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SI-2Pa
Dual Socket 604 Server Board
User's Manual
4200-0327-02
Rev. 1.00

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  • Page 1 SI-2Pa Dual Socket 604 Server Board User’s Manual 4200-0327-02 Rev. 1.00...
  • Page 2 This document contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted or transcribed without the expressed written permission of the manufacturer and authors of this manual. SI-2Pa...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table Of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction ............ 1-1 1.1. Features & Specifications............1-1 1.2. Package Checklist (Standard Package) ........1-3 1.3. Layout Diagram..............1-4 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup..........2-1 2.1. Precautions ................2-1 2.2. Installing the Server Board............. 2-2 2.3. Installing the CPU ..............
  • Page 4 PC Health Menu ..............3-18 3.5. Clk/Misc. Menu..............3-19 3.6. Exit Menu ................3-20 Chapter 4. Driver Installation .......... 4-1 4.1. Setup Items ................4-2 Appendix A. Trouble Shooting ........... A-1 Appendix B. How to Get Technical Support ..... B-1 SI-2Pa...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Introduction Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1. Features & Specifications  • Supports dual Intel Xeon 400MHz/533MHz Processors with 512K L2 Cache Chipset ® • Intel E7501 Chipset Memory Controller Hub (MCH) • 82801CA I/O Controller Hub 3-S (ICH3-S) • 82870P2 64-bit PCI/PCI-X Controller Hub 2 (P64H2) Memory •...
  • Page 6 PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors • 2x USB Connectors • 4x RJ-45 LAN ports Form Factor • EEB 3.0 Form Factor: 12in. x 13in. (305mm x 330mm) Specifications and information contained herein are subject to change without notice. SI-2Pa...

  • Page 7: Package Checklist (Standard Package)

    Introduction 1.2. Package Checklist (Standard Package) (1) SI-2Pa Server Board (1) Brief Installation Guide (1) Driver & Utilities CD (1) 34-pin FDD Cable (1) 40-pin IDE ATA66 Cable (1) 26-pin to D-SUB 25-pin Print Port Extension Cable w/Bracket (1) 16-pin to D-SUB 15-pin VGA Port Extension Cable w/Bracket...

  • Page 8: Layout Diagram

    Chapter 1 1.3. Layout Diagram SI-2Pa...
  • Page 9 Introduction Jumpers Description Default Setting CCMOS1 CMOS Clear Pins 1-2 (Normal) Closed Connectors Description COM1/COM2 External COM1 & COM2 Bracket Connectors DIMM 1~4 DDR DIMM Slots FAN1~5 Fan Connectors (Speed monitoring support in BIOS menu) FAN6 Fan Connector (No speed monitoring support in BIOS menu) FPIO1 Front Panel Switches &...
  • Page 10 Chapter 1 SI-2Pa...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2. Hardware Setup

    Hardware Setup Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2.1. Precautions Please pay attention to the following precautions before setting up any hardware. 1. Always switch off the power supply and unplug the power cord from the wall outlet before installing the board or changing any settings. 2.

  • Page 12: Installing The Server Board

    5. Tightens all the screw holes. ATTENTION: To prevent shorting the PCB circuit, please REMOVE the metal studs or spacers if they are already secured on the chassis base and are without mounting-holes on the server board to align with. SI-2Pa...

  • Page 13: Installing The Cpu

    Hardware Setup 2.3. Installing the CPU This server board provides dual 604-pin Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) sockets to install the Intel Xeon CPU. NOTE: This server board also supports the Xeon CPU of 603-pin package. NOTE: This server board supports installing either one or two CPUs. To set up system with only one CPU, you MUST install it in the Primary Processor Socket (Socket CPU0 in this model).

  • Page 14: Installing Cpu Into Socket

    3. Press downward on the retention clip ends until they engage the plastic tabs. 4. Repeat steps 2-3 to install the other retention clip. 5. Install the CPU wind tunnel center portion over the heatsink. Note that the plastic tabs engage the tabs on the retention clips. SI-2Pa...

  • Page 15: Installing Fan To Wind Tunnel Assembly

    Hardware Setup 2.3.4. Installing Fan to Wind Tunnel Assembly 1. Attach the cooling fan with its airflow direction pointed to heatsink to the air intake portion of wind tunnel. 2. Attach the air intake assembly to the side of the wind tunnel nearest to the front of the chassis.

  • Page 16: System Memory

    Installing and Removing Memory Modules ATTENTION: Populate the DDR DIMMs in-order and in-pair (of the same type and size) by starting from DIMM1+DIMM2 to DIMM3+DIMM4. The system may hang or appear unstable if the DIMM ordering is not followed. SI-2Pa...
  • Page 17 Hardware Setup Power off the computer and unplug the AC power cord before installing or removing memory modules. 1. Locate the DIMM slot on the server board. 2. Hold two edges of the DIMM module carefully, keep away of touching its connectors. 3.

  • Page 18: Connectors, Headers, And Switches

    DO NOT use ATX 2.x, ATX12V and dual AMD power supplies as they will damage the board and void your warranty. NOTE: The auxiliary 12V power (J13) is necessary to support Intel Xeon CPUs. Failing to provide such extra power will result in the system’s booting failure. SI-2Pa...

  • Page 19: Fan Connectors [Fan1~6]

    Hardware Setup 2.5.2. FAN Connectors [FAN1~6] These 3-pin connectors each provide power to the cooling fans installed in your system. The CPU must be kept cool by using a powerful fan with heatsink. The system is capable of monitoring the speed of the CPU fan. •...

  • Page 20: Cmos Memory Clearing Header [Ccmos1]

    Pin 1-2 shorted (default): Normal operation. • Pin 2-3 shorted: Clear CMOS memory. ATTENTION: Turn the system power off first (including the +5V standby power) before clearing the CMOS memory. Failing to do so may cause your system to work abnormally or malfunction. SI-2Pa...

  • Page 21: Front Panel Switches & Indicators Headers [Fpio1]

    Hardware Setup 2-11 2.5.4. Front Panel Switches & Indicators Headers [FPIO1] This header is used for connecting switches and LED indicators on the chassis front panel. Watch the power LED pin position and orientation. The mark “+” align to the pin in the figure below stands for positive polarity for the LED connection.

  • Page 22: Ide Connectors [Ide1, Ide2]

    NOTE: Make sure to configure the “Master” and “Slave” relation before connecting two drives by one single ribbon cable. The red line on the ribbon cable must be aligned with pin-1 on both the IDE port and the hard-drive connector. SI-2Pa...

  • Page 23: Pci Expansion Slots [Pci1~Pci6]

    Hardware Setup 2-13 2.5.6. PCI Expansion Slots [PCI1~PCI6] PCI1: Supports PCI-X 64bit/100MHz. PCI2~PCI5: These four slots support the speed of 66MHz, 100MHz, or 133MHz, according to the number of how many slots are occupied. • 1 slot occupied: PCI-X 64bit/133MHz. •...

  • Page 24: Vga Output Header [Vga1]

    2-14 Chapter 2 2.5.7. VGA Output Header [VGA1] This header provides connection to external VGA Port through an extension cable and bracket. SI-2Pa...

  • Page 25: Com Port Header [Com1, Com2]

    Hardware Setup 2-15 2.5.8. COM Port Header [COM1, COM2] These two headers each provide connection to external COM Ports through an extension cables and brackets. User’s Manual...

  • Page 26: Additional Usb Ports Header [Usb_2]

    2-16 Chapter 2 2.5.9. Additional USB Ports Header [USB_2] This header provides two additional USB ports connection through an extension cable and bracket. Pin Assignment Pin Assignment Data0 - Data1 - Data0 + Data1 + Ground Ground SI-2Pa...

  • Page 27: Parallel Port Connector [Lpt1]

    Hardware Setup 2-17 2.5.10. Parallel Port Connector [LPT1] This connector provides connection to external Parallel Port through an extension cable and bracket. User’s Manual...

  • Page 28: Smart Card Reader Connector [Smart Card]

    2-18 Chapter 2 2.5.11. Smart Card Reader Connector [Smart Card] This connector provides connection to the optional Smart Card Reader device through an extension cable and bracket. Pin Assignment Pin Assignment SCPWR SCRST SCIO SCCLK SCPSNT SI-2Pa...

  • Page 29: External I/O Panel Connectors

    Hardware Setup 2-19 2.5.12. External I/O Panel Connectors • Mouse: PS/2 mouse connector. • Keyboard: PS/2 keyboard connector. • USB1: Universal Serial Bus connector • LAN1/LAN2: Local Area Network connector. User’s Manual...
  • Page 30 2-20 2-20 Chapter 2 Chapter 2 SI-2Pa SI-2Pa...

  • Page 31: Chapter 3. Bios Setup

    BIOS Setup Chapter 3. BIOS Setup This motherboard provides a programmable EEPROM that you can update the BIOS utility. The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) is a program that deals with the basic level of communication between processor and peripherals. Use the BIOS Setup program only when installing motherboard, reconfiguring system, or prompted to “Run Setup”.

  • Page 32: Main Menu

    IDE Primary Master, IDE Primary Slave, IDE Secondary Master, and IDE Secondary Slave Move cursor to item “IDE Primary Master”, “IDE Primary Slave”, “IDE Secondary Master” or “IDE Secondary Slave”, and then press <Enter> key to enter a sub-menu. SI-2Pa...
  • Page 33 BIOS Setup IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave IDE HDD Auto-Detection This item allows you to detect the parameters of IDE drives by pressing <Enter> key. The parameters will be shown on the screen automatically. IDE Primary Master When set to [Auto], the BIOS will automatically check what kind of IDE drive you are using.
  • Page 34 640K for system with 640K or more memory size installed on the motherboard. Extended Memory This item displays the amount of extended memory detected during system boot-up. Total Memory This item displays the total memory available in the system. SI-2Pa...

  • Page 35: Advanced Menu

    BIOS Setup 3.2. Advanced Menu 3.2.1. Advanced BIOS Features User’s Manual...
  • Page 36 [On]: The numeric keypad functions as number keys. [Off]: The numeric keypad functions as arrow keys. Security Option This item determines when the system will prompt for password - every time the system boots or only when enters the BIOS setup. SI-2Pa...
  • Page 37 BIOS Setup [Setup]: The password is required only when accessing the BIOS Setup. [System]: The password is required each time the computer boots up. NOTE: Don’t forget your password. If you forget the password, you will have to open the computer case and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system.

  • Page 38: Advanced Chipset Features

    Chapter 3 3.2.2. Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Control This item controls the DRAM timing. Press <Enter> key to enter its menu. Memory Type This item displays the type of memory module you are using. SI-2Pa...
  • Page 39 BIOS Setup Memory Frequency This item displays the frequency of memory module you are using. DRAM Timing Selectable This item sets the optimal timings for the following four items, depending on the memory module you are using. The default setting “By SPD” configures these four items by reading the contents in the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) device.

  • Page 40: Integrated Peripherals

    [OS] in OS environment. USB Mouse Support This item allows you to select [BIOS] for using USB mouse in DOS environment, or [OS] in OS environment. Onboard LAN1 Controller This item enables or disables the onboard LAN1 controller. SI-2Pa...
  • Page 41 BIOS Setup 3-11 Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to use the boot ROM (instead of a disk drive) to boot-up the system and access the local area network directly. Onboard LAN2 Controller This item enables or disables the onboard LAN2 controller. Onboard LAN Boot ROM This item allows you to use the boot ROM (instead of a disk drive) to boot-up the system and access the local area network directly.
  • Page 42 This item sets the system action after a power failure. SCR Port Address This item sets the I/O address and IRQ of the onboard SCR (Smart Card Reader) port. SCR Port IRQ After enabling the SCR port, here you can set the IRQ for SCR port. SI-2Pa...

  • Page 43: Power Management Setup

    BIOS Setup 3-13 3.2.4. Power Management Setup Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN This item selects the method of powering off your system: [Hold 4 Sec.]: Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will power off the system. This will prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the power button.
  • Page 44 [1-31]: This option selects a date you would like the system to power-on. The system will power-on on the date set, and the time set in the “Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm” item. Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm This item sets the time you would like the system to power-on. SI-2Pa...

  • Page 45: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    BIOS Setup 3-15 3.2.5. PnP/PCI Configurations Force Update ESCD When set to [Enabled], the BIOS will reset the ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) once automatically next time you boot up. It will then recreate a new set of configuration data. But the next time you boot up, this option will automatically be set as Disabled.
  • Page 46 3-16 Chapter 3 SI-2Pa...

  • Page 47: Security Menu

    BIOS Setup 3-17 3.3. Security Menu Set Supervisor Password This option protects the BIOS configuration or restricts access to the computer itself. The Supervisor Password is used to protect the stored CMOS options from being changed by unauthorized users. Set User Password This option protects the BIOS configuration or restricts access to the computer itself.

  • Page 48: Pc Health Menu

    NOTE: The hardware monitoring features for temperatures, fans and voltages will occupy the I/O address from 294H to 297H. If you have a network adapter, sound card or other add-on cards that might use those I/O addresses, please adjust your add-on card I/O address to avoid using these addresses. SI-2Pa...

  • Page 49: Clk/Misc. Menu

    BIOS Setup 3-19 3.5. Clk/Misc. Menu CPU Clock Ratio This option selects the CPU clock ratio. Please type in the correct multiple for your CPU. Case-Open Detection This option controls the function for case-opening detection via the “CASE” header on FPIO1 header. BIOS Protect Control This option protects for accidentally BIOS writing attempt.

  • Page 50: Exit Menu

    This option loads the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal-performance system operations. Save & Exit Setup This option saves your selections and exits the setup menu. Exit Without Saving This option exits the setup menu without saving any change. SI-2Pa...

  • Page 51: Chapter 4. Driver Installation

    Driver Installation Chapter 4. Driver Installation All the necessary drivers are included within the Drivers & Utilities CD that came packaged with your board. The display shown in the following figure should appear after inserting this CD into your CD-ROM drive, if not, enter [My Computer] [CD-ROM] Drive double click [Launch].

  • Page 52: Setup Items

    Click to enter the sub-screen for installing software like Acrobat Reader, Award Flash, DirectX8.1, and LoFormat Utility. • Hardware Doctor Install the Hardware Doctor program for monitoring the system health. • Browse CD Browse the contents of this CD-ROM. • Close Exit the CD setup Items Menu. SI-2Pa...

  • Page 53: Appendix A. Trouble Shooting

    Trouble Shooting Appendix A. Trouble Shooting Why the system shows incorrect CPU speed in Win2K If you run Msinfo32.exe on a computer that has an Intel Pentium 4 Xeon 2.2-GHz or faster processor, a very high processor speed may be shown. The Processor information on the System Summary page shows the correct name, family, model and stepping for the processor, but the approximate speed may be 37,000 MHz or faster.
  • Page 54 # cp /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-24188irqbal # make modules # make modules_install # mkdinitrd /boot/initrd.2.4.18.img 2.4.18 # cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.18-irqbal # cd /boot # ln -s System.map-2.4.18-irqbal System.map # add following entries to /etc/lilo.conf image=/boot/vmlinuz-24188irqbal label=lin24188irqbal initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18.img read-only root=/dev/hda2 # lilo # reboot SI-2Pa...
  • Page 55 Trouble Shooting How to access system memory in excess of 4GB for Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Datacenter Server Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Datacenter Server support memory in excess of 4GB of RAM by way of the Intel Physical Addressing Extension (PAE) specification.
  • Page 56 Appendix A SI-2Pa...

  • Page 57: Appendix B. How To Get Technical Support

    3. Check the ABIT Technical Terms Guide and FAQ on our Website. We are trying to expand and make the FAQs more helpful and information rich. Let us know if you have any suggestions.
  • Page 58 How they serve you is also a good reference for your next purchase. 6. Contacting ABIT. If you feel that you need to contact ABIT directly you can send email to the ABIT technical support department. First, please contact the support team for the branch office closest to you.
  • Page 59 Stevenage, Herts SG1 4QX, U.K. Tel: 44-1438-228888 Fax: 44-1438-226333 sales@abitcomputer.co.uk technical@abitcomputer.co.uk Germany, Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg), Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Switzerland: AMOR Computer B.V. (ABIT’s European Office) Van Coehoornstraat 7, 5916 PH Venlo, The Netherlands Tel: 31-77-3204428 Fax: 31-77-3204420 sales@abit.nl technical@abit.nl http://www.abit.nl...
  • Page 60 Appendix B Japan: ABIT Computer (Japan) Co. Ltd. Fax: 81-3-5396-5110 http://www.abit4u.jp Shanghai: ABIT Computer (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. Tel: 86-21-6235-1829 Fax: 86-21-6235-1832 http://www.abit.com.cn Russia: ABIT Computer (Russia) Co. Ltd. Fax: 7-095-937-2837 techrussia@abit.com.tw http://www.abit.ru France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece: ABIT Computer France SARL...
  • Page 61 Please contact the reseller from whom you bought the product. You should be able to get RMA service there. 8. Reporting Compatibility Problems to ABIT. Because of tremendous number of email messages we receive every day, we are forced to give greater weight to certain types of messages than to others.
  • Page 62 Appendix B Technical Support Form Company Name: Phone Number: Contact Person: Fax Number: E-mail Address: Model BIOS ID # Motherboard Model No. DRIVER REV OS/Application Hardware Name Brand Specifications IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 CD-ROM-Drive IDE2 System Memory ADD-ON CARD Problem Description: SI-2Pa...

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