Supermicro X8DA3 - Manual

Supermicro X8DA3

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – Printed in the United States of America
  • Page 3 – Preface; About This Manual; iii
  • Page 4 – Contacting Supermicro; Headquarters; iv
  • Page 5 – Notes
  • Page 6 – Table of Contents
  • Page 7 – vii
  • Page 8 – viii
  • Page 9 – Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 1; Checklist; listed here is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.
  • Page 11 – X8DA3/X8DAi Motherboard Layout; Jumpers not indicated are for test purposes only.
  • Page 12 – X8DA3/X8DAi Quick Reference; supply and motherboard.
  • Page 14 – Motherboard Features; Warning
  • Page 16 – Block Diagram of the Intel 5520 Platform; This is a general block diagram. Please see the previous Mother-
  • Page 17 – -2 Chipset Overview; tions, allowing for increased bandwidth and scalability.
  • Page 18 – -3 Special Features; Recovery from AC Power Loss; Setup section to change this setting. The default setting is; Last State; -4 PC Health Monitoring; Fan Status Monitor with Firmware Control; System Health Monitoring in the Advanced section.); Environmental Temperature Control; sis temperature is too high.; :To avoid possible system overheating, please be sure to provide; System Resource Alert
  • Page 19 – Slow Blinking LED for Suspend-State Indicator; Note
  • Page 20 – : To prevent damage to your power supply or motherboard, please
  • Page 21 – Chapter 2: Installation; Chapter 2; Precautions; Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.; Unpacking
  • Page 22 – Tools Needed; -2 Motherboard Installation
  • Page 23 – -3 Processor and Heatsink Installation; Installing an LGA 1366 Processor; Socket Clip
  • Page 25 – Installing a CPU Heatsink
  • Page 26 – Removing the Heatsink
  • Page 27 – -4 Memory Installation; CAUTION; DIMM Installation; Memory Population for Optimal Performance
  • Page 28 – Memory Support; CPU used on the board.; DIMM Module Population Confi guration; : Due to OS limitations, some operating systems may not show
  • Page 29 – Installing and Removing DIMMs
  • Page 31 – Front Control Panel; following section for descriptions and pin defi nitions.; JF1 Header Pins
  • Page 32 – Front Control Panel Pin Defi nitions
  • Page 34 – Power Fail LED
  • Page 35 – Reset Button
  • Page 36 – -6 Connecting Cables; ATX Power Connector
  • Page 38 – Fan Headers; Speaker/Power LED Header
  • Page 39 – Mouse Ports; Serial Ports
  • Page 42 – SMB
  • Page 43 – CD Header/Front Panel Audio
  • Page 44 – -7 Jumper Settings; Explanation of Jumpers
  • Page 45 – CMOS Clear
  • Page 47 – SAS RAID Select
  • Page 48 – able
  • Page 49 – GLAN LEDs; -8 Onboard Indicators; Onboard Power LED
  • Page 50 – SAS LED Indicators; Two Onboard SAS LED are located at
  • Page 51 – Floppy Connector
  • Page 53 – SIMLC IPMI Slot
  • Page 55 – Chapter 3: Troubleshooting; Chapter 3; -1 Troubleshooting Procedures; Before Power On; the keyboard and mouse.; No Power; Make sure that all jumpers are set to their default positions.
  • Page 58 – -4 Returning Merchandise for Service
  • Page 59 – Starting BIOS Setup Utility; system is booting up.; setup screen. There are a few cases when other keys are used, such as; : Options printed in; Bold; are default settings.; How To Change the Confi guration Data
  • Page 60 – Starting the Setup Utility; System Time/System Date; System Time; Supermicro X8DA3/X8DAi
  • Page 62 – -3 Advanced Setup Confi gurations; BOOT Features
  • Page 63 – function as bootable devices. The options are; Power Confi guration; Use this feature to set the power state after a power outage.; Processor and Clock Options; to automatically confi gure the CPU Ratio. The options are
  • Page 67 – North Bridge Confi guration
  • Page 68 – SouthBridge Confi guration; controlled to the OS-controlled. The options are Disabled and
  • Page 69 – IDE/SATA Confi guration
  • Page 71 – PCI/PnP Confi guration; Clear NVRAM
  • Page 72 – Super IO Device Confi guration
  • Page 73 – Remote Access Confi guration
  • Page 74 – System Health; Monitor
  • Page 76 – ACPI Confi guration; power management settings for your system.
  • Page 78 – -4 Security Settings
  • Page 79 – -5 Boot Confi guration; Boot Device Priority
  • Page 80 – User’s Manual; Hard Disk Drives; st Drive
  • Page 81 – Save Changes and Exit; AMI BIOS Utility Program.; Load Optimal Defaults; performance, but may not work best for all computer applications.; Load Fail-Safe Defaults; for maximum performance.
  • Page 83 – A-1 BIOS Error Beep Codes; BIOS Error Beep Codes; Beep Code
  • Page 85 – Appendix B: Installing the Windows OS; Appendix B; B-1 Installing the Windows OS to a RAID System; and the system will start booting up from CD.
  • Page 86 – B-2 Installing the Windows OS to a Non-RAID System
  • Page 87 – Appendix C: Software Installation Instructions; Driver/Tool Installation Display Screen; : Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the; Appendix C; C-1 Installing Software Programs; to the right of these items.
  • Page 88 – Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen-I (Health Information); C-2 Confi guring Supero Doctor III; the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor III interface.; : 1 The default user name and password are ADMIN.
  • Page 89 – Supero Doctor III Interface Display Screen-II (Remote Control); : SD III Software Revision 1.0 can be downloaded from our Web
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Page 2 - Printed in the United States of America

Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer, Inc., you may not copy any part of this document. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective...

Page 3 - Preface; About This Manual; iii

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 X8DA3/ X8DAi motherboard. About This Motherboard The X8DA3/X8DAi supports the Intel 5500 Series Processor platform, the fi r...

Page 4 - Contacting Supermicro; Headquarters; iv

X8DA3/X8DAi User's Manual Contacting Supermicro Headquarters Address: Super Micro Computer, Inc. 980 Rock Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 U.S.A. Tel: +1 (408) 503-8000 Fax: +1 (408) 503-8008 Email: [email protected] (General Information) [email protected] (Technical Support) Web Site: www.superm...

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