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USER’S MANUAL PSB-1688LF M1 PSB-1688LF For Socket 370 Full-size CPU Card With VGA / Sound / LAN...
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PSB-1688LF Socket 370 Full-size Embedded Card With VGA / Dual LAN OPERATION MANUAL COPYRIGHT NOTICE This operation manual is meant to assist both Embedded Computer manufacturers and end users in installing and setting up the system. The information contained in this document is subject to change without any notice.
Copyright Notice FCC NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION About This Manual ... System Specification ... Safety Precautions ... CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table ... Component Locations ... How to Set the Jumpers ... COM Port Connector ………………………………… RS232/422/485 (COM2) Selection ...
INTRODUCTION This chapter gives you the information for PSB-1688LF. It also outlines the System specification. Section includes: About This Manual System Specifications Safety precautions Experienced users can skip to chapter 2 on page 2-1 for Quick Start. CHAPTER Page:1-1...
1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL Thank you for purchasing our PSB-1688LF Socket 370 Full-size CPU Card equipped with VGA / LAN, which is fully PC / AT compatible. PSB-1688LF provides faster processing speed, greater expandability and can handle more task than before. This manual is designed to assist you how to install and set up the system.
UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS : Universal Serial Bus Connector on board. Supports up to 4 USB2.0 ports. BUS SUPPORT : External ISA/PCI BUS (PICMG Spec.); EPCI BUS External Compact Flash Bus. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 1 Introduction Page: 1-3...
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Two high speed 16550 Compatible UARTs with Send / Receive 16 Byte FIFOs. COM1 for RS232. COM2 for RS232/422/485. PARALLEL PORT : SPP, ECP, EPP Function. Bi-directional parallel port. HARDWARE MONITORING FUNCTION : Monitor Voltage, CPU Temperature and Cooling Fan. Page: 1-4 ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
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DC Ampere: 6.1A. (P-III 1.266 GHz) DC Voltage: +12V, minimum +11.4V, maximum +12.6V. DC Ampere: 500mA. BOARD DIMENSION : 338.5mm x 122mm, 13.33” x 4.8” BOARD NET WEIGHT : 375 grams ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 1 Introduction Page: 1-5...
3. Disconnect power when you change any hardware devices. For instance, when you connect a jumper or install any cards, a surge of power may damage the electronic components or the whole system. Page: 1-6 ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
PIN1 & PIN2 to create one setting and shorting. You can either connect PIN2 & PIN3 to create another setting. The same jumper diagrams are applied all through this manual. The figure below shows what the manual diagrams look and what they represent. Page: 2-4 ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
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JUMPER DIAGRAMS JUMPER SETTINGS 2 pin Jumper close(enabled) ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration Jumper Cap looks like this 2 pin Jumper looks like this 3 pin Jumper looks like this Jumper Block looks like this Looks like this...
All COM port’s pin 9 is selectable for RI, +5V and +12V. For more information, please refer to our “COM Port RI & Voltage Selection”. Page: 2-6 ASSIGNMENT RS-422 RS-485 RTS- RTS+ CTS+ CTS- PSB-1688LF USER COM1 ′ S MANUAL...
COM 2 Function RS-232 RS-422 RS-485 *** Manufactory default --- RS-232. To select RS422 or RS485, COM2 must be set at RI function. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration Jumper Settings (pin closed) Open 1-2, 5-6, 7-8...
2-10. HARD DISK DRIVE LED CONNECTOR JP3 (10,12) : Hard Disk Drive LED Connector The pin assignment is as follows : ASSIGNMENT HD LED + HD LED - ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration HDD_LED Page: 2-9...
The pin assignment is as follows : ASSIGNMENT PW_LED PW_LED 2-13. ATX POWER BUTTON JP3 (13,15) : ATX Power Button The pin assignment is as follows : ASSIGNMENT PW_BN1 PW_BN2 Page: 2-10 EXT_SPEAKER POWER_LED POWER BUTTON ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
Note: To clear CMOS data, user must power-off the computer and set the jumper to “Clear CMOS” as illustrated above. After five to six seconds, set the jumper back to “Normal” and power-on the computer. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration JUMPER SETTING...
+12V 2-17. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CONNECTOR JUSB1: Universal Serial Bus Connector This connector can connect up to two USB port. The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT USBP0− USBP0+ USBP1− USBP1+ Page: 2-12 CPUFAN1 JUSB1 ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
This connector can connect up to two USB port. The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT USBP2− USBP2+ USBP3− USBP3+ 2-18. WAKE-ON-LAN CONNECTOR WOL1: Wake-On-LAN Connector. The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT 5VSB LWAKE ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration JUSB2 Page: 2-13...
To clear NMI command, user should short the “Clear Watchdog” pin via push button. Page: 2-14 JUMPER SETTING (pin closed) ILLUSTRATION PSB-1688LF USER JUMPER JP11 JP11 JP11 ′ S MANUAL...
2-20. VGA CONNECTOR VGA1 : VGA Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT GREEN BLUE 5VDDCDA HSYNC VSYNC 5VDDCCL ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration VGA1 Page: 2-15...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-21. HARD DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR IDE1: Hard Disk Drive Connector The PSB-1688LF possesses two HDD connectors, which support ATA-100. The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT IDERST PDD7 PDD6 PDD5 PDD4 PDD3 PDD2 PDD1 PDD0 PDREQ...
34-pin flat cable to attach the FDD on the board, and the other side is attaches two FDDs. The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT Page: 2-18 ASSIGNMENT DENSEL# INDEX# MOTEA DRVB DRVA MOTEB STEP WDATA WGATE TK00 RDATA# SIDE1 DSKCHG PSB-1688LF USER ′ S MANUAL...
As to link the Printer to the card, you need a cable to connect both DB25 connector and parallel port. The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration ACK1J BUSY1 SLCT1...
Master Slave 2-27. ATX POWER SIGNAL CONNECTOR JP13 : ATX Power Signal Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT 5VSB PS_ON ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration JUMPER SETTING (pin closed) ILLUSTRATION close open JUMPER JCF2...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-28. POWER CONNECTOR ATXPWR1: Power Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT PW-OK 5VSB -12V PS-ON Page: 2-22 ATXPWR1 ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
The default is set as ATX, if you wish to use the AT Power, you must remember to change the “Power Supply Type” in Advanced Chipset Features. And also you must disable the ACPI Function in the Power Management found in BIOS. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration JUMPER SETTING...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-30. EPCI CONNECTOR PPCI: You will find a EPCI connector in our PSB-1688LF. This connector is used to connect our daughter boards. The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT AD10 AD12 AD14 AD16 AD18 AD20 AD22...
2-31. EPPCI IRQ SELECTION JP14: EPPCI IRQ Selection The selections are as follows: SELECTION PCI_IRQB PCI_SERIRQ 2-32. MEMORY INSTALLATION PSB-1688LF CPU Card is enhanced with two DIMM socket. DRAM BANK CONFIGURATION DIMM 1 DIMM 2 128MB 128MB 256MB 256MB 512MB 512MB ′...
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SOFTWARE UTILITIES This chapter comprises the detailed information of VGA driver, LAN driver, sound driver, and Flash BIOS update. It also describes how to install the watchdog timer configuration. Section includes: VIA 4 IN 1 Service Pack Driver VGA Driver Utility Flash BIOS Update LAN Driver Utility USB 2.0 Chipset Software Installation Utility...
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Chapter 3 Software Configuration 3-1. INTRODUCTION Enclosed with our PSB-1688LF package is our driver utility, which may comes in a form of a CD ROM disc or floppy diskettes. For CD ROM disc user, you will only need some of the files contained in the CD ROM disc,...
3-3. VGA DRIVER UTILITY The VGA interface embedded with our PSB-1688LF can support a wide range of display mode, such as SVGA, STN, TFT ...etc. You can display CRT, LVDS and PanelLink simultaneously with the same mode. ′ PSB-1688LF USER...
Utility Disk for system BIOS and VGA BIOS update. 3-4-2. To update VGA BIOS for LCD Flat Panel Display: As PSB-1688LF user, you have to update the VGA BIOS for your specific LCD flat panel you are going to use. For doing this, you need two files.
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(C) Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved F1: Reset F10: Exit Please reset or power off the system, and then the Flash BIOS is fully implemented. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 3 Software Configuration FLASH MEMORY WRITER v7.XX Flash Type - MXIC 29F004T /5V File Name to Program: B88bxxxx.bin...
Chapter 3 Software Configuration 3-5. LAN DRIVER UTILITY 3-5-1. Introduction PSB-1688LF Embedded Board is enhanced with LAN function that can support various network adapters. Installation programs for LAN drivers are listed as follows: 3-5-2. Installation Procedures of LAN Driver 1. Install LAN Driver to Windows 98SE/2000/XP Executing Windows 98SE/Windows 2000/Windows XP, it will auto- detect your system configuration and find the adapter hardware.
Ethernet ID. Last step to select OK and close NETWORK SETUP. Select SKIP if only one adapter is installed on this computer. For more information on installation procedure, please refer to TXT directory found on LAN DRIVER UTILITY. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 3 Software Configuration Page:3-7...
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6. Select “Driver”. 7. Click “Install” to install the driver. 8. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. 9. Click “Finish” after the driver installation is complete. Page:3-8 “System” wizard PSB-1688LF USER control panel. (Click ′ S MANUAL...
I/O port 441H, the system will run the command to stop the Watchdog function. In PSB-1688LF watchdog function, you must write your program so when it writes I/O port address 443 for enable watchdog and write I/O port address 441 for disable watchdog.
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Chapter 3 Software Configuration ′ Page:3-10 PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
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AWARD BIOS SETUP This chapter shows how to set up the Award BIOS. Section includes: Introduction Entering Setup The Standard CMOS Features The Advanced BIOS Features The Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PNP/PCI Configuration PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults...
4-1. INTRODUCTION This chapter will show you the function of the BIOS in managing the features of your system. The PSB-1688LF Dual Socket 370 Full-sized CPU Card is equipped with the BIOS for system chipset from Award Software Inc. This page briefly explains the function of the BIOS in managing the special features of your system.
You may use the cursor the up/down keys to highlight the individual menu items. As you highlight each item, a brief description of the highlighted selection will appear at the bottom of the screen. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility ►Frequency/Voltage Control...
[None] [None] [Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAP] [1.44M, 3.5 in.] [None] [EGA/VGA] [All, But Keyboard] 640K 1014784K 1015808K F6:Fail-Safe Defaults CMOS Setup screen Item Help Menu Level ► Change the day, month, year and century F7:Optimized Defaults ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
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Auto: The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode. Normal: Maximum number of cylinders, heads, sectors supported are 1024, 16 and 63. Large: For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Page: 4-5...
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Enhanced Graphics Adapter/Video Graphics Array. For EGA, VGA, SEGA, SVGA or PGA monitor adapters. Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 40 column mode. Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 80 column mode. Monochrome adapter, includes high resolution monochrome adapters. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep F7:Optimized Defaults ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
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You may enable / disable this item to define whether the system will look for a floppy disk drive to boot at power-on, or proceed directly to the hard disk drive. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup If this function is enabled and someone...
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The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
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VIDEO BIOS SHADOW: Determines whether video BIOS will be coped to RAM. However, it is optional depending on chipset design. Video Shadow will increase the video speed. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Page: 4-11...
Advanced Chipset Features [Press Enter] [Press Enter] [Press Enter] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [16M] [CRT] [24 Bits1024x768] [Disabled] F6:Fail-Safe Defaults Chipset Features Setup Screen The chipset manages bus speed and Item Help Menu Level ► F7:Optimized Defaults ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
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(DRAM). Do not change the value from the factory setting unless you install new memory that has a different performance rating than the original DRAMs. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup DRAM clock / Drive Control...
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Page: 4-14 Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility AGP & P2P Bridge Control [64M] [Audo] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] F6:Fail-Safe Defaults Item Help Menu Level ► F7:Optimized Defaults ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
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PCI Master 0 WS Write PCI Delay Transaction ↑↓→←:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5: Previous Values ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility CPU & PCI Bus Control...
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This field allows you to enable or disable IO channel check NMI. Before selecting this function, the user should check first that NMI function is enabled as described in chapter 2 (Reset/NMI/Clear Watchdog Selection). Page: 4-16 ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
If bios setup menu item supports USB device boot, it will cause Win9x detects the same storages twice when the system is rebooted, and USB HDD will fail. Note: this cause just happen under Win9x, the phenomenon is a limitation. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals...
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Page: 4-18 Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip IDE Device [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Enabled] F6:Fail-Safe Defaults Item Help Menu Level ► F7:Optimized Defaults ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
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2. USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB keyboard. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip PCI Device...
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This item allows you to select the IR half/full duplex function. Page: 4-20 Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility SuperIO Device [Enabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/IRQ3] [Normal] Hi, Lo Enabled Half IR-Rx2Tx2 [378/IRQ7] [SPP] EPP1.7 F6:Fail-Safe Defaults Item Help Menu Level ► F7:Optimized Defaults ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
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Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode. INIT DISPLAY FIRST: This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Page: 4-21...
Page: 4-22 Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup [Enabled] [User Define] [Disable] [Suspend -> Off] [V/H SYNC+Blank] [Instant - Off] [Off] [Press Enter] F6:Fail-Safe Defaults Item Help Menu Level ► F7:Optimized Defaults ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
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Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has “hung”. The choices are Delay 4 Sec and Instant-Off. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Monitor will remain on during power saving modes.
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[Enabled] [Enabled] F6:Fail-Safe Defaults Item Help Menu Level ► Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play capable operating system Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non-boot devices F7:Optimized Defaults ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
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ASSIGN IRQ FOR VGA: This item Enable/Disable to assign IRQ for VGA. ASSIGN IRQ FOR USB: This item Enable/Disable to assign IRQ for USB. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup By choosing “manual”, you are allowed to Page: 4-27...
Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status [Disabled] 49˚C /111˚F 5273 RPM 1.72V 3.28V 4.94V 11.85V -12.28V - 4.99V 3.34V 5.40V [Disabled] F6:Fail-Safe Defaults PC Health Status Setup Screen Item Help Menu Level ► F7:Optimized Defaults ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
EMI. This benefit may in some cases be outweighed by problems with timing- critical devices such as a clock-sensitive SCSI device. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility...
When you press <Enter> on this category, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to the following: Load Optimized Defaults ( Y/N ) ? N Pressing "Y" loads the default values that are factory setting for optimal performance system operations. Page: 4-30 ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL...
Press the < Enter > key again and the password will be disabled. Once the password is disabled, you can enter Setup freely. ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Enter Password: PASSWORD DISABLED!!! Press any key to continue...
<Del> key during boot up. Page: 4-32 ►Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Save to CMOS and EXIT Y/N)? Y ↑↓→← : Select Item Save Data to CMOS PSB-1688LF USER word etup Saving ′ S MANUAL...
►Integrated Peripherals ►Power Management ►PnP/PCI Configura ►PC Health Status Esc : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup ►Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N ↑↓→←...
INTERRUPT MAP ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Appendix B Technical Summary ASSIGNMENT System TIMER Keyboard Cascade Serial port 2 Serial port 1 Available Floppy Parallel port 1 RTC clock Available Available Available PS/2 Mouse Math coprocessor IDE1 IDE2 Page: B-3...
Extension memory low byte Extension memory high byte Reserved for extension memory low byte Reserved for extension memory high byte Date Century byte Information Flag 34-3F Reserve 40-7f Reserved for Chipset Setting Data Page: B-4 ASSIGNMENT PSB-1688LF USER ′ S MANUAL...
TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP Timer Channel Map : Timer Channel DMA Channel Map : DMA Channel ′ PSB-1688LF USER S MANUAL Appendix B Technical Summary Assignment System timer interrupt DRAM Refresh request Speaker tone generator Assignment Available Available Floppy...
Interrupt controller (Slave) DMA controller (Slave) Math coprocessor Hard Disk controller Parallel port-2 Graphics adapter controller Serial port-2 Net work ports Parallel port-1 Monochrome & Printer adapter EGA adapter CGA adapter Floppy disk controller Serial port-1 PSB-1688LF USER ′ S MANUAL...