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SUPER
X7DWE
USER’S MANUAL
Revision 1.0
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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 website at www.supermicro.com. Super Micro Computer, Inc. ("Supermicro") reserves th
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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 X7DWE motherboard. The X7DWE supports dual Intel® Quad-Core and Dual-Core Xeon™ 5400/5300/5200/5100 Series processors with a front side bus speed of up to 1.6 GHz. With two 64-bit Quad-Core and Dual-Core processors built-in, the X7DWE offers substantial functionality enhancements to the motherboards based on
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X7DWE User's Manual Warning: Important information given to ensure proper system installation or to prevent damage to the components. Note: Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure correct system setup. iv
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Preface Notes v
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X7DWE User's Manual Table of Contents Preface About This Manual ...................................................................................................... iii Manual Organization ................................................................................................... iii Conventions Used in the Manual ..................................................................................iii Chapter 1: Introduction 1-1 Overview ..............................................
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Table of Contents Reset Button ......................................................................................... 2-13 Power Button .......................................................................................... 2-13 2-5 Connecting Cables .......................................................................................... 2-14 ATX Power Connector .......................................................................... 2-14 Processor Power Connector .............
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X7DWE User's Manual No Video .................................................................................................. 3-2 Losing the System’s Setup Confi guration ................................................ 3-2 Memory Errors ........................................................................................... 3-2 3-2 Technical Support Procedures ........................................................................... 3-3 3-3 Frequently Asked Questions ................
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Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an acknowledged leader in the industry. Supermicro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance. Check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard. If anything listed here is damaged or missing, contact your retailer. The following items are included in the
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X7DWE User's Manual 1-2 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: marketing@supermicro.com (General Information) support@supermicro.com (Technical Support) Website: www.supermicro.com Europe Address: Super Micro Computer B.V. Het Sterrenbeeld 28, 5215 ML 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0) 73-6400390 Fax: +31 (0) 73-6416525 Email: sales@supermicro.nl (General
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Chapter 1: Introduction X7DWE Image Note: The drawings and pictures shown in this manual were based on the latest PCB Revision available at the time of publishing of the manual. The motherboard you’ve received may or may not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in the manual. 1-3
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X7DWE User's Manual X7DWE Motherboard Layout J17 PWRSMB LED5 JPW1 8-Pin PWR 24-Pin ATX PWR DIMM2B CPU1 DIMM2A DIMM1B DIMM1A Intel 5400 North Bridge CPU2 FAN5 JP2 FAN6 Slot7 SIMLP FAN2 FAN3 VGA Slot6 PCI-E x8 CTRL Slot5 PCI-E x8 JF1 T-SGPIO1 Slot4 PCI-E x8 T-SGPIO2 Intel ESB2 JPG1 JWD South Bridge USB4/5 Slot3 PCI-E x8 LAN J7 USB2/3 CTRL JP1 JBT USB6 JPL1 Slot 2 PCI-E x4 BIOS JI2C3 JI2C1 JPL2 JI2C2 JI2C4 J22 Slot1 PCI-X 133MHz I-SATA5 I-SATA3 I-SATA1 SPKR LE1 J18 Slot 0 PCI-U JWOL1 JPT1 I-
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Chapter 1: Introduction X7DWE Quick Reference Jumper Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear (See Section 5-10) 2 2 JI C1/JI C2 SMB to PCI Slots Open (Disabled) 2 2 JI C3/JI C4 SMB to PCI-Express Slots Open (Disabled) JPG1 VGA Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled) JPL1/JPL2 LAN1/2 Enable/Disable Pins 1-2 (Enabled) JWD Watch Dog Pins 1-2 (Reset) Connector Description COM1/COM2 COM1/COM2 Serial Port/Header FAN 1-6 Chassis/CPU Fan Headers Floppy Floppy Disk Drive Connector F/P USB2/3, 4/5, 6 Front
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X7DWE User's Manual Motherboard Features CPU ® • Dual Intel 64-bit LGA 771 Quad-Core/Dual-Core Xeon 5400/5300/5200/5100 Series processors at a front side bus speed of up to 1.6 GHz Memory • Four 240-pin DIMM sockets support up to 32 GB DDR2 FBD (Fully Buffered) ECC 800/667/533 Memory (See Section 2-3 in Chapter 2 for DIMM Slot Popu- lation.) Chipset • Intel 5400 chipset, including: the 5400 Memory Control Hub (MCH) and the Enterprise South Bridge 2 (ESB2). Expansion Slots • Four PCI-E x8
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Chapter 1: Introduction ACPI Features • Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator • Main switch override mechanism • ACPI Power Management • Keyboard Wakeup from Soft-off Onboard I/O • Intel ESB2 supports Six SATA2 ports (with RAID0, RAID1, RAID10, RAID5 sup- ported in the Windows OS Environment) • One SIMLP IPMI socket • Intel 82563 EB Gigabit Ethernet controller support dual Giga-bit LAN ports • One EIDE Ultra DMA/100 bus master interface • One fl oppy port interface • Two COM ports(1 h
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X7DWE User's Manual VRM VRM PROCESSOR#1 PROCESSOR#2 ISL6307 ISL6307 1067/1333/1600 1067/1333/1600 MT/S MT/S #3 #4 #5 #6 #0 FBD CHNL0 #0 #0 #0 PCI-EXP II x16 PORT MCH FBD CHNL1 #1,2,3,4 PCI-EXP II x16 FBD CHNL2 PORT #5,6,7,8 FBD CHNL3 POR PORT #9 ESI Gilgal PORT PORT ATA 100 RJ45 MAC MAC #4 #3 IDE CONN PHY RJ45 #2 #0 EXP. BUS PCI-E x4 EBUS CONN PORT #2 #5 AUTO FREQ. DETECT #4 AD17 #3 #1 PCI-E x4 #2 REQ0 PORT #1 #0 #0 IRQ_N0 ESB2 GNT0 3.0 Gb/S PCI-X 133 AD17 33 REQ1 #4 GNT1 #3 #2 IRQ_NB #1 P
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Chapter 1: Introduction 1-3 Chipset Overview Built upon the functionality and the capability of the 5400 chipset, the X7DWE motherboard provides the performance and feature set required for quad-proces- sor or dual-processor-based high-end systems with confi guration options opti- mized for complex storage platforms. The 5400 chipset supports single or dual Intel Quad-Core/Dual-Core Xeon 5400/5300/5200/5100 Series processor with front side bus speeds of up to 1.6 GHz. The chipset consists of t
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X7DWE User's Manual 1-4 Special Features Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system. You can choose for the system to remain powered off (in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on) or for it to automatically return to a power- on state. See the Advanced BIOS Setup section to change this setting. The default setting is Last State. 1-5 PC Health Monitoring T
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Chapter 1: Introduction CPU Overheat LED and Control This feature is available when the user enables the CPU overheat warning func- tion in the BIOS. This allows the user to defi ne an overheat temperature. When the CPU temperature passes this threshold, both the overheat fan and the warning LED are triggered. System Resource Alert This feature is available when used with Supero Doctor III in the Windows OS environment or used with Supero Doctor II in Linux. Supero Doctor is used to notify
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X7DWE User's Manual the system malfunctions and you want to turn off the power, just press 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 defi ned as
