ADLINK Technology MI-960 User manual

Advance Technologies; Automate the World.

Manual Rev.: 2.01

Revision Date: April 14, 2009

Part No: 50-1X001-1010

MI-960

Mini-ITX Industrial Motherboard with

Intel® Q965 Chipset

User’s Manual

Revision History

Revision Release Date Description of Change(s)

2.00 2008/11/18 Initial Release

2.01 2009/04/14 Correct graphics spec, GbE pin/LED def’n

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MI-960

Preface

This document contains proprietary information protected by copy-

right. All rights are reserved. No part of this manual may be repro-

duced by any mechanical, electronic, or other means in any form

without prior written permission of the manufacturer.

Disclaimer

The information in this document is subject to change without prior

notice in order to improve reliability, design, and function and does

not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer.

In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, spe-

cial, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or

inability to use the product or documentation, even if advised of

the possibility of such damages.

Environmental Responsibility

ADLINK is committed to fulfill its social responsibility to global

environmental preservation through compliance with the Euro-

pean Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) direc-

tive and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

directive. Environmental protection is a top priority for ADLINK.

We have enforced measures to ensure that our products, manu-

facturing processes, components, and raw materials have as little

impact on the environment as possible. When products are at their

end of life, our customers are encouraged to dispose of them in

accordance with the product disposal and/or recovery programs

prescribed by their nation or company.

Trademarks

Product names mentioned herein are used for identification pur-

poses only and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks

of their respective companies.

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Using this Manual

Audience and Scope

The MI-960 User’s Manual is intended for hardware technicians

and systems operators with knowledge of installing, configuring

and operating industrial grade computers.

Manual Organization

This manual is organized as follows:

Preface: Presents copyright notifications, disclaimers, trade-

marks, and associated information on the proper usage of this

document and its associated product(s).

Chapter 1, Introduction: Introduces the MI-960, its features,

applications, and specifications, including functional descriptions

and board layout.

Chapter 2, Connectors & Jumpers: Provides technical informa-

tion on connectors and jumpers as well as pin assignments for

configuring the MI-960 and any attached external devices.

Chapter 3, Getting Started: Describes how to install components

on the MI-960: CPU, memory modules, and drivers.

Chapter 4, BIOS Setup: Presents information and illustrations to

help understand and configure the system BIOS.

Chapter 5, POST Codes: Presents POST information and

detailed descriptions for users.

Appendix A, Watchdog Timer: Presents information on under-

standing and configuring the embedded Watchdog timer.

Appendix B, System Resources: Presents information on I/O

mapping, IRQ routing, and resource allocation.

Important Safety Instructions: Presents safety instructions all

users must follow for the proper setup, installation and usage of

equipment and/or software.

Getting Service: Contact information for ADLINK’s worldwide

offices.

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MI-960

Conventions

Take note of the following conventions used throughout this

manual to make sure that users perform certain tasks and

instructions properly.

NOTE:

Additional information, aids, and tips that help users perform

tasks.

CAUTION:

Information to prevent minor physical injury, component dam-

age, data loss, and/or program corruption when trying to com-

plete a task.

WARNING:

Information to prevent serious physical injury, component

damage, data loss, and/or program corruption when trying to

complete a specific task.

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Table of Contents vii

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Table of Contents

MI-960.........................................................................................i

Revision History...................................................................... ii

Preface.................................................................................... iii

List of Figures........................................................................ xi

List of Tables........................................................................ xiii

1 Introduction ........................................................................ 1

1.1 Package Contents ............................................................... 1

1.2 Overview.............................................................................. 2

1.3 Features............................................................................... 2

1.4 Specifications....................................................................... 3

1.5 Power Consumption ............................................................ 5

1.6 Block Diagram ..................................................................... 6

1.7 Functional Description ......................................................... 7

1.8 Board Layout ..................................................................... 10

1.9 Mechanical Drawings......................................................... 12

2 Connectors & Jumpers.................................................... 15

2.1 Rear I/O Connectors.......................................................... 15

2.2 Onboard Connectors ......................................................... 18

2.3 Jumpers ............................................................................. 25

3 Getting Started ................................................................. 27

3.1 Installing the CPU .............................................................. 27

3.2 Memory Module Installation............................................... 31

3.3 Driver Installation ............................................................... 33

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4 BIOS Setup........................................................................ 35

4.1 Starting the BIOS ............................................................... 35

4.2 Main Setup......................................................................... 39

4.3 Advanced BIOS Setup ....................................................... 40

4.3.1 IDE Configuration .......................................................... 41

4.3.2 Super IO Configuration .................................................. 42

4.3.3 Hardware Health Configuration ..................................... 43

4.3.4 APM / Resume Event Configuration .............................. 44

4.3.5 Remote Access Configuration ....................................... 45

4.3.6 USB Configuration ......................................................... 47

4.4 Advanced PCI/PnP Settings .............................................. 50

4.4.1 IRQ/DMA ....................................................................... 50

4.5 Boot Settings ..................................................................... 51

4.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration ........................................... 51

4.6 Security Setup.................................................................... 54

4.7 Chipset Setup .................................................................... 57

4.7.1 North Bridge Configuration ............................................ 58

4.7.2 South Bridge Configuration............................................ 60

4.8 Exit Menu ........................................................................... 61

5 POST Codes...................................................................... 63

5.1 Post Code Checkpoints ..................................................... 63

A Appendix: Watchdog Timer ..............................................67

A.1 Sample Code ..................................................................... 67

B Appendix: System Resources..........................................71

B.1 System Memory Map ......................................................... 71

B.2 Direct Memory Access Channels....................................... 72

B.3 IO Map ............................................................................... 73

B.4 Interrupt Request (IRQ) Lines............................................ 75

B.5 PCI Configuration Space Map ........................................... 78

B.6 PCI Interrupt Routing Map ................................................. 80

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Important Safety Instructions.............................................. 81

Getting Service...................................................................... 83

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