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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
X7QC3/X7QCE motherboard. The X7QC3/X7QCE supports
four Intel® Xeon 7300/7200 Quad-Core/Dual-Core processors with a front side bus
speed of 1.066 GHz. With four Xeon 7300/7200 processors built in, the X7QC3/
X7QCE offers superior computing performance, system reliability and power effi -
ciency optimized for embedded, storage, and communications platforms. The fea-
tures supported by this motherboard include the Extended Memory 64 Technology
(EM64T), large Integrated L2 cache capacity (of up to 8 MB), DBS (Demand-Based
Switching) with Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, Enhanced Reliability and
Manageability, Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSE3) Instructions, and Intel Execute
Disable Bit Features. The X7QC3/X7QCE offers a superb solution for intensive,
complex I/O environments, and is ideal for cost-effective, heterogeneous system
integration. Please refer to the motherboard specifi cations pages on our web site
(http://www.supermicro.com/products) for updates on supported processors. This
product is intended to be professionally installed.
Manual Organization
Chapter 1 describes the features, specifi cations and performance of the mainboard
and provides detailed information about the chipset.
Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions. Read this chapter when
installing the processor, memory modules and other hardware components into
the system.
If you encounter any problems, see Chapter 3, which describes troubleshooting
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 Codes. Appendix B and Appendix C list
HostRAID Setup Guidelines and Other Software Driver and Program Installation
Instructions.
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:
Danger/Caution: Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic
system failure or to avoid bodily injury.
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 cor-
rect system setup.
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Preface
- SUPER 1
- Preface 3
- Table of Contents 4
- Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 6
- Chapter 4: BIOS 6
- Appendices: 6
- Chapter 1 7
- Introduction 7
- Contacting Supermicro 8
- Quick Reference X7QC3/X7QCE 11
- Motherboard Features 12
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- 1-2 Chipset Overview 15
- 1-3 Special Features 16
- 1-4 PC Health Monitoring 16
- 1-5 ACPI Features 17
- 1-7 Super I/O 18
- 1-6 Power Supply 18
- Chapter 1: Introduction 19
- Chapter 2 21
- Installation 21
- Installation Procedures 22
- Warning! Make 23
- To Uninstall the Heatsink 24
- Memory Support 25
- Back Panel Connectors 27
- B. Front Control Panel 28
- Power LED 29
- NMI Button 29
- NIC1/NIC2 LED Indicators 30
- Overheat/Fan Fail LED (OH) 31
- Power Fail LED 31
- Power Button 32
- Reset Button 32
- 2-5 Connecting Cables 33
- Universal Serial Bus (USB) 34
- Chassis Intrusion 34
- Fan Headers 35
- . The default setting is 35
- ATX PS/2 Keyboard and 36
- PS/2 Mouse Ports 36
- Serial Ports 36
- Wake-On-Ring 37
- Wake-On-LAN 37
- Power LED/Speaker 38
- GLAN 1/2 (Gigabit Ethernet 38
- VGA Connector 39
- SGPIO Header 39
- Power SMB (I 40
- C) Connector 40
- Alarm Reset 40
- Overheat LED/Fan Failure 41
- Compact Flash Card PWR 41
- Connector 41
- IPMB Header 42
- CMOS Clear 44
- Watch Dog Enable/Disable 44
- A. VGA Enabled 45
- Onboard SAS Enable/ 46
- MegaRAID Enable 46
- Compact Flash Master/Slave 46
- CPU Power Select 47
- 3rd PWR Supply PWR Fault 47
- 2-7 Onboard Indicators 48
- SAS Activity LED Indicator 49
- LED Color Defi nition 49
- On SAS: Active 49
- Off SAS: Not Active 49
- Floppy Connector 50
- SIMSO Slot 50
- IDE Connectors 51
- Chapter 3 53
- Troubleshooting 53
- Memory Errors 54
- Chapter 4 57
- 4-2 Main Setup 58
- 4-3 Advanced Settings 59
- IDE Confi guration Submenu 60
- Floppy Confi guration 63
- PCI/PnP Confi guration 63
- Super IO Confi guration 64
- Chipset Settings 64
- Event Log Confi guration 68
- APCI Confi guration 68
- AHCI Confi guration 69
- APM Confi guration 69
- Hardware Health Confi guration 71
- SMBIOS Confi guration 73
- Remote Access Confi guration 73
- X7QC3/X7QCE User’s Manual 74
- Terminal Type 74
- VT-UTF8 Comb Key Support 74
- Sredir Memory Display Delay 74
- 4-4 Boot Confi guration 75
- Boot Device Priority 76
- Hard Disk Drive 77
- Removable Drives 77
- CD/DVD Drives 77
- 4-5 Security Settings 78
- 4-6 Exit Options 79
- Discard Changes 80
- Load Optimal Defaults 80
- Load Fail-Safe Defaults 80
- Appendix A 81
- BIOS POST Codes 81
- Important Notes to the User: 83
- Serial ATA (SATA) 83
- The Intel Matrix Storage 84
- Creating a RAID 0 Volume: 86
- Creating a RAID 1 Volume: 87
- Deleting RAID Volume: 90
- Appendix C 93
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