IBASE Technology MB945 User manual

MB945
Socket LGA775
Intel®Q45 Chipset
Industrial Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
Version 1.0B

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Table of Contents
Introduction.......................................................1
Checklist..............................................................................1
Product Description.............................................................2
Specifications......................................................................3
Board Dimensions...............................................................4
Installations.......................................................5
Installing the CPU...............................................................6
ATX Power Installation ......................................................7
Installing the Memory.........................................................8
Setting the Jumpers .............................................................9
Connectors on MB945 ......................................................14
BIOS Setup.......................................................27
Drivers Installation......................................50
Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility.........................51
Intel Graphics Driver Installation......................................53
Realtek HD Codec Audio Driver Installation ...................55
LAN Drivers Installation...................................................57
Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver................................59
Intel Management Engine Interface..................................61
Intel Active Management Technology..............................63
Appendix...........................................................68
A. I/O Port Address Map...................................................68
B. Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ)......................................69
C. Watchdog Timer Configuration....................................70

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Ordering Information:
Model ICH SATA Intel LANPHY PCI-E Gigabit LAN
MB945 ICH10DO 6 82567LM N/A
MB945F ICH10DO 6 82567LM PCI-E GbE (Intel82574L)
NOTE FOR SATA AHCI and RAID DRIVER
1. Assuming the drivers DVD is in D drive, the path for the
relevant files is D:\SataRaid\ICH10DO
2. During Windows XP installation, press F6 and note the
file path for driver installation.
NOTE FOR iAMT
1. Assuming the drivers DVD is in D drive, the path for the
iAMT files is in D:\Intel\Q45\iAMT\iAMT5.0
2. This note only applies if you are using the MB945AF
motherboard.

INTRODUCTION
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Introduction
Checklist
Your MB945 motherboard package should include the items listed
below:
•The MB945 motherboard
•This User’s manual
•1 Back I/O shield
•1 IDE cable
•1 Floppy cable
•1 SATA cable
•1 Serial-Port cable
•1 CD containing the following:
•Chipset Drivers
•Flash Memory Utility

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Product Description
The MB945 LGA 775 motherboard incorporates the Intel Q45 chipset
that utilizes a single LGA775 processor and supports
800/1066/1333MT/s (200/266/333 MHz) FSB.
The Q45 chipset is designed for use with the Core 2 processor family,
including a faster 1333 MHz system bus. The integrated GMCH
component provides the CPU interface, DDR3 interface, Hub Interface
and PCI Express graphics interface.
Four DDR3 memory sockets support DDR3 800/1066 SDRAM DIMM
modules of up to 8GB in capacity.
The board is designed with an Intel 82567LM Gigabit Ethernet PHY and
an optional Intel 82574LM PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet. Six Serial-II
ATA connectors offer3Gb/s data throughput speed - faster than the most
advanced parallel ATA.
Expansion includes four PCI slots, one PCI Express x1 and one PCI
Express x16 and one ISA slot. Other advanced features include twelve
USB 2.0 ports, IrDA interface, digital I/O, four serial ports, watchdog
timer and audio function. Dimensions of the board are 12” by 9.5” in an
ATX form factor.

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Specifications
Product Name MB945
Form Factor ATX
CPU Type Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E8000 and E7000 series
Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9000 series
Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor QX9000 series
CPU Speed Up to 3.0 GHz or higher
CPU FSB 800/1066/1333MHz FSB
L2 Cache Up to 12MB
Green /APM APM1.2
CPU Socket LGA775
Chipset Intel Eaglelake:Q45 + ICH10DO Chipset
GMCH : AC82Q45, 34mm x 34mm, 1254-pin FC-BGA
ICH10DO: AF82801JDO, 31mm x 31mm, 676-pin mBGA
BIOS Award BIOS, support ACPI Function
Memory DDRIII 800/1066MHz
- DIMM x 4 (w/o ECC), Max. 8GB
VGA Q45 built-in Intel gen.5.0 Graphics Media Accelerator , supports
DirectX10 (Vista), Integrated DP, DVI, VGA SDVO; Dual
Independent Display
LAN 1. ICH10DO Gigabit MAC + PHY:
•Intel 82567LM Gigabit Ethernet PHY
2. Intel 82574L PCI-e Gigabit LAN controller x1 (MB945F)
USB ICH10DO built-in USB 2.0 host controller, supports 12 ports
Serial ATA ICH10DO built-in SATA controller, supports 6 ports
Parallel IDE/ CF - JMicron JM368 (PCI-e to PATA) x1 for 1 PATA channel for
IDE & CF: IDE 40 pin and vertical CF socket x 1
Audio ICH10DO built-in HD Audio controller: ALC888 w/ 7.1 channels
LPC I/O Winbond W83627DHG: IrDA x1, COM1 (RS232), COM2
(RS232/422/485), Hardware monitor (3 thermal inputs,
4 voltage monitor inputs, VID0-4 & 2 Fan Headers)
- Fintek 81216G for COM 3. COM4
Digital IO 4 in & 4 out
TPM1.2 ICH10DO built-in iTPM version1.2 controller by firmware
Keyboard/Mouse Supports PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse connector
Expansion Slots PCI slot x4, PCI-e (x1) slot x1 and PCI-e (x16) slot x1, ISA slot x1
Edge Connector PS/2 Connector x1 for keyboard/mouse
Gigabit LAN RJ-45 + dual USB stack connector x2
DB9 + DB15 stack connector x1 for COM 1 & VGA
DB25 connector x1 for SPP/ECP/EPP
RCA Jack 3x2 for HD Audio
Onboard
Header/Connector 40-pin box-header x1 for IDE
34-pin box-header x1 for FDD
SATA connector x6 for 6 ports SATAI/SATAII
CF connector x1 for CF Card
2x5-pin pin-header x4 for 8 ports USB
2x5-pin pin-header x1 for front panel audio
2x5-pin pin-header x3 for COM2/3/4
2x5-pin pin-header x1 for Digital IO
Watchdog Timer Yes (256 segments, 0, 1, 2…255 sec/min)
System Voltage +5V, +3.3V, +12V, -12V, 5VSB (2A)
Other LAN Wakeup
RoHS Yes
Board Size 305mm x 244mm (12” x 9.5”)

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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 MB945/MB945F in order to set up a workable system.
The topics covered are:
Installing the CPU ................................................................................. 6
ATX Power Installation......................................................................... 7
Installing the Memory ........................................................................... 8
Setting the Jumpers................................................................................ 9
Connectors on MB945......................................................................... 14

INSTALLATIONS
Installing the CPU
The MB945 motherboard supports an LGA 775 processor socket for
Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Core2 Quad processors.
The LGA 775 processor socket comes with a lever to secure the
processor. Refer to the pictures below, from left to right, on how to place
the processor into the CPU socket. Please note that the cover of the
LGA775 socket must always be installed during transport to avoid
damage to the socket.
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