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A 300 Motherboard Revision MODEL A300 Intel ® Pentium ® M/Celeron ® M Motherboard Revision Number Description Date of Issue 1.0 Initial release March 2007 Page ii[...]

A300 Motherboard Copyright COPYRIGHT NOTICE The information in this do cument is subject to ch ange without prior n otice in order to improve reliability, design and function and does not rep resent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer. In no event will the manufacturer be liable fo r direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential [...]

A 300 Motherboard Packing List NOTE: If any of the components listed in the checklist be low are missing, please do not proceed wit h the installation. Contact the IEI reseller or vendor you purchased the A300 from or con tact an IEI sales representative directly. To contact an IEI sales represe ntative, please send an email to sales@iei.com.tw . T[...]

A300 Motherboard T able of Content s 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 2 1.1 A300 O VER VIEW ........................................................................................................ 3 1.1.1 A300 Applications ...........................................[...]

A 300 Motherboard 2.6.8 BIOS ................................................................................................................. 19 2.7 PCI B US C OMPONENTS ............................................................................................ 19 2.7.1 PCI Bus Overview ............................................................[...]

A300 Motherboard 4.2.4 Fan Connectors ................................................................................................ 36 4.2.5 Fr ont Panel Connector .................................................................................... 37 4.2.6 GPIO Connector ..........................................................................[...]

A 300 Motherboard 5.4.2 CF Car d Installation ........................................................................................ 69 5.5 J UMPER S ETTINGS .................................................................................................... 70 5.5.1 CF Car d Setup Jumper Settings .................................................[...]

A300 Motherboard 6.6 P OWER ................................................................................................................... 126 6.7 E XIT ....................................................................................................................... 129 7 SOFTW ARE DRIVERS ................................................[...]

A 300 Motherboard E.2.2 Sound Effect Manager Configuration Options .............................................. 170 F INDEX .................................................................................................................... 173 Page x[...]

A300 Motherboard List of Figures Figure 1-1: A300 Overview ...........................................................................................5 Figure 1-2: A300 Solder Side Overview ...................................................................... 6 Figure 2-1: A300 Dimensions (mm) ......................................................[...]

A 300 Motherboard Figure 4-23: J7 Connecto r ..........................................................................................55 Figure 4-24: PS/2 Pinouts ...........................................................................................56 Figure 4-25: Serial Port Pinout Locations ..................................................[...]

A300 Motherboard List of T ables Table 1-1: Technical Specifications ............................................................................9 Table 2-1: Supported Processors ..............................................................................13 Table 2-2: Supported HDD Specifications ..................................................[...]

A 300 Motherboard Table 4-23: RJ-45 Ethernet Connector Pinouts ........................................................55 Table 4-24: RJ-45 Ethernet Connector LEDs ............................................................55 Table 4-25: Keyboard Connector Pinouts ................................................................56 Table 4-26: RS-23[...]

A300 Motherboard BIOS Menus BIOS Menu 1: IDE Ma ster Co nfigurat ion ...................................................................84 BIOS Menu 2: IDE Slave Configuration .....................................................................88 BIOS Menu 3: Super IO Configuration ..................................................................[...]

A 300 Motherboard Glossary AC ’97 Audio Codec 97 ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface APM Advanced Power Manage ment ARMD ATAPI Removable Media Device ASKIR Shift Keyed Infrared ATA Advanced Technology Attachments BIOS Basic Input/Output System CFII Compact Flash Type 2 CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CPU Central Processin[...]

A 300 Motherboard 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Page 2[...]

A300 Motherboard 1.1 A300 Overview The A300 is a multimedia Pentium ® Mobile proces sor-based mo therboard that powers a Point-of-Care terminal or panel PC for varied purposes. To facilitat e multimedia performance, the A300 can con nect to slim Combo CD/DVD-RO M, a PCMCIA card socket, and the multimedia and wireless 802.1 1g functionality. The A3[...]

A 300 Motherboard 1.1.2 A300 Benefits Some of the A300 benefits include:  Clinical Information System (CIS) integration  Filmless solution by P ACS  Reduced maintenance co sts  Client crash prevention  Central resource cont rol 1.1.3 A300 Features Some of the A300 features are listed below:  LPX form factor  RoHS compliant  [...]

A300 Motherboard 1.2 A300 Board Overview Figure 1-1: A300 Overview Page 5[...]

A 300 Motherboard Figure 1-2: A300 Solder Side Overview 1.2.1 A300 Connectors The A300 has the following conne ctors on-b oa rd:  1 x A TX power connector  1 x Audio connector  1 x CompactFlash ® card socket  3 x Cooling fan connectors  1 x Front panel c onnector  1 x 8 bits GPIO connector  2 x 44-pin IDE connectors  1 x In[...]

A300 Motherboard  1 x Disk LED con nector  1 x PCMCIA slot  1 x Power button connector  3 x RS-232 serial port connecto rs  1 x RS-422/485 serial port conne ctor  1 x System panel connector  1 x LCD L VDS connecto r  3 x USB2.0 connectors The A300 has the following conne ctors on the boa rd rear panel:  1 x Audio connecto[...]

A 300 Motherboard Specification A300 CPU Intel ® Pentium M/Celeron M 400Mhz FSB up to 2.10GHz System Chipset Intel ® 855GME + ICH4 Display CR T integrated in Intel ® 855GME DVI integrated in Silicon Image SiI164 TTL/LVDS Dual channel 18-bit LV DS integrate d in Intel ® 855GME Supports independent dua l display Memory Supports two DDR 266/333 18[...]

A300 Motherboard Dimensions 235mm x 220mm Weight (GW/NW ) 1200g/680g Table 1-1: Technical Specifications Page 9[...]

A 300 Motherboard 2 Detailed Specifications Chapter 2 Page 10[...]

A300 Motherboard 2.1 Overview This chapter describe s the specifications and on-board features of the A300 in detail. 2.2 Dimensions 2.2.1 Board Dimensions The dimensions of the board are liste d b elow:  Length : 235mm  Wid th : 220mm Figure 2-1: A300 Dimensions (mm) Page 1 1[...]

A 300 Motherboard 2.2.2 External Interface Panel Dimensions External peripheral interface connector panel dim en sions are shown in Figure 2-2 . Figure 2-2: External Interface Panel Di mensions (mm) 2.3 Data Flow The A300 motherboard comes with an Intel ® Pentium M / Celeron M CPU. Figure 2-3 shows the data flow between the system chip set, the CP[...]

A300 Motherboard 2.4 Compatible Processor 2.4.1 CPU Overview Socket 479 Intel ® Pentium ® M processors with enh anced Intel SpeedStep ® Technolo gy and Socket 479 Intel ® Celeron ® M processors can be installed on the A300 motherb oa rd. 2.4.2 Supported Processors Specifications for the compatible processors are listed in Table 2-1 below: Fami[...]

A 300 Motherboard 2.5 Intel ® 855GME Chipset Graphics Me mory Controller Hub 2.5.1 Intel ® 855GME Overview The Intel ® 855GME chipset comes with the following feature s:  400 MHz system bus d elivers a hi gh-bandwid th connection between the processor and the plat form  Integrated graphics utilizin g Intel ® Extreme Graphics 2 technology [...]

A300 Motherboard  Graphics Core Frequency o Display/Render frequency up to 250 MHz (with 1.35 V core voltage)  3D Graphics Engine o 3D Setup and Render Engine o Zone Rendering o High-quality performance Texture Engine  Analog Display Support o 350-MHz integrated 24-bit RAMDAC o Hardware c olor cursor support o Accompanying I2C and DDC chan[...]

A 300 Motherboard  Enhanced Hardware Binning Instru ction Set supported  Bi-Cubic Filtering supported  Linear Gamma Blending for V ideo Mixer Rendering (VMR)  Video Mixer Rendering (VMR) sup ported o Graphics Power Management  Dynamic Core Frequency Switching  Intel® Smart 2D Display T echnology  Memory Self-Refresh Duri ng C3[...]

A300 Motherboard  Alert On LAN* (AOL) and Alert On LAN 2* (AOL2) 2.6.2 Intel ® ICH4 IDE Interface The single A300 IDE conne ctor supports two IDE hard disks and ATAPI devices. PIO IDE transfers up to 16MB/s and Ultra ATA t ransfers of 100MB/s. The integrated IDE interface is able to support the following IDE HDDs: The onboard ATA-6 control ler [...]

A 300 Motherboard audio connector. The audi o connector is connecte d to an audio kit with a n embedded AC’97 audio codec. The AC’97 controller supports u p to six PCM audio output channels. Complete surround so und requires six-channel audio con sisting of:  Front left  Front right  Back lef t  Back right  Center  Subwoofer 2[...]

A300 Motherboard  BIOS chip set  Super I/O chipset 2.6.8 BIOS The BIOS flash memory chip on the A300 has a licensed copy of AMI BIOS loaded onto it. The BIOS flash memory chip is co nnected to the chipset via the LPC bus. The flash BIOS features are listed below:  SMIBIOS (DMI) compliant  Console redirection functio n sup port  PXE ([...]

A 300 Motherboard  Crossover Detection & Auto-Correction  W ake-on-LA N and remote wake-up sup port  Microsoft® NDIS5 Checksum Of fload (IP , TCP , UDP) and largesend offload support  Supports Full Duplex flow control (IEEE 802.3x)  Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab  Supports IEEE 802.1P Layer 2 Prior[...]

A300 Motherboard  PXE (Pre-boot Execution Environment) support  USB booting support 2.8.3 Super I/O Chipset The iTE IT8712F Super I/O chipset is con nected to the ICH4 through the LPC bus. The iTE IT8712F is an LPC interface-based Super I/O device that co mes with Environment Controller integration. Some of the features of the iTE IT8712F chi[...]

A 300 Motherboard 2.8.3.2 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor The Super I/O Enhance d Hardware Monitor monitors three thermal inputs, VBAT internally, and eight voltage monitor inputs . These hardware parameters are re ported in the BIOS and can be read from the BIOS Hardware Health Configuration menu. 2.8.3.3 Super I/O Fan Speed Controller The Sup[...]

A300 Motherboard Eight voltage inputs on the A-300 Sup er I/O Enhanced Hard ware Monitor monitor the following voltages:  Vcore  +3.30Vin  +5.00Vin  +12Vin The A-300 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor al so monito rs the CPU fan speeds. 2.9.2 Operating Temperatur e and Temperature Control The maximum and minimum operating temperature s[...]

A 300 Motherboard 3 Unpacking Chapter 3 Page 24[...]

A300 Motherboard 3.1 Anti-static Precautions WARNING: Failure to take ESD precautions during the install ation of the A300 may result in permanent damage to the A300 and seve re injury to the user. Electrostatic discharge (E SD) can cau se serious damage to electronic components, including the A300. Dry climates are especially susceptible to ES D. [...]

A 300 Motherboard 3.3 Unpacking Checklist NOTE: If some of the components listed in the checkli st below are missing, please do not proceed wit h the installation. Contact the IEI reseller or vendor you purchased the A300 from or con tact an IEI sales representative directly. To contact an IEI sales represe ntative, please send an email to sales@ie[...]

A300 Motherboard 1 Mini jumper pack 1 Quick installation guide 1 Utility CD Table 3-1: Package List Con ten ts Page 27[...]

A 300 Motherboard 4 Connector Pinouts Chapter 4 Page 28[...]

A300 Motherboard 4.1 Peripheral Interface Connectors Section 4.1.2 show s peripheral inte rface conne ctor locatio ns. Section 4.1.2 lists all the peripheral interface connectors seen in Section 4.1.2 . 4.1.1 A300 Layout Figure 4-1 shows the on-board peripheral connec tors, rear panel peripheral connectors and on-board jumpers. Figure 4-1: Connecto[...]

A 300 Motherboard Figure 4-2: Connector and Jumper Locations (Solder Side) 4.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors Table 4-1 shows a list of the peri pheral interface conne ctors on the A300. Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found below. Connector Typ e Label A TX power connector 20-pin connector PW1 Page 30[...]

A300 Motherboard Audio connector 3-pin wafer connector AUDIO1 Compa ct Fla sh (CF ) connector 50-pin CF slot CN7 Fan connector (CP U) 3-pin wafe r conne ctor CPU_F AN1 Fan connector (System) 3-pi n wafer connector SYS_F AN1 Fan connector (System) 3-pi n wafer connector SYS_F AN2 Front panel conne ctor 10-pin heade r CN5 GPIO connector 10-pin header[...]

A 300 Motherboard 4.1.3 External Interface Panel Connectors Table 4-2 lists the rear panel connectors on t he A300. Detailed description s of these connectors can be found in Section 0 on page 50 . Connector Ty p e Label Audio connectors Audio jack CN1 1 DVI-I connector Female DVI-I DVI1 Ethernet connectors RJ-45 connector LAN1 Keyboard/mouse conne[...]

A300 Motherboard The 20-pin ATX power co nne ctor is connected to an AT powe r supply. Figure 4-3: ATX Power Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 3.3V 11 3.3V 2 3.3V 12 -12V 3 GND 13 GND 4 5V 14 PSON 5 GND 15 GND 6 5V 16 GND 7 GND 17 GND 8 PWR OK 18 -5V 9 5VSB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V Table 4-3: ATX Power Connector Pinouts 4.2.2 A[...]

A 300 Motherboard CN Pinouts: See Ta b l e 4 - 4 The 3-pin audio conne ctor is connected to speakers the output of audio signals from the system. Figure 4-4: Audio Connector Pinouts (10-pin) PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 Speaker Out R 2 GND 3 Speaker Out L Table 4-4: Audio Connector Pinouts (3-pin) 4.2.3 Compact Flash Socket CN Label: CN7 (solder side) CN [...]

A300 Motherboard A CF Type I or Type II memory card is inserted to the CF socket o n the solder side of the A300. Figure 4-5: CF Card Socket Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 GROUND 26 VCC-IN CHECK1 2 DATA 3 27 DATA 11 3 DATA 4 28 DATA 12 4 DATA 5 29 DATA 13 5 DATA 6 30 DATA 14 6 DATA 7 31 DATA 15 7 HDC_CS0# 32 HDC_ CS1 8 N/C 33 N/[...]

A 300 Motherboard 17 N/C 42 IORDY 18 SA2 43 SDREQ 19 SA1 44 SDACK# 20 SA0 45 HDD_ACTIVE# 21 DATA 0 46 66DET 22 DATA 1 47 DATA 8 23 DATA 2 48 DATA 9 24 N/C 49 DATA 10 25 VCC-IN CHECK 2 50 GROUND Table 4-5: CF Card Socket Pinouts 4.2.4 Fan Connectors CN Label: CPU_F AN1 , SYS_F AN1 and SYS_F AN2 CN T y pe: 3-pin wafer connector CN Location: See Figur[...]

A300 Motherboard PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 Fan Speed Detect 2 +12V 3 GND Table 4-6: System Fan Connector Pinouts 4.2.5 Front Panel Connector CN Label: CN5 CN T y pe: 10-pin header (2x5) CN Location: See Figure 4-7 CN Pinout s: See Ta b l e 4 - 7 The front panel connector connects to several external switche s to control the front panel. These switches [...]

A 300 Motherboard PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 Speaker Up 2 LCD On/Off 3 Speaker Down 4 5V Power 5 GND 6 Power Button 7 BKLT Up 8 Standby Power 9 BKLT Down 10 GND Table 4-7: Front Panel Connector Pinouts 4.2.6 GPIO Connector CN Label: DIO1 CN Type: 10-pi n header (2x5) CN Location: See Figure 4-8 CN Pinouts: See Ta b l e 4 - 8 The GPIO connect[...]

A300 Motherboard PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 VCC5 3 GPIO0 4 GPIO1 5 GPIO2 6 GPIO3 7 GPIO4 8 GPIO5 9 GPIO6 10 GPIO7 Table 4-8: GPIO Connector Pinouts 4.2.7 IDE Connector CN Label: IDE1 (Primary) and IDE2 (Secondary) CN Type: 44-pi n box header (2x22) CN Location: See Figure 4-9 CN Pinouts: See Ta b l e 4 - 9 One 44-pin IDE device[...]

A 300 Motherboard PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 RESET# 2 GROUND 3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8 5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10 9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11 11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12 13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13 15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14 17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15 19 GROUND 20 N/C 21 IDE DRQ 22 GROUND 23 IOW# 24 GROUND 25 IOR# 26 GROUND 27 IDE CHRDY 28 GROUND 29 IDE DACK 30 GRO[...]

A300 Motherboard The inverter connector is connected to the LCD backl ight. Figure 4-10: Inverter Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 VCC12 2 VCC12 3 BKLT_EN 4 BKLT_A DJ 5 GND 6 GND Table 4-10: Inverter Po wer Connector Pinouts 4.2.9 IrDA Infrared Interface Connector CN Label: IR1 CN T y pe: 5-pin header (1x5) CN Location: [...]

A 300 Motherboard Figure 4-11: IR Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 VCC5 2 NC 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX Table 4-11: IR Connector Pinouts 4.2.10 LED Connector CN Label: CN9 CN Type: 2-pin h ead er (1x2) CN Location: See Figure 4-12 CN Pinouts: See T able 4-12 The LED connector connects to a backli ght indicator LED on the system chassi s to inform [...]

A300 Motherboard Figure 4-12: LED Connector Location s PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 +LED 2 -LED Table 4-12: LED Connector Pinouts 4.2.11 Power Button Connector CN Label: CN15 CN Type: 2-pin h ead er (1x2) CN Location: See Figure 4-13 CN Pinouts: See T able 4-13 The power button connector is connected to a p ower switch o n the syste m chassis to enable us[...]

A 300 Motherboard Figure 4-13: Power Button Connecto r Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 Power Button 2 GND Table 4-13: Power Button Connecto r Pinouts 4.2.12 Serial Port Connector (RS-422/485) CN Label: COM3 CN T y pe: 14-pin header (2x7) CN Location: See Figure 4-14 CN Pinout s: See T able 4-14 The serial ports connectors connect to RS-422 or RS-485[...]

A300 Motherboard Figure 4-14: Serial Port Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 DCD3 2 DSR3 3 RX3 4 RTS3 5 TX3 6 CTS3 7 DTR3 8 RI3 9 GND 10 GND 11 TX3+ 12 TX3- 13 RX3+ 14 RX3- Table 4-14: RS-422/485 Serial Port Connector Pinouts 4.2.13 Serial Port Connector (RS-232) CN Label: COM4, COM5 and COM6 CN T y pe: 10-pin header (2x5)[...]

A 300 Motherboard The serial ports connectors connect to RS-232 seri al port device. Figure 4-15: RS-232 Serial Port Connector Lo cations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION P IN NO . DESCRIPTION 1 DCD4 2 DSR4 3 RX4 4 RTS4 5 TX4 6 CTS4 7 DTR4 8 RI4 9 5V 10 GND Table 4-15: COM4 Serial Port Conne ctor Pinouts PIN NO. DESCRIPTION P IN NO . DESCRIPTION 1 DCD5 2 DSR5 3[...]

A300 Motherboard PIN NO. DESCRIPTION P IN NO . DESCRIPTION 1 DCD6 2 DSR6 3 RX6 4 RTS6 5 TX6 6 CTS6 7 DTR6 8 RI6 9 GND 10 GND Table 4-17: COM6 Serial Port Conne ctor Pinouts 4.2.14 System Panel Connector CN Label: CN12 CN T y pe: 12-pin header (2x6) CN Location: See Figure 4-16 CN Pinout s: See T able 4-18 The front panel connector conne cts to seve[...]

A 300 Motherboard Figure 4-16: Front Panel Connector Location PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1-3 POWER LED 2-8 SPEAKER 5-7 PWR BUTTON 10-12 RESET 9-11 HDLED Table 4-18: Front Panel Connector Pinouts 4.2.15 TFT LCD LVDS Connector CN Label: CN8 CN Type: 30-pi n crimp connector (2x15) CN Location: See Figure 4-17 CN Pinouts: See T able 4-19 The 30-pi[...]

A300 Motherboard Figure 4-17: TFT LCD LVDS Connec tor Pinout Lo cations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. D ESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 GND 3 Rin0+ 4 Rin0- 5 Rin1+ 6 Rin1- 7 Rin2+ 8 Rin2- 9 CLK1+ 10 CLK1- 11 Rin3+ 12 Rin3- 13 GND 14 GND 15 Rin4+ 16 Rin4- 17 Rin5+ 18 Rin5- 19 Rin6+ 20 Rin6- 21 CLK2+ 22 CLK2- 23 Rin7+ 24 Rin7- 25 GND 26 GND 27 LCD_VDD 28 LCD_VD D 2[...]

A 300 Motherboard 4.2.16 Internal USB Connectors (8-Pin) CN Label: USB2 CN T y pe: 8-pin header (2x4) CN Location: See Figure 4-18 CN Pinout s: See T able 4-20 One 2x4 pin connector provides connectivity to two USB 2.0 ports. The USB ports are used for I/O bus expansion. Figure 4-18: Internal USB Connector Loca tions (8-pin) PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN[...]

A300 Motherboard 4.2.17 Internal USB Connectors (5-Pin) CN Label: USB3 and USB4 CN T y pe: 5-pin wafer connector (1x5) CN Location: See Figure 4-19 CN Pinout s: See T able 4-21 One 1x5 pin connector provides connectivi ty to one USB 2.0 ports. The USB ports are used for I/O bus expansion. Figure 4-19: Internal USB Connector Loca tions (5-pin) PIN N[...]

A 300 Motherboard 4.3 External Peripheral Interface Connectors 4.3.1 External Peripheral In terface Connector Overview The A300 external peripheral interface connectors are listed below and sho wn in Figure 4-20 :  3 x Audio jack  1 x DVI-I connector  2 x RJ-45 Ethernet connector  1 x Keyboard/mouse conn ector  3 x Serial communicati[...]

A300 Motherboard  Microphone (Pink): Connect s a microphone. Figure 4-21: Audio Connector 4.3.3 DVI-I Connector CN Label: DVI1 CN Type: DVI interface with anal og RGB signal CN Location: See Figure 4-20 CN Pinouts: See T able 4-22 or Figure 4-22 The A300 has an external DVI-I connector. Figure 4-22 DVI-I Connector Pinout Loca tions PIN NO. DESCR[...]

A 300 Motherboard 5 N/C 13 N/C 21 N/C 6 SB_CK_C 14 PVDD1 22 GND 6 SB_DA_C 15 GND 23 DTXC+ 8 V_SYNC 16 GND 24 DTXC- C1 R C3 B 25 GND C5 GND C6 GND 26 GND C2 G C4 H_SYNC Table 4-22: DVI-I Connector Pinouts 4.3.4 RJ-45 Ethernet Connector CN Label: LAN1 CN Type: RJ-45 CN Location: See Figure 4-20 CN Pinouts: See T able 4-23 The RJ-45 Ethernet conn ecto[...]

A300 Motherboard A13 ACT B13 ACT A14 LINK B14 LINK A15-17 GND B15-17 GND Table 4-23: RJ-45 Ethernet Connector Pinouts Figure 4-23: J7 Connecto r The RJ-45 Ethernet conne ctor has two stat us LEDs, one green and one yellow. The green LED indicates activity on the port and the yellow LED indicates the port is li nked. See Table 4-24 . SPEED LED ACT/L[...]

A 300 Motherboard Figure 4-24: PS/2 Pinouts PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 KB DATA 7 MS DATA 2 NC 8 NC 3 GND 9 GND 4 5V 10 5V 5 KB CLK 11 MS CLK 6 NC 12 NC Table 4-25: Keyboard Connector Pinouts 4.3.6 Serial Port Connector (COM 1) CN Label: CN1.B CN Type: DB-9 connec tor CN Location: See Figure 4-20 CN Pinouts: See T able 4-26 and Figure[...]

A300 Motherboard 5 TX1 6 CTS1 7 DTR1 8 RI1 9 GND 10 GND Table 4-26: RS-232 Serial Port (COM 1) Pinouts Figure 4-25: Serial Port Pinout Locations 4.3.7 Serial Port Connect ors (COM 2 and COM3) CN Label: J5 CN Type: DB-9 connec tor CN Location: See Figure 4-20 CN Pinouts: See T able 4-27 and Figure 4-25 The 9-pin DB-9 COM 2 a nd COM3 serial port con [...]

A 300 Motherboard 4.3.8 USB Combo Ports CN Label: USB1 CN Type: USB Comb o port CN Location: See Figure 4-20 CN Pinouts: See T able 4-28 The two USB combo ports provide connectivi ty to USB devices. The USB port support both USB 1.1 and USB 2.0. PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 USBVCC0 2 USBVCC1 3 D0- 4 D1- 5 D0+ 6 D1+ 7 USBGND0 8 USBGND1 [...]

A300 Motherboard 4 NC 12 DDCDAT 5 GROUND 13 HSYNC 6 GROUND 14 VSYNC 7 GROUND 15 DDCCLK 8 GROUND Table 4-29: VGA Connector Pinouts Figure 4-26: VGA Connector Page 59[...]

A 300 Motherboard 5 Installation Chapter 5 Page 60[...]

A300 Motherboard 5.1 Anti-static Precautions WARNING: Failure to take ESD precautions during the install ation of the A300 may result in permanent damage to the A300 and seve re injury to the user. Electrostatic discharge (E SD) can cau se serious damage to electronic components, including the A300. Dry climates are especially susceptible to ES D. [...]

A 300 Motherboard 5.2 Installation Considerations NOTE: The following installation notices and in stallation considerations should be read and understood b efore the A300 is installed. All installation notices pertaining to the installation of the A300 should be stri ctly adhered to. Failing to adhere to these precaution s may lead to severe damage[...]

A300 Motherboard o When working with the A300, make sure that it is disconnected fro m all power supplies and that no electric ity is being fed into the system. Before and during the installation of the A300 DO NOT:  Remove any of the stickers on the PCB board. These stickers a re required for warranty validation.  Use the product before veri[...]

A 300 Motherboard 5.3 CPU and CPU Cooling Kit Installation W ARNING: A CPU should never be turned on without the spe cified cooling kit being installed. If the cooling kit (heat sink and fan) is not properly installed and the sy stem turned on, pe rmanent damage to the CPU, A300 and other electronic comp onents attached to the system may be incurre[...]

A300 Motherboard Step 1: Unlock the CPU retention screw . When shipped, the retention screw of the CPU socket should be in the unlocked po sition. If it is not in the unlocked position, use a screwdriver to unlock the scre w . See Figure 5-1 . Figure 5-1: Make sure the CPU socke t retention scre w is unlocked Step 2: Inspect the CPU socket. Make su[...]

A 300 Motherboard See Figure 5-2 . Step 0: Figure 5-2: Lock the CPU Socket Retention Scre w 5.3.2 Cooling Kit CF-479B-RS Inst allation Figure 5-3: IEI CF-518-RS and CF-479A-RS Cooling Kit An IEI Socket 479 CPU cooling kit can be purchased se parately. See Figure 5-3 . The cooling kit comprise s a CP U heat sink and a cooling f an. Page 66[...]

A300 Motherboard W ARNING: Do not wipe off (accidentally or otherwise) the p re-sprayed layer of thermal paste on the botto m of the CF-479A-RS/CF-518-RS heat sink. The thermal paste between the CPU an d the heat sink is important for optimum heat dissipation. To install the CF-479A-RS/CF-518 -RS coo ling kit, please follow the steps below. Step 1:[...]

A 300 Motherboard Step 5: Connect the fan cable . Connect the cooling kit fan cable to the fan connector on the motherboard. Carefully route the cabl e and av oid heat generating chip s and fan blades. See Figure 5-5 . Step 0: Figure 5-5: Connect the cooling fan cable 5.4 DIMM Module Installation and CF Card Installation 5.4.1 DIMM Module Installat[...]

A300 Motherboard Figure 5-6: Installing the DIMM Module Step 2: Slowly slide the DIMM module along the plastic guides on both ends of the socket. Press the DIMM module down into t he socket until it clicks into position and the two handles have automatically locked the memory module into place ( Figure 5-6 ). Step 3: T o remove the memory module, p[...]

A 300 Motherboard socket. Step 3: Insert the CF card . Gently insert the CF card into the socket making sure the socket pins are properly inserted into the socket. See Figure 5-7 . Step 0: Figure 5-7: CF Card Installation 5.5 Jumper Settings NOTE: A jumper is a metal bridge t hat is used to close an electrical circuit. It consists of two metal pins[...]

A300 Motherboard Before the A300 is installed in the system, t he jumpers must be set in accordance with the desired configuration. The jumpers on the A300 are listed in Table 5-1 . Description Label Ty p e CF card setup JP4 2-pin head er Clear CMOS JP2 3-pin h ead er COM port select CN13 12-pin box header LCD voltage sele ct JP5 3-pin head er LCD [...]

A 300 Motherboard Figure 5-8: CF Card Setup Jumper Location 5.5.2 Clear CMOS Jumper Jumper Label: JP2 Jumper Type: 3-pin header Jumper Settings: See Ta b l e 5 - 3 Jumper Location: See Figure 5 -9 If the A300 fails to boot due to improper BI OS settings, the CMOS can be cleared using the battery connector. Disconnect the battery from the connector [...]

A300 Motherboard After having done one of the above, save the changes and exit the CMOS Set up menu. The clear CMOS jumper se ttings are shown in Table 5-3 . Clear CMOS Description Short 1 -2 Keep CMO S Setup Default Open 2-3 Clear CM OS Setup Table 5-3: JP2 Clear CMOS Jumper Setting s The location of the clear CMOS jumper is shown in Figure 5-9 be[...]

A 300 Motherboard The COM Port Setting jumper configures pin 9 on COM 1, COM 3 or COM 2 as either a +5V, +12V power source. T he CN13 jumper al so sets the communi cation protocol used by the second serial communications port (COM 3) a s RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485. The COM Port Setting jumper selection options are shown in Table 5-4 . PIN NO. Descrip[...]

A300 Motherboard Figure 5-10: COM Port Setting Jumper Location 5.5.4 LCD Voltage Selection W ARNING: Permanent damage to the screen and A300 may occur if the wrong voltage is selected with this jumper. Please refer to the user guide that came with the monitor to select the correct voltage. Jumper Label: JP5 Jumper Type: 3-pin header Jumper Settings[...]

A 300 Motherboard Figure 5-11: LCD Voltage Selection Jumper Location 5.5.5 LCD Rotation Jumper Jumper Label: CN16 Jumper Type: 2-pin header Jumper Settings: See Ta b l e 5 - 6 Jumper Location: See Figure 5 -12 Use the LCD Rotate jumper to rotate the LCD. The LCD Rotate settings are shown in Table 5-6 . LCD Rotate Description 1 LCD Rotate 2 GND Tabl[...]

A300 Motherboard The LCD Rotate jumper location is shown in Figure 5-12 . Figure 5-12: LCD Rotate Jumper Location 5.6 Chassis Installation 5.6.1 Airflow W ARNING: Airflow is critical to the cooling of the CPU an d other onboard components. The chassis in which the A300 must have air vents to allow cool air to move into the system and hot air to mov[...]

A 300 Motherboard the cooling fan of a power supply can also hel p generate airflow through the boa rd surface. 5.6.2 Motherboard Installation To install the A300 motherboard in to the chassis please refer to the reference material that came with the chas sis. 5.7 Internal Peripheral Device Connections 5.7.1 Peripheral Device Cables The cables list[...]

A300 Motherboard Figure 5-13: IDE Cable Connection Step 3: Connect the cable to an IDE device . Connect the two connectors on the other side of the cable to one or two IDE devices. Make sure that pin 1 on the cable corresponds to pin 1 on the conn ecto r Step 0: 5.7.3 Single Port RS-232 Cable The A300 is shipped with two single port RS -232 cables.[...]

A 300 Motherboard the A300 keyboard/mouse connector . See Figure 5-14 . Step 3: Insert the cable connectors . Once the ca ble conn ector i s pro pe rly aligned wit h the keyboard/mouse conne ctor on the A300, connect the cable con nector to the onboard connectors. See Figure 5-14 . Figure 5-14: Single Port RS-232 Cable Connection Step 4: Attach DB-[...]

A300 Motherboard To install these devices, connect the corre spondi ng cable connector from the a ctual device to the corresponding A300 external peripheral interface connector makin g sure the pins are properly aligned. Page 81[...]

A 300 Motherboard 6 AMI BIOS Chapter 6 Page 82[...]

A300 Motherboard I  Disabled Prevents the system fro m using the on-board IDE controller  Primary Only allows the system to detect the Primary IDE channel, including both the Primary M aster and Primary Slave)  Secondary Only allows the system to detect the Secondary IDE channel, including both the Seco ndary Master and Secondary Sla ve) ?[...]

A 300 Motherboard 6.1.1.1 IDE Master , IDE Slave IDE Master and IDE Slave configuration options for both primary and secondary IDE devices are shown in the BIOS menu below. BIOS Menu 1: IDE Ma ster Co nfigurat ion  Auto-Detected Drive Parameters The “grayed-out” items in the left frame are IDE disk drive parameters automatically detected fro[...]

A300 Motherboard method of addressing dat a on a disk drive is supported or not.  Block Mode : Block mode boost s IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data transf erred. Only 512 by tes of data ca n be transferred per interrupt if block mode is not used. Bl ock mode allows tran sfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt.  PIO Mode : Indi[...]

A 300 Motherboard  LS-120  LBA/Large Mode [Auto] The LBA/Large Mode BIOS option disables or aut o detects LBA (Logical Block Addressing). LBA is a method of addressing data on a disk dri ve. In LBA mode, the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB.  Disabled This selection prevent s the BIOS from using the LBA mode control on the specified chann [...]

A300 Motherboard this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be dete r mined.  0 PIO mode 0 selected with a maximum tra nsfer rate of 3.3MBps  1 PIO mode 1 selected with a maximum tra nsfer rate of 5.2MBps  2 PIO mode 2 selected with a maximum tra nsfer rate of 8.3MBps  3 PIO mode 3 selected with a maximum tra nsfer rate of 1 1.1MBp[...]

A 300 Motherboard  32Bit Data T ransfer [Disabled] The 32Bit Data Transfe r BIOS option enable s or disables 32-bit data transfers.  Disabled Prevent s the BIOS from using 32-bit data transfers.  Enabled (Default) Allows BIOS to use 32 -bit data transfe rs on support hard disk drives. BIOS Menu 2: IDE Slave Configuration  Type [Auto] Th[...]

A300 Motherboard  Auto (Default) This selection enables the BIOS to auto detect the IDE disk drive type att ached to the specified channel. This setting should be use d if an IDE hard disk drive i s attached to the spe cified channel.  CD/DVD The CD/DVD option specifies that a n IDE CD-ROM drive is attached to th e specified IDE channel. The [...]

A 300 Motherboard manufactured after 1 999. For other disk drives, su ch as IDE CD-ROM drives, check the spe c ification s of the drive.)  DMA Mode [Auto] The DMA Mode BIOS selection adj usts the DMA mode options.  Auto (Default) The BIOS auto detects the DMA mode. Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined.  SWDMA0 [...]

A300 Motherboard 6.1.2 Super IO Configuration The Super IO Configuration menu ( BIOS Menu 3 ) sets or changes the configurations for the serial ports. BIOS Menu 3: Super IO Configuration  Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4 ] The Serial Port1 Address option allows BIOS to select the Serial Port 1 base address.  Disabled No base address is assigned[...]

A 300 Motherboard address is IRQ3  Serial Port2 Address [2F8/IRQ3 ] The Serial Port2 Address option allows BIOS to select the Serial Port 2 base address.  Disabled No base address is assigned to Serial Port 2  2F8/IRQ3 (Default) Serial Port 2 I/O port address is 3F8 and the interrupt address is IRQ3  3E8/IRQ4 Serial Port 2 I/O port addr[...]

A300 Motherboard This option allows BIOS to select the base addre s se s for serial port 4.  Disabled No base address is assigned to se rial port 4  3E8 Serial port 4 I/O port address is 3E8  2E8 (Default) Serial port 4 I/O port address is 2E8  2E0 Serial port 4 I/O port address is 2E0  Serial Port4 IRQ [10] The Serial Port4 IRQ sele[...]

A 300 Motherboard  11 (Default) Serial port 5 IRQ ad dress is 1 1  Serial Port6 Address [2E0] This option allows BIOS to select the base addre s se s for serial port 6.  Disabled No base address is assigned to se rial port 6  3E8 Serial port 6 I/O port address is 3E8  2E8 Serial port 6 I/O port address is 2E8  2E0 (Default) Serial[...]

A300 Motherboard BIOS Menu 4: Hard ware Health Configuration  FAN 1 Mode Setting : [Full On] The FAN 1 Mode Setting has the following options:  Full On (Default) If selected, there are no additional configurable option s.  Automatic Mode If selected, the followin g options will appear with values that can be configured:  Temperature 1 L[...]

A 300 Motherboard  Slop PWM 1 : 0 PWM , 2 PWM (Default), 4 PWM or 8 PWM, 16 PWM, 32 PWM, 64 PWM  FAN 2 Mode Setting : [Full On] The FAN 2 Mode Setting has the following options:  Full On (Default) If selected, there are no additional configurable option s.  Automatic Mode If selected, the followin g options will appear with values that [...]

A300 Motherboard The ACPI Configuration menu ( BIOS Menu 5 ) configures the Advanced Co nfiguration and Power Interface (ACPI) and Power Management (APM) options. BIOS Menu 5: ACPI Configuration 6.1.4.1 Advanced ACPI Conf iguration Use the Advanced ACPI Configuration menu ( BIOS Menu 6 ) to sele ct the ACPI stat e when the system is suspen ded. Pag[...]

A 300 Motherboard BIOS Menu 6: Advanced ACPI Con figuration  ACPI APIC Support [Ena bled] Use the ACPI APIC Support option to add a pointer to an ACPI APIC table in the RSDT (Root System Description Table ). The RSDT is an array of pointe rs that direct the sy stem to the physical addresses of other d escription tables. The RS DT is the main ACP[...]

A300 Motherboard Use API C ACPI SCI IRQ option to enable the system to send a fla g report to the ACPI OS if a SCI IRQ interrupt event is made via the APIC.  Disabled D EF AUL T No flag report is sent to the ACPI OS when there is a "SCI IRQ" interrupt event.  Enabled Flag report is sent to the A C PI OS when there is a "SCI IRQ[...]

A 300 Motherboard BIOS Menu 7: MPS Configuration  MPS Revi sion [1.4] The Multiprocessor Specification (MP S) for OS specifies the MPS version to be use d.  1.1 MPS version 1.1 is used  1.4 (Default) MPS version 1.4 is used 6.1.6 USB Configuration The USB Configuration menu ( BIOS Menu 8 ) gives USB configuration information and configures[...]

A300 Motherboard BIOS Menu 8: USB Confi guration  USB Configuration The USB Configuration field shows the system USB configuration. The items listed are:  Module V ersion: 2.24.0-10.4  USB Devi ces Enabled: Lists the USB devices that are enabled on the system  USB Function [Enabled ] The USB Function BIOS option en able s or disables th[...]

A 300 Motherboard  Legacy USB Support [E nabled] The Legacy USB Support BIOS option refers to USB mouse and USB keyboa rd supp ort. Normally if this option is not enabled, any attached USB mouse or USB keyboard doe s not become available until a USB compatible operat ing system is fully booted with all USB drivers loaded. When this option is ena[...]

A300 Motherboard 6.1.6.1 USB Mass Storage Device Confi gurati on Use the USB Mass Storage Device Co nfigur ation menu ( BIOS Menu 9 ) to configure USB mass storag e class dev ice s. BIOS Menu 9: USB Ma ss S torage Devic e Configuration  USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec] Use the USB Mass Storage Reset Delay option to set the number of seconds[...]

A 300 Motherboard  40 Sec POST wait s 40 seconds for the USB mass storage device after the st art unit command.  Devi ce ## The Device## field lists the USB device s that are connected to the system.  Emulation Type [Auto] Use the Emulation Type BIOS option to sp ecify the type of emulation BIOS has t o provide for the USB device. NOTE: Pl[...]

A300 Motherboard floppy image. This option works onl y for drives formatted with F A T12, F A T16 or F A T32.  Hard Disk Allows the USB device to be emulated as hard disk responding to INT13h calls that return DL values of 80h or above.  CDROM Assumes the CD-ROM is formatted as boot able media. All the devices t hat suppo rt block sizes great[...]

A 300 Motherboard BIOS Menu 10: PCI/PnP Configuration  Plug & Play O/S [No] Use the Plug & Play O/S BIOS option to specify whether system plug an d play devices are configured by the operating system or the BIOS.  No D EF AU L T If the operating system does not meet the Plug and Play specifications, this option allows the BIOS to conf[...]

A300 Motherboard Use the PCI Latency Timer option to specify the PCI latency time. The latency time is measured in units of PCI clock cycles fo r the PCI device latency timer register. Configuration options are:  32  64 D EF AUL T  96  128  160  192  224  248  Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] Use the Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [...]

A 300 Motherboard The graphics chip set can be mounted on a PCI card. Always check with the adapter card manual first, before modifying the default settings in the BIOS.  PCI IDE BusMaster [Disabled] Use the PCI IDE BusMaster BIOS option to enable or prevent PCI IDE busmastering.  Disabled D EF AUL T Busmastering is prevented  No/Enabled I[...]

A300 Motherboard adapter card is inst alled in PCI Slot 4.  PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 5 is selected as the location of the Of fBoard PCI IDE adapter card. Only select this slot if the adapter card is inst alled in PCI Slot 5.  PCI Slot 6 PCI Slot 6 is selected as the location of the Of fBoard PCI IDE adapter card. Only select this slot if the adapt[...]

A 300 Motherboard Use the DMA Channel# option to assign a specific DMA channel to a pa rticular PCI/PnP device.  A vailable D EF AUL T The specified DMA is available to be use d by PCI/PnP device s  Reserved The specified DMA is reserved for use by Lega cy ISA devices Available DMA Channels are:  DM Channel 0  DM Channel 1  DM Channe[...]

A300 Motherboard BIOS Menu 11: Boot 6.3.1 Boot Settings Configuration The Boot Settings Configuration menu ( BIOS Menu 12 ) configu res advanced system boot options. P a g e 111[...]

A 300 Motherboard BIOS Menu 12: Boot Settings Configuration  Quick Boot [Enabled] The Quick Boot BIOS option makes the comput er speed up the bo ot process.  Disabled System does not skip any POST procedures  Enabled (Default) Allows system to skip some POST procedures to decrease the system boot time  Boot From LAN Support [Disabled] U[...]

A300 Motherboard  Enabled (Default) Can be booted from a remote system through the LAN  Quiet Boot [Disabled] The Quiet Boot BIOS option allows the boot up screen options to be modified between POST messages or an OEM logo.  Disabled (Default) Displays normal POST messag es  Enabled Displays OEM Logo instead of POST messages  AddOn R[...]

A 300 Motherboard automatically when the computer syste m boots up. This allo ws the immediate use of the 10-ke y nume ric keyp ad located on the right side of the keyboard. T o confirm this, the Number Lock LED light on the keyboard is lit.  PS/2 Mouse Support [En abled] The PS/2 Mouse Support BIOS option allows the PS/2 mouse support to be adj[...]

A300 Motherboard settings.  Hit ‘DEL’ Message Displa y [Enabled] The Hit “DEL” Message Display option allows sp ecifi es whethe r the instruction to hit the delete button to enter BIOS during POST appears or not.  Disabled No message displayed during POST  Enabled (Default) Displays “Press DEL to run Setup” message in POST  [...]

A 300 Motherboard BIOS Menu 13: Boot Device Priority Setting s 6.3.3 Removable Drives The Removable Drives menu ( BIOS Menu 14 ) spe cifies the boot sequence of the available USB drives. NOTE: Only the drives connected to the system are show n . For example, if only one USB is connected only “ 1st Driv e ” is listed. The boot sequence from the [...]

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A 300 Motherboard 6.3.4 CD/DVD Drives The CD/DVD Driv es menu is similar to the Removable Driv es BIOS Menu 14 and it specifies the boot sequence of the avail abl e CD/DVD drive s. When the menu is opene d, the CD drives and DVD drives conne cted to the system are listed as shown below:  1st Drive [CD/DV D: PM-( p art ID)]  NOTE: Only the dri[...]

A300 Motherboard BIOS Menu 15: Security  Change Superv isor Password The default setting for the Change Superv isor Password is Not Installed . If a supervisor password must be installed, select this field and enter the password. After the password has been added, Install appears next to Change Sup ervisor Password .  Change User Pass w ord T[...]

A 300 Motherboard 6.5 Chipset The Chipset menu ( BIOS Menu 16 ) has two sub-menus, NorthB ridge Configuration and SouthBridge Configuration. The NorthBri d ge Configuration menu co nfigures the northbridge chipset and the SouthBridge Conf iguration menu co nfigures the southbridge chipset. WARNING! Setting the wrong values for the Chipset BIOS sele[...]

A300 Motherboard The NorthBridge Configuration menu ( BIOS Menu 17 ) allows the northbridge chipset to be configured. BIOS Menu 17: NorthBridge Chipset Con figuration  DRAM Frequency [Auto] The DRAM Frequency option allows specifies the DRAM freque ncy or allow the system to automatically detect the DRAM frequency.  200MHz Sets the DRAM frequ[...]

A 300 Motherboard The Configu re DRAM Timing by SPD option determines if the system us es the SPD ( Serial Presence Detect) EEPROM to configure the DRAM timing. The SPD EEPROM contains all necessary DIMM specif icatio ns the including speed of the individual components such a s CAS and ban k cycle time a s well as valid setti ngs for the module and[...]

A300 Motherboard The Init. Graphic Adapter Priority option selects the graphics co ntroller the system use s as a primary boot device. The options are:  Internal VGA  PCI/Int-VGA  Internal Graphics Mode Select [Enable, 32MB] The Internal Graphic Mode Select option determine s the amount of system memory that can be used by the Internal gra[...]

A 300 Motherboard  CRT  EFP  LFP  CRT + EFP  CRT + LFP (Default)  Flat Panel Ty pe [1280x1024 48bits ] The Flat Panel Type BIOS option specifies the flat panel PC type being u sed. NOTE: Please refer to the te chnical documents that came wi th the flat panel PC to ensure the correct settings are selected. The following options are[...]

A300 Motherboard BIOS Menu 18: SouthBridge Chipset Con figuration  OnBoard AC’97 Audio [Auto] The OnBoard AC’97 Aud io option enables or disables the AC’97 CO DEC.  Disabled The on-board AC’97 is disabled  Auto (Defa ult) The on -board AC’97 autom atically detected and enabled  Spread Spectrum Mode [Disabled] The Spread Spectr[...]

A 300 Motherboard The OnBoard LAN1 option enables o r disables the on-board LA N1.  Disabled On-board LA N1 device manually disabled  Enabled (Default) The on-board LAN1 de vice automatically detected an d enabled  OnBoard LA N2 [Enabled] The OnBoard LAN2 option enables o r disables the on-board LA N2.  Disabled On-board LA N2 device ma[...]

A300 Motherboard BIOS Menu 19: Power  Power Management/ APM [Enabled] The Power Management/APM BIOS option allows access to the advanced power management features. If this option is disabled, the onl y other option on the screen is the “ Resume On RTC Alarm .”  Disabled Disables the Advanced Power Man agement (APM) feature  Enabled (De[...]

A 300 Motherboard turned on or of f  Suspend When the power button is pressed the system goes i nto suspend mode  Restore on AC Po w er Loss [Last State] The Restore on AC Power Loss BIOS option spe cif ies what state the system return s to if there is a sudden loss of powe r to the system.  Power Off The system remains turne d off  Pow[...]

A300 Motherboard on-board LAN co ntrolle r activity  Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled] The Resume On RTC Ala rm determine s when the computer is roused from a susp ended state.  Disabled (Default) The real time clock (RTC) cannot ge nerate a wake event  Enabled If selected, the following appears with values that can be selected:  RTC Alarm[...]

A 300 Motherboard BIOS Menu 20: Exit  Save Changes and Exit If configuration changes are complete, select this o ption to save them and exit the BIOS menus.  Discard Changes and Ex it If configuration changes are compl ete but do need to be saved, select this option to exit the BIOS menus.  Discard Changes If configuration changes are comp[...]

A300 Motherboard This option loads optimal default values fo r each of the parameters on the Setup menus. F9 key can be used for this operation.  Load Failsafe Defaults This option loads failsafe default values for each of the para meters on the Setup menus. F8 key can be used for this operation. Page 131[...]

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A300 Motherboard Chapter 7 Software Drivers 7 Page 133[...]

A 300 Motherboard 7.1 Available Software Drivers NOTE: The contents of the CD may vary throughout the life cycle of the product and is subject to change without prio r notic e. Visit the IEI website or contact technical support for the la test update s. The A300 board has four software drivers:  Chipset  Audio  VGA  SA T A  T ouch Pa[...]

A300 Motherboard Figure 7-1: InstallShield Wizard Preparation Screen Step 1: The “Welcome” window in Figure 7-2 appears n ext. Figure 7-2: Welcome Screen Step 2: Click “ Next ” and the license agreement shown in Figure 7-3 appe ars. Page 135[...]

A 300 Motherboard Figure 7-3: License Agreement Step 3: Agree to the license terms by clicking “ Ye s ”. The “ Readme ” in Figure 7-4 appears. Page 136[...]

A300 Motherboard Figure 7-4: Readme Information Step 4: Click “ Ye s ”. T he driver is installe d on the computer . After the installation is complete, the installation complete screen shown in Figure 7-5 appears. Sele ct the preferred option and cli ck “ Finish ” to complete the installation process. Step 0: Page 137[...]

A 300 Motherboard Figure 7-5: Restart the Computer 7.3 RealTek Audio Driver Installation To install the RealTek AC’97 Audio d river, please follow the steps belo w: Step 1: Insert the CD into the system that cont ains the A300 board. Open the CD folder and locate the REAL TEK/AC655 directory . Open the directory and look for icon for the WDM_A380[...]

A300 Motherboard Figure 7-6: Audio Driver Install Shield Wizard Starting Step 3: The RealT ek Audio Setup prepa re s the install shield to guide throu gh the rest of the setup process. Step 4: After install shield is prep ared, the welcome screen shown in Figure 7-7 appears. T o continue the installatio n process, click the “ Next ” button. The[...]

A 300 Motherboard Figure 7-7: Audio Driver Welcome Screen Figure 7-8: Audio Driver Software Configuration Step 5: At this stage the “ Hardware Inst allation ” screen shown in Figure 7-9 appears. Page 140[...]

A300 Motherboard T o continue the installation process, click the “ Continue Any way ” button. Figure 7-9: Audio Driver Digital Signal Step 6: After the driver installation process is complete, a con firmation screen shown in Figure 7-10 appears Page 141[...]

A 300 Motherboard Figure 7-10: Audio Driver Installation Complete Step 7: The confirmation screen shown in Figure 7-10 allows user to rest art the computer immediately af ter the inst allation is complete or to re sta rt the computer later . For the settings to take effect the computer mu st be resta rted. Once decided when to rest art the computer[...]

A300 Motherboard Figure 7-11: VGA Driver Installation InstallShield Wiza rd Scre en Step 3: T o continue installing click “ Next ” and a welcome screen sho wn in Figure 7-12 appears. Page 143[...]

A 300 Motherboard Figure 7-12: VGA Driver Welcome Screen Step 4: T o continue installing click “ Next ”. After the driver inst allation proce ss is complete, a confirmation screen shown in Figure 7-1 3 appe ars. Page 144[...]

A300 Motherboard Figure 7-13: GMA Driver Installa tion Complete Step 5: The confirmation screen shown in Figure 7-13 allows user to rest art the computer immediately af ter the inst allation is complete or to re sta rt the computer later . For the settings to take effect the computer mu st be resta rted. Once decided when to rest art the computer ,[...]

A 300 Motherboard drives whether configuring the SATA disk driv es in to RAID volumes or using them as individual disk drives. The system BIOS can identify SATA disk driv es, but cannot control their operation. The separately installed driver therefore is n ece ssary. 7.5.1 Installation Steps Du ring Windows XP Installation Step 1: Enable SA T A RO[...]

A300 Motherboard SA T A/RAID Controller for Windows XP and pre ss ENTER to continue. Step 9: The follow-up window lists out the devices to be inst alled, in which selected ALi controller(s) should be incl uded. Step 10: Repeat step 5, but select ALi A T A/RAID Controller at step 7. If both controllers are installed, go to next step. Step 11: If use[...]

A 300 Motherboard Step 8: Repeat step 1, but select ALi A T A/RAID Controller at step 4. Page 148[...]

A300 Motherboard A BIOS Options Appendix A Page 149[...]

A 300 Motherboard 　 IDE Master and IDE Slave .....................................................................................83 　 Auto-Detected Drive Paramete rs ..........................................................................84 　 Type [Auto] ......................................................................................[...]

A300 Motherboard 　 Slop PWM 1 ....................................................................................................96 　 FAN 2 Mode Setting: [Full On] ..............................................................................96 　 Temperature 2 Limit of OFF .....................................................................[...]

A 300 Motherboard 　 Quiet Boot [Disabled] ......................................................................................... 113 　 AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BI OS] ......................................................... 113 　 Bootup Num-Lock [On ] ...................................................................................[...]

A300 Motherboard 　 Discard Changes and Exit ................................................................................. 130 　 Discard Changes ................................................................................................. 130 　 Load Optimal Defaults ......................................................................[...]

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A300 Motherboard B GPIO Connection Appendix B Page 155[...]

A 300 Motherboard B.1 GPIO Settings and Default V alues B.1.1 GPIO Settings Two addresses (320h and 321h) on the LVC chipset are reserved to control the GPIO connecto r.  Port 320h stores the dat a that is inputted to or outputted from the specified pin on the GPIO connector .  Port 321h is the input/output setting register for each pin on th[...]

A300 Motherboard Bit 4 00h 00h Bit 5 00h 00h Bit 6 00h 00h Bit 7 00h 00h B.2 Assembly Language Samples B.2.1 GPIO Initialization Procedure The following instruction set initializes one pin on the GPIO connector. MOV DX, 320h Moves 320h into the DX dat a register for one of the GPIO pins MOV AL, XXh Moves the user defined output value XXh into the l[...]

A 300 Motherboard MOV DX, 320h Moves 320h into the DX dat a register for one of the GPIO pins MOV AL, ZZh Moves the user defined output dat a ZZh into the low bit accumulator register AL OUT DX, AL The ouput dat a in the low bit accumulator register AL is transmitted out from the address stored in the DX dat a register B.2.3 General Purpose Input P[...]

A300 Motherboard C Watchdog Timer Appendix C Page 159[...]

A 300 Motherboard NOTE: The following discussion a pplies to DOS environment. IEI support is contacted or the IEI website visite d for specific drivers for more sophisticated operating systems, e.g., Windows a nd Linux. The Watchdog Timer is provided to en sure that standalone sy stems can always recove r from catastrophic co nditions that cause t [...]

A300 Motherboard NOTE: When exiting a program it is necess ary to disable the Watchdo g Timer, otherwise the system resets. Example program: ; INITIAL TIMER PERIOD COUNTER ; W_LOOP: M O V A X , 6 F 0 2 H ; s e t t i n g t h e t i m e - o u t v a l u e M O V B L , 3 0 ; t i m e - o u t v a l u e i s 4 8 s e c o n d s I N T 1 5 H ; ; ADD THE APPLICAT[...]

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A300 Motherboard D Address Mapping Appendix D Page 163[...]

A 300 Motherboard D.1 Address Map I/O address Range Description 000-01F DMA Controller 020-021 Interrupt Controller 040-043 System time 060-06F K eyboard Controller 070-07F System CMOS/Real time Clock 080-09F DMA Controller 0A0-0A1 Interrupt Controller 0C0-0DF DMA Controller 0F0-0FF Numeric data processor 1F0-1F7 Primary IDE Channel 2F8-2FF Serial [...]

A300 Motherboard D.3 IRQ Mapping T able IRQ0 System Timer IRQ8 RTC clock IRQ1 K eyboard IRQ9 ACPI IRQ2 Av ailable IRQ10 COM4/CO M6 IRQ3 COM2 IRQ11 COM3/CO M5 IRQ4 COM1 IRQ12 PS/2 mouse IRQ5 SMBus Controller IRQ13 FPU IRQ6 FDC IRQ14 Primary IDE IRQ7 Av ailable IRQ15 Secondary IDE Table D-3: IRQ Mapping Table D.4 DMA Channel Assignment s Channel Func[...]

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A300 Motherboard E External AC’97 Audio CODEC Appendix E Page 167[...]

A 300 Motherboard E.1 Introduction The motherboard comes with an on -board Re altek A LC203 CO DEC. Re altek A LC203 i s a 16-bit, full duplex AC’97 Rev. 2.3 compatible audio CODECwith a sampling rate of 48KHz. E.1.1 Accessing the AC’97 CODEC The CODEC is accessed throug h a connect or on the A300 m otherboard. Connect the audio kit to the conn[...]

A300 Motherboard To access the Sound Effects Manager , please do th e following: Step 9: Install the audio CODEC driver . Step 10: Click either:  The Sound Ef fect Manager icon in the No ti fication Area of the system task bar (see Figure E-2 ), or  The Sound Ef fect Manag er icon in the Control Panel ( Figure E-3 ). Figure E-2: Sound Effect [...]

A 300 Motherboard Note: The Sound Effect Manager shown abo ve is for the RealTek ALC655 audio CODEC. Different CODECs ma y have different sound manager appearances. The following section de scribes the different config uration options in the Sound Effect Manager. E.2.2 Sound Effect Manager Configuration Options The Sound Effects Manager enables con[...]

A300 Motherboard NOTE: Not all RealTek Sound Effect M anagers have all the above li sted options. The Sound Effect Manager loaded onto t he system may only have some of the options listed above. Below is a brief description of the av ailable configuration options in the Sound Effects Manager .  Sound Effec t :- Select a sound ef fect from the 23[...]

A 300 Motherboard  Connector Sensing :- Realtek ALC655 detect s if an audio device is plugged into the wrong connector . If an incorrect device is plugged in a warning message appears.  HRTF Dem o : - Adjust HRTF (He ad Rela ted T ransfer Functions) 3D positional audio here before ru nnin g 3D applications.  Microphone Effec t :- Microphon[...]

A300 Motherboard F Index Page 173[...]

A 300 Motherboard A ACPI 97, 98 airflow 77 anti-static precautions 25, 61 anti-static p ad 25, 61 anti-static wristband 25, 61 handling 25, 61 self-grounding 25, 61 A T A flat cable 78 A TX Power b utton 48 A TX power connector 33 location and pinout s 33 Audio Codec ’97 17 audio connector 34 location and pinout s 34 Audio jack 32, 52 B backlight[...]

A 300 Motherboard IrDA 42 LED 43 power button 44 RS-232 46 RS-422/485 45 system panel 47 TFT LCD L VDS (20-pin) 48 USB (5-pin) 51 USB (8-pin) 50 cooling 77 airflow 77 cooling fan 66, 68 cooling kit inst allation 66 CPU cooling fan 66 heat sink 66 installation 64 CPU compatible 13 D dimensions 1 1 board 1 1 external peripheral interface con nector p[...]

A300 Motherboard clear CMOS 72 COM port setting 73 jumper configuration 71 jumper settings 70 LCD rotation 76 LCD voltage sele ction 75 K Keyboard 56 keyboard controller 22 Keyboard/mouse connector 32, 52 L LAN Connect Interface 14 LCD display 75, 76 LCD rotation 76 voltage select 75 LCD rotation jumper 76 location 77 settings 76 LCD V oltage 7 LCD[...]

A 300 Motherboard S Serial port 7, 92, 93, 94 serial port conne ctor 57 location and pinout s 57 serial port devices 80 socket 479 CPU cooling kit 66 cooling kit inst allation 66 installation 64 srial communications port 52 Super I/O chipset 21, 22 T technical specifications 7 TFT LCD L VDS connector , 20-pin 48 location and pinout s 48 U unpacking[...]