SI-1Ns Socket 478 Server Board User’s Manual 4200-0353-02 Rev. 1.
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Table Of Contents Chapter 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. Chapter 2. 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 2.5. Chapter 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.4. 3.5. Introduction .................................................... 1-1 Features & Specifications....................................................... 1-1 Layout Diagram...................................................................... 1-3 Jumpers & Connectors Description........................................ 1-4 Hardware Setup..............................................
3.6. 3.7. 3.8. 3.9. 3.10. 3.11. 3.12. 3.13. Chapter 4. 4.1. PnP/PCI Configurations ....................................................... 3-15 PC Health Menu ................................................................... 3-17 Load Fail-Safe Defaults........................................................ 3-18 Load Optimized Defaults ..................................................... 3-18 Set Supervisor Password ...................................................... 3-18 Set User Password ........
Introduction 1-1 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.
1-2 Chapter 1 External I/O Panel • • • • PS/2 keyboard connector 2 RJ-45 LAN connectors 1 COM port connector (for COM1) 1 VGA connector System BIOS • • Phoenix/Award Plug and Play BIOS 4M-bit Flash ROM Form Factor • 9.6” x 9.6” Miscellaneous • • SI-1Ns 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.
Introduction 1-3 1.2.
1-4 Chapter 1 1.3.
Hardware Setup Chapter 2. 2-1 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. Ground yourself properly by wearing a static safety wrist strap before removing the board from the antistatic bag. 3. Hold the board by its edges. Avoid touching any component on it. 4.
2-2 Chapter 2 2.2. Installing the Server Board Before installing the server board, exam your chassis to ensure this server board fits into it. Your chassis should support micro ATX form factor. 1. Face the side of the I/O ports toward the rear part of the chassis. 2. Locate the screw holes on the server board and the chassis base. 3. Place all the studs or spacers needed on the chassis base and have them tightened. 4. Line up all the screw holes on the board with those studs or spacers on the chassis. 5.
Hardware Setup 2-3 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. If that’s not the case, buy one specially designed for Pentium® 4 Socket 478. 1. Locate the 478-pin ZIF socket on the motherboard. Fasten the Retention Module Base onto the motherboard.
2-4 Chapter 2 5. Push down the Retention Lock at both sides of the Fan and Retention Mechanism Assembly to lock up together with the Retention Module Base. 6. The Fan and Retention Mechanism Assembly and Retention Module Base should now firmly lock up with each other with the heatsink inside. ATTENTION: Do not forget to set the correct bus frequency and multiple for your processor. 2.4.
Hardware Setup 2.4.2. 2-5 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. 3. Align the two notch keys on the module with the two ribs on the slot. 4. Firmly press the module into the slots until the ejector tabs at both sides of the slot automatically snaps into the mounting notch.
2-6 Chapter 2 2.5. Connectors, Headers, and Switches All the connectors, headers and switches mentioned here are depending on your system configuration. Some features you may (or may not) have to connect or to configure depending on the peripherals you have connected. WARNING: Always power off the computer and unplug the AC power cord before adding or removing any peripheral or component. Failing to so may cause severe damage to your server board and/or peripherals.
Hardware Setup 2.5.2. 2-7 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. • FAN1/FAN2: With speed monitoring support in BIOS menu • FAN4/FAN5: Without speed monitoring support in BIOS menu WARNING: These fan connectors are not jumpers. DO NOT place jumper caps on these connectors.
2-8 2.5.3. Chapter 2 CMOS Memory Clearing Header This header uses a jumper cap to clear the CMOS memory. • 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.
Hardware Setup 2.5.4. 2-9 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.
2-10 2.5.6. Chapter 2 Front Panel Switches & Indicators Headers These headers are used for connecting switches and LED indicators on the chassis front panel. The mark “+” align to the pin in the figure below stands for positive polarity for the LED connection. Pin Number Pin Assignment Pin 1, 2 POW-ON Pin 3, 4 RESET Pin 7, 8 POW-LED Pin 9, 10 IDE Pin 13, 14 Pin 15, 16 NIC_1-LED NIC_2-LED SI-1Ns Definition Connects to the Power Switch cable of chassis front panel.
Hardware Setup 2.5.7. 2-11 IDE Connector This IDE port connects up to two IDE drives at Ultra ATA/100 mode by one 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 connectors on hard drives. NOTE: The red line on the ribbon cable should be aligned with pin-1 on this connector.
2-12 2.5.8. Chapter 2 COM Port Header This header provides one external COM2 port connection.
Hardware Setup 2.5.9. 2-13 Additional USB Ports Header These headers each provide two additional USB ports connection.
2-14 2.5.10. Chapter 2 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.
BIOS Setup Chapter 3. 3-1 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”. This chapter explains the Setup Utility of BIOS utility.
3-2 Chapter 3 3.1. Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) 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].
BIOS Setup 3-3 IDE Primary Master, IDE Primary Slave Click key to enter its submenu: IDE HDD Auto-Detection This item allows you to detect the parameters of IDE drives by pressing the 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. If you want to define your own drive by yourself, set it to [Manual] and make sure you fully understand the meaning of the parameters.
3-4 Chapter 3 Cylinder This item configures the numbers of cylinders. Head This item configures the numbers of read/write heads. Precomp This item displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing. Landing Zone This item displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read/write heads. Sector This item configures the numbers of sectors per track. Halt On This item determines whether the system stops if an error is detected during system boot-up.
BIOS Setup 3-5 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.
3-6 Chapter 3 Hard Disk Boot Priority This item selects the hard disks booting priority. By pressing key, you can enter its submenu where the hard disks detected can be selected for the booting sequence to boot up system. This item functions only when there is the option of [Hard Disk] in any one of the First/Second/Third Boot Device items.
BIOS Setup 3-7 Small Logo(EPA) Show This item determines to show the EPA logo when booting.
3-8 Chapter 3 3.3. Advanced Chipset Features 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. The EEPROM on the memory module stores critical parameter information about the module, such as memory type, size, speed, voltage interface, and module banks.
BIOS Setup 3-9 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. Leave this item to its default [Disabled] setting when using ISA cards that are not PCI 2.1 compliant.
3-10 Chapter 3 3.4. Integrated Peripherals Onboard IDE-1 Controller This item enables or disables the onboard IDE-1 controller. Init Display First This item selects to initialize Onboard VGA or PCI Slot first when the system boots. [Onboard VGA]: When the system boots, it will first initialize Onboard VGA. [PCI Slot]: When the system boots, it will first initialize PCI. USB Controller This option enables or disables the USB controller. USB 2.0 Controller This option enables or disables the USB 2.
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. Onboard LAN2 Controller This item enables or disables the onboard LAN2 controller.
3-12 Chapter 3 [Disabled]: This option prevents the parallel port from accessing any system resources. When the value of this option is set to [Disabled], the printer port becomes unavailable. [378]: This option allows the parallel port to use [378] as its I/O port address. The majority of parallel ports on computer systems use IRQ7 and I/O Port 378H as the standard setting. [278]: This option allows the parallel port to use [278] as its I/O port address.
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. This item can only be configured if the [ACPI Suspend Type] field is set to [S3(STR)].
3-14 Chapter 3 Wake-Up by PCI card/LAN When set to [Enabled], access to the onboard LAN or a PCI card such as a modem or LAN card will cause the system to wake up. The PCI card must support the wake up function. Resume by Alarm When set to [Enabled], you can set the date and time you would like the Soft-Off PC to power-on in the “Date (of Month) Alarm” and “Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm” items.
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. Resources Controlled By This item configures all of the boot and Plug-and-Play compatible devices. [Auto(ESCD)]: The system will automatically detect the settings.
3-16 Chapter 3 IRQ Resources: Click key to enter its submenu: This item sets each system interrupt to either [PCI Device] or [Reserved]. PIRQ_0 Use IRQ No. ~PIRQ_7 Use IRQ No. This item specifies the IRQ number manually or automatically for the devices installed on PCI slots.
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. NOTE: The hardware monitoring features for temperatures, fans and voltages will occupy the I/O address from 294H to 297H.
3-18 Chapter 3 3.8. Load Fail-Safe Defaults This option loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal-performance system operations. 3.9. Load Optimized Defaults This option loads the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal-performance system operations. 3.10. Set Supervisor Password This option protects the BIOS configuration or restricts access to the computer itself.
Driver Installation Chapter 4. 4-1 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]. Please follow the on-screen instruction.
4-2 Chapter 4 4.1. Setup Items • Intel Chipset Driver Install Intel chipset driver for Windows Operating System. • Intel Application Accelerator Install Intel Application Accelerator program for Windows Operating System. • Intel VGA Driver Install Intel graphics adapter driver for Windows Operating System. • Intel LAN Driver Install the drivers for Intel 82550EY 10/100Mbps LAN Controller. The operating systems supported are Windows and Linux. • USB2.0 Driver via Windows Update Install USB2.
How to Get Technical Support A-1 Appendix A. How to Get Technical Support (From our website) http://www.abit.com.tw (In North America) http://www.abit-usa.com (In Europe) http://www.abit.nl Thank you for choosing ABIT products. ABIT sells all our products through distributors, resellers and system integrators; we have no direct sales to end-users.
A-2 Appendix A 4. Internet Newsgroups. They are a great source of information and many people there can offer help. ABIT's Internet News group, alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit, is an ideal forum for the public to exchange information and discuss experiences they have had with ABIT products. Many times you will see that your question has already been asked before. This is a public Internet news group and it is reserved for free discussions. Here is a list of some of the more popular ones: alt.comp.periphs.
How to Get Technical Support A-3 North America and South America: ABIT Computer (U.S.A.) Corporation 45531 Northport Loop West, Fremont, California 94538, U.S.A. Tel: 1-510-623-0500 Fax: 1-510-623-1092 sales@abit-usa.com technical@abit-usa.com http://www.abit-usa.com U.K. and Ireland: ABIT Computer (U.K.) Corporation Ltd. Unit 3, 24-26 Boulton Road, Stevenage, Herts SG1 4QX, U.K. Tel: 44-1438-228888 Fax: 44-1438-226333 sales@abitcomputer.co.uk technical@abitcomputer.co.
A-4 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 Tel: 33-1-5858-0043 Fax: 33-1-5858-0047 http://www.abit.
How to Get Technical Support A-5 7. RMA Service. If your system has been working but it just stopped, but you have not installed any new software or hardware recently, it is likely that you have a defective component. 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.
A-6 Appendix A Technical Support Form Company Name: Phone Number: Contact Person: Fax Number: E-mail Address: Model * Motherboard Model No.
