IBASE Technology MI945PA User manual

MI945PA
Intel ®CoreTM 2 Duo/GM45
Mini-ITX Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
Version 1.0

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Acknowledgments
AMI is a registered trademark of American Megatrends, Inc.
PS/2 is a trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation.
Intel and Intel® Core 2 Duo and Intel® Celeron processors are
registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.
Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft
Corporation.
Winbond is a registered trademark of Winbond Electronics
Corporation.
All other product names or trademarks are properties of their
respective owners.

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Table of Contents
Introduction.......................................................1
Product Description.............................................................1
Checklist..............................................................................2
MI945PA Specifications.....................................................3
Board Dimensions...............................................................4
Installations.......................................................5
Installing the CPU...............................................................6
Installing the Memory.........................................................7
Setting the Jumpers .............................................................8
Connectors on MI945PA...................................................12
BIOS Setup.......................................................23
Drivers Installation......................................45
Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility.........................46
VGA Drivers Installation ..................................................48
Realtek Audio Driver Installation .....................................50
LAN Drivers Installation...................................................51
Intel® Management Engine Interface...............................53
Intel® AMT SOL Driver Installation................................55
Appendix...........................................................57
A. I/O Port Address Map...................................................57
B. Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ)......................................58
C. Watchdog Timer Configuration....................................59

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Remarks: The IDE connector on board does not support OS
installation in hard drive. A system hard drive connected to this IDE
cannot be booted up to OS.

INTRODUCTION
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Introduction
Product Description
The MI945PA Mini ITX board incorporates the Mobile Intel® GM45 Express
Chipset for Embedded Computing, consisting of the Intel® GM45 Graphic
Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) and Intel® I/O Controller Hub (ICH9-M), an
optimized integrated graphics solution with a 1066MHz and 800MHz front-side
bus. Dimensions of the board are 170mm x 170mm.
The integrated powerful 3D graphics engine, based on Intel® Graphics Media
Accelerator X3500 (Intel® GMA X3500) architecture, operates at core speeds of
up to 533 MHz. It features a low-power design, is validated with the Intel® Core
2 Duo processors on 45nm process. With dual channel DDR2 800MHz two
SoDIMM sockets on board, the board supports up to 4GB of DDR2 system
memory.
Intel® Graphics supports a unique intelligent memory management scheme
called Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT). DVMT handles diverse
applications by providing the maximum (384MB) availability of system
memory for general computer usage, while supplying additional graphics
memory when a 3D-intensive application requests it. The Intel GMA X3500
graphics architecture also takes advantage of the high-performance Intel
processor. Intel GMA X3500 graphics supports Dual Independent Display
technology.
The main features of the board are:
Supports Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo (Penryn 1066MHz)
Supports up to 2.53GHz, 1066MHz/800MHz FSB
Two DDR2 SoDIMM, Max. 4GB memory
Onboard Gigabit PHY and Intel PCI-Express Gigabit LAN
Intel® GM45 Express VGA for CRT / LVDS
4x SATA, 8x USB 2.0, 4x COM, Watchdog timer
1x PCI-E(x16) slot, 1x PCI slot

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Checklist
Your MI945PA package should include the items listed below.
•The MI945PA Mini-ITX motherboard
•This User’s Manual
•1 CD containing chipset drivers and flash memory utility
•Cable kit (IDE, Serial port, Serial ATA)

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MI945PA Specifications
Form Factor Mini ITX
CPU Type Intel® Mobile Core
TM
2 Duo/Core
TM
2 Quad Processor (Penryn)
Intel® Celeron 5x5 Series
CPU Speed Up to 2.93GHz
CPU FSB 667/800/1066MHz FSB
L2 Cache 3MB or 6MB (P8000-series or P9000-series, T9000-series)
Green /APM APM1.2
CPU Socket Socket 478 “Type P” (Socket P) or micro-FCBGA on board
Chipset Intel® GM45 (Cantiga) chipset
- GMCH: AC82GM45 1329-pin FCBGA
- ICH9M: AF82801IM 676-pin mBGA
BIOS AMI BIOS, support ACPI Function
Memory DDRII 667/800
- SoDIMM x2 Dual-Channel (w/o ECC), Max. 4GB
VGA & LVDS Intel® GM45 built-in Intel gen.5.0 Graphics Media Accelerator
(533MHz 1.05V), supports DirectX10 for CRT & LVDS
(single/dual channel 18-bit/ 24-bit)
SDVO (DUAL CH) None
Backlight control
(LVDS)
- GMCH built-in control by PWM
LAN 1. Intel® ICH9M 10/100/gigabit MAC + PHY:
•Intel 82567LM 10/100/1000
2. Intel 82574L PCI-e Gigabit LAN controller x1
USB ICH9M built-in USB 2.0 host controller, supports 8 ports
Serial ATA ICH9M built-in SATA controller, supports 4 ports
Parallel IDE JMicron JM368 (PCI-e to PATA) x1 for 1 PATA channel for IDE
Audio Intel® ICH9M built-in High Definition Audio controller ALC888
with 7.1 channels
LPC I/O Winbond® W83627DHG-P: COM1 (RS232), COM2
(RS232/422/485), LPT, Hardware monitor (3 thermal inputs, 4
voltage monitor inputs, VID0-4 & 2 fan headers)
- Fintek 81216AD for COM3/COM4 (RS232),
Digital IO 4 in & 4 out
KB/Mouse
Connector
Supports PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
Expansion Slots PCIe(x16) x1 (Inner) and PCI x 1
Edge Connector - PS/2 KB/Mouse connector
- Gigabit LAN RJ45 + dual USB stack connector
- Gigabit LAN RJ45 + dual USB stack connector
- DB9 + DB15 stack connector x1 for COM 1 & VGA
-HD Audio (Phone jack 3 x 2)
Onboard
Header/Connector
- 40-pin box-header x1 for IDE1
- DF13 connector x2 for LVDS
- 10-pin headerx1 for Digital I/O
- 10-pin header x1 for COM2
- 20-pin header x1 for COM3/COM4
- 8-pin header x 2 for USB 5/6/7/8
- SATA connector x4 for 4 SATA ports
-26-pin header x1 for LPT
Watchdog Timer Yes (256 segments, 0, 1, 2…255 sec/min)
System Voltage +5V, +3.3V, +12V, -12V, 5VSB (2A)
Other LAN Wakeup
Board Size 170mm x 170mm

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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 MI945PA in order to set up a workable system. The
topics covered are:
Installing the CPU ................................................................................. 6
Installing the Memory ........................................................................... 7
Setting the Jumpers................................................................................ 8
Connectors on MI945PA..................................................................... 12

INSTALLATIONS
Installing the CPU
The MI945PA board supports a Socket P processor socket for Intel®
CoreTM 2 Duo, Intel® Celeron mobile processors.
The processor socket comes with a screw to secure the processor. As
shown in the left picture below, loosen the screw first before inserting
the processor. Place the processor into the socket by making sure the
notch on the corner of the CPU corresponds with the notch on the inside
of the socket. Once the processor has slide into the socket, fasten the
screw. Refer to the figures below.
NOTE: Ensure that the CPU heat sink and the CPU top surface are in
total contact to avoid CPU overheating problem that would
cause your system to hang or be unstable.
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