IBASE Technology MI957 User manual

MI957

Intel ®ArrandaleTM /PCH

Mini-ITX Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Version 1.0A

MI957 User’s Manual

Acknowledgments

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Corporation.

Intel and Intel® Arrandale DC Mobile Processor are registered

trademarks of Intel Corporation.

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Corporation.

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All other product names or trademarks are properties of their

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Table of Contents

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

Product Description.............................................................1

Checklist..............................................................................2

MI957 Specifications ..........................................................3

Board Dimensions...............................................................4

Installations .......................................................6

Installing the CPU...............................................................7

Installing the Memory.........................................................8

Setting the Jumpers .............................................................9

Connectors on MI957........................................................13

BIOS Setup.......................................................23

Drivers Installation ......................................51

Appendix ...........................................................63

A. I/O Port Address Map...................................................63

B. Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ)......................................64

C. Watchdog Timer Configuration....................................65

MI957 User’s Manual

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).

INTRODUCTION

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Introduction

Product Description

The MI957 Mini ITX board incorporates the Intel® Chipset for Embedded

Computing, consisting of the Intel® Arrandale DC mobile processor (integrated

Graphic and Memory Controller) and Intel® Ibex Peak-M (PCH), an optimized

integrated graphics solution with a 800/1066MHz front-side bus. Dimensions of

the board are 170mm x 170mm.

The integrated graphics controller contains a refresh of the 5thgeneration

graphics core support Intel® Dynamic Video Memory Technology, Smart 2D

Display Technology, Clear Video Technology. It features a low-power design, is

validated with the Intel® Arrandale DC mobile processors on 32nm process.

With dual channel DDR3 800/1066MHz two w/ECC DIMM sockets on board,

the board supports up to 8GB of DDR3 system memory.

The main features of the board are:

Supports Intel® Arrandale DC mobile processor

Supports up to 3.0GHz, 1066MHz FSB

Two DDR3 w/ECC DIMM, Max. 8GB memory

Onboard Gigabit MAC and PHY

Integrated Graphics VGA for CRT /DVI/ LVDS

4x SATA, 12x USB 2.0, 4x COM, Watchdog timer

1x Mini PCI-E (Mini Card), 1x PCI, 1xPCI-E(x1) slots

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MI957 User’s Manual

Checklist

Your MI957 package should include the items listed below.

•The MI957 Mini-ITX motherboard

•This User’s Manual

•1 CD containing chipset drivers and flash memory utility

•Cable kit (Serial port, Serial ATA)

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MI957 Specifications

CPU Supported Intel

Arrandale+ECC processor

- i7-610E (2.53GHz/4M Cache/ 2 cores/4 Threads/35W)

- i3-330E (2.13GHz/3M Cache/ 2 cores/4 Threads/35W)

CPU Voltage 0.700V ~ 1.5V (IMVP-6.5)

System Speed Up to 3.0GHz or above

CPU FSB 1066MHz FSB

Cache Up to 4MB shared L3 Cache

Green /APM APM1.2

CPU Tpye FcBGA1288

Chipset Intel Ibex Peak-M (PCH) Chipset

PCH: 25mm x 27mm, 1071-pin FCBGA

BIOS AMI BIOS, supports ACPI function

Memory DDR3-800/1066 DIMM x2 (w/ECC function), Max. 8GB

VGA Arrandale DC mobile processor integrated graphics

Supports CRT, DVI

Supports HDMI, DP(Display Port)

LVDS LCD Panel Arrandale DC mobile processor built-in, supports 24-bit, single or

dual channel LVDS

LAN PCH 10/100/gigabit MAC + PHY

•Intel 82577LM 10/100/1000

USB PCH built-in USB 2.0 host controller, support 12 ports

Serial ATA Ports PCH built-in SATA controller, supports 4 ports

IAMT6.0 PCH built-in Intel Active Management Technology VER 6.0 with HW

KVM (MI957-i7-610E only)

Audio PCH built-in High Definition audio controller:ALC888 w/ 5.1 channels

LPC I/O F81865F: COM1, COM2 (RS232/RS422/RS485), COM3 and COM4

Hardware monitor (3 thermal, 4 voltage monitor inputs, 2 fan

headers)

Digital IO 4 in & 4 out

Keyboard/Mouse Supports PS/2 keyboard/mouse connector

Expansion Slots PCI slot x1, PIC-E (x1) slot x1 and Mini PCIE socket x1

Edge Connector PS/2 connector x1 for keyboard/mouse and dual USB stack

connector

Gigabit LAN RJ-45 + dual USB stack connector x1

DP Connect x1 + dual USB stack connector x1

HDMI connect x1

DVI-D and DB15 (VGA) stack connector x1

Quad USB stack connector x1

RCA Jack 3x1 for Audio (Front-Out, Line-In, Mic)

Onboard Header/

Connector

10-pin headerx1 for Digital I/O; 10-pin header x2 for COM1,COM2

20-pin header x1 for COM3, COM4

26-pin header x1 for Printer

10-pin header x 2 for USB 9,10,11,12

DF13 connector x2 for LVDS;

10-pin header x1 for audio Line-Out & Mic

4-pin header x1 for CD in, SPDIF-out connector x1

SATA connector x4 for SATA ports

Watchdog Timer Yes (256 segments, 0, 1, 2…255 sec/min)

System Voltage +5V, +3.3V, +12V, -12V, 5VSB

Others Modem Wakeup, LAN Wakeup

Board Size 170mm x 170mm (Mini ITX)

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Board Dimensions

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INTRODUCTION

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INSTALLATIONS

MI957 User’s Manual

Installations

This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and

connectors on the MI957 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 MI957..........................................................................13

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