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X7SB4 / X7SBE

QuICk referenCe guIde

• One(1)SupermicroMotherboard

• Six(6)SATACables(X7SBEonly)

• Four(4)SATACables(X7SB4only)

• One(1)FloppyDriveRibbonCable

• One(1)SCSICable(X7SB4only)

• One(1)I/OShield

• One(1)QuickReferenceGuide

MNL-0970 -QRG

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JS1

JS4

JS3

JS6

JS5

JS2

PW4

J47

J19

J3P

PCIE4

JPW2

JPW1

DIMM4

DIMM3

DIMM2

DIMM1

JF1

J44

J45

LE4

LE3

D25

LE1

JPG1

JLED

JWD

JPL1

JPA1

JA1

JPCIX6

JPCIX5

JPCIX2

SPKR1

J27

JWOL

JI2C2

JI2C1

JPF

JWOR

JL1

JPA2

CPU_FAN6

FAN1

FAN5

FAN2

FAN4

FAN3

JPCIX1

BIOS

JAR

JBT1

PWR_LED

USB 0,1,7,8

LAN

CTRL

LAN

CTRL

Intel

JPL2

USB2,3

LAN2LAN1

I-SATA4

CPU

FP USB6

Slot7 PCIE-X8

SIM1U Slot

VGA

SPEAKER

KB/MOUSE

COM1

DIMM2A

DIMM1A

Slot6 PCIX-133

Slot5 PCIX-133

Slot4 PCIE-X4

USB4,5

I-SATA0

I-SATA2

I-SATA1

I-SATA3

Slot2 PCIX-100-ZCR

SCSI

Slot1 PCIX-100

FLOPPY

Battery

MCH

Intel 3210

Buzzer/SPKR

I-SATA5

Intel ICH9R

Adaptec 7901

SCSI CTRL

Intel PHX

Intel

Winbond

Super I/O

FP CTRL

24-Pin

ATX PWR

CPU PWR

ATI ES1000

VGA CTRL

COM2

Winbond

JPUSB1

JPUSB2

T-SGPIO1

T-SGPIO2

DIMM1B

DIMM2B

This motherboard supports up to 8 GB dual or single channel Unbuffered (UDIMM)

DDR2 ECC/Non-ECC 800/677 MHz SDRAM in 4 memory slots. Both interleaved

and non-interleaved memory are supported, so any number of DIMM slots may be

populated.

Note: For memory optimization, use only DIMM modules that have been

validated by Supermicro. For the latest memory updates, please refer to our

website at http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard.

Item # Jumper Description Default

JPL1, JPL2 Giga-bit LAN 1/2 Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JWD Watch Dog Enable Pins 1-2 (Reset)

JPF Power Force-On Open (Disabled)

JPG1 VGA Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPA1 (X7SB4 only) SCSI Channel Enable Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

JPA2 (X7SB4 only) SCSI Channel Termin. Enable Open (Enabled)

JPUSB1 Back Panel USB Wake-Up Pins 1-2 (Enabled)

C1, JI

C2 SMB to PCI Slots Open/Open (Disabled)

JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chpt. 2 in User Manual

JPUSB2 Front Panel USB Wake-Up Pins 2-3 (Disabled)

Item # Connector Description

KB/Mous (J28) Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector

USB 0, 1, 7, 8 (J15) Back Panel Universal Serial Bus Ports (USB 7/8 OEM only)

3, 33

COM1, COM2 (J31, J13) COM Port 1 and COM 2 Header

VGA VGA Connector

5, 6

LAN1, LAN2 Ethernet RJ45 (Gigabit LAN) Port 1 & Port 2 Connectors

7, 45, 35

Fan5, Fan4, Fan6 Chassis/System Fan Headers: Fans 4 & 5; CPU: Fan 6

Speaker (J9) Speaker Header

SPKR1 Internal Speaker/Buzzer

USB 6 (J47) Front Panel USB Port 6

JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header

SCSI (JA1) SCSI Channel Connector (X7SB4 only)

I-SATA0~I-SATA3 4 SATA Ports (X7SB4 only)

22, 46

I-SATA0~I-SATA5 6 SATA Ports (X7SBE only)

PWR LED (JLED) Power LED Indicator Header

FP CTRL (JF1) Front Panel Control Header

25, 26, 27

Fan3, Fan2, Fan1 Chassis/System Fan Headers

24-Pin ATX PWR (JPW1) ATX 24-Pin Power Connector

CPU PWR (JPW2) 12V 8-pin Power Connector (required)

J3P Power Fault Header (See Chapter 2 in User Manual)

PW4 Power SMBus Header (I

Floppy (J27) Floppy Disk Connector

JWOL Wake On LAN Header

JWOR Wake on Ring Header

41, 39

USB 2/3, 4/5 (J44, J45) Front Panel Accessible USB Headers

T-SGPIO1, TSGPIO2 Serial Link General Purpose I/O Headers

Item # LED Description Color/State Status

19 LE1 Onboard Power LED Green: Solid on System On

20 D25 System Status LED Green: Solid on System Normal

21, 42 LE3, LE4 BIOS POST Code LEDs See Chapter 2 in User Manual

Motherboard Layout and Features

Jumpers, Connectors and LED Indicators

Jumpers

Connectors

LED Indicators

Note: Graphics shown in this quick reference guide are for illustration only. Your components may or may not look exactly the same as drawings shown in this guide.

Front Panel Control (JF1)

Back Panel IO Connectors

Memory Support

Note: Refer to Chapter 2 of the User Manual for detailed information on memory support and CPU/

motherboard installation instructions.

Note: USB 7/8 are OEM only.

DIMM Installation

Note: Refer to Chapter 1 of the User Manual for detailed information on jumpers, connectors, and LED indicators.

DIMM1A

Towards the PCI slot

Towards the CPU

DIMM2A

DIMM1B

DIMM2B

A. Keyboard

B. PS/2 Mouse

C. USB Port 0

D. USB Port 1

E. COM Port 1

F. VGA Port

G. Gigabit LAN 1

H. Gigabit LAN 2

1245678 39

18 19

21 22 23

24 25 26 27

Lock

1. Open

socket

cover

2. Insert CPU (Align

Notches)

3. Close and

secure lever.

1. Apply

thermal

grease

2. Set heatsink

on CPU

3. Twist to lock

fasteners

Heatsink Installation

CPU Installation

Power Button

OH/Fan Fail LED

NIC1 LED

Reset Button

Power Fail LED

HDD LED

Power LED

Reset

PWR

Vcc

Ground

1920

Vcc

Ground

NMI

Vcc

NIC2 LED

Possible System Memory Allocation & Availability

System Device Size Physical Memory

Remaining (-Available)

(4 GB Total System Memory)

Firmware Hub ash memory (System BIOS) 1 MB 3.99 GB

Local APIC 4 KB 3.99 GB

Area Reserved for the chipset 2 MB 3.99 GB

I/O APIC (4 Kbytes) 4 KB 3.99 GB

PCI Enumeration Area 1 256 MB 3.76 GB

PCI Express (256 MB) 256 MB 3.51 GB

PCI Enumeration Area 2 (if needed) -Aligned on

256-MB boundary-

512 MB 3.01 GB

VGA Memory 16 MB 2.85 GB

TSEG 1 MB 2.84 GB

Memory available for the OS & other applications 2.84 GB