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- Page 1 AR-B9673 User’s Guide AR-B9673 INDUSTRIAL GRADE CPU BOARD User’ s Guide Edition: 1.1 Book Number: AR-B9673-07.0821...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
AR-B9673 User’s Guide Table of Contents 0. PREFACE……………………………………………………………………………………….3 0.1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER .............................3 0.2 WELCOME TO THE AR-B9673 CPU BOARD..........................3 0.3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE ..............................3 0.4 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE..........................3 0.5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER COMMENTS ........................3 0.6 STATIC ELECTRICITY PRECAUTIONS ............................4... -
Page 3: Preface
AR-B9673. General system information can also be found in this publication. 0.3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE Please refer to the Chapter 1, “Introduction” in this guide, if you have not already installed this AR-B9673. Check the packing list before you install and make sure the accessories are completely included. -
Page 4: Static Electricity Precautions
AR-B9673 User’s Guide 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. -
Page 5: Introduction
In addition, the AR-B9673 provides on chip VGA. The VGA, which provides up to True Color (32 bit) 1024x768, or High Color (16 bit) 1280x1024 resolution. The VGA memory shared with main memory. -
Page 6: Installation
AR-B9673 User’s Guide 2. INSTALLATION This chapter describes how to install the AR-B9673. At first, the layout of AR-B9673 is shown, and the unpacking information that you should be careful is described. The following lists the jumpers and switches setting for the AR-B9673’s configuration. -
Page 7: Power On Connector For Atx Power Supply (Atx1)
AR-B9673 User’s Guide 2.2 POWER ON CONNECTOR FOR ATX POWER SUPPLY (ATX1) 3 2 1 * When AT power supplier is applied, jumper 2&3 should be tied together. (Factory Signal preset) PSON * When ATX power supplier is applied, pin1&pin 3 should be connect to proper 5VSB location of ATX power supplier. -
Page 8: Connection
AR-B9673 User’s Guide 3. CONNECTION This chapter describes how to connect peripherals, switches and indicators to the AR-B9673 board. 3.1 ULTRA ATA33/66/100 IDE DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR (IDE1) • IDE1: Primary IDE Connector A 40-pin header type connector (IDE1) is provided to interface with up to two embedded hard disk drives (IDE AT bus). -
Page 9: Parallel Port Connector (Print1)
AR-B9673 User’s Guide 3.2 PARALLEL PORT CONNECTOR (PRINT1) This port is usually connected to a printer. The AR-B9673 includes an on-board parallel port, and accessed through a 26-pin flat-cable connector. Three modes –SPP, EPP and ECP – are supported. Signal... -
Page 10: Com1 Rs-232/Rs-485 Select (Xp1, Xp2)
3.4 COM2 RS-232/RS-485 SELECT (J6, J7) JUMPER FUNCTION RS-232 FACTORY PRESET RS-485 3.5 KEYBOARD / MOUSE CONNECTOR (PS1, PS2) The AR-B9673 provides 6-PIN JST Header and 6-PIN MINI-DIN keyboard/mouse connector. • PS1: 6-pin Mini-DIN Keyboard/Mouse Connector Signal KBDATA MSDATA MSCLK... -
Page 11: Usb Port Connector (Usb1)
3.7 IRDA INFRARED INTERFACE PORT (IR1) The AR-B9673 built-in IrDA port which support Serial Infrared (SIR) or Amplitude Shift Keyed IR (ASKIR) interface. When use the IrDA port have to set SIR or ASKIR model in the BIOS’s Peripheral Setup’s COM 1. Then the normal RS-232 COM 1 will be disabled. -
Page 12: Floppy Drive Connector (Fdd1)
AR-B9673 User’s Guide 3.10 FLOPPY DRIVE CONNECTOR (FDD1) The AR-B9673 provides a 34-pin header type connector for supporting up to two floppy disk drives. To enable or disable the floppy disk controller, please use the BIOS Setup program. Signal Signal... -
Page 13: General Purpose I/O (Gpio1)
AR-B9673 User’s Guide 3.12 GENERAL PURPOSE I/O (GPIO1) Signal Signal GPI0 GPO0 GPI1 GPO1 GPI2 GPO2 GPI3 GPO3 3.12.1 GPIO Address Select (JP3) ADDRESS 215H (Factory Preset) Users could test GPIO function under ‘Debug’ program as follow: C:>debug O 215 01H Generally, the GPIO2 Pin2 will be High Level, others output pin are Low Level. -
Page 14: Internal & External Buzzer (Espk1)
AR-B9673 User’s Guide 3.14 INTERNAL & EXTERNAL BUZZER (ESPK1) Signal SBEEP INTERNAL BUZZER SBEEP PIN 1,2: Connect to External BUZZER 3-4 ON (Factory Preset) Use Internal BUZZER 3.15 RESET SWITCH (RST1) Shorting these two pins will reset the system. Signal 3.16 LED INDICATOR (LED2) -
Page 15: Pc104 Connector (Pc-104)
3.19 COMPACT FLASH CONNECTOR (CF2,J5) 4. WATCHDOG TIMER This section describes the use of Watchdog Timer, including enable, and trigger. AR-B9673 is equipped with a programmable time-out period watchdog timer that occupies I/O port 3F0/3F1. Users can use simple program to enable the watchdog timer. -
Page 16: Watchdog Timer Setting
5. BIOS CONSOLE This chapter describes the AR-B9673 BIOS menu displays and explains how to perform common tasks needed to get up and running, and presents detailed explanations of the elements found in each of the BIOS menus. The... -
Page 17: Main Cmos Setup
AR-B9673 User’s Guide CAUTION: 1. AR-B9673 BIOS the factory-default setting is used to the <Optimized Defaults> Acrosser recommends using the BIOS default setting, unless you are very familiar with the setting function, or you can contact the technical support engineer. -
Page 18: Advanced Cmos Setup
AR-B9673 User’s Guide Halt On This field determines whether the system will halt if an error is detected during power up. No errors The system boot will not be halted for any error that may be detected. (Default) All errors Whenever the BIOS detect a non-fatal error, the system will stop and you will be prompted. -
Page 19: Peripherals Cmos Setup
AR-B9673 User’s Guide The system initializes the installed AGP card. Frame Buffer Size The frame buffer is the video memory that is used to hold the video image displayed on the screen. The option allows the selection of frame size of 2MB, 4MB, 8MB. -
Page 20: Pnp/Pci Cmos Setup
AR-B9673 User’s Guide Onboard Parallel Mode This field allows you to determine parallel port mode function. Normal Printer Port Enhanced Parallel Port Extended Capabilities Port ECP/ EPP Both of Extended Capabilities Port and Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Mode Use DMA... -
Page 21: Pc Health Cmos Setup
AR-B9673 User’s Guide IRQ Resources These options specify the bus that the named IRQs lines are used on. These options allow you to specify IRQs for use by legacy ISA adapter cards. These options determine if the BIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of availability of IRQs passed to the BIOS configurable devices. -
Page 22: Boot Cmos Setup
AR-B9673 User’s Guide 5.7 BOOT CMOS SETUP Boot CMOS Setup Boot Sequence The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where AwardBIOS attempts to load the operating system. The settings are: Floppy, Hard Disk, CDROM, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, Disabled. -
Page 23: Exit Cmos Setup
The chips can be electronically reprogrammed, allowing you to upgrade your BIOS firmware without removing and installing chips. The AR-B9673 provides the FLASH BIOS update function for you to easily to update to a newer BIOS version. Please follow these operating steps to update to new BIOS: Step 1:You must boot up system into MS-DOS mode first.
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