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User's Manual
Version 1.1
2004/11/24
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  • Page 1 Trademark All trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Any question please visit our website at http://www.commell.com.tw. FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 2: Dual-Usb Port Cable With Bracket

    Packing List Hardware FS-978 Single Board Computer ........Cable Kit 34-pin FDD Cable ............. 1 x COM / 1 x LPT Port DB9 / DB25 Cable (VL/VLS only) 2 x COM Port DB9 Cable (VL2/VL2S only) ....... 1 x LPT Port DB25 Cable (VL2/VL2S only).......
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Serial ATA Setup Information ............. 19 Power and Fan Connector............23 VGA Interface ................25 Ethernet Interface..............26 Audio Interface ................27 2.10 Switch and Indicator ..............28 Chapter 3. BIOS Setup ..........29 Chapter 4. Driver Installation ........31 FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 4 Appendix B. Flash the BIOS ........41 BIOS Auto Flash Tool ..............41 Flash Method ................41 Appendix C. System Resource ........43 I/O Port Address Map..............43 Memory Address Map ............... 45 IRQ and DMA Resource............46 Contact Information ............48 FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Introduction

    4 CPU up to 3.2 GHz at 800 MHz of FSB and low cost Intel Socket 478 Celeron CPU from 2.0 GHz up to 2.4 GHz at 400 MHz of FSB. The FS-978 also provides two GBytes of DDR266/333/400 of system memory capacity.
  • Page 6: Specification

    Provide the capable of driving an ADD card to support LVDS/TMDS/TV/HDTV devices Provide the capable of driving an Mini AGP card to support AGP 8X/4X graphic card SCSI Optional Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Adapter, Support up to 15 SCSI Devices each channel FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 7 Intel Dynamic Video Memory with auto detect video memory up to 64 MBytes shared with system memory Display Type CRT and LCD monitor Connector External DB15 female connector on bracket for CRT Internal 16-pin header for analog VGA display FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 8 Chipset CHRONTEL 7017A-T Interface 24-bit Dual Channel LVDS interface TV-out interface ADD-on Card (MA-ATI)(Optional) Chipset MOBILITY™ M10 Interface AGP 8X with 64MB DDR SDRAM onboard 24-bit Dual Channel LVDS interface TV-out interface DVI interface Analog CRT interface FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 9 Same as FS-978VL but with Ultra 320 SCSI controller FS-978VLS FS-978VL2 Same as FS-978VL but with Dual Intel LAN (one Intel PRO/100+ and One Intel PRO/1000+ LAN) FS-978VL2S Same as FS-978VL2 but with Ultra 320 SCSI controller FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 10 Notes (This page left blank intentionally) FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 11: Component Placement

    Dual Intel LAN Built-in Hi-Speed Intel Pentium 4 / Celeron Intel 82547GI CSA 800/533/400 MHz FSB USB 2.0 Interface and ICH5 with Intel 82562ET PHY Winbond 83627HF-AW Compact Flash Type ITE8888 ISA Bridge LPC Super-I/O II Socket BACK FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 12: Block Diagram

    100 MBps Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ICH5 USB Devices 480 Mbps PCI Bus Interface Ultra iTE 8888 Codec Audio Devices PCI-ISA Bridge SCSI IRDA ISA Bus Interface AT Keyboard PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Mouse Floppy Serial Device Parallel Device FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 13: Chapter 2. Hardware Setup

    CPU and memory installation, fan, I/O and panel connections. Connector Location LAN1 LAN2(COM1 for 978VL) PS/2 CN_USB1 CN_VGA CN_USB2 CN_ATKB CN_WOL CN_IR SYSFAN JCOM1 JCOM2 SCSI_B50 SCSI_B68 IDE1 SCSI_A IDE2 CN_AUDIO CN_SATA2 CDIN CN_SATA1 CPUFAN DIMM1 DIMM2 CN_PS JFRNT PWRCON CN_PWR FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 14 2.1.1 Jumper Reference Jumper Function Section JRTC COMS Operate / Clear Setting JWDT Watchdog Timer NMI / Reset Setting JCFSEL Compact Flash Card Setting JWDT JRTC JCFSEL FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 15 External Connector on Bracket Connector Function Remark DB15 Female VGA Connector Standard LAN1 RJ45 LAN1 Connector Standard LAN2 RJ45 LAN2 Connector VL2 & VL2S only COM1 DB9 Male COM1 Connector VL only 6-pin MiniDIN PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Standard FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 16: Cpu And Dram Setting

    The board’s data of CMOS can be setting in BIOS. If the board refuses to boot due to inappropriate CMOS settings, here is how to proceed to clear (reset) the CMOS to its default values. Jumper: JRTC Type: onboard 3-pin header JRTC Mode Clear CMOS Normal Operation Default setting JRTC FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 17: Watchdog Timer Setting

    2E, 07 2F, 08 Logical Device 8 2E, 30 Activate 2F, 01 2E, F5 Set as Second* 2F, 00 2E, F6 Set as 5 2F, 05 * Minute: bit 3 = 0; Second: bit 3 = 1 FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 18: Embedded Solid State Disk

    DiskOnChip IDE Pro flash disk. Please note that both IDE don’t provide 5V power on pin 20. The Compact Flash Interface can support with IDE Master or Slave Mode on Jumper JCFSEL. JCFSEL Jumper: JCFSEL Type: onboard 3-pin header JCFSEL CompactFlash Address Master Slave Default setting FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 19: Serial Ata Setup Information

    Serial ATA are for fast IDE data transfer. Nowadays the Serial ATA can provide the data transfer rate up to 150MB/sec. This is better than the traditional Parallel ATA (Ultra ATA/133) interface for 133MB/sec. CN_SATA2 CN_SATA1 (CN_SATA 1/2) Pin Assignment GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 20 Windows 98/ME/NT4.0 Type 1 (Secondary) (Secondary) (Primary) Type 2 (Secondary) (Primary) (Primary) Type 3 (Secondary) (Primary) 2.5.2 Parallel ATA and Serial ATA BIOS Setup When you install the IDE drivers, please see the BIOS setup form below. FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 21 SATA Only Mode : This allow you to force the Serial ATA work in legacy mode. Serial ATA Port Mode: When you configure the Serial ATA in Combine Mode or Enhanced mode or SATA Only Mode, you can configure each driver to work as master or slave mode. FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 22 Notes (This page left blank intentionally) FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 23: Power And Fan Connector

    Power and Fan Connector This board provide 4-pin AT power connector, that can make you work without a backplane. Besides, this board also provide a 3-pin ATX connector. SYSFAN CN_PS CN_PWR CPUFAN PWRCON 1 2 3 S-978 Us er’s Manual...
  • Page 24 Description Description Ground Ground +12V +12V Connector: CN_PS Type: 3-pin ATX wafer connector Description Description Description 5V Standby Ground Power On Connector: CPUFAN, SYSFAN Type: 3-pin fan wafer connector Pin Description Description Description Ground +12V Fan Control FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 25: Vga Interface

    CRT / analog VGA interface includes one external DB15 female connector on bracket and one internal 16-pin header on board. CN_VGA Connector: CN_VGA Type: 16-pin (2 x 8) 2.54-pitch header Description Description Green Blue Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Data HSYNC VSYNC VCLK FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 26: Ethernet Interface

    The primary LAN interface is controlled by Intel 865G with 82547GI CSA and setting as LAN1. The OPTIONAL secondary LAN interface is controlled by Intel ICH5 with 82562ET PHY and setting as LAN2. CN_WOL Connector: CN_WOL Type: onboard 3-pin (1 x 3) wafer connector Description WOL-Ctrl Ground +5V Standby FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 27: Audio Interface

    Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) 2.54-pitch header Description Description Line – Right Ground Line – Left Ground Line Out – Left Line Out – Right Ground Connector: CDIN Type: 4-pin header Description CD – Left Ground Ground CD – Right FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 28: Switch And Indicator

    2.10 Switch and Indicator JFRNT Connector: JFRNT Type: onboard 14-pin (2 x 7) 2.54-pitch header Function Signal Signal Function Vcc (+) (+) Vcc IDE LED Power Active Reset Reset Speaker Power PWRBT Button FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 29: Chapter 3. Bios Setup

    Set Supervisor Password >Power Management Setup Set User Password >PnP / PCI Configurations Save & Exit Setup >PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ↑ ↓ → ← : Select Item Esc : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 30 Notes (This page left blank intentionally) FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 31: Chapter 4. Driver Installation

    Link to < Website > Homepage The selection helps you to link to the website to find the updated technical documents and download directly. Browse this CD The selection helps you to find the drivers in this CD directly. FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 32 Notes (This page left blank intentionally) FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 33: Appendix. A I/O Port Pin Assignment

    IDE Port Connector: IDE1, IDE2 Type: 40-pin (2 x 20) 2.54-pitch box header Description Description Reset Ground Ground Ground IOW-/STOP Ground IOR-/HDMARDY Ground IORDY/DDMARDY IDESEL DACK- Ground CBLID CS0 (MASTER CS) CS1 (SLAVE CS) LED ACT- Ground FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 34: Floppy Port

    Ground DRIVER SELECT B- Ground DRIVER SELECT A- Ground MOTOR ENABLE B- Ground DIRECTION- Ground STEP- Ground WRITE DATA- Ground WRITE GATE- Ground TRACK 0- Ground WRITE PROTECT- Ground READ DATA- Ground HEAD SELECT- Ground DISK CHANGE- FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 35: Parallel Port

    Parallel Port Connector: LPT Type: 26-pin (2 x 13) 2.54-pitch box header Description Description STROBE- AUTO FEED- ERROR- INITIALIZE- SELECT INPUT- Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground ACKNOWLEDGE- Ground BUSY Ground PAPER EMPTY Ground SELECT+ FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 36: Serial Port

    Onboard RS-232C Serial Port Connector: JCOM1, JCOM2 Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) 2.54-pitch header Description Description Ground A.4.2 On Bracket RS-232C Serial Port Connector: COM1 (Optional for FS-978VL only) Type: 9-pin D-sub male connector on bracket Description Description Ground FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 37: Usb Port

    Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) header for dual USB Ports Description Description Data0- Data1- Data0+ Data1+ Ground Ground Ground IrDA Port Connector: CN_IR Type: 5-pin (1 x 5) 2.54-pitch header for SIR Port Description IRRXD Ground IRTXD FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 38: Vga Port

    Ground 5VCLK LAN Port Connector: LAN1 Type: RJ45 connector with LED on bracket Description TRD0+ TRD0- TRD1+ TRD1- Description NC TRD2+ TRD2- TRD3+ TRD3- Connector: LAN2 (Optional for FS-978VL2) Type: RJ45 connector with LED on bracket Description FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 39: At Keyboard Port

    Connector: PS2 Type: 6-pin MiniDIN connector on bracket Description Ground Note: The PS/2 connector supports standard PS/2 keyboard directly or both PS/2 keyboard and mouse through the PS/2 Y-type cable. The cable is the standard on packing list. FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 40 Notes (This page left blank intentionally) FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 41: Appendix B. Flash The Bios

    Get the “.bin” file including the image of new BIOS you want to update. Power on the system and flash the BIOS. Re-star the system. Any question about the BIOS re-flash please contact your distributors or visit our website at below: http://www.commell.com.tw/Support/Support_SBC.htm FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 42 Notes (This page left blank intentionally) FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 43: Appendix C. System Resource

    Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller x03F0 - x03F5 Standard Floppy Controller x03F6 - x03F6 Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers x03F6 - x03F6 Primary IDE controller (dual fifo) x03F7 - x03F7 Standard Floppy Controller x03F8 - x03FF Communication Port (COM1) FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 44 - xD8FF Realtek AC'97 Audio xDC00 - xDC3F Realtek AC'97 Audio xF000 - xF007 Primary IDE controller (dual fifo) xF000 - xF00F Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers xF008 - xF00F Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo) FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 45: Memory Address Map

    System board extension for ACPI BIOS xFEE00000 - xFEE00FFF System board extension for ACPI BIOS xFFB00000 - xFFB7FFFF System board extension for ACPI BIOS xFFB80000 - xFFBFFFFF Intel(r) 82802 Firmware Hub Device xFFF00000 - xFFFFFFFF System board extension for ACPI BIOS FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 46: Irq And Dma Resource

    ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering ACPI IRQ Holder for PCI IRQ Steering PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port Numeric Data Processor Primary IDE controller (dual fifo) Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo) Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 47 C.3.2 DMA Channel Device (free) (free) Standard Floppy Disk Controller (free) Direct Memory Access Controller (free) (free) (free) FS-978 User’s Manual...
  • Page 48: Contact Information

    Taiwan Commate Computer Inc. COMMELL www.commell.com.tw Your Embedded Applied Computer Partner Address 8F, No. 94, Sec. 1, Shin Tai Wu Rd., Shi Chih Taipei Hsien, Taiwan +886-2-26963909 +886-2-26963911 Website http://www.commell.com.tw E-mail info@commell.com.tw (General Information) tech@commell.com.tw (Technical Support) Authorized Distributor FS-978 User’s Manual...

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