Intel 915GME user manual Content Overview, Text Conventions

About This Manual—Mobile Intel® 915GME Express Chipset

1.0About This Manual

This user’s manual describes the use of the Mobile Intel® 915GME Express Chipset Development Kit. This manual has been written for OEMs, system evaluators, and embedded system developers. This document defines all jumpers, headers, LED functions, and their locations on the board, along with subsystem features and POST codes. This manual assumes basic familiarity in the fundamental concepts involved with installing and configuring hardware for a personal computer system.

For the latest information about the Mobile Intel® 915GME Express Chipset Development Kit reference platform, visit:

http://developer.intel.com/design/intarch/devkits/index.htm

For design documents related to this platform, such as schematics and bill of materials, please contact your Intel Representative.

1.1Content Overview

Chapter 1.0, “About This Manual” — This chapter contains a description of conventions used in this manual. The last few sections explain how to obtain literature and contact customer support.

Chapter 2.0, “Getting Started”— Provides complete instructions on how to configure the evaluation board and processor assembly by setting jumpers, connecting peripherals, providing power, and configuring the BIOS.

Chapter 3.0, “Theory of Operation” — This chapter provides information on the system design.

Chapter 4.0, “Hardware Reference”— This chapter provides a description of jumper settings and functions, board debug capabilities, and pinout information for connectors.

Appendix A, “Heat Sink Installation Instructions” gives detailed installation instructions for the Mobile Intel® 915GME Express Chipset heat sink.

1.2Text Conventions

The following notations may be used throughout this manual.

#	The pound symbol (#) appended to a signal name indicates that
	the signal is active low.
Variables	Variables are shown in italics. Variables must be replaced with
	correct values.
Instructions	Instruction mnemonics are shown in uppercase. When you are
	programming, instructions are not case-sensitive. You may use
	either uppercase or lowercase.
Numbers	Hexadecimal numbers are represented by a string of
	hexadecimal digits followed by the character H. A zero prefix is
	Mobile Intel® 915GME Express Chipset
April 2007	Development Kit User’s Manual
Order Number: 317230-001US	7