COMMELL LV-66A User Manual

LV-66A

Mini-ITX Motherboard

User’s Manual

Edition 1.02

2009/02/17

LV-66A User’s Manual

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Packing List

Please check the package before you starting setup the system

Hardware:

LV-66A series motherboard x 1

Cable Kit:

44-pin ATA33 IDE Cable x 1

26-pin Slim Type Floppy Cable x 1

DVI module with DVI Cable x 1 (LV-66AD series only)

I/O Shield x 1

40-pin ATA100 IDE Cable x 1

Printer Port Cable & COM Port Cable x 1

SATA Cable x 2

Printed Matters:

Driver CD x 1 (Including User’s Manual)

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Index

Chapter 1 <Introduction>

1.1 <Product Overview>.................................................................................7

1.2 <Product Specification>...........................................................................8

1.3 <Mechanical Drawing>...........................................................................10

1.4 <Block Diagram>....................................................................................11

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Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>.........................................................12

2.1 <Connector Location>............................................................................12

2.2 <Jumper Reference> .............................................................................14

2.3 <Connector Reference>.........................................................................15

2.3.1 <Internal Connector>..................................................................15

2.3.2 <External Connector>.................................................................15

2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup>.................................................................... 16

2.4.1<CPU>.........................................................................................16

2.4.2 <Memory> ..................................................................................16

2.5 <CMOS & AT/ATX Setup>.....................................................................17

2.6 <Solid State Disk Interface>...................................................................18

2.7 <Serial ATA Interface>...........................................................................19

2.8 <Floppy Port>......................................................................................... 20

2.9 <LAN Interface>.....................................................................................21

2.10 <Onboard Display Interface>...............................................................22

2.10.1 <Analog VGA Interface> ..........................................................22

2.10.2 <Digital Display>.......................................................................23

2.10.2.1 <LVDS Display> .............................................................23

2.10.2.2 <DVI Display> ................................................................27

2.11 <Onboard Audio Interface>..................................................................28

2.12 <USB2.0 Interface>..............................................................................29

2.13 <GPIO Interface>.................................................................................31

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2.14 <Serial Port Jumper Setting >..............................................................32

2.15 <Fan Connector>.................................................................................34

2.16 <Indicator and Switch>.........................................................................35

2.17 <Power Supply>...................................................................................36

2.17.1 <DC_IN Input>..........................................................................36

2.17.2 <ATX Input> .............................................................................37

Chapter 3 <System Configuration>...........................................39

3.1 <SATA RAID Configuration>..................................................................39

3.2 <Audio Configuration> ...........................................................................42

3.3 <Display Configuration>.........................................................................43

Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup>....................................................................47

Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment>................................. 49

A.1 <IDE Port>.............................................................................................49

A.2 <Floppy Port> ........................................................................................ 51

A.3 <Serial ATA Port>..................................................................................51

A.4 < CRT Port >..........................................................................................52

A.5 <Serial Port>..........................................................................................52

A.6 <LAN Port>............................................................................................52

Appendix B <Flash BIOS>................................................................53

B.1 BIOS Auto Flash Tool .....................................................................53

B.2 Flash Method...................................................................................53

Appendix C <System Resources>............................................. 54

C1.<I/O Port Address Map>................................................................54

C2.<Memory Address Map>................................................................56

C3.<System IRQ Resources>.............................................................58

Appendix D <Programming GPIO’s>.......................................59

Appendix E <Watch Dog timer Setting >............................... 61

Contact Information..............................................................................63

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LV-66A User’s Manual Introduction

Chapter 1 <Introduction>

1.1 <Product Overview>

LV-66A is the Mini-ITX motherboard based on VIA chipset. It integrates VIA embedded

chipset for CN896 with VT8251, two DDR2 400/533/667 SDRAM 64-bit single channel, and serial ATA II supporting 1.5 Gbit/s and 3 Gbit/s transfer rate with RAID 0/1/0+1/5 and JBOD array Technology supported to provide the economical embedded platform.

VIA CN896 & VT8251 Chipset

The board comes with the VIA embedded chipset of CN896, supports two DDR2 400/533/667 SDRAM, Chrome9™ HC Integrated Graphics with 2D / 3D / Video Controllers, The VT8251 provides the board to support Ultra V-Link interface with 1 GB/sec maximum bandwidth, four serial ATA II ports with RAID array function, 8 x USB2.0 ports and 7.1 channels HD audio.

Multimedia solution

Based on VIA CN896 chipset, the board provides single/dual 18/24-bit LVDS or DVI interface, which supports dual independent display with CRT. Onboard HD codec provides the high quality of sound including 7.1-channel stereo DACs.

Two LAN Interface

LV-66A also comes with two Giga LAN interface, support boot-on-LAN and wake-on-LAN

function.

High Speed Hot-plug Interface

Based on VIA VT8251 the board provides 8 USB2.0 interfaces with up to 480Mbps of transferring rate.

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1.2 <Product Specification>

General Specification

Form Factor Mini-ITX motherboard CPU VIA C7 1.5GHz processor

L1/L2 Cache: 64 KB/128KB Front side bus: 400MHz

Memory 2 x 240-pin DDR2 400/533/667 SDRAM up to 4GB Advanced 64-bit

single channel,

Unbufferred, non-ECC memory supported only Chipset VIA CN896 and VT8251 BIOS Phoenix-Award v6.00PG 4Mb PnP 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 VIA VT8251 built-in RTC with lithium battery Enhanced IDE Enhanced IDE interface supports dual channels and up to 4 ATAPI

devices

One 40-pin and one 44-pin IDE port onboard Solid State Disk One Compact Flash Type II (Optional) Serial ATA VIA VT8251 integrates 4 Serial ATA II interface supporting 1.5 Gbit/s and 3

Gbit/s transfer rate

RAID 0/1/0+1/5 and JBOD array Technology supported

Multi-I/O Port

Chipset VIA VT8251 with Winbond W83697HG controller Serial Port One RS-232 external & one internal RS-232/ RS-422/ RS-485 serial ports USB Port Six external & two internal Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports with 480Mbps of

transfer rate Parallel Port One 26-pin internal parallel port Floppy Port One slim type Floppy port K/B & Mouse PS/2 keyboard and mouse GPIO One 12-pin Digital I/O connector with 8-bit programmable I/O interface

Hardware Monitor Fan speed, CPU temperature and voltage monitoring

VGA Display Interface

Chipset VIA CN896 Integrated Chrome9™ HC IGP & Video Controller Core Frequency 250MHz Memory BIOS selectable 64/128/256MB shard with system memory Display Type CRT, LCD monitor with analog display

onboard 18/24-bit single/dual LVDS or DVI

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Connector External DB15 female VGA connector on rear I/O panel

Onboard 40-Pin LVDS connector(LV-66AX series only) Onboard 26-Pin DVI connector(LV-66AD series only)

Ethernet Interface

Chipset REALTEK RTL8111C Type Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver

auto-switching Fast Ethernet Full Duplex flow control (IEEE 802.3x), Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab

Connector Two External RJ45 connectors with LED on rear I/O panel

Audio Interface

Chipset REALTEK ALC888 Interface 7.1 channel surround audio with Line-out and MIC-in Connector Onboard audio connector with pin header and phone jack

Onboard CD-IN connector

Expansive Interface

PCI 1 x PCI slot supports up to two PCI devices through riser card Mini PCI 1 x Mini PCI socket support Mini PCI type II

Power and Environment

Power Requirement Dimension 170 (L) x 170 (H) mm Temperature Operating within 0 ~ 60℃ (32 ~ 140℉)

Standard 20-Pin ATX power supply 12V DC Input (Optional)

Storage within -20 ~ 85℃ (-4 ~ 185℉)

Ordering Code

LV-66A VIA C7 1.5G with Onboard VGA, AUDIO, 1XGiga LAN, USB2.0, COM,

FDD, LPT, GPIO, Mini PCI, SATA and SPDIF

LV-66AD VIA C7 1.5G with Onboard VGA, AUDIO, 2X Giga LAN, USB2.0, COM,

FDD, LPT, GPIO, Mini PCI, SATA, SPDIF and DVI

LV-66AX VIA C7 1.5G with Onboard VGA, AUDIO, 2X Giga LAN, USB2.0, COM,

FDD, LPT, GPIO, Mini PCI, SATA, SPDIF and LVDS

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1.3 <Mechanical Drawing>

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1.4 <Block Diagram>

C7 VIA nanoBGA2

CRT/LCD Monitor

VT1636 LVDS/VT1632A DVI

8 x USB2.0 Ports

HD ALC888

CDIN

SPDIF

BIOS

W83697HG

2 x Serial ports

1 x Floppy port

1 x IrDA

CN896

VT8251

2 x 8111C LAN

Ultra V-Link 533MB/s

2 x 240-pin DDR2 400/533/667

to 4GB

4 x SATA

40-Pin 44-Pin IDE

PCI Mini PCI

1 x Parallel port

8-bit GPIO

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Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>

2.1 <Connector Location>

DDRIIB DDRIIA

CPUFAN

CN_DVI/ CN_LVDS

ATX

SATA2/4 SATA1/3

IDE2

IDE1

SYSFAN

JFRNT

CN_FUSB

CN_IR

JAT

JRTC

PCI

FDD

MINIPCI

CN_DIO

CN_LPT CN_COM2

JCSEL2 JCSEL1

CN_FAUDIO

PS2

USB-RJ45_2

USB-RJ45_1

CN_CRT

USB

CRT+COM

AUDIO

CDIN

SPDIF

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PS2

USB_RJ45_1/2

USB

CRT+COM

170mm

AUDIO

SPDIF CDIN

170mm

14.25’

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2.2 <Jumper Reference>

Jumper Function

JRTC CMOS Operating/Clear Setting JVLCD LCD Panel Voltage Setting (LV-66AX series only) JAT AT/ATX mode setting JCSEL1/2 CN_COM2 RS232/422/485 mode setting

JAT

JRTC

JCSEL2

JCSEL1

JVLCD

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2.3 <Connector Reference>

2.3.1 <Internal Connector>

Connector Function Remark

DDRIIA&DDRIIB 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM Standard IDE1 40-pin primary IDE connector Standard IDE2 44-pin secondary IDE connector Slim FDD 26-pin slim type floppy connector Slim SATA1/2/3/4 7-pin Serial ATA connector Standard CN_FAUDIO 5 x 2-pin audio connector Standard CDIN 4-pin CD-ROM audio input connector Standard CN_DIO 6 x 2-pin digital I/O connector Standard CN_FUSB 5 x 2-pin USB connector Standard CPUFAN 3-pin CPU cooler fan connector Standard SYSFAN 3-pin system cooler fan connector Standard CN_COM2 5 x 2-pin RS232 serial port Standard CN_LVDS 20 x 2-pin LVDS LCD interface(LV-66AX

series only)

CN_INV 5-pin LCD inverter connector (LV-66AX series

only) JVLCD 3 x 2-pin LCD connector(LV-66AX series only) Standard PCI Slim 32bit PCI slot Slim MINIPCI Mini-PCI socket Standard CN_LPT 13 x 2-pin printer connector Standard CN_DVI 26-Pin connector(LV-66AD series only) Standard JFRNT 14-pin switch/indicator connector Standard CN_IR 5 x 1-pin IR connector Standard

Standard

2.3.2 <External Connector>

Connector Function Remark

CRT+COM DB15 VGA connector+ DB9 Serial port connector Standard USB_RJ45_1&2 6 x USB and 2 x RJ45 LAN connector Standard PS/2 PS/2 keyboard and mouse connector Standard AUDIO 7.1 channel surround audio Standard SPDIF SPDIF connector Standard

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2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup>

2.4.1<CPU>

The board supports VIA C7 processor, default ratio is C7 1.5G 12W with cooler.

2.4.2 <Memory>

The board supports two 240-pin DDR2 400/533/667 SDRAM and up to 4GB Advanced 64-bit single channel, of capacity, only non-ECC, unbuffered memory is supported.

DDRIIA&DDRIIB

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 & AT/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

Jumper: JAT Type: Onboard 3-pin jumper

JAT Mode

1-2 AT mode 2-3 ATX mode

Default setting

JRTC

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2.6 <Solid State Disk Interface>

The board has one Compact Flash Type II socket on the solder side, with jumper JCFSEL for CF master/slave mode selection. (Optional)

Jumper: JCFSEL Type: Onboard 3-pin jumper

JCFSEL Mode

1-2 Master mode 2-3 Slave mode

Default setting

JCFSEL

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2.7 <Serial ATA Interface>

Based on VIA VT8251 Southbridge, the board supports four Serial ATA interfaces with RAID array function. The following is the list of the specification of the Serial ATA.

1. Complies with Serial ATA Specification Revision 1.0

2. Complies with Serial ATA II Specification.

3. Supports up to 4 S-ATA devices: 4 SATA II AHCI Bus Masters or 2 SATA I Bus Masters.

4. Integrated S-ATA PHY supporting 1.5 Gbit/s and 3 Gbit/s transfer rate.

5. Supports up to 32 entries command queue for each device.

6. Supports port multiplier.

7. Supports multiple RAID configurations - including RAID Level 0, RAID Level 1, RAID Level 0+1, RAID Level 5 and JBOD.

For more information please visit VIA website (http://www.via.com.tw/en/index.jsp)

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