ADLINK MI-965 Motherboard Installation and BIOS Configuration Guide

Super IO Configuration: Set serial port 1/2 address/IRQ (default COM1=3F8/IRQ4, COM2=2F8/IRQ3), parallel port address/mode (optional ECP/EPP). Chassis Intrusion can be set to Enabled or Reset.

Hardware Health Configuration: Real time display of CPU temperature, system temperature, fan speed, and various voltages (+3.3V,+5V,+12V, etc.), and fan PWM control mode can be set.

ACPSettings: Suspend Mode can be selected from S1 (POS) or S3 (STR), with S3 having lower power consumption. USB devices can be awakened from S3/S4.

APM Configuration: Power Management/APM supports advanced power management once enabled. The Power Button Mode can be set to instant shutdown or delay for 4 seconds. Resume On LAN and Resume On PME # can set network or PME event wake-up. Resume On RTC Alarm can be set to power on.

Intel Robson Configuration (i.e. Intel Turbo Memory, optional).

MPS Configuration: Multi processor specification version, usually selected as 1.4.

Trusted Computing: Enable/disable TPM module.

USB Configuration: Legacy USB Support (supports USB keyboard/mouse in DOS/old systems), USB 2.0 Controller Mode（HiSpeed/FullSpeed），Hotplug USB FDD Support。

3. Boot menu

Boot Settings Configuration: Quick Boot (shortened POST), Quiet Boot (displaying manufacturer logo), AddOn ROM Display Mode (Force BIOS or Keep Current），Bootup Num-Lock（On/Off），PS/2 Mouse Support，Wait For 'F1' If Error，Hit 'DEL' Message Display，Interrupt 19 Capture（ Control whether the extended ROM can capture interrupt 19 for booting.

Boot Device Priority: Set 1st/2nd/3rd Boot Devices, which can be set as hard drives, optical drives, USB drives, etc. as needed. The Removable Drives submenu can adjust the priority of removable devices.

4. Security menu

Set Supervisor/User password, support clearing user password. The maximum length of the password is 6 characters. If you forget it, you need to clear the NVRAM or CMOS.

5. Chipset menu

North Bridge Configuration：

Boot Graphics Adapter Priority: Select the primary display device (PEG/Onboard).

Internal Graphics Mode Select: Set the size of the integrated graphics card's shared video memory (DVMT/FIXD).

PEG Port：Auto/Enable/Disable， Automatically switch when Auto is set and a dedicated graphics card is detected.

PEG Force X1: Forces PCIe x16 slots to run in x1 mode for compatibility with x1 cards, otherwise defaults to x16.

Video Function Configuration: DVMT Mode Select (recommended for dynamic allocation of DVMT Mode), DVMT/FIXD Memory (can specify fixed sizes such as 128MB/256MB). Boot Display Device can be configured with CRT, LVDS, TV out, etc. Boot Display Preferences can specify the primary and secondary display order.

South Bridge Configuration：

USB Functions：Enable/Disable。

USB 2.0 Controller：Enable。

GbE Controller: Enable/Disable dual network card.

GbE LAN Boot: Allow booting from the network.

GbE Wake Up From S5: Allow LAN wake-up in shutdown state.

HDA Controller: Enable/disable high fidelity audio.

6. Exit menu

Save Changes and Exit / Discard Changes and Exit。

Load Optimal Default and Load Failed Safe Default. It is recommended to load Optimal first and then fine tune according to the requirements.

Driver installation process (Windows XP 32-bit example)

The CD directory is as follows (X: is the drive letter):

Chipset: CHIPSET Intel InF8.3.0.1013 infins_autol.exe

Graphics card: SVGA Intel GM965 Winxp32 setup.exe

Network card: NETWORK Intel autorun.exe (drivers 82573L and 82566DC)

Sound card: SOUND REALTEK ALC888 windows R187 etup.exe

TPM：TPMWin32setup.exe

Suggested installation sequence: chipset → graphics card → network card → sound card → TPM (optional), with a prompt to restart after each installation step. For Windows 7/Vista, you need to download the corresponding version driver from the official website (or use a universal driver).

Watch dog timer programming

The WDT of MI-965 is controlled by Super I/O (Winbond/Nuvoton) and programmed similarly to M-302, but the logic device number may be the same (usually 0x08). Assembly example (convertible to C language):

#define SIO_IDX 0x2E

#define SIO_DTA 0x2F

void EnableWDT(unsigned char timeout_sec) 

{//Enter configuration mode

outportb(SIO_IDX, 0x87);

outportb(SIO_IDX, 0x87);   

//Select logical device 8

outportb(SIO_IDX, 0x07);

outportb(SIO_DTA, 0x08);   

//Set timeout value (seconds), write CRF6 (0xF6)

outportb(SIO_IDX, 0xF6);

outportb(SIO_DTA, timeout_sec);  

//Exit configuration mode

outportb(SIO_IDX, 0xAA);

}//The application layer needs to periodically call the following code to reset the timer (rewrite the same value)

outportb(SIO_IDX, 0xF6);

outportb(SIO_DTA, timeout_sec);

The system will automatically reset after timeout. If it needs to be set to minutes, modify the corresponding register (refer to the manual or Super I/O data manual for details).

POST code and troubleshooting

The POST code of AMI BIOS can be viewed through the PCI diagnostic card. Key code:

03~08: Early CPU/chipset initialization, if stuck, it is mostly due to CPU or memory issues.

C0~C5: Multi processor initialization, generally no problem.

40: Detect serial ports, parallel ports, etc. If stopped, troubleshoot I/O conflicts.