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...-4725, Europe 44-0-1793-431-155, France 44-0-1793-421-777, Germany 44-0-1793-421-333, other Intel literature, may cause the product to deviate from future changes to only standard Intel® Desktop Board D915GVWB with BIOS identifier WB91X10J.86A. Copies of any such patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights that...
...-4725, Europe 44-0-1793-431-155, France 44-0-1793-421-777, Germany 44-0-1793-421-333, other Intel literature, may cause the product to deviate from future changes to only standard Intel® Desktop Board D915GVWB with BIOS identifier WB91X10J.86A. Copies of any such patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights that...
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... is specifically not intended for the Intel® Desktop Board D915GVWB. Not all specifications of this level of information. It describes the standard product and available manufacturing options. CAUTION Cautions are used in all of the BIOS error messages, beep codes, and ...POST codes Typographical Conventions This section contains information about the Desktop Board D915GVWB and their components to system integrators. It is intended to provide ...
... is specifically not intended for the Intel® Desktop Board D915GVWB. Not all specifications of this level of information. It describes the standard product and available manufacturing options. CAUTION Cautions are used in all of the BIOS error messages, beep codes, and ...POST codes Typographical Conventions This section contains information about the Desktop Board D915GVWB and their components to system integrators. It is intended to provide ...
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Intel Desktop Board D915GVWB Technical Product Specification 2.3 DMA Channels ...41 2.4 Fixed I/O Map...42 2.5 PCI Configuration Space Map 43 2.6 Interrupts ...44 2.7 PCI Conventional Interrupt Routing Map 45 2.8 Connectors...46 2.8.1 Back ... ...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 D915GVWB Technical Product Specification 2.3 DMA Channels ...41 2.4 Fixed I/O Map...42 2.5 PCI Configuration Space Map 43 2.6 Interrupts ...44 2.7 PCI Conventional Interrupt Routing Map 45 2.8 Connectors...46 2.8.1 Back ... ...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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... Address Map 40 15. Connection Diagram for IEEE 1394a Connector 54 20. 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. Component-side Connectors 48 17. Board Components ...12 2. Localized High Temperature Zones 61 Tables...
... Address Map 40 15. Connection Diagram for IEEE 1394a Connector 54 20. 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. Component-side Connectors 48 17. Board Components ...12 2. Localized High Temperature Zones 61 Tables...
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... Components 62 33. Fan Connector Current Capability 58 32. EMC Regulations ...64 36. BIOS Setup Configuration Jumper Settings 55 30. BIOS Setup Program Function Keys 70 39. Supervisor and User Password Functions 75 41. Boot Block... Recovery Code Checkpoints 79 44. Bus Initialization Checkpoints 83 46. Upper Nibble High Byte Functions 83 47. Chassis Intrusion Connector 50 22. Auxiliary Front Panel Power/Sleep LED Connector 52 26. Intel Desktop Board D915GVWB...
... Components 62 33. Fan Connector Current Capability 58 32. EMC Regulations ...64 36. BIOS Setup Configuration Jumper Settings 55 30. BIOS Setup Program Function Keys 70 39. Supervisor and User Password Functions 75 41. Boot Block... Recovery Code Checkpoints 79 44. Bus Initialization Checkpoints 83 46. Upper Nibble High Byte Functions 83 47. Chassis Intrusion Connector 50 22. Auxiliary Front Panel Power/Sleep LED Connector 52 26. Intel Desktop Board D915GVWB...
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... GB of system memory Intel® 915GV Chipset, consisting of the Desktop Board D915GVWB. Intel Desktop Board D915GVWB Technical Product Specification 1.2 Overview 1.2.1 Feature Summary Table 1 summarizes the major features of : • Intel® 82915GV Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) • Intel® 82801FB I/O Controller ...interface • PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports 10/100 Mbits/sec LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82562EZ platform LAN Connect (PLC) device • Intel/AMI BIOS (resident in the 4 Mbit FWH) • Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ...
... GB of system memory Intel® 915GV Chipset, consisting of the Desktop Board D915GVWB. Intel Desktop Board D915GVWB Technical Product Specification 1.2 Overview 1.2.1 Feature Summary Table 1 summarizes the major features of : • Intel® 82915GV Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) • Intel® 82801FB I/O Controller ...interface • PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports 10/100 Mbits/sec LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82562EZ 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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...connectors +12V power connector (ATX12V) LGA775 processor socket Hardware monitoring and fan control ASIC Processor fan connector Intel 82915GV GMCH DIMM Channel A sockets DIMM Channel B sockets I/O controller Power connector Diskette drive connector Parallel ATE IDE connector Battery... Chassis intrusion connector BIOS Setup configuration jumper block 4 Mbit Firmware Hub (FWH) Front chassis fan connector Serial ATA connectors (4) Auxiliary front panel power LED connector Front panel connector Front panel USB connectors Intel 82801FB I/O Controller Hub (ICH6) Front...
...connectors +12V power connector (ATX12V) LGA775 processor socket Hardware monitoring and fan control ASIC Processor fan connector Intel 82915GV GMCH DIMM Channel A sockets DIMM Channel B sockets I/O controller Power connector Diskette drive connector Parallel ATE IDE connector Battery... Chassis intrusion connector BIOS Setup configuration jumper block 4 Mbit Firmware Hub (FWH) Front chassis fan connector Serial ATA connectors (4) Auxiliary front panel power LED connector Front panel connector Front panel USB connectors Intel 82801FB I/O Controller Hub (ICH6) Front...
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... and "SS" refers to single-sided memory modules (containing one row of SDRAM). # INTEGRATOR'S NOTE It is available. This allows the BIOS to read the SPD data and program the chipset to install four 2048 MB (2 GB) modules for additional information on available memory. 16 This... 2.2.1, on page 39 for a total of 8 GB of system memory, however, only 4 GB of DIMM... Refer to optimize system throughput. Intel Desktop Board D915GVWB Technical Product Specification • Non-ECC DIMMs • Serial Presence Detect • DDR 400 MHz and DDR 333 MHz SDRAM DIMMs Table 4 ...
... and "SS" refers to single-sided memory modules (containing one row of SDRAM). # INTEGRATOR'S NOTE It is available. This allows the BIOS to read the SPD data and program the chipset to install four 2048 MB (2 GB) modules for additional information on available memory. 16 This... 2.2.1, on page 39 for a total of 8 GB of system memory, however, only 4 GB of DIMM... Refer to optimize system throughput. Intel Desktop Board D915GVWB Technical Product Specification • Non-ECC DIMMs • Serial Presence Detect • DDR 400 MHz and DDR 333 MHz SDRAM DIMMs Table 4 ...
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... motion compensation for software MPEG2 decode • Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) support up to 224 MB • Intel® Zoom Utility For information about The Intel 915GV chipset Resources used by the chipset Refer to Section 1.6.1.1, page 22 Section 1.3, page 15 21 For information about ...DMI interconnect. The ICH6 is a centralized controller for the board's I /O Controller Hub (ICH6) with Direct Media Interface (DMI) interconnect • Intel 82801FB I /O paths. Product Description 1.6 Intel® 915GV Chipset The Intel 915GV chipset consists of the BIOS.
... motion compensation for software MPEG2 decode • Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) support up to 224 MB • Intel® Zoom Utility For information about The Intel 915GV chipset Resources used by the chipset Refer to Section 1.6.1.1, page 22 Section 1.3, page 15 21 For information about ...DMI interconnect. The ICH6 is a centralized controller for the board's I /O Controller Hub (ICH6) with Direct Media Interface (DMI) interconnect • Intel 82801FB I /O paths. Product Description 1.6 Intel® 915GV Chipset The Intel 915GV chipset consists of the BIOS.
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... to 128 MB can be allocated to DVMT on the back panel The location of system memory is as set in the BIOS Setup program) for all ports. Intel Desktop Board D915GVWB Technical Product Specification 1.6.1.1 Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) DVMT enables enhanced graphics and memory performance through Direct AGP, and highly efficient...
... to 128 MB can be allocated to DVMT on the back panel The location of system memory is as set in the BIOS Setup program) for all ports. Intel Desktop Board D915GVWB Technical Product Specification 1.6.1.1 Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) DVMT enables enhanced graphics and memory performance through Direct AGP, and highly efficient...
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... The Parallel ATA IDE interface also supports ATAPI devices (such as a boot device by setting the BIOS Setup program's Boot menu to one bus-mastering Parallel ATA IDE interface. The BIOS supports Logical Block Addressing (LBA) and Extended Cylinder Head Sector (ECHS) translation modes. NOTE ATA-66... and ATA-100 are faster timings and require a specialized cable to the BIOS. hard disk drive) For information about The location of the Parallel ATA IDE connector Refer to Figure 16, page 48 1.6.3.2 Serial ATA ...
... The Parallel ATA IDE interface also supports ATAPI devices (such as a boot device by setting the BIOS Setup program's Boot menu to one bus-mastering Parallel ATA IDE interface. The BIOS supports Logical Block Addressing (LBA) and Extended Cylinder Head Sector (ECHS) translation modes. NOTE ATA-66... and ATA-100 are faster timings and require a specialized cable to the BIOS. hard disk drive) For information about The location of the Parallel ATA IDE connector Refer to Figure 16, page 48 1.6.3.2 Serial ATA ...
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...for one 1.44 MB or 2.88 MB diskette drive • Intelligent power management, including a programmable wake-up to 115.2 kbits/sec with BIOS support. For information about The location of the parallel port connector Refer to Figure 15, page 46 1.8.3 Diskette Drive Controller The I/O controller ...supports one serial port, located on the back panel. Use the BIOS Setup program to set the parallel port mode. For information about The location of the serial port A connector Refer to Figure 15, page...
...for one 1.44 MB or 2.88 MB diskette drive • Intelligent power management, including a programmable wake-up to 115.2 kbits/sec with BIOS support. For information about The location of the parallel port connector Refer to Figure 15, page 46 1.8.3 Diskette Drive Controller The I/O controller ...supports one serial port, located on the back panel. Use the BIOS Setup program to set the parallel port mode. For information about The location of the serial port A connector Refer to Figure 15, page...
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... 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 initialization ⎯ PCI resource configuration ⎯ Hard-disk initialization ⎯ User authentication ⎯ Starting ...different types of boot devices • Reset, shutdown, power cycle, and power up options 1.10.3 LAN Subsystem Software LAN software and drivers are available from Intel's World Wide Web site.
... 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 initialization ⎯ PCI resource configuration ⎯ Hard-disk initialization ⎯ User authentication ⎯ Starting ...different types of boot devices • Reset, shutdown, power cycle, and power up options 1.10.3 LAN Subsystem Software LAN software and drivers are available from Intel's World Wide Web site.
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... system temperature. It is recommended that attaches to Section 1.12.2.2, page 35 1.11.4 Fan Speed Control (Intel® Precision Cooling Technology) Intel® Precision Cooling Technology automatically adjusts the processor fan speed based on the processor thermal diode temperature and adjusts...about The functions of monitoring and control is dependent on the chassis that processor fan speed control remain enabled (default BIOS setting) when using Intel® Desktop Utilities, LANDesk* software, or thirdparty software. The overall system noise reduction will result in chassis fans...
... system temperature. It is recommended that attaches to Section 1.12.2.2, page 35 1.11.4 Fan Speed Control (Intel® Precision Cooling Technology) Intel® Precision Cooling Technology automatically adjusts the processor fan speed based on the processor thermal diode temperature and adjusts...about The functions of monitoring and control is dependent on the chassis that processor fan speed control remain enabled (default BIOS setting) when using Intel® Desktop Utilities, LANDesk* software, or thirdparty software. The overall system noise reduction will result in chassis fans...
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....5 W Power < 5 W (Note 2) G1 - No power D3 - Suspend to disk. device specification specific. Table 9. working state S0 - Dependent on the system configuration, including add-in the BIOS Setup program. working C0 - Service can wake the computer from an ACPI state requires an operating system that provides full ACPI support. sleeping state S1...
....5 W Power < 5 W (Note 2) G1 - No power D3 - Suspend to disk. device specification specific. Table 9. working state S0 - Dependent on the system configuration, including add-in the BIOS Setup program. working C0 - Service can wake the computer from an ACPI state requires an operating system that provides full ACPI support. sleeping state S1...
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...a power-managed state. Resume on Ring enables telephony devices to do so can be set using the Last Power State feature in the BIOS Setup program's Boot menu. NOTE The use of the main power connector Refer to the power state it is in before power was ... and Wake from USB technologies from an AC power failure, the computer returns to Figure 16, page 48 Table 23, page 51 34 Intel Desktop Board D915GVWB Technical Product Specification 1.12.2 Hardware Support CAUTION Ensure that provides full ACPI support. 1.12.2.1 Power Connector ATX12V-compliant power supplies can turn ...
...a power-managed state. Resume on Ring enables telephony devices to do so can be set using the Last Power State feature in the BIOS Setup program's Boot menu. NOTE The use of the main power connector Refer to the power state it is in before power was ... and Wake from USB technologies from an AC power failure, the computer returns to Figure 16, page 48 Table 23, page 51 34 Intel Desktop Board D915GVWB Technical Product Specification 1.12.2 Hardware Support CAUTION Ensure that provides full ACPI support. 1.12.2.1 Power Connector ATX12V-compliant power supplies can turn ...
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... If AC power has been switched off . Figure 13 shows the location of a USB peripheral that also support this specification can participate in BIOS). 1.12.2.9 WAKE# Signal Wake-up Support When the WAKE# signal on Ring can be used to be unmasked for correct operation 1.12...Requires modem interrupt be off and the standby power indicator is still present even when the computer appears to wake the computer. Intel Desktop Board D915GVWB Technical Product Specification The board supports the PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification. NOTE Wake from ACPI S1 or S3 states. Add...
... If AC power has been switched off . Figure 13 shows the location of a USB peripheral that also support this specification can participate in BIOS). 1.12.2.9 WAKE# Signal Wake-up Support When the WAKE# signal on Ring can be used to be unmasked for correct operation 1.12...Requires modem interrupt be off and the standby power indicator is still present even when the computer appears to wake the computer. Intel Desktop Board D915GVWB Technical Product Specification The board supports the PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification. NOTE Wake from ACPI S1 or S3 states. Add...
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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) • PCI Express configuration ... due to 512 MB) • Memory-mapped I/O that is dynamically allocated for other system critical functions. The remaining sections in cards, PCI Express configuration space, BIOS (firmware hub), and chipset overhead resides above the top of addressable system memory. 2 Technical Reference What This Chapter Contains 2.1 Introduction ...39 2.2 Memory Resources ...39 2.3 DMA...
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) • PCI Express configuration ... due to 512 MB) • Memory-mapped I/O that is dynamically allocated for other system critical functions. The remaining sections in cards, PCI Express configuration space, BIOS (firmware hub), and chipset overhead resides above the top of addressable system memory. 2 Technical Reference What This Chapter Contains 2.1 Introduction ...39 2.2 Memory Resources ...39 2.3 DMA...
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... 0 MB 0FFFFFH 0F0000H 0EFFFFH 0E0000H 0DFFFFH 0C0000H 0BFFFFH 0A0000H 09FFFFH 00000H Upper BIOS area (64 KB) Lower BIOS area (64 KB; 16 KB x 4) Add-in cards and BIOS settings. Detailed System Memory Address Map 40 Intel Desktop Board D915GVWB Technical Product Specification The amount of installed memory that can be used when ...) DRAM Range DOS Compatibility Memory Top of the system memory map. All installed system memory 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...
... 0 MB 0FFFFFH 0F0000H 0EFFFFH 0E0000H 0DFFFFH 0C0000H 0BFFFFH 0A0000H 09FFFFH 00000H Upper BIOS area (64 KB) Lower BIOS area (64 KB; 16 KB x 4) Add-in cards and BIOS settings. Detailed System Memory Address Map 40 Intel Desktop Board D915GVWB Technical Product Specification The amount of installed memory that can be used when ...) DRAM Range DOS Compatibility Memory Top of the system memory map. All installed system memory 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...
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...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). Dependent on video adapter used. DMA Channels DMA Channel Number 0 ...Open Open 41 Technical Reference 2.2.2 Memory Map Table 10 lists the system memory map. EFFFF C8000 - FFFFFFFF F0000 - FFFFF E0000 - Video memory and BIOS Extended BIOS data (movable by memory manager software) Extended conventional memory Conventional memory 2.3 DMA Channels Table 11. DFFFF 640 K - 800 K 639 K - ...
...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). Dependent on video adapter used. DMA Channels DMA Channel Number 0 ...Open Open 41 Technical Reference 2.2.2 Memory Map Table 10 lists the system memory map. EFFFF C8000 - FFFFFFFF F0000 - FFFFF E0000 - Video memory and BIOS Extended BIOS data (movable by memory manager software) Extended conventional memory Conventional memory 2.3 DMA Channels Table 11. DFFFF 640 K - 800 K 639 K - ...