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Packing List:
Please check the package content before you starting using the board.
Hardware:
FS-97E Full-size PICMG CPU Card x 1
Cable Kit:
HD Audio Port Cable x 1
DVI module with DVI Cable x 1
(FS-97EXDG & FS-97EXDG2)
PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Cable x 1
SATA Cable x 2
USB Cable x 2
FDD cable x 1
CPU Cooler x 1
40-pin ATA100 IDE cable x 1
ATX cable x 1
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Printer cable x 1
(FS-97EXG2 & FS-97EXDG2)
COM & Printer cable x 1
(FS-97EXG & FS-97EXDG)
Printed Matters:
Driver CD x 1 (including User’s Manual)
VT-6421_RAID & ICH9M_AHCI disk driver x1
FS-97E the new generation of the Full-size PICMG CPU Card, supports Intel Penryn
Processor for 667/800/1066 MHz front side bus and features Intel GM45 and ICH9M
chipset, integrated GMA 4500MHD graphics, DDR3 memory, REALTEK ALC888
High Definition Audio, Serial ATA and two Intel Gigabit LAN.
Intel Penryn Processor
The board supports Intel Penryn processor with 667/800/1066 MHz front side bus,
L2 Cache: All specification depends on the CPU(1M/2M/3M/4M/6M). To provides
more powerful performance than before.
New features for Intel GM45 chipset
The board integrates Intel GM45 and ICH9M chipset, to provide new generation of
the mobile solution, supports Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics, DDR3 800/1066MHz
memory, built-in high-speed mass storage interface of serial ATA, High Definition
Audio with 2 channels surrounding sound.
All in One multimedia solution
Based on Intel GM45 and ICH9M chipset, the board provides high performance
onboard graphics, 24-bitdual channel LVDS interface, HDTV and 2 channels High
Definition Audio, to meet the very requirement of the multimedia application.
Flexible Extension Interface
The board provides one PCI Express mini card (FS-97EXDG & FS-97EXDG2 only),
two PCI Express mini card (FS-97EXG & FS-97EXG2 only) one mini-PCI socket
and one CF socket.
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1.2 <Product Specification>
General Specification
Form Factor Full-size PICMG CPU Card
PICMG version 1.0 (Rev. 2.0), PCI version 2.0 compliant
CPU Support Intel Penryn Processor
Package type: Micro-FCPGA478 (Socket-P)
L2 Cache: All specification depends on the CPU (1M/2M/3M/4M/6M)
Front side bus: 667/800/1066 MHz
Memory 2 x 800/1066MHz DDRIII 204-pin SO-DIMM up to 8GB
Chipset Intel® GM45 and ICH9M (82801IBM)
BIOS Phoenix-Award v6.00PG 8Mb SPI flash BIOS
Green
Function
Watchdog
Timer
Real Time
Clock
IDE UltraATA133 IDE interface supports up to 2 ATAPI devices
Serial ATA Intel® ICH9M built-in 3 x SATAII interface up to 300MB/s
Multi-I/O Port
Chipset Intel® ICH9M with Winbond® W83627DHG controller
Serial Port Two RS232 and one jumper selectable RS232/422/485
Parallel Port One internal bi-direction parallel port with SPP/ECP/EPP mode
Floppy Port One internal Floppy port
USB Port 8 x Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports with 480Mbps of transfer rate
IrDA Port One IrDA compliant Infrared interface supports SIR
K/B & Mouse PS/2 keyboard and mouse port on bracket
GPIO One 12-pin Digital I/O connector with 8-bit programmable
VGA Display Interface
Chipset Intel® GM45 & ICH9M
Memory Up to 1024MB shared with system memory
Display Type CRT, LCD monitor with analog display, DVI, HDTV
Connector External DB15 female connector
Power saving mode includes doze, standby and suspend modes.
ACPI version 2.0 and APM version 1.2 compliant
System reset programmable watchdog timer with 1 ~ 255
sec./min. of timeout value
Chipset integrated RTC with onboard lithium battery
One 40-pin IDE port onboard with VT-6421
VIA VT-6421 built-in 2 x SATAI interface up to 150MB/s
Mini PCI, HD Audio, DVI, 1 x PCI Express mini card, 2 x
Gigabit LAN.
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1.3 <Mechanical Drawing>
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1.4 <Block Diagram>
Intel GMA X4500MHD
1 x LVDS
Intel Penryn Processor
2 x 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM
800/1066MHz up to 8GB
1 x HDTV
1 x DVI (FS-97EXDG/G2)
8 x USB2.0 ports
3 x SATAII
300MB/S
1 x IDE
1 x CF
2 x SATAI
150MB/S
-6421
ISA Bridge
GM45
ICH9M
SPI
1 x PCI express mini card
(FS-97EXG/G2)
1 x Mini PCI
(second optional)
1 x PCI express mini card
(second optional)
2 x LAN Intel 82574L
ALC888 HD Audio
W83627DHG
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1 x RS422/485/232/IR
1 x com, FDD, LPT & GPIO
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Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>
2.1 <Connector Location>
DC_IN
CN_PS
CPUFAN
CN_DVI
JFRNT
CN_HDTV
CN_INV
SO-DIMM2
CN_LVDS
MINI_CARD1
FDD
SATA1/2/3/4/5
IDE
MINIPCI2
(optional)
CF
MINI_CARD2
FS-97EXG2 & FS-97EXDG2
PS2 LAN2 LAN1 CRT
CN_USB1/2/3/4
MINI_CARD3
(optional)
MINIPCI1
CN_LPT
CN_COM1/2
CN_DIO
CN_AUDIO
CD_IN
CN_SMBUS
CN_IR
CN_ATKB
FS-97EXG & FS-97EXDG
PS2 COM LAN1 CRT
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2.2 <Connector Reference>
2.2.1 <Internal Connectors>
Connector Function Remark
CPU Socket 478 for socket-P CPU
SO-DIMM1/2 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM socket
IDE 40-pin primary IDE connector
CN_LPT 26-pin LPT port connector
FDD 34-pin floppy connector
SATA1/2/3/4/5 7-pin Serial ATA connector
DC_IN 4-pin AT power supply connector
CN_PS 3-pin power input connector
CN_AUDIO 5 x 2-pin audio connector
CD_IN 4-pin CD-ROM audio input connector
CN_DIO 6 x 2-pin digital I/O connector
CN_USB 5 x 2-pin USB connector
CPUFAN 4-pin CPU cooler fan connector
SYSFAN 3-pin system cooler fan connector
CN_DVI 13 x 2-pin DVI interface (FS-97EXDG/G2)
CN_HDTV 5 x 2-pin HDTV interface
CN_LVDS 20 x 2-pin LVDS connector
CN_INV 5-pin LCD inverter connector
CN_IR 5-pin IrDA connector
CN_ATKB 5-pin AT keyboard connector
JFRNT 14-pin front panel switch/indicator
connector
MiniPCI 124-pin Mini-PCI socket Type IIIA
PCI express
mini card
COM 1/2 Serial port 1/2 connector (FS-97EXG2/XDG2)
COM 2 Serial port 2 connector (FS-97EXG/XDG)
52-pin PCI express mini card socket
2.2.2 <External Connectors>
Connector Function Remark
CRT DB15 VGA connector
PS2 PS2 keyboard & mouse
RJ45_1/2 RJ45 LAN 1/2 connector (FS-97EXG2/XDG2)
RJ45_1 RJ45 LAN 1 connector (FS-97EXG/XDG)
COM 1 Serial port 1 connector (FS-97EXG/XDG)
The board comes with the socket 478 for Intel Core 2 Duo socket-P processor only
it supports new generation with 667/800/1066 MHz of front side bus. Please follow
the instruction to install the CPU properly.
Unlock wa
1. Use the flat-type
screw drive to unlock
the CPU socket
2. Follow the pin direction to install
the processor on the socket
Check point
4. Socket P has 478 pins, but is not
3. Lock the socket
pin-compatible with Socket P
CPU.
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Check point
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2.4.2 <Memory Setup>
The board provides two 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM to support 800/1066 MHz memory
module up to 8GB. Non-ECC, unbuffered memory is supported only, dual channel
technology is enabled automatically for higher performance.
SO-DIMM2
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2.5 <CMOS Setup>
The board’s data of CMOS can be setting in BIOS. If the board refuses to boot due to
inappropriate CMOS settings, here is how to proceed to clear (reset) the CMOS to its
default values.
Jumper: JRTC
Type: Onboard 3-pin jump
JRTC Mode
1-2 Clear CMOS
2-3 Normal Operation
Default setting: 2-3
JRTC
1
3
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2.6 <Serial ATA Interface>
Based on Intel ICH9M, the board provides three Serial ATAII interfaces with up to
300MB/s of transfer rate and support AHCI.
Based on VIA VT-6421, the board provides two Serial ATAI interfaces with up to
150MB/s of transfer rate and support RAID 0,1.
SATA1/2 support RAID 0,1
SATA 3/4/5 support AHCI
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2.7 <Ethernet Interface>
The board integrates with two Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controllers. The Intel
Gigabit Ethernet supports triple speed of 10/100/1000Base-T, with IEEE802.3
compliance and Wake-On-LAN supported.
RJ45_1/2
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2.8 <Onboard Display Interface>
Based on Intel GM45 chipset with built-in GMA (Graphic Media Accelerator)
4500MHD graphics, the board provides, 40-pin LVDS interface with 5-pin LCD
backlight inverter connector. The board provides dual display function with clone
mode and extended desktop mode for VGA, LVDS, HDTV and DVI.
2.8.1 <Analog VGA Interface>
Please connect your CRT or LCD monitor with DB15 male connector to the onboard
DB15 female connector on rear I/O port.
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2.8.2 <Digital Display>
The board provides one 40-pin LVDS connector up to two mode for 18/24-bit
single/dual channel panels, supports up to 1920 x 1200 (UXGA) resolution, with LCD
backlight inverter connector and jumper for panel voltage setting.
JVLCD
6
5
40
39
CN_LVDS
2
1
2
1
1 5
CN_INV
Effective patterns of connection: 1-2 / 3-4 / 5-6
2
4
6
1
3
Warning: others cause damages
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Connector: CN_INV Connector: JVLCD
Type: 5-pin LVDS Power Header Type: 6-pin Power select Header
Connector model: JST B5B-XH-A
For the cables, please follow the pin assignment of the connector to make a cable,
because every panel has its own pin assignment, so we do not provide a standard cable;
please find a local cable manufacture to make cables.
LCD Installation Guide:
1. Preparing the FS-97E, LCD panel and the backlight inverter.
2. Please check the datasheet of the panel to see the voltage of the panel, and set
the jumper JVLCD to +12V or +5V or +3.3V.
3. You would need a LVDS type cable.
Panel side
For sample illustrator only
4. To connect all of the devices well.
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After setup the devices well, you need to select the LCD type in the BIOS.
The panel type mapping is list below:
BIOS panel type selection form (BIOS Version:1.0)
18-bit Single channel 24-bit Dual channel
NO. Output format NO.Output format
1 640 x 480 111280 x 768
2 800 x 480 121280 x 1024
3 800 x 600 131600 x 1200
4 1024 x 768 141920 x 1080
5 1280 x 800 151920 x 1200
18-bit Dual channel
6 1280 x 768
24-bit Single channel
7 1024 x 768
8 1280 x 768
9 1280 x 800
10 1366 x 768
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2.8.3 <HDTV Interface>
The board provides an HDTV interface with Intel GM45, supports Composite,
S-Video and Component with PAL and NTSC of TV system, and display (clone or
extended desktop) function with VGA, LVDS, DVI.
The board also comes with a DVI interface with Chrontel CH7318C for digital video
interface.
Connector: CN_DVI
Connector type: 26-pin header connector (pitch = 2.00mm)
The board integrates onboard audio interface with REALTEK ALC888 codec, with
Intel next generation of audio standard as High Definition Audio, it offers more sound
and other advantages than former HD audio compliance.
The main specifications of ALC888 are:
High-performance DACs with 97dB SNR (A-Weighting),
Te n DAC channels support 16/20/24-bit PCM format for 2 sound playback,
plus 2 channels of independent stere o sound o utput (mu ltiple stre am ing)
through the front panel output
High-quality analog differential CD input
Meets performance requirements for Microsoft WLP 3.0 Premium
desktop and mobile PCs
The board provides 2 channels audio speaker out and Mic-In ports for front I/O panel
through cable.
The board provides a programmable 8-bit digital I/O interface; you can use this
general purpose I/O port for system control like POS or KIOSK.
Connector: CN_DIO
Type: 12-pin (6 x 2) 2.0mm-pitch header
Pin Description PinDescription
1 Ground 2 Ground
3 GP10 4 GP14
5 GP11 6 GP15
7 GP12 8 GP16
9 GP13 10 GP17
11 VCC 12 +12V
2
1
12
11
2
1
CN_DIO
12
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2.11 <Power and Fan Installation>
The board comes with a 4-pin AT power connector for powering the board, three fan
connectors for Northbridge, CPU and system. The board also provides a 3-pin ATX
function connector. You can just connect the two power connectors without any
backplane to work.
2.11.1 <Power connectors>
Connector: DC_IN
Type: 4-pin P-type connector for +5V/+12V input
Connector: CN_PS
Type: 3-pin ATX function connector
Pin DescriptionPinDescription PinDescription
1 5V Standby2 Ground 3 Power On
2.11.2 <Fan Connectors>
Connector: CPUFAN
Type: 4-pin fan wafer connector
Pin Description Pin Description
1 Ground 2 +12V
3 Fan Speed Detection4 Fan Control
Connector: SYSFAN
Type: 3-pin fan wafer connector
PinDescriptionPin DescriptionPin Description
1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Fan Speed Detection
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4
3
1 4
CPUFAN
1
DC_IN
1
CN_PS
SYSFAN
1
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2.11.3 <ATX Power Mode>
PS_ON cable
A TX Power
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2.12 <Switch and Indicator>
The JFRNT provides front control panel of the board, such as power button, reset
and beeper, etc. Please check well before you connecting the cables on the chassis.
Connector: JFRNT
Type: onboard 14-pin (2 x 7) 2.54-pitch header
Function Signal PIN Signal Function
IDE LED
Reset
Power
Button
HDLED+ 1 2 PWRLED+
Power
HDLED- 3 4 N/C
LED
Reset+ 5 6 PWRLED-
Reset- 7 8 SPK+
N/C 9 10 N/C
Speaker
PWRBT- 1112N/C
PWRBT+ 1314SPK-
2
FRNT
14
1
13
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Chapter 3 <System Setup>
3.1 <OS installation Guide>
In this card, the functions IDE, CF and SATA1/2 (RAID 0,1) are driven by VIA
VT-6421.To activate and to use these features, users must install drivers when
installing OS.
To take windows XP installation as an example, please DO the following steps:
1. Please insert VT-6421 floppy driver disk.
2. Boot the system with windows XP installation CD to start to install OS.
3. When you see the botton message, said “P ress F6 if you need to install a third
party SCSI or RAID driver,” please DO Press F6. (Refer to photo A.)
4. After the system finishes loading all necessary drivers, here comes with a
screen message to ask you press “S” to specify additional device to load
VT-6421 drivers. (Refer to photo B.)
5. Please choose the option of VT-6421 XP driver. (Refer to photo C.)
6. Please press “ENTER” to continue installing OS.
IDE & CF & SA TA1/2 built-in with VT -6421
Photo A. Photo B. Photo C.
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3.2 <Audio Configuration>
The board integrates Intel® ICH9M with REALTEK® ALC888 codec. It can support 2
channels sound under system configuration. Please follow the steps below to setup
your sound system.
1. Install REALTEK HD Audio driver.
2. Lunch the control panel and Sound Effect Manager.
3. Select Speaker Configuration
4. Select the sound mode to meet your speaker system.
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3.3 <Video Memory Setup>
Based on Intel® GM45 chipset with GMA (Graphic Media Accelerator) 4500MHD,
the board supports Intel® DVMT (Dynamic Video Memory Technolog y) 4.0, which
would allow the video memory to be allocated up to 1024MB.
To support DVMT, you need to install the Intel GMA 4500MHD Driver with supported
OS.
BIOS Setup:
Total GFX Memory Size:
This item can let you select a static amount of page-locked graphics memory which
will be allocated during driver initialization. Once you select the memory amount, it
will be no longer available for system memory.
DVMT Mode: This item can let you select graphics memory
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3.4 <Display Properties Setting>
Based on Intel GM45 GMCH with GMA 4500MHD (Graphic Media Accelerator), the
board supports two DACs for display device as different resolution and color bit.
Please install the Intel Graphic Driver before you starting setup display devices.
1. Click right button on the desktop to lunch display properties
2. Click Advanced button for more specificity setup.
Click Graphics Properties... fo
advanced setup
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3. This setup options can let you define each device settings.
Click Monitor to setup the CRT
monitor for Colors, Resolution
and Refresh Rate
Click Intel(R) Dual Display
Clone to setup the dual
display mode as same screen
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Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup>
The motherboard uses the Award BIOS for the system configuration. The Award
BIOS in the single board computer is a customized version of the industrial standard
BIOS for IBM PC AT-compatible computers. It supports Intel x86 and compatible
CPU architecture based processors and computers. The BIOS provides critical
low-level support for the system central processing, memory and I/O sub-systems.
The BIOS setup program of the single board computer let the customers modify the
basic configuration setting. The settings are stored in a dedicated battery-backed
memory, NVRAM, retains the information when the power is turned off. If the battery
runs out of the power, then the settings of BIOS will come back to the default setting.
The BIOS section of the manual is subject to change without notice and is provided
here for reference purpose only. The settings and configurations of the BIOS are
current at the time of print, and therefore they may not be exactly the same as that
displayed on your screen.
To activate CMOS Setup program, press <DEL> key immediat ely after you turn
on the system. The following message “Press DEL to enter SETUP” should appear
in the lower left hand corner of your screen. When you enter the CMOS Setup Utility,
the Main Menu will be displayed as Figure 4-1. You can use arrow keys to select
your function, press <Enter> key to accept the selection and enter the sub-menu.
The GPIO’ s can be programmed with the MSDOS debug program using
simple IN/ OUT commands. The following lines show an example how to do
this.
GPIO0…..GPIO7 bit0……bit7
-o 2E 87
-o 2E 87 ;Enter configuration
-o 2E 07
-o 2F 09 ;Enable GPIO’s function
-o 2E 30
-o 2F 02 ;Enable GPIO’s configuration
-o 2E F0
-o 2F xx ;Set GPIO’s as input/output; set ‘1’ for input,’0’for
output
-o 2E F1
-o 2F xx ;If set GPIO’s as output, in this register its value
can be set
Optional:
-o 2E F2
-o 2F xx ; Data inversion register; ‘1’ inverts the current
value of the bits,’0’ leaves them as they are
-o 2E 30
-o 2F 01 ; Active GPIO’s
For further information, please refer to Winbond W83627DHG datasheet.
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Appendix E <Programming Watchdog Timer>
The watchdog timer makes the system auto-reset while it stops to work for a period.
The integrated watchdog timer can be setup as system reset mode by program.
Time-out Value Range
- 1 to 255
- Second or Minute
Program Sample
Watchdog timer setup as system reset with 5 second of timeout
2E, 87
2E, 87
2E, 07
2F, 08 Logical Device 8
2E, 30
2F, 01 Activate
2E, F5
2F, 00 Set as Second*
2E, F6
2F, 05 Set as 5
* Minute: bit 3 = 1; Second: bit 3 = 0
You can select Timer setting in the BIOS, after setting the time options, the system
will reset according to the period of your selection.
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