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MB879

Intel Pentium

ATI Radeon Xpress 200

Mini-ITX Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Version 1.0

Summary of Contents for MB879

Page 1: ...MB879 Intel Pentium M ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Mini ITX Motherboard USER S MANUAL Version 1 0...

Page 2: ...rademark of International Business Machines Corporation Intel and Pentium M are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation All othe...

Page 3: ...tch Setting 11 Connectors on MB879 12 Connector Locations on MB879 13 CN1 PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Connectors 14 CN2 S Video and RCA Connector for TV out 14 CN3 COM1 and VGA Connector 14 15 CN4 10...

Page 4: ...21 J21 Power LED Connector 21 J22 Compact Flash Connector solder side option 21 PCI1 PCI Slot supports 2 Masters 21 PCIE1 PCI E x1 Slot 21 This page is intentionally left blank 22 BIOS Setup 23 BIOS...

Page 5: ...LAN Driver Installation 53 Appendix 57 A I O Port Address Map 57 B Interrupt Request Lines IRQ 58 C Watchdog Timer Configuration 59 MB879 User s Manual v...

Page 6: ...THE MB879 MINI ITX MOTHERBOARD vi MB879 User s Manual...

Page 7: ...best performance of all integrated graphics and core logic products in the market It incorporates an ATI Radeon X300 based graphics core which is coupled with 64 bit DDR DDR2 SDRAM system memory inter...

Page 8: ...ION Checklist Your MB879 package should include the items listed below The MB879 Pentium M Mini ITX motherboard This User s Manual 1 CD containing chipset drivers and flash memory utility 2 MB879 User...

Page 9: ...A host controller supports 2 ports 1394 option TI TSB43LV22 dual port Local bus IDE ATi SB450 built in two channels Ultra DMA 100 133 IDE1 40 pins box header IDE2 Compact Flash option LPC I O ITE IT87...

Page 10: ...INTRODUCTION Board Dimensions 4 MB879 User s Manual...

Page 11: ...n provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the MB879 in order to set up a workable system The topics covered are Installing the CPU Installing the Memory Setting the Jumpers Co...

Page 12: ...st 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 sl...

Page 13: ...t on the board and perform the following steps 1 Hold the DDR2 module so that the key of the DDR2 module align with those on the memory slot 2 Gently push the DDR2 module in an upright position until...

Page 14: ...ou have doubts about the best configuration for your needs The following lists the connectors on MB879 and their respective functions Jumper Locations on MB879 JP1 COM4 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting JP2...

Page 15: ...MB879 Jumpers on MB879 Page JP1 COM4 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting JP2 LVDS Panel Voltage Selection JP3 COM3 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting JP4 CPU FSB Selection JP5 Clear CMOS Setting SW1 LVDS Resolution Sw...

Page 16: ...Pin 5 6 short 5V Pin 3 4 Standard COM Port JP2 LVDS Panel Voltage Selection JP2 LVDS Voltage 3 3V 5V JP3 COM3 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting Pin Signal Name JP3 Signal Name Pin 1 RI 3 RI Default 5 RI 12V...

Page 17: ...Setting Normal Clear CMOS SW1 LVDS Resolution Switch Setting SW1 1 SW1 2 SW1 3 SW1 4 Resolution OFF ON ON OFF 800x600 ON OFF ON OFF 1024x768 OFF OFF ON OFF 1280 X 1024 ON ON OFF OFF 1400 X 1050 OFF OF...

Page 18: ...ctor FAN1 CPU Fan Power Connector FAN2 System Fan Power Connector J1 Floppy Drive Connector IDE1 IDE Connector J2 ATX Power Supply Connector J3 TV Out Header RCA S Video J4 COM2 COM3 COM4 Serial Ports...

Page 19: ...INSTALLATIONS Connector Locations on MB879 MB879 User s Manual 13...

Page 20: ...4 4 5V Keyboard clock 5 5 Mouse clock N C 6 6 N C CN2 S Video and RCA Connector for TV out 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...

Page 21: ...om top to bottom is composed of Line in Line out and Microphone jacks FAN1 CPU Fan Power Connector FAN1 is a 3 pin header for the CPU fan with 12V 500mA Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Rotation detec...

Page 22: ...n Pin Signal Name Reset IDE 1 2 Ground Host data 7 3 4 Host data 8 Host data 6 5 6 Host data 9 Host data 5 7 8 Host data 10 Host data 4 9 10 Host data 11 Host data 3 11 12 Host data 12 Host data 2 13...

Page 23: ...ood 5V 19 9 5VSB 5V 20 10 12V J3 TV Out Header RCA S Video Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name NC 1 2 NC Y 3 4 Ground C 5 6 Ground COMP 7 8 Ground J4 COM2 COM3 COM4 Serial Ports Pin Signal Name RS 232 1 D...

Page 24: ...36 bit or 24 48 bit 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 2...

Page 25: ...J13 Speaker Connector The J15 connector supports 2W 8ohm stereo audio power amplifier Pin Signal Name 1 Audio L 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Audio R J14 Front Audio Connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name R...

Page 26: ...th 5VSB that has 200mA Pin Signal Name 1 5VSB 2 Ground 3 PME J18 System Function Connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name Ground 1 2 PS_ON 5V 3 4 HDD Active Ground 5 7 Reset ATX power on switch Pins...

Page 27: ...Signal Name 1 CD Audio L 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 CD Audio R J21 Power LED Connector Pin Signal Name 1 Vcc 2 NC 3 PLED J22 Compact Flash Connector solder side option PCI1 PCI Slot supports 2 Masters PCIE1...

Page 28: ...INSTALLATIONS This page is intentionally left blank 22 MB879 User s Manual...

Page 29: ...e as follows BIOS Introduction BIOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PNP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Fre...

Page 30: ...ed 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...

Page 31: ...r 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 cann...

Page 32: ...11 55 00 Menu Level IDE Channel 0 Master None IDE Channel 0 Slave None IDE Channel 1 Master None Change the day month Year and century IDE Channel 1 Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master Non...

Page 33: ...clude Auto Manual and None Select Manual to define the drive information manually You will be asked to enter the following items Capacity Capacity size of the hard disk drive Cylinder Number of cylind...

Page 34: ...alt 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...

Page 35: ...Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Menu Level CPU Feature Press Enter to configure the settings relevant to CPU Feature Hard Disk Boot Priority With the field there is the...

Page 36: ...s whether the BIOS checks for a floppy drive while booting up If it cannot detect one either due to improper configuration or its absence it will flash an error message Boot Up NumLock Status This all...

Page 37: ...tup utility is called up APIC Mode APIC stands for Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller The default setting is Enabled MPS Version Control for OS This option is specifies the MPS Multiprocessor...

Page 38: ...tage Disable BIU Power Mgmt Disable Memory Bank Alignment Auto Channel Map NB 2 Channel Map GFX Bank0 Map Bank1 Map Bank0 Map NB Bank1 Map NB 4 7 13 7 13 Dynamic Clock AUTO Calibration AUTO DQS Addres...

Page 39: ...B Video Display Devices The default setting is CRT Force Other Auto Tv Standard The default setting is NTSC Memory Hole In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA...

Page 40: ...t setting is Disable Address Step Enable The default setting is Auto Impedance Control The default setting is Enable Add 10 Extra Current The default setting is Disabled PCIE GFX Overclocking The defa...

Page 41: ...t setting is 64 Bytes A Link GPP Configuration This setting controls the A Link GPP configuration Clock Gating for TxClk The default setting is Disabled PCIE Hide Unused Port The default setting is Au...

Page 42: ...TON ONLY KB Power ON Password Enter Hot Key Power ON Ctrl F1 Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select Normal UR2 Duplex Mode Watch...

Page 43: ...this field is set to Enabled USB Mouse Support The options for this field are Enabled and Disabled By default this field is set to Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode This field allows your hard disk control...

Page 44: ...rDA and ASKIR Watch Dog Timer Select The options available include 2 Min 10 Min 30 Min 1 Hour 2 Hour 3 Hour 4 Hour and Disabled By default this field is set to Disabled IDE DMA Transfer Access Allows...

Page 45: ...ons are Auto and Disabled Onboard AC97 Audio The options for this field are Auto and Disabled By default this field is set to Auto Onboard LAN The options for this field are Enabled and Disabled By de...

Page 46: ...Suspend The default setting of the ACPI Suspend mode is S1 POS C2 Disable Enable The default setting is Disabled Power Management Option This field allows you to select the type of power saving manag...

Page 47: ...f when the power button is pressed for more than four seconds or enters the suspend mode when pressed for less than 4 seconds PowerOn by PCI Card By default this field is disabled PowerFail Status Thi...

Page 48: ...f you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices Reset Configuration Data This field allows you to determine whether to reset the configuration data or not The default value is Disabled Resources Con...

Page 49: ...ltage Battery System TEMP CPU TEMP North Bridge TEMP 3 07 V 46 44 45 CPU FAN Speed FAN1 7031 RPM SYSTEM FAN Speed FAN2 0 RPM CPU Warning Temperature This field allows the user to set the temperature s...

Page 50: ...lity Frequency Voltage Control Auto Detect PCI Clk Disabled ITEM HELP Spread Spectrum Disabled Menu Level Auto Detect PCI Clk This field enables or disables the auto detection of the PCI clock Spread...

Page 51: ...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 ret...

Page 52: ...BIOS SETUP This page is intentionally left blank 46 MB879 User s Manual...

Page 53: ...ease contact the vendor where you made the purchase The contents of this section include the following ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Series Drivers Installation Realtek AC97 Codec Audio Driver Installation LA...

Page 54: ...s come in the CD with the motherboard Follow the instructions below to complete the installation under Windows 2000 XP 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board Click ATI RC410MD Chipset Drivers and t...

Page 55: ...DRIVERS INSTALLATION 3 When the Welcome screen appears click Next to continue 4 Click Yes to accept the software license agreement and proceed with the installation process MB879 User s Manual 49...

Page 56: ...p process is now complete Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect When the computer has restarted the system will be able to find some devices Restart your computer when pr...

Page 57: ...ollow the steps below to install the Realtek AC97 Codec Audio Drivers 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board Click ATI RC410MD Chipset Drivers and then Realtek AC 97 Codec Audio Driver 2 When the W...

Page 58: ...DRIVER INSTALLATION 3 Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect 52 MB879 User s Manual...

Page 59: ...low the steps below to install the Marvell Gigabit LAN drivers 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board Click LAN Card and then Marvell LAN Controller Driver 2 Click Next when the InstallShield Wizar...

Page 60: ...agree with the license agreement Click Next when the Readme Information screen appears to proceed with the drives installation process When the Installation is complete click Finish for the changes to...

Page 61: ...lowing window will appear Generic Marvell Yukon Chipset based Ethernet Controller Properties Click Advanced and select Wake From Shutdown In the Value field on the right select On 5 Then also in the A...

Page 62: ...DRIVER INSTALLATION This page is intentionally left blank 56 MB879 User s Manual...

Page 63: ...board 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 Coprocess...

Page 64: ...sed 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 P...

Page 65: ...ATION 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 ifndef _...

Page 66: ...NA 1 ITE8712 ITE8712_BASE 0x2E result Get_ITE8712_Reg 0x21 if result 0x12 result 1 goto Init_Finish ITE8712_BASE 0x4E result Get_ITE8712_Reg 0x21 if result 0x12 result 1 goto Init_Finish ITE8712_BASE...

Page 67: ...ortb ITE8712_INDEX_PORT REG Result inportb ITE8712_DATA_PORT Lock_ITE8712 return Result File Main cpp THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLI...

Page 68: ...printf n ITE8712 Watch Timer Tester AUTO DETECT n Usage ITE8712 reset_time Unit n Ex ITE8712 3 reset system after 3 Seconds n ITE8712 0 disable watch dog timer n void EnableWDT int interval Set_ITE871...

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