IBASE Technology MI945X User manual

MI945X
Intel ®CoreTM 2 Duo/GM45
Mini-ITX Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
Version 1.0A

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Acknowledgments
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Table of Contents
Introduction.......................................................1
Product Description.............................................................1
Checklist..............................................................................2
MI945X Specifications .......................................................3
Board Dimensions...............................................................4
Installations.......................................................7
Installing the CPU...............................................................8
Installing the Memory.........................................................9
Setting the Jumpers ...........................................................10
Connectors on MI945X.....................................................14
BIOS Setup.......................................................24
Drivers Installation......................................46
Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility.........................47
VGA Drivers Installation ..................................................49
High Definition Codec Audio Driver Installation.............51
LAN Drivers Installation...................................................52
Appendix...........................................................54
A. I/O Port Address Map...................................................54
B. Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ)......................................55
C. Watchdog Timer Configuration....................................56

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 MI945X 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 DDR3 800/1066MHz
two SODIMM sockets on board, the board supports up to 4GB of 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® Mobile Core 2 Duo/Core 2 Quad Processor (Penryn)
Supports up to 2.93GHz, 1066MHz/800MHz FSB
Two DDR3 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 Mini PCI-E (Mini Card), 1x PCI-E (x16) slots

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Checklist
Your MI945X package should include the items listed below.
•The MI945X 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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MI945X Specifications
CPU Type Intel® Mobile Core
TM
2 Duo/Core
TM
2 Quad Processor (Penryn)
Intel® Celeron 5x5 Series
CPU Speed Up to 2.93GHz
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 Award BIOS, support ACPI Function
Memory DDR3 800/1066
(DDR3 1333/1600 not supported on GM45)
- 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-bits/ 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 & CF
Audio Intel® ICH9M built-in High Definition Audio controller ALC888
with 7.1 channels
LPC I/O Winbond® W83627DHG: - IrDA x1, COM1 (RS232), COM2
(RS232/422/485), Hardware monitor
- Fintek 81216G for COM 3 & COM4
Digital IO 4 in & 4 out
TPM1.2 ICH9M built-in iTPM version1.2 controller by firmware implement
Keyboard/Mouse
Connector Supports PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
Expansion Slots PCIe(x16) x1 and PCIe Minicard (30 x 56mm) 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
- RCA Jack 3x2 for HD Audio (Low Profile)
On Board
Header/Connector - 40-pin box-header x1 for IDE1 - PCIe Minicard x1 @ solder side
- 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
- 10-pin header x 2 for USB 5/6/7/8
- 10-pin header x1 for audio Line-Out & Mic
- SATA connector x4 for 4 SATA ports
- 26-pin box-header x1 for parallel port
Watchdog Timer Yes (256 segments, 0, 1, 2…255 sec/min)
Board Size 170mm x 170mm

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