20 Most Recent SuperMicro LGA775/ Intel 946GZ/ DDR2/ PCI-E/ SATA2/ V&2GbE/ mATX PDSBMLN2 Motherboard Questions & Answers

I found a newegg review saying that USB ports stop working and it is a defect of this board. Try to contact support and get it RMAed good luck

you may have formatted you computer ........so you need to install the drivers for audio and video using the disc provided to you for your motherboard

file:///C:/Users/Wajiha/Downloads/MNL-1281.pdf http://kernelpanik.net/boot-selection-menu-on-supermicro-x9sra/

Any PCI mounted card will work.

An electrolytic capacitor has failed. If one has failed it indicates that the board has overheated, and many other components are also weak. This Intel board is not of good quality. Replace with SuperMicro or Tyan, and improve the cooling airflow in the case.

This is usually a bad hard drive.

The POST process is documented in the user manual under BIOS Post Codes.

Usual cause. Under the Chip Set Menu in the BIOS Under South Bridge Configuration The setting Audio CODEC Interface has been set to disable.

The "beep codes" are located in your user manual in Appendix B

The first place is always the Debian Linux website, because most Linux packages are derived from Debian.

This is usually caused by the chip being disabled in the BIOS

"The BIOS can not shadow the ROM into system memory." This is usually caused by the ROM on a card trying to use the same memory space. Remember all of the ROMs have only the memory addresses from C800 to FFFF in the first megabyte available for shadow. This was designed in in the first IBM PC and remains to this day. Remove the other cards, and turn off both system ROM shadow, and video ROM shadow.

If you are good with a soldering iron the capacitors can be replaced. Make sure you can wick the excess solder out of the holes. Replace only with Japanese capacitors, and increase the airflow in the case and around the capacitor. This is usually a sign of overheating.

If the system boots, check the BIOS overheat settings. If no boot, Most common problem, BIOS is corrupted.

This is normally the battery. They last about 5 years. If the battery is weak, replace. Then, go to Advanced BIOS Settings in the BIOS and select PCI Configuration. Set reset configuration data to YES. Reboot.

This is a motherboard that has been decorated by "Case Modders"

This is a video initialization error. I have forgotten which one. (I think the video RAM) Check the graphic card, or the jumper on the motherboard, depending on the setup of the server. (On board video) If on board video, also check the first DIMM pair.

AFAIK Supermicro is not using Service tags like Dell or Lenovo. Instead they go by serial numbers. The location of the serial number depends on the type of the server: Blade serial number (SBI... or SBA...) is located on the side Blade Enclosure serial number (SBE...) is located on the rear side CMM (chassis management module) serial number (SBM...) is located next to the latch Rack-mountable chassis serial number is located on side of chassis by the sliding rail 4U Tower Chassis serial number sticker is located on the bottom side Rack-mountable Systems' Serial Number is located at the rear side by I/O panel Embedded Systems' Serial Number is located on the I/O panel Check this website for more: http://www.supermicro.com/support/SNGuide.cfm?sn=ss