Gigabyte GA-7TCSV1 Manual

Gigabyte GA-7TCSV1 Manual

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  • Gigabyte GA-7TCSV1 | Manual - Page 1
    GA-7TCSV-RH Dual Xeon Processor Motherboard USER'S MANUAL XeonTM Processor Motherboard Rev. 1001 * The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user's other household waste and
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    Table of Contents Item Checklist 3 Chapter 1Introduction 4 1.1.Considerations Prior to Installation 4 1.2.Features Summary 5 1.3.GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Component 7 Chapter 2Hardware Installation Process 9 2.1.Installing Processor and CPU Haet Sink 9 2.1.1.Installing CPU ...9 2.1.2.Installing
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    English GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Item Checklist  The GA-7TCSV-RH motherboard  Serial ATA cable x 6  IDE (ATA100 ) cable x 1 / Floppy cable x 1  I/O Shield Kit  CD for motherboard driver & utility  Power cable x 4  GA-7TCSV-RH quick reference guide * The items listed above are for reference
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    installation, please follow the instructions below: 1. Please turn off the information in the provided manual. 3. Before using the product about any installation steps or have a problem related to the use of the product the conditions recommended in the user manual. 3. Damage due to improper
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    English GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard 1.2. Features Summary Form Factor CPU Chipset Memory I/O Control Expansion Slots SATA RAID Controller On-Board VGA On-Board LAN Internal Connector  12" x 10.5" CEB size form factor, 8 layers PCB  Supports Dual Intel® Xeon® Nehalem-EP 2S processors  Xeon® Quad
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    viewing  CPU/Power/System Fan Revolution Detect  CPU shutdown when overheat  System Voltage Detect  Support basic ASF remote transaction through CSA Bus with hardware circuit  Phoenix BIOS on 8Mb flash RAM  Supports S3, S4, S5 under Windows Operating System  Wake on LAN (WOL)  Wake on Ring
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    English GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard 1.3. GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Component 1. Primary CPU 31. PCI slot (32bit/33MHz) 2. Secondary CPU 32. DDR3 sockets for processor1 3. Intel Tylersburg-24D MCH 33. DDR3 sockets for processor2 4.
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    Introduction 23 24 35 11 8 7 65 9 37 36 10 12 31 30 29 28 22 27 38 32 2 44 19 4 43 42 45 18 15 39 17 14 3 1 16 13 20 34 40 33 21 41 25 26 8
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    English GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Process 2.1. Installing Processor and CPU Apply thermal grease on the processor before placing cooling fan. 4. Please make sure the CPU type is supported by the motherboard. 5. If you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge
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    2.1.2. Installing Heat Sink Hardware Installation Process Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Attach the heat sink clip to the processor socket. Place the cooling fan on the heat sink. Secure the cooing fan with screws. Connect processor fan can cable to the processor fanconnector 1 1 1 1 2 10
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    English GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard 2.2. Installing memory modules Before installing the memory modules, please comply with the following conditions: 1. Please make sure that the memory is supported by the motherboard. It is recommended to use the memory with similar capacity, specifications and brand.
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    Hardware Installation Process Installation Steps: Step 1. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot, and push it down. Step 2. Close the plastic clip at both edges of the DIMM slots to lock the DIMM module. NOTE! DIMM must be populated in order starting from DIMM8 socket. For dual-
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    English GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard 2.3. Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply 2.3.1. I/O Back Panel Introduction 13
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    device(s) such as USB keyboard, mouse, scanner, zip, speaker...etc. have a standard USB interface. Also make sure your OS supports USB controller. If your OS does not support USB controller, please contact OS vendor for possible patch or driver updated. For more information please contact your OS or
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    English GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard LAN LED Description LED2 (Green/Yellow) LED1 (Green) Name LED1 LED2 Color Green Green Green Green Green Yellow Yellow Condition ON BLINK OFF OFF
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    English GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard 2.4. Connectors Introduction 16 17 2 4 15 5 20 23 24 13 21 22 12 9 1 11 8 10 7 18 6 14 3 19 1. ATX_12V1 2. SSI_2X4P1 3. SSI_2X4P2 4. COM2 5. F_USB1 (Front USB
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    to the CPU. If the ATX_12V power connector is not connected, the system will not start. Caution! Please use a power supply that is able to support the system voltage requirements. It is recommended that a power supply that can withstand high power consumption be used (300W or greater). If a power
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    English GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard 4 ) COM2 21 10 9 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Definition DCDSIN2 SOUT2 DTR2GND DSR2RTS2CTS2RI2NC 5 ) F_USB1 (USB cable connector) Be careful with the polarity of the front USB
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    6 ) PS1 (SMBUS connector for power supply) Connector Introduction Pin No. Definition 1 1 SMBus Clock 2 SMBUS Data 3 SMBUS Alert 4 GND 5 3.3V 7/ 8/ 9/10/11/12 ) SATA 0~5 (Serial ATA cable connectors) SATA 3Gb/s can provide up to 300MB/s stransfer rate. Please refer to the BIOS setting
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    English GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard 13 ) SGPIO2 SGPIO is stands for Serial General Purpose Input/Output which is a 4-signal (or 4-wire) bus used between a Host Bus Adapter (HBA) and a
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    English GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard 20 ) F_PANEL1 (2X12 Pins Front Panel connector) Please connect the power LED, PC speaker, reset switch and power switch of your chassis front panel
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    replaced.  Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer.  Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions. 22 ) CLR_CMOS1 (Clear CMOS Function) You may clear the CMOS data to its default values by this jumper. Default value doesn't include
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard 23 ) JP_REC1 ( BIOS Recovery jumper) English 1 1-2 close: Normal operation. (Default setting) 1 2-3 close: Enable BIOS Recovery function. 24 ) PASS_DIS1 (Skip Supervisor password jumper) 1 1-2 Close: Normal
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    English QPI SATA2 x 6 QPI GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard 2.5. Block Diagram SPD0 DDR3 DDR3 DDR3 VRD 11.1 CPU0 Nehalem-EP LGA 1366 VRD 11.1 CPU1 Nehalem-EP LGA 1366 SPD1 DDR3 DDR3 DDR3
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Chapter 3 BIOS Setup BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) includes a CMOS SETUP utility which allows user to configure required settings or to activate certain
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    BIOS Setup GETTINGHELP 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
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard 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
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    . Auto: The data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it. LBA Mode This field shows if the device type in the specific IDE channel support LBA Mode. 32-Bit I/O Enable this function to max imize the IDE data transfer rate. Transfer Mode This
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Advanced Processor Options Figure 1-1: Advanced Processor Options Advanced Processor Option This category includes the information of CPU Speed, Processor ID and Processor L2 / L3
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    Nehalem CPU Power Management BIOS Setup Figure 1-1-1: Nehalem CPU Power Management EIST (GV3) & C State Enabled Enable EIST (GV3) and C State items. (Default setting) Disabled Disable EIST (GV3) and C State items. EIST (GV3) Enabled Enable EIST (GV3. (Default setting) Disabled Disable
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard transition on all of those Logical Processors. SW_ANY In SW_ANY mode, the OS Power Manager is responsible for corrdinating the P-state among logical processors
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    ACPI MWAIT extensions Enabled CST using MWAIT extension isenabled for OSPM use. Disabled Disable ACPI MWAIT extensions. BIOS Setup 32
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    BIOS Setup Simultanceous Multi Threading Simultanceous Multi Threading (SMT) is the concept of multiple logical processors within a processor core. SMT requires the BIOS to initialize each logical processor as through it is a physical processor. SMT allows each core to run multiple threads by
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Disabled Disable this function. (Default setting) Discrete MTRR Allocation Enabled Enable Discrete MTRR Allocation Disabled Disable this function. (Default setting) 34
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Advanced About This Section: Advanced With this section, allowing user to configure your system for advanced operation. User can set the Memory configuration, PnP configuration , I/O configuration, and Advanced chipset control. Figure 2: Advanced 35
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    Memory Configuration BIOS Setup Figure 2-1: Memory Configuration System Memory/Extended Memory/memory Frequency/DIMM Status These category is display-only which is determined by POST (Power On Self Test) of the BIOS. Memory Control Settings Enabled Disabled Enable Memory Control Settings.
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard I/O Device Configuration Figure 2-2: I/O Device Configuration Serial Port A This allows users to configure serial prot A by using this option. Enabled Disabled Enable the configuration (Default
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    On Enable NumLock. (Default setting) Off Disable this function. Legacy USB Support This option allows user to function support for legacy USB. Enabled Enables support for legacy USB (Default setting) Disabled Disables support for legacy USB. Route Port 80h cycles to Set route port 80h cycles
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Advanced Chipset Control Figure 2-4: Advanced Chipset Control Intel VT for Directed I/O (VT setting) Disabled Disable Interrupt Remapping. Coherency Support Enabled Enable Coherency Support. Disabled Disable Coherency Support. (Default setting) ATS Enabled Enable ATS
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    Setup PassThrough DMA Enabled Enable PassThrough DMA. (Default setting) Disabled Disable PassThrough DMA. VT-d for Port1~Port 10 Enabled Enable VT-d support for Port 1~Port 10 ports through ATSR structures in ACPI Tables. (Default setting) Disabled Disable VT-d for Port1~Port 10. I/OAT
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Boot -time Diagnostic When this item is enabled, system will shows Diagnostic (MP) specification revision level. Some operating system will require 1.1 for compatibility reasons. 1.4 Support MPS Version 1.4 . (Default setting) 1.1 Support M PS Version 1.1. 41
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    BIOS Setup Option ROM Placement Select option ROM placement feature when system hangs. Options Disabled, E000 Extension by PFA, Temporary Relocation by PFA, E000 Extension by Size, Temporary Relocation by Size. The default setting is disabled. 42
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Security * About This Section: Security In this section, user can set either supervisor or user passwords, or both for different level of password securities.
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    BIOS Setup 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. Type the password up to 6 characters in lengh and
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Server Figure 4: Server 45
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    System Management BIOS Setup Figure 4-1: System Management Server Management This category allows user to view the server management features. Including information of BIOS Version and GBIA Module Version. 46
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Console Redirection Figure 4-2: Console Redirection COM Port Address If this option is set to enabled, it will use a port on the motherboard to run
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    Flow Control This option provide user to enable the flow control function. None Not supported. XON/OFF Software control. CTS/RTS Hardware control. (Default setting) BIOS Setup Continue C.R. after POST This option allows user to enable console redirection after O.S has
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Boot Figure 5: Boot Boot Priority Order This field determines which type of device the system attempt to boot from after PhoenixBIOS Post completed. Specifies
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    Exit BIOS Setup Figure 6: Exit * About This Section: Exit Once you have changed all of the set values in the BIOS setup, you should save your changes and exit BIOS setup program. Select "Exit" from the menu bar, to display the following sub-menu. Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding Changes Load
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Exit Saving Changes This option allows user to exit system setup with saving the changes. Press on this item to ask for the
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    BIOS Setup Exit Discarding Changes This option allows user to exit system setup without changing anyprevious settings values in CMOS. The previous selection remain in effect. This will exit the Setup Utility and restart your compuetr when selecting this option. 52
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Load Settup Default This option allows user to load default values for all setup items. When you press on this item, you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message as below: 53
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    BIOS Setup Discard Changes This option allows user to load previos values from CMOS for all setup item. When you press on this item, you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message as below: 54
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    GA-7TCSV-RH Motherboard Save Changes This option allows user to save setup dat ato CMOS. When you press on this item, you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message as below: Press [Yes] to save setup data to CMOS. 55
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USER’S MANUAL
GA-7TCSV-RH
Dual Xeon Processor Motherboard
Xeon
TM
Processor Motherboard
Rev. 1001
*
The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with
user's other household waste and must be handed over to a designated collection point
for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment!!
*
The WEEE marking applies only in European Union's member states.