User`s guide

AR-B1476 User’s Guide
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Table of Contents
0. PREFACE ...........................................................................................................................................................0-3
0.1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER......................................................................................................................... 0-3
0.2 WELCOME TO THE AR-B1476 CPU BOARD.................................................................................................................... 0-3
0.3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE ...................................................................................................................................... 0-3
0.4 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE .................................................................................................................... 0-3
0.5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER COMMENTS ............................................................................................................ 0-3
0.6 ORGANIZATION................................................................................................................................................................ 0-4
0.7 STATIC ELECTRICITY PRECAUTIONS............................................................................................................................ 0-4
1. OVERVIEW.........................................................................................................................................................1-1
1.1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................................ 1-1
1.2 PACKING LIST .................................................................................................................................................................. 1-2
1.3 FEATURES........................................................................................................................................................................ 1-2
2. SYSTEM CONTROLLER....................................................................................................................................2-1
2.1 DMA CONTROLLER.......................................................................................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 KEYBOARD CONTROLLER.............................................................................................................................................. 2-1
2.3 INTERRUPT CONTROLLER.............................................................................................................................................. 2-2
2.3.1 I/O Port Address Map................................................................................................................................................. 2-3
2.3.2 I/O Channel Pin Assignment (Bus1) ........................................................................................................................... 2-3
2.4 REAL-TIME CLOCK AND NON-VOLATILE RAM............................................................................................................... 2-5
2.5 TIMER................................................................................................................................................................................ 2-5
2.6 SERIAL PORT ................................................................................................................................................................... 2-6
2.7 PARALLEL PORT .............................................................................................................................................................. 2-8
3. SETTING UP THE SYSTEM...............................................................................................................................3-1
3.1 OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................................................................ 3-1
3.2 SYSTEM SETTING............................................................................................................................................................ 3-2
3.2.1 Hard Disk (IDE) Connector (CN1)............................................................................................................................... 3-2
3.2.2 FDD Port Connector (CN2)......................................................................................................................................... 3-3
3.2.3 Parallel Port Connector (CN4).................................................................................................................................... 3-3
3.2.4 PC/104 Connector...................................................................................................................................................... 3-4
3.2.5 LED Header ............................................................................................................................................................... 3-6
3.2.6 Serial Port .................................................................................................................................................................. 3-7
3.2.7 Keyboard Connector (CN9 & J9) ................................................................................................................................ 3-9
3.2.8 External Speaker Header (J2) .................................................................................................................................... 3-9
3.2.9 Power Connector (J10)............................................................................................................................................... 3-9
3.2.10 Reset Header (J8)................................................................................................................................................ 3-10
3.2.11 PS/2 Mouse Connector......................................................................................................................................... 3-10
3.2.12 CPU Setting ......................................................................................................................................................... 3-11
3.2.13 Memory Setting.................................................................................................................................................... 3-12
3.2.14 DiskOnChip Installation (SW1) ............................................................................................................................. 3-13
4. CRT/LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY.....................................................................................................................4-1
4.1 CRT CONNECTOR (DB1).................................................................................................................................................. 4-1
4.2 LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY.............................................................................................................................................. 4-1
4.2.1 Inverter Board Description.......................................................................................................................................... 4-2
4.2.2 LCD Connector........................................................................................................................................................... 4-2
4.3 SUPPORTED LCD PANEL ................................................................................................................................................ 4-3
5. INSTALLATION..................................................................................................................................................5-1
5.1 OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................................................................ 5-1
5.2 UTILITY DISKETTE ........................................................................................................................................................... 5-1
5.2.1 VGA Driver................................................................................................................................................................. 5-2
5.2.2 BIOS FLASH Utility..................................................................................................................................................... 5-4
5.3 WATCHDOG TIMER.......................................................................................................................................................... 5-5
5.3.1 Watchdog Timer Setting............................................................................................................................................. 5-5
5.3.2 Watchdog Timer Enabled ........................................................................................................................................... 5-6
5.3.3 Watchdog Timer Trigger............................................................................................................................................. 5-6
5.3.4 Watchdog Timer Disabled .......................................................................................................................................... 5-6
6. BIOS CONSOLE.................................................................................................................................................6-1
6.1 BIOS SETUP OVERVIEW.................................................................................................................................................. 6-1
6.2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP............................................................................................................................................... 6-2
6.3 ADVANCED CMOS SETUP............................................................................................................................................... 6-3
6.4 ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP .......................................................................................................................................... 6-6
6.5 PERIPHERAL SETUP........................................................................................................................................................ 6-7
6.6 AUTO-DETECT HARD DISKS ........................................................................................................................................... 6-7
6.7 PASSWORD SETTING...................................................................................................................................................... 6-8
6.7.1 Setting Password ....................................................................................................................................................... 6-8