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IBASE Technology MI970F User Manual

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    Mi970vf/mi970f intel ® qm77 / hm76 mini-itx motherboard user’s manual version 1.1.

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    Ii mi970 user’s manual acknowledgments ami is a registered trademark of american megatrends inc. Ps/2 is a trademark of international business machines corporation. Intel and intel® ivy bridge dc mobile processor are registered trademarks of intel corporation. Microsoft windows is a registered trade...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Mi970 user’s manual iii table of contents introduction .......................................................1 product description............................................................. 1 checklist.............................................................................. 2 mi970 specifica...

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  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction mi970 user’s manual 1 introduction product description the mi970vf mini itx motherboard is based on the latest intel ® qm77 chipset. The platform supports 3 rd generation intel ® core processor family with rpga988b packing and feature an integrated dual-channel ddr3 memory controller as...

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    Introduction 2 mi970 user’s manual checklist your mi970 package should include the items listed below.  the mi970 mini-itx motherboard  this user’s manual  1 cd containing chipset drivers and flash memory utility  serial ata cable.

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    Introduction mi970 user’s manual 3 mi970 specifications product name mi970f [supports erp] mi970vf [supports iamt 8.0, tpm & vpro] form factor mini-itx cpu type - intel ® 3 rd generation core tm i7/i5/i3 mobile processors - rpga package, 37.5 mm x 37.5mm - tdp: qc = 45w/ dc = 35w **ivy bridge cpu so...

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    Introduction 4 mi970 user’s manual edge connector [the same as mi956] dual db9 stack connector for com #1 / #2 dvi-d + dvi-i stack connector x 1 usb(3.0) dual stack + dp connector x1 rj-45 + dual usb(2.0) stack connector x2 triplet type jack 3 x 1 for hd audio onboard header/connector 2 ports x sata...

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    Introduction mi970 user’s manual 5 [ board dimensions.

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  • Page 11: Installations

    Installations mi970 user’s manual 7 installations this section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the mi970 in order to set up a workable system. The topics covered are: installing the cpu ......................... Fehler! Textmarke nicht definiert. Installing the memor...

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    Installations 8 mi970 user’s manual installing the cpu the mi970 board supports rpga988b socket for intel® ivy bridge dual core mobile processors. The processor socket comes with a screw to secure the processor. As shown in the left picture below, loosen the screw first before inserting the processo...

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    Installations mi970 user’s manual 9 installing the memory the mi970 board supports two ddr3 memory socket for a maximum total memory of 16gb in ddr3 so-dimm memory type. Installing and removing memory modules to install the ddr3 modules, locate the memory slot on the board and perform the following ...

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    Installations 10 mi970 user’s manual setting the jumpers jumpers are used on mi970 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 connectors on mi970 and t...

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    Installations mi970 user’s manual 11 jumper locations on mi970 jumpers on mi970............................................................................Page jp1: lpc debug connector (factory use only) ................................... 12 jp2: com1 rs232 ri/+5v/+12v power setting ..................

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    Installations 12 mi970 user’s manual [ jp1: lpc debug connector (factory use only) jp2: com1 rs232 ri/+5v/+12v power setting jp2 setting function pin 1-2 short/closed +12v pin 3-4 short/closed ri pin 5-6 short/closed +5v jp3: com2 rs232 ri/+5v/+12v power setting jp3 setting function pin 1-2 short/cl...

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    Installations mi970 user’s manual 13 jp6: lcd backlight connector pin # signal name 1 +12v 2 backlight enable 3 brightness control 4 ground jp7: usb4/usb5 connector signal name pin # pin # signal name vcc 1 2 ground d0- 3 4 d1+ d0+ 5 6 d1- ground 7 8 vcc jp8: spi flash connector (factory use only) j...

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    Installations 14 mi970 user’s manual j14: lcd panel power selection j14 lcd panel power 3.3v 5v j16: clear me contents j16 setting function pin 1-2 short/closed normal pin 2-3 short/closed clear j17: clear cmos contents j17 setting function pin 1-2 short/closed normal pin 2-3 short/closed clear cmos.

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    Installations mi970 user’s manual 15 connectors on mi970 connector locations on mi970........................................................... 16 cn1: com1 and com2 serial ports .................................................. 17 cn2: dvi-d and dvi-i connector ......................................

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    Installations 16 mi970 user’s manual connector locations on mi970

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    Installations mi970 user’s manual 17 cn1: com1 and com2 serial ports [ pin # signal name rs-232 r2-422 rs-485 1 dcd tx- data- 2 rx tx+ data+ 3 tx rx+ nc 4 dtr rx- nc 5 ground ground ground 6 dsr nc nc 7 rts nc nc 8 cts nc nc 9 ri nc nc 10 nc nc nc cn2: dvi-d and dvi-i connector signal name pin # pin...

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    Installations 18 mi970 user’s manual [ signal name pin # pin # signal name data 2- 1 16 hot power data 2+ 2 17 data 0- shield 2/4 3 18 data 0+ data 4- 4 19 shield 0/5 data 4+ 5 20 data 5- ddc clock 6 21 data 5+ ddc data 7 22 shield clk n.C 8 23 clock - data 1- 9 24 clock + data 1+ 10 c1 n.C. Shield ...

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    Installations mi970 user’s manual 19 cn5: usb3 connector signal name pin # pin # signal name vcc 1 x p1_ssrx- 2 19 vcc p1_ssrx+ 3 18 p2_ssrx- gnd 4 17 p2_ssrx+ p1_sstx- 5 16 gnd p1_sstx+ 6 15 p2_sstx- gnd 7 14 p2_sstx+ p1_u2_d- 8 13 gnd p1_u2_d+ 9 12 p2_u2_d- nc 10 11 p2_u2_d+ cn7: sata3 connector p...

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    Installations 20 mi970 user’s manual j4, j2: com3, com4 rs232 serial ports signal name pin # pin # signal name dcd# 1 6 dsr# sin# 2 7 rts# sout 3 8 cts# dtr# 4 9 ri# gnd 5 x key j3: atx power supply connector signal name pin # pin # signal name 3.3v 11 1 3.3v -12v 12 2 3.3v ground 13 3 ground ps-on ...

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    Installations mi970 user’s manual 21 j8: ddr so-dimm channel a j9: ddr so-dimm channel b j11: mini-pcie connector j12: mini-pcie connector and msata/share with cn12 j18: audio pin header for chassis front panel signal name pin # pin # signal name mic in_l 1 2 ground mic in_r 3 4 det line_r 5 6 groun...

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    Installations 22 mi970 user’s manual sys_fan2: system fan power connector pin # signal name 1 ground 2 +12v 3 rotation detection.

  • Page 27: Bios Setup

    Bios setup mi970 user’s manual 23 bios setup this chapter describes the different settings available in the ami bios that comes with the board. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows: bios introduction ............................................................................... 20 bios...

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    Bios setup 24 mi970 user’s manual bios introduction the bios (basic input/output system) installed in your computer system’s rom supports intel processors. The bios provides critical low-level support for a standard device such as disk drives, serial ports and parallel ports. It also password protec...

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    Bios setup mi970 user’s manual 25 main settings aptio setup utility – copyright © 2011 american megatrends, inc. Main advanced chipset boot security save & exit bios information system language [english] system date [tue 01/20/2009] system time [00.00.00] access level administrator choose the system...

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    Bios setup 26 mi970 user’s manual advanced settings this section allows you to configure and improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference. Aptio setup utility main advanced chipset boot security save & exit ► pci subsystem settings ► acpi settings ► ...

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    Bios setup mi970 user’s manual 27 pci express settings aptio setup utility main advanced chipset boot security save & exit pci express device register settings relaxed ordering disabled extended tag disabled no snoop enabled maximum payload auto maximum read request auto pci express link register se...

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    Bios setup 28 mi970 user’s manual link training retry defines number of retry attempts software will take to retrain the link if previous training attempt was unsuccessful. Link training timeout (us) defines number of microseconds software will wait before polling ‘link training ’ bit in link status...

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    Bios setup mi970 user’s manual 29 wake up event settings aptio setup utility main advanced chipset boot security save & exit wake on ring disabled wake on pci pme disabled wake on pcie wake event disabled → ← select screen ↑↓ select item enter: select +- change field f1: general help f2: previous va...

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    Bios setup 30 mi970 user’s manual cpu configuration this section shows the cpu configuration parameters. Aptio setup utility main advanced chipset boot security save & exit cpu configuration intel® core ™ i7-3770 cpu @ 3.40ghz processor stepping 306a8 microcode revision c max cpu speed 3400 mhz min ...

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    Bios setup mi970 user’s manual 31 intel virtualization technology when enabled, a vmm can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by vanderpool technology. Hardware prefetcher to turn on/off the mid level cache (l2) streamer prefetcher. Adjacent cache line prefetch to turn on/off prefe...

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    Bios setup 32 mi970 user’s manual shutdown temperature configuration aptio setup utility main advanced chipset boot security save & exit apci shutdown temperature disabled → ← select screen ↑↓ select item enter: select +- change field f1: general help f2: previous values f3: optimized default f4: sa...

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    Bios setup mi970 user’s manual 33 amt configuration aptio setup utility main advanced chipset boot security save & exit intel amt enabled bios hotkey pressed disabled mebx selection screen disabled hide un-configure me confirmation disabled un-configure me disabled amt wait timer 0 activate remote a...

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    Bios setup 34 mi970 user’s manual acoustic management configuration aptio setup utility main advanced chipset boot security save & exit acoustic management configuration acoustic management disabled → ← select screen ↑↓ select item enter: select +- change field f1: general help f2: previous values f...

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    Bios setup mi970 user’s manual 35 ehci hand-off enabled/disabled. This is a workaround for oses without ehci hand-off support. The ehci ownership change should be claimed by ehci driver. Port 64/60 emulation enables i/o port 60h/64h emulation support. This should be enabled for the complete usb keyb...

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    Bios setup 36 mi970 user’s manual f81866 h/w monitor aptio setup utility main advanced chipset boot security save & exit pc health status cpu temperature +41 c sys temperature +35 c cpu fan speed 2115 rpm sys fan speed n/a vcore +1.000 v +vcc5v +5.213 v +vcc12v +12.408 v +1.5v +1.544 v +vcc3.3v +3.4...

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    Bios setup mi970 user’s manual 37 cpu ppm configuration aptio setup utility main advanced chipset boot security save & exit cpu ppm configuration eist enabled turbo mode enabled → ← select screen ↑↓ select item enter: select +- change field f1: general help f2: previous values f3: optimized default ...

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    Bios setup 38 mi970 user’s manual pch-io configuration this section allows you to configure the north bridge chipset. Aptio setup utility main advanced chipset boot security save & exit intel pch rc version 1.1.0.0 intel pch sku name q77 intel pch rev id o4/c1 ► pci express configuration ► usb confi...

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    Bios setup mi970 user’s manual 39 pci express configuration main advanced chipset boot security save & exit pci express configuration pci express clock gating enabled dmi link aspm control enabled dmi link extended synch control disabled pcie-usb glitch w/a disabled subtractive decode disabled ► pci...

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    Bios setup 40 mi970 user’s manual usb configuration main advanced chipset boot security save & exit usb configuration xhci pre-boot driver enabled xhci mode smart auto hs port #1 switchable enabled hs port #2 switchable enabled hs port #3 switchable enabled hs port #4 switchable enabled xhci streams...

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    Bios setup mi970 user’s manual 41 pch azalia configuration main advanced chipset boot security save & exit pch azalia configuration azalia auto → ← select screen ↑↓ select item enter: select +- change field f1: general help f2: previous values f3: optimized default f4: save esc: exit azalia control ...

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    Bios setup 42 mi970 user’s manual graphics configuration aptio setup utility main advanced chipset boot security save & exit graphics configuration igfx vbios version 2132 igfx frequency 350 mhz primary display auto internal graphics auto gtt size 2mb aperture size 256mb dvmt pre-allocated 64m dvmt ...

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    Bios setup mi970 user’s manual 43 memory configuration aptio setup utility main advanced chipset boot security save & exit memory information memory frequency 1333 mhz total memory 8192 mb (ddr3) dimm#0 2048 mb (ddr3) dimm#1 2048 mb (ddr3) dimm#2 2048 mb (ddr3) dimm#3 2048 mb (ddr3) cas latency (tcl...

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    Bios setup 44 mi970 user’s manual bootup numlock state select the keyboard numlock state. Quiet boot enables/disables quiet boot option. Fast boot enables/disables boot with initialization of a minimal set of devices required to launch active boot option. Has no effect for bbs boot options. Gatea20 ...

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    Bios setup mi970 user’s manual 45 csm parameters this section allows you to configure the boot settings. Aptio setup utility main advanced chipset boot security save & exit launch csm always boot option filter uefi and legacy launch pxe oprom policy do not launch launch storage oprom policy legacy o...

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    Bios setup 46 mi970 user’s manual security settings this section allows you to configure and improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference. Aptio setup utility main advanced chipset boot security save & exit password description if only the administra...

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    Bios setup mi970 user’s manual 47 save & exit settings aptio setup utility main advanced chipset boot security save & exit save changes and exit discard changes and exit save changes and reset discard changes and reset save options save changes discard changes restore defaults save as user defaults ...

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  • Page 53: Drivers Installation

    Drivers installation mi970 user’s manual 49 drivers installation this section describes the installation procedures for software and drivers. The software and drivers are included with the motherboard. If you find the items missing, please contact the vendor where you made the purchase. The contents...

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    Drivers installation 50 mi970 user’s manual intel chipset software 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. 1. Inser...

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    Drivers installation mi970 user’s manual 51 3. When the welcome screen to the intel® chipset device software appears, click next to continue. 4. Click yes to accept the software license agreement and proceed with the installation process..

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    Drivers installation 52 mi970 user’s manual 5. On the readme file information screen, click next to continue the installation. 6. The setup process is now complete. Click finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect..

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    Drivers installation mi970 user’s manual 53 vga drivers installation note: before installing the intel(r) q77 chipset family graphics driver, the microsoft .Net framework 3.5 spi should be first installed. To install the vga drivers, follow the steps below. 1. Insert the cd that comes with the board...

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    Drivers installation 54 mi970 user’s manual 3. When the welcome screen appears, click next to continue. 4. Click yes to to agree with the license agreement and continue the installation..

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    Drivers installation mi970 user’s manual 55 5. On the readme file information screen, click next to continue the installation of the intel® graphics media accelerator driver. 6. On setup progress screen, click next to continue. 7. Setup complete. Click finish to restart the computer and for changes ...

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    Drivers installation 56 mi970 user’s manual realtek hd audio driver installation follow the steps below to install the realtek hd audio drivers. 1. Insert the cd that comes with the board. Click intel and then intel(r) q7 series chipset drivers. 2. Click realtek high definition audio driver..

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    Drivers installation mi970 user’s manual 57 3. On the welcome to the installshield wizard screen, click next to proceed with and complete the installation process. 4. The installshield wizard complete. Click finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect..

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    Drivers installation 58 mi970 user’s manual lan drivers installation 1. Insert the cd that comes with the board. Click intel and then intel(r) q7 series chipset drivers. 2. Click intel(r) pro lan network driver..

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    Drivers installation mi970 user’s manual 59 3. Click install drivers and software. 4. When the welcome screen appears, click next..

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    Drivers installation 60 mi970 user’s manual 5. Click next to to agree with the license agreement. 6. Click the checkbox for drivers in the setup options screen to select it and click next to continue..

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    Drivers installation mi970 user’s manual 61 7. The wizard is ready to begin installation. Click install to begin the installation. 8. When installshield wizard is complete, click finish..

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    Drivers installation 62 mi970 user’s manual intel® management engine interface remarks: the intel iamt 8.0 drivers can be installed on mi970vf, not mi970f. Follow the steps below to install the intel management engine. 1. Insert the cd that comes with the board. Click intel and then intel(r) amt 8.0...

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    Drivers installation mi970 user’s manual 63 2. When the welcome screen to the installshield wizard for intel® management engine components, click the checkbox for install intel® control center & click next. 3. Click yes to to agree with the license agreement..

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    Drivers installation 64 mi970 user’s manual 4. When the setup progress screen appears, click next. Then, click finish when the setup progress has been successfully installed..

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    Drivers installation mi970 user’s manual 65 intel® usb 3.0 drivers 1. Insert the cd that comes with the board. Click intel and then intel(r) q7 series chipset drivers. 2. Click intel(r) usb 3.0 drivers..

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    Drivers installation 66 mi970 user’s manual 3. When the welcome screen to the installshield wizard for intel® usb 3.0 extensible host controller driver, click next. 4. Click yes to to agree with the license agreement and continue the installation. 5. On the readme file information screen, click next...

  • Page 71: Appendix

    Appendix mi970 user’s manual 67 appendix a. I/o port address map each peripheral device in the system is assigned a set of i/o port addresses which also becomes the identity of the device. The following table lists the i/o port addresses used. Address device description 000h - 01fh dma controller #1...

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    Appendix 68 mi970 user’s manual b. Interrupt 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 se...

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    Appendix mi970 user’s manual 69 c. Watchdog timer configuration 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 lock-up, such as when software becomes trapped in a deadlock. Under these sorts of circumst...

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    Appendix 70 mi970 user’s manual //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- void enablewdt(int interval) { unsigned char bbuf; bbuf = get_f81865_reg(0x2b); bbuf &= (~0x20); set_f81865_reg(0x2b, bbuf); //enable wdto set_f81865_ld(0x07); //switch to logic device 7 set...

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    Appendix mi970 user’s manual 71 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- // // 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 an...

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    Appendix 72 mi970 user’s manual //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- unsigned char get_f81865_reg(unsigned char reg) { unsigned char result; unlock_f81865(); outportb(f81865_index_port, reg); result = inportb(f81865_data_port); lock_f81865(); return result; }...