Supermicro X7DCA-I Motherboard User Manuals

Table of Contents

• 1-1 Overview

  1
• Checklist

  1
• Contacting Supermicro

  1
• X7DCA-3/i Image

  1
• X7DCA-3/i Layout

  1
• Quick Reference

  1
• Motherboard Features

  1
• Intel 5100 Chipset: System Block Diagram

  1
• 1-2 Chipset Overview

  1
• 1-3 Special Features

  1
• 1-4 PC Health Monitoring

  1
• 1-5 ACPI Features

  1
• 1-6 Power Supply

  1
• 1-7 Super I/O

  1
• 2-1 Static-Sensitive Devices

  2
• Precautions

  2
• Unpacking

  2
• 2-2 Processor and Heatsink Installation

  2
• 2-3 Installing DIMMs

  2
• 2-4 Control Panel Connectors and IO Ports

  2
• Back Panel Connectors/IO Ports

  2
• Front Control Panel

  2
• Front Control Panel Pin Definitions

  2
• NMI Button

  2
• Power LED

  2
• HDD LED

  2
• NIC1/NIC2 LED Indicators

  2
• Overheat/Fan Fail LED

  2
• Power Fail LED

  2
• Reset Button

  2
• Power Button

  2
• 2-5 Connecting Cables

  2
• ATX Power Connector

  2
• Processor Power Connector

  2
• Universal Serial Bus (USB)

  2
• Fan Headers

  2
• Chassis Intrusion

  2
• Power Force-On

  2
• ATX PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports

  2
• Serial Ports

  2
• Wake-On-Ring

  2
• Wake-On-LAN

  2
• GLAN 1/2 (Ethernet) Ports

  2
• Power LED/Speaker Header

  2
• Alarm Reset

  2
• PWR Supply Failure/PWR Fault Detect

  2
• T-SGPIO Headers

  2
• Power SMB Connector

  2
• BP PWR SMB Connector

  2
• SAS PWR SMB Connector

  2
• PWR Fault

  2
• Overheat LED/Fan Fail

  2
• High Definition Audio

  2
• CD and Auxiliary Audio Headers

  2
• Front Panel Audio Control

  2
• 2-6 Jumper Settings

  2
• Explanation of Jumpers

  2
• GLAN Enable/Disable

  2
• CMOS Clear

  2
• Watch Dog

  2
• I C Bus to PCI Slots

  2
• SAS Enable

  2
• 2-7 Onboard Indicators

  2
• GLAN LEDs

  2
• Onboard Power LED

  2
• SAS LED Indicators

  2
• 2-8 Floppy, SIMLP IPMI and Hard Disk Drive Connections

  2
• Floppy Connector

  2
• IDE Connectors

  2
• SIMLP IPMI Slot

  2
• 3-1 Troubleshooting Procedures

  3
• Before Power On

  3
• No Power

  3
• No Video

  3
• Losing the System’s Setup Configuration

  3
• Memory Errors

  3
• 3-2 Technical Support Procedures

  3
• 3-3 Frequently Asked Questions

  3
• 3-4 Returning Merchandise for Service

  3
• 4-1 Introduction

  4
• 4-2 Running Setup

  4
• 4-3 Main BIOS Setup

  4
• 4-4 Advanced Setup

  4
• 4-5 Security Setup

  4
• 4-6 Boot Setup

  4
• 4-7 Exit

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