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MB896
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Intel Pentium M
Mini-ITX Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
Version 1.0
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Acknowledgments Award is a registered trademark of Award Software International, Inc. PS/2 is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Intel and Pentium M are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Winbond is a registered trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation. All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. ii MB896 User’s Manual
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Table of Contents Introduction ....................................................... 1 Product Description ..........................................................1 Checklist...........................................................................2 MB896 Specifications........................................................3 Board Dimensions.............................................................5 Installations ....................................................... 6 Inst
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IMPORTANT NOTE: When the system boots without the CRT being connected, there will be no image on screen when you insert the CRT/VGA cable. To show the image on screen, the hotkey must be pressed. THE MB896 MINI ITX MOTHERBOARD iv MB896 User’s Manual
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INTRODUCTION Introduction Product Description The MB896 Mini ITX board incorporates the Mobile Intel® 915GM Express Chipset for Embedded Computing, consisting of the Intel® 915GM Graphic Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) and Intel® I/O Controller Hub 6-M (ICH6-M), is an optimized integrated graphics solution with a 400 MHz and 533 MHz front-side bus. The integrated 32-bit 3D graphics engine, based on Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900 (Intel® GMA 900) architecture, operates at core
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INTRODUCTION Checklist Your MB896 package should include the items listed below. ® · The MB896 Pentium M Mini-ITX motherboard · This User’s Manual · 1 CD containing chipset drivers and flash memory utility · Cable kit (IDE, Serial port, Serial ATA) 2 MB896 User’s Manual
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INTRODUCTION MB896 Specifications [ Form Factor Mini ITX CPU Type Intel Pentium M / Celeron M (Dothan Core only) CPU Voltage 0.700V ~ 1.708V System Speed Up to 2.26GHz CPU FSB 533 /400MHz FSB L2 Cache 2MB (Pentium M) / 512KB (Celeron M) CPU integrated Green /APM APM1.2 CPU Socket Socket 479 or micro-FCBGA on board Chipset INTEL 915GM Chipset GMCH: 82915GM 1257-pin FCBGA ICH6M: 82801FBM 609-pin mBGA FWH BIOS Award BIOS, support ACPI Function Memory type DDRII 533/400 SDRAM
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INTRODUCTION 4 MB896 User’s Manual
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INTRODUCTION Board Dimensions MB896 User’s Manual 5
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INSTALLATIONS Installations This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the MB896 in order to set up a workable system. The topics covered are: Installing the CPU............................................................. 7 Installing the Memory....................................................... 8 Setting the Jumpers........................................................... 9 Connectors on MB896 ..................................................
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INSTALLATIONS Installing the CPU ® The MB896 board supports a Socket 479 processor socket for Intel ® ® Pentium M or Celeron M processors. The processor socket comes with a screw to secure the processor. As shown in the left picture below, loosen the screw first before inserting the processor. Place the processor into the socket by making sure the notch on the corner of the CPU corresponds with the notch on the inside of the socket. Once the processor has slide into the socket, fas
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INSTALLATIONS Installing the Memory The MB896 board supports one DDR2 memory socket for a maximum total memory of 1GB in DDR2 memory type. Installing and Removing Memory Modules To install the DDR2 modules, locate the memory slot on the board and perform the following steps: 1. Hold the DDR2 module so that the key of the DDR2 module align with those on the memory slot. 2. Gently push the DDR2 module in an upright position until the clips of the slot close to hold the DDR2 module i
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INSTALLATIONS Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are used on MB896 to select various settings and features according to your needs and applications. Contact your supplier if you have doubts about the best configuration for your needs. The following lists the connectors on MB896 and their respective functions. Jumper Locations on MB896...........................................................10 JP2: Pentium M VccA Voltage Selection........................................11 JP3: LCD Panel
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INSTALLATIONS Jumper Locations on MB896 Jumpers on MB896.............................................................................. Page JP2: Pentium M Vcc Voltage Selection ..........................................11 JP3: LCD Panel Power Selection.....................................................11 JP4: Clear CMOS Setting.................................................................11 JP5: CompactFlash Slave/Master Selection....................................11 JP6: 1394
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INSTALLATIONS JP2: Pentium M Vcc Voltage Selection JP2 Vcc Voltage 1.8V 1.5V JP3: LCD Panel Power Selection JP3 LCD Panel Power 3.3V 5V JP4: Clear CMOS Setting JP4 Setting Normal Clear CMOS JP5: CompactFlash Slave/Master Selection JP5 CF Setting Master Slave JP6: 1394 EPROM Write Selection JP6 1394 EPROM For EPROM Write Normal [ MB896 User’s Manual 11
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INSTALLATIONS Connectors on MB896 The connectors on MB896 allows you to connect external devices such as keyboard, floppy disk drives, hard disk drives, printers, etc. The following table lists the connectors on MB896 and their respective functions. Connector Locations on MB896......................................................13 Connector Locations on MB896......................................................13 CN1: PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors ................
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INSTALLATIONS Connector Locations on MB896 MB896 User’s Manual 13
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INSTALLATIONS CN1: PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard Signal Name Keyboard Mouse Signal Name Keyboard data 1 1 Mouse data N.C. 2 2 N.C. GND 3 3 GND 5V 4 4 5V Keyboard clock 5 5 Mouse clock N.C. 6 6 N.C. CN2: COM1 and VGA Connector [ Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name DCD 1 6 DSR RXD 2 7 RTS TXD 3 8 CTS DTR 4 9 RI GND 5 10 Not Used [[[[ Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name Red 1 2 Green Blue 3 4 N.C. GND 5 6 G
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INSTALLATIONS J4: S-Video and RCA Connectors CN3: 10/100 RJ-45 and USB1/2 Ports CN4: 1394 Connector J12: SPDIF Out Connector CN5: GbE RJ-45 and USB3/4 Ports CN6: Audio Connector The audio connector, from top to bottom, is composed of Line in, Line out and Microphone jacks. CN7, CN8: Serial ATA Connectors FAN1: System Fan Power Connector FAN1 is a 3-pin header for system fans. The fan must be a 12V (500mA) fan. Pin # Signal Name 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Rotation detecti
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INSTALLATIONS IDE1: IDE Connector Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name Reset IDE 1 2 Ground Host data 7 3 4 Host data 8 Host data 6 5 6 Host data 9 Host data 5 7 8 Host data 10 Host data 4 9 10 Host data 11 Host data 3 11 12 Host data 12 Host data 2 13 14 Host data 13 Host data 1 15 16 Host data 14 Host data 0 17 18 Host data 15 Ground 19 20 Protect pin DRQ0 21 22 Ground Host IOW 23 24 Ground Host IOR 25 26 Ground IOCHRDY 27 28 Host ALE DACK0 29 30 Ground IRQ14 31 32 No con
