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MB880 

Socket LGA775 Pentium

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 4  

Intel

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 i915G Chipset 

Industrial Motherboard 

 

USER’S MANUAL 

Version 1.0

 

 

 
 

Summary of Contents for MB880

Page 1: ...MB880 Socket LGA775 Pentium 4 Intel i915G Chipset Industrial Motherboard USER S MANUAL Version 1 0...

Page 2: ...International Business Machines Corporation Intel and Pentium 4 are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Winbond is a regist...

Page 3: ...ations 3 Board Dimensions 4 Installations 5 Installing the CPU 6 ATX Power Installation 7 Installing the Memory 7 Setting the Jumpers 8 Connectors on MB880 13 Watchdog Timer Configuration 25 BIOS Setu...

Page 4: ...iv MB880 User s Manual This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 5: ...ntium 4 motherboard package should include the items listed below The MB880 motherboard This User s Manual 1 Back I O shield 1 IDE Cable 1 Floppy Cable 2 SATA Cable Option 1 Dual Serial Port Cable Opt...

Page 6: ...b Interface and PCI Express graphics interface Two DDR memory sockets supports DDR 400 333 SDRAM DIMM modules of up to 2GB in capacity The board is designed with two Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabi...

Page 7: ...88MB 3 Mode support Hardware monitoring RTC CMOS Built in ICH6 Battery Lithium battery Keyboard Controller Built in Winbond 83627HF IDE ICH6 built in IDE1 40 pin 2 5mm pitch supports Ultra DMA 33 66 1...

Page 8: ...INSTALLATIONS 4 MB880 User s Manual Board Dimensions...

Page 9: ...information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the MB880 in order to set up a workable system The topics covered are Installing the CPU 6 ATX Power Installation 7 Installing the Memory 7 Sett...

Page 10: ...Intel Pentium 4 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 into the CPU socket Ple...

Page 11: ...memory type It supports DDR333 when installed with CPUs that have clock speeds of 533MHz It supports DDR400 when installed with CPUs that have clock speeds of 800MHz The board provides dual channel f...

Page 12: ...ts about the best configuration for your needs The following lists the connectors on MB880 and their respective functions Jumper Locations on MB880 9 JP1 COM2 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting 10 JP2 COM1 RS...

Page 13: ...ations on MB880 Page JP1 COM2 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting 10 JP2 COM1 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting 10 JP3 RS232 422 485 COM2 Selection 10 JP5 Clear CMOS Contents 11 JP6 COM4 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting 11...

Page 14: ...ion Pin 1 2 Short Closed 12V Pin 3 4 Short Closed Normal Pin 5 6 Short Closed 5V JP3 RS232 422 485 COM2 Selection COM1 is fixed for RS 232 use only JP3 COM2 is selectable for RS232 RS 422 and RS 485 T...

Page 15: ...therboard before clearing CMOS JP5 Setting Function Pin 1 2 Short Closed Normal Pin 2 3 Short Closed Clear CMOS JP6 COM4 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting JP6 Setting Function Pin 1 2 Short Closed 12V Pin 3...

Page 16: ...LATIONS 12 MB880 User s Manual JP8 DiskOnChip Address Select Before you can use this selection install the DiskOnChip device on the DiskOnChip socket location U42 JP8 Address D0000 D7FFF D8000 DFFFF d...

Page 17: ...nd PS 2 Mouse Connectors 16 CN2 4 port USB Connector 16 CN3 J2 Serial Ports 16 CN4 Parallel Port Connector 17 CN5 VGA CRT Connector 17 CN6 DUAL LAN RJ45 Connectors 18 CN7 Audio Connector 18 CN8 CN9 CN...

Page 18: ...2 Serial Ports 16 CN4 Parallel Port Connector 17 CN5 VGA CRT Connector 17 CN6 DUAL LAN RJ45 Connectors 18 CN7 Audio Connector 18 CN8 CN9 CN10 CN11 SATA Connectors 18 J1 Digital I O Connector 4 in 4 ou...

Page 19: ...X power supply connector ATX_12V ATX 12V Power Connector This connector supplies the CPU operation voltage Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 12V 4 12V DIMM1 Channel A DDR Socket DIMM1 is the first c...

Page 20: ...t USB Connector CN2 is a USB connector consisting of four ports stacked vertically Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 USB 3 USB CN2 4 Vcc CN3 J2 Serial Ports CN3 COM1 is a DB 9 connector while J2 is a COM2 pi...

Page 21: ...parallel data 3 5 18 Ground PD4 parallel data 4 6 19 Ground PD5 parallel data 5 7 20 Ground PD6 parallel data 6 8 21 Ground PD7 parallel data 7 9 22 Ground ACK acknowledge 10 23 Ground Busy 11 24 Gro...

Page 22: ...or CN8 CN9 CN10 CN11 SATA Connectors The SATA connectors support SATA 150 and use one serial ATA HDD for each CN8 is port 2 CN9 is port 4 CN10 is port1 and CN11 is port3 J1 Digital I O Connector 4 in...

Page 23: ...CD Audio L J7 J6 COM3 and COM4 Serial Ports Connector J7 and J6 are COM3 and COM4 serial ports supporting RS232 Pin Signal Name 1 DCD 2 RX 3 TX 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 10 NC J10 Wake On LA...

Page 24: ...s 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 13 The powe...

Page 25: ...f Reset Switch Pins 9 and 19 The reset switch allows the user to reset the system without turning the main power switch off and then on again Orientation is not required when making a connection to th...

Page 26: ...or Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name Ground 1 2 RM LC Ground 3 4 No connect Ground 5 6 No connect Ground 7 8 Index Ground 9 10 Motor enable 0 Ground 11 12 Drive select 1 Ground 13 14 Drive select 0 Grou...

Page 27: ...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 con...

Page 28: ...This green LED will light constantly when the power is on to indicate that the 5VSB status has switched to 5V power LED5 Power Off LED This Red LED will light constantly during a power off status to...

Page 29: ...to zero SAMPLE CODE 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 f...

Page 30: ...k_Chip mov cl 07h mov al 08h call Write_Reg switch to LD8 xor al al mov cl 0F6h call Write_Reg clear watchdog timer xor al al mov cl 30h call Write_Reg watchdog disabled call Lock_Chip ret Disable_Wat...

Page 31: ...Endp Name Write_Reg IN CL register index AL Value to write OUT None Write_Reg ProcNear pushax mov dx 2Eh mov al cl out dx al pop ax inc dx out dx al ret Write_Reg Endp Name Read_Reg IN CL register ind...

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Page 33: ...is chapter are as follows BIOS Introduction 30 Standard CMOS Setup 32 Advanced BIOS Features 35 Advanced Chipset Features 40 Integrated Peripherals 41 Power Management Setup 47 PNP PCI Configurations...

Page 34: ...BIOS 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 t...

Page 35: ...ays 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...

Page 36: ...E Channel 0 Master None Change the day month IDE Channel 0 Slave None Year and century IDE Channel 1 Master None IDE Channel 1 Slave None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All Er...

Page 37: ...d 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 Capacity Capacity size of the hard disk drive C...

Page 38: ...r 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 erro...

Page 39: ...Rate chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup Allows you choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to...

Page 40: ...ernal cache memory and most but not all modern PCs have additional external cache memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for eve...

Page 41: ...BIOS SETUP MB880 User s Manual 37 These fields allow the system to search for an operating system from other devices other than the ones selected in the First Second Third Boot Device...

Page 42: ...mory above 1 MB Typematic Rate Setting When disabled continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance When enabled you can set the two typematic controls listed next By...

Page 43: ...o access greater than 64MB of DRAM memory when used with OS 2 that depends on certain BIOS calls to access memory The default setting is Non OS 2 Report No FDD For WIN 95 If you are using Windows 95 9...

Page 44: ...l On Chip Video Memory Size On Chip Frame Buffer Size FIXED Memory Size Auto Press Enter 8MB 0MB DVMT Memory Size 120MB Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PCI Express Root Port Func PCI Express Port...

Page 45: ...DDR333 DDR400 and DDR533 SLP_S4 Assertion Width Pushing the power button for 1 to 2 seconds will power off the system This will prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pus...

Page 46: ...The On Chip Frame Buffer Size can be set us 1MB 8MB or 16MB This memory is shared with the system memory FIXED Memory Size Specify the size of system memory to allocate for video memory DVMT Memory S...

Page 47: ...Serial ATA Setting SATA Mode On Chip Serial ATA IDE Auto PATA IDE Mode Primary SATA Port P1 P3 is Secondary Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device USB Controller Enabled ITEM HELP USB 2 0...

Page 48: ...of commands that transfer to or from the disk drive PIO Programmed Input Output allows the BIOS to communicate with the controller and CPU directly The system supports five modes numbered from 0 defau...

Page 49: ...ons for this field are Enabled and Disabled By default this field is set to Disabled USB Mouse Support The options for this field are Enabled and Disabled By default this field is set to Disabled Azal...

Page 50: ...erial Parallel Port These fields allow you to select the onboard serial and parallel ports and their addresses The default values for these ports are Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 Seri...

Page 51: ...Primary IDE 0 Enabled Primary IDE 1 Enabled Secondary IDE 0 Enabled Secondary IDE 1 Enabled FDD COM LPT Port Enabled PCI PIRQ A D Enabled ACPI Function Enable this function to support ACPI Advance Co...

Page 52: ...defines the power off mode when using an ATX power supply The Instant Off mode allows powering off immediately upon pressing the power button In the Delay 4 Sec mode the system powers off when the pow...

Page 53: ...can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an...

Page 54: ...xit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot Maximum Payload Size 4096 PNP OS Install Enable the PNP OS Instal...

Page 55: ...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 the system that i...

Page 56: ...abled Menu Level CPU Clock Ratio The CPU Ratio also known as the CPU bus speed multiplier can be configured through this field The default setting is 8X This parameter can be used in conjunction with...

Page 57: ...sword 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 scr...

Page 58: ...tact the vendor where you made the purchase The contents of this section include the following Intel 915G Chipset Software Intallation Utility 55 Intel 915G Chipset Graphics Driver 57 Realtek AC97 Cod...

Page 59: ...Intel chipset components Follow the instructions below to complete the installation under Windows 2000 XP Before installed Intel Chipset Software Intallation Utility Please update your system to Windo...

Page 60: ...the installation process 4 On Readme Information screen click Next to continue the installation 5 The Setup process is now complete Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect...

Page 61: ...phics Drivers 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 and the screen below would...

Page 62: ...license agreement and proceed with the installation process 4 The Setup process is now complete Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect When the computer has restarted the...

Page 63: ...Follow the steps below to installthe Realtek AC97 Codec Audio Drivers 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board and the screen below would appear Click Realtek AC97 Codec Audio Drivers to start the dr...

Page 64: ...tart installing the Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabit LAN drivers 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board In the initial screen click on LAN Card on the left side 2 When the Welcome screen appears...

Page 65: ...DRIVERS INSTALLATION MB880 User s Manual 61 This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 66: ...mer 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 Res...

Page 67: ...g 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 Con...

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