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MI945X

Intel

Core

2 Duo/GM45

Mini-ITX Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Version 1.0B

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Page 1: ...MI945X Intel CoreTM 2 Duo GM45 Mini ITX Motherboard USER S MANUAL Version 1 0B ...

Page 2: ...siness Machines Corporation Intel and Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Celeron processors are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Winbond is a registered trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners ...

Page 3: ... 8 Installing the Memory 9 Setting the Jumpers 10 Connectors on MI945X 14 BIOS Setup 23 Drivers Installation 45 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 46 VGA Drivers Installation 48 High Definition Codec Audio Driver Installation 50 LAN Drivers Installation 51 Appendix 53 A I O Port Address Map 53 B Interrupt Request Lines IRQ 54 C Watchdog Timer Configuration 55 ...

Page 4: ...PORTANT NOTE When the system boots without the CRT being connected there will be no image on screen when you insert the CRT VGA cable To show the image on screen the hotkey must be pressed CTRL ALT F1 MI945X Mini ITX Motherboard ...

Page 5: ...ockets on board the board supports up to 4GB of system memory Intel Graphics supports a unique intelligent memory management scheme called Dynamic Video Memory Technology DVMT DVMT handles diverse applications by providing the maximum 384MB availability of system memory for general computer usage while supplying additional graphics memory when a 3D intensive application requests it The Intel GMA X...

Page 6: ...ser s Manual Checklist Your MI945X package should include the items listed below The MI945X Mini ITX motherboard This User s Manual 1 CD containing chipset drivers and flash memory utility Cable kit IDE Serial port Serial ATA ...

Page 7: ...2 0 host controller supports 8 ports Serial ATA ICH9M built in SATA controller supports 4 ports Parallel IDE JMicron JM368 PCI e to PATA x1 for 1 PATA channel for IDE CF Audio Intel ICH9M built in High Definition Audio controller ALC888 with 7 1 channels LPC I O Winbond W83627DHG IrDA x1 COM1 RS232 COM2 RS232 422 485 Hardware monitor Fintek 81216G for COM 3 COM4 Digital IO 4 in 4 out Keyboard Mous...

Page 8: ...INTRODUCTION 4 MI945X User s Manual Board Dimensions ...

Page 9: ...INTRODUCTION MI945X User s Manual 5 ...

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Page 11: ...tions This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the MI945X in order to set up a workable system The topics covered are Installing the CPU 8 Installing the Memory 9 Setting the Jumpers 10 Connectors on MI945X 14 ...

Page 12: ...low loosen the screw first before inserting the processor Place the processor into the socket by making sure the notch on the corner of the CPU corresponds with the notch on the inside of the socket Once the processor has slide into the socket fasten the screw Refer to the figures below NOTE Ensure that the CPU heat sink and the CPU top surface are in total contact to avoid CPU overheating problem...

Page 13: ... the DDR3 modules locate the memory slot on the board and perform the following steps 1 Hold the DDR3 module so that the key of the DDR3 module aligned with that on the memory slot 2 Gently push the DDR3 module in an upright position until the clips of the slot close to hold the DDR3 module in place when the DDR3 module touches the bottom of the slot 3 To remove the DDR3 module press the clips wit...

Page 14: ...act your supplier if you have doubts about the best configuration for your needs The following lists the connectors on MI945X and their respective functions Jumper Locations on MI945X 11 JP1 Keyboard Mouse Power Selection 12 JP2 LCD Panel Power Selection 12 JP5 JP6 JP7 RS232 422 485 COM2 Selection 12 JP9 CompactFlash Slave Master Selection 13 JBAT1 Clear CMOS Setting 13 ...

Page 15: ...1 Jumper Locations on MI945X Jumpers on MI945X Page JP1 Keyboard Mouse Power Selection 12 JP2 LCD Panel Power Selection 12 JP5 JP6 JP7 RS232 422 485 COM2 Selection 12 JP9 CompactFlash Slave Master Selection 13 JBAT1 Clear CMOS Setting 13 ...

Page 16: ...er 3 3V 5V JP5 JP6 JP7 RS232 422 485 COM2 Selection COM1 is fixed for RS 232 use only COM2 is selectable for RS232 RS 422 and RS 485 The following table describes the jumper settings for COM2 selection COM2 Function RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 Jumper Setting Pin closed JP5 1 2 JP6 3 5 4 6 JP7 3 5 4 6 JP5 3 4 JP6 1 3 2 4 JP7 1 3 2 4 JP5 5 6 JP6 1 3 2 4 JP7 1 3 2 4 ...

Page 17: ...in 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 RTS NC 7 RTS RTS NC 8 CTS CTS NC 9 RI CTS NC 10 NC NC NC JP9 CompactFlash Slave Master Selection JP9 CF Setting Master Slave JBAT1 Clear CMOS Setting JBAT1 Setting Normal Clear CMOS ...

Page 18: ...CPU Fan Power Connector 18 IDE1 IDE Connector 18 COM2 COM2 Serial Port 錯誤尚未定義書籤 COM3_COM4 COM3 COM4 Serial Port 19 LVDS1 LVDS2 LVDS Connectors 1st channel 2nd channel 19 J1 LCD Backlight Connector 19 J2 F_PANEL System Function Connector 20 J3 Digital I O 21 J4 SPI Flash Connector factory use only 21 J7 Front Audio Connector 21 J9 Compact Flash Connector 21 J10 Parallel Port Connector 22 J11 Reser...

Page 19: ...ply SYS_FAN1 System Fan Power CPU_FAN1 CPU Fan Power IDE1 IDE Connector COM2 COM2 Serial Port COM3_COM4 COM3 COM4 LVDS1 LVDS2 LVDS Connectors J1 LCD Backlight Connector J2 F_PANEL System Function J3 Digital I O J4 SPI Flash Connector J7 Front Audio Connector J9 Compact Flash Connector J10 Parallel Port Connector J11 Reserved for factory use F_USB1 USB5 USB6 Connector F_USB2 USB7 USB8 Connector JMI...

Page 20: ...ata 1 1 Mouse data N C 2 2 N C GND 3 3 GND 5V 4 4 5V Keyboard clock 5 5 Mouse clock N C 6 6 N C CN2 CN3 COM1 and VGA Connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name DCD 1 6 DSR RXD 2 7 RTS TXD 3 8 CTS DTR 4 9 RI GND 5 10 Not Used Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name Red 1 2 Green Blue 3 4 N C GND 5 6 GND GND 7 8 GND N C 9 10 GND N C 11 12 N C HSYNC 13 14 VSYNC NC 15 ...

Page 21: ... 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 14 4 5V Ground 15 5 Ground Ground 16 6 5V Ground 17 7 Ground 5V 18 8 Power good 5V 19 9 5VSB 5V 20 10 12V SYS_FAN1 System Fan Power Connector FAN1 is a 3 pin header for system fans The fan must be a 12V 500mA Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Rotation detection ...

Page 22: ...10 Host data 4 9 10 Host data 11 Host data 3 11 12 Host data 12 Host data 2 13 14 Host data 13 Host data 1 15 16 Host data 14 Host data 0 17 18 Host data 15 Ground 19 20 Protect pin DRQ0 21 22 Ground Host IOW 23 24 Ground Host IOR 25 26 Ground IOCHRDY 27 28 Host ALE DACK0 29 30 Ground IRQ14 31 32 No connect Address 1 33 34 No connect Address 0 35 36 Address 2 Chip select 0 37 38 Chip select 1 Acti...

Page 23: ...ound LVDS1 LVDS2 LVDS Connectors 1st channel 2nd channel The LVDS connectors on board consist of the first channel LVDS1 and second channel LVDS2 Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name TX0 2 1 TX0 Ground 4 3 Ground TX1 6 5 TX1 5V 3 3V 8 7 Ground TX3 10 9 TX3 TX2 12 11 TX2 Ground 14 13 Ground TXC 16 15 TXC 5V 3 3V 18 17 ENABKL 12V 20 19 12V J1 LCD Backlight Connector Pin Signal Name 1 12V 2 Backlight Enab...

Page 24: ...d Power LED Speaker Speaker Pins 1 4 This connector provides an interface to a speaker for audio tone generation An 8 ohm speaker is recommended Pin Signal Name 1 Speaker out 2 No connect 3 Ground 4 5V Power LED Pins 11 15 Pin Signal Name 11 Power LED 12 No connect 13 Ground 14 No connect 15 Ground ATX Power ON Switch Pins 7 and 17 This 2 pin connector is an ATX Power Supply On Off Switch on the s...

Page 25: ...20 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 10 HDD Active 20 5V J3 Digital I O Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name GND 1 2 VCC OUT3 3 4 OUT1 OUT2 5 6 OUT0 IN3 7 8 IN1 IN2 9 10 IN0 J4 SPI Flash Connector factory use only J7 Front Audio Connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name MIC2_L 1 2 Ground MIC2_R 3 4 ...

Page 26: ...ound PD6 parallel data 6 8 21 Ground PD7 parallel data 7 9 22 Ground ACK acknowledge 10 23 Ground Busy 11 24 Ground Paper empty 12 25 Ground Select 13 N A N A J11 Reserved for factory use F_USB1 USB5 USB6 Connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name Vcc 1 2 Vcc D0 3 4 D1 D0 5 6 D1 Ground 7 8 Ground NC 9 10 Ground F_USB2 USB7 USB8 Connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name Vcc 1 2 Vcc D0 3 4 D1 D0 5 6 ...

Page 27: ...in this chapter are as follows BIOS Introduction 24 BIOS Setup 24 Standard CMOS Setup 26 Advanced BIOS Features 29 Advanced Chipset Features 32 Power Management Setup 38 PNP PCI Configurations 41 PC Health Status 42 Frequency Voltage Control 43 Load Fail Safe Defaults 44 Load Optimized Defaults 44 Set Supervisor Password 44 Save Exit Setup 44 Exit Without Saving 44 ...

Page 28: ...S is immediately activated Pressing the Del key immediately allows you to enter the Setup utility If you are a little bit late pressing the Del key POST Power On Self Test will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from invoking the Setup If you still wish to enter Setup restart the system by pressing the Reset button or simultaneously pressing the Ctrl Alt and Delete keys You can al...

Page 29: ...plays the control keys for this menu At the bottom of the Main Menu just below the control keys section there is another section which displays information on the currently highlighted item in the list Note If the system cannot boot after making and saving system changes with Setup the Award BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings that resets your system to its default Warning It is strongl...

Page 30: ...s 00 00 00 Menu Level IDE Channel 0 Master None Change the day month Year and century IDE Channel 1 Master None IDE Channel 2 Master None IDE Channel 2 Slave None IDE Channel 3 Master None IDE Channel 3 Slave None IDE Channel 4 Master None IDE Channel 4 Slave None Video EGA VGA Halt On All but keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 129024K Total Memory 130048K At the bottom of the menu are the ...

Page 31: ... provides Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to two IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Press Enter to configure the hard disk The selections include Auto Manual and None Select Manual to define the drive information manually You will be asked to enter the following items CYLS Number of cylinders HEAD Number of read write heads PRECOMP Write precompensation LANDING ZONE Landing zone ...

Page 32: ...or not the system will halt if an error is detected during power up No errors The system boot will not be halted for any error that may be detected All errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will stop and you will be prompted All But Keyboard The system boot will not be halted for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not be...

Page 33: ...ion Control for OS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 Small Logo EPA Show Disabled Summary Screen Show Disabled CPU Feature Press Enter to configure the settings relevant to CPU Feature Hard Disk Boot Priority With the field there is the option to choose aside from the hard disks connected Bootable add in Cards which refers to other external devices Virus Warning If this option is enabled an alar...

Page 34: ... Settings are from 6 to 30 characters per second Typematic Delay Msec When the typematic rate is enabled this item allows you to set the time interval for displaying the first and second characters By default this item is set to 250msec Security Option This field allows you to limit access to the System and Setup The default value is Setup When you select System the system prompts for the User Pas...

Page 35: ...n used with OS 2 that depends on certain BIOS calls to access memory The default setting is Non OS 2 Small Logo EPA Show The EPA logo appears at the right side of the monitor screen when the system is boot up The default setting is Disabled Summary Screen Show The screen shows a summary of device listing The default setting is Disabled ...

Page 36: ...lay CRT LVDS SDVO Device Setting None SDVO LVDS Protocol 1 Ch SPGW 24bit SDVO Panel Number 1024x768 Active LVDS Device No LVDS Integrated LVDS Protocol 18bit Panel Scaling AUTO Panel Type 1024x768 SC DC System BIOS Cacheable The setting of Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system ...

Page 37: ...ions are 32MB 64MB and 128MB DVMT Mode The options are Enabled and Disabled Total GFX Memory The options are 128MB 256MB and Max PAVP Mode The options are Disabled PAVP Lite and PAVP High VGA Boot Device Setting The fields and the default setting for this section are as follows Boot Display CRT LVDS SDVO Device Setting None SDVO LVDS Protocol 1 Ch SPGW 24bit SDVO Panel Number 1024x768 Active LVDS ...

Page 38: ...1200 1920x1080 Active LVDS Device The options are No LVDS Integrated LVDS and SDVO LVDS Integrated LVDS Protocol The options are 18bit and 24bit Panel Scaling The default setting is AUTO The options are AUTO FORCE OFF and Maintain Aspect Ratio Panel Number The options are 640x480 SC DC 800x600 SC DC 1024x768 SC DC 1280x600 SC DC 1280x768 SC DC 1280x800 SC DC 1280x1024 SC DC 1400x1050 SC DC 1680x12...

Page 39: ...DMA transfer access Enable IDE Primary Master PIO Auto Menu Level IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto SATA Mode IDE LEGACY Mode Support Disabled Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility SuperIO Device P...

Page 40: ...BIOS to communicate with the controller and CPU directly The system supports five modes numbered from 0 default to 4 which primarily differ in timing When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available mode IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA These fields allow your system to improve disk I O throughput to 33Mb sec with the Ultra DMA 33 feature The options are Auto and Disabled SATA ...

Page 41: ...stem from a power failure situation Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility USB Device Setting USB 1 0 Controller Enabled ITEM HELP USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Function Enabled USB Mouse Function Disable Menu Level USB Storage Function Enabled USB Mass Storage Device Boot Setting USB 1 0 Controller The options for this field are Enabled and Disabled By default this field is set to Enabled...

Page 42: ...PCI Card Disabled Power On by Ring Disabled USB KB Wake Up from S3 Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled Date of Month Alarm 0 Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled FDD COM LPT Port Disabled PCI PIRQ A D Disabled PCI Express PM Function The options within this field that can be enabled or dis...

Page 43: ...play Blank Screen Writes blanks to the video buffer Video Off In Suspend When enabled the video is off in suspend mode Suspend Type The default setting for the Suspend Type field is Stop Grant Modem Use IRQ This field sets the IRQ used by the Modem By default the setting is 3 Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off HDD Power...

Page 44: ...er on of the system through the modem connected to the serial port or LAN USB KB Wake Up by S3 This field has a default setting of Disabled Resume by Alarm This field enables or disables the resumption of the system operation When enabled the user is allowed to set the Date and Time Reload Global Timer Events The HDD FDD COM LPT Ports and PCI PIRQ are I O events that can prevent the system from en...

Page 45: ...tems Maximum Payload Size 128 Init Display First The default setting is PCI Card Reset Configuration Data This field allows you to determine whether to reset the configuration data or not The default value is Disabled Resources Controlled by This PnP BIOS can configure all of the boot and compatible devices with the use of a PnP operating system such as Windows 95 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Some non st...

Page 46: ... field allows the user to set the temperature by which the system automatically shuts down once the threshold temperature is reached This function can help prevent damage to the system that is caused by overheating CPU Warning Temperature This field allows the user to set the temperature so that when the temperature is reached the system sounds a warning This function can help prevent damage to th...

Page 47: ...pread Spectrum Modulated Disabled Menu Level CPU Host SRC PCI Clock Default Auto Detect PCI Clk This field enables or disables the auto detection of the PCI clock Spread Spectrum Modulated This field sets the value of the spread spectrum The default setting is Disabled This field is for CE testing use only CPU Host SRC PCI Clock The options are 100 100 33MHz 133 100 33MHz 166 100 33MHz 200 100 33M...

Page 48: ...ssword message prompts on the screen Type the password up to eight characters in length and press Enter The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically returns to the main screen To disable a password just press the Enter key when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password to be disabled Once the pas...

Page 49: ...please contact the vendor where you made the purchase The contents of this section include the following Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 46 VGA Drivers Installation 48 High Definition Codec Audio Driver Installation 50 LAN Drivers Installation 51 IMPORTANT NOTE After installing your Windows operating system Windows XP you must install first the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utili...

Page 50: ...ivers to enable Plug Play INF support for Intel chipset components Follow the instructions below to complete the installation 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board Click Intel and then Intel R GM45 Chipset Drivers 2 Click Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility 3 When the Welcome screen to the Intel Chipset Device Software appears click Next to continue ...

Page 51: ...ccept the software license agreement and proceed with the installation process 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 ...

Page 52: ...GA drivers follow the steps below to proceed with the installation 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board Click Intel and then Intel R GM45 Chipset Drivers 2 Click Intel R GM45 Chipset Family Graphics Driver 3 When the Welcome screen to the Setup Program appears click Next to continue ...

Page 53: ...nt and continue the installation 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 to take effect ...

Page 54: ...river Installation 1 Insert the drivers CD Click Intel and then Intel R GM45 Chipset Drivers Click Realtek High Definition Codec Audio Driver 2 On the Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard screen click Next 3 InstallShield Wizard is complete Click Finish to restart the computer ...

Page 55: ... controllers 1 Insert the CD that comes with the motherboard Click LAN Card and then Intel R PRO 82574L LAN Drivers 2 When the Welcome screen to the InstallShield Wizard for Intel Network Connections appears click Next On the next screen click Yes to to agree with the license agreement 3 Click the checkbox for Drivers in the Setup Options screen to select it and click Next to continue ...

Page 56: ...Manual 4 The wizard is ready to begin installation Click Install to begin the installation 5 When InstallShield Wizard is complete click Finish Remarks This Intel PRO 82574L LAN drivers support both Intel 82574L and 82567LM LAN controllers ...

Page 57: ... 05Fh Timer 060h 06Fh Keyboard Controller 070h 07Fh Real Time Clock NMI 080h 09Fh DMA Page Register 0A0h 0BFh Interrupt Controller 2 0C0h 0DFh DMA Controller 2 0F0h Clear Math Coprocessor Busy Signal 0F1h Reset Math Coprocessor 1F0h 1F7h IDE Interface 278 27F Parallel Port 2 LPT2 2F8h 2FFh Serial Port 2 COM2 2B0 2DF Graphics adapter Controller 378h 3FFh Parallel Port 1 LPT1 360 36F Network Ports 3...

Page 58: ...ng table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board Level Function IRQ0 System Timer Output IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ2 Interrupt Cascade IRQ3 Serial Port 2 IRQ4 Serial Port 1 IRQ5 Reserved IRQ6 Floppy Disk Controller IRQ7 Parallel Port 1 IRQ8 Real Time Clock IRQ9 Reserved IRQ10 Reserved IRQ11 Reserved IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse IRQ13 80287 IRQ14 Primary IDE IRQ15 Secondary IDE ...

Page 59: ...DE 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 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE include dos h include conio h include stdio h include stdlib h include W627DHG H int main void void WDTInitial void void WDTEnable unsigned char void WDTDisable void int main void char SIO SIO In...

Page 60: ...W627DHG_H define __W627DHG_H 1 define W627DHG_INDEX_PORT W627DHG_BASE define W627DHG_DATA_PORT W627DHG_BASE 1 define W627DHG_REG_LD 0x07 define W627DHG_UNLOCK 0x87 define W627DHG_LOCK 0xAA unsigned int Init_W627DHG void void Set_W627DHG_LD unsigned char void Set_W627DHG_Reg unsigned char unsigned char unsigned char Get_W627DHG_Reg unsigned char endif __W627DHG_H THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVID...

Page 61: ...EX_PORT W627DHG_UNLOCK outportb W627DHG_INDEX_PORT W627DHG_UNLOCK void Lock_W627DHG void outportb W627DHG_INDEX_PORT W627DHG_LOCK void Set_W627DHG_LD unsigned char LD Unlock_W627DHG outportb W627DHG_INDEX_PORT W627DHG_REG_LD outportb W627DHG_DATA_PORT LD Lock_W627DHG void Set_W627DHG_Reg unsigned char REG unsigned char DATA Unlock_W627DHG outportb W627DHG_INDEX_PORT REG outportb W627DHG_DATA_PORT ...

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