AR-B1684VSL2/ VSL/ VL2/ VL SOCKET 370 PENTIUM III GRADE CPU CARD WITH VGA/LAN/SCSI Operation Manual Version 1.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE This operation manual is expected to assist both Embedded Computer manufacturers and users in installing and setting up the system. The information contained in this document is subject to change without any notice. This document is copyrighted, 2000, by Acrosser Technology Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved.
1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 1 1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL ........................................................................................................................... 2 1-2. SYSTEM SPECIFICATION...................................................................................................................... 3 1-3. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS .....................................
B-2. RTC & CMOS RAM MAP ...................................................................................................................... 43 B-3. TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP.......................................................................................................... 44 B-4. I/O & MEMORY MAP ............................................................................................................................ 45 APPENDIX C ..................................................................
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 Thanks for purchasing our AR-B1684 serial ---Socket 370 Pentium III Grade CPU Card with VGA / LAN / SCSI, fully PC / AT compatible. This manual contains five chapters. By following the instructions herein, you can easily use AR-B1684 CPU board. AR-B1684 serial CPU card include AR-B1684VSL2, AR-B1684VSL, AR-B1684VL2 and AR-B1684VL. The list below indicates the different. AR-B1684 serial doesn’t keyboard control function.
1-2. SYSTEM SPECIFICATION CPU: Supports 333~1GHz Socket 370 Celeron / Coppermine Pentium III grade CPU CHIPSET: VIA VT8604 (ProSavage PL133) RAM MEMORY: Supports 3 168-pin DIMM (PC-133 SDRAM) sockets, 768Mb max. CACHE SIZE: Internal 128KB L2 cache inside the CPU. ETHERNET: Use dual RT8139Cs chipset, support 10/100M Base T with RJ-45 connectors built-in LEDs. SCSI: Use SYMBIOS53C1010-33 or equivalent, supports two-channel Ultra-Wide SCSI III with 160MB transfer rate and two 68-pin SCSI connectors.
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 WB83782) hardware monitoring chipset. HEADERS: 2-pin Reset, hard disk LED, and power/watchdog LEDs. 3-pin CPU cooling fan and Chassis cooling fan. BUS DRIVER CAP: High driver for 32 TTL level loads (max.) CPU SP: Separated Vcore and Vio. CE DESIGN-IN: Add EMI components to COM ports, Parallel port, CRT, USB, Keyboard, and PS/2 mouse.
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2-1. JUMPER & CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE SWITCH & JUMPER: System Clock Select..................................................................... J3 DOC Memory Mapping................................................................. J7 Clear CMOS Function .................................................................. J4 CONNECTOR: ON AR-B1684: COM1 Connector ........................................................................ COMA COM2 Connector ................................................
2-2. COMPONENT LOCATIONS AR-B1684 Connector, Jumper and Component Locations RST SPK DIMM3 PLKL HDL IDE1 SCSIA DIMM2 JP1 IDE2 DIMM1 8 1 7 FDD SCSIB J3 T.C. LPT JP2 ATX CN1 IR COMA 2 COMB J1 J2 LAN1 PSW J5 J8 J7 CN2 FAN1 J6 CRT U24 KM2 KM1 AR-B9460 Connector, Jumper and Component Locations CN2 CN1 USB1 LAN2 KM1 USB2 2-3.
2-4. SYSTEM CLOCK SELECT AND CPU SETTING (J3) System clock is automatically detected by BIOS. AUTO 133MHz 100MHz 66MHz 2 8 1 7 PIN 1-2 ON OFF OFF OFF PIN 3-4 ON OFF OFF OFF PIN 5-6 OFF OFF OFF ON PIN 7.8 OFF OFF ON ON (Factory Default) 2-5. DOC MEMORY MAPPING (J7) 2 8 1 7 J7 D000H D200H D400H D600H 1-2 ON OFF OFF OFF 3-4 OFF ON OFF OFF 2-6.
2-7. COM2 CONNECTOR (COMB) COMB: COM2 Connector The COMB Connector assignments are as follows: 2 10 1 9 PIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ASSIGNMENT DCD RX TX DTR GND DSR RTS CTS RI NC 2-8. PS2 KB (KM1) DIN: PS2 Connector The PS2 connector can support Keyboard & Mouse. The pin assignments for PS2 Connector are as follows: 6 5 4 3 2 PIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 ASSIGNMENT KBDATA MSDATA GND Vcc KBCLK MSCLK 2-9.
2-10. RESET SWITCH (RST) 1. RS 2. GND 2-11. HDD LED Header (HDL) 1. VCC 2. HD LED 2-12. POWER LED & KEYLOCK CONNECTOR (PLKL) AR-B1684 serial doesn’t keyboard control function. That’s because VT82C686B sourth bridge doesn’t provide this function. 1. PWLED 2. X 3. GND 4. KLOCK 5. GND 2-13. IR CONNECTOR (IR) 1. +5V 2. NC 3. RX 4. GND 5.
2-14. FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR (FDD) 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 and the other one is to attach the two-FDD.
2-15. HARD DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR (IDE1, IDE2) IDE1: Hard Disk Drive Connector (IDE1, IDE2) The AR-B1684 possesses two HDD connectors, IDE1 and IDE2. The pin assignments are as follows: PIN 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 2 40 1 39 SIGNAL -RESET DATA 7 DATA 6 DATA 5 DATA 4 DATA 3 DATA 2 DATA 1 DATA 0 GROUND IDEDRQA -LOW A -LOR A -CHRDY A DACKA -IRQ 14 SA 1 SA 0 CS 0 HD LED A 2-16. SPEAKER/BUZZER (SPK) 1. VCC 2. NC 3. BUZZER 4.
2-17. ETHERNET RJ-45 CONNECTOR (LAN1) The pin assignments are as follows: 8 1 1: TPTX+ 2: TPTX3: TPRX+ 4: Not Used 5: Not Used 6: TPRX7: Not Used 8: Not Used 2-18. VGA CRT CONNECTOR (CRT) 5 1 10 15 6 11 1: Red 2: Green 3: Blue 13: Horizontial 14: Vertical 4, 9, 11, 12, 15: Not Used 5, 10: Ground 6, 7, 8: GND 2-19. WATCHDOG CONNECTOR (J1) 1. VCC 2. WD LED 2-20. SCSI LED Header (J2) 1. VCC 2.
2-21. PRINTER CONNECTOR (LPT) As to link the Printer to the card, a cable is needed to connect both DB25 connector and parallel port. The pin assignments are as follows: 2 26 1 25 PIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ASSIGNMENT STB P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 ACK BUSY PE SLCT PIN 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ASSIGNMENT AUTFE ERROR INIT SLCTIN GND GND GND GND GND GND GND GND NC 2-22. CPU & SYSTEM FAN POWER CONNECTOR (FAN1, J8) 1 3 1: GND 2: +12V 3: FAN Speed 2-23.
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2-25. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CONNECTOR (USB1, USB2) 1 2 3 1 VCC 2 USBD- 3 USBD+ 4 GND 4 2-26. CLEAR CMOS FUNCTION (J5) 1-2 NORMAL (Factory Default) 2-3 CLEAR CMOS 2-27.
2-29. SCSI CONNECTOR ENABLED/DISABLED (JP1, JP2) 1. ISOA 2. GND SCSI PIN1-2 DISABLED ON ENABLED OFF (Factory Default) 1. ISOB 2. GND SCSI PIN1-2 DISABLED ON ENABLED OFF (Factory Default) 2-30. CPLD CONTROL CONNECTOR (J9) 1. VCC 2. TDO 3. TDI 4. N.C 5. N.C 6. TMS 7. GND 8.
2-31. MEMORY INSTALLING AR-B1684 Card will support 3 SDRAM banks.
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3-1. UTILITY DISK FILE 1684_DRV#1 1684_DRV FREEBSD WFW311 LINUX NT351 NDIS2DOS MSLANMAN.DOS NDIS2OS2 MSLANMAN.OS2 NWCLIENT NWSERVER/311 NWSERVER/4X NWSERVER/312 NWSERVER/500 NWSERVER/40 RTSPKT CLIENT32 SCO UW7 TXT WIN95A WIN2000 WINDIAG/WIN2000 W95OSR2 WINDIAG/WIN9X WIN98 WINNT4 FILEPATH.LST MAINNENU.TXT RSET8139.EXE VERSION.TXT HELP8139.EXE NETRTS.INF OEMSETUP.INF README.TXT RELEASE.DOC 1684_DRV#3 1684_DRV#4 1684_DRV#5 1684_DRV#6 DMI INTEL/95 SCSIDRV MANUAL.
3-3. WATCHDOG TIMER CONFIGURATION I/O port address 215h Use Debug.
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4-1. 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.
4-2. STANDARD CMOS SETUP The 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 (C) 1999 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Date (mm/dd/yyyy): Tue Jun 02,1998 Time (hh/mm/ss): 13:39:30 Floppy Drive A: Floppy Drive B: 640KB 63MB 1.
4-3. ADVANCED CMOS SETUP The 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 (C) 1999 American Megatrends, Inc.
HDD Access Control This option determines the hard disk access method, which can be either read only or normal (read/write). When set to read only, the data in the hard disk is being 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.
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 Disabled WriteBack WriteThru Description Neither L1 internal cache memory on the CPU or L2 secondary cache memory is enabled. Use the write-back caching algorithm.
4-4. 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. AMIBIOS SETUP - ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP (C) 1999 American Megatrends, Inc.
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 the USB function and it’s only useful in the DOS mode. ATX Power Supply Controller If the ATX Power Supply Controller function is , the system will get more functions such as shutting down the power by using software.
4-5. POWER MANAGEMENT This section is used to configure the power management features. This 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. MIBIOS SETUP - Power Management Setup (C) 1998 American Megatrends, Inc.
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. Standby Time Out (minute) This item is used to set up the initial value of the waiting timer, the System will turn into the suspend mode when the time is out if no operation applied to system.
4-6. PCI/PLUG AND PLAY This section is used to configure PCI / Plug and Play features. The 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. AMIBIOS SETUP - PCI/PLUG AND PLAY SETUP (C) 1998 American Megatrends, Inc.
PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item is for BIOS to snoop the appearance of VGA palette, and modify it when necessary. PCI IDE BusMaster When Enabled this option specifies that the IDE controller on the PCI local bus has bus mastering capability. PCI Slot1/2/3/4 IRQ Priority The parameters of this item will set a interrupt signal to the PCI device fixed in the 1-4 PCI slot by priority. DMA & IRQ These options specify the bus that the named IRQs/DMAs lines are used on.
4-7. PERIPHERAL SETUP This section is used to configure the peripheral features. AMIBIOS SETUP - PERIPHERAL SETUP (C) 1998 American Megatrends, Inc.
OnBoard IDE This option is to set up the operating mode of IDE controller. If the main board offers the enhanced I/O port, the choice should be . Reset, Power, Sleep Button These options are to activate the Reset, Power, and Sleep function in the ATX Keyboard. 4-8. 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. 4-9. PASSWORD SETTING This BIOS Setup has an optional password feature.
4-12-2. 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 is behaving erratically. Load failsafe settings (Y/N) ? 4-13. BIOS EXIT This section is used to exit the BIOS main menu.
4-14. 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-B1684 provides the FLASH BIOS update function for you to easily to update to a newer BIOS version. Please follow these operating steps to update to new BIOS: Step 1: Turn on your system and don’t detect the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.
APPENDIX A EXPANSION BUS This chapter includes: ! ISA BUS Pin Assignment ! PICMG BUS Pin Assignment ~ Page 38 ~
A-1. ISA BUS PIN ASSIGNMENT COMPONENT SIDE D18 ISA1 ISA2 D1 B31 B1 C1 A31 C18 A1 There are two edge connectors (called “gold fingers“) on this CPU Card. On the right hand is the connector of ISA Bus, beside PCI BUS connector. The ISA-bus connector is divided into two sets: one consists of 62 pins; the other consists of 36 pins.
A-2. PICMG BUS PIN ASSIGNMENT Like ISA-BUS connector, the PICMG-BUS edge connector is divided into two sets as well: one consists of 98 pins, and the other 22 pins. The pin assignments are as follows: F62 F52 F49 E62 E52 E49 F PIN F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 F13 F14 F15 F16 F17 F18 F19 F20 F21 F22 F23 F24 F25 F26 F27 F28 F29 F30 ASSIGNMENT -12V TCK GND TDO +5V +5V INTB# INTD# PRSNT1# NC PRSNT2# GND GND NC GND CLK GND REQ# +5V AD31 AD29 GND AD27 AD25 +3.
APPENDIX B TECHNICAL SUMMARY This chapter focus on: ! Interrupt Map ! RTC & CMOS RAM Map ! Timer & DMA Channels Map ! I / O & Memory Map ~ Page 41 ~
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B-4. I/O & MEMORY MAP Memory Map: MEMORY MAP 0000000009FFFF 00A000000BFFFF 00C000000DFFFF 00E000000EFFFF 00F000000FFFFF 0100000FFFFFFF ASSIGNMENT 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.
APPENDIX C TROUBLE SHOOTING TROUBLE SHOOTING FOR ERROR MESSAGES The following information will present the resolution of trouble encountered as well as the error messages. Adjust the system following the messages below and make sure all the components & connectors are in proper position and firmly attached. If the error still remains, contact with your distributor for maintenance. POST BEEP: There are two kinds of beep codes in BIOS.
MEMORY ADDRESS ERROR: While the memory address error revealed, trace the error location with the memory map in system and replace the bad memory chips. MEMORY SIZE HAS CHANGED: Memory has been added or removed since the last boot. In EISA mode, re-configure the memory configuration by using Configuration Utility. While in ISA mode, enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields. MEMORY VERIFYING ERROR: It indicates an error verifying value has been written to memory.
