Advantech SMB-2501 User manual

User’s Manual
SMB-2501
P4 motherboard

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Copyright Notice
This document is copyrighted, 2002, by Advantech
Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd.
reserves the right to make improvements to the products
described in this manual at any time without notice.
No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied,
translated or transmitted in any form or by any means
without the prior written permission of the original
manufacturer. Information provided in this manual is
intended to be accurate and reliable. However, the original
manufacturer assumes no responsibility for its use, nor for
any infringements upon the rights of third parties that may
result from its use.

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Acknowledgements
zAWARD is a trademark of AWARD Software, Inc.
zIBM and PC are trademarks of International Business
Machines Corporation
zIntel, Pentium 4 is trademarks of Intel Corporation
zWindows 98, ME, 2000, XP are trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation
zSiS is a registered trademark of Silicon Integrated Systems
Corp.
zITE is a trademark of ITE Corp.
All other product names or trademarks are properties of
their respective owners.
Part No. 2002250100
1st Edition Printed in Taiwan
July 2002

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Product Warranty
Advantech warrants to you, the original purchaser, that each
of its products will be free from defects in materials and
workmanship for one year from the date of purchase.
This warranty does not apply to any products which have
been repaired or altered by persons other than repair
personnel authorized by Advantech, or which have been
subject to misuse, abuse, accident or improper installation.
Advantech assumes no liability under the terms of this
warranty as a consequence of such events.
Because of Advantech’s high quality-control standards and
rigorous testing, most of our customers never need to use
our repair service. If an Advantech product is defective, it
will be repaired or replaced at no charge during the warranty
period. For out-of-warranty repairs, you will be billed
according to the cost of replacement materials, service time
and freight. Please consult your dealer for more details.
If you think you have a defective product, follow these
steps:

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1. Collect all the information about the problem encountered.
For example, CPU speed, Advantech products used, other
hardware and software used, etc. Note anything abnormal
and list any on-screen messages you get when the
problem occurs.
2. Call your dealer and describe the problem. Please have
your manual, product, and any helpful information
readily available.
3. If your product is diagnosed as defective, obtain an RMA
(return merchandise authorization) number from your
dealer. This allows us to process your return more
quickly.
4. Carefully pack the defective product, a fully completed
Repair and Replacement Order Card and a photocopy
proof of purchase date (such as your sales receipt) in a
shippable container. A product returned without proof of
the purchase date is not eligible for warranty service.
5. Write the RMA number visibly on the outside of the
package and ship it prepaid to your dealer.

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Packing List
You should find the items listed below in the package. If
anything is missing or damaged, please consult with your
vendor for resolution.
z1 I/O shield
z2 IDE cables
z1 FDD cable
z1 CD Title-Driver Bank
z1 Parallel cable
zSMB-2501 User’s Manual (in Driver Bank CD)
zWarrant Card
Technical Support and Sales Assistance
If you have any technical questions about the SMB-2501
series products, please visit our support website at
http://www.advantech.com.tw/support
For more information about Advantech products and sales
information, please visit: http://www.advantech.com.

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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction --------------------------------- 11
1.1 Hardware Specification --------------------------- 13
1.2 Software Specification ---------------------------- 15
1.3 Environmental Specification --------------------- 16
Chapter 2 Board Installation -------------------------- 17
2.1 Board Layout --------------------------------------- 17
2.2 I/O Ports --------------------------------------------- 18
2.3 Jumpers and Connectors -------------------------- 19
2.4 Safety Precautions --------------------------------- 21
2.5 Installing Memory --------------------------------- 22
2.6 Memory Installation Procedures ----------------- 23
2.7 Cache memory ------------------------------------- 26
2.8 CPU Installation ----------------------------------- 27
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup --------------------------------- 33
3.1 Function Keys -------------------------------------- 34
3.2 Main Menu ----------------------------------------- 35
3.2.1 Standard CMOS Features ------------------- 36
3.2.2 Advanced BIOS Features ------------------- 41
3.2.3 Advanced Chipset Features ----------------- 45
3.2.4 Integrated Peripherals ----------------------- 46
3.2.5 Power Management Setup ------------------ 55

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3.2.6 PnP/ PCI Configurations -------------------- 60
3.2.7 PC Health Status ----------------------------- 63
3.2.8 Frequency/Voltage Control ----------------- 64
3.2.9 Load Optimized Defaults ------------------- 65
3.2.10 Set Password -------------------------------- 66
3.2.11 Save & Exit Setup -------------------------- 67
3.2.12 Exit without Saving ------------------------ 68
Chapter 4 Driver Installation ------------------------- 69
4.1 Install VGA Driver -------------------------------- 71
4.1.1 Driver Installation for Win98/ME --------- 71
4.1.2 Driver Installation for Win2K/XP --------- 72
4.1.3 Driver Installation for Linux --------------- 73
4.1.4 Driver Installation for FreeBSD 4.x ------ 73
4.1.5 Driver Installation for QNX R6.1 --------- 73
4.2 Install LAN Driver -------------------------------- 74
4.2.1 Driver Installation for Win98/ME --------- 74
4.2.2 Driver Installation for Win2K/XP --------- 76
4.2.3 Driver Installation for Linux --------------- 78
4.2.4 Driver Installation for FreeBSD 4.x ------ 78
4.2.5 Driver Installation for QNX R6.1 --------- 78

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4.3 Install PCI to ISA Bridge Driver ---------------- 79
4.3.1 Driver Installation for Win98/ME --------- 79
4.3.2 Driver Installation for Win2K/XP --------- 81
Appendix A Memory Approval List ---------------- 83
Appendix B ISA Add-on Card Approval List ----- 84
Appendix C Safety Instructions --------------------- 85
C.1 English --------------------------------------------- 85
C.2 German- Wichtige Sicherheishinweise -------- 87
Appendix D RS-400-SF Specification ------------- 89

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Chapter1Introduction
The SMB-2501 is an ATX size Pentium 4 motherboard
designed for high-density Internet services, CT and
industrial automation. The motherboard uses a high
integrated core logic chipset, SIS650 chipset with a high
performance host interface for Intel Pentium 4 processor, a
high performance 2D/3D Graphic Engine, a high
performance memory controller and an AGP 4X interface.
The SiS 650 integrated a high performance 2D/3D Graphic
Engine, Video Accelerator and Advanced Hardware
Acceleration MPEGI/MPEGII Video Decoder for the Intel
Pentium 4 series based PC systems. It also integrates a high
performance 2.1GB/s DDR266 Memory controller to
sustain the bandwidth demand from the integrated GUI or
external AGP master, host processor, as well as the multi
I/O masters. In addition to integrated GUI, SiS650 also can
support external AGP slot with AGP 4X capability and Fast
Write Transactions. The SiS650 adopts the Shared Memory
Architecture, eliminating the need and thus the cost of the
frame buffer memory by organizing the frame buffer in the
system memory. The frame buffer size can be allocated
from 8MB to 64MB. The Integrated GUI features a high
performance 3D accelerator with 2 Pixel / 4 Texture, and a
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also features a Video Accelerator and advanced hardware
acceleration logic to deliver high quality DVD playback.
The SMB-2501 motherboard owns 1 AGP 4X slot, 2
PCI slots, 4 ISA slots and 1 CNR slot for function expansion.
It supports maximum 5 add-on cards for PCI slots and ISA
slots. ISA bus support PIO mode only, doesn’t support
DMA mode. CNR slot supports modem only.
Currently, SIS650 supports processor front bus (PSB)
400MHz. The SMB-2501 will support PSB 533MHz by
upgrading to use SIS651 chipset.

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1.1HardwareSpecifications
Description
Processor zSingle mPGA478 ZIF socket
zSupport Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz ~
2.2+ GHz
zSupport Intel Celeron 1.7GHz ~
1.8+GHz
zSupport 400 MHz/ 533 MHz* PSB
(processor side bus)
Core logic zSIS650* chipset with PSB 400MHz
Integrated
2D/3D
graphics
zIntegrated in SIS650
zAGP 4X
zVideo RAM shares with system
memory up to 4/8/16/32/64MB
za high performance 2D/3D Graphic
Engine
zVideo Accelerator
zAdvanced Hardware Acceleration
MPEGI/MPEGII Video Decoder
zStandard 15-pin analog VGA port
zSupports Additional AGP 4X/ 2X
interface slot
System
Memory
zSupports DDR266 SDRAM
z3 un-buffer Double-sided DIMM
DDR266
zUp to 1 GB per DIMM with max.
memory size up to 3 GB
zSustains DDR SDRAM CAS Latency
at options of 2, 2.5, & 3 clocks
LAN zTwo Intel 82559ER LAN controllers
z10/100Mbps data transfer rate per
controller
zSupport Boot from LAN
zIntel 82559ER pin-to-pin compatible
with Intel 82559. It allows to mount
Intel 82559 by request

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Integrated I/O zOne floppy connector supports up to
two drives
zTwo 9-pin 16550-base serial ports
zOne 25-pin SPP/ ECP/ EPP parallel
connector (via optional cable)
zDual USB ports
zPS/2 Keyboard and mouse ports
Integrated PCI
IDE
zDual channel master mode
zUp to 4 Enhanced IDE devices
zSupport ATA-33/66/100 IDE and
ATAPI compliant devices
Expansion z1 AGP 2X/4X slot
z2 PCI slots
z4 ISA slots
z1 CNR slot
BIOS zAWARD BIOS 2Mb flash
zSupport APM 1.2 & ACPI 1.0
zAuto-configuration of IDE hard disk
type
zMultiple boot options
Form Factor zATX 12” x 9.6”
(304.8mm x 243.9mm)
zOne 20-pin and 4-pin power
connectors
zStacked keyboard & mouse ports
zStacked two USB ports
zOne VGA port
zStacked two serial ports
zTwo RJ-45 LAN ports with LEDs
Board Weight z0.85Kg
Regulatory zFCC Class A, CE
* SMB-2501 can support PSB 400/533MHz when it
upgrades to use SiS 651 chipset.

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1.2SoftwareSpecifications
OS support: Windows 98/ME/XP/2000
RedHatLinux6.x/7.x
FreeBSD 4.x, QNX R6.1
* No support for Win NT Series

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1.3 Environmental Specifications
• Operating temperature: 0 ~ 50° C
• Storage temperature: -40 ~ 75° C (-40 ~ 167° F)
• Operating Humidity: 10 ~ 85% @ 40℃
• Storage Humidity: 5~95%

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Chapter2BoardInstallation
2.1BoardLayout
ATX Power connector JP35 DDR DIMM IDE 2 Connector JP15 JP12 IDE 1 Connector JP9 JP8 FDD Connector Parallel Connector JP5 S1 U1 Connecto
r
JP7 CPU socket ATXPWR1 APG 4X slot PCI slot ISA Slot JP2 CNR slot J6 JP34

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2.2I/OPorts
PS/2 KB por
t
USB port VGA port COM1 Port LAN1 LAN2
PS/2 Mouse Port COM2 port

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2.3JumpersandConnectors
U1-Power Bottom /Reset /IDE LED/LAN LED
Pin
F
unction Remark
1-2
P
ower On
3-4
R
eset
5-6
L
AN1 LED 5Signal 6 VCC5
7-8
L
AN2 LED 7Signal 8 VCC5
9-10
I
DE Channel 0 LED 9Signal 10 VCC5
11-12
I
DE Channel 1 LED 11 Signal 12 VCC5
J5-POWER LED
Pin
F
unction Remark
1-2
P
OWER LED 1Vcc3 2 GND
JP5-SUPER I/O BATTERY SUPPLY
Pin
F
unction Remark
1-2
P
OWER FROM BATTERY
2-3
P
OWER FROM SB3V Close*
Default: 2-3 close
S1-Flash ROM Size
Pin
F
unction Remark
1-2
R
OM Size is 2Mbit Close
2-3
R
OM Size is 4Mbit
Default: 1-2 close