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... obtain the latest specifications before being incorporated into a revision of this document. Intel® desktop boards may contain design defects or errors known as the property of documents which may make changes to only standard Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG with BIOS identifier VG91510A.86A. Revision History Revision -001 Revision History First release of any...
... obtain the latest specifications before being incorporated into a revision of this document. Intel® desktop boards may contain design defects or errors known as the property of documents which may make changes to only standard Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG with BIOS identifier VG91510A.86A. Revision History Revision -001 Revision History First release of any...
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... specifically not intended for the Intel® Desktop Board D915GLVG. iii What This Document Contains Chapter 1 2 3 4 Description A description of the hardware used on the Desktop Board D915GLVG A map of the resources of the Desktop Board The features supported by the BIOS Setup program A description of..., which if not observed, can cause personal injury. Not all of the BIOS error messages, beep codes, and POST codes Typographical Conventions This section contains information about the Desktop Board D915GLVG and its components to help you avoid damaging hardware or losing data.
... specifically not intended for the Intel® Desktop Board D915GLVG. iii What This Document Contains Chapter 1 2 3 4 Description A description of the hardware used on the Desktop Board D915GLVG A map of the resources of the Desktop Board The features supported by the BIOS Setup program A description of..., which if not observed, can cause personal injury. Not all of the BIOS error messages, beep codes, and POST codes Typographical Conventions This section contains information about the Desktop Board D915GLVG and its components to help you avoid damaging hardware or losing data.
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Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 2.7 PCI Conventional Interrupt Routing Map 45 2.8 Connectors...46 2.8.1 Back Panel Connectors 47 2.8.2 Component-side Connectors 48 2.8.3 Front Panel USB Connectors 54 2.9 Jumper ... ...73 3.7.1 CD-ROM Boot 73 3.7.2 Network Boot 73 3.7.3 Booting Without Attached Devices 73 3.7.4 Changing the Default Boot Device During POST 73 3.8 Fast Booting Systems with Intel® Rapid BIOS Boot 74 3.8.1 Peripheral Selection and Configuration 74 3.8.2 Intel Rapid BIOS Boot 74 3.9 BIOS Security Features 75 vi
Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 2.7 PCI Conventional Interrupt Routing Map 45 2.8 Connectors...46 2.8.1 Back Panel Connectors 47 2.8.2 Component-side Connectors 48 2.8.3 Front Panel USB Connectors 54 2.9 Jumper ... ...73 3.7.1 CD-ROM Boot 73 3.7.2 Network Boot 73 3.7.3 Booting Without Attached Devices 73 3.7.4 Changing the Default Boot Device During POST 73 3.8 Fast Booting Systems with Intel® Rapid BIOS Boot 74 3.8.1 Peripheral Selection and Configuration 74 3.8.2 Intel Rapid BIOS Boot 74 3.9 BIOS Security Features 75 vi
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.../Back Panel Audio Connector Options for Front Panel USB Connectors 54 19. Contents 4 Error Messages and Beep Codes 4.1 BIOS Error Messages 77 4.2 Port 80h POST Codes 79 4.3 Bus Initialization Checkpoints 83 4.4 Speaker ...84 4.5 BIOS Beep Codes...84 Figures 1. Memory Channel and DIMM Configuration 18 4. Single Channel (Asymmetric) Mode Configuration with One DIMM...
.../Back Panel Audio Connector Options for Front Panel USB Connectors 54 19. Contents 4 Error Messages and Beep Codes 4.1 BIOS Error Messages 77 4.2 Port 80h POST Codes 79 4.3 Bus Initialization Checkpoints 83 4.4 Speaker ...84 4.5 BIOS Beep Codes...84 Figures 1. Memory Channel and DIMM Configuration 18 4. Single Channel (Asymmetric) Mode Configuration with One DIMM...
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Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 15. Back Panel Connectors Shown in F000 Shadow RAM 80 44. Front Panel Audio Connector 49 18. Front Panel Connector 52 26. Safety Regulations ...64 34. BIOS Setup Program Menu Bar 70 37. BIOS Setup Program Function Keys 70 38. ...Code Uncompressed in Figure 15 47 16. Chassis Intrusion Connector 50 19. Processor Fan Connector 50 21. BIOS Error Messages 77 41. Main Power Connector 51 23. BIOS Setup Configuration Jumper Settings 55 29. Thermal Considerations for a Two-Color Power LED 53 28. Boot ...
Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 15. Back Panel Connectors Shown in F000 Shadow RAM 80 44. Front Panel Audio Connector 49 18. Front Panel Connector 52 26. Safety Regulations ...64 34. BIOS Setup Program Menu Bar 70 37. BIOS Setup Program Function Keys 70 38. ...Code Uncompressed in Figure 15 47 16. Chassis Intrusion Connector 50 19. Processor Fan Connector 50 21. BIOS Error Messages 77 41. Main Power Connector 51 23. BIOS Setup Configuration Jumper Settings 55 29. Thermal Considerations for a Two-Color Power LED 53 28. Boot ...
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... Chipset Video Audio I/O Control Intel® 915GL Chipset, consisting of the board. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 1.1 Overview 1.1.1 Feature Summary Table 1 summarizes the major features of : • Intel® 82915GL Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) • Intel® 82801FB I/O Controller Hub... • PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports 10/100 Mbits/sec LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82562GZ Platform LAN Connect (PLC) device • Intel/AMI BIOS (resident in the 4 Mbit FWH) • Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface...
... Chipset Video Audio I/O Control Intel® 915GL Chipset, consisting of the board. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 1.1 Overview 1.1.1 Feature Summary Table 1 summarizes the major features of : • Intel® 82915GL Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) • Intel® 82801FB I/O Controller Hub... • PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports 10/100 Mbits/sec LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82562GZ Platform LAN Connect (PLC) device • Intel/AMI BIOS (resident in the 4 Mbit FWH) • Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface...
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...+12V power connector (ATX12V) H LGA775 processor socket I Hardware monitoring and fan control ASIC J Processor fan connector K Intel 82915GL GMCH L DIMM Channel A sockets M DIMM Channel B sockets N I/O controller O Power connector P Diskette drive connector Q Parallel ATE ...IDE connector R Battery S Chassis intrusion connector T BIOS Setup configuration jumper block U 4 Mbit Firmware Hub (FWH) V Front chassis fan connector W Serial ATA connectors X Auxiliary front ...
...+12V power connector (ATX12V) H LGA775 processor socket I Hardware monitoring and fan control ASIC J Processor fan connector K Intel 82915GL GMCH L DIMM Channel A sockets M DIMM Channel B sockets N I/O controller O Power connector P Diskette drive connector Q Parallel ATE ...IDE connector R Battery S Chassis intrusion connector T BIOS Setup configuration jumper block U 4 Mbit Firmware Hub (FWH) V Front chassis fan connector W Serial ATA connectors X Auxiliary front ...
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... Detect • DDR 400 MHz and DDR 333 MHz SDRAM DIMMs Table 3 lists the supported system bus frequency and memory speed combinations. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 1.4 System Memory The boards have four DIMM sockets and support the following memory features: • 2.5 V (only) DDR... When using an 800 MHz system bus frequency processor, DDR 333 memory is installed, the BIOS will attempt to Section 2.2.1 on page 39 for optimum performance. This allows the BIOS to read the SPD data and program the chipset to optimize system throughput. The processor's ...
... Detect • DDR 400 MHz and DDR 333 MHz SDRAM DIMMs Table 3 lists the supported system bus frequency and memory speed combinations. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 1.4 System Memory The boards have four DIMM sockets and support the following memory features: • 2.5 V (only) DDR... When using an 800 MHz system bus frequency processor, DDR 333 memory is installed, the BIOS will attempt to Section 2.2.1 on page 39 for optimum performance. This allows the BIOS to read the SPD data and program the chipset to optimize system throughput. The processor's ...
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... software MPEG2 decode • Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) support up to 224 MB • Intel® Zoom Utility For information about DVMT Obtaining graphics software and utilities Refer to Section 1.5.1.1, page 23 Section 1.2, page 15 22 Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 1.5 Intel® 915GL Chipset The Intel 915GL chipset consists of the BIOS.
... software MPEG2 decode • Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) support up to 224 MB • Intel® Zoom Utility For information about DVMT Obtaining graphics software and utilities Refer to Section 1.5.1.1, page 23 Section 1.2, page 15 22 Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 1.5 Intel® 915GL Chipset The Intel 915GL chipset consists of the BIOS.
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... UHCI and EHCI, and uses UHCI- An example of system physical memory (as set in the BIOS Setup program) for the Intel GMA900 graphics controller is as needed for the D915GLVG board Refer to http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/vg/vg_documentation.htm 1.5.2 USB The boards support up to Figure 15, page 47 Figure...
... UHCI and EHCI, and uses UHCI- An example of system physical memory (as set in the BIOS Setup program) for the Intel GMA900 graphics controller is as needed for the D915GLVG board Refer to http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/vg/vg_documentation.htm 1.5.2 USB The boards support up to Figure 15, page 47 Figure...
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...maximum of four Serial ATA devices. The BIOS supports Logical Block Addressing (LBA) and Extended Cylinder Head Sector (ECHS) translation modes. The boards support Laser Servo (LS-120) diskette technology through the Parallel ATA IDE interfaces. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 1.5.3 IDE Support The ...bus allows host and target throttling. The Parallel ATA IDE interface also supports ATAPI devices (such as a boot device by setting the BIOS Setup program's Boot menu to 66 MB/sec. hard disk drive) For information about The location of 150 MB/s per port. ...
...maximum of four Serial ATA devices. The BIOS supports Logical Block Addressing (LBA) and Extended Cylinder Head Sector (ECHS) translation modes. The boards support Laser Servo (LS-120) diskette technology through the Parallel ATA IDE interfaces. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 1.5.3 IDE Support The ...bus allows host and target throttling. The Parallel ATA IDE interface also supports ATAPI devices (such as a boot device by setting the BIOS Setup program's Boot menu to 66 MB/sec. hard disk drive) For information about The location of 150 MB/s per port. ...
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...serial port supports data transfers at speeds up event interface • PCI Conventional bus power management support The BIOS Setup program provides configuration options for one diskette drive. For information about The location of the keyboard and ... is connected or disconnected. NOTE The keyboard is supported in the bottom PS/2 connector and the mouse is located on the back panel. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 1.7 I/O Controller The I/O controller provides the following features: • One serial port • One parallel port with...
...serial port supports data transfers at speeds up event interface • PCI Conventional bus power management support The BIOS Setup program provides configuration options for one diskette drive. For information about The location of the keyboard and ... is connected or disconnected. NOTE The keyboard is supported in the bottom PS/2 connector and the mouse is located on the back panel. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification 1.7 I/O Controller The I/O controller provides the following features: • One serial port • One parallel port with...
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... capabilities • Instantly Available PC technology • Resume on Ring enables telephony devices to Power On will enable a wake-up event from LAN in the BIOS Setup program. The method used . Failure to do so can wake up the computer... The total amount of standby current required depends on the type...
... capabilities • Instantly Available PC technology • Resume on Ring enables telephony devices to Power On will enable a wake-up event from LAN in the BIOS Setup program. The method used . Failure to do so can wake up the computer... The total amount of standby current required depends on the type...
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.... Upon detecting a Magic Packet* frame, the LAN subsystem asserts a wake-up signal that powers up of providing adequate +5 V standby current. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification NOTE The use of Resume on Ring and Wake from USB technologies from an AC power failure, the computer returns to...power state it was in before power was interrupted (on the LAN implementation, the boards support LAN wake capabilities with ACPI in the BIOS Setup program's Boot menu. When resuming from an ACPI state requires an operating system that provides full ACPI support. 1.11.2.1 Power...
.... Upon detecting a Magic Packet* frame, the LAN subsystem asserts a wake-up signal that powers up of providing adequate +5 V standby current. Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification NOTE The use of Resume on Ring and Wake from USB technologies from an AC power failure, the computer returns to...power state it was in before power was interrupted (on the LAN implementation, the boards support LAN wake capabilities with ACPI in the BIOS Setup program's Boot menu. When resuming from an ACPI state requires an operating system that provides full ACPI support. 1.11.2.1 Power...
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... Wake from USB requires the use of Instantly Available PC technology requires operating system support and PCI 2.2 compliant add-in cards, PCI Express add-in BIOS). 1.11.2.9 WAKE# Signal Wake-up device or event, the system quickly returns to wake the computer. Failure to -RAM) sleep-state. The boards support the...
... Wake from USB requires the use of Instantly Available PC technology requires operating system support and PCI 2.2 compliant add-in cards, PCI Express add-in BIOS). 1.11.2.9 WAKE# Signal Wake-up device or event, the system quickly returns to wake the computer. Failure to -RAM) sleep-state. The boards support the...
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.... Typically the address space that has 4 GB of system memory installed, it is allocated for other system critical functions. These functions include the following: • BIOS/firmware hub (2 MB) • Local APIC (19 MB) • Digital Media Interface (40 MB) • Front side bus interrupts (17 MB) ...14 Environmental ...63 2.15 Regulatory Compliance 64 2.1 Introduction Sections 2.2 - 2.6 contain several standalone tables. The remaining sections in cards, PCI Express configuration space, BIOS (firmware hub), and chipset overhead resides above the top of addressable system memory.
.... Typically the address space that has 4 GB of system memory installed, it is allocated for other system critical functions. These functions include the following: • BIOS/firmware hub (2 MB) • Local APIC (19 MB) • Digital Media Interface (40 MB) • Front side bus interrupts (17 MB) ...14 Environmental ...63 2.15 Regulatory Compliance 64 2.1 Introduction Sections 2.2 - 2.6 contain several standalone tables. The remaining sections in cards, PCI Express configuration space, BIOS (firmware hub), and chipset overhead resides above the top of addressable system memory.
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in cards The amount of installed memory that is dynamically allocated for PCI Conventional and PCI Express add- Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification • MCH base address registers, internal graphics ranges, PCI Express ports (up to the operating system) 1 MB 640 KB 0 MB 0FFFFFH 0F0000H ... 14 shows a schematic of usable DRAM (memory visible to 512 MB) • Memory-mapped I/O that can be used will vary based on add-in Card BIOS and Buffer area (128 KB; 16 KB x 8) Standard PCI/ ISA Video Memory (SMM Memory) 128 KB DOS area (640 KB) 1 MB 960 KB 896 KB...
in cards The amount of installed memory that is dynamically allocated for PCI Conventional and PCI Express add- Intel Desktop Board D915GLVG Technical Product Specification • MCH base address registers, internal graphics ranges, PCI Express ports (up to the operating system) 1 MB 640 KB 0 MB 0FFFFFH 0F0000H ... 14 shows a schematic of usable DRAM (memory visible to 512 MB) • Memory-mapped I/O that can be used will vary based on add-in Card BIOS and Buffer area (128 KB; 16 KB x 8) Standard PCI/ ISA Video Memory (SMM Memory) 128 KB DOS area (640 KB) 1 MB 960 KB 896 KB...
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EFFFF C8000 - Video memory and BIOS Extended BIOS data (movable by memory manager software) Extended conventional memory Conventional memory 2.3 DMA Channels Table 10. Technical Reference 2.2.2 Memory Map Table 9 lists the system memory map. ... - 9FFFF 80000 - 9FBFF 00000 - 7FFFF Size 4095 MB 64 KB 64 KB 96 KB 160 KB 1 KB 127 KB 512 KB Description Extended memory Runtime BIOS Reserved Potential available high DOS memory (open to the PCI Conventional bus). FFFFF E0000 - System Memory Map Address Range (decimal) 1024 K - 4194304 K 960 K - 1024 K 896...
EFFFF C8000 - Video memory and BIOS Extended BIOS data (movable by memory manager software) Extended conventional memory Conventional memory 2.3 DMA Channels Table 10. Technical Reference 2.2.2 Memory Map Table 9 lists the system memory map. ... - 9FFFF 80000 - 9FBFF 00000 - 7FFFF Size 4095 MB 64 KB 64 KB 96 KB 160 KB 1 KB 127 KB 512 KB Description Extended memory Runtime BIOS Reserved Potential available high DOS memory (open to the PCI Conventional bus). FFFFF E0000 - System Memory Map Address Range (decimal) 1024 K - 4194304 K 960 K - 1024 K 896...
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... 28. After the POST runs, Setup runs automatically. The maintenance menu is powered-up, the BIOS compares the processor version and the microcode version in the BIOS and reports if the two match. 1 3 J8J4 Figure 19. When the jumper is set ...cord from the computer before changing a jumper setting. Otherwise, the board could be damaged. BIOS Setup Configuration Jumper Settings Function/Mode Normal Configure Jumper Setting 1-2 1 3 2-3 1 3 Configuration The BIOS uses current configuration information and passwords for the three modes: normal, configure, and recovery. ...
... 28. After the POST runs, Setup runs automatically. The maintenance menu is powered-up, the BIOS compares the processor version and the microcode version in the BIOS and reports if the two match. 1 3 J8J4 Figure 19. When the jumper is set ...cord from the computer before changing a jumper setting. Otherwise, the board could be damaged. BIOS Setup Configuration Jumper Settings Function/Mode Normal Configure Jumper Setting 1-2 1 3 2-3 1 3 Configuration The BIOS uses current configuration information and passwords for the three modes: normal, configure, and recovery. ...
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... Organization 70 3.3 Resource Configuration 70 3.4 System Management BIOS (SMBIOS 71 3.5 Legacy USB Support...71 3.6 BIOS Updates ...72 3.7 Boot Options ...73 3.8 Fast Booting Systems with Intel® Rapid BIOS Boot 74 3.9 BIOS Security Features 75 3.1 Introduction The boards use an Intel/AMI BIOS that is stored in configure mode. 69 The BIOS Setup program can be used to configure...
... Organization 70 3.3 Resource Configuration 70 3.4 System Management BIOS (SMBIOS 71 3.5 Legacy USB Support...71 3.6 BIOS Updates ...72 3.7 Boot Options ...73 3.8 Fast Booting Systems with Intel® Rapid BIOS Boot 74 3.9 BIOS Security Features 75 3.1 Introduction The boards use an Intel/AMI BIOS that is stored in configure mode. 69 The BIOS Setup program can be used to configure...