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Copyright Notice PMB-531LF Intel® Core Duo/Solo Mini-ITX Motherboard With VGA/ Sound/ LAN OPERATION MANUAL COPYRIGHT NOTICE This operation manual is meant to assist both Embedded Computer manufacturers and end users in installing and setting up the system. The information contained in this document is subject to change without any notice.
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Copyright Notice FCC NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION About This Manual ............System Specification ............Safety Precautions ............CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table ....Component Locations ............ How to Set the Jumpers ..........COM Port Connector ……..…………………………... COM3/4 RI&...
CHAPTER INTRODUCTION This chapter gives you the information for PMB-531LF. It also outlines the System specifications. Section includes: About This Manual System Specifications Safety Precautions Experienced users can skip to chapter 2 on page 2-1 for a Quick Start. Page:1-1...
Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL Thank you for purchasing our PMB-531LF Intel® Core Duo/Solo Mainboard enhanced with VGA/Sound/LAN, which is fully PC / AT compatible. The PMB-531LF provides faster processing speed, greater expandability and can handle more tasks than before. This manual is designed to assist you how to install and set up the system.
1-2. SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS CPU: Intel® Core Duo up to 2.33GHz. Intel® Core Solo up to 1.83GHz. Intel® Core Duo ULV up to 1.2 GHz. Intel® Core Solo ULV up to 1.2 GHz. Auto detect voltage regulator. CHIPSET: Intel® 945GM + ICH7R (FSB: 533/667MHz)
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Chapter 1 Introduction DISPLAY : Built-in Intel 945GM, support for CRT, LVDS, TV-Out. Onboard 15-pin VGA D-SUB connector, support for resolution on QXGA Monitor. IDE INTERFACE : One IDE ports support up to two IDE devices. Supports Ultra DMA 33.
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DMA CHANNELS : INTERRUPT CONTROLLERS : 82C59 x 2 INTERRUPT LEVELS : OPERATING TEMPERATURE : 0 to 60°C. BOARD DIMENSIONS : 170 mm x 170 mm, 6.69” x 6.69” BOARD NET WEIGHT : 810 gram. ′ Page: 1-5 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
3. Disconnect power when you change any hardware devices. For instance, when you connect a jumper or install any cards, a surge of power may damage the electronic components or the whole system. ′ Page: 1-6 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
You can connect PIN1 & PIN2 to create one setting by shorting. You can either connect PIN2 & PIN3 to create another setting. The same jumper diagrams are applied all through this manual. The figure below shows what the manual diagrams look and what they represent. ′ Page: 2-4 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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Jumper Block looks like this JUMPER SETTINGS 2 pin Jumper close(enabled) Looks like this 3 pin Jumper 2-3 pin close(enabled) Looks like this Jumper Block 1-2 pin close(enabled) Looks like this ′ Page: 2-5 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
DSR1 RTS1 CTS1 COM2 : COM2 Connector The COM2 is selectable as RS-232/422/485. The pin assignment is as follows : ASSIGNMENT RS-232 RS-422 RS-485 DCD2 DTR2 DSR2 RTS- RTS2 RTS+ CTS2 CTS+ CTS- ′ Page: 2-6 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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The pin assignment is as follows : ASSIGNMENT DCD4 DTR4 DSR4 RTS4 CTS4 COM4’s pin 9 is selectable for RI, +5V or +12V. For more information, please refer to our “2-5 COM RI and Voltage Selection”. ′ Page: 2-7 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-5. COM3/4 RI & VOLTAGE SELECTION JP16 : COM3 RI & Voltage Selection The selections are as follows: JUMPER JUMPER SELECTION SETTINGS ILLUSTRATION COM3 ***Manufacturing Default -- RI. ′ Page: 2-8 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration JP17 : COM4 RI & Voltage Selection The selections are as follows: JUMPER JUMPER SELECTION SETTINGS ILLUSTRATION COM4 ***Manufacturing Default -- RI. ′ Page: 2-9 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
This connector is used to set the COM2 function. The jumper settings are as follows : COM 2 Jumper Settings Jumper Function (pin closed) Illustrations RS-232 All Open RS-422 1-2, 3-4, 9-10 RS-485 1-2, 5-6, 7-8 *** Manufacturing default -- RS-232. ′ Page: 2-10 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
Note: To clear CMOS data, user must power-off the computer and set the jumper to “Clear CMOS” as illustrated above. After five to six seconds, set the jumper back to “Normal” and power-on the computer. ′ Page: 2-13 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
The pin assignment is as follows: ASSIGNMENT LPC1_FANPWM1 +12V LPC1_FANIO1 2-15. SYSTEM FAN CONNECTOR FAN2:System Fan connector The pin assignment is as follows: ASSIGNMENT LPC1_FANPWM2 +12V LPC1_FANIO2 JCFAN1:System Fan connector The pin assignment is as follows: ASSIGNMENT +12V ′ Page: 2-14 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-16. HARD DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR The PMB-531LF possesses one HDD connector: IDE1. IDE1: Hard Disk Drive Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT IDERST PDD7 PDD8 PDD6 PDD9 PDD5 PDD10 PDD4 PDD11 PDD3 PDD12...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-17. VGA CONNECTOR VGA1: VGA Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT GREEN BLUE VGA IIC DATA HSYNC VSYNC VGA IIC CLK ′ Page: 2-16 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-18. SERIAL ATA CONNECTOR SATA1~SATA2: The PMB-531LF possesses two Serial ATA Connector, SATA1~SATA2. The pin assignments are as follows: SATA1:SATA Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT SATA_TXP0 SATA_TXN0 SATA_RXN0 SATA_RXP0 SATA2:SATA Connector The pin assignments are as follows:...
USB1:Universal Serial Bus Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT VCCUSB2 VCCUSB2 USB4N USB5N USB4P USB5P JUSB2:Universal Serial Bus Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT VCCUSB1 USB0N USB0P VCCUSB1 USB1N USB1P ′ Page: 2-18 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
Orange Color on Giga LAN Speed Indicator No LAN switch/hub connected Right side LED: Yellow Color Blinking LAN Message Active No LAN Message Active USB Signal: ASSIGNMENT VCCUSB0 USB2N USB2P VCCUSB0 USB3N USB3P ′ Page: 2-19 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
2-21. IRDA CONNECTOR IRDA1: IrDA (Infrared) Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT IRRX IRTX 2-22. ATX POWER CONNECTOR PW1:ATX 12V Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT +12V +5V SB PS_ON ′ Page: 2-20 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
The pin assignments are as follows: SPDIF (inside the Line-In hole) ASSIGNMENT AC_SPDIF0 Line-In: light blue color ASSIGNMENT LINE_L LINE_R SPK-Out: light green color ASSIGNMENT SPK_L SPK_R Mic-In: pink color ASSIGNMENT MIC_IN1 MIC_IN2 ′ Page: 2-21 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
2-28. FSB FREQUENCY SELECTION JP5, JP6, JP7:FSB Frequency Selections. The pin assignments are as follows: SELECTION JUMPER SETTING JUMPER (pin closed) ILLUSTRATION 533 MHz 667 MHz open *** Manufacturing Default – 667 MHz. ′ Page: 2-24 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-29. POWER STATE SELECTION JP21(1-2), JP22:Power State Selections. The pin assignments are as follows: Selections Jumper Setting Jumper Illustrations JP21 (Open) JP22 (1-2) JP21 (1-2) JP22 (2-3) *** Manufacturing Default – ATX. ′ Page: 2-25 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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JP21:Reset/ NMI Selections. The pin assignments are as follows: Selections Jumper Setting Jumper Illustration RESET 3-4 CLOSE 5-6 CLOSE CLEAR WDG 7-8 CLOSE GPIO For Customer 9-10 Application *** Manufacturing Default – Reset. ′ Page: 2-26 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
JP1:TV OUT CONNECTOR The pin assignments are as follows: PIN ASSIGNMENT Luminance(Y) CVBS Chrominance(UV) 2-33. MEMORY INSTALLATION PMB-531LF CPU Card can support up to 1GB in one SODIMM sockets. DRAM BANK CONFIGURATION DIMM1 DIMM2 Total memory size 256 MB 256 MB...
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Flash BIOS update. It also describes how to install the watchdog timer configuration. Section includes: VGA Driver Utility Flash BIOS Update LAN Driver Utility Sound Driver Utility Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility USB2.0 Chipset Software Installation Utility RAID Software Installation Utility Watchdog Timer Configuration Page: 3-1...
Chapter 3 Software Configuration 3-1. INTRODUCTION Enclosed with our PMB-531LF package is our driver utility, which may comes in a form of a CD ROM disc or floppy diskettes. For CD ROM disc user, you will only need some of the files contained in the CD ROM disc,...
Chapter 3 Software Configuration 3-2. VGA DRIVER UTILITY The VGA interface embedded with our PMB-531LF can support a wide range of display. You can display CRT, PCI-E (SDVO) simultaneously with the same mode. 3-2-1. Installation of VGA Driver: To install the VGA Driver, simply follow the following steps: 1.
Utility Disk for system BIOS and VGA BIOS update. 3-3-2. To update VGA BIOS for LCD Flat Panel Display: As PMB-531LF user, you have to update the VGA BIOS for your specific LCD flat panel you are going to use. For doing this, you need two files.
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File Name to Program: B531xxxx.bin Checksum: XXXXX Reset System or Power off to accomplish update process! F1: Reset F10: Exit Please reset or power off the system, and then the Flash BIOS is fully implemented. ′ Page:3-5 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 3 Software Configuration 3-4. LAN DRIVER UTILITY 3-4-1. Introduction PMB-531LF is enhanced with LAN function that can support various network adapters. Installation programs for LAN drivers are listed as follows: For more details on Installation procedure, please refer to Readme.txt file found on LAN DRIVER UTILITY.
“D:\Sound\pathname” refers to the full path to the source files. 3. Click on the OK button or press the ENTER key. 4. Click on the “Next” and OK prompts as they appear. 5. Reboot the system to complete the driver installation. ′ Page:3-7 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
3-6. INTEL® C HIPSET SOFTWARE INSTALLATION UTILITY 3-6-1. Introduction The Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility installs to the target system the Windows* INF files that outline to the operating system how the chipset components will be configured. This is needed for the...
3-7. USB2.0 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION UTILITY 3-7-1. Installation of Utility for Windows 2000/XP Intel USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller driver can only be used on Windows 2000 and Windows XP on Intel Desktop boards. It should be installed right after the OS installation, kindly follow the following steps: 1.
The RAID controller management can be used on windows 2000 and windows 2003 and windows XP. It should be installed right after the OS installation. For more details on Installation procedure, please refer to Readme.txt file found on RAID DRIVER UTILITY. ′ Page:3-10 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
+ 67h) mov al,00h out dx,al mov dx,(800h + 68h) ;Start Watch Dog Timer mov al,00h out dx,al ;-------------------------- Disable Watch-Dog Timer ;-------------------------- mov dx,(800h + 66h) ;Disable Watch Dog Timer ′ Page:3-11 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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Chapter 3 Software Configuration mov al,00h out dx,al mov dx,(800h + 67h) mov al,00h out dx,al mov dx,(800h + 68h) ;Clear Status Bit mov al,00h out dx,al ′ Page:3-12 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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CHAPTER AWARD BIOS SETUP This chapter shows how to set up the Award BIOS. Section includes: Introduction Entering Setup The Standard CMOS Features The Advanced BIOS Features The Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PNP/PCI Configuration PC Health Status Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Password Setting...
4-1. INTRODUCTION This chapter will show you the function of the BIOS in managing the features of your system. The PMB-531LF Intel Core Duo/Solo ATX Motherboard is equipped with the BIOS for system chipset from Phoenix - Award Software Inc. This page briefly explains the function of the BIOS in managing the special features of your system.
You may use the cursor the up/down keys to highlight the individual menu items. As you highlight each item, a brief description of the highlighted selection will appear at the bottom of the screen. ′ Page: 4-3 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
<PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item. Date: < Month >, < Date > and <Year >. Ranges for each value are in the CMOS Setup Screen, and the week-day will skip automatically. ′ Page: 4-4 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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Head: number of heads. • Precomp: write precompensation cylinders. • Landz: landing zone. • Sector: number of sectors. • Mode: Auto, Normal, Large or LBA. Auto: The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode. ′ Page: 4-5 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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BASE MEMORY: Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up. EXTENDED MEMORY: Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up. TOTAL MEMORY: Displays the total memory available in the system. ′ Page: 4-6 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
BIOS Features Setup Screen The “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” allow you to configure your system for basic operation. The user can select the system’s boot-up sequence and security. A brief introduction of each setting is given below. ′ Page: 4-8 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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Thermal Management The used Thermal Monitor 3. C1E Function This is enabled to reduce power during idle operation 4. Execute Disable Bit To select enable or disable the No-Execution Page Protection Technology. ′ Page: 4-9 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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Do not type anything and just press <Enter>, it will disable security. Once the security is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely. ′ Page: 4-10 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
Multiprocessor Specification (MPS) that the motherboard will use. The MPS is a specification by which PC manufacturers design and build Intel architecture systems with two or more processors. 4-5. ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES Choose the〝ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES〞from the main menu, the screen shown as below.
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The choices are 2 & 3. PRECHARGE DEALY (tRAS): Precharge Delay This setting controls the precharge delay, which determines the timing delay for DRAM precharge System Memory Frequency: Allow to choose different frequency of memory module. ′ Page: 4-12 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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ON-CHIP FRAME BUFFER SIZE: The On-Chip Frame Buffer Size can be set as 32MB. This memory is shared with the system memory. DVMT MODE: Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology Mode. DVMT/FIXED MEMORY SIZE: DVMT Memory Size Select. BOOT DISPLAY: To select the boot-up display type.
If bios setup menu item supports USB device boot, it will cause Win9x detects the same storages twice when the system is rebooted, and USB HDD will fail. Note: this cause just happen under Win9x, the phenomenon is a limitation. ′ Page: 4-14 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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To Enable/Disable the IDE DMA transfer access 3. OnChip Primary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately. 4. Primary Master/Slave PIO ′ Page: 4-15 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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[Enhanced Mode]: Enable both SATA and PATA. Max.of 6 IDE drives are supported. [SATA Only]: SATA is operating in legacy mode. 8. PATA IDE Mode To select PATA IDE Mode sequence 9. SATA Port According PATA IDE Mode to determine SATA sequence ′ Page: 4-16 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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2. USB 2.0 Controller Enable the USB 2.0 controller 3. USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB keyboard. ′ Page: 4-17 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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Select a logical COM port name and matching address for the third and forth serial ports. Select an address and corresponding interrupt for third and forth serial port. WATCHDOG SUPPORT: To select watch-dog times. ′ Page: 4-18 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
Soft-Off state when the system has “hung”. The choices are Delay 4 Sec and Instant-Off. PWRON AFTER PWR-FAIL: This item allows you to select if you want to power on the system after power failure. The choice: Off and On ′ Page: 4-19 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
The Award Plug and Play Bios can automatically configure all of the booth and Plug and Play-compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system ′ Page: 4-20 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Descriptions on each item above are as follows: 1. IRQ-n Assigned to: You may assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. ′ Page: 4-21 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
This item shows you the current CPU temperature. VCORE: This item shows you the current system voltage. 5V / 12V : Show you the voltage of5V/12V. FAN1/FAN2 SPEED: This item shows you the current CPU/ SYSTEM FAN speed. ′ Page: 4-22 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
When you press <Enter> on this category, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to the following: Load Optimized Defaults ( Y/N ) ? N Pressing "Y" loads the default values that are factory setting for optimal performance system operations. ′ Page: 4-23 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
PASSWORD DISABLED!!! Press any key to continue... Press the < Enter > key again and the password will be disabled. Once the password is disabled, you can enter Setup freely. ′ Page: 4-24 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
You may always call up the setup program at any time to adjust any of the individual items by pressing the <Del> key during boot up. ′ Page: 4-25 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
►Integrated Peripherals word Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N ►Power Management etup ►PnP/PCI Configura Saving ►PC Health Status Esc : Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item F10 : Save & Exit Setup Abandon all Datas ′ Page: 4-26 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
APPENDIX EXPANSION BUS This appendix indicates the pin assignments. Section includes: Mini-PCI BUS Pin Assignment Compact Flash Card Connector Pin Assignment Page: A-1...
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Appendix A Expansion Bus MINI-PCI BUS CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT You will find a Mini-PCI connector in our PMB-531LF. The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT PIRQJD VCC3_3 PIRQJC VCC3_3SB PPCLK PCI_RSTJ VCC3_3 PREQJ2 PGNTJ2 VCC3_3 AD31 PMEJ AD29 AD30...
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Appendix A Expansion Bus PERRJ DEVSELJ C_BEJ1 AD14 AD15 AD13 AD12 AD11 AD10 C_BEJ0 VCC3_3 VCC3_3 ′ Page: A-3 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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COMPACT FLASH CARD CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT The pin assignments of Compact Flash Card connector are stated below. ASSIGNMENT Assignment -CD1 -CS0 -CS1 -VS1 -ATASEL -IORD -IOWR IRQ14 -CSEL -VS2 -RESET IORDY -INPACK -REG3 -DASP -PDIAG -IOCS16 -CD2 ′ Page: A-4 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
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APPENDIX TECHNICAL SUMMARY This section introduce you the maps concisely. Section includes: Block Diagram Interrupt Map RTC & CMOS RAM Map Timer & DMA Channels Map I / O & Memory Map Page: B-1...
Appendix B Technical Summary INTERRUPT MAP ASSIGNMENT System TIMER Keyboard Cascade Serial port 2 Serial port 1 Available Floppy Parallel port 1 RTC clock Available Available Available PS/2 Mouse Math coprocessor IDE1 IDE2 ′ Page: B-3 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
Extension memory low byte Extension memory high byte Reserved for extension memory low byte Reserved for extension memory high byte Date Century byte Information Flag 34-3F Reserve 40-7f Reserved for Chipset Setting Data ′ Page: B-4 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...
TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP Timer Channel Map : Timer Channel Assignment System timer interrupt DRAM Refresh request Speaker tone generator DMA Channel Map : DMA Channel Assignment Available Available Floppy Available Cascade Available Available Available ′ Page: B-5 PMB-531LF USER S MANUAL...