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MB896 Intel Pentium ® M Mini - ITX Motherboard USER ’ S MANUAL Version 1.0[...]

ii MB896 User ’ s Manual 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 tradema[...]

MB896 User ’ s Manual iii Table of Contents Introduction ....................................................... 1 Product Description .......................................................... 1 Checklist ........................................................................... 2 MB896 Specifica tions ..........................................[...]

iv MB896 User ’ s Manual IMPORTANT NOTE: When the system boots without the CRT being connected, there will b e no image on screen when you insert the CRT/VGA cable. To show the image on screen, the hotkey must be pressed. THE MB896 MINI ITX MOTHERBOARD[...]

INTRODUCTION MB896 User ’ s Manual 1 Introduction Product Description The MB896 Mini ITX board incorporates the Mobile Intel ® 915GM Express Chi pset for Embedded Computing, consisting of the Intel ® 915GM Graphic Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) and Intel ® I/O Controller Hub 6 - M (ICH6 - M), is an optimized integrated graphics solution with a 4[...]

INTRODUCTION 2 MB896 User ’ s Manual Checklist Your MB896 package should include t he items listed below. • The MB896 Pentium ® M Mini - ITX mother board • This User’s Manual • 1 CD containing chipset drivers and flash memory utility • Cable kit (IDE, Serial port, Serial ATA)[...]

INTRODUCTION MB896 User ’ s Manual 3 MB896 Specifications [ Form Factor Mini ITX CPU Type Intel Pentium M / Celeron M (Dothan Core only) CPU Voltage 0.700V ~ 1.708V System Speed Up to 2.26 GHz CPU FSB 533 /400 MHz FSB L2 Cache 2 MB (Pentium M) / 512KB (Celeron M) CPU integrated Green /APM APM1.2 CPU Socket Socket 479 or micro - FCBGA on board Chi[...]

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INSTALLATIONS 6 MB896 User ’ s Manual Installations This section provides information o n how to use the jumpers and connectors on the MB896 in order to set up a workable system. The topics covered are: Installing the CPU ............................................................. 7 Installing the Memory ........................................[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB896 User ’ s Manual 7 Installing the CPU The MB896 board supports a Socket 47 9 processor socket for Intel ® Pentium ® M or Celeron ® M processors. The processor socket comes with a screw to secure the pr ocessor. As shown in the left picture below, loosen the screw first before inserting the processor. Place the processor into[...]

INSTALLATIONS 8 MB896 User ’ s Manual I nstalling the Memory The MB896 board supports one DDR 2 memory socket for a maximum total memory of 1 GB in DDR 2 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. Hold the DDR2 module so that the key of t[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB896 User ’ s Manual 9 Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are used on MB896 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 MB896 and their respective functions. Jumper Locations on [...]

INSTALLATIONS 10 MB896 User ’ s Manual Jumper Locations on MB896 Jumper s on MB896 .............................................................................. Page JP 2: Pentium M Vcc Voltage Selection .......................................... 11 JP3: LCD Panel Power Selection ..................................................... 11 JP4: Clea[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB896 User ’ s Manual 11 JP 2 : Pentium M Vcc Voltage Selection JP 2 Vcc Voltage 1.8V 1.5V JP 3 : LCD Panel Power Selection JP 3 LCD Panel Power 3.3V 5V JP 4 : Clear CMOS Setting JP 4 Setting Normal Clear CMOS JP 5 : CompactFlash Slave/Master Selection JP 5 CF Setting Master Slave JP 6 : 1394 EPROM Write Selection JP 6 1394 EPROM Fo[...]

INSTALLATIONS 12 MB896 User ’ s Manual Connectors on MB896 The connectors on MB896 allows you to connect external devices s uch as keyboard, floppy disk drives, hard disk drives, printers, etc. The following table lists the connectors on MB896 and their respective functions. Connector Locations on MB896 ...........................................[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB896 User ’ s Manual 13 Connector Locations on MB896[...]

INSTALLATIONS 14 MB896 User ’ s Manual 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: COM1 and VGA Connector [ Signa l Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name DCD 1 6 DSR RXD 2 7 RT[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB896 User ’ s Manual 15 J4: S - Video and RCA Connectors CN3: 10/100 RJ - 45 and USB1/2 Ports CN4: 1394 Connector J12: SPDIF Out Connector CN5: GbE RJ - 45 and USB3/4 Ports CN6: Audio Connector The audio connector, from top to bottom, is composed of Line in, Line out and Microphone jacks. CN7, CN8: Serial ATA Connectors FAN 1 : Sys[...]

INSTALLATIONS 16 MB896 User ’ s Manual IDE1 : IDE Con nector Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name Reset IDE 1 2 Ground Host data 7 3 4 Host data 8 Host data 6 5 6 Host data 9 Host data 5 7 8 Host data 10 Host data 4 9 10 Host data 11 Host data 3 11 12 Host data 12 Host data 2 13 14 Host data 13 Host data 1 15 16 Host data 14 Host data 0 17 18 Host[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB896 User ’ s Manual 17 J11 : ATX_12V Connector J11 can be used in situations where the 12V current from the ATX power is insufficient to supply needed current. Pin # Signal Name 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 +12V 4 +12V ATX1 : ATX Power Supply Connector Signal Name P in # Pin # Signal Name 3.3V 13 1 3.3V - 12V 14 2 3.3V Ground 15 3 Ground P[...]

INSTALLATIONS 18 MB896 User ’ s Manual J2 : Digital I/O Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name GND 1 2 VCC OUT3 3 4 OUT1 OUT2 5 6 OUT0 IN3 7 8 IN1 IN2 9 10 IN0 J3 : Sy stem Function Connector J 3 provides connectors for system indicators that provide light indication of the computer activities and switches to change the computer status. J 3 is a 20 - pi[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB896 User ’ s Manual 19 ATX Power ON Switch: Pins 7 and 17 This 2 - pin connector is an “ATX Power Supply On/Off Switch” on the system that connects to the power switch on the case. When pressed, the power switch will force the system to power on. When pressed again, it will force the system to power off. Reset Switch: Pins 9 a[...]

INSTALLATIONS 20 MB896 User ’ s Manual J7: COM2 Serial Port COM 2 Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name DCD, Data carrier detect 1 6 DSR, Data set ready RXD, Receive data 2 7 RTS, Request to send TXD, Transmit data 3 8 CTS, Clear to send DT R, Data terminal ready 4 9 RI, Ring indicator GND, ground 5 10 Not Used J 8, J10 : LVDS Connectors (1st chann[...]

INSTALLATIONS MB896 User ’ s Manual 21 J15: Speaker Connector The J15 connector supports 2W/8ohm stereo audio power amplifier. Pin # Signal Name 1 Audio L 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Audio R J16: 1394 Connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name TPA+ 1 2 TPB+ TPA - 3 4 TPB - +DV5 5 6 NC GND7 7 8 NC J17 : Wake On LAN Connector J 17 is a 3 - pin hea der for t[...]

INSTALLATIONS 22 MB896 User ’ s Manual J20: CD - In Pin Header Pin # Signal Name 1 CD Audio R 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 CD Audio L J21: Compact Flash Connector PCI1: PCI Slot (supports 2 Master) CON1 : SDVO Port Connector Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name +12V A1 B1 +12V +12V A2 B2 +12V +5V A3 B3 +5V 3.3V A4 B4 3.3V GND A5 B5 GND GND A6 B6 GND SDVOC_[...]

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BIOS SETUP 24 MB896 User ’ s Manual 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 ............................................................................. 25 BIOS Setup ......................................[...]

BIOS SETUP MB896 User ’ s Manual 25 BIOS Introduction The Award BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) installed in your computer system’s ROM supports Intel p rocessors. The BIOS provides critical low - level support for a standard device such as disk drives, serial ports and parallel ports. It also adds virus and password protection as well as spec[...]

BIOS SETUP 26 MB896 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 & Exi[...]

BIOS SETUP MB896 User ’ s Manual 27 Standard CMOS Setup “Standard CMOS Setup” choice allows you to record some basic hardware configurations in your computer system and set the system clock and error handling. If the motherboard is already install ed in a working system, you will not need to select this option. You will need to run the Standa[...]

BIOS SETUP 28 MB896 User ’ s Manual To set the date, highlight the “Date” field and use the PageUp/ PageDown or +/ - keys to set the current time. Time The time format is: Hour : 00 to 23 Minute : 00 to 59 Second : 00 to 59 To set the time, highli ght the “Time” field and use the <PgUp>/ <PgDn> or +/ - keys to set the current [...]

BIOS SETUP MB896 User ’ s Manual 29 Video This field selects the type of video display card installed in your system. 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. Halt On[...]

BIOS SETUP 30 MB896 User ’ s Manual Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure and improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features CPU Feature Press Enter ITEM HELP Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Virus Warning Disabl[...]

BIOS SETUP MB896 User ’ s Manual 31 Quick Power On Self Test When enabled, this field speeds up the Power On Self Test (POST) after the system is turned on. If it is set to Enabled , BIOS w ill skip some items. First/Second/Third Boot Device These fields determine the drive that the system searches first for an operating system. The options avail[...]

BIOS SETUP 32 MB896 User ’ s Manual Typematic Delay (Msec) When the typematic rate is enabled, this item allows you to set the time interval for displaying the first and second characters. By default, this item is set to 250msec. Security Option This field allows you to limit access to the System and Setu p. The default value is Setup . When you [...]

BIOS SETUP MB896 User ’ s Manual 33 Advanced Chipset Features This Setup menu controls the configuration of the chipset. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advan ced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable By SPD ITEM HELP CAS Latency Time 4 DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay 4 DRAM RAS# Precharge 4 Precharge delay (tRAS) 12 System Memory Frequency 533M[...]

BIOS SETUP 34 MB896 User ’ s Manual DRAM RAS# Precharge This option sets the number of cycles required for the RAS to accumulate its charge befor e the SDRAM refreshes. The default setting for the Active to Precharge Delay is 4 . Precharge Delay (tRAS) The default setting for the Precharge Delay is 12 . System Memory Frequency The default setting[...]

BIOS SETUP MB896 User ’ s Manual 35 Panel Scaling The de fault setting is Auto . The options available include On and Off . Panel Number These fields allow you to select the LCD Panel type . The default values for these ports are: 640x480 18bit SC 800x600 18bit SC 1024x768 18bit SC 1280x1024 18bit DC 1 280x768 18bit SC 1400x1050 18bit DC 1600x120[...]

BIOS SETUP 36 MB896 User ’ s Manual Integrated Peripherals This section sets configurations for your hard disk and other integrated peripherals. The first screen shows three main items for user to select. Once an item selected, a submenu appears. Details follow. Phoenix - AwardBIOS C MOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals OnChip I DE Device Pre[...]

BIOS SETUP MB896 User ’ s Manual 37 Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility SuperIO Device POWER ON Function BUTTON ONLY ITEM HELP KB Power ON Password Enter Hot Key power ON Ctrl - F1 Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8/IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8/IRQ3 UART Mode Select Normal RxD , TxD Active Hi, Lo I R Transmission Delay [...]

BIOS SETUP 38 MB896 User ’ s Manual On - Chip Serial ATA Setting The fields under the SATA set ting includes SATA Mode (IDE), On - Chip Serial ATA (Auto), PATA IDE Mode (Secondary) and SATA Port (PO, P2 is Primary). USB Controller The options for this field are Enabled and Disabled . By default, this field is set to Enabled . USB 2.0 Controller T[...]

BIOS SETUP MB896 User ’ s Manual 39 Onboard Serial Port These fields allow you to select the onboard serial ports and their addresses. The default values for these port s are: Serial Port 1 3F8/IRQ4 Serial Port 2 2F8/IRQ3 UART Mode Select This field determines the UART 2 mode in your computer. The default value is Normal . Other options include I[...]

BIOS SETUP 40 MB896 User ’ s Manual Power Management Setup Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled ITEM HELP ACPI Suspend S1(POS) RUN VGABIOS if S3 Res ume Auto Power Management User Define Video Off Method DPMS Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type Stop Grant Modem Use IRQ 3 Suspend Mode Disabled HDD P[...]

BIOS SETUP MB896 User ’ s Manual 41 Video Off Method This field defines the Video Off features. There are three options. V/H SYNC + Blank Defa ult setting, blank the screen and turn off vertical and horizontal scanning. DPMS Allows BIOS to control the video display. Blank Screen Writes blanks to the video buffer. Video Off In Suspend When enabled[...]

BIOS SETUP 42 MB896 User ’ s Manual Resume by Alarm This field e nables or disables the resumption of the system operation. When enabled, the user is allowed to set the Date and Time . Reload Global Timer Events The HDD, FDD, COM, LPT Ports, and PCI PIRQ are I/O events that can prevent the system from entering a power s aving mode or can awaken t[...]

BIOS SETUP MB896 User ’ s Manual 43 PNP/PCI Configurations This option configures the PCI bus system. All PCI bus systems on the system use INT#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP/PCI Configura tions Init Display First PCI Slot ITEM HELP Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources C[...]

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BIOS SETUP MB896 User ’ s Manual 45 PC Health Status This section shows the parameters in determining the PC Health Status. These parameters include temperatures, fan speeds and voltages. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Disabled ITEM HELP CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Current System Temp 45 ° C/113[...]

BIOS SETUP 46 MB896 User ’ s Manual Frequency/Voltage Control This section shows the user how to configure the processor frequency. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency/Voltage Control Auto Detect PCI Clk Disabled ITEM HELP Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabled Menu Level > Auto Detect PCI Clk This field enables or disables the auto d[...]

BIOS SETUP MB896 User ’ s Manual 47 Load Fail - Safe Defaults This option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the B IOS ROM. These default settings are non - optimal and disable all high - performance features. Load Optimized Defaults This option allows you to load the default values to your system configur[...]

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DRIVERS INSTALLATION MB896 User ’ s Manual 49 Drivers Installation This section describes the installation procedures for software and drivers under the Windows 2000 and Windows XP . The software and drivers are included with t he motherboard . If you find the items missing, please contact the vendor where you made the purchase. The contents of t[...]

DRIVER INSTALLATION 50 MB896 User ’ s Manual Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility The Intel Chipset Drivers should be installed first before the software drivers to enable Plug & Play I N F support for Intel chipset components. Follow the instructions below to complete the installation under Windows 2000/XP. 1. Insert the CD that comes[...]

DRIVERS INSTALLATION MB896 User ’ s Manual 51 4. Click Yes to accept the software license agreement and proceed with the installation process. 5. On Readme 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. When the computer has re[...]

DRIVER INSTALLATION 52 MB896 User ’ s Manual VGA Drivers Installation To install the VGA d river s, f ollow the steps below to proceed with the installation. 1. Insert the CD that comes with the motherboard . Click Intel Chipsets and then Intel(R) 915GMChipset Drivers . 2. Click Intel(R) 915GMCh ipset Family Graphics Driver . 3. When the Welcome [...]

DRIVERS INSTALLATION MB896 User ’ s Manual 53 4 . C lick Yes to to agree with the license agreement and continue the installation . 5 . Restart the computer as promted and for changes to take effect . IMPORTANT NOTE: When you have restarted the computer, your computer screen will be blank. At this point, press CTRL - ALT - F1 simultaneously, if y[...]

DRIVER INSTALLATION 54 MB896 User ’ s Manual AC 97 C odec A udio D river 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) 915GMChipset Drivers . 2. Click Realtek AC'97 Codec Audio Driver . 3 . Click Finish to restart [...]

DRIVERS INSTALLATION MB896 User ’ s Manual 55 LAN Drivers Installation Follow the steps below to complete the installation of the Intel PRO LAN drivers. 1. Insert the CD that com es 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 compu[...]

DRIVER INSTALLATION 56 MB896 User ’ s Manual Follow the steps below to install the Marv ell Gigabit LAN drivers. 1. Insert the CD that comes with the motherboard . Click LAN Card and then Marvell LAN Controller Driver . 2. Click Next when the InstallShield Wizard welcome screen appears. 3. Click Next to agree with the license agre ement. 4. Click[...]

APPENDIX MB896 User ’ s Manual 57 Appendix A. I/O Port Address Map Each peripheral dev ice in the system is assigned a set of I/O port addresses which also becomes the identity of the device. The following table lists the I/O port addresses used. Address Device Description 000h - 01Fh DMA Controller #1 020h - 03Fh Interrupt Controller #1 040h - 0[...]

APPENDIX 58 MB896 User ’ s Manual B. Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ) Peripheral devices use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required. The following table shows the IRQ use d by the devices on board. Level Function IRQ0 System Timer Output IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ2 Interrupt Cascade IRQ3 Serial Port #2 IRQ4 Serial Port #1 IRQ5 Reserve[...]

APPENDIX MB896 User ’ s Manual 59 C. Watchdog Timer Configuration The WDT is used to generate a variety of output signals after a user programmable count. The WDT is suitable for use in the prevention of system lock - up, such as when software becomes trapped in a deadlock. Under these sort s of circumstances, the timer will count to zero and the[...]

APPENDIX 60 MB896 User ’ s Manual void copyright(void) { prin tf(" n======== Winbond 83627EHF Watch Timer Tester (AUTO DETECT) ======== n" " Usage : W627E_WD reset_time n" " Ex : W627E_WD 3 => reset system after 3 second n" " W627E_WD 0 => disable watch dog timer n"); } //== ==========[...]

APPENDIX MB896 User ’ s Manual 61 W627EHF_BASE = 0x4E; result = W627EHF_BASE;[...]

APPENDIX 62 MB896 User ’ s Manual ucDid = Get_W627EHF_Reg(0x20); if (ucDid == 0x88) { goto Init _Finish; } W627EHF_BASE = 0x00; result = W627EHF_BASE; Init_Finish: return (result); } //=========================================================================== void Unlock_W627EHF (void) { outportb(W627EHF_INDEX_PORT, W627EHF_UNLOCK); outportb( W6[...]

APPENDIX MB896 User ’ s Manual 63 #define W627EHF_DATA_PORT (W627EHF_BASE+1) //=========================================================================== #define W627EHF_REG_LD 0x07 //================================================================= ==========[...]

APPENDIX 64 MB896 User ’ s Manual #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); //==========[...]