI IPMI 2 0 Socket J9 Internal Speaker Buzzer JF1 Front Panel Control JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JK1 Keylock Header JLED Power LED Connector JSLED SATA LED Connector JWOL Wake On LAN JWOR Wake On Ring Header KB MS J14 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse LE1 Onboard 5V Standby Warning LED GLAN1 GLAN2 Giga bit Ethernet RJ45 LAN1 LAN2 Connectors Parallel Printer Port PCI slots One PCI X 64bit 133MHz Five PCI 32 bit 33 MHz slots SATA 0 3 4 SATA Headers USB 1 2 Back Panel Universal Serial Ports1 2 USB 3 4 USB 5 6 Front Panel USB Headers USB3 4 J10 USB5 6 J7 VGA Video Gra
20. cache for P6 class CPU amp program CPU with proper cacheable range 3 Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU 4 On MP platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical 4Fh Reserved 50h Initialize USB 51h Reserved 52h Test all memory clear all extended memory to 0 53h Reserved 54h Reserved 55h Display number of processors multi processor platform 56h Reserved 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device SUPER P8SCT User s Manual POST hex Description 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Ah Reserved 5Bh Optional Feature Show message for entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD optional 5Ch Reserved 5Dh 1 Initialize Init Onboard Super IO switch 2 Initialize Init Onboard AUDIO switch 5Eh Reserved 5Fh Reserved 60h Okay to enter Setup utility i e not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility 61h Reserved 62h Reserved 63h Reserved 64h Reserved 65h Initialize PS 2 Mouse 66h Reserved 67h Prepare memory size information for function call INT 15h ax E820h 68h Reserved 69h Turn on L2 cache 6Ah Reserved 6Bh Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup amp Auto configuration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 Assign reso
21. socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket Socket L cke eve 7 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed 8 Use your thumb to gently press the lever down and lock it in the hook 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the lever is pushed into the hook Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard Plastic cap is released from the load plate if the CPU is properly installed 2 3 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual Installation of the Heatsink 1 Locate the CPU Fan on the motherboard Refer to the layout on Page 1 4 for the CPU Fan location 2 Position the heatsink in such a way that the heatsink fan wires are closest to the CPU fan and are not interfered with other components 3 Inspect the CPU Fan wires to make sure that the wires are routed through the bottom of the heatsink 4 Remove the thin layer of the protective film from the copper core of the heatsink Warning CPU overheat may occur if the protective film is not removed from the heatsink Thermal Grease 5 Apply the proper amount of thermal grease on the CPU Note if your heatsink came with a thermal pad please ignore this step CPU 6 If necessary rearrange the wires to make sure that the wires are not pinched between the Fan Wires heatsink and the CP
22. the hard drive LED to dis play all IDE and SATA activities See the table on the right for pin definitions Note This LED is for all IDE and SATA devices NIC2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Number Pin Definition 9 3VSTBY 10 GND NIC1 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Number Pin Definition 11 12 3VSTBY GND Pin IDE Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 13 14 Vcc3 HD Active IDE SATA LED Fi LED pur ATX 24 Pin PWR 3 amp Fan5 Fn JPUSB1 SI PWR Ground I m CPU X SIS NorthBridge s LGA 775 H CopperRiver gl Power On LE 3 IDE SATA LED JGLANT xj DIMM 1A blue n D DIMM 18 black bau a DIMM 2A blue di DIMM 2B black rau __PGI X 64 bit 133 MHz Pci xad cm atten Qverheat Fan Fail LED PGI 32 bit 33 MHz pcrag e GU South em PCL32biS3MHz pg l Bege 5 es Reserved EUR eset s PCL32biU33MHz Geiedl Ground EP PCI32biU33 MHz pc1 2 PMI bad L amm JE3E TEE sd Ground PCL32biU33MHz __PGI 1 T JUSB3 4USB5 6 SS MIL ma cae le JWOR JWOL Ka ET C Poppy IDE GC 2 l 2 10 Reset Button Power Button
23. very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the anti static bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides ex cellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as specified by the Manufacturer Do not install the CMOS onboard battery upside down to avoid a possible explosion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected Installation Procedures Follow the procedures as listed below for full installation of the mother board into a chassis Install the processor and the heatsink to the motherboard Install the motherboard in the chassis Install the memory and add on cards Finally connect the cables and install the drivers won 2 1 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual 2 2 LGA775 Processor and Heatsink F
24. web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor II You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend Supero Doctor II
25. your keyboard to select the Logical Drive you wish to initialize and press Enter Appendix C Software Installation d After selecting the Logical Drive press lt F10 gt to initialize the selected disk drive e When prompted for confirmation use the arrow keys to select Yes and press Enter The following screen displays to confirm the initializa tion of the selected disk drive Creating Hot Spare Drives a Use the arrow keys to select Objects from the LSI SATA RAID main menu and press Enters b Select Physical Drive and press Enter The following menu displays mI d ae de I UB logical Brive Deck Crom ls eng SUPERO P8SCT User s Manual c Use the space bar to select the physical drive you wish to configure as a Hot Spare drive from the pop up submenu and press Enter The status of the disk drive selected will be changed from Ready to HOTSP Note For detailed information regarding LSI s SATA RAID Configuration please refer to the LSI User s Manual included in the CD that came with your motherboard You can also visit our web site at www supermicro com for the LSI s User s Manual C 10 Appendix C Software Installation C 2 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 for systems with RAID Functions Note It is strongly recommended that you initialize the disk drives before installing the OS Refer to the previous section for disk drive ini
26. 26 Track 00 27 GND 28 Write Protect 29 GND 30 Read Data 31 GND 32 Side 1 Select 33 GND 34 Diskette IDE Connector Pin Definitions IDE Connector Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 Reset IDE 2 GND 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 An IDE drive is located next to 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 fl rive h 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 the oppy drive RES ine table 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 on the left for pin definitions 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 y h 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 Note You must use the s HostData 16 Host Data 14 ATA100 66 cable included with 7 Host Data 0 p 12 Host Data 15 19 GND 20 Key your system to benefit from the 21 DRQ3 22 GND 23 V O Write 24 GND ATA100 66 technology 25 JO Read 26 GND 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 Addr 1 34 GND 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 GND Det TUE Fant EL ES 8 l NorthBridge z LGA 775 PIE Copperfiver bui SIMI TA us EI DIMM 1B black une P DIMM 2A blue a DIMM 28 black PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz Pcrxsc EI cm ne PCK32biU33 MHz veel ICHGR Fang z eran South GIRL PCI 32 bit 33 MHZ send Li Bridas i E amp PCI 32 bit 33 MHz Goes ce PCKS2biUS3 MHz reel E JES uso sx an4 PCL32bi 33 MHz e x
27. 2B black Q A ani PCI X 64 biv133 MHz Pcia d 9 SATA3 em ater Ste PGI 32 bit 33 MHz pcg rem a ral CTRL PCI 32 bit 33 Mhz pc Li Bridge J Er IP SATA2 ul MI Fal PCI 32 bit 33 Miliz pcia SL des es PUSB2 SAINI mue ee P PCI jr JUSB3 4USB5 6 um E sara PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCT Segen Gs JWOL JL1 d aw n wo QO JL D I c 2 22 Chapter 2 Installation CPU Front Side Bus Speed JFSB1 and JFSB2 allow you to set the Front Side Bus Speeds JFSB1 JFSB2 Front Side Bus Frequency See the table is Mir Frequency i S S S uto on the right for pin definitions Default 2 2 3 Ser is Auto 2 3 Open 200 MHz Open Open 166 MHz Open 2 3 133 MHz USB Wake Up Use JPUSB1 JPUSB2 to enable or disable USB Wake Up which allows you to wakeup the system by depressing a key d r ber un on the keyboard or by clicking the mouse Weer UE u r when JPUSB1 is connected to the USB1 Position Definition or USB2 port or JPUSB2 is connected to 1 2 Enabled any of the USB3 4 USB5 6 ports These S DEM jumpers are used together with the USB Wake Up function in BIOS Enable both the jumpers and the BIOS setting to allow the system to be woken up See the table on the right for jumper settings JPUSB1 JFSB2 JFSB1 1 X 2 ATX 24 Pin PWR 3 Fani Pin
28. Chamel H Jla Im Top Wu amp EE kame l E Baxter Bee E IDE bare E dae Burr b DX Chines 2 Weier ges b EE Change 2 Dhow Sue b UI Chanssl J Santer Sen l E hanan 1 Dave l ge Halt Tin ENII Erries Tite Pls ical Bent AHN Tita Bij lan Be rces 1Hums es T Date Time Set the system date and time Key in the correct information in the mm dd and yy fields Press the Enter key to save the data Legacy Diskette A Legacy Diskette B This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A and diskette B The options are None 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives enable this feature to assign physical drive B to logical drive A or physical drive A to logic drive B The options are Enabled and Disabled IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 1 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 Master Slave IDE Channel 3 Master Slave These settings allow the user to set the parameters of the IDE Channel 0 Master Slave to IDE Channel 3 Master Slave slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the submenu are SUPER P8SCT User s Manual IDE HDD Auto Detection This option allows the user to determine the manner in which the AwardBIlOS sets the settings for IDE Chann
29. Chapter 2 Installation USB1 2 KBMS Power On LED Connector Power_LED The Power LED connector is lo Pin Definitions JF1 i Pin cated on pins 15 16 of JF1 Use EE JLED for a 3 pin connector This 15 5VSTBY P d 16 Ground connection is used to provide LED indication of power being supplied to the system See the table on the right for pin definitions NMI Button NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 1 Pin The non maskable interrupt button Number Definition header is located on pins 19 and 19 Control 20 Ground 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions PWR On LED NMI Far pe r ATX 24 Pin PWR DS Fan EIER L Ch 2g PR Ground I CPU X S E221 SIS Ne h 8 lorthBridge 3 LGA 775 ower On LED al CopperRiver Sl IDE SATA LED bam gr DIMM 1A blue aj DIMM 18 black NIC1 LED bag a DIMM 2A blue al DIMM 2B black NIC2 LED PXH V rax PGIX 64 bit133 MHz rond EI B verheat Fan Fail LED PGI 32 biU33 MH 2 ES iz an d dE area Far Reserved CTRL PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pg Li Bridge o EPE 8 Ground TI PCIS2biUS3MHz popa 3 s Se PCKSZBIUSSMHz per GT E Ground JE ses
30. Disable the function of Console Redirection The options are Disabled and Enabled BAUD Rate Select the BAUD rate for console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K bits per secong Agent Connect Via This setting allows you to select the device to be used for Console Redirection Agent Wait Time Min This setting allows you to set the wait time for Console Redirection The options are 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min and 8 Min Chapter 4 BIOS 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Set Supervisor Password Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted on the above Screen press the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor Password in the dialogue box to set or to change the Supervisor Password Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted on the above screen press the Enter key When prompted type the User Password in the dialogue box to set or to change the User Password Password Check This setting allows the user to determine if the password is required every time when the system boots up or if the password is required only when you enter the CMOS setup The options are System and Setup SUPER P8SCT User s Manual 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arr
31. IOS Setup options are described in this section Wiusnzmd Chipeet Cairel Let Device En li gura teg BABET Conf lgurat ans Wardwars H n ll nr Brarananar 8 Cinti Up ms Eni fennt Lo Enrza s Bed rend kan When the item of Advanced BIOS Features is highlighted press the lt Enter gt key to activate the submenu below Quick Boot If enabled this feature allows the system to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system The settings are Enabled and Disabled Quiet Boot This feature allows the user to enable Quiet Boot When set to Enabled the BIOS is in the graphic mode and displays only an OEM Logo during POST while booting If an error occurs The system will automatically switch to the text mode The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Function Select Enabled to enable BIOS Support for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface features The settings are Enabled or Disabled 4 5 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual MPS Version Control This setting allows you to select the MPS version for your operating system The options are 1 1 and 1 4 Agent After Boot Set this option to Enabled to keep the Agent of Remote Access running after OS bootup The options are Enabled and Disabled PWRON After PWR Fail This setting allows the user to determine how the system will respond when power is reapplied after a system shut down caused by power f
32. L 1 SATAQ JEZE Been jew E mi c nE jT En KI D T Poppy IDE 2 21 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual SMBus to PCI PCI X Slots Jumpers JP1 JP2 allow you to con nect PCI PCI X slots to the System Management Bus The default set ting is Open to disable the con nection See the table on the right for jumper settings PCI X Slot Speed Select JP3 allows you to select the Fre quency for the PCI X slot The de fault setting is Closed Please do not change the default setting See the table on the right for pin definitions SMB to PCI PCI PCIX slots to SMB Connection JP1 JP2 JP1 JP2 Definition Closed Open Enabled Disabled Default PCI X Slot Speed Select JP3 Definitions Open 100 MHz Closed 133 MHz Default PCI X Speed Select Ee USB1 2 KBMS blue black LS JSLED KT T ATX 24 Pin PWR ER keet Bes SS I cpu Sk E7221 8l NorthBridge ME LGA775 uzzer H CopperRin Kal a bam e DIMM 1A blue A DIMM 18 black uL GLAN2 a O g DIMM ZA blue al DIMM
33. LAN1 HI DIMM 1A blue diL DIMM 1B black IGLAN2 3l DIMM 2A blue E DIMM 2B black PXH V B GUN PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz e HE PCI X 6 oA cre 9 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pc gsl ICH6R Fang r South BIOs CTRL PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pgs L Bridge 287 i EIJPL1 amp L IJPL2 ra PCI 32 bit 33 MHz Soa 3 WOR Il SATASI ec sue PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pci 2 PM Kar J SATAY 5 JPUSB2 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz ___PCI 1 jI USB3 4USB5 6 WOL cone Je JWOR or wo t JK1 Se loppy IDE ni 2 15 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual VGA Connector A VGA connector JG1 is located next to the COM1 on the IO backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location Giga bit LAN Ethernet Ports There are two RJ45 Ethernet Gigabit LAN ports located on the IO backplane EL ATX 2APinPWR 5 Fans Fani 4Pin da a og xL JPUSB1 we PWR e a 5 z E7221 SE ale ole NorthBridge LGA 775 VGA lt S CopperRiver gt Ja GLAN1 IGLAN1 DIMM 1A blue SES EN DIMM 1B black GLAN2 GLAN2 E d DIMM 2A b
34. LAN2 3 DIMM 2A blue a DIMM 2B black PXH V GU PCI X 64 bi 133 MHz pci x SR GIRL Gator B PGI 32 bit 33 MHz pcg Faj GU South Bios Fs CTRL PCKS2bi 33MHz pg LI Bridge BT SE EE E PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pui E Coe zan swo PCI 32 bit 33 MHz reel ur St P usns bell PCL32bi 33MHz Froe jusss susasie Gi oe swor swo WOCO Er JKT ET L Flppy IDE SUPER P8SCT User s Manual Keylock The keyboard lock connection is lo cated on JK1 Utilizing this header allows you to inhibit any actions made on the keyboard effectively locking it Keylock JK1 Jumper Position Definition 1 Ground 2 Keylock R N T wif JPA PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCl JWOL C JWOR e JEWAKET E KT ATX 24Pin PWR I Far Fani gi Ke SIS PARI a E CPU k E7221 8 NorthBridge s LGA775 DIR CopperRiver S bam e DIMM 1A blue al DIMM TE black GLAN2 3 DIMM 2A blue d PXH V B GUN PCIX 64 bit 133 MHz E 2 PGI 32 bit 33 MHz p a paw South 5 r Pee CTRL PCI 32 bit 33 MHz poiga LI Bridge m zu e o ipt 8 E EE ENEE 5 2 ewe se PCI 32 133 MHz ET Eu bad 2 uses
35. MHz Pc 1j J 3 4 USB5 6 me Zwee M SE USB 5 6 JKT j Floppy IDE Z Chapter 2 Installation Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is located at JWOR This function allows your computer to be awakened by an in coming call when in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin defi nitions You must also have a WOR card and cable to use WOR Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header JWOL is designated WOL on the mother Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Number 1 Ground 2 Wake up Definition Wake On LAN Pin j Definitions JWOL board See the table on the right Pin for pin definitions You must en Number Definition j 1 5V Standby able the LAN Wake Up setting in 2 Ground Y 3 Wake BIOS to use this function You zB must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature o JPWAKE1 J ATX 24 Pin PWR JE Fan5 Fan1 4Pin d D o2 x PUSB1 Pile PWR N T P N L CPU SL E7221 8l NorthBridge 2 LGA 775 S CopperRiver gt ja G
36. OL Multiple CPU clock ratio selections set in BIOS Onboard 5vsb warning LED LE1 CD Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility Chipset drivers Dimensions ATX form factor 12 x 9 5 305 x242 mm Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Intel s E7221 Copper River chipset designed for the server market con sists of the following components the Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMCH Intel PCI X Hub PXH V and Intel I O Controller Hub ICH6R The E7221 Copper River chipset provides the performance and feature set required for the entry level single processor server solutions Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMCH The function of the GMCH is to manage the data flow between five inter faces Processor Host interface FSB System Memory Interface DRAM controller PCI Express Interface Direct Media Interface DMI and PXH V Interface The GMCH is optimized for the Prescott processors in an LGA775 Package lt supports one or two channels of unbuffered ECC Non ECC DDR2 533 400 SDRAM The ACPI component provides the data buffering and interface arbitration required to ensure that system interfaces operate efficiently The Direct Media Interface DMI is a point to point interconnect between the Copper River GMCH and the ICH6 Intel ICH6R System Features The UO Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system Functions and capabilities include PCI Express Base Speci
37. SE operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CDs that came packaged with your motherboard Note the current version of ICH6R SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 and Linux SuSE Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between de vices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates up to 150MBps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40 cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to Intel s ICH6R Serial RAID Located in the South Bridge of the E7221 Copper River Chipset the I O Control ler Hub ICH6R provides the UO subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports one channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and Serial ATA SATA Host Controller which supports up to four Serial ATA ports and up to two sets of RAID drives RAID 0 Striping RAID 1 Mirroring and RAID 10 Striping Mirroring are supported The ICH6R supports the Parallel ATA PATA and Serial SATA device configura
38. SUPERO SUPERO P8SCT USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0a The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPERMICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California Cou
39. U Also make sure to keep clearance between the fan wires and the fins of the Heatsink Fins heatsink 7 Align the four heatsink fasteners with the mounting holes on the Oner b ar Gently push the Heatsink fasteners into the mounting holes Fast n n T r until you hear a click 2 4 Chapter 2 Installation 8 Repeat Step 6 to insert all four heatsink fasteners into the mounting holes 9 Once all four fasteners are securely inserted into the mounting holes and the heatsink is properly installed on the motherboard connect the heatsink fan wires to the CPU Fan connector Heatsink Removal 1 Unplug the power cord from the power supply 2 Disconnect the heatsink fan wires from the CPU fan header 3 Use your finger tips to gently press on the fastener cap and rotate counter clockwise to make a 1 4 90 turn 4 Repeat Step 3 to loosen all fasteners from the mounting holes 5 With all fasteners loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU 2 3 Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tigh
40. ailure The options are Off On and Former Sts Watch Dog Timer Select This setting is for enabling the Watch Dog feature The options are Enabled and Disabled Please refer to Chapter 2 for more details 4 4 2 Advanced Chipset Control DRAM Data Integrity Mode If enabled this feature allows the data stored in the DRMA memory to be integrated for faster data processing The options are ECC and Non ECC On Chip Frame Buffer Size This setting allows you to set On Chip Frame Buffer Size The options are 1 MB and 8 MB SATA Mode This feature allows you to select the channel for SATA mode The options are IDE RAID and AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS On Chip Serial ATA Select Disabled to disable the SATA Controller Select Auto to allow the BIOS to configure the SATA Controller automatically Select Combined Mode to use PATA and SATA Combined Mode The maximum of 2 IDE drives in each channel is allowed Select Enhanced Mode to enable both SATA and PATA This mode will support up to 6 IDE drives Select SATA Only to allow SATA to operate in Legacy Mode PATA IDE Mode When the item On chip Serial ATA is set to Combined Mode the user can select either Primary or Secondary for Parallel ATA IDE The options are Primary and Secondary If On chip Serial ATA is set to Enhanced Mode only Serial ATA will be activated and Primary PATA IDE will be available Secon
41. an Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing AN direct pressure on the label area of the fan IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink Installation of the LGA775 Processor New CPU Socket w plastic cap on 1 Press the socket lever to release the load plate that covers the CPU socket from its locking position Socket Leve Load Plate 2 Carefully lift the socket lever up to open the load plate Load Plate Chapter 2 Installation 3 Locate Pin 1 on the CPU socket Note Pin 1 is the corner marked with a triangle Please note that the North Key and the South Key are located vertically in the CPU housing 4 Position the motherboard in such a Pin 1 way that Pin 1 of the CPU socket is n located at the left bottom of the CPU South Key housing North Center Edge 5 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU 6 Align Pin 1 of the CPU with Pin 1 of the socket Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down to the South Center Edge socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface of the socket or against any pins of the
42. blue AL DIMM 1B black GLAN2 Hl DIMM 2A blue al DIMM 2B black PXH V E G Co GLAN PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz PCI X 6 en JP3 NE PCI 32 bit 33 MH Td 32 bit z ICH6R Fang GAN Pesi South ats BIOS CTRL PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pg L Bridge 28 u amp E IJPL2 a ul PCI 32bit 33 MHz __Pc a 3 uj ISATAG SS PCI 32bit 33 MHZ pci 2 EPI Pe JE A JPUSB2 PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 1 JjI USB3 4USB5 6 SATAD COM2 e swor Jwo WO JL1 T E AKI r Floppy DE Z KSE 2 12 Chapter 2 Installation Fan Headers There are five fan headers Fan 1 to Fan5 on the P8SCT See the table on the right for pin defini tions These fan headers support 3 pin fans The fan speed is con trolled by Thermal Management un der the Hardware Monitoring Sec tion in the BIOS Chassis Intrusion The Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 See the board lay out in Chapter 1 for the location of JL1 and the table on the right for pin definitions 3 pin Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin Number Definition 1 Ground black 2 12V red 3 Tachometer aution Fan headers use DC power Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Number Definition 1 Intrusion Input 2 Ground
43. ch To Remove Use your thumbs gently to push each release tab outward to release the DIMM from the slot DDRII Slot Top View Release Tab IL IL Release Tab 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation 2 5 I O Port Control Panel Connector Locations The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC99 specification to make setting up your system easier See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various IO ports Figure 2 3 O Port Locations and Definitions Parallel Port Burgundy Mouse Green an OOOO mm E eur 9 LH CRIO SE COM1 Port Keyboard USB 1 2 Ports VGA Port GLAN1 GLAN2 Turquoise Purple Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various front control panel connectors See Figure 2 4 for the pin definitions of the various connectors including the speaker Refer to Section 2 6 for details Ground NMI X X Power On LED Vcc 5 STB IDE SATA LED Vcc 3 NIC1 LED Vcc 3 STB NIC2 LED Vcc 3 STB Overheat Fan Fail LED Vcc 3 Reserved Reserved Ground Reset gt Reset Button Ground Signal gt Power Button SUPER P8SCT User s Manual 2 6 Connecting Cables Power Supply Connectors The primary power supply connec tor PW1 on the P8SCT meets the SSI Superset ATX 24 pin speci fication Refer to the table on the right for the pin definitions of the ATX 24 pin power connec
44. count number ready when contacting our technical support department by e mail at support supermicro com 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What type of memory does my motherboard support Answer The P8SCTsupports up to 4 GB of ECC Non ECC unbuffered DDR2 533 400 two way interleaved or non interleaved SDRAM See Sec tion 2 4 for details on installing memory Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com techsupport BIOS bios htm Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your current BIOS before downloading Select your mainboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS update file and you will find the readme txt flash instruc tions the awdflash exe BIOS flash utility and the BIOS image xxxx bin files Copy these files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system It is not necessary to set the BIOS boot block protection jumpers on the mainboard At the DOS prompt upon rebooting enter the command awdflash Then type in the BIOS file that you want to update xxxx bin 3 3 SUPER P8SCTUser s Manual Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied com
45. dary PATA IDE will not be available SATA Port This setting allows you configure the setting for the SATA port The options are P1 and P3 is Secondary USB Controller This setting allows you to enable or disable the USB Controller The options are Enabled and Disabled USB 2 0 Controller This setting allows you to enable or disable USB 2 0 EHCI Controller The options are Enabled and Disabled USB Legacy Support This setting allows you to enable or disable the functions of USB Keyboard Mouse under POST and DOS The options are Disabled and Enabled SUPER P8SCT User s Manual 4 4 3 1 0 Device Configuration Onboard Serial Port1 Onboard Serial Port2 This setting allows the user to set the address and the corresponding IRQ for Serial Port1 and Serial Port 2 The options are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 and Auto The default setting for Serial Port1 is 3F8 IRQ4 and the default for Port 2 is 2F8 IRQ3 Onboard Parallel Port This setting allows the user to set the address and the corresponding IRQ for the onboard parallel port The options are Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 and SBC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode This setting sets the mode for the onboard Parallel port The options are SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP and Normal EPP Mode Select This setting allows the user to select the EPP port type The options are EPP 1 9 and EPP 1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA
46. device files and continue the Win dows OS installation 13 After the Windows OS installation has completed the system will automatically reboot Note To install operating systems other than the Windows OS or to install other software please refer to the LSI User s manual included in the CD that came with your motherboard You can also visit our web site at www supermicro com for the manual C 11 SUPERO P8SCT User s Manual C 3 Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Installing Other Drivers After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown in Figure C 1 displays You are now ready to install additional software programs and drivers To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items Figure C 1 Driver Tool Installation Display Screen A 3 SUPERMICRO Neni eect 10 Drivers fois ited ETEN del B inia bipey Di ku E7221 V hipsad pas Bj ond amp E ga cuento fari lari Le Heed Trea Fo vare infans plestein uil HIR web s Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item Click the computer icons to the right of these items to install each item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before moving on to the next item on the list You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utilit
47. ed Reserved Reserved Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code Enable L2 cache Program boot up speed Chipset final initialization Power management final initialization Clear screen amp display summary table Program K6 write allocation Program P6 class write combining Program daylight saving Update keyboard LED amp typematic rate Build MP table Build amp update ESCD Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick Build MSIRQ routing table Boot attempt INT 19h MBWNRIN SS CA 4 La HA rs B 5 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual NOTES Appendix C Software Installation Appendix C Installing Software Programs and Drivers Note if you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Section C 3 for the OS amp Software Installation After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel s ICH6R SATA RAID Note before you install the Operating System and other Software drivers The necessary drivers and user s guides are all included on the Supermicro CDs that came packaged with your motherboard C 1 Configuring Intel s ICH6R SATA RAID Function To configure SATA RAID functions you must first configure the RAID Level that you desire in the Intel ICH6R SATA RAID Utility program before you install Windows XP 2000 2003 or the Linux Su
48. eg KI La T liil Ie pom Posies n fimi t fl erc go Lea Kn rm kbm llam ha kem briar Tn 7 7 IT b From the Configuration Submenu select New Configuration and press the Enter key to activate the following submenu Cmnf ipali kom 2 1E m Conf ieee inn SEO ew Conf ierat EIER Imik iaiia Dijeri ta Feba i id Deck Damn ra bars When the submenu appears highlight Yes and press the Enter c to proceed with the new RAID key at the prompt as shown above Configuration The following screen displays C4 Appendix C Software Installation ILU RN SR d When the screen shown above appears press the space bar on your keyboard to select the physical drives that you wish to configure as RAID drives and the texts of the selected drives will change from Ready to ONLINE shown below BY sal nil Ta Tn PT cM c LED LS ASARI ian Hs i TNT N Te TESTA TE ETTI E REUTER ETA e When the screen shown above displays press lt F10 gt to associate the selected physical drive with the current array Once you ve finished creating the current array press lt Enter gt The following screen appears SUPERO P8SCT User s Manual ETGETEECGZCYIDUEEDROUEDEREEDSUICITEDXUCTIDT f When the screen shown above displays press the space bar to select the array Nc Kam SPAL ibe ajai Fb ina FSi io iha Ira g When the pop up submenu indicating SPAN 1 appears as shown
49. el 0 to IDE Channel 3 Master Devices The options are None Auto and Manual IDE Channel 0 to IDE Channel 3 Master Press the Enter key to activate the IDE HDD Auto Detection function which will allow the BIOS to automatically detect the status of the IDE HDD installed in the system such as the size the number of cylinders the configurations of items such as Head Precomp Landing Zone and Sector The options are None Auto and Manual Access Mode This item determines the location through which the AwardBIOS accesses the IDE Primary Master Device The settings are CHS LBA Large and Auto Halt On This item allows the user to select the situation in which the BIOS will stop the POST process and notify you about the status of the system The settings are All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette and All But Disk Key Total Physical Memory Total System Resources Total Available Memory These are displays that inform you how much of each type of memory is recognized as being present in the system 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 Advanced BIOS Setup Choose the Advanced BIOS Setup from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Select one of the items in the left frame of the screen to go to the sub screen for that item The Advanced BIOS Setup options are displayed by highlighting the option using the arrow keys All Advanced B
50. en the CPU temperature is higher the fan speed will be higher as well If set to Disable the fan speed control is disabled and the onboard fan will run at the full speed 12V at all time The options are Disable and 3 pin Server SUPER P8SCT User s Manual 4 4 6 Processor amp Clock Options lim main Theres Baerga ee La mana Leni Fe EEE fa Lim GUID pantaj r Thraadisg Ta haa dogg Dan l 12d 3 in J_Sheeld Ba Dimaki Rat u tia WI UHizahlmd for Sir ip ru anal p r rap Hb elis ed i Thermal Management This setting determines the method used by the BIOS to control the thermal management of the system The options are Thermal Monitor 1 On die throttling and Thermal Monitor 2 Ratio amp VID transition See Section 1 4 for details Limit CPUID MaxVal Select Enabled to set CUPID maximum value to 3 Select Disabled for Windows XP OS The options are Enabled and Disabled Hyper Threading Set this option to Enabled to activate the hyper threading function of the CPUs Enabling the hyper threading function makes each CPU appear as two to any programs that support it you must have OS support also The settings are Disabled and Enabled CPU Clock Ration Use this option to set the clock ratio of the processor Use number keys to enter a number The default setting is 14 Spread Spectrum Spread Spectrum is a technique used to stabilize a system by reducing the level of E
51. er Position Definition Jumper JPF allows you to enable or Open Disabled Closed Force On disable the function of Force Power On If enabled the power will always stay on automatically If this function disabled the user needs to press the power button to power on the system Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD enables the Watch Dog func tion Watch Dog is a system moni Watch Dog tor that can reboot the system Jumper Settings JWD Jumper when a software application Position Definition hangs Pins 1 2 will cause WD a Ze OA In e to reset the system if an applica Open Disabled tion hangs Pins 2 3 will generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that is hung up See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog can also be enabled via BIOS Note when enabled the user needs to write his own application soft ware in order to disable the Watch Dog Timer Force PWR On E ATX 24 Pin PWR Ehe Watch Do te cR JPUSB1 PWR i Clap cq 1 eu JP3 O 3 5 Se Buzzer 8 NorthBridge T Batter ali CopperRiver d PCI 5 BIOS GLAN1 Le DIMM 1A blue Bridge 2n pes uL j DIMM TB black PCI 4 A GLAN2 T S DIMM 2A blue a al laci DIMM 2B black EMT 5 f GUN PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz Mem Ti B Ss PCI 32 bit 33 MHz poids es Gel PCIZ2 SATA2 u kel S IPMI C PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pcia Li Bridge D ESRB S SD I BEC UPUBB2 SATA1 E PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI PCI 1 j USB3 4USB5 6 suo PGI 32 bit 33 MHz c a Ld sa J
52. er presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on BIOS Support for USB Keyboard If the USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system it will function like a normal keyboard during system boot up Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a System suspend button When the user depresses the power button the System will enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Depressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just depress and hold the power button for 4 seconds The power will turn off and no power will be provided to the motherboard Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to re motely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and access tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The 1 11 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability Wake On LAN must be enabled in BIOS Note that Wake On LAN can only be used with a
53. f a small aa TE Ka screwdriver JBT1 is located near DS the SATA header on the P8SCT ld Note for ATX power supplies 2h es you must completely shut down ce Lesen Ea s the system and remove the AC a cu power cord before clearing CMOS SEN pfe eue DU e en mA Geet PCr32 biv33 MHz Poms Fang Tu Bios Fang PCI 32 bit 33 MHz Pci al Li SEL sa PCI 32 bit 33 MHz EI SATAS Clear PTI 32 bit 33 MHz zi EMI ISTA JP2 LL CMOS PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 1 HEUSD a USB5 6 a E Dap poy S JWOR JWOL a EJ _ Floppy IDE l 2 19 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual Keyboard Wake Up The JPWAKE1 jumper is used to gether with the Keyboard Wake Up function in BIOS Enable both the jumper and the BIOS setting to allow the system to be woken up by depressing a key on the key board See the table on the right for jumper settings Your power supply must meet ATX specifica tion 2 01 or higher and supply 720 mA of standby power to use this feature Gigabit LAN Enable There are two Giga bit Controllers Keyboard Wake Up Jumper Settings JPWAKE1 Jumper Position Definition 1 2 2 3 Enabled Disabled GLAN Enable JPL1 JPL2
54. fication Rev 1 0a compliant PCI 2 3 ACPI Power Management Logic Support USB host interface Enhanced DMA Controller System Management Bus Low Pin Count LPC Interface Firmware Hub FWH Interface Graphics Features Display The E7221 Copper River GMCH provides an integrated server quality on board graphics 1 9 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual 1 3 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the P8SCT The motherboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that sup ports PC health monitoring Seven Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Core 3 3V 5V 5V Standby VBAT and 12V The onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable it will give a warning or send an error message to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensi tivity of the voltage monitor via Supero Doctor Ill Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Speed Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard fans are controlled by thermal management via BIOS CPU Overheat 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 tempera ture When the temperature reaches the pre defined OH temperature or when a fan failure occurs then the Overheat warning LED is triggered Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the
55. hapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 1 SUPER P8SCT Image SUPER P8SCT User s Manual Figure 1 3 Motherboard Layout not drawn to scale x JPWAKE1 z KT ATX 24 Pin PWR JE Fan5 Fan1 Pin m x JPUSB1 SI PWR N i N E7221 SE t 8 e NorthBridge L LGA 775 T 5 z CopperRiver gt D GLAN1 HI DIMM 1A blue d l DIMM 1B black GLAN2 Al DIMM 2A blue EI DIMM 2B black PXH V E LU ol I SLAN PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz PCI X amp 6 E HE JP3 CTRL Batter Buzzer PCI 32 bit 33 MHz ICH6R Fan X PCI 5 GLAN South 5 BIOS CTRL PCI 32 bit 33 MHz poiga It Bridge BT EPLI e KOUP a UI PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 3 3 uj BS S I O 7 PCI 32 bit 33 MH it z jS IPMI SATA2 PCI 32 bit 33 MH e I Geng M si I z H USB3 4 USB5 6 ES yar o oe E JWOR JWOL e aKa lr Floppy IDE ni Notes 1 See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers I O ports and JF1 front panel connections 2 E indicates Pin 1 3 The graphics and drawings shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of this manual Your motherboard may or may not look exactly the same
56. i iz IT JUSESTUSES E cae lk swor Je T JKT E311 Floppy IDE Z Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Always disconnect the AC power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Check that the 5v standby LED is lit LE1 on motherboard e HJ GO nm Make sure that the 4 pin 12v power connector at J2 is connected to your power supply Make sure that no short circuits exist between the motherboard and chassis Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards Install a CPU and heatsink making sure that it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well Use the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the CMOS battery upside down to avoid possible explosion No Power Make sure that no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chassis Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions
57. ithout Saving is highlighted press Enter to exit the Setup routine without saving any changes you may have made Your sys tem should then continue with the boot up procedure Load Fail Safe Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Load Optimized Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the optimized settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These settings provide you with optimal system performance Discard Changes When the item Discard Changes is highlighted press Enter to discard any changes you made to the BIOS settings and to stay in the BIOS Setup Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure SUPER P8SCT User s Manual Notes Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a problem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Beeps Error Messages 1 short beep System Normal 1 long beep 2 short beeps VGA Errors 1 long beep 9 short beeps ROM Errors Repetitive pattern of beep pause Memory errors Overheat LED is On with beeping Overheat A 1 SUPER PascT Users Manual Notes A 2 Appendix B Award BIOS POST Codes Appendix B Award BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Se
58. lectroMagnetic Interference The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 7 DMI Event Log mm Laval mp Cheer Aii DH Posat Log amm Uimi DR Evari Lag Estar Esa dd i Furi EH fant sa emi Endari Store MET error Eappi Lag E par ity Hpa k basa li lak la mirl EWqua bn iba II Eeer Lug iia i bidi lia j dd Eeer Dag i Disabled Mea 1 tare PSP apr Basaaqes In Tie ant tenet day DMI Event Log This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the function of DMI Event Logging The options are Disabled and Enabled Clear All DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press lt Enter gt to clear all DMI event logs The default setting is Yes View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to view the contents of the event log Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press lt Enter gt to mark the DMI events as read Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting SUPER P8SCT User s Manual 4 4 8 Console Redirection rn fron Level nabim fill aagi to redirect MIR UR i pari m ind Bean Demmi le ji HEL L li qart aait Tl ap alal rn lzahlnd tisagi in redirect congole s an keyboard absent Console Redirection This setting allows you to Enable or
59. lf Testing Codes for the Award BIOS POST hex Description CFh Test CMOS R W functionality COh Early chipset initialization Disable shadow RAM Disable L2 cache socket 7 or below Program basic chipset registers CIh Detect memory Auto detection of DRAM size type and ECC Auto detection of L2 cache socket 7 or below C3h Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM C5h Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 amp F000 shadow RAM Ohl Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio Early Init switch 04h Reserved 05h 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved OAh Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional Auto detect ports for keyboard amp mouse followed by a port amp interface swap optional Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips OBh Reserved OCh Reserved ODh Reserved OEh Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker B 1 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual POST hex Description OFh Reserved 10h Auto detect flash type to load appro
60. ljpusp2 MM swo Mo Fioppy X 4 ol o x Ground d e o NMI f Power On LED lt vecssrB IDE SATA LED lt o o ves NIC LED lt o o vessre NIC2 LED lt o o vessre Reserved lt M Ground Reset gt Reset Button Ground o signal gt Power Button verheat Fan Fal LED lt vecs Reserved 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation USB1 2 KBMS Reset Connector The reset connector is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 This connec tor attaches to the reset switch on the computer chassis See the table on the right for pin defini tions Overheat FanFail LED Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of chassis overheating or system fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Reset Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 3 Reset 4 Ground OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 7 Vcc 3 8 GND OH Fan Fail LED JF1 State Message Off Normal Stay On Overheat Blink Fan Fail
61. lue d DIMM 2B black PXH V B EIS PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz PCI X 6 S GLAN i CTRL Batter Buzzer PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pc ICH6R Fang iz GUAN W I South 5 Bios Fan CTRL PCI 32 bit 33 MHz Pcig4 LI Bridge o n I 1JPL1 Su KOUP a wW PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pcia 5 SATAS SIO P PCI 32bit 33 MHz pciw2 PMi SATA2 JE JPUSB2 SAM PCI 32 bit 33 MHz Folk jUsB3 4USBS 6 od coe Je ywor Jwo WoO B T JK1 a Floppy IDE Z 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation SATA LED SATA LED Pin Definitions The SATA LED header is located on JSLED JSLED This header will display all Pin u Number Definition SATA activities See the table on 1 HD Act the right for pin definitions E Ge SC 4 HD Act 5 NC Power LED j ED Pin Definitions The Power LED header is located Pin on JLED This header provides LED e Den indication of power being supplied Es t to the system See the table on the Se right for pin definitions SATA LED JEWAKEL E USB1 2 KBMS ATX 24 Pin PWR Fans Fant E M CPU E7221 NorthBridge E LGA 775 CopperRiver a LAN i DIMM 1A blue PWR LED B DIMM TE black IG
62. matically configure all boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you choose Auto you cannot select the IRQ DMA and memory base address fields because the BIOS automatically assigns them The options are Auto ESCD and Manual IRQ Resources If the above item Resources Controlled By is set to manual the user is allowed to assign an IRQ to a PCI Device or Reserve an IRQ for other purpose The options are Auto ESCD and Manual IRQ 3 IRQ 4 IRQ 5 IRQ 7 IRQ 9 IRQ 10 IRQ 12 IRQ 14 IRQ 15 Onboard LAN Boot ROM This feature allows the user to determine if the Boot ROMs of the Onboard LAN chips should be activated If activated the user can boot the system from the Onboard LAN chips The options are Disabled LAN1 LAN2 and Both 4 9 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual Maximum Payload Size This setting allows the BIOS to set the maximum TLP Payload size for the PCI Express devices in the system The options are 128 bytes 256 bytes 512 bytes 1024 bytes 2048 bytes and 4096 bytes P PCI Express Root Port Function PCI Express Port 1 PCI Express Port 2 PCI Express Port 3 PCI Express Port 4 Select Enabled to enable the PCI Express Root Port Functions for the PCI Express port specified The options are Disabled Enabled and Auto PCI E Compliance Mode This features allows the BIOS to set the version of PCI E Compliance Mode for the system The options are v
63. mory why does the BIOS only detect about 3 15 GB of memory during POST Answer Because the chipset does not support memory remapping so there is a memory hole located around the 4GB memory address Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be ap plied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover dam ages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alteration misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems SUPER P8SCTUser s Manual Notes Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the AwardBIOS for the P8SCT The Award ROM BIOS is stored in a Flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Refer to the Manual Dow
64. n ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On Ring WOR Header Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the SoftOff state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation lt is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates of 1 GHz and faster The SUPER P8SCT accommodates 12V ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate A 2 amps of current supply on a 5V Standby rail is strongly recommended It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets 12V ATX power supply Specification 1 1 or above Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to in stall a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges Chapter 1 Introduction 1 7 Super UO The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data Separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selec tion a clock generator drive interface control logic and inte
65. nload area of our web site for any changes to the BIOS that are not reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The AwardBIOS Flash chip stores the System parameters such as amount of memory type of disk drives and video displays etc CMOS requires very little power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS Flash chip enabling it to retain the system parameters Each time the computer is pow ered on the computer is then configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control when the computer is pow ered on How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be ac cessed by pressing Del at the appropriate time during system boot Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is 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 Chipset and Power menus Section 4 3 gives detailed descriptions of each parameter setting in the Setup utility 4 1 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Optimal default settings are in bold text unless otherwi
66. nty of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product Unless you request and receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2005 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER P8SCT motherboard The P8SCT supports single Intel Pen tium 4 Processor the Prescott Processor in the 775 Land Grid Array Package LGA 775 at a system bus speed of 800 MHz It also supports Intel Celeron Processor at a bus speed of 533MHz The Pentium 4 Proces sor in the 775 Land Grid Array Package is housed in a Flip Chip Land Grid Array FC LGA4 package that interfaces with the motherboard via an LGA775 socket The package consists of a processor core mounted on a substrate land carrier An integrated heat spreader IHS is attached to the package substrate and core and serves as the contacting surface for processor component
67. one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Supermicro does not sell directly to end users so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Questions FAQs sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site lt http www supermicro com support gt before contacting Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com techsupport download htm Note Not all BIOS can be flashed depending on the modifica tions to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Supermicro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is posted on our web site at http www supermicro com techsupport contact_support htm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your ac
68. ow keys You should see the following display The Award BIOS attempts to load the operating system from devices specified by the users in a user specified sequence First Boot Device This item allows the user to set the first boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Second Boot Device This item allows the user to set the second boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Third Boot Device This item allows the user to set the third boot up device The options are Floppy LS120 HDD SCSI CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN and Disabled Boot Other Device If enabled this option enables the BIOS to load the OS from another device rather than the ones that have been specified as the first second and third boot up devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled Chapter 4 BIOS 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Award BIOS main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Save amp Exit Setup When the item Save amp Exit Setup is highlighted press Enter to save the changes you ve made in the BIOS program CMOS and exit Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure Exit without Saving When the item Exit w
69. pact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers Question Why can t turn off the power using the momentary power on off switch Answer The instant power off function is controlled in BIOS by the Power Button Mode setting When the On Off feature is enabled the motherboard will have instant off capabilities as long as the BIOS has control of the system When the Standby or Suspend feature is enabled or when the BIOS is not in control such as during memory count the first screen that appears when the system is turned on the momentary on off switch must be held for more than four seconds to shut down the system This feature is required to implement the ACPI features on the motherboard Question How do connect the ATA100 66 cable to my IDE device s Answer The 80 wire 40 pin high density ATA100 66 IDE cable that came with your system has two connectors to support two drives This special cable must be used to take advantage of the speed the ATA100 66 technol ogy offers Connect the blue connector to the onboard IDE header and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the docu mentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper loca tions and settings Question After have installed 4 pieces of 1GB Me
70. phic Connector See Chapter 2 for detailed pin information and jumper settings 1 5 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual VRM 10 1 duz Intel LGA775 PROCESSOR 7 cekao CK410 FSB 800 533MHz 533 400 E7221 m INTEGRATE PCI Ex8 pic COPPER RIVER ae VGA_CONN PCI E PCI X Bridge S PCI X BUS z Primary UDMA 100 IDE PCI 32 BUS EU ICH6R ET 4 Ports ZN USB 5 5x PCI 32 a Slot PORT 1 6 D a vn m EE 2x Gb LAN M LPC 1 0 PMSA KB FDD SER 1 PRN H W EE MONITOR Figure 1 3 Intel E7221 Copper River Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent the features on your motherboard See the follow ing pages for the actual specifications of each motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction Motherboard Features CPU Latest CPU technology Single Intel Pentium9 4 and Intel Celeron Processor in the 775 Land Grid Array Package Front Side Bus 800 MHz 533 MHz Memory Latest memory technology Dual Single Channel 240 pin DDR2 533 400 up to 4 GB of ECC Non ECC unbuffered DRAM in 4 DIMM modules Note See Section 2 4 for details Two way interleaved two DIMMs required Chipset Latest Intel chipset technology Intel E7221 Copper River Expansion Slots One 1 PCI X 64bit 133MHz
71. priate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD amp DMI support 11h Reserved 12h Use walking Us algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry Also set real time clock power status and then check for override 13h Reserved 14h Program chipset default values into chipset Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers 15h Reserved 16h Initial Early Init Onboard Generator switch 17h Reserved 18h Detect CPU information including brand SMI type Cyrix or Intel and CPU level 586 or 686 19h Reserved 1Ah Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector table If no special specified all H W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR amp S W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR 1Ch Reserved 1Dh Initial EARLY_PM_INIT switch 1Eh Reserved 1Fh Load keyboard matrix notebook platform 20h Reserved 21h HPM initialization notebook platform 22h Reserved 23h 1 Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack If CMOS checksum fails use default value instead 3 Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI amp PnP use If ESCD is valid take into consideration of the ESCD s legacy information 4 Onboard clock generator initialization Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI amp DIMM slots 5 Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory amp I O resource Search for a valid VGA device amp VGA BIOS and put it into C000 0
72. rm PCI 32 bit 33 MHz Pcii k JUSB3 4USB5 6 one dE swor Jwo WB per r eo CU DE JI 2 18 Chapter 2 Installation 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional onnector settings Jumpers create shorts Pins SS 4 between two pins to change the e function of the connector Pin 1 is ZE identified with a square solder pad 7T Jumper Ca on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for Kl j i 3 2 1 jumper locations Setting Note On a two pin jumper Closed means the jumper is on Pin 1 2 short both pins and Open means the jumper is either on only one pin or completely removed CMOS Clear JBT1 is not actually a jumper but gr E nes Ez a consists of two contact pads To EREM End clear the contents of CMOS short Ze zu cru these pads together by touching a cu Aen them both with a metal conductor such as the head o
73. ront side PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions J14 Pin Number Definition Data NC Ground VCC Clock NC OO Q N za USB Pin Definition USB 0 1 Pin Definition 1 45V 2 PO 3 P0 4 Ground J7 USB 5 6 J10 USB3 4 2 14 chassis access cables not in Pin Pin a Number Definition Number Definition cluded See the tables on the 1 5V 2 5V i ETT 3 PO 4 PO right for pin definitions 5 PO 6 PO 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 x 10 Ground WAKET KB Mouse ATX 24 Pin PWR HB Fan5 Fan in bur e e SIS PWR USB 1 CPU z 8 NorthBridge E LGA 775 3 E CopperRiver S 8 IGLAN1 xn DIMM 1A blue Ei DIMM 1B black IGLAN2 3 DIMM 2A blue al DIMM 2B black PXH V E GLAN PCI X 64 bit 133 MHz PCI X amp 6 E Sm CTRL Batter Buzzer PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pciys ICH6R Gi Fang x GLAN South Bios CTRL PCI 32 bit 33 MHz pois Li Bridge o u el sou EPL a hm PCI 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 3 E SATAS sw PCI 32 bit 33 MHz Pci42 und TEZ IPMI I iPusB2 ww USB 3 4 PCI 32 bit 33
74. rrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super UO greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports two 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 one of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt sys tem Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super UO provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Con figuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management through a SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption The IRQs DMAs and UO space resources of the Super I O can be flexibly adjusted to meet ISA PnP requirements which support ACPI and APM Ad vanced Power Management SUPER P8SCT User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it
75. se noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the Main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see on next page When you first power on the computer the AwardBIOSTM is immediately activated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two Ways 1 By pressing Del immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Del key to activate the Main Setup Menu Press DEL to enter SETUP 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All Main Setup options are described in this section The Main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys or the Tab key to move among the different settings in the above menu Press the Esc key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu and use the Left Right arrow keys to enter the other categories of the BIOS settings The next section is described in detail to illustrate how to navigate through the menus 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu Tha T SMS Ting ibhimu rul i 4 Hana Loe Bizkettn Hitik 3 5 ini d HI Geng Bee lir ism Dimab bed I Chinga the day moni year amd cnn barij HE Charme H Burger Rastor TB F
76. ted s Data Bit2 8 SLCT IN next to the USB 0 1 Ports 9 Data Bit 3 10 GND y 11 Data Bit4 12 GND Refer to Figure 2 3 for loca 13 DataBit5 14 GND 15 DataBit6 16 GND tion See the table on the i7 Bc Biz 4a GND right for pin definitions 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 GND 23 PE 24 GND 25 SLCT 26 NC The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B The 80 wire ATA100 66 IDE hard disk drive cable that came with your system has two connectors to support two drives This special cable should be used to take advantage of the speed this new technology offers The blue connector connects to the onboard IDE connector inter face and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the docu mentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings for the hard disk drive Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions PWAKE1 E ATX 24 Pin PWR PUSB1 Far FSB EJFSBY E ADGPRP USB1 2 KB MS Parallel co usen kams Ves Tes Para 5 Ces g Printer
77. thermal solutions such as a heatsink Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Product page product m htm for updates on sup ported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 includes a checklist of what should be included in your main board box describes the features specifications and performance of the P8SCT mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when installing the processor and DDR2 memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives the IDE interfaces the parallel and serial ports the mouse and keyboard and the twisted wires for the power supply the reset button the keylock power LED and the speaker If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for the video the memory and the setup configuration stored in CMOS For quick reference a general FAQ Frequently Asked Questions section is provided Instructions are also included for contact ing technical support n addition you can visit our web site at www supermicro com techsupport htm for more detailed information Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup utility
78. tialization 1 Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot The Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker screen displays 2 Choose Marvell Hercules II SATA Driver by 3rd Party LSI from the items listed and press Enter 3 From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press Enter 4 Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press Enter as prompted 5 Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the System 6 Insert Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver The system will boot up from the CD 7 Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver is displayed 8 When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s 9 Insert the driver diskette labelled LSI Embedded Serial ATA RAID Con troller Driver into your floppy drive and press the Enter key 10 Choose LSI Embedded Host Serial ATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the Enter key 11 Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do so at this time Once all devices are specified press the Enter key to continue with the instal lation 12 From the Windows OS Setup screen press the Enter key The OS setup routine will automatically load all
79. tion ATA Operation Modes You can select from the following two modes Legacy mode and Native mode C 1 SUPERO P8SCT User s Manual SATA Operate Modes You can select from the following modes Auto Combined Enhanced and SATA Only Mode The number of devices supported by these modes are listed below SATA Only The maximum of 4 devices are supported 4 SATA Auto Mode The maximum of 6 devices supported 4 SATA 2 IDE Enhanced Mode The maximum of 6 devices supported 4 SATA 2 IDE Combined Mode The maximum of 4 devices supported 2 SATA 2 IDE Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select the item Load Optimized Default set tings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Advanced in the BIOS 4 Scroll down to the item Advanced Chipset Control and press the Enter Key to select this option 5 Select the item On Chip Serial ATA and press the Enter Key When the sub menu appears select the item Enhanced
80. tly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Note Some components are very close to the mounting holes Please take all precautionary measures to prevent damage done to these components 2 5 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual 2 4 Installing DDR2 Memory CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing memory modules to prevent any possible damage Memory Module Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert each DDR2 memory module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the module incorrectly See support information below 2 Gently press down on the memory module until it snaps into place Support The P8SCT supports Dual Single channel ECC Non ECC unbuffered DDR2 533 400 SDRAM Both interleaved and non interleaved memory are supported so you may populate any number of DIMM slots Popu lating DIMM 1A DIMM Z2A and or DIMM 1B DIMM 2B with memory modules of the same size and of the same type will result in dual channel two way interleaved memory which is faster than single channel non interleaved memory Figure 2 2 Side and Top Views of DDRII Module Installation into Slot d GH TI ooo Notch gt To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps Wes Note Notch od H should align into place Med Pay attention receptive point on the slot to the not
81. to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All Included with Retail Box Only One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 IDE cable One 1 9 pin Serial port DKT Cable One 1 ATX floppy drive cable w 3 heads Two 2 SATA cables One 1 I O shield One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPER P8SCT User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email Tel support supermicro com tw 886 2 8226 3990 ext 132 or 139 C
82. tor You must also connect the 4 pin PW2 processor power connec tor to your power supply Refer to the table below right for the PW2 12V connector PW ON Connector The PW ON connector is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 ATX PWR ATX Power Supply 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions Pin Number Definition _ Pin Number Definition 13 3 3V 1 3 3V 14 12V 2 3 3V 15 COM 3 COM 16 PS_ON 4 5V 17 COM 5 COM 18 COM 6 5V 19 COM 7 COM 20 Res NC 8 PWR OK 21 5V 9 5VSB 22 45V 10 12V 23 5V 11 12V 24 COM 12 3 3V 12V 4 pin Required Connector Connection bins Definition 1 amp 2 Ground 3 amp 4 12V PW ON Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 1 Signal 2 GND 12V 4 Pin PWR PWR On ATX 24 Pin PWR D g Gre gl Bh 2 T Ema CPU Zi 8 l NorthBridge B Lenze st CopperRiver Z Senf DIM GA TENE Eh DIMM 1B black mm DIMM ZA blue Air DIMM 28 black ae erv FOE ed A em 98 Seene poud mme com pes m y CTRL PCI 32 bit 33 MHz poiga LI Bridge 8 e SU ESEH 8 m POLS bi33 Map 8 E GH m PCI 32 bit 33 MHz red PMI po L
83. urces to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is setto AUTO 6Eh Reserved 6Fh 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 70h Reserved 71h Reserved 72h Reserved 73h Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 74h Reserved 75h Detect amp install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM 76h Reserved TIh Detect serial ports amp parallel ports 78h Reserved 79h Reserved 7Ah Detect amp install co processor 7Bh Reserved 7Ch Reserved 7Dh Reserved 7Eh Reserved 7Fh 1 Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported If errors occur report errors amp wait for keys If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue Clear EPA or customization logo Appendix B Award BIOS POST Codes POST hex Description Reserved Reserved 1 Call chipset power management hook 2 Recover the text font used by EPA logo not for full screen logo 3 If password is set ask for password Save all data in stack back to CMOS Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 1 USB final Initialization NET PC Build SYSID structure Switch screen back to text mode Set up ACPI table at top of memory Invoke ISA adapter ROMs Assign IRQs to PCI devices Initialize APM Clear noise of IRQs Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserv
84. y and the LAN SCSI driver diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD FIER Bur RI raza ta os Note Please refer to the LSI User s Guide included in the CD for installing the LSI SATA RAID Controller Driver You can also download a copy of the guide from our web site Appendix C Software Installation Supero Doctor lll The Supero Doctor Ill program is a web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called SD III Client The Supero Doctor Ill program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen I Health Information SUPERO P8SCT User s Manual Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Ill Remote Control Graceful power control Ta era kator TE german ray r aora e T r pebas or dea docu sg engecfsl pes kr eo e HI pec Bsp fe rite eect or gen diyan gy akard k cece Hir actin Vosa mensi Kaag goro SD er Dusnnn paag x all wun on x vy Presse TORE l n o VA Power control Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our

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