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MB945 

 

Socket LGA775  

Intel

®

 Q45 Chipset 

Industrial Motherboard 

 

USER’S MANUAL 

Version 1.0B

 

 

 
 

Summary of Contents for MB945

Page 1: ...MB945 Socket LGA775 Intel Q45 Chipset Industrial Motherboard USER S MANUAL Version 1 0B...

Page 2: ...rnational Business Machines Corporation Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Winbond is a registered trademark of W...

Page 3: ...nnectors on MB945 14 BIOS Setup 27 Drivers Installation 50 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 51 Intel Graphics Driver Installation 53 Realtek HD Codec Audio Driver Installation 55 LAN Driver...

Page 4: ...I and RAID DRIVER 1 Assuming the drivers DVD is in D drive the path for the relevant files is D SataRaid ICH10DO 2 During Windows XP installation press F6 and note the file path for driver installatio...

Page 5: ...t Your MB945 motherboard package should include the items listed below The MB945 motherboard This User s manual 1 Back I O shield 1 IDE cable 1 Floppy cable 1 SATA cable 1 Serial Port cable 1 CD conta...

Page 6: ...aphics interface Four DDR3 memory sockets support DDR3 800 1066 SDRAM DIMM modules of up to 8GB in capacity The board is designed with an Intel 82567LM Gigabit Ethernet PHY and an optional Intel 82574...

Page 7: ...A x1 for 1 PATA channel for IDE CF IDE 40 pin and vertical CF socket x 1 Audio ICH10DO built in HD Audio controller ALC888 w 7 1 channels LPC I O Winbond W83627DHG IrDA x1 COM1 RS232 COM2 RS232 422 48...

Page 8: ...INTRODUCTION Board Dimensions 4 MB945 User s Manual...

Page 9: ...on provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the MB945 MB945F in order to set up a workable system The topics covered are Installing the CPU 6 ATX Power Installation 7 Installin...

Page 10: ...Quad 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 Please note th...

Page 11: ...h the ATX1 and ATX_12V_2X1 power connectors ATX1 is a 24 pin power connector and ATX_12V_2X1 is a 8 pin 12V power connector The 24 pin power connector can to be connected to a standard 20 pin ATX powe...

Page 12: ...ic refresh Up to 32 simultaneously open pages four per row four rows maximum Dual Channel Memory Configuration If you want to operate the Dual Channel Technology please note the following explanations...

Page 13: ...g lists the connectors on MB945 MB945F and their respective functions JP2 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Power Setting 11 JP3 COM1 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting 11 JP4 COM4 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting 11 JP5 COM3 RS...

Page 14: ...32 5V 12V Power Setting 11 JP5 COM3 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting 11 JP7 ME Management Engine Disabled pin closed 12 JP8 Clear CMOS Contents 12 JP9 Compact Flash Socket Master Slave Setting 12 JP10 COM2...

Page 15: ...ction Pin 1 2 Short Closed 12V Pin 3 4 Short Closed Normal Pin 5 6 Short Closed 5V JP4 COM4 RS232 5V 12V Power Setting JP4 Setting Function Pin 1 2 Short Closed 12V Pin 3 4 Short Closed Normal Pin 5 6...

Page 16: ...he CMOS contents Note that the ATX power connector should be disconnected from the motherboard before clearing CMOS JP8 Setting Function Pin 1 2 Short Closed Normal Pin 2 3 Short Closed Clear CMOS JP9...

Page 17: ...llowing table describes the jumper settings for COM2 selection COM2 Function RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 Jumper Setting pin closed Short 1 2 9 11 10 12 15 17 16 18 Short 3 4 7 9 8 10 13 15 14 16 Short 5 6 7...

Page 18: ...N10 Compact Flash Type II Socket 18 IDE1 Primary IDE Connectors 19 SATA1 SATA6 SATAII Connectors 19 CD_IN1 CD In Audio Connector 19 COM3 COM4 COM3 COM4 Serial Ports RS232 20 J1 Wake On LAN Connector 2...

Page 19: ...onnectors SATA1 SATA6 SATAII Connectors CD_IN1 CD In Audio Connector COM3 COM4 COM3 COM4 Serial Ports J1 Wake On LAN Connector SPDIFI SPDIFO Connector Reserved out nector r r lots 2 J J3 J5 ISA Slots...

Page 20: ...3 3V 12V 14 2 3 3V Ground 15 3 Ground PS ON 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 3 3V ATX_12V_2X1 ATX 12...

Page 21: ...7 8 GND VCC 9 10 GND N C 11 12 DDCDATA HSYNC 13 14 VSYNC DDCCLK 15 CN2 Parallel Port Connector CN2 is a DB 25 external connector situated on top of the VGA and serial ports CN2 Parallel Port Signal Na...

Page 22: ...9 RI Ring indicator GND ground 5 10 Not Used CN4 PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Connectors Mouse top Keyboard bottom Keyboard Signal Pin Mouse Signal Keyboard data 1 Mouse data N C 2 N C GND 3 GND 5V 4...

Page 23: ...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 C...

Page 24: ...LAN Connector J1 is a 3 pin header for the Wake On LAN function on the motherboard The following table shows the pin out assignments of this connector Wake On LAN will function properly only with an A...

Page 25: ...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 J7 System Function Connector J7 provides c...

Page 26: ...ct 13 Ground ATX Power ON Switch Pins 7 and 17 This 2 pin connector is an ATX Power Supply On Off Switch on the system that connects to the power switch on the case When pressed the power switch will...

Page 27: ...onnect 3 Ir RX 4 Ground 5 Ir TX J9 Digital I O Connector 4 in 4 out This 10 pin digital I O connector supports TTL levels and is used to control external devices requiring ON OFF circuitry Signal Name...

Page 28: ...e Pin Pin Signal Name 5V 1 2 5V USBD0 3 4 USBD1 USBD0 5 6 USBD1 Ground 7 8 Ground Key pin 9 10 NC CPU_FAN1 CPU Fan Power Connector Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Rotation detection 4 Control SYS_FAN...

Page 29: ...Drive select 1 Ground 13 14 Drive select 0 Ground 15 16 Motor enable 1 Ground 17 18 Direction Ground 19 20 Step Ground 21 22 Write data Ground 23 24 Write gate Ground 25 26 Track 00 Ground 27 28 Writ...

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Page 31: ...his chapter are as follows BIOS Introduction 28 BIOS Setup 28 Standard CMOS Setup 30 Advanced BIOS Features 33 Advanced Chipset Features 37 Power Management Setup 43 PNP PCI Configurations 46 PC Healt...

Page 32: ...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 r...

Page 33: ...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 34: ...l IDE Channel 0 Master None Change the day month Year and century IDE Channel 0 Slave None IDE Channel 1 Master None IDE Channel 1 Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master IDE Channel 4 Master...

Page 35: ...rovide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four Serial ATA hard disks Each channel can support up to two hard disks the first is the Master and the second is the Slave Press Enter to c...

Page 36: ...mode CGA 80 Power up in 80 column mode MONO For Hercules or MDA adapters Halt On This field determines whether or not the system will halt if an error is detected during power up No errors The system...

Page 37: ...curity Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control for OS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 Console Redirection Disabled Baud Rate 19200 Agent after boot Enabled Small Logo EPA Show Disabled...

Page 38: ...BIOS SETUP 34 MB945 User s Manual...

Page 39: ...e 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 allows you to activate the NumLock function af...

Page 40: ...tables to improve support for multiple PCI bus configurations and improve future expandability The default setting is 1 4 OS Select for DRAM 64MB This option allows the system to access greater than 6...

Page 41: ...dBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Intel AMT Configuration AMT BIOS Support Enabled ITEM HELP SOL Support Enabled Menu Level IDE R Support Enabled Platform Mng Selection Intel AMT QST Support Disabled Danbury T...

Page 42: ...ith MB945AF with iAMT function VGA Setting The fields under the On Chip VGA Setting and their default settings are PEG On Chip VGA Control Auto On Chip Frame Buffer Size 32MB DVMT Mode Enabled DVMT FI...

Page 43: ...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...

Page 44: ...ode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive IDE DMA Transfer Access This field by default is enabled OnChip Secondary PCI IDE This field by default is enabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Sl...

Page 45: ...TA with RAID 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...

Page 46: ...llows you to determine parallel port mode function SPP Standard Printer Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Combination of ECP and EPP capabilities Normal Normal fun...

Page 47: ...y PWR BTTN CPU THRM Throttling Wake Up by PCI Card Power On by Ring Instant Off 50 0 Disabled Disabled Resume by Alarm Disabled Date of Month Alarm 0 Time hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 Reload Global Timer Even...

Page 48: ...er 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...

Page 49: ...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 IRQ to occur When the o...

Page 50: ...tems Maximum Payload Size 128 PNP OS Install Enable the PNP OS Install option if it is supported by the operating system installed The default value is No Init Display First The default setting is PCI...

Page 51: ...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 is caused by overheating Shut...

Page 52: ...ITEM HELP Spread Spectrum 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 This field sets the...

Page 53: ...assword 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 s...

Page 54: ...e The contents of this section include the following Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 51 Intel Graphics Driver Installation 53 Realtek HD Codec Audio Driver Installation 55 LAN Drivers Inst...

Page 55: ...or Intel chipset components Follow the instructions below to complete the installation under Windows 2000 XP Vista Before installing this utility please update your system to Windows 2000 SP4 or Windo...

Page 56: ...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 click Next to continue...

Page 57: ...rivers DVD into the DVD drive Click Intel and then Intel R Q45 Chipset Drivers Click Intel R Q45 Chipset Family Graphics Driver 2 When the Welcome screen appears click Next to continue Click Yes to ac...

Page 58: ...DRIVERS INSTALLATION 4 When the Setup Progress screen appears click Next to continue 5 Setup is complete Click Finish to restart the computer 54 MB945 User s Manual...

Page 59: ...allation 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 Hig...

Page 60: ...DRIVERS INSTALLATION 2 When the Welcome screen appears click Next to continue 3 InstallShield Wizard is complete Click Finish to restart the computer 56 MB945 User s Manual...

Page 61: ...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 screen appears click Next to continue...

Page 62: ...up 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 Cli...

Page 63: ...he board supports 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 Manager Drivers 2 In the welcome screen...

Page 64: ...n 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 prompte...

Page 65: ...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 Driver 2 3 In the welcome screen to the Setup Program click Next In the nex...

Page 66: ...DRIVERS INSTALLATION 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 62 MB945 User s Manual...

Page 67: ...Driver 2 In the welcome screen to the Setup Program click Next to continue In the License Agreement screen click Yes accept the terms of the agreement and proceed with the setup program 3 In the Readm...

Page 68: ...elcome screen to the Microsoft NET Frame 3 5 SP1 Setup Follow the instructions accordingly to finish the setup process In this screen check the checkbox for I have read and ACCEPT the terms of the Lic...

Page 69: ...DRIVERS INSTALLATION 8 After Setup is complete click Exit MB945 User s Manual 65...

Page 70: ...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...

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Page 72: ...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 73: ...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...

Page 74: ...E 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 PURP...

Page 75: ...efine __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_W627...

Page 76: ...X_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_IN...

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