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  • Intel BLKD915PBLL | Product Specification - Page 1
    June 2004 Order Number: C68599-001 The Intel® Desktop Board D915PBL may contain design defects or errors known as errata that may cause the product to deviate from published specifications. Current characterized errata are documented in the Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Specification Update.
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    Intel® Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification. Date June 2004 This product specification applies to only standard Intel® Desktop Board D915PBL instructions marked "reserved" or "undefined." Intel -9333. Intel, Pentium, and Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its
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    and environmental requirements, and the BIOS for the Intel® Desktop Board D915PBL. It describes the standard product and available of the hardware used on the Desktop Board D915PBL A map of the resources of the Desktop Board The features supported by the BIOS Setup program A description of
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification WARNING Warnings indicate conditions, , N indicates component type, xn are the relative coordinates of its location on the Desktop Board D915PBL, and X is the instance of the particular part at that general location. For example, J5J1
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    Manufacturing Options 13 1.2.3 Board Layout 14 1.2.4 Block Diagram 16 1.3 Online Support ...17 1.4 Processor ...17 1.5 System Memory ...18 1.5.1 Memory Configurations 19 1.6 Intel® 915P Chipset ...23 1.6.1 USB ...23 1.6.2 IDE Support 23 1.6.3 Real-Time Clock, CMOS SRAM, and Battery 25 1.7 PCI
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 1.13.5 1.13.6 1.13.7 1.13.8 1.13.9 Enabling the Trusted Platform Module 44 Assuming Trusted Platform Module Ownership 44 Recovery Procedures 45 Clearing Trusted Platform Module Ownership 46 Software Support 47 2 Technical Reference
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    87 3.8 Fast Booting Systems with Intel® Rapid BIOS Boot 88 3.8.1 Peripheral Selection and Configuration 88 3.8.2 Intel Rapid BIOS Boot 88 3.9 BIOS of the Jumper Block 69 21. D915PBL Board Dimensions 70 22. I/O Shield Dimensions 71 23. Processor Heatsink for Omni-directional Airflow 74 24
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification Tables 1. Feature Summary...12 2. Manufacturing Options 13 3. D915PBL Board Components Shown in Figure 1 15 4. Supported (Optional 63 23. Serial ATA Connectors 63 24. Processor Fan Connector 63 25. Chassis Fan Connectors 63 26.
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    Contents 47. Boot Block Recovery Code Checkpoints 93 48. Runtime Code Uncompressed in F000 Shadow RAM 94 49. Bus Initialization Checkpoints 97 50. Upper Nibble High Byte Functions 97 51. Lower Nibble High Byte Functions 98 52. Beep Codes ...98 ix
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification x
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    1 Product Description What This Chapter Contains 1.1 PCI Bus Terminology Change 11 1.2 Overview...12 1.3 Online Support ...17 1.4 Processor...17 1.5 System Memory ...18 1.6 Intel® 915P Chipset...23 1.7 PCI Express Connectors 26 1.8 I/O Controller ...26 1.9 Audio Subsystem ...28 1.10 LAN Subsystem
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    Chipset Video Audio I/O Control USB IEEE-1394a Interface Peripheral Interfaces LAN Support BIOS Instantly Available PC Technology ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters]) Support for an Intel® Pentium® 4 processor in an LGA775 socket with an 800 or 533 MHz system
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    Desktop Board D915PBL. Not every manufacturing option is available in all marketing channels. Please contact your Intel representative fan connector Intel® 82801FRW I/O Controller Hub (ICH6RW) Additional fan connector for use in larger chassis I/O Controller Hub that supports Intel® Wireless
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 1.2.3 Board Layout Figure 1 shows the location of the major components on the Desktop Board D915PBL. A B D F G HI J K L CE M N O MM LL KK P JJ Q R S II T HH U FF DD BB GG EE CC AA Z Y X WV Figure 1. D915PBL Board
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    Table 3. D915PBL Board Components Shown in Figure 1 Item/Callout from Figure 1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U connectors Alternate power connector +12V power connector (ATX12V) LGA775 processor socket Processor fan connector Intel 82915P MCH DIMM Channel A sockets Serial port B connector
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 1.2.4 Block Diagram Figure 2 is a block diagram of the major functional areas of the board. PCI Express x1 Interface PCI Express x1 Slot 1 PCI Express x1 Slot 2 Parallel ATA IDE Connector Parallel ATA IDE Interface LGA775 Processor
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    the Desktop Board D915PBL Processor data sheets ICH6-R addressing Custom splash screens Audio software and utilities LAN software and drivers Visit this World Wide Web site: http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop http://developer.intel.com/design
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 1.5 System Memory The board has four DIMM sockets and support the following memory features: • 1.8 V (only) DDR2 SDRAM DIMMs with gold-plated contacts. • Unbuffered, single-sided or double-sided DIMMs with the following restriction: Double
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    Product Description 1.5.1 Memory Configurations The Intel 82915P MCH supports two types of memory organization: • Dual channel (Interleaved) mode. This mode offers the highest throughput for real world applications. Dual channel mode is enabled when
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 1.5.1.1 Dual Channel (Interleaved) Mode Configurations Figure 4 shows a dual channel configuration using two DIMMs. In this example, the DIMM0 (blue) sockets of both
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    Product Description Figure 6 shows a dual channel configuration using four DIMMs. In this example, the combined capacity of the two DIMMs in Channel A equal the combined capacity of the two DIMMs in Channel B. Also, the DIMMs are matched between DIMM0 and DIMM1 of both channels. 256 MB 512 MB 256
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 1.5.1.2 Single Channel (Asymmetric) Mode Configurations  NOTE Dual channel (Interleaved) mode configurations provide the highest memory throughput. Figure 7 shows a single channel configuration using
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    .intel.com/ Chapter 2 1.6.1 USB The board supports up to eight USB 2.0 ports, supports UHCI and EHCI, and uses UHCI- and EHCI-compatible drivers. supports the following modes: • Programmed I/O (PIO): processor controls data transfer. • 8237-style DMA: DMA offloads the processor, supporting transfer
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification • Ultra DMA: DMA protocol on IDE bus supporting host and target throttling and transfer rates of up to 33 MB/sec. • ATA-66: DMA protocol on IDE bus supporting host and target throttling and transfer rates of up to 66 MB/sec. ATA-66
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    The following steps are required to successfully establish a RAID configuration. 1. Enable RAID Support in BIOS. 2. Create a RAID array using the Intel Application Accelerator (IAA) utility. 3. Install the IAA RAID driver. 4. Format the RAID array. 5. Install the IAA Companion Utility (this step is
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 1.7 PCI Express Connectors The board provides the following PCI Express connectors: • One PCI Express x16 connector supporting simultaneous transfer speeds up to 8 GBytes/sec • Two PCI Express x1 connectors. The x1 interfaces support
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    . For information about The location of the parallel port connector Refer to Figure 15, page 58 1.8.3 Diskette Drive Controller The I/O controller supports one diskette drive. Use the BIOS Setup program to configure the diskette drive interface. For information about The location of the diskette
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    Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 1.9 Audio Subsystem The board supports the Intel® High Definition audio subsystem based on the Realtek ALC880 codec. The audio subsystem supports the following features: • Advanced jack sense (front and rear panel) that enables the audio codec
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    the following: • Intel 82801FR I/O Controller Hub (ICH6-R) • Realtek ALC880 audio codec • Microphone input that supports a single dynamic, condenser, or electret microphone The front and back panel audio connectors are configurable through the audio device drivers. The available configurable
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    ACPI technology Supports LAN wake capabilities 1.10.1 Intel® 82562EZ Physical Layer Interface Device The Intel 82562EZ provides the following functions: • Basic 10/100 Ethernet LAN connectivity • Full device driver compatibility • Programmable transit threshold • Configuration EEPROM that contains
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    board provides the following ASF support for PCI Express x1 bus add-in LAN cards and PCI Conventional bus add-in LAN cards installed in PCI Conventional bus slot 2: • Monitoring of system firmware progress events, including: BIOS present Primary processor initialization Memory initialization Video
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    D915PBL Technical Product Specification 1.10.3 LAN Subsystem Software LAN software and drivers are available from Intel's World Wide Web site. For information about Obtaining LAN software and drivers Refer to Section 1.3, page 17 1.10.4 Intel direct monitoring of processor temperature and ambient
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    Figure 12 shows the location of the sensors and fan connectors for the D915PBL board. 13 3 1 A CB 4 1 D 13 1 3 Item A B C D E F G H HG F E OM17055 Description Thermal diode, located on processor die Remote ambient temperature sensor Ambient temperature sensor, internal to hardware
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    Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 1.11.3 Fan Monitoring Fan monitoring can be implemented using Intel® Desktop Utilities, LANDesk* 1.12.2.2, page 38 1.11.4 Chassis Intrusion and Detection The board supports a chassis security feature that detects if the chassis cover is removed
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    of ACPI with this board requires an operating system that provides full ACPI support. ACPI features include: • Plug and Play (including bus and device , add-in boards (some add-in boards may require an ACPI-aware driver), video displays, and hard disk drives • Methods for achieving less than
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL 7 lists the power states supported by the board along with the . Cold boot is required. No power to the system. Processor States C0 - working C1 - stop grant No power No external source. No power to the system. Service can be performed safely. Notes: 1. Total system
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    these wake-up events from an ACPI state requires an operating system that provides full ACPI support. In addition, software, drivers, and peripherals must fully support ACPI wake events. 1.12.2 Hardware Support CAUTION Ensure that the power supply provides adequate +5 V standby current if LAN wake
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL input of the hardware monitoring and fan control ASIC. • All fan connectors support closed-loop fan control that can adjust the fan speed or switch the and sensors for thermal monitoring The signal names of the processor fan connector The signal names of the chassis fan
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    and can be used to wake the computer. The use of Instantly Available PC technology requires operating system support and PCI 2.2 compliant add-in cards, PCI Express add-in cards, and drivers. 1.12.2.5 Resume on Ring The operation of Resume on Ring can be summarized as follows: • Resumes operation
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 1.12.2.9 WAKE# Signal Wake-up Support When the WAKE# signal on the PCI off. Figure 13 shows the location of the standby power indicator LED on the D915PBL board. CAUTION If AC power has been switched off and the standby power indicator
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    13.1 System Requirements • Intel Desktop Board D915PBL • Microsoft Windows 2000 follow the instructions below may cause you to lose data. Read and follow these instructions prior to Trusted a platform failure and/or replacement of the motherboard, recovery procedures may allow migratable keys to be
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 1.13.3 Security Precautions Security, like any other aspect of computer maintenance requires planning. What is unique about security has to do with
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    Product Description 1.13.3.2 Emergency Recovery File Back Up Procedures The Emergency Recovery Token (SPEmRecToken.xml) must be saved or moved to a removable media (floppy, USB drive, CDR, flash media, etc). Once this is done, the removable media should be stored in a secure location. DO NOT LEAVE
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 1.13.5 Enabling the Trusted Platform Module The Trusted Platform Module is disabled by default when shipped to insure that the owner/end
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    Product Description 15. Follow the instructions and create and document the locations for both the archive archive file is not present when a new key is generated, then keys will have to be manually backed up using the Key Transfer Manager when the removable media is available. 19. All passwords
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 4. Follow the instructions during the Security Platform Initialization, and might restore access to encrypted data. (Review the Recovery Procedures for detailed instructions). The TPM may be cleared to transfer ownership of the platform to a
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    , visit the web at: http://www.infineon.com • For assistance with the Wave System EMBASSY Trust Suite, visit the web at: http://www.wave.com/support/ets.html • For additional information about TPM and enhancing PC security, visit: https://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/home 47
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 48
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    2 Technical Reference What This Chapter Contains 2.1 Introduction ...49 2.2 Memory Resources...49 2.3 DMA Channels...51 2.4 Fixed I/O Map ...52 2.5 PCI Configuration Space Map 53 2.6 Interrupts...54 2.7 PCI Conventional Interrupt Routing Map 55 2.8 Connectors ...57 2.9 Jumper Block ...69 2.10
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification • Memory-mapped I/O that is dynamically allocated for PCI Conventional and PCI Express add-in cards The amount of installed memory that can
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    Technical Reference 2.2.2 Memory Map Table 9 lists the system memory map. Table 9. System Memory Map Address Range (decimal) Address Range (hex) 1024 K - 4194304 K 100000 - FFFFFFFF 960 K - 1024 K F0000 - FFFFF 896 K - 960 K 800 K - 896 K E0000 - EFFFF C8000 - DFFFF 640 K - 800 K 639 K -
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 2.4 Fixed I/O Map Table 11. I/O Map Address (hex) Size Description 0000 - 00FF 0170 - 0177 01F0 - 01F7 256 bytes 8 bytes 8 bytes Used by the Desktop Board D915PBL. Refer to the ICH6R data sheet for dynamic addressing information.
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    Serial ATA controller SMBus controller PCI Conventional bus connector 1 PCI Conventional bus connector 2 PCI Conventional bus connector 3 PCI Conventional bus connector 4 Intel 82562EZ 10/100 Mbits/sec LAN PLC (if present) Notes: 1. Present only when a PCI Express x16 graphics card is installed
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 2.6 Interrupts The interrupts can be routed through either the Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) or the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) portion of the ICH6-R component. The PIC is supported in Windows 98 SE and
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    Technical Reference 2.7 PCI Conventional Interrupt Routing Map This section describes interrupt sharing and how the interrupt signals are connected between the PCI Conventional bus connectors and onboard PCI Conventional devices. The PCI Conventional specification describes how interrupts can be
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification Table 14. PCI Interrupt Routing Map PCI Interrupt Source IEEE-1394a controller PCI bus connector 1 PCI bus connector 2 PCI bus connector 3 PCI
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    Technical Reference 2.8 Connectors CAUTION Only the following connectors have overcurrent protection: back panel USB, front panel USB, and PS/2. The other internal connectors are not overcurrent protected and should connect only to devices inside the computer's chassis, such as fans and internal
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 2.8.1 Back Panel Connectors Figure 15 shows the location of the back panel connectors. The back panel connectors are color-coded. The figure
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    Technical Reference Table 15. Back Panel Connectors Shown in Figure 15 Item/Callout from Figure 15 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O Description PS/2 mouse port [Green] PS/2 keyboard port [Purple] Serial port A [Teal] Parallel port [Burgundy] Digital audio out coaxial [Orange] Digital audio out
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 2.8.2 Component-side Connectors Figure 16 shows the locations of the component-side connectors on the D915PBL board. B D FH J L AC E GI K M N P O 13 12 9 10 3 4 1 1 2 1 10 12 10 1 3 1 4 4 13 12 10 11 1 3 9 1 11 2 1 1
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    chassis fan connector 1 O Alternate power connector P +12V power connector (ATX12V) Q SCSI LED (optional) R Serial port B (optional) S Processor fan connector T Power connector U Diskette drive connector V Parallel ATA IDE connector W Chassis intrusion connector X Front chassis
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification Table 17. S/PDIF Connector (Optional) Pin Signal Name 1 +5 V 2 S/PDIF Output 3 Ground Table 18. ATAPI CD-ROM Connector (Optional) Pin Signal Name 1 Left
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    No connect Table 23. Serial ATA Connectors Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 Ground 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 Ground Table 24. Processor Fan Connector Pin Signal Name 1 Ground 2 +12 V 3 FAN_TACH 4 FAN_CONTROL 2.8.2.1 Chassis Fan Connectors The board has three standard and one
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    D915PBL Technical Product Specification 2.8.2.2 Power Supply Connectors The board has three power supply connectors: • Main power - a 2 x 12 connector. This connector is compatible with 2 x 10 connectors previously used on Intel Desktop boards. The board supports to the processor voltage regulator
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    bus connectors are bus master capable. • SMBus signals are routed to PCI Conventional bus connector 2. This enables PCI Conventional bus add-in boards with SMBus support to access sensor data on the boards. The specific SMBus signals are as follows: The SMBus clock line is connected to pin A40. The
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 2.8.2.4 Auxiliary Front Panel Power/Sleep/ LED Connector Pins 1 and 3 of this connector duplicate the signals on pins 2 and 4 of the front panel
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    Technical Reference 2.8.2.5.1 Hard Drive Activity LED Connector [Yellow] Pins 1 and 3 [Yellow] can be connected to an LED to provide a visual indicator that data is being read from or written to a hard drive. Proper LED function requires one of the following: • A Serial ATA hard drive connected to
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification • Pins 2, 4, 6, and 8 comprise one USB port. • Use only a front panel USB connector that conforms to the USB 2.0 specification for high- speed USB
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    . Figure 20 shows the location of the jumper block on the D915PBL board. The jumper block determines the BIOS Setup program's mode. Table to configure mode and the computer is powered-up, the BIOS compares the processor version and the microcode version in the BIOS and reports if the two match
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 2.10 Mechanical Considerations 2.10.1 D915PBL Board Form Factor The D915PBL board is designed to fit into an ATX-form-factor chassis. Figure 21 illustrates the mechanical form factor of the board. Dimensions are given in
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    The I/O shield drawing in this document is for reference only. An I/O shield compliant with the ATX chassis specification 2.03 is available from Intel. 1.55 REF [0.061] 162.3 REF [6.390] 20. ± 0.254 TYP [0.787 ± 0.10] 159.2 ± 0.12 [6.268 ± 0.005] 1.6 ± 0.12 [0.063 ± 0.005] 22.45 [0.884] 7.012
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 2.11 Electrical Considerations 2.11.1 DC with a 500 mA current draw per USB port. These calculations are not based on specific processor values or memory configurations but are based on the minimum and maximum current draw possible from
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    V standby current. Failure to do so can damage the power supply. The total amount of standby current required depends on the wake devices supported and manufacturing options. System integrators should refer to the power usage values listed in Table 34 when selecting a power supply for use with the
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 2.12 Thermal Considerations CAUTION A chassis with a maximum internal ambient temperature of 38 oC at the processor fan inlet is a requirement. Use a processor heatsink that provides omni-directional airflow (as shown in Figure 23) to
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    a temperature of up to 85 oC in an open chassis. Figure 24 shows the locations of the localized high temperature zones. A B D C Item A B C D Description Processor voltage regulator area Processor Intel 82915P MCH Intel 82801FR ICH6-R Figure 24. Localized High Temperature Zones OM17063 75
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    for Components Component Intel Pentium 4 processor Intel 82915P MCH Intel 82801FR ICH6-R Maximum Case Temperature For processor case temperature, see processor datasheets and processor specification updates 99 oC from predicted data at 55 ºC. The MTBF for the D915PBL board is 110,262 hours. 76
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    Technical Reference 2.14 Environmental Table 37 lists the environmental specifications for the board. Table 37. Environmental Specifications Parameter Temperature Non-Operating Operating Shock Specification -40 °C to +70 °C 0 °C to +55 °C Unpackaged Packaged 50 g trapezoidal waveform Velocity
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 2.15 Regulatory Compliance This section describes the Desktop Board's 2.15.1 Safety Regulations Table 38 lists the safety regulations the Desktop Board D915PBL complies with when correctly installed in a compatible host system. Table 38.
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    energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there of Conformity Statement We, Intel Corporation, declare under our sole responsibility that the product: Intel® Desktop Board D915PBL is in conformity with
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification Suomi Tämä tuote noudattaa EU-direktiivin 89/336/EEC : lead solder on the printed wiring board assembly. 2.15.4.2 Recycling Considerations Intel encourages its customers to recycle its products and their components (e.g., batteries, circuit
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    Desktop Boards: E210882 (component side). Marking FCC Declaration of Conformity logo mark for Class B equipment; includes Intel name and D915PBL model designation (component side). CE mark. Declares compliance to European Union (EU) EMC directive (89/336/EEC) and Low Voltage directive (73/23
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 82
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    Flash Memory Organization 84 3.3 Resource Configuration 84 3.4 System Management BIOS (SMBIOS 85 3.5 Legacy USB Support 85 3.6 BIOS Updates ...86 3.7 Boot Options ...87 3.8 Fast Booting Systems with Intel® Rapid BIOS Boot 88 3.9 BIOS Security Features 89 3.1 Introduction The board uses an
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification Table 41 lists the BIOS Setup program menu features. Table 41. BIOS Setup Program Menu Bar Maintenance Main Advanced Security Clears passwords and displays processor information Displays processor support. The IDE interface supports
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    specifying manual configuration , and processor speed support, an SMBIOS service-level application running on a non-Plug and Play operating system can obtain the SMBIOS information. 3.5 Legacy USB Support Legacy USB support enables USB devices to be used even when the operating system's USB drivers
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    Web. • Intel® Flash Memory Update Utility, which requires creation of a boot diskette and manual rebooting of instructions distributed with the upgrade utility before attempting a BIOS update. For information about The Intel World Wide Web site Refer to Section 1.3, page 17 3.6.1 Language Support
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    Overview of BIOS Features For information about The Intel World Wide Web site Refer to Section 1.3, page 17 -ROM third. The fourth device is disabled. 3.7.1 CD-ROM Boot Booting from CD-ROM is supported in compliance to the El Torito bootable CD-ROM format specification. Under the Boot menu in the
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    Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 3.8 Fast Booting Systems with Intel® Rapid BIOS Boot These factors affect system boot speed: • Selecting and configuring peripherals properly • Using an optimized BIOS, such as the Intel® Rapid BIOS 3.8.1 Peripheral Selection and Configuration
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    Overview of BIOS Features 3.9 BIOS Security Features The BIOS includes security features that restrict access to the BIOS Setup program and who can boot the computer. A supervisor password and a user password can be set for the BIOS Setup program and for booting the computer, with the following
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification 90
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    4 Error Messages and Beep Codes What This Chapter Contains 4.1 BIOS Error Messages 91 4.2 Port 80h POST Codes 93 4.3 Bus Initialization Checkpoints 97 4.4 Speaker...98 4.5 BIOS Beep Codes ...98 4.1 BIOS Error Messages Table 45 lists the error messages and provides a brief description of each.
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification Table 45. BIOS Error Messages (continued) Memory size has increased since the last boot. If no memory was added there may be a problem with the system. Memory Size Changed Memory size has changed since the last boot. If no memory
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    code in F000 Shadow RAM. Initialize interrupt vector tables, initialize system timer, initialize DMA controller and interrupt controller. E8 Initialize extra (Intel Recovery) Module. E9 Initialize floppy drive. EA Try to boot from floppy. If reading of boot sector is successful, give control
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification Table 48. Runtime Code Uncompressed in F000 Shadow RAM Code Description of POST Operation 03 NMI is Disabled. To check soft reset/
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    Error Messages and Beep Codes Table 48. Runtime Code Uncompressed in F000 Shadow RAM (continued) Code Description of POST Operation 40 To prepare the descriptor tables. 42 To enter in virtual mode for memory test. 43 To enable interrupts for diagnostics mode. 44 To initialize data to check
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification Table 48. Runtime Code Uncompressed in F000 Shadow RAM (continued) . AB Put INT13 module runtime image to shadow. AC Generate MP for multiprocessor support (if present). AD Put CGA INT10 module (if present) in Shadow. continued 96
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    Error Messages and Beep Codes Table 48. Runtime Code Uncompressed in F000 Shadow RAM (continued) Code Description of POST Operation AE Uncompress SMBIOS module and init SMBIOS code and form the runtime SMBIOS image in shadow. B1 Going to copy any code to specific area. 00 Copying of code to
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    Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Technical Product Specification Table 51 describes the lower nibble Beep Codes Whenever a recoverable error occurs during POST, the BIOS displays an error message describing the problem (see Table 52). The BIOS also issues a beep code (one long tone followed by two
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June 2004
Order Number:
C68599-001
The Intel
®
Desktop Board D915PBL may contain design defects or errors known as errata that may cause the product to deviate from published specifications.
Current
characterized errata are documented in the Intel Desktop Board D915PBL Specification Update.
Intel
®
Desktop Board
D915PBL
Technical Product Specification