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Table of Contents
0. PREFACE .................................................................................................................................................................... 3
0.1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER ..................................................................................................................................... 3
0.2 WELCOME TO THE AR-B1842-G CPU BOARD............................................................................................................................ 3
0.3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE ................................................................................................................................................... 3
0.4 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE................................................................................................................................. 3
0.5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER COMMENTS ........................................................................................................................ 3
0.6 STATIC ELECTRICITY PRECAUTIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 4
1. INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.1 PACKING LIST................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
1.2 SPECIFICATIONS........................................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.3 BLOCK DIAGRAM........................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2. INSTALLATION........................................................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 AR-B1842-G'S BOARD DIMENSIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 8
2.2 CPU INSTALLATION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.3 MEMORY INSTALLATION (DDR2 SODIMM MEMORY SIZE) .................................................................................................... 10
2.4 POWER INSTALLATION .............................................................................................................................................................. 10
3. CONNECTION ........................................................................................................................................................... 11
3.1
PS/2 KEYBOARD & MOUSE
(
CN1
)
....................................................................................................................................... 11
3.2 KEYBOARD & MOUSE HEADER (J6).......................................................................................................................................... 11
3.3 KEYBOARD LUCK/UNLCK HEADER (JP5) ................................................................................................................................. 11
3.4 SERIAL PORT CONNECTOR
(
COM1
)
..................................................................................................................................... 11
3.5 INTERNAL SERIAL PORT HEADER
(
COM2
)
........................................................................................................................ 11
3.6 COM2 FOR RS232 / RS422 / RS485 SELECT
(
JP3
)
............................................................................................................. 12
3.7 RS422 / RS485 HEADER
(
J8
)
................................................................................................................................................... 12
3.8
IRDA HEADER
(
J4
)
................................................................................................................................................................ 12
3.9 VGA CONNECTOR
(
VGA1
)
...................................................................................................................................................... 12
3.10 ETHERNET RJ-45 CONNECTOR
(
LAN1
)
.............................................................................................................................. 12
3.11 PARALLEL PORT HEADER
(
J2
)
............................................................................................................................................ 13
3.12 CPU FREQUENCY SELECT TABLE (J10
)
.............................................................................................................................. 13
3.13 HARD DISK CONNECTOR (IDE1) ............................................................................................................................................. 13
3.14 COMPACT FLASH CONNECTOR
(
CF1
)
................................................................................................................................ 14
3.15 COMPACT FLASH CONNECTOR MASTER
∕
SLAVE SELECT HEADER
(
JP6
)
.................................................................. 14
3.16 AUDIO LINE IN / LINE OUT / MIC HEADER
(
AUDIO1
)
........................................................................................................ 14
3.17 CD IN HEADER
(
J1
)
................................................................................................................................................................ 15
3.18 CPU FAN POWER CONNECTOR
(
FAN1, FAN2
)
.................................................................................................................. 15
3.19 COMS BATTERY HEADER
(
JP4
)
........................................................................................................................................... 15
3.20 18, 24 BITS LVDS CONNECTOR
(
LCD1
)
.............................................................................................................................. 15
3.21 LVDS INTERVER CONNECTOR
(
LCDPW1
)
.......................................................................................................................... 15
3.22 USB PORT HEADER
(
USB1, USB2
)
.................................................................................................................................... 16
3.23 DDR2 SOCKET
(
DDR2SODIMM1
)
......................................................................................................................................... 16
3.24 MINI PCI SLOT
(
MINIPCI1
)
..................................................................................................................................................... 16
3.25 SATA CONNECTOR
(
SATA1, SATA2
)
................................................................................................................................... 16
3.26 GPIO PORT HEADER
(
J9
)
...................................................................................................................................................... 16
3.27 CPU VOLTAGE SELECT HEADER
(
JP1
)
.............................................................................................................................. 16
3.28 PROTECT U HEADER
(
JP2
)
.................................................................................................................................................. 17
3.29 PANEL HEADER
(
J3
)
.............................................................................................................................................................. 17
3.30 AT POWER CONNECTOR
(
PW1
)
.......................................................................................................................................... 17
4. WATCHDOG TIMER CONFIGURATION .................................................................................................................. 18
4.1 WATCHDOG TIMER SETTING .................................................................................................................................................... 18
5. BIOS CONSOLE........................................................................................................................................................ 20
5.1 MAIN SETUP................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
5.2 ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP ..................................................................................................................................................... 22
5.3 POWER SETUP ............................................................................................................................................................................ 23
5.4 PERIPHERALS SETUP ................................................................................................................................................................ 24
5.5 PNP/PCI SETUP ........................................................................................................................................................................... 26
5.6 PC HEALTH SETUP ..................................................................................................................................................................... 27
5.7 BOOT SETUP ............................................................................................................................................................................... 28
5.8 EXIT SETUP.................................................................................................................................................................................. 29
5.9 BIOS UPDATE .............................................................................................................................................................................. 30
APPENDIX A. ADDRESS MAPPING ............................................................................................................................ 31
IO ADDRESS MAP.............................................................................................................................................................................. 31
APPENDIX B. INTERRUPT REQUEST (IRQ)............................................................................................................... 32