background image

INSTALLATIONS

 

 

 

Installing the Memory 

 
The motherboard supports two DDR3 memory socket for a maximum 
total memory of  8GB in DDR3 memory type.  

Installing and Removing Memory Modules 

To install 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 align 
with those 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 with both hands.  

6

 

MI958 User’s Manual

 

 

DDR3 Module

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loc

Loc

Loc

Loc

Summary of Contents for MI958

Page 1: ...MI958 AMD G series APU A55E FCH Mini ITX Motherboard USER S MANUAL Version 1 0...

Page 2: ...istered trademarks of AMD Corporation Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation FINTEK is a registered trademark of FINTEK Electronics Corporation REALTEK is a registered tr...

Page 3: ...s Manual iii Table of Contents Introduction 1 Product Description 1 Checklist 2 Board Specifications 3 Board Dimensions 4 Installations 5 Installing the Memory 6 Setting the Jumpers 7 Connectors 12 BI...

Page 4: ...THE MI958 MINI ITX MOTHERBOARD iv MI958 User s Manual...

Page 5: ...sed systems include the DDR3 memory interface PCIe UMI DDI Digital Display Interface power delivery and miscellaneous test signals that connect to the processor The AMD A55E Fusion Controller Hub is d...

Page 6: ...s Manual Checklist Your AMD MI958 Development Board package should include the items listed below The MI958 Mini ITX motherboard This User s Manual 1 CD containing chipset drivers and flash memory ut...

Page 7: ...ar I O ports 4 x internal pin headers Audio A55E FCH built in HD interface Realtek ALC269QHD Codec w class D speaker amplifier 2 3W per channel 5V power supply support 2 channel audio out amp Serial A...

Page 8: ...INTRODUCTION Board Dimensions 4 MI958 User s Manual...

Page 9: ...l 5 Installations This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the motherboard in order to set up a workable system The topics covered are Installing the Memory 6 Sett...

Page 10: ...lot on the board and perform the following steps 1 Hold the DDR3 module so that the key of the DDR3 module align with those on the memory slot 2 Gently push the DDR3 module in an upright position unti...

Page 11: ...needs The following lists the connectors and their respective functions Jumper Locations 8 JP6 LCD Panel Power Selection 9 JP12 Clear CMOS Setting 9 JP1 JP2 JP3 RS232 422 485 COM1 Selection 9 JP4 COM...

Page 12: ...INSTALLATIONS Jumper Locations 8 MI958 User s Manual...

Page 13: ...5 COM1 Selection COM2 COM4 are fixed for RS 232 use only COM1 is selectable for RS232 RS 422 and RS 485 The following table describes the jumper settings for COM1 selection COM1 Function RS 232 RS 422...

Page 14: ...er Setting JP5 Setting Function Pin 1 2 Short Closed 12V Pin 3 4 Short Closed Normal Pin 5 6 Short Closed 5V JP7 USB1 USB2 CN6 Power Setting JP7 Setting Function Pin 1 2 Short Closed 5VSB Pin 2 3 Shor...

Page 15: ...hort Closed 5V JP9 USB7 USB8 CN14 Power Setting JP9 Setting Function Pin 1 2 Short Closed 5VSB Pin 2 3 Short Closed 5V J11 PCI PCIE Riser Card Selection J11 Riser Card IP390 Riser Card Install IP151 I...

Page 16: ...14 CN9 GbE_2 RJ 45 and USB3 4 Ports 14 CN12 Audio Connector 14 CN7 CN8 CN10 CN11 Serial ATA Connectors 14 FAN1 System Fan Power Connector 14 FAN2 CPU Fan Power Connector 14 J3 ATX Power Supply Connec...

Page 17: ...INSTALLATIONS Connector Locations MI958 User s Manual 13...

Page 18: ...dio Connector The audio connector from top to bottom is composed of Line in Line out and Microphone jacks CN7 CN8 CN10 CN11 Serial ATA Connectors FAN1 System Fan Power Connector FAN1 is a 3 pin header...

Page 19: ...und 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 J4 Digital I O Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name GND 1 2 VCC OUT3 3 4 OUT1 OUT2 5 6 OUT0...

Page 20: ...r 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...

Page 21: ...control panel This LED will flash when the HDD is being accessed Pin Signal Name 10 HDD Active 20 5V CN13 CN14 USB5 6 USB7 8 Port Pin Header Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name Vcc 1 2 Vcc D0 3 4 D1 D0 5...

Page 22: ...nd 14 13 Ground TXC 16 15 TXC 5V 3 3V 18 17 ENABKL DDC_DATA 20 19 DDC_CLK CN3 LCD Backlight Connector Pin Signal Name 1 12V 2 Backlight Enable 3 Brightness Control 4 Ground CN5 Output Voltage Connecto...

Page 23: ...INSTALLATIONS MI958 User s Manual 19 PCIE1 PCI E x1 Slot PCI1 PCI Slot supports 2 Master...

Page 24: ...INSTALLATIONS 20 MI958 User s Manual This page is intentionally left blank...

Page 25: ...fferent settings available in the AMI BIOS that comes with the board The topics covered in this chapter are as follows BIOS Introduction 22 BIOS Setup 22 Main BIOS Setup 23 Advanced Settings 24 Chipse...

Page 26: ...ctivated 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 prev...

Page 27: ...008 MB DDR3 System Language English System Date Tue 09 07 2010 System Time 00 08 21 Access Level Administrator Note If the system cannot boot after making and saving system changes with Setup the AMI...

Page 28: ...pport Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Field F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Default F4 Save ESC Exit Launch PXE OpROM Disabled Launch Storage OpROM Enabled PCI Subsystem...

Page 29: ...neration Disabled PCI Express Device Settings Relaxed Ordering Disabled Extended Tag Disabled No Snoop Enabled Maximum Payload Auto Maximum Read Request Auto PCI Express Link Settings ASPM Support Dis...

Page 30: ...w System BIOS to select the value Maximum Read Request Launches Enabled Disabled the boot option for legacy network devices PCI Express Link Settings Set Maximum Read Request Size of PCI Express Devic...

Page 31: ...Exit Enable Hibernation Enabled ACPI Sleep State S3 Suspend to RAM Lock Legacy Resources Disabled S3 Video Report Disabled Enabled ACPI Auto Configuration Enables or Disables BIOS ACPI Auto Configurat...

Page 32: ...aximum Disabled PSS Support PSTATE Adjustment Enabled PState 0 PPC Adjustment PState 0 SVM Mode Enabled NX Mode C6 Mode Enabled Auto Node 0 Information Limit CPUID Maximum Disabled for Windows XP PSS...

Page 33: ...t 2 None Schedule Slot 1 Setup the hou minute for sytem power on Schedule Slot 2 Setup the hou minute for sytem power on IDE Configuration This section shows the IDE devices configuration Aptio Setup...

Page 34: ...USB Support Enables Legacy USB support AUTO option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected DISABLE option will keep USB devices available only for EFI applications EHCI Hand off Enabl...

Page 35: ...pass mode Always on and Always off H W Monitor Aptio Setup Utility Copyright 2010 American Megatrends Inc Main Advanced Chipset Boot Security Save Exit PC Health Status Select Screen Select Item Enter...

Page 36: ...rends Inc Main Advanced Chipset Boot Security Save Exit Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Field F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Default F4 Save ESC Exit North Bridge North...

Page 37: ...l Port 8 Control GPP_CORE_x4x2x1x1 Enabled Disabled Hotplug Basic Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled IOMMU Mode Disabled Memory Clock 200MHz Memory Information Total Memory 4096 MB DDR3 GFX Configuration...

Page 38: ...Bank Interleaving Disabled Integrated Graphics Enable Integrate Graphics controller Node 0 Information View memory information related to Node 0 North Bridge LVDS Config Select Aptio Setup Utility Ma...

Page 39: ...Main Advanced Chipset Boot Security Save Exit OnChip SATA Channel Enabled Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Field F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Default F4 Save ESC Exit O...

Page 40: ...SB PORT 5 Enabled USB PORT 6 Enabled USB PORT 7 Enabled USB PORT 8 Enabled USB PORT 9 Enabled USB PORT 10 Enabled USB PORT 11 Enabled USB PORT 12 Enabled USB PORT 13 Enabled USB PORT FL0 Enabled USB P...

Page 41: ...HD Audio Azalia Device Enabled Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Field F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Default F4 Save ESC Exit HD Onboard PIN Config Enabled Azalia Front P...

Page 42: ...uest Option ROM Messages Force BIOS Interrupt 19 Canture Disabled UEFI Boot Disabled Boot Option Priorities Setup Prompt Timeout Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key 65535 0xFFFF means i...

Page 43: ...nter Setup In Setup the User will have Administrator rights The password must be 3 to 20 characters Administrator Password User Password Administrator Password Set Setup Administrator Password User Pa...

Page 44: ...es done so far to any of the setup options Discard Changes Discard Changes done so far to any of the setup options Restore Defaults Restore Load Defaults values for all the setup options Save as User...

Page 45: ...e contact the vendor where you made the purchase The contents of this section include the following AMD A55E Chipset Family Graphics Driver Installation 42 Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Install...

Page 46: ...hics Driver Installation Follow the steps below to install the AMD A55E chipset family graphics drivers 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board Click AMD then AMD A55E Chipset Drivers and then AMD A...

Page 47: ...DRIVERS INSTALLATIONS 2 When the welcome screen to the ATI Catalyst Install Manager appears click Next Now click Install to allow the installation of the software components MI958 User s Manual 43...

Page 48: ...DRIVERS INSTALLATIONS 3 Select Express and click Next to proceed with the installation On the following screen click Finish to complete the installation process 44 MI958 User s Manual...

Page 49: ...k High Definition Audio Driver Installation Follow the steps below to install the Realtek HD audio drivers 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board Click AMD and then Realtek High Definition Audio Dr...

Page 50: ...ATIONS 2 When the welcome screen to the Audio Driver Setup appears click Next to start the software installation Once the InstallShield Wizard is complete click Finish to restart the computer 46 MI958...

Page 51: ...rivers Installation Follow the steps below to install the Realtek LAN Drivers 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board Click Intel then LAN Card and then Realtek Lan Controller Drivers 2 Click Realte...

Page 52: ...TIONS 3 When the welcome screen to InstallShield Wizard appears click Next to start the installation 4 When the InstallShieldWizard has finished installing the Realtek LAN drivers click Finish 48 MI95...

Page 53: ...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...

Page 54: ...The following 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 Res...

Page 55: ...IDED 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...

Page 56: ...52 Set_F81865_Reg 0xF5 bBuf count mode is second Set_F81865_Reg 0xF6 interval set timer bBuf Get_F81865_Reg 0xFA bBuf 0x01 Set_F81865_Reg 0xFA bBuf enable WDTO output bBuf Get_F81865_Reg 0xF5 bBuf 0x2...

Page 57: ...o Init_Finish F81865_BASE 0x2E result F81865_BASE ucDid Get_F81865_Reg 0x20 if ucDid 0x07 Fintek 81865 goto Init_Finish F81865_BASE 0x00 result F81865_BASE Init_Finish return result void Unlock_F81865...

Page 58: ...LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ifndef __F81865_H define __F81865_H 1 define F81865_INDEX_PORT F81865_BASE define F81865_DATA_PORT F81865_B...

Reviews: