Intel MB884 manual

MB884 Socket LGA775 Pentium ® 4 Intel ® 915G Chipset Industrial Motherboard USER’S MANUAL Version 1.0[...]

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MB884 User’s Manual iii Table of Contents Introduction ....................................................... 1 Checklist .............................................................................. 1 Product Description ............................................................. 2 MB884 Specifications .......................................[...]

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INTRODUCTION MB884 User’s Manual 1 Introduction Checklist Your MB884 Pentium ® 4 motherboard package should include the item s listed below: • The MB884 motherboard • This User’s Manual • 1 Back I/O shield • 1 IDE Cable • 1 Floppy Cable • 1 SATA Cable • Optional 3 SATA Cables • Optional Serial Port C able • 1 CD containing th[...]

INSTALLATIONS 2 MB884 User’s Manual Product Description The MB884 LGA 775 Pentium ® 4 motherboard incorporates the Intel 915G chipset that can utilize a si ngle LGA775 processor of up to 4.0GHz or higher and supports FSB frequency of 533/ 800Mhz (133MHz, and 200MHz HCLK respectively ). The 915G chipset is designed for use with the Pentium ® 4 p[...]

INTRODUCTION MB884 User’s Manual 3 MB884 Specifications Form Factor Micro ATX CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 CPU Voltage 0.8375V~1.6V (VRD 10.1) CPU FSB 800MHz CPU FSB Up to 3.8+ GHz Green / APM APM1.2 CPU Socket Socket 775 Chipset Intel® 915GV/915G Chipset GMCH: 915GV/915G 1210-ball FCBGA ICH6: 82801FB 609-ball mBGA; FWH BIOS Award BIOS, supports ACP[...]

INSTALLATIONS 4 MB884 User’s Manual Board Dimensions[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB884 User’s Manual 5 Installations This section provides inform ation on how to use the jum pers and connectors on the M B884 in order to set up a workable syst em. The topics covered are: Installing th e CPU ........................................................................ 6 ATX Power Installation ..........................[...]

INSTALLATIONS 6 MB884 User’s Manual Installing the CPU The MB884 mot herboard supports an LGA 775 processor socket for Intel® Pentium® 4 processors. The LGA 775 processor socket comes with a le ver to secure the processor. Refer to the pictures belo w, from left to right, on how to place the processor into the CPU socket. Please note that the c[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB884 User’s Manual 7 ATX Power Installation The system power is provided to the motherboard wi th the ATX1 and ATX_12V power connectors. ATX1 is a 24-pin power connector and ATX_12V is a 4-pin 12V power connector. The 24-pin power connector can to be connected to a standard 20-pin ATX power connector in a standard ATX power supply [...]

INSTALLATIONS 8 MB884 User’s Manual Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are used on MB884 to select various settings and features according to your needs and applica tions. Contact your supplier if you have doubts about the best configurati on for your needs. The following lists the connectors on MB 884 and their respective functions. Jumper Locations on[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB884 User’s Manual 9 Jumper Locations on MB884 Jumper Locations on MB884 ........................................................... Page JP1: COM2 RS232 +5V/+12V Power Setting .................................... 10 JP2: COM1 RS232 +5V/+12V Power Setting .................................... 10 JP3: RS232/422/485 (COM 2) Selection.[...]

INSTALLATIONS 10 MB884 User’s Manual JP1: COM2 RS232 +5V/+12V Pow er Setting JP1 Setting Function Pin 1-2 Short/Closed +12V Pin 3-4 Short/Closed Normal Pin 5-6 Short/Closed +5V JP2: COM1 RS232 +5V/+12V Pow er Setting JP2 Setting Function Pin 1-2 Short/Closed +12V Pin 3-4 Short/Closed Normal Pin 5-6 Short/Closed +5V JP3: RS232/422/485 (COM2) Selec[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB884 User’s Manual 11 JP5: Clear CMOS Contents Use JP5, a 3-pin header, to clear the CMOS contents. Note tha t the ATX-power connector should be disconnected from the motherboard before clearing CMOS. JP5 Setting Function Pin 1-2 Short/Closed Normal Pin 2-3 Short/Closed Clear CMOS[...]

INSTALLATIONS 12 MB884 User’s Manual [ Connectors on MB884 The connectors on MB884 allows you t o connect external devices such as keyboard, floppy disk drives, hard disk drives, printers, et c. The following table lists the connectors on MB 884 and their respective functions. Connector Locations on MB884 .........................................[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB884 User’s Manual 13 Connectors on MB884 ....................................................................................................................................... Page ATX1: ATX Power Supply Connector ............................................................................................... ...................14[...]

INSTALLATIONS 14 MB884 User’s Manual ATX1: ATX Pow er Supply Connector Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name 3.3V 13 1 3.3V -12V 14 2 3.3V Ground 15 3 Ground PS-ON 16 4 +5V Ground 17 5 Ground Ground 18 6 +5V Ground 19 7 Ground -5V 20 8 Power good +5V 21 9 5VSB +5V 22 10 +12V +5V 23 11 +12V Ground 24 12 +3.3V ATX1 is a 24-pin ATX power supply connec[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB884 User’s Manual 15 CN1: PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard Signal Name Keyboard Mouse Signal Name Keyboard data 1 1 Mouse data N.C. 2 2 N.C. GND 3 3 GND 5V 4 4 5V Keyboard clock 5 5 Mouse clock N.C. 6 6 N.C. CN2: 4-port USB Connector CN2 is a USB connector consist ing of four ports stacked verticall[...]

INSTALLATIONS 16 MB884 User’s Manual COM2 is jum per selectable for RS-232, RS -422 and RS-485. Pin # Signal Name RS-232 R2-422 RS-485 1 DCD TX- DATA- 2 RX TX+ DATA+ 3 TX RX+ NC 4 DTR RX- NC 5 Ground Ground Ground 6 DSR RTS- NC 7 RTS RTS+ NC 8 CTS CTS+ NC 9 RI CTS- NC 10 NC NC NC CN4: Parallel Port Connector CN4 is a DB-25 external connector s it[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB884 User’s Manual 17 CN5: VGA CRT Connector CN5 is a DB-15 VGA connector located beside the COM1 port. The following table shows t he pin-out assignment s of this connector. Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name Red 1 2 Green Blue 3 4 N.C . GND 5 6 GND GND 7 8 GND N.C. 9 10 GND N.C. 11 12 N.C. HSYNC 13 14 VSYNC NC 15 CN6: DUAL LAN R[...]

INSTALLATIONS 18 MB884 User’s Manual J1: Digital I/O Connector (4 in, 4 out) This 10-pin Digital I/O connector s upports TTL levels and is used to control external devices requi ring ON/OFF circuitry. Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name Ground 1 2 +5V Out3 3 4 Out1 Out2 5 6 Out0 IN3 7 8 IN1 IN2 9 10 IN0 J3: IrDA Connector Pin # Signal Name 1 +5V [...]

INSTALLATIONS MB884 User’s Manual 19 J10: Wake On LAN Connector J10 is a 3-pin header for the Wake On LAN function on the motherboard. The followi ng table shows the pin out assignm ents of this connector. Wak e On LAN will function properly on ly with an ATX power supply with 5VSB that has 1A. Pin # Signal Name 1 +5VSB 2 Ground 3 LAN Wakeup J13:[...]

INSTALLATIONS 20 MB884 User’s Manual Power LED: Pi ns 11 - 13 The power LED indicates the status of the ma in power switch. Pin # Signal Name 11 Power LED 12 No connect 13 Ground Keyboard Locked: Pin 14-15 To use keyboard lock, set pin14/15 to short /closed Pin # Signal Name 14 Keyboard lock 15 Ground ATX Power ON Switch: Pins 7 and 17 This 2-pin[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB884 User’s Manual 21 Hard Disk Drive LED Connector: Pins 10 and 20 This connector connects to the hard drive activit y LED on control panel. This LED will flash when the HDD is being accessed. Pin # Signal Name 10 HDD Active 20 5V CPU_FAN1: CPU Fan Pow er Connector Pin # Signal Name 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Rotation detection 4 Control C[...]

INSTALLATIONS 22 MB884 User’s Manual FDD1: Floppy Driv e Connector Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name Ground 1 2 RM/LC Ground 3 4 No connect Ground 5 6 No connect Ground 7 8 Index Ground 9 10 Motor enable 0 Ground 11 12 Drive select 1 Ground 13 14 Drive select 0 Ground 15 16 Motor enable 1 Ground 17 18 Direction Ground 19 20 Step Ground 21 22 W [...]

INSTALLATIONS MB884 User’s Manual 23 LED1: LED for CPU Over-Voltage Protection This red LED shall light to indicate that the CPU voltage has surg ed and reached the default voltage protecti on value (2V). In such a case, the system will shut down automatically. LED3: Pow er On LED This green LED will light constantly when the p ower is on to ind [...]

INSTALLATIONS 24 MB884 User’s Manual Watchdog Timer Configuration The WDT is used to generate a variety of output si gnals after a user programm able count. The WDT is suitable for use in t he prevention of system lock-up, such as when soft ware becom es trapped in a deadlock. Under these sort of circumstances, the tim er will count to zero and t[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB884 User’s Manual 25 mov al, 01h mov cl, 30h call Write_Reg ;watchdog enabled call Lock_Chip r e t Enable_And_Set_Watchdog Endp ;[]=============================================== ; Name : Disable_Watchdog ; IN : None ; OUT : None ;[]=============================================== Disable_Watchdog Proc Near call Unlock_Chip mov cl,[...]

INSTALLATIONS 26 MB884 User’s Manual ;[]================================================ Unlock_Chip Proc Near mov dx, 4Eh mov al, 0AAh out dx, al r e t Unlock_Chip Endp ;[]================================================ ; Name : Write_Reg ; IN : CL - r egister index ; AL - Value to write ; OUT : None ;[]=========================================[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB884 User’s Manual 27 Digital I/O Sample Code Filename: W 627hf. h //===================================================================== // // THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY // KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IN CLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE // IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABI[...]

INSTALLATIONS 28 MB884 User’s Manual Filename: W 627hf.cpp //===================================================================== // // THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY // KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IN CLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE // IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/ OR FITNESS FO[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB884 User’s Manual 29 //===================================================================== // // THIS CODE AND INFORMATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY // KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, IN CLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE // IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/ OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR // PURP[...]

BIOS SETUP 30 MB884 User’s Manual BIOS Setup This chapter describes the differen t settings available in the Award BIOS that comes with the motherboard. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows: BIOS Introduction ........................................................................ 31 BIOS Setup .......................................[...]

BIOS SETUP MB884 User’s Manual 31 BIOS Introduction The Award BIOS (Basic Input/Output Sy stem) instal led in your computer syst em’s ROM supports Int el ® Pentium ® 4 processors. The BIOS provides crit ical low-level support for a standard device such as disk drives, serial ports and parall el ports. It also adds vi rus and password protecti[...]

BIOS SETUP 32 MB884 User’s Manual Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Frequency/Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP/PCI Configurations Save & Exit Se[...]

BIOS SETUP MB884 User’s Manual 33 Standard CMOS Setup “Standard CMOS Setup” choice all ows you to record some basic hardware configurations in your com puter system and set the system clock and error handling. If the board is already installed in a worki ng system, you will not need to select this op tio n. You will need to ru n the Standard [...]

BIOS SETUP 34 MB884 User’s Manual Time The time format is: Hour : 00 to 23 Minute : 00 to 59 Second : 00 to 59 To set the time, hi ghlight the “Time” field and use the <PgUp>/ <PgDn> or +/- keys to set the current time. IDE Primary HDDs / IDE Secondary HDDs The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for [...]

BIOS SETUP MB884 User’s Manual 35 Video This field sel ects the t ype of video displ ay card i nstall ed in your sy stem . You can choose the following video displ ay cards: EGA/VGA For EGA, VGA, SEGA, SVGA or PGA monitor adapters. (default) CGA 40 Power up in 40 column m ode. CGA 80 Power up in 80 column m ode. MONO For Hercules or MDA adapters.[...]

BIOS SETUP 36 MB884 User’s Manual Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure and im prove your system and allows you to set up some system f eatures according to your preference. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features CPU Feature Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Press Enter ITEM HELP Virus W arning Disab[...]

BIOS SETUP MB884 User’s Manual 37 This item allows you to set the pri ority for hard disk boot. When you press enter, the select ions shows the current hard disks used in your system as well as the “ Bootable Add-i n Card ” that is relevant to other boot sources media such as SC SI cards and LAN cards. Virus Warning This item protects the boo[...]

BIOS SETUP 38 MB884 User’s Manual Sw ap Floppy Drive This item allows you to determi ne whether or not to enable Swap Floppy Drive. When enabled, the BIOS swaps floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B, and Drive B becomes Drive A. By default, this field is set to Disabled. Boot Up Floppy Seek This feature controls whether t he BI[...]

BIOS SETUP MB884 User’s Manual 39 APIC Mode APIC stands for Advanced Programmable Int errupt Controlle r. The default setting is Enabled . MPS Version Control for OS This option is specifies the MPS (Mu ltiprocessor Specification) v ersio n for your operating system . MPS version 1.4 added extended configuration tables to impr ove support for m u[...]

BIOS SETUP 40 MB884 User’s Manual Advanced Chipset Features This Setup me nu controls the configuration of t he chipset. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD ITEM HELP CAS Latency Time 2.5 Menu Level DRAM RAS# to CAS# Dela y 3 DRAM RAS# Precharg e Precharge dealy ( tRAS) 3 8 System Memory [...]

BIOS SETUP MB884 User’s Manual 41 DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay This option allows yo u to insert a delay between th e RAS (Row Address Strobe) and CAS (Colum n Address Strobe) signals. This dela y occurs when the SDRAM is written to, read from or refreshed. Red u cing the delay im proves the performance of the SDRAM. DRAM RAS# Precharge This option se[...]

BIOS SETUP 42 MB884 User’s Manual PCI-E Compliancy Mode The default setting is Auto . Another mode is v1.0. PEG/OnChip VGA Control The default setting is Auto . On-Chip Video Memory Size Use this field to select On-Chip Frame Buffer Size, Fixed Memory Size and DVMT Memory Size. Total Graphics Me mo r y c an b e s e t a s 6 4 M B, 128MB or 224MB. [...]

BIOS SETUP MB884 User’s Manual 43 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Device Press Enter ITEM HELP Onboard Device Press Enter Menu Level SuperIO Device Press Enter Onboard Lan Boot ROM Disabled OnChip IDE Device IDE HDD Block Mode IDE DMA transfer access Enabled Enabled ITEM HELP On-Chip[...]

BIOS SETUP 44 MB884 User’s Manual Onboard LAN Boot ROM This field allows y ou to enable the on board LAN boot ROM. B y default, this opti on is disabled. IDE HDD Block Mode This field allows your hard disk cont roll er to use the fast block m ode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive. IDE DMA Transfer Access Use this field to enable o[...]

BIOS SETUP MB884 User’s Manual 45 SATA Port This feature allows users to view the SATA port as pri mary or secondary channel. USB Controller The options for this field are Enabled and Disabled . By default, this field is set to Enabled . USB 2.0 Controller The options for this field are Enabled and Disabled . By default, this field is set to Enab[...]

BIOS SETUP 46 MB884 User’s Manual Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controll er (FDC) installed on the board and you wish to use i t. If you install an add-in FDC or the system has no fl oppy drive, select Disabled in t his field. This option allows you to sel ect the onboard FDD port. Onboard Serial/Parallel [...]

BIOS SETUP MB884 User’s Manual 47 Power Management Setup The Power Managem ent Setup allows you to save energy of your system effectively. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled ITEM HELP Power Manage ment User Define Video Off Method V/H SYNC+Blank Video Off In Suspend Y es Suspend Type Stop Grant Mod[...]

BIOS SETUP 48 MB884 User’s Manual Video Off In Suspend When enabled, the video is off in suspend mode. Suspend Type The default setting for the Suspend Type field is Stop Grant. Modem Use IRQ This field sets the IRQ used by the M odem. By default, the setting is 3. Suspend Mode When enabled, and after the set tim e of sy stem inactivity, all devi[...]

BIOS SETUP MB884 User’s Manual 49 PNP/PCI Configurations This option configures the PCI bus sy stem. All PC I bus systems on the system use INT#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this valu e. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP/PCI Configurations Init Display First PCI Sl ot ITEM HELP Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources [...]

BIOS SETUP 50 MB884 User’s Manual PC Health Status This section shows the parameters in determining the PC Health Status. These parameters include temperat ures, fan speeds and voltages. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature System Temp 80°C/176°F 28°C/82°F ITEM HELP CPU Temp 42°C/107°F CPU FAN Spee[...]

BIOS SETUP MB884 User’s Manual 51 Frequency/Voltage Control This section shows the user how to configure the processor frequency . Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency/Voltag e Control CPU Clock Ratio Auto Detect PCI Clk 14X Disabled ITEM HELP Spread Spectrum Disabled Menu Level CPU Clock Ratio The CPU Ratio, also known as the CPU bus[...]

BIOS SETUP 52 MB884 User’s Manual Load Fail-Safe Defaults This option allows y ou to load the t roubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM. These default settings are non-optimal and di sable all high-perform ance features. Load Setup Defaults This option allo ws you to load th e default values to your system configuration. [...]

DRIVERS INSTALLATION MB884 User’s Manual 53 Drivers Installation This section describes the in stalla tion procedures for software and drivers under the Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The software and drivers are included with the board. If you find t he item s missing, please contact the vendor where you m ade the purchase. The contents of this se[...]

DRIVERS INSTALLATION 54 MB884 User’s Manual Intel 915G Chipset Software Intallation Utility The Intel 915G Chipset Drivers should be i nstalled first before t he software drivers to enable Plug & Play INF support for Intel chipset components. Follow t he instructions below to com p lete the installation under Windows 2000/XP. (Before installe[...]

DRIVERS INSTALLATION MB884 User’s Manual 55 Intel 915G Chipset Graphics Driver The Intel 915G Chipset Fam ily Graphics Drivers come in the CD with the motherboard. Follow the in stru ctions below to complete the installati on under Windows 2000/XP. 1. Insert the CD that com es with the board and the screen below would appear. Click Intel 915G C h[...]

DRIVERS INSTALLATION 56 MB884 User’s Manual Realtek AC97 Codec Audio Driver Installation Follow the step s below to install th e Realtek AC97 Codec Aud io Drivers. 1. Insert the CD that com es with the board and the screen below would appear. Click Realte k AC97 Codec Audio Drivers to start t he drivers installation. 2. Click Finish to rest art t[...]

DRIVERS INSTALLATION MB884 User’s Manual 57 Marvell 88E8053 LAN Drivers Installation Follow the steps below to start installing t he Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabit LAN drivers. 1. Insert the CD that comes with the board . In the initial screen , click on LAN Card on the left side. 2. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to start the d[...]

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APPENDIX MB884 User’s Manual 59 Appendix A. I/O Port Address Map Each peripheral device in the system is assigned a set of I/O port addresses that also beco mes the identity of the device. The following table lists the I/O port addresses u sed. Address Device Description 000h - 01Fh DMA Controller #1 020h - 03Fh Interrupt Controll er #1 040h - 05[...]

APPENDIX 60 MB884 User’s Manual B. Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ) Peripheral devices use interrupt request li nes to notify CPU for the service required. The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board. Level Function IRQ0 Sy stem Tim er Output IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ2 Interrupt Cascade IRQ3 Serial Port #2 IRQ4 Serial Port #1 IRQ5 Reserve[...]