COMMELL FS-A70 User Manual

FS-A70

PICMG1.3 Full-size CPU Card User’s Manual

Edition: 1.1
2014/05/26

FS-A70 User’s Manual

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Packing List

Please check package component before you use our products.

Hardware:

FS-A70 Full-Size 1.3 CPU card x 1

Cable Kit:

Floppy flat cable x 1

(OALFD)/ (1040095)

4-pin to 3-pin ATX cable x 1
(OALATX-C)/ (1040184)

DB25 + DB9 + ATA 100 cable x 1

(FS-A71G-Only)

(OAL1S1P)/ (1040041)

PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse cable x 1

(OALPS2/MKN)/ (1040551)

SATA cable x 2

(OALSATA-L)/ (1040142)

Audio Port cable x 1

(OALPJ-HD)/ (1040120)

USB cable x 2

(OALUSBA-1)/ (1040172)

DB9*2 + DB25 + ATA 100 cable x 1

(FS-A71G2-Only)

(OAL2S1P)/ (1040191)

Other Accessories:

Divers CD (including User’s Manual) x 1

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Index

Chapter1 <Introduction>

............................................................6

1.1 <Product Overview> ................................................................6

1.2 <Product Specification>.................................................................7

1.3 <Block Diagram>...........................................................................9

1.4 <Mechanical Drawing >...............................................................10

Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>.................................................11

2.1 <Connector Location>..................................................................11

2.3 <Connector Reference>................................................................13

2.3.1 <Internal Connectors> ..............................................................13

2.3.2 <External Connectors> .............................................................13

2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup>..........................................................14

2.4.1 <CPU installation>...................................................................14

2.4.2 <Memory installation>..............................................................15

2.5 <CMOS Setup>............................................................................16

2.6 <Serial ATA installation> .............................................................17

2.7 <LAN Interface>..........................................................................18

2.8 <Onboard Display Interface>.......................................................19

2.8.1 <Analog Display>....................................................................19

2.10 <GPIO interface>.......................................................................22

2.11 <USB2.0 Interface>....................................................................23

2.12 <Power and Fan Installation>.....................................................24

2.13 <Serial Port>...............................................................................26

2.14 <Switch and Indicator>..............................................................28

Chapter 3 <System Configuration>.......................................30

3.1 <SATA configuration>..................................................................30

3.2 <SATA RAID Configuration> ......................................................31

3.3 <Audio Configuration>................................................................36

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3.4 <Video Memory Setup>...............................................................37

Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup>.........................................................39

Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment>................................41

A.1 <Serial ATA Port>........................................................................41

A.2 <IrDA Port>.................................................................................41

A.3 <VGA Port>.................................................................................42

A.4 <LAN Port>.................................................................................42

A.5 Floppy Port.............................................................................43

A.6 Parallel Port............................................................................44

Appedix B <System Resources>...........................................45

Appedix C <Flash BIOS>.........................................................49

C.1 BIOS Auto Flash Tool..................................................................49

C.2 Flash Method..............................................................................49

Appendix D <Programming GPIO’s>....................................50

Appendix E <Watch Dog timer Setting >..............................51

Contact Information...................................................................52

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Chapter1 <Introduction>

1.1 <Product Overview>

FS-A70 is the Full-size single board computer with last Intel desktop technology with

PICMG1.3 form factor. Based on Intel® Q965 and ICH8DO, the board integrates a new
Core 2 Duo/Quad processor 775-pin socket, DDR2 memory socket, Intel® Graphic Media
Accelerator 3000 technology, Serial ATA II with RAID function for a powerful desktop
system.

Intel

® LGA775 processor

The Intel® Core 2 Duo/Quad processor now comes with a new form factor with 775-pin
PLGA package, for 533/800/1066MHz front-side-bus, 4MB L2 cache, and for 65nm
manufacturing technology, the PLGA processor without pin header on solder side can make
user installing the processor on the socket easier.

Intel

® Q965 and ICH8DO chipset

The Intel Q965 integrates DDR2 533/667/800MHz for memory, and Graphic Media
Accelerator (GMA) 3000 technology for new graphic engine. It can provid e up to 256MB of
frame buffer when you install over 1GB of system memory. The ICH8DO integrates with up
to 10 USB2.0 interfaces, and serial ATA II interface with RAID function.

Flexible Extension Interface

The board provides one mini-PCI socket.

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1.2 <Product Specification>

General Specification

Form Factor PICMG1.3 Full-size CPU Card
CPU Intel® Core 2 Duo Core / 2 Quad / Pentium 4 / Pentium D /

Celeron D processor with LGA775 socket
Package type: PLGA 775
Front side bus: 533/800/1066MT/s (133/200/266/QuadMHz x 4)
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology and Dual/Quad core
supported

Memory 2 x 240-pin DDR2 533/667/800MHz SDRAM up to 4GB

Unbufferred, none-ECC memory supported only
Chipset Intel® Q965 (Northbridge) and ICH8DO (Southbridge)
BIOS Phoenix-Award v6.00PG 8Mb SPI flash BIOS
Green Function Power saving mode includes doze, standby and suspend modes.

ACPI version 1.0 and APM version 1.2 compliant
Watchdog Timer System reset programmable watchdog timer with 1 ~ 255

sec./min. of timeout value
Real Time Clock Intel® ICH8DO built-in RTC with lithium battery
Serial ATAII Intel® ICH8DO integrates 6 Serial ATA II interface

RAID 0, 1,5,10 Intel Matrix Storage Technology supported

Multi-I/O Port

Chipset Intel® 82801HDO(ICH8DO) with Winbond® W83627DHG

controller
Serial Port One RS-232 and one RS232/422/485 serial ports
USB Port Ten Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports with 480Mbps of transfer rate
Parallel Port One internal bi-direction parallel port with SPP/ECP/EPP mode
Floppy Port One internal Floppy port
IrDA Port One IrDA compliant Infrared interface supports SIR
K/B & Mouse External PS/2 keyboard and mouse port on bracket
GPIO One 12-pin Digital I/O connector with 8-bit programmable I/O

interface
Smart Fan One CPU fan connector for fan speed controllable

VGA Display Interface

Chipset Intel® Q965 GMA3000 (Graphic Memory Controller Hub)
Frame Buffer Up to 256MB shared with system memory
Connector External DB15 female connector on bracket

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Ethernet Interface

Controller One or two Intel 82573L Gigabit Ethernet controller
Type Triple speed 10/100/1000Base-T

Auto-switching Fast Ethernet
Full duplex, IEEE802.3U compliant

Connector Two External RJ45 connectors with LED on bracket

Audio Interface

Chipset Intel® ICH8DO with Realtek ALC260 HD Audio

Intel High Definition Audio compliance
Interface 2 channels sound output
Connector Internal 10-pin header for line-in/-out, MIC-in, 4-pin header for CD-IN

Expansive Interface

Mini PCI One Mini-PCI socket TYPE III A (32-bit, 33MHz)

Power supply: +3.3V, +5V, 3VSB

PCI-Express One X16 and one X4 or four X1 on PICMG 1.3 Interface

PCI Four PCI bus master on PICMG 1.3 Interface

Power and Environment

Power

+5V, +12 DC input & 5V

Requirement

SB

Requirement
Dimension 338 (L) x 126 (H) mm
Temperature Operating within 0 ~ 60℃ (32 ~ 140℉)

Storage within -20 ~ 85℃ (-4 ~ 185℉)

Ordering Code

FS-A70G Onboard VGA, Gigabit LAN, Mini-PCI, 6 x SATA, HD Audio,

1 X IrDA, USB, Serial port, LPT, GPIO, FDD

FS-A70G2 Onboard VGA, 2 x Gigabit LAN, Mini-PCI, 6 x SATA, HD Audio,

1 X IrDA, USB, 2 x Serial port, LPT, GPIO, FDD

The specifications may be different as the actual production.
For further product information please visit the website at

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1.3 <Block Diagram>

Intel Core 2 Quad with 775 pin PLGA processo

X16 PCI EXPRESS

four x 1 PCI EXPRESS

6 x USB2.0 ports

HD Audio

2 x Serial ports

1 x Parallel port

W83627THG

Intel Q965

ICH8DO

SPI

2 x 240-pin DDR2
533/667/800MHz
up to 4GB

4 PCI 33 MHz

6 x Serial ATAII ports

Intel 82573L

2 x GLAN

Mini-PCI slot

1 x Floppy port

8-bit GPIO

1 x IrDA

BIOS

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1.4 <Mechanical Drawing >

Measurement: inch

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Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>

2.1 <Connector Location>

NBFAN

DDRII_A/B

CN_PS

FDD

CN_LPT

CN_USB1~3

SYSFAN
CN_AUDIO
CDIN

S_ATA1~6

CN_IR

CN_DIO

CN_ATKB

CN_12V

DC_IN

JFRNT

CPUFAN

PS2 RJ45_2 RJ45_1 CRT

PS2 COM1 RJ45_1 CRT

MINIPCI

CN_COM1/2

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2.2 <Jumper Reference>

Jumper Function

JRTC CMOS Operating/Clear Setting
JPESEL For set x4 or x1 PCI-Express

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2.3 <Connector Reference>

2.3.1 <Internal Connectors>

Connector Function Remark

CPU LGA775 CPU socket
DDRIIA/B 240 -pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM socket
FDD 34-pin floppy c onnector
CN_LPT 13 x 2-pin LPT connector
S_ATAII1/2/3/4/5/6 7-pin Serial ATA II connector
CN_12V 8-pin +12V addition al power supply connector
CN_AUDIO 5 x 2-pin audio connector
CDIN 4-pin CD-ROM audio input connector
CN_PS 3-pin ATX function connector
DC_IN 4-pin power supply connector
CN_DIO 6 x 2-pin digital I/O connector
CN_USB1/2/3 10-pin USB connector
CPUFAN 4-pin CPU cooler fan connector
SYSFAN 3-pin system cooler fan connector
NBFAN 3-pin Northbridge cooler fan connector
CN_IR 5-pin IrDA connector
CN_ATKB 5-pin AT keyboard connector
JFRNT 14-pin front panel switch/indicator connector
Mini-PCI 1 x 124-pin Mini-PCI socket
CN_COM1/2 5 x 2-pin com connector

2.3.2 <External Connectors>

Connector Function Remark

CRT DB15 VGA connector
RJ45_1/2 One RJ45 LAN connector
PS2 PS/2 keyboard and mouse connector

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2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup>

2.4.1 <CPU installation>

FS-A70 has a LGA775 CPU socket onboard; please check following steps to install the

processor properly.

Attention If FS-A70 needs RMA please keep CPU socket cover on the CPU socket.
Warning If CPU socket internal pin damage we could not provide warranty.

Intel® Core 2 Duo/Quad processor

Package type: 775 pin PLGA

L2 Cache: 4 MB

FSB: 533/800/1066MHz (266MHz x 4)

Manufacturing: 65nm, 90nm

Intel Hyper Threading Technology and

1. Lift this bar

Core 2 Duo/Core 2 Quad supported

Check point

3. Place the CPU on the top of
ins

2. Uncover this plate

4. Lock this bar

Notice: Please place the CPU on the pins tenderlyto avoid bending the pins

the

3. Cover this plate

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2.4.2 <Memory installation>

FS-A70 has two 240-pin DDR2 DIMM support up to 4GB of memory capacity. The memory

frequency supports 533/667/800MHz. Only Non-ECC memory is supported.

DDRIIA/B

112-pin128-pin

Please check the pin number to match the socket side well
before installing memory module.

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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 jumper

JRTC Mode

1-2 Clear CMOS
2-3 Normal Operation

Default setting

1 3

JRTC

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2.6 <Serial ATA installation>

FS-A70 has six Serial ATA II interfaces with RAID function, the transfer rate of the Serial

ATA II can be up to 300MB/s. Please go to http://www.serialata.org/
ATA technology information. Based on Intel® ICH8DO, it supports Intel® Matrix Storage

Technology with combination of RAID 0,1,5 and 10. The main features of RAID on
ICH8DO are listed below:

1. Supports for up to RAID volumes on a single, two-hard drive RAID array.

2. Supports for two, two-hard drive RAID arrays on any of six Serial ATA ports.

3. Supports for Serial ATA ATAPI devices.

4. Supports for RAID spares and automatic rebuild.

5. Supports on RAID arrays, including NCQ and native hot plug.

For more information please visit Intel’s official website.

For more about the system setup for Serial ATA, please check the chapter of SATA
configuration.

for more about Serial

S_ATA1~6

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2.7 <LAN Interface>

The Intel 82573L supports triple speed of 10/100/1000Base-T, with IEEE802.3 compliance
and Wake-On-LAN supported.

LAN

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2.8 <Onboard Display Interface>

Based on Intel Q965 chipset with built-in graphics, the board provides one DB15 conn ector
on real external I/O port.

2.8.1 <Analog Display>

Please connect your CRT or LCD monitor with DB15 male connector to the onboard DB15
female connector on bracket.

CRT

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2.9 <Audio Installation>

The board integrates onboard audio interface with REALTEK ALC260 codec, with Intel next
generation of audio standard as High Definition Audio, it offers more vivid sound and oth er
advantages than former HD audio compliance.
The main specifications of ALC260 are:

z High-performance DACs with 100dB S/N ratio
z Compatible with HD
z Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements

The board provides amplified speaker out and Line-in/MIC-in ports for front I/O panel
through audio cable.

1

2

9

10

CN_AUDIO

CDIN

1 4

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Connector: CN_AUDIO

Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) header (pitch = 2.54mm)

Pin Description Pin Description

1 MIC_L 2 Ground
3 MIC_R 4 ACZ_DET
5 Speaker_R 6 MIC Detect
7 SENSE 8 N/C
9 Speaker_L 10 Speaker Detect

Connector: CDIN

Type: 4-pin header (pitch = 2.54mm)

Pin Description

1 CD – Left
2 Ground
3 Ground
4 CD – Right

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2.10 <GPIO interface>

The board provides a programmable 8-bit digital I/O interface for control panel application.

Connector: CN_DIO
Type: onboard 2 x 6-pin header, pitch=2.0mm

Pin Description Pin Description

1 Ground 2 Ground
3 GP10 4 GP14
5 GP11 6 GP15
7 GP12 8 GP16
9 GP13 10 GP17
11 VCC 12 +12V

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2.11 <USB2.0 Interface>

Based on Intel ICH8HDO, the board provides 10 USB2.0 po rts six on board pin header fo r
on PICMG 1.3 Interface. The USB2.0 interface provides up to 480Mbps of transferring rate.

The Intel® ICH8DO contains two Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) and five
Universal Host Controller Interfaces (UHCI) it can determine whether your connected
device is for USB1.1 or USB2.0, and change the transfer rate automatically.

2 10

1 9

CN_USB1/2/3

Connector: CN_USB1/2/3
Type: 10-pin (5 x 2) header for USB5/6 Ports

Pin Description Pin Description

1 VCC 2 VCC
3 Data0- 4 Data1­5 Data0+ 6 Data1+
7 Ground 8 Ground
9 Ground 10 N/C

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2.12 <Power and Fan Installation>

The FS-A70 provides a standard ATX power supply with 4-pin ATX connector and 8-pin
additional 12V connector, and the board provides one 4-pin fan connector supporting smart
fan for CPU cooler and two 3-pin cooler fan connectors for system and Northbr idge chip.
The 8-pin CN_12V additional power connector is necessary for CPU powering; please
connect this well before you finishing the system setup.

CN_12V

1

DC_IN

1

8

4

CPUFAN

1 3

CN_PS

NBFAN

SYSFAN

3

1

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Connector: CN_12V
Type: 8-pin ATX power connector

PIN assignment

1 GND 5 +12V
2 GND 6 +12V
3 GND 7 +12V
4 GND 8 +12V

Connector: DC_IN
Type: 4-pin P-type connector for +5V/+12V input

Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description

1 +12V 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 +5V

Connector: CN_PS
Type: 3-pin ATX function connector

Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description

1 5V Standby 2 Ground 3 Power On

Connector: CPUFAN
Type: 4-pin fan wafer connector

Pin Description Pin Description

1 Ground 2 +12V
3 Fan Speed Detection 4 Fan Control

Connector: NBFAN, SYSFAN
Type: 3-pin fan wafer connector

Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description

1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense

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2.13 <Serial Port>

The board supports one RS232 serial port and one jumper selectable RS232/422/485 serial
ports. The jumper JCSEL1 & JCSEL2 can let you configure the communicating modes for
COM2.

Connector: CN_COM1/2
Type: 10-pin (5 x 2) 2.54mm x 2.54mm-pitch header for COM2

Pin Description Pin Description

1 DCD/422RX-/485- 2 RXD/422RX+/485+
3 TXD/422TX+ 4 DTR/422TX­5 GND 6 DSR
7 RTS 8 CTS
9 RI 10 N/C

2 10

1 9

CN_COM1/2

JCSEL1

JCSEL2

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Jumper JCSEL1, JCSEL2
Type On bond 12-Pin and 8-Pin jumper

JCSEL1 JCSEL2

SIR

2

1

12

11

RS-422
RS-485
RS-232

8 2

1

7

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2.14 <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 PWDLED+

HDLED- 3 4 N/C

Reset+ 5 6 PWDLED-

Reset- 7 8 SPKIN+

N/C 9 10 N/C

PWRBT+ 11 12 N/C

PWRBT- 13 14 SPKIN-

Power

LED

Speaker

2

1

JFRNT

14

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Chapter 3 <System Configuration>

3.1 <SATA configuration>

SA TA Mode:

This option can let you select whether the Serial ATA hard drives would work under normal
IDE mode or RAID mode. The RAID mode need more than one HDD is applied.

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3.2 <SATA RAID Configuration>

The board integrates Intel® ICH8DO with RAID function for Serial ATA II drives, and
supports the configurations below:
RAID 0 (Stripping): Two hard drives operating as one drive for optimized data R/W
performance. It needs two unused drives to build this operation.
RAID 1 (Mirroring): Copies the data from first drive to second drive for data security, and if
one drive fails, the system would access the applications to the workable drive. It needs two
unused drives or one used and one unused driv e to build this operation. The second drive
must be the same or lager size than first one.

RAID 5 (striping with parity)

A RAID 5 array contains three or more hard drives where the data is divided into
manageable blocks called strips. Parity is a mathematical method for recreating data that
was lost from a single drive, which increases fault-tolerance. The data and parity are striped
across all the hard drives in the array. The parity is striped in a rotating sequence to reduce
bottlenecks associated with the parity calculations.

RAID 10 (RAID 0+1)

A RAID 10 array uses four hard drives to create a combination of RAID levels 0 and 1. The
data is striped across a two-drive array forming the RAID 0 component. Each of the drives
in the RAID 0 array is then mirrored by a RAID 1 component.
Intel Matrix Storage Technology : This technology would allow you to use RAID 0+1 mode
on only two drives (4 drives needed on traditional RAID 0+1). It will create two partitions on
each hard drive to simulate RAID 0 and RAID 1. It also can let you modify the partition size
without re-formatted.

For more information of Intel Matrix Storage Technology, please visit Intel’s website.

If you need to install an operation system on the RAID set, please use the driver disk
attached in the package when it informs you to obtain the RAID drivers.

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Please press <CTRL+I> to enter the RAID configuration menu.
You can setup the RAID under operation system for Microsoft® Windows XP SP1 or
Windows 2000 SP4 version, please install the Intel® Application Accelerator Ver.4.5 later to
support RAID configuration with Intel® Matrix Storage Techn olo gy.

1. After installing Intel Application Accelerator, please execute Intel® Storage Utility.

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Demo configuration for 2 SATA Drives and
set as Intel Matrix Storage Technology set

2. Select Actions to Create RAID Volume

Rename the Volume name

Select RAID Level as 0

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3. Please select two hard drives to prepare to set the RAID volume

4. Specify the Volume size

Tune this bar to specify
the volume size, if you
specify the volume size
lower than maximum,
you can create a second
volume for another
RAID set.
(Make RAID 0+1 on only
two hard drives)

5. Repeat the step 1 to create second volume as RAID Level 1.

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For other configuration set please click Help on tool bar.

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3.3 <Audio Configuration>

The board integrates Intel® ICH8DO with REALTEK® ALC260 codec. It can support
2-channel 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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3.4 <Video Memory Setup>

Based on Intel® Q965 chipset with GMA (Graphic Media Accelerator) 3000, the board
supports Intel® DVMT (Dynamic Video Memory Technology) 3.0, which would allow the
video memory be triggered up to 256MB.
To support DVMT, you need to install the Intel GMA 3000 Driver with supported OS.

BIOS Setup:

On-Chip Video Memory Size: This option combines three items below for setup.
On-Chip Frame Buffer Size:

This item can let you select video memory which been allocated for legacy VGA and SVGA
graphics support and compatibility. The available option is 1MB and 8MB.

Fixed 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 Memory Size:

This item can let you select a maximum size of dynamic amount usage of video memory,
the system would configure the video memory depends on your appl ication, this item is

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strongly recommend to be selected as MAX DVMT.

Fixed + DVMT Memory Size:

You can select the fixed amount and the DVMT amount at the same time for a guarantee d
video memory and additional dynamic video memory, please check the table below for
available setting.

256MB ~ 511MB

512MB~1023MB

Notice:

System

Memory

On-Chip

Frame

Buffer Size

1MB 128MB 0MB 128MB
1MB 0MB 128MB 128MB
8MB 128MB 0MB 128MB
8MB 0 128MB 128MB
1MB 128MB 0 128MB
1MB 256MB 0 256MB
1MB 0 128MB 128MB
1MB 0 256MB 256MB
8MB 128MB 0 128MB
8MB 256MB 0 256MB
8MB 0 128MB 128MB
8MB 0 256MB 256MB

Fixed

Memory

Size

DVMT

Memory

Size

Total
Graphic
Memory

1. The On-Chip Frame Buffer Size would be included in the Fixed Memory.

2. Please select the memory size according to this table

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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 i mmediately 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.

Figure 4-1 CMOS Setup Utility Main Screen

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Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment>

A.1 <Serial ATA Port>

Connector: S_ATA1/2/3/4/5/6
Type: 7-pin wafer connector

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND

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A.2 <IrDA Port>

Connector: CN_IR
Type: 5-pin header for SIR Port

Pin Description

1 Vcc
2 N/C
3 IRRX
4 Ground
5 IRTX

1 5

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A.3 <VGA Port>

Connector: CRT
Type: 15-pin D-sub female connector on bracket

Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description

1 RED 6 Ground 11 N/C
2 GREEN 7 Ground 12 DDC_DA
3 BLUE 8 Ground 13 HSYNC
4 N/C 9 +5V 14 VSYNC
5 Ground 10 Ground 15 DDC_CLK

A.4 <LAN Port>

Connector: RJ451/2
Type: RJ45 connector with LED on bracket

Pin 1 2 3 4 5

6

1
2
3
4
5

10

11
12
13
14
15

Description TRD0+ TRD0- TRD1+ TRD2+ TRD2-

Pin 6 7 8 9 10

Description TRD1- TRD3+ TRD3- NC NC

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A.5 <Floppy Port>

Connector: FDD
Type: 34-pin (2x 17) 2.54-pitch box header

Pin Description Pin Description
1 Ground 2 DRIVE DENSITY SELECT 0

3 Ground 4 DRIVE DENSITY SELECT 1
5 Ground 6 N/C
7 Ground 8 INDEX­9 Ground 10 MOTOR ENABLE A­11 Ground 12 DRIVER SELECT B­13 Ground 14 DRIVER SELECT A­15 Ground 16 MOTOR ENABLE B­17 Ground 18 DIRECTION­19 Ground 20 STEP­21 Ground 22 WRITE DATA­23 Ground 24 WRITE GATE­25 Ground 26 TRACK 0­27 Ground 28 WRITE PROTECT­29 Ground 30 READ DATA­31 Ground 32 HEAD SELECT­33 Ground 34 DISK CHANGE-

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A.6 <Parallel Port>

Connector: LPT (PRINTER)
Type: 26-pin (2 x 13) 2.54-pitch box header

Pin Description Pin Description
1 STROBE- 14 AUTO FEED-

2 D0 15 ERROR­3 D1 16 INITIALIZE­4 D2 17 SELECT INPUT­5 D3 18 Ground
6 D4 19 Ground
7 D5 20 Ground
8 D6 21 Ground
9 D7 22 Ground
10 ACKNOWLEDGE- 23 Ground
11 BUSY 24 Ground
12 PAPER EMPTY 25 Ground
13 SELECT+ 26 N/C

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Appedix B <System Resources>

B1. <I/O Port Address Map>

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B2. <Memory Address Map>

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B3. <System IRQ Resources>

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Appedix C <Flash BIOS>

C.1 BIOS Auto Flash Tool

The board is based on Award BIOS and can be updated easily by the BIOS auto flash
tool. You can download the tool online at the address below:

TUhttp://www.award.comUT
TUhttp://www.commell.com.tw/support/support.htmUT

File name of the tool is “awdflash.exe”, it’s the utility that can write the data into the BIOS
flash ship and update the BIOS.

C.2 Flash Method

1. Please make a bootable floppy disk.

2. Get the last .bin files you want to update and copy it into the disk.

3. Copy awardflash.exe to the disk.

4. Power on the system and flash the BIOS. (Example: C:/ awardflash XXX.bin)

5. Re-star the system.

Any question about the BIOS re-flash please contact your distributors or visit the
web-site at below:

http://www.commell.com.tw/support/support.htm

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Appendix D <Programming GPIO’s>

The GPIO’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 4E 87 ;enter configuration

-o 4E 87

-o 4E 07

-o 4F 09 ;enable GPIO function

-o 4E 30

-o 4F 02 ;enable GPIO configuration

-o 4E F0

-o 4F xx ;set GPIO as input/output; set ‘1’ for input,’0’for
output

-o 4E F1

-o 4F xx ;if set GPIO’s as output,in this register its value can

be set

Optional :

-o 4E F2

-o 4F xx ; Data inversion register ; ‘1’ inverts the current valus

of the bits ,’0’ leaves them as they are

-o 4E 30

-o 4F 02 ; active GPIO’s

For further information, please refer to Winbond W83627DHG datasheet.

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Appendix E <Watch Dog timer Setting >

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.

Timeout Value Range

- 1 to 255

- Second or Minute

Program Sample

Watchdog timer setup as system reset with 5 second of timeout

4E, 87
4E, 87
4E, 07
4F, 08 Logical Device 8
4E, 30 Activate
4F, 01
4E, F5 Set as Second*
4F, 00
4E, F6 Set as 5
4F, 05

* Minute: bit 3 = 0; Second: bit 3 = 1

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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Contact Information

Any advice or comment about our products and service, or anything
we can help you please don’t hesitate to contact with us. We will do
our best to support you for your products, projects and business.

Taiwan Commate Computer Inc.

19F . , No.94, Sec. 1, Xintai 5th Rd., Xizhi Dist., New Taipei City

Address

TEL [phone]

FAX [phone]

22102, Taiwan

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