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MB998 Series 

 

Intel

®

 13

th

/12

th

 Gen Core

™ i9/i7/i5/i3  

Micro ATX Motherboard  

with Intel®  R680/W680/Q670E PCH 

 

 
 

User’s Manual 

 

Version 1.0 
(May 2023)

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for MB998 Series

Page 1: ...MB998 Series Intel 13th 12th Gen Core i9 i7 i5 i3 Micro ATX Motherboard with Intel R680 W680 Q670E PCH User s Manual Version 1 0 May 2023...

Page 2: ...o the products described in this document without prior notice Every effort has been made to ensure the information in the document is correct however IBASE does not guarantee this document is error f...

Page 3: ...frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer s instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications WEEE This product must not be disposed of as normal...

Page 4: ...RNING Attention during use Do not use this product near water Do not spill water or any other liquids on this product Do not place heavy objects on the top of this product Anti static precautions Wear...

Page 5: ...ERS SHALL BE BILLED FOR REPAIR AND SHIPPING CHARGES Technical Support Services 1 Visit the IBASE website at www ibase com tw to find the latest information about the product 2 If you need any further...

Page 6: ...4 4 JP4 Clear CMOS 16 2 4 5 JP5 Flash Descriptor Security Overide Factory use only 17 2 4 6 JP6 Sierra EM919x 5G card USB PCIe Select 18 2 5 Connectors Quick Reference 19 2 5 1 CN7 COM1 COM2 RS 232 42...

Page 7: ...41 3 1 Introduction 42 3 2 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 42 3 3 VGA Driver Installation 44 3 4 Realtek HD Audio Driver Installation 46 3 5 Intel ME Drivers Installation 47 3 6 Intel Seri...

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Page 9: ...1 Chapter 1 General Information The information provided in this chapter includes Features Packing List Optional Accessories Specifications Block Diagram Product View Board Dimensions...

Page 10: ...ance platform meets demands in next generation applications in imaging AI and edge computing 1 2 Features 13 th 12 th Gen Intel Core i9 i7 i5 i3 and Pentium Celeron Processors 2x DDR5 DIMM sockets Max...

Page 11: ...isted below If any of the items below is missing contact the distributor or dealer from whom you purchased the product MB998 x 1 IO Shield x 1 SATA cable x 1 COM cable x 1 Disk containing drivers x 1...

Page 12: ...Port 1x DVI D dual 2 5GbE 4x SATA RAID iAMT 16 1 fTPM Specifications CPU Socket LGA1700 CPU 13 th 12 th Gen Intel Core i9 i7 i5 i3 and Pentium Celeron Processors PCH MB998AF R Intel R680E PCH MB998AF...

Page 13: ...tek F81964D I Serial Port 4x COM ports 2x RS232 422 485 2x RS232 USB 2 0 2x USB 2 0 via pin header USB 3 X 4x USB 3 2 2x USB 3 1 edge connector Serial ATA 4x SATA III Audio Built in HD Audio controlle...

Page 14: ...6 MB998 User s Manual 1 6 Block Diagram...

Page 15: ...General Information MB998 User s Manual 7 1 1 7 Product View Top View Bottom View...

Page 16: ...8 MB998 User s Manual I O View 1 8 Board Dimensions...

Page 17: ...tion on jumper settings and connectors on the MB998 and other installation information in order to set up a workable system The topics covered are Essential installations before you begin Jumper and c...

Page 18: ...e the memory slot on the board and perform the following steps 1 Align the key of the memory module with that on the memory slot and insert the module slantwise 2 Gently push the module in an upright...

Page 19: ...l metal pins with a non conductive base mounted on the circuit board Jumper caps are used to have the functions and features enabled or disabled If a jumper has 3 pins you can connect either PIN1 to P...

Page 20: ...12 MB998 User s Manual 2 3 Jumper Connector Locations...

Page 21: ...PCIe x16 Bifurcation Selection JP2 AT ATX Select JP3 Clear RTC JP4 Clear CMOS Data JP5 Flash Descriptor Security Override Factory use only JP6 Sierra EM919x 5G card USB PCIe Select 2 4 1 JP1 PCI Expre...

Page 22: ...14 MB998 User s Manual 2 4 2 JP2 AT ATX Select Function Pin Illustration ATX Default Open AT Close 1 1...

Page 23: ...Hardware Configuration MB998 User s Manual 15 2 2 4 3 JP3 Clear RTC Function Pin closed Illustration Normal default 1 2 Clear RTC 2 3 1 1...

Page 24: ...16 MB998 User s Manual 2 4 4 JP4 Clear CMOS Function Pin closed Illustration Normal default 1 2 Clear CMOS 2 3 1 1...

Page 25: ...Hardware Configuration MB998 User s Manual 17 2 2 4 5 JP5 Flash Descriptor Security Overide Factory use only Flash Descriptor Security Override Pin Illustration Disabled default Open Enabled Close 1 1...

Page 26: ...18 MB998 User s Manual 2 4 6 JP6 Sierra EM919x 5G card USB PCIe Select Function Pin closed Illustration USB 1 2 PCIe default 2 3 1 1...

Page 27: ...S3 Status Connector J2 Audio Front Panel J3 COM4 J4 COM3 J5 PS2 Keyboard Mouse J6 M 2 M Key NVME CPU J7 PWM programming Factory use only J8 DVI D HK_DF11 20S PA66H J9 eSPI Debug Factory use only J10 D...

Page 28: ...Manual 2 5 1 CN7 COM1 COM2 RS 232 422 485 Ports Pin Signal Name RS 232 RS 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 N...

Page 29: ...Hardware Configuration MB998 User s Manual 21 2 2 5 2 CN8 CN9 CN10 CN11 SATA Connectors Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 TX 3 TX 4 Ground 5 RX 6 RX 7 Ground...

Page 30: ...22 MB998 User s Manual 2 5 3 J1 S3 Status Connector Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 3VDUAL 2 Ground 3 VCC3 4 Ground...

Page 31: ...rdware Configuration MB998 User s Manual 23 2 2 5 4 J2 Front Panel Audio Connector Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 MIC IN_L 2 Ground 3 MIC IN_R 4 DET 5 LINE_R 6 Ground 7 Sense 8 Key 9 LINE_L 10 Grou...

Page 32: ...24 MB998 User s Manual 2 5 5 J3 J4 COM3 COM4 RS232 Serial Ports Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 DCD 2 SIN 3 SOUT 4 RTS 5 GND 6 DSR 7 DTR 8 CTS 9 RI 10 Key Connector type HK_DF11 10S PA66H...

Page 33: ...Hardware Configuration MB998 User s Manual 25 2 2 5 6 J5 PS2 Keyboard Mouse Connector Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 MDA 4 KBDA 5 MCL 6 KBCL 7 GND 8 GND Connector type HK_DF11 8S PA66H...

Page 34: ...26 MB998 User s Manual 2 5 7 J6 M 2 M Key NVME CPU 2 5 8 J7 PWM Programming Factory use only...

Page 35: ...J8 DVI D Connector Connector type HK_DF11 20S PA66H Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 DATA1_P 2 DATA1_N 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 CLK_P 6 CLK_N 7 Ground 8 VCC 9 HPD 10 NC 11 DATA2_P 12 DATA2_N 13 Ground 14...

Page 36: ...28 MB998 User s Manual 2 5 10 J9 eSPI Debug Factory use only...

Page 37: ...Hardware Configuration MB998 User s Manual 29 2 2 5 11 J10 Digital I O Connector 4 in 4 out Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 5V 3 Out3 4 Out1 5 Out2 6 Out0 7 IN3 8 IN1 9 IN2 10 IN0...

Page 38: ...30 MB998 User s Manual 2 5 12 J11 DDR5 UDIMM CHA 0 2 5 13 J12 DDR5 UDIMM CHB 0...

Page 39: ...Hardware Configuration MB998 User s Manual 31 2 2 5 14 J13 M 2 E Key Socket 2 5 15 J14 M 2 M Key Socket...

Page 40: ...32 MB998 User s Manual 2 5 16 J15 M 2 B Key Socket 2 5 17 J16 SIM Card Slot...

Page 41: ...rdware Configuration MB998 User s Manual 33 2 2 5 18 J17 Front Panel Connector Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 Power BTN 2 Power BTN 3 HDD LED 4 HDD LED 5 Reset BTN 6 Reset BTN 7 Power LED 8 Power L...

Page 42: ...TX Power Connector Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 13 3 3V 1 3 3V 14 12V 2 3 3V 15 Ground 3 Ground 16 PS ON 4 5V 17 Ground 5 Ground 18 Ground 6 5V 19 Ground 7 Ground 20 5V 8 Power good 21 5V 9 5VSB 22...

Page 43: ...Hardware Configuration MB998 User s Manual 35 2 2 5 20 J19 SPI Flash Connector Factory use only...

Page 44: ...36 MB998 User s Manual 2 5 21 J20 USB 2 0 7 8 Connector Connector type E CALL_0126 01 2811009 Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 Vcc 2 VCC 3 D0 4 D1 5 D0 6 D1 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Key 10 NC...

Page 45: ...Hardware Configuration MB998 User s Manual 37 2 2 5 22 ATX_12V_2X1 AT 12V Power Connector Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 5 12V 2 Ground 6 12V 3 Ground 7 12V 4 Ground 8 12V...

Page 46: ...38 MB998 User s Manual 2 5 23 CPU_FAN1 CPU Fan Power Connector Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Rotation detection 4 Control Note PWM Only...

Page 47: ...Hardware Configuration MB998 User s Manual 39 2 2 5 24 SYS_FAN1 SYS_FAN2 System Fan Power Connectors Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Rotation detection 4 Control Note PWM Only...

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Page 49: ...Installation This chapter introduces installation of the following drivers Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility VGA Driver HD Audio Driver Intel Trusted Execution Engine Drivers Intel Serial I...

Page 50: ...ust install the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility first before proceeding with the drivers installation 3 2 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility The Intel Chipset drivers should be in...

Page 51: ...reen to the Intel Chipset Device Software appears click Next to continue 3 Accept the License Agreement and click Accept 4 On the Readme File Information screen click Install 5 When the driver has bee...

Page 52: ...r Installation 1 Click Intel on the left pane and then Intel R AlderLake S RaptorLake S Chipset Drivers and Intel R HD Graphics Driver on the right pane 2 When the Intel Graphics Driver Installer scre...

Page 53: ...installer will install the following components Intel Graphics Driver Intel Graphics Command Center Click Start to start installing the new graphics driver 5 The next screen will indicate that the new...

Page 54: ...and then Intel R AlderLake S RaptorLake S Chipset Drivers and Realtek High Definition Audio Driver on the right pane 2 On the Welcome screen of the InstallShield Wizard click Next to install the drive...

Page 55: ...S Chipset Drivers and Intel R ME Drivers on the right pane 2 When the Welcome screen to the Intel Management Engine Components appears click Next 3 Accept the terms in the License Agreement and click...

Page 56: ...RaptorLake S Chipset Drivers and Intel R Serial IO Drivers on the right pane 2 When the Welcome screen to the Intel Serial IO appears click Next 3 Accept the terms in the license agreement and click...

Page 57: ...Driver Installation MB998 User s Manual 49 3 3 7 LAN Drivers Installation 1 Click LAN Card on the left pane and then Intel PRO LAN Network Drivers on the right pane 2 Click Intel Drivers and Software...

Page 58: ...e next screen accept the terms in the License Agreement and click Next 4 On the Setup Options screen select the program features you want installed Then click Next to continue 5 On the Ready to Instal...

Page 59: ...apter describes the different settings available in the AMI BIOS that comes with the board The topics covered in this chapter are as follows Main Settings Advanced Settings Chipset Settings Security S...

Page 60: ...ll continue with its test routines thus preventing you from invoking the Setup If you still need to enter Setup restart the system by pressing the Reset button or simultaneously pressing the Ctrl Alt...

Page 61: ...t language System Date Sets the date Use the Tab key to switch between the data elements System Time Set the time Use the Tab key to switch between the data elements 4 4 Advanced Settings This section...

Page 62: ...This will be used to enable Preboot Bluetooth function Discrete Bluetooth Interface SerialIo UARTO needs to be enabled to select BT interace BT Tile Mode Enable Disable Tile Advanced Settings Configu...

Page 63: ...rmance cores Active Efficient cores Number of P cores to enable in each processor package Note Number of Cores and E cores are looked at together When both are 0 0 Pcode will enable all cores Hyper Th...

Page 64: ...than two frequency ranges to be supported Intel R Speed Shift Technology Enable Disable Intel R Speed Shift Technology support Enabling will expose the CPPC v2 interface to allow for hardware controll...

Page 65: ...res State Enable Disable Intel R Manageability features Note This option disables enables Manageability Features support in FW To disable support platform must be in an unprovisioned state first AMT B...

Page 66: ...art in order to change state of security device Platform Hierarchy Enables Disables platform hierarchy Storage Hierarchy Enables Disables storage hierarchy Endorsement Hierarchy Enables Disables endor...

Page 67: ...Disables BIOS ACPI Auto Configuration Enable Hibernation Enables Disables the system ability to hibernate OS S4 Sleep State This option may be not effective with some OS ACPI Sleep State Selects an A...

Page 68: ...O device 4 4 7 1 Serial Port 1 Configuration BIOS Setting Description Serial Port Enables Disables the serial port Change Settings Selects an optimal settings for Super I O device Auto IO 3F8h IRQ 4 I...

Page 69: ...ve RS422 RS422 with Termination 4 4 7 3 Serial Port 3 Configuration BIOS Setting Description Serial Port Enables Disables the serial port Change Settings Selects an optimal settings for Super I O devi...

Page 70: ...Options Disabled 50 C 60 C 70 C 80 C System Smart Fan Control Enables Disables the system smart fan feature Options Disabled 50 C 60 C 70 C 80 C Temperatures Voltages These fields are the parameters...

Page 71: ...should be claimed by XHCI driver USB Mass Storage Driver Support Enables Disables the support for USB mass storage driver USB Transfer time out The time out value 1 5 10 20 secs for Control Bulk and I...

Page 72: ...Disables IPv4 HTTP Boot Support If disabled Ipv4 HTTP boot option will not be created IPv6 PXE Support Enables Disables IPv6 PXE Boot Support If disabled Ipv4 PXE boot option will not be created IPv6...

Page 73: ...BIOS Setup MB998 User s Manual 65 4 4 4 11 NVMe Configuration...

Page 74: ...cription System Agent SA Configuration System Agent SA parameters PCH IO Configuration PCH parameters 4 5 1 System Agent SA Configuration BIOS Setting Description Graphics Configuration Configures the...

Page 75: ...on External Gfx Card Primary Display Configuration Primary PEG Select PEG0 PEG1 PEG3 Graphics device should be Primary PEG Primary PCIE Select the graphics device as Primary PCIE Internal Graphics Kee...

Page 76: ...68 MB998 User s Manual 4 5 1 2 4 5 1 2 4 5 1 2 4 5 1 2 4 5 1 2 4 5 1 2 4 5 1 2 4 5 1 2 4 5 1 2 4 5 1 2 VMD Setup Menu...

Page 77: ...s Manual 69 4 4 5 2 PCH IO Configuration BIOS Setting Description PCH IO Configuration PCH Parameters SATA Configuration SATA Devices Options Settings USB Configuration USB Configuration Settings 4 5...

Page 78: ...scription SATA Controller s Enables Disables the SATA device SATA Mode Selection Determines how SATA controller s operate Serial ATA Ports Enables Disables SATA ports Hot Plug Designates the port as H...

Page 79: ...Manual 71 4 4 6 Security Settings BIOS Setting Description Administrator Password Sets an administrator password for the setup utility User Password Sets a user password Secure Boot Configures Secure...

Page 80: ...s platform reset Secure Boot Mode Secure Boot mode options Standard or Custom In Custom mode Secure Boot policy variables can be configured by a physically present user without full authentication Res...

Page 81: ...ey 65535 0xFFFF means indefinite waiting Bootup NumLock State Selects the keyboard NumLock state Quiet Boot Enables Disables Quiet Boot option Fast Boot Enables or disables boot with initialization of...

Page 82: ...without saving any changes Save Changes Saves changes done so far to any of the setup options Discard Changes Discards changes done so far to any of the setup options Restore Defaults Restores Loads d...

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Page 85: ...77 Appendix This section provides the mapping addresses of peripheral devices and the sample code of watchdog timer configuration...

Page 86: ...ces 0x00000065 0x00000065 Motherboard resources 0x00000067 0x00000067 Motherboard resources 0x00000070 0x00000070 Motherboard resources 0x00000080 0x00000080 Motherboard resources 0x00000092 0x0000009...

Page 87: ...0x00000034 0x00000035 Programmable interrupt controller 0x00000038 0x00000039 Programmable interrupt controller 0x0000003C 0x0000003D Programmable interrupt controller 0x000000A0 0x000000A1 Programmab...

Page 88: ...r 7ACC IRQ 29 Intel R Serial IO I2C Host Controller 7ACE IRQ 31 Intel R Serial IO I2C Host Controller 7AFC IRQ 32 Intel R Serial IO I2C Host Controller 7AFD IRQ 37 Intel R Serial IO SPI Host Controlle...

Page 89: ...ore the timer counts 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 MER...

Page 90: ...able timer bBuf Get_F81964_Reg 0xF5 bBuf 0x0F bBuf 0x52 Set_F81964_Reg 0xF5 bBuf count mode is second Set_F81964_Reg 0xF6 interval set timer bBuf Get_F81964_Reg 0xFA bBuf 0x01 Set_F81964_Reg 0xFA bBuf...

Page 91: ...t unsigned charucDid F81964_BASE 0x4E result F81964_BASE ucDid Get_F81964_Reg 0x20 if ucDid 0x07 Fintek81964 goto Init_Finish F81964_BASE 0x2E result F81964_BASE ucDid Get_F81964_Reg 0x20 if ucDid 0x0...

Page 92: ...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 if...

Page 93: ...6H HRS DF11 10DS 2C PS 2 Keyboard Mouse J7 HAOGUO DF11 8S PA66H HRS DF11 8DS 2C USB 2 0 J10 E CALL 0126 01 2811009 Dupont 2 54 mm 2 5 pin USB 3 2 J11 PINREX 52X 40 20GU52 USB 3 0 IDC 19 pin Front Pane...

Page 94: ...86 MB998 User s Manual E MB998 USB Power Control Bit Mapping Function Connector Software Mapping M 2 E Key J13 bit_0 USB 3 1 CN2 A B bit_1...

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