IBASE Technology MB966 User manual

MB966
Intel®Xeon®/ Core™ i3/i5/i7
Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
Version 0.1

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Acknowledgments
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Table of Contents
Introduction.......................................................1
Specifications......................................................................1
Checklist..............................................................................3
Board Dimensions...............................................................4
Installations.......................................................6
Installing the CPU...............................................................7
Installing the Memory.........................................................8
Setting the Jumpers .............................................................9
Connectors on MB966 ......................................................13
BIOS Setup.......................................................21
Drivers Installation......................................45

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INTRODUCTION
MB966 User’s Manual 1
Introduction
Specifications
Product Name MB966
Processor
Support for Intel
®
Lynnfield and Clarkdale processors which
fall within mainstream TDP envelope, up to 95W TDP.
Support for the following Intel®technologies:
•Turbo Boost
•Intel®64 (64-bit extensions)
•XD (Execution Disable Bit)
•Hyper-Threading
•VT-d (Intel®Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O)
•TXT (Trusted Execution Technology)
Processor
Speed
•Intel® Xeon X3450, X3430
•Intel® Core i7-860
•Intel® Core i5-750, i5-660
•Intel® Core i3-540
•Intel® Pentium® Processor G6950
CPU VRD Appropriate VRD for Lynnfield and Clarkdale
Chipset Intel®3450 PCH chip (single chip w/o ICH)
BIOS AMI BIOS
Memory
•Dual channel DDR3 up to 1333MHz
•Unbuffered with ECC or Unbuffered & non-ECC
•Four DIMM sockets for max. 16GB memory
Video •Intel® chipset GMA graphics
Network
Controller
•MGN1: Intel®Nineveh Gigabit PHY (82578DM) w/ AMT
support
•LAN1~6: Intel®82574L Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Supports SNMP, PXE & Wake-on-LAN
Network Bypass
•Supports two bypass segments
•Control by GPIO / Watchdog / Electrical Disconnect
(Power Off)
SATA II Intel® 3450 built-in SATA II controller (3.0Gb/sec),
3 ports
Compact Flash ACARD ARC772 SATA II to PATA for CF Flash type II

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USB
Intel® 3450 built-in High Speed USB host controller, use 4
ports:
•2-port at front panel
•2-port USB by box header 2x5
LPC I/O
Winbond W83627DHG:
•COM1 by pin header 1x8
•KB/Mouse by pin header 1x6
•Hardware monitor
(3 thermal inputs, 4 voltage monitor inputs & 2 Fan
headers)
RTC Intel® 3450 built-in RTC with on-board lithium battery &
holder
Expansion Two PCI-e x8 (Golden Finger)
One Type II CF (Internal socket)
Front Panel
LEDs and LCD
Display
Status LED function as follows:
#1 LED: System Power (Green = on, Unpowered = off)
#2 LED: Status (Yellow = define by S/W)
#3 LED: Alarm (Red = Alarm)
Front Panel LED
& LCD &
Connector
•One Dual layer USB type A connector
•One RJ-45 for Management port
•Six RJ-45 with Link/Act, Speed LED for 10/100/1000M
Ethernet
•Three status LED
Fan Connector
•4 pins pin-header x1 for CPU fan (near CPU w/
tachometer sense)
•4 pins pin-header x4 for System fan (near rear side)
Power
Connector Supports 24pins + 8pins
Power
Management
ACPI compliant – 5 levels: Full-on (S0) / Stop Grant (S1) /
Suspend to Disk (S4) / Soft-off (S5)
Watchdog Timer Yes (256 segments, 0, 1, 2…255 sec/min)
TPM Winbond WPCT200 TPM1.2 controller x1 for Trust Platform
1.2
RoHS Compliant Yes
MTBF 100,000
Board Size 8.11” x 14” (206 x 355.6 mm)

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Checklist
Your MB966 package should include the items listed below.
•The MB966 motherboard
•This User’s Manual

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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 MB966 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 MB966.........................................................................13