IMBA-9454 Motherboard

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Revision
MODEL IMBA-9454 Motherboard

Revision Number Description Date of Issue

1.0 Initial release March 2007

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Copyright
COPYRIGHT NOTICE

The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to
improve reliability, design and function and does not represent a commitment on the part
of the manufacturer.

In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or
consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the product or
documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright. All rights are
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other means in any form without prior written permission of the manufacturer.

TRADEMARKS

IBM PC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. INTEL

is a registered trademark of INTEL Corporation. Other product names mentioned herein
are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.

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Packing List
NOTE:

If any of the components listed in the checklist below are missing, please do not
proceed with the installation. Contact the IEI reseller or vendor you purchased the
IMBA-9454 motherboard from or contact an IEI sales representative directly. To contact
an IEI sales representative, please send an email to [email protected].

The items listed below should all be included in the IMBA-9454 motherboard package.

1 x IMBA-9454 Single Board Computer

1 x IDE Cable (P/N: 32200-000052-RS)
2 x Dual RS-232 Cable (P/N: 32200-004101-RS)
2 x SATA Cable (P/N: 32000-0628000-RS)
1 x SATA Power Cable (P/N: 32100-088600-RS)
1 x I/O Shielding (P/N: 45002-450903-00-RS)
1 x Mini Jumper Pack (P/N: 33100-000079-RS)
1 x Utility CD (P/N: IEI-7B000-000087/CD1)
1 x QIG (Quick Installation Guide) (P/N: 51000-001083-RS)

Images of the above items are shown in Chapter 3.

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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................... 1
1.1 IMBA-9454 OVERVIEW............................................................................................. 2
1.1.1 IMBA-9454 Features.......................................................................................... 3
1.2 IMBA-9454 OVERVIEW............................................................................................. 4
1.2.1 IMBA-9454 Overview Photo.............................................................................. 4
1.2.2 IMBA-9454 Peripheral Connectors and Jumpers ............................................. 5
1.2.3 Technical Specifications..................................................................................... 6

2 DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................. 8

2.1 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................. 9
2.2 DIMENSIONS .............................................................................................................. 9
2.2.1 Board Dimensions.............................................................................................. 9
2.2.2 External Interface Panel Dimensions .............................................................. 10
2.3 DATA FLOW ...............................................................................................................11
2.4 COMPATIBLE PROCESSORS ....................................................................................... 12
2.4.1 CPU Overview ................................................................................................. 12
2.4.2 Supported Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processors ................................................... 12
2.4.3 Supported Intel® Pentium® 4 Processors....................................................... 12
2.4.4 Supported Intel® Pentium® D Processors...................................................... 12
2.4.5 Supported Intel® Celeron® D Processors ...................................................... 13
2.5 INTEL® 945G NORTHBRIDGE CHIPSET ..................................................................... 13
2.5.1 Intel® 945G Overview ...................................................................................... 13
2.5.2 Intel® 945G Memory Support .......................................................................... 14
2.5.3 Intel® 945G Serial Digital Video Output (SDVO)............................................ 14
2.5.4 Intel® 945G Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950............................... 15
2.6 INTEL® ICH7 SOUTHBRIDGE CHIPSET ..................................................................... 16
2.6.1 Intel® ICH7 Overview ...................................................................................... 16
2.6.2 Intel® ICH7 Audio Codec ’97 Controller......................................................... 17
2.6.3 Intel® ICH7 IDE Interface ............................................................................... 17
2.6.4 Intel® ICH7 Low Pin Count (LPC) Interface................................................... 18
2.6.5 Intel® ICH7 PCI Interface ............................................................................... 18

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2.6.6 Intel® ICH7 Real Time Clock ........................................................................... 19

2.6.7 Intel® ICH7 SATA Controller ........................................................................... 19
2.6.8 Intel® ICH7 USB Controller ............................................................................ 19
2.7 PCI BUS COMPONENTS ............................................................................................ 19
2.7.1 PCI Bus Overview............................................................................................ 19
2.7.2 Broadcom PCIe GbE interface ........................................................................ 20
2.8 LPC BUS COMPONENTS ........................................................................................... 20
2.8.1 LPC Bus Overview........................................................................................... 20
2.8.2 BIOS Chipset.................................................................................................... 20
2.8.3 Super I/O chipset.............................................................................................. 21
2.8.3.1 Super I/O LPC Interface ........................................................................... 21
2.8.3.2 Super I/O 16C550 UARTs ........................................................................ 21
2.8.3.3 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor ................................................... 22
2.8.3.4 Super I/O Fan Speed Controller................................................................ 22
2.8.3.5 Super I/O Parallel Port .............................................................................. 22
2.8.3.6 Super I/O Keyboard Controller................................................................. 22
2.9 ENVIRONMENTAL AND POWER SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................... 23
2.9.1 System Monitoring ........................................................................................... 23
2.9.2 Operating Temperature and Temperature Control........................................... 24
2.9.3 Power Consumption......................................................................................... 24

3 UNPACKING .......................................................................................................... 25
3.1 ANTI-STATIC PRECAUTIONS ...................................................................................... 26
3.2 UNPACKING.............................................................................................................. 27
3.2.1 Unpacking Precautions.................................................................................... 27
3.3 UNPACKING CHECKLIST ........................................................................................... 27
3.3.1 Package Contents............................................................................................. 27
3.3.2 Optional Components ...................................................................................... 28

4 CONNECTOR PINOUTS...................................................................................... 31
4.1 PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS .................................................................... 32
4.1.1 IMBA-9454 Layout........................................................................................... 32
4.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors ..................................................................... 32
4.1.3 External Peripheral Interface Panel Connectors ............................................ 34
4.2 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL CONNECTORS ...................................................................... 34

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4.2.1 ATX Power Supply Connector (4-pins)............................................................ 35

4.2.2 ATX Power Supply Connector (24-pins).......................................................... 36
4.2.3 Audio Connector (8-pin) .................................................................................. 37
4.2.4 Auxiliary Audio Connector (4-pin) .................................................................. 38
4.2.5 CD-In Connector ............................................................................................. 39
4.2.6 Compact Flash Socket...................................................................................... 40
4.2.7 Digital Input/Output (DIO) Connector............................................................ 43
4.2.8 Fan Connectors................................................................................................ 44
4.2.9 Floppy Disk Connector .................................................................................... 45
4.2.10 Front Panel Audio Connector........................................................................ 47
4.2.11 IDE Connector (40-pin) ................................................................................. 48
4.2.12 Infrared Interface Connector (5-pin) ............................................................. 49
4.2.13 Multi-panel Connector................................................................................... 50
4.2.14 PCI Express x16 Slot...................................................................................... 52
4.2.15 PCI Express Power Connector (4-pin) .......................................................... 55
4.2.16 PCI Slot.......................................................................................................... 57
4.2.17 SATA Drive Connectors ................................................................................. 61
4.2.18 Serial Port Connector (RS-232)..................................................................... 62
4.2.19 Serial Port Connector (RS-232/422/485) ...................................................... 63
4.2.20 Serial Port Connector (RS-422/485) ............................................................. 65
4.2.21 SPDIF Connector........................................................................................... 66
4.2.22 TPM Connector.............................................................................................. 67
4.2.23 USB Connectors (Internal) ............................................................................ 69
4.3 EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS .................................................. 70
4.3.1 Keyboard/Mouse Connector ............................................................................ 71
4.3.2 Parallel Port Connector .................................................................................. 72
4.3.3 Ethernet Connector.......................................................................................... 73
4.3.4 Audio Connectors............................................................................................. 74
4.3.5 USB Connectors............................................................................................... 75
4.3.6 VGA Connector ................................................................................................ 76
4.3.7 Serial Communications Connector .................................................................. 77
4.4 ON-BOARD JUMPERS ................................................................................................ 77

5 INSTALLATION .................................................................................................... 79
5.1 ANTI-STATIC PRECAUTIONS ...................................................................................... 80

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5.2 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS ............................................................................. 81

5.2.1 Installation Notices .......................................................................................... 81
5.2.2 Installation Checklist ....................................................................................... 82
5.3 CPU, CPU COOLING KIT AND DIMM INSTALLATION ............................................. 83
5.3.1 LGA775 CPU Installation................................................................................ 83
5.3.2 LGA775 Cooling Kit Installation..................................................................... 87
5.3.3 DIMM Installation ........................................................................................... 89
5.4 JUMPER SETTINGS .................................................................................................... 90
5.4.1 CF Master/Slave Selection............................................................................... 91
5.4.2 Clear CMOS Jumper........................................................................................ 92
5.4.3 COM2 Mode Selection..................................................................................... 93
5.5 CHASSIS INSTALLATION ........................................................................................... 93
5.5.1 Airflow.............................................................................................................. 93
5.6 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONNECTIONS........................................................ 94
5.6.1 Peripheral Device Cables ................................................................................ 94
5.6.2 ATA Flat Cable Connection ............................................................................. 94
5.6.3 Dual RS-232 Cable Connection....................................................................... 95
5.6.4 SATA Drive Connection ................................................................................... 96
5.7 EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTION ................................................... 98
5.7.1 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connection .................................................................. 99
5.7.2 Parallel Device Connection........................................................................... 100
5.7.3 RJ-45 Ethernet Connection............................................................................ 101
5.7.4 USB Connection............................................................................................. 102
5.7.5 Audio Connection........................................................................................... 103
5.7.6 VGA Monitor Connection .............................................................................. 104
5.7.7 Serial Device Connection .............................................................................. 105

6 AMI BIOS.............................................................................................................. 107

6.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 108
6.1.1 Starting Setup................................................................................................. 108
6.1.2 Using Setup .................................................................................................... 108
6.1.3 Getting Help................................................................................................... 109
6.1.4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration Changes............................................ 109
6.1.5 BIOS Menu Bar.............................................................................................. 109
6.2 MAIN ......................................................................................................................110

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6.3 ADVANCED ..............................................................................................................111

6.3.1 CPU Configuration.........................................................................................112
6.3.2 IDE Configuration ..........................................................................................113
6.3.2.1 IDE Master, IDE Slave ............................................................................115
6.3.3 Floppy Configuration..................................................................................... 120
6.3.4 Super IO Configuration.................................................................................. 121
6.3.5 Hardware Health Configuration.................................................................... 127
6.3.6 ACPI Configuration ....................................................................................... 129
6.3.6.1 General ACPI Configuration................................................................... 130
6.3.7 APM Configuration........................................................................................ 131
6.3.8 ASF Configuration ......................................................................................... 134
6.3.9 MPS Configuration ........................................................................................ 135
6.3.10 Trusted Computing ....................................................................................... 136
6.3.11 USB Configuration ....................................................................................... 137
6.3.11.1 USB Mass Storage Device Configuration ............................................. 139
6.4 BOOT ..................................................................................................................... 139
6.4.1 Boot Settings Configuration........................................................................... 140
6.4.2 Boot Device Priority ...................................................................................... 143
6.4.3 Removable Drives .......................................................................................... 144
6.4.4 USB Drives..................................................................................................... 145
6.5 SECURITY............................................................................................................... 146
6.6 CHIPSET ................................................................................................................. 148
6.6.1 NorthBridge Configuration............................................................................ 150
6.7 EXIT ....................................................................................................................... 154

7 DRIVER INSTALLATION.................................................................................. 157

7.1 AVAILABLE SOFTWARE DRIVERS ............................................................................ 158
7.2 DRIVER CD AUTO-RUN .......................................................................................... 158
7.3 CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION............................................................................. 160
7.4 INTEL GRAPHICS MEDIA ACCELERATOR DRIVER ................................................... 163
7.5 BROADCOM LAN DRIVER (FOR GBE LAN) INSTALLATION .................................. 169
7.6 REALTEK AC`97 AUDIO DRIVER (ALC665) INSTALLATION .................................. 175
7.6.1 BIOS Setup ..................................................................................................... 175
7.6.2 Driver Installation ......................................................................................... 175
7.7 IDE CONTROLLER INSTALLATION .......................................................................... 181

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A BIOS MENU OPTIONS....................................................................................... 187

A.1 BIOS CONFIGURATION OPTIONS........................................................................... 188

B WATCHDOG TIMER .......................................................................................... 191

C ADDRESS MAPPING.......................................................................................... 195

C.1 IO ADDRESS MAP ................................................................................................. 196
C.2 1ST MB MEMORY ADDRESS MAP ......................................................................... 196
C.3 IRQ MAPPING TABLE ............................................................................................ 197
C.4 DMA CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS ............................................................................. 197

D EXTERNAL AC’97 AUDIO CODEC ................................................................. 199

D.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 200
D.1.1 Accessing the AC’97 CODEC ....................................................................... 200
D.1.2 Driver Installation......................................................................................... 200
D.2 SOUND EFFECT CONFIGURATION........................................................................... 201
D.2.1 Accessing the Sound Effects Manager .......................................................... 201
D.2.2 Sound Effect Manager Configuration Options ............................................. 202

INDEX............................................................................................................................ 205

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List of Figures
Figure 1-1: IMBA-9454 Overview .................................................................................4
Figure 2-1: IMBA-9454 Dimensions (mm) ...................................................................9
Figure 2-2: External Interface Panel Dimensions (mm)...........................................10
Figure 2-3: Data Flow Block Diagram........................................................................11
Figure 2-4: 240-pin DIMM Sockets.............................................................................14
Figure 4-1: Connector and Jumper Locations .........................................................32
Figure 4-2: ATX Power Supply Connector (4-pins) Location .................................35
Figure 4-3: ATX Power Connector Location.............................................................36
Figure 4-4: Audio Connector Location (8-pin) .........................................................37
Figure 4-5: Auxiliary Audio Connector Location (4-pin) .........................................38
Figure 4-6: CD-In Connector ......................................................................................39
Figure 4-7: CF Card Socket Location ........................................................................41
Figure 4-8: DIO Connector Locations .......................................................................43
Figure 4-9: Fan Connectors Locations .....................................................................44
Figure 4-10: FDC Connector Location ......................................................................45
Figure 4-11: Front Panel Connector Pinout Locations............................................47
Figure 4-12: IDE Device Connector Locations .........................................................48
Figure 4-13: Infrared Connector Pinout Locations ..................................................50
Figure 4-14: Multi-panel Connector Location...........................................................51
Figure 4-15: PCI Express x16 Slot Connector Location..........................................53
Figure 4-16: PCI Express Power Connector Pinout Locations ..............................56
Figure 4-17: PCI Slot Location ...................................................................................58
Figure 4-18: SATA Drive Connector Locations........................................................61
Figure 4-19: Serial Port Connector (RS-232) Pinout Locations..............................63
Figure 4-20: Serial Port Connector (RS-232/422/485) Pinout Locations................64
Figure 4-21: Serial Port Connector (RS-422/485) Pinout Locations.......................65
Figure 4-22: SPDIF Connector Pinout Locations.....................................................66
Figure 4-23: TPM Connector Pinout Locations........................................................67

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Figure 4-24: USB Connector Pinout Locations........................................................69

Figure 4-25: IMBA-9454 External Interface Connectors ..........................................70
Figure 4-26: PS/2 Pinouts...........................................................................................71
Figure 4-27: Parallel Port Connector Pinout Locations ..........................................72
Figure 4-28: Ethernet Connector Pinout Locations.................................................73
Figure 4-29: Ethernet Connector ...............................................................................74
Figure 4-30: Audio Connector....................................................................................75
Figure 4-31: USB Connector Pinout Locations........................................................75
Figure 4-32: VGA Connector ......................................................................................76
Figure 4-33: Serial Communications Connector Pinout Locations .......................77
Figure 5-1: Intel LGA775.............................................................................................84
Figure 5-2: Remove the CPU Socket Protective Shield...........................................85
Figure 5-3: Open the CPU Socket Load Plate ..........................................................85
Figure 5-4: Insert the LGA775 CPU ...........................................................................86
Figure 5-5: IEI Cooling Kits ........................................................................................87
Figure 5-6: Securing the Heat sink to the PCB Board .............................................88
Figure 5-7: Installing a DIMM .....................................................................................89
Figure 5-8: Jumper Locations....................................................................................90
Figure 5-9: Jumper Locations....................................................................................91
Figure 5-10: IDE Cable Connection ...........................................................................95
Figure 5-11: Dual RS-232 Cable Installation.............................................................96
Figure 5-12: SATA Drive Cable Connection .............................................................97
Figure 5-13: SATA Power Drive Connection ............................................................98
Figure 5-14: PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector........................................................99
Figure 5-15: Parallel Device Connector ................................................................. 100
Figure 5-16: RJ-45 Ethernet Connector ................................................................. 101
Figure 5-17: USB Connector ................................................................................... 102
Figure 5-18: Audio Connectors............................................................................... 103
Figure 5-19: VGA Connector ................................................................................... 104
Figure 5-20: Serial Device Connector .................................................................... 105
Figure 7-1: Introduction Screen.............................................................................. 159
Figure 7-2: Available Drivers................................................................................... 159

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Figure 7-3: Chipset Driver Installation Program ................................................... 160

Figure 7-4: Chipset Driver Installation Welcome Screen ..................................... 160
Figure 7-5: Chipset Driver Installation License Agreement................................. 161
Figure 7-6: Chipset Driver Readme File Information ............................................ 162
Figure 7-7: Chipset Driver Installation Complete.................................................. 163
Figure 7-8: Select the Operating System ............................................................... 164
Figure 7-9: VGA Driver............................................................................................. 164
Figure 7-10: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator InstallShield Wizard................ 165
Figure 7-11: InstallShield Wizard Extracting Files................................................ 166
Figure 7-12: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Welcome Screen ......... 167
Figure 7-13: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver License Agreement ..... 167
Figure 7-14: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Installing Notice........... 168
Figure 7-15: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Installation Complete ............. 168
Figure 7-16: Windows Control Panel...................................................................... 169
Figure 7-17: System Icon......................................................................................... 170
Figure 7-18: Device Manager Tab ........................................................................... 171
Figure 7-19: Device Manager List ........................................................................... 172
Figure 7-20: Search for Suitable Driver.................................................................. 173
Figure 7-21: Locate Driver Files.............................................................................. 174
Figure 7-22: Location Browsing Window............................................................... 174
Figure 7-23: Select the Audio CODEC.................................................................... 176
Figure 7-24: Locate the Setup Program Icon ........................................................ 177
Figure 7-25: Preparing Setup Screen ..................................................................... 177
Figure 7-26: InstallShield Wizard Welcome Screen.............................................. 178
Figure 7-27: Audio Driver Software Configuration ............................................... 179
Figure 7-28: Audio Driver Digital Signal ................................................................ 179
Figure 7-29: Audio Driver Installation .................................................................... 180
Figure 7-30: Restart the Computer ......................................................................... 180
Figure 7-31: Access Windows Control Panel........................................................ 181
Figure 7-32: Double Click the System Icon ........................................................... 182
Figure 7-33: Double Click the Device Manager Tab.............................................. 183
Figure 7-34: Device Manager List ........................................................................... 184

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Figure 7-35: Search for Suitable Driver.................................................................. 185

Figure 7-36: Locate Driver Files.............................................................................. 186
Figure 7-37: Location Browsing Window............................................................... 186

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List of Tables
Table 1-1: Technical Specifications ............................................................................7
Table 2-1: Supported Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processors...........................................12
Table 2-2: Supported Intel® Pentium® 4 Processors..............................................12
Table 2-3: Supported Intel® Pentium® D Processors .............................................13
Table 2-4: Supported Intel® Celeron® D Processors ................................................13
Table 2-5: Supported HDD Specifications ................................................................18
Table 2-6: Power Consumption .................................................................................24
Table 3-1: Package List Contents..............................................................................28
Table 3-2: Optional Components...............................................................................29
Table 4-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors..............................................................34
Table 4-2: External Peripheral Interface Panel Connectors....................................34
Table 4-3: ATX Power Supply Connector (4-pins) Pinouts .....................................35
Table 4-4: ATX Power Connector Pinouts ................................................................37
Table 4-5: Audio Connector Pinouts (8-pin).............................................................38
Table 4-6: Auxiliary Audio Connector Pinouts (4-pin).............................................39
Table 4-7: CD-In Connector........................................................................................40
Table 4-8: CF Card Socket Pinouts ...........................................................................42
Table 4-9: DIO Connector Pinouts.............................................................................43
Table 4-10: Fan Connectors Pinouts.........................................................................44
Table 4-11: FDC Connector Pinouts..........................................................................46
Table 4-12: Front Panel Connector Pinouts .............................................................47
Table 4-13: IDE Connector Pinouts ...........................................................................49
Table 4-14: Infrared Connector Pinouts....................................................................50
Table 4-15: Multi-panel Connector Pinouts ..............................................................51
Table 4-16: PCIe x16 Side A Pinouts .........................................................................54
Table 4-17: PCIe x16 Side B Pinouts .........................................................................55
Table 4-18: PCI Express Power Connector Pinouts ................................................56
Table 4-19: PCI Slot ....................................................................................................60

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Table 4-20: SATA Drive Connector Pinouts .............................................................62

Table 4-21: Serial Port Connector (RS-232) Pinouts ...............................................63
Table 4-22: Serial Port Connector (RS-232/422/485) Pinouts .................................64
Table 4-23: Serial Port Connector (RS-422/485) Pinouts ........................................65
Table 4-24: SPDIF Connector Pinouts.......................................................................66
Table 4-25: TPM Connector Pinouts..........................................................................68
Table 4-26: USB Port Connector Pinouts .................................................................69
Table 4-27: PS/2 Connector Pinouts .........................................................................71
Table 4-28: Parallel Port Connector Pinouts ............................................................72
Table 4-29: Ethernet Connector Pinouts...................................................................73
Table 4-30: Ethernet Connector LEDs.......................................................................74
Table 4-31: USB Connector Pinouts..........................................................................75
Table 4-32: VGA Connector Pinouts .........................................................................76
Table 4-33: COM1 RS-232 Mode Connector Pinouts ...............................................77
Table 5-1: Jumpers ....................................................................................................90
Table 5-2: CF Master/Slave Selection Settings ........................................................91
Table 5-3: Clear CMOS Jumper Settings ..................................................................92
Table 5-4: COM2 Mode Selection Jumper Settings .................................................93
Table 5-5: IEI Provided Cables...................................................................................94
Table 6-1: BIOS Navigation Keys............................................................................ 109

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List of BIOS Menus

BIOS Menu 1: Main ................................................................................................. 110
BIOS Menu 2: Advanced.......................................................................................... 112
BIOS Menu 3: CPU Configuration........................................................................... 112
BIOS Menu 4: IDE Configuration ............................................................................ 113
BIOS Menu 5: IDE Master and IDE Slave Configuration....................................... 115
BIOS Menu 6: Floppy Configuration ...................................................................... 120
BIOS Menu 7: Super IO Configuration ................................................................... 121
BIOS Menu 8: Hardware Health Configuration...................................................... 127
BIOS Menu 9: ACPI Configuration.......................................................................... 129
BIOS Menu 10: General ACPI Configuration ......................................................... 130
BIOS Menu 11: Advanced Power Management Configuration............................ 131
BIOS Menu 12: ASF Configuration ......................................................................... 134
BIOS Menu 13: MPS Configuration ........................................................................ 135
BIOS Menu 14: Trusted Computing........................................................................ 136
BIOS Menu 15: USB Configuration......................................................................... 137
BIOS Menu 16: USB Mass Storage Device Configuration.................................... 139
BIOS Menu 17: Boot................................................................................................. 139
BIOS Menu 18: Boot Settings Configuration......................................................... 140
BIOS Menu 19: Boot Device Priority Settings ....................................................... 143
BIOS Menu 20: Removable Drives.......................................................................... 144
BIOS Menu 21: USB Drives ..................................................................................... 145
BIOS Menu 22: Security........................................................................................... 146
BIOS Menu 23: Chipset............................................................................................ 148
BIOS Menu 24:NorthBridge Chipset Configuration.............................................. 150
BIOS Menu 25:Exit ................................................................................................. 154

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Glossary
AC’97 Audio Codec 97 HDD Hard Disk Drive
ACPI Advanced Configuration and IDE Integrated Data Electronics
Power Interface I/O Input/Output
APM Advanced Power Management ICH4 I/O Controller Hub 4
ARMD ATAPI Removable Media Device L1 Cache Level 1 Cache
ASKIR Shift Keyed Infrared L2 Cache Level 2 Cache
ATA Advanced Technology LCD Liquid Crystal Display
Attachments LPT Parallel Port Connector
BIOS Basic Input/Output System LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signaling
CFII Compact Flash Type 2 MAC Media Access Controller
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide OS Operating System
Semiconductor PCI Peripheral Connect Interface
CPU Central Processing Unit PIO Programmed Input Output
Codec Compressor/Decompressor PnP Plug and Play
COM Serial Port POST Power On Self Test
DAC Digital to Analog Converter RAM Random Access Memory
DDR Double Data Rate SATA Serial ATA
DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module S.M.A.R.T Self Monitoring Analysis and
DIO Digital Input/Output Reporting Technology
DMA Direct Memory Access SPD Serial Presence Detect
EIDE Enhanced IDE S/PDI Sony/Philips Digital Interface
EIST Enhanced Intel SpeedStep SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random
Technology Access Memory
FDD Floppy Disk Drive SIR Serial Infrared
FDC Floppy Disk Connector UART Universal Asynchronous
FFIO Flexible File Input/Output Receiver-transmitter
FIFO First In/First Out USB Universal Serial Bus
FSB Front Side Bus VGA Video Graphics Adapter
IrDA Infrared Data Association

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Chapter

1 Introduction

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1.1 IMBA-9454 Overview

The IMBA-9454 motherboard is an LGA775 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo/Intel® Pentium® 4/Intel®

Pentium® D/Intel® Celeron® D CPU platform with an Intel® 945G Express Chipset and
Intel® I/O Controller Hub 7 (ICH7) Southbridge. The IMBA-9454 has a maximum front side
bus (FSB) frequency of 1066MHz, supports up to 8GB of dual channel 677MHz DDR2
RAM and comes with VGA, PS/2 keyboard/mouse, COM port, serial port and audio
interfaces as well as a dual Broadcom PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet (GbE). The
IMBA-9454 supports up to four serial ATA (SATA 3Gb/s) hard disk drives and up to eight
USB 2.0 devices. Optional VGA or DVI Serial Digital Video Output (SDVO) cards,
supporting dual display, and TPM modules offering advanced security features are
available for the system and can be purchased separately. If RAID support for the system
is required, please contact an IEI sales representative, or send an email to
[email protected].

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1.1.1 IMBA-9454 Features

Some of the IMBA-9454 features are listed below.

RoHS compliant
Support for the following CPUs:
o LGA775 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo
o LGA775 Intel® Pentium® 4
o LGA775 Intel® Pentium® D
o LGA775 Intel® Celeron® D
Integrated Intel® GMA950 graphics engine
Maximum FSB of 1066MHz
Four 240-pin dual channel 400/533/677MHz DDR2 SDRAM DIMMs support
up to 8GB of memory
High performance PCIe Gigabit Ethernet chipset (LAN1 with ASF2.0 remote
control support)
Four SATA 3Gb/s drives supported
Two Ultra ATA 100, Ultra ATA 66 or Ultra ATA 33 IDE HDDs supported
Eight USB 2.0 devices supported
ATX power only
5.1 channel surround sound supported
TPM V1.2 hardware security function supported
PCI expansion:
o 1 x PCI Express x16 expansion slot
(Supports PCIe x1/2/4/8/16 PCI-E add on cards)
o 6 x PCI expansion slots

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1.2 IMBA-9454 Overview

1.2.1 IMBA-9454 Overview Photo

The IMBA-9454 has a wide variety of internal and external peripheral connectors. The
peripheral connectors are connected to devices including storage devices, display devices
and parallel communications devices. A labeled photo of the peripheral connectors is
shown in Figure 1-1.

Figure 1-1: IMBA-9454 Overview

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1.2.2 IMBA-9454 Peripheral Connectors and Jumpers

The IMBA-9454 has the following on-board connectors:

1 x 12V power connector

1 x ATX power connector
1 x Audio connector
1 x Aux. Audio connector
1 x CD-in connector
1 x CompactFlash slot
4 x DDR2 DIMM slots
1 x DIO connector
3 x Fan connectors
1 x Floppy disk connector
1 x Front panel connector
1 x IDE disk drive connector
1 x Infrared interface connector
1 x Multi panel connector
1 x PCIe slot
6 x PCI slots
4 x Serial ATA (SATA) drive connectors
6 x Serial port connectors
1 x SPDIF connector
1 x TPM connector
2 x USB connectors

The IMBA-9454 has the following external peripheral interface connectors on the board
rear panel:

1 x PS/2 dual keyboard/mouse connector

1 x parallel port connector
1 x serial port connector
1 x VGA connector
2 x Ethernet connectors
4 x USB connectors
3 x audio connectors

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The IMBA-9454 has the following on-board jumpers:

CF Master/Slave Selection
Clear CMOS
COM2 RS-232/422/485 Selection

1.2.3 Technical Specifications

IMBA-9454 technical specifications are listed in Table 1-1. Detailed descriptions of each
specification can be found in Chapter 2.

Specification IMBA-9454

Form Factor ATX motherboard

LGA775 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo (up to 2.66GHz)

LGA775 Intel® Pentium® 4 (up to 3.8GHz)

System CPU LGA775 Intel® Pentium® D (up to 3.6GHz)

LGA775 Intel® Celeron® D (up to 3.6GHz)

(Hyperthreading Technology supported)

Front Side Bus 533MHz, 800MHz or 1066MHz

Northbridge: Intel® 945G Express

System Chipset
Southbridge: Intel® ICH7

Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM slots support four 2GB,

Memory
400MHz, 533MHz or 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM DIMMs

CRT: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950

Display
integrated with DB-15 VGA connector

BIOS AMI BIOS

Audio 5.1 channel audio via pin header

LAN Broadcom BCM5787 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller

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Specification IMBA-9454

Six on-board serial ports:

Four on-board RS-232 serial ports

COM
One on-board RS-232/422/485 serial port (by jumper setting)

One on-board RS-422/485 serial port (by jumper setting)

USB 2.0 Eight USB 2.0 devices supported

IDE One 40-pin IDE connects up to two Ultra ATA33/66/100 devices

Floppy Disk One FDD connector supports one floppy disk drive

SATA Four SATA 3Gb/s drives supported

Keyboard/mouse One PS/2 connector supports mouse and keyboard connectivity

Watchdog Timer Software programmable 1-255 sec. by supper I/O

[email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Power Supply
(Pentium 4 3.73GHz, 1066MHz CPU with 1GB DDR2-667MHz)

Temperature 0ºC ~ 60ºC (32ºF ~140ºF)

Humidity (operating) 5%~95% non-condensing

Dimensions 305mm x 244mm

Weight (GW/NW) 1.2kg/0.65kg

Table 1-1: Technical Specifications

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Chapter

2 Detailed Specifications

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2.1 Overview

This chapter describes the specifications and on-board features of the IMBA-9454 in
detail.

2.2 Dimensions

2.2.1 Board Dimensions

The dimensions of the board are listed below and shown in Figure 2-1.

Length: 305 mm
Width: 244 mm

Figure 2-1: IMBA-9454 Dimensions (mm)

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2.2.2 External Interface Panel Dimensions

External peripheral interface connector panel dimensions are shown in Figure 2-2.

Figure 2-2: External Interface Panel Dimensions (mm)

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2.3 Data Flow

Figure 2-3 shows the data flow between the two on-board chipsets and other components
installed on the motherboard and described in the following sections of this chapter.

Figure 2-3: Data Flow Block Diagram

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2.4 Compatible Processors

2.4.1 CPU Overview

LGA775 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo, Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel® Pentium® D and Intel® Celeron®
D processors can be installed on the IMBA-9454 motherboard. The Intel® Pentium® 4
processors and the Intel® Celeron® D processors all have Intel® Extended Memory 64
Technology (Intel® EMT64T)

2.4.2 Supported Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processors

Specifications for the compatible Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processors are listed in Table 2-1.

CPU Speed Bus Speed Mfg. Tech Cache Package Processor No.

2.66 GHz 1066 MHz 65 nm 4 MB LGA775 E6700

2.40 GHz 1066 MHz 65 nm 4 MB LGA775 E6600

2.13 GHz 1066 MHz 65 nm 2 MB LGA775 E6400

1.86 GHz 1066 MHz 65 nm 2 MB LGA775 E6300

1.80 GHz 800 MHz 65 nm 2 MB LGA775 E4300

Table 2-1: Supported Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processors

2.4.3 Supported Intel® Pentium® 4 Processors

Specifications for the compatible Intel® Pentium® 4 processors are listed in Table 2-2.

CPU Speed Bus Speed Mfg. Tech Cache Package Processor No.

3.80 GHz 800 MHz 90 nm 2 MB LGA775 672

3.80 GHz 800 MHz 90 nm 1 MB LGA775 570J

3.80 GHz 800 MHz 90 nm 1 MB LGA775 571

Table 2-2: Supported Intel® Pentium® 4 Processors

2.4.4 Supported Intel® Pentium® D Processors

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Specifications for the compatible Intel® Pentium® D processors are listed in Table 2-3.

CPU Speed Bus Speed Mfg. Tech Cache Package Processor No.

3.60 GHz 800 MHz 65 nm 4 MB LGA775 960

3.40 GHz 800 MHz 65 nm 4 MB LGA775 950

3.40 GHz 800 MHz 65 nm 4 MB LGA775 945

Table 2-3: Supported Intel® Pentium® D Processors

2.4.5 Supported Intel® Celeron® D Processors

Specifications for the compatible Intel® Celeron® D processors are listed in Table 2-4
below:

CPU Speed Bus Speed Mfg. Tech Cache Package Processor No.

3.60 GHz 533 MHz 65 nm 512 KB LGA775 365

3.46 GHz 533 MHz 65 nm 512 KB LGA775 360

3.33 GHz 533 MHz 65 nm 512 KB LGA775 356

Table 2-4: Supported Intel® Celeron® D Processors

2.5 Intel® 945G Northbridge Chipset

2.5.1 Intel® 945G Overview

The Intel® 945G northbridge chipset consists of a graphics and memory controller hub
(GMCH). The GMCH on the Intel® 945G is interfaced to the Intel® I/O Controller Hub 7
(ICH7) through a high speed Direct Media Interface (DMI) chip-to-chip connection. The
high-speed DMI integrates priority based servicing that allows for concurrent traffic and
true isochronous transfer capabilities. Some of the features of the Intel® 945G are listed
below.

Support 533/800/1066MHz FSB

Supports four, 1GB, 400/533/667MHz dual channel DDR SDRAM DIMMs

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Integrated VGA and SDVO (Serial Digital Video Output) outputs

Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (Intel® GMA 950)
2.0GB/s concurrent DMI bandwidth maximizes chipset communications
PCI Express x16 Graphics Interface with a raw bit rate on data pins of 2Gb/s
Integrated Intel® High Definition Audio
Integrated Intel® Matrix Storage Technology
Integrated Intel® Active Management Technology
Integrated Intel® Flex Memory Technology

2.5.2 Intel® 945G Memory Support

The Intel® 945G supports four, 2GB, 400/533/667MHz dual channel DDR SDRAM DIMMs.
Four 240-pin memory sockets on the IMBA-9454 enable a maximum of 8GB of memory to
be installed on the system. The memory sockets are shown in Figure 2-4.

Figure 2-4: 240-pin DIMM Sockets

2.5.3 Intel® 945G Serial Digital Video Output (SDVO)

Some of the features of the SDVO ports are listed below.

Two SDVO ports multiplexed with PCI Express graphics interface

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200 MHz dot clock on each 12-bit interface

Can combine two channels to form one larger interface
Flat panels up to 2048x1536 @ 60 Hz or
digital CRT/HDTV at 1920x1080 @ 85Hz
Dual independent display options with digital display
Multiplexed digital display channels (Supported with ADD2 Card).
Supports TMDS transmitters or TV-Out encoders
ADD2/ADD2+ card uses PCI Express graphics x16 connector

2.5.4 Intel® 945G Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950

The Intel® 945G has the Intel® GMA 950 integrated into the chipset. Some of the features
of the GMA 950 are listed below.

Intel GMA 950 Graphics Core

o 400MHz 256-bit graphics core
o Up to 10.6 GB/sec memory bandwidth with DDR2 667 MHz system
memory
o 1.6 GPixels/sec and 1.6 GTexels/sec fill rate
o 192 MB maximum video memory
o 2048x1536 at 75 Hz maximum resolution
o Dynamic Display Modes for flat-panel, wide-screen and Digital TV support
o Operating systems supported: Microsoft Windows* XP, Windows* XP
64-bit, Media Center Edition, Windows 2000; Linux-compatible (Xfree86
source available)
High Performance 3D
o Up to 4 pixels per clock rendering
o Microsoft* DirectX* 9 Hardware Acceleration Features: Pixel Shader 2,
Volumetric Textures, Shadow Maps, Slope Scale Depth Bias, Two-Sided
Stencil
o Microsoft* DirectX* 9 Vertex Shader 3.0 and Transform and Lighting
supported in SW through highly optimized Processor Specific Geometry
Pipeline (PSGP)
o Texture Decompression for DirectX* and OpenGL*
o OpenGL* 1.4 support with ARB extensions

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Advanced Display Technology

o Consumer Electronic display (Digital TV) support
o Two Serial Digital Video Out (SDVO) ports for flat-panel monitors and/or
TV-out support via ADD2 cards
o Support for Intel Media Expansion Cards, providing TV out and PVR
capability
o Multiple display types (LVDS, DVI-I, DVI-D, HDTV, TV-out, CRT)
o Dual screen support via ADD2 digital video devices
o HDTV 720p and 1080i display resolution support
o Interlaced Display output support
High Quality Media Support
o High Definition Hardware Motion Compensation to support HD hi-bitrate
MPEG2 media playback
o Up and Down Scaling of Video Content
o HD Content Decode – up to two stream support
o 5x3 Overlay Filtering

2.6 Intel® ICH7 Southbridge Chipset

2.6.1 Intel® ICH7 Overview

The ICH7 southbridge chipset on the IMBA-9454 has the features are listed below.

Complies with PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 1.0a

Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3 and supports 33MHz
PCI operations
Supports ACPI Power Management Logic
Contains:
o Enhanced DMA controller
o Interrupt controller
o Timer functions
Integrated SATA host controller with DMA operations on four ports with data
transfer rates up to 3.0 Gb/s
Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 100/66/33
Supports eight USB 2.0 devices with four UHCI controllers and one EHCI
controller

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Complies with System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0

Supports Audio Codec ’97 (AC’97) Revision 2.3
Supports Intel® High Definition Audio
Contains Low Pin Count (LPC) interface
Supports Firmware Hub (FWH) interface
Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) for Serial and Shared Flash
1.05 V Core Voltage
Intel® High Definition Audio Interface
Intel® Active Management Technology
Intel® Quick Resume Technology Support

2.6.2 Intel® ICH7 Audio Codec ’97 Controller

The Audio Codec ’97 (AC’97) controller integrated into the ICH7 complies with AC’97
Component Specification, Version 2.3. The AC’97 controller is connected to the onboard
audio connector. The audio connector is connected to an optional 5.1 channel or 7.1
channel audio kit with an embedded AC’97 audio codec. The AC’97 controller supports up
to six PCM audio output channels. Complete surround sound requires six-channel audio
consisting of:

Front left
Front right
Back left
Back right
Center
Subwoofer

2.6.3 Intel® ICH7 IDE Interface

The integrated IDE interface on the ICH7 southbridge supports two IDE hard disks and
ATAPI devices, PIO IDE transfers up to 16MB/s and Ultra ATA transfers of 100MB/s. The
integrated IDE interface is able to support the following IDE HDDs:

Ultra ATA/100, with data transfer rates up to 100MB/s

Ultra ATA/66, with data transfer rates up to 66MB/s
Ultra ATA/33, with data transfer rates up to 33MB/s

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Table 2-5 shows the supported HDD specifications.

Specification Ultra ATA/100 Ultra ATA/66 Ultra ATA/33

IDE devices 2 2 2

PIO Mode 0–4 0–4 0–4

PIO Max Transfer Rate 16.6 MB/s 16.6 MB/s 16.6 MB/s

DMA/UDMA designation UDMA 3 - 4 UDMA 3 – 4 UDMA 2

DMA/UDMA Max Transfer 100MB/s 66MB/s 33MB/s

Controller Interface 5V 5V 5V

Table 2-5: Supported HDD Specifications

2.6.4 Intel® ICH7 Low Pin Count (LPC) Interface

The ICH7 LPC interface complies with the LPC 1.1 specifications. The LPC bus from the
ICH7 is connected to the following components:

BIOS chipset
Super I/O chipset

2.6.5 Intel® ICH7 PCI Interface

The PCI interface on the ICH7 is compliant with the PCI Revision 2.3 implementation.
Some of the features of the PCI interface are listed below.

PCI Revision 2.3 compliant

33MHz
5V tolerant PCI signals (except PME#)
Integrated PCI arbiter supports up to seven PCI bus masters

Three of the seven PCI bus masters are interfaces to the following onboard components:

PCI slot connector on the bottom of the motherboard

Broadcom PCI Express GbE interface
ITE PCI-to-ISA bridge interface

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The remaining four PCI bus masters are reserved for four PCI expansion boards that can
be installed on the backplane.

2.6.6 Intel® ICH7 Real Time Clock

256 bytes of battery backed RAM is provided by the Motorola MC146818A real time clock
(RTC) integrated into the ICH7. The RTC operates on a 3V battery and 32.768KHz crystal.
The RTC keeps track of the time and stores system data even when the system is turned
off.

2.6.7 Intel® ICH7 SATA Controller

The integrated SATA controller on the ICH7 southbridge supports four SATA drives with
independent DMA operations. SATA controller specifications are listed below.

Supports four SATA drives

Supports 3.0Gb/s data transfer speeds
Supports Serial ATA Specification, Revision 1.0a and supports several
optional sections of the Serial ATA II: Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0
Specification, Revision 1.0 (AHCI support is required for some elements).

2.6.8 Intel® ICH7 USB Controller

Up to eight high-speed, full-speed or low-speed USB devices are supported by the ICH7.
High-speed USB 2.0, with data transfers of up to 480MB/s, is enabled with the ICH7
integrated Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) compliant host controller. USB
full-speed and low-speed signaling is supported by the four ICH7 integrated Universal
Host Controller Interface (UHCI) controller.

2.7 PCI Bus Components

2.7.1 PCI Bus Overview

The PCI bus controller on the ICH7 southbridge is compliant with PCI Revision 2.3
specifications and has a 33MHz PCI clock. The components listed below are all
connected to the PCI bus:

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PCI Express and PCI slots on the motherboard

Broadcom PCI Express GbE interface

2.7.2 Broadcom PCIe GbE interface

The BCM5787M Broadcom PCIe GbE controller is a 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet LAN

controller. The BCM5787M combines a triple-speed IEEE 802.3 compliant Media Access
Controller (MAC) with a triple-speed Ethernet transceiver, a PCIe bus interface, and an
on-chip buffer memory. Some of the BCM5787 controller features are listed below:

Integrated 10/100/1000BASE-T transceiver

Automatic MDI crossover function
PCIe v1.0a
10/100/1000BASE-T full/half-duplex MAC
Wake on LAN support meeting the ACPI requirements
Statistics for SNMP MIB II, Ethernet-like MIB, and Ethernet MIB (802.3z,
clause 30)
Serial EEPROM or serial flash support
JTAG support

2.8 LPC Bus Components

2.8.1 LPC Bus Overview

The LPC bus is connected to components listed below:

BIOS chipset
Super I/O chipset

2.8.2 BIOS Chipset

The BIOS chipset has a licensed copy of AMI BIOS installed on the chipset. Some of the
BIOS features are listed below:

AMI Flash BIOS

SMIBIOS (DMI) compliant
Console redirection function support

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PXE (Pre-boot Execution Environment) support

USB booting support

2.8.3 Super I/O chipset

The iTE IT8712F Super I/O chipset is connected to the ICH6 southbridge through the LPC
bus. The iTE IT8712F is an LPC interface-based Super I/O device that comes with
Environment Controller integration. Some of the features of the iTE IT8712F chipset are
listed below:

LPC Interface
PC98/99/2001, ACPI and LANDesk Compliant
Enhanced Hardware Monitor
Fan Speed Controller
SmartGuardian Controller
Single +5V Power Supply
Two 16C550 UARTs for serial port control
One IEEE 1284 Parallel Port
Floppy Disk Controller
Keyboard Controller
Watchdog Timer
Serial IRQ Support
Vbat & Vcch Support
Single +5V Power Supply

Some of the Super I/O features are described in more detail below:

2.8.3.1 Super I/O LPC Interface

The LPC interface on the Super I/O complies with the Intel® Low Pin Count Specification
Rev. 1.0. The LPC interface supports both LDRQ# and SERIRQ protocols as well as PCI
PME# interfaces.

2.8.3.2 Super I/O 16C550 UARTs

The onboard Super I/O has two integrated 16C550 UARTs that can support the following:

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Two standard serial ports (COM1 and COM2)

IrDa 1.0 and ASKIR protocols

Another two chipsets connected to the LPC bus provided connectivity to another two serial
port connectors (COM3 and COM4).

2.8.3.3 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor

The Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitors three thermal inputs, VBAT
internally, and eight voltage monitor inputs. These hardware parameters are reported in
the BIOS and can be read from the BIOS Hardware Health Configuration menu.

2.8.3.4 Super I/O Fan Speed Controller

The Super I/O fan speed controller enables the system to monitor the speed of the fan.
One of the pins on the fan connector is reserved for fan speed detection and interfaced to
the fan speed controller on the Super I/O. The fan speed is then reported in the BIOS.

2.8.3.5 Super I/O Parallel Port

The Super I/O parallel port (LPT) supports standard mode, enhanced mode and
high-speed mode parallel port devices. The LPT is compliant with the following LPT
modes.

Standard mode
o Bi-directional SPP compliant
Enhanced mode
o EPP v1.7 compliant
o EPP v1.9 compliant
High-speed mode
o ECP, IEEE 1284 compliant

2.8.3.6 Super I/O Keyboard Controller

The Super I/O keyboard controller can execute the 8042 instruction set. Some of the
keyboard controller features are listed below:

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The 8042 instruction is compatible with a PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse
Gate A20 and Keyboard reset output
Supports multiple keyboard power on events
Supports mouse double-click and/or mouse move power on events

2.9 Environmental and Power Specifications

2.9.1 System Monitoring

Three thermal inputs on the IMBA-9454 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor the
following temperatures:

System temperature
Power temperature
CPU temperature

Eight voltage inputs on the IMBA-9454 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor the
following voltages:

Vcore
+2.5V
+3.3V
+5.0V
+12.0V
DDR Vtt
+1.5V
5VSB

The IMBA-9454 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor also monitors the following
voltages internally:

VBAT

The IMBA-9454 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor also monitors the following fan
speeds:

CPU Fan speed

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The values for the above environmental parameters are all recorded in the BIOS
Hardware Health Configuration menu.

2.9.2 Operating Temperature and Temperature Control

The maximum and minimum operating temperatures for the IMBA-9454 are listed below.

Minimum Operating Temperature: 0ºC (32°F)

Maximum Operating Temperature: 60°C (140°F)

A cooling fan and heat sink must be installed on the CPU. Thermal paste must be
smeared on the lower side of the heat sink before it is mounted on the CPU. Heat sinks
are also mounted on the northbridge and southbridge chipsets to ensure the operating
temperature of these chips remain low.

2.9.3 Power Consumption

Table 2-6 shows the power consumption parameters for the IMBA-9454 running with an
Intel® Pentium® 4, 3.73 GHz, 1066MHz CPU with 1GB of 677MHz DDR2 memory.

Voltage Current

+3.3V 6.07A

+5V 4.25A

+12V 10.17A

Table 2-6: Power Consumption

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Chapter

3 Unpacking

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3.1 Anti-static Precautions

WARNING:

Failure to take ESD precautions during the installation of the

IMBA-9454 may result in permanent damage to the IMBA-9454 and
severe injury to the user.

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause serious damage to electronic components,

including the IMBA-9454. Dry climates are especially susceptible to ESD. It is critical that
the following anti-static precautions are strictly adhered to whenever handling the
IMBA-9454 or any other electrical component.

Wear an anti-static wristband - Wearing a simple anti-static wristband can

help to prevent ESD from damaging the IMBA-9454.
Self-grounding - Touch a grounded conducting material before handling and
periodically while handling the IMBA-9454.
Use an anti-static pad - When configuring the IMBA-9454, place it on an
antic-static pad to reduce the possibility of ESD damage.
Only handle the edges of the IMBA-9454 - When handling the IMBA-9454,
hold it by its edges.

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3.2 Unpacking

3.2.1 Unpacking Precautions

When the IMBA-9454 is unpacked, please do the following:

Follow the anti-static precautions outlined in Section 3.1.

Make sure the packing box is facing upwards so the IMBA-9454 does not fall
out of the box.
Make sure all the components shown in Section 3.3 are present.

3.3 Unpacking Checklist

NOTE:

If any components listed in the checklist below are missing, do not

proceed with the installation. Contact the IEI reseller or vendor the
IMBA-9454 was purchased from or contact an IEI sales representative
directly by sending an email to [email protected].

3.3.1 Package Contents

The IMBA-9454 is shipped with the following components:

Quantity Item and Part Number Image

1 IMBA-9454

ATA 66/100 flat cable

1
(P/N: 32200-000052-RS)

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Quantity Item and Part Number Image

Dual RS-232 cable

2
(P/N: 32200-004101-RS)

SATA cables
2
(P/N: 32000-062800-RS)

SATA power cable

1
(P/N: 32100-088600-RS)

I/O Shielding
1
(P/N: 45002-450903-00-RS)

Mini jumper Pack

1
(P/N: 33100-000079-RS)

Quick Installation Guide

1
(P/N: 51000-001083-RS)

Utility CD
1
(P/N: IEI-7B000-000087/CD1)

Table 3-1: Package List Contents

3.3.2 Optional Components

The following optional components are available from IEI.

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Item and Part Number Image

CPU cooling kit (P/N: CF-520-RS)

CPU cooling kit (P/N: CF-775A-RS)

FDD cable (P/N: 32200-0000-17-RS)

RS-232/422/485 cable (P/N: 32200-000063-RS)

VGA output SDVO card (P/N: SVDO-100VGA-R10)

DVI output SDVO card (P/N: SVDO-100DVI-R10)

Infineon TPM module (P/N: TPM-IN01-R10)

Sinosun TPM module (P/N: TPM-SI01-R10)

Winbond TPM module (P/N: TPM-WI01-R10)

Dual USB cable (P/N: CB-USB02-RS)

Four USB cable (P/N: CB-USB04-RS)

Table 3-2: Optional Components

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Chapter

4 Connector Pinouts

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4.1 Peripheral Interface Connectors

Section 4.1.1 shows peripheral interface connector locations. Section 4.1.2 lists all the
peripheral interface connectors seen in Section 4.1.1.

4.1.1 IMBA-9454 Layout

Figure 4-1 shows the on-board peripheral connectors, rear panel peripheral connectors
and on-board jumpers.

Figure 4-1: Connector and Jumper Locations

4.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors

Table 4-1 shows a list of the peripheral interface connectors on the IMBA-9454. Detailed
descriptions of these connectors can be found below.

Connector Type Label

+12V ATX power connector 4-pin header CPU12V1

ATX power connector 24-pin header PWR1

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Connector Type Label

Audio connector 7-pin header CN4

Auxiliary audio connector 4-pin header AUX1

CD-in connector 4-pin header CD_IN1

CompactFlash connector 50-pin CF slot CF1

Digital input/output connector 10-pin header DIO1

Fan connector - CPU 4-pin wafer FAN1

Fan connector - System 3-pin wafer FAN2

Fan connector - System 3-pin wafer FAN3

Floppy disk drive connector 34-pin box header FDC1

Front panel audio connector 10-pin header CN3

IDE Interface connector 40-pin box header IDE1

Infrared connector 5-pin header IR1

Multi-panel connector 14-pin header CN2

PCI Express x16 slot 82-pin PCIe x16 slot PCIE2

PCI Express power connector 4-pin wafer PCN1

PCI slot 124-pin PCI slot PCI1

PCI slot 124-pin PCI slot PCI2

PCI slot 124-pin PCI slot PCI3

PCI slot 124-pin PCI slot PCI4

PCI slot 124-pin PCI slot PCI5

PCI slot 124-pin PCI slot PCI6

SATA drive connector 7-pin SATA SATA1

SATA drive connector 7-pin SATA SATA2

SATA drive connector 7-pin SATA SATA3

SATA drive connector 7-pin SATA SATA4

Serial port connector (RS-232) 10-pin box header COM3

Serial port connector (RS-232) 10-pin box header COM4

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Connector Type Label

Serial port connector (RS-232) 10-pin box header COM5

Serial port connector (RS-232) 10-pin box header COM6

Serial port connector (RS-232/422/485) 14-pin header COM2

Serial port connector (RS-422/485) 4-pin header CN1

SPDIF connector 5-pin header CN5

TPM connector 20-pin header TPM1

USB connector 8-pin header USB3

USB connector 8-pin header USB4

Table 4-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors

4.1.3 External Peripheral Interface Panel Connectors

Table 4-2 lists the external peripheral interface panel connectors on the IMBA-9454.
Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found in.

Connector Type Label

Keyboard/Mouse PS/2 KBMS1

Parallel port connector DB-25 (female) 3IN1_DSUB1A

Ethernet/USB connector RJ-45/USB port combo connector LAN/USB1B

Ethernet/USB connector RJ-45/USB port combo connector LAN/USB2B

Audio connector 3 x Audio jacks CN6

VGA connector DB-15 (female) 3IN1_DSUB1C

Serial connector DB-9 (male) 3IN1_DSUB1B

Table 4-2: External Peripheral Interface Panel Connectors

4.2 Internal Peripheral Connectors

Internal peripheral connectors are found on the motherboard and are only accessible
when the motherboard is outside of the chassis. This section has complete descriptions of
all the internal, peripheral connectors on the IMBA-9454.

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4.2.1 ATX Power Supply Connector (4-pins)

CN Label: CPU12V1

CN Type: 4-pin ATX power connector (1x4)

CN Location: See Figure 4-2

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-3

The 4-pin ATX power supply connector is connected to a +12V ATX power supply.

Figure 4-2: ATX Power Supply Connector (4-pins) Location

PIN DESCRIPTION

1 GND

2 GND

3 +12V

4 +12V

Table 4-3: ATX Power Supply Connector (4-pins) Pinouts

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4.2.2 ATX Power Supply Connector (24-pins)

CN Label: PWR1

CN Type: 24-pin ATX power connector (2x12)

CN Location: See Figure 4-3

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-4

The 24-pin ATX power supply connector is connected to a ATX power supply.

Figure 4-3: ATX Power Connector Location

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 3.3V01 13 3.3V04

2 3.3V02 14 -12V

3 COM01 15 COM

4 +5V01 16 PS-ON

5 COM02 17 COM04

6 +5V02 18 COM05

7 COM03 19 COM06

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PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

8 PWR-OK 20 -5V

9 5VSB 21 +5V03

10 +12V01 22 +5V04

11 +12V02 23 +5V05

12 3.3V03 24 COM07

Table 4-4: ATX Power Connector Pinouts

4.2.3 Audio Connector (8-pin)

CN Label: CN4

CN Type: 7-pin header

CN Location: See Figure 4-4

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-5

The 8-pin audio connector is connected to external audio devices including speakers and
microphones for the input and output of audio signals to and from the system.

Figure 4-4: Audio Connector Location (8-pin)

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PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 SUROUTL 2 CENOUT

3 GND 4 GND

5 SUROUTL 6 LFEOUT

7 GND

Table 4-5: Audio Connector Pinouts (8-pin)

4.2.4 Auxiliary Audio Connector (4-pin)

CN Label: AUX1

CN Type: 4-pin header

CN Location: See Figure 4-5

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-6

The 4-pin auxiliary audio connector provides a second audio input to the system.

Figure 4-5: Auxiliary Audio Connector Location (4-pin)

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PIN DESCRIPTION

1 CAUXL

2 GND

3 GND

4 CAUXR

Table 4-6: Auxiliary Audio Connector Pinouts (4-pin)

4.2.5 CD-In Connector

CN Label: CD_IN1

CN Type: 4-pin header

CN Location: See Figure 4-6

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-7

The 4-pin CD-in connector connects a CD to the system.

Figure 4-6: CD-In Connector

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PIN DESCRIPTION

1 CDL

2 GND

3 GND

4 CDR

Table 4-7: CD-In Connector

4.2.6 Compact Flash Socket

CN Label: CF1

CN Type: 50-pin header (2x25)

CN Location: See Figure 4-7

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-8

A CF Type I or Type II memory card inserts into the CF socket on the motherboard.

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Figure 4-7: CF Card Socket Location

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 GROUND 26 VCC-IN CHECK1

2 DATA 3 27 DATA 11

3 DATA 4 28 DATA 12

4 DATA 5 29 DATA 13

5 DATA 6 30 DATA 14

6 DATA 7 31 DATA 15

7 HDC_CS0# 32 HDC_CS1

8 N/C 33 N/C

9 GROUND 34 IOR#

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PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

10 N/C 35 IOW#

11 N/C 36 VCC_COM

12 N/C 37 IRQ15

13 VCC_COM 38 VCC_COM

14 N/C 39 CSEL

15 N/C 40 N/C

16 N/C 41 HDD_RESET

17 N/C 42 IORDY

18 SA2 43 SDREQ

19 SA1 44 SDACK#

20 SA0 45 HDD_ACTIVE#

21 DATA 0 46 66DET

22 DATA 1 47 DATA 8

23 DATA 2 48 DATA 9

24 N/C 49 DATA 10

25 VCC-IN CHECK2 50 GROUND

Table 4-8: CF Card Socket Pinouts

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4.2.7 Digital Input/Output (DIO) Connector

CN Label: DIO1

CN Type: 10-pin header (2x5)

CN Location: See Figure 4-8

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-9

The digital input/output connector is managed through a Super I/O chip. The DIO
connector pins are user programmable.

Figure 4-8: DIO Connector Locations

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 GND 2 PWR (+5V)

3 XOUT0 4 XOUT1

5 XOUT3 6 XOUT4

7 XIN0 8 XIN1

9 XIN2 10 XIN3

Table 4-9: DIO Connector Pinouts

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4.2.8 Fan Connectors

CN Label: FAN1, FAN2, FAN3

FAN1: 4-pin wafer connector

CN Type:
FAN1, FAN2: 3-pin wafer connector

CN Location: See Figure 4-9

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-10

The FAN1, FAN2 and FAN3 cooling fan connectors provide a 12V current to the cooling
fans. The connector has a "rotation" pin to get rotation signals from the fan and notify the
system so the system BIOS can recognize the fan speed. Please note that only certain
fans can issue the rotation signals.

FAN1

FAN2, FAN3

Figure 4-9: Fan Connectors Locations

PIN FAN1 FAN2, FAN3

1 GND GND

2 +12V +12V

3 Rotation Signal Rotation Signal

4 Control

Table 4-10: Fan Connectors Pinouts

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4.2.9 Floppy Disk Connector

CN Label: FDC1

CN Type: 34-pin header (2x17)

CN Location: See Figure 4-10

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-11

The floppy disk connector is connected to a floppy disk drive.

Figure 4-10: FDC Connector Location

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 GND 2 REDUCE WRITE

3 GND 4 N/C

5 N/C 6 N/C

7 GND 8 INDEX#

9 GND 10 MOTOR ENABLE A#

11 GND 12 DRIVE SELECT B#

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PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

13 GND 14 DRIVE SELECT A#

15 GND 16 MOTOR ENABLE B#

17 GND 18 DIRECTION#

19 GND 20 STEP#

21 GND 22 WRITE DATA#

23 GND 24 WRITE GATE#

25 GND 26 TRACK 0#

27 GND 28 WRITE PROTECT#

29 GND 30 READ DATA#

31 GND 32 SIDE 1 SELECT#

33 GND 34 DISK CHANGE#

Table 4-11: FDC Connector Pinouts

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4.2.10 Front Panel Audio Connector

CN Label: CN3

CN Type: 10-pin header (2x6)

CN Location: See Figure 4-11

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-12

The front panel audio connector connects to external audio devices via a system’s front
panel audio interfaces.

Figure 4-11: Front Panel Connector Pinout Locations

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 MIC IN 2 GND AUDIO

3 MIC BIAS 4 5V

5 LINE OUT (R) 6 LINE OUT (R) Return

7 NC 8 NC

9 LINE OUT (L) 10 LINE OUT (L) Return

Table 4-12: Front Panel Connector Pinouts

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4.2.11 IDE Connector (40-pin)

CN Label: IDE1

CN Type: 40-pin box header (2x20)

CN Location: See Figure 4-12

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-13

One 40-pin IDE device connector on the IMBA-9454 supports connectivity to two hard disk
drives.

Figure 4-12: IDE Device Connector Locations

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 RESET# 2 GROUND

3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8

5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9

7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10

9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11

11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12

13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13

15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14

17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15

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PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

19 GROUND 20 N/C

21 IDE DRQ 22 GROUND

23 IOW# 24 GROUND

25 IOR# 26 GROUND

27 IDE CHRDY 28 GROUND

29 IDE DACK 30 GROUND–DEFAULT

31 INTERRUPT 32 N/C

33 SA1 34 N/C

35 SA0 36 SA2

37 HDC CS0# 38 HDC CS1#

39 HDD ACTIVE# 40 GROUND

Table 4-13: IDE Connector Pinouts

4.2.12 Infrared Interface Connector (5-pin)

CN Label: IR1

CN Type: 5-pin header (1x5)

CN Location: See Figure 4-13

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-14

The infrared interface connector supports both Serial Infrared (SIR) and Amplitude Shift
Key Infrared (ASKIR) interfaces.

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Figure 4-13: Infrared Connector Pinout Locations

PIN DESCRIPTION

1 VCC

2 NC

3 IR-RX

4 GND

5 IR-TX

Table 4-14: Infrared Connector Pinouts

4.2.13 Multi-panel Connector

CN Label: CN2

CN Type: 14-pin header (2x7)

CN Location: See Figure 4-14

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-15

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The multi-panel connector connects to external switches and indicators to monitor and
controls the motherboard. These indicators and switches include:

Power button
Reset button
Power LED
HDD LED
PC speaker

Figure 4-14: Multi-panel Connector Location

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 ACPILED+ 2 SPEAKER+

3 N/C 4 N/C

5 ACPILED- 6 N/C

7 ATX POWER BUTTON 8 SPEAKER-

9 GND 10 N/C

11 IDE LED+ 12 RESET SW

13 IDE LED - 14 GND

Table 4-15: Multi-panel Connector Pinouts

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4.2.14 PCI Express x16 Slot

CN Label: PCIE2

CN Type: 82-pin PCIe x16 slot

CN Location: See Figure 4-15

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-16 (Side A) Table 4-17 (Side B)

PCIe x16 expansion devices can be inserted into the PCIe x16 slot.

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Figure 4-15: PCI Express x16 Slot Connector Location

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PIN NAME PIN NAME PIN NAME PIN NAME

A1 Name A22 HSIn(1) A43 HSIp(6) A64 HSIp(11)

A2 PRSNT#1 A23 GND A44 HSIn(6) A65 HSIn(11)

A3 +12v A24 GND A45 GND A66 GND

A4 +12v A25 HSIp(2) A46 GND A67 GND

A5 GND A26 HSIn(2) A47 HSIp(7) A68 HSIp(12)

A6 JTAG2 A27 GND A48 HSIn(7) A69 HSIn(12)

A7 JTAG3 A28 GND A49 GND A70 GND

A8 JTAG4 A29 HSIp(3) A50 RSVD A71 GND

A9 JTAG5 A30 HSIn(3) A51 GND A72 HSIp(13)

A10 +3.3v A31 GND A52 HSIp(8) A73 HSIn(13)

A11 +3.3v A32 RSVD A53 HSIn(8) A74 GND

A12 PWRGD A33 RSVD A54 GND A75 GND

A13 GND A34 GND A55 GND A76 HSIp(14)

A14 REFCLK+ A35 HSIp(4) A56 HSIp(9) A77 HSIn(14)

A15 REFCLK- A36 HSIn(4) A57 HSIn(9) A78 GND

A16 GND A37 GND A58 GND A79 GND

A17 HSIp(0) A38 GND A59 GND A80 HSIp(15)

A18 HSIn(0) A39 HSIp(5) A60 HSIp(10) A81 HSIn(15)

A19 GND A40 HSIn(5) A61 HSIn(10) A82 GND

A20 RSVD A41 GND A62 GND

A21 GND A42 GND A63 GND

Table 4-16: PCIe x16 Side A Pinouts

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PIN NAME PIN NAME PIN NAME PIN NAME

B1 +12v B22 GND B43 GND B64 GND

B2 +12v B23 HSOp(2) B44 GND B65 GND

B3 RSVD B24 HSOn(2) B45 HSOp(7) B66 HSOp(12)

B4 GND B25 GND B46 HSOn(7) B67 HSOn(12)

B5 SMCLK B26 GND B47 GND B68 GND

B6 SMDAT B27 HSOp(3) B48 PRSNT#2 B69 GND

B7 GND B28 HSOn(3) B49 GND B70 HSOp(13)

B8 +3.3v B29 GND B50 HSOp(8) B71 HSOn(13)

B9 JTAG1 B30 RSVD B51 HSOn(8) B72 GND

B10 3.3Vaux B31 PRSNT#2 B52 GND B73 GND

B11 WAKE# B32 GND B53 GND B74 HSOp(14)

B12 RSVD B33 HSOp(4) B54 HSOp(9) B75 HSOn(14)

B13 GND B34 HSOn(4) B55 HSOn(9) B76 GND

B14 HSOp(0) B35 GND B56 GND B77 GND

B15 HSOn(0) B36 GND B57 GND B78 HSOp(15)

B16 GND B37 HSOp(5) B58 HSOp(10) B79 HSOn(15)

B17 PRSNT#2 B38 HSOn(5) B59 HSOn(10) B80 GND

B18 GND B39 GND B60 GND B81 PRSNT#2

B19 HSOp(1) B40 GND B61 GND B82 RSVD#2

B20 HSOn(1) B41 HSOp(6) B62 HSOp(11)

B21 GND B42 HSOn(6) B63 HSOn(11)

Table 4-17: PCIe x16 Side B Pinouts

4.2.15 PCI Express Power Connector (4-pin)

CN Label: PCN1

CN Type: 4-pin wafer (1x4)

CN Location: See Figure 4-16

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-18

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The PCI Express power connector provides 12V power to PCIe expansion cards.

Figure 4-16: PCI Express Power Connector Pinout Locations

PIN DESCRIPTION

1 VCC

2 GND

3 GND

4 +12V

Table 4-18: PCI Express Power Connector Pinouts

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4.2.16 PCI Slot

CN Label: PCI1 to PCI6

CN Type: PCI Slot

CN Location: See Figure 4-17

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-19

The PCI slot enables a PCI expansion module to be connected to the board.

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Figure 4-17: PCI Slot Location

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PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

A1 TRST B1 -12V

A2 +12V B2 TCK

A3 TMS B3 GND

A4 TDI B4 TDO

A5 +5V B5 +5V

A6 INTA B6 +5V

A7 INTC B7 INTB

A8 +5V B8 INTD

A9 RESERVED3 B9 PRSNT1

A10 +5V B10 RESERVED1

A11 RESERVED4 B11 PRSNT2

A12 GND B12 GND

A13 GND B13 GND

A14 3.3V_AUX B14 RESERVED2

A15 RST B15 GND

A16 +5V B16 CLK

A17 GNT B17 GND

A18 GND B18 REQ

A19 PME B19 +5V

A20 AD30 B20 AD31

A21 +3.3V B21 AD29

A22 AD28 B22 GND

A23 AD26 B23 AD27

A24 GND B24 AD25

A25 AD24 B25 +3.3V

A26 IDSEL B26 C/BE3

A27 +3.3V B27 AD23

A28 AD22 B28 GND

A29 AD20 B29 AD21

A30 GND B30 AD19

A31 AD18 B31 +3.3V

A32 AD16 B32 AD17

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PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

A33 +3.3V B33 C/BE2

A34 FRAME B34 GND

A35 GND B35 IRDY

A36 TRDY B36 +3.3V

A37 GND B37 DEVSEL

A38 STOP B38 GND

A39 +3.3V B39 LOCK

A40 SDONE B40 PERR

A41 SBO B41 +3.3V

A42 GND B42 SERR

A43 PAR B43 +3.3V

A44 AD15 B44 C/BE1

A45 +3.3V B45 AD14

A46 AD13 B46 GND

A47 AD11 B47 AD12

A48 GND B48 AD10

A49 AD9 B49 GND

A52 C/BE0 B52 AD8

A53 +3.3V B53 AD7

A54 AD6 B54 +3.3V

A55 AD4 B55 AD5

A56 GND B56 AD3

A57 AD2 B57 GND

A68 AD0 B68 AD1

A59 +5V B59 +5V

A60 REQ64 B60 ACK64

A61 +5V B61 +5V

A62 +5V B62 +5V

Table 4-19: PCI Slot

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4.2.17 SATA Drive Connectors

CN Label: SATA1, SATA2, SATA3 and SATA4

CN Type: 7-pin SATA drive connectors

CN Location: See Figure 4-18

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-20

The SATA drive connectors are connected to SATA 3Gb/s disk drives that transfer data at
speeds as high as 3.0Gb/s.

Figure 4-18: SATA Drive Connector Locations

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PIN DESCRIPTION

1 GND

2 TX+

3 TX-

4 GND

5 RX-

6 RX+

7 GND

Table 4-20: SATA Drive Connector Pinouts

4.2.18 Serial Port Connector (RS-232)

CN Label: COM3 to COM6

CN Type: 10-pin box header (2x5)

CN Location: See Figure 4-19

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-21

The 10-pin serial port connectors provide RS-232 serial communications channels that
can be connected to external RS-232 serial port devices.

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COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6

Figure 4-19: Serial Port Connector (RS-232) Pinout Locations

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 DCD- 6 DSR-

2 SIN 7 RTS-

3 SOUT 8 CTS-

4 DTR- 9 RI

5 GND 10 GND

Table 4-21: Serial Port Connector (RS-232) Pinouts

4.2.19 Serial Port Connector (RS-232/422/485)

CN Label: COM2

CN Type: 14-pin header (2x7)

CN Location: See Figure 4-20

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-22

The 14-pin serial port connector provides an RS-232/422/485 serial communications

channel that can be connected to external RS-232/422/485 serial port devices. The signal
type is controlled via the JP4 jumper and is shared with the CN1 connector.

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Figure 4-20: Serial Port Connector (RS-232/422/485) Pinout Locations

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 DCD 2 DSR

3 RXD 4 RTS

5 TXD 6 CTX

7 DTR 8 RI

9 GND 10 NC

11 TXD1+ 12 TXD1-

13 RXD1+ 14 RXD1-

Table 4-22: Serial Port Connector (RS-232/422/485) Pinouts

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4.2.20 Serial Port Connector (RS-422/485)

CN Label: CN1

CN Type: 4-pin header

CN Location: See Figure 4-21

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-23

The 4-pin serial port connector provides RS-422/485 serial communications channels that
can be connected to external RS-422/485 serial port devices. The port is shared with the
COM2 port.

Figure 4-21: Serial Port Connector (RS-422/485) Pinout

Locations

PIN DESCRIPTION

1 TXD1+

2 TXD1-

3 RXD1+

4 RXD1-

Table 4-23: Serial Port Connector (RS-422/485) Pinouts

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4.2.21 SPDIF Connector

CN Label: CN5

CN Type: 5-pin header

CN Location: See Figure 4-22

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-24

Use the SPDIF connector to connect digital audio devices to the system.

Figure 4-22: SPDIF Connector Pinout Locations

PIN DESCRIPTION

1 VCC AUDIO

2 NC

3 SPDIF OUT

4 GND AUDIO

5 SPDIF IN

Table 4-24: SPDIF Connector Pinouts

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4.2.22 TPM Connector

CN Label: TPM1

CN Type: 20-pin header (2x10)

CN Location: See Figure 4-23

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-25

Use the TPM connector to connect a TPM module to the system.

Figure 4-23: TPM Connector Pinout Locations

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PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 LCLK 2 GND

3 LFRAME# 4 KEY

5 LRESET# 6 +5V

7 LAD3 8 LAD2

9 +3V 10 LAD1

11 LAD0 12 GND

13 SCL 14 SDA

15 SB3V 16 SERIRQ

17 GND 18 GLKRUN#

19 LPCPD# 20 LDRQ#

Table 4-25: TPM Connector Pinouts

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4.2.23 USB Connectors (Internal)

CN Label: USB3, USB4

CN Type: 8-pin header (2x4)

CN Location: See Figure 4-24

CN Pinouts: See Table 4-26

The 2x4 USB pin connectors each provide connectivity to two USB 1.1 or two USB 2.0
ports. Each USB connector can support two USB devices. Additional external USB ports
are found on the rear panel. The USB ports are used for I/O bus expansion.

Figure 4-24: USB Connector Pinout Locations

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 PWR (+5V) 2 GND

3 USBPB- 4 USBPB+

5 USBPA+ 6 USBPB-

7 GND 8 PWR (+5V)

Table 4-26: USB Port Connector Pinouts

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4.3 External Peripheral Interface Connectors

The external peripheral interface connectors on the back panel are connected to devices
externally when the IMBA-9454 is installed in a chassis. The peripheral connectors on the
rear panel are:

1 x Keyboard/mouse connector
1 x Parallel port connector
2 x RJ-45 Ethernet connector
3 x Audio jacks
4 x USB 2.0 connectors
1 x VGA connector
1 x Serial port connector

Figure 4-25: IMBA-9454 External Interface Connectors

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4.3.1 Keyboard/Mouse Connector

CN Label: KBMS1

CN Type: PS/2 connector

CN Location: See Figure 4-25 (labeled number 1)

CN Pinouts: See Figure 4-26 and Table 4-27

The IMBA-9454 keyboard and mouse connectors are standard PS/2 connectors.

Figure 4-26: PS/2 Pinouts

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 L_KDAT 7 L_MDAT

2 NC 8 NC

3 GND 9 GND

4 5V 10 5V

5 L_KCLK 11 L_MCLK

6 NC 12 NC

Table 4-27: PS/2 Connector Pinouts

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4.3.2 Parallel Port Connector

CN Label: 3IN1_DSUB1A

CN Type: DB-25

CN Location: See Figure 4-25 (labeled number 2)

CN Pinouts: See Figure 4-27 and Table 4-28

These ports are usually connected to a printer. IMBA-9454 includes one on-board parallel
ports accessed through one 25-pin D-type female connector.

Figure 4-27: Parallel Port Connector Pinout Locations

PIN Description PIN Description

1 STROBE# 2 DATA 0

3 DATA 1 4 DATA 2

5 DATA 3 6 DATA 4

7 DATA 5 8 DATA 6

9 DATA 7 10 ACKNOWLEDGE

11 BUSY 12 PAPER EMPTY

13 PRINTER SELECT 14 AUTO FORM FEED #

15 ERROR# 16 INITIALIZE

17 PRINTER SELECT LN# 18 GND

19 GND 20 GND

21 GND 22 GND

23 GND 24 GND

25 GND

Table 4-28: Parallel Port Connector Pinouts

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4.3.3 Ethernet Connector

CN Label: LAN/USB1B, LAN/USB2B

CN Type: RJ-45 ports

CN Location: See Figure 4-25 (labeled 3)

CN Pinouts: See Figure 4-28, Table 4-29 and Table 4-30

A 1Gb connection can be made between the Ethernet connectors and a Local Area
Network (LAN) through a network hub.

Figure 4-28: Ethernet Connector Pinout Locations

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 TX+ (or MDX0+) 5 N/C (or MDX2-)

2 TX- (or MDX0-) 6 RX- (or MDX1-)

3 RX+ (or MDX1+) 7 N/C (or MDX3+)

4 N/C (or MDX2+) 8 N/C (or MDX3-)

13 MDX0+ 17 MDX2-

14 MDX0- 18 MDX1-

15 MDX1+ 19 MDX3+

16 MDX2+ 20 MDX3-

1 TX+ (or MDX0+) 5 N/C (or MDX2-)

2 TX- (or MDX0-) 6 RX- (or MDX1-)

Table 4-29: Ethernet Connector Pinouts

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Figure 4-29: Ethernet Connector

The RJ-45 Ethernet connector has two status LEDs, one green and one yellow. The green
LED indicates activity on the port and the yellow LED indicates the port is linked
(Table 4-30).

SPEED LED LINK LED

Status Description Status Description
GREEN ON: 100MB YELLOW ON: Linked
OFF: 10MB Flashing: Activity

Table 4-30: Ethernet Connector LEDs

4.3.4 Audio Connectors

CN Label: CN6

CN Type: Audio jack

CN Location: See Figure 4-25 (labeled number 4)

CN Pinouts: See Figure 4-30

Line In port (Light Blue): Connects a CD-ROM, DVD player, or other audio
devices.
Speaker Out port (Lime): Connects to a headphone or a speaker. With
multi-channel configurations, this port can also connect to front speakers.
Microphone (Pink): Connects a microphone.

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Figure 4-30: Audio Connector

4.3.5 USB Connectors

CN Label: LAN/USB1B, LAN/USB2B

CN Type: Dual USB port

CN Location: See Figure 4-25 (labeled 5)

CN Pinouts: See Figure 4-31 and Table 4-31

USB devices connect directly to the USB connectors on the external peripheral connector
panel.

Figure 4-31: USB Connector Pinout Locations

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 VCC 5 VCC

2 USBD0- 6 USBD0-

3 USBD0+ 7 USBD0+

4 GND 8 GND

Table 4-31: USB Connector Pinouts

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4.3.6 VGA Connector

CN Label: 3IN1_DSUB1C

CN Type: HD-D-sub 15 Female connector

CN Location: See Figure 4-25 (labeled 6)

CN Pinouts: See Figure 4-32 and Table 4-32

The standard HD-D-sub 15 female connector connects to a CRT or LCD monitor.

Figure 4-32: VGA Connector

PIN Description PIN Description

1 RED 2 GREEN

3 BLUE 4 N/C

5 GND 6 GND

7 GND 8 GND

9 VCC 10 GND

11 N/C 12 DDC DAT

13 HSYNC 14 VSYNC

15 DDC CLK

Table 4-32: VGA Connector Pinouts

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4.3.7 Serial Communications Connector

CN Label: 3IN1_DSUB1B

CN Type: D-sub 9 Male connector

CN Location: See Figure 4-25 (labeled 7)

CN Pinouts: See Figure 4-33 and Table 4-33

The serial connector on the external interface panel provides serial connection in the
RS-232 mode.

Figure 4-33: Serial Communications Connector Pinout Locations

PIN DESCRIPTION

1 DATA CARRIER DETECT (DCD)

2 RECEIVE DATA (RXD)

3 TRANSMIT DATA (TXD)

4 DATA TERMINAL READY (DTR)

5 GROUND (GND)

6 DATA SET READY (DSR)

7 REQUEST TO SEND (RTS)

8 CLEAR TO SEND (CTS)

9 RING INDICATOR (RI)

Table 4-33: COM1 RS-232 Mode Connector Pinouts

4.4 On-board Jumpers

The NANO-4386A has fifteen on-board jumpers. Refer to Section 5.4 for jumper
configuration settings.

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Chapter

5 Installation

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5.1 Anti-static Precautions

WARNING:

Failure to take ESD precautions during the installation of the

IMBA-9454 may result in permanent damage to the IMBA-9454 and
severe injury to the user.

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause serious damage to electronic components,

including the IMBA-9454. Dry climates are especially susceptible to ESD. It is therefore
critical that whenever the IMBA-9454, or any other electrical component is handled, the
following anti-static precautions are strictly adhered to.

Wear an anti-static wristband: Wearing a simple anti-static wristband can

help to prevent ESD from damaging the board.
Self-grounding: Before handling the board, touch any grounded conducting
material. During the time the board is handled, frequently touch any
conducting materials that are connected to the ground.
Use an anti-static pad: When configuring the IMBA-9454, place it on an
antic-static pad. This reduces the possibility of ESD damage.
Only handle the edges of the PCB: When handling the PCB, hold it by its
edges.

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5.2 Installation Considerations

NOTE:

The following installation notices and installation considerations should

be read and understood before the IMBA-9454 is installed. All
installation notices pertaining to the installation of the IMBA-9454
should be strictly adhered to. Failing to adhere to these precautions
may lead to severe damage of the IMBA-9454 and injury to the person
installing the motherboard.

5.2.1 Installation Notices

WARNING:

The installation instructions described in this manual should be

carefully followed in order to prevent damage to the IMBA-9454 and
injury to the user.

Before and during the installation please DO the following:

Read the user manual:

o The user manual provides a complete description of the IMBA-9454
installation instructions and configuration options.
Wear an electrostatic discharge cuff (ESD):
o Electronic components are easily damaged by ESD. Wearing an ESD cuff
removes ESD from the body and helps prevent ESD damage.
Place the IMBA-9454 on an antistatic pad:
o When installing or configuring the motherboard, place it on an antistatic
pad. This helps to prevent potential ESD damage.
Turn off all power to the IMBA-9454:

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o When working with the IMBA-9454, make sure that it is disconnected from
all power supplies and that no electricity is being fed into the system.

Before and during the installation of the IMBA-9454 DO NOT:

Remove any of the stickers on the PCB board. These stickers are required for
warranty validation.
Use the product before verifying all the cables and power connectors are
properly connected.
Allow screws to come in contact with the PCB circuit, connector pins, or its
components.

5.2.2 Installation Checklist

The following checklist is provided to ensure the IMBA-9454 is properly installed.

All the items in the packing list are present (see Chapter 3)
A CPU is installed
A CPU cooling kit is properly installed
Compatible memory modules are properly inserted into the memory slots
The IMBA-9454 is installed into a chassis with adequate ventilation
The correct power supply is being used
The following devices (if applicable) are properly connected
o IDE devices
o SATA drives
o Floppy disk drive
o System front panel connector
o Audio kit
o Power supply
o USB cable
o Serial port cable
o Parallel port cable
o Keyboard/mouse cable
o COM port cables
The following external peripheral devices (if applicable) are properly
connected to the chassis:

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o VGA screen
o Keyboard
o Mouse
o USB devices
o LAN
o Audio jacks

5.3 CPU, CPU Cooling Kit and DIMM Installation

WARNING:

A CPU should never be turned on without the specified cooling kit

being installed. If the cooling kit (heat sink and fan) is not properly
installed and the system turned on, permanent damage to the CPU and
other electronic components attached to the system may be incurred.
Running a CPU without a cooling kit may also result in injury to the
user.

The CPU, CPU cooling kit and DIMM are the most critical components of the IMBA-9454.
If any of these components is not installed, the IMBA-9454 cannot operate.

5.3.1 LGA775 CPU Installation

NOTE:

Enabling Hyper-Threading Technology on the system requires meeting

all of the platform requirements listed below:

CPU: An Intel® Pentium 4 Processor (or better) with HT

Technology must be installed
Chipset: An Intel® Chipset that supports HT Technology
OS: An operating system that has optimizations for HT
Technology

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WARNING:

CPUs are expensive and sensitive components. When installing the

CPU please be careful not to damage it in anyway. Make sure the CPU
is installed properly and ensure the correct cooling kit is properly
installed.

The LGA775 is shown in Figure 5-1.

Figure 5-1: Intel LGA775

To install a LGA775 CPU onto the IMBA-9454, follow the steps below:

WARNING:

When handling the CPU, only hold it on the sides. DO NOT touch the
pins at the bottom of the CPU.

Step 1: Remove the protective cover. Remove the black protective cover by prying it

off the load plate. To remove the protective cover, locate the “REMOVE” sign

and use your fingernail to pry the protective cover off. See Figure 5-2.

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Figure 5-2: Remove the CPU Socket Protective Shield

Step 2: Open the socket. Disengage the load lever by pressing the lever down and

slightly outward to clear the retention tab. Rotate the load lever to a fully open

position. Then rotate the load plate towards the opposite direction. See Figure

5-3.

Figure 5-3: Open the CPU Socket Load Plate

Step 3: Inspect the CPU socket Make sure there are no bent pins and make sure the

socket contacts are free of foreign material. If any debris is found, remove it with

compressed air.

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Step 4: Orientate the CPU properly. Make sure the IHS (Integrated Heat Sink) side is

facing upward.

Step 5: Correctly position the CPU. Match the Pin 1 mark with the cut edge on the

CPU socket.

Step 6: Align the CPU pins. Locate pin 1 and the two orientation notches on the CPU.

Carefully match the two orientation notches on the CPU with the socket

alignment keys.

Step 7: Insert the CPU. Gently insert the CPU into the socket. If the CPU pins are

properly aligned, the CPU should slide into the CPU socket smoothly. See

Figure 5-4.

Figure 5-4: Insert the LGA775 CPU

Step 8: Close the CPU socket. Close the load plate and engage the load lever by

pushing it back to its original position. Secure the load lever under the retention

tab on the side of CPU socket.

Step 9: Connect the CPU 12V cable to the 12After the cooling kit is installed

connect the CPU cable to the CPU 12V power connectorStep 0:

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5.3.2 LGA775 Cooling Kit Installation

WARNING:
It is strongly recommended that the original heat sink and cooler
provided by Intel not be used on the IMBA-9454.

IEI’s cooling kits include a support bracket that is combined with the
heat sink mounted on the CPU to counterweigh and balance the load
on both sides of the PCB.

CF-520-RS CF-775A-RS

Figure 5-5: IEI Cooling Kits

The IEI LGA775 CPU cooling kits shown in Figure 5-5 can be purchased separately. The
cooling kits comprise of a CPU heat sink and a cooling fan.

WARNING:

Do not wipe off (accidentally or otherwise) the pre-sprayed layer of

thermal paste on the bottom of the heat sink. The thermal paste
between the CPU and the heat sink is important for optimum heat
dissipation.

Follow the instructions below to install a cooling kit.

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Step 1: Place the cooling kit onto the LGA775 CPU. Make sure the CPU cable can

be properly routed when the cooling kit is installed.

Step 2: Properly align the cooling kit. Make sure the four spring screw fasteners can

pass through the pre-drilled holes on the PCB.

Step 3: Mount the cooling kit. Gently place the cooling kit on top of the CPU. Make

sure the four threaded screws on the corners of the cooling kit properly pass

through the predrilled holes on the bottom of the PCB.

Step 4: Secure the cooling kit. From the solder side of the PCB, align the support

bracket to the screw threads on heat sink that were inserted through the PCB

holes. (See Figure 5-6)

Figure 5-6: Securing the Heat sink to the PCB Board

Step 5: Tighten the screws. Use a screwdriver to tighten the four screws. Tighten each

nut a few turns at a time and do not over-tighten the screws.

Step 6: Connect the fan cable. Connect the cooling kit fan cable to the fan connector

on the IMBA-9454. Carefully route the cable and avoid heat generating chips

and fan blades.Step 0:

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5.3.3 DIMM Installation

WARNING:

Using incorrectly specified DIMM may cause permanently damage the

IMBA-9454. Please make sure the purchased DIMM complies with the
memory specifications of the IMBA-9454. DIMM specifications
compliant with the IMBA-9454 are listed in Chapter 2.

To install a DIMM into a DIMM socket, please follow the steps below and refer to
Figure 5-7.

Figure 5-7: Installing a DIMM

Step 1: Open the DIMM socket handles. The DIMM socket has two handles that

secure the DIMM into the socket. Before the DIMM can be inserted into the

socket, the handles must be opened. See Figure 5-7.

Step 2: Align the DIMM with the socket. The DIMM must be oriented in such a way

that the notch in the middle of the DIMM must be aligned with the plastic bridge

in the socket. See Figure 5-7.

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Step 3: Insert the DIMM. Once properly aligned, the DIMM can be inserted into the

socket. As the DIMM is inserted, the white handles on the side of the socket will

close automatically and secure the DIMM to the socket. See Figure 5-7.

Step 4: Removing a DIMM. To remove a DIMM, push both handles outward. The

memory module is ejected by a mechanism in the socket.Step 0:

5.4 Jumper Settings

NOTE:

A jumper is a metal bridge used to close an

electrical circuit. It consists of two or three metal
pins and a small metal clip (often protected by a
plastic cover) that slides over the pins to connect
them. To CLOSE/SHORT a jumper means
connecting the pins of the jumper with the plastic
clip and to OPEN a jumper means removing the
plastic clip from a jumper. Figure 5-8: Jumper Locations

Before the IMBA-9454 is installed in the system, the jumpers must be set in accordance
with the desired configuration. The jumpers on the IMBA-9454 are listed in Table 5-1.

Description Label Type

CF Master/Slave Selection JP2 2-pin header

Clear CMOS JP1 3-pin header

COM2 Mode Selection JP4 3-pin header

Table 5-1: Jumpers

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Figure 5-9: Jumper Locations

5.4.1 CF Master/Slave Selection

Jumper Label: JP2

Jumper Type: 2-pin header

Jumper Settings: See Table 5-2

Jumper Location: See Figure 5-9

The CF Master/Slave Selection jumper sets the CF Type I card or CF Type II cards as
either the slave device or the master device. CF Master/Slave Selection jumper settings
are shown in Table 5-2.

Pins Description

Open Slave Default

Short Master

Table 5-2: CF Master/Slave Selection Settings

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5.4.2 Clear CMOS Jumper

Jumper Label: JP1

Jumper Type: 3-pin header

Jumper Settings: See Table 5-3

Jumper Location: See Figure 5-9

If the IMBA-9454 fails to boot due to improper BIOS settings, the clear CMOS jumper
clears the CMOS data and resets the system BIOS information. To do this, use the jumper
cap to close pins 2 and 3 for a few seconds then reinstall the jumper clip back to pins 1
and 2.

If the “CMOS Settings Wrong” message is displayed during the boot up process, the fault
may be corrected by pressing the F1 to enter the CMOS Setup menu. Do one of the
following:

Enter the correct CMOS setting

Load Optimal Defaults
Load Failsafe Defaults.

After having done one of the above, save the changes and exit the CMOS Setup menu.

The clear CMOS jumper settings are shown in Table 5-3.

Pins Description

Short 1 - 2 Keep CMOS Setup Default

Short 2 – 3 Clear CMOS Setup

Table 5-3: Clear CMOS Jumper Settings

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5.4.3 COM2 Mode Selection

Jumper Label: JP4

Jumper Type: 3-pin header

Jumper Settings: See Table 5-4

Jumper Location: See Figure 5-9

The COM2 Mode Selection jumper sets the communication protocol used by the second
serial communications port (COM 2) as RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485. The COM2 Mode
Selection settings are shown in Table 5-4.

Pins Description

Short 1-3 RS-232 Default

Short 3-5 RS-422/485

Table 5-4: COM2 Mode Selection Jumper Settings

5.5 Chassis Installation

5.5.1 Airflow

WARNING

Airflow is critical to the cooling of the CPU and other onboard

components. The chassis into which the IMBA-9454 is placed must
have air vents to allow proper airflow to cool the system components.

The IMBA-9454 must be installed in a chassis with ventilation holes on the sides allowing
airflow to travel over the heat sink surface. In a system with an individual power supply
unit, the cooling fan of a power supply can also help generate airflow over the board
surface.

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NOTE

IEI has a wide range of chassis available. Please contact your

IMBA-9454 vendor, reseller or an IEI sales representative at
[email protected] or visit the IEI website (http://www.ieiworld.com.tw)
to find out more about available chassis.

5.6 Internal Peripheral Device Connections

5.6.1 Peripheral Device Cables

The cables listed in Table 5-5 are shipped with the IMBA-9454.

Quantity Type

1 ATA 66/100 flat cable

2 Dual RS-232 cables

2 SATA drive cables

1 SATA drive power cable

Table 5-5: IEI Provided Cables

5.6.2 ATA Flat Cable Connection

The ATA 66/100 flat cable connects to an IDE device. Follow the instructions below to
connect an IDE HDD to the IMBA-9454.

Step 1: Locate the IDE connector. The locations of the IDE device connectors are

shown in Chapter 3.

Step 2: Insert the connector. Connect the IDE cable connector to the onboard

connector. See Figure 5-10. A key on the front of the cable connector ensures it

can only be inserted in one direction.

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Figure 5-10: IDE Cable Connection

Step 3: Connect the cable to an IDE device. Connect the two connectors on the other

side of the cable to one or two IDE devices. Make sure that pin 1 on the cable

corresponds to pin 1 on the connectorStep 0:

5.6.3 Dual RS-232 Cable Connection

The dual RS-232 cable consists of two serial port connectors attached to a serial
communications cable that is then attached to two bracket mounted D-sub 9 male
connectors. To install the dual RS-232 cable, please follow the steps below.

Step 1: Locate the connector. The location of the RS-232 connector is shown in

Chapter 3.

Step 2: Insert the cable connector. Insert the connectors into the serial port box

headers. See Figure 5-11. A key on the front of the cable connectors ensures

the connectors can only be installed in one direction.

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Figure 5-11: Dual RS-232 Cable Installation

Step 3: Secure the bracket. The dual RS-232 connector has two D-sub 9 male

connectors secured to a bracket. To secure the bracket to a chassis please refer

to the reference material that came with the chassisStep 0:

5.6.4 SATA Drive Connection

The IMBA-9454 is shipped with SATA drive cables and SATA drive power cable. Follow
the steps below to connect the SATA drives to the motherboard.

Step 1: Locate the connectors. The locations of the SATA drive connectors are shown

in Chapter 3.

Step 2: Insert the cable connector. Press the clip on the connector at the end of the

SATA cable and insert the cable connector into the onboard SATA drive

connector. See Figure 5-12.

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Figure 5-12: SATA Drive Cable Connection

Step 3: Connect the cable to the SATA disk. Connect the connector on the other end

of the cable to the connector at the back of the SATA drive. See Figure 5-13.

Step 4: Connect the SATA power cable. Connect the SATA power connector to the

back of the SATA drive. See Figure 5-13. Step 0:

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Figure 5-13: SATA Power Drive Connection

5.7 External Peripheral Interface Connection

The following external peripheral devices can be connected to the external peripheral
interface connectors.

Mouse and keyboard

Parallel devices
RJ-45 Ethernet cable connectors
USB devices
Audio devices
VGA monitor
Serial devices

To install these devices, connect the corresponding cable connector from the actual
device to the corresponding IMBA-9454 external peripheral interface connector making
sure the pins are properly aligned.

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5.7.1 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connection

The IMBA-9454 has a dual PS/2 connector on the external peripheral interface panel. The
dual PS/2 connector is used to connect to a keyboard and mouse to the system. Follow
the steps below to connect a keyboard and mouse to the IMBA-9454.

Step 1: Locate the dual PS/2 connector. The location of the dual PS/2 connector is

shown in Chapter 3.

Step 2: Insert the keyboard/mouse connector. Insert a PS/2 keyboard or mouse

connector into the appropriate PS/2 connector on the external peripheral

interface connector. See Figure 5-14. Step 0:

Figure 5-14: PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector

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5.7.2 Parallel Device Connection

The IMBA-9454 has a single female DB-25 connector on the external peripheral interface
panel for parallel devices. Follow the steps below to connect a parallel device to the
IMBA-9454.

Step 1: Locate the DB-25 connector. The location of the DB-25 connector is shown in

Chapter 3.

Step 2: Insert the DB-25 connector. Insert the DB-25 connector of a parallel device

into the DB-25 connector on the external peripheral interface. See Figure 5-15.

Figure 5-15: Parallel Device Connector

Step 3: Secure the connector. Secure the DB-25 connector to the external interface by

tightening the two retention screws on either side of the connector. Step 0:

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5.7.3 RJ-45 Ethernet Connection

The IMBA-9454 has two RJ-45 Ethernet connectors on the external peripheral interface
panel for LAN communications. Follow the steps below to connect an RJ-45 Ethernet
connector to the IMBA-9454.

Step 1: Locate the RJ-45 connector. The location of the RJ-45 connector is shown in

Chapter 3.

Step 2: Insert an RJ-45 plug. Insert the RJ-45 plug of a LAN into the RJ-45 receptacle

on the external peripheral interface. See Figure 5-16. Step 0:

Figure 5-16: RJ-45 Ethernet Connector

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5.7.4 USB Connection

The external USB Series "A" receptacle connectors provide easier and quicker access to
external USB devices. Follow the steps below to connect USB devices to the IMBA-9454.

Step 1: Locate the USB Series "A" receptacle connectors. The location of the USB

Series "A" receptacle connectors are shown in Chapter 3.

Step 2: Insert a USB Series "A" plug. Insert the USB Series "A" plug of a device into

the USB Series "A" receptacle on the external peripheral interface.

See Figure 5-17. Step 0:

Figure 5-17: USB Connector

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5.7.5 Audio Connection

Audio signals are interfaced through three phone jack connections. The red phone jack is
for Mic In, blue is for Line In and green is for Speaker Out. Follow the steps below to
connect audio devices to the IMBA-9454.

Step 1: Locate the audio phone jacks. The location of the audio phone jacks are

shown in Chapter 3.

Step 2: Insert audio phone jack plugs. Insert audio phone jack plugs into the audio

phone jacks on the external peripheral interface. See Figure 5-18. Step 0:

Figure 5-18: Audio Connectors

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5.7.6 VGA Monitor Connection

The IMBA-9454 has a single female DB-15 connector on the external peripheral interface
panel for a VGA monitor. Follow the steps below to connect a VGA monitor to the
IMBA-9454.

Step 1: Locate the DB-15 connector. The location of the DB-15 connector is shown in

Chapter 3.

Step 2: Insert the VGA connector. Insert the DB-15 connector of a VGA monitor into

the DB-15 connector on the external peripheral interface. See Figure 5-19.

Figure 5-19: VGA Connector

Step 3: Secure the connector. Secure the VGA connector to the external interface by

tightening the two retention screws on either side of the connector. Step 0:

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5.7.7 Serial Device Connection

The IMBA-9454 has a single female DB-9 connector on the external peripheral interface
panel for a serial device. Follow the steps below to connect a serial device to the
IMBA-9454.

Step 1: Locate the DB-9 connector. The location of the DB-9 connector is shown in

Chapter 3.

Step 2: Insert the serial connector. Insert the DB-9 connector of a serial device into

the DB-9 connector on the external peripheral interface. See Figure 5-20.

Figure 5-20: Serial Device Connector

Step 3: Secure the connector. Secure the serial device connector to the external

interface by tightening the two retention screws on either side of the connector. Step 0:

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Chapter

6 AMI BIOS

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6.1 Introduction

A licensed copy of AMI BIOS is preprogrammed into the ROM BIOS. The BIOS setup
program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This chapter describes
how to access the BIOS setup program and the configuration options that may be
changed.

6.1.1 Starting Setup

The AMI BIOS is activated when the computer is turned on. The setup program can be
activated in one of two ways.

1. Press the DELETE key as soon as the system is turned on or

2. Press the DELETE key when the “Press Del to enter SETUP”
message appears on the screen. 0.

If the message disappears before the DELETE key is pressed, restart the computer and try
again.

6.1.2 Using Setup

Use the arrow keys to highlight items, press ENTER to select, use the PageUp and
PageDown keys to change entries, press F1 for help and press ESC to quit. Navigation
keys are shown in.

Key Function

Up arrow Move to previous item

Down arrow Move to next item
Left arrow Move to the item on the left hand side
Right arrow Move to the item on the right hand side
Esc key Main Menu – Quit and not save changes into CMOS
Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu --
Exit current page and return to Main Menu
Page Up key Increase the numeric value or make changes
Page Dn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes

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Key Function

F1 key General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option
Page Setup Menu
F2 /F3 key Change color from total 16 colors.
F2 to select color forward.
F10 key Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu

Table 6-1: BIOS Navigation Keys

6.1.3 Getting Help

When F1 is pressed a small help window describing the appropriate keys to use and the
possible selections for the highlighted item appears. To exit the Help Window press ESC or
the F1 key again.

6.1.4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration Changes

If the computer cannot boot after changes to the system configuration is made, CMOS
defaults. Use the jumper described in Section 5.4.

6.1.5 BIOS Menu Bar

The menu bar on top of the BIOS screen has the following main items:

Main Changes the basic system configuration.

Advanced Changes the advanced system settings.
Boot Changes the system boot configuration.
Security Sets User and Supervisor Passwords.
Chipset Changes the chipset settings.
Exit Selects exit options and loads default settings

The following sections completely describe the configuration options found in the menu
items at the top of the BIOS screen and listed above.

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6.2 Main

The Main BIOS menu (BIOS Menu 1) appears when the BIOS Setup program is entered.
The Main menu gives an overview of the basic system information.

BIOS Menu 1: Main

System Overview

The System Overview lists a brief summary of different system components. The fields in
System Overview cannot be changed. The items shown in the system overview include:

AMI BIOS: Displays auto-detected BIOS information

o Version: Current BIOS version
o Build Date: Date the current BIOS version was made
o ID: Installed BIOS ID
Processor: Displays auto-detected CPU specifications
o Type: Names the currently installed processor
o Speed: Lists the processor speed
o Count: The number of CPUs on the motherboard
System Memory: Displays the auto-detected system memory.
o Size: Lists memory size

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The System Overview field also has two user configurable fields:

System Time [xx:xx:xx]

Use the System Time option to set the system time. Manually enter the hours, minutes
and seconds.

System Date [xx/xx/xx]

Use the System Date option to set the system date. Manually enter the day, month and
year.

6.3 Advanced

Use the Advanced menu (BIOS Menu 2) to configure the CPU and peripheral devices
through the following sub-menus:

WARNING:

Setting the wrong values in the sections below may cause the system
to malfunction. Make sure that the settings made are compatible with
the hardware.

CPU Configuration (see Section 6.3.1)

IDE Configuration (see Section 6.3.2)
Floppy Configuration (see Section 6.3.3)
SuperIO Configuration (see Section 6.3.4)
Hardware Health Configuration (see Section 6.3.5)
ACPI Configuration (see Section 6.3.6)
AMP Configuration (see Section 6.3.7)
ASF Configuration (see Section 6.3.8)
MPS Configuration (see Section 6.3.9)
Trusted Computing (see Section 6.3.10)
USB Configuration (see Section 6.3.11)

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BIOS Menu 2: Advanced

6.3.1 CPU Configuration

Use the CPU Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 3) to view detailed CPU specifications and
configure the CPU.

BIOS Menu 3: CPU Configuration

The CPU Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 3) lists the following CPU details:

Module Version: xx.xx

Manufacturer: Lists the name of the CPU manufacturer
Frequency: Lists the CPU processing speed
FSB Speed: Lists the FSB speed

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Cache L1: Lists the CPU L1 cache size

Cache L2: Lists the CPU L2 cache size
Ratio Actual Value: Displays the ratio at which the CPU is actually operating

6.3.2 IDE Configuration

Use the IDE Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 4) to change and/or set the configuration of
the IDE devices installed in the system.

BIOS Menu 4: IDE Configuration

ATA/IDE Configurations [Compatible]

Use the ATA/IDE Configurations option to configure the ATA/IDE controller.

Disabled Disables the on-board ATA/IDE controller.

Compatible Configures the on-board ATA/IDE controller to be in

compatible mode. In this mode, a SATA channel will

replace one of the IDE channels. This mode supports up

to 4 storage devices.

Enhanced DEFAULT Configures the on-board ATA/IDE controller to be in

Enhanced mode. In this mode, IDE channels and SATA

channels are separated. This mode supports up to 6

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storage devices. Some legacy OS do not support this

mode.

Configure SATA as [IDE]

Use the Configure SATA as option to configure SATA devices as normal IDE devices.

IDE DEFAULT Configures SATA devices as normal IDE device.

Configure SATA Channels [Behind PATA]

Use the Configure SATA Channels option to determine how SATA channels and PATA
channels are ordered.

Before PATA Puts SATA channels before PATA channels.

Behind PATA DEFAULT Puts SATA channels behind PATA channels.

IDE 0 (Master) and IDE 1 (Slave)

When entering setup, BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices. BIOS displays the
status of the auto detected IDE devices. The following IDE devices are detected and are
shown in the IDE Configuration menu:

Primary IDE 0 (Master)

Primary IDE 1 (Slave)
Third IDE 0 (Master)
Third IDE 1 (Slave)
Fourth IDE 0 (Master)
Fourth IDE 1 (Slave)

The IDE Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 4) allows changes to the configurations for the
IDE devices installed in the system. If an IDE device is detected, and one of the above
listed four BIOS configuration options are selected, the IDE configuration options shown in
Section 6.3.2.1 appear.

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6.3.2.1 IDE Master, IDE Slave

Use the IDE Master and IDE Slave configuration menu to view both primary and
secondary IDE device details and configure the IDE devices connected to the system.

BIOS Menu 5: IDE Master and IDE Slave Configuration

Auto-Detected Drive Parameters

The “grayed-out” items in the left frame are IDE disk drive parameters automatically
detected from the firmware of the selected IDE disk drive. The drive parameters are listed
as follows:

Device: Lists the device type (e.g. hard disk, CD-ROM etc.)
Type: Indicates the type of devices a user can manually select
LBA Mode: Indicates whether the LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a
method of addressing data on a disk drive is supported or not.
Block Mode: Block mode boosts IDE drive performance by increasing the
amount of data transferred. Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per
interrupt if block mode is not used. Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB
per interrupt.
PIO Mode: Indicates the PIO mode of the installed device.
DMA Mode: Adjust the DMA mode options.
S.M.A.R.T.: Indicates whether or not the Self-Monitoring Analysis and
Reporting Technology protocol is supported.

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32Bit Data Transfer: Enables 32-bit data transfer.

Type [Auto]

Use the Type BIOS option to select the type of device the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from
after the Power-On Self-Test (POST) is complete.

Not Installed BIOS is prevented from searching for an IDE disk

drive on the specified channel.

Auto DEFAULT The BIOS auto detects the IDE disk drive type

attached to the specified channel. This setting should

be used if an IDE hard disk drive is attached to the

specified channel.

CD/DVD The CD/DVD option specifies that an IDE CD-ROM

drive is attached to the specified IDE channel. The

BIOS does not attempt to search for other types of

IDE disk drives on the specified channel.

ARMD This option specifies an ATAPI Removable Media

Device. These include, but are not limited to:

ZIP

LS-120

LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

Use the LBA/Large Mode option to disable or enable BIOS to auto detects LBA (Logical
Block Addressing). LBA is a method of addressing data on a disk drive. In LBA mode, the
maximum drive capacity is 137 GB.

Disabled BIOS is prevented from using the LBA mode control on

the specified channel.

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Auto DEFAULT BIOS auto detects the LBA mode control on the specified

channel.

Block (Multi Sector Transfer) [Auto]

Use the Block (Multi Sector Transfer) to disable or enable BIOS to auto detect if the device
supports multi-sector transfers.

Disabled BIOS is prevented from using Multi-Sector Transfer on the

specified channel. The data to and from the device occurs

one sector at a time.

Auto DEFAULT BIOS auto detects Multi-Sector Transfer support on the

drive on the specified channel. If supported the data

transfer to and from the device occurs multiple sectors at

a time.

PIO Mode [Auto]

Use the PIO Mode option to select the IDE PIO (Programmable I/O) mode program timing
cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller. As the PIO mode
increases, the cycle time decreases.

Auto DEFAULT BIOS auto detects the PIO mode. Use this value if the IDE disk

drive support cannot be determined.

0 PIO mode 0 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 3.3MBps

1 PIO mode 1 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 5.2MBps

2 PIO mode 2 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 8.3MBps

3 PIO mode 3 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 11.1MBps

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4 PIO mode 4 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 16.6MBps

(This setting generally works with all hard disk drives

manufactured after 1999. For other disk drives, such as IDE

CD-ROM drives, check the specifications of the drive.)

DMA Mode [Auto]

Use the DMA Mode BIOS selection to adjust the DMA mode options.

Auto DEFAULT BIOS auto detects the DMA mode. Use this value if the IDE

disk drive support cannot be determined.

SWDMA0 Single Word DMA mode 0 selected with a maximum data

transfer rate of 2.1MBps

SWDMA1 Single Word DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data

transfer rate of 4.2MBps

SWDMA2 Single Word DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data

transfer rate of 8.3MBps

MWDMA0 Multi Word DMA mode 0 selected with a maximum data

transfer rate of 4.2MBps

MWDMA1 Multi Word DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data

transfer rate of 13.3MBps

MWDMA2 Multi Word DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data

transfer rate of 16.6MBps

UDMA1 Ultra DMA mode 0 selected with a maximum data transfer

rate of 16.6MBps

UDMA1 Ultra DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data transfer

rate of 25MBps

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UDMA2 Ultra DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data transfer

rate of 33.3MBps

UDMA3 Ultra DMA mode 3 selected with a maximum data transfer

rate of 44MBps (To use this mode, it is required that an

80-conductor ATA cable is used.)

UDMA4 Ultra DMA mode 4 selected with a maximum data transfer

rate of 66.6MBps (To use this mode, it is required that an

80-conductor ATA cable is used.)

UDMA5 Ultra DMA mode 5 selected with a maximum data transfer

rate of 99.9MBps (To use this mode, it is required that an

80-conductor ATA cable is used.)

S.M.A.R.T [Auto]

Use the S.M.A.R.T option to auto-detect, disable or enable Self-Monitoring Analysis and
Reporting Technology (SMART) on the drive on the specified channel. S.M.A.R.T predicts
impending drive failures. The S.M.A.R.T BIOS option enables or disables this function.

Auto DEFAULT BIOS auto detects HDD SMART support.

Disabled Prevents BIOS from using the HDD SMART feature.

Enabled Allows BIOS to use the HDD SMART feature

32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]

Use the 32Bit Data Transfer BIOS option to enables or disable 32-bit data transfers.

Disabled Prevents the BIOS from using 32-bit data transfers.

Enabled DEFAULT Allows BIOS to use 32-bit data transfers on supported

hard disk drives.

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6.3.3 Floppy Configuration

Use the Floppy Configuration menu to configure the floppy disk drive connected to the
system.

BIOS Menu 6: Floppy Configuration

Floppy A/B

Use the Floppy A/B option to configure the floppy disk drive. Options are listed below:

Disabled
360 KB 51/4”
1.2 MB 51/4”
720 KB 31/2”
1.44 MB 31/2” DEFAULT
2.88 MB 31/2”

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6.3.4 Super IO Configuration

Use the Super IO Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 7) to set or change the configurations
for the FDD controllers, parallel ports and serial ports.

BIOS Menu 7: Super IO Configuration

OnBoard Floppy Controller [Enabled]

Use the OnBoard Floppy Controller to enable or disable the floppy controller. If a floppy
disk is not being used in the system, disabling this option frees up system resources that
can be redirected elsewhere in the system.

Disabled Allows BIOS to disable the floppy controller

Enabled DEFAULT Allows BIOS to enable the floppy controller

Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4]

Use the Serial Port1 Address option to select the Serial Port 1 base address.

Disabled No base address is assigned to Serial Port 1

3F8/IRQ4 DEFAULT Serial Port 1 I/O port address is 3F8 and the interrupt

address is IRQ4

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3E8/IRQ4 Serial Port 1 I/O port address is 3E8 and the interrupt

address is IRQ4

2E8/IRQ3 Serial Port 1 I/O port address is 2E8 and the interrupt

address is IRQ3

Serial Port1 Mode [Normal]

Use the Serial Port1 Mode option to select the Serial Port1 operational mode.

Normal DEFAULT Serial Port 1 mode is normal

IrDA Serial Port 1 mode is IrDA

ASK IR Serial Port 1 mode is ASK IR

Serial Port2 Address [2F8/IRQ3]

Use the Serial Port2 Address option to select the Serial Port 2 base address.

Disabled No base address is assigned to Serial Port 2

2F8/IRQ3 DEFAULT Serial Port 2 I/O port address is 3F8 and the interrupt

address is IRQ3

3E8/IRQ4 Serial Port 2 I/O port address is 3E8 and the interrupt

address is IRQ4

2E8/IRQ3 Serial Port 2 I/O port address is 2E8 and the interrupt

address is IRQ3

Serial Port2 Mode [Normal]

Use the Serial Port2 Mode option to select the Serial Port2 operational mode.

Normal DEFAULT Serial Port 2 mode is normal

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IrDA Serial Port 2 mode is IrDA

ASK IR Serial Port 2 mode is ASK IR

Parallel Port Address [378]

Use the Parallel Port Address option to select the parallel port base address.

Disabled No base address is assigned to the Parallel Port

378 DEFAULT Parallel Port I/O port address is 378

278 Parallel Port I/O port address is 278

3BC Parallel Port I/O port address is 3BC

Parallel Port Mode [Normal]

Use the Parallel Port Mode option to select the mode the parallel port operates in.

Normal DEFAULT The normal parallel port mode is the standard mode

for parallel port operation.

EPP The parallel port operates in the enhanced parallel

port mode (EPP). The EPP mode supports

bi-directional communication between the system

and the parallel port device and the transmission

rates between the two are much faster than the

Normal mode.

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ECP The parallel port operates in the extended

capabilities port (ECP) mode. The ECP mode

supports bi-directional communication between the

system and the parallel port device and the

transmission rates between the two are much faster

than the Normal mode

ECP+EPP The parallel port is also compatible with both ECP

and EPP devices described above

Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7]

Use the Parallel Port IRQ option to set the parallel port interrupt address.

IRQ5 IRQ5 is assigned as the parallel port interrupt address

IRQ7 DEFAULT IRQ7 is assigned as the parallel port interrupt address

Onboard CIR Port [Disabled]

Use the Onboard CIR Port option to select the CIR base address.

Disabled DEFAULT No base address is assigned to CIR

3E0 CIR base address is 3E0

2E0 CIR base address is 2E0

Serial Port3 Address [3E8]

Use the Serial Port3 Address option to select the base addresses for serial port 3

Disabled No base address is assigned to serial port 3

3E8 DEFAULT Serial port 3 I/O port address is 3E8

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2E8 Serial port 3 I/O port address is 2E8

2E0 Serial port 3 I/O port address is 2E0

Serial Port3 IRQ [11]

Use the Serial Port3 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 3.

4 Serial port 3 IRQ address is 4

9 Serial port 3 IRQ address is 9

10 Serial port 3 IRQ address is 10

11 DEFAULT Serial port 3 IRQ address is 11

Serial Port4 Address [2E8]

Use the Serial Port4 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 4.

Disabled No base address is assigned to serial port 3

3E8 Serial port 4 I/O port address is 3E8

2E8 DEFAULT Serial port 4 I/O port address is 2E8

2E0 Serial port 4 I/O port address is 2E0

Serial Port4 IRQ [10]

Use the Serial Port4 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 4.

3 DEFAULT Serial port 4 IRQ address is 3

9 Serial port 4 IRQ address is 9

10 DEFAULT Serial port 4 IRQ address is 10

11 Serial port 4 IRQ address is 11

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Serial Port5 Address [2F0]

Use the Serial Port5 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 5.

Disabled No base address is assigned to serial port 5

3E8 Serial port 5 I/O port address is 3E8

2E8 Serial port 5 I/O port address is 2E8

2F0 DEFAULT Serial port 5 I/O port address is 2F0

2E0 Serial port 5 I/O port address is 2E0

Serial Port5 IRQ [11]

Use the Serial Port5 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 5.

10 Serial port 5 IRQ address is 10

11 DEFAULT Serial port 5 IRQ address is 11

Serial Port6 Address [2E0]

Use the Serial Port6 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 6.

Disabled No base address is assigned to serial port 6

3E8 Serial port 6 I/O port address is 3E8

2E8 Serial port 6 I/O port address is 2E8

2F0 DEFAULT Serial port 6 I/O port address is 2F0

2E0 Serial port 6 I/O port address is 2E0

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Serial Port6 IRQ [10]

Use the Serial Port6 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 6.

10 DEFAULT Serial port 6 IRQ address is 10

11 Serial port 6 IRQ address is 11

6.3.5 Hardware Health Configuration

The Hardware Health Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 8) shows the operating
temperature, fan speeds and system voltages.

BIOS Menu 8: Hardware Health Configuration

H/W Health Function [Enabled]

Use the H/W Health Function to enable the monitoring of the system environmental
parameters.

Disabled Disables the health monitoring function

Enabled DEFAULT Enables the health monitoring function

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FAN 2 Mode Setting [Full On Mode]

Use the FAN 2 Mode Setting option to configure the second fan.

Full On Mode DEFAULT Fan is on all the time

Automatic mode Fan is off when the temperature is low enough.

Parameters must be set by the user.

PWM Manual mode Pulse width modulation set manually

FAN 3 Mode Setting [Full On Mode]

Use the FAN 3 Mode Setting option to configure the second fan.

Full On Mode DEFAULT Fan is on all the time

Automatic mode Fan is off when the temperature is low enough.

Parameters must be set by the user.

PWM Manual mode Pulse width modulation set manually

The following system parameters and values are shown. The system parameters that are
monitored are:

System Temperatures: The following system temperatures are monitored

o CPU Temperature
o System Temperature #1
o System Temperature #2
Fan Speeds: The following cooling fan speeds are monitored
o CPU Fan
o System Fan
o Fan3 Speed
Voltages: The following system voltages are monitored
o CPU Core
o +3.3V
o +5V

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o +12V
o 3VSB
o VBAT

6.3.6 ACPI Configuration

The ACPI Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 9) configures the Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface (ACPI) and Power Management (APM) options.

BIOS Menu 9: ACPI Configuration

ACPI Aware O/S [Yes]

Use the ACPI Aware O/S option to enable the system to configure ACPI power saving
options. ACPI can only be implemented if the system OS complies with the ACPI
standard. Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows XP all comply with ACPI.

No Disables the ACPI support for the OS. This selection should

be disabled if the OS does not support ACPI

Yes DEFAULT Enables the ACPI support for the operating system. This

selection should be enabled if the OS does support ACPI

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6.3.6.1 General ACPI Configuration

Use the General ACPI Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 10) to select the ACPI state when
the system is suspended.

BIOS Menu 10: General ACPI Configuration

Suspend Mode [S1 (POS)]

Use the Suspend Mode option to specify the sleep state the system enters when it is not
being used.

S1 (POS) DEFAULT The system enters S1(POS) sleep state. The system

appears off. The CPU is stopped; RAM is refreshed; the

system is running in a low power mode.

S3 (STR) The system enters a S3(STR) sleep state. The CPU has

no power; RAM is in slow refresh; the power supply is in a

reduced power mode.

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6.3.7 APM Configuration

The APM Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 11) allows the advanced power
management options to be configured.

BIOS Menu 11: Advanced Power Management Configuration

Power Management/APM [Enabled]

Use the Power Management/APM BIOS option to enable access to the advanced power
management features. If this option is disabled, the only other option on the screen is the
Power Button Mode.

Disabled Disables the Advanced Power Management (APM)

feature

Enabled DEFAULT Enables the APM feature

Power Button Mode [On/Off]

Use the Power Button Mode BIOS to specify how the power button functions.

On/Off DEFAULT When the power button is pressed the system is either

turned on or off

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Suspend When the power button is pressed the system goes into

suspend mode

Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off]

Use the Restore on AC Power Loss BIOS option to specify what state the system
returns to if there is a sudden loss of power to the system.

Power Off DEFAULT The system remains turned off.

Power On The system turns on.

Last State The system returns to its previous state. If it was on, it

turns itself on. If it was off, it remains off.

Power Supply Mode [ATX]

Use the Power Supply Mode BIOS option to to select the power supply that is connected
to the system.

AT An AT power supply is connected to the system

ATX DEFAULT An ATX power supply is connected to the system

Resume on Ring [Enabled]

Use the Resume on Ring BIOS option to enable activity on the RI (ring in) modem line to
rouse the system from a suspend or standby state. That is, the system will be roused by
an incoming call on a modem.

Disabled Wake event not generated by an incoming call

Enabled DEFAULT Wake event generated by an incoming call

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Resume on Lan [Enabled]

The Resume on Lan BIOS option specifies if the system is roused from a suspended or
standby state when there is activity on the LAN.

Disabled Wake event not generated by LAN activity

Enabled DEFAULT Wake event generated by LAN activity

Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled]

Use the Resume On RTC Alarm option to specify the time the system should be roused
from a suspended state.

Disabled DEFAULT The real time clock (RTC) cannot generate a wake

event

Enabled If selected, the following appears with values that

can be selected:

RTC Alarm Date (Days)

System Time

After setting the alarm, the computer turns itself on

from a suspend state when the alarm goes off.

Resume on PCI-Express WAKE# [Enabled]

The Resume on PCI-Express WAKE# BIOS option specifies if the system is roused from
a suspended or standby state when there is activity on the PCI-Express bus.

Disabled Wake event not generated by PCI-Express activity

Enabled DEFAULT Wake event generated by PCI-Express activity

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6.3.8 ASF Configuration

The ASF Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 12) controls the system’s ASF functions as
part of a remote client management network.

BIOS Menu 12: ASF Configuration

ASF Support [Enabled]

Use the ASF Support BIOS option to control the system’s ability to connect to a remote
management server.

Disabled The system will not communicate with a remote

management server.

Enabled DEFAULT The Alert Standard Format (ASF) controller is activated

and can communicate with a remote management

server.

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6.3.9 MPS Configuration

Use the MPS Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 13) to select the multi-processor table.

BIOS Menu 13: MPS Configuration

MPS Revision [1.4]

Use the Multiprocessor Specification (MPS) for OS option to specify the MPS version
to be used.

1.1 MPS version 1.1 is used

1.4 DEFAULT MPS version 1.4 is used

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6.3.10 Trusted Computing

Use the Trusted Computing menu (BIOS Menu 14) to configure settings related to the
Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Trusted Platform Module (TPM).

BIOS Menu 14: Trusted Computing

TCG/TPM Support [No]

Use the TCG/TPM Support option to configure support for the TPM.

No DEFAULT TPM support is disabled.

Yes TPM support is enabled.

Clearing the TPM [Press Enter]

Use the Clearing the TPM option to clear the information stored in the TPM.

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6.3.11 USB Configuration

Use the USB Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 15) to read USB configuration information
and configure the USB settings.

BIOS Menu 15: USB Configuration

USB Configuration

The USB Configuration field shows the system USB configuration. The items listed are:

Module Version: x.xx.x-xx.x

USB Function [8 USB Ports]

Use the USB Function BIOS option to enable or disable a specified number of USB ports.
If only two USB ports are being used, disabling the remaining six USB frees up system
resources that can be redirected elsewhere.

Disabled USB function support disabled

2 USB Ports Two USB ports are enabled

4 USB Ports Four USB ports are enabled

6 USB Ports Six USB ports are enabled

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8 USB Ports DEFAULT Eight USB ports are enabled

USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]

Use the USB 2.0 Controller BIOS option to enable or disable the USB 2.0 controller

Disabled USB 2.0 controller disabled

Enabled DEFAULT USB 2.0 controller enabled

Legacy USB Support [Enabled]

Use the Legacy USB Support BIOS option to enable USB mouse and USB keyboard
support.

Normally if this option is not enabled, any attached USB mouse or USB keyboard does not
become available until a USB compatible operating system is fully booted with all USB
drivers loaded. When this option is enabled, any attached USB mouse or USB keyboard
can control the system even when there is no USB driver loaded onto the system.

Disabled Legacy USB support disabled

Enabled DEFAULT Legacy USB support enabled

Auto Legacy USB support disabled if no USB devices are

connected

USB2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed]

The USB 2.0 Controller Mode BIOS option sets the speed of the USB 2.0 controller.

FullSpeed The controller is capable of operating at full speed

(12Mbits/second)

HiSpeed DEFAULT The controller is capable of operating at high speed

(480Mbits/second)

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6.3.11.1 USB Mass Storage Device Configuration

Use the USB Mass Storage Device Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 16) lists the USB
mass storage class devices.

BIOS Menu 16: USB Mass Storage Device Configuration

6.4 Boot

Use the Boot menu (BIOS Menu 17) to configure system boot options.

BIOS Menu 17: Boot

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6.4.1 Boot Settings Configuration

Use the Boot Settings Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 18) to configure advanced system
boot options.

BIOS Menu 18: Boot Settings Configuration

Quick Boot [Enabled]

Use the Quick Boot BIOS option to make the computer speed up the boot process.

Disabled No POST procedures are skipped

Enabled DEFAULT Some POST procedures are skipped to decrease

the system boot time

Quiet Boot [Disabled]

Use the Quiet Boot BIOS option to select the screen display when the system boots.

Disabled DEFAULT Normal POST messages displayed

Enabled OEM Logo displayed instead of POST messages

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AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS]

Use the AddOn ROM Display Mode option to allow add-on ROM (read-only memory)
messages to be displayed.

Force BIOS DEFAULT The system forces third party BIOS to display

during system boot.

Keep Current The system displays normal information during

system boot.

Bootup Num-Lock [On]

Use the Bootup Num-Lock BIOS option to specify if the number lock setting must be
modified during boot up.

Off Does not enable the keyboard Number Lock automatically. To

use the 10-keys on the keyboard, press the Number Lock key

located on the upper left-hand corner of the 10-key pad. The

Number Lock LED on the keyboard lights up when the Number

Lock is engaged.

On DEFAULT Allows the Number Lock on the keyboard to be enabled

automatically when the computer system boots up. This allows

the immediate use of the 10-key numeric keypad located on

the right side of the keyboard. To confirm this, the Number

Lock LED light on the keyboard is lit.

Display System Configuration [Enabled]

Use the Display System Configuration option to select whether or not system
configuration information is shown on screen after POST.

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Disabled System configuration information is not shown on

screen after POST.

Enabled DEFAULT System configuration information is shown on

screen after POST.

Boot From LAN Support [Disabled]

The BOOT From LAN Support option enables the system to be booted from a remote
system.

Disabled DEFAULT Cannot be booted from a remote system through the LAN

Enabled Can be booted from a remote system through the LAN

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6.4.2 Boot Device Priority

Use the Boot Device Priority menu (BIOS Menu 19) to specify the boot sequence from the
available devices. Possible boot devices may include:

1st FLOPPY DRIVE

HDD
CD/DVD

BIOS Menu 19: Boot Device Priority Settings

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6.4.3 Removable Drives

Use the Removable Drives menu (BIOS Menu 20) to specify the boot sequence of the
available FDDs. When the menu is opened, the FDDs connected to the system are listed
as shown below:

1st Drive [1st FLOPPY DRIVE]

2nd Drive [2nd FLOPPY DRIVE]

NOTE:

Only the drives connected to the system are shown. For example, if
only one FDD is connected only “1st Drive” is listed.

The boot sequence from the available devices is selected. If the “1st Drive” option is
selected a list of available FDDs is shown. Select the first FDD the system boots from. If
the “1st Drive” is not used for booting this option may be disabled.

BIOS Menu 20: Removable Drives

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6.4.4 USB Drives

Use the USB Drives menu (BIOS Menu 21) to specify the boot sequence of the available
USB devices. When the menu is opened, the USB devices connected to the system are
listed as shown below:

1st Drive [1st USB DRIVE]

2nd Drive [2nd USB DRIVE]

NOTE:

Only the drives connected to the system are shown. For example, if
only one USB drive is connected only “1st Drive” is listed.

The boot sequence from the available devices is selected. If the “1st Drive” option is
selected a list of available USB drives is shown. Select the first USB drive the system
boots from. If the “1st Drive” is not used for booting this option may be disabled.

BIOS Menu 21: USB Drives

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6.5 Security

Use the Security menu (BIOS Menu 22) to set system and user passwords.

BIOS Menu 22: Security

Change Supervisor Password

Use the Change Supervisor Password to set or change a supervisor password. The
default for this option is Not Installed. If a supervisor password must be installed, select
this field and enter the password. After the password has been added, Install appears next
to Change Supervisor Password.

User Access Level [Full Access]

A supervisor password must be installed to make this option available. The User Access
Level option specifies the access a normal user has to the BIOS settings.

No Access Users have no access to the Setup Utility

View Only Users can only view the Setup Utility

Limited Users can change limited fields like date and time

Full Access DEFAULT Users have full access to the Setup Utility

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Change User Password

Use the Change User Password to set or change a user password. The default for this
option is Not Installed. If a user password must be installed, select this field and enter the
password. After the password has been added, Install appears next to Change User
Password.

Clear User Password

A user password must be installed to make this option available. Use the Clear User
Password option to delete a user password.

Password Check [Setup]

A supervisor password must be installed to make this option available. The Password
Check option specifies when a user is prompted for the password.

Setup DEFAULT Users have to enter their password only when they

enter the Setup Utility

Always Users have to enter their password whenever they

boot the computer

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6.6 Chipset

Use the Chipset menu (BIOS Menu 23) to access the NorthBridge and SouthBridge
configuration menus.

WARNING:

Setting the wrong values for the Chipset BIOS selections in the Chipset
BIOS menu may cause the system to malfunction.

BIOS Menu 23: Chipset

Audio Controller [AC’97 Audio Only]

The Audio Controller option enables or disables the audio controller.

AC’97 Audio Only DEFAULT The on-board AC’97 audio controller is enabled.

All Disabled The on-board audio controller is disabled.

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Spread Spectrum Clock [Disabled]

Use the Spread Spectrum Clock option to reduce the EMI. Excess EMI is generated
when the system clock generator pulses have extreme values. Spreading the pulse
spectrum modulates changes in the extreme values from spikes to flat curves, thus
reducing the EMI. This benefit may in some cases be outweighed by problems with
timing-critical devices, such as a clock-sensitive SCSI device.

Disabled DEFAULT EMI not reduced

Enabled EMI reduced

Onboard LAN1 [Enabled]

The Onboard LAN1 option enables or disables the on-board LAN1.

Enabled DEFAULT The on-board LAN1 controller is manually enabled

Disabled The on-board LAN1 controller is manually disabled

Onboard LAN2 [Enabled]

The Onboard LAN2 option enables or disables the on-board LAN2.

Enabled DEFAULT The on-board LAN2 controller is manually enabled

Disabled The on-board LAN2 controller is manually disabled

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6.6.1 NorthBridge Configuration

Use the NorthBridge Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 24) to configure the northbridge
chipset.

BIOS Menu 24:NorthBridge Chipset Configuration

DRAM Frequency [Auto]

The DRAM Frequency option specifies the DRAM frequency or allows the system to
automatically detect the DRAM frequency.

400MHz Sets the DRAM frequency to 400MHz

533MHz Sets the DRAM frequency to 533MHz

667MHz Sets the DRAM frequency to 667MHz

Auto DEFAULT Automatically selects the DRAM frequency

Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled]

The Configure DRAM Timing by SPD option determines if the system uses the SPD
(Serial Presence Detect) EEPROM to configure the DRAM timing. The SPD EEPROM
contains all necessary DIMM specifications the including speed of the individual
components such as CAS and bank cycle time as well as valid settings for the module and

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the manufacturer's code. The SPD enables the BIOS to read the spec sheet of the DIMMs
on boot-up and then adjust the memory timing parameters accordingly.

Disabled DRAM timing parameters can be manually set using

the DRAM sub-items

Enabled DEFAULT DRAM timing parameter are set according to the

DRAM Serial Presence Detect (SPD)

The Configure DRAM Timing by SPD option is disabled, the following configuration
options appear.

DRAM CAS# Latency [5]

DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay [6 DRAM clocks]
DRAM RAS# Precharge [6 DRAM clocks]
DRAM RAS# Active to Precha [15 DRAM clocks]

DRAM CAS# Latency [5]

The DRAM CAS# Latency option refers to the Column Address Strobe (CAS) delay time.
To be able to change this configuration option the Configure DRAM Timing by SPD
configuration option must be set to “Disabled.” The following configuration options are
available.

3 nanoseconds
4 nanoseconds
5 nanoseconds DEFAULT
6 nanoseconds

DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay [6 DRAM Clocks]

Use the DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay option to specify the number of clock cycles must
elapse between sending a RAS (row address strobe) signal and the CAS (column address
strobe) signal. A pause is required between the RAS signal and the CAS signal to ensure
the memory is correctly addressed. To be able to change this configuration option the

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Configure DRAM Timing by SPD configuration option must be set to “Disabled.”

Configuration options are listed below:

2 DRAM Clocks
3 DRAM Clocks
4 DRAM Clocks
5 DRAM Clocks
6 DRAM Clocks DEFAULT

DRAM RAS# Precharge [6 DRAM Clocks]

Use the DRAM RAS# Precharge option to set the speed at which the RAM terminates the
access of one row and start accessing another. To be able to change this configuration
option the Configure DRAM Timing by SPD configuration option must be set to
“Disabled.” The following configuration options are available

2 DRAM Clocks
3 DRAM Clocks
4 DRAM Clocks
5 DRAM Clocks
6 DRAM Clocks DEFAULT

DRAM RAS# Activate to Precha [15 DRAM Clocks]

Use the DRAM RAS# Activate to Precha option to specify the length of the delay
between the activation and precharge commands for the RAS signal. That is how long
after activation can the access cycle be started again. This influences row activation time
that is considered when memory has hit the last column in a specific row, or when an
entirely different memory location is requested. To be able to change this configuration
option the Configure DRAM Timing by SPD configuration option must be set to
“Disabled.” The following configuration options are available:

4 DRAM Clocks
5 DRAM Clocks
6 DRAM Clocks
7 DRAM Clocks

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8 DRAM Clocks
9 DRAM Clocks
10 DRAM Clocks
11 DRAM Clocks
12 DRAM Clocks
13 DRAM Clocks
14 DRAM Clocks
15 DRAM Clocks DEFAULT

Memory Hole [Disabled]

Use the Memory Hole option to reserve memory space between 15MB and 16MB for ISA
expansion cards that require a specified area of memory to work properly. If an older ISA
expansion card is used, please refer to the documentation that came with the card to see if
it is necessary to reserve the space.

Disabled DEFAULT Memory is not reserved for ISA expansion cards

15MB – 16MB Between 15MB and 16MB of memory is reserved for

ISA expansion cards

Internal Graphics Mode Select [Enable, 8MB]

Use the Internal Graphic Mode Select option to specify the amount of system memory
that can be used by the Internal graphics device.

Disable

Enable, 1MB 1MB of memory used by internal graphics device

Enable, 8MB DEFAULT 8MB of memory used by internal graphics device

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6.7 Exit

Use the Exit menu (BIOS Menu 25) to load default BIOS values, optimal failsafe values
and to save configuration changes.

BIOS Menu 25:Exit

Save Changes and Exit

Use the Save Changes and Exit option to save the changes made to the BIOS options and
to exit the BIOS configuration setup program.

Discard Changes and Exit

Use the Discard Changes and Exit option to exit the BIOS configuration setup program
without saving the changes made to the system.

Discard Changes

Use the Discard Changes option to discard the changes and remain in the BIOS
configuration setup program.

Load Optimal Defaults

Use the Load Optimal Defaults option to load the optimal default values for each of the
parameters on the Setup menus. F9 key can be used for this operation.

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Load Failsafe Defaults

Use the Load Failsafe Defaults option to load failsafe default values for each of the
parameters on the Setup menus. F8 key can be used for this operation.

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Chapter

7 Driver Installation

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7.1 Available Software Drivers

NOTE:

The content of the CD may vary throughout the life cycle of the product
and is subject to change without prior notice. Visit the IEI website or
contact technical support for the latest updates.

The following drivers can be installed on the system:

Chipset driver
VGA driver
LAN driver
Audio driver
IDE controller

Installation instructions are given below.

7.2 Driver CD Auto-run

All the drivers for the IMBA-9454 are on the CD that came with the system. To install the
drivers, please follow the steps below.

Step 1: Insert the CD into a CD drive connected to the system.

NOTE:

If the system does not initiate the "autorun" program when the CD is
inserted, click the Start button, select Run, then type X:\autorun.exe
(where X:\ is the system CD drive) to access the IEI Driver CD main
menu.

Step 2: The driver main menu appears (Figure 7-1).

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Figure 7-1: Introduction Screen

Step 3: Click IMBA-9454.

Step 4: A new screen with a list of available drivers appears (Figure 7-2).

Figure 7-2: Available Drivers

Step 5: Select the driver to install from the list in Figure 7-2. Detailed driver installation

instructions follow below. Step 0:

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7.3 Chipset Driver Installation

To install the chipset driver, please follow the steps below.

Step 1: Select INF from the list in Figure 7-2.

Step 2: A new window opens (Figure 7-3).

Figure 7-3: Chipset Driver Installation Program

Step 3: Double-click the infinst_Autol.exe icon.

Step 4: The welcome screen in Figure 7-4 appears.

Figure 7-4: Chipset Driver Installation Welcome Screen

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Step 5: Click NEXT to continue the installation process.

Step 6: The license agreement in Figure 7-5 appears.

Figure 7-5: Chipset Driver Installation License Agreement

Step 7: Read the license agreement. To accept the terms and conditions stipulated in

the agreement, click YES.

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Step 8: The Readme file in Figure 7-6 appears.

Figure 7-6: Chipset Driver Readme File Information

Step 9: Read the Readme file information and then click NEXT to start the driver

installation.

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Step 10: After the driver installation process is complete, a confirmation screen

appears (Figure 7-7). Step 0:

Figure 7-7: Chipset Driver Installation Complete

Step 1: Click FINISH to complete the driver installation.

7.4 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver

To install the chipset driver, please follow the steps below.

Step 2: Select the VGA driver from the list in Figure 7-2.

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Step 3: A new window opens (Figure 7-8).

Figure 7-8: Select the Operating System

Step 4: Double-click the appropriate operating system folder.

Step 5: A new window appears (Figure 7-9).

Figure 7-9: VGA Driver

Step 6: Double-click the installation program icon to continue the installation process.

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Step 7: The Readme information file shown in Figure 7-10 appears.

Figure 7-10: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator InstallShield Wizard

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Step 8: Read the Readme file information and click NEXT to begin extracting files

(Figure 7-11).

Figure 7-11: InstallShield Wizard Extracting Files

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Step 9: The Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Welcome screen appears

(Figure 7-12).

Figure 7-12: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Welcome Screen

Step 10: Click NEXT and a license agreement appears (Figure 7-13).

Figure 7-13: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver License Agreement

Step 11: Read the license agreement. To accept the terms and conditions stipulated in

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the license agreement shown, click YES and the installation notice appears

(Figure 7-14) as the driver is installed.

Figure 7-14: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Installing Notice

Step 12: After the driver installation process is complete, a confirmation screen appears

(Figure 7-15).

Figure 7-15: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Installation Complete

Step 13: The confirmation screen offers the option of restarting the computer now or later.

For the settings to take effect, the computer must be restarted. Click FINISH to

restart the computer. Step 0:

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7.5 Broadcom LAN Driver (for GbE LAN) Installation

To install the Broadcom LAN driver, please follow the steps below.

Step 1: Open Windows Control Panel (Figure 7-16).

Figure 7-16: Windows Control Panel

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Step 2: Double-click the System icon (Figure 7-17).

Figure 7-17: System Icon

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Step 3: Click the Device Manager tab (Figure 7-18).

Figure 7-18: Device Manager Tab

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Step 4: A list of system hardware devices appears (Figure 7-19).

Figure 7-19: Device Manager List

Step 5: Double-click the listed device that has question marks next to it (this means

Windows does not recognize the device).

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Step 6: The Device Driver Wizard appears (Figure 7-20).

Figure 7-20: Search for Suitable Driver

Step 7: Select “Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended),” and click

NEXT to continue.

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Step 8: Select “Specify a Location” in the Locate Driver Files window (Figure 7-21).

Figure 7-21: Locate Driver Files

Step 9: Click NEXT to continue.

Step 10: The Locate File window appears (Figure 7-22).

Figure 7-22: Location Browsing Window

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Step 11: Select the proper OS folder under the “X:\3-LAN\BROADCOM BCM57xx

Drivers” directory in the Locate File window, where “X:\” is the system CD

drive.

Step 12: Click OPEN and the driver is installed.Step 0:

7.6 Realtek AC`97 Audio Driver (ALC665) Installation

To install the Realtek AC `97 audio driver, please follow the steps below.

7.6.1 BIOS Setup

Step 1: Enter the BIOS setup. To do this, reboot the system and press DEL during POST.

Step 2: Go to the Southbridge Configuration menu. Set the Audio Controller option to

[AC`97].

Step 3: Press F10 to save the changes and exit the BIOS setup. The system reboots. Step 0:

7.6.2 Driver Installation

To install the audio driver please follow the steps below.

Step 1: Select AUDIO from the list in Figure 7-2.

Step 2: A new window opens (Figure 7-23).

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Figure 7-23: Select the Audio CODEC

Step 3: Double-click the ALC665 folder.

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Step 4: Double-click the Setup.exe program icon in Figure 7-24.

Figure 7-24: Locate the Setup Program Icon

Step 5: The InstallShield Wizard is prepared to guide the user through the rest of the

process (Figure 7-25).

Figure 7-25: Preparing Setup Screen

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Step 6: Once initialized, the InstallShield Wizard welcome screen appears

(Figure 7-26).

Figure 7-26: InstallShield Wizard Welcome Screen

Step 7: Click NEXT to continue the installation.

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Step 8: InstallShield starts to install the new software as shown in Figure 7-27.

Figure 7-27: Audio Driver Software Configuration

Step 9: At this stage the Digital Signal Not Found screen shown in Figure 7-28

appears.

Figure 7-28: Audio Driver Digital Signal

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Step 10: Click YES and the driver installation begins (Figure 7-29).

Figure 7-29: Audio Driver Installation

Step 11: After the driver installation process is complete, a confirmation screen appears

(Figure 7-30).

Figure 7-30: Restart the Computer

Step 12: The confirmation screen offers the option of restarting the computer now or later.

For the settings to take effect, the computer must be restarted. Click FINISH to

restart the computer. Step 0:

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7.7 IDE Controller Installation

To install the IDE controller, please follow the steps below.

Step 1: Open Windows Control Panel (Figure 7-31).

Figure 7-31: Access Windows Control Panel

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Step 2: Double-click the System icon (Figure 7-32).

Figure 7-32: Double Click the System Icon

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Step 3: Click the Device Manager tab (Figure 7-33).

Figure 7-33: Double Click the Device Manager Tab

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Step 4: A list of system hardware devices appears (Figure 7-34).

Figure 7-34: Device Manager List

Step 5: Double-click the listed device that has question marks next to it (This means

Windows does not recognize the device).

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Step 6: The Device Driver Wizard appears (Figure 7-35).

Figure 7-35: Search for Suitable Driver

Step 7: Select “Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended),” and click

NEXT to continue.

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Step 8: The Locate Driver Files window (Figure 7-36) appears.

Figure 7-36: Locate Driver Files

Step 9: Select “Specify a Location” and click NEXT to continue.

Step 10: Select the proper OS folder under the “X:\7-IDE\IT8211 v1.3.2.8” directory (

Figure 7-37) in the location browsing window, where “X:\” is the system CD

drive.

Figure 7-37: Location Browsing Window

Step 11: Select the iteatapi.inf file, click OPEN and the driver is installed.Step 0:

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Appendix

A BIOS Menu Options

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A.1 BIOS Configuration Options

Below is a list of BIOS configuration options described in Chapter 6.

System Overview ................................................................................................ 110

System Time [xx:xx:xx] ...................................................................................... 111
System Date [xx/xx/xx] ....................................................................................... 111
ATA/IDE Configurations [Compatible].............................................................. 113
Configure SATA as [IDE].................................................................................... 114
Configure SATA Channels [Behind PATA] ...................................................... 114
IDE 0 (Master) and IDE 1 (Slave)........................................................................ 114
Auto-Detected Drive Parameters....................................................................... 115
Type [Auto] ................................................................................................. 116
ZIP ................................................................................................. 116
LS-120 ................................................................................................. 116
LBA/Large Mode [Auto]...................................................................................... 116
Block (Multi Sector Transfer) [Auto] ................................................................. 117
PIO Mode [Auto] ................................................................................................. 117
DMA Mode [Auto]................................................................................................ 118
S.M.A.R.T [Auto] ................................................................................................. 119
32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] ........................................................................... 119
Floppy A/B ................................................................................................. 120
OnBoard Floppy Controller [Enabled] .............................................................. 121
Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] ....................................................................... 121
Serial Port1 Mode [Normal]................................................................................ 122
Serial Port2 Address [2F8/IRQ3] ....................................................................... 122
Serial Port2 Mode [Normal]................................................................................ 122
Parallel Port Address [378] ................................................................................ 123
Parallel Port Mode [Normal]............................................................................... 123
Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7]...................................................................................... 124
Onboard CIR Port [Disabled] ............................................................................. 124
Serial Port3 Address [3E8]................................................................................. 124

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Serial Port3 IRQ [11] ........................................................................................... 125

Serial Port4 Address [2E8]................................................................................. 125
Serial Port4 IRQ [10] ........................................................................................... 125
Serial Port5 Address [2F0]................................................................................. 126
Serial Port5 IRQ [11] ........................................................................................... 126
Serial Port6 Address [2E0]................................................................................. 126
Serial Port6 IRQ [10] ........................................................................................... 127
H/W Health Function [Enabled] ......................................................................... 127
FAN 2 Mode Setting [Full On Mode].................................................................. 128
FAN 3 Mode Setting [Full On Mode].................................................................. 128
ACPI Aware O/S [Yes] ........................................................................................ 129
Suspend Mode [S1 (POS)] ................................................................................. 130
Power Management/APM [Enabled].................................................................. 131
Power Button Mode [On/Off] ............................................................................. 131
Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] ........................................................... 132
Power Supply Mode [ATX] ................................................................................. 132
Resume on Ring [Enabled] ................................................................................ 132
Resume on Lan [Enabled].................................................................................. 133
Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled].................................................................... 133
RTC Alarm Date (Days) ...................................................................................... 133
System Time ................................................................................................. 133
Resume on PCI-Express WAKE# [Enabled]..................................................... 133
ASF Support [Enabled] ...................................................................................... 134
MPS Revision [1.4].............................................................................................. 135
TCG/TPM Support [No]....................................................................................... 136
Clearing the TPM [Press Enter] ......................................................................... 136
USB Configuration.............................................................................................. 137
USB Function [8 USB Ports].............................................................................. 137
USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]............................................................................. 138
Legacy USB Support [Enabled]......................................................................... 138
USB2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed]................................................................... 138
Quick Boot [Enabled] ......................................................................................... 140

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Quiet Boot [Disabled] ......................................................................................... 140

AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] ......................................................... 141
Bootup Num-Lock [On] ...................................................................................... 141
Display System Configuration [Enabled] ......................................................... 141
Boot From LAN Support [Disabled] .................................................................. 142
Change Supervisor Password........................................................................... 146
User Access Level [Full Access]....................................................................... 146
Change User Password...................................................................................... 147
Clear User Password.......................................................................................... 147
Password Check [Setup].................................................................................... 147
Audio Controller [AC’97 Audio Only]................................................................ 148
Spread Spectrum Clock [Disabled]................................................................... 149
Onboard LAN1 [Enabled] ................................................................................... 149
Onboard LAN2 [Enabled] ................................................................................... 149
DRAM Frequency [Auto] .................................................................................... 150
Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled] ..................................................... 150
DRAM CAS# Latency [5] .................................................................................... 151
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay [6 DRAM Clocks]................................................. 151
DRAM RAS# Precharge [6 DRAM Clocks]........................................................ 152
DRAM RAS# Activate to Precha [15 DRAM Clocks]........................................ 152
Memory Hole [Disabled]..................................................................................... 153
Internal Graphics Mode Select [Enable, 8MB] ................................................. 153
Save Changes and Exit ...................................................................................... 154
Discard Changes and Exit ................................................................................. 154
Discard Changes................................................................................................. 154
Load Optimal Defaults........................................................................................ 154
Load Failsafe Defaults........................................................................................ 155

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Appendix

B Watchdog Timer

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NOTE:

The following discussion applies to DOS environment. IEI support is contacted

or the IEI website visited for specific drivers for more sophisticated operating

systems, e.g., Windows and Linux.

The Watchdog Timer is provided to ensure that standalone systems can always recover
from catastrophic conditions that cause the CPU to crash. This condition may have
occurred by external EMIs or a software bug. When the CPU stops working correctly,
Watchdog Timer either performs a hardware reset (cold boot) or a Non-Maskable Interrupt
(NMI) to bring the system back to a known state.

A BIOS function call (INT 15H) is used to control the Watchdog Timer.

INT 15H:
AH – 6FH Sub-function:

AL – 2: Sets the Watchdog Timer’s period.

BL: Time-out value (Its unit-second is dependent on the item “Watchdog
Timer unit select” in CMOS setup).

Table B-1: AH-6FH Sub-function

Call sub-function 2 to set the time-out period of Watchdog Timer first. If the time-out value
is not zero, the Watchdog Timer starts counting down. When the timer value reaches zero,
the system resets. To ensure that this reset condition does not occur, calling sub-function
2 must periodically refresh the Watchdog Timer. However, the watchdog timer is disabled
if the time-out value is set to zero.

A tolerance of at least 10% must be maintained to avoid unknown routines within the
operating system (DOS), such as disk I/O that can be very time-consuming.

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NOTE:

When exiting a program it is necessary to disable the Watchdog Timer,

otherwise the system resets.

Example program:

; INITIAL TIMER PERIOD COUNTER

;
W_LOOP:

MOV AX, 6F02H ;setting the time-out value

MOV BL, 30 ;time-out value is 48 seconds
INT 15H
;
; ADD THE APPLICATION PROGRAM HERE
;
CMP EXIT_AP, 1 ;is the application over?
JNE W_LOOP ;No, restart the application

MOV AX, 6F02H ;disable Watchdog Timer

MOV BL, 0 ;
INT 15H
;
; EXIT ;

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C Address Mapping

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C.1 IO Address Map

I/O address
Description
Range
000-01F DMA Controller
020-021 Interrupt Controller
040-043 System time
060-06F Keyboard Controller
070-07F System CMOS/Real time Clock
080-09F DMA Controller
0A0-0A1 Interrupt Controller
0C0-0DF DMA Controller
0F0-0FF Numeric data processor
1F0-1F7 Primary IDE Channel
2F8-2FF Serial Port 2 (COM2)
378-37F Parallel Printer Port 1 (LPT1)
3B0-3BB SiS661CX Graphics Controller
3C0-3DF SiS661CX Graphics Controller
3F6-3F6 Primary IDE Channel
3F7-3F7 Standard floppy disk controller
3F8-3FF Serial Port 1 (COM1)

Table C-1: IO Address Map

C.2 1st MB Memory Address Map

Memory address Description

00000-9FFFF System memory
A0000-BFFFF VGA buffer
F0000-FFFFF System BIOS
1000000- Extend BIOS

Table C-2: 1st MB Memory Address Map

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C.3 IRQ Mapping Table

IRQ0 System Timer IRQ8 RTC clock

IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ9 ACPI
IRQ2 Available IRQ10 LAN
IRQ3 COM2 IRQ11 LAN/USB2.0/SATA
IRQ4 COM1 IRQ12 PS/2 mouse
IRQ5 SMBus Controller IRQ13 FPU
IRQ6 FDC IRQ14 Primary IDE
IRQ7 Available IRQ15 Secondary IDE

Table C-3: IRQ Mapping Table

C.4 DMA Channel Assignments

Channel Function
0 Available
1 Available
2 Floppy disk (8-bit transfer)
3 Available
4 Cascade for DMA controller 1
5 Available
6 Available
7 Available

Table C-4: IRQ Mapping Table

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Appendix

D External AC’97 Audio

CODEC

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D.1 Introduction

The motherboard comes with an onboard Realtek ALC655 CODEC. The ALC655 is a
16-bit, full-duplex AC'97 Rev. 2.3 compatible six-channel audio CODEC that provides
three pairs of stereo outputs with 5-bit volume control, a mono output, and multiple stereo
and mono inputs, along with flexible mixing, gain, and mute functions.

D.1.1 Accessing the AC’97 CODEC

The CODEC is accessed through the phone jacks on the rear panel of the motherboard.
The phone jacks include:

LINE IN
LINE OUT
MIC IN

D.1.2 Driver Installation

The driver installation has been described in Section 7.6.

After rebooting, the sound effect configuration utility appears in the Windows Control
Panel (Figure D-1). If the peripheral speakers are properly connected, sound effects
should be heard.

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Figure D-1: Control Panel Sound Effect Manager

D.2 Sound Effect Configuration

D.2.1 Accessing the Sound Effects Manager

Follow the steps below to access the Sound Effect Manager.

Step 1: Install the ALC655 audio CODEC driver (see Section 7.6).

Step 2: Click the Sound Effect Manager icon in the system task bar (Figure D-2).

Figure D-2: Sound Effect Manager Icon [Task Bar]

Step 3: The sound effect manager appears (Figure D-3).

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Figure D-3: Sound Effects Manager (ALC655)

NOTE:

The Sound Effect Manager shown in Figure D-3 is for the RealTek ALC655
audio CODEC. Different CODECs may have different sound manager
appearances.

The following section describes the different configuration options in the Sound Effect
Manager.

D.2.2 Sound Effect Manager Configuration Options

The Sound Effects Manager enables configuration of the items listed below. To configure
these items click the corresponding menu tab in the Sound Effects Manager
(Figure D-3).

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NOTE:

The Karaoke Mode is configured in the Sound Effect menu. To access Karaoke
configuration settings, click on the Sound Effect menu tab.

Sound Effect
Karaoke Mode
Equalizer
Speaker Configuration
Speaker Test
S/PDIF-In
S/PDIF-Out
Connector Sensing
HRTF Demo
Microphone Effect
General

NOTE:

Not all RealTek Sound Effect Managers have all the above listed options. The
Sound Effect Manager loaded onto the system may only have some of the
options listed above.

Below is a brief description of the available configuration options in the Sound Effects
Manager.

Sound Effect - Select a sound effect from the 23 listed options in the drop
down menu. Selected sound effect properties can be edited. Click EDIT to edit
the sound effect.
Karaoke Mode - Karaoke Mode is accessed in the Sound Effect tab. The
Voice Cancellation disables the vocal part of the music being played. The

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Key adjustment up or down arrow icons enable users to define a key that fits
a certain vocal range.
Equalizer Selection - Preset equalizer settings enable easy audio range
settings. Ten frequency bands can be configured.
Speaker Configuration - Multi-channel speaker settings are configured in
this menu. Configurable options include:
o Headphone
o Channel mode for stereo speaker output
o Channel mode for 4 speaker output
o Channel mode for 5.1 speaker output
o Synchronize the phonejack switch with speakers settings
Speaker Test - Each speaker connected to the system is tested individually
to see if the 4-channel or 6-channel audio operates properly.
S/PDIF-In & S/PDIF-Out - S/PDIF is used to transmit digital and analog audio
signals with either a 48 or 44.1kHz sample rate.
HRTF Demo - Adjust HRTF (Head Related Transfer Functions) 3D positional
audio before running 3D applications.
Microphone Effect - Microphone noise suppression is enabled in this menu.
General - General information about the installed AC’97 audio configuration
utility is listed here.

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Index

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ACPI Configuration............................. 129

+ APM Configuration ............................. 131
ASF Configuration .............................. 134
+12V ATX power supply connector............35
Boot .................................................... 139
location and pinouts ..............................35
Boot Device Priority ............................ 143
Boot Settings Configuration................ 140
A
Chipset................................................ 148
AC’97 Audio CODEC ...............................199 CPU Configuration...............................112
ACPI ................................................129, 130 Exit...................................................... 154
Address Mapping.....................................195 Floppy Configuration .......................... 120
Advanced Power Management ...............131 General ACPI Configuration ............... 130
airflow ........................................................93 Hardware Health Configuration .......... 127
ALC655....................................................200 IDE Configuration ................................113
anti-static precautions..........................26, 80 IDE Master, IDE Slave.........................115
anti-static pad ..................................26, 80 MPS Configuration ............................. 135
anti-static wristband.........................26, 80 NorthBridge Configuration.................. 150
handling ...........................................26, 80 Removable Drives .............................. 144
self-grounding..................................26, 80 Security............................................... 146
ASKIR interface .........................................49 Super IO Configuration....................... 121
ATA flat cable .............................................94 System Overview.................................110
ATX power supply connector .....................36 Trusted Computing ............................. 136
location and pinouts ..............................36 USB Configuration.............................. 137
Audio USB Drives ......................................... 145
connection ...........................................103 USB Mass Storage Device Config ...... 139
Audio Codec ’97 ........................................17 BIOS Chipset .............................................20
audio connector .........................................37 BIOS Menu Options................................ 187
location and pinouts ..............................37
Audio connector.......................................103 C
auxiliary audio connector...........................38
cables.........................................................94
location and pinouts ..............................38
CD in connector .........................................39
location and pinouts...............................39
B
CF card ......................................................40
BIOS ........................................................107 location and pinouts...............................40

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setup jumper..........................................91 PCI Express x16 slot .............................52

socket ....................................................40 PCI slot ..................................................57
CF card setup jumper ................................91 serial port (COM 2) ................................63
chassis.......................................................93 serial port (RS-422/485) ........................65
installation..............................................93 serial ports .............................................62
chipset........................................................16 serial SATA drives..................................61
northbridge ............................................13 SPDIF ....................................................66
southbridge............................................16 TPM .......................................................67
clear CMOS jumper ...................................92 USB (internal) ........................................69
CMOS ........................................................92 cooling........................................................93
clear CMOS jumper...............................92 airflow ....................................................93
codec cooling fan..................................................87
AC’97.....................................................17 cooling kit installation .................................87
COM 2 CPU
COM 2 mode selection..........................93 cooling fan .............................................87
COM 2 mode selection jumper ..................93 heat sink ................................................87
CompactFlash............................................40 installation..............................................83
socket location and pinouts ...................40 CPU .................................................... 12, 13
connectors, pinouts and location compatible ...................................... 12, 13
(RS-422/485) serial port ........................65
+12V ATX power supply ........................35 D
ATX power supply .................................36
Data Flow Block Diagram ..........................11
audio......................................................37
DB-15.........................................................76
auxiliary audio .......................................38
DB-15 connector ............................. 100, 104
CD in......................................................39
DB-25.........................................................72
COM 2 serial port ..................................63
DB-9...........................................................77
CompactFlash .......................................40
DB-9 connector ....................................... 105
digital input/output .................................43
digital input/output connector.....................43
fans........................................................44
location and pinouts...............................43
floppy disk .............................................45
dimensions...................................................9
front panel audio....................................47
board .......................................................9
IDE.........................................................48
external peripheral interface connector
infrared interface ...................................49
panel..................................................10
multi-panel .............................................50
DIMM .........................................................89
PCI Express power................................55

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installation..............................................89 Features.......................................................3
specifcations..........................................89 floppy disk connector .................................45
Drivers location and pinouts...............................45
Audio Driver.........................................175 floppy disk drive .........................................45
Chipset Driver......................................160 front panel connector .................................47
IDE Controller......................................181 location and pinouts...............................47
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver FSB ..........................................................112
........................................................163
LAN Driver...........................................169 G

graphics and memory controller hub .........13

E
Graphics Media Accelerator.......................15
electrostatic discharge .........................26, 80
Enhanced Hardware Monitor.....................22 H
Environmental and Power Specifications ..23
hard disk drives
Ethernet
SATA......................................................61
connection ...........................................101
HDD LED ...................................................51
external indicators......................................51
heat sink.....................................................87
external peripheral interface ......................98
HT technology............................................83
connection .............................................98
system requirements .............................83
connectors.............................................98
hyper-threading technology .......................83
External Peripheral Interface Connectors..70
system requirements .............................83
Audio Jacks ...........................................74
Ethernet (RJ-45)....................................73
I
Keyboard/Mouse ...................................71
Parallel Port...........................................72 IDE connector, 40-pin ................................48
Serial Communications (COM) .............77 location and pinouts...............................48
USB .......................................................75 IDE device..................................................94
VGA .......................................................76 ATA flat cable .........................................94
external switches .......................................51 connector...............................................94
IDE interface ..............................................17
F infrared interface ........................................49
Amplitude Shift Key Infrared..................49
fan connector .............................................44
ASKIR ....................................................49
location and pinouts ..............................44
Serial Infrared ........................................49
fan speed controller ...................................22

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SIR.........................................................49
O
infrared interface connector.......................49
location and pinouts ..............................49 Operating Temperature ..............................24

installation checklist ...................................82

IrDA..........................................................122 P

parallel port ................................................22

J
PC speaker ................................................51

jumper........................................................90 PCI bus ......................................................19

CF card setup........................................91 PCI Express GbE controller.......................20

clear CMOS...........................................92 PCI Express x16 Slot.................................52

COM 2 mode selection..........................93 location and pinouts...............................52

jumper configuration..............................90 PCI interface ..............................................18

jumper settings ......................................90 PCI slot ......................................................57

location and pinouts...............................57

K Peripheral Connectors and Jumpers ...........5

peripheral device cables ............................94
keyboard controller ....................................22
PICMG 1.0 form factor.................................2
power button ..............................................51
L
Power Button Mode ................................ 131

LED Power Consumption ..................................24

HDD.......................................................51 power LED .................................................51

power.....................................................51 power supply....................................... 35, 36

LPC bus .....................................................20 ATX power supply........................... 35, 36

LPC interface .......................................18, 21 processors .......................................... 12, 13

PS/2 ...........................................................71

M PS/2 connector ..........................................99

PS/2 keyboard
memory module installation .......................89
connection .............................................99
memory support.........................................14
multi-panel connector ................................51
R
location and pinouts ..............................51
real time clock ............................................19

N reset button ................................................51

RJ-45 connector...................................... 101
northbridge chipset ....................................13
RS-232.......................................................62

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cable connection ...................................95 southbridge chipset....................................16

COM 2 location and pinouts ..................62 Super I/O chipset .......................................21
connector location and pinouts........62, 63 System Monitoring .....................................23
dual cable ..............................................95 system voltages .............................. 127, 128
serial port devices .................................62
RS-232 serial port devices ........................62 T
RS-232/422/485.........................................63
technical specifications ................................6
COM 2 location and pinouts ..................63
Temperature Control ..................................24
serial port devices .................................63
RS-232/422/485 serial port devices ..........63
U
RS-422/485................................................65
COM 2 location and pinouts ..................65 unpacking...................................................27
serial port devices .................................65 unpacking checklist ...............................27
RS-422/485 serial port devices .................65 unpacking precautions...........................27
USB............................................................69
S controller................................................19
devices ..................................................69
SATA
port.........................................................69
controller................................................19
USB 1.1 .................................................69
cables ....................................................96
USB 2.0 .................................................69
connection .............................................96
USB connector........................................ 102
drive connector location and pinouts.....61
USB connector, internal .............................69
Serial
location and pinouts...............................69
connection ...........................................105
serial digital video output ...........................14
V
serial port connector ......................62, 63, 65
location and pinouts ..................62, 63, 65 VGA monitor
SIR interface ..............................................49 connection .................................. 100, 104
socket LGA775 CPU
cooling kit ..............................................87 W
cooling kit installation ............................87
warranty validation .....................................82
installation..............................................83
Watchdog Timer.......................................191
Sound Effect Configuration......................201
Sound Effects Manager ...........................201

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