Acrosser AR-B1684VSL2 User Manual

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AR-B1684VSL2/ VSL/ VL2/ VL
SOCKET 370 PENTIUM III GRADE CPU CARD
WITH VGA/LAN/SCSI
Operation Manual
Version 1.3
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COPYRIGHT NOTICE
This operation manual is expected to assist both Embedded Computer manufacturers and users in installing and setting up the system. The inform ation contained in this document is subject to change without any notice.
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1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 1
1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL ........................................................................................................................... 2
1-2. SYSTEM SPECIFICATION...................................................................................................................... 3
1-3. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS........................................................................................................................ 4
2. HARDWARE CONFIGURATION................................................................................................................ 5
2-1. JUMPER & CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE ...................................................................... 6
2-2. COMPONENT LOCATIONS.................................................................................................................... 7
2-3. HOW TO SET JUMPERS........................................................................................................................ 7
2-4. SYSTEM CLOCK SELECT AND CPU SETTING (J3)............................................................................. 8
2-5. DOC MEMORY MAPPING (J7)............................................................................................................... 8
2-6. COM1 CONNECTOR (COMA)................................................................................................................ 8
2-7. COM2 CONNECTOR (COMB)................................................................................................................ 9
2-8. PS2 KB (KM1).......................................................................................................................................... 9
2-9. EXTERNAL KEYBOARD & MOUSE CONNECTOR (KM2) .................................................................... 9
2-10. RESET SWITCH (RST)....................................................................................................................... 10
2-11. HDD LED Header (HDL)...................................................................................................................... 10
2-12. POWER LED & KEYLOCK CONNECTOR (PLKL) ............................................................................. 10
2-13. IR CONNECTOR (IR).......................................................................................................................... 10
2-14. FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR (FDD) ...................................................................................... 11
2-15. HARD DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR (IDE1, IDE2)................................................................................ 12
2-16. SPEAKER/BUZZER (SPK).................................................................................................................. 12
2-17. ETHERNET RJ-45 CONNECTOR (LAN1).......................................................................................... 13
2-18. VGA CRT CONNECTOR (CRT).......................................................................................................... 13
2-19. WATCHDOG CONNECTOR (J1)........................................................................................................ 13
2-20. SCSI LED Header (J2)......................................................................................................................... 13
2-21. PRINTER CONNECTOR (LPT)........................................................................................................... 14
2-22. CPU & SYSTEM FAN POWER CONNECTOR (FAN1, J8) ................................................................ 14
2-23. POWER ON CONNECTOR FOR ATX POWER SUPPLY (PSW)...................................................... 14
2-24. POWER CONTROL CONNECTOR (ATX).......................................................................................... 14
2-25. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CONNECTOR (USB1, USB2).................................................................. 16
2-26. CLEAR CMOS FUNCTION (J5) .......................................................................................................... 16
2-27. DOC SOCKET (J6).............................................................................................................................. 16
2-28. TOUCH SCREEN CONNECTOR (T.S.).............................................................................................. 16
2-29. SCSI CONNECTOR ENABLED/DISABLED (JP1, JP2)...................................................................... 17
2-30. CPLD CONTROL CONNECTOR (J9) ................................................................................................. 17
2-31. MEMORY INSTALLING....................................................................................................................... 18
3. SOFTWARE UTILITIES ............................................................................................................................ 19
3-1. UTILITY DISK FILE................................................................................................................................ 20
3-2. SETUP................................................................................................................................................... 20
3-3. WATCHDOG TIMER CONFIGURATION.............................................................................................. 21
4. AMI BIOS SETUP...................................................................................................................................... 22
4-1. BIOS SETUP OVERVIEW..................................................................................................................... 23
4-2. STANDARD CMOS SETUP .................................................................................................................. 24
4-3. ADVANCED CMOS SETUP.................................................................................................................. 25
4-4. ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP ............................................................................................................. 28
4-5. POWER MANAGEMENT ...................................................................................................................... 30
4-6. PCI/PLUG AND PLAY ........................................................................................................................... 32
4-7. PERIPHERAL SETUP........................................................................................................................... 34
4-8. AUTO-DETECT HARD DISKS .............................................................................................................. 35
4-9. PASSWORD SETTING......................................................................................................................... 35
4-10. SETTING THE PASSWORD............................................................................................................... 35
4-11. PASSWORD CHECKING.................................................................................................................... 35
4-12. LOAD DEFAULT SETTING................................................................................................................. 35
4-13. BIOS EXIT ........................................................................................................................................... 36
4-14. BIOS UPDATE..................................................................................................................................... 37
APPENDIX A................................................................................................................................................. 38
A-1. ISA BUS PIN ASSIGNMENT................................................................................................................. 39
A-2. PICMG BUS PIN ASSIGNMENT........................................................................................................... 40
APPENDIX B................................................................................................................................................. 41
B-1. INTERRUPT MAP................................................................................................................................. 42
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B-2. RTC & CMOS RAM MAP...................................................................................................................... 43
B-3. TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP.......................................................................................................... 44
B-4. I/O & MEMORY MAP ............................................................................................................................ 45
APPENDIX C................................................................................................................................................. 46
TROUBLE SHOOTING................................................................................................................................. 46
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1. INTRODUCTION
This chapter describes:
! About This Manual ! System Specifications ! Safety precautions ! Experienced users can skip to chapter 2 on page 5 for Quick Start.
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1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL
Thanks for purchasing our AR-B1684 serial ---Socket 370 Pentium III Grade CPU Card with VGA / LAN / SCSI, fully PC / AT compatible. This manual contains five chapters. By following the instructions herein, you can easily use AR-B1684 CPU board. AR-B1684 serial CPU card include AR-B1684VSL2, AR-B1684VSL, AR- B1684VL2 and AR-B1684VL. The list below indicates the different. AR-B1684 serial doesn’t keyboard control function. That’s because VT82C686B sourth bridge doesn’t provide this function. AR-B1684VSL2: On-board VGA, on-board dual 10/100 base Ethernet and on-board one two-channels
Ultra160 SCSI.
AR-B1684VSL: On-board VGA, on-board single 10/100 base Ethernet and on-board one two-channels
Ultra160 SCSI.
AR-B1684VL2: On-board VGA, on-board dual 10/100 base Ethernet. AR-B1684VL: On-board VGA, on-board single 10/100 base Ethernet.
The contents of this manual are base on AR-B1684VSL2.
Chapter 1 Introduction
This chapter notifies you how to avoid the damages against this CPU Card as well as describes the background of this manual and the specification of AR-B1684..
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration
This chapter outlines the components' locations and their f unctions . From this part, you can find how to set jumper and configure this card, as you need.
Chapter 3 Software Utilities
Helpful information about the proper installations of the VGA, LAN, SCSI and the W atchdog-tim er function are provided in this chapter.
Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Setup
This chapter indicates you how to set up the BIOS configurations.
Appendix A Expansion Bus
This section introduces you the expansion bus for ISA BUS and PICMG.
Appendix B Technical Summary
This section gives you the information about the Technical maps.
Appendix C Trouble Shooting
This section outlines the errors might occur and some solutions are suggested.
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1-2. SYSTEM SPECIFICATION
CPU:
Supports 333~1GHz Socket 370 Celeron / Coppermine Pentium III grade CPU
CHIPSET:
VIA VT8604 (ProSavage PL133)
RAM MEMORY:
Supports 3 168-pin DIMM (PC-133 SDRAM) sockets, 768Mb max.
CACHE SIZE:
Internal 128KB L2 cache inside the CPU.
ETHERNET:
Use dual RT8139Cs chipset, support 10/100M Base T with RJ-45 connectors built-in LEDs.
SCSI:
Use SYMBIOS53C1010-33 or equivalent, supports two-channel Ultra-W ide SCSI III with 160MB transfer rate and two 68-pin SCSI connectors.
SUPER I/O:
2 PCI IDE---with two 2.54 mm 40-pin connectors. (Support up to ATA-100) 1 FDC---with 2.54mm 34 -pin connector. 1 Parallel--- with 2.54 mm 26-pin connector. Supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode. 1 RS-232C-COM port 1 with DB9 connector located at bracket. 1 RS-232C/IrDA/Touch Screen –COM port 2. IrDA use 2.54mm 5-pin header. Touch Screen uses 2.0mm 3-pin JST connector.
BIOS:
AMI flash BIOS (256KB, including VGA/SCSI BIOS) Supports utility program for easy to update new version of BIOS.
KEYBOARD/MOUSE:
PS/2 compatible with 2.0mm 6-pin JST connector and 6-pin mini-DIN connector located at bracket.
BUS INTERFACE:
PICMG -ISA
VGA DISPLAY:
S3 ProSavage AGP 4X VGA with display memory shared with system memory (2MB~32MB). CRT-with HDB 15-pin connector located at bracket.
WATCHDOG:
System independent watchdog timer
SYSTEM POWER REQUIREMENT:
+5V-5.0A max. & +12V-1.0A max. (Based on 500 MHz CPU).
USB:
Built-in 4 ports USB interface with USB socket at bracket
RTC:
Chipset supports ACPI Function.
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SPEAKER:
Supports on-board buzzer and external speaker. (With 2.5mm 4-pin header).
FLASH DISK:
Supports 1 DiskOnChip Socket 144MB.
H/W MONITORING:
Built-in (Wilnbond WB83782) hardware monitoring chipset.
HEADERS:
2-pin Reset, hard disk LED, and power/watchdog LEDs. 3-pin CPU cooling fan and Chassis cooling fan.
BUS DRIVER CAP:
High driver for 32 TTL level loads (max.)
CPU SP:
Separated Vcore and Vio.
CE DESIGN-IN:
Add EMI components to COM ports, Parallel port, CRT, USB, Keyboard, and PS/2 mouse.
PC BOARD:
6 layers, EMI considered, especially in switching power layout.
BOARD DIMENSION:
Compact size 338.6mm x 121.9mm(13.33" x 4.80")
1-3. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Follow the messages hereinafter to protect your systems from damage on all occasions. Touch a grounded metal object to discharge the static electricity in your body (or ideally, wear a grounded
wrist strap) Stay safe from the electric shock. Don‘t touc h any c omponents of this card when the card is on. Always
switch off power when the system is not in use. Disconnect power when changing any hardware devices. For instance, when you connect a jumper or install
any cards, a surge of power may damage the electronic components or the whole system.
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2. HARDWARE CONFIGURATION
Four parts are included:
! Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table ! Components’ Locations ! Configuration and Jumper settings ! Connector Pin Assignments
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2-1. JUMPER & CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE
SWITCH & JUMPER:
System Clock Select..................................................................... J3
DOC Memory Mapping.................................................................J7
Clear CMOS Function ..................................................................J4
CONNECTOR: ON AR-B1684:
COM1 Connector ........................................................................COMA
COM2 Connector ........................................................................COMB
PS/2 Connector ..........................................................................KM1
Reset Switch ...............................................................................RST
Floppy Disk Drive Connector ......................................................FDD
Hard Disk Drive Connector .........................................................IDE1, IDE2
Hard Disk Drive LED Connector .................................................HDL
Power LED & KeyLock Connector ..............................................PLKL
Ethernet RJ-45 Connector ..........................................................LAN1
External Speaker Connector ....................................................... SPK
Printer Connector ........................................................................LPT
System Fan Power Connector ....................................................J8
SCSI Connector ..........................................................................SCSIA, SCSIB
CPU Fan Power Connector ........................................................FAN1
VGA Connector ...........................................................................CRT
IR Connector ...............................................................................IR
Touch Screen Connector ............................................................T.S.
Power on connector for ATX Supply ........................................... ATX
Power Control Connector ...........................................................PSW
External Keyboard & Mouse Connector ......................................KM2
Watchdog LED Connector ..........................................................J1
Universal Serial Bus Connector ..................................................USB1
Memory Installing ........................................................................DIMM1, DIMM2, DIMM3
Disk-On-Chip Socket ..................................................................J6
ON AR-B9460:
Universal Serial Bus Connector ..................................................USB1, USB2
PS/2 Mouse Connector ...............................................................KM1
Ethernet RJ-45 Connector ..........................................................LAN1
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2-2. COMPONENT LOCATIONS
AR-B1684 Connector, Jumper and Component Locations
RST SPK HDLJ1PLKL
J2
FAN1
AR-B9460 Connector, Jumper and Component Locations
DIMM3
DIMM2
DIMM1
LPT
IDE1
IDE2
FDD
ATX
U24
PSW
CN1
CN2
KM2
T.C.
COMB
COMA
LAN1
CRT
KM1
SCSIA
JP1
8
J3
127
J5
J8
SCSIB
JP2
IR
J7
J6
KM1
CN2
LAN2
USB1 USB2
CN1
2-3. HOW TO SET JUMPERS
A jumper consists of two or three metal pins with a plastic base m ounted on the card, and a sm all plastic cap (with a metal contact inside) to connect the pins, so you can set up your hardware configuration by "open" or close the pins. The jum per can be combined into sets, which called jumper block s. When the jumpers are all in the block, you have to put them together to set up the hardware configuration. The f igure below shows how it looks.
2 PIN
3 PIN
JUMPERS AND CAP
If a jumper has three pins , for exam ple, labeled PIN1, PIN2, and PIN3, you can either connect PIN1 & PIN2 to create one setting and shorting or connect PIN2 & PIN3 to create another setting. The jum per setting rules are applied throughout this manual.
CAP
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2-4. SYSTEM CLOCK SELECT AND CPU SETTING (J3)
System clock is automatically detected by BIOS.
2
8
1
PIN 1-2 PIN 3-4 PIN 5-6 PIN 7.8
AUTO ON ON OFF OFF 133MHz OFF OFF OFF OFF 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON
66MHz OFF OFF ON ON
7
2-5. DOC MEMORY MAPPING (J7)
2
1
J7 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 D000H ON OFF OFF OFF D200H OFF ON OFF OFF D400H OFF OFF ON OFF D600H OFF OFF OFF ON
8
7
2-6. COM1 CONNECTOR (COMA)
COMA: COM1 Connector, DB9 male connector
1: DCD 2: RX
51
6
10
3: TX 4: DTR 5: GND 6: DSR 7: RTS 8: CTS 9: RI
(Factory Default)
(Factory Default)
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2-7. COM2 CONNECTOR (COMB)
COMB: COM2 Connector
The COMB Connector assignments are as follows:
10
2
PIN ASSIGNMENT
1 DCD 2 RX 3 TX 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI
10 NC
2-8. PS2 KB (KM1)
DIN: PS2 Connector
The PS2 connector can support Keyboard & Mouse. The pin assignments for PS2 Connector are as follows:
1
6
9
5
34
12
PIN ASSIGNMENT
1 KBDATA 2 MSDATA 3 GND 4 Vcc 5 KBCLK 6 MSCLK
2-9. EXTERNAL KEYBOARD & MOUSE CONNECTOR (KM2)
EXPS2: External PS2 Connector
The pin assignments are as follows:
PIN ASSIGNMENT
1 KBDATA 2 MSDATA 3 GND 4 Vcc 5 KBCLK 6 MSCLK
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2-10. RESET SWITCH (RST)
1. RS
2. GND
2-11. HDD LED Header (HDL)
1. VCC
2. HD LED
2-12. POWER LED & KEYLOCK CONNECTOR (PLKL)
AR-B1684 serial doesn’t keyboard control function. That’s because VT82C686B sourth bridge
doesn’t provide this function.
1. PWLED
2. X
3. GND
4. KLOCK
5. GND
2-13. IR CONNECTOR (IR)
1. +5V
2. NC
3. RX
4. GND
5. TX
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2-14. FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR (FDD)
FDD: Floppy Disk Drive Connector
You can use a 34-pin daisy-chain cable to connect a two-FDD. One end of this c able is to attac h the FDD on the board and the other one is to attach the two-FDD.
The pin assignments are as follows:
2
34
1
PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT
1 GND 2 DRVDEN0 3 GND 4 NC 5 GND 6 DRVDEN1 7 GND 8 INDEX
9 GND 10 MTR0 11 GND 12 DRV1 13 GND 14 DRV0 15 GND 16 MTR1 17 GND 18 DIR 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 WDATA 23 GND 24 WGATE 25 GND 26 TRK0 27 GND 28 WRPRT 29 GND 30 RDATA 31 GND 32 SEL 33 GND 34 DSKCHG
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2-15. HARD DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR (IDE1, IDE2)
IDE1: Hard Disk Drive Connector (IDE1, IDE2)
The AR-B1684 possesses two HDD connectors, IDE1 and IDE2. The pin assignments are as follows:
2
40
1
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 32 NOT USED 33 SA 1 34 NOT USED 35 SA 0 36 SA2 37 CS 0 38 SA1 39 HD LED A 40 NOT USED
2-16. SPEAKER/BUZZER (SPK)
1. VCC
39
3-4 on (Factory Default Setting)
Enable Internal Buzzer
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2. NC
3. BUZZER
4. SPKR
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2-17. ETHERNET RJ-45 CONNECTOR (LAN1)
The pin assignments are as follows:
1: TPTX+ 2: TPTX­3: TPRX+
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4: Not Used 5: Not Used 6: TPRX­7: Not Used 8: Not Used
2-18. VGA CRT CONNECTOR (CRT)
1: Red 2: Green 3: Blue 13: Horizontial 14: Vertical 4, 9, 11, 12, 15: Not Used
10
15
6
1115
5, 10: Ground 6, 7, 8: GND
2-19. WATCHDOG CONNECTOR (J1)
1. VCC
2. WD LED
2-20. SCSI LED Header (J2)
1. VCC
2. SCSI LED
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2-21. PRINTER CONNECTOR (LPT)
As to link the Printer to the card, a cable is needed to connect both DB25 connec tor and parallel port. The pin assignments are as follows:
2
26
1
PIN ASSIGNMENT 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 11 BUSY 24 GND 12 PE 25 GND 13 SLCT 26 NC
25
2-22. CPU & SYSTEM FAN POWER CONNECTOR (FAN1, J8)
13
1: GND 2: +12V 3: FAN Speed
2-23. POWER ON CONNECTOR FOR ATX POWER SUPPLY (PSW)
1. PSON
2. GND
2-24. POWER CONTROL CONNECTOR (ATX)
1 3
1: PSON 2: PWRGD 3: +5VSB
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2-27. SCSI CONNECTOR (SCSIA, SCSIB)
33 34 67
68
SCSI : The pin assignments are as follow:
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 GND 31 GND 54 GND
9 GND 32 GND 55 SATTN­10 GND 33 GND 56 GND 11 GND 34 GND 57 SBSY­12 GND 35 SCD12 58 SACK­13 GND 36 SCD13 59 SRST­14 GND 37 SCD14 60 SMSG­15 GND 38 SCD15 61 SSEL­16 GND 39 SCDPH 62 SCD­17 GND 40 SCD0 63 SREQ­18 GND 41 SCD1 64 SIO­19 NC 42 SCD2 65 SCD8 20 GND 43 SCD3 66 SCD9 21 GND 44 SCD4 67 SCD10 22 GND 45 SCD5 68 SCD11 23 GND 46 SCD6
1
2
35
36
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2-25. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CONNECTOR (USB1, USB2)
VCC1
USBD-2
12 3 4
USBD+3
GND4
2-26. CLEAR CMOS FUNCTION (J5)
1-2 NORMAL (Factory Default) 2-3 CLEAR CMOS
2-27. DOC SOCKET (J6)
DOC: 32pin Disk-on-chip Socket
The pin assignments are as follows:
PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT
1 NC 17 SD3 2 NC 18 SD4 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 SA0 28 NC 13 SD0 29 NC 14 SD1 30 VCC 15 SD2 31 WR 16 GND 32 VCC
2-28. TOUCH SCREEN CONNECTOR (T.S.)
1 3 1: NTX2
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2-29. SCSI CONNECTOR ENABLED/DISABLED (JP1, JP2)
1. ISOA
2. GND
SCSI PIN1-2 DISABLED ON ENABLED OFF
(Factory Default)
1. ISOB
2. GND
SCSI PIN1-2 DISABLED ON ENABLED OFF
(Factory Default)
2-30. CPLD CONTROL CONNECTOR (J9)
1. VCC
2. TDO
3. TDI
4. N.C
5. N.C
6. TMS
7. GND
8. TCK
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2-31. MEMORY INSTALLING
AR-B1684 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 32M 64M 96M 32M 64M 32M 128M 32M 64M 64M 160M 32M 64M 128M 224M 32M 64M 256M 352M 32M 128M 128M 288M 32M 128M 256M 416M 32M 256M 256M 544M 64M 64M 64M 64M 128M 64M 64M 64M 192M 64M 32M 32M 128M 64M 32M 64M 160M 64M 128M 192M 64M 128M 64M 256M 64M 128M 128M 320M 64M 128M 256M 448M 64M 256M 256M 576M 128M 128M 128M 128M 256M 128M 128M 128M 384M 128M 32M 64M 224M 128M 64M 128M 320M 128M 128M 256M 512M 128M 256M 256M 640M 256M 256M 256M 256M 512M 256M 32M 64M 352M 256M 64M 128M 448M 256M 128M 128M 512M 256M 128M 256M 640M 256M 256M 256M 768M
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3. SOFTWARE UTILITIES
Sections includes:
! Utility Disk File List ! Setup ! Watchdog Timer Configuration
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3-1. UTILITY DISK FILE
1684_DRV#1 1684_DRV 1684_DRV#3 1684_DRV#4 1684_DRV#5
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 NWSERVER/500 NWSERVER/40 RTSPKT CLIENT32 SCO UW7 TXT WIN95A WIN2000 WINDIAG/WIN2000 W95OSR2 WINDIAG/WIN9X WIN98 WINNT4 FILEPATH.LST MAINNENU.TXT RSET8139.EXE VERSION.TXT HELP8139.EXE NETRTS.INF OEMSETUP.INF README.TXT RELEASE.DOC
Remark:
1.W98600.EXE (In disk 1682_DRV#3) is a WIN98 DRIVER for VGA.
2.DRV#1~DRV#2 is ETHERNET DRIVER disk.
3.DRV#4 DISK is INTEL CHIPSET 440BX PIIX4 SETUP DRIVER
4.DRV#5 DISK is SCSI DRIVER FOR WIN95, NT AND WIN98, NT DRIVERS
3-2. SETUP
VIA 4in1 DRIVER SETUP
WIN95: The first step is to execute the SETUP.EXE in DISK#4, the system will update 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 f irst s tep is to exec ute the INTEL\NT \SET UP.EXE in DISK#4, the system will update 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.
WIN95 VGA SETUP
To update display driver by choosing display interface card, put disk#5 in driver A, the driver of S3 ProSavage will be found, and reboot your system after setup will be ok.
WIN 95 SCSI DRIVER SETUP
The first step is to execute the file W IN9598.EXE included in folder SCSIDRV in disk#5, and then chose ‘Add the new hardware ‘ in the console, chose the option ’Chose the hardware fr om the list’, then chos e the ‘SCSI control card’ and ‘Install from diskette, the WIN95 SCSI DRIVER of SYS53C1010 will be installed.
WIN NT SCSI DRIVER SETUP
The first step is to execute A:\SCSIDRV\W INNT .EXE, a folder nam ed ‘Test’ will be built up in driver C, and the next step is to reboot the system, press F3 when you chose the display mode, enter the Load driver program display, chose the direction C:\TEST\WINNT\MINPORT, and then the SCSI DRIVER will be installed.
1684_DRV#6
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3-3. WATCHDOG TIMER CONFIGURATION
I/O port address 215h Use Debug.exe to control WATCHDOG
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4. AMI BIOS SETUP
The following topics are covered:
# BIOS Setup Overview # Standard CMOS Setup # Advanced CMOS Setup # Advanced Chipset Setup # Power Management # PCI/Plug and Play # Peripheral Setup # Hardware Monitor Setup # Auto-Detect Hard Disks # Password Setting # Load Default Setting # BIOS Exit # BIOS Update
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4-1. BIOS SETUP OVERVIEW
The BIOS is a program used to initialize and set up the I/O system of the com puter, 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 s ubsystem. The c onsole subsystem contains special software, called firmware that interacts directly with the hardware components and facilitates interaction between the system hardware and the operating system. The BIOS default values ensure that the system will function at its normal capability. In the worst situation the user may have corrupted the original settings set by the manufacturer. After the computer is turned on, the BIOS will perf orm diagnostic s on the system and display the size of the memory that is being tested. Press the [Del] key to enter the BIOS Setup program, and then the main m enu will show on the screen. The BIOS Setup main m enu includes some options. Use the [Up/Down] arrow key to highlight the option that you wish to modify, and then press the [Enter] key to select the option and configure the functions.
AMIBIOS HIFLEX SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.23
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Standard CMOS Setup
Advanced CMOS Setup
Advanced Chipset Setup
Power Management Setup
PCI/Plug and Play Setup
Peripheral Setup
Hardware Monitor Setup
Auto-Detect Hard Disks
Change User Password
Change Supervisor Password
Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings
Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings
Save Settings and Exit
Exit Without Saving
Standard CMOS setup for changing time, date, hard disk type,
etc.
BIOS: Setup Main Menu
CAUTION:
1. In the AR-B1684 BIOS the factory-default setting is the <Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings> Acrosser recom mends using the BIOS default settings, unless you are very familiar with the settings f unction, or you can contact the technical support engineers (FAE).
2. If the BIOS loses the settings, the CMOS will detect the <Auto Conf iguration with Fail Safe Settings> to boot the operating system. This option will reduce the performance of the system. Acrosser recommends choosing the <Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings> in the main menu. This option gives best-case values that should optimize system performance.
3. The BIOS settings are described in detail in this section.
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4-2. STANDARD CMOS SETUP
The <Standard CMOS Setup> option allows you to record some basic system har dware configurations and set the system clock and err or handling. If the CPU board is alr eady installed in a working system, you will not need to select this option anymore.
AMIBIOS SETUP - STANDARD CMOS SETUP
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Date (mm/dd/yyyy): Tue Jun 02,1998 640KB Time (hh/mm/ss): 13:39:30 63MB
Floppy Drive A: 1.44MB 3 1/2 Floppy Drive B: Not Installed LBA Blk PIO 32Bit
Pri Master : Auto Off Off Auto Off Pri Slave : Auto Off Off Auto Off Sec Master Auto Off Off Auto Off Sec Slave Auto Off Off Auto Off
Boot Sector Virus P rot ection Disabled
Month: Jan - Dec ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel Day: 01 - 31 PgUp/PgDn:Modify
Year: 1901 - 2099 F2/F3:Color
Date & Time Setup
Highlight the <Date> field and then press the [Page Up] /[Page Down] or [+]/[-] k eys to set the current date. Follow the month, day and year format. Highlight the <Time> field and then press the [Page Up] /[Page Down] or [+]/[-] keys to set the current date. Follow the hour, minute and second format. The user can bypass the date and time prom pts by creating an AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For inform ation on how to create this file, please refer to the MS-DOS manual.
Floppy Setup
The <Standard CMOS Setup> option records the types of floppy disk drives installed in the system. To enter the configuration value for a particular dr ive, highlight its corresponding field and then select the drive type using the left-or right-arrow key.
Hard Disk Setup
The BIOS supports various types for user settings, The BIOS suppor ts <Pri Mast er> and <Pri Slave> so the user can install up to two hard disks. For the master and slave jum pers, please refer to the hard disk’s installation descriptions and the hard disk jumper settings. You can select <AUTO> under the <TYPE> and <MODE> fields. This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives during bootup. This will allow you to change your hard drives (with the power off) and then power on without having to reconfigure your hard drive type. If you use older hard disk drives, which do not s upport this feature, then you must configure the hard disk drive in the standard m ethod as described above by the <USER> option.
Boot Sector Virus Protection
This option protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications. Any attempt to write to them will cause the system to halt and display a warning message. If this occurs, you can either allow the operation to continue or use a bootable virus-free floppy disk to reboot and investigate your system. The default setting is <Disabled>. This setting is recommended because it conflicts with new operating systems. Installation of new operating systems requires that you disable this to prevent write errors.
Type Size Cyln Head Wpcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode
BIOS: Standard CMOS Setup
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4-3. ADVANCED CMOS SETUP
The <Advanced CMOS Setup> option consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performanc e, or let you set up some system features according to your preference. Som e entries here are required by the CPU board’s design to remain in their default settings.
AMIBIOS SETUP - ADVANCED CMOS SETUP
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Quick Boot Enabled 1st Boot Device Floppy 2nd Boot Device IDE-0 3rd Boot Device CDROM 4th Boot Device Disabled Try Other Boot Devices Yes Floppy Access Control Read-Write Hard Disk Access Control Read-Write S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks Enabled BootUp Num-Lock On Floppy Drive Swap Disabled Floppy Drive Seek Disabled PS/2 Mouse Support Enabled Typemaice Rate Fast System Keyboard Absent Primary Display VGA/EGA Password Check Setup Boot to OS/2 > 64MB No Wait For ‘F1’ If Error Disabled Hit DEL Message Display Enabled Internal Cache WriteBack External Cache WriteBack Cache Bus Ecc Enabled System BIOS Cac heabl e E nabl ed C000, 16k Shadow Enabled C400, 16k Shadow Enabled C800, 16k Shadow Enabled CC00, 16k Shadow Disabled D000, 16k Shadow Disabled D400, 16k Shadow Disabled D800, 16k Shadow Disabled DC00, 16k Shadow Disabled
Available Options :
ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel PgUp/PgDn:Modify
F2/F3:Color
Disabled Enabled
Advanced CMOS Setup
Quick Boot
This category speeds up the <Power On Self T est> (PO ST) af ter you power on the computer . If it is set to Enabled, the BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.
1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device 4th Boot Device
These options determine where the system looks first for an operating system.
Try Other Boot Devices
If you have other bootup device other than the above mentioned devices, s uch as IDE- 0, IDE-1, IDE- 3, IDE­4, Floppy.
Floppy Access Control
This option determines the floppy access method, which can be either read only or normal (read/write). When set to r ead only, the data in the floppy is being read instead of being written.” Normal” allows the floppy to be read or written.
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HDD Access Control
This option determines the har d disk access method, which can be either r ead only or normal (read/write). When set to read only, the data in the hard disk is being r ead instead of being written.” Norm al” allows the floppy to be read or written.
Available options: Disabled, Enabled
S.M.A.R.T for hard Disks
S.M.A.R.T is abbreviation of Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology .It is reliable and precautious technology. When Hard Disk disorder, It prevents Hard Disk from the loss of data.
BootUp Num-Lock
This item is used to ac tivate the Num-Lock function upon s ystem boot. If the setting is on, af ter a boot, the Num-Lock light is lit, and the user can automatically use the number keys.
Floppy Drive Swap
The option reverses the drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives in the Swap A, B setting, otherwise leave on the setting to Disabled (No Swap). This work s separ ately from the BIO S Features f loppy disk swap feature. It is functionally the same as physically interchanging the connector s of the floppy disk drives. W hen <Enabled>, the BIOS swaps the floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B, and Drive B becomes Drive A under DOS.
Floppy Drive Seek
If the <Floppy Drive Seek> item is set to
Enabled
, the BIOS will seek the floppy <A> drive one time upon
bootup.
PS/2 Mouse Support
The setting of
Enabled
allows the system to detect a PS/2 mouse on boot up. If detected, IRQ12 will be
used for the PS/2 mouse. IRQ 12 will be reser ved for expansion cards if a PS/2 m ouse is not detected.
Disabled
will reserve IRQ12 for expansion cards and therefore the PS/2 mouse will not function.
Typematic Rate
This item specifies the speed at which a keyboard keystroke is repeated.
System Keyboard
The setting of <Absent> allows the system to boot without a keyboard attached to the com puter and the setting of <Present> is in the contrary. Primary Display The setting of
<Absent>
allows the system to boot without a Primary Display attached to the com puter and
the setting of <Present> is in the contrary.
Password Check
This option enables password checking every time the computer is powered on or every time the BIOS Setup is executed. If turned on. If
is chosen, the password prompt appears if the BIOS are executed.
Setup
Always
is chosen, a user password prompt appears every time the computer is
Boot to OS/2 >64MB
When using the OS/2 operating system with DRAM of greater than 64MB installed, you need to Enabled this option; otherwise leave this on the setup default of
Disabled
.
Wait for ‘F1’ If Error
AMIBIOS POST error messages are followed by:
Press <F1> to continue
If this option is set to
Disabled
, the AMIBIOS does not wait for you to press the <F1> key after an error
message.
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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:
Setting Description Disabled Neither L1 internal cache mem ory on the CPU or
L2 secondary cache memory is enabled. WriteBack Use the write-back caching algorithm. WriteThru Use the write-through caching algorithm.
Internal Cache Setting
External Cache
This option specifies the caching algorithm used for the L2 secondary cache memory. The settings are:
Setting Description Disabled Neither L1 internal cache mem ory on the CPU or
L2 secondary cache memory is enabled. WriteBack Use the write-back caching algorithm. WriteThru Use the write-through caching algorithm.
External Cache Setting
Cache Bus ECC
This item is to set up the function of Cache Bus Error Cor rection Code, choose <Enabled> or <Disabled> to determine if the function is available. System BIOS Cacheable This item is used to activate the function of re-buffering the contents of shadow RAM from system BIOS. The default setting is
<Enable
>, which will improve the speed of system.
Shadow
These options control the location of the contents of the 16KB of ROM beginning at the spec ified mem ory location. If no adapter ROM is using the nam ed ROM area, this area is made available to the local bus. The settings are:
SETTING DESCRIPTION Disabled The video ROM is not mapped to RAM. The
contents of the video ROM cannot be read fr om or written to cache memory.
Enabled T he contents of C000h - C7FFFh are written to the
same address in system memory (RAM) for f aster execution.
Cached This option specifies the size of the memory area
reserved for legacy ISA adapter cards.
Shadow Setting
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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.
AMIBIOS SETUP - ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP
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Configure SDRAM Timeing by SPD E nabl ed SDRAM RAS# to CAS# delay 2 SCLKs RAS# Precharge 2 SCLKs CAS# Latency 3 SCLKs Loadoff Cmd Timing Aut o DRAM Integrity Mode Non-ECC Memory Hole Disabled Graphics Aperture Size 64MB 8bit I/O Recovery Time 1 Sysclk 16bit I/O Recovery Time 1 Sysclk USB Function Enabled USB Keyboard / Mouse Legacy Support Enabled ATX Power Supply Controller Disabled LCD CRT Selectio n Both LCD Type #5 640x480 TFT
Available Options :
Disabled Enabled
ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel
PgUp/PgDn:Modify F2/F3:Color
BIOS: Advanced Chipset Setup
Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD:
SPD is the abbreviation Serial Presence Detect. SPD tak es accord the chip types, capacity, tim ing, voltage data. The system can auto adjust memory according to the data to reach the best situation.
SDRAM RAS# to CAS# delay:
When CPU saves data from memor y, it has to deliver RAS single first, and then CAS single. The item is to set up the interval between two singles.
RAS# Precharge:
This item is the time when RAS has to be re-located.
CAS# Latency:
This item is to s et up the time when mem ory receives one CAS single, after how m uch clock , the mem ory starts to write and read data.
Loadoff Cmd Timing:
It is the first read-write action under burst pattern
Memory Hole:
This reserves the 15MB to 16MB memory address space for use of ISA expansion cards.
Graphics Aperture Size:
The item is to set up AGP display to use how much memory to save Texture Data.
8 bit I/O Recovery Time:
The item is to set up CPU to demand ISA Bus 8 bit how much it takes to recovery.
16 bit I/O Recovery Time:
The item is to set up CPU to demand ISA Bus 16 bit how much it takes to recovery.
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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 Keyboard/Mouse Legacy Suppor t
These options are used to <
ATX Power Supply Controller
If the ATX Power Supply Controller function is <Enabled>, the system will get more functions such as shutting down the power by using software.
LCD CRT Selection
This item determines whether to use LCD Monitor or CRT Monitor in the system.
LCD Type
This option specifies the resolution of LCD.
Enabled
> the USB function and it’s only useful in the DOS mode.
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4-5. POWER MANAGEMENT
This section is used to configure the power management f eatur es . T his <Power management Setup> option allows you to reduce power consumption. T his feature turns off the video dis play and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity.
MIBIOS SETUP - Power Management Set up
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Power Management /APM Disabled Green PC Monitor Power State Off Video Power Down Mode Disabled Hard Disk Power Down Mode Disabled Hard Disk Time Out (Minute) Disabled Standby Time Out (Minute) Disabled Suspend Time Out (Minute) Disabled Throttle slow Clock Ratio 25-37.5% Modem Use IO Port 3F8h/COM1 Modem Use IRQ 3 Display Activity Ignore Device 6 (Serial Port 1) Monitor Device 7 (Serial Prot 2) Monitor Device 8 (Parallel Port) Ignore Device 5 (Floppy disk) Monitor Device 0 (Primary master IDE) Monitor Device 1 (Primary slave I DE) Ignore Device 2 (Secondary mast er IDE) Monitor Device 3 (Secondary slave IDE) Ignore System Thermal Ignore Thermal Slow Clock Ratio 50-62.5% CPU Critical Temperature 65℃/149℉ Power Button Function On/Off Restore on AC/Power Loss Last S t ate Ring Resume From Soft Off Disabled Lan Resume From Soft Off Disabled
Available Options :
Disabled Enabled
ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel PgUp/PgDn:Modify
F2/F3:Color
BIOS: Power Management Setup
ACPI Aware O/S
The option(YES) is for ATX power , the option(NO) is for AT Power.
ACPI Standby State
This option has two mode support Standby state.
USB Device Wakeup From S3-S5
This option specifies the power management with ACPI.
Power Management /APM
Enabled
this option is to enable the power management and APM (Advanced Power Management) features.
Green PC Monitor Power State
This option specifies the s uspend mode of s hutting down the cathode ray gun, if only the system is fixed a green function monitor, the power saving function is available.
Video Power Down Mode
This option specifies the power m anagem ent s tate that the video subs ystem enter s af ter spec ified period of display inactivity has expired.
Hard Disk Power Down Mode
This option specifies the power management states that the hard disk drive enter s af ter the spec ified period of display inactivity have expired.
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Hard Disk time out (minute)
This item is used to set up the initial value of the waiting timer .the Hard Disk will turn into the suspend mode when the time is out if no operation applied to Hard Disk.
Standby Time Out (minute)
This item is us ed to set up the initial value of the waiting timer , the System will turn into the sus pend mode when the time is out if no operation applied to system.
Suspend Time Out (minute)
These options specify the length of the period of system inac tivity 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.
Throttle Slow Clock Ratio
This item is to set up the Operating Frequency of system clock in power saving mode, to set a suitable clock frequency ratio which between standard CPU clock and CPU clock in power saving m ode when the system is in suspend mode.
Modem Use IO Port
To chose a suitable IO Port in this option.
Modem use IRQ
To chose the IRQ Signal.
Device
These options enable event monitoring. When the computer is in a power saving mode, activity on the named interrupt request line is m onitor ed by BIOS. W hen any activity occurs, the com puter enters Full On mode.
System Thermal
If the choice <monitor>is chose, the system will alarm when the system tem perature is beyond the critic al temperature.
Thermal Slow Clock Ratio
This item is to set up the Operating Frequency of system clock in power saving mode, to set a suitable clock frequency ratio, which between standard CPU clock and CPU clock in power saving mode when the temperature is beyond the critical temperature.
Restore on AC/Power Loss
This item is to set up the system will restore with the last setting after the AC\Power Loss.
Ring Resume From Soft Off
This item is s et up to awake the system fr om suspend m ode and a ring bell while any acces s com ing from modem.
Lan Resume From Soft Off
This item is set up to awake the system from suspend mode when encounter a network access, the function will be available if system is fixed with an Ethernet card.
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4-6. PCI/PLUG AND PLAY
This section is used to c onfigure PCI / Plug and Play features. The <PCI & PNP Setup> option conf igures the PCI bus slots. All PCI bus slots on the system use INTA#, thus all installed PCI car ds must be set to this value.
AMIBIOS SETUP - PCI/PLUG AND PLAY SETUP
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Plug and Play Aware O/S Yes Clear NVRAM No On board PCI LAN Controller Enabled PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks) 64 Primary Graphic Adapter P CI PCI VGA Palette Snoop Di sabled PCI IDE BusMaster Disabled PCI Slot1 IRQ Priority Auto PCI Slot2 IRQ Priority Auto PCI Slot3 IRQ Priority Auto PCI Slot4 IRQ Priority Auto DMA Channel 0 PnP DMA Channel 1 PnP DMA Channel 3 PnP DMA Channel 5 PnP DMA Channel 6 PnP DMA Channel 7 PnP IRQ 3 ISA/EISA IRQ 4 ISA/EISA IRQ 5 PCI /PnP IRQ 7 ISA/EISA IRQ 9 PCI /PnP IRQ 10 PCI /PnP IRQ 11 PCI /PnP IRQ 12 PCI /PnP IRQ 14 PCI /PnP IRQ 15 PCI /PnP Reserved Memory Size 32K Reserved Memory Address CC000
Available Options :
Yes No
ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel PgUp/PgDn:Modify
F2/F3:Color
BIOS: PCI / Plug and Play Setup
Plug and Play Aware O/S
Set this option to <No> if the operating system installed in the com puter is Plug and Play-aware. The BIOS only detects and enables PnP ISA adapter cards that are required for system boot. The W indows 95 (and above) operating system detects and enables all other PnP-aware adapter cards. W indows 95 (and above) is PnP-aware. Set this option to
<Yes>
if the operating system (such as DOS, OS/2, Windows 3.x) does not use PnP. You must set this option corr ectly or PnP-aware adapter cards installed in your computer will not be configured properly.
Clear NVRAM
This sets the operating mode of the boot bloc k area of the BIO S FLASH ROM to allow programm ing in the Yes setting.
On board PCI LAN Controller
This option is to activate the PNP (Plug & Play) function of LAN.
PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks)
This option sets latency of all PCI devices on the PCI bus. The settings are in units equal to PCI clocks.
Primary Graphic Adapter
This option is set to use PCI bus or AGP. The AGP mode will get system a faster processing speed.
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PCI VGA Palette Snoop
This item 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 loca l bus has bus mastering capability. PCI Slot1/2/3/4 IRQ Priority The parameters of this item will set a interrupt signal to the PCI device fixed in the 1-4 PCI slot by priority.
DMA & IRQ
These options specify the bus that the nam ed IRQs/DMAs lines are used on. These options allow you to specify IRQs/DMAs for use by legacy ISA adapter cards. These options determine if the BIOS should remove an IRQ/DMA from the pool of availability of IRQs/DMAs pas sed to the BIOS c onfigurable devices. If more IRQs/DMAs m ust be r emoved f rom the pool, the end user can use these PCI/PnP Setup options to remove the IRQ/DMA by assigning the option to the ISA/EISA setting. The onboard I/O is configurable with BIOS.
Reserved Memory Size
This option specifies the size of the memory area reserved for legacy ISA adapter cards.
Reserved Memory Address
This option specifies the beginning address (in hex) of the reserved memory area. The specified ROM memory area is reserved for use by legacy ISA adapter cards.
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4-7. PERIPHERAL SETUP
This section is used to configure the peripheral features.
Yes No
↑↓
:Sel
AMIBIOS SETUP - PERIPHERAL SETUP
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OnBoard FDC OnBoard Serial Port1 OnBoard Serial Port2 Serial Port2 Mode
IR pins Duplex Mode
OnBoard Parallel Port
Parallel Port Mode EPP Version Parallel Port DMA Channel
Parallel Port IRQ OnBoard IDE OnBoard LAN1 Controller OnBoard LAN2 Controller
Auto Auto Auto Normal N/A N/A Auto Normal N/A N/A N/A BOTH Enabled Enabled
Available Options :
ESC:Exit
PgUp/PgDn:Modify F2/F3:Color
BIOS: Peripheral Setup
OnBoard FDC
This option enables the floppy drive controller on the AR-B1684.
OnBoard Serial Port
This option enables the serial port on the AR-B1684.
IR Port support
This item is to activate the function of Infra-red.
OnBoard Parallel Port
This option enables the parallel port on the AR-B1684.
Parallel Port Mode
This option specifies the parallel port mode. ECP and EPP are both bi-directional data tr ansfer schemes that adhere to the IEEE1284 specifications.
Parallel Port DMA Channel
This option is only available if the setting for the parallel Port Mode option is ECP.
K/B Wake-Up function
This item is to set up the function of waking-up the system by Keyboard from suspend mode.
Mouse Wake-up function
This item is to set up the function of waking-up the system by Mouse from suspend mode.
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OnBoard IDE
This option is to set up the operating mode of IDE controller. If the main board of fers the enhanced I/O por t, 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 parameters of an IDE hard disk drive, and automatically enters them into the Standard CMOS Setup screen.
4-9. PASSWORD SETTING
This BIOS Setup has an optional password f eature. The system can be configured so that all users must enter a password every time the system boots or when BIOS Setup is executed. T he user can set either a Supervisor password or a User password.
4-10. SETTING THE PASSWORD
Select the appropriate password icon (Supervisor or User) from the Security section of the BIOS Setup main menu. Enter the password and press [Enter ]. The screen does not display the characters entered. Af ter the new password is entered, retype the new password as prompted and press [Enter].
If the password confirmation is incorrect, an error message appears. If the new password is entered without error, press [Esc] to return to the BIOS Main Menu. T he password is stored in CMOS RAM after the BIOS is exited and saved. The next time the system boots, you are prompted for the password.
Enter new supervisor password:
4-11. PASSWORD CHECKING
The password check option is enabled in Advanced Setup by choosing either Always ( the password prom pt appears every time the system is powered on) or Setup (the pas sword prompt appears only when BIOS is run). The password is stored in CMO S RAM. Us er c an enter a pas s word by typing on the keyboard. As user select Supervisor or User. The BIOS prompts for a password, user must set the Supervisor password before user can set the User pas sword. Enter a 1 to 6 char acter s pass word. T he pas s word does not appear on the screen when typed. Make sure you write it down.
4-12. LOAD DEFAULT SETTING
This section perm its users to select a group of settings for all BIOS Setup options. You not only can use these items to quick ly set system configuration param eters, but also can choose a group of settings that have a better chance of working when the system is having 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 best-case values that should optimize system performance. If CMOS RAM is corrupted, the optimal settings are loaded automatically.
Load high performance setting (Y/N) ?
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4-12-2. Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Setting
The user can load the Fail-Safe BIOS Setup option settings by selecting the Fail-Safe item from the Default section of the BIOS Setup main menu.
The Fail-Safe settings pr ovide far f rom optim al s ystem perf orm anc e, but are the m ost stable settings. Use this option as a diagnostic aid if the system is behaving erratically.
Load failsafe settings (Y/N) ?
4-13. BIOS EXIT
This section is used to ex it the BIOS main menu. Af ter mak ing your changes, you can either save them or exit the BIOS menu and without saving the new values.
4-13-1. Save Settings and Exit
This item is in the <Standard CMOS Setup>, <Advanced CMOS Setup>, <Advanced Chipset Setup> and the new password (if it has been changed) will be stored in the CMOS. The CMOS checksum is calculated and written into the CMOS.
When you select this f unction, the f ollowing mess age will appear at the center of the sc reen to ass ist you to save data to CMOS and Exit the Setup.
Save current settings and exit (Y/N) ?
4-13-2. Exit Without Saving
When you select this option, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to help to abandon all the modified data and Exit Setup.
Quit without saving (Y/N) ?
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4-14. BIOS UPDATE
The BIOS program ins tructions are contained within computer chips called FLASH ROMs that are located on your system board. The chips can be electronically reprogram med, allowing you to upgrade your BIOS firmware without removing and installing chips. The AR-B1684 provides the FLASH BIOS update function for you to easily to update to a newer BIOS version. Please follow these operating steps to update to new BIOS:
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 FLASH826 program.
A:\>FLASH826
Step 4: Press [ALT+F], The <File> box will show the following message, this message will be
highlighted. BIOS Filename Loading … . After typing in the File name you m ust press<ENTER> or
press <ESC> to exit.
Step 5: And then please enter the file name to the <Enter File Name > box. And the <Message>
box will show the following notice. Are you sure to write this BIOS into flash ROM?
Step 6: Press the <Enter> key to update the new BIOS.
Then the <Message> box will show the <Programming now …>.
Step 7: When the BIOS update is successful, the message will show <Flash ROM Update
Completed - Pass>.
NOTE: The BIOS Flash disk is not a standard accessory. Now that the onboard BIOS is updated to the newest version, if you need to add some functions in the futur e please contact the technical suppor t (FAE) engineers. They will provide the newest known BIOS for update engineers. T hey will provide the newest known BIOS for update.
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APPENDIX A
EXPANSION BUS This chapter includes:
! ISA BUS Pin Assignment ! PICMG BUS Pin Assignment
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A-1. ISA BUS PIN ASSIGNMENT
COMPONENT SIDE
D18
ISA1
D1
B31
ISA2
B1
C18
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 consis ts of 62 pins; the other consists of 36 pins.
The pin assignments are as follows:
B A D C PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT B1 GND A1 -I/O CH CHK D1 -MEMCS16 C1 SBHE B2 RESET A2 SD07 D2 -I/OCS16 C2 LA23 B3 +5V A3 SD06 D3 IRQ10 C3 LA22 B4 IRQ9 A4 SD05 D4 IRQ11 C4 LA21 B5 -5V A5 SD04 D5 IRQ12 C5 LA20 B6 DRQ2 A6 SD03 D6 IRQ15 C6 LA19 B7 -12V A7 SD02 D7 IRQ14 C7 LA18 B8 OWS A8 SD01 D8 -DACK0 C8 LA17 B9 +12V A9 SD00 D9 DRQ0 C9 -MEMR B10 GND A10 -I/O CH RDY D10 -DACK5 C10 -MEMW B11 -SMEMW A11 AEN D11 DRQ5 C11 SD08 B12 -SMEMR A12 SA19 D12 -DACK6 C12 SD09 B13 -IOW A13 SA18 D13 DRQ6 C13 SD10 B14 -IOR A14 SA17 D14 -DACK7 C14 SD11 B15 -DACK3 A15 SA16 D15 DRQ7 C15 SD12 B16 -DRQ3 A16 SA15 D16 +5V C16 SD13 B17 -DACK1 A17 SA14 D17 -MASTER C17 SD14 B18 -DRQ1 A18 SA13 D18 GND C18 SD15 B19 -REFRESH A19 SA12 B20 BCLK A20 SA11 B21 IRQ7 A21 SA10 B22 IRQ6 A22 SA09 B23 IRQ5 A23 SA08 B24 IRQ4 A24 SA07 B25 IRQ3 A25 SA06 B26 -DACK2 A26 SA05 B27 T/C A27 SA04 B28 BALE A28 SA03 B29 +5V A29 SA02 B30 OSC A30 SA01 B31 GND A31 SA00
C1
A31
A1
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A-2. PICMG BUS PIN ASSIGNMENT
Like ISA-BUS connector, the PICMG- BUS edge connector is divided into two sets as well: one c onsists of 98 pins, and the other 22 pins. The pin assignments are as follows:
F62
F52
F49
COMPONENT SIDE
F1
E62
E52
E49
E1
F E F E PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT F1 -12V E1 TRST# F31 +3.3V E31 AD18 F2 TCK E2 +12V F32 AD17 E32 AD16 F3 GND E3 TMS F33 C/BE2# E33 +3.3V F4 TDO E4 TDI F34 GND E34 FRAME# F5 +5V E5 +5V F35 IRDY# E35 GND F6 +5V E6 INTA# F36 +3.3V E36 TRDY# F7 INTB# E7 INTC# F37 DEVSEL# E37 GND F8 INTD# E8 +5V F38 GND E38 STOP# F9 PRSNT1# E9 NC F39 LOCK# E39 +3.3V F10 NC E10 +5V F40 PERR# E40 SDONE F11 PRSNT2# E11 NC F41 +3.3V E41 SB0# F12 GND E12 GND F42 SERR# E42 GND F13 GND E13 GND F43 +3.3V E43 PAR F14 NC E14 NC F44 C/BE1# E44 AD15 F15 GND E15 RST# F45 AD14 E45 +3.3V F16 CLK E16 +5V F46 GND E46 AD13 F17 GND E17 GNT# F47 AD12 E47 AD11 F18 REQ# E18 GND F48 AD10 E48 GND F19 +5V E19 NC F49 GND E49 AD09 F20 AD31 E20 AD30 F52 AD8 E52 C/BE0# F21 AD29 E21 +3.3V F53 AD7 E53 +3.3V F22 GND E22 AD28 F54 +3.3V E54 AD6 F23 AD27 E23 AD26 F55 AD5 E55 AD4 F24 AD25 E24 GND F56 AD3 E56 GND F25 +3.3V E25 AD24 F57 GND E57 AD2 F26 C/BE3# E26 IDSEL F58 AD1 E58 AD0 F27 AD23 E27 +3.3V F59 +5V(I/O) E59 +5V(I/O) F28 GND E28 AD22 F60 ACK64# E60 REQ64# F29 AD21 E29 AD20 F61 +5V E61 +5V F30 AD19 E30 GND F62 +5V E62 +5V
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APPENDIX B
TECHNICAL SUMMARY This chapter focus on:
! Interrupt Map ! RTC & CMOS RAM Map ! Timer & DMA Channels Map ! I / O & Memory Map
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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 port 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
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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 Shutdown byte 10 Floppy Disk drive type byte 11 Reserve 12 Hard Disk type byte 13 Reserve 14 Equipment byte 15 Base memory low byte 16 Base memory high byte 17 Extension memory low byte 18 Extension memory high byte 30 Reserved for extension memory low byte 31 Reserved for extension memory high byte 32 Date Century byte 33 Information Flag 34-3F Reserve 40-7f Reserved for Chipset Setting Data
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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
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B-4. I/O & MEMORY MAP
Memory Map:
MEMORY MAP ASSIGNMENT 0000000­009FFFF 00A0000­00BFFFF
00C0000­00DFFFF 00E0000­00EFFFF 00F0000­00FFFFF 0100000­FFFFFFF
I/O Map:
I/O MAP ASSIGNMENT 000-01F DMA controller (Master) 020-021 Interrupt controller (Master) 022-023 Chipset controller registers I/O
040-05F Timer control registers. 060-06F Keyboard interface controller
070-07F RTC ports & CMOS I/O ports 080-09F DMA register 0A0-0BF Interrupt controller (Slave) 0C0-0DF DMA controller (Slave) 0F0-0FF Math coprocessor 1F0-1F8 Hard Disk controller 278-27F Parallel port-2 2B0-2DF Graphics adapter controller 2F8-2FF Serial port-2 360-36F Net work ports 378-37F Parallel port-1 3B0-3BF Monochrome & Printer adapter 3C0-3CF EGA adapter 3D0-3DF CGA adapter 3F0-3F7 Floppy disk controller 3F8-3FF Serial port-1
System memory used by DOS and application Display buffer memory for VGA/ EGA / CGA / MONOCHROME adapter Reserved for I/O device BIOS ROM or RAM buffer. Reserved for PCI device ROM
System BIOS ROM
System extension memory
ports.
(8042)
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APPENDIX C
TROUBLE SHOOTING
TROUBLE SHOOTING FOR ERROR MESSAGES
The following information will present the resolution of tr ouble encountered as well as the error m essages. Adjust the system following the messages below and mak e sure all the components & connectors are in proper position and firmly attached. If the error still remains, contact with your distributor for maintenance.
POST BEEP:
There are two kinds of beep c odes in BIOS. One code indicates that a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information. This beep code contains a single long beep followed by three short beeps. The other code indicates that DRAM error has incurred. This beep code appears a single long beep repeatedly.
CMOS BATTERY FAILURE:
When the CMOS battery is out of work or has run out, the user has to replace it with a new battery same as the old one.
CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR:
When the battery runs weak, CMOS will be corrupted. Check the battery and change a new one when necessary.
DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY:
Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color, which indic ates the switch is set to a different setting fr om the indicated in Setup. Determ ine which s etting is cor rect, and then either turn off the system and change the jumper, or enter Setup and change the video selection.
DISK BOOT FAILURE:
When boot devic e isn’t available, inser t a system dis k into Drive A and pr ess < Enter >. Mak e s ure both the controller and cables are all in proper positions, also m ake sure the disk is formatted cor rect device. Then reboot the system.
DISKETTE DRIVES OR TYPES MISMATCH ERROR:
If the diskette drive type is different from CMOS, run setup and correct it.
ERROR ENCOUNTERED INITIALIZING HARD DRIVE:
When hard dr ive can’t be initialized, make s ure the adapter is installed c orrectly and all cables are proper ly and firmly attached. Also be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup.
ERROR INITIALIZING HARD DISK CONTROLLER:
When error occurs, be sure the cord is exactly installed in the bus and the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup. Besides that, check whether all of the jumpers in the hard drive are set correctly.
FLOPPY DISK CONTROLLER ERROR OR NO CONTROLLER PRESENT:
When fail to find or initialize the floppy drive controller, check whether the controller in proper station. If there are no floppy drive installed, Ensure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE.
KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT:
When it happens, mak e sure keyboard properly attached and no keys being pressed during booting. If you are purposely configuring the system without a keyboard, enter <ADVANCED CMOS SETUP>and c hoose <Absent>at the item<System Keyboard>, BIOS will ignore the missing keyboard and continue the booting.
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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, enter Setup and enter the new mem ory size in the memory fields.
MEMORY VERIFYING ERROR:
It indicates an error verifying value has been written to memory. Use the location along with system's memory map to locate the bad chip.
OFFENDING ADDRESS MISSING:
This is related to the I/O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR when the segment cannot be isolated.
REBOOT ERROR:
When error occurs, press any key to reboot the system.
SYSTEM HALTED:
This message indicates the pr esent boot has f ailed. Pr es s and hold down Ctrl, Alt and Del s imultaneously to reboot the system.
Note: If the content in Setting is inconsistent with CD-ROM, please refer to the Setting as priority.
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