Land Listing and Signal Descriptions

Table 4-3. Signal Description (Sheet 6 of 8)

 

 

 

 

 

Name

Type

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MCERR# (Machine Check Error) is asserted to indicate an unrecoverable error

 

 

 

without a bus protocol violation. It may be driven by all processor FSB agents.

 

 

 

MCERR# assertion conditions are configurable at a system level. Assertion

 

 

 

options are defined by the following options:

 

 

Input/

• Enabled or disabled.

 

MCERR#

• Asserted, if configured, for internal errors along with IERR#.

 

Output

 

 

• Asserted, if configured, by the request initiator of a bus transaction after it

 

 

 

 

 

 

observes an error.

 

 

 

• Asserted by any bus agent when it observes an error in a bus transaction.

 

 

 

For more details regarding machine check architecture, refer to the IA-32

 

 

 

Software Developer’s Manual, Volume 3: System Programming Guide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MSID0 is used to indicate to the processor whether the platform supports

 

 

 

processors with the Platform Requirement Bit (PRB) set. A processor with

 

MSID[1:0]

Input

PRB = 1 will only boot if its MSID0 pin is electrically low. A processor with

 

 

 

PRB = 0 will ignore this input.

 

 

 

MSID1 is ignored by the processor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Pentium D processor PROCHOT# can be configured via BIOS as an

 

 

Output

output or a bi-directional signal.

 

 

As an output, PROCHOT# (Processor Hot) will go active when the processor

 

 

or

temperature monitoring sensor detects that one or both cores has reached its

 

PROCHOT#

Input/

maximum safe operating temperature. This indicates that the processor

 

 

Output

Thermal Control Circuit (TCC) has been activated, if enabled.

 

 

 

As a bi-directional signal, assertion of PROCHOT# by the system will activate

 

 

 

the TCC, if enabled, for both cores. The TCC will remain active until the system

 

 

 

de-asserts PROCHOT#. See Section 5.2.3 for more details.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PWRGOOD (Power Good) is a processor input. The processor requires this

 

 

 

signal to be a clean indication that the clocks and power supplies are stable and

 

 

 

within their specifications. ‘Clean’ implies that the signal will remain low

 

 

 

(capable of sinking leakage current), without glitches, from the time that the

 

 

 

power supplies are turned on until they come within specification. The signal

 

PWRGOOD

Input

must then transition monotonically to a high state. PWRGOOD can be driven

 

 

 

inactive at any time, but clocks and power must again be stable before a

 

 

 

subsequent rising edge of PWRGOOD.

 

 

 

The PWRGOOD signal must be supplied to the processor; it is used to protect

 

 

 

internal circuits against voltage sequencing issues. It should be driven high

 

 

 

throughout boundary scan operation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REQ[4:0]# (Request Command) must connect the appropriate pins/lands of all

 

 

Input/

processor FSB agents. They are asserted by the current bus owner to define

 

REQ[4:0]#

the currently active transaction type. These signals are source synchronous to

 

Output

 

 

ADSTB0#. Refer to the AP[1:0]# signal description for a details on parity

 

 

 

 

 

 

checking of these signals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asserting the RESET# signal resets the processor to a known state and

 

 

 

invalidates its internal caches without writing back any of their contents. For a

 

 

 

power-on Reset, RESET# must stay active for at least one millisecond after

 

 

 

VCC and BCLK have reached their proper specifications. On observing active

 

 

 

RESET#, all FSB agents will de-assert their outputs within two clocks. RESET#

 

RESET#

Input

must not be kept asserted for more than 10 ms while PWRGOOD is asserted.

 

A number of bus signals are sampled at the active-to-inactive transition of

 

 

 

 

 

 

RESET# for power-on configuration. These configuration options are described

 

 

 

in the Section 6.1.

 

 

 

This signal does not have on-die termination and must be terminated on the

 

 

 

system board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RS[2:0]# (Response Status) are driven by the response agent (the agent

 

RS[2:0]#

Input

responsible for completion of the current transaction), and must connect the

 

 

 

appropriate pins/lands of all processor FSB agents.

 

 

 

 

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Intel 830 manual Signal Description Sheet 6, Pwrgood, Reset#

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