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MI800
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USER'S MANUAL
Version 1.0A

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  • Page 1 MI800 Intel Atom 945GC ® ® Mini-ITX Motherboard USER’S MANUAL Version 1.0A...
  • Page 2 Acknowledgments Award is a registered trademark of Award Software International, Inc. PS/2 is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Intel and Atom are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Winbond is a registered trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    MI800 Specifications ............2 Board Dimensions ............... 3 Installations ............5 Installing the Memory ............6 Setting the Jumpers ............. 7 Connectors on MI800 ............12 BIOS Setup ............23 Drivers Installation ........45 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility......46 VGA Drivers Installation ..........
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  • Page 5: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION Introduction Product Description The MI800 Mini ITX board incorporates the Intel® 945GC Express Chipset for Embedded Computing comes built in with the Intel® GMA950 graphics. The new Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (Intel® GMA 950) graphics core is an intelligent and responsive graphics engine built into the chipset that is on the motherboard.

  • Page 6: Mi800 Specifications

    Chipset Intel 945GC Chipset GMCH: 82945GC 34 mm x 34 mm -1202 balls FCBGA ICH7: 82801GH: 31mm x 31mm -652-pin BGA Award BIOS, support ACPI Function BIOS Memory DDRII 400/533 DIMM x 2 (w/o ECC function), supports Dual channel. Max. 2GB The 82945GC GMCH provides an integrated graphics device (IGD) delivering cost competitive 3D, 2D, and video capabilities.

  • Page 7: Board Dimensions

    INTRODUCTION Board Dimensions MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 8 INTRODUCTION MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 9: Installations

    INSTALLATIONS Installations This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the MI800 in order to set up a workable system. The topics covered are: Installing the Memory ................6 Setting the Jumpers ................7 Connectors on MI800 ................12...

  • Page 10: Installing The Memory

    INSTALLATIONS Installing the Memory The MI800 board supports two DDR2 memory socket for a maximum total memory of 2GB in DDR2 memory type. Installing and Removing Memory Modules To install the DDR2 modules, locate the memory slot on the board and perform the following steps: 1.

  • Page 11: Setting The Jumpers

    INSTALLATIONS Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are used on MI800 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 MI800 and their respective functions.

  • Page 12: Jumper Locations On Mi800

    INSTALLATIONS Jumper Locations on MI800 Jumpers on MI800 ................Page JP1: ATX/AT Mode Select ..............9 JP2, JP3, JP4: RS232/422/485 (COM2) Selection ........ 9 JP5: COM4 RS232 +5V / +12V Power Setting ........10 JP6: COM3 RS232 +5V / +12V Power Setting ........10 JP8: LCD Panel Power Selection ............

  • Page 13: Jp1: Atx/At Mode Select

    JP2: JP2: JP2: 3-5 & 4-6 1-3 & 2-4 1-3 & 2-4 COM2 is jumper selectable for RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485. Pin # Signal Name RS-232 R2-422 RS-485 DATA- DATA+ Ground Ground Ground RTS- RTS+ CTS+ CTS- MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 14: Jp5: Com4 Rs232 +5V / +12V Power Setting

    RI (Default) RI (Default) COM3 Settings: Pin 1-2 short = +12V, Pin 5-6 short = +5V, Pin 3-4 Standard COM Port JP8: LCD Panel Power Selection LCD Panel Power 3.3V JP9: Clear CMOS Setting Setting Normal Clear CMOS MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 15: J17: Compactflash Slave/Master Selection

    INSTALLATIONS J17: CompactFlash Slave/Master Selection CF Setting Master Slave MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 16: Connectors On Mi800

    INSTALLATIONS Connectors on MI800 The connectors on MI800 allows you to connect external devices such as keyboard, floppy disk drives, hard disk drives, printers, etc. The following table lists the connectors on MI800 and their respective functions. Connector Locations on MI800 ............13 FAN1: CPU Fan Power Connector ............

  • Page 17: Connector Locations On Mi800

    INSTALLATIONS Connector Locations on MI800 MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 18 INSTALLATIONS MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 19: Fan1: Cpu Fan Power Connector

    Remarks: CN1 and J2 connectors cannot be connected at the same time. CN2: PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard Signal Name Keyboard Mouse Signal Name Keyboard data Mouse data N.C. N.C. Keyboard clock Mouse clock N.C. N.C. MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 20: Cn3: Vga And Dvi Connector

    CN5: 10/100 RJ-45 and USB1/2 Ports CN6: GbE RJ-45 and USB3/4 Ports CN7: Audio Connector CN8, CN9: Serial ATA Connectors CN10: Mini PCI- E(x1) Connector (bottom side) CN11: Compact Flash Connector (bottom side) PCI1: PCI Slot (supports 2 Master) MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 21: Ide1: Ide Connector

    Note: +12V power is provided with 2A maximum load. J2: ATX_12V Connector J2 is a DC-in internal connector supporting +12V or +19V. Remarks: CN1 and J2 connectors cannot be connected at the same time. Pin # Signal Name Ground Ground +12V +12V MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 22: J3: Digital I/O

    3/13 RXD, Receive data 5/15 TXD, Transmit data 7/17 DTR, Data terminal ready 9/19 Ground 2/12 DSR, Data set ready 4/14 RTS, Request to send 6/16 CTS, Clear to send 8/18 RI, Ring indicator 10/20 No Connect. MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 23: J7: Power Led Connector

    The LVDS connectors on board consist of the first channel and second channel and supports 18-bit or 24-bit. Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name TX0- TX0+ Ground Ground TX1- TX1+ 5V/3.3V Ground TX3- TX3+ TX2- TX2+ Ground Ground TXC- TXC+ 5V/3.3V ENABKL +12V +12V MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 24: J11: Usb5/6 Port Pin Header

    J13: SPI Debug Tools Port (Factory use only) J16: Audio Front Header Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name MIC2_L Ground MIC2_R Presence# Line2_R MIC2_ID Sense Line2_L Line2_ID J18: SPDIF Out Connector Pin # Signal Name SPDIF out Ground MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 25: J19: Smart Battery Connector

    INSTALLATIONS J19: Smart Battery Connector Pin # Signal Name PCIRST- EMTSMI- Ground SMBDATA SMBCLK MI800 User’s Manual...
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  • Page 27: Bios Setup

    BIOS SETUP BIOS Setup This chapter describes the different settings available in the Award BIOS that comes with the board. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows: BIOS Introduction ................ 24 BIOS Setup ................... 24 Standard CMOS Setup ..............26 Advanced BIOS Features .............

  • Page 28: Bios Introduction

    The Award BIOS provides a Setup utility program for specifying the system configurations and settings. The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility. When you turn on the computer, the Award BIOS is immediately activated. Pressing the <Del> key immediately allows you to enter the Setup utility.
  • Page 29 Note: If the system cannot boot after making and saving system changes with Setup, the Award BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings that resets your system to its default. Warning: It is strongly recommended that you avoid making any changes to the chipset defaults.

  • Page 30: Standard Cmos Setup

    Sun to Sat Month : 1 to 12 Date : 1 to 31 Year : 1999 to 2099 To set the date, highlight the “Date” field and use the PageUp/ PageDown or +/- keys to set the current time. MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 31 You can choose the following video display cards: EGA/VGA For EGA, VGA, SEGA, SVGA or PGA monitor adapters. (default) CGA 40 Power up in 40 column mode. CGA 80 Power up in 80 column mode. MONO For Hercules or MDA adapters. MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 32 The system boot will not be halted for a disk error; it will stop for all other errors. All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not be halted for a key- board or disk error; it will stop for all others. MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 33: Advanced Bios Features

    When the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory, for even faster access by the CPU. These items allow you to enable (speed up memory access) or disable the cache function. By default, these items are Enabled. MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 34 When enabled, you can set the two typematic controls listed next. By default, this field is set to Disabled. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) When the typematic rate is enabled, the system registers repeated keystrokes speeds. Settings are from 6 to 30 characters per second. MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 35 If you set this feature to Disabled, the BIOS will not report the missing floppy drive to Win95/98. Small Logo (EPA) Show The EPA logo appears at the right side of the monitor screen when the system is boot up. The default setting is Disabled. MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 36: Advanced Chipset Features

    This option allows you to insert a delay between the RAS (Row Address Strobe) and CAS (Column Address Strobe) signals. This delay occurs when the SDRAM is written to, read from or refreshed. Reducing the delay improves the performance of the SDRAM. MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 37 The fields under the On-Chip VGA Setting and their default settings are: PEG/On Chip VGA Control: Auto On-Chip Frame Buffer Size: 8MB DVMT Mode: DVMT DVMT/Fixed Memory Size: 128MB SDVO LVDS Protocol: 1 ch 18 bit SDVO Panel Number: 1024 x 768 Boot Display: CRT MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 38: Integrated Peripherals

    ITEM HELP POWER ON Function BUTTON ONLY KB Power ON Password Enter Hot Key power ON Ctrl-F1 Onboard FDC Controller Disabled Menu Level > Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8/IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8/IRQ3 PWRON After PWR-Fail MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 39 When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available mode. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA These fields allow your system to improve disk I/O throughput to 33Mb/sec with the Ultra DMA/33 feature. The options are Auto and Disabled. MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 40 Hot Key Power ON This field sets certain keys, also known as hot keys, on the keyboard that can be used as a ‘switch’ to power on the system. Onboard FDD Controller By default, this field is disabled. MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 41 The default values for these ports are: Serial Port 1 3F8/IRQ4 Serial Port 2 2F8/IRQ3 PWRON After PWR-Fail This field sets the system power status whether on or off when power returns to the system from a power failure situation. MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 42: Power Management Setup

    Min. Power Saving Minimum power management Max. Power Saving Maximum power management. User Define Each of the ranges is from 1 min. to 1hr. Except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 43 By default, this field is disabled. Power On by Ring This field enables or disables the power on of the system through the modem connected to the serial port or LAN. USB KB Wakeup from S3 By default, this field is disabled. MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 44 When an I/O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur. When the operating system is ready to respond to the request, it interrupts itself and performs the service. MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 45: Init Display First

    MPEG ISA/VESA VGA card. When this field is disabled, a PCI/VGA cannot work with an MPEG ISA/VESA card. Maximum Payload Size The default setting of the PCI Express Maximum Payload Size is 4096. MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 46: Pc Health Status

    PC health status. Smart Fan Temperature There are two smart fan functions available. When enabled, the user is allowed to set a threshold temperature which determines when the CPU/system fan would stop rotating. MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 47: Auto Detect Pci Clk

    This field enables or disables the auto detection of the PCI clock. Spread Spectrum Modulated This field sets the value of the spread spectrum. The default setting is Disabled. This field is for CE testing use only MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 48: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the changes you have made in this session. Typing “Y” will quit the Setup utility without saving the modifications. Typing “N” will return you to Setup utility. MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 49: Drivers Installation

    AC97 Codec Audio Driver Installation ........51 LAN Drivers Installation ............53 IMPORTANT NOTE: After installing your Windows operating system (Windows 2000/ XP), you must install first the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility before proceeding with the drivers installation. MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 50: Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility

    Plug & Play INF support for Intel chipset components. Follow the instructions below to complete the installation under Windows 2000/XP. 1. Insert the CD that comes with the board. Click Intel Chipsets and then Intel(R) I945G/GC Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility. MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 51 DRIVERS INSTALLATION 3. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue. 4. Click Yes to accept the software license agreement and proceed with the installation process. MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 52: Driver Installation

    DRIVER INSTALLATION 5. On Readme Information screen, click Next to continue the installation. 6. The setup process will be in progress. When Setup completed, click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect. MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 53: Vga Drivers Installation

    To install the VGA drivers, follow the steps below to proceed with the installation. 1. Insert the CD that comes with the board. Click Intel Chipsets and then Intel(R) I945G/GC Chipset Drivers. Click Intel(R) I945G/GC Chipset Family Graphics Driver. MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 54 4. On Readme File Information screen, click Next to continue. 5. On Setup Progress 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. MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 55: Ac97 Codec Audio Driver Installation

    AC97 Codec Audio Driver Installation Follow the steps below to install the Realtek AC97 Codec Audio Drivers. 1. Insert the CD that comes with the motherboard. Click Intel Chipsets and then Intel(R) I945G/GC Chipset Drivers. Click Realtek AC'97 Codec Audio Driver. MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 56 DRIVER INSTALLATION 2. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue. 3. Setup has finished installing Realtek High Definition Audio Driver on your computer. Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect. MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 57: Lan Drivers Installation

    Follow the steps below to install the Intel 82574L LAN Drivers. 1. Insert the CD that comes with the board. Click LAN Card and then Intel(R) PRO 82574L LAN Drivers. 2. In the next screen, click Install Drivers. MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 58 5. In the Setup Options screen, click the checkbox of Drivers to select it and then click Next. 6. Click Next to begin installation of the drivers. 7. When the InstallShield Wizard is completed, click Finish. MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 59 Follow the steps below to install the Intel PRO LAN Network Drivers. 1. Insert the CD that comes with the motherboard. Click Intel Chipsets and then Intel(R) I945G/GC Chipset Drivers. Click Intel® PRO LAN Network Drivers. 2. In the next screen, click Install Drivers. MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 60 Next to accept the agreement and continue the Setup process. In the Setup Type screen of the InstallShield Wizard, select Complete and click Next to go to Ready to Install the Program screen. Click Install. 3. When the Installation is complete, click Finish. MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 61: Appendix

    Parallel Port #1(LPT1) 360 - 36F Network Ports 3B0 - 3BF Monochrome & Printer adapter 3C0 - 3CF EGA adapter 3D0 - 3DF CGA adapter 3F0h - 3F7h Floppy Disk Controller 3F8h - 3FFh Serial Port #1(COM1) MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 62: Interrupt Request Lines (Irq)

    Serial Port #2 IRQ4 Serial Port #1 IRQ5 Reserved IRQ6 Floppy Disk Controller IRQ7 Parallel Port #1 IRQ8 Real Time Clock IRQ9 Reserved IRQ10 Reserved IRQ11 Reserved IRQ12 PS/2 Mouse IRQ13 80287 IRQ14 Primary IDE IRQ15 Secondary IDE MI800 User’s Manual...

  • Page 63: Watchdog Timer Configuration

    (argc != 2) printf(" Parameter incorrect!!\n"); return 1; if (Init_W627EHF() == 0) printf(" Winbond 83627HF is not detected, program abort.\n"); return 1; bTime = strtol (argv[1], endptr, 10); printf("System will reset after %d seconds\n", bTime); EnableWDT(bTime); return 0; //=========================================================================== MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 64 = Get_W627EHF_Reg( 0xF5); bBuf &= (!0x08); Set_W627EHF_Reg( 0xF5, bBuf); //count mode is second Set_W627EHF_Reg( 0xF6, interval); //set timer //=========================================================================== void DisableWDT(void) Set_W627EHF_LD(0x08); //switch to logic device 8 Set_W627EHF_Reg(0xF6, 0x00); //clear watchdog timer Set_W627EHF_Reg(0x30, 0x00); //watchdog disabled //=========================================================================== MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 65 Init_Finish; W627EHF_BASE = 0x00; result = W627EHF_BASE; Init_Finish: return (result); //=========================================================================== void Unlock_W627EHF (void) outportb(W627EHF_INDEX_PORT, W627EHF_UNLOCK); outportb(W627EHF_INDEX_PORT, W627EHF_UNLOCK); //=========================================================================== void Lock_W627EHF (void) outportb(W627EHF_INDEX_PORT, W627EHF_LOCK); //=========================================================================== void Set_W627EHF_LD( unsigned char LD) Unlock_W627EHF(); outportb(W627EHF_INDEX_PORT, W627EHF_REG_LD); outportb(W627EHF_DATA_PORT, LD); Lock_W627EHF(); MI800 User’s Manual...
  • Page 66 (W627EHF_BASE) #define W627EHF_DATA_PORT (W627EHF_BASE+1) //=========================================================================== #define W627EHF_REG_LD 0x07 //=========================================================================== #define W627EHF_UNLOCK 0x87 #define W627EHF_LOCK 0xAA //=========================================================================== unsigned int Init_W627EHF(void); void Set_W627EHF_LD( unsigned char); void Set_W627EHF_Reg( unsigned char, unsigned char); unsigned char Get_W627EHF_Reg( unsigned char); //=========================================================================== #endif //__W627EHF_H MI800 User’s Manual...

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