Biostar M7VKG Owner's Manual

M7VKG

Federal Communications Commission
(F.C.C) Statement

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation of this
device is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not
cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may cause undesir ed operation.

Accessories: This device has been tes ted and found to comply with the
limits of a Class B digital device, the accessories associated with this
equipment are as follows:

1. Shielded serial cable. (Can be obtained from multiple retail outlets)

2. Shielded printer cable. (Can be obtained from multiple retail outlets)

3. Shielded video cable. (Can be obtained from multiple retail outlets)

4. Shielded power cord. (Provided by manufacturer)
These accessories are required to ensure compliance with FCC Rules. It
is the responsibility of the user to provide and use these accessories
pro perly.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a
Class B digital device , pur suant of Par t 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits
are designed to provide r easonable protection against har mful interference
in a residential i nstall ation. This equipment generates, uses a nd r adiates
rad io fre quency e nergy and, if you did not install ed and used in accordance
with the instructions, may cause harmful interference in the radio
communications. There is no guarantee that interference w ill no t occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference in
the radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the
equipment off and on, you are encouraged to try to correct the interference
by one or more of the following measures:

1. Reorient / relocate the receiving antenna.

2. Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.

3. Connect the equipment into an outlet from a different circuit while the
re ceiver is connected.

4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Caution: Changes or modifi catio ns, whic h are not expressly appr oved by

the manufacturer, could void the user’s authority to operate the
equipment.

Disclaimer

The vendor makes no repr esentations or warranties with respect to the
contents here of and specially the vendor disclaims any implied w arranties
of merchantability or fitness for any purpose. Further the vendor reserves
the right to revise this publ icati on and to make changes of the contents here
of without obli gation to notify any party beforehand.
Dupli ca tion of this publi cation, in p art or i n whole, is not allowed without
first obtaining the vendor’s approval in writing.

Trademarks and Remarks

MS-DOS, Windows NT, Windows 9X, Windows ME, Windows XP and
Windows 2000 are products of Microsoft Corp, with its ownership of
trademark, and are distributed by the vendor under a license agreement. All
trademarks used in this manual are property of their respective owners.
Copyright© 2001
All Rights Re ser ved

Canadian D.O.C. Statement

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise

emissions from digital apparatus to set out of the radio interference regulations of
the Canadian Department of Communications.
Cet appareil numérique n‘émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites
appliquées aux appareils numériques de Class B préscrits dans le réglement du
brouillage radioélectrique edict par le minister Des Communications du Canada.

Contents

Introduction ...................................................................................1-1

1. Motherboard Description ...........................................................1-2

1.1 Features ................................................................................................... 1-2

1.1.1 Hardware......................................................................................... 1-2

1.1.2 Software .......................................................................................... 1-6

1.1.3 Attachments...................................................................................... 1-6

1.2 Motherboard Installation ......................................................................... 1-7

1.2.1 Layout of Motherboard .................................................................... 1-7

1.3 Motherboard Quick Reference................................................................. 1-8

1.3.1 Front Panel Connectors (JPANEL1 / JPANEL2)............................. 1-9

1.3.2 Floppy Disk Connector (FDD1) .................................................... 1-11

1.3.3 Hard Disk Connectors (IDE1/IDE2).............................................. 1-11

1.3.4 ATX 20-pi n Power Conne ctor (JATXPWR1)............................... 1-12

1.4 Back Panel Connectors .......................................................................... 1-13

1.4.1 PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard CONN.: JKBMS1................................... 1-13

1.4.2 USB Connector: JUSB1................................................................. 1-14

1.4.3 Monitor Connector: JVGA1........................................................... 1-15

1.4.4 Front USB Connector: JUSB2........................................................ 1-16

1.5 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports......................................................... 1-17

1.6 CPU Installation..................................................................................... 1-21

1.6.1 CPU Installation Procedure: Socket A........................................... 1-21

1.6.2 CPU Jumper Settings...................................................................... 1-22

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1.6.2.1 CPU Frequency Selection: JCLK1 ......................................... 1-23

1.6.2.2 CPU Ratio Selection: JCLK2................................................. 1-23

1.7 Jumper Settings...................................................................................... 1-24

1.7.1 CPU Fan Header: JCFAN1............................................................ 1-25

1.7.2 System Fan Header: JSFAN1 ........................................................ 1-25

1.7.3 System Fan Header: JSFAN3 (Optional)....................................... 1-25

1.7.4 Wake-On MODEM Header: JWOM1 (Optional) .......................... 1-25

1.7.5 Wake-On-LAN Header: JWOL1.................................................... 1-26

1.7.6 CMOS Function Selection: JCMOS1............................................. 1-26

1.8 DRAM Installation ................................................................................ 1-27

1.8.1 DIMM............................................................................................ 1-27

1.8.2 How to install a DIMM Module .................................................... 1-29

1.9 Audio Subsystem ................................................................................... 1-30

1.9.1 CD Audio-In Headers: JCDIN1/JCDIN2....................................... 1-31

1.9.2 Telephony Header: JTAD1............................................................ 1-31

1.9.3 AUX A udi o in Conne ctor : JAUX1 ( Optional)............................... 1-31

1.9.4 Front Audio Connector: JF_AUDIO (Optional)............................. 1-32

2. BIOS Setup ................................................................................2-1

2.1 Main Menu............................................................................................... 2-3

2.2 Standard CMOS Features ........................................................................ 2-5

2.3 Advanced BIOS Features ........................................................................ 2-8

2.4 Advanced Chipset Features................................................................... 2-12

2.5 Integrated Peripherals............................................................................ 2-17

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2.6 Power Management Setup...................................................................... 2-22

2.7 PnP/PCI Configurations......................................................................... 2-27

2.8 PC Health Status.................................................................................... 2-30

2.9 Frequency/Voltage Control .................................................................... 2-31

2.10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults....................................................................... 2-33

2.11 Load Optimized Defaults..................................................................... 2-34

2.12 Set Supervisor / User Password.......................................................... 2-35

2.13 Save & Exit Setup................................................................................ 2-37

2.14 Exit Without Saving............................................................................. 2-38

3. Trouble Shooting........................................................................3-1

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Chapter 1 Motherboard Description

Introduction

System Overview

Thanks for buying this product! This manual was written to help you start using this
pro duct as quick ly an d smoo th ly as possible. Inside you will find adequa te
explanations to solve most problems. In order for this reference material to be of
greatest use, refer to the “expanded table of contents” to find relevant topics.
This board incorporates the system board, I/O, and PCI IDE into one board that
provides a total PC solution. The mainboard, an AMD Athlon
processor based PC Micro ATX system, supports single processors with PCI Local
Bus, and AGP Bus to support upgrades to your system performance. It is ideal for
multi-tasking and fully supports MS-DOS, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Novell,
Windows95/98, Windows ME, Windows XP, LINUX 7.0, UNIX, SCO UNIX etc.
This manual also explains how to install the mainboard for operation, and how to
setup your CMOS configuration with the BIOS setup program.

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1. Motherboard Description

1.1 Features

1.1.1 Hardware

CPU

− Single AMD Socket-A for Athlon

Palomino

− 200/266 MHz Front Side Bus.

(Note: Chipset VT8365A for CPU 200/266 FSB)

Spe ed

− Supports up to AMD Athlon

− Supports up to AMD Athlon

− Supports up to AMD Duron

− Support 33MHz PCI Bus speed.

− Support 4X AGP Bus.

DRAM Memory

− Supports 8/16/32/64/128/256/512MB DIMM module socket.

− Supports Synchronous DRAM (3.3V).

− Support a maximum memory size of 1024MB with SDRAM.

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XP 1800+ CPU core speeds.

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1.4 GHz CPU core speeds.

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1.1 GHz CPU core speeds.

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Shadow RAM

− A memory controller provide shadow RAM and supports 8-bit ROM

BIOS.

Gre e n Function

− Support power management operation via BIOS.

− Power down timer from 1 to 15 mins.

− Wakes from power saving sleep mode at the press of any key or any

mouse activity.

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BUS S lots

− Provide one AGP slot.

− Three 32-bit PCI bus master slots.

− Provides CNR (Modem function only) slot . The CNR slot only support

the secondary codec on the CNR slot.

Flash Memo ry

− Supports flash memory.

− Supports ESCD Function.

IDE Built-in On Board

− Supports four IDE hard disk drives.

− Supports PIO Mode 4, Master Mode, high performance hard disk drives.

− Supports Ultra DMA 33/ 66/ 100 Bus Master Mode.

− Supports IDE interface with CD-ROM.

− Supports high capacity hard disk drives.

− Supports LBA mode.

Ste reo AC 97 Digit al Audio Code c

− AC 97 2.1 interface.

− 16 channels of high-quality sample rate conversion.

− 16 x8 ch ann el digital mixer.

− Stereo 10 band graphic equalizer.

− Sound Blaster® and Sound Blaster Pro® emulation.

− 64-voice wavetable.

− PC99 complaint and WHQL certified.

I/O Built-in On Board

− Su pports one multi-mode P ara llel P ort.

(1) Standard & Bidirection Parallel Port.
(2) Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP).
(3 ) E xtended Ca pabilities Port ( ECP).

− Supports one serial port, 16550 UART.

− Supports one Infrared transmission (IR).

− Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard.

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− Supports 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, and 2.88MB floppy disk

drivers.

Power Manage ment ( only for version2.0 and above)

− Supports both ACPI (Advanced and Configuration and Power Interface)

and legacy (APM) power management.

− ACPI v1.0 Compliant.

− APM v1.2 Compliant.

− CPU clock throttling and clock stop control for complete ACPI C0 to C3

state support.

− PCI bus clock run, Power Management Enable (PME) control, and

P CI/ CP U c lock gene ra tor stop control.

− Su pports multip le sy st em suspend typ es: power-on su spe nds with fle xible

CPU/PCI bus reset options, and suspend to disk (soft-off), all with
hardware automatic wake-up.

− Multiple suspend power plane controls and suspend status indicators.

− One idle timer, one peripheral timer and one general purpose timer, plus

24 /32-bit AC PI co mpliant time r.

− Normal, doze, sleep, suspend,and conserve modes.

− Global and local device power control.

− System event monitoring with two event classes.

− Primary and secondary interrupt differentiation for individual channels.

− Dedicated input pins for power and sleep buttons, external modem ring

indicator, and notebook lid open/close for system wake-up.

− Multiple internal and external SMI sources for flexible power

management models.

− One program mable chip s ele ct and one mic rocontrolle r ch ip select.

− Enhanced integrated real time clock (RTC) with date alarm, month

alarm, and century field.

− Thermal alarm on either external or any combination of two internal

temperature sensing circuits.

− I/O pad leakage control.

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Unive rsal Se rial Bus

− Supports two back Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports and two front

Universal serial Bus (USB) Ports (Optional).

− Supports 48 MHz USB.

Hardware Monitor Function

− CPU Fan Speed Monitor.

− System and CPU Temperature Monitor (Optional).

− System Voltage Monitor.

Dimens ions (Mic ro ATX)

− 22.2cm X 24.4 cm (W x L)

Integrated Savage4 2D/3D/Video Accelerator

− Optimized Shared Memory Architecture (SMA).

− 2 to 32 MB frame buffer using system memory.

− Floating point triangle setup engine.

− Single cycle 128-bit 3D architecture.

− 8M triangles/second setup engine.

− 140M pixels/second trilinear fill ra te.

− Full AGP 4x, including sideband addressing and execute mode.

− S3 DX6 texture compression (S3TC).

− Next generation, 128-bit 2D graphics engine.

− High quality DVD video playback.

− Flat panel monitor support.

− 2D/3D resolutions up to 1920x1440.

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1.1.2 Software

BIO S

− AWARD legal BIOS .

− Supports APM1.2.

− Supports USB Function.

− Supports ACPI.

Operating System

− Offers the highest performance for MS-DOS, Windows NT, Windows

2000, Windows 95/98, Windows ME, Windows XP, LINUX 7.0,
Novell, UNIX, SCO UNIX etc.

1.1.3 Attachments

− HDD Cable.

− FDD Cable.

− Flash Memory Writer for BIOS Update.

− USB2 Cable (Optional).

− Rear I/O Panel for ATX Case (Optional).

− Fu lly Setup D river CD.

For 1.2GHz CPU, we recommend the user to add a
“Chipset Fan” in order to reduce the excess thermal dissipated
from Northbridge Chipset.

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1.2 Motherboard Installation

1.2.1 Layout of Motherboard

Model No.M7VKG

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IJK

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1.3 Motherboard Quick Reference

B

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R

C

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F

G

H

P

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A. ATX Power Connector (JATXPWR1) L. Front USB Connector (JUSB2)

B. Back Panel I/O Connectors M. Wake-On-LAN Header (JWOL1)

C. Telephony Header (JTAD1)

D. AU X Audio-In He ader (JAUX1*) O. System Fan Header (JSFAN1)

E. CD Audio-In Header (JCDIN1-2) P. FDD Connector (FDD1)

F. PCI BUS Slots (PCI1-3) Q. IDE Connectors (IDE1-2)

G. Front Audio Connector (JF_AUDIO) R. CPU Ratio Selection (JCLK2)

H. CNR Slot (CNR1) S. CPU Frequency Selection (JCLK1)

I. AGP BUS Slot (AGP1) T. CMOS Function Selection (JCMOS1)

J. Chipset Fan Header (JSFAN3*) U. DIMMs (DIMM2-3)

K. Front Panel Connector (JPANEL1-2) V. CPU Fan Header (JCFAN1)

N. Wake-On MODEM Header (JWOM1*)

NOTE: The “ * “mark represent the function is optional.

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1.3.1 Front Panel Connectors (JPANEL1 / JPANEL2)

JPANE L1

Pin Pin
No.

1 +5V 2 +5V VCC

3 No Connection Speaker 4 Ground Ground

5 Ground Connector 6 No Connection No Connection

7 Speaker 8 Power LED(-) PWR LED

JPANE L2

Pin Pin
No.

JPANEL1 JPANEL2

NC

PWR-LED

GV

2

1

SPK

Assignment Function

Assignment Function

PWR-LED

8

2

17

No.

No.

VSLPPWR

C

18

17

RST IRHLED

Assignment Function

Assignment Function

1 HDD LED (+) Hard Drive 2 Power LED (-)

PWR LED

3 HDD LED (-) LED 4 Power LED (+)

5 Ground Reset 6 P owe r Button ATX Power

7 Reset Control Button 8 Ground Button

9 +5V 10 Sleep Control

11 Ir-In IrDA 12 Ground

SLP Button

13 Ground Connector 14 No Connection No Connection

15 Ir-Out 16 +5V VCC

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17 No Connection No Connection 18 No Connection No Connection

Speake r Conne ctor

An offboard speaker can be installed on the motherboard as a manufacturing option.
An offboard speaker can be connected to the motherboard at the front panel
connector. The speaker (onboard or offboard) provides error beep code information
during the Power On Self-Test when the computer cannot use the video interface.
The speaker is not connected to the audio subsystem and does not receive output
from the audio subsystem.

Reset Button

This connector can be connected to a momentary SPST type switch that is
normally open. When the switch is closed, the motherboard resets and runs the
POST.

Power LED Connector

This connector can be connected to an LED that will light when the computer is
pow ere d on .

Hard Drive LED Connector

This connector can be connected to an LED to provide a visual indicator that data is
being read from or written to a hard drive. For the LED to function properly, an
IDE drive must be connected to the onboard hard drive controller.

Infrared Connector

After the IrDA interface is configured, files can be transferred from or to portable
dev ices such as la pt ops, PD As, an d printers us ing application s of tware.

Sle e p Butt on

When APM is enabled in the system BIOS, and the operating system’s APM driver
is loaded, the system can enter sleep (standby) mode in one of the following ways:

• Optional front panel SMI button

• Prolonged system inactivity using the BIOS inactivity timer feature

he 2-pin header located on the front panel I/O connector supports a front panel

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SMI switch, which must be a momentary SPST type that is normally open.
Closing the SMI switch sends a System Management Interrupt (SMI) to the
processor, which immediately goes into System Management Mode (SMM).While
the computer is in sleep mode it is fully capable of responding to and servicing
external interrupts (such as an incoming fax) even though the monitor turns on only

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if a keyboard or mouse interrupt occurs. To reactivate or resume the system, the
SMI switch must be pressed again, or the keyboard or mouse must be used.

Power On Button

This connector can be connected to a front panel power switch. The switch must
pull the Power Button pin to ground for at least 50 ms to signal the power supply to
switch on or off. (The time requirement is due to internal debounce circuitry on the
motherboard) . At least two se conds m us t p ass before the po wer supply will
recognize another on/off signal.

1.3.2 Floppy Disk Connector (FDD1)

The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector (FDC) that supports
360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports
the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.

1.3.3 Hard Disk Connectors (IDE1/IDE2)

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO
Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA / 33, Ultra DMA / 66, Ultra DMA / 100
(optional) functionality. It has two HDD connectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2
(secondary). You can connect up to four hard disk drives, a CD-ROM, a 120MB
Floppy (reserved for future BIOS) and other devices to IDE1 and IDE2. These
connectors support the IDE hard disk cable provided.

• IDE1 (Primary IDE Connector)

The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1. IDE1 can connect a
Master and a Slave drive. You must configure the second hard drive on IDE1 to
Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly.

• IDE2 (Secondary IDE Conne ctor)

The IDE2 controller can also support a Master and a Slave drive. The configuration
is similar to IDE1. The second drive on this controller must be set to slave mode.

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1.3.4 ATX 20-pin Power Connector (JATXPWR1)

This connector supports the power button on-board. Using the ATX power
supply, functions such as Modem Ring Wake-Up and Soft Power Off are
supported on this motherboard. This power connector supports instant power-on
fu nc tionality, which mean s that the system will boot up instan tly w hen the p ower
connector is inserted on the board.

Pin No. Assignment Pin No. Assignment

1 +3.3V 11 +3.3V

2 +3.3V 12 -12V

3 Ground 13 Ground

4 +5V 14 PS_ON

5 Ground 15 Ground

6 +5V 16 Ground

7 Ground 17 Ground

8 PW_OK 18 -5V

9 5V_SB 19 +5V

10 + 12V 20 +5V

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1.4 Back Panel Connectors

JKBMS1

PS/2
Mouse

JUSB1

CN2

Parallel

U14

Game Port

PS/2

Keyboard

USB

COM1

CN1 CN3

VGA1

Speaker

out

Line
in

Mic
in

1.4.1 PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard CONN.: JKBMS1

The motherboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse / Keyboard mini DIN connector
for attaching a PS/2 mouse. You can plug a PS/2 mouse / Keyboard directly into
this connector. The connector location and pin definition are shown below:

Pin 4 VCC

Pin 2 NC

Pin 6 NC

Pin 4 VCC

Pin 2 NC

Pin 6 NC

PS / 2 Mouse

Keyboard

Pin 5 Mouse Clock

Pin 3 GND

Pin 1 Mouse DATA

Pin 5 KBD Clock

Pin 3 GND

Pin 1 KBD DATA

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PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard Connectors

Pin No. Signal Name

1 Data

2 No connection

3 Ground

4 +5 V (fused)

5 Clock

6 No connection

1.4.2 USB Connector: JUSB1

The motherboard provides a OHCI (Op en Ho st Co ntroller I nte rfac e) Un iv ersa l
Serial Bus R o ot s for attaching USB devices such as: keyboard, mouse and other

USB device.

JUSB1

USB

1432

1432

Stacked USB Connectors

Pin No. Assignment

1 +5 V

2 USBP0- [USBP1-]

3 USBP0+ [USBP1+]

4 Ground

Signal names in brackets ([]) ar e for USB Port 1 .

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1.4.3 Monitor Connector: JVGA1

Th is motherboa rd has built in v ideo facilities. Your mon itor will attach dire ctly to
JVGA1 connector on the motherboard.

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JVGA1

Pin
No.

1 Red 2 Green

3 Blue 4 +5V

5 Ground 6 Ground

7 Ground 8 Ground

9 +5V 10 Ground

11 +5V 12 DDC/Data

13 HSYNC 14 VSYNC

15 DDC/CLK

Assignment

Pin
No.

Assignment

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1.4.4 Front USB Connector: JUSB2

JUSB2

10

2

19

Pin
No.

1 +5V 2 Ground

3 USBP2- 4 Ground

5 USBP2+ 6 USBP3+

7 Ground 8 USBP3-

9 Ground 10 +5V

Assignment

Pin

No.

Assignment

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1.5 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports

This system comes equipped with one serial port and one parallel port. Both types
of interface ports will be explained in this chapter.

The Serial Interface: CN1

The serial interface port is sometimes referred to as an RS-232 port or an
asynchronous communication port. Mice, printers, modems and other peripheral
devices can be connected to a serial port. The serial port can also be used to
connect your computer with another computer system. If you wish to transfer the
contents of your hard disk to another system it can be accomplished by using each
machine’s serial port.

The serial port on this system has one 9-pin connector. Some older computer
systems and peripherals used to be equipped with only one 25-pin connector.
Should you need to connect your 9-pin serial port to an older 25-pin serial port, you
can purchase a 9-to-25 pin adapter.

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Connectivity

The serial port can be used in many ways, and it may be necessary to become
familiar with the pin-out diagram. The following chart gives you the function of
each pin on the 9-pin connector and some of the 25-pin connector. This information
can be used when configuring certain software programs to work with the serial
port.

Signal Name DB9 PIN DB25 PIN

DCD Data Carrier Detect 1 8

RX Receive Data 2 3

TX Transmit Data 3 2

DTR Data Terminal Ready 4 20

GND Signal Ground 5 7

DSR Data Set Ready 6 6

RTS Request to Send 7 4

CTS Clear to Send 8 5

RI Ring Indicator 9 22

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Parallel Inte rf ace Port : CN2

Unlike the serial port, parallel interface port has been standardized and should not
present any difficulty interfacing peripherals to your system. Sometimes called
Centronics port, the parallel port is almost exclusively used with printers. The
parallel port on your system has a 25-pin, DB25 connector (see picture below). The
pinouts for the parallel port are shown in the table below.

Signal Pin

-Strobe 1
Data 0 2
Data 1 3
Data 2 4
Data 3 5
Data 4 6
Data 5 7
Data 6 8
Data 7 9

-Ack 10

Busy 11

Paper Empty 12

+Select 13

-Auto FDXT 14

-Error 15

-Init 16

-SLCTN 17

Ground 18
Ground 19
Ground 20
Ground 21
Ground 22
Ground 23
Ground 24

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Ground 25

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