Commell FS-979 User manual

FS-979
Full-size PICMG CPU Card
User’s Manual
Edition: 1.11
2004/12/24

FS-979 User’s Manual
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Copyright
Copyright 2003 - 2004. All rights reserved. This document is copyrighted and all rights are
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improvements to the products.
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Any questions please visit our website at http://www.commell.com.tw.

FS-979 User’s Manual Packing List
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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 cable x 1
40-pin ATA100 IDE flat cable x 1
DB25 & DB9 cable with bracket x 1
(FS-979VDL only) Dual DB9 cable with bracket x 1
(FS-979VDG3 only)
DB25 cable with bracket x 1
(FS-979VDG3 only) Dual USB cable with bracket x 2
Serial ATA ribbon cable x 2

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DVI module with bracket x 1
Audio cable with bracket x 1
4-pin to 3-pin ATX cable x 1
RAID drivers Disc for Windows 2000,
Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Cable x 1
Audio & VGA cable with bracket x 1 (FS-979VDG3 only)
CD Content:
Drivers
User’s Manual

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Index
Chapter 1 <Introduction>.....................................................................................7
1.1 <Product Overview>.................................................................................7
1.2 <Product Specification> ...........................................................................8
1.3 <Component Placement> ......................................................................10
1.4 <Block Diagram>.................................................................................... 11
Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>.............................................................................13
2.1 <Connector Location>............................................................................13
2.2 <Connector Reference>.........................................................................14
2.2.1 <Internal Connector>..................................................................14
2.2.2 <External Connector>.................................................................14
2.3 <Jumper Reference> .............................................................................15
2.4 <CPU and Memory installation> ............................................................16
2.4.1 <CPU Installation>......................................................................16
2.4.2 <Memory Installation>................................................................17
2.5 <CMOS Setup>......................................................................................18
2.6 <Enhanced IDE Interface>.....................................................................19
2.7 <Serial ATA interface>............................................................................20
2.8 <LAN Interface>.....................................................................................21
2.9 <Audio Interface>...................................................................................22
2.10 <Display Interface> ..............................................................................23
2.11 <Compact Flash Interface>..................................................................25
2.12 <USB2.0 Interface>..............................................................................26
2.13 <Power and Fan Installation> ..............................................................27
2.13.1 <Power connectors>.................................................................27
2.13.2 <Fan Connectors>....................................................................28
2.14 <Serial Port Configuration>..................................................................29
2.15 <GPIO Interface>.................................................................................30
2.16 <Switch and Indicator>.........................................................................31

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Chapter 3 <System Configuration>...................................................................33
3.1 <SATA Configuration>............................................................................33
3.2 <SATA RAID Configuration>..................................................................36
3.3 <Video Memory Setup> .........................................................................39
3.4 <Display Properties Setting>..................................................................41
Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup> ....................................................................................43
Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment>............................................................45
A.1 IDE Port .................................................................................................45
A.2 <Serial ATA Port>...................................................................................45
A.3 < Floppy Port > ......................................................................................46
A.4 <IrDA Port>............................................................................................46
A.5 < Parallel Port>......................................................................................47
A.6 <Serial Port>..........................................................................................47
A.6.1 <External DB9 serial port>.........................................................47
A.6.2 <Internal serial port>..................................................................47
A.7 <VGA Port>............................................................................................48
A.8 <LAN Port>............................................................................................48
A.8.1 < Fast Ethernet> ........................................................................48
A.8.2 <Gigabit Ethernet >....................................................................48
A.9 <AT Keyboard Port> ..............................................................................49
A.10 <PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Port>..........................................................49
Appendix B <Flash BIOS>..................................................................................51
B.1 BIOS Auto Flash Tool......................................................................51
B.2 Flash Method...................................................................................51

FS-979 User’s Manual Introduction
Product Overview 7
Chapter 1 <Introduction>
1.1 <Product Overview>
FS-979 is the Full-size single board computer with last Intel desktop technology with
PICMG form factor. Based on Intel®915GV and ICH6R, the board integrates a new
Pentium 4 processor 775-pin socket, DDR2 memory socket, and Intel®Graphic Media
Accelerator 900 technology, LAN, AC97 audio, USB2.0 and Serial ATA with RAID function
for a powerful rack-mount/wall-mount system.
Intel®LGA775 processor
The Intel®Pentium 4 processor now comes with a new form factor with 775-pin PLGA
package, for 800MHz front-side-bus, 1MB L2 cache, and for 90nm manufacturing
technology, the PLGA processor without pin header on solder side can make user installing
the processor on the socket easier.
Intel®915GV and ICH6R chipset
The Intel® 915GV integrates DDR2 400/533MHz for memory, and Graphic Media
Accelerator (GMA) 900 technology for new graphic engine. It can provide up to 224MB of
frame buffer when you install over 256MB of system memory. The ICH6R integrates with up
to 8 USB2.0 interfaces (4 ports for FS-979), and serial ATA interface with RAID function.
Dual Display Supported
Based on Intel® 915G GMA900 technology, the board supports dual display function with
CRT and DVI display interfaces. You can take this advantage for gaming, security
monitoring or other demonstration applications.
Multimedia interfaces
FS-979 also integrates AC97 audio, Compact Flash and DVI interface, for these flexible
functions, system integrator can built more powerful systems for many field applications.
Max up to 3 Gigabit Intel®LAN
With up to 3 PCI-Express 1x with Marvell Gigabit LAN controllers, the board comes with the
powerful network function for Server or Workstation.

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Product Specification 8
1.2 <Product Specification>
General Specification
Form Factor Full-size PICMG Single Board Computer
PICMG version 1.0 (Rev. 2.0), PCI version 2.0 compliant
CPU Intel®Pentium 4 processor with LGA775 socket
Package type: 775 pin PLGA
L2 Cache: 1MB / Front side bus: 800MHz (200MHz x 4)
Intel®Hyper-Threading Technology supported
Memory 4 x 240-pin DDR2 400/533MHz SDRAM
Maximum DRAM address decode space is 4GB.
Up to 8GB/s of bandwidth with dual-channel interleaved mode
Dual-Channel technology supported
Unbufferred, none-ECC memory supported only
Chipset Intel®915GV (Northbridge) and ICH6R (Southbridge)
BIOS Phoenix-Award v6.00PG 4Mb PnP flash BIOS
Green Function Power saving mode includes doze, standby and suspend modes.
ACPI version 1.0 and APM version 1.2 compliant
Watchdog Timer System reset programmable watchdog timer with 1 ~ 255
sec./min. of timeout value
Real Time Clock Intel®ICH6R built-in RTC with lithium battery
Enhanced IDE Enhanced IDE interface supports dual channels and up to 2
ATAPI devices at Ultra DMA100 with
One 40-pin IDE port onboard
Serial ATA Intel®ICH6R integrates 4 Serial ATA interface
RAID 0, 1, Intel Matrix Storage Technology supported
Multi-I/O Port
Chipset Intel®82801FR ICH6R with Winbond®W83627THF controller
Serial Port One RS232 and one jumper selectable RS232/422/485
USB Port 4 x Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports with 480Mbps of transfer rate
Parallel Port One internal bi-direction parallel port with SPP/ECP/EPP mode
Floppy Port One internal Floppy port
IrDA Port One IrDA compliant Infrared interface supports SIR
K/B & Mouse External PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports on rear I/O panel
GPIO One 12-pin Digital I/O connector with 8-bit programmable
Smart Fan One CPU fan connectors for fan speed controllable
VGA Display Interface
Chipset Intel®915GV GMCH (Graphic Memory Controller Hub)
Memory Intel®DVMT 3.0 with up to 224MB shared with system memory
Display Type CRT, LCD monitor with DB15 or DVI interface
Connector External DB15 female connector on rear I/O panel
Internal header connector for DVI interface

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Product Specification 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-TX
auto-switching Fast Ethernet
Full duplex, IEEE802.3U compliant
Type
E8053 10Base-T / 100Base-TX/1000Base-T
auto-switching Gigabit Ethernet
Full duplex, IEEE802.3U compliant
Connector External RJ45 connectors with LED on rear I/O panel
Solid State Disk Interface
Flash Type Compact Flash Type-I/II for Compact Flash Card or Micro Drive
Capacity Up to 1GB flash memory
ISA Interface
ISA Bridge Winbond W83628F & W83629D
Function I/O & IRQ supported only, no support DMA & bus mastering
Audio Interface
Chipset Intel®ICH6R with Realtek®ALC201A AC97 3D audio codec
Interface 2 channel 3D audio with Line-in, Line-out and MIC-in
Connector Internal header for Line-out, Line-in and MIC-in
Internal CD audio connector
Power and Environment
Power
Requirement Standard AT 4-pin power supply
Additional +12V 4-pin power connector
3-pin ATX function connector
Dimension 338 (L) x 122 (H) mm
Temperature Operating within 0 ~ 60oC (32 ~ 140oF)
Storage within -20 ~ 85oC (-4 ~ 185oF)
Ordering Code
FS-979VDL Full-size Intel®Pentium 4 PICMG single board computer with
LGA775, DDR2, AC97 Audio, CF, USB2.0, DVI, 10/100Mbps LAN
FS-979VDG3 Same with above but with 3 x Gigabit LAN
The specifications may be different as the actual board.
For further product information please visit the website at http://www.commell.com.tw

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Component Placement 10
1.3 <Component Placement>
Intel 82562EZ (LAN) Winbond W83627THF
(Super I/O)
SATA
ISA Bridge
USB2.0 Compact Flash
ICH6R
(Southbridge)
ALC201A
(
Audio
)
915G
(Northbridge)
CH7307B-DE
(DVI)
DDR2
(Memory)
LGA775
(CPU)

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Block Diagram 11
1.4 <Block Diagram>
Intel Pentium 4 with 775 pin PLGA processo
r
6.4GB/s
Intel GMA900 Graphics
4 x 240-pin DDR2
400/533MHz up to
4GB
DVI SDVO CH7307B-DE Intel 915G
GMCH
2GB/s DMI
150MB/s 4 x Serial ATA ports
2 x Serial ports
1 x Floppy ports
IrDA1 x Parallel ports
8-bit GPIO
4 x USB2.0 ports
AC97 Codec
Intel 82562EZ LAN (VDL)
PCI-Express x1
PCI
PICMG Backplane
Marvell E8053 LAN (VDG3)
ISA Bridge
BIOS with Intel Hyper
Threading Technology
support

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FS-979 User’s Manual Hardware Setup
Connector Location 13
Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>
2.1 <Connector Location>
LPT IDE1 CN_VGAVGA RJ45_1 COM1 PS2
CN_ATKB
CN_COM2
CN_DIO
CN_IR
S_ATA2
S_ATA1
CDIN
CN_AUDIO
NBFAN
CN_DVI
CPU
JFRNT
SYSFAN
CPUFAN
LAN_LED
CN_USB1
CN_USB0
CF (Solder Side)
S_ATA4
S_ATA3
DIMMA_1
DIMMA_2
DIMMB_1
DIMMB_2
FDD
CN_PS
CN_12V
CN_PWR

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Connector Reference 14
2.2 <Connector Reference>
2.2.1 <Internal Connector>
Connector Function Remark
CPU LGA775 CPU socket Standard
DIMMA_1/2 240 –pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM socket Standard
DIMMB_1/2 240 –pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM socket Standard
IDE1 40-pin primary IDE connector Standard
FDD 26-pin slim type floppy connector Standard
S_ATA1/2/3/4 7-pin Serial ATA connector Standard
CN_PWR 4-pin AT power supply connector Standard
CN_12V 4-pin +12V additional power supply connector Standard
CN_PS 3-pin ATX function connector Standard
CN_AUDIO 5 x 2-pin audio connector Standard
CDIN 4-pin CD-ROM audio input connector Standard
CN_DIO 6 x 2-pin digital I/O connector Standard
CN_USB0 10-pin USB 1/2 connector Standard
CN_USB1 10-pin USB 3/4 connector Standard
NBFAN 3-pin Northbridge chip fan connector Standard
CPUFAN 4-pin CPU fan connector Standard
SYSFAN 4-pin system fan connector Standard
CN_IR 5-pin IrDA connector Standard
CN_ATKB 5-pin AT keyboard connector Standard
CN_DVI 26-pin TMDS connector Standard
CN_VGA 16-pin VGA connector (pitch = 2.00mm) Standard
JFRNT 14-pin front panel switch/indicator connector Standard
CF Compact Flash TYPE-II socket Standard
LAN_LED LAN LED connector Standard
CN_COM2 10-pin serial port connector Standard
CN_COM1 10-pin serial port connector VDG3 only
2.2.2 <External Connector>
Connector Function Remark
VGA DB15 VGA connector VDL only
RJ45_1 RJ45 LAN connector Standard
COM1 Serial port connector VDL only
PS2 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse connector Standard
RJ45_2 RJ45 LAN connector VDG3 only
RJ45_3 RJ45 LAN connector VDG3 only

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Jumper Reference 15
2.3 <Jumper Reference>
Jumper Function
JRTC CMOS Operating/Clear Setting
JDOM IDE1 Pin-20 voltage setting
JCFSEL Compact Flash address setting
JCSEL1 COM2 communication mode setting
JCSEL2 COM2 communication mode setting
JCSEL1
JCSEL2
JDOM
JCFSEL
JRTC

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CPU Installation16
2.4 <CPU and Memory installation>
2.4.1 <CPU Installation>
FS-979 has a LGA755 CPU socket onboard; please check following steps to install the
processor properly.
Intel®Pentium 4 processor
Package type: 775 pin PLGA
L2 Cache: 1MB
FSB: 800MHz (200MHz x 4)
Manufacturing: 90nm
Intel Hyper Threading
Technology supported
Check point
1. Lift this bar
2. Uncover this plate
3. Place the CPU on the top of
the
p
ins
3. Cover this plate
4. Lock this bar
Notice: Please place the CPU on the pins tenderl
y
to avoid bendin
g
the pins

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Memory installation 17
2.4.2 <Memory Installation>
FS-979 has four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM support up to 4GB of memory capacity. The memory
frequency supports 400/533MHz (100MHz x 4 or 133MHz x 4). Only Non-ECC memory is
supported. Dual-Channel technology is supported while applying two same modules on
one of each group.
Notice: When applying 4GB of memory, due to the memory resource issue, the
available memory size would be less than 4GB.
Group B
Group A
128-pin 112-pin
Please check the pin number to match the
socket side well before installing memory
module.

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CMOS Setup18
2.5 <CMOS Setup>
The board’s data of CMOS can be setting in BIOS. If the board refuses to boot due to
inappropriate CMOS settings, here is how to proceed to clear (reset) the CMOS to its
default values.
Jumper: JRTC
Type: Onboard 3-pin jumper
JRTC Mode
1-2 Clear CMOS
2-3 Normal Operation
Default setting
JRTC
3
1

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Enhanced IDE Interface 19
2.6 <Enhanced IDE Interface>
The Intel®ICH6R (south bridge chip) supports one enhanced IDE interface, dual channel
for two ATAPI devices with ATA100. Based on this function, FS-979 has one 40-pin IDE
connector with jumper selectable for pin-20 +5V supported. The jumper JDOM is two-pin
type for pin-20 supplied with +5V to apply the DOM (Disk on Module).
Jumper: JDOM
Type: onboard 3-pin header
JDOM Mode
ON IDE1 pin-20 5V power supply enable
OFF No 5V power supply on IDE1 pin-20
Default setting
40
JDOM
IDE1
1

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Serial ATA Interface20
2.7 <Serial ATA interface>
FS-979 has four Serial ATA interfaces with RAID function, the transfer rate of the Serial ATA
can be up to 150MB/s. Please go to http://www.serialata.org/ for more about Serial ATA
technology information. Based on Intel®ICH6R, it supports Intel®Matrix Storage
Technology with combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1 modes. The main features of RAID on
ICH6R are listed below:
1. Supports for up to RAID volumes on a single, two-hard drive RAID array.
2. Supports for two, two-hard drive RAID arrays on any of four Serial ATAports.
3. Supports for Serial ATAATAPI devices.
4. Supports for RAID spares and automatic rebuild.
5. Supports for AHCI on RAID arrays, including NCQ and native hot plug.
For more information please visit Intel’s official website.
For more about the system setup for SerialATA, please check the chapter of SATA
configuration.
S_ATA2
S_ATA1
S_ATA4
S_ATA3