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IBASE Technology MI950 User Manual

Manual is about: LGA775 Core 2 Duo; Intel Q45 chipset; Mini-ITX motherboard

Summary of MI950

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    Mi950 lga775 core Ô 2 duo intel ® q45 chipset mini­itx motherboard user’s manual version 1.0

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    Acknowledgments award is a registered trademark of award software international, inc. Ps/2 is a trademark of international business machines corporation. Intel is a trademark or registered trademark of intel corporation. Microsoft windows is a registered trademark of microsoft corporation. Winbond i...

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    Mi950 user’s manual iii table of contents introduction .......................................................1 checklist ...........................................................................1 product description...........................................................2 specifications .........

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    Introduction mi950 user’s manual 1 introduction checklist your mi950 core 2 duo motherboard package should include the items listed below: · the mi950 motherboard · this user’s manual · 1 x i/o shield · 1 x serial port cable · 2 x sata cable · 1 cd containing the following: · chipset drivers · flash...

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    Installations 2 mi950 user’s manual pr oduct descr iption the mi950 mini­itx motherboard is designed for either the intel â core ä 2 duo or core ä 2 quad processors of up to 1333mhz fsb. It is based on the intel’s q45 express chipset and it comes with two single­channel ddr3 memory slots and 8gb mem...

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    Introduction mi950 user’s manual 3 specifications form factor mini­itx cpu type intel® core™2 extreme processor qx9000 series intel® core™2 quad processor q9000 series, intel® core™2 duo processor e8000 and e7000 series intel® pentium® dual core, intel® celeron® dual core cpu speed up to 3.0 ghz cpu...

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    Installations 4 mi950 user’s manual boar d dimensions.

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    Installations mi950 user’s manual 5 installations this section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the mi950 in order to set up a workable system. The topics covered are: installing the cpu.............................................................................. 6 a...

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    Installations 6 mi950 user’s manual installing the cpu the mi950 motherboard supports an lga 775 processor socket for intel® core 2 duo processors. The lga 775 processor socket comes with a lever to secure the processor. Refer to the pictures below, from left to right, on how to place the processor ...

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    Installations mi950 user’s manual 7 installing the memor y the mi950 motherboard supports two ddr3 memory sockets for a maximum total memory of 8gb. It supports ddr3 800/1066mhz. Basically, the system memory interface has the following features: supports two 64­bit wide ddr data channels available b...

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    Installations 8 mi950 user’s manual setting the j umper s jumpers are used on the motherboard are used to select various settings and features according to your needs and applications. Contact your supplier if you have doubts about the best configuration for your needs. The following lists the conne...

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    Installations mi950 user’s manual 9 jumper locations on mi950/mi950f/mi950af jumper locations on mi950/mi950f/mi950af ................................. 9 jp4: me (management engine) – disabled / pin closed ................... 10 jp5: clear cmos contents .................................................

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    Installations 10 mi950 user’s manual jp4: me (management engine) – disabled / pin closed the factory default setting of the 2­pin jp4 jumper is closed. This means the management engine function is disabled. Jp5: clear cmos contents use jp8, a 3­pin header, to clear the cmos contents. Note that the a...

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    Installations mi950 user’s manual 11 connector s on mi950 the connectors on mi950 allows you to connect external devices such as keyboard, floppy disk drives, hard disk drives, printers, etc. The following table lists the connectors on mi950 and their respective functions. Atx2: 24­pin atx power con...

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    Installations 12 mi950 user’s manual connector locations on mi950/mi950f/mi950rf atx2: 24­pin atx power connector......................................................................................................... 13 atx1: atx 12v power connector ...................................................

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    Installations mi950 user’s manual 13 atx2: 24­pin atx power connector signal name pin # pin # signal name 3.3v 13 1 3.3v ­12v 14 2 3.3v ground 15 3 ground ps­on 16 4 +5v ground 17 5 ground ground 18 6 +5v ground 19 7 ground ­5v 20 8 power good +5v 21 9 5vsb +5v 22 10 +12v +5v 23 11 +12v ground 24 12...

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    Installations 14 mi950 user’s manual 3 rotation detection.

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    Installations mi950 user’s manual 15 sys_fan2: system fan2 power connector cn1: serial ports(com1) cn1 (com1) is a db­9 connector, signal name pin # pin # signal name dcd, data carrier detect 1 6 dsr, data set ready rxd, receive data 2 7 rts, request to send txd, transmit data 3 8 cts, clear to send...

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    Installations 16 mi950 user’s manual cn2: dvi+crt connector cn3: esata & usb8/usb9 connector cn4: line­in, line­out & microphone connector cn5: gigabit lan (intel 574l) rj­45 &usb 6/7 connector cn6: gigabit lan (intel 567lm) rj­45&usb 4/5 connector sata1~sata4: sataii connectors pin # signal name 1 ...

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    Installations mi950 user’s manual 17 j3: keyboard & mouse connector (testing use only) signal name pin pin signal name vcc 1 2 vcc mda 3 4 kbda mcl 5 6 kbcl ground 7 8 ground j5: spi debug tools port (factory use only) j6: usb2/usb3 connector j7: usb0/usb1 connector signal name pin pin signal name v...

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    Installations 18 mi950 user’s manual har d disk dr ive led connector : pins 3 and 4 this connector connects to the hard drive activity led on control panel. This led will flash when the hdd is being accessed. Pin # signal name 4 hdd active 3 5v reset switch: pins 5 and 6 the reset switch allows the ...

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    Bios setup 20 mi950 user’s manual bios setup this chapter describes the different settings available in the award bios that comes with the board. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows: bios introduction..................................................................... 21 bios setup .....

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    Bios setup mi950 user’s manual 21 bios introduction the award bios (basic input/output system) installed in your computer system’s rom supports intel processors. The bios provides critical low­level support for a standard device such as disk drives, serial ports and parallel ports. It also adds viru...

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    Bios setup 22 mi950 user’s manual phoenix ­ awardbios cmos setup utility standard cmos features frequency/voltage control advanced bios features load fail­safe defaults advanced chipset features load optimized defaults integrated peripherals set supervisor password power management setup set user pa...

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    Bios setup mi950 user’s manual 23 standard cmos setup “standard cmos setup” choice allows you to record some basic hardware configurations in your computer system and set the system clock and error handling. If the motherboard is already installed in a working system, you will not need to select thi...

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    Bios setup 24 mi950 user’s manual to set the date, highlight the “date” field and use the pageup/ pagedown or +/­ keys to set the current time. Time the time format is: hour : 00 to 23 minute : 00 to 59 second : 00 to 59 to set the time, highlight the “time” field and use the / or +/­ keys to set th...

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    Bios setup mi950 user’s manual 25 video this field selects the type of video display card installed in your system. You can choose the following video display cards: ega/vga for ega, vga, sega, svga or pga monitor adapters. (default) cga 40 power up in 40 column mode. Cga 80 power up in 80 column mo...

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    Bios setup 26 mi950 user’s manual advanced bios features this section allows you to configure and improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference. Phoenix ­ awardbios cmos setup utility advanced bios features cpu feature press enter item help hard disk ...

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    Bios setup 28 mi950 user’s manual first/second/third boot device these fields determine the drive that the system searches first for an operating system. The options available include removable , hard disk , cdrom, legacy lan and disabled . Boot other device these fields allow the system to search f...

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    Bios setup mi950 user’s manual 29 mps version control for os this option is specifies the mps (multiprocessor specification) version for the os. Mps version 1.4 added extended configuration tables to improve support for multiple pci bus configurations and improve future expandability. The default se...

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    Bios setup 30 mi950 user’s manual advanced chipset features this setup menu controls the configuration of the chipset. Phoenix ­ awardbios cmos setup utility advanced chipset features system bios cacheable enabled item help memory hole at 15m­16m disabled pci express root port func press enter disab...

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    Bios setup mi950 user’s manual 31 vt­d by default, this feature is disabled. Intel amt configuration this configuration is supported only with mi950af (with iamt function). Vga setting the fields under the on­chip vga setting and their default settings are: peg/on chip vga control: auto on­chip fram...

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    Bios setup 32 mi950 user’s manual integrated peripherals this section sets configurations for your hard disk and other integrated peripherals. The first screen shows three main items for user to select. Once an item selected, a submenu appears. Details follow. Phoenix ­ awardbios cmos setup utility ...

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    Bios setup mi950 user’s manual 33 phoenix ­ awardbios cmos setup utility usb dev ice setting usb 1.0 controller enabled item help usb 2.0 controller enabled menu level > usb operation mode high speed usb keyboard function enabled usb mouse function enabled usb storage function enabled *** usb mass s...

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    Bios setup 34 mi950 user’s manual legacy mode support when the serial ata (sata) is set with the legacy mode enabled, then the sata is set to the conventional ide mode. Legacy mode is otherwise known as compatible mode. Pwron after pwr­fail this field sets the system power status whether on or off w...

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    Bios setup mi950 user’s manual 35 power management setup phoenix ­ awardbios cmos setup utility power management setup pci express pm function press enter item help acpi function enabled menu level > acpi suspend run vgabios if s3 resume power management s1(pos) auto user define video off method dpm...

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    Bios setup 36 mi950 user’s manual power management this field allows you to select the type of power saving management modes. There are four selections for power management. Min. Power saving minimum power management max. Power saving maximum power management. User define each of the ranges is from ...

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    Bios setup mi950 user’s manual 37 cpu thrm­throttling when the system enters doze mode, the cpu clock runs only part of the time. You may select the percent of time that the clock runs. Wake up by pci card by default, this field is disabled. Power on by ring this field enables or disables the power ...

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    Bios setup 38 mi950 user’s manual pnp/pci configurations this option configures the pci bus system. All pci bus systems on the system use int#, thus all installed pci cards must be set to this value. Phoenix ­ awardbios cmos setup utility pnp/pci configurations init display first pci slot item help ...

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    Bios setup mi950 user’s manual 39 pc health status phoenix ­ awardbios cmos setup utility pc health status shutdown temperature cpu w arning temperature disabled disabled item help system temp. 32°c/89°f menu level > cpu temp. System2 fan speed 39°c/102°f 0 rpm cpu fan speed 4440 rpm system1 fan spe...

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    Bios setup 40 mi950 user’s manual frequency/voltage control phoenix ­ awardbios cmos setup utility frequency/voltage control auto detect pci clk disabled item help spread spectrum disabled menu level > cpu host/src/pci clock default auto detect pci clk this field enables or disables the auto detecti...

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    Bios setup mi950 user’s manual 41 load fail­safe defaults this option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the bios rom. These default settings are non­optimal and disable all high­performance features. Load optimized defaults this option allows you to load the...

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    Drivers installation mi950 user’s manual 43 drivers installation this section describes the installation procedures for software and drivers under the windows 2000, windows xp and windows vista. The software and drivers are included with the board. If you find the items missing, please contact the v...

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    Drivers installation 44 mi950 user’s manual intel chipset softwar e installation utility the intel® chipset drivers should be installed first before the software drivers to enable plug & play inf support for intel chipset components. Follow the instructions below to complete the installation under w...

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    Drivers installation mi950 user’s manual 45 2. When the welcome screen appears, click next to continue. Click yes to accept the software license agreement and proceed with the installation process. 3. On the readme information screen, click next to continue. When the setup progress screen appears, c...

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    Drivers installation 46 mi950 user’s manual intel gr aphics dr iver installation to install the graphics drivers, follow the steps below to proceed with the installation. 1. Insert the drivers dvd into the dvd drive. Click intel and then intel(r) q45 chipset drivers . Click intel(r) q45 chipset fami...

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    Drivers installation mi950 user’s manual 47 4. When the setup progress screen appears, click next to continue. 5. Setup is complete. Click finish to restart the computer..

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    Drivers installation 48 mi950 user’s manual realtek hd code audio dr iver installation follow the steps below to install the realtek high definition codec audio driver. 1. Insert the drivers dvd into the dvd drive. Click intel and then intel(r) q45 chipset drivers . Click realtek high definition cod...

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    Drivers installation mi950 user’s manual 49 2. When the welcome screen appears, click next to continue. 3. Installshield wizard is complete. Click finish to restart the computer..

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    Drivers installation mi950 user’s manual 51 lan dr iver s installation follow the steps below to start installing the intel pro lan drivers. 1. Insert the drivers dvd into the dvd drive. Click intel and then intel(r) q45 chipset drivers . Click intel(r) pro lan network drivers. 2. When the welcome s...

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    Drivers installation 52 mi950 user’s manual 3. On the setup options screen, the checkbox for drivers should be checked. Now, click next to continue. 4. The wizard is ready to begin installation now, click install to continue. 5. Installshield wizard is complete. Click finish ..

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    Drivers installation mi950 user’s manual 53 intel matr ix stor age manager dr iver this dr iver is needed to be installed when the boar d suppor ts sata ahci or sata raid. 1. Insert the drivers dvd in the dvd drive. Click intel and then intel(r) q45 chipset drivers . Click intel(r) matrix storage ma...

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    Drivers installation 54 mi950 user’s manual 3. In the license agreement page, click yes to agreement with the agreement. Then , in the readme file information page, click next . 4. In the setup progress page, click next , and restart the computer when prompted..

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    Drivers installation mi950 user’s manual 55 intel management engine inter face this dr iver is used only on mi950af (with iamt function). 1. Insert the drivers dvd into the dvd drive. Click intel and then intel(r) q45 chipset drivers . Click intel(r) iamt . 2. In the next page, click intel(r) mei dr...

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    Drivers installation 56 mi950 user’s manual 4. Click yes in the readme file information page and continue the setup program. Setup is now in progress. Click next . 5. Setup is complete. Click finish ..

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    Drivers installation mi950 user’s manual 57 intel active management technology this dr iver is used only on mi950af (with iamt function). It will fir st install the update for “hotfix for windows xp (kb942288­v3)” and micr osoft .Net fr ame 3.5 sp1 setup. 1. Insert the drivers dvd into the dvd drive...

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    Drivers installation 58 mi950 user’s manual 7. The next screen will show the setup welcome screen to the microsoft .Net frame 3.5 sp1 setup. Follow the instructions accordingly to finish the setup process. In this screen, check the checkbos for “i have read and accept the terms of the license agreem...

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    Drivers installation mi950 user’s manual 59 8. After the setup is complete, click exit ..

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    Drivers installation 60 mi950 user’s manual 9. Once the microsoft .Net frame 3.5 sp1 setup is complete, the next screen shows the intel active management technology setup progress. Click next to continue. 10. The intel active management technology setup is now complete. Click finish to complete the ...

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    Appendix mi950 user’s manual 61 appendix a. I/o por t addr ess map each peripheral device in the system is assigned a set of i/o port addresses that also becomes the identity of the device. The following table lists the i/o port addresses used. Addr ess device descr iption 000h ­ 01fh dma controller...

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    Appendix 62 mi950 user’s manual b. Inter r upt request lines (irq) peripheral devices use interrupt request lines to notify cpu for the service required. The following table shows the irq used by the devices on board. Level function irq0 system timer output irq1 keyboard irq2 interrupt cascade irq3 ...

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    Appendix mi950 user’s manual 63 c. Watchdog timer configur ation the wdt is used to generate a variety of output signals after a user programmable count. The wdt is suitable for use in the prevention of system lock­up, such as when software becomes trapped in a deadlock. Under these sorts of circums...

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    Appendix 64 mi950 user’s manual printf("system will reset after %d seconds", btime); enablewdt(btime); return 0; } //======================================================================= void copyright(void) { printf("======== winbond 83627ehf watch timer tester (auto detect) ========"\ " us...

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    Appendix mi950 user’s manual 65 //======================================================================= // // this code and information is provided "as is" without warranty of any // kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the // implied warranties of merchantability and/or...

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    Appendix 66 mi950 user’s manual lock_w627ehf(); } //======================================================================= void set_w627ehf_reg( unsigned char reg, unsigned char data) { unlock_w627ehf(); outportb(w627ehf_index_port, reg); outportb(w627ehf_data_port, data); lock_w627ehf(); } //=====...

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    Appendix mi950 user’s manual 67 file of the main.Cpp //===================================================================== // this code and information is provided "as is" without warranty of any // kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the // implied warranties of mercha...