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IB970 ® 3rd Gen. Intel Core i7/i5 + B75 PCH Full Size CPU Card USER’S MANUAL Version 1.0...
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Intel and Intel® Sandy Bridge DC/QC Processor are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Winbond a registered trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation. All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. IB970 User’s Manual...
INTRODUCTION Introduction Product Description ® The IB970 PICMG 1.0 full size CPU Card is based on the latest Intel ® BD82B75 chipset. The platform supports 3rd Generation Intel Core i7/i5 in FCLGA1155 LGA1155 packing and features an integrated dual-channel DDR3 memory controller as well as a graphics core (4000).
INTRODUCTION Checklist Your IB970 package should include the items listed below. • The IB970 Full-Size CPU Card • This User’s Manual • 1 CD containing chipset drivers and flash memory utility IB970 User’s Manual...
INSTALLATIONS Installations This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the IB970 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 IB970 .................
INSTALLATIONS Installing the CPU The IB970 board supports an LGA1155 Socket (shown below) for Intel Sandy Bridge processors. To install the CPU, unlock first the socket by pressing the lever sideways, then lift it up to a 90-degree. Then, position the CPU above the socket such that the CPU corner aligns with the gold triangle matching the socket corner with a small triangle.
INSTALLATIONS Installing the Memory The IB970 board supports two DDR3 memory socket for a maximum total memory of 8GB in DDR3 DIMM memory type. Installing and Removing Memory Modules To install the DDR3 modules, locate the memory slot on the board and perform the following steps: 1.
INSTALLATIONS Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are used on IB970 to select various settings and features according to your needs and applications. Contact your supplier if you have doubts about the best configuration for your needs. The following lists the connectors on IB970 and their respective functions.
+12V Short/Closed Pin 3-4 Short/Closed Pin 3-5 Short/Closed JP3: Power On Type Function ATX Mode Open (Default) Close AT Mode JP8: Flash Descriptor Security Override (Factory use only) Flash Descriptor Security Override Disabled Open (Default) Close Enabled IB970 User’s Manual...
JD MIC1 Ground J8: ATX 12V Power Connector This connector supplies the CPU operating voltage. Pin # Signal Name Ground Ground +12V +12V J9: Digital I/O Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name OUT3 OUT1 OUT2 OUT0 IB970 User’s Manual...
J22: MCU Flash Connector (factory use only) J24: Mini PCIE Connector CPU_FAN1: CPU Fan Power Connector Pin # Signal Name Ground +12V Rotation detection Control SYS_FAN1: System Fan1 Power Connector Pin # Signal Name Ground +12V Rotation detection IB970 User’s Manual...
These defaults have been carefully chosen by both AMI and your system manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum performance and reliability. Changing the defaults could cause the system to become unstable and crash in some cases. IB970 User’s Manual...
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F3: Optimized Default F4: Save ESC: Exit System Language Choose the system default language. System Date Set the Date. Use Tab to switch between Data elements. System Time Set the Time. Use Tab to switch between Data elements. IB970 User’s Manual...
Disabled F4: Save ESC: Exit SERR# Generation Disabled ► PCI Express Settings Above 4G Decoding Enables or Disables 64bit capable devices to be decoded in above 4G address space (only if system supports 64 bit PCI decoding). IB970 User’s Manual...
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Keep Link ON Relaxed Ordering Enables or disables PCI Express Device Relaxed Ordering. Extended Tag If ENABLED allows device to use 8-bit Tag field as a requester. No Snoop Enables or disables PCI Express Device No Snoop option. IB970 User’s Manual...
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Defines number of Microseconds software will wait before polling ‘Link Training’ bit in Link Status register. Value range from 10 to 1000 uS. Unpopulated Links In order to save power, software will disable unpopulated PCI Express links, if this option set to ‘Disable Link’. IB970 User’s Manual...
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OS. ACPI Sleep State Select ACPI sleep state the system will enter, when the SUSPEND button is pressed. Lock Legacy Resources Enabled or Disabled Lock of Legacy Resources. S3 Video Repost Enable or disable S3 Video Repost. IB970 User’s Manual...
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TPM support. O.S. will not show TPM. Reset of platform is required. Security Device Support Enables or disables BIOS support for security device. O.S. will not show Security Device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available. IB970 User’s Manual...
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Disabled for Windows XP. Execute Disable Bit XD can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supporting OS (Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows XP SP2, SuSE Linux 9.2, Re33dHat Enterprise 3 Update 3.) IB970 User’s Manual...
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Empty Software Preserve Unknown F4: Save ESC: Exit SATA Port4 Empty Software Preserve Unknown SATA Port5 Empty Software Preserve Unknown SATA Controller(s) Enable / Disable Serial ATA Controller. SATA Mode Selection (1) IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. IB970 User’s Manual...
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Change Field F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F3: Optimized Default F4: Save ESC: Exit ISmart Controller Setup the power on time for the system. Schedule Slot 1 / 2 Setup the hour/minute for system power on. IB970 User’s Manual...
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DISABLE option will keep USB devices available only for EFI applications. USB3.0 Support Enable/Disable USB3.0 (XHCI) Controller support. XHCI Hand-off This is a workaround for OSes without XHCI hand-off support. The XHCI ownership change should be claimed by XHCI driver. IB970 User’s Manual...
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F2: Previous Values ► Parallel Port Configuration F3: Optimized Default F4: Save ESC: Exit Serial Port Configuration Set Parameters of Serial Ports. User can Enable/Disable the serial port and Select an optimal settings for the Super IO Device. IB970 User’s Manual...
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PC health status. Fan1/Fan2 Smart Fan Control This field enables or disables the smart fan feature. At a certain temperature, the fan starts turning. Once the temperature drops to a certain level, it stops turning again. IB970 User’s Manual...
Boot Security Save & Exit ► PCH-IO Configuration → ← ► System Agent (SA) Configuration Select Screen ↑↓ Select Item Enter: Select Change Field F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F3: Optimized Default F4: Save ESC: Exit IB970 User’s Manual...
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F4: Save ESC: Exit PCH LAN Controller Enable or disable onboard NIC. Wake on LAN Enable or disable integrated LAN to wake the system. (The Wake On LAN cannot be disabled if ME is on at Sx state.) IB970 User’s Manual...
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Enable or disable PCI Express Clock Gating for each root port. DMI Link ASPM Control The control of Active State Power Management on both NB side and SB side of the DMI link. PCIe-USB Glitch W/A PCIe-USB Glitch W/A for bad USB device(s) connected behind PCIE/PEG port. IB970 User’s Manual...
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Enable or disable xHCI Maximum Primary Stream Array Size. EHCI1/2 Control the USAB EHCI (USB 2.0) functions. One EHCI controller must always be enabled. USB Ports Per-Port Disable Control Control each of the USB ports (0~13) disabling. IB970 User’s Manual...
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F3: Optimized Default ► Memory Configuration F4: Save ESC: Exit VT-d Check to enable VT-d function on MCH. Enable NB CRID Enable or disable NB CRID WorkAround. C-State Pre-Wake Controls C-State Pre-Wake feature for ARAT, in SSKPD[57]. IB970 User’s Manual...
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Select the Video Device that will be activated during POST. This has no effect if external graphics present. Secondary booty display selection will appear based on your selection. VGA modes will be supported only on primary display. IB970 User’s Manual...
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CAS Latency (tCL) ↑↓ Select Item Minimum delay time Enter: Select CAS to RAS (tRCDmin) Change Field Row Precharge (tRPmin) F1: General Help Active to Precharge (tRASmin) F2: Previous Values F3: Optimized Default F4: Save ESC: Exit IB970 User’s Manual...
UPON REQUEST – GA20 can be disabled using BIOS services. ALWAYS – do not allow disabling GA20; this option is useful when any RT code is executed above 1MB. Option ROM Messages Set display mode for Option ROM. Options are Force BIOS and Keep Current. IB970 User’s Manual...
Controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy Storage OpROM. Launch Video OpROM policy Controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy Video OpROM. Other PCI device ROM priority For PCI devices other than Network, Mass storage or Video defines which OpROM to launch. IB970 User’s Manual...
The password length must be F1: General Help in the following range: F2: Previous Values Minimum length F3: Optimized Default Maximum length F4: Save ESC: Exit Administrator Password User Password Administrator Password Set Setup Administrator Password. User Password Set User Password. IB970 User’s Manual...
Discard Changes done so far to any of the setup options. Restore Defaults Restore/Load Defaults values for all the setup options. Save as User Defaults Save the changes done so far as User Defaults. Restore User Defaults Restore the User Defaults to all the setup options. IB970 User’s Manual...
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LAN Drivers Installation ..............58 Intel® Management Engine Interface ..........62 Intel® USB 3.0 Drivers ..............65 IMPORTANT NOTE: After installing your Windows operating system, you must install first the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility before proceeding with the drivers installation. IB970 User’s Manual...
Plug & Play INF support for Intel chipset components. Follow the instructions below to complete the installation. 1. Insert the CD that comes with the board. Click Intel and then Intel(R) 7 Series Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility. IB970 User’s Manual...
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DRIVERS INSTALLATION 3. When the Welcome screen to the Intel® Chipset Device Software appears, click Next to continue. 4. Click Yes to accept the software license agreement and proceed with the installation process. IB970 User’s Manual...
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DRIVER INSTALLATION 5. On the Readme File Information screen, click Next to continue the installation. 6. The Setup process is now complete. Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect. IB970 User’s Manual...
Driver, the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SPI should be first installed. To install the VGA drivers, follow the steps below. 1. Insert the CD that comes with the board. Click Intel and then Intel(R) Q7 Series Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Intel(R) Q77 Chipset Family Graphics Driver. IB970 User’s Manual...
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DRIVER INSTALLATION 3. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue. 4. Click Yes to to agree with the license agreement and continue the installation. IB970 User’s Manual...
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5. On the Readme File Information screen, click Next to continue the installation of the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver. 6. On Setup Progress screen, click Next to continue. 7. Setup complete. Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect. IB970 User’s Manual...
Realtek HD Audio Driver Installation Follow the steps below to install the Realtek HD Audio Drivers. 1. Insert the CD that comes with the board. Click Intel and then Intel(R) Q7 Series Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Realtek High Definition Audio Driver. IB970 User’s Manual...
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DRIVERS INSTALLATION 3. On the Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard screen, click Next to proceed with and complete the installation process. 4. The InstallShield Wizard Complete. Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect. IB970 User’s Manual...
DRIVER INSTALLATION LAN Drivers Installation 1. Insert the CD that comes with the board. Click Intel and then Intel(R) Q7 Series Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Intel(R) PRO LAN Network Driver. IB970 User’s Manual...
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DRIVERS INSTALLATION 3. Click Install Drivers and Software. 4. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next. IB970 User’s Manual...
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DRIVER INSTALLATION 5. Click Next to to agree with the license agreement. 6. Click the checkbox for Drivers in the Setup Options screen to select it and click Next to continue. IB970 User’s Manual...
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DRIVERS INSTALLATION 7. The wizard is ready to begin installation. Click Install to begin the installation. 8. When InstallShield Wizard is complete, click Finish. IB970 User’s Manual...
DRIVER INSTALLATION Intel® Management Engine Interface Follow the steps below to install the Intel Management Engine. 1. Insert the CD that comes with the board. Click Intel and then Intel(R) AMT 8.0 Drivers. IB970 User’s Manual...
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DRIVERS INSTALLATION 2. When the Welcome screen to the InstallShield Wizard for Intel® Management Engine Components, click the checkbox for Install Intel® Control Center & click Next. 3. Click Yes to to agree with the license agreement. IB970 User’s Manual...
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DRIVER INSTALLATION 4. When the Setup Progress screen appears, click Next. Then, click Finish when the setup progress has been successfully installed. IB970 User’s Manual...
DRIVERS INSTALLATION Intel® USB 3.0 Drivers 1. Insert the CD that comes with the board. Click Intel and then Intel(R) Q7 Series Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Intel(R) USB 3.0 Drivers. IB970 User’s Manual...
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DRIVER INSTALLATION 3. When the Welcome screen to the InstallShield Wizard for Intel® USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver, click Next. 4. Click Yes to to agree with the license agreement and continue the installation. IB970 User’s Manual...
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5. On the Readme File Information screen, click Next to continue the installation of the Intel® USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver. 6. Setup complete. Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect. IB970 User’s Manual...
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0F0h Clear Math Coprocessor Busy Signal 0F1h Reset Math Coprocessor 1F0h - 1F7h IDE Interface 2F8h - 2FFh Serial Port #2(COM2) 2B0h- 2DFh Graphics adapter Controller 360h - 36Fh Network Ports 3F8h - 3FFh Serial Port #1(COM1) IB970 User’s Manual...
The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board. Level Function IRQ0 System Timer Output IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ3 Serial Port #2 IRQ4 Serial Port #1 IRQ8 Real Time Clock IRQ14 Primary IDE IRQ15 Secondary IDE IB970 User’s Manual...
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