Table of Contents 0. PREFACE ..................................2 0.1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER..........................2 0.2 WELCOME TO THE AR-B1661 CPU BOARD..........................2 0.3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE............................... 2 0.4 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE..........................2 0.5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER COMMENTS ........................2 0.6 STATIC ELECTRICITY PRECAUTIONS ............................
Check the packing list before you install and make sure the accessories are completely included. The AR-B1661 CD provides the newest information regarding the CPU card. Please refer to the files of the enclosed utility CD. It contains the modification, hardware & software information, and it has updated to product functions that may not be mentioned here.
AR-B1661 Manual 0.6 STATIC ELECTRICITY PRECAUTIONS Before removing the board from its anti-static bag, read this section about static electricity precautions. Static electricity is a constant danger to computer systems. The charge that can build up in your body may be more than sufficient to damage integrated circuits on any PC board.
Board Dimensions 1.1 PACKING LIST The accessories are included with the system. Before you begin installing your AR-B1661 CPU board, take a moment to make sure that the following items have been included inside the AR-B1661 package. The AR-B1661 Industrial CPU Card 1 IDE 44pin pitch=2.0mm Ribbon Cable...
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AR-B1661 Manual VGA DISPLAY: SMI 721, on-chip VRAM 4MB Chipset Resolution up to 1280 x 1024 x 16M colors Supports Dual View Display for CRT/LCD and LCD1/LCD2 2.00mm 2x5-pin header Supports CRT interface with Interface Supports LCD1 – TTL interface with 2.00mm 2x22-pin header Supports LCD2 –...
AR-B1661 Manual 2. INSTALLATIONS This chapter provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the AR-B1661 in order to set up a workable system. The topics covered are: Memory Installation Jumpers on the AR-B1661 Connectors on the AR-B1661 Watchdog Timer Configuration 2.1 MEMORY INSTALLATION...
AR-B1661 Manual 2.3 CONNECTORS ON THE AR-B1661 The connectors on the AR-B1661 allows you to connect external devices such as keyboard, floppy disk drives, hard disk drives, printers, etc. The following table lists the connectors on AR-B1661 and their respective functions.
AR-B1661 Manual 2.3.2 Serial Port A~C Connector (COM) The SERIAL PORT A~C Connector assignments are as follows: SERIAL PORT A~C CONNECTOR (COM) Signal Signal –DCD1F –DSR1F RXD1F –RTS1F TXD1F –CTS1F –DTR1F –RI1F VCOM1 –DCD2F –DSR2F RXD2F –RTS2F TXD2F –CTS2F –DTR2F –RI2F...
AR-B1661 Manual 2.3.7 Keyboard & Mouse Connector (KB) Pin # Signal Name MOUSE DATA KB DATA MOUSE CLOCK KB CLOCK 2.3.8 Hard Disk (IDE) Connector (HDD) Signal Signal -RESET GROUND DATA 7 DATA 8 DATA 6 DATA 9 DATA 5...
AR-B1661 Manual 2.3.10 Bidirectional I/O (GPIO) Signal Name Signal Name Pin # Pin # GPI0 GPO2 GPO0 GPI3 GPI1 GPO3 GPO1 GPI2 VCC (5V) 2.3.11 TV Out (J1) 1 2 3 4 5 Pin # Signal Name Pin # Signal Name...
AR-B1661 Manual 2.4 WATCHDOG TIMER CONFIGURATION The function of the watchdog timer is to reset the system automatically and is defined at I/O port 0443H. To enable disable the watchdog timer and allow the system to reset, the timer has a tolerance of 20% for its intervals.
AR-B1661 Manual 3. BIOS CONFIGURATION This chapter describes the different settings available in the Award BIOS that comes with the AR-B1661 CPU card. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows: BIOS Introduction BIOS Setup Standard CMOS Features Advanced Chipset Features...
AR-B1661 Manual The section below the setup items of the Main Menu displays the control keys for this menu. At the bottom of the Main Menu just below the control keys section, there is another section, which displays information on the currently highlighted item in the list.
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AR-B1661 Manual Primary HDDs The onboard IDE connectors provide Primary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices. Each channel can support up to two hard disks; the first is the “Master” and the second is the “Slave”.
AR-B1661 Manual 3.4 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES This section allows you to configure and improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference. Virus Warning This item protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications. If an attempt is made, the BIOS will halt the system and display a warning message.
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AR-B1661 Manual Swap Floppy Drive This item allows you to determine whether or not to enable Swap Floppy Drive. When enabled, the BIOS swaps floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B, and Drive B becomes Drive A. By default, this field is set to Disabled.
AR-B1661 Manual 3.5 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES This Setup menu controls the configuration of the motherboard chipset. Auto Configuration This field predefines values for DRAM, cache timing according to CPU type and system clock. When this field is enabled, the predefined items will become read-only.
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AR-B1661 Manual Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h to C7FFFh, resulting in better video performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a memory access error may result. 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time This option specifies the length of the delay (in sysclks) inserted between consecutive 8-bit I/O operations.
AR-B1661 Manual 3.6 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS This option sets your hard disk configuration, mode and port. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO These fields allow your system hard disk controller to work faster. Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands that transfer to or from the disk drive, PIO (Programmed Input/Output) allows the BIOS to communicate with the controller and CPU directly.
AR-B1661 Manual 3.7 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP The Power Management Setup allows you to save energy of your system effectively. It will shut down the hard disk and turn off video display after a period of inactivity. ACPI When using AT power, please select Disable.
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AR-B1661 Manual Modem Use IRQ This field names the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if any) on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system. By default, the IRQ is set to 3. Doze Mode When enabled, and after the set time of system inactivity, the CPU clock will run at a slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed.
AR-B1661 Manual 3.8 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION This option configures the PCI bus system. All PCI bus systems on the system use INT#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value. Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility PNP/PCI Configuration PNP OS Installed...
AR-B1661 Manual 3.9 LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS This option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM. These default settings are non-optimal and disable all high-performance features. Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility STANDARD CMOS FEATURES...
AR-B1661 Manual 3.11 SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD These two options set the system password. Supervisor Password sets a password that will be used to protect the system and Setup utility. User Password sets a password that will be used exclusively on the system. To specify a password, highlight the type you want and press <Enter>.
AR-B1661 Manual 3.13 SAVE & EXIT SETUP This option allows you to determine whether to accept the modifications or not. If you type “Y”, you will quit the setup utility and save all changes into the CMOS memory. If you type “N”, you will return to Setup utility.
AR-B1686 User’s Guide HOW TO SET DUALPANEL Choose second display and click extend my Windows Desktop onto this monitor. Note: If the content in Setting is inconsistent with CD-ROM, please refer to the Setting as priority.
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