Supermicro C2SBC-Q operation manual

C2SBC-Q

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.1b

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Manual Revision 1.1b

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Preface

About This Manual

This manual is written for system integrators, PC technician and knowledgeable

PC users. It provides information for the installation and use of the

C2SBC-Q motherboard. The C2SBC-Q supports single Core 2 Duo/Core 2 Quad

Processor with a system bus speed of 1333 MHz/1066 MHz/800 MHz. The Intel

Core 2 Duo/Core 2 Quad Processor supports the 775-Land Grid Array Package that

interfaces with the motherboard via an LGA775 socket. With support of the Dual-

Core Technology, Intel Hyper-Threading (HT) Technology, Wide Dynamic Execution,

FSB Dynamic Bus Inversion (DBI), Advanced Digital Media Boost, Smart Memory

Access, and Thermal Management 2 (TM2), the C2SBC-Q delivers unparalleled

system performance and great power efciency in a slim package. Please refer to

the motherboard specications pages on our web site (http://www.supermicro.com/

Products/) for updates on supported processors. This product is intended to be

installed and serviced by professional technicians.

Manual Organization

Chapter 1 describes the features, specications and performance of the mainboard

and provides detailed information about the chipset.

Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions. Read this chapter when in-

stalling the processor, memory modules and other hardware components into the

system. If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes trouble-

shooting procedures for video, memory and system setup stored in the CMOS.

Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on

running the CMOS Setup utility.

Appendix A provides BIOS POST Error Codes.

Appendix B lists the Windows OS Installation Instructions.

Appendix C lists Other Software Program Installation Instructions.

Preface

Conventions Used in the Manual:

Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and
to prevent damage done to the components or injury to yourself:

Warning: Important information given to ensure proper system installation,

to prevent bodily injury or damage to the components.

Note: Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to

ensure correct system setup.

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Table of Contents

Preface

About This Manual ...................................................................................................... iii

Manual Organization .................................................................................................... iii

Conventions Used in the Manual .................................................................................. iii

Chapter 1: Introduction

1-1 Overview ............................................................................................................ 1-1

Checklist ..................................................................................................... 1-1

Contacting Super Micro .............................................................................. 1-2

C2SBC-Q Image ....................................................................... 1-3

C2SBC-Q Layout ........................................................................ 1-4

C2SBC-Q Quick Reference ......................................................... 1-5

Motherboard Features .............................................................................. 1-6

Intel Q35 Chipset: System Block Diagram ................................................. 1-8

1-2 Chipset Overview ............................................................................................... 1-9

1-3 Recovery from AC Power Loss ....................................................................... 1-10

1-4 PC Health Monitoring ....................................................................................... 1-10

1-5 ACPI Features .................................................................................................... 1-10

1-6 Power Supply ................................................................................................... 1-11

1-7 Versatile Media Capabilities ............................................................................... 1-12

1-8 Super I/O ......................................................................................................... 1-12

Chapter 2: Installation

2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices .................................................................................... 2-1

2-2 Motherboard Installation ..................................................................................... 2-1

2-3 Processor and Heatsink Installation .................................................................. 2-2

2-4 Installing DIMMS ................................................................................................. 2-6

2-5 Control Panel Connectors/IO Ports .................................................................... 2-8

1. Back Panel Connectors/IO Ports ............................................................... 2-8

2. Front Control Panel ................................................................................... 2-9

3. Front Control Panel Pin Denitions ......................................................... 2-10

PWR LED ............................................................................................... 2-10

HDD LED ................................................................................................. 2-10

NIC1/NIC2 LED Indicators ..................................................................... 2-11

OH/Fan Fail LED ......................................................................................2-11

Reset Button ............................................................................................ 2-12

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PWR Button ............................................................................................. 2-12

2-6 Connecting Cables .......................................................................................... 2-13

ATX/Auxiliary Power Connectors ........................................................... 2-13

GLAN1 and GLAN2 Ports ........................................................................ 2-13

Universal Serial Bus (USB) ..................................................................... 2-14

Chassis Intrusion .................................................................................... 2-14

Fan Headers ............................................................................................. 2-15

VGA Connector ........................................................................................ 2-15

ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports ............................................ 2-16

Serial Ports ............................................................................................... 2-16

Wake-On-Ring ......................................................................................... 2-17

Wake-On-LAN .......................................................................................... 2-17

Speaker/Buzzer ........................................................................................ 2-18

System Management Bus ........................................................................ 2-18

High Denition Audio (HDA) ..................................................................... 2-19

CD Header/Auxiliary Audio Header .......................................................... 2-19

Front Panel Audio Control ........................................................................ 2-20

Power LED ............................................................................................... 2-20

2-7 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................... 2-21

Explanation of Jumpers ......................................................................... 2-21

GLAN Enable/Disable .............................................................................. 2-21

Watch Dog Enable ................................................................................... 2-22

PCI/PCI-Exp. Slots to SMB Speeds ......................................................... 2-23

Clear CMOS ............................................................................................. 2-23

IDE Enable/Disable .................................................................................. 2-24

Audio Enable ............................................................................................ 2-24

USB Wake-up ........................................................................................... 2-25

2-8 Onboard Indicators .......................................................................................... 2-26

GLAN LED Indicators ............................................................................... 2-26

Power LED ............................................................................................... 2-27

2-9 Parallel Port Connections ................................................................................ 2-28

Parallel Port Connector ............................................................................ 2-28

IDE Connector .......................................................................................... 2-29

Chapter 3: Troubleshooting

3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures .............................................................................. 3-1

Before Power On ....................................................................................... 3-1

No Power ................................................................................................... 3-1

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No Video .................................................................................................. 3-2

Memory Errors ........................................................................................... 3-2

Losing the System’s Setup Conguration ................................................ 3-2

3-2 Technical Support Procedures ........................................................................... 3-3

3-3 Frequently Asked Questions .............................................................................. 3-4

3-4 Returning Merchandise for Service .................................................................... 3-5

Chapter 4: BIOS

4-1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 4-1

4-2 Running Setup ....................................................................................................4-2

4-3 Main BIOS Setup ................................................................................................ 4-2

4-4 Advanced Setup ................................................................................................... 4-6

4-5 Security Setup .................................................................................................. 4-18

4-6 Trusted Platform Moudule (TPM)........................................................................4-20

4-7 Boot Settings ...................................................................................................... 4-21

4-8 Exit ..................................................................................................................... 4-22

Appendices:

Appendix A: BIOS POST Error Codes ......................................................................A-1

Appendix B: Installing the Windows OS ....................................................................B-1

Appendix C: Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers...................................C-1

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Chapter 1

Introduction

1-1 Overview

Checklist

Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged

leader in the industry. Super Micro boards are designed with the utmost attention to

detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance.

Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard.

If anything listed here is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.

All the following items are included in the retail box only:

One (1) Super Micro Mainboard

Six (6) SATA cables (CBL-0044L)

One (1) IDE hard drive cable (CBL-0036L-3)

One (1) Super Micro CD containing drivers and utilities

One (1) User's/BIOS Manual

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Contacting Supermicro

Headquarters

Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.

980 Rock Ave.

San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A.

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] (General Information)

[e-mail] (Technical Support)

Web Site: www.supermicro.com

Europe

Address: Super Micro Computer B.V.

Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML

's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] (General Information)

[e-mail] (Technical Support)

[e-mail] (Customer Support)

Asia-Pacic      

Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc.

4F, No. 232-1 Liancheng Road

Chung-Ho 235, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Web Site: www.supermicro.com.tw

Technical Support:

Email: [e-mail]

Tel: [phone]

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C2SBC-Q Image

Chapter 1: Introduction

Note: All pictures and drawings shown in this manual were based upon the

latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual. The

motherboard you have received may or may not look exactly the same as

those in this manual.

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FAN1

JI2C2

JWOR

JPL1

JF1

JWD
JLED

Battery

DIMM1A

DIMM2A

DIMM1B

DIMM2B

I-SATA2

I-SATA3

SPEAKER

COM1

KB/MOUSE

CPU Fan

VGA

USB

2/3/4/5

Audio

J41

LGA 775 CPU

Slot7 PCI-E x16

Slot6 PCI-33MHz

JPL2

Slot3 PCI-33MHz

Slot2 PCI-33MHz

JP2

Buzzer

Slot1 PCI-33MHz

JPUSB2

IDE

FP USB 8/9

FP USB 6/7

I-SATA4

I-SATA5

JL1

LE1

Intel Q35

Intel ICH9

Audio CTRL

CD-IN

COM4

Front Audio

W83627DHG

Printer

S I/O 1

IDE CTRL

ITE 8213

COM3

COM2

USB 10

USB 11

JWOL

I-SATA0

I-SATA1

FAN2

W83627DHG

S I/O 2

Fan3

JPUSB1

LAN 1

Slot5 PCI-E x4

Slot4 PCI-33MHz

JP5

JI2C1

JSMB

LAN 2 CTRL

LAN 1 CTRL

JBT1

USB

0/1

LAN 2

ATX Power

JF1

JP3

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Motherboard Layout

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Important Notes to the User

• Jumpers not indicated are for testing only.

• See Chapter 2 for detailed information on jumpers, I/O ports and JF1 front

panel connections.

• " " indicates the location of Pin 1.

• For RAID Conguration and OS installation instructions, please refer to the

user guides posted on our web site at www. supermicro.

Chapter 1: Introduction

C2SBC-Q Quick Reference

Jumpers Description Default Setting

JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2

JP3 TPM (See Page 4-21) Leave at Disabled

JI2C1/JI2C2 SMB to PCI Slots Open/Open (Disabled)

JP2 IDE Enabled Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JP5 Audio Enabled Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPL1/JPL2 Gigabit LAN 1/LAN 2 Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPUSB1/JPUSB2 USB 0-5 Enable/USB 6-11 Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JWD Watch Dog Timer Out Pins 1-2 (Reset)

Connectors Description

CD1 Audio CD Input Header

COM 1 COM Port 1

COM 2/3/4 Serial Port Headers 2/3/4

Fans 1-3 Fan 1: CPU Fan, Fan 2/3: Chassis Fan Headers

IDE IDE # 1 Connector

J9 Speaker Header

J12 Front Panel Audio Connector

ATX PWR/J41 ATX 24-Pin Power /12V 4-Pin Power Connectors

J46 Audio Port

JF1 FP Control Panel Header

JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header

JLED Onboard Power LED Indicator

JSMB System Management Bus (SMB) Header

JWOL Wake-on-LAN Header

JWOR Wake-on-Ring Header

LAN1/LAN2 Ethernet RJ45 (Gigabit LAN) Connectors

SATA 0-5 SATA Headers

SPKR1 Internal Buzzer

S_GPIO Serial_Link_General Purpose I/O Header

USB 0-1 (Back Panel) Universal Serial Ports

USB 2-5 (Back Panel) Universal Serial Ports

USB 6/7-8/9 (Front Panel) USB Headers

USB 10-11 Front Accessible USB Ports

VGA Video Graphics Connector

LED Indicator Description

LE1 Standby Power LED Indicator

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Motherboard Features

Processor

Single Intel Core 2 Duo/Core 2 Quad processor with a system bus speed of •

1333/1066/800 MHz

Memory

Single or dual channel non-ECC unbuffered DDR2 up to 8GB/s at 800/667 •

MH for single channel mode or dual-channel interleaved mode in four DIMM

sockets

Chipset

Intel Q35 GMCH•
ICH9DO with support for RAID 0,1,5,10 (for Windows) and RAID 0,1,10 (for •

Linux)

Expansion Slots

One (1) PCI-Express x16 •
One (1) PCI-Express x4 (x8 physical slot) •
Five (5) 32-bit PCI 33MHz •

BIOS

16 Mb Firmware SPI Phoenix BIOS Flash BIOS •  
DMI 2.3, PCI 2.2, ACPI 1.0/2.0, SMBIOS 2.3, and Plug and Play (PnP)•

PC Health Monitoring

Onboard voltage monitors for CPU Core Voltage, Memory Voltage,• +1.8V, +3.3V,

+5V standby, +5V, ±12V, Vbat (battery voltage), and Hyper-Threading.

Fan status monitor with rmware 4 pin fan speed control•

3-Phase CPU switching voltage regulator•
SuperDoctor III, Watch Dog, NMI•
Power-up mode control for recovery from AC power loss•
CPU/System overheat LED and control•
System resource alert via Supero Doctor III•
Auto-switching voltage regulator for the CPU core•
CPU Thermal Trip support•
Thermal Management 2 (TM2) support•

ACPI Features

Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator•
BIOS support for USB keyboard •

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Main switch override mechanism•
External modem ring-on•

Onboard I/O

Built in ICH9DO SATA Controller, 6 connectors for up to 6 devices•
4 Fast UART 16550 compatible serial port/header•
Intel 82566DM and Intel 82573 Gigabit Ethernet controllers •
PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard ports•
ITE-8213 IDE Controller with one IDE channel/two devices supported •
12 USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 ports •

Realtek ALC 883 7.1 Channel High Denition Audio (HDA) codecs supports 10 •

DAC Channels
Built-in GMCH and onboard VGA Connector •

Other

Wake-on-LAN (WOL)•
Wake-on-Ring (WOR)•
Suspend-to-RAM•
Onboard +5V Standby Power Warning LED ("LE1")•
Lead Free•

CD Utilities

BIOS ash upgrade utility•

Drivers and software for Intel Q35 chipset utilities •

Chapter 1: Introduction

Dimensions

ATX form factor, 12.0" x 9.6" (304.8 x 243.8 mm)•

Note:

For RAID Conguration and OS installation instructions, please refer to the

user guides posted on our web site at www. supermicro.com.

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LGA775_PROCESSOR

ICH9DO

MS.KB.

PRN.

VRM 11.0

ADDR

CTRL CTRL

ADDR

DATADATA

LPC

PCI_32

DDR2_800/667

VRM V11.0

DMI

1# PCI_x32

DIMM_CHA

S-ATA/300

6x SATAII

CK505 CLK

1 PCIE_x16

GRAPHIC

Q35 GMCH

DIMM_CHB

PORTS

PCIE_x16

INTEGRATED

GRAPHIC

Super I/O-1

W83627DHG

7.1-CH
HD_AUDIO

FSB: 1333/1066/800 MHz

USB2.0/1.1

HD-A

BEARLAKE-Q

NINEVEH

82566 G_LAN

PCIE_x1

RJ45 PORT1

HD_AUDIO
PORT 1X3

Drives 3 PCI

PCI_32

PCI_Arbiter

COM 1, 2

COM 3, 4

82573

Super I/O-2

W83627DHG

PCI_32

ITE 8213

1 ch IDE

PCIE_x1

2# PCI_x32

4# PCI_x32

3# PCI_x32

6# PCI_x32

PCIE_x4

5# PCIE_x 4

RJ45 PORT2

2 USB

(On board)

4 USB Port

(2 headers)

7# PCI_Ex16

6 USB (Back panel)

Block Diagram

C2SBC-Q

System Block Diagram

Note: This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent

the features on your motherboard. See the following pages for the

actual specications of each motherboard.

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Chapter 1: Introduction

1-2 Chipset Overview

The Intel Q35 Chipset is specially designed for use with Intel Core 2 Duo and Quad

core processors. It consists of two primary components: the Graphic Memory Con-

troller Hub (GMCH) and the I/O Controller Hub (ICH9). The GMCH manages the

data ow between the CPU interface, the System Memory interface, the External

Graphics interface, and the I/O Controller through the Direct Media Interface (DMI).

The ICH9DO provides a multitude of I/O related functions.

Graphic Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)

Utilizing a single LGA 775 socket processor, the Q35 GMCH supports an FSB

frequency of 1333/1066/800 MHz. Host-initiated I/O cycles are decoded to the PCI-

Express, the DMI, or the GMCH conguration space. Host-initiated memory cycles

are decoded to PCI-Express, DMI or system memory. The GMCH supports 36-bit

host bus addressing and a cache line size of 64 bytes.

The GMCH supports one or two channels of DDR2 memory with up to two DIMMs

per channel with a maximum bandwidth of 6.4 GB/s in asymmetric mode or 12.8

GB/s in symmetric mode using DDR2 800 MHz memory. It also supports an op-

portunistic refresh scheme, a memory thermal management scheme and Partial

Writes to Memory using Data Mask (DM) signals.

The GMCH contains one PCI-Express x16 port intended for an external PCI-Express

graphics card that is compatible with the PCI Express Base Specication revision

1.1. This PCI-E x16 port runs at a frequency of 2.5 GB/s on each lane and supports

a maximum theoretical bandwidth of 40 GB/s in each direction for an aggregate of

8 GB/s @ x16. It supports traditional PCI-/AGP-style trafc and a PCI Enhanced

Addressing Mechanism with advanced capabilities in automatic discovery, negotia-

tion and training of link out of reset.

Providing the high-speed, chip-to-chip connection between the GMCH and ICH9DO

is the Direct Media Interface (DMI). The DMI integrates advanced priority-based

servicing, allowing for concurrent trafc, true isochronous transfer capabilities and

permitting current as well as legacy software to function seamlessly.

Intel ICH9DO System Features

The Intel 9th Generation I/O Controller Hub (ICH9DO) supports a variety of I/O

related functions and PCI devices, including the following:

DMI-to PCI Bridge•

LPC Controller•

SATA Controllers #1 and #2•

Thermal Subsystem•

SMBus Controller•

USB FS/LS UHCI Controllers #1, #2 and #3•

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1-3 Recovery from AC Power Loss

BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when

AC power is lost and then restored to the system. You can choose for the system

to remain powered off (in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back

on) or for it to automatically return to a power on state. See the Power Lost Control

setting in the BIOS chapter of this manual to change this setting. The default set-

ting is Last State.

1-4 PC Health Monitoring

This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the C2SBC-Q. The

motherboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC

health monitoring.

The onboard voltage monitor will scan the Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU

Core, +1.8V, +3.3V, +5V standby, +5V, Vbat and ±12V continuously. Once a voltage

becomes unstable, it will give a warning or send an error message to the screen.

Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to dene the sensitivity of the voltage moni-

tor by using SuperO Doctor III.

1-5 ACPI Features

ACPI stands for Advanced Conguration and Power Interface. The ACPI specica-

tion denes a exible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard

to integrate power management features throughout a PC system, including its

hardware, operating system and application software. This enables the system to

automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD-ROMs, network cards, hard

disk drives and printers. This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC

such as VCRs, TVs, telephones and stereos.

In addition to enabling operating system-directed power management, ACPI pro-

vides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating- sys-

tem-independent interface for conguration control. ACPI leverages the Plug and

Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor architecture-independent

implementation that is compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003,

Windows 2003 Servers.

Enhanced Power Management

The onboard ICH9DO chip provides advanced power management functions that

will greatly improve the performance of various low-power (suspend) states and en-

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hance clock control. A hardware-based component provides software-independent

thermal management that is compatible with the ACPI Revision 3.0a.

Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator

When the CPU goes into a suspend state, the chassis power LED will start blinking

to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode. When the user presses any key, the

CPU will wake-up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on.

BIOS Support for USB Keyboard

If the USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system, it will function like a normal

keyboard during system boot-up.

Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

Wake-On-LAN is dened as the ability of a management application to remotely

power up a computer that is powered off. Remote PC setup, up-dates and asset

tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN trafc is kept

to a minimum and users are not interrupted. The motherboard has a 3-pin header

(WOL) to connect to the 3-pin header on a Network Interface Card (NIC) that has

WOL capability. In addition, an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL

without any connection to the WOL header. The 3-pin WOL header is to be used

with a LAN add-on card only.

Note: Wake-On-LAN requires an ATX 2.01 (or above) compliant power

supply.

1-6 Power Supply

As with all computer products, a stable power source is necessary for proper and

reliable operation. It is even more important for processors that have high CPU

clock rates of 1 GHz and faster.

The C2SBC-Q accommodates 12V ATX power supplies. Although most

power supplies generally meet the specications required by the CPU, some are in-

adequate. A 2A of current supply on a 5V Standby rail is strongly recommended.

It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets

12V ATX power supply Specication 1.1 or above. It is also required that the 12V

4-pin power connection (J41) be used for high-load congurations. In areas where

noisy power transmission is present, you may choose to install a line lter 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.

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1-7 Versatile Media Capabilities

HighDenitionAudio

The High Denition Audio Controller embedded in the ICH9DO delivers up to four

codecs that can be used for different types of codecs, such as audio and modem

codecs. Operating at 3.3V or 1.5V, the embedded Audio Controller supports a

multi-channel audio stream, 32-bit sample depth, up to 192 kHz of same rate, and

can be used with a variety of microphones for input. With these versatile audio

capabilities built in, the C2SBC-Q provides the user with a state of the art audio

experience that is larger than life.

I/O Virtualization Technology (VT-d)

With the Intel ICH9DO built in, the C2SBC-Q supports I/O Virtualization Technology

(VT-d) that enables multiple operating systems and applications to run in indepen-

dent partitions. Each partition uses its own subset of host physical memory, and

behaves like a virtual machine (VM), providing isolation and protection across

multiple partitions. This feature is available when a processor that supports the

virtualization of platforms is installed on the motherboard.

1-8 Super I/O

The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I/O chip include a data separator,

write pre-compensation circuitry, decode logic, data rate selection, a clock genera-

tor, drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic. The wide range of

functions integrated onto the Super I/O greatly reduces the number of components

required for interfacing with oppy disk drives. The Super I/O supports two 360 K,

720 K, 1.2 M, 1.44 M or 2.88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb/s,

500 Kb/s or 1 Mb/s.

It also provides two high-speed, 16550 compatible serial communication ports

(UARTs). Each UART includes a 16-byte send/receive FIFO, a programmable baud

rate generator, complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt sys-

tem. Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115.2 Kbps as well

as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K, 500 K, or 1 Mb/s, which support

higher speed modems.

The Super I/O provides functions that comply with the ACPI (Advanced Congura-

tion and Power Interface), which includes support of legacy and ACPI power man-

agement through a SMI or SCI function pin. It also features auto power management

to reduce power consumption.

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Chapter 2

Installation

2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices

Electro-static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent dam-

age to your system board, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following

measures are generally sufcient to protect your equipment from ESD.

Precautions

Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge. Touch a •

grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag.
Handle the board by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral •

chips, memory modules or gold contacts.
When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.•
Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in •

use.
For grounding purposes, make sure your computer chassis provides excellent •

conductivity between the power supply, the case, the mounting fasteners and

the motherboard.
Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specied by the manu-•

facturer. Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explo-

sion.

Unpacking

The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage. When

unpacking the board, make sure the person handling it is static protected.

2-2 Motherboard Installation

Note: Be sure to mount the motherboard into the chassis before you install the

CPU onto the motherboard.

All motherboards have standard mounting holes to t different types of chassis.

Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both motherboard and

chassis match. Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly.

Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray.

(Caution: 1. Please do not use a force greater than 8 lb/inch on each mounting

screw during motherboard installation. 2. Some components are very close to the

mounting holes. Please take precautionary measures to prevent damage to these

components when installing the motherboard to the chassis.)

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2-3 Processor and Heatsink Installation

Warning: When handling the processor package, avoid placing direct

pressure on the label area of the fan.

Notes:

1. Always connect the power cord last and always remove it before add-

ing, removing or changing any hardware components. Make sure that you

install the processor into the CPU LGA 775 socket before you install the

CPU heatsink.

2. The Intel LGA 775 Processor package contains the CPU fan and

heatsink assembly. If you buy a CPU separately, make sure that you use

only Intel-certied multi-directional heatsink and fan.

4. Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install

the CPU heatsink and fan.

5. When receiving a motherboard with an LGA 775 Processor pre-installed,

make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins

are bent; otherwise, contact the retailer immediately. Refer to the MB

Features Section for more details on CPU support.

Installing an LGA 775 Processor

1. Pr ess th e lo ad lev er to

release the load plate, which

covers the CPU socket, from

its locking position.

2. Gently lift the load lever to

open the load plate.

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PnP Cap on

top of the

Load Plate

Load Lever

Load Plate

(with PnP Cap

attached)

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3. Use your thumb and your index n-

ger to hold the CPU at the top center

edge and the bottom center edge of

the CPU.

4. Align CPU Pin1 (the CPU corner

marked with a triangle) against the

socket corner that is marked with a

triangle cutout.

5. Align the CPU k ey tha t is the

semi-circle cutout below a golden dot

against the socket key, the Notch on

the same side of the triangle cutout

on the socket.

6. Once aligned, carefully lower the

CPU straight down to the so cket.

(Do not drop the CPU on the socket.

Do not move the CPU horizontally or

vertically. Do not rub the CPU against

the surface or against any pins of the

socket to avoid damage to the CPU

or the socket.)

7. With the CPU inside the socket,

inspect the four corners of the CPU

to make sure that the CPU is properly

installed.

Socket Key

(Socket Notch)

CPU Key (semi-

circle cutout)

below the circle.

Corner with a

triangle cutout

Load Lever

Top Center Edge

Bottom Center Edge

golden dot

CPU Pin1

8. Use your thumb to gently push the

load lever down to the lever lock.

9. If the CPU is properly installed into

the socket, the plastic PnP cap will be

automatically released from the load

plate when the load lever is pushed

in the lever lock. Remove the PnP cap

from the motherboard.

Warning: Please save the plastic

PnP cap. The motherboard must be

shipped with the PnP cap properly

installed to protect the CPU socket

pins. Shipment without the PnP cap

properly installed will cause dam-

age to the socket pins.

CPU in the CPU socket

Plastic cap

is released

from the

load plate

if CPU

properly

installed.

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Installing the Heatsink

1. Locate the CPU Fan on the mother-

board. (Refer to the layout on the right

for the CPU Fan location.)

2. Position the heatsink in such a way

that the heatsink fan wires are closest

to the CPU fan and are not interfered

with other components.

3. Inspect the CPU Fan wires to make

sure that the wires are routed through

the bottom of the heatsink.

4. Remove the thin layer of the protec-

tive lm from the copper core of the

heatsink.

Warning: CPU overheating may

occur if the protective lm is not

removed from the heatsink.

5. Apply the proper amount of thermal

grease on the CPU.

Note: if your heatsink came with

a thermal pad, pl ea se ignore

this step.)

Thermal Grease

CPU

Fan Wires

6. If necessary, rearrange the wires

to make sure that the wires are not

pinched between the heatsink and the

CPU. Also make sure to keep clear-

ance between the fan wires and the

ns of the heatsink.

7. Align the four heatsink fasten-

ers with the mounting holes on the

motherboard. Gently push the pairs of

diagonal fasteners (#1 & #2, and #3 &

#4) into the mounting holes until you

hear a click.

Note: Make sure to orient each

fastener in a way that the nar-

row end of the groove is point-

ing outward.

Heatsink Fins

#4

2-4

Heatsink

Fastener

#1

#3

#2

Narrow end of the groove

points outward

8. Repeat Step 6 to insert all four heatsink

fasteners into the mounting holes.

9. Once all four fasteners are securely insert-

ed into the mounting holes and the heatsink

is properly installed on the motherboard, con-

nect the heatsink fan wires to the CPU Fan

connector.

Removing the Heatsink

1. Unplug the power cord from the power

supply.

2. Disconnect the heatsink fan wires from the

CPU fan header.

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3. Use your nger tips to gently press on the

fastener cap and turn it counterclockwise to

make a 1/4 (900) turn, and then pull the fas-

tener upward to loosen it.

4. Repeat Step 3 to loosen all fasteners from

the mounting holes.

5. With all fasteners loosened, remove the

heatsink from the CPU.

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2-4 Installing DIMMs

Note: Check the Supermicro web site for recommended memory modules.

Warning: Exercise extreme care when installing or removing

DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage. Also note that

the memory is interleaved to improve performance. (See step

1).

DIMM Installation

1. Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots, starting with

DIMM1A. The memory scheme is interleaved; therefore, we recommend that

you install two modules at a time, beginning with DIMM1A, DIMM1B, then,

DIMM2A and DIMM2B

2. Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot. Pay attention to the notch along

the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly.

3. Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot.

Repeat for all modules. (See step 1 above).

Memory Support

The C2SBC-Q supports up to 8 GB Unbuffered Non-ECC DDR2 800/677 MHz in

4 DIMMs. Populating DIMM1A,DIMM1B, and/or DIMM2A, DIMM2B with memory

modules of the same size and of the same type will result in dual channel, two-

way interleaved memory which is faster than the single channel, non-interleaved

memory.

Notes:

1. Due to the OS limitations, some operating systems may not show more

than 4GB of memory.

2. Both Unbuffered ECC and Non-ECC memory modules can be installed in

the memory slots. However, the functionality of ECC is not supported by the

chipset.

3. Due to memory allocation to system devices, memory remaining available

for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used. The reduction

in memory availability is disproportional. (Refer to the following Memory Avail-

ability Table for details.) For Microsoft Windows users: Microsoft implemented

a design change in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Windows

Vista. This change is specic to the Physical Address Extension (PAE) mode

behavior which improves driver compatibility. For more information, please

read the following article at Microsoft’s Knowledge Base website at: http://

support.microsoft.com/kb/888137.

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Possible System Memory Allocation & Availability

Chapter 2: Installation

System Device Size Physical Memory

Firmware Hub ash memory (System

BIOS)

Local APIC 4 KB 3.99

Area Reserved for the chipset 2 MB 3.99

I/O APIC (4 Kbytes) 4 KB 3.99

PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3.76

PCI Express (256 MB) 256 MB 3.51

PCI Enumeration Area 2 (if needed)

-Aligned on 256-MB boundary-

VGA Memory 16 MB 2.85

TSEG 1 MB 2.84

Memory available to OS and other ap­plications

To Install:
Insert module verti­cally and press down
until it snaps into
place. Pay attention
to the notch.

To Remove:
Use your thumbs to
gently push each
release tab outward
to release the DIMM
from the slot.

Remaining (-Available)
(4 GB Total System Memory)

1 MB 3.99

512 MB 3.01

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Installing and Removing DIMMs

Notch

Front View

Note: Notch should align

Release Tab

wit h the rec ep tiv e ke y
point on the slot.

Notch

Release Tab

Top View of DDR2 Slot

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FAN1

JI2C2

JWOR

JPL1

JF1

JWD
JLED

Battery

DIMM1A

DIMM2A

DIMM1B

DIMM2B

I-SATA2

I-SATA3

SPEAKER

COM1

KB/MOUSE

CPU Fan

VGA

USB

2/3/4/5

Audio

J41

LGA 775 CPU

Slot7 PCI-E x16

Slot6 PCI-33MHz

JPL2

Slot3 PCI-33MHz

Slot2 PCI-33MHz

JP2

Buzzer

Slot1 PCI-33MHz

JPUSB2

IDE

FP USB 8/9

FP USB 6/7

I-SATA4

I-SATA5

JL1

LE1

Intel Q35

Intel ICH9

Audio CTRL

CD-IN

COM4

Front Audio

W83627DHG

Printer

S I/O 1

IDE CTRL

ITE 8213

COM3

COM2

USB 10

USB 11

JWOL

I-SATA0

I-SATA1

FAN2

W83627DHG

S I/O 2

Fan3

JPUSB1

LAN 1

Slot5 PCI-E x4

Slot4 PCI-33MHz

JP5

JI2C1

JSMB

LAN 2 CTRL

LAN 1 CTRL

JBT1

USB

0/1

LAN 2

ATX Power

C2SBC-Q

2-5 Control Panel Connectors/IO Ports

The I/O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specication. See the

graphics below for the colors and locations of the various I/O ports.

1. Back Panel Connectors/IO Ports

8

2

4

1

3

7

11

10

6

5

9

12

15

14

13

BackPanelI/OPort LocationsandDenitions

Back Panel Connectors

1. Keyboard (Purple)

2. PS/2 Mouse (Green)

3. COM 1

4. VGA

5. USB Port 0

6. USB Port 1

7. USB Port 2

8. USB Port 3

9. USB Port 4

10. USB Port 5

11. Gigabit LAN 1

12. Gigabit LAN 2

13. Microphone-In (Pink)

14. Front (Green)

15. Line-In (Blue)

(See Section 2-5 for details.)

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FAN1

JI2C2

JWOR

JPL1

JF1

JWD
JLED

Battery

DIMM1A

DIMM2A

DIMM1B

DIMM2B

I-SATA2

I-SATA3

SPEAKER

COM1

KB/MOUSE

CPU Fan

VGA

USB

2/3/4/5

Audio

J41

LGA 775 CPU

Slot7 PCI-E x16

Slot6 PCI-33MHz

JPL2

Slot3 PCI-33MHz

Slot2 PCI-33MHz

JP2

Buzzer

Slot1 PCI-33MHz

JPUSB2

IDE

FP USB 8/9

FP USB 6/7

I-SATA4

I-SATA5

JL1

LE1

Intel Q35

Intel ICH9

Audio CTRL

CD-IN

COM4

Front Audio

W83627DHG

Printer

S I/O 1

IDE CTRL

ITE 8213

COM3

COM2

USB 10

USB 11

JWOL

I-SATA0

I-SATA1

FAN2

W83627DHG

S I/O 2

Fan3

JPUSB1

LAN 1

Slot5 PCI-E x4

Slot4 PCI-33MHz

JP5

JI2C1

JSMB

LAN 2 CTRL

LAN 1 CTRL

JBT1

USB

0/1

LAN 2

ATX Power

C2SBC-Q

Power Button

OH/Fan Fail LED

1

NIC1 LED

Reset Button

2

HDD LED

Power LED

LED_Anode+

LED_Anode+

LED_Anode+

LED_Anode+

Ground

Ground

NIC2 LED

X

X

LED_Anode+

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2. Front Control Panel

JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally located

on a control panel at the front of the chassis. These connectors are designed speci-

cally for use with Super Micro server chassis. See graphics for the descriptions of

the various control panel buttons and LED indicators. Refer to the following section

for descriptions and pin denitions.

JF1 Header Pins

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