Aewin CB-7960A User Manual

User’ s Manual

Networking Control Board

Model Number CB-7960

Intel® Pentium® 4(D)/Celeron® (D) Networking Control Board
with six GbE LAN

User’ s Manual

Version 1.0

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User’s Manual Edition 1.0, Sep 2006

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. General Information ................................................................................5

1.1 Introducing.........................................................................................................5

1.2 Specification ......................................................................................................5

1.3 Order Information..............................................................................................6

1.4 Packaging...........................................................................................................6

1.5 Precautions.........................................................................................................7

1.6 Board Layout .....................................................................................................8

1.7 Board Dimension...............................................................................................8

Chapter 2. Connector/Jumper Configuration..........................................................9

2.1 Connector/Jumper Location and Definition.......................................................9

2.2 Connector and Jumper Setting.........................................................................11

2.3 CompactFlashTM Card Socket Pin Define........................................................17

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup..................................................................................................18

3.1 Quick Setup......................................................................................................18

3.2 Entering the CMOS Setup Program.................................................................19

3.3 Menu Options...................................................................................................20

3.4 Standard CMOS Features Setup ......................................................................21

3.5 Advanced BIOS Features Setup.......................................................................22

3.6 Advanced Chipset Features Setup....................................................................25

3.7 Integrated Peripherals ......................................................................................27

3.8 Power Management Setup ...............................................................................29

3.9 PNP/PCI Configuration ...................................................................................31

3.10 PC Health Status Configuration Setup...........................................................32

3.11 Frequency/Voltage Control ............................................................................33

3.12 Load Fail-Safe Defaults.................................................................................34

3.13 Load Optimized Defaults...............................................................................35

3.14 Supervisor/User Password.............................................................................36

3.15 Save and Exit Setup.......................................................................................37

3.16 Exit Without Saving.......................................................................................37

Chapter 4. Utility & Driver Installation....................................................................39

4.1 Operation System Supporting..........................................................................39

4.2 System Driver Installation ...............................................................................39

4.3 VGA Driver Installation...................................................................................39

4.4 LAN Driver Installation...................................................................................41

4.5 SATA Driver Installation..................................................................................41

Appendix A: Programming the Watchdog Timer ........................................................43

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Appendix B: Optional Riser Card................................................................................45

Appendix C: Optional Cables......................................................................................46

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Chapter 1. General Information

1.1 Introducing

The CB-7960 is a scalable networking control board based on Intel Pentium-4
architecture with Intel 945G and ICH7R chipsets.

The CB-7960 is equipped with six GbE LAN ports, with bypass function in four
ports. With good cost and performance ratio, it is suitable for SMB/Enterprise
segments. It can match various applications, including Firewall, VPN, Load
Balancing, UTM, IPS, IDS, etc.

1.2 Specification

z CPU: LGA775 Intel Pentium 4(D)/Celeron (D) processor (533/800/1066MHz

FSB)

z BIOS: Award® 4Mb Flash BIOS
z Chipset: Intel 945G + ICH7R
z I/O Chipset: Winbond® 83627HG
z Memory: Two 240pin DDR2 DIMM socket at 400/533/667MHz support up to

4GB

z SATA: Onboard two SATA connectors
z Enhanced IDE: One 40/44-pin IDE connector support up to two devices
z Serial port: Two RS-232 serial ports (one RJ45 connector, one pin header)
z Parallel port: One pin header for parallel port
z USB: Two USB2.0 ports (one connector, one pin header)
z KB/Mouse: Supports PS/2 keyboard and mouse
z Expansion slot: One Mini PCI socket and one PCI golden edge fingers

support two PCI slots

z Ethernet: Six Intel® 82573L PCI-E×1 Ethernet controllers
z Digital I/O: Four digital input and four digital output
z SSD interface: One 50-pin CompactFlashTM TYPE I/II socket
z Watchdog timer: Can generate a system reset, support software selectable

timeout interval

z System Monitoring: Built in W83627HG; support temperatures, voltage

monitoring function

z Power supply: Standard ATX power supply
z Max. Power Requirements: 350W
z Operating temperature: 32 to 140 ℉ （0 to 60℃）
z Board size: 11.45”(L) x 10.6”(W) (291mm x 270mm)

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1.3 Order Information

We offer some accessories for CB-7960 control board for customer use.

Model Description

CB-7960A

AW-R049A Riser card with two PCI slots
MB-06018 VGA test card
46L-IUSB2B-00 USB CABLE W/BRACKET 2mm/ ROHS
46L-ICOM00-00 COM PORT CABLE 20CM/ ROHS
46L-IPS200-00 KB/MS CABLE 15CM/ RoHS
46L-ATA660-00 ATA-66 CABLE 46cm/ RoHS
46L-I00IDE-00 IDE CABLE (2mm) 45cm/ RoHS
46L-ILPT01-00 PRINTER CABLE (2mm) 26cm/ ROHS
46L-SATA00-00 S-ATA CABLE 50CM /RoHS

Intel® Pentium® 4(D) Celeron® (D) Networking Control Board with six GbE
LAN

1.4 Packaging

Please make sure that the following items have been included in the package
before installation.

1. CB-7960 Control Board

2. Quick Installation Guide (Optional)

3. Cables (Optional)

4. CD-ROM that contains the following folders:
(1) Manual
(2) System Driver
(3) Ethernet Driver
(4) Utility Tools

If any item of above is missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or
retailer from whom you purchased the CB-7960. Keep the box and carton
when you probably ship or store CB-7960 in near future. After you unpack the
goods, inspect and make sure the packaging is intact. Do not plug the power
adapter to the main board of CB-7960 if you already find it appears damaged.

Note: Keep the CB-7960 in the original packaging until you start
installation.

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1.5 Precautions

Please make sure you properly ground yourself before handling the CB-7960
control board or other system components. Electrostatic discharge can be
easily damage the CB-7960 control board.

Do not remove the anti-static packing until you are ready to install the CB-7960
control board.

Ground yourself before removing any system component from it protective
anti-static packaging. To ground yourself, grasp the expansion slot covers or
other unpainted parts of the computer chassis.

Handle the CB-7960 control board by its edges and avoid touching the
components on it.

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1.6 Board Layout

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Power/HDD

Power/HDD

LEDs

LEDs

COM2

COM2

Mini PCI Socket

Mini PCI Socket

PCI Golden Edge

PCI Golden Edge

Finger

Finger

ICH7R

ICH7R

DDR2 Socket * 2

DDR2 Socket * 2

SATA Connectors

SATA Connectors

GPO

GPO

GPI

GPI

USB

USB

1.7 Board Dimension

KB/MS

KB/MS

GbE Copper * 2COM1USB

GbE Copper * 2COM1USB

System

System

Fan

Fan

GbE Copper * 4

GbE Copper * 4

Bypass

Bypass

LEDs

LEDs

CPU

CPU

Fan

Fan

with bypass

with bypass

CPU

945G

CPU

945G

Socket

Socket

System Fan

System Fan

44pin IDE Connector

44pin IDE Connector
40pin IDE Connector

40pin IDE Connector
LPT

LPT
CF Card Socket

CF Card Socket

ATX Power

ATX Power

+12V DC IN

+12V DC IN

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Chapter 2. Connector/Jumper Configuration

2.1 Connector/Jumper Location and Definition

Connector

CN1
CN2
CN3

Define

FAN Connector
FAN Connector
FAN Connector

Connector

CN31 Giga LAN RJ45 Connector
CN32 COM1 RJ45 Connector
CN33 USB0 Connector

Define

CN4 KB/MS Pin Header CN34 PCI Golden Finger
CN6 GPIO Pin Header CN35 CTS#1 & RTS#1 Header
CN7 GPIO Pin Header CN36 DSR#1 & DTR#1 Header
CN9 SATA0 Connector Buzz1 Speak Buzzer

CN10 SATA1 Connector JP1 Clear CMOS

CN11 +12V Power Connector JP2 Slect CF Master or Slave
CN12 VGA Pin Header JP3 Bypass Always Enabled Select
CN13 ATX Power Connector JP4 Bypass Always Enabled Select
CN15 Compact Flash Connector JP5 Watch Dog or Bypass Select
CN16 Front Panel Header
CN17 Mini PCI
CN18 Parallel Connector
CN19 IDE(2.54mm) 40 Pin
CN20 IDE(2mm) 44 Pin
CN21 LCM Backlight Connector
CN22 USB1 Pin Header
CN23 COM2 Box Header
CN24 FAN Connector
CN25 FAN Connector
CN26 Giga LAN RJ45 Connector
CN27 Giga LAN RJ45 Connector
CN28 Giga LAN RJ45 Connector
CN29 Giga LAN RJ45 Connector
CN30 Giga LAN RJ45 Connector

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2.2 Connector and Jumper Setting

CN1/2/3/24/25: Fan connector

CN4: Keyboard/Mouse pin header

Pin Define Pin Define

1 KCLK 2 MCLK
3 KDAT 4 MDAT

9 Ground 10 VCC

CN7: GPIO pin header

5

151

Pin Define

1 GPIO1
2 GPIO2
3 GPIO3
4 GPIO4
5 Ground

CN9/10: SATA 0, 1 connector

Pin Define

1 Ground
2 TXP

5 NC 6 NC
7 PS2_GND 8 PS2_GND
9 PS2_VCC 10 PS2_VCC

CN6: GPIO pin header

Pin Define Pin Define

1 GPO4- 2 GPO4+

3 GPO5- 4 GPO5+

5 GPO6- 6 GPO6+

7 GPO7- 8 GPO7+

3 TXN
4 Ground
5 RXN
6 RXP
7 Ground

CN11: +12V power connector

Pin Define

1 Ground
2 Ground
3 +12V
4 +12V

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Pin Define Pin Define

CN12: VGA pin header

Pin Define Pin Define

1
3
5
7
9

11

RED

GREEN

BLUE

Ground

DDCCLK

VSYNC

2
4
6

8
10
12

Ground

+3.3V

Ground

DDCDATA

HSYNC

+5V

CN13: ATX power connector

1 PWR_LED+ 2 PWR_LED­3 HDD_LED+ 4 HDD_LED­5 Reset+ 6 Reset-

CN17: Mini PCI

Pin Define Pin Define

1
3
5
7

NC
NC
NC
NC

2
4
6
8

NC
NC
NC
NC

Pin Define Pin Define

11 +3.3V 1 +3.3V
12 -12V 2 +3.3V
13 Ground 3 Ground
14 PS_ON* 4 +5V
15 Ground 5 Ground
16 Ground 6 +5V
17 Ground 7 Ground
18 -5V 8 POWER

GOOD
19 +5V 9 5VSB
20 +5V 10 +12V

CN16: Front panel header

1 3 5

1 3 5

9
11
13
15
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
39
41
43

NC
NC
NC
NC

INTB/D#

3.3V

RESERVED

GND

CLK

GND

REQ#

3.3V
AD{31}
AD{29}

GND
AD{27}
AD{25}

RESERVED

10
12
14
16
18
20
22

NC
NC
NC

RESERVED

5V

INTA/C#

RESERVED

24 3.3VAUX
26 RST#
28 3.3V
30 GNT#
32
34
36
38
40
42
44

GND

PME#

RESERVED

AD{30}

3.3V
AD{28}
AD{26}

2 4 6

2 4 6

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C/BE[3]#

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AD{23}

48

IDSEL

115

NC

116

NC

49
51
53
55
57
59
61
63
65
67
69
71
73
75
77
79
81
83
85
87
89
91
93
95
97

GND
AD{21}
AD{19}

GND
AD{17}

C/BE[2]#

IRDY#

3.3V

CLKRUN#

SERP#

GND

PERP

CB/E[1]

AD[14]

GND
AD[12]
AD[10]

GND
AD[06]
AD[07]

3.3V

AD[05]

RESERVED

AD[03]

5V

50
52
54
56
58
60
62
64

FRAME#

66
68
70
72

DEVSEL#

74
76
78
80
82
84
86

C/BE[0]#

88
90
92
94
96

RESERVED_WI

98

GND
AD{22}
AS{20}

PAR
AD{18}
AD[16]

GND

TRDY#
STOP#

3.3V

GND
AD[15]
AD[13]

AD[11]

GND
AD[09]

3.3V
AD[06]
AD[04]
AD[02]
AD[00]

P4

117
119
121
123

NC
NC

RESERVED

VCC5VA

118
120
122
124

NC
NC
NC

3.3VAUX

CN18: Parallel port box header

Pin Define Pin Define

1 STROBE 14 AUTOFD
2 PD0 15 ERR
3 PD1 16 INT
4 PD2 17 SLCTIN
5 PD3 18 Ground
6 PD4 19 Ground
7 PD5 20 Ground
8 PD6 21 Ground

9 PD7 22 Ground
10 ACK* 23 Ground
11 BUSY 24 Ground
12 PE 25 Ground
13 SLCT 26 Ground

CN19: IDE (2.54mm) 40 pin header

99

101
103
105
107
109
111
113

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GND

NC
NC
NC
NC
NC
NC

RESERVED_WI

100

102
104
106
108
110
112
114

P4

GND

M66EN

NC
NC
NC
NC

GND

Pin Define Pin Define

13

1

3

5

7

9
11

RESET*

DATA 7
DATA 6
DATA 5
DATA 4
DATA 3

2
4
6

8
10
12

GND
DATA 8
DATA 9

DATA 10
DATA 1 1
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DATA 2

14

DATA 13

25 DIOR* 26 Ground
15
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
39

DATA 1
DATA 0

GND

DREQ

DIOW*

DIOR*

IOCHRDY

DACK*

IRQ14

A1
A0

PDCS#1

ACTIVE*

16
18
20
22
24
26
28 GND
30
32
34
36
38
40

DATA 14
DATA 15
KEY PIN

GND
GND
GND

GND

N/C

DETECT

PDCS#3*

GND

CN20: IDE (2mm) 44 pin header

A2

27 IOCHRDY 28 Ground

29 DACK* 30 Ground

31 IRQ14 32 NC

33 A1 34 DETECT

35 A0 36 A2

HD SELECT 0*

37

38

HD SELECT

0*

39 ACTIVE* 40 Ground

41 +5V 42 +5V

43 Ground 44 NC

CN22: USB pin header

Pin Define Pin Define

1 RESET* 2 Ground
3 DATA7 4 DATA8
5 DATA6 6 DATA9
7 DATA5 8 DATA10

9 DATA4 10 DATA11
11 DATA3 12 DATA12
13 DATA2 14 DATA13
15 DATA1 16 DATA14
17 DATA0 18 DATA15
19 Ground 20 NC
21 DREQ* 22 Ground
23 DIOW* 24 Ground

Pin Define

1 USBVCC
2 USBP1N
3 USBP1P
4 Ground
5 Ground

CN23: COM2 box header

Pin Define Pin Define

1 DCD# 6 DSR#

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2 RXD# 7 RTS#
3 TXD# 8 CTS#
4 DTR# 9 RI#2
5 Ground 10 NC

CN26~CN31: Gigabit LAN connector

CN32: COM1 RJ45 connector

Pin Define

1 CTS#
2 DTR#

Pin Define

1 TX0+
2 TX0­3 RX0+
4 N/C
5 N/C
6 RX0­7 N/C
8 N/C

LED:

D1 :Bi-Color Speed LED

10 Mbps Off

100 Mbps Yellow

1000Mbps Green

D2 :Link/Activity LED

Link Green

Activity Blinking

3 TXD#
4 GPIO
5 Ground
6 RXD#
7 DSR#
8 RTS#

CN33: USB connector

Pin Define

1 +5V
2 Data0­3 Data1+
4 Ground

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JP1: Clean CMOS

Pin Setting

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Hold Data

1-2

(Default)

2-3 Clear CMOS

JP2: Compact Flash Select

Pin Setting

1-2 Master

2-3

Slave

(Default)

JP3/JP4: Bypass Always Enabled Select

Pin Setting

1-2

Normal

(Default)

Bypass Always

2-3

Enabled

JP5: Watchdog or Bypass Select

Pin Setting

Bypass Mode

1-2

(Default)

2-3 Watch Dog

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2.3 CompactFlashTM Card Socket Pin Define

CompactFlashTM card is a small removable mass storage device. It can
provide complete PCMCIA-ATA functionality and compatibility plus True IDE
functionality compatible with ATA/ATAPI-4.

CompactFlashTM storage products are solid state form factor, it means they
contain no moving parts. Thus, it provides users with much greater protection
of the data than conventional magnetic disk device.

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment Pin Assignment Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1 Ground 11 Ground 21 D00 31 D15 41 RESET
2 D03 12 Ground 22 D01 32 CS 42 ORDY
3 D04 13 VCC 23 D02 33 NC 43 DREG
4 D05 14 Ground 24 WP 34 IOR 44 DACK
5 D06 15 Ground 25 NC 35 IOW 45 LED
6 D07 16 Ground 26 NC 36 WE 46 BVD
7 CS 17 Ground 27 D11 37 RDY/BSY 47 D08
8 Ground 18 A02 28 D12 38 VCC 48 D09
9 Ground 19 A01 29 D13 39 SCSE 49 D10
10 Ground 20 A00 30 D14 40 NC 50 Ground

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Chapter 3 BIOS Setup

The ROM chip of your CB-7960 board is configured with a customized Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) from Phoenix-Award BIOS. The BIOS is a set of
permanently recorded program routines that give the system its fundamental
operational characteristics. It also tests the computer and determines how
the computer reacts to instructions that are part of programs.

The BIOS is made up of code and programs that provide the device-level
control for the major I/O devices in the system. It contains a set of routines
(called POST, for Power-On Self Test) that check out the system when you turn
it on. The BIOS also includes CMOS Setup program, so no disk-based setup
program is required CMOS RAM stores information for:

z Date and time
z Memory capacity of the main board
z Type of display adapter installed
z Number and type of disk drives

The CMOS memory is maintained by battery installed on the CB-7960 board.
By using the battery, all memory in CMOS can be retained when the system
power switch is turned off. The system BIOS also supports easy way to
reload the CMOS data when you replace the battery of the battery power lose.

3.1 Quick Setup

In most cases, you can quickly configure the system by choosing the following
main menu options:

1. Choose “Load Optimized Defaults” from the main menu. This loads the
setup default values from the BIOS Features Setup and Chipset Features
Setup screens.

2. Choose “Standard COS Features” from the main menu. This option lets
you configure the date and time, hard disk type, floppy disk drive type,
primary display and more.

3. In the main menu, press F10 (“Save & Exit Setup”) to save your changes
and reboot the system.

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3.2 Entering the CMOS Setup Program

Use the CMOS Setup program to modify the system parameters to reflect the
options installed in your system and to customize your system. For example,
you should run the Setup program after you:

z Received an error code at startup
z Install another disk drive
z Use your system after not having used it for a long time
z Find the original setup missing
z Replace the battery
z Change to a different type of CPU
z Run the Phoenix-Award Flash program to update the system BIOS

Run the CMOS Setup program after you turn on the system. On-screen
instructions explain how to use the program.

Enter the CMOS Setup program’s main menu as follows:

1. Turn on or reboot the system. After the BIOS performs a series of
diagnostic checks, the following message appears:
“Press DEL to enter SETUP”

2. Press the <DEL> key to enter CMOS Setup program. The main
menu appears:

3. Choose a setup option with the arrow keys and press <Enter>. See

the following sections for a brief description of each setup option.

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In the main menu, press F10 (“Save & Exit Setup) to save your changes
and reboot the system. Choosing “EXIT WITHOUT SAVING” ignores
your changes and exits the program. Pressing <ESC> anywhere in the
program returns you to the main menu.

3.3 Menu Options

The main menu options of the CMOS Setup program are described in the
following and the following sections of this chapter.

STANDARD CMOS FEATURES:
Configure the date & time, hard disk drive type, floppy disk drive type, primary
display type and more

ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES:
Configure advanced system options such as enabling/disabling cache memory
and shadow RAM

ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES:
Configure advanced chipset register options such DRAM timing

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS:
Configure onboard I/O functions

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP:
Configure power management features such as timer selects

PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION:
Configure Plug & Play IRQ assignments and PCI slots

PC HEALTH STATUS:
Configure the CPU speed and, if the optional system monitor IC is installed,
view system information

FREQUENCY / VOLTAGE CONTROL:
Configure the CPU and PCI clock, if the optional system monitor IC is installed,
view system information

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LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULT:

Loads BIOS default values. Us e this option as diagnostic aid if your system
behaves erratically

LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS:
Loads optimized BIOS settings

SET SUPERVISORS & USER PASSWORD:
Configure the system so that a password is required when the system boots or
you attempt to enter the CMOS setup program. When you log in with this
password, you will be able to enter the CMOS Setup main menu, but you can
not enter other menus in the CMOS Setup program.

SAVE & EXIT SETUP:
Save changes of values to CMOS and exit the CMOS setup program

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING:
Abandon all CMOS changes and exit the CMOS setup program

3.4 Standard CMOS Features Setup

Use the Standard CMOS Setup option as follows:

1. Choose “Standard CMOS Features” from the main menu. The following
screen appears:

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2. Use the arrow keys to move between fields. Modify the selected field
using the PgUP/PgDN/+/- keys. Some fields let you enter numeric values
directly.

Option Description

Date (mm:dd:yy) Type the current date
Time (hour:min:sec) Type the current time (24-hour clock)
IDE channel Select from “Auto”, “User”, or “None”

If your drive is not one of the predefined types, choose
“User” and enter the following drive specifications:
Cylinders, heads, Wpcom, L-Zone, sectors, and mode
Consult the documentation received with the drive for the
values that will give you optimum performance.

Video Select the default video device: EGA/VGA, CGA 40, CGA

80, Mono

Halt On Select the situation what you want BIOS to stop power on

self test process and notice you.
Choose: <All Errors> <No Errors/ All> <But Keyboard >
<All, But Diskette> <All, But Disk/Key>

3. After you have finished with the Standard CMOS Features program, press
the <ESC> key to return to the main menu.

3.5 Advanced BIOS Features Setup

Use the Advanced BIOS Features Setup option as follows:

1. Choose “Advanced BIOS Features Setup” from the main menu. The
following screen appears:

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A

2. Use the arrow keys to move between items and to select values. Modify
the selected fields using the PgUP/PgDN keys. Press the <F1> “Help”
key for information on the available options:

Option Description

CPU Feature Configure the settings relevant to CPU feature.
Hard Disk Boot Priority Set up the hard disk boot sequence.
Virus Warning When enabled, anything attempts to access the

boot sector and partition table, the BIOS will
show a warning message on screen and alarm
beep.

CPU L1 & L2 Cache

llow to enable L1 & L2 cache feature. It can

speed up memory access.

CPU L3 Cache

llow to enable L3 cache feature. It can speed

up memory access.

Hyper-Threading Technology Allow to enable or disable CPU

Hyper-Threading Technology future. Note the
future is only working for the operation system
with multi processors mode supported.

Quick Power On Self Test Skip some checking items and speed up the

power on process.
First/Second/Third Boot
Device

The BIOS attempts to load the operating

system from the devices in the sequence

selected in these items. Choose: HDD-0,

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LS-120, USB FDD…..
Boot Other Device Set up other device to be bootable.
Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives, choose

enable to assign physical drive B to logical drive

A and vice-versa.
Boot Up Floppy Seek Set whether to test floppy drives to determine

whether they have 40 or 80 tracks.
Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on status of NumLock.
Gate A20 Option Gate A20 is a device used to address memory

above 1 MB.

Fast (Default): Select chipset controller to

control Gate 20.

Normal: Select Keyboard controller to control

Gate 20.
Typematic Rate Setting The rate to click the keyboard is defined by

keyboard controller. When enabled, you can

configure the Typematic Rate and Typematic

Delay. The default is Disabled.

Typematic Rate: Set the rate keyboard can

repeat per second, from 6~30 char/sec.

Typematic Delay: Set the delay time before

keyboard can repeat, from 250~1000ms.
Security Option Select whether the password is required for

system boot or enter Setup menu.

System: the system will not boot and not access

Setup menu if the password is wrong.

Setup: the system can boot, but not allow to

access Setup menu if the password is wrong.
APIC Mode Select <enable> will expand available IRQ

resources for the system.
MPS Version Control For OS The filed allow you to select MPS (Multi

Processor Specification) version to be used for

the Operation System. Select 1.1, 1.4.

Default is 1.4.
OS Select for DRAM > 64MB Select OS/2 if your system is using OS/2 and

has a memory size of more than 64MB.

Default is Non-OS2.

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Console Redirection Choose <enabled> allowing connecting the

server of hyper terminal to monitor client side.

It has to be worked under DOS mode, and the

client terminal doesn’t need graphic function.
Baud Rate The data transfer rate (bit per second) to agent.

Choose 9600/19200/38400/57600/1 15200 item.
Agent Connect via Select <Null> to let agent connect directly.
Agent wait time (min) Agent negotiate time, choose 1/2/4/8 min.
Agent after boot Choose <enabled> for agent to administrate the

system after boot.
Report No FDD For WIN95 This field enables the option to run the system

without a floppy drive. If you are running a

system without FDD and using Win95, select

<YES>. Otherwise, select <NO>.
Small Logo (EPA) Show Allow EPA logo appears during boot up.

3.6 Advanced Chipset Features Setup

Use the Advanced Chipset Features Setup option as follows:

1. Choose “Advanced Chipset Features Setup” from the main menu. The

following screen appears;

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2. Move between items and select values by using the arrow keys. Modify the
selected fields using the PnUP/PgDN Keys. For information on the various
options, press

<F1> key .

Option Description

DRAM Timing Selectable Choose ‘SPD’ to set the DRAM access timing by

EPROM on the DRAM module.
Choose ‘Manual’ to set “CAS latency time”,
“DRAM RAS# to CAS# delay”, and “DRAM RAS#
precharge time”, ”Precharge delay”, “System
Memory Frequency” by manual.

CAS Latency Time

llow to determine the timing delay (in clock
cycle) that elapses before DRAM carries out a
read command after receiving it.

DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay Allows you to insert a delay between the RAS

(Row Address Strobe) and CAS (Column
Address Strobe) signals. The delay occurs when
the DRAM is written to, read from or refreshed.

DRAM RAS# Precharge Allow you to set the number of cycles required for

the RAS to accumulate its charge before the
DRAM refreshes.

Precharge Delay The field specifies the idle cycles before

precharging an idle bank.

System Memory Frequency Select “Auto” to be set by hardware. The other

options are 533MHz and 667MHz.

SLP_S4# Assertion Width When removing and reapplying power to the

DRAM, the DRAMs need to see the power
supply down for a minimum period of time before
it may be treated as a “cold reset” and safely
power up.

System BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled or Disabled. When enabled,

caching of the system BIOS at F0000h-FFFFFh,
enhancing system performance. However, if
any program writes to this memory area, a
system error may result.

Video BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled or Disabled. When Enable this

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option to allow caching of the Video BIOS.

Memory Hole at 15M-16M Select Enabled or Disabled. You can reserve

this area of system memory for ISA adapter
ROM. When this area is reserved, it can not be
cached. The user information of peripherals
that need to use this area of system memory
usually discusses their memory requirement.

PCI-Express Root Port Func

Allow to set up the PCI-Express slots enabled or
disabled.

PEG/Onchip VGA Control Allow you to select whether to use the onboard

graphics processor or the PCI Express card.
When select “Auto”, the BIOS will choose the
PCI-Express card first. When select “Onchip
VGA”, the BIOS will boot up using onboard
graphic processor. When select “PEG”, the
BIOS will boot up using PCI-Express card.

PEG Force X1 Allow to select the onboard VGA’s frame buffer

size that is shared from the system memory.

DVMT Mode When select “DVMT”, the driver of the graphics

core uses the system memory like any other OS
component or application does.
When select “Fixed”, a fixed-size fragment of the
system memory is allocated to the graphics core.
When select “Both”, the graphic s processor gets
a fixed-size chunk of 64MB of memory
(preallocated memory included) and up to 64MB
of dynamically-allotted memory.

DVMT/Fixed Memory Size When select “Both”, This mode guarantees that

at least 64MB of memory is available to the
graphics core, with a possibility to increase this
amount to 128MB/224MB.

Write protect

When select Enabled, the BIOS can’t be written data.

3.7 Integrated Peripherals

Use the Integrated Peripherals Setup option as follows:

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1. Choose “Integrated Peripherals Setup” from the main menu. The
following screen appears:

2. Move between items and select values by using the arrow keys. Modify
the selected fields using the PgUP/PgDN keys. Please press the <F1>
key for information on the various options.

Option Description

Onboard Device

OnChip IDE Device Select and set up the SATA, IDE devices
Onboard Device Select and set up the PCI devices
Super I/O Device Select and set up the super I/O devices

Super IO Device

Onboard Serial Port 1
Onboard Serial Port 2
Onboard Parallel Port 378/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7

3F8/IRQ4、2F8/IRQ3、3E8/IRQ4、2E8/IRQ3、AUTO
3F8/IRQ4、2F8/IRQ3、3E8/IRQ4、2E8/IRQ3、AUTO

Parallel Port Mode <SPP>, <EPP>, <ECP>, <EPP+ECP>, <Normal>
EPP Mode Select <EPP1.9>, <EPP1.7>
ECP Mode Use DMA <1>, <3>

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3.8 Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup controls the board’s “green” features. To
save energy these features shut down the video display and hard disk drive.

Use the Power Management Setup option as follows:

1. Choose “Power Management Setup” from the main menu. The following
screen appears.

2. Move between items and select values by using the arrow keys. Modify
the selected field the PgUP/PgDN keys. For information on the various
options, press <F1> key.

Option Description

ACPI Function

Power Management This field allows you to select the type (or degree)

llow to enable or disable ACPI function. ACPI
enable the PC system to turn its peripherals on
and off to improve power management. It also
allows to turn on or off the external devices.

of power saving by changing the length of idle time
that elapses before the “Suspend Mode” and
“HDD Power Down” field is activated. Min Saving

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Minimum power saving time for the “ Suspend
Mode” and “HDD Power Down” =15min.
Max Saving Maximum power saving time for the
“Suspend Mode” and “HDD Power Down”=1 min.
User Define Allows you to set the power saving
time in the “Suspend Mode” and “HDD Power
Down” field.

Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor

is blanked. V/H SYNC + Blank This selection will
cause the system to turn off the vertical and
horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks
to the video buffer.

Video Off In Suspend Determine if the video power down when the

system is put into suspend mode.

Suspend Type Determine if the CPU goes into Idle Mode during

power saving mode.

MODEN Use IRQ Determine the Interrupt Request Line (IRQ) that is

used by modem. It allows you to have an incoming
call on a modem to automatically resume the
system from power-saving mode.

Suspend Mode When the system enters the Suspend mode, the

CPU and onboard peripherals will be shut off.

HDD Power Down This is selectable only when the power

management filed is set to user define. When the
system enters the HDD power down mode
according to the power saving time selected, the
hard disk drive will be powered down while all
other devices remain active.

Wake-Up by PCI card

llow PCI activity to wake up the system from a
power-saving mode.

Resume by Alarm Allow you to set the date, hour, minute, second to

turn on your system.

Primary/Secondly IDE 0/1 When the filed is enabled, the system will restart

the power-saving timeout counter when the
activity is detected on any drives on the primary or
secondly IDE channel.

FDD, COM, LPT Port When the filed is enabled, the system will restart

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the power-saving timeout counter when the
activity is detected on floppy disk drive, serial port
or printer port.

PCI PIRQ[A-D]# When the filed is enabled, PCI device set as the

Master will power on the system.

3. After you have finished with the Power Management Setup, press the
<ESC> key to return to the main menu.

3.9 PNP/PCI Configuration

This option is used to configure Plug and Play assignments and route PCI
interrupts to designated ISA interrupts.

Use the PNP/PCI Configuration Setup option as follows:

1. Choose “PNP/PCI Configuration Setup” from the main menu, the following
screen appears.

2. Move between items and select values by using the arrow keys. Modify
the selected fields using the PgUP/PgDN keys. For information on the
various options, please press <F1> key.

Option Description

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Init Display First Allow to choose the priority of PCI VGA card or

onboard. Default is <PCI slot>.
Reset Configuration
Data

Resources Controlled
By

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop This field determines whether the MPEG ISA/VESA

Enabled The BIOS will reset the Extended System

Configuration Data (ESCD) once automatically. It will

then recreate a new set of configure data

Disabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration

data

Resources controlled by the Award plug and play

BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all

of the boot and plug and play compatible devices.

Auto (ESCD): The system will automatically detect

the settings for you.

Manual: Choose the specific IRQ in the “IRQ

Resources” field.

VGA cards a work with PCI/VGA or not

Enable MEPG ISA/VESA VGA cards work with

PCI/VGA

Disabled MPEG ISA/VESA VGA card does not work

with PCI/VGA
Maximum Payload Size Allows you to set the PCI Express Maximum TLP

payload size. You can select <128>, <256>, <512>,

<1024>, <2048> or <4096>.

3. Please press the <ESC> key to return the main menu after finishing with

the PNP/PCI Configuration Setup.

3.10 PC Health Status Configuration Setup

Choose “PC Health Status Configuration Setup” from the main menu, the
following screen appears:

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Option Description

CPU Warning Temperature An alarm will beep when the CPU temperature is

higher than the maximum limit. The default is
<Disabled> and alarm will not beep.

Shutdown Temperature The system will shutdown when the CPU

temperature is higher than the maximum limit.
The default is <Disabled> .

3.11 Frequency/Voltage Control

The item enabled you to set up the clock speed and system bus for your
system. The clock speed and system bus are determined by the kind of
processor you have installed in the system.

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Option Description

CPU Clock Allow to adjust the CPU Clock.
Auto Detect PCI Clk When the field is enabled, BIOS will disable the

clock signal of unpopulated DIMM/PCI slots. It
can reduce the power consumption.

Spread Spectrum If you enable the item, it can significantly reduce

the EMI (Electro-Magnetic Interference) generated
by the system.

3.12 Load Fail-Safe Defaults

This option loads the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the
BIOS ROM. This is useful if you are having problems with the main board
and need to debug or troubleshoot the system. The loaded default settings
do not affect the Standard CMOS Setup screen.

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To use this feature, highlight it on the main screen and press <Enter>. A line
will appear on the screen asking if you want to load the BIOS default values.
Pres the <Y> key and then press <Enter> if you want to load the BIOS default.

3.13 Load Optimized Defaults

This option loads optimized settings stored in the BIOS ROM. The
auto-configured settings do not affect the Standard CMOS Setup screen.

To use this feature, highlight it on the main screen and press <Enter>. A line
will appear on the screen asking if you want to load the Optimized Default

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Values. Press the <Y> key and then press <Enter> if you want to load the
SETUP default.

3.14 Supervisor/User Password

The password options let you prevent unauthorized system boot-up or
unauthorized use of CMOS setup. The Supervisor Password allows both
system and CMOS Setup program access; the User Password allows access
to the system and the CMOS Setup Utility main menu.

The password functions are disabled by default. You can use these options
to enable a password function or, if a password function is already enabled,
change the password.

To change a password, first choose a password option from the main menu
and enter the current password. Then type your new password at the prompt.
The password is case sensitive and you can use up to 8 alphanumeric
characters. Press <Enter> after entering the password. At the Next Prompt,
confirm the new password by typing it and pressing <Enter> again.

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After you use this option to enable a password function, use the “Security
Option” in “BIOS Feature Setup” to specify whether a password is required
every time the system boots or only when an attempt is made to enter the
CMOS Setup program.

3.15 Save and Exit Setup

This function automatically saves all CMOS values before exiting Setup.

3.16 Exit Without Saving

Use this function to exit Setup without saving the CMOS value.

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Chapter 4. Utility & Driver Installation

4.1 Operation System Supporting

CB-7960 can support Windows® and Linux® operation system as follows. Before
installation, please check your OS version. If your OS is not in the following list,
please upgrade your OS version.

OS Version

Windows® Windows® 2000 SP4/Windows® XP SP2
Linux® Fedora Core 2/Linux® 2.6 or above

4.2 System Driver Installation

CB-7960 offers the system driver in the setup CD. Please install the driver
following the procedures.

4.3 VGA Driver Installation

CB-7960 offers the VGA driver in the setup CD. Please click the Autorun file and

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install the driver following the procedures.

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4.4 LAN Driver Installation

CB-7960 offers the LAN driver in the setup CD. Please click the Autorun file and
install the driver following the procedures.

1. Insert the setup CD of CB-7960 into your CD-ROM drive.

2. Choose the Drivers file to click the Autorun icon.

3. Follow the procedures to finish the installation.

4.5 SATA Driver Installation

CB-7960 offers the SATA driver in the setup CD. Please click the Autorun file and
install the driver following the procedures.

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Appendix A: Programming the Watchdog Timer

The CB-7960 provides a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or generates an interrupt
if processing comes to a stop. This function ensures greater system reliability in
industrial stand-alone and unmanned environments.

In order to enable the watchdog timer, you have to output the value of the watchdog
timer interval to the controller. The value range is from 01H to FFH, and the related
time watchdog timer interval is 1 sec to 255 sec.

Data Timer interval

00 0 sec
01 1 sec
02 2 sec
* *
* *
FF 255 sec

If you want to disable the watchdog timer, just set the timer interval value to 00H.

After setting the timer interval value, the watchdog timer begins to count down. You
have to refresh the watchdog timer, so that the watchdog timer will return to its initial
value; otherwise, your system will reset after a time-out. The following program
shows how to set the watchdog timer:

ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE DOS DEBUG
Program 1: Initializing the watchdog controller
MOV DX,2EH
MOV AL,87H
OUT DX,AL
OUT DX,AL
MOV AL,07H

O 2E 87
O 2E 87

O 2E 07
OUT DX,AL
MOV DX,2FH
MOV AL,08H
OUT DX,AL
Program 2: Writing a watchdog timer interval value

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O 2E F6
MOV AL,F6H
OUT DX,AL
MOV DX,2FH

O 2F XX

O 2E AA

MOV AL,XXH ; Timer interval *** see note ***
OUT DX,AL
MOV DX,2EH
MOV AL,AAH
OUT DX,AL

Note: This XX value range is from 01H to FFH, and the related
watchdog timer interval is 1 sec. to 255 sec. (as in the previous
description).

Using the Demo Program

Update the System BIOS as follows:

1. Run Program 1

2. Run Program 2 (load the timer interval of 1EH, 30 seconds)

3. Run your Application Program #1 (Be sure your Application Program will

finish within 30 seconds)

4. Run Program 1

5. Run Program 2 (change the timer interval value to 3CH, 60 seconds)

6. Run your Application Program#2 (Be sure your Application Program will be

finished within 60 seconds)

7. Run Program 1

8. Run Program 2 (reload the timer interval value of 3CH, 60 seconds)

9. Run Program 1
Run Program 3 (Load the timer interval of 00H, and disable the watchdog timer
function)

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Appendix B: Optional Riser Card

In order to support extra PCI card, the CB7960 offers one PCI slot riser card R-049A.
It needs to insert into PCI edge golden finger of the board and can be extended for
two PCI slots.
For testing purpose, the CB-7960 provides a VGA test card MB-06018. It can be
connected to VGA pin header of the board for display use.

AW-R049A Riser card with two PCI slots
MB-06018 VGA test card

AW-R049A

MB-06018

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Appendix C: Optional Cables

The CB7960 is equipped with some optional cables for customers’ test and verify.

Part No. Item Connector Description

46L-IUSB2B-00 USB CABLE
46L-ICOM00-00 COM PORT CABLE
46L-IPS200-00 KB/MS CABLE
46L-ATA660-00 ATA-66 CABLE
46L-I00IDE-00 IDE CABLE
46L-ILPT01-00 PRINTER CABLE
46L-SATA00-00 S-ATA CABLE

CN22
CN23

CN4
CN19
CN20
CN18

CN9, 10

W/BRACKET 2mm/ ROHS
20CM/ ROHS
15CM/ RoHS
46cm/ RoHS
(2mm) 45cm/ RoHS
(2mm) 26cm/ ROHS
50CM /RoHS

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