Gigabyte GA-8IPXDR-E User manual

USER’S MANUAL

GA-8IPXDR-E Series

Intel

®

Dual Xeon

TM

Serverboard

Intel

®

Dual Xeon Processor Serverboard

Rev. 1001

25A08-08IPX-F00

2

GA-8IPXDR-E(C) Motherboard

Table of Content

Item Checklist .........................................................................................4

GA-8IPXDR-E Series Model List ...........................................................4

WARNING!...............................................................................................4

Chapter 1 Introduction.............................................................................6

Features Summary...................................................................................... 6

GA-8IPXDR-E(C) Motherboard Layout ....................................................... 8

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process................................................9

Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU).....................................10

Step 1-1: Installing Motherboard to the Chassis... ....................................................... 10

Step 1-2: CPU Installation................................................................................................11

Step 1-3: CPU Heat Sink Installation ............................................................................. 13

Step 2: Install memory modules................................................................15

Step 3: Install expansion cards .................................................................17

Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply ........... 18

Step 4-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction............................................................................ 18

Step 4-2: Connectors Introduction.................................................................................. 20

Step 4-3: Jumper Setting Introduction ............................................................................ 30

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup ..........................................................................36

Main...........................................................................................................38

Advanced ...................................................................................................41

Advanced Configuration.................................................................................................. 42

Chipset Configuration ...................................................................................................... 44

Power Management Configuration................................................................................. 45

PCI-X Configuration........................................................................................................ 46

Peripheral Configuration .................................................................................................. 47

Security ......................................................................................................54

Boot............................................................................................................56

Exit .............................................................................................................58

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Table of Content

Chapter 4 Technical Reference ............................................................60

GA-8IPXDR-E System Block Diagram.....................................................60

Chapter 5 Appendix.............................................................................61

Appendix A: Intel Network Driver Installation ............................................................... 61

Appendix B: INF Update Installation (Driver for chipset)............................................. 63

Appendix C: ATI Rage XL VGA Driver Installation ...................................................... 64

Appexdix D: Adaptec SCSI Driver Installation ............................................................ 65

Appendix E: Utilites Installation ...................................................................................... 66

Appendix F: About Updateing Latest version of BIOS ................................................ 66

Appendix G: IPMI Connector Pin Definition .................................................................. 67

Appendix H: Acronyms .................................................................................................. 68

Technical Support/RMA Sheet ....................................................................................... 70

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GA-8IPXDR-E(C) Motherboard

; The GA-8IPXDR-E series motherboard ; I/O Back Panel

; IDE cable x 1/ Floppy cable x 1 ; USB Cable x 1(Optional)

; Driver CD for motherboard driver & utility ; SCSI Cable x 1 (Optional)

; GA-8IPXDR-E user’s manual

Item Checklist

WARNING!

Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To

protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you

work on your computer.

1. Unplug your computer when working on the inside.

2. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do not have

one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as

the power supply case.

3. Hold components by the edges and try not touch the IC chips, leads or connectors, or

other components.

4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the

components whenever the components are separated from the system.

5. Ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX

power connector on the motherboard.

GA-8IPXDR-E Series Model List

3 GA-8IPXDR-E (Supports 533MHz / with SCSI function)

3 GA-8IPXDR-EC (Supports 533MHz / without SCSI function)

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WARNING!

If the motherboard has mounting holes, but they don’t line up with the holes on the base and there are

no slots to attach the spacers, do not become alarmed you can still attach the spacers to the mounting

holes. Just cut the bottom portion of the spacers (the spacer may be a little hard to cut off, so be careful

of your hands). In this way you can still attach the motherboard to the base without worrying about short

circuits. Sometimes you may need to use the plastic springs to isolate the screw from the motherboard

PCB surface, because the circuit wire may be near by the hole. Be careful, don’t let the screw contact

any printed circuit write or parts on the PCB that are near the fixing hole, otherwise it may damage the

board or cause board malfunctioning.

Installing the motherboard to the chassis…

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GA-8IPXDR-E(C) Motherboard

Form Factor y 30.5cm x 33cm Extend ATX size form factor, 8 layers PCB.

CPU y mPGA 604 socket for Intel

®

Xeon

TM

processor with 512KB L2cache

y Intel Prestonia 400/533MHz FSB

Chipset y Chipset RGE7501MC HOST/Memory Controller Hub

y FW82801CA I/O Controller Hub

Memory y 6 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets

y Supports 200MHz/266MHz DDR memory interface

y Supports Up to 6 72bit Registered ECC DDR DIMMs

y Supports up to 12GB DRAM (Max)

y Supports only 2.5V DDR DIMM

y Dual channel supports :

y One 144bit wide DDR memory port with ECC type DRAM

integrity.

y Peak memory bandwidth of 3.2GB/s or 4.21 GB/s

y DIMMs must be populated in pairs.

I/O Control y NS PC87366

Slots y Support Intel P64H2 PCI-X bridge x 2

(4 PCI-Xslot supports 66~133MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant)

y 2 PCI slot supports 33MHz & PCI 2.2 compliant

y PCI_X-3 slot (Green) implented the Intel RADOIS circuitry

supports the Intel ZCR and Adaptec Night hawk2 ZCR Adapters

On-Board IDE y 2 IDE bus master (DMA33/ATA66/ATA100) IDE ports for up to 4

ATAPI devices

y Supports up to ATA100 IDE & ATAPI CD-ROM

On-Board Peripherals y 1 Floppy port supports 360K, 720K,1.2M, 1.44M

and 2.88M bytes.

y 1 Parallel port supports Normal/EPP/ECP mode

y 2 COM ports (One at front, one at rear)

y 2 LAN ports (LAN1 & LAN2)

y 4 USB ports (Rear USB x 2, Front USB x 2)

Chapter 1 Introduction

Features Summary

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Introduction

Hardware Monitor y CPU/Power/System Fan Revolution detect

y CPU Overheat Warning

y System Voltage Detect

On-Board LAN y Build in Intel 82546EB single chip with Dual ports Gigabit Ethernet

controller (Server Adapter)

On-Board VGA y Build in ATI Rage XL PCI VGA Chipset

On-Board SCSI y Adaptec 7902W Ultra 320 SCSI Chipset

PS/2 Connector y PS/2 Keyboard interface and PS/2 Mouse interace

BIOS y Licensed AMI BIOS, 4M bit FWH

Additional Features y Wake on LAN

y AC Recovery

y IPMI V1.0 (Winbond BMC)

y Intel

®

RADIOS circuits support both Intel

®

RADOIS and Adaptec

Nighthawk 2 ZCR adapters

0 Please set the CPU host frequency in accordance with your processor’s specifications.

We don’t recommend you to set the system bus frequency over the CPU’s specification

because these specific bus frequencies are not the standard specifications for CPU,

chipset and most of the peripherals. Whether your system can run under these specific

bus frequencies properly will depend on your hardware configurations, including CPU,

Chipsets,SDRAM,Cards….etc.

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GA-8IPXDR-E(C) Motherboard Layout

LPT

ATX1

ATI

Rage XL

BT1

ATX3

*SCSI

7902W

USB1

IDE2

PCI_4

CPU2

CPU1 (Install First)

604 PIN Socket604 PIN Socket

PCI-X_3

PCI_6

PCI_5

PCI-X_2

PCI-X_1

IDE1

FDD1

IPMI_CON

ICH3-S

P64H2

SIO NS

BIOS

COM2 J20

E7501

P64H2

82546EB

LAN1

LAN2

CN1

USB2

COM1

VGA

*SCSI1 (Channel

B)

*SCSI2 (Channel

A)

J4 (B-1)

J1 (A-1)

J5 (B-2)

J2 (A-2)

J6 (B-3)

J3 (A-3)

ATX2

Wake on LAN

CLR_COMS

Note that * indicates for GA-8IPXDR-E Only

Hardware Installation Process

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To set up your computer, you must complete the following setups:

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 5- Setup BIOS software

Step 6- Install supporting software tools

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process

Step1

Step 4

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

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Step 1: Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Step 1-1: Installing Motherboard to the Chassis...

You may use the 4 screws which come with the mainboard to reinforce the support between Xeon CPU

heat-sink on the mainboard and chassis.

Step1: The 4 new mounting holes on the chassis

are for additional support for Xeon CPU

heat-sink on the mainboard.

Step2: Preparing the assemblt kits.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Step3: Fit the 4 screws with 2 CPU

retention modules on the chassis.

Hardware Installation Process

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Step 1-2: CPU Installation

Pin1 indicator

CPU Top View: Socket 603 / 400MHz

1. Pull the lever out, than lift up the Lever.

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look

for a (golden) cut edge on the CPU

upper corner. Then insert the CPU

into the socket.

CPU Botttom View: Socket 603 / 400MHz

CPU Top View: Socket 604 / 533MHz

CPU Bottom View: Socket 604 / 533MHz

For socket 603 / 400MHz

Socket Actuation Lever

Pin1 indicator

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00

0 Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard.

00

0 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.

00

0 Warning: If your are installing one CPU ONLY, please refer to the Motherboard

Layout (page 8) to install the CPU into the certain socket.

For socket 604 / 533MHz

1. Pull the lever out, than lift up the Lever.

Pin1 indicator

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look

for a (golden) cut edge on the CPU

upper corner. Then insert the CPU

into the socket.

Socket Actuation Lever

3. Press down the CPU socket lever

and finish CPU installation.

3. Press down the CPU socket lever

and finish CPU installation.

Hardware Installation Process

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Step 1-3: CPU Heat Sink Installation

1. Use qualified fan approved by Intel.

3. First step of assembling.

2. Heat Sink

5. Second step of assembling.

4. Completive picture for first step.

6. Completive picture for second step.

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0 Please use Intel approved cooling fan.

00

0 We recommend you to apply the thermal paste to provide better heat

conduction between your CPU and heatsink.

00

0 Make sure the CPU fan power cable is plugged in to the CPU fan connector,

this completes the installation.

00

0 Please refer to CPU heat sink user’s manual for more detail installation

procedure.

8. Hook one end of the cooler bracket to the

CPU socket first.

7. Fan assembly.

9. Picture of device set on the motherboard.

Hardware Installation Process

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Step 2: Install memory modules

The motherboard has 6 dual inline memory module (DIMM) sockets, but it can only support a

maximum of 3 banks DDR memory. DDR socket 1 uses 1 bank, DDR socket 2& 3 share the

remaining 2 banks. The BIOS will automatically detects memory type and size. To install the memory

module, just push it vertically into the DIMM Slot .The DIMM module can only fit in one direction due

to the notch.Memory size can vary between sockets.

Registered DDR

Notch

J4 (B-1)

J1 (A-1)

J5 (B-2)

J2 (A-2)

J6 (B-3)

J3 (A-3)

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Installation Step:

1. The DIMM slot has a notch, so the DIMM

memory module can only fit in one direction.

2. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into

the DIMM slot. Then push it down.

3. Close the plastic clip at both edges of theDIMM

slots to lock the DIMM module.

4. When installing the memoryin the DIMM

module, please insert them pair by pair.

You must follow the slot number order to

insert the DIMM into DIMM module.

The installation number sequence are

J3J6 -- J2J5 -- J1J4. If you only insert one

pair, you must insert it in J3/J6 slot.

5. If you want to install X4, X8 device width DDR

DIMMs simultaneously, please populated x4

device width DIMMs at the farthest DIMMs

away from MCH.

6. It is not not recommended to use DDR X4,

X8 type of mixture installation.

7. DIMMs must be populated in pairs, and the

DIMMs in a pair must be identical.

8. Reverse the installation steps when you wish to

remove the DIMM module.

J4 (B-1)

J1 (A-1)

J5 (B-2)

J2 (A-2)

J6 (B-3)

J3 (A-3)

Hardware Installation Process

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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 computer’s chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the computer.

3. Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard.

4. Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot.

5. Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card.

6. Replace your computer’s chassis cover.

7. Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS.

8. Install related driver from the operating system.

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Step 4: Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power

supply

Step 4-1: I/O Back Panel Introduction

XX

X PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector

PS/2 Mouse Connector

(6 pin Female)

PS/2 Keyboard Connector

(6 pin Female)

¾This connector supports standard PS/2

keyboard and PS/2 mouse.

YY

Y USB Connector

¾Before 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 (Win 95 with USB

supplement, Win98, Windows 2000, Windows ME,

Win NT with SP 6) supports USB controller. If

your OS does not support USB controller, please

contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver

upgrade. For more information please contact

your OS or device(s) vendors.

USB 0

USB 1

XX

X

YY

Y

ZZ

Z

[[

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\\

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ZZ

ZParallel Port / Serial Port / VGA Port (LPT/COMA/VGA)

¾This connector supports 1 standard COM port

,1 Parallel port and 1 VGA port. Device like

printercan be connected to Parallel port ; mouse

and modem etc can be connected to Serial ports.

[[

[/

\\

\ LAN1 / LAN2 Port

Parallel Port

(25 pin Female)

COMA

VGA

Serial Port

(9 pin Male)

VGA Port

(15 pin Female)

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Step 4-2: Connectors Introduction

A) ATX3 L) COM2

B) ATX1 M) CASEOPEN

C) ATX2 N) J20 (Front Panel)

D) BT1 O) J30

E) SCSI1 P) J31

F) SCSI2 Q) J32

G) FDD1 R) J33

H) USB1 S) J34

I ) IDE1 T) J18 ( Wake On LAN)

J ) IDE2 U) F_Panel

K) IPMI_CON

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