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About This Manual Contents About This Manual ....................... i Conventions ......................... i Safety Symbols ........................ii Safety Precautions ......................iii Operation Safety ......................iii Electrical Safety ......................iii Battery Replacement Safety ................... iv Laser Peripherals or Devices Safety ................v Intended Application Uses ....................
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About This Manual Connectors, Jumpers and Switches ................32 Power Management Connector (J98)..............32 Power connector (J89) ....................33 Fan Connectors (J106, J107, J108, J109, J110, J111, J112, J113, J114, J115, J116, J117, J118, J119) ......................34 P12V Power Connector (J88, J20) ................38 SATA Connectors (J40, J41, J42, J43, J44, J45) .............39 SGPIO Connector (J46) ..................42 Mini SAS Connectors (J104, J105) .................43 Front Panel Connector (J90) ...................45...
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About This Manual Figure 2-4 Opening the Load Plate ................17 Figure 2-5 Lifting the Processor out of the Socket ............17 Figure 2-6 Closing the Load Plate ................18 Figure 2-7 Pointing the Golden Corner toward the Socket ..........18 Figure 2-8 Location of System Memories ..............20 Figure 2-9 DIMM Socket Location ................21 Figure 3-1 Power Management Connector ..............32 Figure 3-2 Power Connector ..................33...
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About This Manual Table 3-12 Pin Definition of Fan Connector (J115) [Optional] ........36 Table 3-13 Pin Definition of Fan Connector (J116) ............36 Table 3-14 Pin Definition of Fan Connector (J117) [Optional] ........36 Table 3-15 Pin Definition of Fan Connector (J118) ............36 Table 3-16 Pin Definition of Fan Connector (J119) [Optional] ........37 Table 3-17 Pin Definition of P12VA Power Connector (J88) ........38 Table 3-18 Pin Definition of P12VB Power Connector (J20) ........38...
About This Manual About This Manual Conventions Safety Symbols Safety Precautions Regulatory and Integration Information...
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About This Manual Conventions To make sure that you perform certain tasks properly, take note of the following symbols used throughout this manual. Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to complete a Warning: task. Information to prevent damage to the components when trying to Caution: complete a task.
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Safety Symbols Before troubleshooting, you must be familiar with the safety information listed below. In order to avoid any potential hazards, the following symbols may be placed on some components of the server. The shape and the color of symbols shown below are mainly for your reference. Please take the actual shipment as standard.
Safety Precautions Observe the following safety precautions when you are connecting or disconnecting any device. Regarding the standards of workstation regulations, do not place the server in the visual field of the user, because of the glossy front of the case. The product is non-consumer product and for profession technical person used only.
Use one hand, when possible, to connect or disconnect signal cables to prevent a possible shock from touching two surfaces with different electrical potentials. This product is equipped with a three-wire power cord and plug for user safety. Use the power cord with a properly Grounded electrical outlet to avoid electric shock.
Batteries should not be littered along with the general household waste. Please use the public collection system or return them to the supplier. Laser Peripherals or Devices Safety To avoid risk of radiation exposure and/or personal injury: Do not open the enclosure of any laser peripheral or device. Laser peripherals or devices are not user serviceable.
Regulatory and Integration Information Regulatory Compliance Identification Numbers For the purpose of regulatory compliance certifications and identification, this motherboard is assigned a serial number. This server serial number can be found on the product label, along with the required approval markings and information. When requesting certification information for this product, always refer to this serial number.
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reasonably be expected to be installed in a residential environment (for example, personal computers). The FCC requires devices in both classes to bear a label indicating the interference potential of the device as well as additional operating instructions for the user. The rating label on the device shows which class (A or B) the equipment falls into.
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Canadian Notice (Avis Canadien) Class A Equipment Japanese Notice Taiwanese Notice viii...
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Chapter 1 Introduction Audience Assumptions Manual Organization Product Features Boards Layout System LED Information...
1.1 Audience Assumptions This document is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots motherboard. Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels.
1.3 Product Features This chapter provides the detailed features for processor, chipset, and system memory, onboard LAN, VGA, I/O and PCI-E with pictures for your reference. Figure 1-1 Motherboard Overview B800G2 MLB has five kinds of SKU. Each system can be identified through SKU_ID configuration.
1.4 Boards Layout The layout of mother board is shown as below. Each connector and major component is identified by number. Figure 1-2 Connectors and Component Locations of Motherboard Table 1-4 Connectors and Component Locations of Motherboard DIMM slots (J13, J14, J15, J16) Power Management connector (J98) Power Connector (J89)
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Fan connectors (J114, J115, J116, J117, J118, J119) [J115,J117,J119 are optional] DIMM slots (J1, J2, J3, J4) Fan connector (J113) [Optional] Fan connector (J112) CPU 0 (U4) DIMM slots (J5, J6, J7, J8) P12VA Power connector (J88) SATA connectors (J40, J41, J42, J43, J44, J45) FAN connectors (J107, J108, J109, J110, J111) [J107,J109,J111 are optional] SGPIO connector (J46)
1.5 System LED and Button Information 1.5.1 LED and Button Information of Motherboard Rear LED information of motherboard rear displays details regarding the NIC LEDs. Each NIC port contains two LEDs that show the status of network activity, link or speed. Figure 1-3 LEDs of Motherboard Rear Dedicate NIC Link LED Dedicate NIC Activity LED...
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LAN link / No access Green Blink LAN link / Access Link / Activity Green No connection Gbe NIC1 Linked to the network at 100Mbps Green Linked to the network at 1Gbps Gbe Speed Amber Linked to the network at 10Mbps LAN link / No access Green Blink...
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Chapter 2 Hardware Operations Before You Start Screw Holes System Battery Processor System Memory System Configuration Jumpers...
Hardware Operations 2 Hardware Operations This chapter provides the detailed information and replacement steps for motherboard, including system battery, processor, system memory, and system configuration jumper. The components shown in this chapter are mainly for your reference. Please take the actual shipment as standard. All descriptions in this chapter are based on one motherboard except special statement.
Hardware Operations 2.2 Screw Holes 2.2.1 Motherboard Screw Holes The motherboard is designed with totally nine screw holes as the picture shows. Figure 2-1 Screws Placement of Motherboards Screw Hole Do not overly tighten the screws. Doing so may damage the motherboard.
Hardware Operations 2.3.1 To remove and install the system battery Release the battery form its holder by squeezing the metal clamp that extends above one edge of the battery. Lift the system battery up. To install the system battery, slide one edge of the battery under the holder’s lip with the positive side up.
Hardware Operations 2.4 Processor ® This motherboard supports one Intel Sandy Bridge-DT processor. Below set removing and installing heat sink and processor of motherboard. The location of processors on the motherboard is shown below: Figure 2-2 Location of Processors Processor...
Hardware Operations 2.4.1 To remove the heat sink Loosen four securing screws. Lift the heat sink up from the installed processor. Figure 2-3 Remove Heat Sink 2.4.2 To install the heat sink Reverse the steps above to install the heat sink. Before you put the heat sink on top of the installed processor, please do not forget to check if the grease is complete on bottom of the heat sink.
Hardware Operations 2.4.3 To remove the processor Unlock the load lever and lift it up. Open the load plate. Figure 2-4 Opening the Load Plate Lift the processor out of the socket. Figure 2-5 Lifting the Processor out of the Socket...
Hardware Operations Close the load plate. Lock the load lever. Figure 2-6 Closing the Load Plate 2.4.4 To install the processor Reverse the steps above to install the processor. However, when inserting the processor into the socket, make sure that the golden corner on the processor is pointed toward the socket as picture shows: Figure 2-7 Pointing the Golden Corner toward the Socket When the processor is in place, press it firmly on the socket while you push down...
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Hardware Operations socket to avoid bending the pins and damaging the processor. If the processor does not fit completely, check its orientation or check for bent pins.
Hardware Operations 2.5 System Memory The motherboard supports 16 DDR3 DIMM slots, including Registered DIMMs (RDIMM), Load Reduced DIMMs (LRDIMM) and Unbuffered DIMMs (UDIMM). There are four DIMM channels per CPU, and 2 DIMM slots per channel. Data transfer rates can support DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600.
Hardware Operations 2.5.1 System Memory Organization Modes The Romley-EP/EP 4S platform supports four different memory RAS modes: Independent Channel Mode, Rank Sparing Mode, Mirrored Channel Mode, and Lockstep Channel Mode. The rules on channel population and channel matching vary by the RAS mode used.
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Hardware Operations Channel 0 and Channel 1, and Channel 2 and Channel 3 must be populated identically with regards to size and organization. DIMM slot populations within a channel do not have to be identical but the same DIMM slot location across Channel 0 and Channel 1 and across Channel 2 and Channel 3 must be populated the same.
Hardware Operations 2.5.2 DIMM Population Rule For two slots per channel configurations, the Romley-EP platform requires DIMMs within a channel to be populated starting with the DIMMs farthest from the processor in a “fill-farthest” approach. In addition, when populating a Quad-rank DIMM with a Single- or Dual-rank DIMM in the same channel, the Quad-rank DIMM must be populated farthest from the processor.
Hardware Operations 2.5.2 To remove a DIMM Unlock a DIMM socket by pressing the retaining clips outward. This action releases the module and partially lifts it out of the socket. Lift out the DIMM. Figure 2-12 Lifting the DIMM out of the Socket 2.5.3 To install a DIMM Unlock a DIMM socket by pressing the retaining clips outward.
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Hardware Operations Figure 2-14 Inserting the DIMM into the Socket DIMMs fit in only one direction. DO NOT force a DIMM into the socket to avoid damaging the DIMM.
Hardware Operations 2.6 System Configuration Jumpers The motherboard involves one function jumper. The jumper is divided into seven pin groups. Figure 2-15 Location of Function Jumpers Table 2-1 Function of Function Jumpers Jumper Function BIOS Recovery Jumper Intruder header BIOS CMOS Clear Password Clear...
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Chapter 3 Connectors, Jumpers and Switches Mini SAS Connectors Power Management Connector Front Panel connector Power Connector Front USB Connector Fan Connectors PCI-E Slots P12V Power Connector SFP Connectors SATA Connectors NIC LAN and USB Ports SGPIO Connector COM and VGA Ports...
3 Connectors, Jumpers and Switches The locations of all the connectors described in this chapter are shown in “1.4 Connectors and Component Locations”. “Key” stands for foolproof feature; “NC” stands for unused. 3.1 Power Management Connector (J98) Figure 3-1 Power Management Connector Table 3-1 Pin Definition of Power Management Connector (J98) Signal Name I2C_PSU_SCL...
3.2 Power connector (J89) Figure 3-2 Power Connector Table 3-2 Pin Definition of Power Connector (J89) Signal Name Signal Name P3V3 P3V3 P3V3 N12V Ground Ground PS_EN_PSU_N Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground PGD_PSU_PWROK_5V P5V_AUX P12V P12V P3V3 Ground...
3.3 Fan Connectors (J106, J107, J108, J109, J110, J111, J112, J113, J114, J115, J116, J117, J118, J119) Figure 3-3 Fan Connector Table 3-3 Pin Definition of Fan Connector (J106) Signal Name BMC_FAN_PWM_1_R BMC_FAN_TACH_1_R P12VA Ground Table 3-4 Pin Definition of Fan Connector (J107) [Optional] Signal Name BMC_FAN_PWM_8_R BMC_FAN_TACH_8_R...
Signal Name BMC_FAN_PWM_9_R BMC_FAN_TACH_9_R P12VA Ground Table 3-7 Pin Definition of Fan Connector (J110) Signal Name BMC_FAN_PWM_3_R BMC_FAN_TACH_3_R P12VA Ground Table 3-8 Pin Definition of Fan Connector (J111) [Optional] Signal Name BMC_FAN_PWM_10_R BMC_FAN_TACH_10_R P12VA Ground Table 3-9 Pin Definition of Fan Connector (J112) Signal Name BMC_FAN_PWM_4_R BMC_FAN_TACH_4_R...
Table 3-10 Pin Definition of Fan Connector (J113) [Optional] Signal Name BMC_FAN_PWM_11_R BMC_FAN_TACH_11_R P12VA Ground Table 3-11 Pin Definition of Fan Connector (J114) Signal Name BMC_FAN_PWM_5_R BMC_FAN_TACH_5_R P12VA Ground Table 3-12 Pin Definition of Fan Connector (J115) [Optional] Signal Name BMC_FAN_PWM_12_R BMC_FAN_TACH_12_R P12VA...
3.4 P12V Power Connector (J88, J20) Figure 3-4 P12VB Power Connector Table 3-17 Pin Definition of P12VA Power Connector (J88) Signal Name Signal Name Ground P12VA Ground P12VA Ground P12VA Ground P12VA Table 3-18 Pin Definition of P12VB Power Connector (J20) Signal Name Signal Name Ground...
3.5 SATA Connectors (J40, J41, J42, J43, J44, J45) Figure 3-5 SATA Connectors Table 3-19 Pin Definition of SATA Connectors (J40) Signal Name Ground SATA_TX1_C_DP SATA_TX1_C_DN Ground SATA_RX1_C_DN SATA_RX1_C_DP Ground Ground Ground Table 3-20 Pin Definition of SATA Connectors (J41) Signal Name Ground SATA_TX0_C_DP...
Table 3-21 Pin Definition of SATA Connectors (J42) Signal Name Ground SATA_TX3_C_DP SATA_TX3_C_DN Ground SATA_RX3_C_DN SATA_RX3_C_DP Ground Ground Ground Table 3-22 Pin Definition of SATA Connectors (J43) Signal Name Ground SATA_TX2_C_DP SATA_TX2_C_DN Ground SATA_RX2_C_DN SATA_RX2_C_DP Ground Ground Ground...
Table 3-23 Pin Definition of SATA Connectors (J44) Signal Name Ground SATA_TX5_C_DP SATA_TX5_C_DN Ground SATA_RX5_C_DN SATA_RX5_C_DP Ground Ground Ground Table 3-24 Pin Definition of SATA Connectors (J45) Signal Name Ground SATA_TX4_C_DP SATA_TX4_C_DN Ground SATA_RX4_C_DN SATA_RX4_C_DP Ground Ground Ground...
3.7 Mini SAS Connectors (J104, J105) Figure 3-7 Mini SAS Connectors Table 3-26 Pin Definition of Mini SAS Connectors (J104) Signal Name Signal Name SAS_PCH_TX_C_DP<3> SAS_PCH_RX_C_DP<3> SAS_PCH_TX_C_DN<3> SAS_PCH_RX_C_DP<3> SAS_PCH_TX_C_DP<2> SAS_PCH_RX_C_DP<2> SAS_PCH_TX_C_DN<2> SAS_PCH_RX_C_DP<2> SAS_PCH_TX_C_DP<1> SAS_PCH_RX_C_DP<1> SAS_PCH_TX_C_DN<1> SAS_PCH_RX_C_DP<1> SAS_PCH_TX_C_DP<0> SAS_PCH_RX_C_DP<0> SAS_PCH_TX_C_DN<0> SAS_PCH_RX_C_DP<0> TP_PCH_SAS1_SIDEBAND6 B11 SGPIO_SAS1_DATAIN_F Ground...
Signal Name Signal Name Ground Ground Table 3-27 Pin Definition of Mini SAS Connectors (J105) [for Patsburg–D SKU] Signal Name Signal Name SAS_PCH_TX_C_DP<7> SAS_PCH_RX_C_DP<7> SAS_PCH_TX_C_DN<7> SAS_PCH_RX_C_DN<7> SAS_PCH_TX_C_DP<6> SAS_PCH_RX_C_DP<6> SAS_PCH_TX_C_DN<6> SAS_PCH_RX_C_DN<6> SAS_PCH_TX_C_DP<5> SAS_PCH_RX_C_DP<5> SAS_PCH_TX_C_DN<5> SAS_PCH_RX_C_DN<5> SAS_PCH_TX_C_DP<4> SAS_PCH_RX_C_DP<4> SAS_PCH_TX_C_DN<4> SAS_PCH_RX_C_DN<4> TP_PCH_SAS2_SIDEBAND6 B11 SGPIO_SAS2_DATAIN_F Ground SGPIO_SAS2_DATAOUT_F...
3.9 Front USB Connector (J17) Figure 3-9 Front USB Connector Table 3-29 Pin Definition of Front USB Connector (J17) Signal Name Signal Name P5V_USB89 P5V_USB89 USB8_SB_L_DN USB9_SB_L_DN USB8_SB_L_DP USB9_SB_L_DP Ground Ground...
3.10 PCI-E Slots (J64, J80) There are four kinds of PCI-E slot on the motherboard. They are shown as below: 3.10.1 PCI-Ex16 Slot (J64) Figure 3-10 PCI-Ex16 Slot Table 3-30 Pin Definition of PCI-Ex16 Slot (J64) Signal Name Signal Name P12VB P3V3 P12VB...
3.11 SFP Connectors (J28, J29) SFP connectors are for 10Gbe SKU and the J28 is optional. Figure 3-12 SFP Connectors Table 3-32 Pin Definition of SFP connector (J28) [Optional for 10Gbe SKU] Signal Name Signal Name Ground Ground NIANTIC_SPD1_7_TX_FAULT NIANTIC_TX_P1_L0_DN NIANTIC_SPD1_3_TX_DISABLE NIANTIC_TX_P1_L0_DP I2C_NIC_SDA_P1_R...
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Signal Name Signal Name NIANTIC_SPD0_0_RX_LOS NIANTIC_RX_P0_L0_DP NIANTIC_SPD0_6_RS0/1_SENSE NIANTIC_RX_P0_L0_DN Ground Ground...
3.12 NIC LAN and USB Ports (J95, J21) 3.12.1 Dedicate NIC and Rear USB Connector (J95) Figure 3-13 Dedicate NIC and Rear USB Connector Table 3-34 Pin Definition of Dedicate NIC and Rear USB Connector (J95) Signal Name P5V_USB1011 USB10_SB_L_DN USB10_SB_L_DP Ground P5V_USB1011...
Signal Name LED_BCM5221_LINKUP_R_N P3V3_STBY LED_BCM5221_ACT_R_N P3V3_STBY 3.12.2 Gbe NIC LAN port (J21) Gbe NIC LAN port is for Gbe SKU. Figure 3-14 Gbe NIC Ports Table 3-35 Pin Definition of Gbe NIC Ports (J21) [for Gbe SKU] Signal Name NIC2_MDI_0_DN NIC2_MDI_0_DP NIC2_MDI_1_DN NIC2_MDI_1_DP...
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Signal Name NIC1_MDI_3_DN NIC1_MDI_3_DP P1VB_STBY Ground NIC2_1000M_ORG_N NIC2_100M_GRN_N NIC2_ACT_N NIC2_LINK_N NIC1_1000M_ORG_N NIC1_100M_ORG_N NIC1_ACT_N NIC1_LINK_N Ground Ground Ground Ground...
3.13 COM and VGA Ports (J92) Figure 3-15 VGA and COM Ports Table 3-36 Pin Definition of COM (Up) Port (J92) Signal Name COM1_RES_DCD COM1_RES_RX_N COM1_RES_TX_N COM1_RES_DTR Ground COM1_RES_DSR COM1_RES_RTS COM1_RES_CTS COM1_RES_RI Table 3-37 Pin Definition of VGA (Down) Port (J92) Signal Name VGA_G0_RED_L VGA_G0_GREEN_L...
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Signal Name VGA_DDCDAT_R VGA_HSYNC_LSHFTR_L VGA_VSYNC_LSHFTR_L VGA_DDCCLK_R...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup Utility Utility and POST Code...
BIOS Setup 4 BIOS Setup This section describes the BIOS Setup Utility options. You can run BIOS Setup with or without an operating system being present. Onboard devices are configured with the BIOS Setup utility that is embedded in flash ROM. The configuration utilities allow you to modify the CMOS RAM and NVRAM.
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BIOS Setup [Disabled] Limit CPUID Maximum Disabled for Window XP [Enabled] XD can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer [Disabled] overflow attacks when combined with a supporting OS Execute Disable Bit (Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows XP SP2, SuSE [Enabled] Linux 9.2, RedHat Enterprise 3 Update 3).
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BIOS Setup [Disabled] CPU C3 Report Enable/Disable CPU C3(ACPI C2) report to OS [Enabled] [Disabled] CPU C6 report Enable/Disable CPU C6(ACPI C3) report to OS [Enabled] [Disabled] Enable/Disable CPU C7(ACPI C3) report CPU C7 report to OS [Enabled] Package C State Limit Package C State limit No Limit [Performance]...
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BIOS Setup [10 sec] [20 sec] [10 sec] [20 sec] USB mass storage device Start Unit command Device reset time-out time-out. [30 sec] [40 sec] Maximum time the device will take before it [Auto] properly reports itself to the Host Controller. 'Auto' Device power-up delay uses default value: for a Root port it is 100 ms, for [Manual]...
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BIOS Setup A parity bit can be sent with the data bits to detect [None] some transmission errors. Even: parity bit is 0 if the [Even] num of 1's in the data bits is even. Odd: parity bit is [Odd] Parity 0 if num of 1's in the data bits is odd.
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BIOS Setup [Enabled] UPON REQUEST - GA20 can be disabled [Upon Request] using BIOS services. ALWAYS - do not GateA20 Active allow disabling GA20; this option is useful [Always] when any RT code is executed above 1MB. [Force BIOS] Option ROM Message Set display mode for Option ROM [Keep Current] [Disabled]...
BIOS Setup 4.2 Utility and POST Code 4.2.1 BIOS Requirements Table 4-1 BIOS Requirements Description Utilities File Name Description Flash BIOS Image AFUDOS.EXE Under DOS ROM image file AMIBIOS Flash Utility & ROM image FB.BAT FBB.BAT Recovery Mode AMIBOOT.ROM ROM image 4.2.2 Rom Flash 4.2.2.1 Update under DOS prompt:...
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