Commell FS-979 manual

FS-979 Full-size PICMG CPU Card User ’ s Manual Edition: 1.1 1 2004/12/24[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual 2 Copyright Copyright 2003 - 2004. All rights reserve d. Th is document is copyrighted and all rights are reserved. The information in this document is subject to ch ange without prior notic e to make improvements to the products. This document contains pr oprietar y information an d protected by copyrigh t. No part of this[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Packing List 3 Packing List: Please check the packing list before you start to apply this production. Hardware: FS-979 Full-siz e PICMG CPU Card x 1 Cable Kit: Floppy flat cabl e x 1 40-pin A T A100 IDE flat cable x 1 DB25 & DB9 cable w ith bracket x 1 ( FS-979VDL only ) Dual DB9 cable w ith bracket x 1 ( FS-979VDG3 onl[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Packing List 4 DVI module w ith bracket x 1 Audio cable w ith bracket x 1 4-pin to 3-pin A TX cable x 1 RAID drivers Disc for Win dow s 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Cab le x 1 Audio & VG A cable with bracket x 1 ( FS-979VDG3 only) CD Content: Drivers User ’s Manual[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Packing List 5 Inde x Chapter 1 <Introdu ction > ..................................................................................... 7 1.1 <Product Overview> ................................................................................. 7 1.2 <Product S pecification> ..................................[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Index 6 Chapter 3 <S ystem Configuration> ................................................................... 33 3.1 <SA T A Configuration> ............................................................................ 33 3.2 <SA T A RAID Configur ation> ......................................................[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Introduction Product Overv iew 7 Chapter 1 <Introduction> 1.1 <Product Overview> FS-979 is the Full-size sing le board computer with last Intel desktop technology with PICMG form factor . Based on Intel ® 915GV and ICH 6R, the board i ntegrates a ne w Pentium 4 processor 775-pin socket, DDR2 memory socket, and [...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Introduction Product S pecification 8 1.2 <Product S pecification> General S pecification Form Factor Full-size PICMG Single Board Computer PICMG version 1.0 (Rev. 2.0), PCI version 2.0 compliant CPU Intel ® Pentium 4 processor with LGA775 socket Package type: 775 pin PLGA L2 Cache: 1MB / Fr ont side bus: 800MHz (2 0[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Introduction Product S pecification 9 Ethernet Interface Chipset Intel ® PRO/100 LAN interface with 82562E Z PHY Or Marvell ® Gigabit LAN interface with E8053 PCIE controller 82562EZ 10Base-T / 100Base-T X auto-switching Fast Ethernet Full duplex, IEEE802.3U compliant Type E8053 10Base-T / 100Base-T X/1000Base-T auto-swit[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Introduction Component Placement 10 1.3 <Component Placement> Intel 82562EZ (LAN) Winbond W83627THF (Super I/O) SA T A ISA Bridge USB2.0 Comp ac t Flash ICH6R (Southbridge ) ALC201A ( A udio ) 915G (Northbridge ) CH7307B-DE (DVI) DDR2 (Memor y) LGA775 (CPU)[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Introduction Block Diagram 1 1 1.4 <Block Diagram> Intel Pentium 4 with 775 p i n PL GA processo r 6.4GB/s Intel GMA900 Graphics 4 x 240-pin DDR2 400/533MHz up to 4GB DVI SDVO CH7307B-DE Intel 915G GMCH 2GB/s DMI 150MB/s 4 x Serial A T A port s 2 x Serial port s 1 x Floppy ports IrDA 1 x Parallel ports 8-bit GPIO 4 x [...]

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FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup Connector Loca tion 13 Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup> 2.1 <Connector Location> LPT IDE1 C N _ V G A VGA RJ45_1 COM1 PS2 CN_A TKB CN_COM2 CN_DIO CN_IR S_A T A 2 S_A T A 1 CDIN CN_AUDIO NBF AN CN_DVI CPU JFRNT SYSF A N CPUF AN LA N_LE D CN_USB1 CN_USB0 CF (Solder Side) S_A T A 4 S_A T A 3 DIMMA_1 DIMMA[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardw are Setup Connector Reference 14 2.2 <Connector Reference> 2.2.1 <Internal Co n n ector> Connector Function Remark CPU LGA775 CPU socket S tandard DIMMA_1/2 240 –pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM socket S tandard DIMMB_1/2 240 –pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM socket S tandard IDE1 40-pin primar y IDE connector S tandard FDD 26[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup Jumper Refer ence 15 2.3 <Jumper Reference> Jumper Function JRTC CMOS Operating/Clear Setting JDOM IDE1 Pin-20 voltage setting JCFSEL Compact Flash address setting JCSEL1 COM2 communication mode setting JCSEL2 COM2 communication mode setting JCSEL1 JCSEL2 JDOM JCFSEL JRTC[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup CPU Inst allation 16 2.4 <CPU and Memory inst allation> 2.4.1 <CPU Inst allation> FS-979 has a LGA755 CPU socket onboar d; please check follo wing steps to inst all the processor properly . Intel ® Pentium 4 processor Package type: 7 75 pin P LG A L2 Cache: 1MB FSB: 800MHz (200MHz x 4) Manufactu[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup Memory inst allation 17 2.4.2 <Memory Installation> FS-979 has four 240-pin DD R2 DIMM support up to 4GB of memory capacity . The memory frequency supports 400/533 MHz (100MHz x 4 or 133MHz x 4). Only Non-ECC memor y is supported. Dual-Channel tec hnology is supported while appl ying two same modules o[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup CMOS Setup 18 2.5 <CMOS Setup> The board’s d ata of CMOS can be setting in BIOS. If the board refuses to boot due to inappropriate CMOS settings, here is ho w to proc eed to clear (reset) t he CMOS to i ts default values. Jumper: JRTC T ype: Onboard 3 -pin jumper JRTC Mode 1-2 Clear CMOS 2-3 Normal O[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup Enhanced IDE Interface 19 2.6 <Enhanced IDE Interface> The Intel ® ICH6R (south br idge chip) s upports one enhanc ed IDE interface, dua l channel for two A T API devices with A T A100. Based on this function, FS-979 has one 40-pin ID E connector with jumper selectable for pin-20 +5V supported. The ju[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup Serial A T A Interface 20 2.7 <Serial A T A interface> FS-979 has four Serial A T A interfaces with RAID function, the transfer rate of the Serial A T A can be up to 150MB/s. Please go to http://www .serialata.org/ for more about Serial A T A technology informati on. Based on Intel ® ICH6R, it support[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup LAN Inte rface 21 2.8 <LAN Interface> The board comes with an Intel PRO/100 LAN with 82562 EZ PHY , or up to three Marvell E8053 Gigabit LAN with PCI-Express 1x. The PC I-Express is the last expansion interfac e technology , for its serial data transfer scheme, each 1x lane will b e up to 5 00MB/s (dup[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup Audio Interface 22 2.9 <Audio Interface> FS-979 integrated with REAL TE K ® ALC201A Codec for 2 channel sound output. It suppor ts 18-bit stereo full-duple x, compliant wi th AC97 Rev .2.2 specifications. Connector: CN_AUDIO Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) header (pitch = 2.54mm) Pin Description Pin Description [...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup Display Interface 23 2.10 <Display Interface> FS-979 integrates with Intel ® 915G GMCH for Intel Graphic Medi a Accelerator (GMA) 900 technology . It supports Intel ® DVMT (Dynamic V ideo M emory T echnology) 3.0 for u p to 224MB frame buffer size shared with system memory . With a 333MHz c ore and D[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup Display Interface 24 Connector: CN_DVI Connector type: 26-pin header connector (pitch = 2.00mm) Pin Number A ssignment Pin Number Assignm ent 1 TMDS_TX1+ 2 T MDS_TX1- 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 TMDS_TXC+ 6 TMDS_T XC- 7 Ground 8 PVDD 9 N/C 10 N/C 1 1 TMDS_ TX2 + 12 TMDS_ TX2 - 13 Ground 14 Ground 15 TMDS_TX0+ 16 T M[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup Compact Flash Interface 25 2.1 1 <Comp act Flash Interface> The board has one Com pact Flash T y pe-II socket, users can ap ply embe dded system on CF card or Micro driv es, the jumper JCFSEL can l et you select op erating mode under master or slave. The Compact Flash socket supports storage type only [...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup USB2.0 Interface 26 2.12 <USB2.0 Interface> The board supports 4 USB2.0 ports base d on Intel ® ICH6R, which can support up to 480Mbps of transfer rate, and offer 500mA for maxim um rati ng. The Intel ® ICH6R contains and Enhanced Host Controller Interface ( EHCI) and four Universal Host Controller I[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup Power Conn ectors 2.13 <Power and Fan Inst allation> The board co mes with a 4-pin A T power connector and a 4-p in additi onal 12V po wer connector for powering the board, three fan conn ectors for Northbridge, CPU and system. The board als o provides a 3-pin A TX function connector . Y ou c an just c[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup Fan Connectors 28 2.13.2 <Fan Conn ectors> Connector: CPUF AN Type: 4-pin fan wafer connector Pin Description Pin Description 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Fan Spee d Det ection 4 Fan Control Connector: NBF AN , SYSFAN Type: 3-pin fan wafer connector Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description 1 Ground 2 +12V [...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup Serial Port Configuration 29 2.14 <Serial Port Configuration> The board supports one RS232 serial port a nd one jumper selectable RS2 32/422/485 ser ial ports. The jumper JCSEL1 & JCSEL2 can let you configure the communic ating modes for COM2. Jumper: JCSEL1/2 Type: onboard 12-, 6-pi n he ader COM2[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup GPIO Interface 30 2.15 <GPIO Interface> The board provides a 12-pin General Purp ose I/O interface, with programmable 8-bit I/O (4-bit input & 4-bit output). Connector: CN_DIO Type: onboard 2 x 6- pin header, pitch= 2.0m m Pin Description Pin Description 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 GP10 4 GP14 5 GP11 6 GP1[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual H ardware Setup Switch an d Ind icator 31 2.16 <Switch and Indicator> The JFRNT provides front co ntrol pane l of the board, such as power button, rese t and beeper , etc. Please check well before you connecti ng the cables on the chassis. Connector: JFRNT Type: onboard 14-p in (2 x 7) 2.54-pitch hea der Function Sign[...]

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FS-979 User ’ s Manual S ystem Configuration SA T A Configuration 33 Chapter 3 <System Configuration> 3.1 <SA T A Configuration> Based on Intel ® ICH6R Southbridge ch ip, the board su pports 4 Serial A T A ports; please follow the touring guide to setup your Serial A T A devices. For Windows 98/SE/ME, Windows NT4.0 and DOS system, th[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Syste m Configuration SA T A Configu ration 34 SA T A Mode: This option can let you select whether the Se rial A T A hard drives would work under normal IDE mode or RAID mode. The RAID m ode need more than one HDD is ap plie d. Once you enable the RAID mo de, the boot-u p screen would pop u p the RAID configuratio n option [...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Syste m Configuration SA T A Configuration 35 On-Chip Serial A T A mod e: This option can let you select oper ation modes of Serial A T A drives. Disabled: T o disable the onbo ard Serial A T A controller . Au to : T o allo w the system select the optimized mode automatically . Combined mode: P A T A and SA T A work as two [...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Syste m Configuration SA T A RA ID Configuration 36 3.2 <SA T A RAID Configuration> The board inte grates Intel ® ICH6R with RAID function for Serial A T A drives, and suppor ts the configurations belo w: RAID 0 (S tripping) : T w o hard driv es operating as one drive for opti mized data R/W performance. It needs t w[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Syste m Configuration SA T A R AID Confi guration 37 Y ou can setup the RAID under oper ation system for Microsoft ® Windo ws XP SP1 or Windows 2000 SP4 version, p lease install the Intel ® Applic ation Accelerat or V er .4.5 later to support RAID configuration with Intel ® Matrix S torage T echnology . 1. Af ter install[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Syste m Configuration SA T A RA ID Configuration 38 3. Please select t wo hard drives to prepare to set the RAID volume 4. S pecify the V olume size T une this bar to specify the volume size, if you specify the volume size lower than maxi mum, you can create a second volume for another RA ID s et. (Make RAID 0+1 on onl y tw[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Syste m Configuration V ideo Memory Setup 39 3.3 <V ideo Memory Setup> Based on Intel ® 915G chipset with GMA (Graphic Media Accelerator) 900, the board supports Intel ® DVMT (Dynamic V ide o Memory T echnol ogy) 3.0, which would allo w the video memory be triggere d up to 224MB. T o support DVMT , you need t o inst[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual S ystem Configuration V ideo Memory Setup 40 Fixed + DVMT Memory Size: Y ou c an select the fixed amount an d the DVMT amount at the same time for a guar anteed video memory and add itional dynamic video memor y , please check the table below for available setting. System Memory On-Chip Frame Buffer Size Fixed Memory Size D[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Syste m Configuration Display Properties Setting 41 3.4 <Display Properties Setting> Based on Intel 915G GMCH with GMA 900 (Graphi c Media Accelerator), the board supports two DACs for display devic e as different resolution and color bit. Please install the Intel Graphic Driver bef ore you starting setup display devi[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual Syste m Configuration Display Propertie s Setting 42 3. This setup options can let you define each device setting s . Click Monitor t o setup the CR T monitor for Colors, Resolution and Refresh Rat e Click Digi t al Displa y to setup the DVI monitor for Colors, and Resolution Click Intel® Dual Display Clone to se tup the d[...]

FS-979 User ’s Manu al BIOS Setup BIOS Setup 43 Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup> The motherboard uses the Award BIOS fo r the system config uration. T he Award BIOS in the single board computer is a cust omized versi on of the industrial standar d BIOS for IBM PC AT-compatible computers. It supports Intel x86 an d compatible CPU architecture based pr[...]

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FS-979 User ’ s Manual I/O Port Pin Assignment IDE Port 45 Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment> A.1 IDE Port 2 40 Connector: IDE1 Type: 40-pin (20 x 2) bo x hea der 39 1 Pin Description Pin Description 1 Reset 2 Ground 3 D7 4 D8 5 D6 6 D9 7 D5 8 D10 9 D4 10 D11 11 D3 12 D12 13 D2 14 D13 15 D1 16 D14 17 D0 18 D15 19 Ground 20 VCC 21 REQ 22 G[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual I/O Port Pin Assignment Floppy Port 46 A.3 < Floppy Port > 34 2 Connector: Floppy Type: 34-pin (2 x 17) head er 33 1 Pin Description Pin Description 1 Ground 2 DRIVE DENSIT Y SELECT 0 3 Ground 4 DRIVE DENSIT Y SELECT 1 5 Ground 6 N/C 7 Ground 8 INDEX- 9 Ground 10 MOT OR ENABLE A- 11 Ground 12 DRIVER SELE CT B- 13 Grou[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual I/O Port Pin Assignment Parallel Port 47 A.5 < Parallel Port> 2 26 Connector: CN_LPT Type: 26-pin (2 x 13) 2.54-pitc h box header 1 25 Pin Description Pin Description 1 STROBE- 14 AUTO FEED- 2 D0 15 ERROR- 3 D1 16 INITIALIZE- 4 D2 17 SELECT INPUT - 5 D3 18 Ground 6 D4 19 Ground 7 D5 20 Ground 8 D6 21 Ground 9 D7 22 Gr[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual I/O signment VGA Port 48 Port Pin A s 6 10 A.7 <VGA Port> 1 1 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5 Connector: VGA (VDL only ) Type: 15-pin D-sub female connector on bracket Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description 1 RED 6 Ground 11 N/C 2 GREEN 7 Ground 12 5VCDA 3 BLUE 8 Ground 13 HSYNC 4 N/C 9 LVGA5V 14 VSYNC 5 Ground 10 Grou[...]

FS-979 User ’ s Manual I/O signment A T Keyboard Port 49 Port Pin A s A.9 <A T Keyboard Port> 1 5 Connector: CN_ ATKB Type: 5-pin box head er Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Description VCC Ground N/C DATA CLK A.10 <PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Port> Connector: PS2 Type: 6-pin Mini-DIN connect or on bracket Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 Description KBD MSD Ground VCC K[...]

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FS-979 User ’ s Manual Flash BIOS Flash BIOS 51 Appendix B <Flash BIOS> B.1 BIOS Auto Flash T ool The board is based on A ward BIOS and can be updated easil y by the BIOS auto flash tool. You can do wnload the tool onlin e at the address belo w: http://www.award.com http://www.commell.com. tw/support/support.htm File name of the tool is “[...]

FS-979 User ’s Man ual Contact In formation 52 Contact Information Any advice or comment about our pr oducts and service, or anythi ng we can help you please don’t hesitate to cont act with us. We will do our best to support you for your products, project s and business T aiwan Commate Computer Inc. Address 8F , No. 94, Sec. 1, Shin T ai Wu Rd.[...]