Chapter 2 Installations........10 CPU Installation..............11 Memory Installation .............12 Jumpers on the TR-979............13 Jumper Locations on the TR-979..........14 JP1 ~ 2: CPU Frequency Selector...........15 JP3: CMOS RAM Data ............15 JP7: LCD PANEL Power Selection ........16 JP8~ 9: On-Board LAN Enable/Disable Selection ....16 JP11: Panel Input Data Format Type Selection ......16...
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Exit Without Save ................ 41 Standard CMOS Setup ............42 HDDs / HDDs..........44 Channel 0 Channel 1 Drive A / Drive B ..............46 Video ..................46 Halt On ...................46 Advanced BIOS Features ............47 CPU Feature .................48 Delay Prior Thermal...............48 TR-979 User Manual...
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ECP Mode Use DMA.............63 PWRON After PWR-Fail ............63 Power Management Setup...........64 Power-Supply Type..............64 ACPI Function................65 Power Management..............65 Video Off Method ..............65 Video Off In Suspend.............66 MODEM Use IRQ..............66 Suspend Mode ................66 HDD Power Down ..............66 Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN ............66 TR-979 User Manual...
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CPU FAN Speed..............72 CHASSIS FAN Speed ............72 Vcore/1.5V/3.3V/5V/12V/-12V/-5V/VBAT/5VSB Voltages 72 Shutdown Temperature............72 Frequency/Voltage Control..........73 CPU Clock Ratio ..............73 Auto Detect PCI ClK ..............73 Spread Spectrum..............73 Load Fail-Safe Defaults............74 Load Optimized Defaults .............74 Supervisor/User Password Setting ........75 Exit Selecting.................76 TR-979 User Manual...
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Contents Save & Exit Setup ..............76 Exit Without Saving ...............76 Appendix............77 A. I/O Port Address Map.............78 B. Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ)........79 C. POST Beep ...............80 D. Installation of Windows NT 4.0........80 TR-979 User Manual...
Chapter 1 Introduction Introduction This manual is designe d to give you information on the TR-979 SBC card. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows: ♦ Checklist ♦ Description ♦ Features ♦ Specifications TR-979 User Manual...
PS/2 to AT Keyboard Cable Description The TR-979 is a Pentium 4 Industrial single board computer (SBC) card based on Inte l 865G chipset and is designed for harsh industrial environment. It featu res on e 4 78-pins Socket, which is com patible with In tel u FC-PGA packag e Pen tium 4 p rocessor.
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800MHz FSB. TR-979 comes with integrated hardware monitoring device that monitors system and CPU temperature, voltages of all system power rails, and CPU fan speeds to prevent system crashes by warning the user of adverted conditions.
Four USB2.0 ports. USB2.0 cable kit is available to mount UBS • connector on chassis or bracket. Support Hardware Monitor and Watch-Dog timers. System will • alert administrators while abnormal operation condition happened. Support remote wake up on LAN and Modem. • TR-979 User Manual...
One 15-pins D-type connector on bracket for CRT display. One 20-pins 2mm pin-header for LVDS interface LCD panel VBIOS support diffused 18/24/48-bits TFT LCD. Panel type selectable through BIOS setup. Dual Display to both CRT and TFT-Panel. TR-979 User Manual...
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Support Teaming, load balancing and fault-tolerance with Intel Bay-City 3.0 drivers. Support Wake-on-LAN while ATX power supply is attached. CMOS: • On-board RTC with 242 bytes of Battery-back CMOS RAM. One 3-pins Jumper to clear CMOS data. TR-979 User Manual...
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CPU socket. USB Interface: • Four USB pin-header connectors, compliant with USB • Specification Rev. 2.0 and support USB Hot-Plug function. Support Legacy Usb devices and Boot from USB devices • like USB-HDD, USB-Floppy and USB-CDROM. TR-979 User Manual...
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Power Suppl y: 12A@ +5 v typical; 300mA@ +12v typical 100mA@ -12V typical; 200mA@ +5VSTB (Option) Temperature: 0ºC to 60ºC operating; -40ºC to 70ºC storage Humidity: 5% to 95% Dimensions: 13.3"(L) x 4.8"(W) or 338mm (L) x 124mm (W) TR-979 User Manual...
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Installations This c hapter pr ovides inf ormation on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the TR-979 in order to set up a workable system. The topics covered are: CPU Installation ..............11 Memory Installation ...............12 Jumpers on the TR-979............13 Connectors on the TR-979............19...
Chapter 2 Installations CPU Installation The TR-979 Industrial SBC Card provides a 478-pins ZIF socket for Pentium 4 processors with FC-PAG2 package. To Install a CPU, first turn off your system and remove its cover. Locate the ZIP socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket then upwards to a 90-degree right angle.
Chapter 2 Installations Memory Installation The TR-979 Industrial C PU Ca rd pro vides two 184-pin DI MM sockets f or a maxi mum t otal m emory o f 2GB SDR AM. Th e m emory modules can com e in sizes of 128MB, 256MB, 512 MB a nd 1G B SDRAM.
Chapter 2 Installations Jumpers on the TR-979 The jumpers on the TR-979 allow you to configure your SBC card according to the needs of your applications. If you have doubts about the best jumper configuration for your needs, contact your dealer or sales representative.
Jumper cap back to pin1& 2. (5) Turn on your computer, (6) Hold Down <Delete> during boot up and enter BIOS setup to enter your preferences. Setting Function Pin 1-2 Normal Operation Short (default) Pin 2-3 Clear CMOS Short Content TR-979 User`s Manual...
JP11: Panel Input Data Format Type Selection OFF: For Non-conventional color mapping 24bits LCD. ON: For 18bits and Conventional color mapping 24bits LCD (Default). JP12: Panel Channel Selection DUAL: For Dual channel LVDS. SINGLE: For Single channel LVDS (Default). DUAL SINGLE TR-979 User`s Manual...
Chapter 2 Installations JP13: Panel Data Latch Edge Selection OFF: For rising edge latch data (Default). ON: For falling edge latch data. JP14: Panel Brightness Selection OFF: Min Brightness. Max Brightness (Default). TR-979 User`s Manual...
Chapter 2 Installations Connectors on the TR-979 The con nectors o n t he TR-979 al lows y ou to con nect ex ternal devices such as keyboard, floppy disk drives, hard disk drives, printers, etc. The following table lists the connectors o n TR-979 and t heir respective page number.
Signal Name Pin # Reset 1 Reset 2 Ground Power-On LED This co nnector all ows u sers to connec t to Fr ont Panl Pow er indicator. IDE LED Signal Name Pin # LED 4 Ground TR-979 User Manual...
The Power LED provide a interface to wire the system power on signal to front panel. The keylock switch, when closed, will disable the keyboard function. Power LED Signal Name Pin # 1 Pow er_on 2 NC 3 Ground 4 Keylock 5 Ground TR-979 User Manual...
10 N COM2 Serial Port COM2, a 10-pin header connector, is the onboard COM2 serial port of the TR-979. The following table shows its pin assignments while it is configured as RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485 interface. RS232 Mode RS422/RS485 Mode...
Y-cable and plug into this Mini-Din connector. All the P3BVLL SBC boards come with a Y-cable. Contact with your dealer if the Y-cable is missing. Pin # Signal Name 1 Ke yboard data 2 Mouse data 4 5V eyboard clock 6 Mouse clock TR-979 User Manual...
This is a 3-pin header for the CPU fan. The fan must be a 12V fan. Pin # Signal Name 1 2 3 Rotation +12V Ground USB Connectors The following table shows the pin outs of the USB connectors. USB1 USB0 Signal Name Pin# Pin # 10 1 USB- USB+ Ground N.C. TR-979 User Manual...
PS-ON (soft on/off) ATX-PWR 4 GN Chassis Fan Power Connector This is a 3-pin header for the chassis fan. The fan must be a 12V fan. Pin # Signal Name 1 Rota tion 1 2 3 +12V Ground TR-979 User Manual...
TX/RX activity. Th e Yellow/Green Dual color LED o n the l eft-hand sid e in dicates t he op eration m ode, i .e. 1 0Base-T, 100Base-T or 1000Base-T. LNK/ACT STATUS Link Disconnected Packets TX/RX SPEED MODE range 1000 Mbps reen 100 Mbps 10 Mbps TR-979 User Manual...
The Power good signal will be generated by the circuit on the SBC card. Pin 1 is replace with +5V power to increase supply current. Pin # Signal Name 4 -12V TR-979 User Manual...
4 3 2 1 1 CD_Le 2 CD_A 3 CD_A 4 CD_Right Audio Connectors LAN LED Signal Name Pin # 1 Jack Detect 2 +5V 3 Vreference IC-IN 7 LI NE-OUT-L 8 LI NE-IN-L 9 LI NE-OUT-R 10 LIN E-IN-R TR-979 User Manual...
Note: Contact your dealer for LCD Cable kit and Video BIOS customization. WOL Connectors Pin # Signal Name 1 5VS 3 2 1 PME- SATA Connectors Pin # Signal Name 2 SA TARX+ 3 SA TARX- ATATX- 6 SATA TR-979 User Manual...
I/O port 043H for the system to stop the watchdog function. The timer has a tolerance of 20% for its intervals. The following describes how the timer should be programmed. Enabling Watchdog MOV DX, 0843H DX, AX Disabling Watchdog DX, 043H DX, AX TR-979 User Manual...
BIOS Configuration This ch apter d escribes t he d ifferent se ttings a vailable in the Awa rd BIOS that comes with the TR-979 CPU card. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows: BIOS Introduction ..............37 Main Menu ................
RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. The AwardBIOS™ installed in TR-979 SBC is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports Intel PentiumIV in a stan dard IBM -AT co mpatible in put/output sy stem. Th e BIOS provides critic al lo w-level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports.
Use the left and right arrow keys to choose the menu you want to be in. To display a sub menu Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the sub menu you want. Then press <Enter>. A “ ” pointer marks all sub menus. TR-979 User Manual...
Awa rd and P4SVLL m anufacturer to provide the absolute ma ximum pe rformance and reliability. Ev en a seem ingly small change to the chipset setup has the potent ial for causing you to use the override. TR-979 User Manual...
Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories. Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration. Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system. TR-979 User Manual...
Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords. Save & Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup. Exit Without Save Abandon a ll CMOS lue c hanges and ex it s etup. TR-979 User Manual...
[1.44M, 3.5 in.] Drive B [None] Video [EGA/VGA] Halt On [All Errors] Based Memory 640K Extended Memory 121856K Total Memory 122880K ↑↓←→Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults TR-979 User Manual...
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All, but Disk/Key Base Memory Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system TR-979 User Manual...
↑↓←→Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults master sub menu. Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu. Use the Table listed below to configure the hard disk. TR-979 User Manual...
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Min = 0 **** Warning: Setting a value of Max = 65535 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min = 0 **** Max = 65535 Sector Min = 0 Number of sectors per track Max = 255 TR-979 User Manual...
The system boot will not be h alted for a d isk error; it will stop for all other errors. All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not be halted for a key- board or disk error; it will stop for all others. TR-979 User Manual...
MPS Version Control For OS [1.4] OS Select For DRAM > 64MB [Non-OS2] Report No FDD for Win95 [No] Small Logo (EPA) Show [Disabled] ↑↓←→Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults TR-979 User Manual...
The choice: 4Min, 8Min, 16Min, 32Min. Thermal Management Limit CPUID MaxVal Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3, should be [Disabled] for Win XP. For Windows NT 4.0 operating system, change the default to [Enabled]. The choice: Enabled, Disabled TR-979 User Manual...
No warni ng m essage wi ll ap pear when an ything at tempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. CPU L1 & L2 Cache These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on CPU/chipset design. Enabled En able cache Disabled Disab le cache TR-979 User Manual...
The choice: Enabled/Disabled. Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled tests f loppy drives to deter mine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks. The choice: Enabled/Disabled. Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock. The choice: On/Off. TR-979 User Manual...
This option all ows Windows 95 to shar e with other peripherals IRQ6 which is assigned to a floppy disk drive if the drive is not existing. The default setting is No. The choice: Yes, No. Small Logo (EPA) show The choice: Enabled/Disabled. TR-979 User Manual...
D RAM c hips installed so that greater delays may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the slower memory chips. TR-979 User Manual...
The prech arge tim e i s th e num ber of cy cles i t t akes for t he RAS t o accumulate it s charg e b efore DRAM re fresh. If insuff icient ti me i s allowed, refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data. The choice: 3, 2. TR-979 User Manual...
PCI memory ad dress ra nge dedica ted for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. The choice: 4M, 8M, 16M, 32M, 64M, 128M, 256M. TR-979 User Manual...
Boot Display The choice : Auto, C RT, LFP, C RT+LFP, EF P, T V, C RT+EFP, CRT+TV. Panel Number The choice: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. TR-979 User Manual...
SATA Mode On-Chip Serial ATA [Disabled] x Serial ATA Port0 Mode Primary Master Serial ATA Port1 Mode [Primary Slave] ↑↓←→ Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults TR-979 User Manual...
Modes 0 through 4 provide success ively increased performance. In Aut o mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. The choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4. TR-979 User Manual...
USB support built in, the suppor t will be autom atically turn on when high speed device were attached. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Un iversal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB keyboard. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. TR-979 User Manual...
Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Select Normal, Compatible, or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes. The choice: SPP, EPP, ECP, ECP+EPP, Normal. TR-979 User Manual...
Select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9. The choice: EPP1.7, 1.9. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode. The choice: 3, 1. PWRON After PWR-Fail The choice: Off, On, Former-Sts. TR-979 User Manual...
AT m ode. T his se lection help BIOS provide the information to OS what kind power-supply the system use. The correct information provide to OS can avoid the Windows Shutdown issue. The choice: AT, ATX. TR-979 User Manual...
Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer. DPMS Initial displa y power m anagement signa ling. Allows the BIOS to control video display card if it supports the DPMS feature. TR-979 User Manual...
The choice: Disabled, 1 min, 2 min, 4 min, ….. 15 min. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN The choice: Instant-Off, Delay 4 Sec. CPU THRM-Throttling The choice: 75.0%, 50.0%, 25.0% Wake-Up by PCI card The choice: Enabled, Disabled. TR-979 User Manual...
IRQs wakes up the system. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. PCI PIRQ[A-D]# When En abled, an y act ivity fro m o ne o f th e l isted PCI IRQ si gnals wakes up the system. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. TR-979 User Manual...
Default is D isabled. S elect Ena bled to reset Extended Syste Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a s erious conflict that the OS cannot boot. TR-979 User Manual...
Select the CPU over-heated warning temperature. The choice: Disabled, 50 °C/122°F, 53°C/127°F, 56°C/133°F, 60°C/140°F, 63°C/145°F, 66°C/151°F, 70°C/158°F. Current CPU Temperature Shows CPU Temperatue. Current CPU Die Temperature Shows CPU Die Temperatue. Current System Temperature Show System Temperature. TR-979 User Manual...
Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration CPU FAN Speed Shows CPU FAN speed. CHASSIS FAN Speed Shows System FAN speed. Vcore/1.5V/3.3V/5V/12V/-12V/-5V/VBAT/5VSB Voltages Shows Power rails voltage. Shutdown Temperature Select the CPU over-heated shutdown temperature. The choice: Disabled, 60 °C/140°F, 65°C/149°F, 70°C/158°F, 75°C/167°F. TR-979 User Manual...
PCI card detect issue. In that case, please disable this item. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable/disable the spread spectrum modulation. The spread spectrum technology also helps to alleviate the EMI. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. TR-979 User Manual...
When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing ‘Y’ loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations. TR-979 User Manual...
Features Setup Menu and its Security option. If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup. TR-979 User Manual...
Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Quit without saving (Y/N)? N This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change. The previous selections remain in effect. This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer. TR-979 User Manual...
Floppy Disk Controller IRQ7 Parallel Port #1 IRQ8 R eal Time Clock IRQ9 Software Redirected to Int 0Ah IRQ10 R eserved IRQ11 R eserved IRQ12 PS/2 Mouse IRQ13 8 0287 IRQ14 P rimary IDE IRQ15 Se condary IDE TR-979 User Manual...
- On the "CPU Feature" screen select "Limit CPUID Max Val" setting and change it to [Enabled]. - Save the BIOS setting and exit by pressing the "F10" key. (After this change Windows NT 4.0 should successfully install) TR-979 User Manual...
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