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    USER’S MANUAL PMB-531LF Intel® Core Duo/Solo Mini-ITX Motherboard With VGA/Audio/LAN PMB-531LF M3[...]

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    Copyright Notice PMB-531LF Intel® Core Duo/Solo Mini-ITX Motherboard With VGA/ Sound/ LAN OPERATION MANUAL COPYRIGHT NOTICE This operation m anual is meant to assist bot h Embedded Computer manufacturers and end users in inst alling and setting up the system. The information contained in this document is subject to change without any notice. This [...]

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    Copyright Notice FCC NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Ru les. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harm ful interference when the equ ipment is operated in a comm ercial environment. Thi s equipment genera tes, uses, a[...]

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    Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 About This Manual ........................................................ 1-2 1-2 System Specification ...................................................... 1-3 1-3 Safety Precautions ......................................................... 1-6 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION 2-1 Jumper &[...]

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    Contents CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE UTILITIES 3-1 Introduction …………..........................................…....... 3-2 3-2 VGA Driver Utility ……………………………….…… 3-3 3-3 Flash BIOS Update ..............................................…....... 3-4 3-4 LAN Driv er Utility …...........................................?[...]

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    Page:1-1 INTRODUCTION This chapter gi ves you the i nformation for PMB -531LF. It also outlines the System specifications. Section includes: z About This Manual z System Specifications z Safety Precautions Experienced users can skip to chapter 2 on page 2-1 for a Quick Start. CHAPTER 1[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduction Page: 1-2 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL Thank you for purchasing our PMB-531LF Intel® Core Duo/Sol o Mainboard enhanced with VGA/Sound/ LAN, which is fully PC / AT compatible. The PMB-531LF provides fast er processing speed, greater expandability an d can hand le more tasks than before. This manual is de[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduction PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 1-3 1-2. SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS z CPU: Intel® Core Duo up to 2.33GHz. Intel® Core Solo up to 1.8 3GHz. Intel® Core Duo ULV up to 1.2 GHz. Intel® Core Solo ULV up to 1.2 GHz. Auto detect voltage regulat or. z CHIPSET: Intel® 945GM + ICH7R (FSB: 533/667MHz) z MEMORY : 2 x 200-pin DDR2 SO-DI[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduction Page: 1-4 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL z DISPLAY : Built-in Intel 945GM, support for CRT, LVDS, TV-Out. Onboard 15-pin VGA D-SUB connector, support for resoluti on on QXGA Monitor. z IDE INTERFACE : One IDE ports support up to two IDE devices. Supports Ultra DMA 33. z SERIAL ATA PORT : Two S-ATA connectors from ICH7R . z USB C[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduction PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 1-5 z IRDA PORT : 5-pin Infrared port, support IrDA v1.0 SIR protocol z GREEN FUNCTION : Controlled by hardware and soft ware. z LED INDICATOR : System power Hard Disk access LAN LED indicator z DMA CONTROLLER : 8237 x 2 z DMA CHANNELS : 7 z INTERRUPT CONTROLLERS : 82C59 x 2 z INTERRUPT LEVEL[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduction Page: 1-6 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 1-3. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Follow the messages bel ow to avoid your system s from dam age: 1. Keep your system away from st atic electricity on all occasions. 2. Prevent electric shock. Don‘t touch any components of this card when t he card is power-on. Always disconnect power when t he sy[...]

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    Page 2-1 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION ** QUICK START ** CHAPTER 2 Helpful informati on describes the jumper & connector settings, and component locati ons. Section includes: z Jumper & Connector Quick R eference Table z Component Locati ons z Configuration and Jum per settings z Connector’s Pin Assignm ents[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration Page: 2-2 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 2-1. JUMPER & CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE COM Port Connector …………………………. COM1,COM2,COM3,COM4 COM3/4 Port RI/Voltage Selection …………... JP16,JP17 RS232/422/485 (COM2) Selection …………… JP15 Keyboard/Mouse Connector …………………[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-3 2-2. COMPONENT LOCATIONS PMB-531LF Connector, Jumper and Component locations[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration Page: 2-4 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 2-3. HOW TO SET THE JUMPERS You can configure your board by setti ng jumpers. Jum per is consists of two or three met al pins with a plasti c base mounted on the card, and by using a small pl astic " cap " , Also known as the jumper cap (wit h a metal contact inside),[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-5 JUMPER DIAGRAMS 2 pin Jumpe r loo ks l i ke t his Ju mper Ca p looks like this 3 pin Jumpe r loo ks l i ke t his Ju mper Bl ock loo ks l i ke t his JUMPER SETTINGS Looks like this 3 pin Jump er 2-3 pin close( ena bl ed) Looks like this Jumper Bl ock 1-2 pin close( ena bl ed) 2 [...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration Page: 2-6 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 2-4. COM PORT CONNECTOR COM1 : COM1 Connector COM1 is fixed as RS-232. The pin assignment is as follows : PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 DCD1 2 RX1 3 TX1 4 DTR1 5 GND 6 DSR1 7 RTS1 8 CTS1 9 RI1 COM2 : COM2 Connector The COM2 is selectable as R S-232/422/485. The pin assignment is as follows [...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-7 COM3 : COM3 Connector COM3 is fixed as RS-232. The pin assignment is as follows : PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 DCD3 2 RX3 3 TX3 4 DTR3 5 GND 6 DSR3 7 RTS3 8 CTS3 9 RI3 10 NC  COM3’s pin 9 is select able for RI, +5V or +12V. For m ore information, please refer to our “2-5 COM RI and [...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration Page: 2-8 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 2-5. COM3/4 RI & VOLTAGE SELECTION JP16 : COM3 RI & Voltage Selection The selections are as follows: COM SELECTION JUMPER SETTINGS JUMPER ILLUSTRATION 5V 5-6 12V 3-4 COM3 RI 1-2 ***Manufacturing Default -- R I.[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-9 JP17 : COM4 RI & Voltage Selection The selections are as follows: COM SELECTION JUMPER SETTINGS JUMPER ILLUSTRATION 5V 5-6 12V 3-4 COM4 RI 1-2 ***Manufacturing Default -- R I.[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration Page: 2-10 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 2-6. RS232/422/485 (COM2) SELECTION JP15 : RS-232/422/485 (COM 2) Selection This connector is used to set the COM 2 function. The jumper settings are as follows : COM 2 Function Jumper Settings (pin closed) Jumper Illustrations RS-232 All Open RS-422 1-2, 3-4, 9-10 RS-485 1-2,[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-11 2-7. PS/2 KEYBOARD AND MOUSE CONNECTOR JKBMS1 : PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector The pin assignments are as follows : PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 KBDATA 2 NC 3 GND 4 5VSB 5 KBCLK 6 NC 7 MSDATA 8 NC 9 GND 10 5VSB 11 MSCLK 12 NC 2-8. RESET CONNECTOR JPANEL1 (13, 15) : Reset Connector. The[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration Page: 2-12 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 2-9. HARD DISK DRIVE LED CONNECTOR JPANEL1 (9, 11) : Hard Disk Drive LED Connector The pin assignment is as follows : PIN ASSIGNMENT 9 HD_LED+ 11 HD_LED- 2-10. ATX POWER BUTTON JPANEL1 (14, 16) : ATX Power Button The pin assignment is as follows : PIN ASSIGNMENT 14 PW_BN1 16 P[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-13 2-12. POWER LED CONNECTOR JPANEL1 (8, 10, 12) : Power LED Connector The pin assignment is as follows: PIN ASSIGNMENT 8 PW_LED+ 10 PW_LED+ 12 PW_LED- 2-13. CLEAR CMOS DATA SELECTION JP2 : Clear CMOS Data Selection The selections are as follows : FUNCTION JUMPER SETTING (pin clo[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration Page: 2-14 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 2-14. CPU FAN CONNECTOR FAN1 : CPU Fan connector The pin assignment is as follows: PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 LPC1_FANPWM1 2 +12V 3 LPC1_FANIO1 2-15. SYSTEM FAN CONNECTOR FAN2 ： System Fan connector The pin assignment i s as follows ： PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 LPC1_FANPWM2 2 +12V 3 LPC1_FANI[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-15 2-16. HARD DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR The PMB-531LF possesses one HDD connector: IDE1. IDE1: Hard Disk Drive Connector The pin assignments are as follows: PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 IDERST 2 GND 3 PDD7 4 PDD8 5 PDD6 6 PDD9 7 PDD5 8 PDD10 9 PDD4 10 PDD11 11 PDD3 12 PDD12 13 PDD2[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration Page: 2-16 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 2-17. VGA CONNECTOR VGA1: VGA Connector The pin assignments are as follows: PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 RED 2 GREEN 3 BLUE 4 NC 5 GND 6 GND 7 GND 8 GND 9 VCC 10 GND 11 NC 12 VGA IIC DATA 13 HSYNC 14 VSYNC 15 VGA IIC CLK[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-17 2-18. SERIAL ATA CONNECTOR SATA1~SATA2: The PMB-531LF possesses two Serial ATA Connector, SATA1~SATA2. The pin assignm ents are as follows: SATA1 ： SATA Connector The pin assignments are as follows ： PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 GND 2 SATA_TXP0 3 SATA_TXN0 4 GND 5 SATA_RXN0 6 SATA_RXP[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration Page: 2-18 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 2-19. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CONNECTOR USB1 ： Universal Serial Bus Connector The pin assignments are as follows ： PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 VCCUSB2 2 VCCUSB2 3 USB4N 4 USB5N 5 USB4P 6 USB5P 7 GND 8 GND 9 GND 10 GND JUSB2 ： Universal Serial Bus Connector The pin assignments are as f[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-19 2-20. USB&LAN CONNECTOR J2 ： USB & LAN Connector The pin assignments are as follows ： LAN: PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 MDI_0P 2 MDI_0N 3 MDI_1P 4 MDI_1N 5 MDI_2P 6 MDI_2N 7 MDI_3P 8 MDI_3N LAN LED Indicator: Left side LED: Green Color on 10/100 LAN Speed Indicator Orange Colo[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration Page: 2-20 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 2-21. IRDA CONNECTOR IRDA1 : IrDA (Infrared) Connector The pin assignments are as follows: PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 +5V 2 NC 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX 2-22. ATX POWER CONNECTOR PW1 ： ATX 12V Connector The pin assignments are as follows ： PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 GND 4 GND 5 +12V 6 +[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-21 ATXPWR2 ： ATX Connector The pin assignments are as follows ： PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 GND 2 GND 3 +12V 4 +12V 2-23. SOUND CONNECTOR JAUDIO1 : Sound Connector The pin assignments are as follows ： SPDIF (inside the Line-In hole) PIN ASSIGNMENT 42 GND 43 VCC 44 AC_SPDIF0 Line-In: l[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration Page: 2-22 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 2-24. AUDIO CD-IN CONNECTOR JCDIN1 ： Audio CD-In Connector The pin assignments are as follows ： PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 CD L 2 CDGND 3 CDGND 4 CD R 2-25. LVDS CONNECTOR J1 ： LVDS CONNECTOR The pin assignments are as follows ： PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 LVDS_VCC 2 GND 3 C[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-23 2-26. INVERTER CONNECTOR J4 ： LVDS Panel Voltage Selection. The pin assignments are as follows ： PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 +12V 2 GND 3 VCC 4 GND 5 ENABKL (Inverter backlight ON/OFF control signal) 2-27. LVDS PANEL VOLTAGE SELECTION JP4 ： LVDS Panel Voltage Selection. The pin ass[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration Page: 2-24 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 2-28. FSB FREQUENCY SELECTION JP5, JP6, JP7 ： FSB Frequency Selections. The pin assignments are as follows ： JUMPER SETTING (pin closed) SELECTION JP5 JP6 JP7 JUMPER ILLUSTRATION 533 MHz 2-3 2-3 2-3 667 MHz 2-3 open 2-3 *** Manufacturing Default – 667 MHz.[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-25 2-29. POWER STATE SELECTION JP21(1-2), JP22 ： Power State Selections. The pin assignments are as follows ： Selections Jumper Setting Jumper Illustrations ATX JP21 (Open) JP22 (1-2) AT JP21 (1-2) JP22 (2-3) *** Manufacturing Default – ATX.[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration Page: 2-26 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 2-30. RESET/ NMI SELECTIONS JP21 ： Reset/ NMI Selections. The pin assignments are as follows ： Selections Jumper Setting Jumper Illustration RESET 3-4 CLOSE NMI 5-6 CLOSE CLEAR WDG 7-8 CLOSE GPIO For Customer Application 9-10 *** Manufacturing Default – Reset.[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-27 2-31. CF CARD MASTER/SLAVE SELECTIONS JP14 ： CF Card Master/ Slave Selection. The pin assignments are as follows ： Selections Jumper Setting Jumper Illustration Master Close Slave Open *** Manufacturing Default – Slave.[...]

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    Chapter 2 Hardware Config uration Page: 2-28 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 2-32. TV OUT CONNECTOR JP1 ： TV OUT CONNECTOR The pin assignments are as follows ： PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 Luminance(Y) 2 CVBS 3 GND 4 GND 5 Chrominance(UV) 2-33. MEMORY INSTALLATION PMB-531LF CPU Card can support up t o 1GB in one SODIMM sockets. DRAM BANK CONFIGURATION DIMM1 DI[...]

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    Page: 3-1 SOFTWARE UTILITIES This chapter comprises the detaile d inform ation of VGA driver, LAN driver, and Flash BIOS update . It also describes how to install the watchdog tim er configuration. Section includes: z VGA Driver Utility z Flash BIOS Update z LAN Driver Utility z Sound Driver Utility z Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility z[...]

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    Chapter 3 Software Configuration Page:3-2 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 3-1. INTRODUCTION Enclosed with our PMB-531LF packag e is our driver utility, which may comes in a form of a CD ROM disc or floppy diskettes. For CD ROM disc user, you will only need some of the files contained in the CD ROM disc, please kindly refer to the following chart: Filen[...]

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    Chapter 3 Software Configuration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page:3-3 3-2. VGA DRIVER UTILITY The VGA interface embedded with our PMB-531LF can support a wide range of display. You can displa y CRT, PCI-E (SDVO) simultaneously with the same mode. 3-2-1. Installation of VGA Driver: To install the VGA Driver, simp ly follow the following steps: 1. Pl[...]

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    Chapter 3 Software Configuration Page:3-4 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 3-3. FLASH BIOS UPDATE 3-3-1. System BIOS Update: Users of PMB-531LF can use the program “Awdflash.exe” cont ained in the Utility Disk for system BIOS and VGA BIOS update. 3-3-2. To update VGA BIOS for LCD Flat Panel Display: As PMB-531LF user, you have to update the VGA BIOS[...]

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    Chapter 3 Software Configuration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page:3-5 If you want to save up the original B IOS, enter " Y " and press < Enter >. If you choose " N " , the following table will appear on screen . FLASH MEMORY WRITER v7.XX (C) Award Software 2001 All Ri ghts Reserved Flash Type – SST 49LF004A /3.3V File Na[...]

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    Chapter 3 Software Configuration Page:3-6 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 3-4. LAN DRIVER UTILITY 3-4-1. Introduction PMB-531LF is enhanced with LAN functi on that can support various network adapters. Installation program s for LAN drivers are lis ted as follows: For more details on Installation pr ocedure, please refer to Readme.txt file found on LAN[...]

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    Chapter 3 Software Configuration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page:3-7 3-5. SOUND DRIVER UTILITY 3-5-1. Introduction The Realtek ALC655 sound function enhanced in thi s system i s fully compatible with Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Below, you will find the content of the Sound driver : 3-5-2. Installation Procedure for Windows 2000/XP/2003 1. From th[...]

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    Chapter 3 Software Configuration Page:3-8 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 3-6. INTEL® C HIPSET SOFTWARE INSTALLATION UTILITY 3-6-1. Introduction The Intel® Chipset Software Installatio n Utility installs to the target system the Windows* INF files that outline to the operating system how the chipset components will be confi gured. This is needed for [...]

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    Chapter 3 Software Configuration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page:3-9 3-7. USB2.0 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION UTILITY 3-7-1. Installation of Utility for Windows 2000/XP Intel USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller dri ver can only be used on Windows 2000 and Windows XP on Intel Desktop boards. It should be installed right after the OS installation, kindly foll[...]

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    Chapter 3 Software Configuration Page:3-10 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 3-8. RAID SOFTWARE INSTALLATION UTILITY 3-8-1. Installation of Utility for Windows 2000/2003/XP The RAID controller m anagement can be used on windows 2000 and windows 2003 and windows XP. It should be inst alled right after the OS installation. For more details on Installation [...]

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    Chapter 3 Software Configuration PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page:3-11 3-9. WATCHDOG TIMER CONFIGURATION The Watch-dog Tim er has a programm able tim e-out ranging from 1 t o 255 minutes with one minut e resolution, or 1 to 255 sec onds wi th 1 second resolut ion. The units of the WDT timeout value are selected via bit[7] of the WDT_TIMEOUT registe[...]

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    Chapter 3 Software Configuration Page:3-12 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL mov al,00h out dx,al mov dx,(800h + 67h) mov al,00h out dx,al mov dx,(800h + 68h) ;Clear Status Bi t mov al,00h out dx,al[...]

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    Page: 4-1 AWARD BIOS SETUP This chapter shows how to set up the Award BIOS. Section includes: z Introduction z Entering Setup z The Standard CMOS Features z The Advanced BIOS Features z The Advanced Chipset Features z Integrated Peripherals z Power Management Setup z PNP/PCI Configurati on z PC Health Status z Load Fail-Safe Defaults z Load Optimiz[...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Page: 4-2 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 4-1. INTRODUCTION This chapter will show you the function o f the BIOS in managing the features of your system . The PMB-531LF Intel Core Duo/Solo ATX Motherboard is equipped with t he BIOS for system chi pset from Phoenix - Award Software Inc. Thi s page briefly expl ains the functio[...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 4-3 4-2. ENTERING SETUP When the system is powered on , the BIOS will enter th e Power-On Self Test (POST) routines and the following message will appear on the lower screen: PRESS <DEL> TO ENTER SETUP, ESC TO SKIP MEMORY TEST As long as this message i s present on the screen you ma[...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Page: 4-4 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 4-3. THE STANDARD CMOS FEATURES Highlight t he 〝 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES 〞 and press the <ENTER> key and the screen will d isplay the following tab le: Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) Sun, Feb 2 2003 21 : 3 : 7 Ite[...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 4-5 Time: < Hour >, < Minute >, and < Second >. Use 24 hour clock format , i.e., for PM numbers, add 12 to the hour. For exam ple: 4: 30 P.M. You shoul d enter the time as 16: 30:00. IDE Primary Master / Slav e: IDE Secondary Master / Slav e: The BIOS can automatically d[...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Page: 4-6 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL  Normal: M aximum number of cy linders, heads, sectors supported are 1024, 16 and 63.  Large: For drives that do not support LB A and have more than 1024 cylinders.  LBA (Logical Block Addressing): During drive accesses, the IDE controller transforms the dat a address describ[...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 4-7 HARD DISK ATTRIBUTES: Type Cylinders Heads V-P comp LZone Sect Capacity 1 306 4 128 305 17 10 2 615 4 300 615 17 20 3 615 6 300 615 17 30 4 940 8 512 940 17 62 5 940 6 512 940 17 46 6 615 4 65535 615 17 20 7 642 8 256 511 17 30 8 733 5 65535 733 17 30 9 900 15 65535 901 17 112 10 820 [...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Page: 4-8 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 4-4. THE ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES Choose the 〝 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 〞 in the main menu, the screen shown as below. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Item Help ▶ CPU Feature ▶ Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot De[...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 4-9 CPU FEATURE: The options for these item s are found in its sub menu. By pressing the <ENTER> key, you are prom pt to enter the sub m enu of the detailed opt ions as shown below: Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Item Help Delay Prior to Thermal Thermal Management [...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Page: 4-10 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL HARD DISK BOOT PRIORITY: The options for these item s are found in its sub menu. By pressing the <ENTER> key, you are prom pt to enter the sub m enu of the detailed opt ions as shown below: Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority Item Help 1. Ch0 M. : ST320[...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 4-11 APIC MODE: To Enable Advanced Programm able Interrupt Controller MPS VERSION CONTROL FOR OS: This option is on ly valid for multiprocessor motherboards as it specifies th e version of the Multipro cessor Specification (MPS) that the motherbo ard will use. The MPS i s a specification [...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Page: 4-12 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL This parameter al lows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset. The chipset manages bus speed and access to system mem ory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache. It also coordinates com munications between conventional ISA bus and [...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 4-13 SYSTEM BIOS CACHEABLE: Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h- FFFFFh, resulting in better system perform ance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error m ay result. VIDEO BIOS CACHEABLE: Select Enabled allows caching of the video [...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Page: 4-14 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 4-6. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Choose 〝 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 〞 fro m th e main se tu p me nu , a display will be shown o n screen as below: Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals Item Help X OnChip IDE Device X Onboard Device X SuperIO Device Onboard Serial [...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 4-15 ONCHIP IDE DEVICE: The options for these item s are found in its sub menu. By pressing the <ENTER> key, you are prom pt to enter the sub m enu of the detailed opt ions as shown below: Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device Item Help IDE HDD Block Mode IDE DMA tr[...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Page: 4-16 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO fields allow you to set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively in creased performance. In Auto mode, the system autom atically de termines the best m[...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 4-17 ONBOARD DEVICE: The options for these item s are found in its sub menu. By pressing the <ENTER> key, you are prom pt to enter the sub m enu of the detailed opt ions as shown below: Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device Item Help USB Controller USB 2.0 Controller U[...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Page: 4-18 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL SUPER IO DEVICE: The options for these item s are found in its sub menu. By pressing the <ENTER> key, you are prom pt to enter the sub menu of the detailed opti ons as shown below: Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility SuperIO Device Item Help Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Seria[...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 4-19 4-7. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP Choose 〝 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 〞 option on the m ain menu, a display will be shown o n screen as below : Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup [Enabled] [Yes] [Instant-Off] [Off] Item Help ACPI Function Video Off In Suspend Sof[...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Page: 4-20 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 4-8. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION Choose 〝 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION 〞 f ro m th e main men u , a d is pl ay will be shown on screen as below: Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP/PCI Configurations Init Display First Reset Configuration Data [PCI Slot] [Disabled] Item Help Resources [...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 4-21 such as Windows 95. By choosing “manual ”, you are allowed t o configure the IRQ Resources and DMA Resources . IRQ RESOURCES: The options for these item s are found in its sub menu. By pressing the <ENTER> key, you are prom pt to enter the sub m enu of the detailed opt ions[...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Page: 4-22 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 4-9. PC HEALTH STATUS Choose 〝 PC HEALTH STATUS 〞 fro m the main menu, a display will be shown on screen as below: Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Item Help Shutdown Temperature Current CPU Temerature Vcore 5V 12V Fan1 Speed Fan2 Speed [Disabled] 4 0 C 1.3[...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 4-23 4-10. LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS By pressing the <ENTER> key on this item , you get a confirmation dialog box with a message si milar t o the following: Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Y/N ) ? N To use the BIOS default values, change the prom pt to "Y" and press the <Enter [...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Page: 4-24 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 4-12. PASSWORD SETTING User is allowed to set eit her supervisor or user password, or both of them. The difference is that the supervisor password can ente r and change the options of the setup m enus while the user password can enter only but do not have the authority to change the [...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 4-25 4-13. SAVE & EXIT SETUP After you have completed adjusting all the sett ings as required, you m ust remember to save these setting into the CMOS RAM. To save th e settings, select “SAVE & EXIT SETUP” and press <Enter>, a display will be shown as follows: Phoenix - A[...]

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    Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Page: 4-26 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL 4-14. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING If you wish to cancel any changes you have m ade, you may select the “EXIT WITHOUT SAVING” and the orig inal setting stored in the CMOS will be retained. The screen will be sho wn as below: Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility ► Standard CMOS Feature[...]

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    Page: A-1 EXPANSION BUS This appendix indicates the pi n assignments. Section includes: z Mini-PCI BUS Pin Assi gnment z Compact Flash Ca rd Connector Pin Assignm ent APPENDIX A[...]

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    Appendix A Expansion Bus Page: A-2 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL MINI-PCI BUS CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT You will find a Mini-PCI connector in our PMB-531LF. The pin assignments are as follows: PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 NC 2 NC 3 NC 4 NC 5 NC 6 NC 7 NC 8 NC 9 NC 10 NC 11 NC 12 NC 13 NC 14 NC 15 NC 16 NC 17 PIRQJD 18 VCC 19 VCC3_3 20 PIRQJC 21 NC [...]

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    Appendix A Expansion Bus PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: A-3 71 PERRJ 72 DEVSELJ 73 C_BEJ1 74 GND 75 AD14 76 AD15 77 GND 78 AD13 79 AD12 80 AD11 81 AD10 82 GND 83 GND 84 AD9 85 AD8 86 C_BEJ0 87 AD7 88 VCC3_3 89 VCC3_3 90 AD6 91 AD5 92 AD4 93 NC 94 AD2 95 AD3 96 AD0 97 VCC 98 NC 99 AD1 100 NC 101 GND 102 GND 103 NC 104 NC 105 NC 106 NC 107 NC 108 [...]

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    Appendix A Expansion Bus Page: A-4 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL COMPACT FLASH CARD CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT The pin assignments of Compact Flash Card connector are stated below. PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN Assignm ent 1 GND 26 -CD1 2 D03 27 D11 3 D04 28 D12 4 D05 29 D13 5 D06 30 D14 6 D07 31 D15 7 -CS0 32 -CS1 8 A10 33 -VS1 9 -ATASEL 3 4 -IORD 10 A09 35 -IOW[...]

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    Page: B-1 TECHNICAL SUMMARY This section introduce you the m aps concisely. Section includes: z Block Diagram z Interrupt Map z RTC & CMOS RAM Map z Timer & DMA C hannels Map z I / O & Memory M ap APPENDIX B[...]

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    Appendix B Technical Summary Page: B-2 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL BLOCK DIAGRAM[...]

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    Appendix B Technical Summary PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: B-3 INTERRUPT MAP IRQ ASSIGNMENT 0 System TIMER 1 Keyboard 2 Cascade 3 Serial port 2 4 Serial port 1 5 Available 6 Floppy 7 Parallel port 1 8 RTC clock 9 Available 10 Available 11 Available 12 PS/2 Mouse 13 Math coprocessor 14 IDE1 15 IDE2[...]

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    Appendix B Technical Summary Page: B-4 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL RTC & CMOS RAM MAP CODE ASSIGNMENT 00 Seconds 01 Second alarm 02 Minutes 03 Minutes alarm 04 Hours 05 Hours alarm 06 Day of week 07 Day of month 08 Month 09 Year 0A Status register A 0B Status register B 0C Status register C 0D Status register D 0E Diagnostic status byt e 0F Shu[...]

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    Appendix B Technical Summary PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL Page: B-5 TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP Timer Channel Map : Timer Channel Assignment 0 System timer interrupt 1 DRAM Refresh request 2 Speaker tone generator DMA Channel Map : DMA Channel Assignment 0 Available 1 Available 2 Floppy 3 Available 4 Cascade 5 Available 6 Available 7 Available[...]

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    Appendix B Technical Summary Page: B-6 PMB-531LF USER ′ S MANUAL I/O & MEMORY MAP Memory Map : MEMORY MAP ASSIGNMENT 0000000-009FFFF Sy stem memory used by DOS and application 00A0000-00BFFFF Display buffer memory for VGA/ EGA / CGA / MONOCHROME adapter 00C0000-00DFFFF Reserved for I/O device BIOS ROM or RAM buffer. 00E0000-00EFFFF Reserved f[...]