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Gigabyte GA-9ILDTH User Manual

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GA-9ILDTH
Dual Xeon
(Nocona)
TM
Processor Motherboard
User's Manual
Dual Xeon
(Nocona)Processor Motherboard
TM
Rev. 1001
12ME-9ILDTH-1001

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  • Page 1 GA-9ILDTH Dual Xeon (Nocona) Processor Motherboard User’s Manual Dual Xeon (Nocona)Processor Motherboard Rev. 1001 12ME-9ILDTH-1001...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Item Checklist ..................4 WARNING!....................4 Chapter 1 Introduction ................5 Features Summary ..................5 GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Layout ..............7 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process ..........9 Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)........10 Step 1-2:CPU Heat Sink Installation ................11 Step 2: Install memory modules ..............
  • Page 3 Table of Content Chapter 4 Technical Reference ............58 Block Diagram ................... 58 Chapter 5 Driver Installation ..............59 A. Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility ..............59 B. Broadcom 5721 Lan Software Installation Utility ............. 61 C. Broadcom Management Applications Installation ............ 63 D.

  • Page 4: Item Checklist

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Item Checklist The GA-9ILDTH motherboard I/O Shield x1 SCSI cable x 1 PATA ( 1 cables) & FDD cable set x 1 IDE to SATA HDD Power cable x 2 Retention Module x 2 CD for motherboard driver & utility COM2 cable x 1 GA-9ILDTH user’s manual...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction Features Summary Form Factor 30.5cm x 33cm Extend ATX size form factor, 8 layers PCB. Motherboard GA-9ILDTH Motherboard: Dual socket 604 for Intel Xeon(Nocona) processor support ® 4.0 GB and upper Intel Xeon (Nocona) CPUs supports 800 MHz FSB ®...
  • Page 6 GA-9ILDTH Motherboard SCSI Controller Adaptec AIC-7902W chipset supports PCI-X dual ultra 320 ® SCSI channels Mirroring supports automatic background rebuilds Supports RAID 0 ,1, 10 Supports HOST RAID Mirroring supports automatic background rebuilds Features LBA and Extended Interrupt 13 drive translation in...

  • Page 7: Ga-9Ildth Motherboard Layout

    Hardware Installation Process GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Layout 16 17 18 19 20...
  • Page 8 GA-9ILDTH Motherboard CPU0 (Install First) PCI-E (Supports PCI Express x8) CPU1 PCI-X_2 (Supports 64bit//133MHz) Intel E7520 PCI-X_3 (Supports 64bit//133MHz) Intel 6700 PXH PCI-X_4 (Supports 64bit//66MHz) Intel 6300ESB PCI-X_5 (Supports 64bit//66MHz) Adaptec 7902W PCI_6 (Supports 32bit//33MHz) ATI Rage_XL DDRIIA1 Intel 82546GB...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process

    Hardware Installation Process Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process To set up your computer, you must complete the following steps: Step 1- Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Step 2- Install memory modules Step 3- Install expansion cards Step 4- Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply Step 2 Step3 Step 4...

  • Page 10: Step 1: Install The Central Processing Unit (Cpu)

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Before installing the processor , adhere to the following warning: If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it will cause improper installation. Please change the insert orientation.

  • Page 11: Step 1-2:Cpu Heat Sink Installation

    Hardware Installation Process Step 1-2:CPU Heat Sink Installation Before installing the CPU Heat Sink , adhere to the following warning: 1.Please use Intel approved cooling fan. 2.We recommend you to apply the thermal tape to provide better heat conduction between your CPU and heatsink. (The CPU cooling fan might stick to the CPU due to the hardening of the thermal paste.
  • Page 12 GA-9ILDTH Motherboard 4. Make sure the CPU fan is plugged to 3. Fasten the heatsink supporting-base onto the the CPU fan connector, than install CPU socket on the mainboard. complete.

  • Page 13: Step 2: Install Memory Modules

    Hardware Installation Process Step 2: Install memory modules Before installing the processor and heatsink, adhere to the following warning: When DIMM LED is ON, do not install/remove DIMM from socket. Please note that the DIMM module can only fit in one direction due to the one notches. Wrong orientation will cause improper installation.

  • Page 14: 2-1: Ddr Dimm Slot Population

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard 2-1: DDR DIMM Slot Population Table 1. Supported DIMM Module Type Technology Organization SDRAM Chips/DIMM 256MB 8MB x 8 x 4 bks 16MB x 4 x 4bks 512MB 16MB x 8 x 4bks 32MB x 4 x 4bks...

  • Page 15: Step 3: Install Expansion Cards

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Step 3: Install expansion cards 1. Read the related expansion card’s instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer. 2. Remove your server’s chassis cover, necessary screws and slot bracket from the computer. 3. Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard.

  • Page 16: Step 4: Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet Wires, And Power Supply

    Hardware Installation Process Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply Step 4-1 : I/O Back Panel Introduction PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector PS/2 Mouse Connector This connector supports standard PS/2 (6 pin Female) keyboard and PS/2 mouse. PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6 pin Female)
  • Page 17 Hardware Installation Process USB Connectors Before you connect your device(s) into USB connector(s), please make sure your device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker..etc. Have a standard USB interface. Also make sure your OS supports USB controller. USB1 If your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver upgrade.

  • Page 18: Step 4-2 :Connectors Introduction

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Step 4-2 :Connectors Introduction A) ATX1 L) USB2 B) ATX3 M) COM2 C) ATX2 N) F_Panel1 D) IDE1 O) CPU_FAN0 E) IDE2 P) CPU_FAN1 F) FDD1 Q) J2 (System Fan) G) SATA1 R) J3 (System Fan) H) SATA2...
  • Page 19 Connector Introduction A) ATX 1 (ATX Power Connector) PIN No. Definition +3.3V +3.3V 5VSB +12V +12V +3.3V +3.3V -12V PSON AC power cord should only be connected to your power supply unit after ATX power cable and other related devices are firmly connected to the mainboard.
  • Page 20 GA-9ILDTH Motherboard C ) ATX2 (ATX Power Connector) This connector (ATX _12V) suppliesthe CPU operation voltage (Vcore). If this " ATX_ 12V connector" is not connected, system cannot boot. Pin No. Definition +12V +12V D / E) IDE1 / IDE2 Connector(Primary/Secondary] Please connect first harddisk to IDE1 and connect CDROM to IDE2.
  • Page 21 Connector Introduction F) FDD1 (Floppy Connector) Please connect the floppy drive ribbon cables to FDD. It supports 360K,720K,1.2M,1.44M and 2.88Mbytes floppy disk types. The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin1. 33 34 G / H) SATA1/SATA2 (Serial ATA Connectors) You can connect the Serial ATA device to this connector, it provides you high speed transfer rates (150MB/sec).
  • Page 22 GA-9ILDTH Motherboard I / J) SCSI1 / SCSI2 (SCSI Connector) SCSI 2 SCSI 1 K) WOL (Wake on LAN) This connector allows the remove servers to manage the system that installed this mainboard via your network adapter which also supports WOL.
  • Page 23 GA-9ILDTH Motherboard L) USB2 (Front USB Connector ) Be careful with the polarity of the front USB connector. Check the pin assignment while you connect the front USB cable. Please contact your nearest dealer for optional front USB cable. Pin No.
  • Page 24 Connector Introduction N ) F_Panel1 (2X13 Pins Front Panel connector) Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch of your chassis front panel to the F_PANEL connector according to the pin assignment above. Pin No Signal Name Description PWRLED+ Power LED Signal anode (+)
  • Page 25 GA-9ILDTH Motherboard O / P ) CPU_FAN0 /1 (CPU Fan Connector) Please note, a proper installation of the CPU cooler is essential to prevent the CPU from running under abnormal condition or damaged by overheating.The CPU fan connector supports Max. current up to 1A .
  • Page 26 Connector Introduction Q / R / S ) J2 / 3 / 4 (System Fan Connector) This connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature. These connectors are for system use only. Pin No.

  • Page 27: Step 4-3 : Jumper Setting Introduction

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Step 4-3 : Jumper Setting Introduction 1 ) J 8 4 ) JP2 2 ) JP 1 5 ) JP4 3 ) JP 3 6 ) CLR_CMOS...
  • Page 28 Jumper Setting 1) J8 (FWH Write Protect Setting Jumper) 1-2 close: Top Block Lock (Default) 3-4 close: 2-8 Block Lock Open: Enable CMOS Write Protection Function 2 / 3) JP1/JP3 (USB Wake Up Function) 1-2 close: Enable USB wake-up function 2-3 close: Normal (Default)
  • Page 29 GA-9ILDTH Motherboard 4) JP2 (Onboard VGA Enable/Disable Function) 1-2 close: Enable VGA function (Default) 2-3 close: Disable VGA function 5) JP4 (On board SCSI Enable/Disable Function) 1-2 close: Enable SCSI function (Default) 2-3 close: Disable SCSI function...
  • Page 30 Jumper Setting 6) CLR_CMOS (Clear CMOS Function) You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this jumper. Default value doesn’t include the “Shunter” to prevent from improper use this jumper. To clear CMOS, temporarily short 1-2 pin. 1-2 close: Clear CMOS 2-3 close: Normal (Default)

  • Page 31: Chapter 3 Bios Setup

    BIOS Setup Chapter 3 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup is an overview of the BIOS Setup Program. The program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

  • Page 32: Getting Help

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard GETTING HELP Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item.

  • Page 33: Main

    BIOS Setup Main Once you enter Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1) will appear on the screen. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security...

  • Page 34: Legacy Diskette A

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Legacy Diskette A This category identifies the type of floppy disk drive A that has been installed in the computer. Disabled Disable this device. 360KB, 5 inch AT-type high-density drive; 360K byte capacity 1.2MB, 3 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2M byte capacity 720K, 3 inch double-sided drive;...

  • Page 35: System Information

    BIOS Setup TYPE 1-39: Predefined types. Users: Set parameters by User. Auto: Set parameters automatically. (Default Vaules) CD-ROM: Use for ATAPI CD-ROM drives or double click [Auto] to set all HDD parameters automatically. ATAPI Removable: Removable disk drive is installed here. Multi-Sector Transfer This field displays the information of Multi-Sector Transfer Mode.

  • Page 36: Advanced

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Advanced About This Section: Advanced With this section, allowing user to configure your system for basic operation. User can change the processor options, chipset configuration, PCI configuration and chipset control. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Server Boot...

  • Page 37: Pci Configuration

    BIOS Setup PCI Configuration PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility PCI Configuration Item Specific Help Embedded Vedio Controller Embedded SCSI Controller Embedded NIC Controller F1: Help : Select Item + -: Change Values F5: Setup Defaults Esc: Exit : Select Menu Enter: Select Sub-Menu F10: Save&Exit Figure 2-1: PCI Configuration...
  • Page 38 GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Embedded NIC Onboard LAN Control Enabled Enable onboard LAN device. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. Option ROM Scan Enabled Enableing this item to initialize device expansion ROM. Disabled Disable this function. (Defualt value)

  • Page 39: Advanced Chipset Control

    BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Control PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Control Item Specific Help USB Controller [Enabled] Item Specific Help Legacy USB Support [Disabled] Force Compliance Mode [Enabled] PCI-E port C Device 6 [Enabled] 4GB PCI Hole Granularity [128MB] Data Parity Error Recovery [Enabled] Wake On LAN [Enabled]...

  • Page 40: Wake On Lan

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Force Compliance Mode This option allows user to function PCI-E Compliance mode by setting item to desired value. Enabled Enables PCI-E Force Compliance mode. (Default Value) Disabled Disables this function. 4GB PCI Hole Granularity By selecting the granularity of PCI hole for PCI resource, when MTRRs are not enough, we may use this option to reduce the MTRR occupation.

  • Page 41: Advanced Processor Option

    BIOS Setup Advanced Processor Option PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Advanced Processor Option Item Specific Help Hyper Threading Technology [Enabled] Echo TPR [Disabled] Machine Checking [Disabled] Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled] Set Max Ext CPUID=3 [Enabled] F1: Help : Select Item + -: Change Values F5: Setup Defaults Esc: Exit : Select Menu...

  • Page 42: Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Enabled Processor will fetch both cache lines when it requires data that is not currently inits cache. (Defualt value) Disabled Processor will only fetch the cache line that contains the data currently required by the processor.

  • Page 43: Peripheral Configuration

    BIOS Setup Peripheral Configuration PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Peripheral Configuration Item Specific Help Serial Port A [Enabled] Base I/O address/IRQ [3F8/IRQ4] Serial Port B [Enabled] Base I/O address/IRQ [2F8/IRQ3] Parallel Port [Enabled] Mode [Bi-directional] Base I/O addreee [378] DMA Channel [DMA3] Floppy disk connector [Disabld] Floppy check...

  • Page 44: Parallel Port

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Serial Port B This allows users to configure serial prot B by using this option. Disabled Disable the configuration. (Default value) Enabled Enable the configuration Base I/O Address/IRQ 3F8/IRQ4 Set IO address to 3F8. 2F8/IRQ3 Set IO address to 2F8.

  • Page 45: Floppy Disk Controller

    BIOS Setup Floppy disk controller Enabled Enable the floppy disk controller. Disabled Disable the device. (Default value) Floppy Check Enabled Enable the device to verify floppy typer when system boot. Disabled Disable the this function. (Default value) Parallel ATA Disabled Disable the device.

  • Page 46: Hardware Monitor

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Hardware Monitor PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Hardware Monitor Item Specific Help Fan Alarm [Enabled] Voltage Alarm [Enabled] Temperature Alarm [Enabled] CPU Temperature 38C/100F SDRAM Socket Temperature 33C/091F PCI Connector Temperature 33C/091F SCSI Connector Temperature 33C/091F Voltage Monitor Fan Monitor...
  • Page 47 BIOS Setup Fan Alarm Enabled Enable Fan Alarm function. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. Voltage Alarm Enabled Enable Voltage Alarm function. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. Temperature Alarm Enabled Enable Temperature Alarm function. (Default value) Disabled Disable this function. CPU Temperature This field only displlays the current CPU 0/1 temperature.

  • Page 48: Reset Configuration Data

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Reset Configuration Data Clear the Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) area. Disable this function. (default value) Clk Gen Spread Spectrum Enabled Enable ClkGen Spread Spectrum. Disabled Disabled this function. (Default value) System After AC Back Set the mode od operation if an AC/Power loss occurs.

  • Page 49: Security

    BIOS Setup Security PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Server Boot Exit Supervisor Password Is: Clear Item Specific Help User Password Is: Clear Set Supervisor Password [Enter] Set User Password [Enter] Password On Boot [Disabled] F1: Help : Select Item + -: Change Values F5: Setup Defaults Esc: Exit...
  • Page 50 GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Set User Password You can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus. When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

  • Page 51: Server

    BIOS Setup Server PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Server Boot Exit Console Redirection Item Specific Help Halt On [Mid] Memory RAS Feature Control [Standard] Clear Mem. ECC Error Info. [Disabled] Fatal Err on port C [Enabled] F1: Help : Select Item + -: Change Values F5: Setup Defaults Esc: Exit...

  • Page 52: Flow Control

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Com Port Address If this option is set to enabled, it will use a port on the motherboard. On-board COMA Use COMA as he COM port address. On-board COMB Use COMB as he COM port address. Disabled Disable this function. (Default value) Baud Rate This option allows user to set the specified baud rate.
  • Page 53 BIOS Setup Halt On The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up. NO Errors The system boot will not stop for any error that may be detected and you will be prompted. All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system will be stopped.

  • Page 54: Boot

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Boot PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Server Boot Exit + CD-ROM Drive Item Specific Help + Hard Drive Removable Device F1: Help : Select Item + -: Change Values F5: Setup Defaults Esc: Exit : Select Menu...

  • Page 55: Exit

    BIOS Setup Exit PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Server Boot Exit Exit Saving Changes Item Specific Help Exit Discarding Changes Load Settup Default Discard Changes Save Changes F1: Help : Select Item + -: Change Values F5: Setup Defaults Esc: Exit : Select Menu Enter: Select...

  • Page 56: Exit Discarding Changes

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Exit Saving Changes This option allows user to exit system setup with saving the changes. Press <Enter> on this item to ask for the following confirmation message: Pressing ‘Y’ to store all the present setting values tha user made in this time into CMOS.

  • Page 57: Discard Changes

    BIOS Setup Discard Changes This option allows user to load previos values from CMOS for all setup item. When you press <Enter> on this item, you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message as below: Setup Confirmation Load previous configuration now? [Yes] [No] Save Changes...

  • Page 58: Chapter 4 Technical Reference

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Revision History Chapter 4 Technical Reference Block Diagram...

  • Page 59: Chapter 5 Driver Installation

    Driver Installation Revision History Chapter 5 Driver Installation Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show a series of Setup Wizard dialog boxes. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe.
  • Page 60 GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Installation Completed 5. Installation completed, Click "Finish" to restart computer.

  • Page 61: Broadcom 5721 Lan Software Installation Utility

    Driver Installation Broadcom 5721 Lan Software Installation Utility Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show a series of Setup Wizard dialog boxes. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe.
  • Page 62 GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Ready to instll program Installation Completed 6. Installation Wizard completed. 5. Click "Install" to start Click "Finish". installation.

  • Page 63: Broadcom Management Applications Installation

    Driver Installation Broadcom Management Applications Installation Insert the driver CD-title that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM driver, the driver CD-title will auto start and show a series of Setup Wizard dialog boxes. If not, please double click the CD-ROM device icon in "My computer", and execute the setup.exe.
  • Page 64 GA-9ILDTH Motherboard CUSTOM Setup Ready to Install 5. Click on an icon in the left window to 6. Ready to install the program. Click change how a feature is installed. “Install” Click “Next”. CUSTOM Setup Features Control Suite This feature will install Broadcom Advanced Control Suite graphical user interface.

  • Page 65: Adapetc 7902 Driver Installation

    Driver Installation Adapetc 7902 Driver Installation Installation Procedures: 1. The CD auto run program starts, Double click on “Intel SATA Host Raid Driver”. 2. Select the folder depending on your operating system. 3. Copy all files to the floppy disk. 4.

  • Page 66: Chapter 6 Appendix

    GA-9ILDTH Motherboard Revision History Chapter 6 Appendix Acronyms Acronyms Meaning ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Advanced Power Management Accelerated Graphics Port Audio Modem Riser Advanced Communications Riser BIOS Boot Specification BIOS Basic Input / Output System Central Processing Unit...
  • Page 67 Appexdix Acronyms Meaning Input / Output IOAPIC Input Output Advanced Programmable Input Controller Industry Standard Architecture Local Area Network Logical Block Addressing Light Emitting Diode Megahertz MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface Memory Translator Hub Memory Protocol Translator Network Interface Card Operating System Original Equipment Manufacturer PCI A.G.P.

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