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SI-1Ns
Socket 478 Server Board
User's Manual
4200-0353-02
Rev. 1.00

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  • Page 1 SI-1Ns Socket 478 Server Board User’s Manual 4200-0353-02 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-1Ns...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table Of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction ............ 1-1 1.1. Features & Specifications............1-1 1.2. Layout Diagram..............1-3 1.3. Jumpers & Connectors Description........1-4 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup..........2-1 2.1. Precautions ................2-1 2.2. Installing the Server Board............. 2-2 ® 2.3. Install Pentium 4 CPU and Heatsink Supporting-Base..
  • Page 4 3.11. Set User Password ..............3-18 3.12. Save & Exit Setup ..............3-18 3.13. Exit Without Saving ............. 3-18 Chapter 4. Driver Installation .......... 4-1 4.1. Setup Items ................4-2 Appendix A. How to Get Technical Support ..... A-1 SI-1Ns...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Introduction Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1. Features & Specifications Processor • Supports single Pentium 4 478-pin processor up to 3.06GHz and higher. (Based on 533/400MHz FSB) Chipset  • Intel 845GV Chipset Memory Controller Hub (MCH) • Supports PCI 2.2, Ultra DMA100 IDE protocol (ICH4) Memory •...
  • Page 6 Phoenix/Award Plug and Play BIOS • 4M-bit Flash ROM Form Factor • 9.6” x 9.6” Miscellaneous • Hardware monitoring, ACPI, Wake on LAN • Support both 3.3V and 5V PCI Riser Card Specifications and information contained herein are subject to change without notice. SI-1Ns...

  • Page 7: Layout Diagram

    Introduction 1.2. Layout Diagram User’s Manual...

  • Page 8: Jumpers & Connectors Description

    Fan Connector with monitoring Support FAN4/FAN5 Fan Connector without monitoring Support FPIO1 Front Panel Switch Headers IDE0 Hard Disk Drives Connector J2/J3 DDR DIMM Slots PCI 32bit/33MHz LPT1 Parallel Port Connector USB1/USB2 Additional USB Ports Connectors VGA2 Additional VGA Port Connector SI-1Ns...

  • Page 9: 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 10: 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-1Ns...

  • Page 11: Install Pentium ® 4 Cpu And Heatsink Supporting-Base

    Hardware Setup ® 2.3. Install Pentium 4 CPU and Heatsink Supporting-Base This motherboard provides a ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) Socket 478 ® ® to install Intel Pentium 4 CPU. The CPU you bought should have a kit of heatsink and cooling fan along with.

  • Page 12: System Memory

    Memory Module (DIMM) slots for PC1600/PC2100 un-buffered low profile memory modules with memory expansion size up to 2GB. 2.4.1. Memory Configuration Table DIMM DIMM Module Total Memory 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB 128MB ~ 1GB 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB 128MB ~ 1GB 128MB ~ 2GB Total System Memory SI-1Ns...

  • Page 13: Installing And Removing Memory Modules

    Hardware Setup 2.4.2. Installing and Removing Memory Modules Power off the computer and unplug the AC power cord before installing or removing memory modules. 1. Locate the DIMM slot on the board. 2. Hold two edges of the DIMM module carefully, keep away of touching its connectors.

  • Page 14: Connectors, Headers, And Switches

    Plug in the AC power cord only after you have carefully checked everything. 2.5.1. ATX Power Connectors It would be recommended to supply an ATX12V power with 300W, 20A +5VDC capacity at least for heavily loaded system, and 720mA +5VSB at least for supporting Wake-On-LAN feature. SI-1Ns...

  • Page 15: Fan Connectors

    Hardware Setup 2.5.2. FAN Connectors 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 16: Cmos Memory Clearing Header

    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-1Ns...

  • Page 17: Auto-Reboot Switch

    Hardware Setup 2.5.4. Auto-Reboot Switch This header uses a jumper cap to select the reboot option. • Open (default): Automatically reboot the system when it fails to boot up. • Close: Disable the automatically reboot function. 2.5.5. Parallel Port Connector This header provides one external LPT1 port connection.

  • Page 18: Front Panel Switches & Indicators Headers

    Pin 7, 8 POW-LED front panel. Connects to the HDD LED cable of chassis Pin 9, 10 front panel. Pin 13, 14 NIC_1-LED Network Interface Controller 1 Active Indicator Pin 15, 16 NIC_2-LED Network Interface Controller 2 Active Indicator SI-1Ns...

  • Page 19: Ide Connector

    Hardware Setup 2-11 2.5.7. IDE Connector This IDE port connects up to two IDE drives at Ultra ATA/100 mode 40-pin, 80-conductor, and 3-connector Ultra ATA/66 ribbon cables. Connect the single end (blue connector) at the longer length of ribbon cable to the IDE port on server board, and the other two ends (gray and black connector) at the shorter length of the ribbon cable to the...

  • Page 20: Com Port Header

    2-12 Chapter 2 2.5.8. COM Port Header This header provides one external COM2 port connection. SI-1Ns...

  • Page 21: Additional Usb Ports Header

    Hardware Setup 2-13 2.5.9. Additional USB Ports Header These headers each provide two additional USB ports connection. Pin Assignment Pin Assignment Data0 - Data1 - Data0 + Data1 + Ground Ground User’s Manual...

  • Page 22: Additional Vga Port Header

    This header provides one additional VGA port connection other than the onboard VGA1 port. 2.5.11. External I/O Panel Connectors • VGA1: Monitor signal connector. • COM1: Serial port connector • KB1: PS/2 keyboard connector. • LAN1, LAN2: Local Area Network connector. SI-1Ns...

  • Page 23: 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 24: Standard Cmos Features

    This item sets the date you specify (usually the current date) in the format of [Month], [Date], and [Year]. Time (hh:mm:ss) This item sets the time you specify (usually the current time) in the format of [Hour], [Minute], and [Second]. SI-1Ns...
  • Page 25 BIOS Setup IDE Primary Master, IDE Primary Slave Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: IDE HDD Auto-Detection This item allows you to detect the parameters of IDE drives by pressing the <Enter> key. The parameters will automatically be shown on the screen. IDE Primary Master When set to [Auto], the BIOS will automatically check what kind of IDE drive you are using.
  • Page 26 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-1Ns...

  • Page 27: Advanced Bios Features

    BIOS Setup 3.2. Advanced BIOS Features BIOS Protect Control This option protects for accidentally BIOS writing attempt. NOTE: Make sure to set this item to “Unprotected” when flashing the BIOS. CPU Hyper-Threading This option enables or disables the processor’s Hyper-Threading Technology. Leave this item to its default setting to enable the simultaneous multi-threaded (SMT) processor so as to make one physical processor looks like two logical processors to the OS and applications.
  • Page 28 Since the BIOS may not detect those kinds of devices during system booting. You can adjust the value to fit such devices. Larger values will give more delay time to the device. The ranges are from minimum 0 to maximum 15. SI-1Ns...
  • Page 29 BIOS Setup Small Logo(EPA) Show This item determines to show the EPA logo when booting. User’s Manual...

  • Page 30: Advanced Chipset Features

    This item controls the number of DRAM clocks used for DRAM parameters. DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay This item controls the latency between the DRAM active command and the read/write command. DRAM RAS# Precharge This item controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the DRAM. SI-1Ns...
  • Page 31 BIOS Setup Delayed Transaction When set to [Enabled], the PCI bus will be freed up when the CPU is accessing 8-bit ISA cards. This will allow PCI and ISA buses to be used more efficiently and prevents performance dropping on the PCI bus. This process normally consumes about 50-60 PCI clocks without PCI delayed transaction.

  • Page 32: Integrated Peripherals

    This option enables or disables the USB controller. USB 2.0 Controller This option enables or disables the USB 2.0 controller. USB Keyboard Support This item allows you to select [BIOS] for using USB keyboard in DOS environment, or [OS] in OS environment. SI-1Ns...
  • Page 33 BIOS Setup 3-11 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. Onboard LAN Boot ROM When set to [Enabled], this item allows the system to boot from network by the onboard LAN1 controller boot ROM.
  • Page 34 3. The default setting is 3. When the mode selected for the parallel port mode is ECP, the DMA channel selected can be Channel 1 or Channel 3. PWRON After PWR-Fail This item sets the system action after a power failure. The options are [Off], [On], and [Former-Sts]. SI-1Ns...

  • Page 35: Power Management Setup

    BIOS Setup 3-13 3.5. Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type This item selects the type of Suspend mode. [S1(POS)]: Enables the Power On Suspend function. [S3(STR)]: Enables the Suspend to RAM function. USB Dev Wake-Up From S3 When set to [Enabled], this item allows you to use a USB device to wake up a system that is in the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state.
  • Page 36 [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-1Ns...

  • Page 37: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    BIOS Setup 3-15 3.6. 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 38 PIRQ_0 PIRQ_1 PIRQ_2 PIRQ_3 Signals Assignment Assignment Assignment Assignment PCI-1 INT A INT B INT C INT D LAN 1 INT A LAN 2 INT A Security Macro INT A Processor SI-1Ns...

  • Page 39: Pc Health Menu

    BIOS Setup 3-17 3.7. PC Health Menu Shutdown Temperature This item sets the temperature that would shutdown the system automatically in order to prevent system overheats. All Voltages, Fans Speed and Thermal Monitoring These unchangeable items list the current status of the CPU and environment temperatures, fan speeds, and system power voltage.

  • Page 40: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    BIOS setup (but can’t change its contents). 3.12. Save & Exit Setup This option saves your selections and exits the setup menu. 3.13. Exit Without Saving This option exits the setup menu without saving any change. SI-1Ns...

  • Page 41: 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 42: Setup Items

    View the user’s manual in PDF. • Utility Click to enter the sub-screen for installing DirectX8.1, Acrobat Reader, and Award Flash utility software. • Browse CD Browse the contents of this CD-ROM. • Close Exit the CD setup Items Menu. SI-1Ns...

  • Page 43: Appendix A. 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 44 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 45 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 46 Appendix A 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 47 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 48: Technical Support Form

    Appendix A 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-1Ns...

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