American Megatrends MI961F, User Manual

Page 1: ...MI961F Intel H61 Express Chipset Mini ITX Motherboard USER S MANUAL Version 1 0A...

Page 2: ...of International Business Machines Corporation Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Fintek is a registered tradema...

Page 3: ...MI961F Specifications 3 Board Dimensions 4 Installations 5 Installing the CPU 6 Installing the Memory 7 Setting the Jumpers 8 Connectors on MI961F 12 BIOS Setup 21 Drivers Installation 45 Appendix 54...

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Page 5: ...with 32 nanometer technology that supports Intel s first processor architecture to unite the CPU and the graphics core on the transistor level The MI961F board utilizes the dramatic increase in perfo...

Page 6: ...MI961F User s Manual Checklist Your MI961F package should include the items listed below The MI961F Mini ITX motherboard This User s Manual 1 CD containing chipset drivers and flash memory utility Se...

Page 7: ...io Intel H61 PCH build in built in High Definition Audio controller ALC892 w 7 1 channels LPC I O Fintek F81866AD I COM1 RS232 422 485 Auto flow control COM2 4 RS232 only COM1 2 with pin 9 with power...

Page 8: ...INTRODUCTION 4 MI961F User s Manual Board Dimensions...

Page 9: ...allations This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the MI961F in order to set up a workable system The topics covered are Installing the CPU Installing the Memory...

Page 10: ...hen 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 Carefully insert the CPU in...

Page 11: ...ules locate the memory slot on the board and perform the following steps 1 Hold the DDR3 module so that the key of the DDR3 module aligned with that on the memory slot 2 Gently push the DDR3 module in...

Page 12: ...about the best configuration for your needs The following lists the connectors on MI961F and their respective functions Jumper Locations on MI961F 9 JP1 Factory use only Default open 10 JP2 JP3 JP4 R...

Page 13: ...on MI961F Page JP1 Factory use only Default open 10 JP2 JP3 JP4 RS232 RS422 RS485 COM1 Selection 10 JP5 COM1 RS232 RI 5V 12V Power Setting 10 JP6 COM2 RS232 RI 5V 12V Power Setting 10 JP7 Flash Descri...

Page 14: ...closed JP2 3 5 4 6 JP3 1 2 JP4 3 5 4 6 JP2 1 3 2 4 JP3 3 4 JP4 1 3 2 4 JP2 1 3 2 4 JP3 5 6 JP4 1 3 2 4 JP5 COM1 RS232 RI 5V 12V Power Setting JP5 Setting Function Pin 1 2 Short Closed 12V Pin 3 4 Sho...

Page 15: ...P7 Flash Descriptor Security Override Factory use only JP7 Flash Descriptor Security Override Open Disabled Default Close Enabled JBAT1 Clear CMOS Contents JBAT1 Setting Function Pin 1 2 Short Closed...

Page 16: ...V Power Connector 16 J2 Digital I O 16 J3 LPC Connector for debug use 16 J4 J5 COM3 COM4 RS232 Serial Ports 16 J6 24 pin ATX Power Connector 17 J7 Power LED 17 J8 J9 DDR3 DIMM Sockets 17 J10 System Fu...

Page 17: ...INSTALLATIONS MI961F User s Manual 13 Connector Locations on MI961F...

Page 18: ...1 DCD TX DATA 2 RX TX DATA 3 TX RX NC 4 DTR RX NC 5 Ground Ground Ground 6 DSR NC NC 7 RTS NC NC 8 CTS NC NC 9 RI NC NC 10 NC NC NC CN2 VGA and DVI D Connector VGA Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name Red...

Page 19: ...ND 3 18 DATA 0 N C 4 19 GROUND N C 5 20 N C DDC CLOCK 6 21 N C DDC DATA 7 22 GROUND N C 8 23 CLOCK DATA 1 9 24 CLOCK DATA 1 10 GROUND 11 N C 12 N C 13 DDC POWER 14 GROUND 15 CN3 USB3 0 Connector CN4 H...

Page 20: ...D 1 2 VCC OUT3 3 4 OUT1 OUT2 5 6 OUT0 IN3 7 8 IN1 IN2 9 10 IN0 J3 LPC Connector for debug use J4 J5 COM3 COM4 RS232 Serial Ports Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name DCD Data carrier detect 1 2 RXD Receive...

Page 21: ...2V Ground 24 12 3 3V J7 Power LED The power LED indicates the status of the main power switch Pin Signal Name 1 Power LED 2 No connect 3 Ground J8 J9 DDR3 DIMM Sockets J10 System Function connector AT...

Page 22: ...switch off and then on again Orientation is not required when making a connection to this header 5V and 5VSB Signals Pins 7 and 8 Pin Signal Name 7 5V 8 5VSB J12 Mini PCI E Connector Supports Mini PC...

Page 23: ...1 CPU Fan Power Connector Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Rotation detection 4 Control SYS_FAN1 System Fan1 Power Connector Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Rotation detection SYS_FAN2 System Fan2 Po...

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Page 25: ...ifferent settings available in the AMI BIOS that comes with the board The topics covered in this chapter are as follows BIOS Introduction 22 BIOS Setup 22 Advanced Settings 24 Chipset Settings 34 Boot...

Page 26: ...ntinue with its test routines thus preventing you from invoking the Setup If you still wish to enter Setup restart the system by pressing the Reset button or simultaneously pressing the Ctrl Alt and D...

Page 27: ...creen Select Item Enter Select Change Field F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Default F4 Save ESC Exit System Language English System Date Tue 01 20 2009 System Time 22 26 12 Access Leve...

Page 28: ...er Acoustic Management Configuration USB Configuration F81866 Super IO Configuration F81866 H W Monitor CPU PPM Configuration PCI Subsystem Settings Aptio Setup Utility Main Advanced Chipset Boot Secu...

Page 29: ...ttings Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Field F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Default F4 Save ESC Exit Relaxed Ordering Disabled Extended Tag Disabled No Snoop Enabled Max...

Page 30: ...igure DISABLE Disables ASPM Extended Synch If ENABLED allows generation of Extended Synchronization patterns Link Training Retry Defines number of Retry Attempts software will take to retrain the link...

Page 31: ...Hibernate OS S4 Sleep State 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 Enabl...

Page 32: ...Enabled Active Processor Cores All Limit CPUID Maximum Disabled Execute Disable Bit Enabled Intel Virtualization Technology Disabled Hardware Prefetcher Disabled Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Enabled...

Page 33: ...Devices Configuration Aptio Setup Utility Main Advanced Chipset Boot Security Save Exit Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Field F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Default F4 S...

Page 34: ...isabled ACPI Shutdown Temperature The default setting is Disabled iSmart Controller Aptio Setup Utility Main Advanced Chipset Boot Security Save Exit iSmart Controller Select Screen Select Item Enter...

Page 35: ...eneral Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Default F4 Save ESC Exit USB Devices 2 Hubs Legacy USB Support Enabled USB3 0 Support Enabled XHCI Hand off Enabled EHCI Hand off Enabled USB hardware delay...

Page 36: ...default value for a Root port it is 100ms for a Hub port the delay is taken from Hub descriptor F81866 Super IO Configuration Aptio Setup Utility Main Advanced Chipset Boot Security Save Exit Super I...

Page 37: ...A Vcore 1 000 V 5V 5 213 V 12V 12 408 V 1 5V 1 544 V 3 3V 3 424 V CPU smart fan control Disabled System smart fan1 control Disabled System smart fan2 control Disabled Temperatures Voltages These fiel...

Page 38: ...xit EIST Enabled Turbo Mode Enabled EIST Enable Disable Intel SpeedStep Chipset Settings This section allows you to configure and improve your system and allows you to set up some system features acco...

Page 39: ...nge Field F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Default F4 Save ESC Exit Intel PCH SKU Name H61 Intel PCH Rev ID 05 B3 PCI Express Configuration USB Configuration PCH Azalia Configuration PC...

Page 40: ...Synch Control Disabled PCIe USB Glitch W A Disabled Subtractive Decode Disabled PCI Express Root Port 1 PCI Express Root Port 2 PCI Express Root Port 3 PCI Express Root Port 4 PCI Express Root Port 5...

Page 41: ...Enter Select Change Field F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Default F4 Save ESC Exit EHCI1 Enabled EHCI2 Enabled USB Ports Per Port Disable Control Disabled EHCI1 2 Control the USAB EHC...

Page 42: ...System Agent SA Configuration Aptio Setup Utility Main Advanced Chipset Boot Security Save Exit System Agent Bridge Name IvyBridge Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Field F1 General Help F...

Page 43: ...Primary Display Auto Internal Graphics Auto GTT Size 2MB Aperture Size 256MB DVMT Pre Allocated 64M DVMT Total Gfx Mem 256MB Primary Display Select which of IGFX PEG PCI graphics device should be pri...

Page 44: ...ation Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Field F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Default F4 Save ESC Exit Memory Frequency 1067 MHz Total Memory 1024 MB DDR3 DIMM 0 1024 MB DD...

Page 45: ...NT19 Trap Response Immediate Boot Option Priorities CSM parameters Setup Prompt Timeout Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key 65535 0xFFFF means indefinite waiting Bootup NumLock State Se...

Page 46: ...Boot option filter UEFI and Legacy Launch PXE OpROM policy Do not launch Launch Storage OpROM policy Legacy only Launch Video OpROM policy Legacy only Other PCI device ROM priority Legacy OpROM Boot...

Page 47: ...Previous Values F3 Optimized Default F4 Save ESC Exit If ONLY the Administrator s password is set then this only limit access to Setup and is only asked for when entering Setup If ONLY the User s pass...

Page 48: ...r Defaults Save Changes and Exit Exit system setup after saving the changes Discard Changes and Exit Exit system setup without saving any changes Save Changes and Reset Reset the system after saving t...

Page 49: ...the purchase The contents of this section include the following Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 46 VGA Drivers Installation 47 Realtek HD Audio Driver Installation 48 Realtek LAN Controll...

Page 50: ...that comes with the board Click Intel and then Intel R 6 Series Chipset Drivers 2 Click Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility 3 When the Welcome screen to the Intel Chipset Device Software app...

Page 51: ...Intel and then Intel R 6 Series Chipset Drivers 2 Click Intel R Core i3 i5 i7 Graphics Driver 3 When the Welcome screen appears click Next to continue 4 Click Yes to to agree with the license agreeme...

Page 52: ...elow to install the Realtek HD Audio Drivers 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board Click Intel and then Intel R 6 Series Chipset Drivers 2 Click Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 3 On the Welco...

Page 53: ...ealtek LAN Controller Drivers Installation Follow the steps below to install the Realtek LAN Drivers 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board Click Intel then LAN Card and then Realtek LAN Controller...

Page 54: ...TIONS 50 MI961F User s Manual 3 When the welcome screen to InstallShield Wizard appears click Next to start the installation 4 When the InstallShieldWizard has finished installing the Realtek LAN driv...

Page 55: ...w to install the Intel Management Engine 1 Insert the CD that comes with the board Click Intel and then Intel R AMT 7 0 Drivers 2 When the Welcome screen to the InstallShield Wizard for Intel Manageme...

Page 56: ...DRIVER INSTALLATION 52 MI961F User s Manual 2 When the Setup Progress screen appears click Next Then click Finish when the setup progress has been successfully installed...

Page 57: ...t the CD that comes with the board Click Intel and then Intel R 6 Series Chipset Drivers 2 Click ASMedia USB3 0 Driver 2 When the Welcome screen to the InstallShield Wizard for Intel Management Engine...

Page 58: ...A Controller 1 020h 03Fh Interrupt Controller 1 040h 05Fh Timer 060h 06Fh Keyboard Controller 070h 07Fh Real Time Clock NMI 080h 09Fh DMA Page Register 0A0h 0BFh Interrupt Controller 2 0C0h 0DFh DMA C...

Page 59: ...rupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required 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 S...

Page 60: ...IDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE include dos h include...

Page 61: ..._F81866_Reg 0xF5 bBuf count mode is second Set_F81866_Reg 0xF6 interval set timer bBuf Get_F81866_Reg 0xFA bBuf 0x01 Set_F81866_Reg 0xFA bBuf enable WDTO output bBuf Get_F81866_Reg 0xF5 bBuf 0x20 Set_...

Page 62: ...66_Reg 0x20 if ucDid 0x07 Fintek 81866 goto Init_Finish F81866_BASE 0x2E result F81866_BASE ucDid Get_F81866_Reg 0x20 if ucDid 0x07 Fintek 81866 goto Init_Finish F81866_BASE 0x00 result F81866_BASE In...

Page 63: ...ESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ifndef __F81866_H define __F81866_H 1 define F81866_INDEX_PORT F81866_BA...

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