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  • Page 1 MS-98G7 Industrial Computer Board...

  • Page 2: Revision History

    Alterna- tively, please try the following help resources for further guidance. Visit the MSI website for technical guide, BIOS updates, driver updates and other information, or contact our technical staff via http://www.msi.com/support/...

  • Page 3: Safety Instructions

    Industrial Computer Board 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. ￭...

  • 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

    MSI will comply with the product take back require- ments at the end of life of MSI-branded products that are sold into the EU. You can return these products to local collection points.
  • Page 6 Declaration A Japanese regulatory requirement, defined by specification JIS C 0950, man- dates that manufacturers provide material declarations for certain categories of electronic products offered for sale after July 1, 2006. http://www.msi.com/html/popup/csr/cemm_jp.html http://tw.msi.com/html/popup/csr_tw/cemm_jp.html 日本JIS C 0950材質宣言 日本工業規格JIS C 0950により、2006年7月1日以降に販売される特定分野の 電気および電子機器について、製造者による含有物質の表示が義務付けられま...
  • Page 7 Việt Nam RoHS Kể từ ngày 01/12/2012, tất cả các sản phẩm do công ty MSI sản xuất tuân thủ Thông tư số 30/2011/TT-BCT quy định tạm thời về giới hạn hàm lượng cho phép...

  • Page 8: 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 9 Overview Thank you for choosing the MS-98G7, an excellent PCI/ISA Single Board Computer. Based on the innovative Intel H81 chipset for optimal system efficiency, ® the MS-98G7 accommodates the Intel Core i7/ i5/ i3, Pentium, Celeron ® processor and supports 2 DDR3/ DDR3L 1333/ 1600 UDIMM slots to provide the maximum of 16GB memory capacity.

  • Page 10: Specifications

    Overview Specifications CPU Support ■ 4th Generation Intel Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3 / Pentium / Celeron ® ® ® processors for LGA 1150 socket Chipset ■ Intel H81 Express Chipset Memory Support ■ 2x DDR3 memory slots supporting up to 16GB ■...
  • Page 11 Industrial Computer Board Onboard Pin Headers/ Connectors/ Jumpers ■ 1x front panel connector ■ 2x USB2.0 connectors ■ 2x serial port connectors ■ 1x parallel port connector ■ 2x SATA 6Gb/s ports ■ 1x SATA 3Gb/s port ■ 1x 4-pin power connector ■...

  • Page 12: Board Layout

    Overview Board Layout 4P-12V Power Connector Front Panel Connector 2 Front Panel Connector 1 CPU Socket UDIMM Slot 4-pin Fan Connector DVI Connector 3-pin Fan Connector SATA 6GB/s SATA 3GB/s Clear CMOS Jumper ME Disable Jumper SIM Holder Parallel Port Connector mSATA/Mini-PCIe Slot...

  • Page 13: Hardware Setup 2-1

    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 Hardware Setup Components Reference Guide Rear Panel I/O 2-8 Connector 2-9 CPU Power Connector: JPWR1 ..............2-9 Serial ATA Connector: SATA1 ~ SATA3 .............2-9 Parallel Port Connector: JLPT1 ..............2-10 Serial Port Connector: JCOM1, JCOM2 ..........2-10 Fan Power Connectors: CPUFAN1, SYSFAN1 ........2-10 USB 2.0 Connector: JUSB1,JUB2 ............
  • Page 15 COM Express Carrier Board CPU (Central Processing Unit) Introduction to the LGA 1150 CPU The surface of the LGA 1150 CPU has two notches and a golden triangle to assist in correctly lining up the CPU for board placement. The golden triangle is the Pin 1 indicator.
  • Page 16 Hardware Setup CPU & Heatsink Installation When installing a CPU, always remember to install a CPU heatsink. A CPU heat- sink is necessary to prevent overheating and maintain system stability. Follow the steps below to ensure correct CPU and heatsink installation. Wrong installation can damage both the CPU and the board.
  • Page 17 COM Express Carrier Board 3. Align the notches with the socket alignment keys. Lower the CPU straight down, without tilting or sliding the CPU in the socket. Inspect the CPU to check if it is properly seated in the socket. 4.
  • Page 18 Hardware Setup 7. Locate the CPU fan connector on the board. 8. Place the heatsink on the board with the fan’s cable facing towards the fan connector and the fasteners matching the holes on the board. 9. Push down the heatsink until the four fasteners get wedged into the holes on the board.
  • Page 19 COM Express Carrier Board Memory These DIMM slots are used for installing memory modules. DIMM1 DIMM2 Dual-Channel mode Population Rule In Dual-Channel mode, the memory modules can transmit and receive data with two data bus channels simultaneously. Enabling Dual-Channel mode can enhance system performance.

  • Page 20: Rear Panel I/O

    Hardware Setup Rear Panel I/O USB 3.0 VGA Port LAN Ports Ports VGA Port The DB15-pin female connector is provided for monitor. LAN Port The standard RJ-45 LAN jack is for connection to the Local Area Network (LAN). You can connect a network cable to it. Yellow Green/ Orange Color...

  • Page 21: Connector

    COM Express Carrier Board Connector CPU Power Connector: JPWR1 This connector is used to provide power to the CPU. Important Make sure that all power connectors are connected to the power supply to ensure stable operation of the board. Serial ATA Connector: SATA1 ~ SATA3 SATA1 and SATA2 are SATA 6GB/s ports.

  • Page 22: Parallel Port Connector: Jlpt1

    Hardware Setup Parallel Port Connector: JLPT1 The mainboard provides a 26-pin header for connection to an optional parallel port bracket. The parallel port is a standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port (ECP) mode. Serial Port Connector: JCOM1, JCOM2 This connector is a 16550A high speed communications port that sends/receives 16 bytes FIFOs.

  • Page 23: Usb 2.0 Connector: Jusb1,Jub2

    COM Express Carrier Board USB 20 Connector: JUSB1,JUB2 This connector, compliant with Intel I/O Connectivity Design Guide, is ideal for connecting high-speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD, digital cam- eras, MP3 players, printers, modems and the like. Important Note that the pins of VCC and GND must be connected correctly to avoid pos- sible damage.

  • Page 24: Gpio Pin Header: Jgpio1

    Hardware Setup GPIO Pin Header: JGPIO1 This connector is provided for the General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) periph- eral module. TPM Module Connector: JTPM1 This connector connects to a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) module (optional). Please refer to the TPM security platform manual for more details. 2-12...

  • Page 25: Dvi Connector: Dvi1

    COM Express Carrier Board DVI Connector: DVI1 This connector is a DVI port pinheader. Front Panel Connectors: JFP1, JFP2 These front panel connectors are provided for electrical connection to the front panel switches & LEDs. JFP1 JFP2 2-13...

  • Page 26: Jumper

    Hardware Setup Jumper Important Avoid adjusting jumpers when the system is on; it will damage the board. Clear CMOS Jumper: JCMOS1 There is a CMOS RAM onboard that has a power supply from an external battery to keep the data of system configuration. With the CMOS RAM, the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on.

  • Page 27: Com Port Power Jumper: Jcomp1, Jcomp2

    COM Express Carrier Board COM Port Power Jumper: JCOMP1, JCOMP2 These jumpers specify the operation voltage of the onboard serial ports. VCC5 +12V NVM LAN Jumper: JNVM1 Use this jumper to specify the operation for LAN. On: Enable security Off: Disable security and the INVM lock.

  • Page 28: Slot

    Hardware Setup Slot mSATA/ Mini-PCIe Slot The mSATA/ Mini-PCIe slot is provided for mSATA NAND Flash SDD cards and Mini-PCIe cards. Important When adding or removing expansion cards, make sure that you unplug the power supply first. Meanwhile, read the documentation for the expansion card to config- ure any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card, such as jumpers, switches or BIOS configuration.

  • Page 29: Bios Setup 3-1

    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 30: 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 31 Industrial Computer Board Control Keys ← → Select Screen ↑ ↓ Select Item Enter Select Change Option General Help Previous Values Optimized Defaults Save & Exit Exit Getting Help After entering the Setup menu, the first menu you will see is the Main Menu. Main Menu The main menu lists the setup functions you can make changes to.

  • Page 32: 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 33: Main

    Industrial Computer Board 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 34: 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 35 Industrial Computer Board ▶ PCI/PCIE Device Configuration ▶ EHCI This setting disables/enables the USB EHCI controller. The Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) specification describes the register-level interface for a Host Controller for the Universal Serial Bus (USB) Revision 2.0. ▶ XHCI Mode This setting disables/enables the USB XHCI controller.
  • Page 36 BIOS Setup ▶ CPU Configuration ▶ Active Processor Cores This setting specifies the number of active processor cores. ▶ Execute Disable Bit Intel’s Execute Disable Bit functionality can prevent certain classes of mali- cious “buffer overflow” attacks when combined with a supporting operating system.
  • Page 37 Industrial Computer Board ▶ Super IO Configuration ▶ 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 38 BIOS Setup ▶ H/W Monitor These items display the current status of all monitored hardware devices/ components such as voltages, temperatures and all fans’ speeds. ▶ Smart Fan Configuration ▶ Smart CPUFAN1, SYSFAN1 Target 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 39 Industrial Computer Board ▶ GPIO Group Configuration ▶ GPO0 ~ GPO3 These settings control the operation mode of the specified GPIO. 3-11...

  • Page 40: Boot

    BIOS Setup Boot ▶ Boot Option Priorities This setting allows users to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS at- tempts to load the disk operating system. ▶ Hard Drive BBS Priorities This setting allows users to set the priority of the specified devices. First press <Enter>...

  • Page 41: Security

    Industrial Computer Board 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. ▶ Trusted Computing 3-13...
  • Page 42 BIOS Setup ▶ 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. ▶ PCH-FW Configuration ▶ ME FW Version, ME Firmware Mode/ Type/ SKU These settings show the firmware information of the Intel ME (Management Engine).
  • Page 43 Industrial Computer Board ▶ 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 44 BIOS Setup ▶ Bits per second, Data Bits, Parity, Stop Bits This setting specifies the transfer rate (bits per second, data bits, parity, stop bits) of Console Redirection. ▶ Flow Control Flow control is the process of managing the rate of data transmission be- tween two nodes.

  • Page 45: Chipset

    Industrial Computer Board Chipset ▶ VT-d Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (Intel VT-d) provides the capability to ensure improved isolation of I/O resources for greater reliability, security, and availability. ▶ 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.

  • Page 46: Power

    BIOS Setup 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. [Last State] Restores the system to the previous status before power failure or interrupt occurred.
  • Page 47 Industrial Computer Board ▶ PCIE PME This field specifies whether the system will be awakened from power saving modes when activity or input signal of onboard PCIE/PCI PME is 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.

  • Page 48: Save & Exit

    BIOS Setup 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 49: Appendix Wdt & Gpio

    Appendix WDT & GPIO This appendix provides the sample codes of WDT (Watch Dog Timer) and GPIO (General Purpose Input/ Output). 2-A-1...

  • Page 50: Wdt Sample Code

    WDT & GPIO WDT Sample Code SIO_INDEX_Port equ 04Eh SIO_DATA_Port equ 04Fh SIO_UnLock_Value equ 087h SIO_Lock_Value equ 0AAh WatchDog_LDN equ 007h WDT_UNIT equ 60h; 60h=second, 68h=minute, 40h=Disabled Watchdog timer WDT_Timer equ 30; ex. 30 seconds Sample code: ;Enable config mode dx, SIO_INDEX_Port al, SIO_UnLock_Value dx, al...
  • Page 51 Industrial Computer Board al, 0F5h dx, al dx, SIO_DATA_Port al, WDT_UNIT dx, al ;enable reset dx, SIO_INDEX_Port al, 0FAh dx, al dx, SIO_DATA_Port al, dx al, 01h dx, al ;close config mode dx, SIO_INDEX_Port al, SIO_Lock_Value dx, al...

  • Page 52: Gpio Sample Code

    WDT & GPIO GPIO Sample Code GPI 0 ~ GPI 3 GPI 0 GPI 1 GPI 2 GPI 3 IO Address SIO GPIO Register Sample code GPO 0 ~ GPO 3 GPO 0 GPO 1 GPO 2 GPO 3 IO Address SIO GPIO Register Sample code SIO_INDEX_Port...
  • Page 53 Industrial Computer Board dx, al ; Get GPI 0 Pin Status Register dx, SIO_INDEX_Port al, SIO_GPIO_Status dx, al dx, SIO_DATA_Port al, dx ;al bit4 = GPI 0 status ; Exit SIO dx, SIO_INDEX_Port al, SIO_Lock_Value dx, al #2 : Set GPO 0 to high ;...

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