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PMSA User’s Manual Packing List: Please check the package content before you starting using the board. Hardware: PMSA Micro ATX Motherborad x 1 Cable Kit: I/O Shield x 1 40-pin ATA100 IDE Cable x 1 Floppy Cable x 1 COM x 1 & printer x 1...
Chapter 1 <Introduction> 1.1 <Product Overview> PMSA is the new generation of the Micro ATX motherboard, with supporting Intel Core 2 Duo socket-P processors for 533/800MHz front side bus, Intel GM(E)965 and ICH8M chipset, integrated GMA X3100 graphics, DDR2 memory, REALTEK High Definition Audio, Serial ATA and two Intel Gigabit LAN.
PMSA User’s Manual 1.2 <Product Specification> General Specification Micro ATX Industrial motherboard Form Factor Support Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Processor (Socket-P) Package type: Micro-FCPGA478 Front side bus: 533/800 MHz Memory Two DDRII 533/667MHz DIMM up to 3GB with dual channel...
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PMSA User’s Manual Ordering Code PMSA Onboard CRT, LVDS, HDTV, Intel Gigabit LAN, USB2.0, PCI, Mini-PCI, GPIO Port, 1394, IrDA, FDD, Parallel Port, COM Port, SATA, HD Audio and ISA slot For further product information please visit the website at http://www.commell.com.tw...
PMSA User’s Manual 2.3 <Connector Reference> 2.3.1 <Internal Connectors> Connector Function Remark Socket478 for socket-P CPU SO-DIMM 1/2 2 x 200 -pin DDR2 SO-DIMM slot 40-pin IDE connector 34-pin floppy connector 26-pin LPT port connector S_ATA1/2/3 7-pin Serial ATA connector...
PMSA User’s Manual 2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup> 2.4.1 <CPU Setup> socket-P The board comes with the socket478 for Intel Core 2 Duo processor only it socket-P supports new generation of Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 533/800MHz of front side bus and 4MB L2 cache. Please follow the instruction to install the CPU properly.
PMSA User’s Manual 2.4.2 <Memory Setup> The board provides two 200-pin DDR2 SO-DIMMs to support 533/667MHz DDR2 memory modules up to 3GB of capacity. Non-ECC, unbuffered memory is supported only. While applying two same modules, dual channel technology is enabled automatically for higher performance.
PMSA User’s Manual 2.5 <CMOS Setup> 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.
PMSA User’s Manual 2.6 <Enhanced IDE Interface> The board has one UltraDMA100/33 IDE interface to support up to 2 ATAPI devices, or one ATAPI device and Compact Flash Type II socket on the solder side, with jumper JCFSEL for IDE master/slave mode selection.
PMSA User’s Manual 2.7 <Serial ATA Interface> Based on Intel ICH8M, the board provides Three Serial ATAII interfaces with up to 300MB/s of transfer rate. SATA Port 1/2/3...
PMSA User’s Manual 2.9 <Ethernet Interface> The board integrates with two Intel PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet controllers, as the PCI-Express 1x can speed up to 250MB/s of transfer rate instead of late PCI bus with 133MB/s of transfer rate. The Intel Gigabit Ethernet supports triple speed of 10/100/1000Base-T, with IEEE802.3 compliance and Wake-On-LAN supported.
PMSA User’s Manual 2.10 <Onboard Display Interface> Based on Intel GM(E)965 chipset with built-in GMA (Graphic Media Accelerator) X3100 graphics, the board provides one DB15 connector on real external I/O port, and one 40-pin LVDS interface with 5-pin LCD backlight inverter connector. The board provides dual display function with clone mode and extended desktop mode for CRT, LCD, and TV-out.
PMSA User’s Manual 2.10.2 <Digital Display> The board provides one 40-pin LVDS connector for 18/24-bit single/dual channel panels, supports up to 1600 x 1200 (UXGA) resolution, with one LCD backlight inverter connector and one jumper for panel voltage setting. JVLCD...
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LCD Installation Guide: Preparing the PMSA, LCD panel and the backlight inverter. Please check the datasheet of the panel to see the voltage of the panel, and set the jumper JVLCD to +12V or +5V or +3.3V.
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PMSA User’s Manual After setup the devices well, you need to select the LCD panel type in the BIOS. The panel type mapping is list below: BIOS panel type selection form (BIOS Version:1.0) 18-bit Single channel 24-bit Dual channel Output format...
PMSA User’s Manual 2.10.3 <HDTV Interface> The board provides an HDTV interface with Intel GM(E) 965, supports Composite, S-Video and Component with PAL and NTSC of TV system, and display (clone or extended desktop) function with CRT,LVDS,DVI. Connector: CN_HDTV Connector type: 10-pin header HDTV connector (pitch = 2.54mm)
PMSA User’s Manual 2.11 <Integrated Audio Interface> The board integrates onboard audio interface with REALTEK ALC888 codec, with Intel next generation of audio standard as High Definition Audio. The main specifications of ALC888 are: High-performance DACs with 100dB S/N ratio 8 DAC channels support 16/20/24-bit PCM format for 5.1 audio solution...
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PMSA User’s Manual Connector: CN_AUDIO Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) 1.27mm x 2.54mm-pitch header Description Description MIC_L Ground MIC_R Reserve Speaker_R MIC Detect SENSE Speaker_L Speaker Detect Connector: CDIN Type: 4-pin header (pitch = 2.54mm) Description CD – Left Ground Ground CD –...
PMSA User’s Manual 2.12 <GPIO Interface> The board provides a programmable 8-bit digital I/O interface; you can use this general purpose I/O port for system control like POS or KIOSK. Connector: CN_DIO Type: 12-pin (6 x 2) 1.27mm x 2.54mm-pitch header...
PMSA User’s Manual 2.13 <Power Supply> The PMSA provides a standard ATX power supply with 24-pin ATX connector , and the board provides one 4-pin fan connector supporting smart fan for CPU cooler and one 3-pin cooler fan connector for system .
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PMSA User’s Manual 2.13.2 <Fan Connector> Connector: SYSFAN Type: 3-pin fan wafer connector Pin Description Description Description Ground +12V Fan Control Connector: CPUFAN Type: 4-pin fan wafer connector Description Description Ground +12V Fan Speed Detection Sense Connector: NBFAN Type: 3-pin fan wafer connector...
PMSA User’s Manual 2.14 <Switch and Indicator> The JFRNT provides front control panel of the board, such as power button, reset and beeper, etc. Please check well before you connecting the cables on the chassis. Connector: JFRNT Type: onboard 14-pin (2 x 7) 2.54-pitch header...
PMSA User’s Manual Chapter 3 <System Setup> 3.1 <Audio Configuration> The board integrates Intel® ICH8DO with REALTEK® ALC888 codec. It can support 2-channel or 7.1 channel sound under system configuration. Please follow the steps below to setup your sound system.
PMSA User’s Manual 3.2 <Video Memory Setup> Based on Intel® GM(E)965 chipset with GMA (Graphic Media Accelerator) X3100, the board supports Intel® DVMT (Dynamic Video Memory Technology) 4.0, which would allow the video memory to be allocated up to 384MB.
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PMSA User’s Manual Fixed + DVMT Memory Size: You can select the fixed amount and the DVMT amount at the same time for a guaranteed video memory and additional dynamic video memory, please check the table below for available setting.
PMSA User’s Manual 3.3 <Display Properties Setting> Based on Intel GM(E)965 GMCH with GMA X3100 (Graphic Media Accelerator), the board supports two DACs for display device as different resolution and color bit. Please install the Intel Graphic Driver before you starting setup display devices.
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PMSA User’s Manual 3. This setup options can let you define each device settings. Click Monitor to setup the CRT monitor for Colors, Resolution and Refresh Rate Click Intel® Dual Display Clone setup dual display mode as same screen...
PMSA User’s Manual Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup> The motherboard uses the Award BIOS for the system configuration. The Award BIOS in the single board computer is a customized version of the industrial standard BIOS for IBM PC AT-compatible computers. It supports Intel x86 and compatible CPU architecture based processors and computers.
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PMSA User’s Manual Appendix B <Flash BIOS> B.1 <Flash Tool> The board is based on Award BIOS and can be updated easily by the BIOS auto flash tool. You can download the tool online at the address below: http://www.phoenix.com/en/home/ http://www.commell.com.tw/Support/Support_SBC.htm File name of the tool is “awdflash.exe”, it’s the utility that can write the data into the...
PMSA User’s Manual Appendix D <Programming GPIO’s> The GPIO’ can be programmed with the MSDOS debug program using simple IN/OUT commands. The following lines show an example how to do this. GPIO0…..GPIO7 bit0……bit7 -o 2 E 87 ;enter configuration -o 2E 87...
PMSA User’s Manual Appendix E <Programming Watchdog Timer > The watchdog timer makes the system auto-reset while it stops to work for a period. The integrated watchdog timer can be setup as system reset mode by program. Timeout Value Range...
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