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1. Keyboard iy id ATXPOWER J32 Processor Power DDR4 USBOA J50 DDR3 DDR2 com1 JP19 C DDR1 Parallel Port J29 E North 8 Bridge Mb LAN Port JP11 WOL CPU CHSFan CRI J8 s 5 C O I BATTERY JP13 Gb LAN Port upz2 JBT1 oo CHSF CHS Fan ev 2 Jup10 sen JF2 JF1 CPU Fan MEAS z o 436 1 1 Broadcom CO LAN 64 bit 33 MHz PCI 1 f Controller E o ua 5 it a 2v v 64 bit 33 MHz PCI 2 3 e tc AIC 7902 SCSI ang I Ls 64 bit 33 MHz PCI 3 Controller LT 2 o 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 4 South E Bridge BIOS JPA1 Rage XL sw e IDE 1 PEL 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 5 IDE 2 ji C JP20 USB2 3 FLOPPY Note DIP Switch 1 sets the processor speed see Section 2 7 Jumpers not noted are for test purposes only Also see Chapter 2 for the locations of the I O ports and Front Control Panel JF1 JF2 connectors and for details on jumper settings and pin definitions 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction Jumper X5SS8 GM Quick Reference Description JA1 JBT1 JPA1 A2 JP9 JP10 JP15 JP19 JP20 JP22 JP27 Switch DIP Switch 1 Connector COM1 COM2 CPU CHS OH FAN CPU DDR1 DDR4 JA2 JA3 JF1 JF2 JP11 JP16 JP28 J7 J8 J28 J29 J32 J35 J36 J39 J40 J49 J50 USBO 1 USB2 3 SCSI Enable Disable CMOS Clear SCSI Channel A B Termination VGA Enable Disable
2. Chapter 2 Installation 2 10 Installing Software Drivers After all the hardware has been installed you must install the software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro CD that came packaged with your motherboard After inserting this CD into your CDROM drive the display shown in Figure 2 5 should appear If this dis play does not appear click on the My Computer icon and then on the icon representing your CDROM drive Finally double click on the S Setup icon T SUPERMICRO P455Br5sE X5 ksSE Server Boned mE Tools Winia SUPERMICR EEE Drivers amp Tools SUPERMICRD Susana Dco Server Works CU 5L Chipset Intel LOM EZ fr SUPERMICRO 5 eres Chipre pros bosdi PASSA PASSE X5858 X55SE Adapieo Borage Mancyrement Eud LAM FSCAJSCS diee dikait Bra CD os Diak p Hid Tis For more ini cemalion please vicit SLIPEFSVIECRET S past tlg Figure 2 5 Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Click the icons showing a hand writing on paper to view the readme files for each item The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD 2 21 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Notes 2 22 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the T
3. Primary IDE Slave When the system enters Setup BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices This option displays the auto detection status of IDE de vices The settings for Primary IDE Slave are the same as those for the Primary IDE Master Secondary IDE Master This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices The settings for Secondary IDE Master are the same as those for the Primary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave This displays the status of auto detection of IDE devices The settings for Secondary IDE Slave are the same as those for the Primary IDE Master Hard Disk Write Protect This item allows the user to prevent the hard disk from being overwritten The options are Enabled or Disabled Disabled allows the drive to be used normally read write and erase functions can all be performed Enabled prevents the hard disk from being erased This function is effective only when the device is accessed through BIOS ATA PI Detect Timeout Seconds Set this option to stop the system search for ATAPI devices within the specified number of seconds The options are 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 and 35 seconds Most ATA disk drives can be detected within 5 seconds ATA PI 80pin Cable Detection This option allows you to select the mechanism used to detect the 80 pin ATA PI cable The settings are Host Device and Host amp Device 4 9 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Fl
4. This option allows the user to configure the IDE devices When the desired item is highlighted selected press Enter and the following screen will be displayed Type This option sets the type of device that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST is completed The settings include Not installed Auto CDROM and ARMD The Auto setting allows BIOS to automatically detect the presence of the IDE controller LBA Large Mode LBA Logical Block Addressing is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In LBA mode the maximum drive capac ity is 137 GB The settings are Disabled and Auto Select Disabled to disable LBA mode Select Auto to enable LBA mode if your device supports it and is not already formatted with the LBA mode Block Multi Sector Transfer Mode This option sets the block mode multi sector transfers option The settings include Disabled and Auto Disabled This op tion prevents the BIOS from using Multi Sector Transfer on the specified channel The data to and from the device will occur one sector at a time Auto This option allows the BIOS to auto detect device support for Multi Sector Trans fers on the specified channel If supported this option al lows the BIOS to auto detect the number of sectors per block for transfer from the hard disk drive to memory The data transfer to and from the device will occur multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it 4 7 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM
5. 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for more modules as desired Support The X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII supports up to 4 GB of ECC regis tered DDR 266 200 PC2100 1600 SDRAM memory You must be running 533 MHz FSB processor s to use DDR 266 SDRAM Figure 2 2 To Install Insert the module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the notch on the bottom of the module Installing and Removing DIMMs Notch gt e Note Notch should align with the receptive point on the slot lt Notch Release Tab To Remove Use your thumbs to gently push near the edge of both ends of the module This should release it from the slot Top View of DDR Slot Release Tab 2 5 Release Tab SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual 2 4 IlOPorts Control Panel Connectors The IO ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See Figure 2 3 below for the colors and locations of the various IO ports Figure 2 3 IO Port Locations and Definitions Mouse Parallel Port Burgundy o CEMEEENNMS Green o H o z m um EE og Wwe j Keyboard USB Ports COM1 Port VGA Port Blue Mb LAN GbLAN Purple Turquoise Note COM2 is a header located on the motherboard behind the VGA port Chapter
6. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power BOB Security Exit Boot Device Priority Hard Disk Drives Removable Devices ATAPI CDROM Drives Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Scree General Help Save and Exit Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc Boot Device Priority 1st Boot Device This option is used to specify the order of the boot sequence that will be followed from the available system devices The settings for the 1st Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive and Intel UNDI PXE 2 0 build 082 2nd Boot Device The settings for the 2nd Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive and Intel UNDI PXE 2 0 build 082 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS 3rd Boot Device The settings for the 3rd Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive and Intel UNDI PXE 2 0 build 082 4th Boot Device The settings for the 4th Boot Device are Removable Device ATAPI CDROM Hard Drive and Intel UNDI PXE 2 0 build 082 Hard Disk Drives Use this screen to view the boot sequency of hard drives that have been auto detected or entered manually on your system Removable Devices Use this screen to view the boot sequency of the removeable devices that have been auto detected or entered manually on your system ATAPI CDROM Drives Use this screen to view the boot sequency ofthe ATAPI CDROM drives that have been auto detected or entered manual
7. Hard Disk Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2002 American Megatrends Inc Plug amp Play OS This option specifies how Plug and Play devices will be configured The settins are Yes and No No lets BIOS configure all devices in the system Yes lets the operating system if supported configure PnP devices not required for bootup Reset Configuration Data Choosing the Yes setting will cause the PnP configuration data in the BIOS to be cleared on the next boot up Choosing the No setting does not force PnP data to be cleared on the next boot 4 17 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA This option lets you allocate an interrupt request IRQ to the PCI VGA adapter card if used The settings are Yes and No PCI IDE BusMaster The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled Enable to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI bus has bus mastering capabilities USB Function The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled Disabled prevents the use of the USB ports and Enabled allows the use of the USB ports Legacy USB Support This option allows you to enable support for Legacy USB The settings are Auto Enabled and Disabled ARMD Emulation Type This settings for this option are Hard Disk Auto and Floppy Chapter 4 BIOS 4 7 Power Setup Choose Power from the AMIBIOS Setup main
8. 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 i M 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 on the right for pin defini 17 HostData0 18 Host Data 15 19 GND 20 Key tions 21 DRQ3 22 GND Note IDE 3 only supports a 23 VO Write 24 GND 25 l O Read 26 GND CD ROM device 27 IOCHRDY 28 BALE 29 DACK3 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 lOCS16 33 Addr 1 34 GND 35 Addr 0 36 Addr 2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 GND 2 19 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Ultra320 SCSI Connector X5SS8 GM Refer to the table below for the pin definitions of the Ultra320 SCSI connectors located at JA2 and JAS 68 pin Ultra320 SCSI Connectors JA2 JA3 Connector Connector Contact Contact Number Signal Names Number Signal Names 1 DB 12 35 DB 12 2 DB 13 36 DB 13 3 DB 14 37 DB 14 4 DB 15 38 DB 15 5 DB P1 39 DB P1 6 DB 0 40 DB 0 7 DB 1 41 DB 1 8 DB 2 42 DB 2 9 DB 3 43 DB 3 10 DB 4 44 DB 4 11 DB 5 45 DB 5 12 DB 6 46 DB 6 13 DB 7 47 DB 7 14 DB P 48 DB P 15 GROUND 49 GROUND 16 DIFFSENS 50 GROUND 17 TERMPWR 51 TERMPWR 18 TERMPWR 52 TERMPWR 19 RESERVED 53 RESERVED 20 GROUND 54 GROUND 23 ATN 55 ATN 22 GROUND 56 GROUND 23 BSY 57 BSY 24 ACK 58 ACK 25 RST 59 RST 26 MSG 60 MSG 27 SEL 61 SEL 28 C D 62 C D 29 REQ 63 REQ 30 V 0 64 1 0 31 DB 8 65 DB 8 32 DB 9 66 DB 9 33 DB 10 67 DB 10 34 DB 11 68 DB 11 2 20
9. 4 13 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Peripheral Device Configuration Power Lost Control This option determines how the system will respond when power is reap plied after a power loss condition Choose Last State to automatically start up the system when power is reapplied after an AC power loss Always Off means you must push the main power button to restart the System after power is restored System Health Monitor The BIOS continuously monitors the health of your system by measuring certain voltage levels and temperatures CPU1 Current Temperature 1st System Temperature 2nd System Temperature These readings display the real time temperatures of the CPU and two sen Sor points for chassis temperature There are also several voltage level monitors as shown on the System Health Monitor screen Remote Access Configuration Remote Access This option allows the user to redirect the console display through the COM port when enabled This is useful when two computers are hooked up to a single monitor The function keys are disabled when this setting is enabled The settings are Serial ANSI and Disabled 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 5 Chipset Setup Choose Chipset Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup Utility main menu The screen is shown below All Chipset Setup options are described following the screen BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit Mem
10. American Megatrends Inc Exit Saving Changes Highlighting this setting and then pressing lt Enter gt will save any changes you made in the BIOS Setup program and then exit Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure Exit Discarding Changes Highlighting this setting and then pressing lt Enter gt will ignore any changes you made in the BIOS Setup program and then exit Your system should then continue with the boot up procedure 4 24 Chapter 4 BIOS Load Optimal Defaults Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter provides the optimum performance settings for all devices and system features Load Failsafe Defaults Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter provides the safest set of parameters for the system Use them if the system is behaving errati cally Discard Changes Highlighting this setting and then pressing Enter will ignore any changes you made in the BIOS Setup program but will not exit the BIOS Setup pro gram 4 25 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Notes 4 26 Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes During the POST Power On Self Test routines which are performed each time the system is powered on errors may occur Non fatal errors are those which in most cases allow the system to continue the boot up process The error messages normally appear on the screen Fatal errors are th
11. GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Notes Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Chapter 4 BIOS Introduction This chapter describes the AMIBIOS for the X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII The AMI ROM BIOS is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Refer to the Manual Download area of our web site for any changes to BIOS that are not reflected in this manual System BIOS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The BIOS ROM stores the system param eters such as amount of memory type of disk drives and video displays etc BIOS ROM requires very little power When the computer is turned off a back up battery provides power to the BIOS ROM enabling it to retain the System parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is then configured with the values stored in the BIOS ROM by the system BIOS which gains control when the computer is powered on How To Change the Configuration Data The configuration data that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be ac cessed by pressing Del at the appropriate time during system boot Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is t
12. If this setting is set the system will continue to bootup in to the operating system If F1 is enabled the system will wait until the BIOS setup is entered Enabled This option allows the system BIOS to wait for any error If an error is detected pressing F1 will enter Setup and the BIOS setting can be adjusted to fix the problem This normally happens when upgrading the hardware and not setting the BIOS to recognize it Hit Delete Message Display This option tells the system to display or not display the Hit Delete to Enter Setup message The settings are Enabled and Disabled Cache This option is for enabling or disabling the internal CPU L1 cache Settings include Disabled Write Thru Write Back and Reserved Disabled This option prevents the system from using the internal CPU L1 cache This setting should be used to slow the computer system down or to trouble shoot error messages Write Thru This option allows the computer system to use the internal CPU L1 cache as Write Though cache Write Through cache is slower than Write Back cache It performs write operations to the internal L1 CPU cache and system memory simultaneously Write Back This option allows the computer system to use the internal CPU L1 cache as Write Back cache Write Back cache is faster than Write Through cache Write Back cache is a caching method in which modifications to data in the cache aren t copied to the cache source until absolutely necessar
13. Mb LAN Enable Disable Fan Status Select Watch Dog Enable Disable Default Setting Pins 1 2 Enabled See Chapter 2 Off Terminated Pins 1 2 Enabled Pins 1 2 Enabled Open OH Condition Open Disabled Main Power Override System Bus Speed Select Gb LAN Enable Disable Off Normal Pins 1 2 Auto Description Processor Speed Description COM1 COM2 Serial Ports CPU Chassis Overheat Fan Headers CPU Socket Memory SDRAM Slots Ultra320 LVD SCSI CH A B Connector Front Control Panel Headers Chint NMI HD LED PWR LED Headers Wake on LAN Header Chassis Intrusion Header External Speaker Header VGA Display Monitor Port Mb Ethernet Port Floppy Disk Drive Connector Parallel Printer Port PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Ports Primary ATX Power Connector SMB Header IDE1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connector Gb Ethernet Port Processor Power Connector Universal Serial Bus Ports Universal Serial Bus Headers 1 7 Pins 1 2 Enabled SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Figure 1 4 SUPER X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII Layout not drawn to scale Keyboard ATXPOWER 4 Mou
14. See the table on the right for pin defini tions Processor Power Connection In addition to the Primary ATX power connector above the 12v 4 pin Processor Power con nector at J50 must also be con nected to your power supply See the table on the right for pin defini tions Power LED The Power LED connection is lo cated on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED The HDD LED for IDE Hard Disk Drives connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach the IDE hard drive LED cable to these pins to display disk activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions 2 8 24 pin ATX Power Supply Connector J35 Pin Definitions Pin Number Definition 13 3 3V 14 12V 15 COM 16 PS_ON 17 COM 18 COM 19 COM 20 Res NC 21 45V 22 45V 23 45V 24 COM Pin Number Definition 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 COM 4 5V 5 COM 6 5V 7 COM 8 PWR_OK 9 5VSB 10 12V 11 12V 12 3 3V 4 Pin 12v Power Supply Connector J50 Pins Definition 1 amp 2 Ground 3 amp 4 12v PWR LED Pin Definitions JF1 Pin Number Definition 15 5V 16 Control IDE HDD LED Pin Definitions JF 1 Pin Number Definition 13 14 5V HD Active Chapter 2 Installation L2 LED L2 LED Pin The L2 LAN2 Gb LAN LED con TR nection is locate
15. Serial Port 2 Mode Use this option to choose the Serial Port 2 Mode The settings are Normal Sharp IR SIR and consumer Parallel Port Address This option specifies the I O address used by the parallel port The settings for this item include Disabled 378 278 and 3BC Select your setting and then press Enter Parallel Port IRQ This option allows the user to set the Parallel Port IRQ The settings for this item include 5 and 7 Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port mode The settings for this item include Normal Bi directional EPP and ECP ECP Mode DMA Channel This option allows the user to set the setting for the ECP Mode of the DMA Channel The settings for this item include 0 1 and 3 IDE Configuration Onboard PCI IDE Controller This option allows the user to enable or disable the integrated IDE Control ler The settings include Disabled Primary Second and Both Select Dis abled to disable the Integrated IDE Controller Select Primary to enable the Primary IDE ontroller only Select Secondary to enable the Secondary IDE Controller only Select Both to enable both Primary and Secondary IDE Controllers 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS Primary IDE Master When entering Setup BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices This displays the auto detection status of the IDE de vices You can also manually configure the IDE drives by providing the following information
16. X5SSE GMII User s Manual PIO Mode IDE PIO Programmable I O mode programs timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode in creases the cycle time decreases The settings are Auto 0 1 2 3 and 4 DMA Mode This item allows the users to select the DMA mode The settings are Auto SWDMAO SWDMA1 SWDMA2 MWDMAO MWDMA1 MWDM2 UWDMAO UWDMA1 UWDMA2 UWDMA3 and UWDMA4 Select Auto to auto de tect the DMA Mode Select SWDMAO through SWDMA to set single word DMAO through DMA2 Select MWDMAO through MWDMA to set Multi word DMAO through DMA2 Select UDMAO trhough UDMA4 to set Ultra DMAO through Ultra DMA4 S M A R T S M A R T stands for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology a feature that can help predict impending drive failures The settings are Auto Disabled and Enabled Select Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the S M A R T Select Auto to auto detect S M A R T 32Bit Data Transfer The settings are Auto Disabled and Enabled Select En abled or Disabled to enable or disable the 32 bit Data Transfer function Select Auto to auto detect the 32 bit Data Transfer function ARMD Emulation Type This option is used to select the ARMD emulation type used when configuring an LS120 MO Magneto Optical or lomega Zip drive The settings are Auto Floppy and HardDisk ARMD stands for ATA PI Removable Media Disk 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS
17. default setting is pins 1 2 SCSI Termination Enable Disable X5SS8 GM only ERMbEBRSMIE Jumper Settings JPA1 JPA2 Jumpers JPA1 and JPA2 allow you Jumper to enable or disable termination for Position Detnition Open Enabled the SCSI connectors Jumper JPA1 Closed Disabled controls SCSI channel A and JPA2 is for SCSI channel B The normal default setting is open to enable teminate both SCSI channels See the table on the right for jumper set tings SCSI Enable Disable X5SS8 GM only SCSI Enable Disable Jumper Settings JA1 The SCSI Enable Disable jumper at Jumper 1 Position Definition JA1 allows you to enable or dis Pins nabij able the onboard SCSI The nor Pins 2 3 Disabled mal default position is on pins 1 2 to enable SCSI See the table on the right for jumper settings 2 17 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual 2 9 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 Asingle floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Port Connec
18. described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options see on next page Chapter 4 BIOS The Main BIOS Setup Menu Press the Delete key during the POST Power On Self Test to enter the Main Menu of the BIOS Setup Utility All Main Setup options are described in this section The Main BIOS Setup screeen is displayed below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit AMIBIOS Version 07 00xx BIOS Build Date 05 22 02 BIOS ID 4DS80603 Processor Type Intel xXeon Processor Speed 2400 MHz System Memory 2048 MB e Select Screen System Date 10 10 00 Tl select Item System Time 05 29 02 Change Option Fl General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V07 00 C Copyright 1985 2001 American Megatrends Inc Use the Up Down arrow keys or the Tab key to move between the different settings in the above menu When the items System Time and System Date are highlighted type in the correct time date in the time field and then press Enter The date must be entered in MM DD YY format The time is entered in HH MM SS format The time is in also 24 hour format For example 5 30 a m appears as 05 30 00 and 5 30 p m as 17 30 00 Press the lt ESC gt key to exit the Main Menu and use the Left Right arrow keys to enter the the other categories of BIOS settings The next section is described in detail to illustrate how to
19. dete e aen Appendices Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes seen A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST G0d6 S 5 treten edere edad B 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an ac knowledged leader in the industry Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Please check that the following items have been included with your mother board If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer One 1 Supermicro Motherboard One 1 ribbon cable for IDE devices One 1 floppy ribbon cable One 1 USB cable One 1 COM port cable One 1 I O backpanel shield One 1 Supermicro CD or diskettes containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual One 1 fan heatsink assembly FAN 042CF One 1 heatsink retention clip assembly SKT 095E 604 SCSI Accessories X5SS8 GM only One 1 68 pin LVD SCSI cable retail only One 1 set of SCSI drivers included on CD ROM One 1 SCSI manual PDF file included on CD ROM 1 1 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII 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 Informa
20. file is not in the root directory Next reading and analyzing the floppy diskette FAT to find the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT ROM file Next reading the AMIBOOT ROM file cluster by cluster The AMIBOOT ROM file is not the correct size Next disabling internal cache memory Next detecting the type of flash ROM Next erasing the flash ROM Next programming the flash ROM Flash ROM programming was successful Next restarting the system BIOS B 3 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The following runtime checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution These codes are uncompressed in F0000h shadow RAM Checkpoint 03h 05h 06h 07h 08h OAh OBh Code Description The NMI is disabled Next checking for a soft reset or a power on condition The BIOS stack has been built Next disabling cache memory Uncompressing the POST code next Next initializing the CPU and the CPU data area The CMOS checksum calculation is done next The CMOS checksum calculation is done Initializing the CMOS status register for date and time next The CMOS status register is initialized Next performing any required B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes OCh OEh OFh 10h 11h 12h 13h 14h 19h 1Ah 2Bh 2Ch 2Dh 23h 24h initialization before the keyboard BAT command is issued The keyboard controller input buffer is free Next issuing the BAT command to the keyboard controller The keyboa
21. menu All Power options are described in this section The Power Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit ACPI Aware O S Yes Power Management Enabled Power Button Mode On Off Suspend Timeout Minutes Off Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V07 00 C Copyright 1985 2001 American Megatrends Inc ACPI Aware O S Yes allows the system to utilize Intel s ACPI specification Windows 3 x and Windows NT are non ACPI aware operating systems Windows 956 Windows 98 Windows MEG and Windows 20006 are ACPl aware OS s Power Management When enabled this option displays the following four options relating to power management The settings are Disabled and Enabled Power Button Mode This determines the function of the chassis power button either On Off or Suspend When set to Suspend depressing the power button when the system is running will cause it to enter a suspend state Suspend Timeout This option specifies the length of hard disk inactivity time that should expire before entering the power conserving state The settings are Off 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and 10 minutes 4 19 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual 4 8 Boot Setup Choose Boot Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All Boot Setup options are described in this section The Boot Setup screen is shown below
22. motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the 321 function of the connector Pin 1 is BA identified with a square solder pad Pin 1 2 short on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins Off means open with no jumper cap included for those pins Jumper Cap CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS lIn stead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent acci dental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord from the system before clearing CMOS JBT1 is lo cated near the battery on the motherboard Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Do not use the PW ON connector to clear CMOS 2 15 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual VGA Enable Disable VGA Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP9 JP9 allows you to enable or dis Jumper Position Definition able the VGA port The default 12 Enabled position is on pins 1 and 2 to en 2 3 Disabled able VGA See the table on the right for jumper settings Fan
23. navigate through the menus Note Items displayed in gray are preset and cannot be selected Items with a blue arrow are commands not options i e Discard Changes 4 3 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual 4 4 Advanced BIOS Setup Choose Advanced BIOS Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup Utility main menu with the Left Right arrow keys You should see the following display Select one of the items in the left frame of the screen such as SuperlO Configuration to go to the sub screen for that item Advanced BIOS Setup options are displayed by highlighting the option using the arrow keys All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit Setup Warning Configure SuperIO Setting items on this screen to incorrect values Chipset Winbond627F may cause the system to malfunction SuperIO Configuration IDE Configuration Floppy Configuration Boot Settings Configuration Event Log Configuration Peripheral Device Configuration System Health Monitor Remote Access Configuration gt gt gt gt gt gt gt gt Select Screen Tl select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen Fl General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V7 00 C Copyright 1985 2001 American Megatrends Inc Use the Up Down arrow keys to select the Super I O Configuration line When the Super IO Configuration line is highlighted hit ENTER to display it
24. of active time needed for a Row Address Strobe after a refresh The settings are 8 Clks 9 Clks and 10 Clks MPS 1 4 Support The settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled Hyper threading Enables hyper threading if supported by the operating system Hyper threading is a method of creating an additional virtual processor by using parallelism to process mulitple instructions simultaneously The settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled Watchdog Timer This option is used to configure the Watchdog timer Settings are Dis abled 2 minutes 5 minutes 10 minutes and 15 minutes Auto DQS Setting Support The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled DGS Selection This setting is preset Spread Spectrum Spread Spectrum is a technique used to stabilize a system that is being affected by electromagnetic interference The settings for this option are Disabled and Enabled Chapter 4 BIOS Memory Enhance Mapping The settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled 4 6 PCI PnP Setup Choose PCI PnP Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All PCI PnP options are described in this section The PCI PnP Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit Plug amp Play O S Reset Config Data Allocate IRQ to VGA Palette Snooping Disabled PCI IDE BusMaster Disabled USB Function Enabled Legacy USB Support Auto ARMD Emulation Type
25. the new password when the password is changed If you forget the password you must erase the system configuration information in CMOS 4 22 Chapter 4 BIOS Change Supervisor Password This option allows you to change a supervisor password that was entered previously Change User Password This option allows you to change a user password that was entered previ ously Clear User Password Use this option to clear the user password so that it is not required to be entered when the system boots up Boot Sector Virus Protection This option allows you to enable or disable a virus detection program to protect the boot sector of your hard disk drive The settings for this option Disabled and Enabled If Enabled AMIBIOS will display a warning when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive 4 23 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual 4 10 Exit Setup Choose Exit Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All Exit Setup op tions are described in this section The Exit Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit Exit system setup with Exit Saving Changes saving the changes Exit Discarding Changes Load Optimal Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Discard Changes Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Scree General Help Save and Exit Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000
26. 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 Software On Off Control The PC health monitor can check the RPM status tachometer reading of the cooling fans The onboard 3 pin CPU and chassis fans are controlled by the power management functions The thermal fan is controlled by the over heat detection logic 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 It can continue to monitor for overheat conditions even when the CPU is in sleep mode Once it detects that the CPU temperature is too high it will automatically turn on the thermal control fan to prevent any overheat damage to the CPU The onboard chassis thermal circuitry can monitor the overall system temperature and alert users when the chassis temperature is too high System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Intel s LANDesk Client Manager retail only LDCM is used to notify the user of certain system events For example if the system is running low on virtual memory and there is insuf ficient hard drive space for saving t
27. 12 x 9 625 305 x 244 5 mm SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Floppy Parallel Serial Port Port Port Li SIO 7 ATA 100 ThinIMB 533 400 MHz Host Bus Ports CSB6 o us South North Bridge Ports Bridge CMIC SL SMBus 32 bit 33 MHzPCI Bus DDR 266 200 mm SDRAM ATI XL Gb e a H lt gt VGA LAN 32bit 33 MHz PCI Mb LAN 4 i 64 bit 33 MHz PCI Figure 1 5 ServerWorks Grand Champion SL Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram Please see the previous Motherboard Features Section for details on the features of each motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 Chipset Overview The Grand Champion SL is a fourth generation product of ServerWorks Champion chipset technology The GCSL chipset configuration used for the X58S8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII is comprised of a North Bridge CMIC SL and a South Bridge CSB6 The North Bridge interfaces directly to the processors via a 533 400 MHz Host bus and integrates the functions of the main memory subsystem and the IMB bus interface unit The memory subsystem consists of a 4 DIMM configuration accessed over a 266 MHz memory bus at a peak bandwidth of 1 6 GB sec The South Bridge provides various integrated functions including the PCI bridge and support for UDMA100 security passwords a
28. 2 Installation Front Control Panel JF1 and JF2 contain header pins for various front control panel connectors These connectors are designed for use with Supermicro server chassis See Figure 2 4 for the pin locations of the various front control panel but tons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions Note the top six pins of JF2 make up the JF3 header No functions are associated with the JF3 pins they are included to accommo date larger connectors Figure 2 4 JF1 JF2 Header Pins JF1 20 19 NMI O Ground X ojo x Power LED Vcc HDD LED O o Vcc NIC1 LED Oo oO Vcc NIC2 LED Oo Vcc Overheat LED Lo Oo Vcc Power Fail LED o Vcc Ground O Reset gt Reset Button Ground O O pwr gt Power Button JF2 18 17 NIC1 LED C lt O GND gt NIC1 LED A lt O Reset Button gt NIC2 LED C lt O O GND NIC2LED A 4 O Power Button gt Oo 0 HD LED C olo HD LED A NC Ojo Power LED C NIC1 Mb LAN O K NIC2 Gb LAN y C Cathode olo Power LED A A Anode SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual 2 5 Connecting Cables ATX Power Connection The power supply connector at J35 meets the SSI Superset ATX 24 pin specification how ever it also supports a 20 pin power supply connector Make sure that the orientation of the connector is correct
29. ATX Power ColinectlO i dusss hee Peter er een 2 8 Processor Power Connection 2 8 Power LED FADD VED C Table of Contents Universal Serial Bus USBO 1 tte 2 10 Extra Universal Serial Bus Connection USB2 8 2 10 S rial POLES attt eoi rh e t dae ped dide ea 2 11 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports seen 2 11 Fan Heada Sereni M 2 11 LAN Ethernet POLIS pore rer erit d ee re 2 11 HD LED Indicator Chassis Intrusion aordi aeaoe a aaa a Ea aaa aa ai Power LED TTT Wake OnzDAN tn rt t E Rt UD e CERE ERU DEO ERE ENS SMB External Speaker Header seen 2 13 2 6 Onboard IndiCatOrs eiie niet cri epe eco ie ties 2 13 LAN Port EEDS nnne rre nere rerit terere ne 2 13 GRY WED 2 13 2 7 DIP Switch Settings 2 date en cl etes 2 14 DIP Switch 1 Processor Speed ssssee 2 14 2 8 Jumper Settings eese nennen nnne nennen nnne nennen Explanation of Jumpers Guerre VGA Enable DISable s riii tn rrr ener rete einen Fan Status Select piss ee o eR Ra SESS ERE EE NASE Watch Dog Enable Disable Mb EAN Enable Disable rm rrt tnn Gb EAN Enable DISable io ipo enr ro rfe NS SCSI Termination Enable Disable sssssssssee
30. GMII User s Manual Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor inter rupt 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 Con figuration and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power management through an SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption The IRQs DMAs and I O space resources of the Super I O can flexibly adjust to meet ISA PnP requirements which suppport ACPI and APM Ad vanced Power Management Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Electric Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To pre vent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the anti static bag Handle the board
31. R 266 200 PC2100 1600 SDRAM Unbuffered SDRAM non ECC memory and PC100 133 SDRAM modules are not supported Memory is not interleaved so you can install any number of DIMMs into the memory slots in any order Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are experiencing no problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site http www supermicro com Please check our BIOS warning message and the info on how to update your BIOS on our web site Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure it is newer than your BIOS before downloading Select your motherboard model and down load the BIOS file to your computer Unzip the BIOS update file and you will find the readme txt flash instructions the flash bat BIOS flash utility and 3 3 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual the BIOS image xxxxxx rom files Copy these files onto a bootable floppy and reboot your system It is not necessary to set BIOS boot block protec tion jumpers on the motherboard At the DOS prompt enter the command flash This will start the flash utility and give you an opportunity to save your current BIOS image Flash the boot block and enter the name of the update BIOS image file Note It is important to save your current BIOS and rename it super rom in case you need to recover from a failed BIOS update Select flash boot block then enter the update BIO
32. S image Select Y to start the BIOS flash procedure and do not disturb your system until the flash utility displays that the procedure is complete After updating your BIOS please clear the CMOS then load Optimal Values in the BIOS Question After flashing the BIOS my system does not have video How can I correct this Answer If the system does not have video after flashing your new BIOS it indicates that the flashing procedure failed To remedy this first clear CMOS per the instructions in this manual and retry the BIOS flashing proce dure If you still do not have video please use the following BIOS Recov ery Procedure First turn your system off and place the floppy disk with the saved BIOS image file see above FAQ in drive A Press and hold lt CTRL gt and Home at the same time then turn on the power with these keys pressed until your floppy drive starts reading Your screen will re main blank until the BIOS program is done If the system reboots correctly then the recovery was successful The BIOS Recovery Procedure will not update the boot block in your BIOS Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers for Windows and security and audio drivers Question Why can t turn off
33. SUPERO SUPER X5SS8 GM SUPER X5SSE GM SUPER X5SSE GMII USER S MANUAL Revision 1 0b The information in this User s Manual has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate The vendor assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document makes no commitment to update or to keep current the information in this manual or to notify any person or organization of the updates Please Note For the most up to date version of this manual please see our web site at www supermicro com SUPERMICRO COMPUTER reserves the right to make changes to the product described in this manual at any time and without notice This product including software if any and documentation may not in whole or in part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any medium or machine without prior written consent IN NO EVENT WILL SUPERMICRO COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING INTEGRATING INSTALLING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA Any disputes arising between manufacturer and customer shall be governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of Califor
34. Status Select Fan Status Select Jumper Settings JP15 JP15 allows you to change the sta Jumper Position Definition tus of the Overheat Chassis fan to Open Overheat either activate only during an over wlosed CRIWRSIOR heat condition set in BIOS or to reamin active at all times The de fault position is open See the table on the right for jumper settings Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP19 JP19 is used to enable or disable Jumper Position Definition the Watch Dog function This Open Disabled jumper is used together with the Closed Enabled Watch Dog enable function in BIOS Enable both the jumper and the BIOS setting to use the Watch Dog feature See the table on the right for pin definitions Mb LAN Mb LAN Enable Disable Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP10 Change the setting of jumper JP10 Jumper Positi Definiti to enable or disable the Mb LAN Bins E abled port on the motherboard See the pins Disabled table on the right for jumper set tings The default setting is pins 1 2 2 16 Chapter 2 Installation Gb LAN Enable Disable Gb LAN Enable Disable Jumper Settings JP27 Change the setting of jumper JP27 Jumper to enable or disable the Gb LAN Position Definition Pins 1 2 E port on the motherboard See the idquc heats table on the right for jumper set tings The
35. X5SSE GMII User s Manual Figure 2 1 PGA604 Socket Empty and with Processor Installed Pin 1 A N Empty Socket Lever Warning Make sure you lift the lever completely when installing the CPU If the lever is only partly raised damage to the Triangle socket or CPU may result With processor installed Triangle Mounting the Motherboard in the Chassis All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure the location of all the mounting holes for both the motherboard and the chassis match Although a chassis may have both plastic and metal mounting fasteners metal ones are highly recommended because they ground the motherboard to the chassis Make sure the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray 2 4 Chapter 2 Installation 2 3 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules http www supermicro com TECHSUPPORT FAQs Memory_vendors htm CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage DIMM Installation See Figure 2 2 1 Insert one to four memory modules Memory is not interleaved so you can add any number of DIMMs into the slots in any order 2 Insert each DIMM module into its slot Note the notch at the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the module incorrectly
36. alizing the bus input IPL general devices next if present See the last page of this chapter for additional information Displaying bus initialization error messages See the last page of this chapter for additional information The new cursor position has been read and saved Displaying the Hit DEL message next The Hit DEL message is displayed The protected mode memory test is about to start Preparing the descriptor tables next The descriptor tables are prepared Entering protected mode for the memory test next Entered protected mode Enabling interrupts for diagnostics mode next Interrupts enabled if the diagnostics switch is on Initializing data to check memory wraparound at 0 0 next Data initialized Checking for memory wraparound at 0 0 and finding the total system memory size next The memory wraparound test is done Memory size calculation has been done Writing patterns to test memory next The memory pattern has been written to extended memory Writing patterns to the base 640 KB memory next B 4 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Checkpoint 48h 49h 4Bh 4Ch 4Dh 4Eh 4Fh 50h 51h 52h 53h 54h 57h 58h 59h Code Description Patterns written in base memory Determining the amount of memory below 1 MB next The amount of memory below 1 MB has been found and verified Determining the amount of memory above 1 MB memory next The amount of memory above 1 MB has been f
37. by its edges only do not touch its components periph eral chips memory modules or gold contacts When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use For grounding purposes make sure your computer chassis provides ex cellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard 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 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual 2 2 PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Also do not place the motherboard on a conductive surface which can damage the BIOS battery and prevent the system from booting up IMPORTANT Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before adding removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the processor into the CPU socket before you install the CPU heat sink 1 Locate the following components which are included in the shipping package f Clips 4 Szer 1117 1 Screws 8 Retention brackets quc 4 oH 1 T Black anchors 8 White pegs 8 These screws are for mounting the motherboard to the back panel of a
38. chassis that has four mounting holes as shown on right For chassis that do not have four mounting holes use the anchor peg assemblies mes 2 Insert the white pegs into the Anchor peg i black anchors Do not force the assemblies white pegs all the way in only about 1 3 of the way into the black anchors 3 Place a retention bracket in the proper position and secure it by pressing pegs into two of the retention holes until you hear a click The One retention bracket in clicking sound indicates that the peg is position locked and secured 2 2 Chapter 2 Installation 4 Secure the other retention bracket into position by repeating Step 3 5 Lift the lever on the CPU socket lift the the lever completely or you will damage the CPU socket when penal lever pu power is applied 6 Install the CPU in the socket Make sure that pin 1 of the CPU is seated on pin 1 of Pin 1 the socket both corners are marked with a triangle 7 Press the lever down until you hear it click into the locked position Heatsink 8 Apply the proper amount of thermal compound to the CPU die and place the heatsink and fan on top of the CPU CPU 9 Secure the heatsink by locking the retention clips into their proper position Retention clip CPU fan wires 10 Connect the three wires of the CPU fan to the respective CPU fan connector CPU fan connector 2 3 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM
39. d on pins 9 and 10 Pin of JF1 Attach an LED cable to t display network activity Refer to 10 GND the table on the right for pin defini tions L1LED L1 LED Pin The L1 LAN1 Mb LAN LED con end nection is located on pins 11 and Pin 12 of JF1 Attach an LED cable to cart EM EP display network activity Refer to 12 GND the table on the right for pin defini tions Overheat LED OH Overheat OH LED Pin Definitions JF1 Connect an LED to the OH connec tion on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to pro len PRSE vide advanced warning of chassis us overheating Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Fail LED Power Fail LED Pin Definitions JF1 The Power Fail LED connection is located on pins 5 and 6 of JF1 Pin pN Number Definition Refer to the table on the right for 5 Control pin definitions i as Reset Reset Pin The Reset connection is located Mi a on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it Pin to the hardware reset switch on in Brem the computer case Refer to the 4 Ground table on the right for pin defini tions 2 9 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual PWR ON PWR ON Connector The PWR ON connection is lo Pin Definitions cated on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Mo JF1 mentarily contacting both pins will PM emner power on off the system This 1 PW ON button can also b
40. e APM 1 2 DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 Plug and Play PnP SMBIOS 2 3 PC Health Monitoring e Onboard voltage monitors for CPU core chipset voltage 45V 12V 12V 3 3V and 2 5V Fan status monitor with firmware software on off control Environmental temperature monitor and control Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss System overheat LED and control System resource alert ACPI Features Microsoft OnNow Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator Main switch override mechanism Chapter 1 Introduction Onboard l O AIC 7902 for dual channel Ultra320 SCSI X5SS8 GM only Integrated ATI Rage XL Graphics Controller Adaptec ZCR card support X5SS8 GM only One Broadcom BCM5702 Gb fast Ethernet controller One Intel 82551 10 100 Mb fast Ethernet controller X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMIl 2 EIDE Ultra DMA 100 bus master interfaces 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 2 Fast UART 16550A compatible serial ports 1 EPP ECP Enhanced Parallel Port Extended Capabilities Port PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports 4 USB Universal Serial Bus ports USB 1 1 Other Internal external modem ring on S1 state support only Recovery from AC power loss control Wake on LAN WOL Console redirection FUCI Frontside USB Control Interface CD Diskette Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility Device Drivers Dimensions X5SS8 GM ATX 12 x 9 625 305 x 244 5 mm X5SSE GM ATX
41. e configured to function as a suspend button see the Power Button Mode setting in BIOS To turn off the power when set to suspend mode de press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Universal Serial Bus USBO 1 P eria us Pin eee Pin Pin Two Universal Serial Bus ports Number Petiniton Number Petiniton are located beside the keyboard 2 Po 2 PO mouse ports USBO is the bottom iod 1 Pau connector and USB1 is the top 5 Nis Key connector See the table on the right for pin definitions Extra Universal Serial Bus he ed Connection USB2 3 Pin u Number Definition 1 Power Two additional USB headers on the motherboard can provide con 7 Ground venient front side USB access 3 The odd numbered pins toward the DIMM slots are for USB2 and USB3 Pin the even numbered pins toward Detinitions the SCSI chip are for USB3 You n Definition will need a USB cable not in ee cluded to use each of these con 6 nections Refer to the tables on i cu the right for pin definitions NC No Connection 2 10 Chapter 2 Installation Serial Ports The COM serial port is located under the parallel port see Figure 2 3 See the table on the right for pin definitions The COM2 connec tor is a header located behind the VGA port PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 mouse are located on J32 See the table on the right
42. e to inform you of a chassis intrusion condition Power LED The Power LED connection on JF2 see Figure 2 4 is used to inform you that power is being supplied to the motherboard Wake On LAN Wake On LAN Pin Definitions JP11 The Wake On LAN header is des Pin ignated JP11 See the table on the E Ote Sms right for pin definitions You must 7 Ground 3 Wake up have a LAN card with a Wake on LAN connector and cable to use this feature SMB SMB Header Pin Definitions J36 An SMB System Management Pin Number Definition Bus header is located at J36 1 Data Connect the appropriate cable s produ here to utilize SMB on your sys 4 5V Standby tem 2 12 Chapter 2 Installation External Speaker Header Connect a cable from an external speaker to the JP28 header on the motherboard if you wish to use external speakers instead of the onboard speaker 2 6 Onboard Indicators LAN Port LEDs 100 Mb LAN LED Indicators LED Each of the Ethernet ports located COE bemint beside the VGA port has a yellow Green Connected Yellow Active and a green LED See the tables to the right for the functions associ ated with these LEDs On the Gb EU 1 Gb LAN Right LED LAN port the yellow LED indicates Indicator activity while the other LED may be m m Color Definition green orange or off to indicate the Off No Connection n Green 100 MHz speed of the connectio
43. echnical 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 no short circuits exist between the motherboard and chassis af WwW nm Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards Install one CPU making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well No Power Make sure no short circuits exist between the motherboard and the chas sis Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to Appendix A for details on beep codes SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnos tics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure t
44. ee 2 17 SCSI Enable Disable err be dee e Praed 2 17 2 9 Parallel Port Floppy Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections 2 18 Parallel Port Conneclior a interim eerie Floppy CGonnectot xt ette Pe REOS Rs IDE ConfYG cloro cierre araa vr Ce TENES SR UR Ultra320 SCSI Connector SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual 2 10 Installing Software Drivers enseye nes 2 21 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures umo meret e t 3 1 Before Power On 3 1 NO PQ WOT ERRORIS TTE 3 1 Dr N 3 1 Memory ITTOESS ciere ORDRE e de IHRER CURRERE KDE FORCES UE INE L V EAR Tug 3 2 Losing the System s Setup Configuration seesess 3 2 3 2 Technical Support Procedures ssseeeeneeennenn 3 2 3 8 Frequently Asked QUESTIONS nicer time ers 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service sse 3 5 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction 4 2 BIOS IE6atures acere etre t RU T RENE HA RES RED Rena 4 2 4 3 RUNNING SETUP neei Ll ipea eo cec edge ets 4 2 Main BIOS Setup Merl Erde o tee 4 3 4 4 Advanced BIOS Seltlip itre eere troie 4 4 4 5 CMIPSOt S Ot P HI 4 6 PCI PAP Setup se aioe beret a e Ce n o eerte 4 7 Power Setup u csuncoie eer ti tereti edt Une perte eap dans segactoesseresivsasshospestes 4 8 Boot Setup niue trant eee aT Er ea ix EL TE FERA 4 9 Security Setup za 4 10 Exit SEP 14i cnr niii ec tei Eae i
45. for pin definitions The mouse port is above the keyboard port See Fig ure 2 3 Fan Headers The X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII has one CPU two Chassis and one Chassis Overheat fan headers See the table on the right for pin definitions LAN Ethernet Ports Two Ethernet ports are located beside the VGA port on the IO backplane These ports accept RJ45 type cables See the next section for a description of the LEDs on the LAN ports Note The X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII has one 10 100 Mb and one Gb LAN port When viewed from the rear the Mb port is on the left see Figure 2 3 2 11 Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 COM2 Pin Number Definition Pin Number Definition 1 DCD 6 CTS 2 DSR 7 DTR 3 Serial In 8 RI 4 RTS 9 Ground 5 Serial Out 10 NC PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Port Pin Definitions J32 Pin Number Definition 1 Data oahwn lt o o NC No Connection Fan Header Pin Definitions CPU CHS OH Fans Pin Number Definition 1 Ground black 2 12V red 3 Tachometer Caution These fan headers are DC power SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual HD LED Indicator A HD LED connector is located on JF2 see Figure 2 4 This LED indicates activity on any hard drive IDE SCSI or CD ROM Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is lo cated at JF2 and another on JP16 Attach the appropriate connector her
46. he DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 Determine if different speeds of DIMMs have been installed and verify that the BIOS setup is configured for the fastest speed of RAM used It is recommended to use the same RAM speed for all DIMMs in the system 3 Make sure you are using ECC registered DDR 266 200 PC2100 1600 SDRAM EDO SDRAM and PC100 133 SDRAM are not supported 4 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping a single module be tween two slots and noting the results 5 Make sure all memory modules are fully seated in their slots 6 Check the power supply voltage 115V 230V switch Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Ensure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may cause the system to lose the CMOS setup informa tion Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still supplies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end users so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific sys
47. he data you can be alerted of the potential problem Chapter 1 Introduction Hardware BIOS Virus Protection The system BIOS is protected by hardware that prevents viruses from infecting the BIOS area The user can only change the BIOS content through the flash utility provided by Supermicro This feature can prevent viruses from infecting the BIOS area and destroying valuable data Auto Switching Voltage Regulator for the CPU Core The auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core can support up to 20A current and auto sense voltage IDs ranging from 1 4V to 3 5V This will allow the regulator to run cooler and thus make the system more stable 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specification defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application soft ware 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 tele phones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an oper ating system independent interface for configuration control ACPI lever ages the Plug and Play BIOS da
48. he memory test As the memory is being tested press the Delete key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Chipset and Power menus Section 4 3 gives detailed descriptions of each parameter setting in the Setup utility An AMIBIOS identification string is displayed at the left bottom corner of the Screen below the copyright message 4 1 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual 4 2 BIOS Features Supports Plug and Play V1 0A and DMI 2 3 Supports Intel PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect PME local bus Specification 2 2 Supports Advanced Power Management APM specification v 1 1 Supports ACPI Supports Flash ROM AMIBIOS supports the LS120 drive made by Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Industries Ltd The LS120 Can be used as a boot device Is accessible as the next available floppy drive AMIBIOS supports PC Health Monitoring chips When a failure occurs in a monitored activity AMIBIOS can sound an alarm and display a message The PC Health Monitoring chips monitor CPU temperature Chassis intrusion detector Five positive voltage inputs Three fan speed monitor inputs 4 3 Running Setup Optimal default settings are in bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the appropriate text from the Standard Setup screen All displayed text is
49. his extra power will result in the CPUs becoming unstable after only a few minutes of operation See Section 2 5 for details on connecting the power supply cables It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets ATX power supply Specification 2 02 or above Additionally in ar eas 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 functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selec tion a clock generator drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UARTS one of which supports serial infrared communication Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt system SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE
50. ing before WINBIOS Setup next The programming before WINBIOS Setup has completed Uncompressing the WINBIOS Setup code and executing the AMIBIOS Setup or WINBIOS Setup utility next Returned from WINBIOS Setup and cleared the screen Performing any necessary programming after WINBIOS Setup next The programming after WINBIOS Setup has completed Displaying the power on screen message next The first screen message has been displayed The WAIT message is displayed Performing the PS 2 mouse check and extended BIOS data area allocation check next Programming the WINBIOS Setup options next The WINBIOS Setup options are programmed Resetting the hard disk controller next The hard disk controller has been reset Configuring the floppy drive controller next The floppy drive controller has been configured Configuring the hard disk drive controller next B 6 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Checkpoint 95h 96h 97h 98h 99h 9Ah 9Bh 9Ch 9Dh 9Eh A2h A3h A4h Ash A7h A8h A9h Aah Abh BOh B1h 00h Code Description Initializing the bus option ROMs from C800 next See the last page of this chapter for additional information Initializing before passing control to the adaptor ROM at C800 Initialization before the C800 adaptor ROM gains control has com pleted The adaptor ROM check is next The adaptor ROM had control and has now returned control to BIOS POST Performing an
51. is option is used set the CPU speed to either High or Low PS 2 Mouse Support This option specifies whether a PS 2 Mouse will be supported Settings are Enabled and Disabled Typematic Rate Set this option to select the rate at which the computer repeats a key that is held down Settings are Fast and Slow Fast This sets the rate the computer repeats a key to over 20 times per second Under normal opera tions this setting should not be changed Slow This sets the rate the computer repeats a key to under 8 times per second System Keyboard This option is to let the system know if a keyboard is Present or Absent Primary Display This option specifies the type of monitor display you have installed on the System The settings are Absent VGA EGA Color 40 x 25 Color 80 x 25 and monochrome Parity Check Use this option to either Enable or Disable the use of memory parity check ing Boot to OS 2 This option can be used to boot the system to an OS 2 operating system The settings are No and Yes 4 11 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Wait for F1 if Error This settings for this option are Enabled and Disabled Disabled This prevents the AMIBIOS to wait on an error for user intervention This setting should be used if there is a known reason for a BIOS error to appear An example would be a system administrator must remote boot the system The computer system does not have a keyboard currently attached
52. itializing the interrupt vectors The configuration required before interrupt vector initialization has completed Interrupt vector initialization is about to begin B 3 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Checkpoint 25h 27h 28h 2Ah 2Eh 2Fh 30h 31h 32h 34h 37h 38h 39h 3Ah 3Bh 40h 42h 43h 44h 45h 46h 47h Code Description Interrupt vector initialization is done Clearing the password if the POST DIAG switch is on Any initialization before setting video mode will be done next Initialization before setting the video mode is complete Configuring the monochrome mode and color mode settings next Bus initialization system static output devices will be done next if present See the last page for additional information Completed post video ROM test processing If the EGA VGA controller is not found performing the display memory read write test next The EGA VGA controller was not found The display memory read write test is about to begin The display memory read write test passed Look for retrace checking next The display memory read write test or retrace checking failed Performing the alternate display memory read write test next The alternate display memory read write test passed Looking for alternate display retrace checking next Video display checking is over Setting the display mode next The display mode is set Displaying the power on message next Initi
53. l Ports CPU CHS OH FAN CPU Chassis Overheat Fan Headers CPU CPU Socket DDR1 DDR4 Memory SDRAM Slots JF 1 Front Control Panel Headers JF2 Chint NMI HD LED PWR LED Headers JP11 Wake on LAN Header JP16 Chassis Intrusion Header JP28 External Speaker Header J7 VGA Display Monitor Port J8 Mb Ethernet Port J28 Floppy Disk Drive Connector J29 Parallel Printer Port J32 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Ports J35 Primary ATX Power Connector J36 SMB Header J39 J40 IDE1 2 Hard Disk Drive Connector J49 Gb Ethernet Port J50 Processor Power Connector USBO 1 Universal Serial Bus Ports USB2 3 Universal Serial Bus Headers Notes 1 The X5SSE G motherboard shares the same layout but has a Gb Ethernet port and no Mb Ethernet port 2 The X5SSE GM supports CPUs up to 3 06 MHz and the X5SSE GMII supports CPUs up to 3 20 MHz 1 9 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Motherboard Features CPU Single 604 pin Intel Xeon processors with a 512K L2 cache to 3 20 GHz at a front side system bus speed of 533 400 MHz Note Please refer to the support section of our web site for a complete listing of supported processors http www supermicro com TechSupport htm Memory Four 184 pin DIMM sockets supporting up to 4 GB of ECC registered DDR 266 200 PC2100 1600 SDRAM Chipset ServerWorks Grand Champion SL Expansion Slots Three 64 bit 33 MHz and two 32 bit 33 MHz PCI slots BIOS 4 Mb AMI Flash ROM
54. leted Displaying the system configuration next Uncompressing the DMI data and executing DMI POST initialization next The system configuration is displayed Copying any code to specific areas Code copying to specific areas is done Passing control to INT 19h boot loader next B 7 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Notes B 8
55. ly on your system 4 21 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual 4 9 Security Setup Choose Security Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All Security Setup options are described in this section The Security Setup screen is shown below BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Chipset PCIPnP Power Boot Security Exit Install or Change the Supervisor Password Not Installed password User Password E Not Installed gt gt gt Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Clear User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Scree General Help Save and Exit Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2000 American Megatrends Inc Supervisor Password User Password AMIBIOS provides both Supervisor and User password functions If you use both passwords the Supervisor password must be set first The sys tem can be configured so that all users must enter a password every time the system boots or when AMIBIOS Setup is executed using either or both the Supervisor password or User password The Supervisor and User passwords activate two different levels of password security If you select password support you are prompted for a 1 6 character password Type the password on the keyboard The password does not appear on the screen when typed Make sure you write it down If you forget it you must clear CMOS and reconfigure Remember your Password Keep a record of
56. n as speci Orange 1 GHz fied in the table at right 1 Gb LAN Left LED Indicator LED Color Definition Off Not Active Yellow Active CR1 LED Onboard LED Power Indicator CR1 CR1 is an onboard LED that serves LED as a power indicator It is located d Definition reen Power On near JF1 See the table on the Yellow Standby Mode Red CPU Error right for the meaning of each of the three colors displayed by CR1 2 13 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual 2 7 DIP Switch Settings DIP Switch 1 Processor Speed Processor Speed Selection DIP Switch 1 The red DIP switch labeled SW1 CPU SW swsw SW y ins 1 2 3 4 has four individual switches 13 GHz ON ON which are used to set the speed To GHZ DN ON 1 5 GHz ON ON ON of the processor 1 6 GHz ON 1 7 GHz ON ON The table on the right shows you 1 8 GHz ON ON the switch settings for the various Hee Elz HON HON ON 2 0 GHz ON ON lt Default speeds your processor may be 2 1 GHz ON ON ON x 2 2 GHz ON ON ON able to run at This table is also 24 GHz ON ON ON ON silkscreened on the motherboard Note Most Intel processors have a fixed Core Bus ratio that over writes the setting of DIP Switch 1 2 14 Chapter 2 Installation 2 8 Jumper Settings Explanation of Jumpers Connector 3 2 1 Pins To modify the operation of the e e
57. nd interrupt controller test next B 5 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Checkpoint 60h 62h 65h 66h 67h 7Fh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Bh 8Ch 8Dh 8Fh 91h Code Description The DMA page register test passed Performing the DMA Controller 1 base register test next The DMA controller 1 base register test passed Performing the DMA controller 2 base register test next The DMA controller 2 base register test passed Programming DMA controllers 1 and 2 next Completed programming DMA controllers 1 and2 Initializing the 8259 interrupt controller next Completed 8259 interrupt controller initialization Extended NMI source enabling is in progress The keyboard test has started Clearing the output buffer and checking for stuck keys Issuing the keyboard reset command next A keyboard reset error or stuck key was found Issuing the keyboard controller interface test command next The keyboard controller interface test completed Writing the com mand byte and initializing the circular buffer next The command byte was written and global data initialization has completed Checking for a locked key next Locked key checking is over Checking for a memory size mismatch with CMOS RAM data next The memory size check is done Displaying a soft error and checking for a password or bypassing WINBIOS Setup next The password was checked Performing any required programm
58. nd system protec tion Plug amp Play USBs power management interrupt controllers and the LPC Bus 1 3 Special Features ATI Graphics Controller The X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII has an integrated ATI video control ler based on the Rage XL graphics chip The Rage XL fully supports side band addressing and AGP texturing This onboard graphics package can provide a bandwidth of up to 512 MB sec over a 32 bit graphics memory bus BIOS Recovery The BIOS Recovery function allows you to recover your BIOS image file if the BIOS flashing procedure fails see Section 3 3 Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup section Peripheral Device Configuration to change this setting The de fault setting is Always On 1 13 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII Both have an onboard System Hard ware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Core Chipset Voltage 5V 12V 12V 3 3V and 2 5V An onboard
59. nia USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Supermicro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product Unless you request and receive written permission from SUPER MICRO COMPUTER you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2004 by SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users It provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII motherboard The SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII supports single 604 pin Intel Xeon 1 8 3 20 GHz processors with a 512K L2 cache at a 533 400 MHz front side bus refer to the motherboard specifications pages on our web site http www supermicro com Product page product m htm for updates on sup ported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed Manual Organization Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your motherboard box describes the features specifications and performance of the motherboard and p
60. nly S1 state is supported 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 re motely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboards have a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability Wake On LAN must be enabled in BIOS Note that the Broadcom 1 Gb LAN port only supports the S1 suspend state Chapter 1 Introduction 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 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII accommodates ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate You should use one that will supply at least 300W of power an even higher wattage power supply is recommended for high load configurations Also your power supply must provide a 5V standby voltage that supplies at least 720 mA of current In addition 1 5A is needed for LAN1 and LAN2 NOTE Secondary 12v ATX power at J50 is necessary to support Intel Xeon CPUs Failure to provide t
61. o ti e entere tpe teret Super X58588 GM Image oerte ern niei tete Super X5SSE GM X5SSE OGMII Image eene Super X5SSs8 GMi Ay OW ccs e tet tori re eet Super X5SS8 GM Quick Reference sese Super X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII Layout eene Super X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII Quick Reference Motherboard Features rtt rere Lerner nre ber Rte ServerWorks GC SL Chipset System Block Diagram 1 12 1 2 Chipset OVBIVIBW ciet ice tno or n E Eee RR EE een aH 1 13 1 3 Special Features ATI Graphics Gonlttoller i ten eRHO UE 1 13 BIOS R6coVely rine i remo ree ene tieniti 1 13 Recovery from AC Power LOSS cececsssessssseeeeseeeeeeeeeeaeeseeaeeneseeeaes 1 13 1 4 PC HealthiMohitoring c erect ete terere cei e 1 14 1 5 ACPI Features seen nennen enne enne 1 15 1 6 Power Supply 43 nto eere nr eae n nere eti ese re rere eng 1 17 T 7 Super l O eoe o REOR OR TERR ERROR THREE ERE GE 1 17 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices Precautions renererien elei ovra n Dec ro HER PES UNPACKING eae ee qao ipe annem n verbo bec tano re e tet D 2 2 PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation eee 2 2 223 Installing DIMMS acces oett er petu Eo eerte den er eene denen 2 5 2 4 O Ports Control Panel Connectors ssssssssseseeeeeeeeene 2 6 2 5 G nriecting CableS retenta E HR Ep EP EE EER 2 8
62. oppy Configuration Floppy A Use this option to specify which of floppy drive you have installed in the A drive The settings are Disabled 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 5 1 4 720 KB 3 1 2 1 44 MB 3 1 2 and 2 88 MB 3 1 2 Floppy B Use this option to specify which of floppy drive you have installed in the B drive The settings are Disabled 360 KB 5 1 4 1 2 MB 5 1 4 720 KB 3 1 2 1 44 MB 3 1 2 and 2 88 MB 3 1 2 Floppy Drive Seek Use this option to Enable or Disable the floppy seek routine on bootup Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot This option allows the BIOS to skip certain tests that are normally perfomred on boot up You can disable the option to speed up boot time The settings are Disabled and Enabled Quiet Boot If Disabled this option will cause the normal POST messages to be dis played upon setup When Enabled the OEM logo is displayed instead of the POST messages The settings are Enabled and Disabled Add On ROM Display Mode Set this option to display add on ROM read only memory messages The settings for this option are Force BIOS and Keep Current Force BIOS allows the computer to force a third party BIOS to display during system boot Keep Current has the system display AMIBIOS information on bootup Chapter 4 BIOS BootUp Num Lock This option is used to select the status of the Number Lock function on your keyboard on bootup The settings are On and Off BootUp CPU Speed Th
63. ory Timing Control Manual Act to Deact 6 Clks Act to Read Write 2 Clks RAS Precharge Time 2 Clks RA Cycle Time 6 Clks SDRAM CAS Latency CAS Latency 2 5 RAS Time Recycle after Refresh 10 Clks MPS 1 4 Support Enabled Hyper threading Enabled Watch Dog Timer Disabled Auto DQS Setting Support Disabled DQS Selection 16 Spread Spectrum Disabled Memory Enhance Mapping Enabled Options for MCH Select Screen TL Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen Fl General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V02 03 C Copyright 1985 2002 American Megatrends Inc Memory Timing Control Determines how the memory timing is controlled Auto lets BIOS program the memory timing from SPD data Manual allows the user to select the appropriate memory timing Act to Deact The settings are 5 Clks and 6 Clks Act to Read Write The settings are 2 Clks and 3 Clks RAS Precharge Time This determines the duration of the time interval during which the Row Address Strobe signal to a DRAM is held low during normal Read and Write Cycles The settings are 2 Clks and 3 Clks 4 15 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual RAS Cycle Time This determines the cycle time of a Row Address Strobe The settings are 6 Clks 7 Clks 8 Clks and 9 Clks SDRAM CAS Latency This sets the CAS latency for system memory The default setting is CAS Latency 2 5 RAS Cycle Time after Refresh This determines the amount
64. ose which will not allow the system to continue the boot up procedure f a fatal error occurs you should consult with your System manufacturer for possible repairs These fatal errors are usually communicated through a series of audible beeps The numbers on the fatal error list on the following page correspond to the number of beeps for the corresponding error All errors listed with the exception of Beep Code 8 are fatal errors A 1 BIOS Error Beep Codes Beeps Error Message Description 1 beep Refresh Circuits have been reset Ready to power up 1 long 5 short Memory error No memory detected in system beeps 1 long 8 short Display memory Video adapter missing or with beeps read write error faulty memory A 1 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Notes A2 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes When BIOS performs the Power On Self Test it writes checkpoint codes to I O port 0080h If the computer cannot complete the boot process diagnostic equipment can be attached to the computer to read I O port 0080h B 1 Uncompressed Initialization Codes The uncompressed initialization checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution Checkpoint DOh Dih D3h D4h D5h D6h Code Description The NMI is disabled Power on delay is starting Next the initialization code checksum will be verified Initializing the DMA controller performing the keyboard controller BAT
65. ound and verified Checking for a soft reset and clearing the memory below 1 MB for the soft reset next If this is a power on situation going to checkpoint 4Eh next The memory below 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Clearing the memory above 1 MB next The memory above 1 MB has been cleared via a soft reset Saving the memory size next Going to checkpoint 52h next The memory test started but not as the result of a soft reset Displaying the first 64 KB memory size next The memory size display has started The display is updated during the memory test Performing the sequential and random memory test next The memory below 1 MB has been tested and initialized Adjusting the displayed memory size for relocation and shadowing next The memory size display was adjusted for relocation and shadow ing Testing the memory above 1 MB next The memory above 1 MB has been tested and initialized Saving the memory size information next The memory size information and the CPU registers are saved Entering real mode next Shutdown was successful The CPU is in real mode Disabling the Gate A20 line parity and the NMI next The A20 address line parity and the NMI are disabled Adjusting the memory size depending on relocation and shadowing next The memory size was adjusted for relocation and shadowing Clearing the Hit DEL message next The Hit DEL message is cleared The WAIT message is displayed Starting the DMA a
66. rd controller BAT command result has been verified Next performing any necessary initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test The initialization after the keyboard controller BAT command test is done The keyboard command byie is written next The keyboard controller command byte is written Next issuing the Pin 23 and 24 blocking and unblocking command Next checking if lt End or lt Ins gt keys were pressed during power on Initializing CMOS RAM if the Initialize CMOS RAM in every boot AMIBIOS POST option was set in AMIBCP or the lt End gt key was pressed Next disabling DMA controllers 1 and 2 and interrupt controllers 1 and 2 The video display has been disabled Port B has been initialized Next initializing the chipset The 8254 timer test will begin next The 8254 timer test is over Starting the memory refresh test next The memory refresh line is toggling Checking the 15 second on off time next Passing control to the video ROM to perform any required configu ration before the video ROM test All necessary processing before passing control to the video ROM is done Looking for the video ROM next and passing control to it The video ROM has returned control to BIOS POST Performing any required processing after the video ROM had control Reading the 8042 input port and disabling the MEGAKEY Green PC feature next Making the BIOS code segment writable and performing any necessary configuration before in
67. rovides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 begins with instructions on handling static sensitive devices Read this chapter when you want to install the processor and DIMM memory modules and when mounting the mainboard in the chassis Also refer to this chapter to connect the floppy and hard disk drives SCSI drives the IDE interfaces the parallel and serial ports the front control panel functions the speaker and the keyboard If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes trouble shooting procedures for the video the memory and the setup configuration stored in CMOS For quick reference a general FAQ Frequently Asked Questions section is provided Instructions are also included for contact ing technical support n addition you can visit our web site at www supermicro com techsupport htm for more detailed information Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed informa tion on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A gives information on BIOS error beep codes Appendix B provides POST checkpoint codes SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Table of Contents Preface About his Martial cote viride er alive edid iii Manial Grgablzatioli cent e eon fco dete ep aes esie iii Chapter 1 Introduction TT Overvie W ueste acte e HER rete n Rb a ee pe dre verd 1 1 GheckKliStiss n seo thee cases tes OA e ALD a TUE Contacting SUPeIMIChO win 2 ec
68. s menu The following Super IO Configuration screen will appear Here you can select your options for the your computer s I O Input Output devices 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Configure Winbond627F Serial Port s and Parallel P Serial Portl Address 3F8 Serial Port1 IRQ 4 Serial Port2 Address 2F8 Serial Port2 IRQ Serial Port2 Mode Normal Parallel Port Address 378 Parallel Port IRQ 7 Parallel Port Mode ECP ECP Mode DMA Channel Select Screen Tl Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit V07 00 C Copyright 1985 2001 American Megatrends Inc The Super IO Configuration includes the following items Serial Port 1 Address This option specifies the base I O port address of serial port 1 The set tings for this item include Disabled 3F8 and 3E8 and 2E8 Select the de sired setting and then press Enter Serial Port 1 IRQ This option specifies the Interrupt Request address of serial port 1 The settings for this item include Disabled 4 and 3 Serial Port 2 Address This option specifies the base I O port address of serial port 2 The settings for this item include Disabled 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Serial Port 2 IRQ This option specifies the Interrupt Request address of serial port 2 The settings for this item include Disabled 4 and 3 4 5 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual
69. se J33 Processor Power DDR4 USBO 1 J50 DDR3 cou DDR2 JP19 J DORI Parallel Port J29 VOA u North 8 Bridge uis VAN PoR JP11 WOL CPU CHSFan CRi J8 JP15 I BATTERY JP13 Gb LAN Port Jup22 Me JBT1 oo um JP16 CHS Fan an ueso ual JF2 JF1 CPU Fan g Broadcom di li LAN 64 bit 33 MHz PCI 1 Q Controller o L caen 64 bit 33 MHz PCI 2 e tc u 64 bit 33 MHz PCI 3 2 o 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 4 South Bridge BIOS Rage XL swm IDE Jas 32 bit 33 MHz PCI 5 mm p C uP20 USBZ FLOPPY Notes 1 DIP Switch 1 sets the processor speed see Section 2 7 Jumpers not noted are for test purposes only 2 The X5SSE GM supports CPUs up to 3 06 MHz and the X5SSE GMII supports CPUs up to 3 20 MHz Also see Chapter 2 for the locations of the I O ports and Front Control Panel JF1 JF2 connectors and for details on jumper settings and pin definitions 1 8 Chapter 1 Introduction X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JP9 VGA Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JP10 Mb LAN Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled JP15 Fan Status Select Open OH Condition JP19 Watch Dog Enable Disable Open Disabled JP20 Main Power Override Off Normal JP22 System Bus Speed Select Pins 1 2 Auto JP27 Gb LAN Enable Disable Pins 1 2 Enabled Switch Description DIP Switch 1 Processor Speed Connector Description COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 Seria
70. ta structures while providing a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows 2000 Microsoft OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for a PC that is always on but appears to be off and responds immediately to user or other re quests SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on 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 re quired circuitry in the system alive In case the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power just depress and hold the power button for 4 seconds 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 SoftOff state o
71. tem configuration that was sold to you 1 Refer to the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Ques tion FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site before contacting Technical Support http www supermicro com 32 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting TECHSUPPORT TechSupport htm 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com TECHSUPPORT BIOS bios htm Note Not all BIOS can be flashed depending on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when contacting Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial display when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com 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 by fax at 408 503 8019 or by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What are the various types of memory that the X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII motherboard can support Answer The X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII has four 184 pin DIMM slots that support up to 4 GB of ECC registered DD
72. test starting memory refresh and entering 4 GB flat mode next Starting memory sizing next Returning to real mode Executing any OEM patches and setting the Stack next Passing control to the uncompressed code in shadow RAM at E000 0000h The initialization code is copied to segment 0 and control will be transferred to segment 0 Controlis in segment 0 Next checking if lt Ctrl gt lt Home gt was pressed and verifying the system BIOS checksum If either lt Ctrl gt lt Home gt was pressed or the system BIOS checksum is bad next will go to checkpoint code EOh Otherwise going to checkpoint code D7h B 1 SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual B 2 Bootblock Recovery Codes The bootblock recovery checkpoint codes are listed in order of execution Checkpoint EOh Eth E2h E6h Edh Eeh Efh FOh Fih F2h F3h F4h F5h FBh FCh FDh FFh Code Description The onboard floppy controller if available is initialized Next beginning the base 512 KB memory test Initializing the interrupt vector table next Initializing the DMA and Interrupt controllers next Enabling the floppy drive controller and Timer IRQs Enabling internal cache memory Initializing the floppy drive Looking for a floppy diskette in drive A Reading the first sector of the diskette A read error occurred while reading the floppy drive in drive A Next searching for the AMIBOOT ROM file in the root directory The AMIBOOT ROM
73. the power using the momentary power on off switch Answer The instant power off function is controlled by a BIOS setting When the On Off feature is enabled the motherboard will have instant off capabilities as long as the BIOS has control of the system When the Standby or Suspend feature is enabled or when the BIOS is not in control such as during memory count the first screen that appears when the 34 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting System is turned on the momentary on off switch must be held for more than four seconds to shut down the system This feature is required to implement the ACPI features on the motherboard 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Shipping and handling charges will be ap plied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover dam ages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alternation misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product problems SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE
74. tion support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address SuperMicro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro n General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address SuperMicro Taiwan 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 8226 3990 ext 132 or 139 Chapter 1 Introduction Notes SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Figure 1 1 SUPER X5SS8 GM Image Chapter 1 Introduction Figure 1 2 SUPER X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII Image amp 4 A RR RR Notes 1 The X5SSE GM motherboard shares the same layout but has both a Mb and a Gb Ethernet port 2 The X5SSE GM supports CPUs up to 3 06 MHz and the X5SSE GMII supports CPUs up to 3 20 MHz SUPER X5SS8 GM X5SSE GM X5SSE GMII User s Manual Figure 1 3 SUPER X5SS8 GM Layout not drawn to scale
75. tor The parallel port is located on J29 See the table below right for pin definitions Parallel Printer Port Pin Definitions J29 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 Strobe 2 Auto Feed 3 Data Bit 0 4 Error 5 Data Bit 1 6 Init 7 Data Bit 2 8 SLCT IN 9 Data Bit 3 10 GND 11 Data Bit 4 12 GND 13 Data Bit 5 14 GND 15 Data Bit 6 16 GND 17 Data Bit 7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 GND 23 PE 24 GND 25 SLCT 26 NC 2 18 Chapter 2 Installation Floppy Connector The floppy connector is located on J28 See the table below for pin definitions Floppy Connector Pin Definitions JP28 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function 1 GND 2 FDHDIN 3 GND 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 GND 8 Index 9 GND 10 Motor Enable 11 GND 12 Drive Select B 13 GND 14 Drive Select A 15 GND 16 Motor Enable T GND 18 DIR 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 Write Data 23 GND 24 Write Gate 25 GND 26 Track 00 27 GND 28 Write Protect 29 GND 30 Read Data 31 GND 32 Side 1 Select 33 GND 34 Diskette IDE Connectors IDE Connector Pin Definitions J39 J40 J41 Pin Number Function Pin Number Function There are no jumpers to 1 Reset IDE 2 GND configure the onboard 3 Host Data 7 4 Host Data 8 5 Host Data 6 6 Host Data 9 IDE 1 2 and 3 connec 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 9 Host Data 4 10 Host Data 11 tors J39 J40 and J41 re 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 spectively See the table
76. y Write back caching is available on all CPUs supported by this BIOS With these CPUS write operations stored in the L1 cache aren t copied to main memory until absolutely necessary This is the default setting System BIOS Cacheable This option enables you to move the system BIOS to the memory cache to improve performance Settings are Enabled and Disabled 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS Event Log Configuration Event Logging This option Enables or Disables the logging of events You can use this screen to select options for the Event Log Configuration Settings You can access sub screens to view the event log and mark all events as read Use the up and down arrow keys to select an item and the plus and minus keys to change the option setting The settings are described on the following pages The screen is shown below ECC Event Logging This option Enables or Disables the logging of ECC events The events logged by AMIBIOS are post errors such as a bad BIOS floppy errors or hard drive errors Clear All Event Logs This option can be used to tell the system to clear the event log on the next boot up The settings are No and Yes View Event Log Highlighting this and pressing Enter will allow you to view the unread events from the event log area Mark All Events As Read Highlighting OK and pressing lt Enter gt will mark all events in the log area as having been read The settings are OK and Cancel
77. y required processing after the option ROM returned control Any initialization required after the option ROM test has completed Configuring the timer data area and printer base address next Set the timer and printer base addresses Setting the RS 232 base address next Returned after setting the RS 232 base address Performing any required initialization before the Coprocessor test next Required initialization before the Coprocessor test is over Initializing the Coprocessor next Coprocessor initialized Performing any required initialization after the Coprocessor test next Initialization after the Coprocessor test is complete Checking the extended keyboard keyboard ID and Num Lock key next Issuing the keyboard ID command next Displaying any soft errors next The soft error display has completed Setting the keyboard typematic rate next The keyboard typematic rate is set Programming the memory wait states next Memory wait state programming is over Clearing the screen and enabling parity and the NMI next NMI and parity enabled Performing any initialization required before passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000 next Initialization before passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h completed Passing control to the adaptor ROM at E000h next Returned from adaptor ROM at E000h control Performing any initialization required after the E000 option ROM had control next Initialization after E000 option ROM control has comp

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