Supero X5DMS-6GM User Manual

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SUPER X5DMS-6GM

USER’S MANUAL

Revision 1.0a

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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 X5DMS-6GM serverboard. The SUPER X5DMS-6GM supports
single or dual Intel® 603/604-pin XeonTM processors at up to 3.06 GHz at a
533/400 MHz front side bus. Please refer to the support section of our web
site (http://www.supermicro.com/TechSupport.htm) for a complete listing of
supported processors. This product is intended to be professionally in­stalled.

Manual Organization

Chapter 1 begins with a checklist of what should be included in your

mainboard box, describes the features, specifications and performance of
the motherboard and provides 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 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 keyboard and mouse, the power
supply and various other connections, buttons and indicators.

If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes trouble­shooting 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 contact­ing technical support. In addition, you can visit our web site (at
www.supermicro.com/techsupport.htm) for more detailed information.

Chapter 4 includes an introduction to PhoenixBIOS and provides detailed
information on running the CMOS Setup utility.

Appendix A gives information on PhoenixBIOS POST messages.

Appendix B provides PhoenixBIOS POST codes.

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About This Manual ...................................................................................................... ii i

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

Chapter 1: Introduction

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

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

Contacting Supermicro ............................................................................ 1-2

Super X5DMS-6GM Image ...................................................................... 1-3

Super X5DMS-6GM Layout .................................................................... 1-4

Super X5DMS-6GM Quick Reference ................................................... 1-5

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

Intel E7501 Chipset: System Block Diagram ........................................ 1-8

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

1-3 Special Features............................................................................................. 1-9

ATI Graphics Controller .......................................................................... 1-9

Recovery from AC Power Loss ........................................................... 1-9

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

1- 5 ACPI Features ............................................................................................... 1-11

1-6 Power Supply ............................................................................................... 1-12

1- 7 Super I/O......................................................................................................... 1-13

Chapter 2: Installation

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

Precautions............................................................................................... 2-1

Unpacking.................................................................................................. 2-1

2-2 PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation .................................................. 2-2

2-3 Installing DIMMs............................................................................................... 2-5

2- 4 I/O Ports/Control Panel Connectors ............................................................. 2-6

2-5 Connecting Cables .......................................................................................... 2-8

ATX Power Connection .......................................................................... 2-8

PWR_SEC Connection ............................................................................. 2-8

Power LED ................................................................................................. 2-8

NMI Button .................................................................................................. 2-8

Power LED ................................................................................................. 2-8

HDD LED .................................................................................................... 2-9

NIC1 LED ................................................................................................... 2-9

NIC2 LED ................................................................................................... 2-9

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Overheat LED ........................................................................................... 2-9

Power Fail Button ..................................................................................... 2-9

Reset Button ........................................................................................... 2-10

Power Button ......................................................................................... 2-10

Chassis Intrusion ................................................................................... 2-10

Universal Serial Bus (USB0/1) ............................................................ 2-10

Extra Universal Serial Bus Headers ................................................... 2-11

Serial Ports ............................................................................................. 2-11

LAN (Ethernet) Ports.............................................................................. 2-11

ATX PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports ................................................2-11

Fan Headers ........................................................................................... 2-12

Power LED/Speaker (JD1) ................................................................... 2-12

Third Power Supply Fail Header ..........................................................2-12

Keylock ..................................................................................................... 2-13

Wake-On-LAN ......................................................................................... 2-13

Wake-On-Ring ......................................................................................... 2-13

2- 6 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................ 2-14

Explanation of Jumpers ........................................................................ 2-14

CMOS Clear............................................................................................. 2-14

Main Power Override ............................................................................. 2-14

Mb LAN Enable/Disable......................................................................... 2-15

Gb LAN Enable/Disable......................................................................... 2-15

VGA Enable/Disable ............................................................................... 2-15

Third Supply Alarm Enable/Disable ...................................................... 2-15

SCSI Enable/Disable................................................................................ 2-16

SCSI Termination Enable/Disable..........................................................2-16

Watch Dog Enable/Disable .................................................................... 2-16

System Bus Speed ................................................................................. 2-17

2-7 Onboard Indicators ...................................................................................... 2-17

Gb LAN LEDs ..........................................................................................2-17

2- 8 Parallel Port, Floppy/Hard Disk Drive and SCSI Connections ............... 2-18

Parallel Port Connector ......................................................................... 2-18

Floppy Connector ................................................................................... 2-19

IDE Connectors ...................................................................................... 2-19

Ultra160 SCSI Connectors ..................................................................... 2-20

2-9 Installing Software Drivers......................................................................... 2-21

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Chapter 3: Troubleshooting

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

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

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

No Video ................................................................................................... 3-1

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

Losing the System’s Setup Configuration ........................................... 3-2

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

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

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

Chapter 4: BIOS

4- 1 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...............................................................................................4-15

4-6 Power Setup ..................................................................................................4-17

4- 7 Boot Setup...................................................................................................... 4-19

4-8 PIR Setup ........................................................................................................4-20

4-9 Exit ................................................................................................................... 4-22

Appendices:

Appendix A: BIOS POST Messages ..................................................................... A-1

Appendix B: BIOS POST Codes ............................................................................. B-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. Supermicro boards are designed with
the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in
quality and performance.

Please check that the following items have all been included with your
motherboard. If anything listed here is damaged or missing, contact your
retailer.

One (1) Supermicro Mainboard

One (1) ribbon cable for IDE devices

One (1) floppy ribbon cable

One (1) I/O backpanel shield

One (1) Supermicro CD or diskettes containing drivers and utilities

One (1) User's/BIOS Manual

Two (2) Pentium 4 Xeon active heatsinks (FAN-042, retail only)

Two (2) heatsink retention clips (SKT-095-604)

SCSI Accessories

One (1) 68-pin LVD SCSI cable

One (1) set of SCSI driver diskettes

One (1) SCSI manual

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Contacting Supermicro

Headquarters

Address: SuperMicro 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: SuperMicro 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-Pacific

Address: SuperMicro, Taiwan

D5, 4F, No. 16 Chien-Ba 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], ext.132 or 139

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Figure 1-1. SUPER X5DMS-6GM Image

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Figure 1-2. SUPER X5DMS-6GM Layout

(not drawn to scale)

The IPMI socket is an optional feature.
Jumpers not noted are for test purposes only.

CPU1 CH FAN

CPU2 CH FAN

DIMM #3B

DIMM #3A

DIMM #2B

DIMM #2A

DIMM #1B

DIMM #1A

BANK 3

BANK 2

BANK 1

ATX PWR CONN

JF2

JP36

J15

CPU 2

Keyboard
Mouse

CPU 1

Rage
XL

JP9

JP39

JP7

IDE #2

IDE #1

FLOPPY

Ultra III LVD SCSI CH B

BIOS

Battery

P64H2

JP37

MCH

AIC-7899W

ICH3

IPMI

USB2/
FPUSB0/1

Speaker

64-bit 133 MHz PCI-X #6

64-bit 66 MHz PCI-X #5

64-bit 66 MHz PCI-X #4

33 MHz PCI #3

33 MHz PCI #2

33 MHz PCI #1

WOL

COM2

JA1

JA2

JD3

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JP22

JP4

JP35

JPA2

JD1

JPA1

JP8

JP3

J9

USB 0/1

COM1

VGA

Parallel Port

Mb LAN

Gb LAN

JP40

CH FAN3

CH FAN4
CH FAN5

Ultra III LVD SCSI CH A

JBT1

J7

JOH1

JWOR1

CH FAN1

SMB

CH FAN2

JL1

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X5DMS-6GM Quick Reference

Jumper Description Default Setting

JBT1 CMOS Clear See Section 2-6
JPA1/JPA2 SCSI CH A/B Termination Open (Enabled)
JP3/JD3 Mb/Gb LAN Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JP4 VGA Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JP9 3rd P/S Fail Alarm En/Dis Open (Disabled)
JP22 SCSI Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)
JP37 Watch Dog Enable/Disable Open (Disabled)
JP39 Front Side Bus Speed Pins 1-2 (Auto)
JP40 Main Power Override Open (Normal)

Connector Description

ATX PWR CONN Primary ATX Power Connector
DIMM#1A-DIMM#3B Memory (RAM) Slots
COM1/COM2 COM1/COM2 Serial Port Connector
CPU/CHS/OH FAN CPU/Chassis/Overheat Fan Headers
Gb LAN Gb LAN (Ethernet) Port
IDE#1/IDE#2 IDE #1/#2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors
FPUSB0/1 Front Side USB0/1 Headers
J7 Parallel (Printer) Port
J9 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Ports
J15* Secondary ATX Power Connector
JA1 Ultra160 LVD SCSI CH A Connector
JA2 Ultra160 LVD SCSI CH B Connector
JD1 PWR LED Header / Speaker Header/Jumper
JF2 Front Control Panel Connector
JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header
JOH1 Overheat LED
JP7 Floppy Disk Drive Connector
JP8 Third Power Supply Fail Header
JP35 Keylock Switch Connector
JP36 3rd Power Supply Alarm Reset Switch
JWOR1 Wake-on-Ring Header
Mb LAN Mb LAN (Ethernet) Port
Speaker Onboard Speaker Header
USB2 USB2 Header
VGA VGA Display (Monitor) Port
WOL Wake-on-LAN Header

*

The Secondary 12v 8-pin power connector at J15 must also be

connected to your power supply.

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Motherboard Features

CPU

• Single or dual Intel® 603/604-pin XeonTM processors at up to 3.06 GHz

at a 533/400 MHz front side (system) bus speed.

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

• Six 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets supporting up to 12 GB of registered

ECC DDR-266/200 (PC2100/1600) DDR SDRAM

Note: Interleaved memory; requires memory modules to be installed in pairs. Do not mix
memory sizes and speeds. See Section 2-3 for details.

Chipset

• Intel E7501 chipset

Expansion Slots

• One 64-bit, 133 MHz PCI-X

• Two 64-bit, 66 MHz PCI-X

• Three 32-bit, 33 MHz PCI

BIOS

• 4 Mb Phoenix® Flash ROM

• APM 1.2, DMI 2.1, PCI 2.2, ACPI 1.0, Plug and Play (PnP), SMBIOS 2.3

PC Health Monitoring

• Onboard voltage monitors for CPU cores, chipset voltage, 3.3V, +5V,

+12V and 3.3V standby

• Fan status monitor with firmware/software on/off control

• CPU/chassis temperature monitors

• CPU fan auto-off in sleep mode

• CPU slow-down on temperature overheat

• CPU overheat LED header

• Power-up mode control for recovery from AC power loss

• Auto-switching voltage regulator for CPU core

• Chassis intrusion detection

• System resource alert

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ACPI/PC 98 Features (optional)

• Microsoft OnNow

• Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator

• Main switch override mechanism

• External modem ring-on

Onboard I/O

• AIC-7899 for dual channel Ultra160 SCSI

• Zero channel RAID slot (green PCI-X slot)

• Riser card slot (brown PCI-X slot)

• Integrated ATI Rage XL graphics controller

• Intel 82545EM Gb Ethernet controller

• Intel 82551 10/100 Mb Ethernet controller

• 2 EIDE ATA100 bus master interfaces

• 1 floppy port interface (up to 2.88 MB)

• 2 Fast UART 16550A compatible serial ports

• 1 EPP/ECP Parallel Port (Enhanced Parallel Port/Extended Capabilities
Port)

• PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard ports

• Two USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports, three USB headers (USB 1.1)

Other

• Internal/external modem ring-on

• Recovery from AC power loss control

• Wake-on-LAN (WOL)

• Console redirection

• IPMI (optional)

CD/Diskette Utilities

• BIOS flash upgrade utility

• Device drivers

Dimensions

• Extended ATX: 12" x 13.05" (304.8 x 331.5 mm)

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Figure 1-5. Intel E7501 Chipset:

System Block Diagram

Note: This is a general block diagram. Please see the previous Motherboard

Features pages for details on the features of each motherboard.

PCI-X Slot 4, 5, SCSI

MCH

533/400 MHz System Bus

266/200 MHz Memory Bus

ATA 100

Ports

P64H2

Processor 1 Processor 0

2-Channel

DDR SDRAM

PCI-X Slot 6, Gb LAN

ICH3-S

USB 1.1

Ports

SMBus

Super IO

Mb LAN

Controller

ATI

Graphics

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1-2 Chipset Overview

The Intel E7501 chipset is a high-performance chipset with a performance
and feature-set designed for mid-range, dual processor servers. The
E7501 chipset consists of four major components: the Memory Controller
Hub (MCH), the I/O Controller Hub 3 (ICH3), the PCI-X 64-bit Hub 2.0 (P64H2)
and the 82808AA Host Channel Adapter (VxB).

The MCH has four hub interfaces, one to communicate with the ICH3 and
three for high-speed I/O communications. The MCH employs a 144-bit wide
memory bus for a DDR-266 memory interface, which provides a total band­width of 3.2 GB/s. The ICH3 interface is a 266 MB/sec point-to-point con­nection using an 8-bit wide, 66 MHz base clock at a 4x data transfer rate.
The P64H2 interface is a 1 GB/s point-to-point connection using a 16-bit
wide, 66 MHz base clock at a 8x data transfer rate.

The ICH3 I/O Controller Hub provides various integrated functions, including
a two-channel UDMA100 bus master IDE controller, USB host controllers, a
System Management Bus controller and an AC'97 compliant interface.

The P64H2 PCI-X Hub provides a 16-bit connection to the MCH for high­performance IO capability and two 64-bit PCI-X interfaces.

1-3 Special Features

ATI Graphics Controller

The X5DMS-6GM has an integrated ATI video controller based on the Rage
XL graphics chip. The Rage XL fully supports sideband 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.

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 power­on state. See the Power Lost Control setting in the Advanced BIOS Setup
section (Peripheral Device Configuration) to change this setting. The de­fault setting is Always On.

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1-4 PC Health Monitoring

This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the SUPER
X5DMS-6GM. The motherboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor
chip that supports PC health monitoring.

Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Cores, Chipset
Voltage, +3.3V, +5V, +12V and +3.3V Standby

An onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously. Once a
voltage becomes unstable, a warning is given or an error message is sent
to the screen. Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the
sensitivity of the voltage monitor.

Fan Status Monitor with Firmware/Software On/Off Control

The PC health monitor can check the RPM status 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 overheat detection
logic.

CPU Fan Auto-Off in Sleep Mode

The CPU fan activates when the power is turned on. It continues to operate
when the system enters Standby mode. When in sleep mode, the CPU will
not run at full power, thereby generating less heat.

CPU Overheat LED

JOH1 is a header used to connect to a CPU overheat LED. When the CPU
temperature becomes too high, both the overheat alarm and the warning
LED are activated.

System Resource Alert

This feature is available when used with Intel's LANDesk Client Manager
(optional). 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 insuf­ficient hard drive space for saving the data, you can be alerted of the
potential problem.

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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 pro­vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout
a PC system, including its hardware, operating system and application soft­ware. This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals
such as CD-ROMs, network cards, hard disk drives and printers. This also
includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs, TVs, tele­phones and stereos.

In addition to enabling operating system-directed power management, ACPI
provides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an oper­ating system-independent interface for configuration control. ACPI lever­ages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providing a processor
architecture-independent implementation that is compatible with both Win­dows 2000 and Windows NT 5.0.

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 re­quests.

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.

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Main Switch Override Mechanism

When an ATX power supply is used, the power button can function as a
system suspend button to make the system enter a SoftOff state. The
monitor will be suspended and the hard drive will spin down. Depressing
the power button again will cause the whole system to wake-up. During
the SoftOff state, the ATX power supply provides power to keep the re­quired circuitry in the system alive. In case 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. Note that external modem
ring-on can only be used with an ATX 2.01 (or above) compliant power
supply.

Wake-On-LAN (WOL)

Wake-On-LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to re­motely power up a computer that is powered off. Remote PC setup, up­dates 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. Note that Wake­On-LAN can only be used with an ATX 2.01 (or above) compliant power
supply.

1-6 Power Supply

As with all computer products, a stable power source is necessary for
proper and reliable operation. It is even more important for processors that
have high CPU clock rates.

The SUPER X5DMS-6GM 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 400W of
power and includes the additional +12V, 8-pin power connector - an even
higher wattage power supply is recommended for high-load configurations.
Also your power supply must provide 1.5A, which is needed for the LAN

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port(s).

NOTE: Auxiliary 12v power (J15) is necessary to support Intel Xeon
CPUs. Failure to provide this 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. It must also be SSI
compliant (info at http://www.ssiforum.org/). Additionally, in areas where
noisy power transmission is present, you may choose to install a line filter
to shield the computer from noise. It is recommended that you also install a
power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges.

1-7 Super I/O

The disk drive adapter 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 selec­tion, 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.
Each UART includes a 16-byte send/receive FIFO, a programmable baud
rate generator, complete modem control capability and a processor inter­rupt system. Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to

115.2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K, 500 K,

or 1 Mb/s, which support higher speed modems.

The Super I/O supports one PC-compatible printer port (SPP), Bi-directional
Printer Port (BPP) , Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) or Extended Capabilities
Port (ECP).

The Super I/O provides functions that comply with ACPI (Advanced Con­figuration and Power Interface), which includes support of legacy and ACPI
power management through an SMI or SCI function pin. It also features
auto power management to reduce power consumption.

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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 (Ad­vanced Power Management).

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Installation

2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices

Electric-Static-Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. To pre­vent damage to your system board, it is important to handle it very carefully.
The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment
from ESD.

Precautions

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

• Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the anti­static bag.

• Handle the board by its edges only; do not touch its components, periph­eral chips, memory modules or gold contacts.

• When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.

• 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.

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.

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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.

2-2 PGA Processor and Heatsink Installation

1. Locate the following components, which are included in the shipping
package. The amounts shown are for each CPU.

Retention brackets

(2)

Clips (2)

Screws* (4)

*These screws are for mounting the
motherboard to the back panel of a
chassis that has four mounting holes
(as shown on right).

White pegs (4)

2. Insert the white pegs into the
black anchors. Do not force the
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
clicking sound indicates that the peg is
locked and secured.

Two pegs in
position

One retention bracket in
position

Black anchors (4)

For chassis that do not have four
mounting holes, use the anchor/peg
assemblies:

Anchor/peg
assemblies

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.

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5. Lift the lever on the CPU socket:

lift the lever completely or you will
damage the CPU socket when
power is applied. (Install CPU1
first.)

Socket lever

6. Install the CPU in the socket. Make sure

that pin 1 of the CPU is seated on pin 1 of
the socket (both corners are marked with a
triangle). When using only one CPU, install it
into CPU socket #1 (CPU socket #2 is auto­matically disabled if only one CPU is used).

Pin 1

4. Secure the other retention

bracket into position by
repeating Step 3.

7. Press the lever down until

you hear it *click* into the
locked position.

8. Apply the proper amount of thermal

glue to the CPU die and place the
heatsink and fan on top of the CPU.

Heatsink

9. Secure the heatsink by locking the

retention clips into their proper
position.

10. Connect the three wires of

the CPU fan to the respective CPU
fan connector.

CPU fan
connector

CPU fan
wires

Retention clip

Fan

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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.

Figure 2-1. PGA604 Socket: Empty and with Processor Installed

Warning! Make

sure you lift the
lever completely
when installing the
CPU. If the lever is
only partly raised,
damage to the
socket or CPU may
result.

Pin 1

Lever

Processor

(installed)

Notched
Corner

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Figure 2-2. Installing and Removing DIMMs

To Install: Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into

place. Pay attention to the notches.

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. Also note that the

memory is interleaved to improve performance (see step 1).

DIMM Installation (See Figure 2-2)

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

Bank 1. The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two
modules at a time, beginning with Bank 1, then Bank 2, then Bank 3.

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 X5DMS-6GM can support up to 12 GB of ECC registered DDR-266/200
(PC2100/1600) SDRAM memory. PC100/133 SDRAM is not supported.

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To Remove:

Use your thumbs to gently push near the edge of both ends of
the module. This should release it from the slot.

Parallel Port (Burgundy)

2-4 I/OPorts/Control Panel Connectors

The I/O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification.
See Figure 2-3 below for the colors and locations of the various I/O ports.

Figure 2-3. I/O Port Locations and Definitions

Mouse
(Green)

Keyboard
(Purple)

USB Ports

COM1 Port
(Turquoise)

VGA (Monitor)
Port (Blue)

Mb LAN Gb LAN

Note: COM2 is a header located on the motherboard. See the motherboard
layout pages in Chapter 1 for location.