Curtis AR-B1682 manual

AR - B1682 --- SOCKET 370 PENTIUM III GRADE CPU CARD WITH VGA/LCD/LAN/SCSI Operation Manual Version 1.3[...]

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~ Page iii ~ COPYRIGHT NOTICE This operation manual is expected to assist both Embedded Computer manufacturers and users in installing and setting up the system. The information contained in this document is subject to change without any notice. Copyright Acrosser Technology Co., Ltd, 2000. All rights are reserved. No part of this publication can b[...]

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~ Page v ~ 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 1 1 - 1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL ................................................................................................ ............... 2 1 - 2. SYSTEM SPECIFICA TION .........................[...]

~ Page vi ~ 4 - 5. POWER MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................ ........... 36 4 - 6. PCI/PLUG AND PLAY ................................................................................................ ................ 38 4 - 7. PERIPHERAL SETUP ....................................[...]

~ Page 1 ~ 1. INTRODUCTION This chapter describes: n About This Manual n System Spe cifications n Safety precautions n Experienced users can skip to chapter 2 on page 5 for Quick Start.[...]

~ Page 2 ~ 1 - 1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL Thank you for purchasing our AR - B1682 --- Socket 370 Pentium III Grade CPU Card with VGA / LCD / LAN / SCSI, fully PC / AT com patible. This manual contains five chapters. By following the instructions herein, you can easily use AR - B1682 CPU board. Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter notifies you how to avoid[...]

~ Page 3 ~ 1 - 2. SYSTEM SPECIFICATION CPU: Supports 333~650MHz Socket 370 Celeron / Coppermine Pentium III grade CPU CHIPSET: INTEL 440BX RAM MEMORY : Supports 3 168 - pin DIMM(PC - 100 SDRAM)sockets, 768Mb max. CACHE SIZE: Internal 128KB L2 cache inside the CPU. ETHERNET: Use RT8139 C chipset, support 10/100M Base T with RJ - 45 connector built -[...]

~ Page 4 ~ USB: Built - in 2 ports USB interface with 2.54mm 10 - pin headers. RTC: Chipset including, Supports ACPI Function with 10 years data retention. SPEAKER: Supports on - board buzzer and external speaker. (with 2.5mm 4 - pin he ader). FLASH DISK: Supports 1 DiskOnChip Socket 144MB. H/W MONITORING: Built - in (Wilnbond WB83783) hardware mon[...]

~ Page 5 ~ 2. HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Four parts are in cluded: n Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table n Components’ Locations n Configuration and Jumper settings n Connector Pin Assignments[...]

~ Page 6 ~ 2 - 1. JUMPER & CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE SWITCH & JUMPER: DOC 2000 SEG ...................................................................... SW1 CPU f Ratio Selecting .............................................................. SW2 System Cloc k Select ............................................................... SW3 [...]

~ Page 7 ~ 2 - 2. COMPONENT LOCATIONS AR - B1682 Connector, Jumper and Component Locations 2 - 3. HOW TO SET JUMPERS A jumper co nsists of two or three metal pins with a plastic base mounted on the card, and a small plastic cap (with a metal contact inside) to connect the pins, so you can set up your hardware configuration by " open " or [...]

~ Page 8 ~ 2 - 4. SYSTEM CLOCK SELECT AND CPU SETTING System clock and CPU frequency ratio are automatically detected by BIOS. Please keep sw2 , sw3 - 1 , sw3 - 2 ,and sw3 - 3 off. 2 - 5. RS232/485 SELECTION The jumper settings are as follows: (1) COM 1 & COM2 (RS232) 1 2 3 J1 Terminator 1 2 3 J2 7 8 9 1 3 5 J3 2 4 6 (2)COM 2(RS485) 1 2 3 J1 48[...]

~ Page 9 ~ DC00H OFF ON OFF E000H OFF OFF ON DISABLE OFF OFF OFF[...]

~ Page 10 ~ 2 - 7. COM1 CONNECTOR(CN24) COM1 : COM1 Connector, DB9 male connector The COM1 Connector assignments are as follows: PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 DCD 2 RX 3 TX 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 2 - 8. COM2 CONNECTOR(CN12) COM2 : COM2 Connector The COM2 Connector assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT PIN RS - 232 RS - 422 RS - 485 1 DCD TX - DATA[...]

~ Page 11 ~ 2 - 10. EXTERNAL KEYBOARD & MOUSE CONNECTOR(CN23) EXPS2 : External PS2 Connector The pin assignments are as follows: PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 KBDATA 2 MSDATA 3 GND 4 Vcc 5 KBCLK 6 MSCLK 2 - 11. RESET SWITCH(CN18) 2 – RS 1 - GND 2 - 12. HDD LED Header(CN16) 1 2 Vcc HD LED 2 - 13. POWER LED & KEYLOCK CONN ECTOR(CN13) 1 3 2 5 4 PW LED X [...]

~ Page 12 ~ 2 - 15. FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR(CN6) FDD : Floppy Disk Drive Connector You can use a 34 - pin daisy - chain cable to connect a two - FDD. One end of this cab le is to attach the FDD on the board, the other end is to attach the two - FDD. The pin assignments are as follows: 1 2 33 34 PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 GND 2 DRVDEN0 3 GN[...]

~ Page 13 ~ PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 - RESET 2 GROUND 3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8 5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10 9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11 11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12 13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13 15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14 17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15 19 GROUND 20 NOT USED 21 IDEDRQA 22 GROUND 23 - LOW A 24 GROUND 25 - LOR A 26 GROUND 27 - CHRDY A 28 GROUND 29 DACKA 30 GROUND 31 - IRQ 14[...]

~ Page 14 ~ 2 - 17. LCD CONNECTOR 24BIT(CN9) 1 2 CN9 PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 GND 2 SHFCLK 3 GND 4 LP 5 FLM 6 GND 7 P0 8 P1 9 P2 10 P3 11 P4 12 P5 13 GND 14 P6 15 P7 16 P8 17 P9 18 P10 19 P11 20 GND 21 P12 22 P13 23 P14 24 P15 25 P16 26 P17 27 GND 28 P18 29 P19 30 P20 31 P21 32 P22 33 P23 34 GND 35 VCC 36 VCC 37 +12V 38 +12V 39 GND 40 GND 41[...]

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~ Page 16 ~ 2 - 19. EXTERNAL SPEAKER HEADER(CN20) 3 - 4 On Enable Internal Buzzer 2 X 3 INT BZ 4 BUZ Z 1 Vcc Enable External Buzzer 2 X 3 INT BZ 4 BUZ Z 1 Vcc 2 - 20. Ethernet RJ - 45 Connector(CN21) The pin assi gnments are as follows: 1 8 PIN FUNCTION PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 TPTX+ 5 NOT USED 2 TPTX+ 6 TPRX - 3 TPRX+ 7 NOT USED 4 NOT USED 8 NOT USED 2 - [...]

~ Page 17 ~ 2 - 23. PRINTER CONNECTOR(CN2) As to link the Printer to the card, a cable is needed to connect both DB25 connector and parallel port. The pin assignments are as follows : 1 2 PIN ASSIG NMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 STB 14 AUTFE 2 P0 15 ERROR 3 P1 16 INIT 4 P2 17 SLCTIN 5 P3 18 GND 6 P4 19 GND 7 P5 20 GND 8 P6 21 GND 9 P7 22 GND 10 ACK 23 GND [...]

~ Page 18 ~ 2 - 27. SCSI CONNECTOR(CN3) 1 CN3 SCSI : The pin assignments are as follow: PIN ASSIGNMENTT PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 GND 24 GND 47 SCD7 2 GND 25 GND 48 SCDPL 3 GND 26 GND 49 GND 4 GND 27 GND 50 GND 5 GND 28 GND 51 TRMPWR 6 GND 29 GND 52 TRMPWR 7 GND 30 GND 53 NC 8 GN D 31 GND 54 GND 9 GND 32 GND 55 SATTN - 10 GND 33 GND 56 GND 11[...]

~ Page 19 ~ 2 - 30. CLEAR CMOS FUNCTION(J4) 1 3 1 - 2:NORMAL 2 - 3:CLEAR CMOS 2 - 31. DOC SOCKET(U21) DOC : 32pin Disk - on - chip Socket The pin assignments are as follows: PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 NC 17 SD3 2 NC 18 SD 4 3 NC 19 SD5 4 SA12 20 SD6 5 SA7 21 SD7 6 SA6 22 CE 7 SA5 23 SA10 8 SA4 24 OE 9 SA3 25 SA11 10 SA2 26 SA9 11 SA1 27 SA8 12[...]

~ Page 20 ~ 2 - 33. MEMORY INSTALLING AR - B1682 Card will support 3 SDRAM banks. Note: DIMM 1,2,3 for double Bank SDRAM module (168pin x 32bit x 4) DRAM BANK CONFIGURATION DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 TOTAL MEMORY 32M 32M 32M 32M 64M 32M 32M 32M 96M 32 M 64M 96M 32M 64M 32M 128M 32M 64M 64M 160M 32M 64M 128M 224M 32M 64M 256M 352M 32M 128M 128M 288M 32M 1[...]

~ Page 21 ~ 3. SOFTWARE UTILITIES Sections includes: n Utility Disk File List n Setup n Watchdog Timer Configuration[...]

~ Page 22 ~ 3 - 1. Utility Disk File 1682_DRV#1 1682_DRV 1682_DRV#3 1682_DRV#4 1682_D RV#5 1682_DRV#6 FREEBSD WFW311 DMI INTEL/95 SCSIDRV MANUAL.PDF LINUX NT351 WINDIAG/WIN4 INTEL/NT W95VGA NDIS2DOS MSLANMAN.DOS BROM WINNTVGA NDIS2OS2 MSLANMAN.OS2 MACOS WD NWCLIENT NWSERVER/311 RTOS NWSERVER/4X NWSERVER/312 W98600.EXE NWSE RVER/500 NWSERVER/40 RTSP[...]

~ Page 23 ~ PIIX4 DRIVER SETUP WIN95: The first step is to execute the INTEL 95 SETUP.EXE in DISK#4, the system will upd ate the driver automatically, the next step is to reboot the system, and then the driver of PIIX4 CHIPSET will be installed to the system correctly. WINNT: The first step is to execute the INTEL NT SETUP.EXE in DISK#4, th[...]

~ Page 24 ~ The factor of the watchdog timer time - out constant is approximately 1 MINUTES. The period for the watchdog timer time - out is between 1 to FF timer factors. If you want to reset your system when watchdog times out, the following table listed the relation of timer factors between time - out period. The formula of Time - Out Period is [...]

~ Page 25 ~ 3 - 4 - 4. Watchdog Timer Disabled To disable the w atchdog timer, simply write a 00H to the watchdog register. #include “ stadio.H” #include “WATCHDOG.H” main ( ) { printf (“ Disable Watch Dog”); _disable_WD( ); }[...]

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4. AMI BIOS SETUP The following topics are covered: n BIOS Setup Overview n Standard CMOS Setup n Advanced CMOS Setup n Advanced Chipset Setup n Power Management n PCI/Plug and Play n Peripheral Setup n Hardware Monitor Setup n Auto - Detect Hard Disks n Password Setting n Load Default Setting n BIOS Exit n BIOS Update[...]

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~ Page 29 ~ 4 - 1. BIOS SETU P OVERVIEW The BIOS is a program used to initialize and set up the I/O system of the computer, which includes the PCI bus and connected devices such as the video display, diskette drive, and the keyboard. The BIOS provides a menu - based interface to the console subsystem. The console subsystem contains special software[...]

~ Page 30 ~ 4 - 2. STANDARD CMOS SETUP The <Standard CMOS Setup> option allows you to record some basic system hardware configurations and set the system clock and error handling. If the CPU board is already in stalled in a working system, you will not need to select this option anymore. BIOS: Standard CMOS Setup Date & Time Setup Highlig[...]

~ Page 31 ~ errors. 4 - 3. ADVANCED CMOS SETUP The <Advanced CMOS Setup> option consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance, or let you set up some system features according to your preference. Some entries here are required by the CPU board’s design to remain in their default settings. Advanced CMOS [...]

~ Page 32 ~ HDD Access Control This option determines the hard disk access method, whi ch can be either read only or normal (read/write). When set to read only, the data in the hard disk is allowed to be read instead of being written.” Normal” allows the floppy to be read or written. Available options: Disabled, Enabled S.M.A.R.T for hard Disks[...]

~ Page 33 ~ Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display Set this option to Disabled to prevent the following message: Hit ‘DEL’ if you want to run setup It will prevent the message from appearing on the first BIOS screen when the computer boots. Internal Cache This option specifies the caching algorithm used for the L1 internal cache memory. The settings are[...]

~ Page 34 ~ 4 - 4. ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP This option controls the configuration of the board’s chipset. Control keys for this screen are the same as for the previous screen. BIOS: Advanced Chipset Setup Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD: SPD is the a bbreviation Serial Presence Detect. SPD takes accord the chip types, capacity, timing, voltage data.[...]

~ Page 35 ~ Memory Hole at 15 - 16 MB This option specifies the range 15MB to 16MB in memory that cannot be addressed on the ISA bus. USB Function This option can enable or disable USB function USB Keybo ard/Mouse Legacy Support These options are used to < Enabled > the USB function and it’s only useful in the DOS mode. ATX Power Supply Con[...]

~ Page 36 ~ 4 - 5. POWER MANAGEMENT This section is used to configure the po wer management features. This <Power management Setup> option allows you to reduce power consumption. This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity. BIOS: Power Management Setup Power Management /APM Enabled this o[...]

~ Page 37 ~ Suspend Time Out(minute) These options specify the length of the period of system inactivity when the computer is already in Standby mode before the computer is placed on Suspend mode. In Suspend mode, nearly all power use is curtailed. T hrottle Slow Clock Ratio This item is to set up the Operating Frequency of system clock in power sa[...]

~ Page 38 ~ 4 - 6. PCI/PLUG AND PLAY This section is used to configure PCI / Plug and Play features. The <PCI & PNP Setup> option configures the PCI bus slots. All PCI bus slots on the system use INTA#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value. BIOS: PCI / Plug and Play Setup Plug and Play Aware O/S Set this option to < N[...]

~ Page 39 ~ PCI VGA Palette Snoop This ite m is for BIOS to snoop the appearance of VGA palette, and modify it when necessary. PCI IDE BusMaster When Enabled this option specifies that the IDE controller on the PCI local bus has bus mastering capability. PCI Slot1/2/3/4 IRQ Priority The paramete rs of this item will set a interrupt signal to the PC[...]

~ Page 40 ~ 4 - 7. PERIPHERAL SETUP This section is used to configure the peripheral features. BIOS: Peri pheral Setup OnBoard FDC This option enables the floppy drive controller on the AR - B1682. OnBoard Serial Port This option enables the serial port on the AR - B1682. IR Port support This item is to activate the function of Infra - red. OnBoard[...]

~ Page 41 ~ OnBoard IDE This option is to set up the operating mode of IDE controller. If the main board offer the enhanced I/O port, the choice should be < enabled > . Reset, Power, Sleep Button These options are to activate the Reset, Power, and Sleep function in the ATX Keyboard. 4 - 8. AUTO - DETECT HARD DISKS This option detects the para[...]

~ Page 42 ~ these items to quickly set system configuration parameters, you can choose a group of settings that have a better chance of working when the system is havi ng configuration related problems. 4 - 12 - 1. Auto Configuration with Optimal Setting The user can load the optimal default settings for the BIOS. The Optimal default settings are b[...]

~ Page 43 ~ Step 1: Turn on your system and don’t detect the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. Step 2: Insert the FLASH BIOS diskette into the floppy disk drive. Step 3: In the MS - DOS mode, you can type the FLASH812 program. A: >FLASH812 Step 4: Press [ALT+F], The <File > box will show the following message, this message will be hig[...]

~ Page 44 ~ APPENDIX A EXPANSION BUS This chapter includes: n ISA BUS Pin Assignment n PICMG BUS Pin Assignmen t[...]

~ Page 45 ~ A - 1. ISA BUS PIN ASSIGNMENT ISA1 D18 C18 A1 B1 ISA2 A31 B31 D1 C1 COMPONENT SIDE There are two edge connectors (called “ gold fingers “ ) on this CPU Card. On the right hand is the connector of ISA Bus, beside PCI BUS connector. The ISA - bus connector is divided into two sets: one consists of 62 pins; the other consists of 36 pin[...]

~ Page 46 ~ A - 2. PICMG BUS PIN ASSIGNMENT Like ISA - BUS connector, the PICMG - BUS edge connector is divided into two sets as well: one consists of 98 pin s, and the other 22 pins. The pin assignments are as follows: F62 E62 E1 F1 E49 F49 F52 E52 COMPONENT SIDE F E F E PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT F1 - 12V E1 TRST#[...]

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~ Page 48 ~ APPENDIX B TECHNICAL SU MMARY This chapter focus on: n Interrupt Map n RTC & CMOS RAM Map n Timer & DMA Channels Map n I / O & Memory Map[...]

~ Page 49 ~ B - 1. INTERRUPT MAP IRQ ASSIGNMENT 0 System TIMER interrupt from TIMER - 0 1 Keyboard output buffer full 2 Cascade for IRQ 8 - 15 3 Serial po rt 2 4 Serial port 1 5 Parallel port 2 6 Floppy Disk adapter 7 Parallel port 1 8 RTC clock 9 Available 10 Available 11 Available 12 Available 13 Math coprocessor 14 Hard Disk adapter 15 Available[...]

~ Page 50 ~ B - 2. RTC & CMOS RAM MAP CODE ASSIGNMENT 00 Seconds 01 Second alarm 02 Minutes 03 Minutes alarm 04 Hours 05 Hours alarm 06 Day of week 07 Day of month 08 Month 09 Year 0A Status register A 0B Status register B 0C Status register C 0D Status register D 0E Diagnostic status byte 0F Shut down byte 10 Floppy Disk drive type byte 11 Res[...]

~ Page 51 ~ B - 3. TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP Timer Channel Map : Timer Channel Assignment 0 System timer interrupt 1 DRAM Refresh request 2 Speaker tone generator DMA Channel Map : DMA Channel Assignment 0 Available 1 IBM SDLC 2 Floppy Disk adapter 3 Channel - 3 Available 4 Cascade for DMA controller 1 5 Available 6 Available 7 Available[...]

~ Page 52 ~ B - 4. I/O & MEM ORY MAP Memory Map : MEMORY MAP ASSIGNMENT 0000000 - 009FFFF System memory used by DOS and application 00A0000 - 00BFFFF Display buffer memory for VGA/ EGA / CGA / MONOCHROME adapter 00C0000 - 00DFFFF Reserved for I/O device BIOS ROM or RAM buffer. 00E0000 - 00EFFFF Reserved for PCI device ROM 00F0000 - 00FFFFF Syst[...]

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~ Page 54 ~ APPENDIX C TROUBLE SHOOTING TROUBLE SHOOTING FOR ERROR MESSAGES The following information will present the resolution of trouble encountered as well as the error messages. Adjust the system following the messages be low and make sure all the components & connectors are in proper position and firmly attached. If the error still remai[...]

~ Page 55 ~ MEMORY ADDRESS ERROR: While the memory address error revealed, trace the error location with the memory map in system and replace the bad memory chips. MEMORY SIZE HAS CHANGED: Memory has been added or removed since the last boot. In EISA mode, re - configure the memory configuration by using Configuration Utility. While in ISA mode, en[...]