American Megatrends MI953 User manual

MI953
Intel ®ArrandaleTM /PCH
Mini-ITX Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
Version 1.0

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Acknowledgments
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Table of Contents
Introduction .......................................................1
Product Description.............................................................1
Checklist..............................................................................2
MI953 Specifications ..........................................................3
Board Dimensions...............................................................4
Installations .......................................................6
Installing the CPU...............................................................7
Installing the Memory.........................................................8
Setting the Jumpers .............................................................9
Connectors on MI953........................................................13
BIOS Setup.......................................................23
Drivers Installation ......................................45
Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility.........................46
VGA Drivers Installation ..................................................48
Realtek HD Audio Driver Installation...............................50
LAN Drivers Installation...................................................51
Intel® Management Engine Interface...............................54
Appendix ...........................................................57
A. I/O Port Address Map...................................................57
B. Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ)......................................58
C. Watchdog Timer Configuration....................................59

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IMPORTANT NOTE: When the system boots without the CRT being
connected, there will be no image on screen when you insert the
CRT/VGA cable. To show the image on screen, the hotkey must be
pressed (CTRL-ALT-F1).

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Introduction
Product Description
The MI953 Mini ITX board incorporates the Intel® Chipset for Embedded
Computing, consisting of the Intel® Arrandale DC mobile processor (integrated
Graphic and Memory Controller) and Intel® Ibex Peak-M (PCH), an optimized
integrated graphics solution with a 800/1066MHz front-side bus. Dimensions of
the board are 170mm x 170mm.
The integrated graphics controller contains a refresh of the 5thgeneration
graphics core support Intel® Dynamic Video Memory Technology, Smart 2D
Display Technology, Clear Video Technology. It features a low-power design, is
validated with the Intel® Arrandale DC mobile processors on 45nm process.
With dual channel DDR3 800/1066MHz two SoDIMM sockets on board, the
board supports up to 8GB of DDR3 system memory.
The main features of the board are:
Supports Intel® Arrandale DC mobile processor
Supports up to 3.0GHz, 1066MHz FSB
Two DDR3 SoDIMM, Max. 8GB memory
Onboard Gigabit PHY and Intel PCI-Express Gigabit LAN
Integrated Graphics VGA for CRT /DVI/ LVDS
4x SATA, 10x USB 2.0, 4x COM, Watchdog timer
1x Mini PCI-E (Mini Card), 1x PCI, 1xPCI-E(x1) slots

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Checklist
Your MI953 package should include the items listed below.
•The MI953 Mini-ITX motherboard
•This User’s Manual
•1 CD containing chipset drivers and flash memory utility
•Cable kit (IDE cable, Serial ATA cable)

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MI953 Specifications
CPU Supported Intel® Arrandale DC mobile processor
CPU Voltage 0.700V ~ 1.5V (IMVP-6.5)
System Speed Up to 3.0GHz or above
CPU FSB 1066MHz FSB
Cache Up to 4MB shared L3 Cache
Green /APM APM1.2
CPU Socket rPGA Socket 989
Chipset Intel Ibex Peak-M (PCH) Chipset
PCH: 25mm x 27mm, 1071-pin FCBGA
BIOS AMI BIOS, supports ACPI function
Memory DDR3 800/1066 SoDIMM x2 (w/o ECC function), Max. 8GB
VGA Arrandale DC mobile processor integrated graphics
Supports CRT
Supports DVI single or Dual
LVDS LCD Panel Arrandale DC mobile processor built-in, supports 24-bit, single or
dual channel LVDS
LAN 1. PCH 10/100/gigabit MAC + PHY
•Intel 82577LM 10/100/1000
2. Intell 82574L PCI-e Gigabit LAN controller x1 (MI953F)
USB PCH built-in USB 2.0 host controller, support 10 ports
Serial ATA Ports PCH built-in SATA controller, supports 4 ports
IAMT6.0 PCH built-in Intel Active Management Technology VER 6.0 with HW
KVM (MI953RF only)
Audio PCH built-in High Definition audio controller:ALC888 w/ 7.1 channels
LPC I/O F81865F: COM1, COM2 (RS232/RS422/RS485), COM3 and COM4
Hardware monitor (3 thermal, 4 voltage monitor inputs, 2 fan
headers)
Digital IO 4 in & 4 out
Keyboard/Mouse Supports PS/2 keyboard/mouse connector
Expansion Slots PCI slot x1, PIC-E (x1) slot x1 and Mini PCIE socket x1
Edge Connector PS/2 connector x1 for keyboard/mouse and dual USB stack
connector
Gigabit LAN RJ-45 + dual USB stack connector x2
DVI-D and DVI-I stack connector x1
DB9 x1 for COM 1; DB15 x1 for VGA
RCA Jack 3x1 for Audio (Front-Out, Line-In, Mic)
Onboard Header/
Connector
10-pin headerx1 for Digital I/O; 10-pin header x1 for COM2
20-pin header x1 for COM3, COM4
10-pin header x 2 for USB 7,8; 9,10
DF13 connector x2 for LVDS;
10-pin header x1 for audio Line-Out & Mic
4-pin header x1 for CD in, SPDIF-out connector x1
SATA connector x4 for SATA ports
Watchdog Timer Yes (256 segments, 0, 1, 2…255 sec/min)
System Voltage +5V, +3.3V, +12V, -12V, 5VSB (2A)
Others Modem Wakeup, LAN Wakeup
Board Size 170mm x 170mm (Mini ITX)

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Board Dimensions
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INSTALLATIONS
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Installations
This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and
connectors on the MI953 in order to set up a workable system. The
topics covered are:
Installing the CPU..................................................................................7
Installing the Memory............................................................................8
Setting the Jumpers................................................................................9
Connectors on MI953..........................................................................13