American Megatrends MB961 Series User manual

MB961 Series
Intel 2nd Gen. CoreTM i Desktop CPU
+ H61/Q67
Sugar Bay based Micro ATX MB
USER’S MANUAL
Version 1.0

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Table of Contents
Introduction...................................................... 1
Product Description............................................................1
Checklist.............................................................................2
MB961 Series Specifications..............................................3
Board Dimensions..............................................................5
Installations...................................................... 6
Installing the CPU ..............................................................7
Installing the Memory.........................................................8
Setting the Jumpers.............................................................9
Connectors on MB961Series............................................15
BIOS Setup.......................................................29
Drivers Installation......................................53
Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility.........................54
VGA Drivers Installation..................................................56
Realtek HD Audio Driver Installation ..............................58
LAN Drivers Installation ..................................................59
Realtek LAN Controller Drivers Installation ....................61
Intel® Management Engine Interface ...............................64
ASMedia USB 3.0 Drivers...............................................67
Appendix...........................................................69
A. I/O Port Address Map..................................................69
B. Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ)......................................70
C. Watchdog Timer Configuration...................................71

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INTRODUCTION
MB961 User’s Manual 1
Introduction
Product Description
The MB961 Series Micro ATX motherboard is based on the latest Intel®
H61/Q67 Express chipset. The platform supports 2nd generation Intel®
Core™ processor family with LGA1155 packing and features an
integrated dual-channel DDR3 memory controller as well as a graphics
core.
The latest Intel processors provide advanced performance in both
computing and graphics quality. The MB961 Series board utilizes the
dramatic increase in performance provided by this Intel’s latest
cutting-edge technology. This meets the requirement of customers in the
gaming, POS, digital signage and server market segment.
Measuring 244mm x 244mm, the MB961 Series offers 3Gbps/6Gbps
SATA support, USB3.0 (2 ports) and interfaces for DVI-I, HDMI and
LVDS displays.
MB961 Series FEATURES:
•Supports Intel 2nd Generation Core i7/i5/i3 QC/DC desktop
processors
•Two DDR3 DIMM, 1066/1333MHz; supports up to 16GB memory
•One Intel PCI-Express Gigabit LAN and one RealtekPCI-Express
Gigabit LAN
•Integrated Graphics for DVI-I and HDMI (MB961F/MB961RF only)
displays
•Support LVDS 24 bit dual channel for MB961F/MB961RF only
•4x SATA 2.0 for MB961/MB961F, 2x SATA 2.0 and 2x SATA 3.0
for MB961RF, 10x USB 2.0, 2x USB 3.0 for MB961/MB961F, 12x
USB, 2.0, 2x USB 3.0 for MB961RF
•4x COM, Watchdog timer
•Supports LPT port for MB961 only
•1x PCI-E (x16), 1x PCI-E (x8) Slot (MB961/MB961F only supports
PCIE x1 lane, MB961RF supports PCIE x1 lane or PCIE x4 lanes)