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    ARK-7480 All-In-One, High Performance, Embedded Box Computer User Manual[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual ii Copyright The documentation and th e software included with this product are copy- righted 2005 by Advantech Co., Lt d. All rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make improvements in the products described in this manual at any time wi thout notice. No part of this man- ual may be reproduced, copied,[...]

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    iii Product W arranty (1 year ) Advantech warrants to you, the original purchaser , that each of its prod- ucts will be free from defects in ma terials and workman ship for one year from the date of purchase. This warranty does not apply t o any products which have b een repaired or altered by persons other than repair perso nnel authorized by Adva[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual iv Declaration of Conformity CE This product has passed the CE test for environmental specificati ons when shielded cables are used for external wiring. W e recommend the use of shielded cables. This kind of cable is available from Advantech. Please contact your local supplier for ordering in formation. T est conditions for pas[...]

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    v T echnical Support and Assistance Step 1. V isit the Advantech web site at www .advantech.com/support where you can find the latest information about the product. Step 2. Contact your distributor , sales representative, or Advantech's cus- tomer service center for technical support if you need additional assistance. Please have the foll owin[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual vi Document Feedback T o assist us in making improvements to this manual, we would welcome comments and constructive cri ticism. Please send all such - in writing to : support@advantech.com Packing List Before installing your board , make sure that the following materials have been received: • One W arranty certificate • On[...]

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    vii ratings label. The voltage an d current rating of the cord should be greater than the voltage and current rating marked on the product. 1 1. All caution s and warnings on the equipment should be no ted. 12. If the equipment is not used for lon g time, disconnect the equipmen t from mains to avoid being damaged by transient over-voltage. 13. Nev[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual viii Wichtige Sicherheishinweise 1. Bitte lesen sie Sich diese Hinweise sorgfältig durch. 2. Heben Sie diese Anleitung für den späteren Gebrauch auf. 3. V or jedem Reinigen ist das Gerät vom Stromnetz zu trennen. V er- wenden Sie Keine Flüssig -oder Aeroso lreiniger . Am besten dient ein angefeuchtetes T uch zur Reinigung.[...]

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    ix e. Das Gerät ist gefall en und/oder das Gehäuse i st beschädigt. f. W enn das Gerät deutliche Anzeichen eines Defektes aufweist. 15. VOSICHT : Explisionsgefahr bei unsachgemaben Austausch der Batterie. Ersatz nur durch densellben order einem vom Hersteller emp- fohlene-mahnlichen T yp. Entsorgung gebrauchter Batteri en navh Ang- aben des Her[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual x[...]

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    xi Table of Contents Contents Chapter 1 Overview .......................................................... 2 1.1 Introduction ............ ............................ ............ ........... ........ 2 1.2 Features ............. ......................... ......................... .............. 2 1.2.1 Six USB Ports, Six Serial Ports, and Dual L[...]

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    MIC-3780 User Manual xii 2.2.3 Power Input Connector ........... ........... ........... ......... ...... 11 2.2.4 COM1, COM3~COM6 Conne ctor ................. ........... .. 11 Figure 2.3:COM1, COM3~ COM6 connector ........ ...... 11 Table 2.1:COM1, 3~COM6 sta ndar d serial port pin as- signments 11 2.2.5 COM2 Connector ...... ........... ........[...]

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    xiii Table of Contents 3.8 Installation of the Central Processin g Unit (CPU) .......... 23 Figure 3.2:Remove T op cover screws ... .............. ........ 25 Figure 3.3:Remove card depres s bridge bracket screws .. 25 Figure 3.4: Install the CPU an d apply the thermal gr ease 26 Figure 3.5: Install the heat sink-cooling Fan module ... 26 3.9 Insta[...]

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    MIC-3780 User Manual xiv Figure 3.25:Connect the USB ca ble to the Card Reader . 40 Figure 3.26:Fix the Card read er with the Card reader bracket 40 Figure 3.27:Fix the Card Read er module into the drive bay 41 Figure 3.28:Stacking back the drive bay and connect the USB interface 41 3.16 Connecting Power ........ ......................... .........[...]

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    xv Table of Contents 4.5.13 AGP Aperture Size (MB) .................. ........... ........... .... 51 Figure 4.5:**ON Chip VGA Se tting** Screen ........... 51 4.5.14 On-Chip VGA ........... ........... ............ ......... ........... ........ 51 4.5.15 On-Chip Frame Buffer Size ............. ......... ........... ........ 51 4.5.16 Boot Display[...]

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    MIC-3780 User Manual xvi 4.7.14 Resume By Alarm .......... ........... ........... ......... ........... .... 59 4.7.15 Primary IDE 0 (1) and Sec ondary IDE 0 (1) ......... ...... 59 4.7.16 FDD, COM, LPT P ORT .... ........... ......... ........... ........... 60 4.7.17 PCI PIRQ [A-D]# ..... ......... ........... ............ ........... ........ 6[...]

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    xvii Table of Contents 6.2.2 Windows 2000/XP drivers ........ ........... .................. ...... 76 Figure 6.1:Direct ory of Audio Driver .. ........... ........... .. 76 Figure 6.2:AC97 Audio Driver In stallation ........... ...... 77 Figure 6.3:Installation Comple te of AC97 Audio Driver 77 Chapter 7 Ethernet Interface ........................[...]

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    MIC-3780 User Manual xviii[...]

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    2 CHAPTER 1 Overview This chapter gives b ackground infor- mation on the AR K-7480. It shows you the ARK-7480 overview and specifica- tions. Sections include: • Introduction • Hardware Specifications • Chassis Dimension[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 2 Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 Introduction The ARK-7480 Embe dded Box Computer is an all-in-one, po werful and robust unit. The high performance ARK-7480 series is powered by high performance embedded In tel Pentium 4 or Celeron D processo rs up to 2.8 GHz. It supports DDR SDRAM up to 2 GB. The ARK-7480 offers three PCI vacancy slot[...]

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    3 Chapter 1 1.2.3 Highly Optimized Integration • Simple and modularized service-friendly design • Quick installation, easy expa nsion and maintenance • Systems are supplied to “Ready-to-Run” • Long life cycle support for product continuity to secu re investment 1.2.4 Dual Display , V ideo Intensive cap acity • Rich display interface o[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 4 1.3.2 Display • Chipset Integrated graphics built-in In tel® 852GME GMCH utilizing Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 technology • Display Memory Dynamic video memory allocation up to 64 MB • Display Interface support -CR T Interface -36-bit L VDS interface, opt ional support up to 48-bit -DVI interface, compliant with DVI spe[...]

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    5 Chapter 1 Supports Mic_In and Speak-out by do uble stacks of PC99 Phone Jack connectors 1.3.5 Serial Port • Support Six serial ports of: COM1 RS-232 COM2: RS-232/422/485 by internal ju mper selection COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6: RS-232 1.3.6 Parallel Port • Support O ne parallel port 1.3.7 USB • Support 6 x USB 2.0 Po rts for model ARK-748 0-100[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 6 Media Card, x D-Picture Card, T ype I/II CompactFlash Card, and IBM Microdrive 1.3.12 Internal AC-to-DC A TX Power supply unit • Output Rating: AC 250 W , A TX • Input V oltage: 1 10 V AC ~ 240 V AC • Power switch: One On/Off Rocker Switch 1.3.13 Mechanical • Construction: Aluminum-metal housing • Mounting : Support[...]

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    7 Chapter 1 1.4 Chassis Dimensions 1.4.1 Dimensions of ARK-7480-100A1 Figure 1.1: Dimens ion of ARK-7480-100A1 1.4.2 Dimensions of ARK-7480-200A1 Figure 1.2: Dimens ion of ARK-7480-200A1[...]

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    2 CHAPTER 2 Hardware Functionality This chapter shows how to set up the ARK-7480’ s hardw are functio ns, including connecti ng peripherals, switches and indicators. Sections include: • Introduction of ARK-7480 External I/O Connectors • ARK-7480 front metal panel extern al I/O connectors • Power on butto n • LED Indicators • L VDS Conne[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 10 Chapter 2 Hardware Functionality 2.1 Introduction of ARK- 7480 External I/O Connectors The following figure show s the external I/O connectors on ARK-7480, and the following sections giv e you detailed information about the func- tions of each I/O connector . Figure 2.1: Front met al panel external I/O co nnectors of Model: [...]

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    11 Chapter 2 2.2 Front me t a l p a nel external I/O connectors 2.2.1 Power ON/OFF Button The ARK-7480 come s with a Power On/Off button, that Support dual function of Soft Power -On/Off (Instant off or Delay 4 Second), and Sus- pend. 2.2.2 LED Indicators There are two LEDs on the ARK-7480 front panel for indicating sy stem status: PWR LED is for p[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 12 2.2.5 COM2 Connector The ARK-7480 provides a D-sub 9-pin connector, which supports one RS-232/422/485 serial communi cation interface port of COM2. The default setting of COM2 is RS-232. The RS-422/485 mode of COM 2 can be support via replacing the existing of internal RS-232 cab le to RS-422/485 cable of part number 1700021[...]

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    13 Chapter 2 2.2.6 Printer Connector The ARK-7480 provides a D-sub 25-pin connecto r , which offers one standard Parallel port. Figure 2.5: LPT connector Note: “ * ” represen ts “No Connection ” 2.2.7 Audio Connector The ARK-7480 offers AC97 stereo Audio output ports by tw o phone jack connectors of Speaker_Out and Mic_In. T able 2.3: Print[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 14 2.2.8 L VDS Connector The ARK-7480 comes with a D-Sub 26-pin connector that carries L VDS signal output, and can direct connect to a 36-bit of L VD S LCD Display via external cable. Figure 2.6: L VDS Connect or The system also provides a jumper for JP4 on internal ARK -7480 moth- erboard for selecting the LCD si gnal power o[...]

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    15 Chapter 2 2.2.9 DVI Connector The ARK-7480 offers a Digital V isual In terface by a D-sub 24-pin female connector, which supports high-speed, high-resolutio n digital dis- plays. Figure 2.7: DVI Connector 2.2.10 Ethernet Connectors (LAN1 and LAN 2) The ARK-7480 is equipped with two Intel 82551 ER 10/100BaseT Ether- net Controllers that are fully[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 16 Figure 2.8: RJ-45 Connector Note: NC repr esents “No Connection” 2.2.1 1 PS2 Ke yboard and PS/2 Mouse Connector The ARK-7480 provides a PS/2 keybo ard and a PS/2 mouse connector . T wo 6-pin mini-DIN connectors are located on the front panel of the ARK-7480. Please refer to Appendix A. for its pin assignments. Figure 2.9[...]

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    17 Chapter 2 Note: NC repr esents “No Connection” Figure 2.10: PS/2 Mouse connector Note: NC repr esents “No Connection” 2.2.12 VGA Connector The ARK-7480 provides a high resolution VGA interface by a D-sub 15- pin connector to support a VGA CR T monitor . It supports VG A and VESA, up to 1 600 x 1200 @8 5-Hz and 2048 x 1536 @ 75-H z resolu[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 18 Note: NC repr esents “No Connection” 2.2.13 USB Connectors (USB1 ~ USB6) The ARK-7480 provides up to six connectors (please refer to Section 1.3.7), which gives complet e Plug & Play and hot swapp ing for up to 127 external devices. The USB interface complies w ith USB UHCI, Rev . 2.0 compliant. The USB interface can[...]

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    2 CHAPTER 3 Hardware Inst allation and Upgrade This chapter in troduces how to i nitial- ize the ARK7480. Sections include: • Jumpers and Connectors • Installing the DDR SDRAM Mem- ory Module • Inserting a Compact Flash Card • Installing the 2.5" Hard Disk Drive (HDD) • Connecting Power[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 20 Chapter 3 Hardware Inst allation and Upgrade 3.1 Jumpers and Connectors The ARK-7480 Embedded Box Computer consists of an Advantech SBC (Single Board Computer) board that is housed in an alum inum top cover, a metal chassis with accessed botto m plate. Y our CPU, HDD and SDRAM, are all readily accessible by removing the alum[...]

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    21 Chapter 3 The jumper settin gs are schematically depicted in this manual as follows: A pair of needle-nose pliers may be helpful when work ing with jumpers. If you have any doubts about the best hard ware configuration for your appl i- cation, contact your local distributor or sal es representative before you make any changes. 3.3 Jumper Locatio[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 22 3.4 L VDS/LCD Power Selec t (JP4) The ARK-7480 series of embedded box comp uters provide a jumper for JP4 located on internal ARK-7480 mot h erboard for select ing the LCD sig- nal power of 5V or 3.3V . When you connect your L VDS LCD Panel dis- play , you may need to set up this jumper to suit for you r L VDS Panel display [...]

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    23 Chapter 3 (*): means default setting o f the jumper/function 3.7 CMOS Clearance (JP3) The CMOS RA M is powered by an onboard button cel l battery . When you finish BIOS setup, the data in CMOS RAM will be autom atically backed up to Flash ROM. Applicant can force system to clear the data in COMS RAM by setting the JP3. (*): means default setting[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 24 one 478-pin ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket (Socket 478). The CPU must come with an attached heat sink and CPU fan to prevent overheating. The procedure of installin g a CPU into ARK-7480 is detailed below , please follow these steps carefully . 1. Remove the power cor d. 2. Unscrew the four screws fr o m the top cover of [...]

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    25 Chapter 3 Figure 3.2: Remove T op cover screws 3. Remove the top cover . 4. Unscrew the four screws from card depress bridge brack et. Figure 3.3: Remove card depres s bridge bracket screws[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 26 5. Remove the card depress bridge bracket. 6. Install the CPU into the CPU socket and apply the thermal grease evenly on the CPU’ s surface. Figure 3.4: Install the CP U and apply the thermal grease 7. Install the heatsink and cooling-fan module and hook on the lev ers. Figure 3.5: Install the heatsink-cooling Fan module[...]

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    27 Chapter 3 8. Reverse the steps 5.~ step 1. T o assembly ARK-7480 back. 3.9 Inst allation of the DDR SDRAM Memory Module Y o u can install from 64 MB to 2 GB of DDR SDRAM memory . The ARK- 7480 Embedded Box Compu ter provides two 184-pin DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module) socket and supports 2.5 V DDR SDRAM. The procedure of installing a DDR SDRAM [...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 28 3.10 Insertion of a Mini PCI extension Card The procedure of installing a Min i PCI extension card into the ARK-7480 is detailed below , please follow these steps carefully . 1. Remove the power cor d. 2. Unscrew the 2 screws of the Mini PCI cover from ARK-7480 bottom side and remove the Mini PCI cover . Figure 3.7: Remove t[...]

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    29 Chapter 3 Figure 3.8: Insert the Mini PCI ex tens ion card into the Mini PCI slot 3.1 1 Insertion of a Comp actFlash Card The procedure of install ing a CompactFlash card into the ARK-7480 is detailed below , please follow these steps carefully . 1. Remove the power cor d. 2. Unscrew the three scre ws of the CF cover from ARK-7480 bottom si de a[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 30 Figure 3.9: Remove the CF co ver from ARK-7480 bottom side 3. Plug a CompactFlash card with your OS or application program into a CompactFlash card slot on board. Figure 3.10: Insert the CF card into the CF card slot[...]

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    31 Chapter 3 4. Screw back the CF cover with three screws. Note: The CompactFlash socket is al located as Secondary IDE Master . 3.12 Inst allation of the 3. 5" Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Y o u can attach one enhanced Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) hard disk drive to the ARK-7480's int ernal controller which uses a PCI local-bus interface[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 32 7. Connect the IDE flat cab le and Power cable to the connector to the hard disk. Figure 3.12: Connecting IDE flat cable and power cable 8. Install the HDD drive bay into ARK-7480 with four screws. Figure 3.13: Install HDD drive bay IDE Cable Power Cable[...]

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    33 Chapter 3 9. Reverse the steps 5.~ step 1. to assembly ARK-7480 back. 3.13 Inst allation of the PCI extension cards ARK-7480 has three PCI extension slots. The following are inst ructions for installation: 1. Remove the power cor d. 2. Unscrew the four screws from TO P cover of the ARK-7480. (Please refer to Figure 3.1) 3. Remove the TOP cover o[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 34 Figure 3.15: Lift the PCI cover bracket and remove the dum my PCI bracket 7. Plug in the PCI card to the corresponding PCI slot. Figure 3.16: Plug in the PCI extens ion card into the corresponding slot[...]

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    35 Chapter 3 8. Reverse step 6~1 to assemble back ARK-7480. 3.14 Inst allation of the 5. 25" Slim CD/DVD ROM Drive (for model of ARK- 7480-200A1 only) Y o u can attach one enhanced Integrat ed Device Electronics (IDE) CD or DVD ROM drive to the ARK-7480's inte rnal controller which uses a PCI local-bus interface. The following ar e instru[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 36 7. Separate the bottom drive bay from the main chassis of ARK-7480. Figure 3.18: Separate the drive bay 8. Fix the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM on the CD-ROM bracket. Figure 3.19: Fix the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM on the CD-ROM bracket Push lift & Separate[...]

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    37 Chapter 3 9. Assemble CD-ROM adapter board. Figure 3.20: Assemble CD-ROM adapter board 10. Connect the IDE cable and powe r cable with the adapter board. Figure 3.21: Connect IDE cable and power cable with adapter board IDE Cable Power Cable[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 38 1 1. Fix the CD ROM module into the drive bay . Figure 3.22: Fix the CD ROM module into the drive bay 12. Pass the IDE cable and the power cable through the hole beneath the chassis Figure 3.23: Pass the IDE cable an d the power cable thro ugh the hole beneath the chassis[...]

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    39 Chapter 3 13. Stacking back the drive bay and connect the power and IDE interface. Figure 3.24: S tacking back the dri ve bay and connect the power and IDE interface 14. Reverse the step 5.~ step 1. to assembly ARK-7480 back. 3.15 Inst allation of the Mult i Card Reader Drive (for model of ARK-7480-200A1 onl y) Y o u can attach one Multi Card Re[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 40 8. Connect the USB cable to the Card Reader . Figure 3.25: Connect the US B cable to the Card Reader 9. Fix the Card Reader with the Card Reader bracket by screws. Figure 3.26: Fix the Card reader with the Card reader brack et 10. Fix the Card reader module into the drive bay .[...]

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    41 Chapter 3 Figure 3.27: Fix the Card Reade r module into the drive bay 1 1. Pass the USB cable through the hole beneath the chassis. (Please see Figure 7.22 ) 12. Stacking back the drive bay and connect the USB cable to the corre- sponding connector . Figure 3.28: S tacking back the drive bay and connect the USB interface USB Connected[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 42 13. Reverse the steps 5.~1. to assemble ARK-7480 back. 3.16 Connecting Power Connect the ARK-7480 to AC power s ource. The power source can either be from a power adapter or an in-house power source.[...]

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    2 CHAPTER 4 A ward BIOS Setup[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 44 Chapter 4 A ward BIOS Setup 4.1 Introduction A ward’ s BIOS ROM has a built-in setup p rogram that allo ws users to modify the basic system configu ration. This type of inform ation is stored in battery-backed memory (CMOS RAM) so that it retains th e setup information when th e power is turned o ff. 4.1.1 CMOS RAM Auto-ba[...]

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    45 Chapter 4 Figure 4.1: A ward BIOS Setup initial screen 4.3 St andard CMOS Setup Choose the “Standard CMOS Features” option from the “Initial Setup Screen” menu, and the screen below will be displayed. This menu allows users to configure system components such as dat e, time, hard disk driv e, floppy drive, display , and memory .[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 46 Figure 4.2: S tandard CMOS features screen 4.4 Advanced BIOS Features The “Advanced BIOS Features” scr een appears when choosing the “Advanced BIOS Features” item from th e “Initial Setup Screen” menu. It allows the user to configure the ARK-7480 according to his particular requirements. Below are some majo r ite[...]

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    47 Chapter 4 Figure 4.3: Advanced BIOS features screen 4.4.1 V irus W arning If enabled, a warning message and alarm beep activates if someone attempts to write here. The commands are “Enabled” or “Disabled.” 4.4.2 L1 & L2 Cache Enabling this feature speeds up memory access. The commands are “Enabled” or “Disabled.” 4.4.3 Quick [...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 48 Selection of the command “Disabled” will speed the boot up. Sel ection of “Enabled” searches disk drives during boot up. 4.4.7 Boot Up NumLock St atus This feature selects th e “power on” state for NumLock. The commands are “Enabled” or “Disabled.” 4.4.8 Gate A20 Option Normal:A pin in keyboard cont rolle[...]

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    49 Chapter 4 4.4.14 MPS V ersion Control For OS This reports if an FDD is availabl e for W indows 95. The commands are “Y es” or “No.” 4.5 Advanced Chip set Features The “Advanced Chipset Features” sc reen appears when choosing the “Advanced Chipset Featur es” item from the “Initial Setup Screen” menu. It allows the user to conf[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 50 4.5.3 Active to Precharge Delay The default setting for the Active to Precharge Delay is 7. 4.5.4 DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay This option allows you to insert a delay betw een the RAS (Row Address Strobe) and CAS (Column Address Strobe) signals. This delay occurs when the SDRAM is written to, read from or refreshed. Reducing the[...]

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    51 Chapter 4 This field activates the CPU thermal function after the systems boots for the set number of mi nutes. Th e options are 16Min and 64Min. 4.5.13 AGP Aperture Size (MB) The field sets aperture size of the gr aphics. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicat ed for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 52 These fields allow you to select the LCD Panel type. The default values for these ports are: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 76 8 1280 x 10 24 1600 x 12 00 4.6 Integrated Peripherals This section sets configuratio ns for your hard disk and o ther integrated peripherals. The first screen shows th ree main items for user to select.[...]

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    53 Chapter 4 The default setting “Auto” will allo w auto detection to ensure optimal performance. 4.6.2 On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE If you enable IDE HDD Block Mode, the enhanced IDE driver will be enabled. Leave IDE HDD Block Mode on the default setting. Figure 4.7: On Chip IDE Device 4.6.3 IDE HDD Block Mode Y ou can enable the Primary [...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 54 Figure 4.8: Onboard Device 4.6.4 USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) con- troller and you have USB peripherals. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. 4.6.5 USB 2.0 Controller The options for this field are Enabled and Disabl ed. By default, this field is set to Enabled. In order to us[...]

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    55 Chapter 4 Figure 4.9: Super IO Device 4.6.9 Onboard FDC Controller When enabled, this field allo ws you to connect your floppy d isk drives to the onboard floppy disk drive connector instead of a separate controller card. If you want to use a dif ferent controller card to connect the floppy disk drives, set this field t o Disabled. 4.6.10 Onboar[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 56 This item allows you to enable /disable IR transmi ssion delay . The choices: Enabled, Disabled. 4.6.14 UR2 Duplex Mode This item allows you to select the IR half/full duplex function . The choices: Half, Full. 4.6.15 Onboard Parallel Port This field sets the address of the on-board parallel po rt connector . These fields al[...]

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    57 Chapter 4 4.7 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save ener gy . 4.7.1 ACPI function The choice: Enab led, Disabled 4.7.2 ACPI Suspend T ype This field is used to select the type of Suspen d mode: “S1 (POS)” : Enables the Power On Suspend functi on. “S3 (STR)” : Enable[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 58 Figure 4.10: Power management setup screen 4.7.4 V ideo Off In Method This determines the manner in which the monito r is blanked. V/H SYNC + BlankThis will cause the sy stem to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchroni zation ports and w rite blanks to th e video buffer . Blank ScreenThis only writes blanks to the vide[...]

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    59 Chapter 4 4.7.9 HDD Power Down Y ou can choose to turn the HDD off afte r one of the time intervals listed, or when the system is in “suspend” mode. If the HDD is in a power sav- ing mode, any access to it will wake it up. 4.7.10 Sof t-Off by PWR-BTTN If you choose “Instant-Off”, then pushing the A TX soft power switch but- ton once will[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 60 4.7.16 FDD, COM, LPT PORT When Enabled, the system will resu me from suspend mode if FDD, COM port, or LP T port is active. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 4.7.17 PCI PIRQ [A-D]# When Enabled, the system will resume from suspend mode if interrupt occurs. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 4.8 PnP/PCI Configurations This section s[...]

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    61 Chapter 4 automatically config ures all of the boot and Plug and Play devices but you must be using W indows 95 or above. 4.8.3 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop This is left at “Disabled.” 4.9 PC Health St atus This section shows the parameters in determining the PC Health Status. These parameters include temperat ures, fan speeds and voltages. Figure [...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 62 function can help prevent damage to the system that is caused by over- heating. 4.10 Frequency/V olt age Control By choosing the Frequency/V oltage Control option from the Ini tial Setup Screen menu, the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the manufacturer ’ s default values for the ARK-7 480. Figure 4.1[...]

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    63 Chapter 4 Please Confirm Y our Password Enter the current passwo rd and press <Enter>. 3. After pressing <Enter> (ROM pass word ) or the current password(user- defined), you can change the password stored in the CMOS. The pass- word must be no longer than eight (8) characters. Rem ember , to enable the password setting feature, you m[...]

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    2 CHAPTER 5 PCI SVGA/LCD Setup This chapter details the software con- figuration information : It shows you how to configure the graphic set ting to match your applicat ion requirements. The A W ARD System BIOS is covered in Chapter 4 Sections include: • Installati on of SVGA driv ers for W in dows 2000/XP[...]

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    ARC-7480 User Manual 66 Chapter 5 PCI SVGA/LCD Setup 5.1 Introduction The board has an onb oard Intel 852GME chipset for its AGP/SVGA co n- troller . It supports L VDS LCD displays and convent ional analog CR T monitors with 64MB frame buffer sh ared with system memory . The VGA controller can drive CR T displays with resolutions up to 1600 x1200@8[...]

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    67 Chapter 5 Figure 5.2: BIOS Screen of “P anel Resoluti on” 5.1.2 Display type The ARK-7480 can be set in one of three configurat ions: on a CR T , on a flat panel display , or on both dual independent displays. The system is initially set to dual display mode. If you wa nt to enable the CR T display only or the flat panel display only , pleas[...]

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    ARC-7480 User Manual 68 Figure 5.3: Intel® 82852/828 55 GM/G ME Graphics Controller Properties – Devices 5.2 Inst allation of the SVGA Driver Complete the followin g steps to install the SVGA driver . Fo llow the pro- cedures in the flow char t that apply to the operating syst em that you are using within your ARK-7480.[...]

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    69 Chapter 5 5.2.1 Inst allation of Windows 2000/XP 1. Find Win2000/XP VGA driver at the directory o f “2_VGAwin2k_xp1 45” from ARK-7480’ s driver & utility CD-ROM Disk Figure 5.4: Directory “Graphics” Notes : • The windows illustrations in this chapter are intended as examples only . Please follow the listed steps, and pay atten t[...]

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    ARC-7480 User Manual 70 Figure 5.5: Intel extreme Graphi cs Driver Installation screen Figure 5.6: Extracting Files screen of Intel extrem e Graphics driver instal- lation[...]

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    71 Chapter 5 3. Click “Next” to inst all Intel® Graphics Me dia Accelerator Driver . Figure 5.7: Intel Grap hics Media Accelerator Driver Installation 4. Click “Y es” to continue setup. Figure 5.8: Intel Driver License Agreement[...]

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    ARC-7480 User Manual 72 Figure 5.9: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver V ersion 5. Restart computer when installation finished . Figure 5.10: Installation Complete[...]

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    73 Chapter 5 5.3 Further Information For further information about the AGP/VGA installation in yo ur ARK- 7480, includi ng driver updates, tro ublesh ooting guides and F AQ lists, visit the following web resources: Intel website: www .intel.com Advantech websites: www .advant ech.com,or www .advantech.com.tw[...]

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    2 CHAPTER 6 Audio Setup The ARK-7480 is equipped with an audio interface that records and plays back CD-quality a udio. This chap ter provides instructions for installin g the software drivers included on the audio driver diskettes. Sections include:[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 76 Chapter 6 Audio Setup 6.1 Introduction The ARK-7480’ s audio interface provides hig h-quality stereo sound and FM music synthesis (ESFM) by using the Intel ICH 4 audio controller . The audio interface can r ecord, compress, and play back voice, sound, and music with built -in mixer control. 6.2 Driver inst allation 6.2.1 B[...]

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    77 Chapter 6 Figure 6.2: AC97 Audio Driver Installation 2. Click "yes" to reboot your comput er . Figure 6.3: Installation Complete of AC97 Audio Driver[...]

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    2 CHAPTER 7 Ethernet Interface This chapter provides i nformation on Ethernet configuratio n. Sections include: • Introduction • Installation of Ethern et drivers for W in dows • 2000/XP • Further information[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 80 Chapter 7 Ethernet Interface 7.1 Introduction The ARK-7480 is equipped with dual high performance 32-bit Ethe rnet chipsets which are fully complian t with IEEE 802.3 100 Mbps CSMA/ CD standards. They are supported by major net work operating systems. They are also both 100Base-T and 10 Base-T compatible. The network boot fe[...]

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    81 Chapter 7 2. Double click "Add/Remove Hard ware". Figure 7.1: W indows Control Panel Screen 3. Click “Next” and prepare to install network function Figure 7.2: Add/Remove Hardware W izard[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 82 4. Choose “Add/T roubleshoot a device” and click “Next”. Figure 7.3: Choose a Hardware T ask Screen 5. Choose Hardware Device “Ethernet Controll er” Figure 7.4: Choose a Ha rdware Device[...]

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    83 Chapter 7 Figure 7.5: Inst all Ethe rnet Controller Screen Figure 7.6: Hardware Type Screen 6. Insert the CD into E: drive[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 84 6-1. Find the Win 2000/XP LAN chipset folder at the directory of “3_LAN” from ARK-7480’ s Driver & Utili ty CD-ROM Disk, click “setup” to start the installation process. 6-2. Clic k “OK”. Figure 7.7: Install From Disk Screen 7. Choose the “Intel® GD82559ER PCI Adapter” item Click “Next” Figure 7.8:[...]

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    85 Chapter 7 Figure 7.9: S tart Dev ice Driver Inst allation 8. Click “Y es” to continue the installation. Figure 7.10: Intel Ethernet Adapter driver installation screen[...]

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    ARK-7480 User Manual 86 9. Click “OK” Figure 7.1 1: Intel Ethernet Adapter Driver Installation Complete Screen[...]