COMMELL FS-A78 User Manual

FS-A78

PICMG1.3 Full-size CPU Card

User’s Manual

Edition 1.1

2014/3/13

FS-A78 User’s Manual

Copyright

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Packing List:

Please check the package content before you starting using the board.

Hardware:

FS-A78 PICMG 1.3 Full-size CPU Card motherborad x 1

Cable Kit:

SATA Cable x 2

(OALSATA3-L)/ (1040529)

USB2.0 Cable x 1

(OALUSBA-1)/ (1040172)

VGA Cable x 1

OALVGA-S-7)/ (1040556

PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Cable x 1

(OALPS2/MKN)/ (1040551)

Audio Port Cable x 1

(OALPJ-HD)/ (1040120)

DVI module with bracket x 1

BADPDVIP_A&OALDVI-DF13)/

4120008021&1040483

Printed Matters:

Driver CD (Including User’s Manual) x 1

Optional:

USB3.0 Cable x 1
(OALUSB3) (Optional)
(OALUSB3)/ (1040531)

DB25 & DB9 cable x 1

(FS-A78G01/ FS-A78G04 Only)

OAL1S1P)/ (1040041

DB9 cable x 1 & DB25 cable x 1

(FS-A78G201/ FS-A78G204 Only)

(OAL2S1P)/ (1040191)

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Index

Chapter 1 <Introduction>..............................................................................5

1.1 <Product Overview> ..................................................................................... 5

1.2 <Product Specification>................................................................................6

1.3 <Mechanical Drawing>.................................................................................8

1.4 <Block Diagram>..........................................................................................9

Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>......................................................................10

2.1 <Connector Location>................................................................................ 10

2.2 <Jumper Location & Reference>................................................................ 11

2.3 <Connector Reference>.............................................................................12

2.3.1 <Internal Connectors> ................................................................... 12

2.3.2 <External Connectors>..................................................................12

2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup>........................................................................ 13

2.4.1 <CPU installation>......................................................................... 13

2.4.2 <Memory Setup> ........................................................................... 14

2.5 <CMOS & ATX Setup>............................................................................... 15

2.6 <Serial ATA Interface>................................................................................ 16

2.7 <Ethernet Interface>...................................................................................17

2.8 <Onboard Display Interface> .....................................................................18

2.8.1 <Analog Display>........................................................................... 18

2.8.2 <Digital Display>............................................................................19

2.8.3 <VGA Interface>............................................................................ 23

2.8.4 <DVI Interface >............................................................................. 24

2.9 <Integrated Audio Interface>...................................................................... 25

2.10 <USB Interface>.......................................................................................26

2.11 <Serial Port>............................................................................................. 28

2.12 <MSATA Interface>................................................................................... 30

2.13 <GPIO and SMBUS Interface>.................................................................31

2.14 <Power Supply and Fan Interface >......................................................... 32

2.14.1 <Power Input> .............................................................................32

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2.14.2 <Fan connector> ..........................................................................33

2.15 <Switch and Indicator> .............................................................................34

Chapter 3 <System Setup> .........................................................................35

3.1 <Audio Configuration> ................................................................................35

3.2 <Display Properties Setting>.......................................................................36

3.3 <SATA configuration>..................................................................................38

3.4 <SATA RAID Configuration> .......................................................................39

Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup> .............................................................................41

Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment>.....................................................43

A.1 <Serial ATA Port>........................................................................................43

A.2 <IrDA Port>.................................................................................................43

A.3 <LAN Port>.................................................................................................43

A.4 <Parallel Port>............................................................................................44

Appendix B <Flash BIOS>...........................................................................45

B.1 <Flash Tool>...............................................................................................45

B.2 <Flash BIOS Procedure> ...........................................................................45

Appendix C <Programming GPIO’s>.........................................................46

Appendix D <Programming Watchdog Timer >........................................47

Contact Information.....................................................................................48

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Chapter 1 <Introduction>

1.1 <Product Overview>

FS-A78 the 4th Generation Intel of the PICMG 1.3 Full-size CPU Card Motherboard ,

supports 4
Desktop Processor and features Intel Q87 chipset, integrated HD Graphics, DDR3
memory, REALTEK High Definition Audio, Serial ATAIII with RAID function for a system
and Intel Gigabit LAN.

Intel Haswell Processor

The 4th Generation Intel® Core™ processor family desktop is the next generation of
64-bit, the processors are based on Intel® microarchitecture formerly known as Haswell,
manufactured on 22nm process technology with 3-D tri-gate transistors.

Features for Intel Q87 chipset

The board integrates Intel Q87 chipset, supports integrated HD Graphics, built-in high
speed mass storage interface of Serial ATAIII interface with RAID function, High

th

Generation Intel® Core™ i7, Core™ i5, Core™ i3, Celeron, Pentium

Definition Audio with 2 channels surrounding sound.

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1.2 <Product Specification>

General Specification

Form Factor PICMG 1.3 Full-size CPU Card
CPU Supports 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/ i5/ i3/ Celeron/ Pentium Desktop

Processor.
Package type: FCLGA1150

Memory Two DDR3/DDR3L (support 1.5V) 1333/1600 DIMM up to 16GB

Support Non-ECC, unbuffered memory only

Chipset Intel Q87 Express chipset
Real Time Clock Chipset integrated RTC with onboard lithium battery
Watchdog Timer Generates a system reset with internal timer for 1min/s ~255min/s
Power Management Supports ACPI 4.0 compliant
Serial ATA Interface Intel® Q87 PCH built-in 4 x Serial ATAIII interface up to 600MB/s Support RAID 0,

1, 5, 10 and Intel Rapid Storage Technology.

(not support SATA II device)

VGA Interface Intel® Clear Video integrated HD Graphics Technology
DVI Interface

LVDS Interface Onboard 24-bit dual channel LVDS connector with +3.3V/+5V/+12V supply

Display port Interface

Audio Interface Intel® integrated Q87 with Realtek ALC888 HD Audio.
LAN Interface 1 x Intel® I210 Gigabit LAN

GPIO interface Onboard programmable 8-bit Digital I/O interface
Extended Interface Support 1 PCI-Express x16 and 1 PCI-Express x4 or 4 PCI-Express x1, 4 PCI,

Internal I/O Port

External I/O Port 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Port, 1 x Display port, 2 x RJ45 LAN ports
Power Requirement Need Backplane from Standard 24-pin ATX power supply (20-pin is compatible)

Dimension 338mm x 126mm (L x W)
Temperature Operating within 0~60 centigrade

Onboard DVI connector

Onboard Display port connector

1 x Intel® I217-LM Gigabit LAN

MSATA
(mSATA only Support SATAIII)
1 x RS232/422/485, 5 x RS232, 1 x GPIO port, 1 x Audio connector, 1 x IrDA
connector, 1 x SMBUS connector, 1 x CRT, 1 x LVDS, 1 x DVI, 1 x LPC, 1 x
LPT(Parallel port), 4 x USB2.0 and 6 x USB3.0 ports, 4 x SATAIII

and P4 4-pin 12V(Onboard)

Storage within –20~85 centigrade

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Ordering Code

FS-A78G01 DVI, CRT, LVDS, Display port, USB3.0 & 2.0, 6 x Serial Port, SATAIII, IrDA, GPIO,

LPC, LPT, Realtek HD Audio, SMBUS, mSATA, 1 x Gigabit LAN (I217LM).
Support 1 PCI-Express x16 and 4 PCI-Express x1

FS-A78G04 Onboard DVI, CRT, LVDS, Display port, USB3.0 & 2.0, 6 x Serial Port, SATAIII,

IrDA, GPIO, LPC, LPT, Realtek HD Audio, SMBUS, mSATA, 1 x Gigabit LAN

(I217LM).

Support 1 PCI-Express x16 and 1 PCI-Express x4

FS-A78G201 Onboard DVI, CRT, LVDS, Display port, USB3.0 & 2.0, 6 x Serial Port, SATAIII,

IrDA, GPIO, LPC, LPT, Realtek HD Audio, SMBUS, mSATA, 2 x Gigabit LAN.
Support 1 PCI-Express x16 and 4 PCI-Express x1

FS-A78G204 Onboard DVI, CRT, LVDS, Display port, USB3.0 & 2.0, 6 x Serial Port, SATAIII,

IrDA, GPIO, LPC, LPT, Realtek HD Audio, SMBUS, mSATA, 2 x Gigabit LAN.
Support 1 PCI-Express x16 and 1 PCI-Express x4

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

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1.4 <Block Diagram>

1 x PCI Express x16

1 x DVI

1 x Display port

1 x LVDS

1 x CRT

4 x Serial ATAIII

ALC888 HD Audio

W25Q128 SPI

4 x PCI

4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7,
Core™ i5
Pentium

Processor

, Core™ i3, Celeron,

Q87

TSI383

W83627DHG-P

2 x 240-pin DDR3
LO-DIMM
1333/1600 MHz
up to 16GB

1 x mSATA

6 x USB 3.0
4 x USB 2.0

1 x Intel I210
1 x Intel I217-LM

1 x RS232/422/485
1 x RS232 & GPIO & IrDA
& LPC & LPT

4 x PCI Express x1 or
1 x PCI Ex

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Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>

2.1 <Connector Location>

N_USB2-1

FAN
FAN

12V

RNT

(FS-A78G201 & FS-A78G204)

DDRIII_A/B

CN_DVI

SATA3_1
SATA3_2
SATA3_3
SATA3_4

CN_LVDS

CN_USB3-3
CN_USB3-2
CN_USB3-1

CN_DIO

CN_USB2-2

MSATA

CN_COM

6/5/4/3/2/1

CN_LPC

CN_SMBUS

CN_IR

CN_LPT

CN_AUDIO

Display port

CN_CRT

I217-LM

I210

PS2

CN_INV

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2.2 <Jumper Location & Reference>

Jumper Function

JRTC CMOS Operating/Clear Setting
JVLCD Panel Voltage Setting
JAT Power mode select
JP1 Com1 Voltage Setting (For Pin 9)
JP2 Com2 Voltage Setting (For Pin 9)
JCSEL1

JCSEL2
JVUSB USB Voltage Setting

COM2 RS-232 RS422 RS485 Setting
CN_IR IrDA Setting

JVLCD

JVUSB

JCSEL2

JAT

JP1

JRTC

JCSEL1

JP2

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2.3 <Connector Reference>

2.3.1 <Internal Connectors>

Connector Function Remark

CPU LGA1150 CPU Socket
DDRIII A/B 240 -pin DDR3 LO-DIMM socket
SATAIII 1/2/3/4 7-pin Serial ATAIII connector
DC_12V 4-pin +12V additional power supply connector
CN_AUDIO 5 x 2-pin audio connector
CN_DIO 6 x 2-pin digital I/O connector
CN_USB2-1/2 10-pin USB connector
CN_USB3-1/2/3 20-pin USB3.0 connector
CPUFAN 4-pin CPU cooler fan connector
SYSFAN 3-pin system cooler fan connector
CN_CRT 16-pin VGA connector
CN_LVDS 20 x 2-pin LVDS connector
CN_INV 5-pin LCD inverter connector
CN_DVI 10 x 2-pin DVI connect
CN_IR 5-pin IrDA connector
CN_COM 1/2/3/4/5/6 9-pin RS232
CN_LPC 5 x 2-pin LPC connector
CN_LPT 13 x 2-pin printer connector
JFRNT 14-pin front panel switch/indicator connector
MSATA 1 x 52-pin Mini-PCIE socket
JAT Power mode select

2.3.2 <External Connectors>

Connector Function Remark

RJ45 1 1 x RJ45 LAN conn ector
Display port Display port connector
PS/2 PS/2 keyboard and mouse connector
COM1 1 x DB9 connector

(FS-A78G01 & FS-A78G04)

Connector Function Remark

RJ45 1/2 2 x RJ45 LAN connector
Display port Display port connector
PS/2 PS/2 keyboard and mouse connector

(FS-A78G201 & FS-A78G204)

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2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup>

2.4.1 <CPU installation>

FS-A78 has a LGA1150 CPU socket onboard; please check following steps to install the

processor properly.

Attention If FS-A78 need RMA please Keep CPU socket cover on the CPU Socket.

Warning If CPU Socket internal Pin damage We could not provide warranty.

1. Lift this bar

Intel® I3/I5/I7/Celeron/Pentium processor Package
type: 1150 pin FCLGA
FSB:1333/1600MHz

Checked point

2. Uncover this plate

3. Place the CPU on the top of
the pins

4. Lock this bar

5. Cover this plate

Notice: Please place the CPU on the pins tenderly to avoid bending the pins

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2.4.2 <Memory Setup>

FS-A78 has two 240-pin DDR3/DDR3L DIMM support up to 16GB of memory capacity

and 1.5 Voltage. The memory frequency supports 1333/1600 MHz. Only Non-ECC
memory is supported.

DDRIII_B
DDRIII_A

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

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2.5 <CMOS & ATX 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: 2-3

Jumper: JAT
Type: onboard 3-pin jumper

JAT Mode

1-2 AT Mode
2-3 ATX Mode

Default setting:2-3

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2.6 <Serial ATA Interface>

FS-A78 has Four Serial ATA III interfaces with RAID function, the transfer rate of the

Serial ATA III can be up to 600MB/s, but not supports SATAII device. Based on Intel®
PCH, it supports Intel® Matrix Storage Technology with combination of RAID 0,1,5
and 10. The main features of RAID on Intel® Q87 PCH 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.

SATA3_1
SATA3_2
SATA3_3
SATA3_4

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2.7 <Ethernet Interface>

The board integrates with one Intel I210 Gigabit Ethernet & one Intel I217-LM controllers,
as the PCI Express bus. The Intel I210 & I217-LM supports triple speed of
10/100/1000Base-T, with IEEE802.3 compliance and Wake-On-LAN supported.

RJ45 LAN connector

I210

I217-LM

FS-A78G201 & FS-A78G204

FS-A78G01 & FS-A78G04

Onboard Intel® I217-LM GbE controller support Intel® AMT 9.0 feature on primary LAN

port. The BIOS is ready to support Intel® AMT 9.0 feature. The necessary prerequisite is
your CPU must support Intel® vPro technology, ex : Intel® Core™ i7
For further instruction about the Intel® AMT features and set up, please refer to the
iAMT Setting.pdf.

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2.8 <Onboard Display Interface>

Based on Intel Q87 chipset with built-in HD Graphic, the board provides one Display port
on real external I/O port, one 20-pin DVI interface, one 40-pin LVDS interface with 5-pin
LCD backlight inverter connector and provides 16-pin VGA interface.
The board provides dual display function with clone mode and extended desktop mode
for DVI, Display port, VGA and LVDS.

2.8.1 <Analog Display>

Please connect your Display port or LCD monitor with mal e connector to the onboard
female connector on rear I/O port .

Display port

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2.8.2 <Digital Display>

The board provides one 40-pin LVDS connector for 24-bit single/dual channel panels,
supports up to 2048 x 1536 (UXGA) resolution, with one LCD backlight inverter
connector and one jumper for panel voltage setting.

40

2

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CN_LVDS

1

2 6

1 5

JVLCD

1

CN_INV

5

Effective patterns of connection: 1-2 / 3-4 / 5-6

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3

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Connector: CN_INV Connector: JVLCD
Type: 5-pin LVDS Power Header Type: 6-pin Power select Header

Pin Description

1 +12V
2 Reserved (Note)
3 GND
4 GND
5 ENABKL

Note: Reserved for MB internal test

Please treat it as NC.

Connector: CN_LVDS
Type: onboard 40-pin connector for LVDS connector
Connector model: HIROSE DF13-40DP-1.25V

Pin Signal Pin Signal

2 LCDVCC 1 LCDVCC
4 GND 3 GND
6 ATX0- 5 BTX0-

8 ATX0+ 7 BTX0+
10 GND 9 GND
12 ATX1- 11 BTX1­14 ATX1+ 13 BTX1+
16 GND 15 GND
18 ATX2- 17 BTX2­20 ATX2+ 19 BTX2+
22 GND 21 GND
24 ACLK- 23 BTX3­26 ACLK+ 25 BTX3+
28 GND 27 GND
30 ATX3- 29 BCLK­32 ATX3+ 31 BCLK+
34 GND 33 GND
36 DDCPCLK 35 SMBCKL
38 DDCPDATA 37 SMBDATA
40 N/C 39 SPDIFO

Pin Description

1-2 LCDVCC (3.3V)
3-4 LCDVCC (5V)
5-6 LCDVCC (12V)

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To setup the LCD, you need the component below:

1. A panel with LVDS interfaces.

2. An inverter for panel’s backlight power.

3. A LCD cable and an inverter cable.

For the cables, please follow the pin assignment of the c onnec tor to make a c able, becaus e
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-A78, 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 panel type in the BIOS.

The panel type mapping is list below:

BIOS panel type selection form (BIOS Version:1.0)

Single / Dual channel Single / Dual channel

NO. Output format NO. Output format

1 640 x 480 9 1680 x 1050
2 800 x 600 10 1920 x 1200
3 1024 x 768 11 1440 x 900
4 1280 x 1024 12 1600 x 900
5 1400 x 1050 Reduced Blanking 13 1024 x 768
6 1400 x 1050 non-Reduced Blanking 14 1280 x 800
7 1600 x 1200 15 1920 x 1080
8 1366 x 768 16 2048 x 1536

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2.8.3 <VGA Interface>

Connector: CN_CRT
Type: onboard 16-pin connector for CN_VGA connector pitch 2.00mm

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 BR 2 BG
3 BB 4 NC
5 -CRTATCH 6 IOGND1
7 IOGND1 8 IOGND1

9 NC 10 -CRTATCH
11 NC 12 5VCDA
13 5HSYNC 14 5VSYNC
15 5VCLK 16 NC

CN_CRT

2 16

1 15

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2.8.4 <DVI Interface >

The board also comes with a DVI interface with Chrontel for digital video interface.
Connector: CN_DVI
Connector type: 20-pin header connector (pitch = 2.00mm)

Pin Number Assignment Pin Number Assignment

1 +5V 2 N/C
3 HPD 4 Ground
5 TMDSTX0N 6 TMDSTX0P
7 Ground 8 TMDSTX1N

9 TMDSTX1P 10 Ground
11 TMDSTX2N 12 TMDSTX2P
13 Ground 14 TMDSTXCN
15 TMDSTXCP 16 Ground
17 DVI_DA 18 DVI_SL
19 N/C 20 N/C

20 2
19 1

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2.9 <Integrated Audio Interface>

The board integrates onboard audio interface with REALTEK ALC888 code, with Intel
next generation of audio standard as High Definition Audio, it offers more vivid sound
and other advantages than former HD audio compliance.
The main specifications of ALC888 are:

z High-performance DACs with 100dB S/N ratio
z 2 DAC channels support 16/20/24-bit PCM format for 2 audio solution
z Compatible with HD
z Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements

The board provides 2 channels audio phone jacks on rear I/O port, Line-in/MIC-in ports
for front I/O panel through optional cable.

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 N/C
5 Speaker_R 6 MIC Detect
7 SENSE 8 N/C
9 Speaker_L 10 Speaker Detect

10 9

CN_AUDIO

10

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2.10 <USB Interface>

FS-A78 integrates six USB3.0 ports and four USB2.0 ports.

The specifications of USB3.0 are listed below:

Interface USB3.0

The specifications of USB2.0 are list:

CN_USB2-1

10 2 9

1

Controller

Transfer Rate Up to 5Gb/s

Voltage 5V

Interface USB2.0

Controller

Transfer Rate Up to 480Mb/s

Voltage 5V

Intel® Q87

Intel®Q87

CN_USB3-3
CN_USB3-2
CN_USB3-1
1 10

20 11

JVUSB

2 6

1 5

CN_USB2-2

10

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Connector: CN_USB3-1/2/3
Type: 20-pin (2 x 10) header (pitch = 2.0mm)

Pin Description Pin Description

1 VCC (5V_SB/ 5V) 20 NC
2 USB3.0_RX0- 19 VCC (5V_SB/ 5V)
3 USB3.0_RX0+ 18 USB3.0_RX1­4 Ground 17 USB3.0_RX1+
5 USB3.0_TX0- 16 Ground
6 USB3.0_TX0+ 15 USB3.0_TX1­7 Ground 14 USB3.0_TX1+
8 Data0- 13 Ground
9 Data0+ 12 Data1­10 NC 11 Data1+

Connector: CN_USB2-1/2
Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) header (pitch = 2.54mm)

Pin Description Pin Description

1 VCC (5V_SB/ 5V) 2 VCC (5V_SB/ 5V)
3 Data0- 4 Data1­5 Data0+ 6 Data1+
7 Ground 8 Ground
9 Ground 10 N/C

Connector: JVUSB
Type: 6-pin Power select jumper

Pin Description

1-3 & 2-4 5V_SB
3-5 & 4-6 5V

Default: 1-3 & 2-4

Effective patterns of connection: 1-3 & 2-4 or 3-5 & 4-6

2

1

6

5

Warning: others cause damages

2

1

6

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2.11 <Serial Port>

The board supports Three 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: COM1/3/4/5/6
Type: 9-pin D-sub male connector on bracket for COM1

Pin Description Pin Description

1 DCD 2 RXD
3 TXD 4 DTR
5 GND 6 DSR
7 RTS 8 CTS
9 RI 10 N/C

Connector: COM2

Type: 9-pin D-sub male connector on bracket for COM2

Pin Description Pin Description

1 DCD/422TX-/485- 2 RXD/422TX+/485+
3 TXD/422RX+ 4 DTR/422RX­5 GND 6 DSR
7 RTS 8 CTS
9 RI 10 N/C

Setting RS-232 & RS-422 & RS-485 for COM2

JCSEL2

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Function JCSEL2 JCSEL1

IrDA

RS-422

RS-485

RS-232

Default setting:

JCSEL1: (1-3, 2-4, 7-9, 8-10) JCSEL2: (1-2)

Jumper: JP1/JP2 (COM1/2)
Type: onboard 6-pin header

2 8

1 7

2 8

1 7

2 8

1 7

2 8

1 7

2 12

1 11

2 12

1 11

2 12

1 11

2 12

1 11

Power Mode JP1/2

Pin 9 with 5V Power 1-2

Pin 9 with 12V Power 3-4

Standard COM port 5-6

Default setting

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2.12 <MSATA Interface>

The board provides one MSATA socket.

MSATA

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2.13 <GPIO and SMBUS Interface>

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, and a SMBUS (System
Management Bus) interface.

Connector: CN_DIO
Type: 12-pin (6 x 2) 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 5V 12 12V

Connector: CN_SMBUS
Type: 5-pin header for SMBUS Ports

Pin Description

1 VCC
2 N/C
3 SMBDATA
4 SMBCLK
5 Ground

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2.14 <Power Supply and Fan Interface >

2.14.1 <Power Input>

The FS-A78 need Backplane from Standard 24-pin ATX power supply (20-pin is
compatible) and P4 4-pin 12V(Onboard).

CN_12V

2 3 4

1

Connector: CN_12V
Type: 4-pin standard Pentium 4 additional +12V power connector

Pin Description Pin Description

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

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2.14.2 <Fan connector>

The board provides one 4-pin fan connectors supporting smart fan for CPU cooler and
one 3-pin cooler fan connectors for system.

SYSFAN
3

1
4

1
CPUFAN

Connector: CPUFAN
Type: 4-pin fan wafer connector

Pin Description Pin Description

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

Connector: SYSFAN
Type: 3-pin fan wafer connector

Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description

1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense

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2.15 <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

PWRBT+ 11 12 N/C

14 13

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- 13 14 SPK-

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Chapter 3 <System Setup>

3.1 <Audio Configuration>

The board integrates Intel® Q87 with REALTEK® ALC888 code. 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

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3.2 <Display Properties Setting>

Based on Intel Q87 with HD Graphic, 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 Screen resolution > Advanced settings

2. Click Graphics Properties… button for more specificity setup.

Click Graphics Properties... for
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3. This setup options can let you define each device settings.

Click Display Settings to setup
the CRT monitor for Resolution
and Refresh Rate

Click Multiple Displays to
setup the dual display mode
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3.3 <SATA configuration>

SA TA Mode:

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

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3.4 <SATA RAID Configuration>

The board integrates Intel® Q87 PCH with RAID function for Serial ATA drives, and
supports the configurations below:
RAID 0 (Stripping): Two hard drives operating as one drive for optimiz ed 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 th e workable driv e. It
needs two unused drives or one used and one unused drive 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 t wo
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® Windo ws 7 , please
install the Intel® Application Accelerator Ver.4.5 later to support RAID configuration with
Intel® Matrix Storage Technology.

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Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup>

The motherboard uses the Phoenix BIOS for the system configuration. The Phoenix
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 h ere

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 immediately 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: SATA1/2/3/4
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 Ports

Pin Description

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

JCSEL1 must

1

to “SIR

5

A.3 <LAN Port>

Connector: RJ45
Type: RJ45 connector with LED on bracket

Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

8 1

Description MI0+ MI0- MI1+ MI2+ MI2- MI1- MI3+ MI3-

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A.4 <Parallel Port>

Connector: LPT
Type: 26-Pin box header

Pin Description Pin Description

1 -PSTB 14 AFD­2 PRO0 15 ERR­3 PRO1 16 INT­4 PRO2 17 SLIN­5 PRO3 18 Ground
6 PRO4 19 Ground
7 PRO5 20 Ground
8 PRO6 21 Ground
9 PRO7 22 Ground
10 ACK- 23 Ground
11 BUSY 24 Ground
12 PE 25 Ground
13 SLCT 26 N/C

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Appendix B <Flash BIOS>

B.1 <Flash Tool>

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

http://www.phoenix.com/en/home/
http://www.commell.com.tw/Support/Support_SBC.htm

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

B.2 <Flash BIOS Procedure>

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 Fpt.exe to the disk.

4. Power on the system and flash the BIOS.
(Example: C:/Fpt –savemac –f XXX.bin )

5. Restart 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 C <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 2 E 87 ;enter configuration

-o 2E 87

-o 2E 07

-o 2F 09 ;enale GPIO function

-o 2E 30

-o 2F 02 ;enable GPIO configuration

-o 2E F0

-o 2F xx ;set GPIO 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 valus
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-P datasheet.

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Appendix D <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.

Timeout 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 Log ical Device 8
2E, 30 Activate
2F, 01
2E, F5 Set as Second*
2F, 00
2E, F6 Set as 5
2F, 05

* 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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