ITOX SR960-N User manual

SR960-N
System Board
User’s Manual
935-SR9601-050G
I03630823

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ers.

FCC and DOC Statement on Class B
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential
installation.This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio fre-
quency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communi-
cations. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined
by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try
to correct the interference by one or more of the following meas-
ures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from
that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for
help.
Notice:
1. The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the
party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority
to operate the equipment.
2. Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with
the emission limits.

Table of Contents
About this Manual................................................................................
Warranty.................................................................................................
Static Electricity Precaution................................................................
Safety Measures.....................................................................................
About the Package...............................................................................
Before Using the System Board.........................................................
Chapter 1 - Introduction....................................................................
Specifications...................................................................................................................................
Features..............................................................................................................................................
Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation....................................................
System Board Layout ..........................................................................................................
System Memory..........................................................................................................................
CPU.......................................................................................................................................................
Jumper Settings............................................................................................................................
Rear Panel I/O Ports.............................................................................................................
I/O Connectors..........................................................................................................................
Chapter 3 - BIOS Setup......................................................................
Overview...........................................................................................................................................
Updating the BIOS..................................................................................................................
Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares.....................................................
Drivers for Windows Vista System..........................................................................
Drivers for Windows XP System..............................................................................
Appendix A - Watchdog Timer.............................................................
Appendix B - Troubleshooting..........................................................
Appendix C - Frequently Asked Questions....................................
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Warranty
1. Warranty does not cover damages or failures that arised from
misuse of the product, inability to use the product, unauthorized
replacement or alteration of components and product specifica-
tions.
2. The warranty is void if the product has been subjected to physi-
cal abuse, improper installation, modification, accidents or unau-
thorized repair of the product.
3. Unless otherwise instructed in this user’s manual, the user may
not, under any circumstances, attempt to perform service, adjust-
ments or repairs on the product, whether in or out of warranty.
It must be returned to the purchase point, factory or authorized
service agency for all such work.
4. We will not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental or
consequencial damages to the product that has been modified
or altered.

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Static Electricity Precautions
It is quite easy to inadvertently damage your PC, system board,
components or devices even before installing them in your system
unit. Static electrical discharge can damage computer components
without causing any signs of physical damage. You must take extra
care in handling them to ensure against electrostatic build-up.
1. To prevent electrostatic build-up, leave the system board in its
anti-static bag until you are ready to install it.
2. Wear an antistatic wrist strap.
3. Do all preparation work on a static-free surface.
4. Hold the device only by its edges. Be careful not to touch any of
the components, contacts or connections.
5. Avoid touching the pins or contacts on all modules and connec-
tors. Hold modules or connectors by their ends.
Important:
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor,
disk drive and other components. Perform the upgrade in-
struction procedures described at an ESD workstation
only. If such a station is not available, you can provide
some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap
and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis. If a
wrist strap is unavailable, establish and maintain contact
with the system chassis throughout any procedures requir-
ing ESD protection.
Safety Measures
To avoid damage to the system:
• Use the correct AC input voltage range.....
To reduce the risk of electric shock:
• Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis
cover for installation or servicing. After installation or servicing,
cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord.
Battery:
• Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced.
• Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by
the manufacturer.
• Dispose of used batteries according to local ordinance.

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About the Package
The system board package contains the following items. If any of
these items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or
sales representative for assistance.
;The system board
;One IDE cable (44-pin to 44-pin)
;One cable with 2 USB ports
;One Serial ATA data cable
;One Serial ATA power cable
;One COM port cable
;One cable with PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse ports
;One power cable
;One front audio card
;One front audio cable
;One CPU cooler
;One “Main Board Utility” CD
;Two AHCI floppy diskettes (32-bit and 64-bit)
;One QR (Quick Reference)
The system board and accessories in the package may not come
similar to the information listed above.This may differ in accordance
to the sales region or models in which it was sold. For more infor-
mation about the standard package in your region, please contact
your dealer or sales representative.
Before Using the System Board
Before using the system board, prepare basic system components.
If you are installing the system board in a new system, you will need
at least the following internal components.
•A CPU
•Memory module
•Storage devices such as hard disk drive, CD-ROM, etc.
You will also need external system peripherals you intend to use
which will normally include at least a keyboard, a mouse and a video
display monitor.

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Processor
Chipset
System Memory
Expansion Slots
Graphics
Audio
LAN
IDE
Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Intel®CoreTM2 Duo mobile processor
- 533MHz/800MHz system data bus
• Processor socket: mPGA478P
• Intel®chipset
-Intel®GME965 Express chipset
-Intel®82801HBM I/O Controller Hub (ICH8M)
• One 200-pin SODIMM socket
• Supports 533MHz and 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
• Supports maximum of 2GB system memory using 256Mbit,
512Mbit, 1Gbit or 2Gbit memory technology for x8 and x16
devices
• 1 PCI-104 slot for 4 PCI devices
• Integrated graphics interface
- Analog CRT
- Integrated 300MHz RAMDAC
- Analog monitor supports up to QXGA (2048x1536@60Hz)
- Supports CRT hot plug
- LVDS interface
- 4:3 aspect ratio panel supports up to UXGA
(1600x1200@75Hz)
- Widescreen panel supports up to WUXGA
(1920x1200@65Hz)
- 25MHz-112MHz single/dual channel @ 18bpp or 24bpp, TFT
panel type support
• Internal graphics features
- Mobile Intel®Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
- DVMT 4.0
- Intel®Smart 2D Display Technology
- Estimated 500MHz core render clock at 1.05V core voltage
- High performance MPEG-2 decoding
- WMV9C (VC-1) and H.264 (AVC) support
- Microsoft DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 support
• Realtek ALC262 High Definition audio CODEC
• 2-channel audio output
• 1 stereo DAC supports 16/20/24-bit PCM format with 44.1/48/
96/192KHz sample rate
• 2 stereo ADCs support 16/20-bit PCM format with 44.1/48/96/
192KHz sample rate
• Two Marvell 88E8056 PCI Express Gigabit controllers
• Supports 10Mbps, 100Mbps and 1Gbps data transmission
• IEEE 802.3 (10/100Mbps) and IEEE 802.3ab (1Gbps) compliant
• Supports up to two Ultra ATA 100/66/33 IDE devices
Note: We do not recommend using IDE devices and CF card at
the same time.
Specifications

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Serial ATA
Rear I/O
I/O Connectors
BIOS
Energy Efficient
Design
Damage Free
Intelligence
Temperature
Humidity
PCB
• One Serial ATA II interface
• Data transfer rate up to 3Gb/s
• Intel Matrix Storage Technology
• Integrated AHCI controller
• 1 mini-DIN-6 port for PS/2 KB and PS/2 Mouse ports
• 1 DB-9 serial port
• 1 DB-15 VGA port
• 2 RJ45 LAN ports
• 2 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
• 1 CompactFlash socket
• 2 connectors for 4 additional external USB 2.0/1.1 ports
• 3 connectors for 3 external RS-232 serial ports (two of the
ports are RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 selectable)
• 1 LCD brightness control connector
• 1 LVDS LCD panel connector
• 1 LCD/inverter power connector
• 1 DIO connector and 1 DIO power connector
• 1 front audio connector for line-out and mic-in jacks
• 1 connector for IrDA interface
• 1 Serial ATA connector
• 1 44-pin IDE connector and 1 floppy connector
• 1 10-pin ATX power connector (one 10-to-20 pin ATX power
cable provided)
• 1 front panel connector
• 2 fan connectors
• AMI BIOS
• 4Mbit SPI flash memory
• Supports ACPI specification and OS Directed Power Manage-
ment
• Supports ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function
• Wake-On-Events include:
- Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
- Wake-On-LAN and Wake-On-Ring
- RTC timer to power-on the system
• System power management supported
• CPU stopped clock control
• Microsoft®/Intel®APM 1.2 compliant
• Soft Power supported - ACPI v2.0 specification
• AC power failure recovery
• Monitors CPU/system temperature and overheat alarm
• Monitors CPU(V)/1.5V/3.3V/5V/12V/VBAT(V)/1.8V voltages
and failure alarm
• Monitors CPU/system fan speed and failure alarm
• Read back capability that displays temperature, voltage and fan
speed
• Watchdog timer function
•0
oC to 60oC
• 10% to 90%
• 10 layers, EPIC form factor, 11.5cm (4.528") x 16.5cm (6.496")

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Features
The Watchdog Timer function allows your
application to regularly “clear” the system at
the set time interval. If the system hangs or fails to function, it will
reset at the set time interval so that your system will continue to
operate.
DDR2 is a higher performance DDR technology
whose data transfer rate delivers bandwidth of 4.3
GB per second and beyond. That is twice the speed of the conven-
tional DDR without increasing its power consumption. DDR2
SDRAM modules work at 1.8V supply compared to 2.6V memory
voltage for DDR modules. DDR2 also incorporates new innovations
such as the On-Die Termination (ODT) as well as larger 4-bit pre-
fetch against DDR which fetches 2 bits per clock cycle.
The Intel GME965 northbridge chip comes integrated
with the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 de-
livering exceptional 3D graphics performance. It supports analog
CRT and LVDS interfaces.
The system board is equipped with an IrDA connec-
tor for wireless connectivity between your computer
and peripheral devices. The IrDA (Infrared Data Association) specifi-
cation supports data transfers of 115K baud at a distance of 1
meter.
watchdog timer
DDR2
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Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant
with SATA 1.0a specification. With speed of up to
3Gbps, it improves hard drive performance faster than the standard
parallel ATA whose data transfer rate is 100MB/s.
The two Marvell 88E8056 PCI Express Gigabit
controllers support up to 1Gbps data transmis-
sion.
The system board supports USB 2.0 and USB 1.1
ports. USB 1.1 supports 12Mb/second bandwidth
while USB 2.0 supports 480Mb/second bandwidth providing a
marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your com-
puter and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug
and Play peripherals.
This feature allows the system that is in the
Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to
wake-up/power-on to respond to calls coming from an external mo-
dem or respond to calls from a modem PCI card that uses the PCI
PME (Power Management Event) signal to remotely wake up the
PC.
Important:
The 5V_standby power source of your power supply must sup-
port ≥ 720mA.
This feature allows the network to remotely
wake up a Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC.
It is supported via the onboard LAN port or via a PCI LAN card
that uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal. However,
if your system is in the Suspend mode, you can power-on the system
only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt.
Important:
The 5V_standby power source of your power supply must sup-
port ≥ 720mA.
USB
wake-on-lan
wake-on-ring
SERIAL ATA
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This function allows you to use the PS/2 key-
board or PS/2 mouse to power-on the sys-
tem.
Important:
The 5V_standby power source of your power supply must sup-
port ≥ 720mA.
The RTC installed on the system board allows your
system to automatically power-on on the set date
and time.
The system board is designed to meet the ACPI
(Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) speci-
fication. ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to imple-
ment Power Management and Plug-and-Play with operating systems
that support OS Direct Power Management. ACPI when enabled in
the Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to
RAM function.
With the Suspend to RAM function enabled, you can power-off the
system at once by pressing the power button or selecting “Standby”
when you shut down Windows®®
®®
®without having to go through the
sometimes tiresome process of closing files, applications and operat-
ing system. This is because the system is capable of storing all pro-
grams and data files during the entire operating session into RAM
(Random Access Memory) when it powers-off.The operating session
will resume exactly where you left off the next time you power-on
the system.
Important:
The 5V_standby power source of your power supply must sup-
port ≥ 720mA.
When power returns after an AC power fail-
ure, you may choose to either power-on the
system manually or let the system power-on
automatically.
rtc timer
ACPI STR
wake-on-PS/2
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Hardware Installation
System Board Layout
Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

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System Memory
The system board is equipped with a SODIMM socket located at
the solder side of the board.
Warning:
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your system board, proces-
sor, disk drives, add-in boards, and other components. Perform the
upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only.
If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protec-
tion by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal
part of the system chassis. If a wrist strap is unavailable, establish
and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any proce-
dures requiring ESD protection.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
SODIMM
BIOS Setting
Configure the system memory in the Chipset menu of the BIOS.
Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

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Hardware Installation
Installing the DIM Module
Note:
The system board used in the following illustrations may not
resemble the actual one. These illustrations are for reference
only.
1. Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to
it has been powered down.
2. Disconnect all power cords and cables.
3. Locate the SODIMM socket on the system board.
4. Insert the module into the socket at an approximately 30 de-
grees angle. Note that the socket and module are both keyed,
which means the module can be plugged into the socket in only
one way.
5. To seat the module into the socket, apply firm even pressure to
each end of the module until it slips down into the socket. The
contact fingers on the edge of the module will almost completely
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6. Push down the module until the clips at each end of the socket
lock into position. You will hear a distinctive “click”, indicating the
module is correctly locked into position.
ClipClip

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CPU
Overview
The system board is equipped with a surface mount mPGA478P
CPU socket.
Note:
The system board used in the following illustrations may not re-
semble the actual one. These illustrations are for reference only.
Installing the CPU
1. Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to
it has been powered down.
2. Disconnect all power cords and cables.
3. Locate the mPGA478P socket on the system board.
4. Use a screwdriver to turn the screw to its unlock position.
Lock
Unlock
X

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5. Position the CPU above the socket. The gold triangular mark on
the CPU must align with pin 1 of the CPU socket.
Important:
Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins.
6. Insert the CPU into the socket until it is seated in place. The
CPU will fit in only one orientation and can easily be inserted
without exerting any force. Use a screwdriver to turn the screw
to its lock position.
Important:
Do not force the CPU into the socket. Forcing the CPU into
the socket may bend the pins and damage the CPU.
Gold
triangular
mark
Pin 1 of the socket

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Hardware Installation
Installing the Fan and Heat Sink
The CPU must be kept cool by using a CPU fan with heat sink.
Without sufficient air circulation across the CPU and heat sink, the
CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board.
Note:
•Use only certified fan and heat sink.
•Your fan and heat sink package usually contains the fan
and heat sink assembly, and an installation guide. If the in-
stallation procedure in the installation guide differs from the
one in this section, please follow the installation guide in the
package.
1. On the solder side of the board, match the screw holes of the
retention module base to the mounting holes around the CPU
socket.
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Important:
When you install the CPU fan and heat sink assembly, make
sure the assembly is positioned in such a way that the direc-
tion of the airflow blows towards the Northbridge. This is to
ensure optimum thermal condition and system performance.
2. Apply a thin layer of thermal paste on top of the CPU. Do not
spread the paste all over the surface. When you later place the
heat sink on top, the compound will disperse evenly.
3. While holding the retention module base in position (step 1),
place the fan / heat sink assembly on top of the CPU. The 4
screws around the heat sink must match the screw holes of the
retention module base. We strongly recommend using this type
of fan / heat sink assembly because it provides adequate cooling
to the components of the system board.
Turn each Phillips head screw half way down first to initially stabi-
lize the heat sink onto the board, then finally tighten each screw.
Important:
Do not turn the first screw all the way down followed by
the next and so on. This is to avoid imbalance which might
cause cracks or fractures to the CPU and/or heat sink as-
sembly.
4. Connect the CPU fan’s cable connector to the CPU fan connec-
tor on the system board.
CPU fan
cable