MB:MI945A

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Driver Support

O.S. VGA IDE SATA Audio USB COM LAN Giga LAN TV-out Video-in Mini PCI Mini PCIE WDT/DIO Download Patch

Windows XP

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ubuntu 8.04

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

  • All supported by kernel

Fedora Core 8

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

  • Audio
  • The remaining from the core support

Fedora core 9

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

  • All Devices supported by kernel

Video-In Devices still not supported

Suse10.2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

-

Yes

-

-

-

-

-

-

  • support by kernel

Windows XP Embedded

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ubuntu 9.10

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

-

-

-

No

Suppered by kernel

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FAQ for MI945A

What's CPU can be paired with 945GME Series MB?

Ans:
  • Celeron M processor ULV: 423
  • Celeron M processor: 440, 530, 550
  • Core Duo processor LV: L2400
  • Core Duo processor: U2500, T2500
  • Core 2 Duo processor: L7400, T7400
  • Core 2 Duo processor ULV: U7500
Patch File:

N/A

Defect:

N/A

Asker:

Eric Wu 18:07, 21 April 2008 (CST)

Provider:

Eric Wu 18:07, 21 April 2008 (CST)

May we be possibly able to test the software, VMware, on MI945A under OpenSuse 10.2(1Host+1Guest)?

Ans:
  • We can install vmware server 2.0 on MI945A under Suse 10.2.
  • We can build stansard XP as a guest os on the vmware server, but we can’t build XPE on it.
  • So we suggest customer build standard xp on it.
Patch File:

N/A

Defect:

N/A

Asker:

Patty Chen 10:57, 28 November 2008 (CST)

Provider:

Patty Chen 10:57, 28 November 2008 (CST)

How can MI945 support Dual CRT output in Linux?

Ans:
  • In Fedora Core 7,can use the driver and follow the steps to do Dual CRT Output: 
1.disable SELinux
   System -> Administration -> SELinuxManagement
   Choose "Disabled" in "System Default Enforcing Mode"
 

2.Extract FC7_Dual_CRT_Output.tar.gz
  #tar zcvf FC7_Dual_CRT_output
  #cd FC7_Dual_CRT_output
 
3.Install the driver
  #./installiegd.sh
 
4.Copy the Xorg.conf file
  *two clone display:
  #cp clone.x /etc/X11/xorg.conf
  *dual external display:
  #cp dih.x /etc/X11/xorg.conf

5.reboot
  #reboot


  • In Fedora Core 8 and Fedora Core 9,can use xrandr to do Dual CRT Output: 
If you want to have two clone display , you can do the following steps:

#vi /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/localuser.sh
put the following 3 lines into the end of localuser.sh as follow picture.
xrandr --output LVDS --off
xrandr --output VGA --preferred
xrandr --output VGA-2 --preferred

Image:clone.jpg

#Ctrl+Alt+BackSpace



If you want to have dual external display , you can do the following steps:

#vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Add "Virtual 4000 4000" in the "screen" section as follow picture.

Image:xorg.jpg

#vi /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/localuser.sh 
put the following 2 lines into the end of localuser.sh .
xrandr --output LVDS --off
xrandr --output VGA --right-of VGA-2

Image:left-of.jpg

#Ctrl+Alt+BackSpace

About xrandr ,you can do #xrandr --output VGA --mode 1024x768  --left-of VGA-2 --mode 1024x768
                                                ↑ Mode used       ↑ Left is used 
                                                  to set            to set position
                                                  resolution.       of VGA-2.You 
                                                                    can use --left-of
                                                                            --right-of
                                                                            --above
                                                                            --below

Other distributions can not support Dual CRT Output.

Patch File:

N/A

Defect:

N/A

Asker:

Patty 12:14, 23 March 2009 (CST)

Provider:

Patty 12:14, 23 March 2009 (CST)

How to get CPU temperature

Ans:

In Terminal:
1.#apt-get update
2.#apt-get install lm-sensors
3.#sensors-detect
4.#vi /etc/modules
5.Insert the belows to /etc/modules

   coretemp
   it87
   i2c-viapro
   eeprom

6.#sensors

Patch File:

N/A

Defect:

N/A

Asker:

"Robert & 2010/12/08"

Provider:

"Steve & 2010/12/08"

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