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- Page 1 MI957 Intel Arrandale /PCH ® Mini-ITX Motherboard USER’S MANUAL Version 1.0A...
- Page 2 Intel and Intel® Arrandale DC Mobile Processor are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Fintek is a registered trademark of Fintek Electronics Corporation. All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. MI957 User’s Manual...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
MI957 Specifications ............3 Board Dimensions ............... 4 Installations ............6 Installing the CPU ............... 7 Installing the Memory ............8 Setting the Jumpers ............. 9 Connectors on MI957 ............13 BIOS Setup ............23 Drivers Installation ........51 Appendix ............63 A. - Page 4 IMPORTANT NOTE: When the system boots without the CRT being connected, there will be no image on screen when you insert the CRT/VGA cable. To show the image on screen, the hotkey must be pressed (CTRL-ALT-F1). MI957 User’s Manual...
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Page 5: Introduction
INTRODUCTION Introduction Product Description The MI957 Mini ITX board incorporates the Intel® Chipset for Embedded Computing, consisting of the Intel® Arrandale DC mobile processor (integrated Graphic and Memory Controller) and Intel® Ibex Peak-M (PCH), an optimized integrated graphics solution with a 800/1066MHz front-side bus. Dimensions of the board are 170mm x 170mm. -
Page 6: Checklist
INTRODUCTION Checklist Your MI957 package should include the items listed below. • The MI957 Mini-ITX motherboard • This User’s Manual • 1 CD containing chipset drivers and flash memory utility • Cable kit (Serial port, Serial ATA) MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 7: Mi957 Specifications
Serial ATA Ports PCH built-in SATA controller, supports 4 ports IAMT6.0 PCH built-in Intel Active Management Technology VER 6.0 with HW KVM (MI957-i7-610E only) Audio PCH built-in High Definition audio controller:ALC888 w/ 5.1 channels LPC I/O F81865F: COM1, COM2 (RS232/RS422/RS485), COM3 and COM4... -
Page 8: Board Dimensions
INTRODUCTION Board Dimensions MI957 User’s Manual... - Page 9 INTRODUCTION MI957 User’s Manual...
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Page 10: Installations
INSTALLATIONS Installations This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the MI957 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 MI957 ................ -
Page 11: Installing The Cpu
INSTALLATIONS Installing the CPU The MI957 board supports FcBGA1288 for Intel® Arrandale Dual Core mobile processors. NOTE: Ensure that the CPU heat sink and the CPU top surface are in total contact to avoid CPU overheating problem that would cause your system to hang or be unstable. -
Page 12: Installing The Memory
INSTALLATIONS Installing the Memory The MI957 board supports two DDR3 memory socket for a maximum total memory of 8GB in DDR3 w/ECC 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. -
Page 13: Setting The Jumpers
INSTALLATIONS Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are used on MI957 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 MI957 and their respective functions. -
Page 14: Jumper Locations On Mi957
INSTALLATIONS Jumper Locations on MI957 Jumpers on MI957 ................Page JP2: LCD Panel Power Selection ............11 JP3, JP4, JP5: RS232/422/485 (COM2) Selection ......11 JP7: PCI/PCIE Riser Card Selection ............ 12 JBAT1: Clear CMOS Setting............... 12 MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 15: Jp2: Lcd Panel Power Selection
The following table describes the jumper settings for COM2 selection. COM2 RS-232 RS-422 RS-485 Function JP3: JP3: JP3: Jumper Setting JP4: JP4: JP4: (pin closed) 3-5 & 4-6 1-3 & 2-4 1-3 & 2-4 JP5: JP5: JP5: 3-5 & 4-6 1-3 & 2-4 1-3 & 2-4 MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 16: Jp7: Pci/Pcie Riser Card Selection
RS-232 R2-422 RS-485 DATA- DATA+ Ground Ground Ground RTS- RTS+ CTS+ CTS- JP7: PCI/PCIE Riser Card Selection Riser Card IP390 Riser Card Install IP151, IP240 Riser Card Install JBAT1: Clear CMOS Setting JBAT1 Setting Normal Clear CMOS MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 17: Connectors On Mi957
INSTALLATIONS Connectors on MI957 Connector Locations on MI957 ............14 CN1: DC Adapter Connector .............. 15 CN2: DVI-D and VGA Connector ............16 HDMI1: HDMI Connector ..............16 CN3: USB11/12 Ports ................. 16 J2: Display Port Connector ..............16 CN4: USB6/7/8/10 Ports ..............16 USB_LAN1: 10/100/1000 RJ-45 and USB9/13 Ports ....... -
Page 18: Connector Locations On Mi957
INSTALLATIONS Connector Locations on MI957 MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 19: Cn1: Dc Adapter Connector
CLOCK + DATA 1+ N.C. SHIELD 1/3 N.C. DATA 3- N.C. DATA 3+ N.C. DDC POWER N.C. A GROUND 1 N.C. Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name Green Blue N.C. N.C. N.C. DDC_DATA HSYNC VSYNC DDC_CLK MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 20: Hdmi1: Hdmi Connector
DDC CLOCK DATA 0+ DDC DATA SHIELD 0/5 DATA 5- DATA 1- DATA 5+ DATA 1+ SHIELD CLK SHIELD 1/3 CLOCK + DATA 3- CLOCK - CN3: USB11/12 Ports [[[[ J2: Display Port Connector CN4: USB6/7/8/10 Ports MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 21: Usb_Lan1: 10/100/1000 Rj-45 And Usb9/13 Ports
Pin # Signal Name Ground +12V Rotation detection CPU_FAN1: CPU Fan Power Connector This is a 3-pin header for the CPU fan. The fan must be a 12V fan. Pin # Signal Name Ground +12V Rotation detection MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 22: J9: Keyboard And Mouse Connector
ATX Power On Switch Not Defined Power LED Speaker Speaker: Pins 1 - 4 This connector provides an interface to a speaker for audio tone generation. An 8-ohm speaker is recommended. Pin # Signal Name Speaker out No connect Ground MI957 User’s Manual... - Page 23 Hard Disk Drive LED Connector: Pins 10 and 20 This connector connects to the hard drive activity LED on control panel. This LED will flash when the HDD is being accessed. Pin # Signal Name HDD Active MI957 User’s Manual...
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Page 24: F_Usb1: Usb1/Usb5 Connector
Pin # Signal Name DCD, Data carrier detect DSR, Data set ready RXD, Receive data RTS, Request to send TXD, Transmit data CTS, Clear to send DTR, Data terminal ready RI, Ring indicator GND, ground Not Used MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 25: Lvds1, Lvds2: Lvds Connectors (1St Channel, 2Nd Channel)
Pin # Signal Name +12V Backlight Enable Brightness Control Ground J10: Digital I/O Signal Name Signal Name OUT3 OUT1 OUT2 OUT0 J8: CD-In Pin Header Pin # Signal Name CD Audio R Ground Ground CD Audio L MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 26: J7: Spi Flash Connector (Factory Use Only)
Line2_R Line2_ID J12: PCI-E(x1) Slot J13: SPDIF Out Connector PCI1: PCI Slot (supports 2 Master) JMINI: Mini PCIE Connector SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4: SATA Connectors J4, J5: +12V and +5V Output Power Connectors J6: Printer Port Connectors MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 27: Bios Setup
..................24 BIOS Setup ....................24 Main BIOS Setup ..................25 Advanced Settings ..................26 Chipset Settings .................... 40 Boot Settings ....................46 Security Settings ................... 47 Save & Exit Settings ..................48 Event Logs ..................... 50 MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 28: Bios Introduction
<PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, <F1> for help and <Esc> to quit. When you enter the Setup utility, the Main Menu screen will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from various setup functions and exit choices. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 29: Main Bios Setup
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. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 30: Advanced Settings
Enable or Disable Boot Option for Legacy Mass Storage Devices with Option ROM. ► Wake up event setting Enable/Disable Wake up event. ► Intel TDT(AT-p) Configurations Disabling TDT Allow user to login to platform. This is strictly for testing only. This does not disable TDT Services in ME. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 31: Pci Subsystem Settings
Enables or Disables PCI Express Device No Snoop option. Maximum Payload Set Maximum Payload of PCI Express Device or allow System BIOS to select the value. Maximum Read Request Launches (Enabled/Disabled) the boot option for legacy network devices. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 32: Aspm Support
Set Maximum Read Request Size of PCI Express Device or allow System BIOS to select the value. ASPM Support Set the ASPM Level: Force L0 – Force all links to L0 State AUTO – BIOS auto configure DISABLE – Disables ASPM MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 33: Acpi Settings
F3: Optimized Default F4: Save ESC: Exit Enabled ACPI Auto Configuration Enables or Disables BIOS ACPI Auto Configuration. ACPI Sleep State Select the highest ACPI sleep state the system will enter, when the SUSPEND button is pressed. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 34: Wake On Ring
Enables or Disables System wake on alarm event. When enabled, System will wake on the hr::min:: sec specified. Wake on Ring The options are Disabled and Enabled. Wake on PCI PME The options are Disabled and Enabled. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 35: Cpu Configuration
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.) Hardware Prefetcher To turn on/off the MLC streamer prefetcher. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 36: Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch
F4: Save ESC: Exit SATA Mode IDE Mode Serial-ATA Controller 0 Compatibled Serial-ATA Controller 1 Enhanced SATA Mode Options are: (1) IDE Mode (2) AHCI Mode (3) RAID Mode Serial-ATA Controller Options are: Disable (1) Enhanced (2) Compatible MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 37: Intel Igd Swsci Opregion
LVDS Channel Type The default setting is Auto. Other settings are Single and Double. LVDS Panel Color Depth The default setting is 18bit. The other optoin is 24bit. LVDS LCD Panel Type The default setting is 1024x768 LVDS. MI957 User’s Manual... - Page 38 ↑↓ Select Item Enter: Select Change Field F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F3: Optimized Default F4: Save ESC: Exit Enable/Disable TDT in BIOS for testing only. TDT Recovery Set the number of times Recovery attempted will be allowed. MI957 User’s Manual...
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Page 39: Usb Configuration
Enabled/Disabled. This is a workaround for Oses without EHCI hand-off support. The EHCI ownership change should be claimed by EHCI driver. Device Reset Timeout USB mass storage device Start Unit command timeout. Options are: 10 sec / 20 sec / 30 sec / 40 sec. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 40: Super Io Configuration
Always off (default) Parallel Port Configuration Set Parameters of the parallel port. The default setting is 378F/IRQ7. ACPI Shutdown Temperature The system will shut down automatically under OS with ACPI mode, when the CPU temperature reaches the configured temperature. MI957 User’s Manual... - Page 41 PC health status. CPU Fan 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. MI957 User’s Manual...
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Page 42: Thermal Configuration
• Core Temp Limit – The default setting is Disabled. • Mch Power Limit – The default setting is Disabled. • Processor Power Limit - The default setting is Disabled. • Core Power Limit – The default setting is Disabled. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 43: Amt Configuration
F3: Optimized Default Parity None F4: Save ESC: Exit Stop Bits Terminal Type VT-UTF8 Console Redirection Console Redirection Enable/Disable. Terminal Type VT-UTF8 is the preferred terminal type for out-of-band management. The next best choice is VT100+ and then VT100. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 44: Chipset Settings
By default, this item is disabled. Enable Compatible Revision ID. North Bridge This item shows the North Bridge Parameters. South Bridge This item shows the South Bridge Parameters. ME Subsystem This item shows the ME Subsystem Parameters. MI957 User’s Manual... - Page 45 Select which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device. Options are IGD, PCI/IGD, PCI/PEG, PEG/IGD, PEG/PCI and SG. Graphics Turbo IMON Current Graphics turbo IMON current values supported (14-31). VT-d VT-d Enable/Disable. PCI Express Compliance Mode PCI Express Compliance Mode Enable/Disable. MI957 User’s Manual...
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Page 46: Pci Express Port
IGD Share Memory Size. Options are Disable, 32M, 64M and 128M. PAVP Mode Select PAVP Mode used by Internal Graphics Device. Options are Disabled and Enabled. PEG Force Gen1 PCI Express Port Force Gen1. Options are Disabled and MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 47: Gbe Controller
Select a minimum assertion width of the SLP_S4# signal. Audio Configuration The Audio Configuration settings Enable/Disable the Azalia HD Audio and the Azalia internal HDMI codec. High Precision Event Timer Configuration Enable/or Disable the High Precision Event Timer. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 48: Pci Express Ports Configuration
Enabled USB Port 5 Enabled USB Port 6 Enabled USB Port 7 Enabled USB Port 8 Enabled USB Port 9 Enabled USB Port 10 Enabled USB Port 11 Enabled USB Port 12 Enabled USB Port 13 Enabled MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 49: Intel Me Subsystem
Launches (Enabled/Disabled) the boot option for legacy network devices. ME Subsystem Launches (Enabled/Disabled) the boot option for legacy network devices. End of Post Message Launches (Enabled/Disabled) the boot option for legacy network devices. Execute ME8x Launches (Enabled/Disabled) the boot option for legacy network devices. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 50: Boot Settings
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. Interrupt 19 Canture Enable: Allows Option ROMs to trap Int 19. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 51: Boot Option Priorities
Setup. In Setup the User will have Change Field Administrator rights F1: General Help F2: Previous Values Administrator Password F3: Optimized Default User Password F4: Save ESC: Exit Administrator Password Set Setup Administrator Password. User Password Set User Password. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 52: Save Changes And Exit
Reset system setup without saving any changes. Save Changes Save Changes done so far to any of the setup options. Discard Changes Discard Changes done so far to any of the setup options. Restore Defaults Restore/Load Defaults values for all the setup options. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 53: Save As User Defaults
Pressing ENTER causes the system to enter the OS. Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device Attempts to Launch EFI Shell application (Shellx64.efi) from one of the available filesystem devices. Reset System with ME disable Mode ME will run into the temporary disable mode. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 54: Event Logs
F1: General Help MECI F2: Previous Values METW F3: Optimized Default Custom Options F4: Save ESC: Exit Log OEM Codes Enabled Convert OEM Codes Disabled NOTE: All values changed here do not take effect until computer is restarted MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 55: Drivers Installation
The contents of this section include the following: Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility ........... 52 VGA Drivers Installation ..............54 Realtek HD Audio Driver Installation ..........56 LAN Drivers Installation ..............57 Intel® Management Engine Interface ..........60 MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 56: Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility
1. Insert the CD that comes with the board. Click Intel and then Intel(R) QM57 Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility. 3. When the Welcome screen to the Intel® Chipset Device Software appears, click Next to continue. MI957 User’s Manual... - Page 57 4. Click Yes to accept the software license agreement and proceed with the installation process. 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. MI957 User’s Manual...
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Page 58: Vga Drivers Installation
To install the VGA drivers, follow the steps below. 1. Insert the CD that comes with the board. Click Intel and then Intel(R) QM57 Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Intel(R) QM57 Chipset Family Graphics Driver. 3. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue. MI957 User’s Manual... - Page 59 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. MI957 User’s Manual...
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Page 60: Realtek Hd Audio Driver Installation
1. Insert the CD that comes with the board. Click Intel and then Intel(R) QM57 Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Realtek High Definition Audio Driver. 3. On the Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard screen, click Next. 3. InstallShield Wizard is complete. Click Finish to restart the computer. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 61: Lan Drivers Installation
1. Insert the CD that comes with the board. Click Intel and then Intel(R) QM57 Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Intel(R) PRO LAN Network Driver. 3. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next. On the next screen, click Yes to to agree with the license agreement. MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 62: Driver Installation
DRIVER INSTALLATION 4. Click the checkbox for Drivers in the Setup Options screen to select it and click Next to continue. 5. The wizard is ready to begin installation. Click Install to begin the installation. MI957 User’s Manual... - Page 63 DRIVERS INSTALLATION 6. When InstallShield Wizard is complete, click Finish. MI957 User’s Manual...
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Page 64: Intel® Management Engine Interface
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SPI should be first installed. Follow the steps below to install the Intel Management Engine. 1. Insert the drivers disc that comes with the motherboard. Click Intel and then Intel(R) AMT 6.0 Drivers. MI957 User’s Manual... - Page 65 Management Engine Components, click Next. On the next screen, click Yes to to agree with the license agreement. 2. When the Setup Progress screen appears, click Next. Then, click Finish when the setup progress has been successfully installed. MI957 User’s Manual...
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Page 67: Appendix
Graphics adapter Controller 360h - 36Fh Network Ports 3B0h - 3BFh Monochrome & Printer adapter 3C0h - 3CFh EGA adapter 3D0h - 3DFh CGA adapter 3E8h – 3EFh Serial Port #3(COM3) 3F8h - 3FFh Serial Port #1(COM1) MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 68: Interrupt Request Lines (Irq)
Serial Port #2 IRQ4 Serial Port #1 IRQ5 Reserved IRQ6 Reserved IRQ7 Reserved IRQ8 Real Time Clock IRQ9 Reserved IRQ10 Serial Port #3 IRQ11 Serial Port #4 IRQ12 PS/2 Mouse IRQ13 80287 IRQ14 Primary IDE IRQ15 Secondary IDE MI957 User’s Manual... -
Page 69: Watchdog Timer Configuration
Fintek 81865, program abort.\n"); return(1); }//if (SIO == 0) if (argc != 2) printf(" Parameter incorrect!!\n"); return (1); bTime = strtol (argv[1], endptr, 10); printf("System will reset after %d seconds\n", bTime); if (bTime) EnableWDT(bTime); } else DisableWDT(); MI957 User’s Manual... - Page 70 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- void DisableWDT(void) unsigned char bBuf; Set_F81865_LD(0x07); //switch to logic device 7 bBuf = Get_F81865_Reg(0xFA); bBuf &= ~0x01; Set_F81865_Reg(0xFA, bBuf); //disable WDTO output bBuf = Get_F81865_Reg(0xF5); bBuf &= ~0x20; bBuf |= 0x40; Set_F81865_Reg(0xF5, bBuf); //disable WDT //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- MI957 User’s Manual...
- Page 71 F81865_UNLOCK); outportb(F81865_INDEX_PORT, F81865_UNLOCK); //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- void Lock_F81865 (void) outportb(F81865_INDEX_PORT, F81865_LOCK); //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- void Set_F81865_LD( unsigned char LD) Unlock_F81865(); outportb(F81865_INDEX_PORT, F81865_REG_LD); outportb(F81865_DATA_PORT, LD); Lock_F81865(); //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- void Set_F81865_Reg( unsigned char REG, unsigned char DATA) Unlock_F81865(); outportb(F81865_INDEX_PORT, REG); outportb(F81865_DATA_PORT, DATA); Lock_F81865(); //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- MI957 User’s Manual...
- Page 72 (F81865_BASE) #define F81865_DATA_PORT (F81865_BASE+1) //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- #define F81865_REG_LD 0x07 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- #define F81865_UNLOCK 0x87 #define F81865_LOCK 0xAA //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- unsigned int Init_F81865(void); void Set_F81865_LD( unsigned char); void Set_F81865_Reg( unsigned char, unsigned char); unsigned char Get_F81865_Reg( unsigned char); //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- #endif //__F81865_H MI957 User’s Manual...
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