User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Installation
- 2-1 Standardized Warning Statements
- 2-2 Static-Sensitive Devices
- 2-3 Motherboard Installation
- 2-4 Memory Support
- 2-5 Connectors/IO Ports
- 2-6 Connecting Cables
- ATX PWR, DC PWR and HDD PWR Connectors (JPW1, PJ1, J6)
- Fan Headers (FAN1 ~ FAN4) (FAN4 is available on PCB 2.00 only)
- Chassis Intrusion
- System Management Bus Header
- DOM PWR Connector
- TPM Header/Port 80 Header
- Overheat LED Header
- Speaker
- Standby Power
- I-SGPIO1/I-SGPIO2
- NVMe I2C Header
- Power SMBus (I2C) Connector (available on PCB 2.00 only)
- System Management Bus Header
- GPIO Header
- ATX PWR, DC PWR and HDD PWR Connectors (JPW1, PJ1, J6)
- 2-7 Jumper Settings
- 2-8 Onboard Indicators
- 2-9 SATA Connections
- Chapter 3 Troubleshooting
- Chapter 4 BIOS
- Appendix A BIOS Error Beep Codes
- Appendix B Software Installation Instructions
- Appendix C UEFI BIOS Recovery Instructions
- Appendix D Dual Boot Block
Appendix C: UEFI BIOS Recovery
C-1
Appendix C
UEFI BIOS Recovery Instructions
Warning: Do not upgrade the BIOS unless your system has a BIOS-related issue.
Flashing the wrong BIOS can cause irreparable damage to the system. In no event shall
Supermicro be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages
arising from a BIOS update. If you need to update the BIOS, do not shut down or reset
the system while the BIOS is updating to avoid possible boot failure.
C-1 An Overview to the UEFI BIOS
The Unied Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specication provides a software-
based interface between the operating system and the platform rmware in the
pre-boot environment. The UEFI specication supports an architecture-independent
mechanism for add-on card initialization to allow the UEFI OS loader, which is stored
in the add-on card, to boot up the system. UEFI offers a clean, hands-off control to
a computer system at bootup.
C-2 How to Recover the UEFI BIOS Image (-the Main
BIOS Block)
A UEF BIOS ash chip consists of a recovery BIOS block, comprised of two boot
blocks and a main BIOS block (a main BIOS image). The boot block contains critical
BIOS codes, including memory detection and recovery codes for the user to ash
a new BIOS image if the original main BIOS image is corrupted. When the system
power is on, the boot block codes execute rst. Once that is completed, the main
BIOS code will continue with system initialization and bootup.
Note: Follow the BIOS Recovery instructions below for BIOS recovery
when the main BIOS boot crashes.
C-3 To Recover the Main BIOS Block Using a USB-
Attached Device
This feature allows the user to recover a BIOS image using a USB-attached device
without additional utilities used. A USB ash device such as a USB Flash Drive, or
a USB CD/DVD ROM/RW device can be used for this purpose. However, a USB
Hard Disk drive cannot be used for BIOS recovery at this time.
To perform UEFI BIOS recovery using a USB-attached device, follow the instruc-
tions below.