IBASE Technology MI950 User manual

MI950
LGA775 CoreÔ 2 Duo
Intel
® Q45 Chipset
MiniITX Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
Version 1.0

Acknowledgments
AwardisaregisteredtrademarkofAwardSoftwareInternational,
Inc.
PS/2isatrademarkofInternationalBusinessMachines
Corporation.
Intelisatrademarkorregisteredtrademark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
Checklist ...........................................................................1
ProductDescription...........................................................2
Specifications....................................................................3
BoardDimensions .............................................................4
Installations .......................................................5
InstallingtheCPU .............................................................6
ATXPowerInstallation.....................................................6
InstallingtheMemory........................................................7
SettingtheJumpers............................................................8
ConnectorsonMI950 ......................................................11
BIOSSetup.......................................................20
DriversInstallation ......................................43
IntelChipsetSoftwareInstallationUtility.........................44
IntelGraphicsDriverInstallation.....................................46
RealtekHDCodeAudioDriverInstallation .....................48
LANDriversInstallation .................................................51
IntelMatrixStorageManagerDriver ...............................53
IntelManagementEngineInterface ..................................55
IntelActiveManagementTechnology ..............................57
Appendix............................................................61
A.I/OPortAddressMap.................................................61
B.InterruptRequestLines(IRQ).....................................62
C.WatchdogTimerConfiguration...................................63

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INTRODUCTION
MI950 User’s Manual 1 
Introduction
Checklist
Your MI950Core2Duo motherboard packageshouldincludetheitems
listedbelow:
· TheMI950motherboard
· ThisUser’smanual
· 1xI/Oshield
· 1xserialportcable
· 2xSATAcable
· 1CDcontainingthefollowing:
· ChipsetDrivers
· FlashMemoryUtility

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Pr oductDescr iption
TheMI950MiniITXmotherboard is designedforeithertheIntelâ
Coreä2Duo or Coreä2 Quad processorsofupto1333MHzFSB.
ItisbasedontheIntel’sQ45Expresschipsetanditcomeswith
twosinglechannelDDR3memoryslotsand8GBmemory
capacityforfastersystemresponsivenessandsupportof64bit
computing.
DualindependentdisplaycomestolifewiththeonboardIntelâ
Q45integratedgraphicsforCRTandDVIdisplayinterface.LAN
functionalityissupportedwithasingleordualtwoGigabit
Ethernetcontrollers.
MI950issupportshighendfeaturesincludinghighdefinition
audio,tenfastUSB2.0ports,fourSATAIIandaneSATAport,
watchdogtimer,digitalI/Oandfourserialports.Board
dimensionsare170mmby170mm.
MI950FEATURES
· SupportsIntel®Core™2Quad/Core™2Duo/
Pentium®DualCore/Celeron®processors
· 800MHz/1066MHz/1333MHzFSB
· DDR3DIMMx2,Max.8GB
· SingleGigabitLANordualGigabitLAN
· IntegratedQ45VGAforCRT&DVIinterface
· 10xUSB2.0,4xSATAII,1xeSATA,4xCOM
· HDaudio,Watchdogtimer,1xPCI

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Specifications
FormFactor MiniITX
CPUType Intel®Core™2ExtremeprocessorQX9000series
Intel®Core™2QuadprocessorQ9000series,
Intel®Core™2DuoprocessorE8000andE7000series
Intel®Pentium®DualCore,Intel®Celeron®DualCore
CPUSpeed Upto3.0GHz
CPUFSB 800/1066/1333MHzFSB
L2Cache Upto6MB
Green/APM APM1.2
CPUSocket LGA775
Chipset IntelEaglelake:Q45+ICH10DOChipset
BIOS AwardBIOS,supportACPIFunction
Memory DDRIII800/1066MHz
DIMMx2(w/oECC),Max.8GB
VGA IntelQ45GMCHintegratedgraphicsdevice(GMA4500)
SupportsDirectX10(Vista)&OpenGL2.1
LAN 1.ICH10DOGigabitMAC+IntelGigabitPHY:Intel82567
x1
2.Intel82574LPCIe GigabitLANcontrollerx1
USB ICH10DO builtinUSB2.0 hostcontroller,supports10 ports
SerialATA ICH10DObuiltinSATAcontroller,4x ports+1xeSATA
ParallelIDE N/A
Audio ICH10DObuiltinHighDefinitionAudio controller:ALC888
w/7.1channels
LPCI/O WinbondW83627DHG:COM1(RS232),COM2
(RS232/422/485),Hardwaremonitor
Fintek 81216:COM3(RS232)+COM4(RS232)
DigitalIO 4in&4out
TPM1.2 N/A
Keyboard/Mouse
Connector
Viapinheader(Fortestingpurposeonly)
ExpansionSlots PCIx1
EdgeConnector: COM1,DVI+VGA,GbE RJ45 +dualUSBstackconnector
x2,DualUSB+eSATAstackconnector,
RCAJack3x1forHDAudio
OnBoard
Header/Connector
SATAx4for4portsSATAI/SATAII,
2x4pinspinheaderx2for4portsUSB
2x5pinspinheaderx1forfrontpanelaudio
2x5pinspinheaderx1forCOM2
2x10pinspinheaderforCOM3,COM4
2x5pins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,RAID
RoHS Yes
BoardSize 170mmx 170mm

INSTALLATIONS
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Boar dDimensions

INSTALLATIONS
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Installations
This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and
connectorsontheMI950 inordertosetupaworkablesystem.Thetopics
coveredare:
InstallingtheCPU.............................................................................. 6
ATXPowerInstallation..................................................................... 6
InstallingtheMemory........................................................................ 7
SettingtheJumpers............................................................................ 8
ConnectorsonMI950....................................................................... 11

INSTALLATIONS
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InstallingtheCPU
The MI950 motherboard supports an LGA 775 processor socket for
Intel®Core2Duo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. 
ATXPower Installation
Thesystempowerisprovidedtothe motherboardwiththe ATX2and
ATX1 powerconnectors. ATX2 is a 24pinpowerconnectorandATX1
isa4pin12Vpowerconnector.
The 24pinpowerconnectorcantobeconnectedto astandard20pin
ATXpower connectorinastandardATXpowersupply(Min. 400watt).
Note:Thepowersupply5VSBvoltagemustbeatleast2A.