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4th Generation Core DC/QC 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. IB980 User’s Manual...
The Q87 platform is made with 22-nanometer technology that supports Intel’s first processor architecture to unite the CPU and the graphics core on the transistor level. The IB980 PICMG1.3 board utilizes the dramatic increase in performance provided this Intel’s latest cutting-edge technology.
INSTALLATIONS Checklist Your IB980 package should include the items listed below. The IB980 PICMG1.3 SHB This User’s Manual 1 CD containing chipset drivers and flash memory utility Serial ATA cable IB980 User’s Manual...
DF20-20pins box-header x 2 for dual channel LVDS (IB980AF) /Connector 1 x 4 pins box header x 1 for LCD backlight control (IB980AF) 2x13 pins box-header x 1 for Printer port (IB980F) DF11-20 pins box-header x1 for COM1/2 DF11-20 pins box-header x1 for COM3/4 IB980 User’s Manual...
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Operation Temperature : 0~60 degree C Storage Temperature : -20~80 degree C Relative humidity : 0~90%, non-condensing +5V, +3.3V, +12V, -12V & 5VSB System Voltage Operation Windows 7, Windows 8 System CE /FCC/LVD Certification RoHS 338mm x 122mm Board Size IB980 User’s Manual...
INSTALLATIONS Installations This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the IB980 in order to set up a workable system. The topics covered are: Installing the CPU ................10 Installing the Memory ................12 Setting the Jumpers ................13 Connectors on IB980 ................
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INSTALLATIONS Installing the CPU The IB980 board supports an LGA1150 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 IB980 board supports four DDR3 memory socket for a maximum total memory of 16GB 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 IB980 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 IB980 and their respective functions.
INSTALLATIONS JP14: BL_ADJ_LEVEL Setting JP14 Function Open 3.3V(default) Close JP13: BL Voltage TYPE Setting JP13 Setting Function Pin 1-2 DC MODE Short/Closed Pin 2-3 PWM MODE Short/Closed IB980 User’s Manual...
Pin # Pin # Signal Name Green Blue N.C. N.C. DDCDATA HSYNC VSYNC DDCCLK J4: USB3.0/2.0 Connector Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name P1_SSRX- P1_SSRX+ P2_SSRX- P2_SSRX+ P1_SSTX- P1_SSTX+ P2_SSTX- P2_SSTX+ P1_U2_D- P1_U2_D+ P2_U2_D- P2_U2_D+ IB980 User’s Manual...
Pin # Signal Name Ground Ground CN8: Gigabit LAN (Intel I211AT) Connector CN9: Gigabit LAN (Intel I217LM) Connector J17: LCD Backlight Connector Pin # Signal Name Backlight Power (+12V) Backlight Enable Backlight Control Ground CN11,CN12: USB3.0 Connector IB980 User’s Manual...
INSTALLATIONS J3: Front Panel Function Connector Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name Speaker Out Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground PWR_SW Ground HDD LED + HDD LED - CN1,CN2: DDR3 DIMM Socket IB980 User’s Manual...
LINE OUT_R LINE OUT_L Ground JD_FRONT LINE IN_R LINE IN_L Ground JD_LINE IN MIC-R MIC-L Ground JD_MIC1 J7: ATX 12V Power Connector This connector supplies the CPU operating voltage. Pin # Signal Name Ground Ground +12V +12V IB980 User’s Manual...
Pin # Signal Name OUT3 OUT1 OUT2 OUT0 J9: PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors (DF11 Connector) Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name KB_DATA MS_DATA KB_CLK MS_CLK Ground Ground J10: SPI Flash Connector (Factory use only) IB980 User’s Manual...
CN10: Mini PCIE Connector (Support M-SATA with CN5) CN10 also supports mSATA. However, when CN10 is used for mSATA, then CN5 SATA port cannot be used. Only one of them can be used at one time to support SATA. IB980 User’s Manual...
INSTALLATIONS 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 IB980 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. IB980 User’s Manual...
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. IB980 User’s Manual...
F3: Optimized Default SERR# Generation Disabled F4: Save ESC: Exit ► 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). IB980 User’s Manual...
Restore PCIE Registers Disabled 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. IB980 User’s Manual...
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On non-PCI Express aware OS’s (Pre Windows Vista)some devices may not be correctly reinitialized after S3.Enabling this restors PCI Express device configuration on S3 resume Warning : Enabling this may cause issues with other hardware after S3 resume. IB980 User’s Manual...
This option may be not effective with some 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. IB980 User’s Manual...
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Disabled → ← Select Screen ↑↓ Select Item Enter: Select Change Field F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F3: Optimized Default F4: Save ESC: Exit Wake on PCIE PME Wake Event The options are Disabled and Enabled. IB980 User’s Manual...
OS (Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows XP SP2, SuSE Linux 9.2, Re33dHat Enterprise 3 Update 3.) Intel Virtualization Technology When enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology. IB980 User’s Manual...
ESC: Exit Software Preserve Unknown 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. (3) RAID Mode. IB980 User’s Manual...
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NXP3460 Configuration → ← Select Screen DP/eDP LVDS Control Disable ↑↓ Select Item Enter: Select Change Field F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F3: Optimized Default F4: Save ESC: Exit DP/eDP LVDS Control Enable / Disable DP(eDP) LVDS. IB980 User’s Manual...
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Temperature Guardian Generate the reset signal when system hangs up on POST. ISmart Controller Setup the power on time for the system. Schedule Slot 1 / 2 Setup the hour/minute for system power on. IB980 User’s Manual...
Set timer to wait before sending ASF_GET_BOOT_OPTIONS. Activate Remote Assistance Process Trigger CIRA boot. PET Progress User can Enable/Disable PET Events progress to receive PET events or not. Watchdog Timer This configuration is supported only with IB980VF (with iAMT function). Enable/Disable Watchdog Timer. IB980 User’s Manual...
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. IB980 User’s Manual...
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Maximum time the device will take before it properly reports itself to the Host Controller. ‘Auto’ uses default value: for a Root port it is 100ms, for a Hub port the delay is taken from Hub descriptor. IB980 User’s Manual...
► Parallel Port Configuration 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. Parallel Port Configuration IB980F Only. IB980 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. IB980 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 IB980 User’s Manual...
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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.) SLP_S4 Assertion Width Select a minimum assertion width of the SLP_S4# signal. IB980 User’s Manual...
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. IB980 User’s Manual...
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ESC: Exit USB Precondition Precondition work on USB host controller and root ports for faster enumeration. xHCI Mode Mode of operation of xHCI controller. USB Ports Per-Port Disable Control Control each of the USB ports (0~13) disabling. IB980 User’s Manual...
Enabled Azalia will be unconditionally be enabled. Auto = Azalia will be enabled if present, disabled otherwise. Azalia Docking Support Enable or Disable Azalia Docking Support of Audio Controller. Azalia PME Enable or Disable power Management capability of Audio Controller. IB980 User’s Manual...
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► Memory Configuration F3: Optimized Default 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]. IB980 User’s Manual...
Keep IGD enabled based on the setup options. DVMT Pre-Allocated Select DVMT 5.0 Pre-Allocated (Fixed) graphics memory size used by the internal graphics device. DVMT Total Gfx Mem Select DVMT 5.0 total graphics memory size used by the internal graphics device. IB980 User’s Manual...
↑↓ Select Item Enter: Select CAS Latency (tCL) Change Field F1: General Help Minimum delay time CAS to RAS (tRCDmin) F2: Previous Values F3: Optimized Default Row Precharge (tRPmin) F4: Save ESC: Exit Active to Precharge (tRASmin) IB980 User’s Manual...
Enables/Disables Quiet Boot option. Fast Boot Enables/Disables boot with initialization of a minimal set of devices required to launch active boot option. Has no effect for BBS boot options. Boot Option Priorities Sets the system boot order. IB980 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. IB980 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. IB980 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. IB980 User’s Manual...
LAN Drivers Installation ..............68 Intel® Management Engine Interface ..........71 Intel® USB 3.0 Drivers ............... 73 IMPORTANT NOTE: After installing your Windows operating system, you must install first the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility before proceeding with the drivers installation. IB980 User’s Manual...
Plug & Play INF support for Intel chipset components. Follow the instructions below to complete the installation. 1. Insert the DVD that comes with the board. Click Intel and then Intel(R) 8 Series Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Intel(R) Chipset Software Installation Utility. IB980 User’s Manual...
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. IB980 User’s Manual...
VGA Drivers Installation 1. Insert the DVD that comes with the board. Click Intel and then Intel(R) 8 Series Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Intel(R) Core(TM) i3/i5/i7 Graphics Driver. 3. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue. IB980 User’s Manual...
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DRIVER INSTALLATION 4. Click Yes to to agree with the license agreement and continue the installation. 5. On the screen shown below, click Install to continue. IB980 User’s Manual...
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DRIVERS INSTALLATION 6. Setup complete. Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect. IB980 User’s Manual...
DRIVER INSTALLATION Realtek HD Audio Driver Installation 1. Insert the DVD that comes with the board. Click Intel and then Intel(R) 8 Series Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Realtek High Definition Audio Driver. IB980 User’s Manual...
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DRIVERS INSTALLATION 3. On the Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard screen, click Yes 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. IB980 User’s Manual...
DRIVER INSTALLATION LAN Drivers Installation 1. Insert the DVD that comes with the board. Click Intel and then Intel(R) 8 Series Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Intel(R) PRO LAN Network Driver. IB980 User’s Manual...
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DRIVERS INSTALLATION 3. Click Install Drivers and Software. 4. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next. IB980 User’s Manual...
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6. Click the checkbox for Drivers in the Setup Options screen to select it and click Next to continue. 7. The wizard is ready to begin installation. Click Install to begin the installation. 8. When InstallShield Wizard is complete, click Finish. IB980 User’s Manual...
Intel® Management Engine Interface Follow the steps below to install the Intel Management Engine. 1. Insert the DVD that comes with the board. Click Intel and then Intel(R) 8 Series Chipset Drivers and then Intel(R) AMT 9.0 Drivers. IB980 User’s Manual...
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Management Engine Components, click the checkbox for Install Intel® Control Center & click Next. 3. Click Yes to to agree with the license agreement. 4. When the Setup Progress screen appears, click Next. Then, click Finish when the setup progress has been successfully installed. IB980 User’s Manual...
DRIVERS INSTALLATION Intel® USB 3.0 Drivers 1. Insert the DVD that comes with the board. Click Intel and then Intel(R) 8 Series Chipset Drivers. 2. Click Intel(R) USB 3.0 Drivers. IB980 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. IB980 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. IB980 User’s Manual...
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) IB980 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 IB980 User’s Manual...
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