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LS-378 User’s Manual 

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Chapter 1 <Introduction> 

1.1 <Product Overview> 

LS-378

 the 2

nd

 Generation Intel of the 3.5 inch miniboard, supports 2

nd

 Generation 

Intel® Core™ i7, Core™ i5, Core™ i3 and Celeron® Mobile Processor and features 

Intel QM67 chipset, integrated HD Graphics, DDR3 memory, REALTEK High Definition 

Audio, Serial ATA with RAID function for a system and Intel Gigabit LAN.   

 

Intel Sandy Bridge Processor 

The 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family mobile is the next generation of 

64-bit, multi-core mobile processor built on 32- nanometer process technology. Based 

on a new micro-architecture. 

 

New features for Intel QM67 chipset 

The board integrates Intel QM67 chipset, supports integrated HD Graphics, built-in high 

speed mass storage interface of Serial ATA interface with RAID function, High Definition 

Audio with 2 channels surrounding sound. 

 

All in One multimedia solution 

Based on Intel QM67 chipset, the board provides high performance onboard graphics, 

24-bit dual channel LVDS interface, DVI and 2 channels High Definition Audio, to meet 

the very requirement of the multimedia application. 

 

Flexible Extension Interface 

The board provides two PCIE mini card socket. 

 

     

Summary of Contents for LS-378

Page 1: ...LS 378 3 5 inch Motherboard User s Manual Edition 1 3 2013 10 17 ...

Page 2: ...ment are property of their respective owners Disclaimer The company shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from the performance or use of this product The company does not issue a warranty of any kind express or implied including without limitation implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose The company has the right to revise the ma...

Page 3: ...SATA Cable x 2 1045029 Printed Matters Driver CD Including User s Manual x 1 CPU Cooler x 1 1190058 DC Power Cable x 1 1040433 USB Cable x 1 1040173 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Cable x 1 1040134 COM Port Cable x 1 1040086 Audio Cable x 1 1040123 1 to 3 power output cable x 1 1040051 SATA Power Cable x 1 1040054 DVI module with bracket x 1 4120008011 1040075 ...

Page 4: ...onnectors 13 2 4 CPU and Memory Setup 14 2 4 1 CPU Setup 14 2 4 2 Memory Setup 15 2 5 CMOS ATX Setup 16 2 6 Serial ATA Interface 17 2 7 Ethernet Interface 18 2 8 Onboard Display Interface 19 2 8 1 Analog Display 19 2 8 2 Digital Display 20 2 8 3 DVI Interface 25 2 9 Integrated Audio Interface 26 2 10 USB Interface 28 2 11 Serial Port 29 2 12 PCIE Mini Card and SIM Interface 31 2 12 1 SIM Setup 33 ...

Page 5: ...on 43 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 44 Appendix A I O Port Pin Assignment 46 A 1 Serial ATA Port 46 A 2 IrDA Port 46 A 3 VGA Port 46 A 4 LAN Port 46 A 5 LAN LED Port 47 A 6 LPC Port 47 Appendix B Flash BIOS 48 B 1 Flash Tool 48 B 2 Flash BIOS Procedure 48 Appendix C System Resources 49 C 1 I O Port Address Map 49 C 2 Memory Address Map 51 C 3 System DMA IRQ Resources 52 Appendix D Programming GPIO s 53 App...

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Page 7: ... 64 bit multi core mobile processor built on 32 nanometer process technology Based on a new micro architecture New features for Intel QM67 chipset The board integrates Intel QM67 chipset supports integrated HD Graphics built in high speed mass storage interface of Serial ATA interface with RAID function High Definition Audio with 2 channels surrounding sound All in One multimedia solution Based on...

Page 8: ...with 3 3V 5V 12V supply DVI Interface Chrontel CH7318 Transmitter with 26 pin DVI connector Audio Interface Realtek ALC888 HD Audio LAN Interface Intel 82579LM Gigabit LAN GPIO interface Onboard programmable 8 bit Digital I O interface Extended Interface 2 x PCIE mini card socket 1 x SIM socket Internal I O Port 1 x RS232 422 485 1 x SMBUS 1 x GPIO 4 x USB2 0 ports 1 x IrDA 1 x DVI 1 x LVDS 2 x Se...

Page 9: ...LS 378 User s Manual 8 1 3 Mechanical Drawing ...

Page 10: ...1 x RS232 422 485 1 x COM GPIO IrDA 2 nd Generation Intel Core i7 Core i5 Core i3 and Celeron Mobile Processor 1 x 204 pin DDR3 SO DIMM 1066 1333 1600 MHz up to 8GB IO W83627DHG P 1 x LVDS 6 x USB 2 0 2 x PCI Express mini card 1 x DVI 1 x CRT 2 x Serial ATAIII ALC888 HD Audio ...

Page 11: ...10 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2 1 Connector Location SATA1 SATA2 CN_AUDIO CD_IN CN_INV CN_COM2 CN_DIO CN_SMBUS CN_IR JFRNT SYSFAN CPUFAN DC_OUT DC_IN CN_USB1 CN_USB2 CN_LPC CN_LVDS CN_DVI SIMM MINI_CARD2 MINI_CARD1 JACT JSPD ...

Page 12: ...LS 378 User s Manual 11 PS2 RJ45 CRT COM1 SO DIMM USB ...

Page 13: ...nction JRTC CMOS Operating Clear Setting JVLCD Panel Voltage Setting JAT Power mode select JP1 Com1 Voltage Setting For Pin 9 JP2 Com2 Voltage Setting For Pin 9 JCSEL1 JCSEL2 CN_COM2 RS 232 RS422 RS485 Setting CN_IR IrDA Setting JCSEL2 JP2 JCSEL1 JAT JP1 JRTC JVLCD ...

Page 14: ...B connector CPUFAN 4 pin CPU cooler fan connector SYSFAN 3 pin system cooler fan connector CN_LVDS 20 x 2 pin LVDS connector CN_INV 5 pin LCD inverter connector CN_IR 5 pin IrDA connector CN_COM2 9 pin RS232 485 422 CN_LPC 5 x 2 pin LPC connector JFRNT 10 pin front panel switch indicator connector Mini PCIE1 2 52 pin Mini PCIE socket JAT Power mode select JSPD LAN Speed LED connector JACT LAN Acti...

Page 15: ... the socket rPGA988 for Intel SandyBridge Processor Please follow the instruction to install the CPU properly 1 Use the flat type screw drive to unlock the CPU socket Unlock way C 2 Follow the pin direction to install the processor on the socket 3 Lock the socket Socket CPU Check point ...

Page 16: ...LS 378 User s Manual 15 2 4 2 Memory Setup The board provides 204 pin DDR3 SO DIMM to support 1066 1333 1600MHz DDR3 memory module up to 8GB Non ECC unbuffered memory supported only SO DIMM ...

Page 17: ...ot 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 2 3 Jumper JAT Type onboard 3 pin jumper JAT Mode 1 2 AT Mode 2 3 ATX Mode Default setting 2 3 JRTC JAT 3 1 3 1 ...

Page 18: ...ion 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 six Serial ATA ports 3 Supports for Serial ATA ATAPI devices 4 Supports for RAID spares and automatic rebuild 5 Supports 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 Ser...

Page 19: ...ser s Manual 18 2 7 Ethernet Interface The board integrates with one Intel 82579LM controllers The Intel Gigabit Ethernet supports triple speed of 10 100 1000Base T with IEEE802 3 compliance RJ45 LAN connector ...

Page 20: ...rnal I O port one 40 pin LVDS interface with 5 pin LCD backlight inverter connector and provides 26 pin DVI interface The board provides dual display function with clone mode and extended desktop mode for CRT LCD and DVI 2 8 1 Analog Display Please connect your CRT or LCD monitor with DB15 male connector to the onboard DB15 female connector on rear I O port CRT ...

Page 21: ...nector for 24 bit single dual channel panels supports up to 2048 x 1536 UXGA resolution with one LCD backlight inverter connector and one jumper for panel voltage setting Effective patterns of connection 1 2 3 4 5 6 Warning others cause damages JVLCD 2 1 5 6 5 1 1 2 CN_LVDS 1 2 39 40 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 22: ...ector Connector model E T 3950 B40C 00R or similar HIROSE DF13 40DP 1 25V compatible Pin Signal Pin Signal 2 LCDVCC 1 LCDVCC 4 GND 3 GND 6 ATX0 5 BTX0 8 ATX0 7 BTX0 10 GND 9 GND 12 ATX1 11 BTX1 14 ATX1 13 BTX1 16 GND 15 GND 18 ATX2 17 BTX2 20 ATX2 19 BTX2 22 GND 21 GND 24 ACLK 23 BTX3 26 ACLK 25 BTX3 28 GND 27 GND 30 ATX3 29 BCLK 32 ATX3 31 BCLK 34 GND 33 GND 36 DDCPCLK 35 SMBCKL 38 DDCPDATA 37 SM...

Page 23: ...because every panel has its own pin assignment so we do not provide a standard cable please find a local cable manufacture to make cables LCD Installation Guide 1 Preparing the LS 378 LCD panel and the backlight inverter 2 Please check the datasheet of the panel to see the voltage of the panel and set the jumper JVLCD to 12V or 5V or 3 3V 3 You would need a LVDS type cable 4 To connect all of the ...

Page 24: ...0 x 1024 12 1600 x 900 5 1400 x 1050 Reduced Blanking 13 OEM Keep 6 1400 x 1050 non Reduced Blanking 14 1280 x 800 7 1680 x 1200 15 1920 x 1080 8 1366 x 768 16 2048 x 1536 BIOS panel type selection form BIOS Version 2 0 Single Dual channel Single Dual channel NO Output format NO Output format 1 640 x 480 9 1680 x 1050 2 800 x 600 10 1920 x 1200 3 1024 x 768 11 1440 x 900 4 1280 x 1024 12 1600 x 90...

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Page 26: ...ader connector pitch 2 00mm Pin Number Assignment Pin Number Assignment 1 TX1 2 TX1 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 TXC 6 TXC 7 Ground 8 PVDD 9 N C 10 N C 11 TX2 12 TX2 13 Ground 14 Ground 15 TX0 16 TX0 17 N C 18 HPDET 19 DDCDATA 20 DDCCLK 21 GND 22 N C 23 N C 24 N C 25 N C 26 N C 25 26 1 2 CN_DVI ...

Page 27: ...than former HD audio compliance The main specifications of ALC888 are High performance DACs with 100dB S N ratio 2 DAC channels support 16 20 24 bit PCM format for 2 audio solution 16 20 24 bit S PDIF OUT supports 44 1K 48K 96kHz sample rate Compatible with HD Meets Microsoft WHQL WLP 2 0 audio requirements The board provides 2 channels audio phone jacks on rear I O port Line in MIC in ports for f...

Page 28: ... x 2 54mm pitch header Pin Description Pin Description 1 MIC_L 2 Ground 3 MIC_R 4 N C 5 Speaker_R 6 MIC Detect 7 SENSE 8 N C 9 Speaker_L 10 Speaker Detect Connector CDIN Type 4 pin header pitch 2 54mm Pin Description 1 CD Left 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 CD Right 1 4 1 2 10 9 ...

Page 29: ...USB2 0 are listed below Interface USB2 0 Controller Intel QM67 Transfer Rate Up to 480Mb s Voltage 5V Connector CN_USB1 2 Type 10 pin 2 x 5 header pitch 2 54mm Pin Description Pin Description 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 Data0 4 Data1 5 Data0 6 Data1 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Ground 10 N C USB1 2 10 2 9 1 CN_USB1 CN_USB2 ...

Page 30: ...cket for COM1 3 Pin Description Pin Description 1 DCD 2 RXD 3 TXD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 10 N C Connector COM2 Type 10 pin 5 x 2 1 27mm x 2 54mm pitch header for COM2 Pin Description Pin Description 1 DCD 422TX 485 2 RXD 422TX 485 3 TXD 422RX 4 DTR 422RX 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 10 N C Setting RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 for COM2 Jumper JCSEL1 JCSEL2 Type 12 pin 6 x 2 8 pin 4 x 2 for set ...

Page 31: ...al 30 Jumper JP1 JP2 COM1 2 Type onboard 6 pin header Power Mode JP1 2 3 4 Pin 9 with 5V Power 1 2 Pin 9 with 12V Power 3 4 Standard COM port 5 6 Default setting 5 6 JCSEL1 JCSEL2 1 6 1 2 2 5 5 6 JP1 JP2 10 2 CN_COM2 9 1 ...

Page 32: ...t Please also be noted that this slot is the only slot for MPX SDVOX card but a customized BIOS is needed for the MPX SDVOX card Please contact Commell for customized BIOS for your MPX SDVOX card MINI_CARD2 is the second Mini PCIe slot for long size Mini PCIe cards However if you are trying to use 3G Mini PCIe card with a SIM card then place your 3G Mini PCIe card in this slot and put your SIM car...

Page 33: ...LS 378 User s Manual 32 Connector SIMM Type 6 pin SIM socket Pin Description Pin Description 1 SIMVCC 2 SIMRST 3 SIMCLK 4 NC 5 GND 6 SIMVPP 7 SIMDATA ...

Page 34: ...Manual 33 2 12 1 SIM Setup Step1 SIM card holder is marked by circle Slide the cap toward OPEN direction Step 2 Make sure that the cap is now at the OPEN position Step 3 Flip the cap up for inserting a SIM card into ...

Page 35: ... as shown in the photo Be sure that the corner cut is on top and the golden pads are up Step 5 Now flip down the cap as shown in the photo Step 6 Press down and slide the cap to the CLOSE position Be sure that the cap is tightly held with the socket ...

Page 36: ...port for system control like POS or KIOSK Connector CN_DIO Type 12 pin 6 x 2 header pitch 2 0mm Pin Description Pin Description 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 GP10 4 GP14 5 GP11 6 GP15 7 GP12 8 GP16 9 GP13 10 GP17 11 5V 12 12V Connector CN_SMBUS Type 5 pin header for SMBUS Ports Pin Description 1 VCC 2 N C 3 SMBDATA 4 SMBCLK 5 Ground CN_SMBUS 1 5 12 2 11 1 CN_DIO ...

Page 37: ...a reference of the power consumption report on appendix Connector DC_IN Type 4 pin DC power connector Pin Description Pin Description 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 9 24V 4 9 24V 2 14 2 Power Output Connector DC_OUT Type 4 pin connector for 5V 12V output Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description 1 12V 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 5V Note Maximum output current 12V 3A 5V 3A DC_IN 1 2 3 4 DC_OUT 1...

Page 38: ...ler and one 3 pin cooler fan connectors for system Connector CPUFAN Type 4 pin fan wafer connector Pin Description Pin Description 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Fan Speed Detection 4 Fan Control Connector SYSFAN Type 3 pin fan wafer connector Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Sense SYSFAN 3 1 CPUFAN 4 1 ...

Page 39: ...wer button reset and beeper etc Please check well before you connecting the cables on the chassis Connector JFRNT Type onboard 10 pin 2 x 5 2 54 pitch header Function Signal PIN Signal Power PWRBT 1 2 PWRBT Speaker SPK 3 4 SPK HDD LED HLED 5 6 HLED Power LED PWRLED 7 8 PWRLED Reset Reset 9 10 Reset 1 9 JFRNT 2 10 ...

Page 40: ...d integrates Intel QM67 with REALTEK ALC888 codec It can support 2 channel sound under system configuration Please follow the steps below to setup your sound system 1 Install REALTEK HD Audio driver 2 Lunch the control panel and Sound Effect Manager 3 Select Speaker Configuration ...

Page 41: ...s two DACs for display device as different resolution and color bit Please install the Intel Graphic Driver before you starting setup display devices 1 Click right button on the desktop to lunch display properties 2 Click Advanced button for more specificity setup Click Graphics Properties for advanced setup ...

Page 42: ...anual 41 3 This setup options can let you define each device settings Click Monitor to setup the CRT monitor for Resolution and Refresh Rate Click Intel Dual Display Clone to setup the dual display mode as same screen ...

Page 43: ...User s Manual 42 3 3 SATA configuration SATA Mode This option can let you select whether the Serial ATA hard drives would work under normal IDE mode or RAID mode The RAID mode need more than one HDD is applied ...

Page 44: ...ild this operation RAID 1 Mirroring Copies the data from first drive to second drive for data security and if one drive fails the system would access the applications to the workable drive It needs two unused drives or one used and one unused drive to build this operation The second drive must be the same or lager size than first one If you need to install an operation system on the RAID set pleas...

Page 45: ...ation when the power is turned off If the battery runs out of the power then the settings of BIOS will come back to the default setting The BIOS section of the manual is subject to change without notice and is provided here for reference purpose only The settings and configurations of the BIOS are current at the time of print and therefore they may not be exactly the same as that displayed on your...

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Page 47: ...ector CRT Type 15 pin D sub female connector on bracket Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description 1 RED 6 Ground 11 N C 2 GREEN 7 Ground 12 DDCDA 3 BLUE 8 Ground 13 HSYNC 4 N C 9 N C 14 VSYNC 5 Ground 10 Ground 15 DDCCLK A 4 LAN Port Connector RJ45 Type RJ45 connector with LED on bracket Pin Description 1 VCC 2 N C 3 IRRX 4 Ground 5 IRTX Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Description MI0 MI0 MI1 MI2 MI2 MI...

Page 48: ... Connector JATC1 2 Type 5 pin header for LAN Activity LED connector A 6 LPC Port Connector CN_LPC Type 10 pin header for LPC Port Pin Description Pin Description 1 LPC_CLK 2 RESET 3 LFRAME 4 LAD3 5 LAD2 6 LAD1 7 LAD1 8 3 3V 9 Ground 10 Ground Pin Description 1 LED 2 LED Pin Description 1 LED 2 LED Pin Description 1 LED 2 LED 1 2 1 2 2 10 1 9 JACT JSPD ...

Page 49: ...s Phlash exe it s the utility that can write the data into the BIOS flash ship and update the BIOS B 2 Flash BIOS Procedure 1 Please make a bootable floppy disk 2 Get the last bin files you want to update and copy it into the disk 3 Copy Phlash exe to the disk 4 Power on the system and flash the BIOS Example C Pflash XXX bin bbl cvar sa 5 Restart the system Any question about the BIOS re flash ple...

Page 50: ...LS 378 User s Manual 49 Appendix C System Resources C 1 I O Port Address Map ...

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Page 52: ...LS 378 User s Manual 51 C 2 Memory Address Map ...

Page 53: ...LS 378 User s Manual 52 C 3 System DMA IRQ Resources DMA IRQ ...

Page 54: ...2E 87 o 2E 07 o 2F 09 enale GPIO function o 2E 30 o 2F 02 enable GPIO configuration o 2E F0 o 2F xx set GPIO as input output set 1 for input 0 for output o 2E F1 o 2F xx if set GPIO s as output in this register its value can be set Optional o 2E F2 o 2F xx Data inversion register 1 inverts the current valus of the bits 0 leaves them as they are o 2E 30 o 2F 01 active GPIO s For further information...

Page 55: ... by program Timeout Value Range 1 to 255 Second or Minute Program Sample Watchdog timer setup as system reset with 5 second of timeout 2E 87 2E 87 2E 07 2F 08 Logical Device 8 2E 30 Activate 2F 01 2E F5 Set as Second 2F 00 2E F6 Set as 5 2F 05 Minute bit 3 1 Second bit 3 0 You can select Timer setting in the BIOS after setting the time options the system will reset according to the period of your ...

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