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MI920 Intel Celeron M 910GML ® ® Intel Pentium M/915GME ® ® Mini-ITX Motherboard USER’S MANUAL Version 1.0B...
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Acknowledgments Award is a registered trademark of Award Software International, Inc. PS/2 is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Intel and Pentium M are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Winbond is a registered trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation.
INTRODUCTION Introduction Product Description The MI920 Mini ITX board incorporates the Mobile Intel® 910GML/915GME Express Chipset for Embedded Computing, consisting of the Intel® 910GML/ 915GME Graphic Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) and Intel® I/O Controller Hub 6-M (ICH6-M), is an optimized integrated graphics solution with a 400/533MHz front-side bus.
INTRODUCTION Checklist Your MI920 package should include the items listed below. • The MI920 Celeron ® M Mini-ITX motherboard • This User’s Manual • 1 CD containing chipset drivers and flash memory utility • Cable kit (IDE, Serial port, Serial ATA, VGA)
INSTALLATIONS Installations This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the MI920 in order to set up a workable system. The topics covered are: Installing the CPU................ 6 Installing the Memory..............7 Setting the Jumpers ..............8 Connectors on MI920 ..............
INSTALLATIONS Installing the CPU ® The MI920 board supports a Socket 479 processor socket for Intel ® ® Pentium M or Celeron M processors. The processor socket comes with a screw to secure the processor. As shown in the left picture below, loosen the screw first before inserting the processor.
INSTALLATIONS Installing the Memory The MI920 board supports one DDR2 memory socket for a maximum total memory of 1GB 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.
INSTALLATIONS Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are used on MI920 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 MI920 and their respective functions.
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INSTALLATIONS Jumper Locations on MI920 Jumpers on MI920................Page JP1: LCD Panel Power Selection ..........10 JP8: Clear CMOS Setting............. 10 JP7: CompactFlash Slave/Master Selection ......... 10 JP2: ATX/AT Mode Select ............10 JP3: COM3 RS232 +5V / +12V Power Setting ......10 JP4: COM4 RS232 +5V / +12V Power Setting ......
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JP3: COM3 RS232 +5V / +12V Power Setting Pin # Pin # Signal Name Signal Name +12V RI (Default) RI (Default) COM3 Settings: Pin 1-2 short = +12V, Pin 5-6 short = +5V, Pin 3-4 Standard COM Port MI920 User’s Manual...
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RI (Default) RI (Default) COM4 Settings: Pin 1-2 short = +12V, Pin 5-6 short = +5V, Pin 3-4 Standard COM Port JP5: VGA/DVI DDCDATA and DDCCLK Signal Select VGA/DVI Select JP6: CPU FSB Selection (915GME only) 400MHz 533MHz MI920 User’s Manual...
INSTALLATIONS Connectors on MI920 The connectors on MI920 allows you to connect external devices such as keyboard, floppy disk drives, hard disk drives, printers, etc. The following table lists the connectors on MI920 and their respective functions. Connector Locations on MI920 ............ 13 FAN1: CPU Fan Power Connector..........
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INSTALLATIONS Connector Locations on MI920 Connector Locations on MI920 ............Page FAN1: CPU Fan Power Connector............14 FAN2: System Fan Power Connector............14 CN1: DC Jack (DC in, 12V only)............14 CN2: PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors .........14 CN3: COM1 and DVI-I Connector............15 CN4: S-Video and RCA Connector for TV out........15...
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Rotation detection CN1: DC Jack (DC in, 12V only) 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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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A BLUE DATA 3+ HYNC DDC POWER A GROUND2 A GROUND 1 A GROUND3 CN4: S-Video and RCA Connector for TV out CN5: 10/100 RJ-45 and USB1/2 Ports CN6: GbE RJ-45 and USB3/4 Ports CN7: Audio Connector MI920 User’s Manual...
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5V/3.3V Ground TX3- TX3+ TX2- TX2+ Ground Ground TXC- TXC+ 5V/3.3V ENABKL +12V +12V J6: LCD Backlight Connector Pin # Signal Name +12V Backlight Enable Ground J7: Digital I/O Signal Name Signal Name OUT3 OUT1 OUT2 OUT0 MI920 User’s Manual...
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J10: Wake On LAN Connector J10 is a 3-pin header for the Wake On LAN function. Wake On LAN will function properly only with an ATX power supply with 5VSB that has 200mA. Pin # Signal Name +5VSB Ground -PME MI920 User’s Manual...
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Signal Name Signal Name Ground Ground J14: Speaker Connector The J14 connector supports 2W/8ohm stereo audio power amplifier. Pin # Signal Name Audio L Ground Ground Audio R J15: Compact Flash Connector J16, J17: Serial ATA Connectors MI920 User’s Manual...
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REMARKS: To use the front audio connector, the jumpers on pin 1-3 and pin 2-4 must be removed. J19: CD-In Pin Header Pin # Signal Name CD Audio R Ground Ground CD Audio L PCI1: PCI Slot (supports 2 Master) U38: Mini PCI- E(x1) Connector (bottom side) MI920 User’s Manual...
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 ................ 22 BIOS Setup................... 22 Standard CMOS Setup ..............24 Advanced BIOS Features .............
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.
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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.
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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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Setup. When you select System, the system prompts for the User Password every time you boot up. When you select Setup, the system always boots up and prompts for the Supervisor Password only when the Setup utility is called up. MI920 User’s Manual...
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OS/2 that depends on certain BIOS calls to access memory. The default setting is Non-OS/2. 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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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On-Chip Frame Buffer Size: 8MB DVMT Mode: DVTM DVMT/Fixed Memory Size: 128MB SDVO Device Setting: LVDS+DVI SDVO LVDS Protocol: 1Ch SPGW, 24bit SDVO Panel Number: 1024x768 Boot Display: CRT+DVI Panel Scaling: Auto TV Standard: Off Video Connector: Automatic TV Format: Auto MI920 User’s Manual...
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The default setting is Auto. The options available include On and Off. Onboard PCI-E LAN By default, this setting is enabled. LAN PXE Option ROM By default, this setting is All Disabled. The options available include All Disabled and ICH6 integrated Lan. MI920 User’s Manual...
Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility SuperIO Device ITEM HELP POWER ON Function BUTTON ONLY Menu Level > KB Power ON Password Enter Hot Key power ON Ctrl-F1 Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8/IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8/IRQ3 PWRON After PWR-Fail MI920 User’s Manual...
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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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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This field allows users to set the password when keyboard power on is the mode of the Power ON function. 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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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Serial Port 2 2F8/IRQ3 Serial Port 3 2B0/IRQ11 Serial Port 4 2B8/IRQ10 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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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4 seconds. Wake up by PCI Card 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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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. FAN1 Tolerance Value The default value is 1. MI920 User’s Manual...
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 MI920 User’s Manual...
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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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AC97 Codec Audio Driver Installation ........52 LAN Drivers Installation ............54 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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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) 915GME Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility. MI920 User’s Manual...
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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. MI920 User’s Manual...
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6. The Setup process is now complete. Click Finish then restart the computer and for changes to take effect. When the computer has restarted, the system will be able to find some devices. Restart your computer when prompted. MI920 User’s Manual...
To install the VGA drivers, follow the steps below to proceed with the installation. 1. Insert the CD that comes with the motherboard. Click Intel Chipsets and then Intel(R) 915GME Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Intel(R) 915GME Chipset Family Graphics Driver. MI920 User’s Manual...
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3. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue. 4. Click Yes to to agree with the license agreement and continue the installation. 5. On Readme File Information screen, click Next to continue. 6. On Setup Progress screen, click Next to continue the installation. MI920 User’s Manual...
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DRIVERS INSTALLATION 7. The Setup process is now complete. Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect. MI920 User’s Manual...
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 Chipsets and then Intel(R) 915GME Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Realtek AC'97 Codec Audio Driver. MI920 User’s Manual...
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DRIVERS INSTALLATION 3. Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect. . MI920 User’s Manual...
1. Insert the CD that comes with the motherboard. Click LAN Card and then Intel(R) PRO LAN Drivers. 2. Click Install Base Software to continue. 3. When prompted, please to restart the computer for new settings to take effect. MI920 User’s Manual...
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3. Click Next to agree with the license agreement. 4. Click Next when the Readme Information screen appears to proceed with the drives installation process. 5. When the Installation is complete, click Finish for the changes to take effect. MI920 User’s Manual...
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 MI920 User’s Manual...
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