Intel MB896 User manual

MB896
Intel Pentium®M
Mini-ITX Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
Version 1.0

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Table of Contents
Introduction....................................................... 1
Product Description ..........................................................1
Checklist...........................................................................2
MB896 Specifications........................................................3
Board Dimensions.............................................................5
Installations....................................................... 6
Installing the CPU.............................................................7
Installing the Memory.......................................................8
Setting the Jumpers...........................................................9
Connectors on MB896.....................................................12
BIOS Setup....................................................... 24
Drivers Installation...................................... 49
Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility........................50
VGA Drivers Installation.................................................52
AC97 Codec Audio Driver Installation............................54
LAN Drivers 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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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.
THE MB896 MINI ITX MOTHERBOARD

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Introduction
Product Description
The MB896 Mini ITX board incorporates the Mobile Intel® 915GM Express
Chipset for Embedded Computing, consisting of the Intel® 915GM Graphic
Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) and Intel® I/O Controller Hub 6-M (ICH6-M),
is an optimized integrated graphics solution with a 400 MHz and 533 MHz
front-side bus.
The integrated 32-bit 3D graphics engine, based on Intel® Graphics Media
Accelerator 900 (Intel® GMA 900) architecture, operates at core speeds of up to
320 MHz. It features a low-power design, is validated with the Intel® Pentium® M
and Intel® Celeron® M processors on 90nm process. With one DIMM socket on
board, the board supports up to 1GB of DDR2 533 MHz 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 availability of system memory for general
computer usage, while supplying additional graphics memory when a 3D-intensive
application requests it. The Intel GMA 900 graphics architecture also takes
advantage of the high-performance Intel processor. Intel GMA 900 graphics
supports Dual Independent Display technology.
The main features of the board are:
§Supports Pentium® M / Celeron® M processors
§Supports up to 2.26GHz, 400MHz/533MHz FSB
§One DDRII SDRAM DIMM, Max. 1GB memory
§Onboard 10/100 BaseT and Marvell PCI-Express Gigabit LAN
§Intel® 915 Express VGA for CRT / LVDS/TV-out
§2x SATA, 6x USB 2.0, 2x COM, Watchdog timer, 1394
§1x PCI, 1x MiniPCI, 1xPCI-E(x1) slots, optional DVI card
Dimensions of the board are 170mm x 170mm.

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Checklist
Your MB896 package should include the items listed below.
•The MB896 Pentium®M 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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MB896 Specifications
[Form Factor Mini ITX
CPU Type Intel Pentium M / Celeron M (Dothan Core only)
CPU Voltage 0.700V~1.708V
System Speed Up to 2.26GHz
CPU FSB 533 /400MHz FSB
L2 Cache 2MB (Pentium M) / 512KB (Celeron M) CPU integrated
Green /APM APM1.2
CPU Socket Socket 479 or micro-FCBGA on board
Chipset INTEL 915GMChipset
GMCH:82915GM1257-pin FCBGA
ICH6M:82801FBM609-pin mBGA
FWH
BIOS Award BIOS, support ACPI Function
Memory type DDRII533/400SDRAMDIMM x1 (w/o ECC function), Max. 1GB
VGA 915GMbuilt-in, supportsCRT, RCA, S-VIDEO
SDVO (DUAL CH) Through ID391 card (Chrontel 7307C, DVI (single or Dual)
LVDS LCD PANEL 915GMbuilt-in, supports 18+18 bits single or dual channel
LAN 1. ICH6M built-in 10/100BT MAC + Intel 82562ET PHY
2.Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabit LAN controller x1
USB ICH6M built-in USB 2.0 host controller, support 6ports
Serial ATA Ports ICH6M built-in SATA controller, supports 2ports
1394 TI TSB43LV22 (dual port)
Parallel IDE ICH6Mbuilt-in one channel Ultra DMA 33/66/100,CF
Audio ICH6M built-in Audio controller + AC97 Codec ALC655w/ 6
Channels(Line-out, Line-in, Mic.), SPDIF/OUT+ NS LM4950
8ohm 2W stereo audio power amplifier
LPC I/O W83627EHF: COM1, COM2 (RS232), Slim FDC 1.44MB,IrDA
x1 & Hardware monitor (3 thermal inputs, 4 voltage monitor
inputs, VID0-4, 2 Fan Headers)
Digital IO 4 in,4out
Keyboard/Mouse Supports PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
Expansion Slots PCISlot x1, PIC-E Slot x1 and Mini PCI socket x1
Edge Connector PS/2 Connector x1 for keyboard/mouse
Gigabit LAN RJ-45 + dual USB stack connector, 10/100 LAN
RJ45+dual
USB stack connector; DB9 x1 for COM 1
DB15 x1 for VGA; RCA Jack x1 +S-VIDEO for TV-Out
SPDIF/OUT; 1394 Connector x1
RCA Jack 3x1 for Audio (Line-Out, Line-In & Mic)
On Board
Header/Connector 40 pins box-header x1 for IDE1
26 pins header x1 for SlimFloppy
CF Connector (solder side)
10 pins headerx1 for Digital
10 pins header x1 for COM2
8 pins header x 1 for USB 5, USB6
5 pins header x 1 for IrDA
DF13 Connector x2 for LVDS
8 pins header x1 for (audio Line-Out, Mic)
4 pins header x1 for (Built-in speaker)
8 pins header x1 for 1394
SATA connector x2 for 2 SATA ports
Watchdog Timer Yes (256 segments, 0, 1, 2…255 sec/min)
Other Modem Wakeup, LAN Wakeup
Board Size 170mm x170mm

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Board Dimensions

INSTALLATIONS
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Installations
This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and
connectors on the MB896 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 MB896....................................................12