Commell LS-378 User Manual

LS-378

3.5 inch Motherboard

User’s Manual

Edition 1.3

2013/10/17

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Copyright

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The company has the right to revise the manual or include changes in the specifications
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Packing List:

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

Hardware:

LS-378 3.5“ Miniboard x 1

Cable Kit:

SATA Cable x 2

(1045029)

Printed Matters:

Driver CD (Including User’s Manual) x 1

CPU Cooler x 1

(1190058)

DC Power Cable x 1
(1040433)

USB Cable x 1

(

1040173)

PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Cable x 1

(1040134)

COM Port Cable x 1

(

1040086)

Audio Cable x 1

(1040123)

1 to 3 power output cable x 1

(1040051)

SATA Power Cable x 1

(

1040054

)

DVI module with bracket x 1

(4120008011 & 1040075)

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Index

Chapter 1 <Introduction>.............................................................6

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

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

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>................................................................12

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 Setup>.............................................................................14

2.4.2 <Memory Setup>.......................................................................15

2.5 <CMOS & ATX Setup>...............................................................................16

2.6 <Serial ATA Interface>................................................................................17

2.7 <Ethernet Interface>...................................................................................18

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

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

2.8.2 <Digital Display>........................................................................20

2.8.3 <DVI Interface>..........................................................................25

2.9 <Integrated Audio Interface>...................................................................... 26

2.10 <USB Interface>.......................................................................................28

2.11 <Serial Port>.............................................................................................29

2.12 <PCIE Mini Card and SIM Interface>.......................................................31

2.12.1 <SIM Setup>............................................................................33

2.13 <GPIO and SMBUS Interface>.................................................................35

2.14 <Power Supply and Fan Interface >.........................................................35

2.14 <Power Supply and Fan Interface >.........................................................36

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2.14.1 <Power Input>..........................................................................36

2.14.2 <Power Output>.......................................................................36

2.14.3 <Fan connector>......................................................................37

2.15 <Switch and Indicator>.............................................................................38

Chapter 3 <System Setup>.......................................................39

3.1 <Audio Configuration>................................................................................39

3.2 <Display Properties Setting> ......................................................................40

3.3 <SATA configuration> .................................................................................42

3.4 <SATA RAID Configuration>.......................................................................43

Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup>.............................................................44

Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment>..........................46

A.1 <Serial ATA Port> .......................................................................................46

A.2 <IrDA Port>.................................................................................................46

A.3 <VGA Port>................................................................................................46

A.4 <LAN Port>.................................................................................................46

A.5 <LAN LED Port>.........................................................................................47

A.6 <LPC Port>.................................................................................................47

Appendix B <Flash BIOS>.........................................................48

B.1 <Flash Tool>...............................................................................................48

B.2 <Flash BIOS Procedure> ...........................................................................48

Appendix C <System Resources>......................................49

C.1 <I/O Port Address Map>.............................................................................49

C.2 <Memory Address Map>............................................................................51

C.3 <System DMA & IRQ Resources> .............................................................52

Appendix D <Programming GPIO’s>.................................53

Appendix E <Programming Watchdog Timer >.........54

Contact Information.......................................................................55

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Chapter 1 <Introduction>

1.1 <Product Overview>

LS-378 the 2nd Generation Intel of the 3.5 inch miniboard, supports 2nd Generation

Intel® Core™ i7, Core™ i5, Core™ i3 and Celeron® Mobile Processor and features
Intel QM67 chipset, integrated HD Graphics, DDR3 memory, REALTEK High Definition
Audio, Serial ATA with RAID function for a system and Intel Gigabit LAN.

Intel Sandy Bridge Processor

The 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family mobile is the next generation of
64-bit, multi-core mobile processor built on 32- nanometer process technology. Based
on a new micro-architecture.

New features for Intel QM67 chipset

The board integrates Intel QM67 chipset, supports integrated HD Graphics, built-in high
speed mass storage interface of Serial ATA interface with RAID function, High Definition
Audio with 2 channels surrounding sound.

All in One multimedia solution

Based on Intel QM67 chipset, the board provides high perf ormance onboard graphics,
24-bit dual channel LVDS interface, DVI and 2 channels High Definition Audio, to meet
the very requirement of the multimedia application.

Flexible Extension Interface

The board provides two PCIE mini card socket.

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1.2 <Product Specification>

General Specification

Form Factor 3.5 inch motherboard
CPU 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7, Core™ i5, Core™ i3 and Celeron®

Mobile Processor
Package type: rPGA988B

Memory 1 x DDRIII SO-DIMM 1066/1333/1600 MHz up to 8GB

Non-ECC, unbuffered memory supported only

Chipset Intel QM67
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 2.0 compliant,
Serial ATA Interface 2 x serial ATAIII interface with 600MB/s transfer rate

Support RAID 0, 1and Intel Rapid Storage Technology

VGA Interface Onboard DSUB15 connector for VGA interface
LVDS Interface Onboard 24-bit dual channel LVDS connector with +3.3V/+5V/+12V

supply

DVI Interface Chrontel CH7318 Transmitter with 26-pin DVI connector
Audio Interface Realtek ALC888 HD Audio
LAN Interface Intel 82579LM Gigabit LAN
GPIO interface Onboard programmable 8-bit Digital I/O interface
Extended Interface 2 x PCIE mini card socket,1 x SIM socket
Internal I/O Port 1 x RS232/422/485, 1 x S M B U S , 1 x G P I O , 4 x USB2.0 p o r t s , 1 x IrDA,

1 x DVI ,1 x LVDS, 2 x Serial ATAIII, 1 x Front panel Audio and 1 x CDIN

External I/O Port 1 x PS/2, 1 x LAN port, 1 x VGA port, 2 x USB2.0 ports and 1 x RS232
Power Requirement 9~24V full range DC Input
Dimension 146mm x 101mm
Temperature Operating within 0~60 centigrade

Storage within –20~85 centigrade

Ordering Code

LS-378DXT Intel PGA988B+ QM67 Onboard VGA, LVDS, DVI, LAN, USB2.0,

HD Audio, SATAIII, SMBUS, LPC, SIM, GPIO, PCI Express mini card.

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

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1.3 <Mechanical Drawing>

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1.4 <Block Diagram>

QM67

W25X64 SPI

1 x Intel 82579LM

1 x RS232/422/485

1 x COM & GPIO & IrD

A

2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7,
Core™ i5, Core™ i3
and Celeron® Mobile Processor

1 x 204-pin DDR3
SO-DIMM
1066/1333/1600 MHz
up to 8GB

IO W83627DHG-P

1 x LVDS

6 x USB 2.0

2 x PCI Express mini card

1 x DVI

1 x CRT

2 x Serial ATAIII

ALC888 HD Audio

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Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>

2.1 <Connector Location>

SATA1

SATA2

CN_AUDIO

CD_IN

CN_INV

CN_COM2

CN_DIO CN_SMBUS

CN_IR

JFRNT

SYSFAN

CPUFAN

DC_OUT

DC_IN

CN_USB1

CN_USB2
CN_LPC

CN_LVDS CN_DVI

SIMM

MINI_CARD2

MINI_CARD1

JACT
JSPD

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PS2

RJ45

CRT COM1

SO-DIMM

USB

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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

CN_COM2 RS-232 RS422 RS485 Setting
CN_IR IrDA Setting

JCSEL2

JP2 JCSEL1

JAT

JP1

JRTC

JVLCD

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2.3 <Connector Reference>

2.3.1 <Internal Connectors>

Connector Function Remark

CPU Socket rPGA988B for PGA988 CPU
SO-DIMM 204 -pin DDR3 SO-DIMM socket
SATA 1/2 7-pin Serial ATAIII connector
DC_IN DC 9~24V input connector
DC_OUT 4-pin DC output 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 1/2 5 x 2-pin USB connector
CPUFAN 4-pin CPU cooler fan connector
SYSFAN 3-pin system cooler fan connector
CN_LVDS 20 x 2-pin LVDS connector
CN_INV 5-pin LCD inverter connector
CN_IR 5-pin IrDA connector
CN_COM2 9-pin RS232/485/422
CN_LPC 5 x 2-pin LPC connector

JFRNT

10-pin front panel switch/indicator

connector
Mini-PCIE1/2 52-pin Mini-PCIE socket
JAT Power mode select
JSPD LAN Speed LED connector
JACT LAN Activity LED connector

2.3.2 <External Connectors>

Connector Function Remark

COM1 DB9 Serial port connector
CRT DB15 VGA connector
PS2 PS/2 keyboard and mouse connector
USB Dual USB 2.0 connector
RJ45 RJ45 LAN connector

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2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup>

2.4.1 <CPU Setup>

The board comes with the socket rPGA988 for Intel SandyBridge Processor, Please
follow the instruction to install the CPU properly.

1. Use the flat-type screw drive
to unlock the CPU socket

Unlock wa

y

C

2. Follow the pin direction to install
the processor on the socket

3. Lock the socket

Socket CPU
Check point

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2.4.2 <Memory Setup>

The board provides 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM to support 1066/1333/1600MHz DDR3
memory module up to 8GB.
Non-ECC, unbuffered memory supported only

SO-DIMM

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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

JRTCJAT

3 1

3 1

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2.6 <Serial ATA Interface>

LS-378 has Two Serial ATA III(SATA Port1/2) interfaces with RAID function, the transfer

rate of the Serial ATA III can be up to 600MB/s. Please go to http://www.serialata.org/

for

more about Serial ATA technology information.

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.

SATA1

SATA2

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2.7 <Ethernet Interface>

The board integrates with one Intel 82579LM controllers, The Intel Gigabit Ethernet
supports triple speed of 10/100/1000Base-T, with IEEE802.3 compliance.

RJ45 LAN connector

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2.8 <Onboard Display Interface>

Based on Intel Sandy Bridge CPU with built-in HD Graphic, the board provides one
DB15 connector on real external I/O port, one 40-pin LVDS interface with 5-pin LCD
backlight inverter connector and provides 26-pin DVI interface.
The board provides dual display function with clone mode and extended desktop mode
for CRT, LCD and DVI.

2.8.1 <Analog Display>

Please connect your CRT or LCD monitor with DB15 male connector to the onboard
DB15 female connector on rear I/O port.

CRT

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CN_INV

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.

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

Warning: others cause damages

JVLCD

2

1

5

6

51

1

2

CN_LVDS

1

2

39

40

3

4

5

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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:
E&T 3950-B40C-00R or similar (HIROSE DF13-40DP-1.25V compatible)

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)

Default: 1-2

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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 assignme nt of the c onne ctor to m ake a cable, b ecaus 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 LS-378, 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.

4. To connect all of the devices well.

For sample illustrator only

Panel side

Board side

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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 OEM Keep
6 1400 x 1050 non-Reduced Blanking 14 1280 x 800
7 1680 x 1200 15 1920 x 1080
8 1366 x 768 16 2048 x 1536

BIOS panel type selection form (BIOS Version:2.0)

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 13 800 x 480
6 1400 x 1050 non-Reduced Blanking 14 1280 x 800
7 1680 x 1200 15 1920 x 1080
8 1366 x 768 16 OEM Keep

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2.8.3 <DVI Interface>

Connector: CN_DVI
Connector type: 26-pin header connector (pitch = 2.00mm)

Pin Number Assignment Pin Number Assignment

1 TX1+ 2 TX1­3 Ground 4 Ground
5 TXC+ 6 TXC­7 Ground 8 PVDD
9 N/C 10 N/C

11 TX2+ 12 TX2­13 Ground 14 Ground
15 TX0+ 16 TX0­17 N/C 18 HPDET
19 DDCDATA 20 DDCCLK
21 GND 22 N/C
23 N/C 24 N/C
25 N/C 26 N/C

25

26

1

2

CN_DVI

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CD_IN

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2.9 <Integrated Audio Interface>

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

 High-performance DACs with 100dB S/N ratio
 2 DAC channels support 16/20/24-bit PCM format for 2 audio solution
 16/20/24-bit S/PDIF-OUT supports 44.1K/48K/96kHz sample rate
 Compatible with HD
 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.

1

10

9

2

CN_AUDIO

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Connector: CN_AUDIO

Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) 1.27mm x 2.54mm-pitch header

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

Connector: CDIN

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

Pin Description

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

1 4

1

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2.10 <USB Interface>

LS-378 integrates six USB2.0 ports. The specifications of USB2.0 are listed below:

Interface USB2.0

Controller

Intel®QM67

Transfer Rate Up to 480Mb/s

Voltage 5V

Connector: CN_USB1/2
Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) header (pitch = 2.54mm)

Pin Description Pin Description

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

USB1/2

10

29 1

CN_USB1

CN_USB2

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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
Type: 9-pin D-sub male connector on bracket for COM1/3

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: 10-pin (5 x 2) 1.27mm x 2.54mm-pitch header 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

Jumper: JCSEL1,JCSEL2
Type: 12-pin (6 x 2) & 8-pin (4 x 2) for set COM2 mode jumper

RS232 RS485 RS422 IrDA

JCSEL1

JCSEL2

Default: RS232

COM1

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

Power Mode JP1/2/3/4

Pin 9 with 5V Power 1-2
Pin 9 with 12V Power 3-4
Standard COM port

5-6

Default setting: 5-6

JCSEL1 JCSEL2

1

612

2

5

5

6

JP1

JP2

10 2

CN_COM2

9 1

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2.12 <PCIE Mini Card and SIM Interface>

The board provides two PCIE mini card sockets and a SIM socket.
MINI_CARD1 is the first Mini-PCIe slot for long size Mini-PCIe cards.
Please be noted that the MPX-SDVOD card must be placed in this slot. The
MPX-SDVOD card will not work if it is placed in other slot.
Please also be noted that this slot is the only slot for MPX-SDVOX card but a
customized BIOS is needed for the MPX-SDVOX card. Please contact Commell for
customized BIOS for your MPX-SDVOX card.

MINI_CARD2 is the second Mini-PCIe slot for long size Mini-PCIe cards.
However, if you are trying to use 3G Mini-PCIe card with a SIM card then place your 3G
Mini-PCIe card in this slot and put your SIM card into the SIM card socket beneath this
MINI_CARD2 support 3G PCIE Mini card with SIM.

MINI_CARD1

MINI_CARD2

SIMM

6
7

5 1

3

2

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Connector: SIMM

Type: 6-pin SIM socket

Pin Description Pin Description

1 SIMVCC 2 SIMRST
3 SIMCLK 4 NC
5 GND 6 SIMVPP
7 SIMDATA

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2.12.1 <SIM Setup>

Step1.

SIM card holder is marked by circle.
Slide the cap toward OPEN direction.

Step 2.

Make sure that the cap is now at the OPEN position.

Step 3.

Flip the cap up for inserting a SIM card into.

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Step 4.

Insert a SIM card as shown in the photo.
Be sure that the corner cut is on top and the golden pads are up.

Step 5.

Now, flip down the cap as shown in the photo.

Step 6.

Press down and slide the cap to the CLOSE position.
Be sure that the cap is tightly held with the socket

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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.

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

CN_SMBUS

15

12 2

11 1

CN_DIO

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2.14 <Power Supply and Fan Interface >

2.14.1 <Power Input>

The board requires DC input with 4-pin header, the input voltage range is from 9V to 24V,
for the input current, please take a reference of the power consumption report on
appendix.

Connector: DC_IN
Type: 4-pin DC power connector

Pin Description Pin Description

1 Ground 2 Ground
3 +9~+24V 4 +9~+24V

2.14.2 <Power Output>

Connector: DC_OUT
Type: 4-pin connector for +5V/+12V output

Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description

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

Note: Maximum output current 12V/3A, 5V/3A

DC_IN

1

234

DC_OUT

1

4

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2.14.3 <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.

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

SYSFAN

3
1

CPUFAN

4

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2.15 <Switch and Indicator>

The JFRNT provides front control panel of the board, such as po wer button, reset and
beeper, etc. Please check well before you connecting the cables on the chassis.

Connector: JFRNT
Type: onboard 10-pin (2 x 5) 2.54-pitch header

Function Signal PIN Signal

Power

PWRBT- 1 2 PWRBT+

Speaker

SPK- 3 4 SPK+

HDD LED

HLED- 5 6 HLED+

Power LED

PWRLED- 7 8 PWRLED+

Reset

Reset+ 9 10 Reset-

19 JFRNT

210

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Chapter 3 <System Setup>

3.1 <Audio Configuration>

The board integrates Intel® QM67 with REALTEK® ALC888 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

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3.2 <Display Properties Setting>

Based on Intel QM67 with HD Graphic, the board supp orts two DACs for display devic e 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... for
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 Resolution and
Refresh Rate

Click Intel® Dual Display

Clone to setup the dual

display mode as same screen

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3.3 <SATA configuration>

SATA 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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3.4 <SATA RAID Configuration>

The board integrates Intel® QM77 PCH with RAID function for Serial ATA 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 ap plications 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.

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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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 provid ed h er e

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
Type: 7-pin wafer connector

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND

A.2 <IrDA Port>

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

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 DDCDA
3 BLUE 8 Ground 13 HSYNC
4 N/C 9 N/C 14 VSYNC
5 Ground 10 Ground 15 DDCCLK

A.4 <LAN Port>

Connector: RJ45
Type: RJ45 connector with LED on bracket

Pin Description

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

Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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

1

6

10

1
2
3
4
5

11
12
13
14
15

5

JCSEL1 must

j

ump to “SIR

”

7 1

8 1

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A.5 <LAN LED Port>

Connector: JSPD1/2
Type: 5-pin header for LAN Speed LED connector

When Lan speed 10/100Mbps

When Lan speed 1Gbps

Connector: JATC1/2
Type: 5-pin header for LAN Activity LED connector

A.6 <LPC Port>

Connector: CN_LPC
Type: 10-pin header for LPC Port

Pin Description Pin Description

1 LPC_CLK 2 RESET­3 LFRAME- 4 LAD3
5 LAD2 6 LAD1
7 LAD1 8 +3.3V
9 Ground 10 Ground

Pin Description

1 LED­2 LED+

Pin Description

1 LED+
2 LED-

Pin Description

1 LED­2 LED+

1

2

1

2

2

10

1

9

JACT
JSPD

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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 “Phlash.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 Phlash.exe to the disk.

4. Power on the system and flash the BIOS.
(Example: C:/Pflash XXX.bin /bbl /cvar /sa)

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 <System Resources>

C.1 <I/O Port Address Map>

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C.2 <Memory Address Map>

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C.3 <System DMA & IRQ Resources>
DMA:

IRQ:

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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 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 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.

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 Logical 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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