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AR-B9638
INDUSTRIAL GRADE
CPU BOARD
User’ s Guide
Edition: 1.1
Book Number: AR-B9638-02.0724
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Table of Contents
0.PREFACE.....................................................................................................................................................................2
0.1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER..................................................................................................................................2
0.2 WELCOME TO THE AR-B9638 CPU BOARD.............................................................................................................................2
0.3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE ...............................................................................................................................................2
0.4 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE .............................................................................................................................2
0.5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER COMMENTS .....................................................................................................................2
0.6 ORGANIZATION.........................................................................................................................................................................3
0.7 STATIC ELECTRICITY PRECAUTIONS.....................................................................................................................................3
1. OVERVIEW.................................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.1 SPECIFICATION.........................................................................................................................................................................4
1.2 PACKING LIST ...........................................................................................................................................................................4
2. HARDWARE CONFIGURATION.................................................................................................................................5
2.1 JUMPER & CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE ...........................................................................................................5
2.2. COMPONENT LOCATIONS.......................................................................................................................................................6
2.3. HOW TO SET JUMPERS...........................................................................................................................................................6
2.3.1 SERIAL PORT A~D Voltage Select (JP1~JP4).....................................................................................................................7
2.3.2 DOC Mapping Address (JP5)...............................................................................................................................................7
2.3.3 RS232/RS422/RS485 Select (COM1) ..................................................................................................................................7
2.3.4 Clear CMOS Jumper (JP7)...................................................................................................................................................7
2.3.5 LVDS Rising or Failing Select (JP8) .....................................................................................................................................7
2.3.6 LCD Panel Voltage Select (JP10).........................................................................................................................................7
2.3.7 Floppy Disk Drive Connector (CN1, CN3)............................................................................................................................. 8
2.3.8 Serial Port A~D (A: RS-232/422/485 (COM1), B~D: RS-232 (C OM2~4) )..............................................................................9
2.3.9 Reset Switch (CN9)..............................................................................................................................................................9
2.3.10 IR Connector (CN5)............................................................................................................................................................9
2.3.11 PC/104 BUS (CN6, CN7)..................................................................................................................................................10
2.3.12 CRT Connector (CN8)......................................................................................................................................................10
2.3.13 Video-in Connector (CN12)...............................................................................................................................................11
2.3.14 Video-out Connector (CN13)............................................................................................................................................11
2.3.15 HDD Drive Connector (IDE1)............................................................................................................................................11
2.3.16 Front Panel Connector (J1)...............................................................................................................................................11
2.3.17 LCD Panel Connector (CN11) .......................................................................................................................................... 11
2.3.18 LVDS Connector (CN10)..................................................................................................................................................12
2.3.19 RJ-45 (LAN1)...................................................................................................................................................................12
2.3.20 Audio1 & Au d i o 2...............................................................................................................................................................12
2.3.21 External Audio Connector (J3)..........................................................................................................................................12
2.3.22 CD-IN Connector (J2).......................................................................................................................................................12
2.3.23 Printer Connector (LPTA 1)..............................................................................................................................................13
2.3.24 External Keyboard & Mouse (KM1)...................................................................................................................................13
2.3.25 Double Type A USB port (USB1)........................................................................................... ...........................................13
2.3.26 Disk On Chip Socket (DOC1) ...........................................................................................................................................13
3. SOFTWARE UTILITIES.............................................................................................................................................14
3.1 UTILITY CD FILE......................................................................................................................................................................14
3.2. SETUP.....................................................................................................................................................................................14
4. AMI BIOS SETUP...................................................................................................................................................... 15
4.1. BIOS SETUP OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................................................15
4.2. STANDARD CMOS SETUP.....................................................................................................................................................16
4.3. ADVANCED CMOS SETUP.....................................................................................................................................................17
4.4. ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP ................................................................................................................................................20
4.5. POWER MANAGEMENT .........................................................................................................................................................22
4.6. PCI/PLUG AND PLAY..............................................................................................................................................................24
4.7. PERIPHERAL SETUP..............................................................................................................................................................26
4.8. AUTO-DETECT HARD DISKS .................................................................................................................................................27
4.9. PASSWORD SETTING............................................................................................................................................................27
4.10. SETTING THE PASSWORD..................................................................................................................................................27
4.11. PASSWORD CHECKING.......................................................................................................................................................27
4.12. LOAD DEFAULT SETTING....................................................................................................................................................27
4.12.1. Auto Configuration with Optimal Setting...........................................................................................................................27
4.12.2. Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Setting.........................................................................................................................28
4.13. BIOS EXIT..............................................................................................................................................................................28
4.13.1. Save Settings and Exit.....................................................................................................................................................28
4.13.2. Exit Without Saving.........................................................................................................................................................28
4.14. BIOS UPDATE .......................................................................................................................................................................29
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0.PREFACE
0.1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER
This document is copyrighted, 2002, by Acrosser Technology Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. No part of this
manual may be reproduced, copied, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or
computer language in any form or by any means, such as electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical,
manual or other means without the prior written permission or original manufacturer.
Acrosser Technology assumes no responsibility or warranty with respect to the content in this manual and
specifically disclaims any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Furthermore,
Acrosser Technology reserves the right to make improvements to the products described in this manual at any
times without notice.
Such revisions will be posted on the Internet (WWW.ACROSSER.COM)
Possession, use, or copy of the software described in this publication is authorized only pursuant to valid written
license from Acrosser or an authorized sub licensor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Acrosser, AMI, IBM PC/AT, ALI, Windows 3.1, MS-DOS…are registered trademarks.
All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
0.2 WELCOME TO THE AR-B9638 CPU BOARD
This guide introduces the Acrosser AR-B9638 CPU Board.
Use information provided in this manual describes this card’s functions and features. It also helps you start, set up
and operate your AR-B9638. General system information can also be found in this publication.
0.3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE
Please refer to the Chapter 3, “Setting System,” in this guide, if you have not already installed this AR-B9638.
Check the packing list before you install and make sure the accessories are completely included. AR-B9638 CD
provides the newest information regarding the CPU card. Please refer to the README.DOC file of the enclosed
utility diskette. It contains the modification and hardware & software information, and adding the description or
modification of product function after manual printed.
0.4 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE
If your board requires any services, contact the distributor or sales representative from whom you purchased the
product for service information. If you need to ship your board to us for service, be sure it is packed in a protective
carton. We recommend that you keep the original shipping container for this purpose.
You can help assure efficient servicing for your product by following these guidelines:
1. Include your name, address, daytime telephone, facsimile number and E-mail.
2. A description of the system configuration and/or software at the time of malfunction.
3. A brief description of the problem occurred.
0.5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER COMMENTS
Users comments are always welcome as they assist us in improving the quality of our products and the readability
of our publications. They create a very important part of the input used for product enhancement and revision.
We may use and distribute any of the information you provide in any way appropriate without incurring any
obligation. You may, of course, continue to use the information you provide.
If you have any suggestions for improving particular sections or if you find any errors on it, please send your
comments to Acrosser Technology Co., Ltd. or your local sales representative and indicate the manual title and
book number.
Internet electronic mail to: Sales@acrosser.com
acrosser@tp.globalnet.com.tw
as soon as possible.
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0.6 ORGANIZATION
This manual covers the following topics (see the Table of Contents for a detailed listing):
! Chapter 1,” Introduction”, 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-B9638.
! Chapter 2,”Hardware Configuration” outlines the components' locations and their functions. From this part,
you can find how to set jumper and configure this card, as you need.
! Chapter 3,”Software Utilities” provide helpful information about the proper installations of the VGA and LAN
function.
!
Chapter 4,” AMI BIOS Setup,” indicates you how to set up the BIOS configurations.
0.7 STATIC ELECTRICITY PRECAUTIONS
Before removing the board from its anti-static bag, read this section about static electricity precautions.
Static electricity is a constant danger to computer systems. The charge that can build up in your body may be more
than sufficient to damage integrated circuits on any PC board. It is, therefore, important to observe basic
precautions whenever you use or handle computer components. Although areas with humid climates are much
less prone to static build-up, it is always best to safeguard against accidents that may result in expensive repairs.
The following measures should be sufficient to protect your equipment from static discharge:
! Touch a grounded metal object to discharge the static electricity in your body (or ideally, wear a grounded
wrist strap).
! When unpacking and handling the board or other system components, place all materials on an anti-static
surface.
! Be careful not to touch the components on the board, especially the “golden finger” connectors on the
bottom of the board.
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1. OVERVIEW
This chapter provides an overview of your system features and capabilities. The following topics are covered:
! Specification
! Packing List
1.1 SPECIFICATION
CPU:
CHIPSET: INTEL 443 BX
RAM MEMORY: Supports 1 168-pin DIMM (PC-100 SDRAM) sockets, 256Mb max.
CACHE SIZE:
ETHERNET: Uses RT8139C chipset, supports 10/100M Base T with RJ-45 connector built-in LED.
SUPER I/O: 2 PCI IDE---with one 2.54 mm 40-pin connectors, and one 2.0mm 44pin connector.
BIOS: AMI flash BIOS
KEYBOARD/MOUSE:
VGA/LCD DISPLAY: SMI SM721G4 with 2MB VRAM internally.
SYSTEM POWER REQUIREMENT: +5V,4.35A & +12V,0.15A (typical).
USB:
RTC:
SPEAKER: Supports on-board buzzer.
FLASH DISK:
H/W MONITORING:
HEADERS: 2-pin Reset, hard disk LED, and power.
CPU SP:
CE DESIGN-IN: Add EMI components to COM ports, Parallel port, CRT, USB, Keyboard, and PS/2 mouse.
PC BOARD:
BOARD DIMENSION: Compact size 203mm x 146mm(7.99" x 5.74")
1.2 PACKING LIST
!
! 1 AR-B9638 CPU board
! 1 Hard disk drive adapter cable
!
! 1 Parallel port adapter cable mounted on one bracket
! 1 software utility CD
! 4 RS-232 interface cable
! 1 CRT adapter cable
! 1 Video out adapter cable
Supports Intel Socket 370 Pentium III up to 850 MHz or Celeron up to 800 MHz
Internal 128KB L2 cache inside the CPU.
1 FDC---with 2.54mm 34 -pin connector.
1 Parallel--- with 2.0 mm 26-pin connector. Supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode.
4 RS-232C-COM ports with 2.54mm 40-pin connector located at bracket.
RS-232C/RS485 is selected by jumper and use the same connector.
IrDA uses 2.54mm 5-pin header.
(256KB, including VGA/LCD/LAN BIOS) Supports utility program for easy to update
new version of BIOS.
PS/2 compatible with 2.0mm 6-pin JST connector
BUS INTERFACE
Built-in 2 ports USB interface with 2.54mm 8-pin headers.
Chipset included. Supports ACPI Function with 10 years data retention.
Separated Vcore and Vio.
The quick setup manual
1 Floppy disk drive adapter cable
: PC-104, PCI slot
CRT-with 2.0mm 10-pin connector
LCD-with DF9 1.0mm 44-pin connector.(IIDA DF9-51P-1V)
Supports 1 DiskOnChip Socket 144MB.
Built-in (Winbond W83977TF-AW) hardware monitoring chipset.
3-pin CPU fan connector
Designed in accordance with EMC requirements.
6 layers, EMI considered, especially in switching power layout.
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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
2.1 JUMPER & CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE
SWITCH & JUMPER:
SERIAL PORT A~D Voltage Select ..............................................................JP1~JP4
DOC Mapping Address...................................................................................JP5
RS232/RS422/RS485 Select .........................................................................JP6, JP22~JP24
Clear CMOS Jumper ...................................................................................... JP7
LVDS Rising or Falling Select ........................................................................ JP8
LCD Panel Voltage Select.............................................................................. JP10
CONNECTOR:
Floppy Disk Drive Connector ........................................................................CN1, CN3
Serial Port A~D (A: RS-232/422/485(COM1), B~D: RS-232 (COM2-4)) ......CN2
Reset Switch ..................................................................................................CN9
IR Connector ................................................................................................CN5
PC/104 BUS .................................................................................................CN6, CN7
CRT Connector .............................................................................................CN8
Video In ........................................................................................................CN12
Video Out Connector .................................................................................... CN13
Hard Disk Drive Connector (2.0mm 44pin) ....................................................IDE1
Front Panel Connector .................................................................................J1
LCD Panel Connector ...................................................................................CN11
LVDS Connector ...........................................................................................CN10
Ethernet RJ-45 Connector ............................................................................ LAN1
Audio1 & Audio2............................................................................................. AUDIO
External Audio Connector .............................................................................J3
CD-IN Connector .......................................................................................... J2
Watch Dog LED Connector ..........................................................................J5
Printer Connector .........................................................................................LPTA1
External Keyboard & Mouse Connector .......................................................KM1
USB Connector .............................................................................................USB1
Disk On Chip Socket ....................................................................................DOC1
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2.2. COMPONENT LOCATIONS
AR-B9638 Connector, Jumper and Component Locations
AUDIO1 AUDIO2
CN2
CN1
43 44
CN9
12
910
CN11
JP22
JP23
JP24
JP25
21
2
LPTA1
CN5
JP7
JP8
IDE1
CN7
CN8
2
1
2
1
CN6
CN10
26
2
251
133
26
25
44
43
CN12 CN13
CN3
J5
JP10
1
LAN1
34
DIMM1
B62
USB1
KM1
SOCKET370
B48
A49A53A61
B2
B1
PCI1
A2
A1
2.3. HOW TO SET JUMPERS
A jumper consists 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 close the
pins. The jumper can be combined into sets, which called jumper blocks. When the jumpers are all in the block, you
have to put them together to set up the hardware configuration. The figure below shows how it looks.
2 PIN
3 PIN
CAP
JUMPERS AND CAP
If a jumper has three pins, for example, 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 jumper setting rules are
applied throughout this manual.
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2.3.1 SERIAL PORT A~D Voltage Select (JP1~JP4)
JP1: Port A JP2: Port B JP3: Port C JP4: Port D
11020 1121303140
JP1~JP4 Header
Pin 1-2#+5V(Default)
Pin 3-4#+12V
Pin 5-6#+12V
Pin 7-8#GND
Serial Port Real View
2.3.2 DOC Mapping Address (JP5)
JP5
1 3
STUFF 1-2: D000h (Default)
STUFF 2-3: D400h
NO STUFF: D800h
ABDC
2.3.3 RS232/RS422/RS485 Select (COM1)
JP6, JP22~JP24
JP6
2 6
1 5
RS-232
RS-422
RS-485
JP22 JP23 JP24 JP25
1 1 1 1
JP6 JP22 JP24 JP23 JP25
1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2
3-4 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3
5-6 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3
2.3.4 Clear CMOS Jumper (JP7)
JP7
1-2: Normal (default)
2-3: Clear CMOS
2.3.5 LVDS Rising or Failing Select (JP8)
JP8
1-2: Rising Edge (default)
2-3: Failing Edge
2.3.6 LCD Panel Voltage Select (JP10)
JP10
1-2: +5V
2-3: +3.3V (default)
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2.3.7 Floppy Disk Drive Connector (CN1, CN3)
AR-B9638 has two FDD connectors. “CN3” is standard 34-pins box header;”CN1” is propriety external connectors.
2 34
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1
1 33
CN1 Pin definition:
Pin No Pin definition Pin No Pin definition
1 INDEX# 14 VCC
2 VCC 15 DSB#
3 VCC 16 DSKCHG#
4 DSA# 17 DRVEN0
5 DRVEN1 18 MOA#
6 MOB# 19 DIR#
7 GND 20 STEP#
8 WD# 21 GND
9 GND 22 GND
10 GND 23 WE#
11 GND 24 +12V
12 RDATA# 25 TRACK0#
13 HEAD 26 WP#
CN3 Pin definition:
Pin No Pin definition Pin No Pin definition
1 GND 2 DRVEN0
3 GND 4 NC
5 GND 6 DRVEN1
7 GND 8 INDEX#
9 GND 10 MOA#
11 GND 12 DSB#
13 GND 14 DSA#
15 GND 16 MOB#
17 GND 18 DIR#
19 GND 20 STEP#
21 GND 22 WD#
23 GND 24 WE#
25 GND 26 TRACK0#
27 GND 28 WP#
29 GND 30 RDATA#
31 GND 32 HEAD#
33 GND 34 DSKCHG#
CN3
CN1
1426
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2.3.8 Serial Port A~D (A: RS-232/422/485 (COM1), B~D: RS-232 (COM2~4))
11020 1121303140
CN2
1
2
TOP View Real View
CN2 Pin Definition
No Definition No Definition
1 DCD1# / 485_TXD- 2 CTS1#
3 RTS1# 4 DSR1#
5 RXD1 / 485_TXD+ 6 TXD1 / 485_RXD+
7 DTR1# / 485_RXD- 8 GND
9 VIN1 10 RI1#
11 DCD2# 12 CTS2#
13 RTS2# 14 DSR2#
15 RXD2 16 TXD2
17 DTR2# 18 GND
19 VIN2 20 RI2#
21 DCD3# 22 CTS3#
23 RTS3# 24 DSR3#
25 RXD3 26 TXD3
27 DTR3# 28 GND
29 VIN3 30 RI3#
31 DCD4# 32 CTS4#
33 RTS4# 34 DSR4#
35 RXD4 36 TXD4
37 DTR4# 38 GND
39 VIN4 40 RI4#
39
40
ABDC
2.3.9 Reset Switch (CN9)
2. RESET
1. GND
2.3.10 IR Connector (CN5)
1. +5
2. NC
3. RX
4. GND
5. TX
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2.3.11 PC/104 BUS (CN6, CN7)
CN6 Pin definition
Pin No Signal Pin No Signal Pin No Signal Pin No Signal
1 –IOCHCK 2 GND 33 SA14 34 –DACK1
3 SD7 4 RSTDRV 35 SA13 36 DREQ1
5 SD6 6 VCC 37 SA12 38 –REFRESH
7 SD5 8 IRQ9 39 SA11 40 SYSCLK
9 SD4 10 Not Used 41 SA10 42 IRQ7
11 SD3 12 DREQ2 43 SA9 44 IRQ6
13 SD2 14 Not Used 45 SA8 46 IRQ5
15 SD1 16 –ZEROWS 47 SA7 48 IRQ4
17 SD0 18 (+12V) 49 SA6 50 IRQ3
19 IOCHRDY 20 GND 51 SA5 52 –DACK2
21 AEN 22 –SMEMW 53 SA4 54 TC
23 SA19 24 –SMEMR 55 SA3 56 BALE
25 SA18 26 –IOW 57 SA2 58 VCC
27 SA17 28 –IOR 59 SA1 60 OSC
29 SA16 30 –DACK3 61 SA0 62 GND
31 SA15 32 DREQ3 63 GND 64 GND
CN7 Pin definition
Pin No Signal Pin No Signal
1 GND 2 GND
3 –SBHE 4 –MEMCS16
5 LA23 6 –IOCS16
7 LA22 8 IRQ10
9 LA21 10 IRQ11
11 LA20 12 IRQ12
13 LA19 14 IRQ15
15 LA18 16 IRQ14
17 LA17 18 –DACK0
19 –MEMR 20 DREQ0
21 –MEMW 22 –DACK5
23 SD8 24 DREQ5
25 SD9 26 –DACK6
27 SD10 28 DREQ6
29 SD11 30 –DACK7
31 SD12 32 DREQ7
33 SD13 34 VCC
35 SD14 36 –RMASTER
37 SD15 38 GND
39 Not Used 40 GND
2.3.12 CRT Connector (CN8)
Pin definition
No Definition No Definition
1 R 2 GND
3 G 4 GND
5 B 6 GND
7 VSYNC 8 DDCDATA
9 HSYNC 10 DDCLK
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2.3.13 Video-in Connector (CN12)
The SAA7111A offers four analog signal inputs, two analog main channels with source switch, clamp circuit,
analog amplifier, anti-alias filter and video CMOS ADC. Fully programmable static gain for the main channels or
automatic gain control for the selected CVBS or Y/C channel.
No Definition No Definition
1 AI22 2 GND
3 AI21 4 GND
5 AI12 6 GND
7 AI11 8 GND
2.3.14 Video-out Connector (CN13)
No Definition No Definition
1 CVBS 2 GND
3 Y 4 GND
5 C 6 GND
2.3.15 HDD Drive Connector (IDE1)
Pin No Signal Pin No Signal Pin No Signal Pin No Signal
1 RESET# 2 GND 23 SA14 24 –DACK1
3 DATA7 4 DATA8 25 SA13 26 DREQ1
5 DATA6 6 DATA9 27 SA12 28 –REFRESH
7 DATA 5 8 DATA10 29 SA11 30 SYSCLK
9 DATA 4 10 DATA11 31 SA10 32 IRQ7
11 DATA 3 12 DATA12 33 SA9 34 IRQ6
13 DATA 2 14 DATA13 35 SA8 36 IRQ5
15 DATA 1 16 DATA14 37 SA7 38 IRQ4
17 DATA 0 18 DATA15 39 SA6 40 IRQ3
19 GND 20 NC 41 SA5 42 –DACK2
21 DDRQ 22 GND 43 SA4 44 TC
2.3.16 Front Panel Connector (J1)
Pin No Signal Pin No Signal
1 ACTLED# 2 VCC3
3 SPDLED# 4 VCC3
5 HDLED# 6 VCC
7 GND 8 PWRLED
9 ESPK 10 VCC
11 KEYLOCK 12 GND
13 RESET# 14 GND
2.3.17 LCD Panel Connector (CN11)
Pin No Signal Pin No Signal Pin No Signal Pin No Signal
1 GND 2 CLK 23 D12/G4 24 D13/G5
3 GND 4 HS 25 NC 26 NC
5 VS 6 GND 27 GND 28 D16/R0
7 NC 8 NC 29 D17/R1 30 D18/R2
9 D0/B0 10 D1/B1 31 D19/R3 32 D20/R4
11 D2/B2 12 D3/B3 33 D21/R5 34 GND
13 GND 14 D4/B4 35 VDD 36 VDD
15 D5/B5 16 NC 37 +12V 38 +12V
17 NC 18 D8/G0 39 GND 40 GND
19 D9/G1 20 GND 41 FPEN 42 DE
21 D10/G2 22 D11/G3 43 GND 44 VDDEN
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2.3.18 LVDS Connector (CN10)
Pin No Signal Pin No Signal
1 TX0- 2 GND
3 TX0+ 4 GND
5 TX1- 6 VCC3
7 TX1+ 8 VCC3
9 TX2- 10 TX1+
11 TX2+ 12 GND
13 TCLK- 14 GND
15 TCLK+ 16 +12V
17 TX3- 18 +12V
19 TX3+ 20 GND
21 NC 22 NC
23 VCC3 24 NC
25 VCC3 26 NC
2.3.19 RJ-45 (LAN1)
1: TPTX+
2: TPTX3: TPRX+
4: GND
5: GND
6: TPRX7: GND
8: GND
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2.3.20 Audio1 & Audio2
L in
AUDIO 1
L out
Mic
AUDIO 2
2.3.21 External Audio Connector (J3)
2
1
Pin No Signal Pin No Signal
1 LINE_R 2 GND
3 GND 4 NC
5 MIC 6 ENAVEE
7 TX0- 8 TX0+
9 TX1- 10 TX1+
11 TX2- 12 TX2+
13 TCLK- 14 TCLK+
15 TX3- 16 TX3+
16
15
2.3.22 CD-IN Connector (J2)
Spk
12
1
1. CD_L 3. GND
2. GND
4. CD_R
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2.3.23 Printer Connector (LPTA 1)
2
1
Printer Connector (LPTA 1)
14
25
1
13
2.3.24 External Keyboard & Mouse (KM1)
Green: Mouse
Purple: Keyboard
2.3.25 Double Type A USB port (USB1)
Second USB port
First USB port
2.3.26 Disk On Chip Socket (DOC1)
DOC: 32 pin 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
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3. SOFTWARE UTILITIES
Sections includes:
! Utility CD File List
! Setup
3.1 UTILITY CD FILE
9638_DRV#1 9638_DRV 2 9638_DRV#3 9638_DRV#4 9638_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 W IN95A
WIN2000 WINDIAG/WIN2000
W95OSR2 W INDIAG/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 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
WIN95 VGA SETUP
To update display driver by choosing display interface card, put disk#5 in driver A, the driver of 65548 will be found,
and reboot your system after setup will be ok.
PIIX4 DRIVER SETUP
WIN95: The first step is to execute the INTEL\95\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 first step is to execute the INTEL\NT\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.
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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
4.1. BIOS SETUP 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, 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 perform diagnostics 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 menu will
show on the screen.
The BIOS Setup main menu 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 1.30
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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 Defaults
Save Settings and Exit
Exit Without Saving
Exit without saving the current settings
ESC: Exit ↑↓: Sel F2/F3: Color F10: Save & Exit
BIOS: Setup Main Menu
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CAUTION:
1. The factory-default setting of AR-B9638 is the <Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings>. Acrosser recommends you
using the BIOS default settings unless you are very familiar with the settings function. Or you can contact the technical
support engineers (FAE).
2. If the BIOS loses the settings, the CMOS will detect the <Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings> to boot the
operating system. This option will reduce the performance of the system. Acrosser recommends you 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.
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 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, Jul 03, 2001 Base Memory: 640 KB
Time (hh:mm:ss): 15:07:14 Extd Memory: 127 MB
Floppy Drive A: 1.44MB 3 1/2
Floppy Drive B: Not Installed
LBA BLK PIO 32 Bit
Type Size Cyln Head Wpcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode
Pri Mater: Not Installed
Pri Slave: Not Installed
Sec Master: Not Installed
Sec Slave: Not Installed
Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled
Month: Jan – Dec ESC: Exit ↑↓: Sel
Day: 01 – 31 PgUp/ PgDn: Modify
Year: 1901 – 2099 F1: Help F2/F3: Color
BIOS: Standard CMOS Setup
Date & Time Setup
Highlight the <Date> field and then press the [Page Up] /[Page Down] or [+]/[-] keys 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 prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For information about 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. The available
options for drives A and B are:
To enter the configuration value for a particular drive, highlight its corresponding field and then select the drive type
using the left-or right-arrow key.
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Hard Disk Setup
The BIOS supports various types for user settings, The BIOS supports <Pri Master> and <Pri Slave> so the user
can install up to two hard disks. For the master and slave jumpers, 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 boot up. 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 support this feature, then
you must configure the hard disk drive in the standard method as described above by the <USER> option.
Please set as “Auto” if slave IDE device, which carries FAT16 partition, is used to boot up system.
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.
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.
AMIBIOS SETUP – ADVANCED CMOS SETUP
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Quick Boot Enabled
1st Boot Device IDE-1
2nd Boot Device CDROM
3rd Boot Device Disabled
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 Disabled
BootUp Num- Lock On
Floopy Drive Swap Disabled
Floopy Drive Seek Disabled
PS/2 Mouse Support Enabled
Typematic Rate Fast
System Keyboard Absent
Primary Display VGA/ EGA
PASSWORD Check Setup
Boot TO OS/ 2 > 64 MB No
Wait For ‘F1’ If Error Disabled
Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display Enabled
Available Options:
Disabled
# Enabled
ESC: Exit ↑↓: Sel
PgUp/ PgDn: Modify
F1: Help F2/F3: Color
Advanced CMOS Setup
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Quick Boot
This category speeds up the <Power On Self Test> (POST) after 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 boot up device other than the above mentioned devices, such as IDE-0, IDE-1, IDE-3, IDE-4,
Floppy.
Floppy Access Control
This option determines the floppy access method, which can be either read only or normal (read/write). When it is
set, the data in the floppy is to be read instead of being written.” Normal” allows the floppy to be read or written.
HDD Access Control
This option determines the hard disk access method, which can be either read only or normal (read/write). When it
is set to read only, the data in the hard disk is 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
S.M.A.R.T is abbreviation of Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. It is reliable and precautious
technology. W hen Hard Disk is in disorder, it prevents Hard Disk from the loss of data.
Boot Up Num-Lock
This item is used to activate the Num-Lock function upon system boot. If the setting is on, after 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 you
leave the setting to
feature. It is functionally the same as physically interchanging the connectors of the floppy disk drives. When
<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 boot up.
PS/2 Mouse Support
The setting of Enabled allows the system to detect a PS/2 mouse on boot up. If it is detected, IRQ12 will be used
for the PS/2 mouse. IRQ 12 will be reserved for expansion cards if a PS/2 mouse 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 computer, while 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 computer, while the
setting of <Present> is in the contrary.
Disabled
(No Swap). This works separately from the BIOS Features and floppy disk swap
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Password Check
This option enables password checking every time the computer is powered on or every time the BIOS Setup is
executed. If Always is chosen, a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on. If Setup
is chosen, the password prompt appears if the BIOS are executed.
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.
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 memory 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 memory 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
Shadow
These options control the location of the contents of the 16KB of ROM beginning at the specified memory location.
If no adapter ROM is using the named 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 from or written to cache
memory.
Enabled The contents of C000h - C7FFFh are written to the same
address in system memory (RAM) for faster 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
AMIBIOS SETUP – ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP
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Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD Enabled
SDRAM RAS# to CAS# delay 2 SCLKS
SDRAM RAS# Percharge 2 SCLKS
SDRAM CAS# Latency 2 SCLKS
SDRAM Leadoff Cmd Timing Auto
DRAM Integrity Mode Non-ECC
DRAM Refresh Rate 15.6 us
Memory Hole Disabled
Graphics Aperture Size 64 MB
8 bit I / O Recovery Time 1 Sysclk
16 bit I / O Recovery Time 1 Sysclk
Assign IRQ for USB Enabled
ATX Power Supply Controller Disabled
LCD CRT Selection Both
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Available Options:
Disabled
# Enabled
ESC: Exit ↑↓: Sel
PgUp/ PgDn: Modify
F1: Help F2/F3: Color
BIOS: 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.
Configure SDRAM Timeing by SPD Enabled
SDRAM RAS# to CAS# delay 2 SCLKs
RAS# Precharge 2 SCLKs
CAS# Latency 3 SCLKs
Loadoff Cmd Timing Auto
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 Selection Both
LCD Type #5 640x480 TFT
AMIBIOS SETUP - ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP
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Available Options :
Disabled
Enabled
ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel
PgUp/PgDn:Modify
F2/F3:Color
BIOS: Advanced Chipset Setup
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Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD:
SPD is the abbreviation Serial Presence Detect. SPD takes accord the chip types, capacity, timing, 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 memory, it has to deliver RAS single first, and then CAS single. The item is to set up
the interval between two singles.
RAS# Pre charge:
This item is the time when RAS has to re-locate.
CAS# Latency:
This item is to set up a certain period of time for the memory to start writing and reading data when memory
receives one CAS single.
Load off 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 a certain amount of memory to save Texture Data.
8 bit I/O Recovery Time:
The item is to set up CPU to demand ISA Bus 8 bit for the time it recovers.
16 bit I/O Recovery Time:
The item is to set up CPU to demand ISA Bus 16 bit for the time it recovers.
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 Support
These options are used to <
ATX Power Supply Controller
If the ATX Power Supply Controller function is
down the power by using software.
LCD CRT Selection
This item determines to either 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.
<Enabled>
, the system will get more functions such as shutting
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4.5. POWER MANAGEMENT
This section is used to configure the power 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.
AMIBIOS SETUP - Power Management Setup
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Power Management/APM Disabled Available Options
Green PC Monitor Power State Enabled Disabled
Video Power Down Mode Enabled Enabled
Hard Disk Power Down Mode Disabled
Hard Disk Time Out (Minute) Disabled
Standby Time Out (Minute) Monitor
Suspend Time Out (Minute) Monitor
Display Activity Monitor
Device 6 (Serial port 1) Ignore
Device 7 (Serial port 2) Monitor
Device 8 (Parallel port) Monitor
Device 5 (Floppy disk) Monitor
Device 0 (Primary master IDE) Monitor
Device 1 (Primary slave IDE) ON
Device 2 (Secondary master IDE) Last State
Device 3 (Secondary slave IDE) Disabled PgUp/PgDn:Modify
BIOS: Power Management Setup
Power Management /APM
Enabled
Video Power Down Mode
This option specifies the power management, which states the video subsystem enters after a specific period of
display inactivity has expired.
Hard Disk Power Down Mode
This option specifies the power management, which states that the hard disk drive enters after the specified period
of display inactivity has expired.
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.
Power Down Time Out (minute)
This item is used to set up the initial value of the waiting timer. The System will turn into the Power Down mode
when the time is out if no operation applied to system.
Device
These options enable event monitoring. When the computer is in a power saving mode, the activity on the named
interrupt request line is monitored by BIOS. When any activity occurs, the computer enters Full On mode.
Restore on AC/Power Loss
This item is to set up the system to restore the last setting after the AC\Power Loss.
this option is to enable the power management and APM (Advanced Power Management) features.
ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel
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Ring Resume From Soft Off
This item is to set up the function of waking up the system from suspend mode and a ring bell while any access
coming from Modem.
Lan Resume From Soft Off
This item is to set up the function of waking up the system from suspend mode. When encountering an 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 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.
Plug and Play Aware O/S
Set this option to <No> if the operating system installed in the computer is Plug and Play-aware. The BIOS only
detects and enables PnP ISA adapter cards that are required for system boot. The Windows 95 (and above)
operating system detects and enables all other PnP-aware adapter cards. Windows 95 (and above) is PnP-aware.
Set this option to
set this option correctly or PnP-aware adapter cards installed in your computer will not be configured properly.
Reset Configuration Data
This sets the operating mode of the boot block area of the BIOS FLASH ROM to allow programming in the Yes
setting.
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.
PCI VGA Palette Snoop
This item is for BIOS to snoop the appearance of VGA palette, and modify it when it is necessary.
AMIBIOS SETUP - PCI/PLUG AND PLAY SETUP
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Plug and Play Aware O/S NO Available Options
Reset Configuration Data NO NO
PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks) 64 YES
Primary GraphicS Adapter PCI
PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled
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 ISA/EISA
IRQ 11 ISA/EISA
IRQ 12 PCI/PnP
IRQ 14 ISA/EISA
IRQ 14 PCI/PnP
IRQ 15 PCI/PnP PgUp/PgDn:Modify
Reserved Memory Size 32K F2/F3:Color
Reserved Memory Address CC000
BIOS: PCI / Plug and Play Setup
<yes>
if the operating system (such as DOS, OS/2, Windows 3.x) does not use PnP. You must
ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel
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DMA & IRQ
These options specify the bus that the named 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 passed to the BIOS configurable devices. If more IRQs/DMAs must be
removed from 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. The specified ROM memory area is reserved for use by
legacy ISA adapter
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4.7. PERIPHERAL SETUP
This section is used to configure the peripheral features.
AMIBIOS SETUP - PERIPHERAL SETUP
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On Board FDC Enabled Available Options:
On Board Serial Port A 3F8h/COM1 Disabled
On Board Serial Port B 2F8h/COM2 Enabled
Serial Port B Mode Normal
IR Duplex Mode N/A
IrDA Protocol N/A
On Board Serial Port C 3E8h/COM3
On Board Serial Port D 2E8h/COM4
On Board Parallel Port 378h
Parallel Port Mode Normal
EPP Version N/A
Parallel Port IRQ N/A
Parallel Port DMA Channel N/A
On Board IDE Both
PgUp/PgDn:Modify
F1: Help F2/F3:Color
BIOS: Peripheral Setup Defaults
On Board FDC
This option enables the floppy drive controller on the AR-B9638.
On Board Serial Port
This option enables the serial port on the AR-B9638.
IR Port support
This item is to activate the function of infrared.
On Board Parallel Port
This option enables the parallel port on the AR-B9638.
Parallel Port Mode
This option specifies the parallel port mode. ECP and EPP are both bi-directional data transfer 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.
On Board 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> .
ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel
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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 feature. The system can be configured so that all users must enter a
password every time the system boots or when BIOS Setup is executed. The 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. After 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. The password is stored in CMOS RAM after the BIOS is exited and
saved. Next time the system boots, you are prompted for the password function presented and enabled.
Enter new supervisor password:
4.11. PASSWORD CHECKING
The password check option is enabled in Advanced Setup by choosing either
appears every time the system is powered on) or
password is stored in CMOS RAM. The user can enter a password by typing on the keyboard. As the user selects
Supervisor or User, the BIOS prompt for a password. Then the user must set the Supervisor password before he
can set the User password. Enter a 1 to 6 characters password. The password does not appear on the screen
when being typed. Make sure you write it down.
Setup
(the password prompt appears only when BIOS runs). The
Always
(the password prompt
4.12. LOAD DEFAULT SETTING
This section permits users to select a group of settings for all BIOS Setup options. You not only can use these
items to quickly set system configuration parameters, but also can choose a group of settings that has 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 provide far from optimal system performance, but are the most stable settings. Use this
option as a diagnostic aid if the systems behave erratically.
Load failsafe settings (Y/N) ?
4.13. BIOS EXIT
This section is used to exit the BIOS main menu. After making your changes, you can either save them or exit the
BIOS menu 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 function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist 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 instructions are contained within computer chips called FLASH ROMs that are located on your
system board. The chips can be electronically reprogrammed, allowing you to upgrade your BIOS firmware without
removing and installing chips.
The AR-B9638 provides the FLASH BIOS update function for you to easily update a newer BIOS version. Please
follow these operating steps to update new BIOS:
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5:
Step 6
Step 7
Note:
If the content in setting is inconsistent with the CD-ROM, please refer to the setting as the priority.
Turn on your system and don’t detect the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files.
Insert the FLASH BIOS diskette into the floppy disk drive.
:
In the MS-DOS mode, you can type the FLASH812 program.
A:\>FLASH812
:
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 must press<ENTER> or press <ESC> to exit.
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?
:
Press the <Enter> key to update the new BIOS.
Then the <Message> box will show the <Programming now …>.
:
When the BIOS update is successful, the message will show <Flash ROM Update Completed Pass>.
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