Acrosser Technology AR-B1660 Operation Manual

AR-B1660--SOCKET 370 PENTIUM III GRADE CPU

CARD WITH VGA/LCD/LAN

Operation Manual

Version 1.0

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1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 1

1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL ...................................................................... 2

1-2. SYSTEM SPECIFICATION ................................................................... 3

1-3. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ..................................................................... 4

2 Technical Summary .......................................................................... 5

2-1. INTERRUPT MAP .......................................................................... 6

2-2. RTC & CMOS RAM MAP ..................................................................... 7

2-3. TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP ............................................................... 8

2-4. I/O & MEMORY MAP ....................................................................... 8

3. HARDWARE CONFIGURATION ................................................................... 10

3-1. JUMPER & CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE .............................................. 11

3-2. COMPONENT LOCATIONS ................................................................... 12

3-3. PACKING LIST .......................................................................... 12

3-4. HOW TO SET JUMPERS .................................................................... 12

3-5. RS232/485 SELECTION ................................................................... 13

3-6. DOC MEMORY ............................................................................ 13

3-7. SYSTEM CLOCK SELECT AND CPU SETTING ................................................... 14

3-8. SERIAL PORT A~D CONNECTOR (CN11) ...................................................... 14

3.9. PC/104 Connector ...................................................................... 15

3-10. Parallel Port Connector (CN8) ........................................................ 17

3-11. FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR (CN7) .................................................... 17

3-12. HARD DISK DRIVE (IDE) CONNECTOR (CN2,CN6) ............................................ 18

3-13. LCD CONNECTOR FOR 36Bit (CN1) ........................................................ 19

3-14. EXTERNAL KEYBOARD & MOUSE CONNECTOR (CN16) ........................................... 21

3-15. RESET SWITCH (J1) .................................................................... 21

3-16. LED (LM1) ............................................................................ 21

3.17. INFRARED CONNECTOR (J5) .............................................................. 21

3-18. EXTERNAL SPEAKER HEADER (J11) ........................................................ 22

3-19. Ethernet RJ-45 Connector (CN12) ...................................................... 22

3-20. VGA CRT CONNECTOR (DB1) .............................................................. 22

3-21. POWER CONTROL CONNECTOR (CN15) ....................................................... 23

3-22. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CONNECTOR (J7) .................................................. 23

3-23. CPU FAN POWER CONNECTOR (J2) ......................................................... 23

3-24. BATTERY JUMPER(JP6) .................................................................. 23

3-25. DOC SOCKET (U3) ...................................................................... 24

3.26. SERIAL PORT A~D SELECT (JP7~JP10) .................................................... 24

3.27. POWER ON CONNECTOR FOR ATX POWER SUPPLY (JP3) ........................................ 24

3.28. 26-PIN AUDIO CONNECTOR (CN9) ......................................................... 24

3.29. POWER CONNECTOR (CN3) ................................................................ 25

3.30. HDD LED HEADER (J3, J12) ............................................................. 25

3.31. LCD POWER (JP1) ...................................................................... 25

3.32. CPU SETTING SYSTEM BUS CLOCK (JP4) ................................................... 26

3.33. RS-485 Header (J14) .................................................................. 26

3.34. PCI SELECT (JP12) .................................................................... 26

3.35. Touch screen Connector (J15) ......................................................... 26

4. SOFTWARE UTILITIES ....................................................................... 27

4-1. Utility CD File ....................................................................... 28

4-2. SETUP ................................................................................. 28

5. AMI BIOS SETUP ........................................................................... 29

5-1. BIOS SETUP OVERVIEW ................................................................... 30

5-2. STANDARD CMOS SETUP ................................................................... 31

5-3. ADVANCED CMOS SETUP ................................................................... 32

5-4. ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP ................................................................ 36

5-5. POWER MANAGEMENT ...................................................................... 39

5-6. PCI/PLUG AND PLAY ..................................................................... 41

5-7. PERIPHERAL SETUP ...................................................................... 43

5-8. AUTO-DETECT HARD DISKS ................................................................ 44

5-9. PASSWORD SETTING ...................................................................... 44

5-10. Setting the Password ................................................................. 44

5-11. Password Checking .................................................................... 44

5-12. LOAD DEFAULT SETTING ................................................................. 44

5-13. BIOS EXIT ............................................................................ 45

5-14. BIOS UPDATE .......................................................................... 46

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1. INTRODUCTION

This chapter describes:

!

About This Manual

! System Specifications

! Safety precautions

Experienced users can skip to chapter 2 on page 5 for Quick Start.

1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL

Thank you for purchasing our AR-B1660--Socket 370 Pentium III Grade CPU Card with VGA / LCD / LAN , fully PC / AT compatible. This manual contains five chapters. By following the instructions herein, you can easily use AR-B1660 CPU board.

Chapter 1 Introduction

This chapter notifies you how to avoid the damages against this CPU Card as well as describes the background of this manual and the specification of AR-B1660..

Chapter 2 Technical Summary

This section gives you the information about the Technical maps.

Chapter 3 Hardware Configuration

This chapter outlines the components' locations and their functions. From this part, you can find how to set jumper and configure this card, as you need.

Chapter 4 Software Utilities

Helpful information about the proper installations of the VGA and LAN function are provided in this chapter.

Chapter 5 AMI BIOS Setup

This chapter indicates you how to set up the BIOS configurations.

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1-2. SYSTEM SPECIFICATION

CPU:

Supports Intel Socket 370 Pentium III up to 850 MHz or Celeron up to 600 MHz

CHIPSET:

INTEL 440BX

RAM MEMORY :

Supports 1 168-pin DIMM(PC-100 SDRAM)sockets, 256Mb max.

CACHE SIZE:

Internal 128KB L2 cache inside the CPU.

ETHERNET:

Uses RT8139C chipset, supports 10/100M Base T with RJ-45 connector built-in LED.

SUPER I/O:

2 PCI IDE---with one 2.54 mm 40-pin connectors, and one 2.0mm 44pin connector.

1 FDC---with 2.54mm 34 -pin connector.

1 Parallel--- with 2.0 mm 26-pin connector. Supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode.

4 RS-232C-COM ports with 2.54mm 40-pin connector located at bracket.

RS-232C/RS485 is selected by jumper and use the same connector.

IrDA uses 2.54mm 5-pin header.

BIOS:

AMI flash BIOS

(256KB, including VGA/LCD/LAN BIOS) Supports utility program for easy to update new version of BIOS.

KEYBOARD/MOUSE:

PS/2 compatible with 2.0mm 6-pin JST connector

BUS INTERFACE:

PC-104, PCI slot

VGA/LCD DISPLAY:

C&T 69000 with 2MB VRAM internally.

CRT-with 2.0mm 10-pin connector .

LCD-with DF9 1.0mm 51-pin connector.(IIDA DF9-51P-1V)

SYSTEM POWER REQUIREMENT:

+5V,16A & +12V,0.15A (typical).

USB:

Built-in 2 ports USB interface with 2.54mm 10-pin headers.

RTC:

Chipset included. Supports ACPI Function with 10 years data retention.

SPEAKER:

Supports on-board buzzer and external speaker. (with 2.5mm 4-pin header).

FLASH DISK:

Supports 1 DiskOnChip Socket 144MB.

H/W MONITORING:

Built-in (Wilnbond WB83783) hardware monitoring chipset.

HEADERS:

2-pin Reset, hard disk LED, and power/watchdog LED.

3-pin CPU cooling fan and Chassis cooling fan.

SWITCHES:

Use SMD DIP switch to select base clock and CPU clock multiplier.

CPU SP:

Separated Vcore and Vio.

CE DESIGN-IN:

Add EMI components to COM ports, Parallel port, CRT, USB, Keyboard, and PS/2 mouse.

Designed in accordance with EMC requirements.

PC BOARD:

6 layers, EMI considered, especially in switching power layout.

BOARD DIMENSION:

Compact size 203mm x 146mm(7.99" x 5.74")

1-3. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Follow the messages hereinafter to protect your systems from damage on all occasions.

Touch a grounded metal object to discharge the static electricity in your body (or ideally, wear a grounded wrist strap)

Stay safe from the electric shock. Don‘t touch any components of this card when the card is on. Always switch off power when the system is not in use.

Disconnect power when changing any hardware devices. For instance, when you connect a jumper or install any cards, a surge of power may damage the electronic components or the whole system.

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2 Technical Summary

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

This chapter focuses on:

RTC & CMOS RAM Map

2-1. INTERRUPT MAP

The equivalent of two 8259 Programmable Interrupt Controllers (PIC) are included on the AR-B1570 board. They accept requests from peripherals, resolve priorities on pending interrupts in service, issue interrupt requests to the

CPU, and provide vectors which are used as acceptance indices by the CPU to determine which interrupt service routine to execute. These two controllers are cascaded with the second controller representing IRQ8 to IRQ15, which is rerouted through IRQ2 on the first controller.

The following is the system information of interrupt levels:

Interrupt Level Description

NMI

CTRL1

IRQ0

IRQ1

IRQ2

CTRL2

Parity check

System timer interrupt from timer 8254 keyboard output buffer full

Rerouting to IRQ8 to IRQ15

IRQ8:Real time clock

IRQ9:Reserved

IRQ10:LAN adapters(based on PCI INT routing)

IRQ12:Reserved for PS/2 mouse

IRQ13:Math.Co-processor

IRQ14:Hard disk adapter

IRQ15:Hard disk adapter

IRQ3

IRQ4

IRQ5

IRQ6

IRQ7

Serial port(depends on setup assignment)

Serial port(depends on setup assignment)

Reserved

Reserved for floppy disk adapter

Parallel port 1

Interrupt Controller

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2-2. RTC & CMOS RAM MAP

CODE ASSIGNMENT

00 Seconds

02 Minutes

04 Hours

06

07

Day of week

Day of month

08 Month

09 Year

0A

0B

Status register A

Status register B

0C

0D

0E

Status register C

Status register D

Diagnostic status byte

15

16

17

18

30

31

32

10 Floppy Disk drive type byte

11 Reserve

12 Hard Disk type byte

13 Reserve

Base memory low byte

Base memory high byte

Extension memory low byte

Extension memory high byte

Reserved for extension memory low byte

Reserved for extension memory high byte

Date Century byte

34-3F Reserve

40-7f Reserved for Chipset Setting Data

2-3. TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP

Timer Channel Map:

Timer

Channel

DMA Channel Map:

0

1

2

Assignment

System timer interrupt

DRAM Refresh request

Speaker tone generator

DMA Channel Assignment

0 Available

2 Floppy Disk adapter

4 Cascade for DMA controller 1

5 Available

6 Available

7 Available

2-4. I/O & MEMORY MAP

Memory Map:

MEMORY MAP ASSIGNMENT

0000000-

009FFFF

00A0000-

00BFFFF

00C0000-

00DFFFF

00E0000-

00EFFFF

00F0000-

00FFFFF

0100000-

FFFFFFF

System memory used by DOS and application

Display buffer memory for VGA/

EGA / CGA / MONOCHROME adapter

Reserved for I/O device BIOS

ROM or RAM buffer.

Reserved for PCI device ROM

System BIOS ROM

System extension memory

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I/O Map:

I/O MAP

000-01F

020-021

022-023

040-05F

070-07F

0A0-0BF

0C0-0DF

1F0-1F8

2B0-2DF

360-36F

3B0-3BF

3F0-3F7

ASSIGNMENT

DMA controller (Master)

Interrupt controller (Master)

Chipset controller registers I/O ports.

Timer control registers.

(8042)

RTC ports & CMOS I/O ports

Interrupt controller (Slave)

DMA controller (Slave)

Hard Disk controller

Graphics adapter controller

Net work ports

Monochrome & Printer adapter

Floppy disk controller

3. HARDWARE CONFIGURATION

Four parts are included:

!

Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table

! Components’ Locations

! Configuration and Jumper settings

! Connector Pin Assignments

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3-1. JUMPER & CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE

SWITCH & JUMPER:

DOC 2000 SEG ............................................................................ JP5

System Clock Select..................................................................... JP4

LCD Power ................................................................................... JP1

SERIAL PORT A~D Voltage Select.............................................. JP7~JP10

BATTERY JUMPER...................................................................... JP6

CONNECTOR:

PC/104 BUS ................................................................................ CN4, CN5

Reset Switch ............................................................................... J1

Floppy Disk Drive Connector ...................................................... CN7

Hard Disk Drive Connector (2.54mm 40pin) ................................ CN2

Hard Disk Drive Connector (2.0mm 44pin) .................................. CN6

Power LED & Hard Disk Drive LED Connector .......................... LM1

LCD Panel Connector ................................................................. CN1

Ethernet RJ-45 Connector .......................................................... CN12

External Audio Connector ........................................................... CN9

Printer Connector ........................................................................ CN8

CPU Fan Power Connector ........................................................ J2

VGA Connector ........................................................................... DB1

IR Connector ............................................................................... J5

Power on connector for ATX Supply ........................................... CN15

Power Control Connector ........................................................... CN3

External Keyboard & Mouse Connector ...................................... CN16

Memory Installing ........................................................................ DIMM1

Disk-On-Chip Socket .................................................................. U3

Serial Port A~D………………………………………………………..CN11

IDE Hard Disk Active LED……………………………………………J3, J12

KEYLOCK & LED CONN……………………………………………..J6

USB Connector………………………………………………………...J7

3-2. COMPONENT LOCATIONS

AR-B1660 Connector, Jumper and Component Locations

3-3. PACKING LIST

# The quick setup manual

# 1 AR-B1660 CPU board

# 2 Hard disk drive adapter cable

# 1 Floppy disk drive adapter cable

# 1 Parallel port adapter cable mounted on one bracket

# 1 software utility CD

# 4 RS-232 and PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard interface cable mounted on bracket

3-4. HOW TO SET JUMPERS

A jumper consists of two or three metal pins with a plastic base mounted on the card, and a small plastic cap (with a metal contact inside) to connect the pins, so you can set up your hardware configuration by

" open

"

or close the pins. The jumper can be combined into sets which called jumper blocks. When the jumpers are all in the block, you have to put them together to set up the hardware configuration. The figure below shows how it looks.

2 PIN

3 PIN

CAP

JUMPERS AND CAP

If a jumper has three pins, for example, labeled PIN1, PIN2, and PIN3, you can either connect PIN1 & PIN2 to create one setting and shorting or connect PIN2 & PIN3 to create another setting. The jumper setting rules are applied throughout this manual.

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3-5. RS232/485 SELECTION

The jumper settings are as follows:

(1) COM 1 & COM4 (RS232)

J10

1

4

7

RS-232

J9

3

6

9

(2) COM 4(RS485)

J10

1

J9

3

4

7

6

9

RS-485

(3) RS-485 Terminator Select (J8)

When there is only one line the setting should be left, butif you are using multiple blocks on a single line this should be set to “ON” in order to properly terminate the connection for better transmission of data.

1

1

2

2

OFF ON

Factory Preset

Figure 0-6 J9: RS-485 Terminator Select

3-6. DOC MEMORY

(1) DOC Memory Mapping Selection (JP5)

A 32-pin DOC socket supports a DOC (Disk-on-Chip) up to 72Mb. This PnP Flash ROM DOC can be installed as one of the user’s hard disk drive. And if set as Drive C, it can be used to boot up the computer with MS-DOS installed. It offers much faster access than a floppy or hard disk and greatly increases reliability under harsh environment.

The DOC Memory Mapping is as follows:

3-7. SYSTEM CLOCK SELECT AND CPU SETTING

1 3 5

2 4 6

1-3 & 2-4:100MHZ

3-5 & 4-6:66MHZ(DEAFAULT)

3-8. SERIAL PORT A~D CONNECTOR (CN11)

CN1

1

2

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

The SERIAL PORT A~D Connector assignments are as follows:

39

40

SERIAL PORT A~D CONNECTOR (CN11)

PIN Signal PIN Signal

1 –DCD1F 2 –DSR1F

3 RXD1F 4 –RTS1F

5 TXD1F 6 –CTS1F

7 –DTR1F 8 –RI1F

9 VCOM1 10 GND


13 RXD2F 14 –RTS2F

15 TXD2F 16 –CTS2F

17 –DTR2F 18 –RI2F

19 VCOM2 20 GND




27 –DTR3F 28 –RI3F

29 VCOM3 30 GND




37 –DTR4F 38 –RI4F

39 VCOM4 40 GND

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2

3.9. PC/104 Connector

(1) 64 Pin PC/104 Connector A & B (CN5)

64

1

64Pin PC/104 Connector

63

PIN Signal PIN Signal PIN Signal PIN Signal

1 –IOCHCK 2 GND 33 SA14 34 –DACK1

11 SD3 12 DREQ2 43 SA9 44 IRQ6

17 SD0 18 (+12V) 49 SA6 50 IRQ3

25 SA18 26 –IOW 57 SA2 58 VCC

27 SA17 28 –IOR 59 SA1 60 OSC

29 SA16 30 –DACK3 61 SA0 62 GND

31 SA15 32 DREQ3 63 GND 64 GND

64 Pin PC/104 Pin Assignments

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(2) 40 Pin PC/104 Connector C & D (CN4)

2

40

1

40Pin PC/104 Connector

40 Pin PC/104 Pin Assignments

39

PIN Signal PIN Signal

1 GND 2 GND

7 LA22 8 IRQ10

11 LA20 12 IRQ12

13 LA19 14 IRQ15

15 LA18 16 IRQ14

19 –MEMR 20 DREQ0

21 –MEMW 22 –DACK5

27 SD10 28 DREQ6

31 SD12 32 DREQ7

33 SD13 34 VCC

37 SD15 38 GND

3-10. Parallel Port Connector (CN8)

To use the parallel port, an adapter cable has to be connected to the CN8 connector (26 pin header type).

The adapter cable is mounted on a bracket and is included in your AR-B1600 package.

The connector for the parallel port is a 25 pin D-type female connector.

2

2

1

# # # # # # # # # # # # #

# # # # # # # # # # # # #

26

25

Parallel Port Connector (26 Pin header)

14 25

1 13

D-Type Connector

Parallel Port Pin Assignment

3-11. FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR (CN7)

FDD: Floppy Disk Drive Connector

You can use a 34-pin daisy-chain cable to connect a two-FDD. One end of this cable is to attach the

FDD on the board; the other end is to attach the two-FDD.

The pin assignments are as follows:

2 34

1 33

PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT

3 GND 4 NC

7 GND 8 INDEX

9 GND 10 MTR0

11 GND 12 DRV1

13 GND 14 DRV0

15 GND 16 MTR1

17 GND 18 DIR

19 GND 20 STEP

25 GND 26 TRK0

31 GND 32 SEL

3-12. HARD DISK DRIVE (IDE) CONNECTOR (CN2,CN6)

IDE1: Hard Disk Drive Connector (CN2)

The AR-B1660 possesses two HDD connectors, IDE1 and IDE2. The pin assignments are as follows:

2

1

40

39

PIN SIGNAL

1 -RESET

3 DATA 7

5 DATA 6

7

9

11

13

DATA 5

DATA 4

DATA 3

DATA 2

8

10

12

14

DATA 10

DATA 11

DATA 12

DATA 13

15

17

DATA 1

DATA 0

16

18

DATA 14

DATA 15

19 GROUND 20 NOT

21 IDEDRQA 22 GROUND

24 GROUND

26 GROUND

27 -CHRDY 28 GROUND

29 DACKA 30 GROUND

31

33

39

-IRQ 14

SA 1

HD LED A

PIN SIGNAL

2 GROUND

4 DATA 8

6 DATA 9

32

34

NOT USED

NOT USED

36 SA2

38 SA1

40 NOT USED

IDE2: Hard Disk Drive Connector (CN6)


2

1

44

43

PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL

1 -RESET 2 GROUND

7

9

11

13

15

17

DATA 5

DATA 4

DATA 3

DATA 2

DATA 1

DATA 0

8

10

12

14

16

18

DATA 10

DATA 11

DATA 12

DATA 13

DATA 14

DATA 15

21 IDEDRQA 22 GROUND

29 DACKA 30 GROUND

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31

33

-IRQ 14

SA 1

32

34

NOT USED

NOT USED

39 HD LED A 40 NOT USED

41 VCC 42 VCC

43 GROUND 44 GROUND

3-13. LCD CONNECTOR FOR 36Bit (CN1)

51

51

1

LCD Pin Assignment

1 FP0 2 FP16

3 FP1 4 FP17

5 FP2 6 FP18

7 FP3 8 FP19

9 FP4 10 FP20

11 FP5 12 FP21

13 FP6 14 FP22

15 FP7 16 FP23

17 LCDVDD 18 LCDVDD

19 FP8 20 FP24

21 FP9 22 FP25

39 M/DE 40 GND

41 VCC 42 FLM

43 VCC 44 GND

47 ENAVEE 48 GND

49 (+12V) 50 LP

51 (+12V) --

Flat Panel Display Interface (continued)

Pin Name

18/24bit 36bit 18/24bit 8-bit(4bp)

16-bit(4bp)

8-bit(4bp)

16-bit(4bp)

24-bit

P28

P29

P30

P31

P24

P25

P26

P27

P32

P33

P34

P35

P20

P21

P22

P23

P16

P17

P18

P19

P12

P13

P14

P15

P8

P9

P10

P11 LD4 R0 G3 SB5

LD3 R1 G4 FG0

LD2 R2 G5 FG1

LD1 R3 G6 FG2

LD0 R4 G7 FG3

FR0

FR1

FR2

FR3

FR4

FR5

SR0

SR1

SR2

SR3

SR4

SR5

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R5

G5

B5

R6

B3

R4

G4

B4

UG1 UB1

UB1 LR1

UR2 LG1

UG2 LB1

LG1 UR2

LB1 UG2

LR2 UB2

LG2 LR2

LG2

LB2

UR3

UG3

UB3

LR3

LG3

LB3

3-14. EXTERNAL KEYBOARD & MOUSE CONNECTOR (CN16)

EXPS2: External PS2 Connector


CN16

○○○○○○

3. GND

4. VCC

1 6

6.

KB CLOCK

PIN ASSIGNMENT

3 GND

4 VCC

3-15. RESET SWITCH (J1)

2 – RS

1 - GND

3-16. LED (LM1)

LM1

1

3

5

2

4

6

1-2:PWR LED

3-4:HDD LED

5-6:HDD LED1

3.17. INFRARED CONNECTOR (J5)

J5

1 5

1- VCC

2- NC

3- IR DATA RECEIVE

4- GND

5- IR DATA TRANSFER

3-18. EXTERNAL SPEAKER HEADER (J11)

1 Vcc

2 X

3 INT BZ

4 BUZ Z

1 Vcc

2 X

3 INT BZ

4 BUZ Z

3-4 On

Enable Internal Buzzer

3-19. Ethernet RJ-45 Connector (CN12)


8 1

Enable External Buzzer

PIN FUNCTION

1 TPTX+

2 TPTX+

3 TPRX+

PIN ASSIGNMENT

6 TPRX-

3-20. VGA CRT CONNECTOR (DB1)

DB1 Connector Pin Assignment

PIN Signal PIN Signal

1 RED 2 AGND

3 GREEN 4 GND

5 BLUE 6 AGND

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3-21. POWER CONTROL CONNECTOR (CN15)

1

1

PSON

2

3

2

3

+5VSB for AT Power for ATX Power

3-22. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CONNECTOR (J7)

2 10

1.Vcc0 5.DATA0+

2.Vcc1 6.DATA1+

3.DATA0- 7.8. GND

4.DATA1- 9.10. GND

1 9

3-23. CPU FAN POWER CONNECTOR (J2)

1. GND

3 2 1 4

2. +12V

5

3-24. BATTERY JUMPER(JP6)

1

1-2:EXTRNAL BATTERY

2

2-3:ON-BOARD BATTERY

3

3-25. DOC SOCKET (U3)

DOC: 32pin Disk-on-chip Socket


PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 NC 17 SD3

2 NC 18 SD4

3 NC 19 SD5

4 SA12 20 SD6

5 SA7 21 SD7

6 SA6 22 CE

7 SA5 23 SA10

8 SA4 24 OE

9 SA3 25 SA11

10 SA2 26 SA9

11 SA1 27 SA8

12 SA0 28 NC

13 SD0 29 NC

14 SD1 30 VCC

15 SD2 31 WR

16 GND 32 VCC

3.26. SERIAL PORT A~D SELECT (JP7~JP10)

1-2 +5V

3-4 +12V

5-6 GND

3.27.

POWER ON CONNECTOR FOR ATX POWER SUPPLY (JP3)

2 1

GND PSON

3.28. 26-PIN AUDIO CONNECTOR (CN9)

1 25

●●●●●●●●●●●●●

●●●●●●●●●●●●●

2 26

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PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL

1 AUXAL 2 LINEL

3 AUXAR 4 LINEL

7 AUDIOL 8 MICPH

11 GND 12 GND

15 GND 16 GND

25 GND 26 GND

Note: the connector does not contain the GAME

(MIDI) port signal. When AR-B9425 audio

card is used with this CPU board, the

GAME port function is not supported.

3.29. POWER CONNECTOR (CN3)

● ● ● ●

1.+12V

2. GND

3. GND

4. +5V

3.30. HDD LED HEADER (J3, J12)

J3

2 – VCC

1 – HD LED

J12

2 – VCC

1 – HD LED

CN6 HDD LED CN2 HDD LED

3.31. LCD POWER (JP1)

1

1-2:USE +5V

2

2-3:USE +3.3V

3

3.32. CPU SETTING SYSTEM BUS CLOCK (JP4)

1

2

1

2

100MHz

3.33. RS-485 Header (J14)

66MHz

3.34. PCI SELECT (JP12)

3.35. Touch screen Connector (J15)

1 2 3

1 GND

2 TXDF

3 RXDF

J15

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4. SOFTWARE UTILITIES

Sections includes:

!

Utility CD File List

! Setup

4-1. Utility CD File

FREEBSD WFW311

LINUX NT351

DMI

WINNTVGA

MSLANMAN.OS2 WD

SCO UW7

TXT WIN95A

WIN98

WINNT4

FILEPATH.LST

MAINNENU.TXT

RSET8139.EXE

VERSION.TXT

HELP8139.EXE

NETRTS.INF

OEMSETUP.INF

README.TXT

RELEASE.DOC

Remark:

1.W98600.EXE is a WIN98 DRIVER for VGA.

2.DRV#1~DRV#2 is ETHERNET DRIVER disk.

3.DRV#4 DISK is INTEL CHIPSET 440BX PIIX4 SETUP DRIVER

4.DRV#5 DISK is SCSI DRIVER FOR WIN95, NT AND WIN98, NT DRIVERS

4-2. SETUP

WIN95 VGA SETUP

To update display driver by choosing display interface card, put disk#5 in driver A, the driver of 65548 will be found, and reboot your system after setup will be ok.

PIIX4 DRIVER SETUP

WIN95: The first step is to execute the INTEL\95\SETUP.EXE in DISK#4, the system will update the driver automatically, the next step is to reboot the system, and then the driver of PIIX4 CHIPSET will be installed to the system correctly.

WINNT: The first step is to execute the INTEL\NT\SETUP.EXE in DISK#4, the system will update the driver automatically, the next step is to reboot the system, and then the driver of PIIX4 CHIPSET will be installed to the system correctly.

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5. AMI BIOS SETUP

The following topics are covered:

!

BIOS Setup Overview

! Standard CMOS Setup

! Advanced CMOS Setup

! Advanced Chipset Setup

!

Power Management

!

PCI/Plug and Play

! Peripheral Setup

!

Hardware Monitor Setup

! Auto-Detect Hard Disks

! Password Setting

! Load Default Setting

! BIOS Exit

!

BIOS Update

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5-1. BIOS SETUP OVERVIEW

The BIOS is a program used to initialize and set up the I/O system of the computer, which includes the PCI bus and connected devices such as the video display, diskette drive, and the keyboard.

The BIOS provides a menu-based interface to the console subsystem. The console subsystem contains special software, called firmware that interacts directly with the hardware components and facilitates interaction between the system hardware and the operating system.

The BIOS Default Values ensure that the system will function at its normal capability. In the worst situation the user may have corrupted the original settings set by the manufacturer.

After the computer is turned on, the BIOS will perform diagnostics on the system and display the size of the memory that is being tested. Press the [Del] key to enter the BIOS Setup program, and then the main menu will show on the screen.

The BIOS Setup main menu includes some options. Use the [Up/Down] arrow key to highlight the option that you wish to modify, and then press the [Enter] key to select the option and configure the functions.

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Standard CMOS Setup

Advanced CMOS Setup

Advanced Chipset Setup

Power Management Setup

PCI/Plug and Play Setup

Peripheral Setup

Hardware Monitor Setup

Auto-Detect Hard Disks

Change User Password

Change Supervisor Password

Auto Configuration with Defaults

Save Settings and Exit

Exit Without Saving

Exit without saving the current settings

ESC: Exit ↑↓: Sel F2/F3: Color F10: Save & Exit

BIOS: Setup Main Menu

CAUTION:

1. The factory-default setting of AR-B1660 is the <Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings>. Acrosser recommends you using the BIOS default settings unless you are very familiar with the settings function. Or you can contact the technical support engineers (FAE).

2. If the BIOS loses the settings, the CMOS will detect the <Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings> to boot the operating system. This option will reduce the performance of the system. Acrosser recommends you choosing the <Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings> in the main menu. This option gives best-case values that should optimize system performance.

3. The BIOS settings are described in detail in this section.

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5-2. STANDARD CMOS SETUP

The <Standard CMOS Setup> option allows you to record some basic system hardware configurations and set the system clock and error handling. If the CPU board is already installed in a working system, you will not need to select this option anymore.

AMIBIOS SETUP – STANDARD CMOS SETUP


Date (mm:dd:yyyy): Tue, Jul 03, 2001 Base Memory: 640 KB

Time (hh:mm:ss): 15:07:14 Extd Memory: 127 MB

Floppy Drive A: 1.44MB 3 1/2

Floppy Drive B: Not Installed

LBA BLK PIO 32 Bit

Type Size Cyln Head Wpcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode

Pri Mater: Not Installed

Pri Slave: Not Installed

Sec Master: Not Installed

Sec Slave: Not Installed

Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled

Month: Jan – Dec ESC: Exit ↑↓: Sel

Day: 01 – 31 PgUp/ PgDn: Modify

Year: 1901 – 2099 F1: Help F2/F3: Color

BIOS: Standard CMOS Setup

Date & Time Setup

Highlight the <Date> field and then press the [Page Up] /[Page Down] or [+]/[-] keys to set the current date.

Follow the month, day and year format.

Highlight the <Time> field and then press the [Page Up] /[Page Down] or [+]/[-] keys to set the current date.

Follow the hour, minute and second format.

The user can bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For information about how to create this file, please refer to the MS-DOS manual.

Floppy Setup

The <Standard CMOS Setup> option records the types of floppy disk drives installed in the system. The available options for drives A and B are:

To enter the configuration value for a particular drive, highlight its corresponding field and then select the drive type using the left-or right-arrow key.

Hard Disk Setup

The BIOS supports various types for user settings, The BIOS supports <Pri Master> and <Pri Slave> so the user can install up to two hard disks. For the master and slave jumpers, please refer to the hard disk’s installation descriptions and the hard disk jumper settings.

You can select <AUTO> under the <TYPE> and <MODE> fields. This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives during bootup. This will allow you to change your hard drives (with the power off) and then power on without having to reconfigure your hard drive type. If you use older hard disk drives which do not support this feature, then you must configure the hard disk drive in the standard method as described above by the

<USER> option.

Please set as “Auto” if slave IDE device which carries FAT16 partition is used to boot up system.

Boot Sector Virus Protection

This option protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications. Any attempt to write to them will cause the system to halt and display a warning message. If this occurs, you can either allow the operation to continue or use a bootable virus-free floppy disk to reboot and investigate your system. The default setting is <

Disabled

>

. This setting is recommended because it conflicts with new operating systems.

Installation of a new operating systems requires that you disable this to prevent write errors.

5-3. ADVANCED CMOS SETUP

The <Advanced CMOS Setup> option consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance, or let you set up some system features according to your preference. Some entries here are required by the CPU board’s design to remain in their default settings.

AMIBIOS SETUP – ADVANCED CMOS SETUP


Quick Boot Enabled

1st Boot Device IDE-1

2nd Boot Device CDROM

3rd Boot Device Disabled

4th Boot Device Disabled

Try Other Boot Devices Yes

Floppy Access Control Read-Write

Hard Disk Access Control Read-Write

S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks Disabled

BootUp Num- Lock On

Floopy Drive Swap Disabled

Floopy Drive Seek Disabled

PS/2 Mouse Support Enabled

Typematic Rate Fast

System Keyboard Absent

Primary Display VGA/ EGA

PASSWORD Check Setup

Boot TO OS/ 2 > 64 MB No

Wait For ‘F1’ If Error Disabled

Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display Enabled

Available Options:

Disabled

$ Enabled

ESC: Exit ↑↓: Sel

PgUp/ PgDn: Modify

F1: Help F2/F3: Color

Advanced CMOS Setup

Quick Boot

This category speeds up the <Power On Self Test> (POST) after you power on the computer. If it is set to

Enabled

, the BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.

1st Boot Device

2nd Boot Device

3rd Boot Device

4th Boot Device

These options determine where the system looks first for an operating system.

Try Other Boot Devices

If you have other bootup device other than the above mentioned devices, such as IDE-0, IDE-1, IDE-3, IDE-

4, Floppy.

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Floppy Access Control

This option determines the floppy access method, which can be either read only or normal (read/write).

When it is set, the data in the floppy is allowed to be read instead of being written.” Normal” allows the floppy to be read or written.

HDD Access Control

This option determines the hard disk access method, which can be either read only or normal (read/write).

When it is set to read only, the data in the hard disk is allowed to be read instead of being written.” Normal” allows the floppy to be read or written.

Available options: Disabled, Enabled

S.M.A.R.T for hard Disks

S.M.A.R.T is abbreviation of Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology. It is reliable and precautious technology. When Hard Disk is in disorder, it prevents Hard Disk from the loss of data.

BootUp Num-Lock

This item is used to activate the Num-Lock function upon system boot. If the setting is on, after a boot, the

Num-Lock light is lit, and the user can automatically use the number keys.

Floppy Drive Swap

The option reverses the drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives in the Swap A, B setting, otherwise you leave the setting to Disabled (No Swap). This works separately from the BIOS Features and floppy disk swap feature. It is functionally the same as physically interchanging the connectors of the floppy disk drives. When <Enabled>, the BIOS swaps the floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes

Drive B, and Drive B becomes Drive A under DOS.

Floppy Drive Seek

If the <Floppy Drive Seek> item is set to

Enabled

, the BIOS will seek the floppy <A> drive one time upon bootup.

PS/2 Mouse Support

The setting of Enabled allows the system to detect a PS/2 mouse on bootup. If it is detected, IRQ12 will be used for the PS/2 mouse. IRQ 12 will be reserved for expansion cards if a PS/2 mouse is not detected.

Disabled

will reserve IRQ12 for expansion cards and therefore the PS/2 mouse will not function.

Typematic Rate

This item specifies the speed at which a keyboard keystroke is repeated.

System Keyboard

The setting of <

Absent

>

allows the system to boot without a keyboard attached to the computer, while the setting of <Present> is in the contrary.

Primary Display

The setting of <

Absent

>

allows the system to boot without a Primary Display attached to the computer, while the setting of <Present> is in the contrary.

Password Check

This option enables password checking every time the computer is powered on or every time the BIOS

Setup is executed. If

Always

is chosen, a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on. If Setup is chosen, the password prompt appears if the BIOS is executed.

Boot to OS/2 >64MB

When using the OS/2 operating system with DRAM of greater than 64MB installed, you need to Enabled this option; otherwise leave this on the setup default of

Disabled

.

Wait for ‘F1’ If Error

AMIBIOS POST error messages are followed by:

Press <F1> to continue

If this option is set to

Disabled

, the AMIBIOS does not wait for you to press the <F1> key after an error message.

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Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display

Set this option to

Disabled

to prevent the following message:

Hit ‘DEL’ if you want to run setup

It will prevent the message from appearing on the first BIOS screen when the computer boots.

Internal Cache

This option specifies the caching algorithm used for the L1 internal cache memory. The settings are:

Setting Description

Disabled Neither L1 internal cache memory on the CPU or

L2 secondary cache memory is enabled.

WriteBack Use the write-back caching algorithm.

WriteThru Use the write-through caching algorithm.

Internal Cache Setting

External Cache

This option specifies the caching algorithm used for the L2 secondary cache memory. The settings are:

Setting Description

Disabled Neither L1 internal cache memory on the CPU or

L2 secondary cache memory is enabled.

WriteBack Use the write-back caching algorithm.

WriteThru Use the write-through caching algorithm.

External Cache Setting

Shadow

These options control the location of the contents of the 16KB of ROM beginning at the specified memory location. If no adapter ROM is using the named ROM area, this area is made available to the local bus.

The settings are:

SETTING DESCRIPTION

Disabled The video ROM is not mapped to RAM. The contents of the video ROM cannot be read from or written to cache memory.

Enabled The contents of C000h - C7FFFh are written to the same address in system memory (RAM) for faster execution.

Cached This option specifies the size of the memory area reserved for legacy ISA adapter cards.

Shadow Setting

5-4. ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP

AMIBIOS SETUP – ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP


Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD Enabled

SDRAM RAS# to CAS# delay 2 SCLKS

SDRAM RAS# Percharge 2 SCLKS

SDRAM CAS# Latency 2 SCLKS

SDRAM Leadoff Cmd Timing Auto

DRAM Integrity Mode Non-ECC

DRAM Refresh Rate 15.6 us

Memory Hole Disabled

Graphics Aperture Size 64 MB

8 bit I / O Recovery Time 1 Sysclk

16 bit I / O Recovery Time 1 Sysclk

Assign IRQ for USB Enabled

ATX Power Supply Controller Disabled

LCD CRT Selection Both

LCD Type #6 640x480 18bit

Available Options:

Disabled

$ Enabled

ESC: Exit ↑↓: Sel

PgUp/ PgDn: Modify

F1: Help F2/F3: Color

BIOS: Advanced Chipset Setup

This option controls the configuration of the board’s chipset. Control keys for this screen are the same as for the previous screen.

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Configure SDRAM Timeing by SPD Enabled

SDRAM RAS# to CAS# delay 2 SCLKs

RAS# Precharge 2 SCLKs

CAS# Latency 3 SCLKs

Loadoff Cmd Timing Auto

DRAM Integrity Mode Non-ECC

Memory Hole Disabled

Graphics Aperture Size 64MB

8bit I/O Recovery Time 1 Sysclk

16bit I/O Recovery Time 1 Sysclk

Available Options :

Disabled

Enabled

USB Keyboard / Mouse Legacy Support Enabled

ATX Power Supply Controller Disabled

LCD CRT Selection Both

LCD Type #5 640x480 TFT

ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel

PgUp/PgDn:Modify

F2/F3:Color

BIOS: Advanced Chipset Setup

Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD:

SPD is the abbreviation Serial Presence Detect. SPD takes accord the chip types, capacity, timing, voltage data. The system can auto adjust memory according to the data to reach the best situation.

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SDRAM RAS# to CAS# delay:

When CPU saveS data from memory, it has to deliver RAS single first, and then CAS single. The item is to set up the interval between two singles.

RAS# Precharge:

This item is the time when RAS has to re-locate.

CAS# Latency:

This item is to set up a certain period of time for the memory to start writing and reading data when memory receives one CAS single.

Loadoff Cmd Timing:

It is the first read-write action under burst pattern

Memory Hole:

This reserves the 15MB to 16MB memory address space for use of ISA expansion cards.

Graphics Aperture Size:

The item is to set up AGP display to use a certain amount of memory to save Texture Data.

8 bit I/O Recovery Time:

The item is to set up CPU to demand ISA Bus 8 bit for the time it recovers.

16 bit I/O Recovery Time:

The item is to set up CPU to demand ISA Bus 16 bit for the time it recovers.

Memory Hole at 15-16 MB

This option specifies the range 15MB to 16MB in memory that cannot be addressed on the ISA bus.

USB Function

This option can enable or disable USB function

USB Keyboard/Mouse Legacy Support

These options are used to <Enabled> the USB function and it’s only useful in the DOS mode.

ATX Power Supply Controller

If the ATX Power Supply Controller function is <Enabled>, the system will get more functions such as shutting down the power by using software.

LCD CRT Selection

This item determines to either use LCD Monitor or CRT Monitor in the system.

LCD Type

This option specifies the resolution of LCD.

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5-5. POWER MANAGEMENT

This section is used to configure the power management features. This <Power management Setup> option allows you to reduce power consumption. This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity.

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Power Management/APM

Green PC Monitor Power State

Video Power Down Mode

Hard Disk Power Down Mode

Hard Disk Time Out (Minute)

Standby Time Out (Minute)

Suspend Time Out (Minute)

Display Activity

Device 6 (Serial port 1)

Device 7 (Serial port 2)

Device 8 (Parallel port)

Device 5 (Floppy disk)

Disabled

Enabled

Enabled

Disabled

Disabled

Monitor

Monitor

Monitor

Ignore

Monitor

Monitor

Monitor

Available Options

Disabled

Enabled

Device 0 (Primary master IDE)

Device 1 (Primary slave IDE)

Monitor

ON

ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel

Device 2 (Secondary master IDE)

Device 3 (Secondary slave IDE)

Last State

Disabled PgUp/PgDn:Modify

BIOS: Power Management Setup

Power Management /APM

Enabled

this option is to enable the power management and APM (Advanced Power Management) features.

Video Power Down Mode

This option specifies the power management which states the video subsystem enters after a specific period of display inactivity has expired.

Hard Disk Power Down Mode

This option specifies the power management which states that the hard disk drive enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired.

Hard Disk time out (minute)

This item is used to set up the initial value of the waiting timer. The Hard Disk will turn into the suspend mode when the time is out if no operation applied to Hard Disk.

Power Down Time Out (minute)

This item is used to set up the initial value of the waiting timer. The System will turn into the Power Down mode when the time is out if no operation applied to system.

Device

These options enable event monitoring. When the computer is in a power saving mode, the activity on the named interrupt request line is monitored by BIOS. When any activity occurs, the computer enters Full On mode.

Restore on AC/Power Loss

This item is to set up the system to restore the last setting after the AC\Power Loss.

Ring Resume From Soft Off

This item is to set up the function of waking up the system from suspend mode and a ring bell while any access coming from Modem.

Lan Resume From Soft Off

This item is to set up the function of waking up the system from suspend mode. When encountering an access, the function will be available if system is fixed with an Ethernet card.

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5-6. PCI/PLUG AND PLAY

This section is used to configure PCI / Plug and Play features. The <PCI & PNP Setup> option configures the PCI bus slots. All PCI bus slots on the system use INTA#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value.

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Plug and Play Aware O/S

Reset Configuration Data

PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks)

Primary GraphicS Adapter

PCI VGA Palette Snoop

DMA Channel 0

DMA Channel 1

DMA Channel 3

DMA Channel 5

DMA Channel 6

DMA Channel 7

IRQ 3

IRQ 4

IRQ 5

IRQ 7

NO Available

NO

64

PCI

NO

YES

Disabled

PnP

PnP

PnP

PnP

PnP

PnP

ISA/EISA

ISA/EISA

PCI/PnP

ISA/EISA

IRQ 9

IRQ 10

IRQ 11

IRQ 12

IRQ 14

IRQ 14

IRQ 15

Reserved Memory Size

Reserved Memory Address

PCI/PnP

ISA/EISA

ISA/EISA

PCI/PnP

ISA/EISA

PCI/PnP

PCI/PnP

32K

CC000

ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel

PgUp/PgDn:Modify

F2/F3:Color

BIOS: PCI / Plug and Play Setup

Plug and Play Aware O/S

Set this option to <

No

>

if the operating system installed in the computer is Plug and Play-aware. The BIOS only detects and enables PnP ISA adapter cards that are required for system boot. The Windows 95 (and above) operating system detects and enables all other PnP-aware adapter cards. Windows 95 (and above) is PnP-aware. Set this option to <

yes

>

if the operating system (such as DOS, OS/2, Windows 3.x) does not use PnP. You must set this option correctly or PnP-aware adapter cards installed in your computer will not be configured properly.

Reset Configuration Data

This sets the operating mode of the boot block area of the BIOS FLASH ROM to allow programming in the

Yes

setting.

PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks)

This option sets latency of all PCI devices on the PCI bus. The settings are in units equal to PCI clocks.

Primary Graphic Adapter

This option is set to use PCI bus or AGP. The AGP mode will get system a faster processing speed.

PCI VGA Palette Snoop

This item is for BIOS to snoop the appearance of VGA palette, and modify it when it is necessary.

DMA & IRQ

These options specify the bus that the named IRQs/DMAs lines are used on. These options allow you to specify IRQs/DMAs for use by legacy ISA adapter cards. These options determine if the BIOS should remove an IRQ/DMA from the pool of availability of IRQs/DMAs passed to the BIOS configurable devices.

If more IRQs/DMAs must be removed from the pool, the end user can use these PCI/PnP Setup options to remove the IRQ/DMA by assigning the option to the ISA/EISA setting. The onboard I/O is configurable with

BIOS.

Reserved Memory Size

This option specifies the size of the memory area reserved for legacy ISA adapter cards.

Reserved Memory Address

This option specifies the beginning address (in hex) of the reserved memory area. The specified ROM memory area is reserved for use by legacy ISA adapter cards.

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5-7. PERIPHERAL SETUP

This section is used to configure the peripheral features.

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OnBoard FDC

OnBoard Serial PortA

OnBoard Serial PortB

Serial PortB Mode

Enabled

3F8h/COM1

2F8h/COM2

Normal

Available Options:

Disabled

Enabled

IR Duplex Mode

IrDA Protocol

OnBoard Serial PortC

OnBoard Serial PortD

OnBoard Parallel Port

Parallel Port Mode

EPP Version

Parallel Port IRQ

Parallel Port DMA Channel

OnBoard IDE

N/A

N/A

3E8h/COM3

2E8h/COM4

378h

Normal

N/A

N/A

N/A

Both

ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel

PgUp/PgDn:Modify

F1: Help F2/F3:Color

BIOS: Peripheral Setup Defaults

OnBoard FDC

This option enables the floppy drive controller on the AR-B1660.

OnBoard Serial Port

This option enables the serial port on the AR-B1660.

IR Port support

This item is to activate the function of Infra-red.

OnBoard Parallel Port

This option enables the parallel port on the AR-B1660.

Parallel Port Mode

This option specifies the parallel port mode. ECP and EPP are both bi-directional data transfer schemes that adhere to the IEEE1284 specifications.

Parallel Port DMA Channel

This option is only available if the setting for the parallel Port Mode option is ECP.

OnBoard IDE

This option is to set up the operating mode of IDE controller. If the main board offer the enhanced I/O port, the choice should be <

enabled

>

.

5-8. AUTO-DETECT HARD DISKS

This option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive, and automatically enters them into the

Standard CMOS Setup screen.

5-9. PASSWORD SETTING

This BIOS Setup has an optional password feature. The system can be configured so that all users must enter a password every time the system boots or when BIOS Setup is executed. The user can set either a

Supervisor password or a User password.

5-10. Setting the Password

Select the appropriate password icon (Supervisor or User) from the Security section of the BIOS Setup main menu. Enter the password and press [Enter]. The screen does not display the characters entered. After the new password is entered, retype the new password as prompted and press [Enter].

If the password confirmation is incorrect, an error message appears. If the new password is entered without error, press [Esc] to return to the BIOS Main Menu. The password is stored in CMOS RAM after the BIOS is exited and saved. Next time the system boots, you are prompted for the password function presented and enabled.

Enter new supervisor password:

5-11. Password Checking

The password check option is enabled in Advanced Setup by choosing either Always (the password prompt appears every time the system is powered on) or Setup (the password prompt appears only when BIOS runs). The password is stored in CMOS RAM. The user can enter a password by typing on the keyboard. As the user selects Supervisor or User, the BIOS prompts for a password. Then the user must set the

Supervisor password before he can set the User password. Enter a 1 to 6 characters password. The password does not appear on the screen when being typed. Make sure you write it down.

5-12. LOAD DEFAULT SETTING

This section permits users to select a group of settings for all BIOS Setup options. Not only can you use these items to quickly set system configuration parameters, you can also choose a group of settings that has a better chance of working when the system is having configuration related problems.

5-12-1. Auto Configuration with Optimal Setting

The user can load the optimal default settings for the BIOS. The Optimal default settings are best-case values that should optimize system performance. If CMOS RAM is corrupted, the optimal settings are loaded automatically.

Load high performance setting (Y/N) ?

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5-12-2. Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Setting

The user can load the Fail-Safe BIOS Setup option settings by selecting the Fail-Safe item from the Default section of the BIOS Setup main menu.

The Fail-Safe settings provide far from optimal system performance, but are the most stable settings. Use this option as a diagnostic aid if the system behaves erratically.

Load failsafe settings (Y/N) ?

5-13. BIOS EXIT

This section is used to exit the BIOS main menu. After making your changes, you can either save them or exit the BIOS menu without saving the new values.

5-13-1. Save Settings and Exit

This item is in the <Standard CMOS Setup>, <Advanced CMOS Setup>, <Advanced Chipset Setup> and the new password (if it has been changed) will be stored in the CMOS. The CMOS checksum is calculated and written into the CMOS.

When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you to save data to CMOS and Exit the Setup.

Save current settings and exit (Y/N) ?

5-13-2. Exit Without Saving

When you select this option, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to help to abandon all the modified data and Exit Setup.

Quit without saving (Y/N) ?

5-14. BIOS UPDATE

The BIOS program instructions are contained within computer chips called FLASH ROMs that are located on your system board. The chips can be electronically reprogrammed, allowing you to upgrade your BIOS firmware without removing and installing chips.

The AR-B1682 provides the FLASH BIOS update function for you to easily update a newer BIOS version.

Please follow these operating steps to update a new BIOS:

Step 1

: Turn on your system and don’t detect the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files.

Step 2

: Insert the FLASH BIOS diskette into the floppy disk drive.

Step 3

: In the MS-DOS mode, you can type the FLASH812 program.

A:\>FLASH812

Step 4

: Press [ALT+F], The <File> box will show the following message, this message will be highlighted.

BIOS Filename Loading … .

After typing in the File name you must press<ENTER> or press <ESC> to exit.

Step 5

: Please enter the file name to the <Enter File Name> box. And the <Message> box will show the following notice.

Are you sure to write this BIOS into flash ROM?

Step 6

: Press the <Enter> key to update the new BIOS.

Then the <Message> box will show the <Programming now …>.

Step 7

: When the BIOS update is successful, the message will show <Flash ROM Update

Completed - Pass>.

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