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• 1 UDMA/66IDE flat cable • 1 startup manual • 1 2-port serial port cable • 1 4-port serial cable (AIMB-330F only) • 1 IEEE 1394 cable (optional) If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your distributor or...
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Additional Information and Assistance Step 1. Visit the Advantech web site at www.advantech.com where you can find the latest information about the product. Step 2. Contact your distributor, sales representative, or Advantech's cus- tomer service center for technical support if you need additional assistance.
Safety Instructions 1. Read these safety instructions carefully. 2. Keep this User's Manual for later reference. 3. Disconnect this equipment from any AC outlet before cleaning. Use a damp cloth. Do not use liquid or spray detergents for cleaning. 4. For plug-in equipment, the power outlet socket must be located near the equipment and must be easily accessible.
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Typ. Entsorgung gebrauchter Batterien navh Angaben des Herstellers. Der arbeitsplatzbezogene Schalldruckpegel nach DIN 45 635 Teil 1000 beträgt 70dB(A) oder weiger. DISCLAIMER: This set of instructions is given according to IEC704-1. Advantech disclaims all responsibility for the accuracy of any statements contained herein. AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
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Caution! Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equiv- alent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the man- ufacturer’s instructions.
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General Information This chapter gives background infor- mation on the AIMB-330F. Sections include: • Sections include: • Introduction • Features • Specifications • Board layout and dimensions...
AIMB-330F is the new top-of-the-line Industrial Motherboard solution at Advantech. The AIMB-330F is loaded with special on-board features that rival full- size systems. It has standard 10/100Base-T PCI Ethernet, 2 channel 48- bit LVDS LCD panel support as well as SSD support for CompactFlash®.
1.2 Features • All-in-one design simplifies system integration and increases system stability • Socket 370 supports Intel® Celeron®/Pentium® III processors(Tul- atin), VGA C3 above 750MHz. • Dual display support • 2/6 serial ports, one RS-232/422/485, the others are RS-232, COM 3~6 shared IRQ •...
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Installation This chapter explains how to set up the AIMB-330F hardware, including instructions on setting jumpers and connecting peripherals, switches and indicators. Be sure to read all the safety precautions before you begin the instal- lation procedure.
Chapter 2 Installation 2.1 Jumpers The AIMB-330F has a number of jumpers that allow you to configure your system to suit your application. The table below lists the function of each of the board's jumpers Table 2.1: Table 2.1: Jumpers...
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Table 2.2: Connectors CN12 Watch-Dog progarm connector CN13 24-bits LVDS LCD (40-pin) HIROSE CN14 12-bits LVDS LCD (40-pin) HIROSE CN16 Embedded USB-V CN17 Inverter Power Connector CN18 ATX Power connector CN19 DIO connector CN20 Secondary IDE connector CN21 IR Connector CN22 Primary IDE connector CN23...
A pair of needle-nose pliers may be helpful when working with jumpers. If you have any doubts about the best hardware configuration for your application, contact your local distributor or sales representative before you make any changes. Generally, you simply need a standard cable to make most connections. AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
2.5.1 Installing a CPU in the ZIF socket AIMB-330F provides a Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket for easy CPU installation. Make sure the ZIF socket lever is in the upright position. To raise the lever, pull it out to the side a little and raise it as far as it will go.
You can install one DDR SDRAM (up to 1 GB) or two 186-pin DIMM (up to 2 GB DRAM) in the DIMM sockets. Caution! When installing DIMM, make sure the module is oriented properly. Do not use excess force during installation. AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
2.7 Primary (3.5") IDE connector (CN22) The 40-pin IDE connector supports up to two 40-pin IDE interface devices, including CD-ROM drives, tape-backup drives, HDDs, etc. When connecting, make sure pin 1 of the connector is matched with pin of the device's connector. The built-in Enhanced IDE (Integrated Device Electronics) controller supports up to two IDE devices, including CD-ROM drives, tape backup drives, a large hard disk drive and other IDE devices.
2.9 FDD connector (CN23) (optional) You can attach up to one floppy disk to the AIMB-330F's on-board con- troller. You can use any combination of 5.25" (360 KB and 1.2 MB) and/ or 3.5" (720 KB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88 MB) drives.
SPP for LPT2, and enable/disable it in BIOS (see Chapter 4). 2.12 Keyboard/mouse connectors (CN6) The AIMB-330F is uniquely designed to allow 3 ways for keyboard and mouse input. Please note that only one keyboard and one mouse can be connected at one time.
2.14.3 CD audio-in connector (CN11) All CD-ROM drives can provide analog audio signal output when used as a music CD player. The CN11 on AIMB-330F is a connector to input CD audio signal into the audio controller. The audio cable of your CD-ROM drive will be used to connect to CN11.
JP3 Pin-20,22 2.18 VGA interface connections The AIMB-330F 's AGP 4X interface can drive conventional CRT dis- plays and is capable of driving a wide range of flat panel displays, includ- ing electroluminescent (EL), gas plasma, passive LCD and active LCD displays.
2.18.3 LCD VDDSAFE setting (JP2) The AIMB-330F's VGA interface supports 5 V and 3.3 V LCD displays. By changing the setting of JP2, you can select the panel video signal level to be 5 V or 3.3 V. Table 2.3: LCD power (JP2)
2.21 USB connector (CN7,CN9,CN16) The AIMB-330F board provides six USB (Universal Serial Bus) inter- faces which support plug and play and hot attach/detach for up to 127 external devices. The USB interfaces comply with USB specification Rev.
ACT, ATX power and Reset LED. The more detail informa- tion can reference appendix. 2.25 COMS Power (JP1) There is a 3pin connector (JP1) for host bus speed select. Table 2.5: -> COMS Power Function Default Clear COMS AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
2.26 Watch Dog programer (CN12). CN12 is reserved for watch dog programming purpose. The pin definita- tion reference appendix, please. 2.27 PCI slot expension (PCI1 or PCI2) The location of PCI1 follow EmbeddedATX specification. And the loca- tion of PCI2 follow MicroATX 2nd PCI slot location. These two PCI slots can not function at the same time.
Chapter 3 Chipset Software Installation Utility 3.1 Before you begin To facilitate the installation of the enhanced display device drivers and utility software, you should read the instructions in this chapter carefully before you attempt installation. The device drivers for the AIMB-330 board are located on the software installation CD.
• Integrates superior video features. These include filtered sealing of 720 pixel DVD content, and MPEG-2 motion compensation for soft- ware DVD Note: This utility is used for the following versions of Windows system, and it has to be installed before installing all the other drivers: Windows 2000 Windows XP...
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Click “Next” when you see the following message.. Click “Yes” when you see the following message. AIMB-330 User’s Manual...
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Select “Normal Installation”, and click “Next” when you see the following message. Select “VIA PCI IDE Bus Driver”, “AGP Driver[ AGP3.0 sup- ported]”, “VIA INF Driver 1.70a” and click “Next” when you see the following message Chapter 3...
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Select “install VIA PCI IDE Bus Driver”, and click “Next” when you see the following message. Select “install AGP Driver”, and click “Next” when you see the fol- lowing message. AIMB-330 User’s Manual...
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When the following message appears, you can choose to restart your computer now or later. Chapter 3...
3.4 Connections for Standard LCDs Table 3.1: LCD connections LG LM150x60 AIMB-330 Pin No. Function Pin No. Function VDDSAFE VDDSAFE Rx0- LVDS_0N Rx0+ LVDS_0P Rx1- LVDS_1N Rx1+ LVDS_1P Rx2- LVDS_2N Rx2+ LVDS_2P RxC- LVDS_C1N RxC+ LVDS_C1P Rx3- LVDS_3N Rx3+ LVDS_3P AIMB-330 User’s Manual...
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Audio Setup The AIMB-330F is equipped with an audio interface that records and plays back CD-quality audio. This chapter provides instructions for installing the software driversincluded on the audio driver diskettes.
4.2.1 Before you begin Please read the instructions in this chapter carefully before you attempt installation. The audio drivers for the AIMB-330F board are located on the audio driver CD. Run the supplied SETUP program to install the driv- ers; don’t copy the files manually.
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Step 1. Click "Start" and select "Settings". Click "Control Panel" and double-click Multimedia" icon and press " Reinstall Driver..." to do audio driver installation.. Chapter 4...
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Step 2. In the Hardware Update Wizard window, click "Next". Step 3. Click “Continue anyway”. AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
Step 4. In the following Hardware Update Wizard window, click "Fin- ish" for Windows to complete audio driver installation. 4.2.3 Windows 2000 drivers Step 1. Click "Start" and select "Settings". Click "Control Panel" and double-click "Multimedia". Chapter 4...
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Step 2. In the Multimedia Properties window, select the "Devices" tab. Then select the "Audio Devices" item, and click "Add...". Step 3. In the Add window, select the "Unlisted..." item and click "OK". AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
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Step 4. When the Install Driver window appears, insert the utility disc into the CD-ROM drive. Type: D:\AIMB\340\Audio\WinNT\ Step 5. When the following message appears, you can choose to restart your computer now or later. Chapter 4...
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VGA Setup The AIMB-330F features an integrated VGA interface. This chapter provides instructions for installing the VGA drivers from the driver CD included in your package. Chapter 5...
1400x1050, and DVI up to 1280x1024 • Dual view capability where CRT and Flat Panel Monitor can have a dif- ferent resolution and refresh rate 5.2 Windows XP Installation Note: Press “CRTL-Alt-F1” hotkey to enable CRT mode in Windows 98 AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
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Insert the driver CD into your system's CD-ROM drive. In a few seconds, the cd main menu appears. Move to "\\AIMB-330\VGA And click "win2k_xpm113" icon or "winnt4m113" icon. "win2k_xpm133" icon is for WIN9x, WIN2000, WINMe, WINXp and "winnt4m133" icon is for WINNT4.x operating system. installation procedure is for Windows 2000.
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You will see a welcome window. Please chick on "Next" to con- tinue the installation. Click "Next" when you see the following message. AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
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VGA driver is now installing. When the following message appears, you can choose to restart the computer now or later Chapter 5...
5.3 Installation for Windows 2000 Note: Service Pack X (X = 3, 4, 5, 6,...) must be installed first, before you install the Windows 2000 VGA driver. Select "Start", "Settings", "Control Panel" and double click the "Display" icon. AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
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You will see a welcome window. Please click on “Next “ to con- tinue the installation.. Press the "Next" button when you see the following message.. Chapter 5...
When the following message appears, you can choose to restart the computer now or later.. 5.4 Dual Display Setting Select “Start”, “Setting”, “Control Panel” and double click the “Display” icon. AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
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Select dual display device type and click “Ok”. Choose “Setting “ tab. Chapter 5...
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Press the Display, select “2” Disable “Extend my Windows destop on this monitor”, and press the “Apply” button.. AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
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Select “Extend my Windows destop on this monitor”, and then press “OK”. Chapter 5...
"CMOS checksum error..." display screen mes- sage appearing. Then enter the "Setup" screen to modify the data. If the "CMOS checksum error..."message appears again and again, please check to see if you need to replace the battery in your system. AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
6.2 Entering Setup Turn on the computer and check for the “patch code”. If there is a number assigned to the patch code, it means that the BIOS supports your CPU. If there is no number assigned to the patch code, please contact Advan- tech’s applications engineer to obtain an up-to-date patch code file.
The “Advanced BIOS Features(Figure5.3)” screen appears when choos- ing the “Advanced BIOS Features” item from the “Initial Setup Screen” menu. It allows the user to configure the AIMB-330F according to his particular requirements. Below are some major items that are provided in the Advanced BIOS Features screen.
Figure 6.3: Advanced BIOS features screen 6.4.1 Virus Warning If enabled, a warning message and alarm beep activates if someone attempts to write here. The commands are “Enabled” or “Disabled.” 6.4.2 CPU Internal Cache Enabling this feature speeds up memory access. The commands are “Enabled”...
This setting determines whether the system will boot up if the password is denied. Access to Setup is always limited. System The system will not boot, and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. Note: To disable security, select “PASSWORD SET- TING” in the main menu. At this point, you will be asked to enter a password. Simply press <Enter>...
6.6 Integrated Peripherals Figure 6.6: Integrated peripherals 6.6.1 VIA Onchip IDE Device IDE Primary (Secondary) Master/Slave PIO/UDMA Mode (Auto) Each channel (Primary and Secondary) has both a master and a slave, making four IDE devices possible. Because each IDE device may have a different Mode timing (0, 1, 2, 3, 4), it is necessary for these to be independent.
Leave IDE HDD Block Mode on the default setting. Figure 6.7: VIA Onchip IDE Device 6.6.2 VIA Onchip PCI Device Select VIA Onchip PCI Device item and press “enter”. setting VIA Onchip function. The commands are “Enabled” or “Disabled”. Figure 6.8: VIA Onchip PCI Device AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
6.6.3 Super I/O Device Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) con- troller and you have USB peripherals. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. Select Super I/O Device and press “enter”, setting super I/O feature. Figure 6.9: Super I/O Device 6.6.4 Init Display First This item allows you to choose which one to activate first, PCI Slot or on- chip VGA.
There are four selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings. Min. Power Saving Minimum power management., Suspend Mode = 1 hr., and HDD Power Down = 15 min. AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
Max. Power Saving Maximum power management., Suspend Mode = 1 min., and HDD Power Down = 1 min. User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually. When not dis- (Default) abled, each of the ranges are from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min.
Figure 6.11: IRQ/Event Activity 6.8 PnP/PCI Configurations 6.8.1 PnP OS Installed Select Yes if you are using a plug and play capable operating system. Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non-boot device Figure 6.12: PnP/PCI configurations screen AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
6.8.2 Reset Configuration Data Default is Disable. Select Enable to reset Extended System Configura- tion Data (ESCD) if you have installed a new add-on and system econfig- uration has caused such a conflict that OS cannot boot. 6.8.3 Resources controlled by: The commands here are “Auto”...
If the CMOS is good or if this option has been used to change the default password, the user is asked for the password stored in the CMOS. The screen will display the following message: Please Confirm Your Password AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
Enter the current password and press <Enter>. After pressing <Enter> (ROM password) or the current password (user-defined), you can change the password stored in the CMOS. The password must be no longer than eight (8) characters. Remember, to enable the password setting feature, you must first select either “Setup”...
6.12 Exit Without Saving Selecting this option and pressing <Enter> lets you exit the setup program without recording any new values or changing old ones. Figure 6.16: Exit Without Saving AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
LAN Configuration • Introduction • Features • Installation of Ethernet Driver for - Windows 2000 Drivers Setup Steps - Windows NT Drivers Setup Steps -Windows Wake-on-LAN Setup Chapter 7...
7.3 Installation of Ethernet Driver Before installing the Ethernet driver, note the procedures below. You must know which operating system you are using in your AIMB-330F, and then refer to the corresponding installation procedure. Then just fol- low the steps described. You will quickly and successfully complete the installation, even if you are not familiar with instructions for Windows.
7.3.1 Installation for Windows 2000 Note: The CD-ROM drive is designated as"D" throughout this section. Click "Setup" icon in path "D:\AIMB\330\LAN\RTL8139D" Chapter 7...
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Click "Next" to go next step. Then this menu will show on the screen. And click “Finish” to fin- ish the install network driver process. AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
2. Then this menu will show on the screen. And click "Finish" to finish the install network driver process. 7.4 Further information Realtek website: www.realtek.com VIA website: www.via.com.tw Advantech websites:www.advantech.com www.advantech.com.tw AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
Programming the Watchdog Timer The AIMB-330F is equipped with a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if processing comes to a standstill for whatever rea- son. This feature ensures system reli- ability in industrial standalone or...
MOV AL,07H ; point to Logical Device Number Reg. OUT DX,AL MOV DX,2FH MOV AL,07H ; select logical device 7 OUT DX,AL MOV DX,2EH MOV AL,F0 OUT DX,AL MOV DX,2FH MOV AL,00H ; 01:Input 00:output for GP10~GP17 OUT DX,AL MOV DX,2EH MOV AL,F2H ; AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
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OUT DX,AL MOV DX,2FH MOV AL,00H ;Set GPIO is normal not inverter OUT DX,AL MOV DX,2EH MOV AL,F1H OUT DX,AL MOV DX,2FH MOV AL,??H ; Put the output value into AL OUT DX,AL ;------------------------------------------ ; Exit extended function mode | ;------------------------------------------ MOV DX,2EH MOV AL,AAH...
C.33 FAN2 System FAN (3x1,2.54 mm Molex) signal Pin-1 Pin-2 +12V Pin-3 Speed detect C.34 JP1 COMS Power(3x1,2.0 mm Pin-header) function Default Clear COMS C.35 JP5 LVDS VDDSAFE sel.(3x1,2.0 mm Pin-header) signal Pin-1 Pin-2 VDDSAFE Pin-3 +3.3V Default Pin-2,3 short AIMB-330F User’s Manual...
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