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INTEL MCH P31 SYSTEM

Test / Trouble Shooting Guide

M/B: 7392-030 PCB: 2.1

BIOS Ver: A7392IMS400
ROHS

修 撰 Kaizhong Wu
Data 06-12-2007
Ver 2.1
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Agenda
1、Brief introduction of main IC...................................3

2、Circuit Block Diagram...............................................6

3、CLOCK & POWER MAP ........................................7

4、Basic Voltage Circuit.................................................9

5、Verify Follow Chart ................................................12

6、Appendix……………......………………………...19
1、Brief introduction of main IC
1.1CPU（Intel LGA775 CPU） Lacation：U1002

•Support Intel Pentium 4, Pentium D, Core2 Duo, Wolfdale, Kentsfield

and Yorkfield processors in LGA775 Package
•Support Intel® EIST saves power technology
•Support FSB 1333/1066/800MHz
•Support Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
•Support Intel® Dual- core technology up to 800MHz

1.2 NORTH BRIDGE（Intel - MCH P31） Lacation：U7

•Support FSB 1333/1066/800MHz

•Support Front bus output interrupt
•Support Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
•Support PCI Express x 16 graphics interface
•Support dual channel DDR2 667/800 memory (upto 4GB)
1.3 SOUTH BRIDGE (Intel ICH7R) Lacation：U20

•Conform to PCIE 1.0a、PCI 2.3 Specification

•Conform to ACPI 3.0 Specification
•Support various interrupt modular
•Two samdwich 8237 DMA controller，Support LPC DMA
•Support LPC BUS、PCI BUS and AC-LINK
•Integrated SATA-II controller, can Support up to four SATA device, and
transmission speed of 3Gb/s
•Integrated high-speech USB 2.0 controller---480Mb/sec, can Support up to 8
prorts
•Integrated IDE controller，can Support Ultra ATA /100/66/33,BMIDE and
PIO modular
•Conform to SMBus Rev2.0 Specification

1.4 MEMORY（DDRII） Lacation：DIMM1～DIMM4

•Support 240-pin/1.8V DDR2 DIMM memory slot

•Support dual channel DDR2 667/800 memory
•Support as much as 4GB of memory
1.5 SOFTWARE（BIOS-A7392IMS400） Lacation：U24

•Support SPI Specification

•Support “plug and play”, Can also auto-detect peripheral and Add-In Card on
the board
•Support desktop management interface(DMI),Can record the specification of
the MB

1.6 LAN CHIP（REALTEK RTL8111C/8111B） Lacation：U11

•Support 10Mb/s.100 Mb/s.1000 Mb/s

•Support ACPI、PCI Power management
•Support Wake-On-LAN function
•Serial EEPROM
•Support PCI ExpressTM 1.1
•Support Full-duplex fludics(IEEE 802.3x)

1.7 AUDIO CHIP（HD- ALC888） Lacation：U25

•Conform to microsoft WHQL/WLP 3.0 audio Specification

•Support EAX™ 1.0 & 2.0 Specification
•Support 44.1k、48k、96k and 192kHZ sampling frequency
•Supply digital microphone interface
•Supply the Integrity solution of andio frequency such an output channel
mxing、silent
•Supply Microphone AEC、NS、BF technology

1.8 SUPER IO（LPC Super I/O -- F81182） Lacation：U5

•Supply IR function：IrDA 1.0 (SIR for 1.152K bps)

•Support LPC DMA and serial IRQ
•Perfect hardware monitor function
•Support Power management device ,support DPM、ACPI
•Support SPP、BPP、EPP、ECP port
•Support four of FDD control for 3.5 inch or 5.25 inch
•Support UART、parallel port、game port and MIDI port
•Support KB controller、I/O ports and 8M bits flash rom
 1.9 CLOCK GEN（RTM865-300） Lacation：U10

•Programmable frequency output and skew

•Support serial block-mode and direct word-mode.
•Programmable extend duty sycle as a controller of EMI
•Programmable reliable frequency like watchdog
•Using outer crystal-14.318MHZ to adjust frequency

1.10 PWM THREE-PHASE POWER SUPPLY（VRM 11.0 - INTELSIL -

ISL6322CR）
Location：First-phase CHOKE1001+Q1010、Q1011（HIGH）+Q1012、
Q1013（LOW）
Second–phase CHOKE1002 +Q1014、Q1016（HIGH）
+Q1015、Q1017（LOW）
Third-phase CHOKE1003 + Q1018、Q1020（HIGH）
+Q1019、Q1021（LOW）

•Support choosing automatically

•Outputting voltage can be controlled by the external reference voltage
•Offer exact Vcore regulation
•Can protect the current and overvoltage
2、 Circuit Block Diagram
3、 CLOCK & POWER MAP
 4、Basic Voltage Circuit：
A direction the power provided please refer to POWER MAP
the power provides +5VSB，which is transformed into VCC3_SB by U23；and
transformed into 5VDIMM 、5VDual by U9、U34 and U35；SIO send out PSON# to
ATX Power, ATX Power sends out the power such as +12V +5V +3.3V, then
transformed into VCC_DDR VTT_DDR by U8、U10、and some MOS、Dual MOS
etc. VCC_DDR is transformed into V_1P5_CORE . and VCCP by PWM
IC—ISL6322CR this parts of circuit about transformation refer to :Page 30。
following is some part of circuit about voltage arise
1、 3VSB-------- Transformed from VCC5_SB by U23 at S5；and from VCC3、
5VDRV1 at S0；

2、 5VDual-------- Transformed from VCC5_SB、5VSBDRV2 by U34、U35 at S3；

and from VCC5、5VDRV1 at S0。

3 、 5VDIMM-------- Similar as 5VDual，Transformed from VCC5_SB、5VSBDRV1

at S3；and from VCC5、5VDRV1 at S0。
4、VCC_DDR--------Transformed from 5VDIMM by U8 and some MOS；
VTT_DDR--------Transformed from VCC_DDR by U10。

5、SB 1.5V (V-1P5_CORE)-------- Transformed from VCC_DDRZAI、VCC1_5REF

by U39 and Q35。

6、V_FSB_VTT (1.2V)-------- Transformed from VCC_DDR、1_2VREF by U38、

Q28 etc.
7、 NB_V1_25 (V_1P25_CORE)-------- Transformed from VCC5、1_25VREF by
U12、Q31 and Q33。

8、 SB_1.05V(V_1P05_CORE)-------- Transformed from V_1P25_CORE、

VCC1_5REF by U38、Q34。
 5、Verify Follow Chart
Some defective boards need to change components when repairing. Before
the replacement, you must make sure whether the badness of the component is caused
by the defect of the production. So try to re-solder before replace component. (try to
press components of BGA ,if OK, re-solder it),for the purpose of reducing the issue
of component NTF and to classify duty dept. In addition, if it is the poor production
issue, please measure the signal of component after dismantling it from the MB.
Because the cost of BGA is very high, you need to check the damage carefully and
thoroughly and you can judge the defect by the way of measuring the diode value to
the ground, the resistors, the capacities, the signals, etc.

Repair Flow Chart

First check the RMA Code on the card and

confirm whether the symptom is right

Visual inspection

1、Examine the PCB and component if fail with Short、

Open ;If component wrong or void solder

2、noticed if burn with the mark;
Y
3 、If CPU socket pin bent? Problems of IC soldering?
deal with the badness first.
EL-capacitor destroyed (e.g. bump. relax .etc)
4、noticed the area somebody solder before；

5、if there are foreign materials or Short IN inside the socket

Without power

Measure the voltage of all power transformation

Y Find out the position and repair it
circuit including ATX.VCORE,VCC3_SB, VCC_DDR,
V_BAT by multimeter . and see if Short or Open

NO

Plug Debug card,（without CPU、Memory …on）

 Press Power 1、check JBAT1 jumper, if Pin 2 and 3 are shorted, the MB won't power on.

Button (JBAT1 1-2：Normal；JBAT1 2-3：Clear COMS)；

2、 Measure the resistance of all power transformation circuit including

ATX.VCORE, VCC3_SB,VCC_DDR, V_BAT by multimeter and see if Failue

MB works? N immediately after boot up

3、measure the standby Power at the components all over the MB；

4.、Examine the Power-on-sequence refer to appendix-A, From ATX (sent out 5VSB)to

SIO which sent out PSON#,to see where is the problem

（examine each signal according the corresponding lines, notice the relative resistor,

Y capacitor and MOS which connected to the line）

1、 measure CPU Vcore to +12V and to GND ：if find Short

CPU voltage
from Vcore to+12V check H_MOS（Q1010、Q1011、Q1014、Q1016、
abnormal
We use a fake CPU to see if Vcore Q1018、Q1020）burn； if Short Vcore to GND， L _MOS（Q1012、

voltage is OK Q1013、Q1015、Q1017、Q1019、Q1021）burn。

2、check VID[0..7] which connect U1001(VRM IC) and CPU for short or

open. check the relative circuit and component. check IC ok? or there is a
lack of

Normal or near

install ok CPU Memory HDD .FDD etc

 1、Be sure that if CPU is placed well；
FAIL
2、The signal of reset：check the power of the following component. ------CPU、NB、SB and IC

（notice some MOS）； when you touch the IC if it is hot or not ? which power influence them?
Show “F ＂ Standby Power or the Power that exist after boot up.

1、 Update BIOS；BIOS Boot block has been damaged can lead to “FF”

2、 Check the part of power according to the symptom to take action notice the path open ；

3 、 Check power on sequence ,find out the fail point ;

4、 Check the part of CLK:

Check the Y4（14.318Mhz）and CLK GEN to see if work well .

Check the relative circuit and component

5、Check CPU work or not：

①Vcore OK ?

②The signal of Reset :

Show “FF＂
PLTRST#： can measure by S I/O Pin29、R298(near SB) and R377(near NB)， look for

transform from low-high；if no，remove R298、R377 and open S I/O 29Pin judge to look for

which one cause the problem, SB,SI/O or NB.

Measure H_CPURST#：by point R111，to see if H_CPURST# on action,

Check whether connect well with NB (there are conmen problem like Open, Short)
6、BIOS：

Check voltage(3V) by PIN8 of U24，If PIN4 connect to the ground well；

Check SPI_CLK is ok；

Measure signal on each PIN of BIOS；

7、PCI interface：

PREQ#[0..5] if connect ok with SB，and the resistance of RN14、R125、R126is right or not；

AD0～AD31 To check the signal and circuit if ok；
Debug card act

一、Clean or Update New BIOS：Check the bios version if it is latest or not?

hang
二、see debug card, listening to Buzzer.，while use the least system method to find the

hang position。And confirm the fail point according to the error code list showed on

80 Port。You can refer to the appendix which attach the AMI code and definition.。
Such as：hang “E0”---------memory FAIL。

1、 If the failure by NB SB。

Try to press the Bridge to see if could finish running, if can, try to warm the bridge. To

catch the problem with the method of substitution replace the memory or Power

(sometimes its the lack of power lead to the hang problem and it may be caused by the
poor power supply or running the MB with HD on.)；

2、Memory：

①if the DIMM socket failure, such as lose pin etc.；

②VCC_DDR ： U8，the voltage of VCC_DDR transform from 5VDIMM if normal;

VTT_DDR：U10，the voltage of VTT_DDR transform from VCC_DDR if ok ;

③DIMM_VREF A，R249、R242.if OK；

④CKE：DIMM Pin 52、171 SCKE_B0/B1 check the connection of it and NB,

⑤CLK：Four of the DIMM Pin 185/186/137/138/220/221 are connected to U7, check

this connection
3、SMBSUS could vibration or not：

SMB_CLK/DATA: 4 of the DIMM Pin119/120 link CLK GEN Pin52/51、U15、SB、

U1001 through by R54、R42，both need checking ,and you can judge which the

component caused the fail of measure diode

1、①check the connection of PCIE 16X interface and NB. you can do this by measuring the

diode, resistance, signal of the lines.

No display ②The part of power +12V 、3VSB 、VCC3 ，Pay attention to the capacities near the
power；

③PLTRST_BU1#，connect to SI/O 74Pin by R470.If find PLTRST_BU1# abnormal，

can check by the way of breaking the line；

④Examine the BIOS；

2、NB fail；
 1、Show wrong information about MB and BIOS editon-----Update BIOS；

2、CPU speed mistake ( to check the CPU itself or uncorrected with CLK sampling );

3、show information mistake of memory (memory slot, DIMM slot , VCC _DDR ,

CLK , NB);
N
(Memor、CPU ect.) Is ritright 4、IDE: Check the power of HDD, cable, capacity of resistance with nearby IDE

with the system data interface , interface , SB voltage;

Check 5、SATA: the connected Capacitor 、SB

CMOS first 6、FDD: Firstly get rid of the trouble with hardware itself and cable ,power ,etc.

Y Checks SI/O Which controls FDD。

The setting of CMOS

1、check whether the voltage of the battery is normal (3.3V );
unable to save
2、 check whether the voltage of the 3V_SB is normal (3.3V );

3、check signal of BIOS_WP# whether is normal;

4、 BIOS has been damaged or not?

5、The jumper of JCOMS whether correct;

6、 6,finally to see the SB if has destroyed.

Auto-to power off when

enter into XP 1、 Check CPU Fan is placed well；

2、 use the least system method to find the problem

3、 check power；

一、RESET：
1、Check voltage of reset PIN ,if it is normal?
N
2、 be sure the pin5 of Jfp1 connect well with ground；

Reset if is normal? 3、whether the connection of the circuit breaks;

4、if sb work well?.

二、PWR：

1、3VSB to supply power, the resistor of R73 ,C79 are normal;

2、whether S I/O is unusual;

3、whether the connection of the circuit breaks;

4、is in the state of protecting, If can shut-down press button 4S;

5、SB may be destroyed

 1、check device, confirm not cased by device (Including Power, VGA, Memory) and OS,

2、whether reference voltages are too low;

3、Check Timing, voltage, frequency of memory; try to reducing memory frequency,

heightening the voltage etc.

4、whether CPU is exceeded frequently, Can heighten Vcore;
Auto reset ;
5、if entered OS before, and then cleared CMOS, we can load the settings of last right after
OS can not be
entered BIOS Setup ,and then enter OS;
installed
6、Update BIOS；

Can enter the OS regular 7、CLK skewed (Caused by capacity);

t? 8、whether CPU, NB, SB are overheated, whether the fan operates normally;

Hang , blue screen 9、NB , SB issue ; what need paying attention to is : A lot of fail caused by the north

bridge itself , we can change north bridge registers which controls DRAM Driver and
Timing ; Not suggest to changing the bridge first, you can turn to BIOS engineer for help.

Y 一、 USB、COM、and PARALLAL port are unable to use，

1、Check whether some foreign materials ,Short, Pin broken. etc. in interface

2、power: pays attention to FUSE、Q35/34（5vdual ) etc..

3、 Signals：check the signal wire that connects to the resistor and other components.

4、 S I/O or SB issure：printer can’t print ,belongs to issue of I/O, usually were cause by

plugging when power is on, and the motherboard didn’t connect to the earth which will

develop voltage gap, when the gap is too high there will be burn out the I/O

Check voltage、 二、Network card:：

All of device signals、and driver 1、Check whether CMOS settings are opened；driver are installed well；

work normal or 2、Check power:；

not? 3、clk: whether CK_25M_FREERUN sent from 64pin of U1010 is normal；

N 4、Is U4 working normal ?.

5、IC damage. It can contrast to pin foot judges the ground diode or the

resistance value;
三、AUDIO CHIP:：
Y 1、The power:：check the + 5V which developed by U26 whether are normal；

Generally if the Audio card simulation part is broken, Shown as that can install
driver, but there is no sound; when it is unable to find DEVICE or unable to
install driver ,we can know the digital part is broken;
2、1) no voice，check circuitry of the signal LINE；
2) Record fail，check circuitry of the signal MICL；
3) CMOS setting error ,or BIOS data was damaged except bootblock;
3、If you hear noise or sonic boom, check power circuit and output (audio) of capacitors;

4、 The audio chip is fail;

5、 SB issue.

四、 PCI equipment is unable to use:

1、Whether the PCI slot is unusual

2、Supply power（+12V、VCC5、VCC3、3VSB）、FRAME#(A34)、TRDY#(A36)、

CLK、PGNT#、PCI_RST#X、AD bus and control signals、Connect with circuit that PCI

is correlated with Resistor ,etc;

3、SB problem: Confirm by diode value.
 Cant t sleeping 1, check whether OS support the sleep function.

2, enable this function? CMOS setting right? drivers of all devices installed? try to update BIOS.
3、Sequence：

See SLP_S3# weather can work,，Check U9-Pin5、S I/O 82Pin、SB-B24，and the circuit

weather Open or short,

can't wake up, MB no action:

1, CMOS setting right ? sleep function enabled?

N
Can wake up or 2, update BIOS ?

not (Eg.S3 ) 3, check power-on sequence:

check the voltage of SLP_S3#,SLP_S5#, whether they rise or drop abnormally. if the

current of 5VSB is too small, MB may also can't wake, so you can try the following

steps:

1, change power

2, add capacitor to 5VSB

3, reduce the amount of capacitors of the power that generated from 5VSB，

PS: when 3VSB,VCC3,VCC5,+12V drop as 5VSB,just refer to 5VSB.

No display and

hang after wake up

1、Change the equipment；

2、Update BIOS，MB、Display card driver;；

3、some power not stable or not right when it is generated in waking from S3, refer

to power map, power generation.

All OK
 6. Appendix:
Appendix A：
N
Plug ATX power，check voltage
Check u23 and Q60，
of 3VSB,by point the D pole of
Q60；

N
Check Signal (RSMRST#) whether is pull up
Check R385 and SB
at point R384(not ground pole)

N
Check Signal (SLP_S3#) whether is
Check U9，SI/O and SB
pulled up .at pointPIN5 of U9

Y Check the circuit and

N the components between
See if SI/O PIN80 (PSIN) have a JFP1pin8 and I/O PIN80
negative-pulse when power on ，SI/O，SB

Y
N Check SI/O supply
Check I/O PIN81 (PSOUT#) power，if normal, there are
whether have develop the SI/O has problem ,need
to change it.
Y

Whether the signal of I/O

PIN83 (PSON#) is pulled down。

Check SI/O and R78,If no abnormal，，

need to change SI/O。
 Appendix B： Power On Sequence Diagram
①VCC3SB
U23
VCC5SB ③SLP_S5#

ATX POWER UPI

②RSMRST#

R385、R384 ICH7
④SLP_S4#

⑤SLP_S3#
Clock Gen 、
①PSIN ②PSOUT# S I/O、UPI
UPI
JFP1 S I/O ICH7

5VDIMM、5VDUAL、
③PSON#

⑦CHIP_PWGD
⑥ATX_PWR_OK
ATX UPI MCH P31

④VID_GD# ⑤VRM_GD#
ICH7

VRM
VTT_PWG
PCI Slot1、2、3

CPU VID[0…7]
PCTRST#

⑧H_PWRGD

ICH7
ALC888
AC_RST#
HD Codec

MCH P31
PLTRST# PCIE X16 Slot

PLTRST_BU1# PCIE X1 Slot

PLTRST_BU2# RTL8111-GR
S I/O

IDE
PLTRST_BU3#
Appendix B： Power On Sequence Wave Form

1、CH4: VCC3_SB; CH2:RSMRST#

2、CH4: SLP_S4#; CH2:SLP_S3#

3、CH4: ATX_PWR_OK; CH2:PSON#

4、CH4: ATX_PWR_OK; CH2:VCC5

5、CH4: CHIP_PWGD; CH2:VCC5

6、CH4: CHIP_PWGD; CH2:VRM-GD

7、CH4: PLTRST#; CH2: VRM_GD

8、CH4: PLTRST#; CH2: H_CPURST#

Appendix D：ICH7 Power Up Sequence
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