Commell LV-673 Serial User manual

LV-673(E) Serial
Mini-ITXexpress Motherboard
User’s Manual
Edition 1.3
2009/01/12

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Packing List:
Please check the package content before you starting using the board.
Hardware:
LV-673(E) motherboard x 1
Cable Kit:
44-pin
44-pin
40-pin
Floppy Cable x 1
SATACable x 1
ATA33 IDE Cable x1
SDTV Cable x 1 (Only LV-673)
COM port Cable x 1
I/O Shield x 1
CPU Cooler x 1
4-pin to 4-pin Power Cable x 1
Printed Matters:
Driver CD
(
Includin
g
User’s Manual
)
x 1
YPbPr Cable x 1 (Only LV-673)

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Index
Chapter 1 <Introduction>...............................................................7
1.1 <Product Overview> .................................................................7
1.2 <Product Specification>............................................................8
1.3 <Mechanical Drawing>...........................................................10
1.4 <Block Diagram>....................................................................11
Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>....................................................13
2.1 <Connector Location>.............................................................13
2.2 <Jumper Location & Reference>............................................14
2.3 <Connector Reference>...........................................................15
2.3.1 <Internal Connectors> .........................................................15
2.3.2 <External Connectors> ........................................................15
2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup>.....................................................16
2.4.1 <CPU Setup>.....................................................................16
2.4.2 <Memory Setup>................................................................17
2.5 <CMOS Setup>.......................................................................18
2.6 <Enhanced IDE Interface>......................................................19
2.7 <Serial ATA Interface>............................................................19
2.8 <Floppy Port>..........................................................................20
2.9 <Ethernet Interface>................................................................21
2.10 <Onboard Display Interface>................................................22
2.10.1 <Analog Display>.............................................................22
2.10.2 <Digital Display>..............................................................23
2.10.3 <HDTV Interface> LV-673(E) not supports TV out function......27
2.11 <Integrated Audio Interface> ................................................28
2.12 <GPIO Interface>..................................................................30
2.13 <Power Supply>....................................................................31
2.13.1 <Power Input>..................................................................31
2.13.2 <Power Output>................................................................32
2.14 <Switch and Indicator>.........................................................33

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Chapter 3 <System Setup>.........................................................34
3.1 <Video Memory Setup> ..........................................................34
Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup>..............................................................36
Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment>............................38
A.1 <IDE Port>..............................................................................38
A.2 <Serial ATA Port>...................................................................39
A.3 <Floppy Port>.........................................................................39
A.4 <IrDA Port>............................................................................39
A.5 <Serial Port>...........................................................................40
A.6 <VGA Port>............................................................................41
A.7 <LAN Port>............................................................................41
A.8 < USB Interface >...................................................................41
Appendix B <Flash BIOS>...........................................................42
B.1 <Flash Tool> ...........................................................................42
B.2 <Flash BIOS Procedure>........................................................42
Appendix C <System Resources>........................................43
C1. <I/O Port Address Map>.........................................................43
C2. <Memory Address Map>........................................................45
C3. <System IRQ & DMA Resources>.........................................46
C4. <GPIO programmed> .............................................................47
C5. <Watchdog Timer Setting>.....................................................48
Contact Information.........................................................................49

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LV-673(E) User’s Manual
Product Specification 7
Chapter 1 <Introduction>
1.1 <Product Overview>
LV-673(E) is the new generation of the Mini-ITX motherboard, with supporting last Intel
Pentium M processors for 533MHz front side bus, Intel 915GM(E) and ICH6-M chipset,
integrated GMA900 graphics, DDR2 memory, REALTEK High Definition Audio, Serial
ATA, PCI Express 16x interface and dual Gigabit LAN.
New Intel Pentium M Processor
The board supports last Intel Pentium M processors with 533MHz front side bus, 2MB
L2 cache, to provide more powerful performance than before.
New features for Intel 915GM(E) chipset
The board integrates Intel 915GM(E) and ICH6-M chipset, to provide new generation of
the mobile solution, supports Intel GMA900 graphics, DDR2 400/533 memory, built-in
high speed mass storage interface of serial ATA, High Definition Audio with 7.1 channels
surrounding sound.
All in One multimedia solution
Based on Intel 915GM(E) and ICH6-M chipset, the board provides high performance
onboard graphics, 18-bit dual channel LVDS interface, HDTV and 7.1 channels High
Definition Audio, to meet the very requirement of the multimedia application.
LV-673(E) not supports TV out function.
Flexible Extension Interface
The board provides one PCI-Express 16x slots for graphics card, it also can support
PCI-Express 1x for LAN card or other devices. The board also provides one PCMCIA
Type II slot, CompactFlash Type I slot and one mini-PCI slot.

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1.2 <Product Specification>
General Specification
Form Factor Mini-ITX motherboard
CPU Intel®Pentium M / Celeron M processors
Package type: FC-PGA478
L2 Cache: 512KB/1MB/2MB
Front side bus: 400/533MHz
( The Intel® Celeron® M Processor 4xx series can not be used
on LV-673(E) series .)
Memory 2 x 240-pin DDR2 400/533MHz SDRAM up to 2GB
Up to 8GB/s of bandwidth with dual-channel interleaved mode
Dual-Channel technology supported
Unbufferred, none-ECC memory supported only
Chipset Intel®915GM(E) (Northbridge) and ICH6-M (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®ICH6-M built-in RTC with lithium battery
Enhanced IDE UltraDMA33 IDE interface supports up to 2 ATAPI devices
One 44-pin IDE port onboard
One CompactFlash Type I socket on solder side
Serial ATA Intel®ICH6-M integrates 2 Serial ATA interfaces
Up to 150MB/s of transfer rate
Multi-I/O Port
Chipset Intel®ICH6-M with Winbond®W83627THF controller
Serial Port Two external and two internal RS-232 serial ports
USB Port Six Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports with 480Mbps of transfer rate
Parallel Port None
Floppy Port One slim type 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 I/O interface
Smart Fan One CPU fan connectors for fan speed controllable
VGA Display Interface
Chipset Intel®915GM(E) GMCH (Graphic Memory Controller Hub)
Frame Buffer Up to 128MB shared with system memory
Display Type CRT, LCD monitor with analog display
Onboard 18-bit dual channel LVDS interface
Onboard HDTV interface
Connector External DB15 female connector on rear I/O panel

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Onboard 40-in LVDS connector
Onboard 8-pin TV-out connector
Ethernet Interface
Controller Marvell E8053 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
Type Triple speed 10/100/1000Base-T
auto-switching Fast Ethernet
Full duplex, IEEE802.3U compliant
Connector Dual External RJ45 connectors with LED on rear I/O panel
Audio Interface
Chipset Intel®ICH6M with Realtek®ALC880 codec
Intel High Definition Audio compliance
Interface 7.1 channels sound output
Connector External Audio phone jack for Line-out, Line-in, MIC-in, Surround,
Center and Backsurround
Onboard audio connector with pin header (built-in amplifier for speaker
out)
Onboard CD-IN connector
Expansive Interface
PCI-Express One 16x PCI-Express slot (compatible with 1x slot)
Up to 8GB/s of transfer bandwidth
Power supply: +3.3V, +12V
PCI One Mini-PCI socket for TYPE III (32-bit, 33MHz)
Power supply: +3.3V, +5V
PCMCIA One PCMCIA Type II slot on solder side with RICOH R5C475II
controller
Power and Environment
Power
Requirement DC 12V input with external DC mini DIN or onboard 4-pin connector
Input Range 10.5V ~ 13V
Dimension 170 (L) x 170 (H) mm
Temperature Operating within 0 ~ 60PoPC (32 ~ 140PoPF)
Storage within -20 ~ 85PoPC (-4 ~ 185PoPF)
Ordering Code
LV-673(E) Intel Pentium M platform with onboard VGA, HD audio, SATA
USB2.0, LVDS, HDTV, PCI-Express, Mini-PCI, CF, PCMCIA
4 x COM
LV-673(E) not supports TV out function.
PCIE-SDVOD PCI-Express add-on card for single DVI interface
The specifications may be different as the actual production.
For further product information please visit the website at TUhttp://www.commell.com.twUT

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Mechanical Drawing
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1.3 <Mechanical Drawing>

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Block Diagram 11
1.4 <Block Diagram>
Intel Pentium M/Celeron M P
r
ocessors
Intel GMA900 Graphics
PCI-Express x16
LVDS 2 x 240-pin DDR2
400/533MHz up to
2GB
915GM(E)
ICH6-M
2 x Serial ATA ports
PCI Express 1x
6 x USB2.0 ports
Marvell E8053
Gigabit LAN
PCI
Mini-PCI slot
UltraDMA33 IDE
CompactFlash
PCMCIA
BIOS
HD Audio
4 x Serial ports
1 x Floppy ports
8-bit GPIO IrDA

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LV-673(E) User’s Manual Hardware Setup
Connector Location 13
Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>
2.1 <Connector Location>
CN_AUDIO SPDIF CDIN CN_IR MINIPCI CN_USB PWRIN
PEG
SATA1
SATA2
CN_LVDS
CN_DIO
CN_COM34
CPUFAN
CN_TV
CPU
SYSFAN CN_INV CN_BPWR DDRIIB/A JFRNT
IDE
FDD
Solder side: CF CARDBUS
DC_IN COM1/2 USB_RJ45_A/B KB MS AUDIO
V
G
A

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Jumper Location & Reference
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2.2 <Jumper Location & Reference>
Jumper Function
JRTC CMOS Operating/Clear Setting
JCFSEL CF with IDE mode selection
JVLCD Panel Voltage Setting
JCFSEL
JVLCD JRTC

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Connector Location 15
2.3 <Connector Reference>
2.3.1 <Internal Connectors>
Connector Function Remark
CPU Socket479 for CPU Standard
DDRIIA/B 240 -pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM socket Standard
IDE 44-pin IDE connector Standard
FDD 26-pin slim type floppy connector Standard
S_ATA1/2 7-pin Serial ATA connector Standard
PWRIN 4-pin power input connector Standard
CN_BPWR 4-pin power output connector Standard
CN_AUDIO 5 x 2-pin audio connector Standard
SPDIF 4-pin S/PDIF digital audio output connector Standard
CDIN 4-pin CD-ROM audio input connector Standard
CN_DIO 6 x 2-pin digital I/O connector Standard
CN_USB 5 x 2-pin USB connector Standard
CPUFAN 4-pin CPU cooler fan connector Standard
SYSFAN 3-pin system cooler fan connector Standard
CN_LVDS 20 x 2-pin LVDS connector Standard
CN_INV 5-pin LCD inverter connector Standard
CN_IR 5-pin IrDA connector Standard
CN_COM34 10 x 2-pin COM3 & COM4 connector Standard
CN_TV 4 x 2-pin TV-out connector (Only LV-673) Standard
JFRNT 14-pin front panel switch/indicator connector Standard
MINIPCI Mini-PCI socket Standard
PEG PCI Express 16x/1x slot Standard
CF CompactFlash Type I socket Standard
CARDBUS PCMCIAType II slot Standard
2.3.2 <External Connectors>
Connector Function Remark
DC_IN DC 12V input connector Standard
COM1/2 Serial port connector Standard
USB_RJ45_A/B Dual USB and RJ45 LAN connector Standard
VGA DB15 analog VGA connector Standard
KB PS/2 keyboard connector Standard
MS PS/2 mouse connector Standard
AUDIO Audio connectors Standard

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CPU & Memory Setup
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2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup>
2.4.1 <CPU Setup>
The board comes with the socket479 for Intel Pentium M/Celeron M processors, it
supports new generation of Intel Pentium M processors with 533MHz of front side bus
and 2MB L2 cache. Please follow the instruction to install the CPU properly.
1. Use the flat-type
screw drive to unlock
the CPU socket
Unlock wa
y
Check
p
oint
2. Follow the pin direction to install
the processor on the socket
3. Lock the socket

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Memory Setup 17
2.4.2 <Memory Setup>
The board provides two 240-pin DDR2 DIMMs to support DDR2 400/533 memory
modules up to 2GB of capacity. Non-ECC, unbuffered memory is supported only. While
applying two same modules, dual channel technology is enabled automatically for
higher performance.
DDRIIB/A
112-pin128-pin
Please check the pin number to match the socket side well
before installing memory module.

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CMOS Setup
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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
1
3

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Enhanced IDE Interface 19
2.6 <Enhanced IDE Interface>
The board has one UltraDMA33 IDE interface to support up to 2 ATAPI devices, and one
CompactFlash Type I socket on the solder side, with jumper JCFSEL for IDE
master/slave mode selection.
Jumper: JCFSEL
Type: onboard 3-pin header
JCFSEL Mode
1-2 Master
2-3 Slave
Default setting
2.7 <Serial ATA Interface>
Based on Intel ICH6-M, the board provides two Serial ATA interfaces with up to 150MB/s
of transfer rate.
SATA1
SATA2
IDE
44
1
2
43

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Floppy Port
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2.8 <Floppy Port>
The board provides one slim type floppy port.
FDD
4. Lift up this plastic bar
5. Slot the cable in (Blue paste for outside)
6. Press back the plastic bar
Floppy rear side
1. Lift up the brown plastic bar
2. Slot the cable in (Blue paste for
brown bar side)
3. Press back the plastic bar