AR-B1579 User's Guide
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Table of Contents
0. PREFACE...............................................................................................................................................................0-3
0.1
COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER......................................................................................................................... 0-3
0.2
WELCOME TO THE AR-B1579 CPU BOARD.................................................................................................................... 0-3
0.3
BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE ...................................................................................................................................... 0-3
0.4
RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE .................................................................................................................... 0-3
0.5
TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER COMMENTS ............................................................................................................ 0-3
0.6 ORGANIZATION ................................................................................................................................................................ 0-4
0.7
STATIC ELECTRICITY PRECAUTIONS ............................................................................................................................ 0-4
1. OVERVIEW.............................................................................................................................................................1-1
1.1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................................ 1-1
1.2 PACKING
LIST .................................................................................................................................................................. 1-1
1.3 FEATURES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1-2
2. SYSTEM
CONTROLLER .......................................................................................................................................2-1
2.1 DMA
CONTROLLER.......................................................................................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 KEYBOARD
CONTROLLER .............................................................................................................................................. 2-1
2.3 INTERRUPT
CONTROLLER.............................................................................................................................................. 2-2
2.3.1
I/O Port Address Map ................................................................................................................................................. 2-3
2.3.2
I/O Channel Pin Assignment....................................................................................................................................... 2-3
2.3.3
I/O Channel Signal Description................................................................................................................................... 2-4
2.3.4
Real-Time Clock and Non-Volatile RAM ..................................................................................................................... 2-6
2.3.5 Timer.......................................................................................................................................................................... 2-6
2.4 SERIAL
PORT ................................................................................................................................................................... 2-7
2.5 PARALLEL
PORT .............................................................................................................................................................. 2-9
3. SETTING UP THE SYSTEM...................................................................................................................................3-1
3.1 OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................................................................ 3-1
3.2 SYSTEM
SETTING ............................................................................................................................................................ 3-2
3.2.1
CRT CONNECTOR (DB1).......................................................................................................................................... 3-2
3.2.2
Watchdog Transferring Select (JP6) ........................................................................................................................... 3-2
3.2.3
Hard Disk (IDE) Connector ......................................................................................................................................... 3-3
3.2.4 PC/104
Connector...................................................................................................................................................... 3-4
3.2.5 Keyboard
Connector................................................................................................................................................... 3-6
3.2.6
FDD Port Connector (CN2)......................................................................................................................................... 3-7
3.2.7
Parallel Port Connector (CN3) .................................................................................................................................... 3-7
3.2.8 Serial
Port .................................................................................................................................................................. 3-8
3.2.9
PS/2 Mouse Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 3-10
3.2.10
External Speaker Header (J1) .............................................................................................................................. 3-10
3.2.11
Reset Header (J8) ................................................................................................................................................ 3-10
3.2.12 Power
Connector
(J9)........................................................................................................................................... 3-11
3.2.13 LED
Header ......................................................................................................................................................... 3-11
3.2.14 CPU
Setting ......................................................................................................................................................... 3-11
3.2.15 DRAM
Configuration............................................................................................................................................. 3-15
3.2.16
D.O.C. Memory Address Select (SW1-7).............................................................................................................. 3-15
4. INSTALLATION......................................................................................................................................................4-1
4.1 OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................................................................ 4-1
4.2 UTILITY
DISKETTE ........................................................................................................................................................... 4-1
4.2.1
WIN 3.1 Driver............................................................................................................................................................ 4-2
4.2.2 WIN
95
Driver............................................................................................................................................................. 4-2
4.2.3 WINNT
Driver ............................................................................................................................................................. 4-3
4.2.4 OS/2
Warp
3.0
Driver ................................................................................................................................................. 4-3
4.3 WATCHDOG
TIMER.......................................................................................................................................................... 4-4
4.3.1 Watchdog
Timer
Setting ............................................................................................................................................. 4-4
4.3.2
Watchdog Transferring Select (JP6) ........................................................................................................................... 4-5
4.3.3 Watchdog
Timer
Enabled ........................................................................................................................................... 4-5
4.3.4 Watchdog
Timer
Trigger ............................................................................................................................................. 4-5
4.3.5 Watchdog
Timer
Disabled .......................................................................................................................................... 4-6
5. BIOS
CONSOLE ....................................................................................................................................................5-1
5.1 BIOS
SETUP
OVERVIEW.................................................................................................................................................. 5-1
5.2 STANDARD
CMOS
SETUP ............................................................................................................................................... 5-2
5.3 ADVANCED
CMOS
SETUP ............................................................................................................................................... 5-3
5.4
ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP .......................................................................................................................................... 5-6
5.5 POWER
MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................................................... 5-7
5.6
PCI/PLUG AND PLAY ........................................................................................................................................................ 5-8
5.7 PERIPHERAL
SETUP........................................................................................................................................................ 5-9
5.8
AUTO-DETECT HARD DISKS ......................................................................................................................................... 5-10
