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1. lt 2 B Fan 2 LGA 775 CPU C Fan 3 EBEBEB E 9 x ES E Els ela Sz EB EIS JESB an 55 fla Ine 035 POE TE WOR ES Sul z qa amm a a am rd o a Sos POE ape Be 9 Seu Ld dicc ema Audio CTRL m 5 ga Slot E E i COM per CONG 5810 Heel Li ead e 2 15 Fan 1 CPU Fan SUPER C2SBM Q 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 J28 See the table on the right for pin definitions The mouse port is above the key board port See the table on the right for pin definitions Serial Ports COM 1 JGS1 and COM 2 JGS1 are connectors located on the Backpanel COM 3 J14 and COM 4 415 are headers See the table on the right for pin definitions J41 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions Pin Definition 1 Data NC Ground VCC Clock A N NC Serial Port Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 DCD 6 DSR RXD T RTS TXD 8 CTS DTR 9 RI
2. lt ls lela D Front Panel USB 8 9 22 cen 58 k E One board vertical USB JFSBUB Intel 035 port 10 B u Chassis Intrusion 27 JFSB3 H is E 2 LAN CIRL g x16 Q E ge mm ape Ee 8 120253 vo m m dco an 5 1 dp eme Belg se 905 en pd 3 Loma Bz Audio CTRL E 5 Li o B T sero TE 21 itg ES 0M wo pert ARAN 9 SE Rs EM ew Is 3 E Fan Headers The C2SBM Q has three chassis fan head ers Fan 1 to Fan 3 Fan 1 is the CPU Fan Fan 2 to Fan 3 are system chassis fans Note Pins 1 3 of a 4 pin fan headers are backward compatible with the tradi tional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin definitions The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Default Disabled When using Ther mal Management settings please use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans on the motherboard VGA Connector A VGA connector JG1 is located next to the USB ports on the IO backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location Chapter 2 Installation Fan Header Pin Definitions Fan1 3 Pin Definition 1 Ground 12V 2 3 Tachometer 4 PWR Modulation J41 KB MOUSE
3. 2 19 Front Panel Audio Control u kk kek kk kk kk e 2 20 PowWet LED rere rr n Eo dete eed 2 20 2 1 Jumper Settihigs ca ie cru c PE DO dedos ERE ER dea krd 2 21 Explanation of Jumpers pn dee eve 2 21 GLAN Enable Disable 2 21 Audio Enable in Ee t ote e tes 2 22 Watch Dog Enable 2 22 CPU Front Side Speed m UE Gd ie d 2 23 PCI PCI Exp Slots to SMB 5 2 23 20 0 2 24 USB WAakesup ette p par 2 25 2 8 Onboard IndiCators ene eet nde a erp den p de 2 26 GLAN LEED Indicators i rr 2 26 Onboard Power aiii ect 2 27 2 9 IDE Hard Drive Connections 2 28 IDE Gonnector aio Li REOR Leer debes AS i ice 2 28 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures EEE kk KE kK kk KAKA KA KAYA 3 1 Before Power O E kk kk ke kek k kek K KK KK KAKA 3 1 No POWOL cene 3 1 No MId8O 3 1 Memory ihr ite re E rae code 3 2 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures
4. i F TEW d 5 T pano P zar diwanan d E P 7 Suppe el SUPER 258 2 21 A GLAN Port1 Enable SUPERO C2SBM Q User s Manual Audio Enable JPAC enables or disables the onboard audio connections See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is Enabled Watch Dog Enable Disable JWD controls the Watch Dog function Watch IDE Enable JPAC Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default 2 3 Disabled Dog is a system monitor that can reboot the System when a software application hangs Watch Dog Jumper Settings JWD Close pins 1 2 to reset the system if an applica tion hangs Close pins 2 3 to generate a non maskable interrupt signal for the application that hangs See the table on the right for jumper set Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Reset default Pins 2 3 NMI Open Disabled tings Watch Dog must also be enabled in the BIOS Note When enabled the user needs to f write his her own application software to disable the Watch Dog Timer J41 aj 3 2 ABRIR g 5101 con Wi 249 ATX PWR DIMMTA DIMMZA DIMMIB DIMM2B JFSB pa s Inl 035 gs
5. PCIE 16 MOR gl Sg z R diim E Batey m 2 905 PCIE x4 Y 3 i s Audio C udi E COM 5810 E em rew e ve ende d Spo EE A Audio Enable B Watch Dog Enable CPU Front Side Bus Speed JFSB1 JFSB2 and JFSB3 allow you to set the Front Side Bus Frequency See the table on the right for pin definitions Default Auto PCI PCI E Slots to SMB Speeds Jumpers JI C1 JI C2 allow you to con nect PCI PCI Exp Slots to the System Management Bus The default setting is open to disable the connection See the table on the right for jumper settings Chapter 2 Installation CPU FSB Jumper Settings JFS 1 2 Ope 2 3 2 3 2 3 B3 JFSB2 JFSB1 Frequency 1 2 1 2 Auto n 2 3 2 3 333MHz 2 3 2 3 266MHz Open 2 3 200MHz 2 3 Open 133MHz SMBus to PCI X PCI Exp Slots Jumper Settings K8MoUSE UGA775 CPU RBH 8 gr POE XI OR gd RE Batty a 904 2 COM wo Audio CTRL E CTRL ig SUPER C2SBM Q CPU Fan DIMMTA DIMMZA DIMM1B DIMM2B Jumper Setting Definition Close
6. 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 SUPERO C2SBM Q User s Manual 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction iiir rrr rer eee 4 1 4 2 R nning Setup acce tete bestes acu Kak b k dkan SER ba bdl kK R 4 2 4 9 Main BIOS 4 2 4 4 Advanced 5 4 7 425 SeCurity 4 19 4 6 TPM S S ed 4 21 4 7 Boot Settirigs 4 22 85 4 23 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST sse enne tnnt nne B 1 Appendix C Software Installation Instructions C 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Please check that the following items have all been included with your mother board If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All of the following items are incl
7. E CTRL a Sot mex gt xS sgg Tan W COM EN m OM DE g AS ws 25 beds 409 1202 ER pi mr Sy g 905 x SUPERO C2SBM Q OcQ 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation 2 7 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the Jumper to choose between optional settings connector Pins uil connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations P Note On two pin jumpers Closed meansthe jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 enables or disables the GLAN Connector Pins with a Jumper installed on pins 1 and 2 GLAN Enable Port on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default 2 3 Disabled The default setting is enabled EBR IGKTISCRU d ES ES Es lelg Q EIS amp S ES uS ele 5 TE RE E is gt 7 Bas EE Unc
8. a N Ground 10 NC Pin 10 is available on COM2 only NC No Connection CPU Fan A Keyboard Mouse z a B COM1 af u LGA775 CPU B 0 Pr C COM2 2 EE D COM3 BERBAR J Q 4 ls B sE EE 1 J651 y es E JESBI Intel 035 es Bz Pus TIT Ic 98 13 18 2 LAN CTRL S MOR ES 8 PCI g j gem d J261 oe a 8 1262 aq em Vy J 4 9 ger PENNE e ms db Mn El Em ar a PCL33ME Me SUE EC dem E 0 ca Es pet Kc SEE mak wg js ceed DE 2 16 Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des ignated JWOR This function allows your computer to receive and be awakened by an incoming call when in the suspend state See the table on the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located at JWOL on the motherboard See the table on the right for pin definitions You must also have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature Chapter 2 Installation Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Defi
9. Chapter 2 Installation 2 6 Connecting Cables ATX Auxiliary Power ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions Connectors Pin Definition Pin Definition A 24 pin main power connector is 13 433V 1 43 3V located at J40 This power connector 14 12 2 43 3V meet the SSI EPS 12V specification 15 COM 3 COM See the table on the right for pin 46 PS ON 4 45V definitions 47 5 COM 18 6 5V j 19 7 COM 4 pin CPU Power Connector 20 Res NC 8 PWR OK A 4 pin 12V power connector is located 21 5V 9 5VSB at J41 on the motherboard This power 22 10 12V connector also meets the SSI EPS 28 5V 11 12V 12V specification and is required to 24 COM 12 33V ensure adequate power to the proces i y 12V 4 pin Power Con sor See the table on the right for pin nector definitions Pin Definitions Pins Definition 1 and 2 Ground and 4 12V m CPU Fan SEE F A 24 pin ATX PWR J28 S AGATIBCPU el 4 PWR E ERERER J EBEBEB 1651 s UE FSB zd JFSB2 S J43 n Intel 035 Iss B I2 JPUSBI r di LANGIR 8 Slot x16 MOR a Slot PCI 33MHz g i dp 2 fam S HI serman
10. Static Sensitive Devices Electrostatic Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent dam age to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge or touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the manu facturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explo sion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 2 Motherboard Installation Note Be sure to mount the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU onto the motherboard All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mountin
11. 3 Reset hardware reset switch on the computer 4 case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button Power Button Pin Definitions JF1 The Power Button connection is located j Um Pin Definition on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily con tacting both pins will power on off the sys 1 Signal tem This button can also be configured 2 sey Standby to function as a suspend button with a setting in the BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Note Do not close or short Pins 1 amp 2 since this will cause the system to continuously reboot Header Pins f Power LED lt e LED Anode J41 oy HDD LED lt o o jX hen uode V pi S P da NIC1 LED 4 o o xl o o 0 ERN MN B 3 8 OH Fan Fail LED lt olo j LED Anode A E NA TER gt HT SM Ground O vi Reset Button Ground PWR Power Butto WIE J ver z Jm R B A Reset gk So POE B La B PWR Button com ax n ie Re ps
12. Memory why does the BIOS only detect about 3 145 GB of memory during POST Answer Because the chipset does not support memory remapping and PCI E memory requires a great deal of memory so there is a memory hole located around the 4GB memory address Question How do connect the ATA100 66 cable to my IDE device s Answer The 80 wire 40 pin high density ATA100 66 IDE cable that came with your system has two connectors to support two drives This special cable must be used to take advantage of the speed the ATA100 66 technology offers Connect the blue connector to the onboard IDE header and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the documentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings Question Why doesn t my USB devices work after installing the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility in Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Answer This is a timing conflict between Windows File Protection and the Setup program This is described in greater detail and a hotfix is available at Microsoft s website at http support microsoft com kb 921411 en us 3 4 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufa
13. Budd drre tones ard maradi Biowse CD Auto Up Newt Time pese ver SUPERMICRO web e Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Notes 1 Click the icons showing hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click a computer icon to the right of an item to install an item from top to the bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual B Configuring Supero Doctor The Supero Doctor program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called the SD Client The Supero Doctor program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor interface f Note 1 Both default user name and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor settings take precedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent cha
14. simultaneously Black Back Green Front supporting 7 1 sound playbackandtwochannels 5170401 A of independent stereo sound output multiple y ed T Pink Mic In urroun streaming through the front panel stereo out for front L amp R rear L amp R center and subwoofer speakers This feature is activated with the Advanced software in the CD ROM that came with your motherboard Sound is then output through the Line In Line Out and MIC jacks See at the picture at right CD Header A 4 pin CD header is located at CD1 and an EDI Pin Denton Auxiliary header is located at J12 on the moth Pin Definition erboard These headers allow you to use the 1 Left Stereo Signal onboard sound for audio CD playback Con 2 Ground nect an audio cable from your CD drive tothe 3 Ground header that fits your cable s connector Only 4 gon igna one CD header can be used at any one time See the tables at right for pin definitions ii Te A HD Audio Waw PER EE CD In 8 C Front Panel Audio mm zs elg H 2651 H E E E als t J43 Intel 035 SUE C Ra m Q ELE ENSIS Slot PCI E x16 91016 FERI doc 8 m o m EL 2 POE 9 ge UR dr dp IDE CTRL co qm DEH COM3 05810 a a 2m A ag 80615 E 2 19 SUPERO C2SBM Q User s Manua
15. ters of hard disk ive installed at this connection Auto autot hard disk drive installed here CD ROM a CD ROM drive is installed here ATAPI Removable removable disk drive is installed here Maxinun Capacity LRA Pormat Total Sectors Maximum Capacity bisabled Disabled Disabled Standard Disabled Multi Sector Transfers LBA Mode Control 32 Bit 170 Transfer Mode Ultra DMA Mode Enter Type Use this feature to select the type of storage or ROM drive Select Auto to allow the BIOS to automatically determine the drive s type capacity number of heads etc Select User to manually enter the parameters for the storage device in stalled on this particular port For hard drives enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a pre determined HDD type from the Drive Table Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed Note Select User for any device or legacy device that is not supported or auto matically detected under Auto This enables you to manually enter parameters for devices that are not otherwise available in the BIOS drive table CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of IDE or SATA Device 4 5 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays t
16. very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the Delete key at the appropriate time during system boot See below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the Delete key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 4 3 detailed de scriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS AN to prevent possible boot failure 4 1 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to
17. 1 8V 3 3V 5V standby 5V Vbat and 12V 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 sensitivity of the voltage monitor by using SuperO Doctor 1 5 Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifica tion defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI pro vides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating sys tem independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2003 Servers Enhanced Power Management The onboard ICH9 chip provides advanced power management functions that will greatly improve the performance of various low power suspend states and en Chapter 1 Introduction hance clock control A
18. 2 25 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual 2 8 Onboard Indicators GLAN Activity Indicator GLAN LEDs Color Status Definition There is one Gigabit LAN port J11 Yellow Flashing Active This Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two GLAN Link Indicator LEDs The yellow LED indicates activity while the Link LED may be green amber LED Color Definition or off to indicate the speed of the con Off No Connection or 10 Mbps nection See the tables at right for more Green On 100 Mbps information Amber On 1 Gbps Lin EET LED So Activity LED Rear View When viewing from the rear side of the chassis cm A GLAN LEDs ia FE LE 4PnPIR Ez 2 zi UGA775 CPU x 27 EEE E lelg Eu Ele 2 amp Se Q jaye X s W E 3 Intel 35 a E LAN CTRL AG POE WR a g Sol CHR z n amp X n Q e 905 POLE xi x 3 Jn 24 Audio CTRL 5 Li Eb COM COM USB10 SEL CDN o o s lama A EA ws ies Chapter 2 Installation Onboard Power LED LE1 The Onboard 3 3V Standby Power LED is Onboard PWR LED Indicator LE1 loc
19. 9 gu 8 dm RE e d apos EA LL Audio CTRL Eis 5 o seem ee ir Es 004 an pes uso ins em CE motum sig beds E 2 13 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Universal Serial Bus USB There are 11 USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports headers on the motherboard Six of them are Back Panel USB ports USB 0 1 J11 and USB 2 3 4 5 J43 The other four are headers that can be used for front panel connections USB 6 7 J44 USB 8 9 J45 and one vertical USB port USB 10 See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located at JL1 on the motherboard Attach an appropriate cable from the chassis to inform you of a chassis intrusion when it is opened Back Panel USB 0 5 Pin Definitions 1 5V 2 PO 3 4 Ground D N A Front Panel USB 6 7 8 9 and Front Ac cessible Onboard USB 10 Connections Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 5V 1 5V 2 PO 2 PO 3 3 PO 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 Key 5 No connection Chassis Intrusion Pin Definitions JL1 Pin Definition 1 Intrusion Input Ground J41 CPU Fan 4 Pin PWR Icom A Back panel USB Ports 0 1 f LGA 775 CPU B Back panel USB Ports 2 3 4 5 C Front Panel USB 6 7 E amp
20. A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00A0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novelle and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate x4 Slot 5 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following PCI Express Port 1 Select Enabled to always enable PCI Ex1 Port 1 Select Disabled to disable PCI Ex1 Port 1 and all other PCI E ports When set to Auto PCI Ex1 Port 1 will be enabled if a PCI add on card is detected The options are Auto Enabled and Disabled 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00A0h 00COh and For Unix Novelle and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to ch
21. Memory Reclaiming Select Enable to enable the functionality of Memory Remapping above 4GB The settings are Enabled and Disabled Enable VT d Select Enable to enable the functionality of the Intel Virtualization Technology for Direct I O support which offers fully protected I O resource sharing across the Intel platforms providing the user with greater reliability security and availability in networking and data sharing The settings are Enabled and Disabled 4 11 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Default Primary Video Adapter This feature allows the user to select the video device used by the BIOS during POST If set to Auto PEG PCI IGD Internal Graphics Device devices will be selected If set to IGD Internal Graphics Device IGD and PCI devices will be selected If set to PEG PEG and PCI devices will be selected If set to PCI PCI PEG and IGD devices will be selected IGD Device 2 This feature allows the user to enable or disable Internal Graphics 2 by entering a specified value IGD Device 2 Function 1 This feature allows the user to enable or disable Function 1 of Internal Graphics Device 2 by entering a specified value DVMT 4 0 Mode This feature allows the user to configure the DVMT 4 0 Graphics Memory to be used by the Internal Graphics Device The options are Fixed DVMT and Auto Pre allocated Memory Size This feature allows the user to set the total amount of Pre allocated graphics memo
22. between the GMCH and ICH9 is the Direct Media Interface DMI The DMI integrates advanced priority based servicing allowing for concurrent traffic true isochronous transfer capabilities and permitting current as well as legacy software to function seamlessly Intel ICH9DO System Features The Intel 9th Generation Controller Hub ICH9DO supports a variety of I O related functions and PCI devices including the following DMI to PCI Bridge LPC Controller SATA Controllers 1 and 2 Thermal Subsystem SMBus Controller USB FS LS UHCI Controllers 1 2 4 Note For more information on the ICH9DO please refer to Intel s website 1 9 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual 1 3 Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the BIOS chapter of this manual to change this setting The default set ting is Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the C2SBM Q The motherboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring The onboard voltage monitor will scan the voltages of the Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Core
23. between the fan wires and the Heatsink fins of the heatsink Fastener 7 Align the four heatsink fasten ers with the mounting holes on the motherboard Gently push the pairs of diagonal fasteners 1 amp 2 and 3 amp 4 into the mounting holes until you hear a click Note Make sure to orient each fas tener in a way that the narrow end of the groove is pointing outward Narrow end of the groove points outward 2 4 8 Repeat Step 6 to insert all four heatsink fasteners into the mounting holes 9 Once all four fasteners are securely insert ed 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 turn it counterclockwise to make a 1 4 90 turn and then pull the fastener upward to loosen it 4 Repeat Step 3 to loosen all fasteners from the mounting holes 5 With all fasteners loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU 2 5 Chapter 2 Installation SUPERO C2SBM Q User s Manual 2 4 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules Warning Exercise extreme care when installing or removing A DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the mem
24. hardware based component provides software independent thermal management that is compatible with the ACPI Revision 3 0a Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on BIOS Support for USB Keyboard If the USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system it will function like a normal keyboard during system boot up Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL without any connection to the WOL header The 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on card only Note Wake On LAN requires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power sup 4 ply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates of 1 GHz and faster The SUPER C2
25. is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled ICH RAID Code Base Select Intel to enable the Intel SATA RAID firmware Select Adaptec to use the Adaptec HostRAID firmware The options are Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI Enable Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution whe using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The Enhanced AHCI mode is available when the Windows XP SP1 OS and the IAA driver is used The options are Enabled and Disabled SATA AHCI Legacy Enable Select Enable to use Legacy Mode for SATA Advanced Host Interfacing When the feature is set to Enabled SATA Port 5 and SATA Port 6 are disabled Take caution enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution whe using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS FIDE Channel 0 Master Slave SATA Port2 SATA Port3 Ext Primary Master Slave These settings allow the user to set the parameters of slots indicated above 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 sub menu are the following Item Specific Help CHS Format Cylinders Cylinders Heads Heads Sectors Sectors Haxinun Capacity User you enter
26. on installing memory Question Why does Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista show less memory than what is physically installed Answer Microsoft implemented a design change in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 SP2 and Windows Vista This change is specific to the Physical Ad dress Extension PAE mode behavior which improves driver compatibility For more information please read the following article at Microsoft s Knowledge Base website at http support microsoft com kb 888137 Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing any problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure that it is newer than your BIOS before downloading You can choose from the zip file and the exe file If you choose the zip BIOS file please unzip the BIOS file onto a bootable device or a USB pen Run the batch file using the format flash bat filename rom from your bootable device or USB pen to flash the BIOS Then your system will automati cally reboot If you choose the exe file please run the exe file under Windows to create the BIOS flash floppy disk Insert the floppy disk into
27. options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor Frequency Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU The options are Default x6 x7 x8 x9 x10 and x11 Frequency High Ratio Available when supported by the CPU The feature allows the user to set the high ratio internal frequency multiplier for the Intel SpeedStep CPUs The default setting is X12 Note If a wrong ratio that is not supported by the CPU is selected the system may hang If this happens clear the CMOS to recover the system Hyperthreading Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Hyperthreading Technology which will result in increased CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Core Multi Processing Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for more information The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel Enhanced Debug Available when supported by the CPU Setto Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for mor
28. same as those in this manual 1 3 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Motherboard Layout J41 CPU Fan 4 Pin PWR tw 1W83627DHG ER 3 uu 5101 W83627DHG ICOM1 S102 c N ae e 8 J E Do em 5 2 az gt JFSB1 es 5 2 x E pi JFSB2 5 Intel 035 as E 8 Pusat 821 JFSB3 lt mu LAN CTRL s POLE x16 INOR imr Sol z Li 2 id SATA Batey Intel ICH9DO O E 905 POLE xd aen jw Ep E rx lt eme 25 JP2 LL Audio CTRL Tan 304 PCIG3MH TE 621 e ZB A Sc 5 COMA oL DEH com oo n o FrontAudio Sig sesane 252 xi B ls Er E Important Notes to the User Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers I O ports and JF1 front panel connections indicates the location of Pin 1 Overclocking Considerations Warning Please be aware of the following conditions when overclocking is used Setting a high CPU FSB speed overclocking DRAM frequen
29. the system you wish to flash the BIOS Then bootup the system to the floppy disk The BIOS utility will automatically flash the BIOS without any prompts Please note that this 3 3 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual process may take a few minutes to complete Do not be concerned if the screen is paused for a few minutes Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers Question How do utilize the onboard HD sound Answer The onboard HD sound available on the C2SBM Q can be enabled with the audio driver software that was included in your motherboard package When activated sound will be routed through the jacks next to the LAN Port according to the audio connection descriptions listed on Page 2 8 You must also set the HD Audio setting to Auto in the Advanced Chipset section of the BIOS setup Question installed my microphone correctly but can t record any sound What should do Answer Go to Start Programs Accessories Entertainment and then Volume Control Under the Properties tab scroll down the list of devices in the menu and check the box beside Microphone Question After have installed 4 pieces of 1
30. usingit Please refer to the jumper section for more details See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition Reset IDE Host Data 7 Host Data 6 Host Data 5 on Oo Host Data 4 11 Host Data 3 13 Host Data 2 15 Host Data 1 ira Host Data 0 Pin Definition 2 Ground 4 Host Data 8 6 Host Data 9 8 Host Data 10 10 Host Data 11 12 Host Data 12 14 Host Data 13 16 Host Data 14 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 Write 24 Ground 25 Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 31 IRQ14 32 516 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 36 Addr2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground CPU Fan m E A IDE 22 E LGA775 CPU eee E BEREK g elg JFSB1 pap PP eye JFSB2 n Intel 035 47583 PCHE x16 MOR o ge Sit ii m E pu m LEM _ EN 505 POEM e gn E ac em t EM y is Audio TRL i 5 ii a Scit POEM _ B Bu co CERA we sepes 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
31. working Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was de tected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not con figured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPERO C2SBM Q User s Manual System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time C
32. you to decide how the system controls Serial Port C The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for Serial Port C The options are 220 and 238 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for Serial Port B The options are IRQ5 and IRQ10 Serial Port D This setting allows you to decide how the system controls Serial Port C The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for Serial Port C The options are 220 and 238 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for Serial Port B The options are IRQ5 and IRQ10 gt Hardware Monitoring CPU Overheat Alarm This option allows the user to select the CPU OverheatAlarm setting which determines when the CPU OH alarm will be activated to provide warning of possible CPU overheat Warning Any temperature that exceeds the CPU threshold temperature predefined by the CPU manufacturer may result in CPU overheat or system instability When the CPU temperature reaches this predefined threshold the CPU and system cooling fans will run at full speed The options are The Default Alarm Setting Select this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm including the LED and the buzzer to be trigge
33. 0 2 0 SMBIOS 2 3 and Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU core voltage memory voltage 1 8V 3 3V 5V standby 5V 12V Vbat battery voltage and Hyper Threading Fan status monitor with firmware 4 pin fan speed control CPU 4 Phase switching voltage regulator SuperDoctor 111 Watch Dog NMI Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss CPU System overheat LED and control System resource alert via Supero Doctor Auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core CPU Thermal Trip support Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 support ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator BIOS support for USB keyboard Main switch override mechanism External modem ring on 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction Onboard I O Built in ICH9DO SATA Controller four connectors for up to four devices Note The onboard SATA 0 1 4 5 may be displayed as SATA 0 1 2 3 as the order on the silkscreen may differ from the one shown in the BIOS see Chapter 4 Four Fast UART 16550 compatible serial port header Intel 82566DM Gigabit Ethernet controller PS 2 mouse and keyboard ports IT8213 ITE controller supports up to two IDE devices 11 USB 2 0 ports for a speed of up to 480Mbps Realtek ALC 883 7 1 Channel High Definition Audio HDA codecs supports 10 DAC Channels Built in GMCH and Onboard VGA Connector Other Trusted Platform Module TPM support Wake on LAN W
34. 2 3 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 4 Installing DIMMYS irri etse nte ir uento 2 5 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports kk keke 1 Back Panel Connectors IO POrlS E kk kk ek 2 Front Control Pari l ett a4 vn SU FA ee 3 Front Control Panel Pin Definitions PWR LED E LIU IL E ADIDAS NICI LED IMGIGAtOrs i eere pete Ek KUP AE O Fan Fail k Ke see rta trs Fe MTM E dak Reset Button aei teen ray PWR Button ES 2 6 Connecting Cables trie feiert na Raa nana niy ATX Auxiliary Power Connectors Universal Serial Bus x lull all daah k dali dana da Wa WW aia kk Table of Contents Chassis Intr sioni uie iin He fte He Er DR keka d end nee 2 14 eo tutt AS 2 15 a ebbe ate ea dba be 2 15 PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse 2 16 Seral ue 2 16 Wake On RIng tea ee e eec E RR dak aa Wu eka wah 2 17 Wake On LAN i eee atender 2 17 GEANT POI a eae ede DUREE 2 18 en vain ie inte bie 2 18 High Definition Audio HDA sss 2 19 CD Header Auxiliary Audio
35. 8h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board optional 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring optional Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs optional Late POST device initialization Detect and ins
36. Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag OAh Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache 0Ch Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Reset PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size B 1 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 2Eh 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced configuration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 4
37. OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Note This feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute Disable Bit The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more information regarding the hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites Intel Speed Step Support Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allows the system to automatically adjust the processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation The options are Enabled C States GV1 GV3 are enabled GV1 GV3 Only C States Disabled C States Only G1 G3 Disabled and Disabled C States GV1 GV3 are disabled Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Be cautious when changing the Advanced settings An incorrect setting a very high DRAM frequency or an incorrect DRAM timing may result in system instability When this occurs revert to the default setting P Integrated Device Control Sub menu
38. OS Boot to Full DOS the BIOS detects errors on 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that have failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the low order byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously B 5 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Notes Appendix C Software Installation Instructions Appendix C Software Installation Instructions A Installing Drivers After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items N SUPERMICRO C250 Q Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinkP SUPERMICRO C250 1 Q Motherboard Drivers amp N SUPERMICRO C2S0M Q Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinkP xj feted Boartake Chipset INF Fies SUPERMICR Drivers amp Tools Tried Gaaphes Moda Accelerator Driver p Unni hc osar C2SBM Q Ice c t EA irtal PRO Netwod Connections Dil Trusted Piston Module Dive SUPERMICRO D octer
39. PWM Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable and 2 Optimized for Workstations with 4 pin Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A 12V V DIMM 5V 3 3V 12V 3V Standby Vbatt 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 5 Security Settings Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Iten Specific Help User Password Is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Fixed disk boot sector INornall Password on boot Disabled Support Disabled Supervisor Password Is This item ind
40. SBM Q accommodates 12V ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate A 2 Amp of current supply on a 5V Standby rail is strongly recom mended It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets 12V ATX power supply Specification 1 1 or above It is also required that the 12V 4 pin power connection J41 be used for high load configurations In areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges 1 11 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual 1 7 Versatile Media Capabilities High Definition Audio The High Definition Audio Controller embedded in the ICH9 delivers up to 4 codecs that can be used for different types of codecs such as audio and modem codecs Operating at 3 3V or 1 5V the embedded Audio Controller supports a multi channel audio stream 32 bit sample depth up to 192 kHz of same rate and can be used with a variety of microphones for input With these versatile audio capabilities built in the C2SBM Q provides the user with a surreal audio experience that is larger than life Virtualization Technology VT d With the Intel ICH9 built in the C2SBM Q supports I O Virtualization Technology VT d that enables multiple operating systems a
41. SUPERO SUPER C2SBM Q USER S MANUAL Revision 1 1a The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com Super Micro Computer Inc Supermicro reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software and documentation is the property of Supermicro and or its licensors and is supplied only under a license Any use or reproduction of this product is not allowed except as expressly permitted by the terms of said license IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL SPECULATIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES PARTICULAR SUPERMICRO 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
42. User s Manual 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to Appendix A for details on beep codes Note If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos f tics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure that the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 You should be using unbuffered DDR2 memory see the next page Also it is recommended that you use the same memory speed for all DIMMs in the system See Section 2 4 for memory limitations 3 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping modules between slots and noting the results 4 Check the power supply voltage 115V 230V switch Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 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 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 Super Micro does not sell directly to end users so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for trou
43. ake on Ring WOR System Bus Clock Frequency Selection Overclocking Support Suspend to RAM Onboard 5 Standby Power Warning LED LE1 Pb Free CD Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility Drivers and software for Intel Q35 chipset utilities Dimensions Micro ATX form factor 9 6 x 9 6 243 8 mm x 243 8 mm 1 7 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Block Diagram V11 0 yan o TERI teans E f TAL FSB 1333 1066MHz udav TALI DDR2 800 667 DIMM CHA 035 TEEN ene GMCH MCH GRAPHIC PCIE x4 _ 4 SATAII PORTS SLOT a USB2 0 1 1 ue ix 0382 0 ICH 9DO PCI 32 PORTS iens 1 PCIE xl 82 RJ45 PORT LPC TPM y om LPC W83627DHG W83627DHG 7 1 CH Lec 1 0 P aUpro HD AUDIO C2SBM Q System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent the features on your motherboard See the following pages for the actual specifications of each motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview The Intel Q35 Chipset is specially designed for use with Intel Core 2 Duo and Quad processors It consists of two primary components the Graphic Memory Control ler Hub GMCH and the I O Controller Hub ICH9DO The GMCH manages the data flow between the CPU interface the System Memory interface the External Gra
44. and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Always disconnect the AC power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis 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 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 specified by the Manufacturer Do not install the CMOS battery upside down to avoid possible explosion Make sure the 4 pin 12v power connector at J41 is connected to your power supply No Power Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video 1 If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables 3 1 SUPER C2SBM Q
45. ange this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate gt PCI Express Graphics Port Sub menu Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following PCI Express Graphics PEG Port This submenu is for debugging only Select Auto to automatically enable the PCI Express Graphics Port if a PCI add on card is detected Select Disabled to always disable the PEG Port Select Enabled to always enable the PEG Port Debugging is enabled if a Debug card is detected The default setting is Auto When the PCI Exp Graphics Port is enabled the following items will be displayed PEG Port Enabledz PEG Port Numberz PEG Port Width PEG Port Slot Numberz PEG Port Power Limit PEG Port Slot Detect gt Onboard IDE Onboard LAN Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00A0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novelle and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a
46. ated at LE1 on the motherboard When LE1 is off the system is off When the LED Color Definition EE oft System green light is on the system is on When ji ji On Standby Power On the LED is on the power is on Unplug the Green System power cable before removing or installing components See the layout below for the LED location J41 A Power LED ABRP R IT US T6A TIS CPU ES BEBEBE lt lt EB JESB pa PP PP 5828 Intel Q35 is aE Su POLE WOR ae Sab PCE z a eo 38 a ICHEOO a B d gi Soe POEM 4 ge B Audio CTRL Em al Slo PCI 33MHz BE c ie 1987 72 xg io i fam COM COM USB Bu TE en 2 27 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual 2 9 IDE Hard Drive Connections Note the following when connecting the hard disk drive cables Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 IDE Connector IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions There is one IDE Connector on the C2SBM Q Be sure to close Pin 1 and Pin 2 of JP2 to enable the IDE connector before
47. bleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support fags before contacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Note Not all BIOS can be flashed it depends on the modifications to the boot block code Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro 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 on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 or by fax at 408 503 8019 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What type of memory does my motherboard support Answer The C2SBM Q supports unbuffered DDR2 667 800 MHz memory modules See Section 2 4 for details
48. ct the retailer immediately 5 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Installation of the LGA 775 Processor PnP cap on top of the load plate 1 Press the load lever to release h the load plate which covers the CPU Socket from its locking position Load lever 2 Gently lift the load lever to open the load plate Load plate with PnP cap attached 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation 3 Use your thumb and your index fin ger to hold the CPU at the top center edge and the bottom center edge of the CPU Top Center Edge 4 Align CPU Pin1 the CPU corner marked with a triangle against the Socket corner that is marked with a triangle cutout Bottom Center Edge golden dot 5 Align the CPU key that is the semi circle cutout below a golden dot against the socket key the Notch on the same side of the triangle cutout CPU Key semi on the socket circle cutout 6 Once aligned carefully lower the below the circle CPU straight down to the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizontally or Corner with a vertically Do not rub the CPU against triangle cutout the surface or against any pins of the Socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket 7 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed Load Lever 8 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down to the leve
49. cturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete For faster service RMA authorizations may be requested online http www supermicro com support rma This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alteration misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems 3 5 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Notes 3 6 Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the C2SBM Q The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Super Micro web site http www supermicro com for any changes to the BIOS not reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all PC XT AT and 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires
50. cy or se lecting a high CPU V Core voltage memory voltage chipset voltage ICH chipset voltage or FSB termination voltage may result in system instability If this occurs revert to the default settings In addition extra fans may be needed for proper system cooling The C2SBM Q offers the option of overclocking however Supermicro is not responsible for any damage caused by the use of overclocking 1 4 Jumpers JBT1 JFSB1 JFSB2 JFSB3 Jl2C1 JI2C2 JPAC JPL1 JPT1 JPUSB1 JPUSB2 JP2 JWD Connectors ATX PWR CD1 COM1 4 DIMM 1A 2A 1B 2B Fans 1 3 IDE JF1 JL1 JLED JWOL JWOR J9 J12 J28 J41 J46 LAN LE1 SATA 0 1 2 3 Slot 4 6 Slot 5 Slot 7 USB 0 1 USB 2 5 USB 6 7 8 9 USB 10 Chapter 1 Introduction C2SBM Q Quick Reference Description Default Setting CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 Front Side Bus Frequency SMB to PCI Slots Audio Enable Giga bit LAN Enable Trusted Platform Module Enable USB Wake up Enable USB Wake up Disable IDE Device Enable Watch Dog Timer Out Description ATX 24 Pin Power Connector Audio CD Input Header COM Port Serial Port 1 4 Connectors Memory Slots Fan 1 CPU Fan Fan 2 3 Chassis Fan Headers IDE 1 Connector FP Control Panel Header All Pins 1 2 Auto Open Open Disabled Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 2 3 Disabled Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 1 2 Reset Chassis Intrusion H
51. d Enabled Open Disabled Default A JFSB1 JFSB2 JFSB3 D 1 E 2 2 USB 10 EXP gg asl es SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual IDE Enable Disable IDE Enable JP2 Pin Definition JP2 enables or disables IDE 1 on the C2SBM Q See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting 2 3 Disabled is enabled 23 Disabled A IDE Enable M CPU Fan 28 E 51 8 288 EXE 1 775 CPU 9n 1 Els els iE EZ amp y EE Si 85 sig E Y Ine 035 Fisi LANCTRL a amp 2 2 vecino E 3 5 s AudoCTRL 5 aE Set POSE Jin a COM SE tA bende Win 2 24 Chapter 2 Installation USB Wake Up Use JPUSB jumpers to enable the function of System Wake Up via USB devices which al JPUSB2 Front Panel USB lows you to wake up the system by pressing a Wake up key on the USB keyboard or by clicking the USB Pin Definition mouse of your system The JPUSB jumpers are 12 Enable
52. d used together with the USB Wake Up function 2 3 Disabled default in the BIOS Enable both the jumpers and the BIOS setting to allow the system to wake up via USB Devices See the table on the right for jumper settings and jumper connections JPUSB1 Back Panel USB Wake up Pin Definition Note 1 JPUSB1 is for Back Panel USB 12 Enabled default ports 0 1 2 3 4 5 and JPUSB2 is for Front 2 3 Disabled Panel USB ports 6 7 8 9 10 Note 2 The default jumper setting for the USB ports is Disabled However when j the USB Wake Up function is enabled in the BIOS and the desired USB ports are enabled via the JPUSB jumper please be sure to remove all USB devices from the USB ports whose USB jumpers are set to Disabled before the system goes into the standby mode A JPUSB1 B JPUSB2 fad 24 pin ATX PWR DINMTA DIMMZA DIMMTB DIMM2B Intel 035 JFSB3 EXE LANCTRE rw POLE NTE WOR a g a 8 o M 5 m EL AudoCTRL el Li Eb 304 PCM TEE Maz IPAC lt gt a Ls COM an COMS 5810 ed Seq QA SEE x ka ban Pig cl 8282282282028
53. d make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512K 640K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data proce
54. dvanced Digital Media Boost Smart Memory Access and Thermal Management 2 TM2 the C2SBM Q delivers unparalleled system performance and great power efficiency in a slim package Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Products for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed and serviced by a technician Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes troubleshooting procedures for the video the memory and the system setup stored in CMOS Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A provides BIOS POST Messages Appendix B lists BIOS POST Codes Appendix C provides software installation instructions Conventions Used in the Manual Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation to prevent bodily injury or damage to the components Note Additional In
55. e information The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled Fast String Operations Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable the fast string operations for special CPU instructions The options are Disabled and Enabled 4 9 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Compatible FPU Code Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to keep the content of the last instruction Operating Code OPCode in the floating point FP state The options are Disabled and Enabled Split Lock Operation Set to Enabled to mask alignment check exceptions for split lock transactions The options are Disabled and Enabled L3 Cache Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable the function of L3 Cache to optimize the system and CPU performance The options are Disabled and Enabled Thermal Management 2 Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower the CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via the CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches th
56. e overheat threshold The options are Disabled and Enabled Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled Set Maximum Ext CPUID 3 When set to Enabled the Maximum Extended CPUID will be set to 3 The options are Disabled and Enabled Echo TPR Set to Enabled to prevent xTPR messages from being sent to the system The options are Disabled and Enabled C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable the Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequen cy to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled f Note Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one computer The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information No Execute Mode Memory Protection Available when supported by the CPU and the
57. eader Onboard Power LED Indicator Wake on LAN Header Wake on Ring Header Buzzer Speaker Pins 3 4 Internal Buzzer Pins 1 4 External Speaker Front Panel Audio Connector PS 2 Keyboard Mouse 12V 4 Pin Power Connector Audio Port Ethernet Gigabit LAN Connector Standby Power LED Indicator SATA Headers See note page 1 7 PCI 33 MHz Slots PCI Express x4 Slot x8 physical PCI Express x16 Slot Back Panel USB Ports Back Panel USB Ports Front Panel USB Headers 6 7 J44 8 9 J45 Vertical USB Port J47 Video Graphics Connector JG1 1 5 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Motherboard Features Processor Single Intel Core 2 Duo Core 2 Quad Processor with a system bus speed of 1333 1066 800 MHz Supports Intel Dual Core Technology Hyper Threading Wide Dynamic Execu tion FSB Dynamic Bus Inversion DBI Advanced Digital Media Boost Smart Memory Access and Thermal Management 2 TM2 Memory Supports single or dual channel unbuffered Non ECC DDR2 up to 8GB at 800 667 MHz for single channel mode or dual channel interleaved mode in four DIMM sock ets Note See Section 2 4 for details Chipset Intel Q35 GMCH CH9DO with support for RAID 0 1 5 10 in Windows and 0 1 10 in Linux Expansion Slots One 1 PCI Express x16 Slot 7 One 1 PCI Express x4 x8 physical slot 5 Two 2 32 bit PCI 33MHz Slot 4 and 6 BIOS 16 Mb Firmware SPI Phoenix BIOS Flash BIOS DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1
58. ed from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing Enter Iten Specific Help b Advanced Processor Options b Advanced Chipset Control Select Boot features gt Memory Cache gt PnP Configuration gt 170 Device Conf igurat ion b Hardware Monitor Entar Features Quiet Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen display during bootup QuickBoot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine whether you want to use the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No 4 7 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual ACPI Sleep Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to use the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system when the system enter into the sleep mode The options are S1 S3 and 5153 High Precision Event Timer Select Yes to activate the High Precision Event Timer HPET which is capable of producing periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real ti
59. formation given to differentiate various models or to ensure correct system setup SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Table of Contents About This Manual iii Manual Organization dln rettet ere tit inicie d d eer eere ve Ete iii Conventions Used in the ManuUual i Ek ke kk KK KK K KRA iii Chapter 1 Introduction dT OVORVIOW iet crm ERICH RERO PE r R 1 1 dre M 1 1 Contacting Supermicro 1 2 SUPERG C2SBM Q mage dayk kayan daa 1 3 SUPERO C2SBM Q Layout enana aa H dadan 1 4 SUPER C2SBM Q Quick Reference 1 5 Motherboard Features erret da s gak nte tn e rr deron 1 6 Intel Q35 Chipset System Block 1 8 1 2 loeo E 1 9 1 3 Recovery from AC Power Loss 1 10 1 4 Health Monitoring 1 10 1 5 edu Uc mM 1 10 156 Power Supply tive bc tei ie e E EH HE dayan A 1 11 1 7 Versatile Media Capabilities 1 12 128 Super use ecc toD e eased 1 12 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices eren rennen ttr HI naa 2 1 2 2 Motherboard Installation
60. ft imple mented a design change in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 SP2 and Windows Vista This change is specific to the Physical Address Extension PAE mode behavior which improves driver compatibility For more informa tion please read the following article at Microsoft s Knowledge Base website at http support microsoft com kb 8881 37 Chapter 2 Installation Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory System 1 MB 3 99 BIOS Local APIC 4KB 3 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 2 3 99 APIC 4 Kbytes 4KB 3 99 PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3 76 PCI Express 256 MB 256 3 51 PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed 512 3 01 Aligned on 256 MB boundary VGA Memory 16 MB 2 85 TSEG 1 MB 2 84 Memory available to OS and other ap 2 84 plications Installing and Removing DIMMs pora Note Notch jou should align with the receptive point n on the slot Notch fame SUPER C2580 To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom Top View of DDR2 To Remove Top View of DDRII Slot Use your thumbs to gently push the release tabs near bo
61. g holes for both motherboard and chassis match Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Note Some components are very close to the mounting holes Please take precautionary measures to preve nt damage to these components when installing the motherboard to the chassis To avoid damaging the motherboard and its components please do not use a force greater than 8 Ib inch on each mounting screw during motherboard installation 2 1 SUPERO C2SBM Q User s Manual 2 3 Processor and Heatsink Installation Warning When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan f Notes 1 Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removin or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU LGA 775 socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 The Intel LGA 775 Processor package contains the CPU fan and heatsink as sembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi directional heatsink and fan 3 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 4 When purchasing an LGA 775 Processor or when receiving a motherboard with an LGA 775 Processor pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise conta
62. h a jumper Speaker Connector J9 Pin Setting Definition Pins 3 4 Internal Speaker Pins 1 4 External Speaker 241 CPU Fan t u qmm qz 25 1 APPR I lt B Speaker Buzzer pF S e m m 1 sel En 8 5 EE mE BBBREE 5 3 E gt lt E 1 5 elg y gt amp 1651 Sis ram IQ 5 1 P aye T JFSB2 pan NS Intel Q35 Bw IP zl 8 2 Wc me s I LAN CTRL g Slo POLE x16 MOR Sio PCR qm 2 41204 A an p wo 8 ont Aw V e glz Slo PCIE x4 JBTI LEI e 4 ER E 8 Slot 5 p Eo me ing a PUSH amp COM WoL COMS USB10 em Cima oan aR 554 m E Chapter 2 Installation High Definition Audio HDA Icom The C2SBM Q features a 7 1 2 Channel Blue Line In High Definition Audio HDA J46 codec that provides 10DAC channels
63. he number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system The following items will be displayed by the BIOS LBA Format Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in the multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of a 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast 4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 System Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system Extended Memory This display informs you how much extended memory is recognized as being present in the system 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanc
64. icates if a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This item indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up 4 21 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Fixed Disk Boot Sector Select Normal to enable the function of Write Protect to protect the boot sector on the hard drives against viruses Password on Boot When this feature is set to Enabled a password is required for a user to enter the system at bootup The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required Trusted Platform Support Select Enabled to enable support for trusted platforms and allow the BIOS to automatically download the drivers needed to provide support for the platforms specified The option
65. l Front Panel Audio Control High Definition Fron Panel Audio When front panel headphones are Pin Signal plugged in the back panel audio output ET is disabled This is done through the FP N AUD GND Audio header J12 If the front panel mm interface card is not connected to the front FP Audio Detect panel audio header jumpers should be installed on the header J12 pin pairs uem Ground 1 2 5 6 and 9 10 If these jumpers are FP Jack Detect not installed the back panel line out ON o CO gt CQ DY connector will be disabled and microphone input Pin 1 will be left floating which can Line 2 leadto excessive back panel microphone Ground noise and cross talk See the table below for pin definitions Power LED PWR LED Pin Definitions The Power LED connector is designated Pinf Definition JLED This connection is used to pro 1 5V vide LED Indication of power supplied to 2 Key the system See the table on the right 2 comm for pin definitions J41 CPU Fan B 5 E fo 4 Pn PWR gS LGA 775 CPU B E P Es ema T E JESB Ji zd JFSB2 M3 id A Front Panel Audio JPUSBI o B 25 a B PWR LED die Slot PCIE x16 JWOR 5x 9016 PCI 33MHz s EN T
66. l since the CPU s Tem perature Tolerance has been reached or has been exceeded and may activate an overheat alarm The Default Alarm the Overheat LED and system buzzer will activate if the High condition continues for some time after it is reached The CPU fan will run at full speed to bring the CPU temperature down If the CPU temperature still increases even with the CPU fan running at full speed the system buzzer will activate and the Overheat LED will turn on The Early Alarm the Overheat LED and system buzzer will be activated exactly when the High level is reached The CPU fan will run at full speed to bring the CPU temperature down 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS Note In both the alarms above please take immediate action as shown below See CPU Overheat Alarm to modify the above alarm settings User intervention If the system buzzer and Overheat LED has activated take action immediately by checking the system fans chassis ventilation and room temperature to correct any problems Note the system may shut down if it con tinues for a long period to prevent damage to the CPU Notes The CPU thermal technology that reports absolute temperatures Celsius Fahrenheit has been upgraded to a more advanced feature by Intel in its newer processors The basic concept is that each CPU is embedded by a unique temperature information that the motherboard can read This Temperature Threshold or Temperature Tolerance has bee
67. lies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate WARNING Handling of lead solder materials used in this product may expose you to lead a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm Manual Revision 1 1a Release Date August 2 2010 Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2010 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 technician and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the 5L TT R C2SBM Q motherboard The C2SBM Q supports a single Core 2 Duo Core 2 Quad processor with a system bus speed of 1333 1066 800 MHz The Intel Core 2 Duo Core 2 Quad processor supports the 775 Land Grid Array Package that inter faces with the motherboard via an LGA775 socket With support of the Dual Core Technology the Intel Hyper Threading HT Technology Wide Dynamic Execution FSB Dynamic Bus Inversion DBI A
68. lock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup Appendix A BIOS POST Messages System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows System performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not writable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot
69. me Clock RTC can in synchronizing multimedia streams providing smooth playback and reducing the dependency on other timestamp calculation devices such as an x86 RDTSC Instruction embedded in a CPU The High Precision Event Timer is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer The default setting is No Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power on or power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button The options are Instant Off and 4 second Override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Resume On PME Select On to wake your system up from the PME The options are On and Off PS2 KB MS Wake Up Select Enable to your system up from the S1 and S3 state The options are Enabled and Disabled USB Wake Up Select Enable to your system up from the S1 and S3 state The options are Enabled and Disabled Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Legacy USB Support Select Enabled to enable the functionality of the Legacy USB Support The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS Watch Dog Select Enabled to automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The
70. mount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room the IPL table to display all installed 120 block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays 2227 Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Press F1 to resume F2 to Setup F3 for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press F1 to start the boot process or F2 to enter Setup and change the settings Press F3 to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press F2 to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the 120 Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed bl
71. n assigned at the factory and is the baseline by which the motherboard takes action during different CPU temperature conditions i e by increasing CPU Fan speed triggering the Overheat Alarm etc Since CPUs can have different Tem perature Tolerances the installed CPU can now send its Temperature Toler ance to the motherboard resulting in better CPU thermal management Supermicro has leveraged this feature by assigning a temperature status to certain thermal conditions in the processor Low Medium and High This makes it easier for the user to understand the CPU s temperature status rather than by just simply seeing a temperature reading i e 25 The information provided above is for your reference only For more information on thermal management please refer to Intel s Web site at www Intel com System Temperature This feature displays the system s absolute temperature i e 33 Fan1 Fan 5 If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fan as specified Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vice 4 19 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual versa If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation
72. nd applications to run in independent partitions Each partition uses its own subset of host physical memory and behaves like a virtual machine VM providing isolation and protection across multiple parti tions This feature is available when a processor that supports the virtualization of platforms is installed on the motherboard 1 8 Super The disk drive adapter functions of the Super chip include a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selection a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and logic The Super 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 four high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs 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 I O provides functions that comply with the ACPI Advanced Configura tion and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power man agement through a SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Chapter 2 Installation
73. new software you may want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate gt I O Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select the clock frequency for the Keyboard Controller The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to decide how the system controls Serial Port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for Serial Port A The options are 3F8 2F8 8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for Serial Port A The options are IRQ3 and 1 04 Serial Port B This setting allows you to decide how the system controls Serial Port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to Serial Port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for Serial Port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for Serial Port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port C This setting allows
74. nges to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII set tings to be the same as those set in the BIOS Supero Doctor Interface Display 1 Health Information Appendix C Software Installation Instructions Supero Doctor Interface Display Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor allows a user to mform the OS to reboot or sina down withn a specified tene the default 30 seconds Before the system reboots or shuts down t s allowed to cancel achon Requirements Keep Supero SD3Sernce Daemon running at al met on this system Pronde coenecemty Power control 2 Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor 111 You can also download User s Guide at http www supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII User Guide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Notes C 4 Disclaimer The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems medical equipment nuclear facilities or systems aircraft aircraft devices aircraft emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasonably ex
75. nition 1 Ground 2 Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL Pin Definition 1 5V Standby 2 Ground Wake up m M CPU Fan 2 g nnd j J287 2 5 bi J3T S gt lt BB J lt ls ela j EE amp 1651 1 EE EE 7 a JFSB1 als Be 582 n Intel 035 web m JFSB3 1 ig lt ES js Os LAN CTRL g PCLEXIS MOR ES E Sio PCR g i imo z zs 8 200 vq 52 gl 905 POLE x4 OB JBT lEI E gl Jp Es Audio CTRL er 4 e Sio men B gD E som B n 0 COM IDE COMS USB10 3 tide eSI NGHE we e ls E A WOR B WOL SUPERO C2SBM Q User s Manual GLAN 1 Gigabit Ethernet Port A G bit Ethernet port is located at J11 on the IO backplane This port accepts RJ45 type cables Speaker A Speaker Buzzer header J9 is located on the motherboard See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions Note The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 3 4 wit
76. o the following section for descriptions and pin definitions M CPU Fan E 4 E LGATISCPU E By TEEERE EE J E JF1 Header Pins Ca FE EJ Power LED 4 i LED_Anode gs Mies HDD LED gt LED Anode v 4 3 NIC1 LED lt o gt LED_Anode 4 x lt olo 7 x f s Sar OH FanFailLED lt f LED_Anode x olo g 2 1054 gt m EE 6a m E Ground 9 Reset Reset Button e aie Sa POEM oS gen lt 9 Ground PWR gt Power Buttor Audio CTRL ml 2 7 J 5 Li BET Mgr n m amp DE CONS Ba 2 9 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual 3 Front Control Panel Pin Definitions Power LED Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition 15 LED_Anode 16 PWR LED Signal HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach a hard d
77. ock storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an I2O Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicating released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory man ager Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM A 5 SUPERO C2SBM Q User s Manual Notes A 6 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the PhoenixBIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the follow ing beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected 1 long continuous beep with OH LED on system overheat Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing So BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the POST Code Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h
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79. ons JF1 Pin Definition Overheat Fan Fail LED OH d LEV 8 OH Fan Fail Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail LED Signal connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to OH Fan Fail Indicator provide advanced warnings of chassis Status overheating or fan failure Refer to the State Definition table on the right for pin definitions Off Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing Header Pins Mi CPU Fan f FE Power LED LED Anode T HDDLED lt o gt LED Anode B Ell elg NIC1 LED o gt LED Anode ga x 7 d hd OH Fan Fail LED o gt LED_Anode d 4 lt x lt E Ground o Reset Reset Button UNC 5 ele XPower Butt 8 Ground PWR gt Power Button a EET 2 1 gt semen J an A NIC1 LED 24 La eman B Fail LED ASO gu coo S Ea E Elma Red TEE sided ED 2 11 SUPERO C2SBM Q User s Manual Reset Button Reset Button Pin Definitions JF1 The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to a Pin Definition
80. or configure devices Up and Down arrows select a device lt gt and lt gt moves Candidate LL PCI the device up or doun List lt and lt r specifies the device fixed or removable OO exclude or include the device to boot lt Shift D enables or disables a device lt 1 4 gt Loads default Esc _ Enter FIO Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the lt f gt key or the lt r gt key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select an item from the candidate list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then become a bootable device See details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices in the Item Specific Help window 4 24 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 9 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in
81. ory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM1A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with DIMM1A DIMM1B then DIMM2A and DIMM2B 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules see step 1 above Memory Support The C2SBM Q supports up to 8 GB Unbuffered Non ECC DDR2 800 677 MHz in 4 DIMMs Populating DIMM 1A DIMM 1B and or DIMM 2A DIMM 2B with memory modules of the same size and of the same type will result in dual channel two way interleaved memory that is faster than the single channel non interleaved memory Notes 1 Due to the OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4GB of memory 2 Both Unbuffered ECC and Non ECC memory modules can be installed in the memory slots However the functionality of ECC is not supported by the chipset 3 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduc tion in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the following Memory Availability Table for details For Microsoft Windows users Microso
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83. phics interface and the I O Controller through the DMI Direct Media Interface The ICH9DO provides a multitude of I O related functions Graphic Memory Controller Hub GMCH Utilizing a single LGA 775 socket processor the Q35 GMCH supports an FSB frequency of 1333 1066 800 MHz Host initiated I O cycles are decoded to the PCI Express the DMI or the GMCH configuration space Host initiated memory cycles are decoded to PCI Express DMI or system memory The GMCH supports 36 bit host bus addressing and a Cache Line Size of 64 bytes The GMCH supports one or two channels of DDR2 memory with up to two DIMMs per channel with a maximum bandwidth of 6 4 GB s in asymmetric mode or 12 8 GB s in symmetric mode using DDR2 800 MHz memory It also supports an op portunistic refresh scheme a memory thermal management scheme and Partial Writes to Memory using Data Mask DM signals The GMCH contains one PCI Express x16 port intended for an external PCI Express graphics card that is compatible with the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1 1 This PCI E x16 port runs at a frequency of 2 5 GB s on each lane and supports a maximum theoretical bandwidth of 40 GB s in each direction for an aggregate of 8 GB s x16 It supports traditional PCI AGP style traffic and a PCI Exp Enhanced Addressing Mechanism with advanced capabilities in automatic discovery negotia tion and training of link out of reset Providing the high speed chip to chip connection
84. r IDE Channel 8 Slave SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 b Ext Primary Master b Ext Primary Slave Installed menory Systen Menory UXXXX KB Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the Enter key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the Enter key to save the data BIOS Date The item displays the date that the BIOS was built Hard Disk Pre Delay When enabled this featyre will add a delay to provide time needed for HDD self initialization before the HDD is accessed by the BIOS for the first time Some HDDs will hang if accessed by the BIOS without proper initialization The options are Enabled and Disabled Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of the Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled 4 3 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Native Mode Operation Select Serial ATA for SATA or select Auto Native Mode for ATA The options are Serial ATA and Auto Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel or Adaptec HOST RAID firmware to be activated Is this item
85. r lock 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic PnP cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the load lever is pushed in the lever lock Remove the PnP cap from the motherboard Warning Please save the plastic Plastic cap AN PnP cap The motherboard must is released be shipped with the PnP cap from the properly installed to protect the CPU load plate Socket pins Shipment without the if CPU PnP cap properly installed will cause properly damage to the socket pins installed 2 3 SUPERO C2SBM Q User s Manual Installation of the Heatsink 1 Locate the CPU Fan on the mother board Refer to the layout on the right for the CPU Fan location 2 Position the heatsink in such a way that the heatsink fan wires are closest to the CPU fan and are not interfered with other components 3 Inspect the CPU Fan wires to make sure that the wires are routed through the bottom of the heatsink 4 Remove the thin layer of the protec tive film from the copper core of the heatsink Thermal Grease Warning CPU overheat may occur if the protective film is not removed from the heatsink 5 Apply the proper amount of thermal grease on the CPU Note if your heatsink came with a thermal pad please ignore this step 6 If necessary rearrange the wires to make sure that the wires are not pinched between the heatsink and the CPU Also make sure to keep clear ance
86. red when the CPU temperature reaches about 59C above the threshold temperature as predefined by the CPU 4 17 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual manufacturer to give the CPU and system fans additional time needed for CPU and system cooling The Early Alarm Setting Select this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm including the LED and the buzzer to be triggered as soon as the CPU temperature reaches the CPU overheat threshold as predefined by the CPU manufacturer CPU Temperature The CPU Temperature feature will display the CPU temperature status as detected by the BIOS Low This level is considered as the normal operating state The CPU temperature is well below the CPU Temperature Tolerance The motherboard fans and CPU will run normally as configured in the BIOS Fan Speed Control User intervention No action required Medium The processor is running warmer This is a precautionary level and generally means that there may be factors contributing to this condition but the CPU is still within its normal operating state and below the CPU Temperature Tolerance The motherboard fans and CPU will run normally as configured in the BIOS The fans may adjust to a faster speed depending on the Fan Speed Control settings User intervention No action is required However consider checking the CPU fans and the chassis ventilation for blockage High The processor is running hot This is a caution leve
87. rive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on Pin Definitions JF1 HDD LED Pin Definition 13 LED_Anode 14 HD Active the system including SAS and Serial ATA See the table on the right for pin definitions Header Pins T Um Power LED gt LED Anode m HDD LED o gt LED Anode lt g NIC1LED lt o o LED nodet Els lelg x 7 x i Fail LED Fd LED _ Intel 035 x x Ground Reset Reset Button j 4 SERE Ground PWR gt Power Button 7 di 8 om dh e A PWR LED connector dT sums Jan B HDD LED connector amp E mow i COM3 05810 nuka E awo dg Chapter 2 Installation NIC1 Indicator GLAN 1 LED Pin Definitions JF1 The NIC Network Interface Control ler LED connection for the GLAN port Pin Definition 11 LED_Anode is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 12 NIC1 LED Attach the NIC LED cables to display Signal network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definiti
88. ructures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 C1h Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error flags C6h Console redirection init C7h Unhook INT 10h if console redirection enabled C8h Force check optional C9h Extended ROM checksum optional CDh Reclaim console redirection vector B 4 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description D2h D4h D8h DEh Unknown interrupt Check Intel Branding string Alert Standard Format initialization Log error if micro code not updated properly The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh E1h E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh Fih F2h F3h F4h FSh F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini D
89. ry to be used by the Internal Graphics Device The options are 1 MB and 8 MB IGD Memory Size This feature allows the user to set the total amount of graphics memory to be used by the Internal Graphics Device The settings are 128 MB 256 MB and MAXDVMT Fixed Graphics Memory This feature allows the user to display the Fixed Graphics settings DVMT Graphics Memory This feature allows the user to display the DVMT Graphics settings Azalia Audio Select Auto to enable Azalia Audio The settings are Auto and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer and allow BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer and allow BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function an
90. s are Enabled and Disabled If set to Enabled the TPM State screen displays See the next section r Note Please make sure jumper JPT1 is enabled default the f motherboard 4 22 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 6 Trusted Platform Module TPM State Available if the TPM Support Option is enabled in the Security Setting Choose the TPM State menu from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility with the arrow keys You should see the following display Change IPM State Enter Current TPM State This item shows the current TPM State only Change TPM State Select Enabled amp Activate to enable TPM support for the system Select De activate amp Disabled to disable the function of TPM support If No Change is selected no changes will be done to the current TPM State Select Clear to clear or erase all information related to TPM support If set to Clear the sub menu Physical Presence Operations will appear Select Rejectto cancel the selection Select Execute to proceed with selection information related to TPM Support will be erased 4 23 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual 4 7 Boot Settings Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Boot List Item Specific Help Keys used to view
91. ssing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back 4 13 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the extended memory area above 1 MB Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PNP Play amp Plug devices 32 Device Slot 4 PCI Device Slot 6 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master
92. tall external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs and shadow if successful One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase lt ESC gt prompt AAh Scan for lt ESC gt key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag BOh Check for errors B1h Inform RomPilot about the end of POST optional B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM St
93. th ends of the Release Tab Release Tab module This should release it from the slot 2 7 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual 2 5 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports 1 Back Panel Connectors IO Ports G o esce cy je e e e S P 999900 e 56556 0 L d c A SUPER C2SBM Q Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors Keyboard Purple PS 2 Mouse Green COM 1 VGA COM2 USB2 USB 3 USB 4 USB 5 USB Port 0 USB Port 1 12 Gigabit LAN 13 Side Surround Grey 14 Back Surround Black 15 CEN LFE Orange 16 Microphone In Pink 17 Front Green 18 Line In Blue See Section 2 5 for details 9 N YON 5 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation 2 Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed specifi cally for use with Super Micro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer t
94. this section Iten Specific Help Exit Discarding Changes SSS Exit System Setup and Load Setup Defaults save your changes to Discard Changes Bave Changes Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 25 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Notes 4 26 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 prob lem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is at tached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not
95. uded in the Retail Box Only One 1 Supermicro Mainboard Four 4 SATA cables CBL 0044L One 1 IDE hard drive cable CBL 0036L 3 One 1 I O Shield MCP 260 00015 ON One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPER C2SBM Q User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address Super Micro Computer 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 Super Micro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Chung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 1 2 Chapter 1 Introduction SUPERO C2SBM Q Image Note All pictures and drawings shown in this manual were based upon the 4 latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the
96. understand how to set the options see next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two Ways 1 By pressing Delete immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the Delete key to activate the main Setup menu Press the Delete key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the Esc key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the icon With the item highlighted press the Enter key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu 16 13 591 Iten Specific Help lt Tab gt Shift Tab5 or BIOS Date lt Enter gt selects field System Date 61 04 2088 1 Hard Disk Pre Delay Disabled Serial ATA Enabled Native Mode Operation fiuto J SATA RAID Enable Disabled Raid CodeBase intel SATA Enable Disabled SATA AHCI Legacy Enable Disabled gt IDE Channel Maste
97. write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map ofthe bits atthe RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory Fixed Disk n A 3 SUPERO C2SBM Q User s Manual Fixed disk n 0 3 identified Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data device IRQ conflict device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the a

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