Intel D915PCM driver and firmware
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Product Guide - Page 3
... Guide are arranged as follows: • 1 Desktop Board Features: a summary of product features • 2 Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components: instructions on how to install the
desktop board and other hardware components • 3 BIOS: instructions on how to update the BIOS • 4 Desktop Board Resources: information about connectors and desktop board resources • A Error...
Product Guide - Page 5
...11 Desktop Board Components 12 Processor ...16 Main Memory ...17 Intel® 915P Express Chipset 18 Audio Subsystem ...18 Input/Output (I/O) Controller 19 LAN Subsystem (Optional 19
LAN Subsystem Software 20 RJ-45 LAN Connector LEDs 20 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Support 20 Enhanced IDE Interface ...20 Serial ATA...21 Expandability...21 BIOS ...21 Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration 21 PCI and PCI...
Product Guide - Page 6
... Removing Memory 36 Installing DIMMs...38 Removing DIMMs...40 Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Card 40 Installing a PCI Express Card 40 Removing the PCI Express Card 41 Connecting the IDE Cable 42 Connecting the Serial ATA Cable 43 Connecting Internal Headers 44 Installing a Front Panel Audio Solution 45 Connecting USB 2.0 Headers 46 Connecting the Front Panel Header 46 Setting...
Product Guide - Page 10
... One serial port • PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports
BIOS
• Intel/AMI BIOS • 4 Mbit symmetrical flash memory • Support for SMBIOS • Intel® Rapid BIOS Boot • Intel® Express BIOS Update
Power Management
• Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) • Suspend to RAM (STR) • Wake on USB, PCI, PCI Express, PS/2, LAN, and...
Product Guide - Page 15
...control) Power LED header Front panel header Serial ATA connectors USB 2.0 headers PCI bus add-in card connectors Speaker PCI Express x1 connector
Related Links
Go to the following links for more information about:
• Intel Desktop Board D915PGN/D915PSY/ D915PCY/D915PCM
http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop
• Supported processors...
Product Guide - Page 16
... http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/ Related Links Go to the following links or pages for more information about: • Supported Intel® processors for Desktop Board D915PGN/D915PSY/D915PCY/D915PCM
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/ • Instructions on installing or upgrading the processor, page 32 in Chapter 2 • The location of the two power...
Product Guide - Page 18
... Chipset
The Intel 915P Express Chipset consists of the following devices: • Intel 82915P Memory Controller Hub (MCH) • Intel 82801FB I/O Controller Hub (ICH6) with Direct Media Interface • Firmware Hub (FWH) Related Link Go to the following link for more information about the Intel 915P chipset: http://developer.intel.com/design/nav/pcserver.htm
Audio Subsystem
Desktop Board...
Product Guide - Page 19
...8226; Audio drivers and utilities http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/ • Installing the front panel audio solution, page 45 in Chapter 2 • The location of audio connectors, page Figure 22 on page 47
Input/Output (I/O) Controller
The super I/O controller features the following: • Low pin count (LPC) interface • One serial port • One parallel port with...
Product Guide - Page 20
.../D915PCY/D915PCM Product Guide
LAN Subsystem Software
For LAN software and drivers, refer to the D915PGN/D915PSY/D915PCY/D915PCM link on Intel's World Wide Web site at: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop
RJ-45 LAN Connector LEDs
Two LEDs are built into the RJ-45 LAN connector. Table 7 describes the LED states when the board is powered up and the 10/100 Ethernet LAN subsystem...
Product Guide - Page 21
... 2.
BIOS
The BIOS provides the Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS Setup program, the PCI/PCI Express and IDE auto-configuration utilities, and the video BIOS. The BIOS is stored in the Firmware Hub. The BIOS can be updated by following the instructions on page 59 in Chapter 3. Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration If you install a Serial ATA or IDE device (such as a hard drive) in your computer...
Product Guide - Page 47
... Replacing Desktop Board Components
Setting Up the Flexible 6-Channel Audio with Jack Re-tasking
After installing the Realtek audio driver from the Intel® Express Installer CD-ROM, the multichannel audio feature can be enabled.
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Description Rear left/right out or Line In Front left/right out Center/LFE (Subwoofer) or Mic In
Figure 22. Back Panel Audio Connectors...
Product Guide - Page 59
...of use of Windows-based installation wizards. To update the BIOS with the Intel Express BIOS Update utility: 1. Go to the Intel World Wide Web site:
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/ 2. Navigate to the D915PGN/D915PSY/D915PCY/D915PCM page, click "[view] Latest BIOS
updates," and select the Express BIOS Update utility file. 3. Download the file to your hard drive. (You can also...
Product Specification - Page 19
... "Desktop Board Products" or "Desktop Board Support" Available configurations for the Desktop Board D915PCY Available configurations for the Desktop Board D915PCM Processor data sheets ICH6 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...
Product Specification - Page 20
... video card before installing or upgrading memory to avoid interference with the memory retention mechanism.
• To be fully compliant with all applicable DDR SDRAM memory specifications, the board should be populated with DIMMs that support the Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data structure. This allows the BIOS to read the SPD data and program the chipset to accurately configure memory settings...
Product Specification - Page 25
... for the system bus, the memory bus, the PCI Express bus, and the DMI interconnect. The ICH6 is a centralized controller for the board's I/O paths. The FWH provides the nonvolatile storage of the BIOS.
For information about The Intel 915P chipset Resources used by the chipset
Refer to http://developer.intel.com/ Chapter 2
1.7.1 USB
The boards support up to eight USB 2.0 ports, supports UHCI and...
Product Specification - Page 26
...HDD (ATAPI removable media device - hard disk drive)
For information about The location of the Parallel ATA IDE connector on the D915PCY board The location of the Parallel ATA IDE connector on the D915PCM board
Refer to Figure 18, page 60 Figure 19, page 62
1.7.2.2 Serial ATA Interfaces
The ICH6's Serial ATA controller offers four independent Serial ATA ports with a theoretical maximum transfer...
Product Specification - Page 47
... moved to a removable media (floppy, CDR, flash media, etc) if the file was not saved to a removable media during installation. Once this is done, the removable media should be stored in a secure location. No copies of this Emergency Recovery Token file should remain on the system. If a copy remains on the system, it could be...
Product Specification - Page 48
..., safe deposit box, offsite storage, etc.) in case they are needed in the future. These documents and files should be updated after any password changes.
1.14.7 Recovery Procedures
1.14.7.1 Recovering from Hard Disk Failure Restore the latest hard drive image from backup to the new hard drive - no TPM specific recovery is necessary.
1.14.7.2 Recovering from Desktop Board or TPM Failure This...
Product Specification - Page 87
...Legacy USB Support
Legacy USB support enables USB devices to be used even when the operating system's USB drivers are not yet available. Legacy USB support is used to access the BIOS Setup program, and to install an operating system that supports USB. By default, Legacy USB support is set to Enabled. Legacy USB support operates as follows: 1. When you apply power to the computer, legacy support is...
Product Specification - Page 88
... that supports USB, verify that Legacy USB support in the BIOS Setup program is set to Enabled and follow the operating system's installation instructions.
3.6 BIOS Updates
The BIOS can be updated using either of the following utilities, which are available on the Intel World Wide Web site: • Intel® Express BIOS Update utility, which enables automated updating while in the Windows...