CyberResearch MXGE Series User Manual

Motherboards

MXGE Series

ATX Motherboard with 3.4GHz

Pentium 4 CPU, 5 PCI and 1 PCIe

Slots, VGA, SATA, USB, LAN,

CompactFlash, and Audio

®

USER’S MANUAL

VER. 2.0C • JAN 2009

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CyberResearch, Inc. does not authorize any CyberResearch product for
use in life support systems, medical equipment, and/or medical devices
without the written approval of the President of CyberResearch, Inc. Life
support devices and systems are devices or systems which are intended
for surgical implantation into the body, or to support or sustain life and
whose failure to perform can be reasonably expected to result in injury.
Other medical equipment includes devices used for monitoring, data
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2.0C Revision January 18th 2009

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Manual Conventions

WARNING!

Warnings appear where overlooked details may cause damage to the equipment or result
in personal injury. Warnings should be taken seriously. Warnings are easy to recognize.
The word “warning” is written as “WARNING,” both capitalized and bold and is followed by
text. The text is the warning message. A warning message is shown below:

WARNING:

This is an example of a warning message. Failure to adhere to warning
messages may result in permanent damage to the MXGE or personal
injury to the user. Please take warning messages seriously.

CAUTION!

Cautionary messages should also be heeded to help reduce the chance of losing data or
damaging the MXGE. Cautions are easy to recognize. The word “caution” is written as
“CAUTION,” both capitalized and bold and is followed. The italicized text is the cautionary
message. A caution message is shown below:

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CAUTION:

This is an example of a caution message. Failure to adhere to cautions
messages may result in permanent damage to the MXGE. Please take
caution messages seriously.

NOTE:

These messages inform the reader of essential but non-critical information. These
messages should be read carefully as any directions or instructions contained therein can
help avoid making mistakes. Notes are easy to recognize. The word “note” is written as
“NOTE,” both capitalized and bold and is followed by text. The text is the cautionary
message. A note message is shown below:

NOTE:

This is an example of a note message. Notes should always be read.
Notes contain critical information about the MXGE. Please take note
messages seriously.

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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. Instead, please contact
CyberResearch, Inc. To cont act a CyberRe search sales represent ative,
please send an email to [e-mail]

The items listed below should all be included in the MXGE package.

 1 x MXGE single board computer
 2 x Dual RS-232 cable
 1 x ATA 66/100 flat cable
 1 x I/O Shielding
 2 x SATA cabl es
 1 x SATA power cables
 1 x Mini jumper Pack
 1 x Utility CD

Images of the above items are shown in Chapter 3.

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Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................... 1

1.1 OVERVIEW.................................................................................................................. 2

1.1.1 MXGE Features................................................................................................. 2

1.2 MXGE OVERVIEW..................................................................................................... 3

1.2.1 MXGE Overview Photo...................................................................................... 3

1.2.2 MXGE Peripheral Connectors and Jumpers..................................................... 4

1.3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................................... 6

2 DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................. 9

2.1 DIMENSIONS............................................................................................................. 10

2.1.1 Board Dimensions............................................................................................ 10

2.1.2 External Interface Panel Dimensions.............................................................. 10

2.2 DATA FLOW...............................................................................................................11

2.3 COMPATIBLE PROCESSORS ....................................................................................... 12

2.3.1 Intel® Core™2 Duo Features ......................................................................... 13

2.3.2 Intel® Pentium® 4 Features............................................................................ 13

2.3.3 Intel® Celeron® D Features ........................................................................... 13

2.4 INTEL

®

945G NORTHBRIDGE CHIPSET......................................................................13

2.4.1 Intel® 945G Overview...................................................................................... 13

®

2.4.2 Intel

2.4.3 Intel

945G Memory Support .......................................................................... 14

®

945G Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950............................... 15

2.4.4 Intel® 945G PCIe x16 ...................................................................................... 16

2.4.4.1 PCIe x16 Bus Specifications..................................................................... 17

2.4.5 Intel® 945G Integrated Graphics..................................................................... 18

2.4.6 Intel® 945G Direct Media Interface (DMI)..................................................... 18

2.5 INTEL

®

ICH7 SOUTHBRIDGE CHIPSET...................................................................... 18

2.5.1 Intel® ICH7 Overview...................................................................................... 18

2.5.2 Intel® ICH7 Audio Codec ’97 Controller.........................................................19

2.5.3 Intel® ICH7 IDE Interface............................................................................... 21

2.5.4 Intel® ICH7 Low Pin Count (LPC) Interface................................................... 23

2.5.5 Intel® ICH7 PCI Interface ............................................................................... 24

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2.5.5.1 PCI-to-ISA Bridge .................................................................................... 25

2.5.6 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet.......................................................................... 27

2.5.7 Intel® ICH7 Real Time Clock........................................................................... 28

2.5.8 Intel® ICH7 SATA Controller........................................................................... 28

2.5.9 Intel® ICH7 USB Controller............................................................................ 29

2.6 LPC BUS COMPONENTS ........................................................................................... 30

2.6.1 LPC Bus Overview........................................................................................... 30

2.6.2 BIOS Chipset.................................................................................................... 31

2.6.3 Super I/O chipset.............................................................................................. 32

2.6.3.1 Super I/O LPC Interface ........................................................................... 32

2.6.3.2 Super I/O Digital Input/Output................................................................. 32

2.6.3.3 Super I/O 16C550 UARTs ........................................................................ 32

2.6.3.4 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor................................................... 33

2.6.3.5 Super I/O Fan Speed Controller................................................................ 33

2.6.3.6 Super I/O Floppy Disk Controller............................................................. 33

2.6.3.7 Super I/O Keyboard/Mouse Controller..................................................... 33

2.6.3.8 Super I/O Parallel Port.............................................................................. 34

2.6.4 Fintek F81216DG LPC Serial Port Chipset.................................................... 34

2.7

ENVIRONMENTAL AND POWER SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................... 34

2.7.1 System Monitoring........................................................................................... 34

2.7.2 Operating Temperature and Temperature Control........................................... 35

2.7.3 Power Consumption......................................................................................... 35

3 UNPACKING.......................................................................................................... 37

ANTI-STATIC PRECAUTIONS...................................................................................... 38

3.1

3.2 UNPACKING.............................................................................................................. 38

3.2.1 Unpacking Precautions.................................................................................... 38

3.3 UNPACKING CHECKLIST........................................................................................... 39

3.3.1 Package Contents............................................................................................. 39

3.4 OPTIONAL ITEMS...................................................................................................... 41

4 CONNECTOR PINOUTS...................................................................................... 43

4.1 PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS..................................................................... 44

4.1.1 MXGE Layout .................................................................................................. 44

4.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors ..................................................................... 45

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4.1.3 External Interface Panel Connectors............................................................... 46

4.2 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL CONNECTORS...................................................................... 47

4.2.1 ATX +12V Power Connector........................................................................... 47

4.2.2 ATX Power Connector ..................................................................................... 48

4.2.3 Auxiliary Audio Connector (4-pin) .................................................................. 50

4.2.4 Audio CD In Connector (4-pin)....................................................................... 50

4.2.5 Audio Connector .............................................................................................. 51

4.2.6 CompactFlash® Socket.................................................................................... 53

4.2.7 Digital Input/Output (DIO) Connector............................................................ 55

4.2.8 Fan Connector (+12V) (CPU Cooling Fan) ................................................... 56

4.2.9 Fan Connector (+12V) (System Cooling Fans)............................................... 57

4.2.10 Floppy Disk Connector (34-pin).................................................................... 58

4.2.11 Front Panel Connector (14-pin)..................................................................... 60

4.2.12 IDE Connector (40-pin)................................................................................. 61

4.2.13 Infrared Interface Connector (5-pin)............................................................. 63

4.2.14 PCI Slot.......................................................................................................... 64

4.2.15 PCI Express x16 Slot...................................................................................... 67

4.2.16 SATA Drive Connectors ................................................................................. 71

4.2.17 Serial Port Connectors (RS-232)................................................................... 72

4.2.18 Serial Port Connector (COM 2)(RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485)....................... 73

4.2.19 Serial Port Connector (COM 2)( RS-422 or RS-485 only)............................ 74

4.2.20 SPDIF Connector........................................................................................... 76

4.2.21 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Connector.................................................. 77

4.2.22 USB Connectors (Internal)............................................................................ 78

4.3 EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS................................................... 79

4.3.1 Keyboard/Mouse Connector............................................................................ 80

4.3.2 Parallel Port Connector .................................................................................. 81

4.3.3 Audio Connectors............................................................................................. 82

4.3.4 LAN Connectors............................................................................................... 82

4.3.5 USB Connectors............................................................................................... 83

4.3.6 VGA Connector................................................................................................ 84

4.3.7 Serial Communications Connector.................................................................. 85

5 INSTALLATION .................................................................................................... 87

5.1 ANTI-STATIC PRECAUTIONS...................................................................................... 88

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5.2 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS.............................................................................. 89

5.2.1 Installation Notices.......................................................................................... 89

5.2.2 Installation Checklist....................................................................................... 90

5.3 UNPACKING.............................................................................................................. 91

5.3.1 Unpacking Precautions.................................................................................... 91

5.4 CPU, CPU COOLING KIT AND DIMM INSTALLATION .............................................. 92

5.4.1 LGA775 CPU Installation................................................................................ 92

5.4.2 LGA775 Cooling Kit Installation..................................................................... 96

5.4.3 DIMM Installation........................................................................................... 98

5.4.4 CF Card Installation...................................................................................... 100

5.5 JUMPER SETTINGS .................................................................................................. 101

5.5.1 AT Power Select Jumper Settings................................................................... 102

5.5.2 CF Card Setup ............................................................................................... 103

5.5.3 Clear CMOS Jumper...................................................................................... 104

5.5.4 COM 2 Function Select Jumper..................................................................... 105

5.6

CHASSIS INSTALLATION.......................................................................................... 106

5.6.1 Airflow............................................................................................................ 106

5.7 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONNECTIONS...................................................... 107

5.7.1 Peripheral Device Cables.............................................................................. 107

5.7.2 ATA Flat Cable Connection........................................................................... 108

5.7.3 FDD Cable Connection (Optional) ............................................................... 109

5.7.4 Dual RS-232 Cable with Slot Bracket.............................................................110

5.7.5 Dual RS-232/422/485 Cables (Optional Cable).............................................111

5.7.6 SATA Drive Connection ..................................................................................112

5.7.7 USB Cable (Dual Port) (Optional)................................................................. 113

5.7.8 USB Cable (Four Port) (Optional)................................................................. 114

EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTION ..................................................115

5.8

5.8.1 Audio Connection............................................................................................116

5.8.2 LAN Connection..............................................................................................117

5.8.3 Parallel Device Connection............................................................................117

5.8.4 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connection..........................................................118

5.8.5 Serial Device Connection ...............................................................................119

5.8.6 USB Connection (Dual Connector)............................................................... 120

5.8.7 VGA Monitor Connection .............................................................................. 121

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6 BIOS SCREENS.................................................................................................... 123

INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................... 124

6.1

6.1.1 Starting Setup................................................................................................. 124

6.1.2 Using Setup.................................................................................................... 124

6.1.3 Getting Help................................................................................................... 125

6.1.4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration Changes............................................ 125

6.1.5 BIOS Menu Bar.............................................................................................. 125

6.2 MAIN...................................................................................................................... 126

6.3 ADVANCED............................................................................................................. 127

6.3.1 CPU Configuration........................................................................................ 128

6.3.2 IDE Configuration......................................................................................... 130

6.3.2.1 IDE Master, IDE Slave........................................................................... 132

6.3.3 Floppy Configuration..................................................................................... 137

6.3.4 Super IO Configuration ................................................................................. 139

6.3.5 Hardware Health Configuration.................................................................... 144

6.3.6 Power Configuration ..................................................................................... 148

6.3.6.1 ACPI Configuration ................................................................................ 149

6.3.6.2 APM Configuration................................................................................. 150

6.3.7 Remote Access Configuration........................................................................ 153

6.3.8 T rusted Computing......................................................................................... 157

6.3.9 USB Configuration......................................................................................... 158

6.3.9.1 USB Mass Storage Device Configuration............................................... 160

6.4 PCI/PNP................................................................................................................. 162

6.5 BOOT...................................................................................................................... 165

6.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration........................................................................... 165

6.5.2 Boot Device Priority...................................................................................... 168

6.5.3 Removable Drives.......................................................................................... 169

6.5.4 USB Drives..................................................................................................... 170

6.6 SECURITY............................................................................................................... 171

6.7 CHIPSET ................................................................................................................. 173

6.7.1 NorthBridge Configuration............................................................................ 174

6.7.2 SouthBridge Configuration............................................................................ 177

6.8 EXIT....................................................................................................................... 180

7 DRIVER INSTALLATION.................................................................................. 183

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7.1 AVAILABLE SOFTWARE DRIVERS ............................................................................ 184

7.2 DRIVER CD AUTO-RUN.......................................................................................... 184

7.3 CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION............................................................................. 186

7.4 INTEL GRAPHICS MEDIA ACCELERATOR DRIVER INSTALLATION ............................ 188

7.5 BROADCOM LAN DRIVER (FOR GBE LAN) INSTALLATION ................................... 192

7.6 REALTEK HD AUDIO DRIVER (ALC883) INSTALLATION ........................................ 197

7.6.1 BIOS Setup..................................................................................................... 197

7.6.2 Driver Installation ......................................................................................... 197

7.7 SAT A RAID DRIVER INSTALLATION...................................................................... 203

A BIOS OPTIONS.................................................................................................... 209

B TERMINOLOGY................................................................................................. 215

C DIO INTERFACE................................................................................................. 221

C.1

DIO INTERFACE INTRODUCTION............................................................................ 222

C.2 DIO CONNECTOR PINOUTS.................................................................................... 222

C.3 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE SAMPLES........................................................................... 223

C.3.1 Enable the DIO Input Function..................................................................... 223

C.3.2 Enable the DIO Output Function.................................................................. 223

D WA TCHDOG TIME R.......................................................................................... 225

E ADDRESS MAPPING.......................................................................................... 229

E.1 ADDRESS MAP....................................................................................................... 230

1ST MB MEMORY ADDRESS MAP .......................................................................... 230

E.2

E.3 IRQ MAPPING TABLE............................................................................................. 231

E.4 DMA CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS ............................................................................. 231

F COMPATIBILITY................................................................................................ 233

F.1 COMPATIBLE OPERATING SYSTEMS ........................................................................ 234

F.2 COMPATIBLE PROCESSORS...................................................................................... 234

F.3 COMPATIBLE MEMORY MODULES .......................................................................... 235

G INTEL® MATRIX STORAGE MANAGER..................................................... 237

G.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 238

G.1.1 Precautions.................................................................................................... 238

G.2 FEA TURES AND BENEFITS....................................................................................... 239

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G.3 ACCESSING THE INTEL® MATRIX STORAGE MANAGER ......................................... 239

G.4 RAID CONFIGURATION.......................................................................................... 240

G.4.1 Creating a RAID Volume............................................................................... 240

G.4.2 Deleting a RAID Volume................................................................................ 245

G.4.3 Resetting a Disk to Non-RAID....................................................................... 247

G.4.4 Exiting the Matrix Storage Manager............................................................. 250

H INDEX.................................................................................................................... 251

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List of Figures

Figure 1-1: MXGE Motherboard...................................................................................2

Figure 1-2: MXGE Overview [Front View] ...................................................................4

Figure 2-1: MXGE Dimensions (mm).........................................................................10

Figure 2-2: External Interface Panel Dimensions (mm)...........................................10

Figure 2-3: Data Flow Block Diagram........................................................................11

Figure 2-4: LGA775 CPU Socket................................................................................12

Figure 2-5: 240-pin DIMM Sockets.............................................................................15

Figure 2-6: PCIe x16 Socket.......................................................................................17

Figure 2-7: Audio Connectors....................................................................................20

Figure 2-8: IDE Connector..........................................................................................23

Figure 2-9: PCI Slots...................................................................................................25

Figure 2-10: ISA Bus...................................................................................................26

Figure 2-11: PCIe GbE.................................................................................................27

Figure 2-12: SATA Connectors...................................................................................29

Figure 2-13: USB Connectors....................................................................................30

Figure 2-14: LPC Bus Components...........................................................................31

Figure 4-1: Connector and Jumper Locations .........................................................44

Figure 4-2: ATX Power Connector Location .............................................................48

Figure 4-3: ATX Power Connector Pinout Locations...............................................49

Figure 4-4: Auxiliary Audio Connector Location (4-pin) .........................................50

Figure 4-5: Audio CD In Connector Pinouts (4-pin).................................................51

Figure 4-6: Audio Connector Location (10-pin)........................................................52

Figure 4-7: CF Card Socket Location........................................................................54

Figure 4-8: DIO Connector Connector Locations ....................................................56

Figure 4-9: +12V Fan Connector Location................................................................57

Figure 4-10: +12V Fan Connector Location..............................................................58

Figure 4-11: 34-pin FDD Connector Location...........................................................59

Figure 4-12: Front Panel Connector Pinout Locations (14-pin)..............................60

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Figure 4-13: IDE Device Connector Locations.........................................................62

Figure 4-14: Infrared Connector Pinout Locations..................................................64

Figure 4-15: PCI Slot Location...................................................................................65

Figure 4-16: PCIe x16 Connector Location...............................................................68

Figure 4-17: SATA Drive Connector Locations.........................................................72

Figure 4-18: RS-232 COM Connector Pinout Locations..........................................73

Figure 4-19: RS-232/422/485 Serial Port Connector Location ................................74

Figure 4-20: RS-422/485 Serial Port Connector Location .......................................75

Figure 4-21: SPDIF Connector Pinout Locations.....................................................76

Figure 4-22: TPM Connector Pinout Locations........................................................77

Figure 4-23: USB Connector Pinout Locations........................................................78

Figure 4-24: MXGE External Interface Connectors..................................................79

Figure 4-25: PS/2 Pinouts...........................................................................................80

Figure 4-26: Parallel Port Connector Pinout Locations ..........................................81

Figure 4-27: Audio Connector....................................................................................82

Figure 4-28: RJ-45 Ethernet Connector ....................................................................83

Figure 4-29: USB Connector Pinout Locations........................................................84

Figure 4-30: VGA Connector......................................................................................84

Figure 4-31: Serial Communications Connector Pinout Locations .......................85

Figure 5-1: Intel LGA775 Socket................................................................................93

Figure 5-2: Remove the CPU Socket Protective Shield...........................................94

Figure 5-3: Open the CPU Socket Load Plate...........................................................94

Figure 5-4: Insert the Socket LGA775 CPU...............................................................95

Figure 5-5: Cooling Kit................................................................................................96

Figure 5-6: Cooling Kit................................................................................................96

Figure 5-7: Securing the Heat sink to the PCB Board.............................................98

Figure 5-8: Installing a DIMM......................................................................................99

Figure 5-9: CF Card Installation.............................................................................. 101

Figure 5-10: AT Power Select Jumper Location.................................................... 103

Figure 5-11: CF Card Setup Jumper Location....................................................... 104

Figure 5-12: Clear CMOS Jumper........................................................................... 105

Figure 5-13: COM 2 Function Select Jumper Location ........................................ 106

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Figure 5-14: IDE Cable Connection........................................................................ 108

Figure 5-15: FDD Cable Connection....................................................................... 109

Figure 5-16: Dual RS-232 Cable Installation...........................................................110

Figure 5-17: Dual Serial Port Connector Cable Connection.................................111

Figure 5-18: SATA Drive Cable Connection............................................................112

Figure 5-19: SATA Power Drive Connection...........................................................113

Figure 5-20: Dual USB Cable Connection...............................................................114

Figure 5-21: Four Port USB Cable Connection ......................................................115

Figure 5-22: Audio Connectors................................................................................116

Figure 5-23: LAN Connection...................................................................................117

Figure 5-24: Parallel Device Connector ..................................................................118

Figure 5-25: PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector......................................................119

Figure 5-26: Serial Device Connector .................................................................... 120

Figure 5-27: USB Connector ................................................................................... 121

Figure 5-28: VGA Connector................................................................................... 122

Figure 7-1: Introduction Screen.............................................................................. 185

Figure 7-2: Available Drivers................................................................................... 185

Figure 7-3: Chipset Driver Installation Program................................................... 186

Figure 7-4: Chipset Driver Installation Welcome Screen ..................................... 186

Figure 7-5: Chipset Driver Installation License Agreement ................................. 187

Figure 7-6: Chipset Driver Readme File Information............................................ 187

Figure 7-7: Chipset Driver Installation Complete.................................................. 188

Figure 7-8: Select the Operating System............................................................... 189

Figure 7-9: VGA Driver............................................................................................. 189

Figure 7-10: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator InstallShield Wizard................ 190

Figure 7-11: InstallShield Wizard Extracting Files................................................ 190

Figure 7-12: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver W elcome Screen.......... 191

Figure 7-13: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver License Agreement ..... 191

Figure 7-14: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Installing Notice........... 192

Figure 7-15: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Installation Complete.............. 192

Figure 7-16: Windows Control Panel...................................................................... 193

Figure 7-17: System Icon......................................................................................... 194

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Figure 7-18: Device Manager Tab ........................................................................... 194

Figure 7-19: Device Manager List........................................................................... 195

Figure 7-20: Search for Suitable Driver.................................................................. 196

Figure 7-21: Locate Driver Files.............................................................................. 196

Figure 7-22: Location Browsing Window............................................................... 197

Figure 7-23: Select the Audio CODEC.................................................................... 198

Figure 7-24: Select the OS....................................................................................... 199

Figure 7-25: Select the OS Version......................................................................... 199

Figure 7-26: Locate the Setup Program Icon......................................................... 200

Figure 7-27: The InstallShield Wizard Starts ......................................................... 200

Figure 7-28: Preparing Setup Screen..................................................................... 201

Figure 7-29: InstallShield Wizard Welcome Screen.............................................. 201

Figure 7-30: Audio Driver Software Configuration ............................................... 202

Figure 7-31: Installation Wizard Updates the System........................................... 202

Figure 7-32: Restart the Computer......................................................................... 203

Figure 7-33: SATA RAID Driver Installation Program............................................ 204

Figure 7-34: SATA RAID Setup Program Icon........................................................ 205

Figure 7-35: InstallShield Wizard Setup Screen.................................................... 205

Figure 7-36: Matrix Storage Manager Setup Screen............................................. 206

Figure 7-37: Matrix Storage Manager Welcome Screen....................................... 206

Figure 7-38: Matrix Storage Manager Warning Screen......................................... 207

Figure 7-39: Matrix Storage Manager License Agreement................................... 207

Figure 7-40: Matrix Storage Manager Readme File............................................... 208

Figure 7-41: Matrix Storage Manager Setup Complete ........................................ 208

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List of Tables

Table 1-1: Technical Specifications.............................................................................7

Table 2-1: Supported HDD Specifications ................................................................22

Table 2-2: Power Consumption..................................................................................36

Table 3-1: Package List Contents..............................................................................40

Table 3-2: Package List Contents..............................................................................42

Table 4-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors..............................................................46

Table 4-2: Rear Panel Connectors.............................................................................47

Table 4-3: ATX Power Connector Pinouts.................................................................48

Table 4-4: ATX Power Connector Pinouts.................................................................49

Table 4-5: Auxiliary Audio Connector Pinouts (4-pin).............................................50

Table 4-6: Audio CD In Connector Pinouts...............................................................51

Table 4-7: Audio Connector Pinouts..........................................................................53

Table 4-8: CF Card Socket Pinouts............................................................................55

Table 4-9: DIO Connector Connector Pinouts..........................................................56

Table 4-10: +12V Fan Connector Pinouts..................................................................57

Table 4-11: +12V Fan Connector Pinouts..................................................................58

Table 4-12: 34-pin FDD Connector Pinouts ..............................................................60

Table 4-13: Front Panel Connector Pinouts (14-pin)................................................61

Table 4-14: IDE Connector Pinouts............................................................................63

Table 4-15: Infrared Connector Pinouts....................................................................64

Table 4-16: PCI Slot.....................................................................................................67

Table 4-17: PCIe x16 Side A Pinouts..........................................................................70

Table 4-18: PCIe x16 Side B Pinouts .........................................................................71

Table 4-19: SATA Drive Connector Pinouts ..............................................................72

Table 4-20: RS-232 COM Connector Pinouts............................................................73

Table 4-21: RS-232/RS-485 Serial Port Connector Pinouts.....................................74

Table 4-22: RS-422/485 Serial Port Connector Pinouts...........................................76

Table 4-23: SPDIF Connector Pinouts.......................................................................77

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Table 4-24: TPM Connector Pinouts..........................................................................78

Table 4-25: USB Port Connector Pinouts..................................................................79

Table 4-26: PS/2 Connector Pinouts..........................................................................80

Table 4-27: Parallel Pinouts........................................................................................81

Table 4-28: LAN Pinouts.............................................................................................83

Table 4-29: RJ-45 Ethernet Connector LEDs............................................................83

Table 4-30: USB Connector Pinouts..........................................................................84

Table 4-31: VGA Connector Pinout s..........................................................................85

Table 4-32: COM1 RS-232 Mode Connector Pinouts ...............................................86

Table 5-1: Jumpers................................................................................................... 102

Table 5-2: AT Power Select Jumper Settings......................................................... 102

Table 5-3: CF Card Setup Jumper Settings ........................................................... 103

Table 5-4: Clear CMOS Jumper Settings................................................................ 105

Table 5-5: COM 2 Function Select Jumper Settings............................................. 106

Table 5-6: Cables Provided with Board.................................................................. 107

Table 6-1: BIOS Navigation Keys............................................................................ 125

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BIOS Menus

Menu 1: Main............................................................................................................. 126

Menu 2: Advanced.................................................................................................... 128

Menu 3: CPU Configuration..................................................................................... 129

Menu 4: IDE Configuration ...................................................................................... 130

Menu 5: IDE Master and IDE Slave Configuration ................................................ 132

Menu 6: IDE Master and IDE Slave Configuration ................................................ 138

Menu 7: Super IO Configuration............................................................................. 139

Menu 8: Hardware Health Configuration................................................................ 144

Menu 9: Power Configuration ................................................................................. 148

Menu 10: ACPI Configuration.................................................................................. 149

Menu 11:Adv anced Power Management Configuration....................................... 150

Menu 12: Remote Access Configuration [Advanced]........................................... 153

Menu 13: Tr usted Computing.................................................................................. 157

Menu 14: USB Configuration .................................................................................. 158

Menu 15: USB Mass Storage Device Configuration.............................................. 160

Menu 16: PCI/PnP Configuration............................................................................ 163

Menu 17: Boot........................................................................................................... 165

Menu 18: Boot Settings Configuration................................................................... 166

Menu 19: Boot Device Priority Settings................................................................. 168

Menu 20: Removable Drives ................................................................................... 170

Menu 21: USB Drives............................................................................................... 171

Menu 22: Security..................................................................................................... 172

Menu 23: Chipset...................................................................................................... 174

Menu 24:NorthBridge Chipset Configuration........................................................ 175

Menu 25:SouthBridge Chipset Configuration....................................................... 178

Menu 26:Exit............................................................................................................. 180

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1.1 Overview

Figure 1-1: MXGE Motherboard

The MXGE ATX form factor motherboard is a LGA775 Intel® Core™2 Duo, Pentium® 4 or
Celeron® D platform with a 533 MHz, 800 MHz or 1066 MHz front side bus (FSB). Up to

4.0 GB of DDR2 SDRAM and up to four SATA II hard disk drives (HDD) are supported.
High-performance PCI Express (PCIe) Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) connectivity is integrated
into the system. Four or five PCI slots, two or one ISA slots and eight USB 2.0 connectors
(four external and four internal) provide flexible expansion options. Added system security
is provided with Trusted Platform Module (TPM v1.2) support. An external VGA connector
and three audio-jacks facilitate multi-media applications.

1.1.1 MXGE Features

Some of the MXGE features are listed below.

 Supports LGA775 Intel® CPUs including:

o Intel® Core™2 Duo
o Intel® Pentium® 4
o Intel® Celeron® D

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

Maximum FSB of 1066 MHz

 Supports four 240-pin 533 MHz or 667 MHz 1.0 GB (max.) DDR2 memory

modules

 Added security with support for TPM v1.2
 Expansion slots include:

o Five PCI slots
o Two ISA slots

 Four SATA II drives with transfer rates of 3.0 Gbps supported
 Eight USB 2.0 devices supported
 Dual PCIe GbE Ethernet connectors
 ATX form factor
 RoHS compliant
 Supports ATX power supplies

1.2 MXGE Overview

1.2.1 MXGE Overview Photo

The MXGE has a wide variety of peripheral interface connectors. Figure 1-2 is a labeled
photo of the peripheral interface connectors on the MXGE.

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Figure 1-2: MXGE Overview [Front View]

1.2.2 MXGE Peripheral Connectors and Jumpers

The MXGE has the following connectors on-board:

 1 x ATX +12V power connector
 1 x ATX power connector
 1 x Audio auxiliary in connector
 1 x Audio CD In connector
 1 x Audio connector (front panel)
 1 x Audio connector

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1x CF card Type II socket

 1 x CPU cooling fan connector
 2 x System cooling fan connectors
 1 x Digital input/output (DIO) connector
 1 x Floppy disk connector
 1 x Front panel connector
 1 x IDE connector
 1 x Infrared connector
 2 x ISA sockets
 5 x PCI sockets
 4 x RS-232 serial port connectors
 1 x RS-232/422/485 serial port connector
 4 x Serial ATA drive connectors
 1 x Serial port (COM2) select RS-232/422/485
 1 x SPDIF connector
 1 x TPM connector
 2 x USB connectors

The MXGE has the following external peripheral interface connectors on the board rear
panel

 3 x Audio jacks
 2 x Ethernet connectors
 1 x Parallel port connector
 2 x PS/2 connectors
 1 x Serial port connector
 4 x USB 2.0 port connectors
 1 x VGA connector

The MXGE has the following on-board jumpers:

 AT power select
 Clear CMOS
 CF card setting
 Select RS-232/422/485 for COM2

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1.3 Technical Specifications

MXGE technical specifications are listed in Table 1-1. See Chapter 2 for details.

Specification MXGE

Form Factor

System CPU

Front Side Bus

System Chipset

Memory

Display

BIOS

ATX

LGA775 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo

LGA775 Intel® Pentium® 4
LGA775 Intel® Celeron® D

533 MHz, 800 MHz or 1066 MHz

Northbridge: Intel® 945

Southbridge: Intel® ICH7

Four dual channel 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets supp ort

four 533 MHz or 667 MHz 1.0 GB (max.) DIMM. A m aximum

of 4.0 GB of DDR2 is supported.

VGA integrated into the Intel® 945G

AMI Flash BIOS

Audio

TPM

Realtek ALC655 AC’97 codec

One 20-pin connector TPM v1.2 module

Five PCI slots

Expansion Options

Two ISA slots

Infrared (IrDA)

One infrared interface

Dual Broadcom BCM5787M PCIe GbE chipsets with ASF

LAN

2.0 support

SuperIO

SSD

ITE IT8712F

CF Type II

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Digital I/O

COM

USB 2.0

IDE

SATA

Keyboard/mouse

Parallel Port

Watchdog Timer

Power Supply

8-bit digital I/O, 4-bit input/4-bit output

Five RS-232 serial ports (four internal, one external)

One RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485 serial port (internal)

Eight USB 2.0 devices supported

One 40-pin IDE connector connects to two Ultra

ATA33/66/100 devices

Four 3.0 Gbps SATA II drives supported

Two PS/2 connectors for keyboard and mouse

One external parallel port connects to parallel

communications device (e.g. printer)

Software programmable 1-255 sec. by super I/O

ATX power only

5 V @ 4.25 A, 12 V @ 10.17 A and 3.3 V @ 6.07 A

Power Consumption

Temperature

Humidity (operating)

Dimensions (LxW)

Weight (GW/NW)

Table 1-1: Technical Specifications

(Intel® Pentium® 4 3.73GHz, 1066MHz FSB CPU and 1GB

667MHz DDR2)

0ºC – 60ºC (32ºF - 140ºF)

5%~95% non-condensing

305 mm x 244 mm

1200g/650g

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2.1 Dimensions

2.1.1 Board Dimensions

The dimensions of the board are listed below:

 Length: 304.80mm
 Width: 243.84mm

Figure 2-1: MXGE Dimensions (mm)

2.1.2 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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2.2 Data Flow

Figure 2-3 shows the data flow between the two on-board chip set s and other components

installed on the motherboard and described in the following se ctions of this chapter.

Figure 2-3: Data Flow Block Diagram

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2.3 Compatible Processors

The MXGE supports the following LGA775 processors:

 Intel® Core™2 Duo
 Intel® Pentium® 4
 Intel® Celeron® D

All of the above processors are interfaced with an Intel® 945G northbridge chipset through
the front side bus (FSB).

Figure 2-4: LGA775 CPU Socket

Features of the supported processors are listed in sections below.

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2.3.1 Intel® Core™2 Duo Features

Intel® Core™2 Duo features include:

 Two processing cores
 Up to 8MB of shared L2 cache
 Up to 1066 MHz FSB
 Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution
 Intel® Intelligent Power Capability Intel® Smart Memory Access
 Intel® Advanced Smart Cache
 Intel® Advanced Digital Media Boost

2.3.2 Intel® Pentium® 4 Features

Intel® Pentium® 4 features include:

 Hyper-Threading Technology
 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology
 Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology
 Execute Disable Bit

2.3.3 Intel® Celeron® D Features

Intel® Celeron® D features include:

 Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology
 512KB Level 2 cache
 533MHz FSB
 Execute Disable Bit
 Streaming SIMD sol ution s

2.4 Intel® 945G Northbridge Chipset

2.4.1 Intel® 945G Overview

The Intel® 945G graphics and memory controller hub (GMCH) 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

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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
 Integrated VGA and SDVO (Serial Digital Video Output) 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)

2.4.2 Intel® 945G Memory Support

The Intel® 945G supports four, 1.0 GB, 400/533/667MHz dual channel DDR2 SDRAM
DIMMs. Four 240-pin memory sockets on the MXGE enable a maximum of 4GB of DDR2
memory to be installed on the system. The memory sockets are shown in Figure 2-1.

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Figure 2-5: 240-pin DIMM Sockets

2.4.3 Intel® 945G Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950

The Intel® 945G has the Intel® GMA 950 integrated into the chi pset. Some of the feature s
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

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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

 Advanced Display Technology

o Consumer Electronic display (Digital TV) support
o Two Serial Digital Video Out (SDVO) ports for flat-panel monitors via

ADD2 cards

o Multiple display types (LVDS, DVI-I, DVI-D, 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

2.4.4 Intel® 945G PCIe x16

The Intel® 945G northbridge chipset has a dedicated 16-lane PCIe port for an external
PCIe x16 graphics card. The PCIe x16 graphics card is installed in the on-board PCIe x16
slot shown in Figure 2-6.

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Figure 2-6: PCIe x16 Socket

2.4.4.1 PCIe x16 Bus Specifications

Some of the PCIe x16 bus specifications are listed below.

 Compliant with the current PCI Express Base Specification base PCIe

frequency of 2.5GHz

 Raw bit rate on the pins is 250Gb/s
 Maximum theoretical bandwidth of 4GB/s in each direction resulting in an

8GB/s bandwidth when in PCIe x16 mode

 100MHz differential reference clock
 PCIe power management support
 L0, L1, L2/L3 ready, L3
 Hierarchical PCI compliant configuration mechanism for downstream

components

 PCIe extended configuration space
 PCIe enhanced addressing mechanism

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Supports traditional PCI traffic

 Supports traditional AGP traffic
 APIC and MSI messaging support

2.4.5 Intel® 945G Integrated Graphics

The Intel® 945G northbridge chipset has an Intel® Gen. 3.5 integrated graphics engine
that supports CRT display devices. A DB-15 VGA connector on the external peripheral
interface connector panel is interfaced to the Intel® 945GM graphics engine. The Intel
945GM internal graphics engine, with an integrated 400MHz RAMDAC and hot plug CRT
support, supports analog CRT monitors up to QXGA.

2.4.6 Intel® 945G Direct Media Interface (DMI)

Intel® 945G northbridge GMCH is connected to the Intel® ICH7 Southbridge Chipset
through the chip-to-chip Direct Media Interface (DMI). Features of the Intel

®

945GM DMI

®

are listed below:

 2GB/s (1GB/s in each direction) bus speed
 32-bit downstream address

2.5 Intel® ICH7 Southbridge Chipset

2.5.1 Intel® ICH7 Overview

The ICH7 southbridge chipset on the MXGE 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 data

transfer rates up to 3.0 Gb/s

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Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 100/66/33

 Supports eight USB 2.0 devices with four UHCI controllers and one EHCI

controller

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

2.5.2 Intel® ICH7 Audio Codec ’97 Controller

NOTE:

The onboard audio connector and the audio jacks cannot be used
concurrently. If the audio jacks are being used, the jumper headers
inserted on the onboard audio connector must remain in place. If the
onboard audio connector is used, the jumper headers must be
removed and the audio jack functions are disabled.

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 interfaced to a RealTek
ALC655 AC’97 codec which is in turn connected to the following audio connectors:

 CD-In connector (pin header)
 Audio connector (pin header)
 Auxiliary audio connector (pin header)
 SPDIF connector (pin header)
 Surround sound speaker connector (pin header)

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Audio jacks (phone jacks)

o Mic-In
o Line-In
o Line-Out

Figure 2-7: Audio Connectors

Some of the features of the RealTek ALC655 are listed below:

 Meets performance requirements for audio on PC99/2001 systems
 Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements
 16-bit Stereo full-duplex CODEC with 48KHz sampling rate
 Compliant with AC'97 Rev 2.3 specifications

o Front-Out, Surround-Out, MIC-In and LINE-In Jack Sensing
o 14.318MHz -> 24.576MHz PLL to eliminate crystal
o 12.288MHz BITCLK input

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o Integrated PCBEEP generator to save buzzer
o Interrupt capability

 Three analog line-level stereo inputs with 5-bit volume control, LINE_IN, CD,

AUX

 High-quality differential CD input
 Two analog line-level mono inputs: PCBEEP, PHONE-IN
 Two software selectable MIC inputs
 Dedicated Front-MIC input for front panel applications (software selectable)
 Boost preamplifier for MIC input
 LINE input shared with surround output; MIC input shared with Center and

LFE output

 Built-in 50mW/20ohm amplifier for both Front-out and Surround-Out
 External Amplifier Power Down (EAPD) capability
 Power management and enhanced power saving features
 Supports Power-Off CD function
 Adjustable VREFOUT control
 Supports 48KHz S/PDIF output, complying with AC'97 Rev 2.3 specifications
 Supports 32K/44.1K/48KHz S/PDIF input
 Power support: Digital: 3.3V; Analog: 3.3V/5V
 Standard 48-pin LQFP package
 EAX™ 1.0 & 2.0 compatible
 Direct Sound 3D™ compatible
 A3D™ compatible
 I3DL2 compatible
 HRTF 3D positional audio10-band software equali zer

2.5.3 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

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Table 2-1 shows the supported HDD specifications.

Specification

IDE devices

PIO Mode

PIO Max Transfer Rate

DMA/UDMA designation

DMA/UDMA Max Transfer

Controller Interface

Ultra A T A/10 0 Ultra A T A/66 Ultra A T A/33

2 2 2

0 – 4 0 – 4 0 – 4

16.6 MB/s 16.6 MB/s 16.6 MB/s

UDMA 3 - 4 UDMA 3 – 4 UDMA 2

100MB/s 66MB/s 33MB/s

5V 5V 5V

Table 2-1: Supported HDD Specifications

The IDE connector is shown below

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Figure 2-8: IDE Connector

2.5.4 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
 Serial port controller

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2.5.5 Intel® ICH7 PCI Interface

NOTE:

PCI and ISA slots can only be used in the following configuration:

 Five PCI slots and one ISA slot OR
 Four PCI slots and two ISA slots can be

The five PCI slots cannot be used with two ISA slots concurrently.

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 six external PCI bus masters

Five of the six PCI bus masters are interfaced to five PCI slots. The remaining PCI bus
master is interfaced to an ITE IT8888G PCI-to-ISA bridge, which is then connected to two
ISA slots.

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Figure 2-9: PCI Slots

2.5.5.1 PCI-to-ISA Bridge

The IT8888G has a PCI specification v2.1 compliant 32-bit PCI bus interface and supports
both PCI Bus master and slave. The PCI interface supports both programmable positive
and full subtractive decoding schemes. The ISA bridge and sockets are shown below.

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Figure 2-10: ISA Bus

Some of the features of the IT8888G PCI to ISA bridge are listed below.

 PCI Interface
 Programmable PCI Address Decoders
 PC/PCI DMA Controller
 Distributed DMA Controller
 ISA Interface
 SM Bus
 1 analog line-level mono output: MONO_OUT
 Power-on Serial Bus Configuration
 Serial IRQ
 Versatile power-on strapping options
 Supports NOGO function
 Single 33 MHz Clock Input

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+3.3V PCI I/F with +5V tolerant I/O buffers

 +5V ISA I/F and core Power Supply

2.5.6 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet

Two of the PCIe x1 root ports on the Intel® ICH7 are interfaced to two Broadcom
BCM5787M PCI Express (PCIe) GbE controllers. The Broadcom BCM5787M PCI
Express (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.

Figure 2-11: PCIe GbE

Some of the BCM5787 controller features are listed below:

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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

2.5.7 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 o n a 3V battery and 32.768KHz cryst al.
The RTC keeps track of the time and stores system data even when the system is turned
off.

2.5.8 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).

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Figure 2-12: SATA Connectors

2.5.9 Intel® ICH7 USB Controller

Up to eight high-speed, full-speed or low-speed USB devices are supported by the ICH7
on the MXGE. 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 ICH7 integrated Universal
Host Controller Interface (UHCI) controllers.

Four of the USB ports are accessed through two 4-pin pin headers. The remaining four
USB ports are external USB connectors.

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Figure 2-13: USB Connectors

2.6 LPC Bus Components

2.6.1 LPC Bus Overview

The LPC bus is connected to components listed belo w:

 BIOS chipset
 Super I/O chipset
 Serial port chipset

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Figure 2-14: LPC Bus Components

2.6.2 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
 PXE (Pre-boot Execution Environment) support
 USB booting support

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2.6.3 Super I/O chipset

The iTE IT8712F Super I/O chipset is connected to the ICH8DO 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:

 PC98/99/2001, ACPI and LANDesk Compliant
 Enhanced Hardware Monitor
 Fan Speed Controller
 Single +5V Power Supply
 Two 16C550 UARTs for serial port control
 One IEEE 1284 Parallel Port
 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:

2.6.3.1 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.

2.6.3.2 Super I/O Digital Input/Output

The input mode supports switch debouncing or programmable external IRQ routing. The
output mode supports two sets of programmable LED blinking periods.

2.6.3.3 Super I/O 16C550 UARTs

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

 Two standard serial ports (COM1 and COM2)

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

IrDa 1.0 and ASKIR protocols

Another two chipsets connected to the LPC bus provided connectivity to another four
serial port connectors

2.6.3.4 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.

2.6.3.5 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.

2.6.3.6 Super I/O Floppy Disk Controller

The Super I/O floppy disk controller has the following specifications:

 Supports floppy drives with the following capacity:

o 360K
o 720K
o 1.2M
o 1.44M
o 2.88M

2.6.3.7 Super I/O Keyboard/Mouse Controller

The Super I/O keyboard/mouse 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

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2.6.3.8 Super I/O Parallel Port

The multi-mode high-performance parallel port supports the bi-directional Standard
Parallel Port (SPP), the Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and the Extended Capabilities Port
(ECP) modes.

2.6.4 Fintek F81216DG LPC Serial Port Chipset

The Fintek F81216DG chipset enables the addition of four additional UART serial ports
(COM3, COM4, COM5 and COM6). UART includes 16-byte send/receive FIFO. The
Fintek serial port chipset is interfaced to the Southbridge chipset through the LPC bus.
Some of the features of the Fintek chipset are listed below:

 Supports LPC interface
 Totally provides 4 UART (16550 asynchronous) ports

o 3 x Pure UART
o 1 x UART+IR

 One Watch dog timer with WDTOUT# signal
 One Frequency input 24/48MHz
 Powered by 3Vcc

2.7 Environmental and Power Specifications

2.7.1 System Monitoring

Three thermal inputs on the MXGE Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitor the
following temperatures:

 CPU temperature
 System Temperature 1
 System Temperature 2

All three fan speeds are monitored and can be seen in the BIOS as:

 CPI Fan Speed
 System Fan 1 Speed
 System Fan 2 Speed

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Eight voltage inputs on the MXGE Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitor the
following volatages:

 CPU Core
 DRAM Vcc
 +3.30V
 +5.00V
 +12.0V
 FSB VCC +1.2V
 +1.5V

The MXGE Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor also monitors the following voltages
internally:

 VBAT

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

2.7.2 Operating Temperature and Temperature Control

The maximum and minimum operating temperatures for the MXGE 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.

2.7.3 Power Consumption

Ta b le 2 - 2 shows the power consumption parameters for the MXGE running with a 1066

MHz FSB 3.73 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 processor with 1 GB of 667 MHz DDR2 memory.

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Voltage Current

+3.3 V 6.07 A

+5 V 4.25 A

+12 V 10.17 A

Table 2-2: Power Consumption

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Chapter

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3 Unpacking

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3.1 Anti-static Precautions

WARNING:

Failure to take ESD precautions during the installation of the MXGE
may result in permanent damage to the MXGE and severe injury to the
user.

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause serious damage to electronic components,
including the MXGE. Dry climates are especially susceptible to ESD. It is therefore critical
that whenever the MXGE, 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 MXGE, place it on an

antic-static pad. This re duces the possibility of ESD damaging the MXGE.

 Only handle the edges of the PCB:-: When handling the PCB, hold the PCB

by the edges.

3.2 Unpacking

3.2.1 Unpacking Precautions

When the MXGE 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 MXGE doe s not fall out of

the box.

 Make sure all the components shown in Section 3.3 are present.

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3.3 Unpacking Checklist

NOTE:

If some of the components listed in the checklist below are missing,
please do not proceed with the installation. Instead, please contact
CyberResearch, Inc. To contact a CyberResearch sales representative,
please send an email to [e-mail]

3.3.1 Package Contents

The MXGE is shipped with the following components:

Quantity Item and Part Number Image

1 MXGE

2 Dual RS-232 cable

.

1 ATA 66/100 flat cable

1 I/O Shielding

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2 SATA cables

1 SATA power cables

1 Mini jumper Pack

1 Utility CD

Table 3-1: Package List Contents

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3.4 Optional Items

2-port USB cable (w bracket)

4-port USB cable

CPU cooling kit

CPU cooling kit

Dual RS-232/422/485 cable

FDD cable

PCIe x16 VGA output SDVO card with

dual display support

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PCIe x16 DVI output SDVO card with

dual display support

Infineon TPM module

Winbond TPM module

Table 3-2: Package List Contents

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Chapter

4

4 Connector Pinouts

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4.1 Peripheral Interface Connectors

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

4.1.1 MXGE 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

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4.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors

Table 4-1 shows a list of the peripheral interface connectors on the MXGE. Detailed

descriptions of these connectors can be found below.

Connector Type Label

ATX +12V power connector 4-pin ATX CPU12V1

ATX power connector 24-pin ATX PWR1

Audio auxiliary in 4-pin header AUX1

Audio CD In 4-pin header CD_IN1

Audio connector (front panel) 10-pin header CN3

Audio connector 8-pin header CN4

CF card Type II socket 50-pin socket CF1

Cooling fan connector, CPU 4-pin wafer FAN1

Cooling fan connector, system 3-pin wafer FAN2

Cooling fan connector, system 3-pin wafer FAN3

Digital input/output connector 10-pin header DIO1

Floppy disk connector 17-pin box header FDC1

Front panel connector 14-pin header CN2

IDE connector 40-pin box header IDE1

Infrared (IrDA) connector 5-pin header IR1

ISA socket 98-pin ISA slot ISA1

ISA socket 98-pin ISA slot ISA2

PCI socket 124-pin PCI slot PCI1

PCI socket 124-pin PCI slot PCI2

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PCI socket 124-pin PCI slot PCI3

PCI socket 124-pin PCI slot PCI4

PCI socket 124-pin PCI slot PCI5

Serial ATA drive connector 7-pin SATA SATA1

Serial ATA drive connector 7-pin SATA SATA2

Serial ATA drive connector 7-pin SATA SATA3

Serial ATA drive connector 7-pin SATA SATA4

Serial ATA drive connector 7-pin SATA SATA5

Serial ATA drive connector 7-pin SATA SATA6

Serial port (COM2) select RS-232/422/485 4-pin header CN1

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

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

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

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

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

SPDIF connector 5-pin header CN5

TPM connector 20-pin header TPM1

USB connectors 8-pin header USB3

USB connectors 8-pin header USB4

Table 4-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors

4.1.3 External Interface Panel Connectors

Table 4-2 lists the rear panel connectors on the MXGE. Detailed descriptions of these
connectors can be found in Section 4.3 on page 79

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Connector Type Label

Audio connector 3 x audio jacks CN6

Keyboard and mouse connector Dual PS/2 KBMS1

Parallel port connector D-Sub 25-pin female 3IN1 DSUB1

Serial port connector (RS-232) D-Sub 9-pin male 3IN1 DSUB1

Dual USB and LAN Combo Dual USB ports and RJ-45 LAN/USB1

Dual USB and LAN Combo Dual USB ports and RJ-45 LAN/USB 2

VGA port con nector D-Sub 15-pin female 3IN1 DSUB1

Table 4-2: Rear 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. Thi s section ha s complete description s of
all the internal, peripheral connectors on the MXGE.

4.2.1 ATX +12V Power Connector

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

The 4-pin ATX power connector is connected to an ATX power supply.

4-pin ATX power connector (2x2)

CPU12V1

See Figure 4-2

See Table 4-3

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Figure 4-2: ATX Power Connector Location

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 GND

2 GND
3 +12V

4 +12V

Table 4-3: ATX Power Connector Pinouts

4.2.2 ATX Power Connector

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

The ATX connector is connected to an external ATX power supply. Power is provided to
the system, from the power supply through this connector.

PWR1

24-pin A TX (2x12)

See Figure 4-3

See Table 4-4

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Figure 4-3: ATX Power Connector Pinout Locations

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 +3.3V 13 +3.3V
2 +3.3V 14 -12V

3 GROUND 15 GROUND
4 +5V 16 PS-ON

5 GROUND 17 GROUND
6 +5V 18 GROUND

7 GROUND 19 GROUND
8 POWER GOOD 20 GND

9 5VSB 21 +5V
10 +12V 22 +5V

11 +12V 23 +5V
12 +3.3V 24 GND

Table 4-4: ATX Power Connector Pinouts

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4.2.3 Auxiliary Audio Connector (4-pin)

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

AUX1

4-pin header

See Figure 4-4

See Table 4-5

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

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

PIN DESCRIPTION

1 CAUXL
2 GND

3 GND
4 CAUXR

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

4.2.4 Audio CD In Connector (4-pin)

CN Label:

CD_IN1

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CN Type:

CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

10-pin header

See Figure 4-5

See Table 4-6

The 4-pin audio CD in connector is connected to an external audio CD device for the input
and output of audio signals from a CD player to the system.

Figure 4-5: Audio CD In Connector Pinouts (4-pin)

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 CD Signal In (Left)
2 Ground

3 Ground
4 CD Signal In (Right)

Table 4-6: Audio CD In Connector Pinouts

4.2.5 Audio Connector

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN3

10-pin header (2x5)

CN Location:

See Figure 4-6

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CN Pinouts:

See Table 4-7

NOTE:

This connector is an alternative audio connector to the audio jacks on
the external peripheral interface connector panel. To use this connector
the jumper caps must be removed. When this connector is used, the
audio jacks are disabled and can no longer be used.

The 10-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 4-6: Audio Connector Location (10-pin)

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 MIC In 2 GND

3 MIC Bias 4 +5V

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5 Line Out (Right) 6 Line Out (Right) Return

7 N/C 8 N/C
9 Line Out (Left) 10 Line Out (Left) Return

Table 4-7: Audio Connector Pinouts

4.2.6 CompactFlash® Socket

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

50-pin header (2x25)

CF1

See Figure 4-7

See Table 4-8

A CF Type I or Type II memory card is inserted to the CF socket on the solder side of the
MXGE.

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Figure 4-7: CF Card Socket Location

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. 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

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

6 DATA 7 31 DATA 15

7 HDC_CS0# 32 HDC_CS1
8 N/C 33 N/C

9 GROUND 34 IOR#
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

4.2.7 Digital Input/Output (DIO) Connector

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location:

10-pin header (2x5)

DIO1

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.

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Figure 4-8: DIO Connector Connector Locations

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 GND 2 VCC

3 Output 0 4 Output 1
5 Output 2 6 Output 3

7 Input 0 8 Input 1
9 Input 2 10 Input 3

Table 4-9: DIO Connector Connector Pinouts

4.2.8 Fan Connector (+12V) (CPU Cooling Fan)

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

FAN1

4-pin wafer

See Figure 4-9

See Table 4-10

The CPU cooling fan connector provides a 12V, 500mA current to a CPU cooling fan. The
connector has a "rotation" pin to get rotation signals from fans and notify the system so the

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system BIOS can recognize the fan speed. Please note that only specified fans can issue
the rotation signals.

Figure 4-9: +12V Fan Connector Location

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 GND
2 +12V
3 Rotation Signal
4 Control

Table 4-10: +12V Fan Connector Pinouts

4.2.9 Fan Connector (+12V) (System Cooling Fans)

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

Two system cooling fan connectors provide a 12V, 500mA current to two system cooling
fans. The connectors have a "rotation" pin to get rotation signals from fans and notify the

FAN2, FAN3

3-pin header

See Figure 4-9

See Table 4-10

system so the system BIOS can recognize the fan speed. Please note that only specified
fans can issue the rotation signals.

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Figure 4-10: +12V Fan Connector Location

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 GND
2 +12V
3 Fan Speed Detect

Table 4-11: +12V Fan Connector Pinouts

4.2.10 Floppy Disk Connector (34-pin)

CN Label:

CN Type:

34-pin header (2x17)

CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

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

FDC1

See Figure 4-11

See Table 4-12

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Figure 4-11: 34-pin FDD Connector Location

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. 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#

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#

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

Table 4-12: 34-pin FDD Connector Pinouts

4.2.11 Front Panel Connector (14-pin)

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

14-pin header (2x7)

CN2

See Figure 4-12

See Table 4-13

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

 Power LED
 Power button
 Beeper
 Reset
 HDD LED

Figure 4-12: Front Panel Connector Pinout Locations (14-pin)

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FUNCTION PIN DESCRIPTION FUNCTION PIN DESCRIPTION

Power LED

Power
Button

1 LED+ 2 Beeper Power
3 N/C 4 N/C
5 LED- 6 N/C
7 Power Button
9 GND 10 N/C
11 IDE LED+ 12 Reset HDD LED
13 IDE LED-

Buzzer

Reset

Table 4-13: Front Panel Connector Pinouts (14-pin)

4.2.12 IDE Connector (40-pin)

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

40-pin header (2x20)

See Figure 4-13

See Table 4-14

8 PC Beeper

14 GND

IDE1

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

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Figure 4-13: IDE Device Connector Locations

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 RESET# 2 GROUND

3 DA TA 7 4 DATA 8
5 DA TA 6 6 DATA 9

7 DA TA 5 8 DATA 10
9 DA TA 4 10 DATA 11

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12

13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13
15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14

17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15
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 4-14: IDE Connector Pinouts

4.2.13 Infrared Interface Connector (5-pin)

CN Label:

CN Type:

5-pin header (1x5)

CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

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

IR1

See Figure 4-14

See Table 4-15

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Figure 4-14: Infrared Connector Pinout Locations

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 VCC

2 NC

3 IR-RX
4 GND

5 IR-TX

Table 4-15: Infrared Connector Pinouts

4.2.14 PCI Slot

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location:

PCI1, PCI2, PCI3, PCI4, PCI5

PCI Slot

See Figure 4-15

CN Pinouts:

See Table 4-16

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

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Figure 4-15: PCI Slot Location

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. 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

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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

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

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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 4-16: PCI Slot

4.2.15 PCI Express x16 Slot

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

164-pin PCIe x16 slot

See Table 4-17 (Side A) Table 4-18 (Side B)

PCIE2

See Figure 4-26

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

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Figure 4-16: PCIe x16 Connector Location

PIN NAME PIN NAME PIN NAME PIN NAME

A1

A2

A3

A2

Name

PRSNT#1 A23 GND

+12v

2

A2
4 GND

HSIn(1
)

A43

A44

A45

HSIp(6)

HSIn(6)

GND

A64

HSIp(11
)

HSIn(11

A65

)

A66

GND

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A4

+12v

A5

GND

A6

JTAG2

A7

JTAG3

A8

JTAG4

A9

JTAG5
A1
0 +3.3v A31 GND

A1
1 +3.3v A32 RSVD

A2
5

A2
6
A2
7 GND

A2
8 GND
A2
9

A3
0

HSIp(2
)

HSIn(2
)

HSIp(3
)

HSIn(3
)

A46

A47

A48

A49

A50

A51

A52

A53

GND

HSIp(7)

HSIn(7)

GND

RSVD

GND

HSIp(8)

HSIn(8)

A67

GND

HSIp(12

A68

)
HSIn(12

A69

)

A70

GND

A71

GND

HSIp(13

A72

)
HSIn(13

A73

)

A74

GND
A1
2 PWRGD A33 RSVD

A1
3 GND A34 GND
A1
4 REFCLK+ A35

A1
5 REFCLK- A36
A1
6 GND A37 GND

A1
7 HSIp(0) A38 GND
A1
8 HSIn(0) A39

A1
9 GND A40

HSIp(4
)

HSIn(4
)

HSIp(5
)

HSIn(5
)

A54

A55

A56

A57

A58

A59

A60

A61

GND

GND

HSIp(9)

HSIn(9)

GND

GND
HSIp(10
)

HSIn(10
)

A75

GND

HSIp(14

A76

)

HSIn(14

A77

)

A78

GND

A79

GND

HSIp(15

A80

)

HSIn(15

A81

)

A82

GND
A2
0 RSVD A41 GND

A62

GND

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A2
1 GND A42 GND

A63

GND

Table 4-17: PCIe x16 Side A Pinouts

PIN NAME PIN NAME PIN NAME PIN NAME

B1

+12v

B2

+12v

B3

RSVD

B4

GND

B5

SMCLK

B6

SMDAT

B2
2 GND B43 GND

B2
3 HSOp(2) B44 GND
B2
4 HSOn(2) B45

B2
5 GND B46
B2
6 GND B47 GND

B2
7 HSOp(3) B48

HSOp(7
)

HSOn(7
)

PRSNT#
2

B64

GND

B65

GND

HSOp(1

B66

2)

HSOn(1

B67

2)

B68

GND

B69

GND

B7

GND

B8

+3.3v

B9

JTAG1

B1
0 3.3Vaux B31 PRNT#2 B52 GND
B1
1 WAKE# B32 GND B53 GND

B1
2 RSVD B33 HSOp(4) B54
B1
3 GND B34 HSOn(4) B55

B1
4 HSOp(0) B35 GND B56 GND

B2
8 HSOn(3) B49 GND

B2
9 GND B50
B3
0 RSVD B51

HSOp(8
)
HSOn(8
)

HSOp(9
)
HSOn(9
)

B70

HSOp(1

3)

HSOn(1

B71

3)

B72

GND

B73

GND

HSOp(1

B74

4)

HSOn(1

B75

4)

B76

GND

B77

GND

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B1
5 HSOn(0) B36 GND B57 GND

B1
6 GND B37 HSOp(5) B58
B1
7 PRSNT#2 B38 HSOn(5) B59

B1
8 GND B39 GND B60 GND
B1
9 HSOp(1) B40 GND B61 GND

B2
0 HSOn(1) B41 HSOp(6) B62
B2
1 GND B42 HSOn(6) B63

HSOp(1

0)
HSOn(1

0)

HSOp(1

1)
HSOn(1

1)

Table 4-18: PCIe x16 Side B Pinouts

B78

HSOp(1

5)

HSOn(1

B79

5)

B80

GND

PRSNT#

B81

2

B82

RSVD#2

4.2.16 SATA Drive Connectors

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

The six SATA drive connectors are each connected to a second generation SATA drive.
Second generation SATA drives transfer data at speeds as high as 300Mb/s. The SATA
drives can be configured in a RAID configuration.

SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4

7-pin SATA drive connectors

See Figure 4-17

See Table 4-19

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Figure 4-17: SATA Drive Connector Locations

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 GND
2 TX+
3 TX­4 GND
5 RX­6 RX+
7 GND

Table 4-19: SATA Drive Connector Pinouts

4.2.17 Serial Port Connectors (RS-232)

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location:

COM3, COM4, COM5 and COM6

10-pin header (2x5)

See Figure 4-18

CN Pinouts:

See Table 4-20

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

Figure 4-18: RS-232 COM Connector Pinout Locations

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 Data Carrier Direct (DCD) 2 Data Set Ready (DSR)
3 Receive Data (RXD) 4 Request To Send (RTS)
5 Transmit Data (TXD) 6 Clear To Send (CTS)
7 Data Terminal Ready (DTR) 8 Ring Indicator (RI)
9 Ground (GND) 10 N/C

Table 4-20: RS-232 COM Connector Pinouts

4.2.18 Serial Port Connector (COM 2)(RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485)

CN Label:

CN Type:

COM2

14-pin header (2x7)

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CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

See Figure 4-19

See Table 4-21

The 14-pin serial port connector connects to the COM 2 serial communications channels.
COM 2 is a multi function channel. In default mode COM 2 is an RS-232 serial
communication channel but, with the COM 2 function select jumper, can be configured as
either an RS-422 or RS-485 serial communications channel.

Figure 4-19: RS-232/422/485 Serial Port Connector Location

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 DCD 2 DSR
3 RXD 4 RTS
5 TXD 6 CTS
7 DTR 8 RI

9 GND 10 GND
11 TX+ 12 TX­13 RX+ 14 RX-

Table 4-21: RS-232/RS-485 Serial Port Connector Pinouts

4.2.19 Serial Port Connector (COM 2)( RS-422 or RS-485 only)

CN Label:

CN1

CN Type:

4-pin header (1 x 4)

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CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

See Figure 4-20

See Table 4-22

NOTE:

This connector and the RS-422/485 pins on the COM2 connector
cannot be used at the same time. For RS-422/485 serial
communications, either this connector can be used or the pins on the
COM2 connector can be used.

The 4-pin serial port connector connects to the COM 2 RS-422 and RS-485 serial
communications channels. The RS-422/485 only COM2 con nector can be used instea d of
the 14-pin COM2 connector when RS-422/485 communication protocols are
implemented. To use this connector the COM 2 function select jumper must be configured
in the RS-422/RS-485 serial communications mode.

Figure 4-20: RS-422/485 Serial Port Connector Location

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 TXD+
2 TXD­3 RXD+
4 RXD-

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

4.2.20 SPDIF Connector

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

CN5

5-pin header

See Figure 4-21

See Table 4-23

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

Figure 4-21: SPDIF Connector Pinout Locations

PIN DESCRIPTION

1 VCC AUDIO

2 NC
3 SPDIF OUT

4 GND AUDIO
5 SPDIF IN

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Table 4-23: SPDIF Connector Pinouts

4.2.21 Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Connector

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

20-pin header (2x10)

TPM1

See Figure 4-22

See Table 4-24

The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) connector secures the system on bootup.

Figure 4-22: TPM Connector Pinout Locations

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 LCLK 2 GND2
3 LFRAME# 4 KEY

5 LRESET# 6 +5V
7 LAD3 8 LAD2

9 +3.4V 10 LAD1
11 LAD0 12 GND3

13 SCL 14 SDA

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15 SB3.3V 16 SERIRQ

17 GND1 18 GLKRUN#
19 LPCPD# 20 LDRQ#

Table 4-24: TPM Connector Pinouts

4.2.22 USB Connectors (Internal)

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location:

CN Pinouts:

USB3, USB4

8-pin header (2x4)

See Figure 4-23

See Table 4-25

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 4-23: USB Connector Pinout Locations

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