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1. 2 12 OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition i Vcc OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing PWR Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition Vcc 5 Ground KB pene 24 Pin ATX PWR p Mowe JPWF P A OH Fan Fail LED E Alam Force On USB 0 1 23 Reset PWR Supply Fail DIMM 4A Bank 4 e 1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 malo CPU1 20 19 DIMM 2B Bank 2 Groun DIMM 2A Bank 2 st some DIMM 1B Bank 1 X DIMM 1A Bank 1 LANTILAN2 Power LED CPU2 Linean 5000X inae JUPER X7DAL E 50007 HDD LED Micro Fang phone Fand NIC1 LED LAN Tote Can pe PCI E x16 an NIC2 LED uj 2 StS pci33 MH i ee EOS MEE nf OH Fan Fail LED rm E OF 4 on X16 slot SCAU T BIOS E PWR Fail LED Printer ml Q 03 JBT1 Blots PCI X 133 MHz ESB2 Ground Awar z South Pe 133 MHz Bridge Im amp svo p JPC1EZI Ground E Jec2ec Blot Poise Mz Xu SMe SATA1 ISATA3 SATAs seed WOR pU poru ETR SATA 2
2. 2 15 Chassis iid 2 15 anb 2 16 Power Force On dnte RR 2 16 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse 2 17 SIDE 2 17 MEI RING 2 18 WakesOnsEAN urat ERO EINE 2 18 GLAN 1 2 Ethernet POTIS eene 2 19 Speaker Power LED Header sse 2 19 Alarm ROS Oli 2 20 rante 2 20 Power SMB Connector uaa dex bb de ERE deed 2 21 SGPIO Headers nee 2 21 OF PIG oT Ae H 2 22 CoOnliectOrs rna HER dnd 2 22 Front Panel Audio Control 2 23 2 6 Jumper Settings ee eee a Ea ee eee eee eee 2 24 Explanation of J mpers cscsvsssisssesssescticnaneccsavacsnsidnasenesneactecesndsscectaueuncars 2 24 GLAN Enable Disable 2 24 CMOS Cle arr nm 2 25 Watch 2 25 Audio Enable DISabl crt eee Ree Ere io Eye cup DER 2 26 PC Busto POT Slots us Edu 2 26 Power Force On rii dou 2 27 Power SuUpply Eallure soi rete Dor og otros tees 2 27 2 7 Onboard Indicators me
3. 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located at JKM1 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 COM1 COM2 are connectors located on the IO Backpanel See the table on the right for pin definitions See the PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions Pin Definition Data NC Ground VCC Clock o a A4 c N NC Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 raj NAi P 24 Pin ATX PWR E Alam Force On Reset DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 5000X North Bridge a PCI E x4 on x16 slot gt E amp Printer E JWD lots PCI X 133 MHz Plo pci 133 MHz E IJPL1 JEC E JPL2 JP 5c133 MHz Brew PeU ETOF CPU1 CPU2 LES FP Control EEJ Q IE c E z ESB2 South Bridge 00 Floppy DE ISATA3 SATAS SATA2 SATA4 584 2 17 Definition Pin Definition DSR RTS CTS RI NC A Keyboard Mouse B COM1 2 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual
4. OEIL Ya ERR e FEY AY REVUE YER 4 2 4 4 Advanced 5 in E EEE EEEE nnne 4 7 4 5 Securty 4 21 4 6 Boot Setup reete tre bibe nee Enna Re cede ree a UR a ea d D arg 4 22 427 AEX S 4 23 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST B 1 Appendix C The Intel HostRAID Setup C 1 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 1 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers E 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All are included in the Retail Box One 1 Supermicro Mainboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices CBL 036L 02 One 1 floppy ribbon cable CBL 022L Six 6 SATA cables CBL 044L On
5. Make sure that there is no short circuit between the motherboard and the chas sis 2 Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions 3 Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set 4 Turn the power switch on and off to test the system 5 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still 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 2 Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to the Appendix for details on beep codes Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Make sure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power 3 1 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual 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 NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure that the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Make sure that DIMMs of different speeds or types are not installed and v
6. iin sadede ansaid 1 10 1 5 ACPI Features irre dci aaron ete Ree Eo vain ere one Sea rone nde 1 11 l6 SUDDIV dereie du eene tiet oz EAA TREE 1 12 17 Teide M E 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices cece cece cece ee ee eee te ee te ee eae eee eee anaes 2 1 Precau ltioris tede pde eese b eder i oin re Dead C ege 2 1 UNPACKING drman S TP c 2 1 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Installation 2 2 2 9 Installing DIMMS i erre e see ret tere er o e uta ada ra e PR 2 6 2 4 Control Panel Connectors and lO Ports 2 8 A Back Panel Connectors IO 2 8 B Front Control Panel cn pr Pr ea e ea t eo rx it ena ER aes 2 9 C Front Control Panel Pin 2 10 NMI M 2 10 Power N I EN 2 10 sgh CC 2 11 NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators sionin anena 2 11 OverheatUFarFall EL hee 2 12 Power zip e 2 12 Table of Contents Reset BUWGIN mM 2 13 Power 2 13 2 5 Connecting Gables eae ESSE 2 14 ATX Power Connector 2 derat aeaieie 2 14 Processor Power Connector essere 2 14 Universal Serial Bus USB
7. gg m Tott B PCI 33 MH Z ISATA3 SATAS JWOR Bie E aon ere SATA4 US84 2 19 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual Alarm Reset Alarm Reset If three power supplies are installed and Alarm Reset JP5 is enabled the system will notify you when any of the three power modules fail Connect JP5 to a micro switch to enable you to turn off the alarm that is activated when a power module fails See the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Setting Definition Pin 1 Ground Pin 2 5V SMB SMB Header Pin Definitions A System Management Bus header is located at J18 Connect the ap 1 Data ropriate cable here to utilize SMB on prop H S 2 Ground our system y y 3 Clock 4 No Connection e EP EE R PWR A Alarm Reset a Pwi peen 24 Pin ATX PWI i GC ES B SMB USB 0 1 2 3 Ress DIMM 4A Bank 4 je oo a Branch 1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 jist Branch COM2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 CPU2 SUPERO X7DAL E North Bridge aq Sis PCI 33 MHz Lud Tes lot4 5 PCI E x4 on x16 slot 8 CD I Printer E Qe JWD e lot3 PCI X 133 MHz ESB Aux South gt Blet 1
8. m S F B I On B x eder 3 Figure 2 3 Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors Keyboard Purple PS 2 Mouse Green Back Panel USB Port 0 Back Panel USB Port 1 Back Panel USB Port 2 Back Panel USB Port 3 COM Port 1 Turquoise COM Port 2 Turquoise Gigabit LAN 2 10 Gigabit LAN 1 11 Line In Blue 12 Line Out Green 13 Microphone Pink o 00 gt ON gt See Section 2 5 for details Chapter 2 Installation B Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally located on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed specifically for use with Supermicro workstation chassis See Figure 2 4 for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions Figure 2 4 JF1 Header Pins 20 19 LJ LE Groun NMI X X Power LED Vcc SUPERO X7DAL E HDD LED Vec O NIC1 LED Vcc E A
9. Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is located at This function allows your computer to receive and be waken up by an incoming call to the modem when the system is 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 have a LAN card with a Wake On LAN connector and cable to use this feature Wake On Ring Pin Definitions JWOR Pin Definition 1 Ground Wake up Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JWOL Pin Definition 5V Standby Ground Wake up A WOR KB Ee 24 ATX PWR Mouse JE B WOL Elam Force On LM FE USB 0123 Reset DIMM 4A Bank 4 je Branch COM1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 L DIMM 2A Bank 2 hst Branch come DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 CPU2 5000X North Bridge 00 PCLEx16 sula 1 33 MHz Audio CTRLR z E dio stop 01t PCI E x4 onx16 slot 3 CD In Printer EJ pii JWD e lo PCI X 433 MHz auxin South LEA gt lo PCI X 133 MHz Bridge Bo
10. aa NEEE 2 28 GLAN LEDS OU 2 28 Onboard Power LED wisi Hedonic eere Weert ya eo vaa 2 28 CPU VRM Overheat LED rsca eaae EERE Na 2 29 POST Code LED Indicators tpe ne Eu ed 2 29 Status MERE ONE 2 30 2 8 Parallel Port Floppy PCI U Universal and Hard Disk Drive Connections 2 31 Parallel Port Connector itt diee ett ER des 2 31 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual Floppy GOnnectOr uie negro pe Dre ere eee ee De ERTASE 2 32 PCI U Universal Slot nnne 2 32 IDE COAMGCIONS 2 33 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting e 3 1 POWE OM ME E 3 1 NN m 3 1 NO too P 3 1 Losing the System s Setup Configuration 3 1 amp e EE 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service 3 4 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 E KRRKE UR ER 4 1 4 2 Running ANN 4 2 423 Main BIOS Setup e Ud
11. Serial Port B This setting allows you to assign control of serial port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to serial port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Parallel Port This setting allows you to assign control of the parallel port The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are 378 278 and 3BC Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode This feature allows you to specify the parallel port mode The options are Output only Bi Directional EPP and ECP DMA Channel This item allows you to specify the DMA channel for the parallel port The options are DMA1 and DMA3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select t
12. lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 0 Stripe and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disks item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See Note on Page C 3 displays e Use the Up Arrow gt Down Arrow keys to highlight a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays h When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 4 Appendix C The Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 1 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 6 1613 ICH 7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Nane RAID Level Disks Strip Size Capacity 1 Vo Lun RAID1 Minor Select Disks NA 6 6 CB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can
13. 89 NMI X Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Vcc Reset Reset Button PWR gt Power Button Chapter 2 Installation Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located Reset Button on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to the Pin Definitions JF1 hardware reset switch on the computer Pin Definition case Refer to the table on the right for 3 Reset pin definitions Power Button Power Button The Power Button connection is located Pin Definitions JF1 on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be 1 configured to function as a suspend but ton with a setting in BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set to suspend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Pin Definition Signal 3V Standby E non ATXPWR p E pauio A Reset Button USB 0 1 2 3 Reset DIMM 4A Bank 3j le B PWR Button com DIMM 3A Bank 3 CEU 5 46 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 st Groun NMI DIMM 1B Bank 1 X X DIMM 1A Bank 1 LANAILAN2 Power LED Vcc CPU2 Line 5000X Umar JUPER X7DAL E 50907 NIC1 LED Vcc LAN Tot CTRLR P
14. CPU VRM Overheat LEDs LE2 LE3 LED Color Definition Green CPU VRM Temperature Normal Yellow CPU VRM over 90 C CPU slows down LE4 Yellow Green POST Code LED Indicators LE5 POST Code Message Memory Initialization POST 28h System Shadowing POST 38h CPU Initialization POST 0Ah POST Initialization OK the LED location KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 i 24 Pin ATXPWR H Pin PW Force On Reset COM1 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3A Bank 3 65 Branch CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 st DIMM 2A Bank 2 Branch DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 CPU2 5000X North Bridge ore PCI E x16 Battery Slot5 PCI 33 MHz A LE2 CPU1VRM B CPU2VRM C LE4 POST Code LED D LE5 POST Code LED Audio qs 2 dam PCI E x4 on x16 slot SGPOI 8 CD I Printer EJ 031 1 JWD m e lot3 PCI X 133 MHz ESB2 Aux South Be peux 133 MHz Bridge 2 z suo E Jec jot B PCI 33 MHz Fo SATA1 ISATA3 SATAS JWOR poru E Orson SATA 29 4 2 29 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual Status LED D31 There is a S
15. DIMM 1A Bank 1 CPU2 SuPERGX7DAL E 50 0 loi ridge CR PCLEx16 plete PCI 33 MHz CIRLR Eac PCI E x4 on x16 slot a m lot3 PCI X 433 MHz South 133 MHz Bridge Be E IgE 71 S POS Mhz SATA1 5 5 5 6 7 SMB JWOR poru ERES SATAz SATA4 584 2 33 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual Notes 2 34 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Note Always disconnect the power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components Before Power On 1 Make sure that there is no short circuit between the motherboard and the chas sis 2 Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse 3 Remove all add on cards 4 Install a CPU in CPU Socket and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Make sure that the CPUs are properly seated and all jumper settings are properly configured as well 5 Use only the correct type of CMOS onboard battery as recommended by the Manufacturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid pos sible explosion No Power
16. LAC j mwe 547 ISATA3 SATAS i P rou satad 2 4 2 4 _ 2 18 Chapter 2 Installation GLAN 1 2 Giga bit Ethernet Ports Two G bit Ethernet ports are desig nated JLAN1 and JLAN2 on the I O backplane This port accepts RJ45 type cables Power LED Speaker On the JD1 header pins 1 3 are for a power LED and pins 4 7 are for the speaker See the table on the right for speaker pin definitions The speaker connector pins are for use with an external speaker Speaker Connector Pin Setting Definition Pins 6 7 Internal Speaker Note GERE Pins 4 7 External Speaker If you wish to use the onboard speaker you should close pins 6 7 with a jumper Kel 24 Pin ATX PWR Ee A GLAN1 2 louse CI P T TR Force On B PWR LED S eaker USB 0 1 2 3 Reset D PF WR LEV Speaker DIMM 4A Bank 4 s Branch com DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 L DIMM 2A Bank 2 list Branch come DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 CPU2 5000X North Bridge LAN ot CRR PCI E x16 Bad Slots PCI 33 MHz Audio 5 SN PCI E x4 on x16 slot CD I Printer EJ 031 1 JWD Q lo PCI X 133 MHz ESB2 Auch South TP Plo pci 133 MHz Bridge Be Pale suo
17. County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product Manual Revision Rev 1 0 Release Date Aug 07 2006 Unless you request and receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2006 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPERO X7DAL E motherboard The SUPER X7DAL E supports dual Intel Xeon dual core processors w 771 LGA with a front side bus speed of of 667 MHz 1 066 GHz 1 333 GHz With dual 64 bit Xeon dual core processors built in the X7DAL E offers substantial functionality enhancements to the motherboards based on the Intel dual core NetBurst microarchitecture while remaining compatible with the IA 32 software The features include Intel Hyper Threading Technology Virtualization Technology Hyper Pipelined Technology Execution Trace Cache Thermal Moni tor 1 2 TM1 TM2 Enhanced Intel Speed
18. E JCIE EPE JeC2E PCI X 133 MHz Blei pci33 MHz Drm CPU1 ist Branch CPU2 FP Control EEJ South Bridge ISATA3 SATAS UsB6 2 0584 EF a JWOL 00 peru 2 32 IDE Connector There is one IDE Connector on the Chapter 2 Installation IDE Drive Connectors Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition motherboard The IDE Connector is Reset IDE 2 located at JIDE1 See the table on the 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 right for pin definitions 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 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 31 IRQ14 32 10CS16 32 Addr1 34 Ground 35 36 Addr2 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground Kl db 24 ATX PWR t A IDE Jewr E Alarm Force On USB 0 1 2 3 Reset DIMM 4A Bank 4 j gt com1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 hst DIMM 1B Bank 1
19. VT100 8bit PC ANSI 7bit PC ANSI VT100 and VT UTF8 Flow Control This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the flow control for console redirection The options are None XON XOFF and CTS RTS Console Connection This item allows you to choose select the console connection either Direct or Via Modem Continuing Console Redirection after POST Choose whether to continue with console redirection after the POST routine The options are On and Off SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic Note The Phoenix BIOS will automatically detect the type of CPU s and hardware monitoring chip used on the motherboard and will display the Hardware Monitoring Screen accordingly Your Hardware Monitoring Screen may look like the one shown on this page on P 4 19 or on P 4 20 depending on the type of CPU s and HW Monitoring chip you are using CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The hardcode default setting is 75 Temperature Monitoring Available if supported by the CPU Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following PECI Platform Environment Control Interface items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core PECI Agent 1 Temperature PECI Agent 2 Temperature PECI Agent
20. select item4 Exit and press Enter A warning message will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu C 9 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual C 2 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 for systems with RAID Functions New Operating System Windows XP 2000 2003 Installation a Insert Microsoft Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD b Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays c When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s d Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for ESB2 into Drive A and press the Enter key e Choose the Intel R ESB2 SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2000 2003 Setup Screen and press the Enter key f Press the Enter key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the Enter key to continue with the installation g From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the Enter key The XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation h After Windows XP 2000 2003 Installation is completed the system will auto matically reboot Note the curren
21. the required amount has already been applied 2 Place the heatsink on top of the CPU so that the four mounting holes are aligned with those on the retention mechanism Screw 1 Screw 2 3 Screw in two diagonal screws ie the 1 and the 2 screws until just snug do not fully tighten the screws to avoid pos sible damage to the CPU 4 Finish the installation by fully tightening 97 all four screws 2 Screw 2 To Un install the Heatsink Warning We do not recommend N that the CPU or the heatsink be removed However if you do need to uninstall the heatsink please follow the instructions on the next page to uninstall the heatsink to prevent damage done to the CPU or the CPU socket Chapter 2 Installation 1 Unscrew and remove the heatsink 0 4 SCREW screws from the motherboard in the re qm sequence as show in the picture on the right Lo N0 3 SCREW NO 2 SCREW 2 Hold the heatsink as shown in the picture on the right and gently wriggle the heatsink to loosen it from the CPU Do not use excessive force when wriggling the heatsink 3 Once the heatsink is loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU socket 4 Clean the surface of the CPU and the heatsink to get rid of the old therm
22. wor fet uu a Emm Blo Bex 133 MHz Blei ci 33 MHz South Bridge IDE SATA1 ISATA3 SATAS US84 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual Floppy Connector Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions Floppy The floppy connector is located on Pin Definition J22 See the table below for pin 1 Ground definitions 3 Ground 5 Key 7 Ground 9 Ground 11 Ground 13 Ground 15 Ground 17 Ground 19 Ground 21 Ground 23 Ground 25 Ground PCI U Universal Slot There is a PCI E x8 Slot designed 29 Ground 27 Ground Pin Definition 2 FDHDIN 4 Reserved 6 FDEDIN 8 Index 10 Motor Enable 12 Drive Select B 14 Drive Select B 16 Motor Enable 18 DIR 20 STEP 22 Write Data 24 Write Gate 26 Track 00 28 Write Protect 30 Read Data for Supermicro s storage controller 31 Aer oS en However it can also support other SS S RA compatible PCI E controllers Refer to the layout below for the location Wl e B PCI U Slot USB 0 1 2 3 Reset DIMM 4A Bank 4 COM1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 2nd Branch DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 COM2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 5000X North Bridge PCI E x4 on x16 slot lot3 Printer JWD PCI X 133 MHz Biot2 510
23. 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 SUPERO X7DAL E North Bridge 4 gt zl A n E A Onboard PWR LED 2nd Branch CPU1 ist Branch CPU2 5915 33 2 Fred ae ford 5 PCI E x4 on x16 slot Oii Printer E 031 1 JWD e lot3 PCI X 133 MHz South LEA 2 w Blo 133 MHz Bridge Les 8 2 E JPC1EI EXP 5 2 Tott B PCI 33 MHz EE TA1 ISATA3 SATAS UsBe loto SMB 8 SBA P PCI U ELA sarag 29 4 2 28 Chapter 2 Installation CPU VRM Overheat LED Indicators LE2 LE3 There are two CPU VRM Overheat LEDs LE2 LE3 on the motherboard LE2 is for CPU1VRM and LE3 is for CPU2 VRM When the temperature of CPU VRM is normal the CPU VRM Overheat LED is green When CPU VRM is over 90 C the CPU VRM Overheat LED will turn yellow and the CPU will slow down to protect the CPU VRM See the layout below for the LED location POST Code LED Indicators LE4 LE5 There are two POST Code LED Indicators LE4 LE5 located on the motherboard These two LEDs indicate POST Power On Self Test Code Messages through different sets of green and yellow light combinations Refer to the table on the right for POST Code Messages See the layout below for
24. Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual D 2 Installing Intel s ESB2 Driver by Adaptec and Installing the OS a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Super Micro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b Choose from the list the item Intel ESB2 Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec and press ENTER c From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press lt Enter gt d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press Enter as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the system f Insert the Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD g Press the F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key j Choose Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indi cated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key k Press the lt Enter gt key to continue th
25. D NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc aL mm PWR Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset gt Reset Button Ground PWR gt Power Button 2 9 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual C Front Control Panel Pin Definitions NMI Button The non maskable interrupt button header is located on pins 19 and 20 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions 2 10 NMI Button Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 19 Control Ground Power LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 15 5V Ground m 24 ATXPWR H tH im A NMI USBO 1 2 3 Reset DIMM 4A Bank 4j le B PWR LED 1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 malo CPU1 20 19 DIMM 2B Bank 2 Groun NMI DIMM 2A Bank 2 st G DIMM 1B Bank 1 X X DIMM 1A Bank 1 T Gne LED Vcc CPU2 Line 5000X inae JUPER X7DAL E 50007 HDD LED lic Fani phone Eang NIC1 LED Vcc LAN Toto pe PCIE x16 NIC2 L
26. Installation Display Screen SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on 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 You should install everything here except for the SUPER Doctor utility and the LAN driver diskettes which are optional The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD E 1 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual B Configuring Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor IIl program is a Web based management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called SD 111 Client The Supero Doctor Ill program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to moni tor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor III displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface Note The default user name and password are ADMIN Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen l Health Information File Edit View Favorites Tools Help CPUl Chassis CPU2 Chassis E 2 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Sup
27. and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup 4 8 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 to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer to allow the BIOS write cache its data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in 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
28. and displayed P12V VRO P12V VR1 FSB VTT PXH Vcore ES2B Vcore CPU1Vcore CPU2Vcore P3V3 4 19 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual gt Hardware Monitor Logic CPU Temperature Threshold See the Note on Page 4 18 This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold that will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 70 75 80 and 85 Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core System Temperature Fan1 Fan8 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vise versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disa
29. be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit lt Enter gt d When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed e Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays f When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 5 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 6 1819 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2083 05 Intel Corporation RII Rights Reserved Name Uolunig RAID Level RAIDIGCRAIDB8 D Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special charact
30. data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512 640K Select Write Back to allow CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations 4 9 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the bu
31. deleting a RAID set You will lose all data on the disk drives when deleting a RAID set a From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press lt Enter gt b Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press Del A Warning message displays c When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume Y N press Y to delete the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Delete Volume menu C 8 Appendix C The Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD AN Warning Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non RAID or Resetting a RAID HDD Resetting a RAID volume HDD or Resetting a RAID HDD will reformat the HDD and delete the internal RAID structure on the drive a From the main menu select item3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press lt gt The following screen will appear reate RAID Volune Port Drive Model Serial LECHE AL 728 Gk Select the disks that should be reset 11 Previous Next SPACE Selects ENTER Selection Conplete b Use the Up Arrow gt Down Arrow keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press Space to select c Press Enter to reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu
32. ott PCI E x4 on x16 slot 8 CD I Printer ea JWD Q Tots J8r1 PCI X 133 MHz ESB Aux South LEA gt w Blet pci x133 MHz Bridge EE B SVO E Jec Tot B PCI 33 MHz 71 SATA1 ISATA3 SATAS5 TWO peo PCI U E Orson SATAQ E5845 2 27 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual 2 7 Onboard Indicators There are two GLAN ports on the moth GLAN LEDs Activity NE Link LED e LED erboard Each Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The green LED indicates orange or off to indicate the speed of the connection See the tables at right for m There is an Onboard Power LED located on the motherboard When this LED is lit off System Off PWR cable not connected the system is on Gann Sem On Green ACPI S1 State Flashing Qucikly ore information Onboard Power LED LE1 Color Status Definition activity The power LED may be green BOR GLAN Link Indicator LED Color Definition Off No Connection or 10 Mbps Green 100 Mbps Amber 1 Gbps Onboard PWR LED Indicator LE1 Definition LED Color Green Flashing Slowly ACPI 3 STR State a KB Mouse um PWR ew 24 Pin ATX PWR Pin JPWF _ P Alam Force On USB 0 1 2 3 Reset COM1 COM2 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank
33. select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID firmware If this item 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 Intel s SATA RAID firmware Select Adaptec to use Adaptec s HostRAID firmware The options are Intel and Adaptec SATA AHCI Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS 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 4 Advanced Setup ChooseAdvanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Boot Features 4 7 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual gt Boot Features Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings QuickBoot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test 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 Quie
34. the Selected Drives Dialog Box on the right as shown below Repeat the same steps until all drives that you want to configure appear in the selected drives box Select drives for Comf igur ing Selected Drives HB STIHBHIJAS 13 56H HH SI3EHHIJHES 13 5H 1 dal MZ HEE HIUJHED HHELRHE GY Zbl ABC WITdRCD BHFLA 89 208 AS Hp ROAR AN 2pm 4 Once both drives display in the selected drive box press lt Enter gt D 6 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines 5 Read the warning message as shown in the screen below WARNING Configuring drives vill urite Array Infornation on to the selected drives Drive size will be rounded off to neet standard size Do you want to continue this operation Ves No 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to configure If cor rect type Y to continue SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual Creating Arrays Before you create arrays make sure that the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized or not formatted are shown in gray and cannot be used Note It is recommended that you configure devices before you create arrays To create an array 1 From the main menu shown on page D 4 select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown be low Note To de select any disk highlight the dis
35. the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system Follow the Readme txt to continue flashing the BIOS Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible system boot failure Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance 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 3 3 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required be fore any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages in curred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems 3 4 Chapt
36. this tem perature is exceeded both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor III in the Windows OS en vironment or used with Supero Doctor 11 in Linux Supero Doctor is used to notify the user of certain system events For example you can also configure Supero Doctor to provide you with warnings when the system temperature CPU tempera tures voltages and fan speeds go beyond a pre defined range 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifi cation defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server Slow Blinking LED for Su
37. 1 ES rd 4 4 190 N N o o H H U A LA VRM ISL6308 PROCESSOR 2 PROCESSOR 1 VRM ISL6306 1067 1333 1067 1333 m paese O PCI EX PORT MCH 1 H FBD CHNL1 x i 5000X k A PCI EX8N bog FBD CHNL2 A 79 6 7 Jd ge a olo FBD CHNL3 a Ru a Wi PORT PORT m 82 R 0 fr PCI EXP xa Branch 1 Branch 2 x gt lt dt m D amp amp 5 PORT PORT ATA 100 PORT 4 3 IDE CONN Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features Figure 1 9 Block Diagram of the 5000X Chipset pages for details on the features of each motherboard 1 8 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 5000X chipset the X7DAL E motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for dual proces sor based workstations with configuration options optimized for communications presentation storage computation or database applications The 5000X chipset supports a single or two Xeon 64 bit dual core processor s with front side bus speeds of up to 1333 MHz The chipset consists of the 5000X Memory Controller Hub and the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 The 5000X MCH chipset is designed for
38. 2 WOL JWOL1 Wake on LAN Header WOR JWOR Wake on Ring Header LED Indicator Description D31 Note 4 on Pg 1 4 Status LED See Chapter 2 LE1 Power LED LE2 LE3 Note 5 on 1 4 CPU1 VRM Overheat LE2 CPU2 VRM Overheat LE3 LE4 LE5 POST LED Indicators See Chapter 2 1 5 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual Motherboard Features PU Dual Intel 64 bit Xeon LGA 771 dual core processors at a front side bus speed of 1333 MHz 1067 MHz 667MHz Memory Six 240 pin DIMM sockets with support up to 24 GB ECC FBD Fully Buff ered DDR2 667 533 Memory See Section 2 3 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Population Chipset ntel 5000X chipset including the 5000X Memory Control Hub MCH and the Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 Expansion Slots Two PCI E slots one x16 Slot 6 one x16 slot with x4 signal Slot 4 Two 64 bit PCI X 133 MHz slots Slot 2 Slot 3 Two 32 bit PCI 33 MHz slots Slot 1 Slot 5 One PCI U Slot PCI E x8 slot Slot 0 For Supermicro s add on expansion card This slot also supports PCI E cards from other manufacturers BIOS 8 Mb Phoenix Flash ROM e DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP USB Keyboard support Hardware BIOS Virus Protection and SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V standby 5V standby and VBAT Fan status monitor with firmware control e CPU chassis temperature monitors Low n
39. 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 you can restart it by press ing Ctrl and lt R gt 3 If you ve used the Quick Init option to create a RAID1 it may return some data mis comparison when you run a consistency check at a later time This is normal 4 The Adaptec Host RAID allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However you can only select a smaller drive as the source or first drive during a build operation 5 When migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 It is not recommended that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes because it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the process when you create a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart the system or to recover the data that was on the source drive Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press Ctrl and lt B gt 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Then a bootable a
40. 3 Temperature PECI Agent 4 Temperature System Temperature Fan1 Fan8 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vise versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 pin if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to run at the full speed 12V at all the time The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V 12V P1V5 3 3V 5Vsb 5VDD P VTT Vbat 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Hardware Monitor Logic See the Note on Page 4 18 CPU Temperature Threshold This option allows the user to set a CPU temperature threshold tha
41. 33 MHz Bridge EE B SVO JEC1E3 E UPL2 Nieto Plott pci 33 MHz B Sve SATA1 ISATA3 SATAS5 JWOR 1554 WOL Biot EXC ean SATA IsaTA2 SATA4 0584 2 20 Chapter 2 Installation Power SMB I C Connector Power SMB 1 C Connector JPI C monitors the status of the power supply Fan and system temperature See the table on the right for pin definitions SGPIO Headers PWR SMB Pin Definitions Pin Definition There are two SGPIO Serial General SGPIO Pin Definitions Purpose Input Output headers located Pin Definition Pin Definition on the motherboard These headers 1 NC 2 are used for SATA monitoring on the 3 Ground 4 Data backplane See the table on the right 5 load 6 Ground for pin definitions Refer to the board 7 NC 8 NC layout below for the locations of the Note NC No Connections headers KBI ae 24 Pin ATX PWR E Mouse JPWEL__ P E Alarm Force On A USB 01 23 Reset A PWR SMB DIMM 4A Bank 4 2nd com DIMM 3A Bank 3 1 B SGPIO1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 C SGPIO2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 eae come DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 CPU2 5000X North Bridge PCI E x16 Battery 195 Pcia MHz o GIRL dig oU ECKE x4 on x16 slot CD I Pr
42. 6B 9GB 199 39 32 232 23 Configuration Utility 2 Inc ALL Rights Reserved Select TM Utility ppp Type Status Vol ID b When you see the above screen press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt I gt keys simultane ously to have the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility appear Note All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for refer ence only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Supermicro s endorsement or non endorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual C 3 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual Creating a RAID 0 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Intel CR Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation AIL Rights Reserved Nane UolunB RAID Level RAID Stripe Disks Select Disks Strip Size 128KB Capacity 8 8 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 0 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt
43. 8001385 3 65 isa SATA Port 1 HDC WD 48GD BBFLAl 27 88D27 1 SATA Port 2 B8F31 1 SATA Port 3 88027 1 5 SATA Port 5 1 Only drives present at POST are displayed 4 Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below To continue with disk formatting select Yes and hit Enter Otherwise select No and press Enter Caution Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before formatting a disk Adaptec SATA HostRAID D 17 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual To verify disk media fidaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 Select SATA Disk and press Enter SATA Port 0 ST388813R5 3 65 SATA Port 1 HDC WD 4BGD BBFLR1 27 880D27 1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 Fornat Disk SATA Port 5 Verify Disk Media Only drives present at POST are displayed 3 When the screen shown above displays select Verify Disk Media and press lt Enter gt 4 A message will display indicating that the selected drive will be scanned for media defects Select Yes and hit lt Enter gt to proceed with disk verifying other wise select No and hit lt Enter gt Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 SATA Port 1 HDC WD74 CD ABFLAL 27 88027 1 5 Cbs Capacity 69 2 GBytes This drive vill be scanned for media defects All recoverable defects will be remapped Verify Disk Yes No D 18 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To Exit
44. B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 Cth Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error flags C6h Console redirection init C7h Unhook INT 10h if console redirection enabled C8h Force check optional C9h Extended ROM checksum optional CDh Reclaim console redirection vector Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description D2h D4h D8h D9h DEh Unknown interrupt Check Intel Branding string Alert Standard Format initialization Late init for IPMI Log error if micro code not updated properly The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh E1h E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh F1h F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system 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 Initiali
45. D Configurations The following types of Intel s HostRAID configurations are supported RAID 0 Data Striping this writes data in parallel interleaved striped sections of two hard drives Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk RAID1 Data Mirroring an identical data image from one drive is copied to another drive The second drive must be the same size or larger than the first drive RAID 10 Striping amp Mirroring RAID 0 and 1 schemes are combined without parity information to get the benefits of both RAID 5 both data and parity information are striped and mirrored across three or more hard drives The Intel Matrix Storage The Intel Matrix Storage supported by the ESB2 allows the user to create RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets by using only six identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage Technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive and generate a virtual RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets It also allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions Native Mode 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimi
46. ED Vcc uj 2 Slot5 Audio gf OH Fan Fail LED Vcc E UPAC a ee amp PCI E x4 on x16 slot SGPOZ SGPOi mi PWR Fail LED Vcc CD in Printer E 1 pdt Biot B PCI X 133 MHz ESB2 Ground Reset Reset Button South Pe 133 MHz Bridge BEES Power Button svo p JPC1EZI Ground PWR E 2 JPC2E4 lot Poise Mz Xu SMe SATA1 ISATA3 SATAs seed JWOR BiU cro EST sm SATA SATA2 BATA4 E P 3 P C EN HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SAS Serial ATA and IDE See the table on the right for pin definitions NIC1 NIC2 LED Indicators The NIC Network Interface Control ler LED connection for GLAN port is located on pins 11 and 12 of JF1 and the LED connection for GLAN Port2 is on Pins 9 and 10 Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions m PWR KB Pin 24 Pin ATX PWR Mouse we PC E JPWF E Alam Force On USB 0 1 2 3 Reset DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIM
47. M 3A Bank 3 prn epui DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 st Mai DIMM 18 Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 LAN1 LAN2 CPU2 nein 5000X ues SUPER XTDAL E LT Micro Fang phone Eend LAN lot cma 16 eater R a 51015 PCI 33 MHz Audio a CTRLI E JPAC 9 9 BCE x4 on x16 slot BIOS i Printer lI 95 r2 Ed JWD JBT1 F 4 lots PCI X 133 MHz esas Auxir South Pe 133 MHz Bridge ER H 500 Jee E JPL2 JPC2E4 et TU MERECE 33 MH moy SME BAM 5 TW BOT pcr Eur sarao Fag 2 11 Chapter 2 Installation HDD LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 13 5V HD Active GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Definition 9 11 10 12 Vcc Ground A HDD LED B NIC1 LED C NIC2 LED 20 19 Groun NMI X X Power LED Vcc Qoo LED Vcc Que LED Vcc C NIC2 LED Vcc OH Fan Fail LED Vcc PWR Fail LED Vcc Ground Reset Reset Button Ground PWR Power Button SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual Overheat Fan Fail LED OH Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warning of chassis overheating or fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin defini tions Power Fail LED The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Re fer to the table on the right for pin definitions
48. Notes 1 Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before addin removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the rocessor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 Intel s boxed Xeon CPU package contains the CPU fan and heatsink assembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi di rectional heatsink and fan 3 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 4 When purchasing a motherboard with an LGA 771 CPU Socket make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU Socket pins are bent other wise contact the retailer immediately 5 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Installation of the LGA771 Processor Load Lever PnP Cap on top of the 1 Press the load lever to release Load Plate the load plate which covers the CPU socket from its locking position 2 Gently lift the load lever to open the load plate Load Plate with PnP Cap attached IE Chapter 2 Installation North Center Edge 3 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU 4 Align CPU Pin1 the CPU corner marked with a triangle against the Socket corner that is marked with a triangle cutout 5 Align the CPU key that is the Socket Key semi circle cutout bel
49. PCI E x16 NIC2 LED D OH Fan Fail LED Vcc Audio an Fai CTRLR e PCI E x4 on x16 slot Bios gu PWR Fail LED Vcc Printer JWD loti PCI X 133 MHz 59 2 Ground Reset 4 Button South 1 Pe 133 MHz Bridge LESCO Floppy IDE PWR gt Power Button 500 CIE E JPL2 Pez loti PCI 33 MHz EB SATA 5 5 6 WOR peru EC aon SATA 2 849 r SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual ATX Power 20 pin Connector 2 5 Connecting Cables Pin Definitions Definition Pin Definition ATX Power Connector IE d 12V 3 3V There are a 24 pin main power supply connector JPW1 and an 8 pin CPU PWR connector JPW3 on the moth erboard These power connectors meet the SSI EPS 12V specification The 4 pin 12V PWR supply at JPW2 is required to provide adequate power to the PEI Express slots See the tables on the right for pin definitions For the 8 pin PWR JPW 3 please refer to the item listed below COM COM 5V PS ON COM COM COM COM Res NC 2 3 4 5 COM 6 5V 7 8 PWR_OK 9 5V 5VSB 5V 10 12V 5V 11 12V COM 12 3 3V 12V 4 pin Power Con nector Pi
50. SUPERO SUPERO X7DAL E USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0 The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPERMICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documenta tion may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California
51. Step technology Advanced Dynamic Execution Advanced Transfer Cache Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 SSE3 and Extended Memory 64 Technology EM64T These features allow the motherboard to operate at much higher speeds with better power management in much safer thermal environments than traditional motherboards The X7DAL E is ideal for high performance dual processor DP workstation environments Please refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http Awww supermicro com products motherboard for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed 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 and Appendix B provide BIOS POST Messages and POST Codes Appendix C Appendix D and Appendix E list HostRAID Setup Guidelines and Other Software Driver and Program Installation Instructions Conventions Used in the Manual Special attention should be
52. able Audio Enable JPAC JPAC enables or disables Audio Controller Ping Definition on the motherboard See the table on the 4 2 Enabled default right for jumper settings The default set ting is enabled Disabled 2 Bus to PCI Slots Jumpers JI C1 JI C2 allow you to connect PC to PCI Slots the System Management Bus I2C to PCI Jumper Settings slots The default setting is Open to Setting Definition disable the connection See the table on Closed Enabled the right for jumper settings Open Disabled Default Pwi KB 24 Pin ATX PWR r1 A Enabled Mouse JPWF k mm m B I2C Bus to PCI slots USB 0 1 2 3 Reset DIMM 4A Bank 4 com DIMM 3A Bank 3 iii CPUA DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 tst Branch DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 COM2 CPU2 SUPERO X7DAL E North Bridge ore PCI E x16 Slots PCI 33 MHz Audi EMA EU lota PCI E x4 on x16 slot SGPIO1 Printer E JWD lot3 PCI X 133 MHz ESB2 FP Control EEJ Q IE E 8 South Bridge 00 Floppy DE PCI 33 MHz 4 gt ME A n 8 Evi TA1 ISATA3 SATAS loto amor Sue 5 P PCI U EA JE sarad ISATA2 SATA4 E 3 2 26 Chapter 2 Instal
53. al Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs optional Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and 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 X7DAL E 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 AOh 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
54. al grease Reapply the proper amount of thermal grease on the surface before you re install the CPU and the heatsink Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chas sis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting 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 prevent damage done to these components when you install the motherboard onto the chassis 2 5 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance see step 1 DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM 21A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with DIMM 721A then DIMM 2 and so on For optimal performance please install four modules at a time 4 modules maximum See the Memory Installation Table Below 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch alo
55. and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIOS 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 4 5 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual Parallel ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Parallel ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select the native mode for ATA The options are Parallel ATA Serial ATA Both and Auto SATA Controller Mode Select Compatible to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be automatically detected and be placed in the Legacy Mode by the BIOS Select Enhanced to allow the SATA and PATA drives to be to be automatically detected and be placed in the Native IDE Mode Note The Enhanced mode is supported by the Windows 2000 OS or a later version When the SATA Controller Mode is set to Enhanced the following items will display Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to
56. apter 2 Installation 2 8 Parallel Floppy Drive PCI U Universal and Hard Disk Drive Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The parallel printer header is located The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 Parallel Printer Header Parallel Printer Port Connector Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition at J21 between PCI E Slot 4 and 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed PCI X Slot 3 See the table on the 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error right for pin definitions This connector 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init requires CBL 0081 to work properly T 2 8 sLcTIN Note CBL 0081 is not included SaR 10 No 11 Data Bit 4 12 GND 13 DataBit5 14 GND 15 DataBit6 16 GND 17 DataBit7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 Write Data 23 PE 24 Write Gate 25 SLCT 26 NC rome opened 24 Pin ATX PWR ET t Mouse m Alarm Force On USB 0 1 2 3 Reset DIMM 4A Bank 4 Parallel Port COM DIMM 3A Bank 3 POS CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 b s MD LLL DMMiB Bak1 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 CPU2 5000X North Bridge Batte ne Blot PCI 33 MHz E Te PCI E x4 on x16 slot 9 ea j Blots Hz mes PCI X 133 MI ESB2 510 1 PL2 JiC2E E WO SMB
57. ard Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the 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 Drive A 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 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
58. ayout not drawn to pu onde rus ATX PWR JPW 24 In ATXPWR ral JPWF JP3 JPFIPWR E Force On JPS Alarm DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 5000X North Bridge T Printer EJ 19 E Slot3 12 PCI X 133 MHz PCI X 133 MHz JPC1 2 1 SATA Notes 1 Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only 2 See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers I O ports and JF1 front panel connections 3 a indicates the location of Pin 1 4 When D31 is on make sure to unplug the power cable before removing or installing components 5 When the Amber light is on for LE2 it indicates CPU1 VRM overheat If the Amber light is on for LE3 it indicates CPU2 VRM overheat 6 The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual 1 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Quick Reference X7DAL E See Chpapter 2 for details Jumper Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JI2C1 JI2C2 SMB to PCI Slot 1 Slot 2 Speed Pins 2 3 Disabled JPAC Audio Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPF PWR Force On Off Normal JPL1 JPL2 GLAN1 GLAN2 Enable Pins 1 2 Enabled JPWE PWR Supply Failure Detect Off Disable
59. ble to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to run at the full speed 12V at all the time The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A Vcore B 12V P1V5 3 3V 12V 5Vsb 5VDD Vbat 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 5 Security Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing Enter All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Supervisor Password Is Supervisor Password Is This displays whether 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 displays whether a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Pas
60. cted drives Menu To delete a Hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the Hotspare you want to delete and press delete and then press lt Enter gt 3 When the following warning is displayed Do you want to delete the hot spare Yes No press Yes to delete the hotspare you have selected ST388813AS 74 365 H5 HDC HD 48GD BBFLA2 69 AGB HDC HD 4BGD BHFLR1 69 BGB HDC HD74BGD BBFLA2 69 ACB HDC HD 4BGD BBFLR1 69 AGB Do you want to delete the Spare Yes No D 12 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 From the main menu select Manage Arrays and hit Enter as shown on the previous page 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box shown below select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears as shown below showing detailed in formation on the array The physical disks associated with the array are displayed here amine Trays recate dora aH I ddA ste HLA Dont Bo ties EE IIA E E H ZET Ak Hite Cacag ETL YL HEN Es EH BEH BHEL E BBH HITdHZD BHELAI 69 EEH 3 Press Esc to return to the previous menu D 13 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant ar
61. d JWD J19 Watch Dog Pins 1 2 Reset Connector Description ATX PWR JPW1 Primary 24 Pin ATX PWR Connector CPU PWR PCI E PWR 12V 8 pin CPU PWR JPW3 12V 4 pin PCI Express PWR JPW2 Alarm Reset JAR Alarm Reset JP5 Header Audio JC1 JC2 Audio Microphone JC1 Line In Line Out JC2 Aux In AUX CD In CD1 Audio Aux In CD In Buzzer Internal Speaker Chassis Intru JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header COM1 COM2 JCOM1 3 COM1 COM2 Serial Port Connectors DIMM 1A 2B 43A 4A Memory DDRII Fully Buffered DIMM Slots FAN 1 6 Fans 1 6 System cooling fans chassis fans CPU fans Floppy J22 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FP Audio J8 Front Panel Audio Connector FP Control JF 1 Front Control Panel Connector IDE1 JIDE1 IDE1 Hard Drive Keyboard Mouse JKM1 Keyboard Mouse Connectors LAN 1 2 JLAN1 2 G bit LAN Ethernet Ports Printer J21 Parallel Printer Port PWR LED SPKR JD1 Power LED pins1 3 SpeakerHeader pins 4 7 PWR SMB 2 Power System Management 12 Header I SATAO SATA5 JS1 JS6 Intel SATA 0 5 Connectors SGPIO1 2 Serial General Purpose Input Output Headers Slot 0 PCI U PCI E x8 Slot Slot 1 J6 Slot 5 J11 PCI 33MHz Slots Slot 2 J13 Slot 3 J12 PCI X 133MHz Slots Slot 4 J9 Slot 6 J5 4 on x16 Slot Slot 4 PCI Exp x16 Slot 6 SMB J18 System Management Bus Header USB 0 1 2 3 JUSB3 Back Panel USB 0 1 2 3 USB 4 5 6 7 JUSB1 2 Front Panel USB 4 5 JUSB1 FPUSB 6 7 JUSB
62. e 1 I O backpanel shield One 1 Supermicro CD containing drivers and utilities CDR X7 One 1 User s BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address SuperMicro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan D5 4F No 16 Chien Ba 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 Figure 1 1 SUPER X7DAL E Image Note The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual 1 3 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual Figure 1 2 SUPER X7DAL E Motherboard L
63. e identified Run the 120 Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block 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 indicat ing released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory manager Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM A 5 SUPER X7DAL E 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 a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the follow ing beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing So BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes that may be written to port 80h POST Code Description 01h IPMI Initialization 02h Verify Real M
64. e installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation From the Windows OS Setup screen press Enter The OS Setup will auto matically load all device files and then continue with the Windows OS installa tion m After Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot D 20 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers A Installing Drivers other than the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver After you ve installed Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items S SUPERMICRO X7DAL E Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinXP Intel Greencreek chipset IMF files SUPERMICR Microsoft Direct 9 0 Drivers amp Tools Intel 5000X Avance Logic ACS Audio Drivers Chipset Intel Matrix Storage Manager X7DAL E Adaptec Storage Manager Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals Browse CD Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site Driver Tool
65. ed x8 DRAM UC Error Detection The options are Disabled and Enabled Crystal Beach Features This feature cooperates with Intel I O AT Acceleration Technology to accelerate the performance of TOE devices Note A TOE device is a specialized dedicated processor that is installed on an add on card or a network card to handle some or all packet processing of this add on card For this motherboard the TOE device is built inside the ESB 2 South Bridge chip The options are Enabled and Disabled Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC Clock Spectrum Feature If Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled Enabling Multi Media Timer Select Yes to activate a set of timers that are alternative to the traditional 8254 timers for the OS use The options are Yes and No USB Function Select Enabled to enable the function of USB devices specified The settings are Enabled and Disabled Legacy USB Support This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices The settings are Enabled and Disabled 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed o
66. er 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the X7DAL E The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Supermicro web site lt http Awww supermicro com gt for any changes to the BIOS that may not be reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory requires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery pro vides power to the CMOS Logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time 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 routi
67. erify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recom mended that you use the same speed of RAM for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure you are using the correct type of DDR2 Fully Buffered FBD ECC 667 533 SDRAM recommended by the manufacturer 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module between four slots and noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots As an interleaved memory scheme is used you must install two modules at a time beginning with Bank 1 then Bank 2 and so on see Section 2 3 6 Check the position of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end us ers so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com TECHSUPPORT techsupport htm before con tacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com techsupport download htm Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 I
68. ero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen Ill Remote Control Fie Edit Favorites Tools Remote 4a Graceful power control Supero Doctor III allows a user to inform the OS to reboot or shut down within a specified time the default is 30 seconds 7 Before the system reboots or shuts down it s allowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Service Daemon running at all times on this system Provide TCP IP connectivity Power control Note SD III Software can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero Doctor You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http Awww supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor II SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual Notes
69. error EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed Server BIOS2 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 of the bits at the RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory A 3 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data device IRQ conflict 1 O 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
70. ers b Specify a name for the RAID 10 set and press lt Enter gt c When RAID Level item is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit lt Enter gt d When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is 64 KB Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size e When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed f Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays g When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 6 Appendix C The Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the Enter key The following screen will appear Intel CR Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2083 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved J RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity Create lune Enter a string betueen 1 and 16 c
71. f 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 x12 x13 x14 x15 x16 x17 and x18 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 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 Thermal Management 2 Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use Thermal Management 2 TM2 which will lower CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 allowing CPU clocking to be regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequency to prevent overheat T
72. f 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 techsupport contact_support htm 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 or by fax at 408 503 8000 option 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that my motherboard can support Answer The X7DAL E has six 240 pin DIMM slots that support DDR2 FBD ECC 667 533 SDRAM modules It is strongly recommended that you do not mix memory modules of different speeds and sizes See Chapter 2 for detailed Information Question How do I update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experi encing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the cur rent BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select your motherboard model and download
73. ffer 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 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 Discrete MTRR Allocation If enabled MTRRs Memory Type Range Registers are configured as distinct separate units and cannot be overlapped If enabled the user can achieve better graphic effects when using a Linux graphic driver that requires the write combining configuration with 4GB or more memory The options are Enabled and Disabled gt PCI Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PCI devices Onboard GLAN1 Onboard GLAN2 Gigabit LAN OPROM Configure Enabling this option provides the capability to boot from GLAN The options are Disabled and Enabled PCI Parity Error Forwarding The feature allows SERR and PERR errors detected in PCI slots to be sent forwarded to the BIOS DMI Event Log for the user to review The options are Enabled and Disabled Reset Configuration Data If set to Yes this setting clears the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD area The options are Yes and No Frequency for 1 2 3 This option allows the user to change the bus frequency for the devices installed in
74. given to the following symbols for proper installation and to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself Danger Caution Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic system failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation to prevent damage to the components Note Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure correct system setup SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual bd n Er edd ad eau Eua iii Manual Organizatii Rc m iii Conventions Used in the aa a Eit iii Chapter 1 Introduction 151 pHU 1 1 Checklist INE EET E LLLI EL 1 1 M 1 2 SUPER X DAL E MAJE iiie c 1 3 SUPERO X7DAL E Layout erret nre rn Phan 1 4 Quick Reference 2 3 roi se ERR nd 1 5 Motherboard Features etre ibt repe 1 6 Intel 5000X Chipset System Block Diagram 1 8 1 2 Chipset OVOrVIOW iust ettet ere A Tanede 1 9 1 3 Special Features ctr er eee o Ea elc sve UE AA TEN 1 10 Recovery from AC Power Loss ssssesesee HH 1 10 1 4 PC Health Monitoring
75. haracters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt c When the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen See Note on Page C 3 displays e Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to highlight a drive and press Space to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive f Use the Up Arrow Down Arrow keys to select the stripe size ranged from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit Enter Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press Enter when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed h Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays i When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 7 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual Deleting RAID Volume N Warning Be sure to back up your data before
76. he base I O address for the Floppy port The options are Primary and Secondary 4 15 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual gt DMI Event Logging Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Event Log Validity This is a display to inform you of the event log validity It is not a setting Event Log Capacity This is a display to inform you of the event log capacity It is not a setting View DMI Event Log Highlight this item and press Enter to view the contents of the event log Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable event logging ECC Event Logging This setting allows you to Enable or Disable ECC event logging Mark DMI Events as Read Highlight this item and press Enter to mark the DMI events as read Clear DMI Event Logs Select Yes and press Enter to clear all DMI event logs The options are Yes and No 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS gt Console Redirection Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings COM Port Address This item allows you to specify to redirect the console to Onboard COM A or Onboard COM B This setting can also be Disabled BAUD Rate This item allows you to select the BAUD rate for console redirection The options are 300 1200 2400 9600 19 2K 38 4K 57 6K and 115 2K Console Type This item allows you to choose from the available options to select the console type for console redirection The options are VT100
77. he options are Enabled and Disabled Note please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Execute Disable Bit Available when supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack Note this feature is available when your OS and your CPU support the function of Execute Disable Bit The options are Disabled and Enabled Note For more information regarding hardware software support for this function please refer to Intel s and Microsoft s web sites 4 13 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual 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 Hardware Prefetcher Available when supported by the CPU Set to this option to enabled to enable the hardware components that are used in conjunction with software programs to prefetch data in order to shorten execution cycles and maximize data processing efficiency The options are Disabled and Enabled Intel R Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enab
78. hese fans are 4 pin fans However Pins 1 3 of the fan Pin Definition 1 Ground 12V headers are backward compatible with the tra ditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin definitions onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS Hardware Monitor in the Advanced Setting Note Default Disabled When using Thermal Management setting please use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans on the motherboard Tachometer PWR Modulation pi Pi PWR E Kel en 24 Pin ATX PWR A A Fan 1 Jewr E Alarm Force On B Fan 2 USB 0 1 23 Reset B Fan 2 DIMM 4A Bank 4 s C Fan 3 cow DIMM3A Bank3 amp f RM CPU1 D Fan 4 DIMM 2B Bank 2 E Fan 5 DIMM 2A Bank 2 ist DIMM 1B Bank 1 F Fan 6 DIMM 1A Bank 1 CPU2 SUPERO X7DAL E North Bridge LAN TRIR pee PCI E x16 Slots A PCI 33 MHz Audio CTRLR E MPAC E iot4 8 PCI E x4 on x16 slot CD in Printer de JWD e d PCI X 133 MHz ESB2 Aux South LEA Blo CL k 133 MHz Bridge LESE E B 2 suo JPC1EI E Blot1 PCI 33 MHz Pet row Exe SATA 5 5 6 JWOR Blot EXC rur sata Baraz parA4 73 o
79. inter E Qu cs JWD e PCI X 133 MHz Be peux 133 MHz Bridge a Fo 91 POS Mhz SATA1 5 5 5 6 7 JWOR poru EXE sm SATAO sATA2 SATA4 584 2 21 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual AC 97 Audio AC 97 provides high quality onboard audio This motherboard features a 6 channel sound 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 included with your motherboard Sound is then output through the Line In Line Out and MIC jacks see at right To activate the Onboard Au dio please enable the Jumper JPAC in the Jumper Section CD Aux Connectors Two audio connectors CD In CD1 and Aux In AUX1 are located on the mother board See the tables on the right for pin definitions Green Line Out Front L R Pink MIC In Center subwoofer surround sound L R CD1 Pin Defini AUX Pin Defini tion tion A OO N Pi PWR i 24 Pin ATX PWR KB pene Mouse JPWF P E lAlarm Force On USB 0 1 2 3 Reset DIMM 4A Bank 4 je 1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 tst DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 CPU2 EwPERe x7DAL E 500 North Bridge PCI E x16 FP Control EEJ Slot5 PCI 33 MHz A
80. is 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 22 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 7 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Exit Saving Changes Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit Enter to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit Enter to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 23 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual Notes 4 24 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
81. k and press Delete Select drives to create firray Selected Drives 0 51380801395 74 368 61 HDC HD 4BGD BBTLR1 69 860 82 HDC HD 48GD BHFLR2 83 HDC HD 48GD BBFLRL 53 86B HS HDC HD 4BGD BHFLA2 64 BCH 3 The arrays you have selected will appear on the Selected Drives dialog box on the right as shown below 4 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Proper ties menu displays e Selact drives to create Pir lected Drivs 5138081385 88 ST38881385 74 36B WDC HD74BDD BBFLRT i UDC HD74HUD HHFLRT WDC HD74HCD HBHFLA T 69 BCB 69 860 D 8 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Assigning Array Properties Once a new array is completed you can assign properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned and you cannot change the array properties using this utility To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the screen below select an array type and press Enter Only the available array types will be displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives RAID O Stripe RAID 1 Mirror Array Type Array Labe Array 512 Create RAID via 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in a label and press lt Enter gt Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired st
82. l audio signal return from front panel when headphones unplugged FP RETURN L KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 4 Pi Pwi 24 Pin ATX PWR E Alam Force On Reset COM1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 CPU2 5000X North Bridge PCI E x4 on x16 slot LES SO ho f FP Control L 3 Printer E JWD Q lot3 PCI X 133 MHz ESB2 Aux South LEA gt w Plo 133 MHz Bridge LEs 8 z suo E EXP jot B PCI 33 MHz Fo SATA1 ISATA3 SATAS JWOR poru E Orson SATAO SATA4 D CUENTE Audio Control DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 eae DIMM 1B Bank 1 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual 2 6 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers To modifytheoperation ofthe motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board Seethe motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note Ontwo pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 JPL2 enable or disable the GLAN Port1 GLAN Port2 on the motherboard See the table o
83. lation Power Force On Enable Disable Power Force On Enable Disable Jumper JPF allows you to enable or disable Jumper Settings JPF the Power Force On function If enabled the power will always stay on automatically If this mu VERUM function is disabled the normal setting the default user needs to press the power button to power Closed Force On Jumper Setting Definition on the system PWR Supply Failure PWR Fault Detect JPWF The system can notify you in the event of a power supply failure This feature is available when three power supply units are installed in the chassis with one act ing as a backup If you only have one or two power supply units installed you should disable this the default setting with JPWF to prevent false alarms PWR Supply PWR Fault Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Closed Enabled Disabled Default Open KB 24 Pin ATX PWR 5 A PWR Force On Mouse B PWR Supply Failure USB 0 1 23 Reset D rV pply DIMM 4A Bank 4 com DIMM Bank Ote This feature is only available 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 COM2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 CPU2 SUPERO X7DAL E North Bridge aq Sio PCI 33 MHz Feral Eac Te
84. led to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions creating multiple virtual systems in one physical computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Intel EIST Support Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation The options are Enabled and Disabled Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select clock frequency for KBC The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to assign control of serial port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for serial port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for serial port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQA
85. m malfunction Also a very high DRAM frequency or incorrect DRAM timing may cause system instability When this occurs revert to the default setting SERR Signal Condition This setting specifies the ECC Error conditions that an SERR is to be asserted The options are None Single Bit Multiple Bit and Both 4GB PCI Hole Granularity This feature allows you to select the granularity of PCI hole for PCI slots If MTRRs are not enough this option may be used to reduce MTRR occupation The options are 256 MB 512 MB 1GB and 2GB 4 11 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual Memory Branch Mode This option determines how the memory branch operates System address space can either be interleaved between two channels or Sequential from one channel to another Single Channel 0 allows a single DIMM population during system manufacturing The options are Interleave Sequential and Single Channel Branch 0 Rank Interleaving amp Sparing Select enable to enable the functions of Memory Interleaving and Memory Sparing for Branch 0 Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 The options for Sparing are Enabled and Disabled Branch 1 Rank Interleaving amp Sparing Select enable to enable the functions of Memory Interleaving and Memory Sparing for Branch 1 Rank The options for Memory Interleaving are 1 1 2 1 and 4 1 The options for Sparing are Enabled and Disabled Enhanced x8 Detection Select Enabled to enable Enhanc
86. moving DIMMs Notch Release Tab Release Note Notch Tab should align with the receptive point on the slot To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom r3 SUPERO X7DAL E J 5 Es Ca 0 1 pr L1 s i Co H oO To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push the release tabs near both ends of Release Tab the module This should release it from the slot Top View of DDR2 FBD Slot Release Tab SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual 2 4 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The I O 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 A Back Panel Connectors IO Ports LI 6 UPERG X7DAL E Q 12 HE
87. must first use the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility program to configure the RAID Level that you desire before installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CD that came packaged with your motherboard Note that the current version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis In addition the cables used in PATA are limited to a length of 40cm while Serial ATA cables can be up to one meter in length Overall SATA provides better func tionality than PATA Introduction to the Intel ESB2 Serial RAID Located in the South Bridge of the 5000X chipset the I O Controller Hub ESB2 provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel UltraATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and six Serial ATA SATA ports The ESB2 supports the following PATA and SATA device configurations Legacy mode and Native mode C 1 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual The Intel HostRAI
88. n Definitions Processor Power Connector In addition to the Primary ATX power Ping Definition connector above the 12V 8 pin CPU done Ground PWR connector at JPW3 must also PUT be connected to your motherboard 12V 8 pin Power CPU See the table on the right for pin uM definitions Pins Definition a em e g 1 through 4 Ground ouse rum 5 through 8 av USB 0 1 2 3 Rese Required Connection DIMM 4A Bank 4 ia com1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 een CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 st com DIMM 1B Bank 1 n A 24 pin ATX PWR DIMM 1A Bank 1 B 8 pin Processor PWR CPU2 5000X C 4 pin Processor PWR North Bridge aq Sis PCI 33 MHz Ll lot4 5 PCI E x4 on x16 slot CD I Printer EJ 031 1 JWD Q lot3 ger PCI X 133 MHz ESB2 Auc South gt w Plo 133 MHz Bridge Less amp z SVO E JPC1EI EXP 5 2 Tot B PCI 33 MHz E SATA1 ISATA3 SATAS5 JWOR poru E Orson SATAQ E5845 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation Universal Serial Bus USB There are eight USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus ports headers on the motherboard Four of them are Back Panel USB ports USB 0 1 2 3 JUSB3 and the other four are Front Panel USB heade
89. n the right for jumper set tings The default setting is enabled raz KB i Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 24 Pin ATX PWR ET Li P E lAlarm Force On Reset JPWF COM1 DIMM 4A Bank 4 Branch DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 tst Branch DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 5000X North Bridge a PCI E x4 on x16 slot Printer JWD lo PCI X 433 MHz ESB2 South Bridge Blot2 PCI X 133 MHz JCIE JeC2E Po PCI 33 MHz ISATA3 SATAS o gt CPU2 LES FP Control EEJ 00 Floppy IE GLAN Enable Pin Definition IDE T ISATA2 SATA4 JWOR peo PCI U E 3 2 2 4 Connector m E Jumper Cap 3 2 1 Setting Pin 1 2 short Enabled default Disabled A GLAN Port1 Enable B GLAN Port2 Enable Chapter 2 Installation CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clear ing CMOS Note For an ATX
90. nboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores Chipset Voltage 1 8V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V Standby 5V Standby and VBAT An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable a warning is given or an error message is sent to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage monitor Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status of the cooling fans The onboard CPU and chassis fans are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS under Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Environmental Temperature Control The thermal control sensor monitors the CPU temperature in real time and will turn on the thermal control fan whenever the CPU temperature exceeds a user defined threshold The overheat circuitry runs independently from the CPU Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the thermal fan control to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chas sis temperature is too high Chapter 1 Introduction CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning function in the BIOS This allows the user to define an overheat temperature When
91. nctions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selection a clock genera 1 12 Chapter 1 Introduction tor drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTs Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system 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 supports one PC compatible printer port SPP Bi directional Printer Port BPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP or Extended Capabilities Port ECP The Super I O provides functions that comply with ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power manage ment through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption SUPER X7DAL E User s Ma
92. ne is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the Delete key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 4 3 detailed de scriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating BIOS to prevent possible boot failure 4 1 SUPERO X7DAL E 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 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
93. ng 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 X7DAL E supports up to 24 GB fully buffered FBD ECC DDR2 667 533 in 6 DIMMs Populating DIMM modules with pairs of memory modules of the same size and same type will result in Interleaving Memory which will increase memory performance Note Due to OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory Optimized DIMM Population Configurations Branch 1 Branch 2 Number of Bank 1 Bank 2 Bank 3 Bank 4 DIMMs Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 2 DIMMs 1A 2A J f N A N A 4 DIMMs 1A wee 2A 3A N A 4A N A 6 DIMMs 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A N A 4A N A Notes i DIMM slot specified DIMM slot to be populated DIMM slot not to be populated ii Both FBD 533 MHz and 667MHz DIMMs are supported however you need to use the memory modules of the same speed and of the same type on a motherboard iii Interleaving memory is supported when pairs of DIMM modules are installed To optimize memory performance please install pairs of memory in both Branch 1 and Branch 2 iv For memory to work properly you need to follow the restrictions listed above Chapter 2 Installation Figure 2 2 Installing and Re
94. nual Notes Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the 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 Putthe 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 1 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual 2 2 Processor and Heatsink Fan Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan
95. ode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag OAh Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache OCh Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize I O 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 SUPER X7DAL E 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 ex
96. oise fan speed control Platform Environment Control Interface PECI ready CPU fan auto off in sleep mode Pulse Width Modulation PWM fan control C temperature sensing logic Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 support CPU slow down on temperature overheat CPU thermal trip support for processor protection Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss Chassis intrusion detection e System resource alert via Supero Doctor III 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism ACPI Power Management S1 S3 S4 S5 Power on mode for power recovery Onboard I O Six SATA ports supporting RAID 0 1 10 and 5 One PCI U Universal slot Intel GLAN Controller 82563EB with two Giga bit LAN ports supported by the ESB 2 South Bridge One EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interface One floppy port interface Two COM ports One EPP ECP Parallel Header Up to eight USB 2 0 Universal Serial Bus 4 ports 4 Headers Super I O Winbond W83627HF 6 channel Audio Surround Sound PS 2 Keyboard and mouse Other External modem ring on Wake on LAN WOL Wake on Ring WOR Console redirection Onboard Fan Speed Control by Thermal Management via BIOS CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility and device drivers Dimensions ATX 12 L x 10 W 304 8mm x 254 mm 1 7 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual PCIX SLO DH
97. ovides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller PATA and one Adaptec s Se rial ATA SATA Host Controller which support up to six Serial ATA drives up to two RAID volumes and up to four drives in RAID Configurations See the table below for details Adaptec s SATA HostRAID Controller Firmware supports Drives supported Six Number of RAID Volumes supported Two Total Drives in RAID Configurations Four Examples of Valid RAID Configurations Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 0 Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 1 Three drives of RAID 0 Four drives of RAID 0 Examples of Invalid RAID Configurations Three drives of RAID 0 two drives of RAID 1 Note this table is applicable to Adaptec s HostRAID Controller Firmware only D 1 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual To configure the Adaptec SATA RAID for Operating Systems that support RAID functions Windows Red Hat amp SuSe Linux 1 Press the Del key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the Enter key Selec
98. ow a gold dot Socket Notch against the socket key the notch on the same side of the triangle cutout CPU Key semi on the socket circle cutout below the circle South Center Edge gold dot 6 Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down to the socket Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU hori zontally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid dam age 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 prop erly installed Then close the load plate Corner with triangle cutout CPU Pin1 8 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down to lock it 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the clip is pushed in the clip lock Remove the plastic cap from the motherboard Warning Please save the Pate cap plastic PnP cap The motherboard is released must be shipped with the PnP cap from the load plate amp properly installed to protect the CPU socket pins Shipment without the ere PnP cap properly installed will cause properly installed damage to the socket pins 2 3 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual Installation of the Heatsink CEK Heatsink Installation CEK Passive Heatsink 1 Do not apply any thermal grease to the heatsink or the CPU die
99. ple RAID 1 mirrors and a RAID 0 stripe maximizing data security and system efficiency By incorporating the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro s X7DAL Eoffers the user the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Array Configuration Utility Use this utility to create configure and manage ar rays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to do the following 1 Enable RAID functions in the system BIOS refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations 2 Press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during system boot Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU When you press lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously at the prompt during sys tem bootup the main menu will appear Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the Enter key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt ESC gt key Press the Insert key to select a drive When a drive is highlighted selected press the Delete key to de select it D 3 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual Adaptec SATA Ho
100. power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog JWD controls the Watch Dog function Watch Jumper Settings JWD Dog is a system monitor that can reboot the system when a software application is hung Jumper Setting Definition Pins 1 2 Reset up Pins 1 2 will cause WD to reset the sys default tem if an application is hung up Pins 2 3 will Pins 2 3 NMI generate a non maskable interrupt signal for Open Disabled the application that is hung up See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog must also be enabled in BIOS KBI ane pin 24 Pin ATXPWR H LE Pwi LEZ Mouse __ E Alam usB 0 1 23 Reset A Clear CMOS DIMM 4A Bank 4 s B Watch Dog Enable Branch 1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 tst Branch DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 SUPERO X7DAL E North Bridge PCI E x4 on x16 slot FP Control EEJ Printer lot3 PCI X 133 MHz South Bridge IDE Plo pci 133 MHz suo PL Jec EJPL2 JEC2U I F1 JWOR bciss MHz SATA1 ISATA3 SATAS ea Fang 2 25 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual Audio Enable Dis
101. properly Check to see if fixed disk is attached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Keyboard not working Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was detected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was detected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not configured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPER X7DAL E 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 bo
102. ray RAID 1 only If an array Build process is interrupted or when one critical member is missing you must perform a Rebuild to restore its functionality For a critical array rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of Arrays select the array you want to Rebuild 2 Press Ctrl and lt R gt to Rebuild anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Cont igure Drives Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent data loss Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Manage Arrays 2 Select the array you wish to delete and press delete 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press Enter The fol lowing prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the parti tion Yes No 4 Press Yes to delete the array and partition or No to return to the previous menu 5 Press Esc to re
103. ripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB 64K is default Please do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different ways of creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 Quick Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and one drive with data you wish to preserve RAID 1 Build Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 or RAID 10 on new drives or when RAID 10 you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Init Fastest way to create a RAID 1 or RAID 10 RAID 10 Appropriate when using new drives Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved However the data on the new drive will be lost D 9 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual 5 When you are finished press Done as the screen shown below Array Array Label Array Size Stripe Size Create RAID via Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array be sure to back up any data stored on the new drive otherwise all data will be lost
104. rray will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below anage Arrays SC ot Acre reate Array a RAID 1 34 458 dd Delete Hotspare Po Configure Drives Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press lt Ctrl gt and lt B gt Note a bootable array is the array marked with an aster isk as shown in the picture above 3 When the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Enter Y to delete a bootable array The bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disappear Note Do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array D 11 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual Adding Deleting Hotspares To add a Hotspare Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID or RAID 1 you would need to add a new HDD as a hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 4 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press Insert and then press lt Enter gt 5 Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Sele
105. rs USB 4 5 JUSB1 5 6 7 JUSB2 See the tables on the right for pin definitions Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header JL1 is located next to the IDE ports on the motherboard Attach the appropriate cable from the chassis to inform you of a chassis intrusion when the chassis is opened Back Panel USB USB0 1 2 3 Pin Definitions 5V PO PO Ground N A Front Panel USB Pin Definitions USB4 5 6 7 USB4 Pin Definition USB5 Pin Definition Ground No connection Pin Definition 1 Intrusion Input Ground 4 Pi 24 ATXPWR H Pwi Jewr P E lAlarm Force On Reset A Backpanel USB 0 1 2 3 DIMM 4A Bank 4 DIMM 3A Bank 3 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 5000X North Bridge PCI E x4 on x16 slot Printer E JWD lots PCI X 133 MHz Blot2 2nd Branch CPU1 st Branch CPU2 ESB2 South PCI X 133 MHz Bridge IDE LE4C LES B Front Panel USB 4 5 C Front Panel USB 6 7 D Chassis Intrusion SUO E UPL2 E JWOR Bie E SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual Fan Headers Fan Header Pin Definitions The X7DAL E has six chassis system fan headers Fan1 to Fan6 Note all t
106. spend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED and LE1 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 Main Switch Override Mechanism When an ATX power supply is used the power button can function as a system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state The monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down Depressing the power button again will cause the whole system to wake up During the SoftOff state the ATX power supply provides power to keep the required circuitry in the system alive In case 1 11 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just depress and hold the power button for 4 seconds This option can be set in the Power section of the BIOS Setup routine External Modem Ring On Wake up events can be triggered by a device such as the external modem ringing when the system is in the Standby or Off state Note that external modem ring on can only be used with an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management 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 in
107. stRAID Controller 8 Options Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and configure array settings To select this option using the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key select Manag ing Arrays from the main menu as shown above anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 4 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Configuring Disk Drives You may need to configure a disk drive before you can use it Caution Configuring a disk may overwrite the partition table on the disk and may make any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not configure a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To configure a disk drive 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Configure Drives and hit Enter as shown below anage firrays reate Array td Delete Hotspare Con iqure Drives D 5 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual 2 From the Select Drives for Configuring List shown below select the drives you want to configure and press Insert elect drives for Configuring Selected Drives HDC MWD748GD HBFLAI 69 2CB HDC HD 748GD BOFLA2 69 26B HDC HD 48GD BOFLAI 69 26B HDC HD 4HGD HBFLRZ 69 2GB 3 The drive you ve selected will appear in
108. successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed 120 block stor age devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Press 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 mous
109. sword is highlighted hit the Enter key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up 4 21 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual Password on Boot This setting allows you to require a password to be entered when the system boots up The options are Enabled password required and Disabled password not required 4 6 Boot Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the f key or the r key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the x key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select an item from the candidate list and hit the x key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list Th
110. symmetric multiprocessing across two independent front side bus interfaces Each front side bus uses a 64 bit wide 1333 MHz data bus The MCH chipset connects up to six Fully Buffered DIMM modules providing a total memory of up to 24 0 GB s In addition the 5000X chipset offers a wide range of RAS features including memory interface ECC x4 x8 Single Device Data Correction CRC parity protection memory mirroring and memory sparing The Xeon Dual Core Processor Features Designed to be used with conjunction of the 5000X chipset the Xeon dual core Processor provides a feature set as follows The Xeon Dual Core Processors L1 Cache Size Instruction Cache 32KB 16KB Data Cache 32KB 24KB L2 Cache Size 4MB 2MB per core Data Bus Transfer Rate 8 5 GB s Package FC LGA6 FC LGA4 771 Lands 1 9 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual 1 3 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section Boot Features to change this setting The default setting is Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the X7DAL E All have an o
111. t OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press the Enter key to select En hanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press Enter Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to ICH RAID Codebase and select Adaptec Then press Enter For ICH RAID Codebase Change the setting from Intel to Adaptec 7 Go to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 9 During the system boot up press the Ctrl and lt A gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl A for Intel RAID Configuration Utility D 2 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller Driver The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller adds SATA RAID functional ity and performance enhancements to a motherboard RAID striping RAID 0 allows data to be written across multiple drives greatly improving hard disk I O performance RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows data to be simultaneously written to two drives improving data security even if a single hard disk fails A Stripe of Mir rors RAID 10 provides multi
112. t version of the ESB2 SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2000 2003 Operating System Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came packaged with your motherboard Note The following section provides information on the Adaptec SATA RAID Driver based on the Intel Enterprise South Bridge 2 ESB2 Controller D 1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to the Intel ESB2 I O Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel 5000X Chipset the ESB2 I O Controller Hub pr
113. t will activate the alarm system when the CPU temperature reaches this pre set temperature threshold The options are 70 75 80 and 85 Highlight this and hit Enter to see monitor data for the following items CPU1 Temperature CPU1 Second Core CPU2 Temperature CPU2 Second Core System Temperature Fan1 Fan6 Speeds If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fans indicated in this item Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the fan speed will also increase and vise versa If the option is set to 3 pin fan the fan speed is controlled by voltage If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select 3 if your chassis came with 3 pin fan headers Select 4 pin if your chassis came with 4 pin fan headers Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Server if your system is used as a Server Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to run at the full speed 12V at all the time The Options are 1 Disable 2 3 pin Server 3 3 pin Workstation 4 4 pin Server and 5 4 pin Workstation Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored
114. tBoot Mode This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen during boot up POST Errors Setto Enabled to display POST Error Messages if an error occurs during bootup If set to Disabled the system will continue to boot without displaying any error message even when a boot error occurs ACPI Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system The options are Yes and No ACPI Sleep Mode Use the setting to determine if you want to employ ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface power management on your system when the system goes into the sleep mode The options are S1 S3 and 5153 Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power off immediately as soon as the user hits the power button If set to 4 sec the system will power off when the user presses the power button for 4 seconds or longer The options are instant off and 4 sec override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Power Loss Control This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Watch Dog If enabled this option will automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes The options are Enabled
115. tatus LED Indicator D31 located on the motherboard This LED dis plays different colors to show the status of the system When this LED is lit amber the power cable is still connected Be sure to unplug the power cable before install ing or removing any components from the motherboard Refer to the table on the right for system status See the layout below for the LED location Status LED Indicator LED Color Green Red Definition Power On system normal PWR on PWR problem s occur s or JPW3 not properly installed Flashing quickly S1 state a KB Mouse USB 0 1 2 3 4 Pi Pwi 24 Pin ATX PWR ET JPWF P Alam Force On Reset DIMM 4A Bank 4 COM1 DIMM 3A Bank 3 2nd CPU1 DIMM 2B Bank 2 DIMM 2A Bank 2 151 Branch COM2 DIMM 1B Bank 1 DIMM 1A Bank 1 CPU2 5000X North Bridge a PCI E x4 on x16 slot 4 gt zl A n Printer JWD lots PCI X 133 MHz 3e ESB2 South Plo pci 133 MHz E IJPL1 E JPL2 Ji Blei pci33 MHz 00 Bridge ISATA3 SATAS LES co m FP Control EEJ Floppy DE E 3 ISATA2 SATA4 2 30 A D31 System Status LED System off with PWR cable connected Ch
116. tended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board optional 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 70h 72 76 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring option
117. terrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL without any connection to the WOL header The 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on card only Note Wake On LAN requires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates The X7DAL E can only accommodate 24 pin ATX power supply Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the motherboard some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 400W of power In addition the 12V 8 pin and 4 pin power connectos are also required for adequate power supply to the system Also your power supply must supply 1 5A for the Ethernet ports It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above It must also be SSI compliant info at http www ssiforum org Additionally in areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges 1 7 Super I O The disk drive adapter fu
118. 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 Main Advanced Security Boot Exit 16 03 22 Item Specific Help System Date 08 03 2006 1 lt Tab gt lt Shift Tab gt or BIOS Date lt Enter gt selects field Legacy Diskette A 1 44 1 25 MB 34 k IDE Channel 8 Master IDE Channel Slave gt SATA Port SATA Port 1 SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 Parallel ATA Enabled Serial ATA Enabled Native Mode Operation Auto SATA Controller Mode Option Compatible SATA RAID Enable Disabled SATA AHCI Enable Disabled System Memory X388 KB Extended Memory 3433 KB Fi TL m dca Esc Enter 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 This field displays the date when this version of BIOS was built Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of flopp
119. the slot indicated The options are Auto PCI 33 MHz PCI 66 MHz PCI X 66 MHz PCI X 100 MHz and PCI X 133 MHz 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS Slot1 PCI 33MHz Slot2 PCI X 133MHz Slot3 PCI X 133MHz Slot4 PCI Exp x4 Slot5 PCI 33MHz Slot6 PCI Exp x16 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for Bus Master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00AO0h 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novell and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus Master clock rate Large Disk Access Mode This setting determines how large hard drives are to be accessed The options are DOS or Other for Unix Novelle NetWare and other operating systems gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take Caution when changing the Advanced settings Incorrect values entered may cause syste
120. turn to the previous menu D 15 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Options Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown above and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 0 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 0 5138001385 3 65 hes SATA Port 1 HDC MD 48GD BBFLR1 27 880D27 1 SATA Port 2 HDC WD748CD BFLA2 31 08 31 1 SATA Port 3 HDC WD 48GD BBFLR1 27 808027 1 5 SATA Port 5 HDC WD748GD BBFLRZ 31 88F31 1 Only drives present at POST are displayed 2 Select the desired disk and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears D 16 Appendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To format a disk Note The operation of Formatting Disk allows you to perform a low level formatting of a hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again 3 When the screen shown below displays select Format Disk and press En ter The following screen appears Adaptec SATA HostRAID Control ler 8 Select SATA Disk and press Enter SATA Port 0 513
121. udio __ E ac CIR Pez dio Tue PCI E x4 on x16 slot DQO Ta SJ JWD Slot3 PCI X 133 MHz ESB2 D 2 South lot PCI X 133 MHz Bridge Ep Jec LE pr2 287 pus PCI 33 MHz SATA1 ISATA3 SATAS 00 Floppy IE IDE 3 EF WOL JWOR poru E Orson SATA 2 2 22 Pin Definition Pin Definition Left 1 Right Ground 2 Ground Ground 3 Left Right 4 Ground A Line In and Line Out B Microphone C CD In D Aux In Chapter 2 Installation Front Panel Audio Control When front panel headphones are plugged in the back panel audio output is disabled This is done through the FP Audio header J8 If the front panel interface card is not connected to the front panel audio header jumpers should be installed on the header J8 pin pairs 1 2 5 6 and 9 10 If these jumpers are not installed the back panel line out connector will be disabled and microphone input Pin 1 will be left floating which can lead to excessive back panel microphone noise and cross talk See the table below for pin definitions Signal MIC AUD GND MIC BIAS AUD VCC FP OUT R Right channel audio signal to front panel headphone drive capable Right channel audio signal return from front panel when headphones unplugged headphone drive capable Left channe
122. w the user to enter the parameters of the HDD installed at this connection The option Auto will allow the BIOS to automatically configure the parameters of the HDD installed at the connection Choose the option 1 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of IDE or SATA Device Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This item indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled
123. y disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in 4 3 SUPERO X7DAL E User s Manual IDE Channel 0 Master Slave SATA Port0 SATA Port1 SATA Port2 and SATA Port3 These settings allow the user to set the parameters of IDE Channel 0 Master Slave SATA Port0 SATA Port1 SATA Port2 and SATA Port3 slots Hit Enter to activate the following sub menu screen for detailed options of these items Set the correct configurations accordingly The items included in the sub menu are Main CHS Format Cylinders Cylinders Heads Heads Sectors Sectors Maximum Capacity Maximum Capacity LBA Format Total Sectors Maximum Capacity Multi Sector Transfers LBA Mode Control 32 Bit Transfer Mode Ultra DMA Mode Type Disabled Disabled Disabled Standard Disabled Item Specific Help User you enter parameters of hard dis drive installed at thi connection fiuto autotypes hard disk drive installed here CD ROM a CD ROM driv is installed here ATAPI Removable removable disk drive i installed here Selects the type of IDE hard drive The options are Auto which allows the BIOS to automatically determine the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc a number from 1 39 to select a predetermined type of hard drive CDROM and ATAPI Removable The option User will allo
124. ze interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects error 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an addi tional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the loworder byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously B 5 SUPER X7DAL E User s Manual Notes Appendix C The Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix C The Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure Intel s ESB2 SATA RAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers Important Notes to the User Note 1 If you do not wish to configure onboard SATA RAID functions please go directly to Section C 3 for Operating System amp Other Software Installation Note 2 This chapter describes RAID Configuration Instructions for the Intel ESB2 RAID Controller designed for the Windows OS C 1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA To configure the SATA RAID functions you
125. zed Default Settings and press the Enter key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the Enter key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Controller Mode and press the Enter key to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press Enter Then select En abled 6 Go to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the Enter key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 7 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 8 During the system boot up press the Ctrl and I keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press Ctrl lt gt for the Intel RAID Configuration Utility C 2 Appendix C The Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Using the Intel ESB2 SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automatically reboot The following screen appears after Power On Self Test RAID Uolunes Hone defined Physical Disks Port Drive Model H HDC WD25885I MDC WD2588SI HDC HWD2588JI WD2588JI gym CIRL 1 SCSI BIOS v4 38 A83 Adapter id ipter opur ight d d Pre yt Ch ID LUN Serial HD HMRL72834971 HD HMRL72834599 WD HMREH137 WD HMREH1449527 Size 9 9

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