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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 CyberResearch, Inc. via phone:(203) 643-5000,
email: sales@cyberresearch.com
The items listed below should all be included in the MXGA motherboard package.
1 x MXGA Single Board Computer
1 x IDE Cable
2 x Dual RS-232 Cable
2 x SATA Cable
1 x SATA Power Cable
1 x I/O Shielding
1 x Mini Jumper Pack
1 x Utility CD
BIOS Menu 1: Main ................................................................................................. 111
BIOS Menu 2: Advanced.......................................................................................... 113
BIOS Menu 3: CPU Configuration........................................................................... 113
BIOS Menu 4: IDEConfiguration ............................................................................ 114
BIOS Menu 5: IDE Master and IDE Slave Configuration....................................... 116
BIOS Menu 6: Floppy Configuration ...................................................................... 121
BIOS Menu 7: Super IO Configuration................................................................... 122
BIOS Menu 8: Hardware Health Configuration...................................................... 128
BIOS Menu 9: ACPI Configuration.......................................................................... 130
BIOS Menu 10: General ACPI Configuration......................................................... 131
BIOS Menu 11: Advanced Power Management Configuration............................ 132
BIOS Menu 12: ASF Configuration......................................................................... 135
BIOS Menu 13: MPS Configuration ........................................................................ 136
BIOS Menu 14: Trusted Computing........................................................................ 137
BIOS Menu 15: USB Configuration......................................................................... 138
BIOS Menu 16: USB Mass Storage Device Configuration.................................... 140
BIOS Menu 17: Boot................................................................................................. 140
BIOS Menu 18: Boot Settings Configuration......................................................... 141
BIOS Menu 19: Boot Device Priority Settings....................................................... 144
BIOS Menu 20: Removable Drives.......................................................................... 145
BIOS Menu 21: USB Drives..................................................................................... 146
BIOS Menu 22: Security........................................................................................... 147
BIOS Menu 23: Chipset............................................................................................ 149
BIOS Menu 24:NorthBridge Chipset Configuration.............................................. 151
BIOS Menu 25:Exit ................................................................................................. 155
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Glossary
AC’97 Audio Codec 97
ACPI Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface
APM Advanced Power Management
ARMD ATAPI Removable Media Device
ASKIR Shift Keyed Infrared
ATA Advanced Technology
Attachments
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
CFII Compact Flash Type 2
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide
Semiconductor
CPU Central Processing Unit
Codec Compressor/Decompressor
COM Serial Port
DAC Digital to Analog Converter
DDR Double Data Rate
HDD Hard Disk Drive
IDE Integrated Data Electronics
I/O Input/Output
ICH4 I/O Controller Hub 4
L1 Cache Level 1 Cache
L2 Cache Level 2 Cache
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LPT Parallel Port Connector
LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signaling
MAC Media Access Controller
OS Operating System
PCI Peripheral Connect Interface
PIO Programmed Input Output
PnP Plug and Play
POST Power On Self Test
RAM Random Access Memory
SATA Serial ATA
DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module
DIO Digital Input/Output
DMA Direct Memory Access
EIDE Enhanced IDE
EIST Enhanced Int el SpeedStep
Technology
FDD Floppy Disk Drive
FDC Floppy Disk Connector
FFIO Flexible File Input/Output
FIFO First In/First Out
FSB Front Side Bus
IrDA Infrared Data Association
S.M.A.R.T Self Monitoring Analysis and
Reporting Technology
SPD Serial Presence Detect
S/PDI Sony/Philips Digital Interface
SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random
Access Memory
SIR Serial Infrared
UART Universal Asynchronous
Receiver-transmitter
USB Universal Serial Bus
VGA Video Graphics Adapter
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1.1 MXGA Overview
The MXGA 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 MXGA 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 MXGA supports up
to four serial ATA (SATA 3Gb/s) hard disk drives and up to eight USB 2.0 devices. If RAID
support for the system is required, contact CyberResearch, Inc. via phone: 203) 643-5000
or email:
RoHS compliant
Support for the following CPUs:
o LGA775 Intel
o LGA775 Intel
o LGA775 Intel
o LGA775 Intel
Integrated Intel
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
®
Core™ 2 Duo
®
Pentium® 4
®
Pentium® D
®
Celeron® D
®
GMA950 graphics engine
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:
o1 x PCI Express x16 expansion slot
(Supports PCIe x1/2/4/8/16 PCI-E add on cards)
o6 x PCI expansion slots
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1.2 MXGA Overview
1.2.1 MXGA Overview Photo
The MXGA 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.
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 MXGA 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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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
+12V@10.17A, +5V@4.25A, 3.3V@6.07A
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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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 MXGA motherboard. The Intel
processors and the Intel
Technology (Intel
®
®
Celeron® D processors all have Intel® Extended Memory 64
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 LGA775E6700
®
Pentium® 4
2.40 GHz 1066 MHz 65 nm 4 MB LGA775E6600
2.13 GHz 1066 MHz 65 nm 2 MB LGA775E6400
1.86 GHz 1066 MHz 65 nm 2 MB LGA775E6300
1.80 GHz 800 MHz 65 nm 2 MB LGA775E4300
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.
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2.4.5 Supported Intel® Pentium® D Processors
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 LGA775960
3.40 GHz 800 MHz 65 nm 4 MB LGA775950
3.40 GHz 800 MHz 65 nm 4 MB LGA775945
Table 2-3: Supported Intel® Pentium® D Processors
2.4.6 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 LGA775365
3.46 GHz 533 MHz 65 nm 512 KB LGA775360
3.33 GHz 533 MHz 65 nm 512 KB LGA775356
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
(ICH7) through a high speed Direct Media Interface (DMI) chip-to-chip connection. The
®
945G is interfaced to the Intel® I/O Controller Hub 7
high-speed DMI integrates priority based servicing that allows for concurrent traffic and
true isochronous transfer capabilities. Some of the features of the Intel
below.
Supports four, 1GB, 400/533/667MHz dual channel DDR SDRAM DIMMs
Integrated VGA and SDVO (Serial Digital Video Out put) outputs
Integrated Intel
2.0GB/s concurrent DMI bandwidth maximizes chip set 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
®
Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (Intel® GMA 950)
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 MXGA 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.
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Two SDVO ports multiplexed with PCI Express graphics interface
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 Grap hics 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,
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
oSupport 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
oHigh 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 MXGA has the features are listed below.
Complies with PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 1.0a
Complies with PCI Local Bus Spe cificati on, Revision 2.3 and su pports 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 dat a
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
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controller
Complies with System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, V ersion 2.0
Supports Audio Codec ’97 (AC’97) Revision 2.3
Supports Intel
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 T echnology
Intel® Quick Resume Technology Support
®
High Definition Audio
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 A C’97 controlle r supports u p
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 A T A/10 0, with data transfer rates up to 100MB/s
Ultra A T A/66, with data transfer rates up to 66MB/s
Ultra A T A/33, with data transfer rates up to 33MB/s
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
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ITE PCI-to-ISA bridge interface
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 spe eds
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 sup port 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.
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:
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
JT A G sup po rt
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:
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AMI Flash BIOS
SMIBIOS (DMI) compliant
Console redirection function support
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 T i mer
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.
The onboard Super I/O has two integrated 16C550 UARTs that can support the following:
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
oBi-directional SPP compliant
Enhanced mode
o EPP v1.7 compliant
o EPP v1.9 compliant
High-speed mode
o ECP, IEEE 1284 compliant
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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:
The 8042 instruction is compatible with a PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse
Gate A20 and Keyboard re set 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 MXGA Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor the following
temperatures:
System temperature
Power temperature
CPU temperature
Eight voltage inputs on the MXGA Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor the following
voltages:
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 MXGA 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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Failure to take ESD precautions during the installation of the MXGA
may result in permanent damage to the MXGA and severe injury to the
user.
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause serious damage to electronic components,
including the MXGA. Dry climates are especially susceptible to ESD. It is critical that the
following anti-static precautions are strictly adhered to whenever handling the MXGA or
any other electrical component.
Wear an anti-static wristband - Wearing a simple anti-static wristband can
help to prevent ESD from damaging the MXGA.
Self-grounding - Touch a grounded conducting material before handling and
periodically while handling the MXGA.
Use an anti-static pad - When configuring the MXGA, place it on an
antic-static pad to reduce the possibility of ESD damage.
Only handle the edges of the MXGA - When handling the MXGA, hold it by
its edges.
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3.2 Unpacking
3.2.1 Unpacking Precautions
When the MXGA 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 MXGA 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 CyberResearch, Inc. immediately
by phone (203) 643-5000 or email: sales@cyberresearch.com
3.3.1 Package Contents
The MXGA is shipped with the following components:
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
Internal peripheral connectors are found on the motherboard and are only accessible
when the motherboard is outside of the chassis. T his sect ion h as c omplete des cript ion s of
all the internal, peripheral connectors on the MXGA.
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4.2.1 ATX Power Supply Connector (4-pins)
CN Label:
CN Type:
CN Location:
CN Pinouts:
CPU12V1
4-pin ATX power connector (1x4)
See Figure 4-2
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
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:
CN Location:
CN Pinouts:
7-pin header
See Figure 4-4
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.
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:
CN Type:
CN Location:
CN Pinouts:
FDC1
34-pin header (2x17)
See Figure 4-10
See Table 4-11
The floppy disk connector is connected to a floppy disk drive.
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 RTS3 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:
CN Type:
CN Location:
CN Pinouts:
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.
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:
CN Type:
CN Location:
CN Pinouts:
CN1
4-pin header
See Figure 4-21
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 TXD13 RXD1+
4 RXD1-
Table 4-23: Serial Port Connector (RS-422/485) Pinouts
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4.2.23 USB Connectors (Internal)
CN Label:
CN Type:
CN Location:
CN Pinouts:
USB3, USB4
8-pin header (2x4)
See Figure 4-24
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.
The external peripheral interface connectors on the back panel are connected to devices
externally when the MXGA 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: MXGA 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 MXGA keyboard and mouse connectors are standard PS/2 connectors.
The RJ-45 Ethernet connector has two status LEDs, one green and one yello w. 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
OFF: 10MB
YELLOW ON: Linked
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.