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IB730 Full-Size Socket 370 CPU Card With Optional VGA/LAN/SCSI USER’S MANUAL Version 1.0...
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Intel and Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Winbond is a registered trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation. All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. IB730 User’ s Manual...
Board Dimensions.............4 Installations ..............5 Installing the CPU.............6 Installing the Memory (DIMM) .........7 Setting the Jumpers............8 Connectors on IB730 ............14 Watchdog Timer Configuration........28 BIOS Setup..............29 VGA Drivers Installation ........52 Installing the Drivers for Windows 95/98 ......53 Installing the Drivers for Windows NT 4.0 ......54 LAN Drivers Installation.........55...
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INTRODUCTION Introduction Product Description IB730 is a high-performance flexible CPU card that comes optional VGA, Ethernet (LAN) and SCSI It is based on the Intel 440BX AGPset and features a Socket 370 architecture that supports Intel Celeron and Coppermine processors using 66MHz and 100MHz front side bus respectively.
INTRODUCTION Checklist Your IB730 package should include the items listed below. • The IB730 Industrial CPU Card • This User’s Manual • 1 IDE Ribbon Cable • 1 Floppy Ribbon Connector • 2 Serial Port Ribbon Cable and 1 Parallel Port Attached to a Mounting Bracket •...
Form Factor Full Size Dimensions 338mm x 122mm (13.3” x 4.8”) Power +5V : 12A (max) Requirements +/-12V : 200mA (max) Operating 0°C to 60°C Temperature Storage -20°C to 80°C Temperature Relative 10% to 90% (non-condensing) Humidity IB730 User’ s Manual...
INSTALLATIONS Installations This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the IB730 in order to set up a workable system. The topics covered are: Installing the CPU.............6 Installing the Memory (DIMM) .........7 Setting the Jumpers............8 Connectors on IB730 ............14...
INSTALLATIONS Installing the CPU The IB730 CPU Card supports a Socket 370 processor socket for Intel Celeron/Coppermine processors. The Socket 370 processor socket comes with a lever to secure the processor. Raise this lever to about a 90° angle to allow the insertion of the processor.
INSTALLATIONS Installing the Memory (DIMM) The IB730 CPU Card supports three 168-pin DIMM socket for a maximum total memory of 768MB in SDRAM type. The memory module capacities supported are 32MB, 64MB, 128MB and 256MB. Installing and Removing DIMMs To install the DIMM, locate the memory slot on the CPU card and perform the following steps: 1.
INSTALLATIONS Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are used on IB730 to select various settings and features according to your needs and applications. Contact your supplier if you have doubts about the best configuration for your needs. The following lists the connectors on IB730 and their respective functions.
The C&T VGA controller supports 5V and 3.3V power. Use JP3 to select the power setting. 3.3V Setting 5V Setting JP5: Onboard SCSI Enable/Disable Setting Function Open Disabled Short/Closed Enabled JP6: Onboard LAN Enable/Disable Setting LAN Function Pin 1-2 Enabled Short/Closed Pin 2-3 Disabled Short/Closed IB730 User’ s Manual...
INSTALLATIONS Connectors on IB730 The connectors on IB730 allows you to connect external devices such as keyboard, floppy disk drives, hard disk drives, printers, etc. The following table lists the connectors on IB730 and their respective functions. Connector Locations on IB730............15 J1: System Function Connector............
Power LED and Keylock: Pins 11 - 15 The power LED indicates the status of the main power switch. The keylock switch, when closed, will disable the keyboard function. Pin # Signal Name Power LED No connect Ground Keylock Ground IB730 User’ s Manual...
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Reset Switch: Pins 9 and 19 The reset switch allows the user to reset the system without turning the main power switch off and then on again. Orientation is not required when making a connection to this header. IB730 User’ s Manual...
Pin # Signal Name Keyboard clock Keyboard data J4: CPU Fan Power Connector J4 is a 3-pin header for the CPU fan. The fan must be a 12V fan. Pin # Signal Name Rotation +12V Ground IB730 User’ s Manual...
Signal Name Ground PS-ON (soft on/of) 5VSB (Standby +5V) JP12: IrDA Connector JP12 is used for an IrDA connector for wireless communication. Pin # Signal Name IRTX IRRX No connect Ir TX N.C. GND Ground Ir RX IB730 User’ s Manual...
INSTALLATIONS J14: LCD Panel Connector The C&T VGA controller for IB730 supports LCD panels. Use J14 to connect the system to an LCD panel. Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name 5V or 3.3V 5V or 3.3V SHFCLK ENABKL...
Ground Select J16, J17: COM1, COM2 Serial Port J16 and J17, both 10-pin headers, are the onboard serial port connectors of the IB730. The following table shows the pin assignments of these connectors. Pin # Signal Name DCD, Data carrier detect...
J19: PS/2 Mouse External Connector Pin # Signal Name M. Data Gnd M. Clk Mouse data N.C. Ground N.C. 5V Mouse Clock J20: PS/2 Mouse Connector Pin # Signal Name Mouse data N.C. N.C. Mouse Clock N.C. IB730 User’ s Manual...
This connector is for the 10/100Mbps Ethernet capability of the CPU card. The figure below shows the pin out assignments of this connector and its corresponding input jack. TD+(pin#1) Link LED TD-(pin#2) RD+(pin#3) RD-(pin#6) Active LED IB730 User’ s Manual...
The following describes how the timer should be programmed. Enabling Watchdog: AX, 000FH (Choose the values from 0) DX, 0443H DX, AX Disabling Watchdog AX, 00FH (Any value is fine.) DX, 0441H DX, AX WATCHDOG TIMER CONTROL TABLE Level Value Time/sec Level Value Time/sec IB730 User’ s Manual...
<PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, <F1> for help and <Esc> to quit. When you enter the Setup utility, the Main Menu screen will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from various setup functions and exit choices. IB730 User’ s Manual...
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These defaults have been carefully chosen by both Award and your system manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum performance and reliability. Changing the defaults could cause the system to become unstable and crash in some cases. IB730 User’ s Manual...
Month : 1 to 12 Date : 1 to 31 Year : 1994 to 2079 To set the date, highlight the “Date” field and use the PageUp/ PageDown or +/- keys to set the current time. IB730 User’ s Manual...
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SECTOR : Number of sectors SIZE : Automatically adjust according to the configuration MODE (for IDE HDD only) : Auto Normal (HD < 528MB) Large (for MS-DOS only) (HD > 528MB and supports Logical Block Addressing) IB730 User’ s Manual...
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The system boot will not be halted for a disk error; it will stop for all other errors. All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not be halted for a key- board or disk error; it will stop for all others. IB730 User’ s Manual...
When enabled, this allows ECC checking of the CPU’ s L2 cache. By default, this field is Enabled. Processor Number Feature This field only appears if the processor on board is a Pentium III processor. The Processor Number Feature can be enabled or disabled. IB730 User’ s Manual...
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Typematic Rate Setting When disabled, continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance. When enabled, you can set the two typematic controls listed next. By default, this field is set to Disabled. IB730 User’ s Manual...
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RAM. Video Shadow will increase the video speed. C8000 - CBFFF Shadow/DC000 - DFFFF Shadow Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640KB to 1024KB. These fields determine whether or not optional ROM will be copied to RAM. IB730 User’ s Manual...
The default value is 3. SDRAM Precharge Control By default, DRAM Integrity Mode is set to Non-ECC. DRAM Integrity Mode By default, the SDRAM Precharge Control field is set to Disabled. IB730 User’ s Manual...
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Otherwise, the arbiter only accepts another PCI master access to local DRAM. Delayed Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. The default setting is Disabled. IB730 User’ s Manual...
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(revolution per minute) for the CPU fan and chassis fan as monitored by the hardware monitoring IC. VCCP / VTT / VCC3 These optional and read-only fields show the current voltages in the voltage regulators and power supply as monitored by the hardware monitoring IC. IB730 User’ s Manual...
Each of the ranges is from 1 min. to 1hr. Except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. (Default) In order to enable the CPU overheat protection feature, the NOTE: Power Management field should not be set to Disabled. IB730 User’ s Manual...
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Throttle Duty Cycle When the system enters Doze mode, the CPU clock runs only part of the time. You may select the percent of time that the clock runs. IB730 User’ s Manual...
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This section determines the reloading of the ‘timers’ after entering the Full On You can enable or disable the monitoring of IRQ 8 (Real Time Clock) so it does not awaken the system from Suspend mode. IB730 User’ s Manual...
The default value is Disabled. IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15, DMA0/1/3/5/6/7 assigned to These fields allow you to determine the IRQ/DMA assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot. Used MEM base addr IB730 User’ s Manual...
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BIOS SETUP Select a base address for the memory area used by any peripheral that requires high memory. The default setting is N/A. IB730 User’ s Manual...
á â à ß : Select Item ESC : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color Load BIOS Defaults except Standard CMOS Setup To load SETUP defaults value to CMOS SRAM, enter “Y”. If not, enter “N”. IB730 User’ s Manual...
When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available mode. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA These fields allow your system to improve disk I/O throughput to 33Mb/sec with the Ultra DMA/33 feature. The options are Auto and Disabled. IB730 User’ s Manual...
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This field determines the UART mode in your computer. The settings are Normal, IrDA and ASKIR. The default value is Normal. Parallel Port Mode This field allows you to determine parallel port mode function. Normal Printer Port Enhanced Parallel Port Extended Capabilities Port IB730 User’ s Manual...
SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING á â à ß : Select Item ESC : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color Change / Set / Disable Password IB730 User’ s Manual...
To accept the displayed entries, press the “Y” key; to skip to the next drive, press the “N” key. If you accept the values, the parameters will appear listed beside the drive letter on the screen. IB730 User’ s Manual...
LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS á â à ß : Select Item ESC : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color Abandon all Data & Exit Setup IB730 User’ s Manual...
VGA Drivers Installation This section provides information on how to install the VGA drivers that come in the floppy diskette with your IB730 board. Please follow the instructions set forth in this section carefully. Please note that there must be relevant software installed in your system before you could proceed to install the VGA drivers.
Continue by choosing Close. You will be asked to restart your machine. Do so accordingly. 10. After the system has restarted, you can go back into the Display applet and select alternate screen resolutions and color depths. IB730 User’ s Manual...
Click on Yes to continue. Click on Apply to switch to the new graphics mode. Graphics modes are changed dynamically on NT 4.0, so you do not need to shut down and restart for the new screen settings to work. IB730 User’ s Manual...
The following items are covered in this section: Introduction..................56 Making Floppy Disks for NetWare and Windows Installation..56 Installing LAN Drivers for Windows 95......... 57 Installing LAN Drivers for Windows 98......... 57 Installing LAN Drivers for Windows NT........58 IB730 User’ s Manual...
MAKEW9X.BAT -- Creates a drivers disk for Windows 95 and Windows 98. MAKENT.BAT -- Creates a drivers disk for Windows NT. MAKEW2K.BAT -- Creates a drivers disk for Windows 2000. MAKENW.BAT -- Creates a drivers disk for Novell NetWare servers and clients. IB730 User’ s Manual...
9. Enter the appropriate drive for your disk media (A:) and click OK. 10. Click OK at the Select Device dialog box. 11. The Update Wizard displays the message that it has found the driver. Click Next. 12. Click Finish. 13. Restart your computer when prompted. IB730 User’ s Manual...
OK. Then follow the prompts to complete installation. When the adapter is added you'll see a new adapter listed in the Network adapters list. 6 Click Close to finish and configure any protocols as prompted. 7 Restart Windows NT when prompted. IB730 User’ s Manual...
Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R/W-able or not. If test fails, keep beeping the speaker. Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R/W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD & DMI support. IB730 User’ s Manual...
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2. Put information on screen display, including Award title, CPU type, CPU speed … . Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips. Test 8254 Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1. Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2. Test 8259 functionality. IB730 User’ s Manual...
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(Optional Feature) Enter AWDFLASH.EXE if : -AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive. -ALT+F2 is pressed Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM… .. Detect serial ports & parallel ports. Detect & install co-processor IB730 User’ s Manual...
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2. Update keyboard LED & typematic rate 1. Build MP table 2. Build & update ESCD 3. Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h 4. Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5. Build MSIRQ routing table. Boot attempt (INT 19h) IB730 User’ s Manual...
Serial Port #2 IRQ4 Serial Port #1 IRQ5 Reserved IRQ6 Floppy Disk Controller IRQ7 Parallel Port #1 IRQ8 Real Time Clock IRQ9 Reserved IRQ10 Reserved IRQ11 Reserved IRQ12 PS/2 Mouse IRQ13 80287 IRQ14 Primary IDE IRQ15 Secondary IDE IB730 User’ s Manual...
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