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FS-979 Full-size PICMG CPU Card User ’ s Manual Edition: 1.1 1 2004/12/24.
FS-979 User ’ s Manual 2 Copyright Copyright 2003 - 2004. All rights reserved. T h is document is copyrighted and all rights are reserved. The information in this docume nt is subject to change without prior notice to make improvements to the products.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Packing List 3 Packing List: Please check the packing list before you start to apply this production. Hardware: FS-979 Full-size PICMG CPU Card x 1 Cable Kit: Floppy flat cabl .
FS-979 User ’s Manual Packing List 4 DVI module with bracke t x 1 Audio cable wi th bracket x 1 4-pin to 3-pin A TX cable x 1 RAID drivers Disc for Window s 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 .
FS-979 User ’s Manual Packing List 5 Inde x Chapter 1 <Introduction > ..................................................................................... 7 1.1 <Product Overview> ........................................................
FS-979 User ’s Manual Index 6 Chapter 3 <Sy stem Configuration> ................................................................... 33 3.1 <SA T A Configuration> ...........................................................................
FS-979 User ’ s Manual Introduction Product Overv iew 7 Chapter 1 <Introduction> 1.1 <Product Overview> FS-979 is the Full-size single bo ard computer with last Intel desktop technology with PICMG form factor .
FS-979 User ’ s Manual Introduction Product Spe cification 8 1.2 <Product Specification> General S pecification Form Factor Full-size PICMG Single Board Computer PICMG version 1.
FS-979 User ’ s Manual Introduction Product Spe cification 9 Ethernet Interface Chipset Intel ® PRO/100 LAN interface with 82562EZ PHY Or Marvell ® Gigabit LAN interface with E8053 PCIE controller 82562EZ 10Base-T / 100Base-T X auto-switching Fast Ethernet Full duplex, IEEE802.
FS-979 User ’ s Manual Introduction Component Placement 10 1.3 <Component Placement> Intel 82562EZ (LAN) Winbond W83627THF (Super I/O) SA T A ISA Bridge USB2.
FS-979 User ’ s Manual Introduction Block Diagram 1 1 1.4 <Block Diagram> Intel Pentium 4 with 775 pin PL G A pro c esso r 6.4GB/s Intel GMA900 Graphics 4 x 240-pin DDR2 400/533MHz up to 4GB D.
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FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup Connector Location 13 Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup> 2.1 <Connector Location> LPT IDE1 C N _ V G A VGA RJ45_1 COM1 PS2 CN_A TKB CN_COM2 CN_DIO CN_IR S_A .
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardw are Setup Connector Reference 14 2.2 <Connector Reference> 2.2.1 <Internal Conn ecto r> Connector Function Remark CPU LGA775 CPU socket S tandard DIMMA_1/2 24.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup Jumper Referen ce 15 2.3 <Jumper Reference> Jumper Function JRTC CMOS Operating/Clear Setting JDOM IDE1 Pin-20 voltage setting JCFSEL Compact Flash address.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup CPU Installation 16 2.4 <CPU and Memory inst allation> 2.4.1 <CPU Installation> FS-979 has a LGA755 CPU socket onboard; please check following steps to install the processor properly .
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup Memory inst allation 17 2.4.2 <Memory Installation> FS-979 has four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM supp ort up to 4GB of memory capacity . The memory frequency supports 400/533MHz (100MHz x 4 or 133MHz x 4). Onl y Non-ECC memory is supported.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup CMOS Setup 18 2.5 <CMOS Setup> The board’s data of CMOS can be setting in BIOS. If the board refus es to boot due to inappropriate CMOS setting s, here is how to proceed to clear (reset) t he CMOS to its default values.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup Enhanced IDE Interface 19 2.6 <Enhanced IDE Interface> The Intel ® ICH6R (south brid ge chip) suppo rts one enhanced IDE interface, dua l channel for two A T API devices with A T A100. Based on this functio n, FS-979 has one 40-pin ID E connector with jumper selectable for pin-20 + 5V supported.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup Serial A T A Interface 20 2.7 <Serial A T A interface> FS-979 has four Serial A T A interfaces with RAID function, the transfer rate of the Seri al A T A can be up to 150MB/s. Please go to http://www . serialata.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup LAN Interf ace 21 2.8 <LAN Interface> The board comes with an Intel PRO/100 L AN with 82562EZ PHY , or up to three Marvell E8053 Gigabit LAN with PCI-Express 1 x.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup Audio Interface 22 2.9 <Audio Interface> FS-979 integrated with REAL TEK ® ALC201A Codec for 2 channel s ound output. It supports 18-bit stereo full-duplex, compliant wi th AC97 Rev . 2.2 specifi cations. Connector: CN_AUDIO Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) header (pitch = 2.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup Display Interface 23 2.10 <Display Interface> FS-979 integrates with Intel ® 915G GMCH for Intel Graphic Media Accelerator (GMA) 900 technology . It supports Intel ® DVMT (Dynamic Video Memory T echnol ogy) 3.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup Display Interface 24 Connector: CN_DVI Connector type: 26-pin header connector (p itch = 2.00mm) Pin Number Assignment Pin Number Assignment 1 TMDS_TX1+ 2 T MDS_.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup Compact Flash Interface 25 2.1 1 <Comp act Flash Interface> The board has one Compact Flash Ty pe-II socket, users can apply embedded s ystem on CF card or Micro drives, the jumper JCFSEL can let you sel ect operating mode under master or slave.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup USB2.0 Interface 26 2.12 <USB2.0 Interface> The board supports 4 USB2.0 ports based on Intel ® ICH6R, which can support up to 480Mbps of transfer rate, and offer 500mA for maximum rating.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup Power Connectors 2.13 <Power and Fan Installation> The board comes with a 4-pin A T power connector a nd a 4-pin additi onal 12V power connector for powering the board, three fan connectors for Northbridge, CPU and s ystem.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup Fan Connectors 28 2.13.2 <Fan Connecto rs> Connector: CPUF AN Type: 4-pin fan wafer connector Pin Description Pin Description 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Fan Speed D.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup Serial Port Configuration 29 2.14 <Serial Port Configuration> The board supports one RS232 serial port and on e jumper selectable RS232/422/48 5 serial ports. The jumper JCSEL1 & JCSEL2 can let you configure the communicating mo des for COM2.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup GPIO Interface 30 2.15 <GPIO Interface> The board provides a 12-pin General Purpose I/O interface, with programmable 8-bit I/O (4-bit input & 4-bit output). Connector: CN_DIO Type: onboard 2 x 6-pin h eader, pitch=2.
FS-979 User ’s Manual Hardware Setup Switch and Indi cator 31 2.16 <Switch and Indicator> The JFRNT provides front control panel of th e board, such as power button , reset and beeper , etc. Please check well before you connecting the cables on the chassis.
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FS-979 User ’s Manual System Configuration SA T A Configuration 33 Chapter 3 <System Configuration> 3.1 <SA T A Configuration> Based on Intel ® ICH6R Southbridge chip, the board su pports 4 Serial A T A ports; please follow the touring guide to setup your Ser ial A T A devices.
FS-979 User ’s Manual System Configuration SA T A Configuration 34 SA T A Mode: This option can let you select whether the Se rial A T A hard drives would work under normal IDE mode or RAID mode.
FS-979 User ’s Manual System Configuration SA T A Configuration 35 On-Chip Serial A T A mod e: This option can let you select oper ation m odes of Serial A T A drives. Disabled: T o disable the onboard Seri al A T A controller . Aut o : T o allow the system select the optimized mode automatically .
FS-979 User ’s Manual System Configuration SA T A RAID Configuration 36 3.2 <SA T A RAID Configuration> The board integrates Intel ® I CH6R with RAID function for Serial A T A drives, and supports the configurations belo w: RAID 0 (S tripping) : T wo hard drives oper ating as one drive for opti mized data R/W performance.
FS-979 User ’s Manual System Configuration SA T A RAID Configuration 37 Y ou can setup the RAID under oper ation system for Microsoft ® Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2000 SP4 version, pleas e install the Intel ® Application Acceler ator V er .4.5 later to support RAID configuration with Intel ® Matrix Storage T echnology .
FS-979 User ’s Manual System Configuration SA T A RAID Configuration 38 3. Please select two hard driv es to prepare to set the RAID volume 4. S pecify the V olume size T une this bar to specify the volume size, if you specify the volume size lower than maximu m, you can create a second volume for another RA ID s et .
FS-979 User ’s Manual System Configuration Video Memory Setup 39 3.3 <V ideo Memory Setup> Based on Intel ® 915G chipset with GMA (Graphic Media Accelerator) 900, the bo ard supports Intel ® DVMT (Dynamic Video Memory T echnology) 3.0, which would allow the video memory be triggered up to 224MB.
FS-979 User ’s Manual System Configuration Video Me mory Setup 40 Fixed + DVMT Memory Size: Y ou can s elect the fixed amount and the DVMT amount at the same time for a guarante ed video memory and additiona l dynamic video memory , please check the table belo w for available setting.
FS-979 User ’s Manual System Configuration Display Properties Setting 41 3.4 <Display Properties Setting> Based on Intel 915G GMCH with GMA 900 (Graphi c Media Accelerator), the board supports two DACs for display devic e a s different resolution and color bit.
FS-979 User ’s Manual System Configuration Display Properties Setting 42 3. This setup options can let you define each device settings. Click Monitor to setup the CR T monitor for Colors, Resolution.
FS-979 User ’s Manual BIOS Setup BIOS Setup 43 Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup> The motherboard uses the A ward BIOS fo r the system config uration. The A ward BIOS in the single board computer is a cust omized version of the industrial standard BIOS for IBM PC AT-compatible computers.
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FS-979 User ’ s Manual I/O Port Pin Assignment IDE Port 45 Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment> A.1 IDE Port 2 40 Connector: IDE1 Type: 40-pin (20 x 2) box header 39 1 Pin Description Pin Desc.
FS-979 User ’ s Manual I/O Port Pin Assignment Floppy Port 46 A.3 < Floppy Port > 34 2 Connector: Floppy Type: 34-pin (2 x 17) header 33 1 Pin Description Pin Description 1 Ground 2 DRIVE DENS.
FS-979 User ’ s Manual I/O Port Pin Assignment Parallel Port 47 A.5 < Parallel Port> 2 26 Connector: CN_LPT Type: 26-pin (2 x 13) 2.54-pitch bo x header 1 25 Pin Description Pin Description 1 .
FS-979 User ’ s Manual I/O signment VGA Port 48 Port Pin As 6 10 A.7 <VGA Port> 1 1 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5 Connector: VGA (VDL only) Type: 15-pin D-sub female connector on bracket Pin Descripti.
FS-979 User ’ s Manual I/O signment A T Keyboard Port 49 Port Pin As A.9 <A T Keyboard Port> 1 5 Connector: CN_ ATKB Type: 5-pin box header Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Description VCC Ground N/C DATA CLK A.
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FS-979 User ’s Manual Flash BIOS Flash BIOS 51 Appendix B <Flash BIOS> B.1 BIOS Auto Fl ash T ool The board is based on A ward BIOS and can be updated easily by the BIOS auto flash tool. You can download the tool onlin e at the addr ess below: http://www.
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