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- Page 1 MS-98H7 COM Express Type-6 Basic Module...
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Page 2: Revision History
If a problem arises with your system and no solution can be obtained from the user’s manual, please contact your place of purchase or local distributor. Alter- natively, please visit the MSI website for technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates and other information, or contact our technical staff via http://www.msi. -
Page 3: Safety Instructions
MS-98H7 Safety Instructions ￭ Always read the safety instructions carefully. ￭ Keep this User’s Manual for future reference. ￭ Keep this equipment away from humidity. ￭ Lay this equipment on a reliable flat surface before setting it up. ￭ The openings on the enclosure are for air convection hence protects the equipment from overheating. -
Page 4: Chemical Substances Information
Chemical Substances Information In compliance with chemical substances regulations, such as the EU REACH Regulation (Regulation EC No. 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council), MSI provides the information of chemical substances in products at: http://www.msi.com/html/popup/csr/evmtprtt_pcm.html Battery Information European Union: Batteries, battery packs, and accumulators should not be disposed of as unsorted household waste. -
Page 5: Ce Conformity
MS-98H7 CE Conformity Hereby, Micro-Star International CO., LTD declares that this device is in compliance with the essential safety requirements and other relevant provisions set out in the European Directive. FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement 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. -
Page 6: Table Of Contents
Preface CONTENTS Copyright Notice .................... ii Trademarks ....................ii Revision History .................... ii Technical Support ..................ii Safety Instructions ..................iii Chemical Substances Information ............... iv Battery Information ..................iv CE Conformity ....................v FCC-A Radio Frequency Interference Statement ......... v WEEE Statement .................. -
Page 7: Overview
Overview Thank you for choosing the MS-98H7, an excellent COM (computer- on-module) Express Type-6 Basic Module. Integrating core CPU and memory functionality, it is the entry-level model for applications looking to transition from other small form factor solutions to COM Express ®... -
Page 8: Specifications
Overview Specifications Processor ■ Intel Coffee Lake Embedded Mobile Xeon E/ Core™ i7/ i5/ i3 Processor ® ® - Intel Xeon E-2176M Processor ® ® - Intel Core™ i7-8850H Processor ® - Intel Core™ i5-8400H Processor ® - Intel Core™ i3-8100H Processor ®... - Page 9 MS-98H7 ■ ITE IT8528 controller chip Storage ■ Controller integrated in Intel processor ® ■ Supports 4 Serial ATA interfaces - 4 * SATA 6Gb/s ports - AHCI & RAID0/1/5/10 ■ Controller integrated in Intel processor ® ■ 4 * USB 3.1 (to carrier board) ■...
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Page 10: Layout
Overview Layout DDR4 SO-DIMMs CPU FAN... -
Page 11: Block Diagram
MS-98H7 Block Diagram... -
Page 13: Hardware Setup
Hardware Setup This chapter provides you with the information about hardware setup procedures. While doing the installation, be careful in holding the com- ponents and follow the installation procedures. For some components, if you install in the wrong orientation, the components will not work prop- erly. -
Page 14: Memory
Hardware Setup Memory The SO-DIMM slot is intended for memory modules. 1. Locate the SO-DIMM slot. Align the notch on the DIMM with the key on the slot and insert the DIMM into the slot. 2. Push the DIMM gently downwards until the slot levers click and lock the DIMM in place. -
Page 15: Connector
MS-98H7 Connector Fan Power Connector: CPUFAN1 The fan power connectors support system cooling fan with +12V. When connecting the wire to the connectors, always note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the +12V; the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND. - Page 16 Hardware Setup COM Express Connectors The COM Express connectors are used to interface the COM Express module board to a carrier board. Connect the COM Express connectors located on the solder side of the module board (as indicated below) to the COM Express connectors on the carrier board.
- Page 17 MS-98H7 Row A Row B Row C Row D GND (FIXED) GND (FIXED) GND (FIXED) GND (FIXED) GBE0_MDI3- GBE0_ACT# USB_SSRX0- USB_SSTX0- GBE0_MDI3+ LPC_FRAME# GBE0_LINK100# LPC_AD0 USB_SSRX0+ USB_SSTX0+ GBE0_LINK1000# LPC_AD1 USB_SSRX1- USB_SSTX1- GBE0_MDI2- LPC_AD2 GBE0_MDI2+ LPC_AD3 USB_SSRX1+ USB_SSTX1+ GBE0_LINK# USB_SSRX2- USB_SSTX2-...
- Page 18 Hardware Setup LVDS_A3- eDP_LVDS_BKLT_EN PEG_RX8- PEG_TX8- GND (FIXED) GND (FIXED) GND (FIXED) GND (FIXED) eDP_D3+ / LVDS_A_CK+ LVDS_B_CK+ PEG_RX9+ PEG_TX9+ eDP_D3- / LVDS_A_CK- LVDS_B_CK- PEG_RX9- PEG_TX9- eDP_AUX+ / LVDS_I2C_CK eDP_LVDS_BKLT_CTRL RSVD* RSVD* eDP_AUX- / LVDS_I2C_DAT VCC_5V_SBY GPI3 VCC_5V_SBY PEG_RX10+ PEG_TX10+ SLP_SUS# / RSVD* VCC_5V_SBY PEG_RX10-...
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Page 19: Hardware Installation
MS-98H7 Hardware Installation h Installing Module Board onto Carrier Board Important The illustrations are provided to guide users on how to install the module board onto the carrier board of their choice and should be held for reference only. 1. Remove the protection cover of COM Express connectors on the module board (if there is one). - Page 20 Hardware Setup 3. Locate the threaded standoffs on the carrier board. 4. Install the module board to the carrier board via the COM Express connectors. Press the module board down firmly.
- Page 21 MS-98H7 5. Flip the heat spreader over and remove the protective film from its thermal paste. Mount the heat spreader onto the module board with mounting holes aligned. 6. Use the provided mounting screws to secure the heat spreader to the...
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Page 23: Bios Setup
BIOS Setup This chapter provides information on the BIOS Setup program and allows users to configure the system for optimal use. Users may need to run the Setup program when: ■ An error message appears on the screen at system startup and re- quests users to run SETUP. -
Page 24: Entering Setup
BIOS Setup Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST (Power On Self Test) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press <DEL> key to enter Setup. Press <DEL> to enter SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RESET button. - Page 25 MS-98H7 Control Keys ← → Select Screen ↑ ↓ Select Item Enter Select Change Option General Help Previous Values Optimized Defaults Save & Reset Exit Getting Help After entering the Setup menu, the first menu you will see is the Main Menu.
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Page 26: The Menu Bar
BIOS Setup The Menu Bar ▶ Main Use this menu for basic system configurations, such as time, date, etc. ▶ Advanced Use this menu to set up the items of special enhanced features. ▶ Boot Use this menu to specify the priority of boot devices. ▶... -
Page 27: Main
MS-98H7 Main ▶ System Date This setting allows you to set the system date. The date format is <Day>, <Month> <Date> <Year>. ▶ System Time This setting allows you to set the system time. The time format is <Hour> <Minute> <Second>. -
Page 28: Advanced
BIOS Setup Advanced ▶ Full Screen Logo Display This BIOS feature determines if the BIOS should hide the normal POST mes- sages with the motherboard or system manufacturer’s full-screen logo. When it is enabled, the BIOS will display the full-screen logo during the boot-up sequence, hiding normal POST messages. - Page 29 MS-98H7 ▶ CPU Configuration ▶ Intel Virtualization Technology Virtualization enhanced by Intel Virtualization Technology will allow a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions. With virtualization, one computer system can function as multiple “Virtual” systems. ▶ Active Processor Cores This setting specifies the number of active processor cores.
- Page 30 BIOS Setup ▶ Super IO Configuration (the Carrier Board) ▶ Serial Port 1, Serial Port 2 This setting enables/disables the specified serial port. ▶ Change Settings This setting is used to change the address & IRQ settings of the specified serial port.
- Page 31 MS-98H7 ▶ IT8528 Super IO Configuration ▶ Serial Port 3, Serial Port 4 This setting enables/disables the specified serial port. ▶ Change Settings This setting is used to change the address & IRQ settings of the specified serial port. ▶ Watch Dog Timer...
- Page 32 BIOS Setup ▶ IT8528 Smart Fan Configuration (the Compact Module) ▶ CPUFAN1 These settings enable/disable the Smart Fan function. Smart Fan is an ex- cellent feature which will adjust the CPU/system fan speed automatically de- pending on the current CPU/system temperature, avoiding the overheating to damage your system.
- Page 33 MS-98H7 ▶ GPIO Group Configuration (the Carrier Board) ▶ JGPIO1/ 2: GPO0 ~ GPO3 These settings control the operation mode of the specified GPIO. 3-11...
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Page 34: Boot
BIOS Setup Boot ▶ CSM Support This setting enables/disables the support for Compatibility Support Module, a part of the Intel Platform Innovation Framework for EFI providing the capability to support legacy BIOS interfaces. ▶ Video Select the type of primary video for your system. ▶... -
Page 35: Security
MS-98H7 Security ▶ Administrator Password Administrator Password controls access to the BIOS Setup utility. ▶ User Password User Password controls access to the system at boot and to the BIOS Setup utility. ▶ Intel BIOS Guard Support Intel BIOS Guard Support ensures that updates to system BIOS flash are secure. - Page 36 BIOS Setup ▶ PCH-FW Configuration This menu provides settings for PCH-FW Configuration. ▶ Firmware Update Configuration ▶ ME FW Image Re-Flash This setting enables/disables the ME FW image reflash. ▶ PTT Configuration Intel Platform Trust Technology (PTT) is a platform functionality for credential storage and key management used by Microsoft Windows.
- Page 37 MS-98H7 ▶ ME Debug Configuration This menu provides settings for ME Debug Configuration. ▶ AMT Configuration Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) is hardware-based technology for remotely managing and securing PCs out-of-band. 3-15...
- Page 38 BIOS Setup ▶ Trusted Computing ▶ Security Device Support This setting enables/disables BIOS support for security device. When set to [Disable], the OS will not show security device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available. ▶ SHA-1 PCR Bank, SHA256 PCR Bank These settings enable/disable the SHA-1 PCR Bank and SHA256 PCR Bank.
- Page 39 MS-98H7 ▶ Serial Port Console Redirection ▶ Console Redirection Console Redirection operates in host systems that do not have a monitor and keyboard attached. This setting enables/disables the operation of console re- direction. When set to [Enabled], BIOS redirects and sends all contents that should be displayed on the screen to the serial COM port for display on the terminal screen.
- Page 40 BIOS Setup ▶ Flow Control Flow control is the process of managing the rate of data transmission between two nodes. It’s the process of adjusting the flow of data from one device to another to ensure that the receiving device can handle all of the incoming data.
- Page 41 MS-98H7 ▶ Console Redirection Settings (Serial port for Out-of-Band Management/ Windows Emergency Management Services) ▶ Out-of-Band Mgmt Port Microsoft Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) allows for remote management of a Windows Server OS through a serial port. ▶ Terminal Type VT-UTF8 is the preferred terminal type for out-of-band management.
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Page 42: Chipset
BIOS Setup Chipset ▶ Primary Display This setting selects the primary display. ▶ DVMT Pre-Allocated This setting defines the DVMT pre-allocated memory. Pre-allocated memory is the small amount of system memory made available at boot time by the system BIOS for video. Pre-allocated memory is also known as locked memory. This is because it is "locked"... -
Page 43: Power
MS-98H7 Power ▶ Restore AC Power Loss This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs. Available settings are: [Power Off] Leaves the computer in the power off state. [Power On] Leaves the computer in the power on state. - Page 44 BIOS Setup ▶ PCIE PME/Ring This field specifies whether the system will be awakened from power saving modes when input signals on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) line or input signals of onboard PCIE PME are detected. ▶ RTC When [Enabled], your can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock) alarm awakens the system from suspend mode.
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Page 45: Save & Exit
MS-98H7 Save & Exit ▶ Save Changes and Reset Save changes to CMOS and reset the system. ▶ Discard Changes and Exit Abandon all changes and exit the Setup Utility. ▶ Discard Changes Abandon all changes. ▶ Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the default values set by the motherboard manufacturer specifically for optimal performance of the motherboard. -
Page 47: Appendix Gpio Wdt Bkl Programming
MS-98H7 Appendix GPIO WDT BKL Programming This appendix provides WDT (Watch Dog Timer), GPIO (General Purpose Input/ Output) and LVDS Backlight programming guide. - Page 48 GPIO WDT BKL Programming CONTENT Abstract .................... A-3 General Purposed IO ............... A-4 Watchdog Timer ................A-5 LVDS Backlight Brightness Control ..........A-6 SMBus Access ................. A-7 Embedded Controller ..............A-8...
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Page 49: Abstract
MS-98H7 Abstract Abstract In this document, code examples based on C programming language are provided for customer interest. Inportb, Outportb, Inportl and Outportl are basic functions used for access IO ports and defined as following. Inportb: Read a single 8‐bit I/O port. Outportb: Write a single byte to an 8‐bit port. Inportl: Reads a single 32‐bit I/O port. Outportl: Write a single long to a 32‐bit port. ... -
Page 50: General Purposed Io
GPIO WDT BKL Programming General Purposed IO 1. General Purposed IO – GPIO/DIO The associated access method (EC_ReadByte, EC_WriteByte) are provided in part 5. The GPIO port configuration offset in EC and addresses are listed in the following table: Name OFFSET IO address Name OFFSET IO address N_GPI0 0x97 Bit 0 N_GPO0 0x97 Bit 4 N_GPI1 0x97 Bit 1 N_GPO1 0x97 Bit 5 N_GPI2 0x97 ... -
Page 51: Watchdog Timer
MS-98H7 Watchdog Timer 2. Watchdog Timer – WDT The watchdog timer unit is in second. It starts immediately after setting time. The counter value will increase per second. When the counter value equals the setting time, WDT will reset the system. Associated access method (EC_ReadByte and EC_WriteByte) are provided in part 5. Set WDT Time and Enable WDT EC_WriteByte (0x98, Time); // Enable WDT immediately after setting WDT time, value 1 to 255. EC_WriteByte (0x99, 0); // Set counter to 0. WDT start all over Disable WDT EC_WriteByte (0x99, 0); // Set counter to 0 ... -
Page 52: Lvds Backlight Brightness Control
GPIO WDT BKL Programming LVDS Backlight Brightness Control 3. LVDS Backlight Brightness Control The LVDS controller support 17 level of backlight brightness value from 0 (30%) to 16 (100%) and it is accessible through SMBus. The associated access method (SMBus_ReadByte, SMBus_WriteByte) are provided in part 4. Set the Level of LVDS Backlight 1. Write 0xED into address 0x7F on SMBus device 0x42. 2. -
Page 53: Smbus Access
MS-98H7 SMBus Access 4. SMBus Access The base address of SMBus must be known before access. The relevant bus and device information are as following. #define IO_SC 0xCF8 #define IO_DA 0xCFC #define PCIBASEADDRESS 0x80000000 #define PCI_BUS_NUM 0 #define PCI_DEV_NUM 31 #define PCI_FUN_NUM ... -
Page 54: Embedded Controller
GPIO WDT BKL Programming Embedded Controller 5. Embedded Controller – EC Access The relevant control information are as following. #EC_CMD_PORT 0x66 // EC command port #EC_DATA_PORT 0x62 // EC data port #EC_DELAY 100 #EC_STAT_OBF 0x1 // bit 0: OBF #EC_STAT_IBF 0x2 ...