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June 2004

Order Number:  C74531-001

The Intel

®

 Desktop Board D915PCY/D915PCM may contain design defects or errors known as errata that may cause the product to deviate from published specifications.  Current 

characterized errata are documented in the Intel Desktop Board D915PCY/D915PCM Specification Update.

Intel

®

 Desktop Boards 

D915PCY/D915PCM

Technical Product Specification

Summary of Contents for BOXD915PCML - Desktop Board D915PCML

Page 1: ...design defects or errors known as errata that may cause the product to deviate from published specifications Current characterized errata are documented in the Intel Desktop Board D915PCY D915PCM Spec...

Page 2: ...e presented subject matter The furnishing of documents and other materials and information does not provide any license express or implied by estoppel or otherwise to any such patents trademarks copyr...

Page 3: ...nces What This Document Contains Chapter Description 1 A description of the hardware used on the Desktop Boards D915PCY and D915PCM 2 A map of the resources of the Desktop Boards 3 The features suppor...

Page 4: ...e of the particular part at that general location For example J5J1 is a connector located at 5J It is the first connector in the 5J area GB Gigabyte 1 073 741 824 bytes GB sec Gigabytes per second KB...

Page 5: ...d Mouse Interface 28 1 10 Audio Subsystem 29 1 10 1 Audio Subsystem Software 29 1 10 2 Audio Connectors 29 1 10 3 Intel High Definition Audio Subsystem 30 1 11 LAN Subsystem 31 1 11 1 Intel 82562EZ Ph...

Page 6: ...9 Jumper Block 71 2 10 Mechanical Considerations 72 2 10 1 D915PCY Board Form Factor 72 2 10 2 D915PCM Board Form Factor 73 2 10 3 I O Shield 74 2 11 Electrical Considerations 75 2 11 1 DC Loading 75...

Page 7: ...Channel Interleaved Mode Configuration with Three DIMMs 22 7 Dual Channel Interleaved Mode Configuration with Four DIMMs 23 8 Single Channel Asymmetric Mode Configuration with One DIMM 24 9 Single Ch...

Page 8: ...own in Figure 17 59 18 Component side Connectors Shown in Figure 18 61 19 Component side Connectors Shown in Figure 19 63 20 S PDIF Connector Optional 64 21 ATAPI CD ROM Connector Optional 64 22 Front...

Page 9: ...ons 89 47 Supervisor and User Password Functions 91 48 BIOS Error Messages 93 49 Uncompressed INIT Code Checkpoints 95 50 Boot Block Recovery Code Checkpoints 95 51 Runtime Code Uncompressed in F000 S...

Page 10: ...Intel Desktop Board D915PCY D915PCM Technical Product Specification x...

Page 11: ...2 bit parallel bus previously referred to as PCI is now called PCI Conventional 1 2 Board Differences This TPS describes these Intel Desktop Boards D915PCY and D915PCM The Desktop Boards are identical...

Page 12: ...b MCH Intel 82801FB I O Controller Hub ICH6 4 Mbit Firmware Hub FWH Video One PCI Express x16 bus add in card connector Audio Intel High Definition Audio subsystem using the Realtek ALC860 audio codec...

Page 13: ...vailable to you Table 3 Manufacturing Options ATAPI CD ROM Connector A connector for attaching an internal CD ROM drive to the onboard audio subsystem ATX fan connector Additional fan connector for us...

Page 14: ...oard Layouts Figure 1 shows the location of the major components on the Desktop Board D915PCY OM17051 A B K L C D F E M N O P Q R S V W X Y GG Z AA EE BB CC DD FF MM LL KK II HH JJ G H I J T U Figure...

Page 15: ...ctor ATX12V O LGA775 processor socket P Processor fan connector Q Intel 82915P MCH R DIMM Channel A sockets S Serial port B connector optional T DIMM Channel B sockets U SCSI LED optional V I O contro...

Page 16: ...on 16 Figure 2 shows the location of the major components on the Desktop Board D915PCM OM17052 I J A C B D K L M O N P Q U V W X FF Y DD AA BB CC EE JJ KK II GG HH E F G H S T R Z Figure 2 D915PCM Boa...

Page 17: ...GA775 processor socket N Hardware monitoring and fan control ASIC O Processor fan connector P Intel 82915P MCH Q DIMM Channel A sockets R Serial port B connector optional S DIMM Channel B sockets T SC...

Page 18: ...ol ASIC OM17129 Audio Codec Retasking Jack F Port 2 Line Out Retasking Jack D CD ROM optional Retasking Jack E Port 1 PCI Express x16 Interface PCI Express x16 Connector connector or socket PCI Bus SM...

Page 19: ...ign motherbd gen_indx htm Audio software and utilities http www intel com design motherbd LAN software and drivers http www intel com design motherbd 1 5 Processor The boards are designed to support I...

Page 20: ...figure memory settings for optimum performance If non SPD memory is installed the BIOS will attempt to correctly configure the memory settings but performance and reliability may be impacted or the DI...

Page 21: ...s the slowest memory timing will be used Single channel Asymmetric mode This mode is equivalent to single channel bandwidth operation for real world applications This mode is used when only a single D...

Page 22: ...hannel A DIMM 1 Channel B DIMM 0 Channel B DIMM 1 1 GB 1 GB Figure 5 Dual Channel Interleaved Mode Configuration with Two DIMMs Figure 6 shows a dual channel configuration using three DIMMs In this ex...

Page 23: ...the two DIMMs in Channel A equal the combined capacity of the two DIMMs in Channel B Also the DIMMs are matched between DIMM0 and DIMM1 of both channels OM17124 Channel A DIMM 0 Channel A DIMM 1 Chann...

Page 24: ...is not populated OM17125 Channel A DIMM 0 Channel A DIMM 1 Channel B DIMM 0 Channel B DIMM 1 256 MB Figure 8 Single Channel Asymmetric Mode Configuration with One DIMM Figure 9 shows a single channel...

Page 25: ...he audio connectors Four ports are routed to two separate front panel USB connectors NOTE Computer systems that have an unshielded cable attached to a USB port may not meet FCC Class B requirements ev...

Page 26: ...ne of the following ARMD FDD ATAPI removable media device floppy disk drive ARMD HDD ATAPI removable media device hard disk drive For information about Refer to The location of the Parallel ATA IDE co...

Page 27: ...MOS memory When the computer is not plugged into a wall socket the battery has an estimated life of three years When the computer is plugged in the standby current from the power supply extends the li...

Page 28: ...rts support data transfers at speeds up to 115 2 kbits sec with BIOS support For information about Refer to The location of the serial port A connector Figure 17 page 58 The location of the serial por...

Page 29: ...For the front panel jack sensing and automatic retasking feature to function a front panel daughter card that is designed for Intel High Definition Audio must be used Otherwise an AC 97 style audio fr...

Page 30: ...Figure 18 page 60 The location of the optional S PDIF connector on the D915PCM board Figure 19 page 62 The signal names of the optional S PDIF connector Table 20 page 64 1 10 3 Intel High Definition...

Page 31: ...Subsystem The 10 100 Mbits sec LAN subsystem consists of the following The Intel 82801FB ICH6 An Intel 82562EZ Platform LAN Connect PLC device for 10 100 Mbits sec Ethernet LAN connectivity An RJ 45 L...

Page 32: ...ected Yellow On 100 Mbits sec data rate is selected 1 11 2 Alert Standard Format ASF Support The boards provide the following ASF support for PCI Express x1 bus add in LAN cards and PCI Conventional b...

Page 33: ...he hardware management features enable the Desktop Boards to be compatible with the Wired for Management WfM specification The Desktop Board has several hardware management features including the foll...

Page 34: ...CY board OM17055 A B E F G H D C 1 3 1 4 1 3 1 3 1 3 Item Description A Thermal diode located on processor die B Remote ambient temperature sensor C Ambient temperature sensor internal to hardware mon...

Page 35: ...o hardware monitoring and fan control ASIC D Processor fan E Rear chassis fan F Front chassis fan Figure 14 Thermal Monitoring for D915PCM Board 1 12 3 Fan Monitoring Fan monitoring can be implemented...

Page 36: ...chnology Resume on Ring Wake from USB Wake from PS 2 devices Power Management Event signal PME wake up support 1 13 1 ACPI ACPI gives the operating system direct control over the power management and...

Page 37: ...orking state More than four seconds Fail safe power off ACPI G2 G5 Soft off Sleep ACPI G1 sleeping state Less than four seconds Wake up ACPI G0 working state Sleep ACPI G1 sleeping state More than fou...

Page 38: ...Suspend to RAM Context saved to RAM No power D3 no power except for wake up logic Power 5 W Note 2 G1 sleeping state S4 Suspend to disk Context saved to disk No power D3 no power except for wake up lo...

Page 39: ...I state requires an operating system that provides full ACPI support In addition software drivers and peripherals must fully support ACPI wake events 1 13 2 Hardware Support CAUTION Ensure that the po...

Page 40: ...ge 60 The location of the main power connector on the D915PCM board Figure 19 page 62 The signal names of the main power connector Table 29 page 66 1 13 2 2 Fan Connectors The function operation of th...

Page 41: ...nstantly Available PC technology the 5 V standby line for the power supply must be capable of providing adequate 5 V standby current Failure to provide adequate standby current when implementing Insta...

Page 42: ...ity wakes the computer from ACPI S1 or S3 states NOTE Wake from USB requires the use of a USB peripheral that supports Wake from USB 1 13 2 7 Wake from PS 2 Devices PS 2 device activity wakes the comp...

Page 43: ...standby power indicator LED in the D915PCY board The LED is in the same location on the D915PCM board CAUTION If AC power has been switched off and the standby power indicator is still lit disconnect...

Page 44: ...able if any of the following occurs Lost Password Loss of any of the passwords associated with the TPM will render encrypted data inaccessible No password recovery is available Read the Security Preca...

Page 45: ...m a usage deficit in that while the key may be backed up and restored i e protected from hard disk failure they are not protected against system or TPM failure The very nature of a non migratable key...

Page 46: ...e latest image can be restored to a new hard drive and access to the encrypted data may be re established NOTE All encrypted and unencrypted data that was added after the last image was created will b...

Page 47: ...Recovery Token password and location this password should not match the Owner password or any other password 6 Define where to save the Emergency Recovery Token note the file location and name 7 The...

Page 48: ...in the future These documents and files should be updated after any password changes 1 14 7 Recovery Procedures 1 14 7 1 Recovering from Hard Disk Failure Restore the latest hard drive image from bac...

Page 49: ...iles 1 14 8 Clearing Trusted Platform Module Ownership WARNING Disconnect the desktop board s power supply from its AC power source before you connect or disconnect cables or install or remove any boa...

Page 50: ...nce with the Infineon Security Platform Software visit the web at http www infineon com For assistance with the Wave System EMBASSY Trust Suite visit the web at http www wave com support ets html For...

Page 51: ...15 describes the interrupts The remaining sections in this chapter are introduced by text found with their respective section headings 2 2 Memory Resources 2 2 1 Addressable Memory The board utilizes...

Page 52: ...per BIOS area 64 KB Lower BIOS area 64 KB 16 KB x 4 Add in Card BIOS and Buffer area 128 KB 16 KB x 8 Standard PCI ISA Video Memory SMM Memory 128 KB DOS area 640 KB 1 MB 960 KB 896 KB 768 KB 640 KB 0...

Page 53: ...CI Conventional bus Dependent on video adapter used 640 K 800 K A0000 C7FFF 160 KB Video memory and BIOS 639 K 640 K 9FC00 9FFFF 1 KB Extended BIOS data movable by memory manager software 512 K 639 K...

Page 54: ...bytes COM3 03F0 03F5 6 bytes Diskette channel 03F4 03F7 1 byte Primary Parallel ATA IDE channel control block 03F8 03FF 8 bytes COM1 04D0 04D1 2 bytes Edge level triggered PIC LPTn 400 8 bytes ECP po...

Page 55: ...CI Express port 4 not used 00 1D 00 USB UHCI controller 1 00 1D 01 USB UHCI controller 2 00 1D 02 USB UHCI controller 3 00 1D 03 USB UHCI controller 4 00 1D 07 EHCI controller 00 1E 00 PCI bridge 00 1...

Page 56: ...port if present else user available 13 Reserved math coprocessor 14 Primary IDE Serial ATA if present else user available 15 Secondary IDE Serial ATA if present else user available 16 Note 2 User ava...

Page 57: ...tied together on the board and therefore share the same interrupt Table 16 shows an example of how the PIRQ signals are routed For example using Table 16 as a reference assume an add in card using IN...

Page 58: ...ternal to the computer s chassis A fault in the load presented by the external devices could cause damage to the computer the power cable and the external devices themselves This section describes the...

Page 59: ...sive non amplified speakers are connected to this output Table 17 Back Panel Connectors Shown in Figure 17 Item Callout from Figure 17 Description A PS 2 mouse port Green B PS 2 keyboard port Purple C...

Page 60: ...ectors on the D915PCY board OM17059 B A C E F G D T S R U V W X Y Z AA BB EE GG FF DD CC H I K J L M N O P 1 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 3 4 4 3 1 2 9 10 3 1 4 1 2 9 1 2 39 40 23 24 2 1 2 33 34 1 1 2 10 1 2 10 1 2...

Page 61: ...n card connector 1 L Front panel IEEE 1394a connector optional M PCI Express x16 bus add in card connector N Rear chassis fan connector 1 O Alternate power connector P 12V power connector ATX12V Q SCS...

Page 62: ...Q R S T U V B C E D F G H I 1 1 1 4 1 1 3 4 4 3 1 2 9 10 3 1 4 1 2 39 40 23 24 2 1 2 33 34 1 1 2 10 1 2 10 1 2 10 1 BB AA Z Y X W J 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 10 9 1 3 1 1 2 9 1 K L Figure 19 D915PCM Board Compo...

Page 63: ...power connector I 12V power connector ATX12V J Processor fan connector K Serial port B optional L SCSI LED optional M Power connector N Diskette drive connector O Parallel ATA IDE connector P Chassis...

Page 64: ...ame 1 Port E Port 1 Left Channel 2 Ground 3 Port E Port 1 Right Channel 4 Presence dongle present 5 Port F Port 2 Right Channel 6 Port E Port 1 Sense return jack detection 7 Port E Port 1 and Port F P...

Page 65: ...4 FAN_CONTROL 2 8 2 1 Chassis Fan Connectors The D915PCY board has three standard and one optional chassis fan connectors Front chassis fan Rear chassis fan 1 Rear chassis fan 2 ATX fan connector opti...

Page 66: ...cards use one of the following power supply configurations to avoid system instability The preferred method of power delivery is to use a power supply with a 2 x 12 main power cable In this configurat...

Page 67: ...mpliant bus the D915PCY board has four PCI Conventional bus add in card connectors the D915PCM board has two PCI Conventional add in card connectors The SMBus is routed to PCI Conventional bus connect...

Page 68: ...onnector Figure 20 is a connection diagram for the front panel connector Table 33 Front Panel Connector Pin Signal In Out Description Pin Signal In Out Description Hard Drive Activity LED Yellow Power...

Page 69: ...states for a two color LED Table 34 States for a One Color Power LED LED State Description Off Power off sleeping Steady Green Running Table 35 States for a Two Color Power LED LED State Description...

Page 70: ...Port One USB Port Figure 21 Connection Diagram for Front Panel USB Connectors 2 8 2 7 Front Panel IEEE 1394a Connectors Optional Figure 22 is a connection diagram for the optional IEEE 1394a connecto...

Page 71: ...three modes normal configure and recovery When the jumper is set to configure mode and the computer is powered up the BIOS compares the processor version and the microcode version in the BIOS and rep...

Page 72: ...factor of the board Dimensions are given in inches millimeters The outer dimensions are 12 00 inches by 9 60 inches 304 80 millimeters by 243 84 millimeters Location of the I O connectors and mountin...

Page 73: ...Dimensions are given in inches millimeters The outer dimensions are 9 60 inches by 9 60 inches 243 84 millimeters by 243 84 millimeters Location of the I O connectors and mounting holes are in complia...

Page 74: ...dditional design considerations for I O shields relative to chassis requirements are described in the ATX specification NOTE The I O shield drawing in this document is for reference only An I O shield...

Page 75: ...e board s power delivery subsystems to the processor memory and USB ports Use the datasheets for add in cards such as PCI to determine the overall system power requirements The selection of a power su...

Page 76: ...on the D915PCM board 2 11 4 Power Supply Considerations CAUTION The 5 V standby line for the power supply must be capable of providing adequate 5 V standby current Failure to do so can damage the powe...

Page 77: ...board For a list of chassis that have been tested with Intel desktop boards please refer to the following website http developer intel com design motherbd cooling htm All responsibility for determinin...

Page 78: ...in damage to the voltage regulator circuit The processor voltage regulator area item A in Figure 28 can reach a temperature of up to 85 o C in an open chassis Figure 28 shows the locations of the loca...

Page 79: ...ets and processor specification updates Intel 82915P MCH 99 o C under bias Intel 82801FB ICH6 110 o C under bias For information about Refer to Intel Pentium 4 processor datasheets and specification u...

Page 80: ...ackaged 5 Hz to 40 Hz 0 015 g Hz flat 40 Hz to 500 Hz 0 015 g Hz sloping down to 0 00015 g Hz 2 15 Regulatory Compliance This section describes the Desktop Boards compliance with U S and international...

Page 81: ...This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference...

Page 82: ...ukt er i overensstemmelse med det europ iske direktiv 89 336 EEC 73 23 EEC Dutch Dit product is in navolging van de bepalingen van Europees Directief 89 336 EEC 73 23 EEC Suomi T m tuote noudattaa EU...

Page 83: ...the board s product certification markings Table 43 Product Certification Markings Description Marking UL joint US Canada Recognized Component mark Includes adjacent UL file number for Intel Desktop B...

Page 84: ...Intel Desktop Board D915PCY D915PCM Technical Product Specification 84...

Page 85: ...uring POST identifying the type of BIOS and a revision code The initial production BIOSs are identified as EV91510A 86A When the BIOS Setup configuration jumper is set to configure mode and the comput...

Page 86: ...p program Esc Exits the menu 3 2 BIOS Flash Memory Organization The Firmware Hub FWH includes a 4 Mbit 512 KB symmetrical flash memory device 3 3 Resource Configuration 3 3 1 PCI Autoconfiguration The...

Page 87: ...applications such as third party management software to use SMBIOS The BIOS stores and reports the following SMBIOS information BIOS data such as the BIOS revision level Fixed system data such as peri...

Page 88: ...skette or a CD ROM or from the file location on the Web Intel Flash Memory Update Utility which requires creation of a boot diskette and manual rebooting of the system Using this utility the BIOS can...

Page 89: ...a network add in card with a remote boot ROM installed Pressing the F12 key during POST automatically forces booting from the LAN To use this key during POST the User Access Level in the BIOS Setup p...

Page 90: ...isk drive as the first boot device As a result the POST does not first seek a diskette drive which saves about one second from the POST execution time Disable Quiet Boot which eliminates display of th...

Page 91: ...ssword prompt will be displayed before the computer is booted If only the supervisor password is set the computer boots without asking for a password If both passwords are set the user can enter eithe...

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Page 93: ...nse from diskette drive Cache Memory Bad An error occurred when testing L2 cache Cache memory may be bad CMOS Battery Low The battery may be losing power Replace the battery soon CMOS Display Type Wro...

Page 94: ...the last boot If no memory was added there may be a problem with the system Memory Size Changed Memory size has changed since the last boot If no memory was added or removed then memory may be bad No...

Page 95: ...initialization start memory refresh and do memory sizing D4 Verify base memory D5 Init code to be copied to segment 0 and control to be transferred to segment 0 D6 Control is in segment 0 To check rec...

Page 96: ...t writeable 24 To do any setup before Int vector init 25 Interrupt vector initialization to begin To clear password if necessary 27 Any initialization before setting video mode to be done 28 Going for...

Page 97: ...ng for sequential and random memory test 50 Memory testing initialization below 1M complete Going to adjust displayed memory size for relocation shadow 51 Memory size display adjusted due to relocatio...

Page 98: ...ROM control is done About to give control to do any required processing after optional ROM returns control and enable external cache 99 Any initialization required after optional ROM test over Going...

Page 99: ...s 95 Init of different buses optional ROMs from C800 to start While control is inside the different bus routines additional checkpoints are output to port 80h as WORD to identify the routines under ex...

Page 100: ...hort tones during POST if the video configuration fails a faulty video card or no card installed or if an external ROM module does not properly checksum to zero An external ROM module for example a vi...

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