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- Page 1 Acrosser Technology Co., Ltd. AR-B1894 Intel Pentium M Mini ITX Main Board User’s Manual V 1.2 Copyright© May., 2007. All rights reserved All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners.
- Page 2 Copyright All rights reserved. The information contained in this guide has been validated and reviewed for accuracy. No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this guide, the Manufacturer assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions.
- Page 3 How to Use This Manual This manual is written for the system integrator, PC technician and knowledgeable PC end user. It describes how to configure your AR-B1894 to meet various operating requirements. The user’s manual is divided into four chapters, with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of the server board.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Table of Content INTRODUCTION..................... 6 ..........................6 ESCRIPTION ........................7 ACKING HECK ........................... 8 PECIFICATIONS ......................10 YSTEM RCHITECTURE ..........................11 IMENSIONS HARDWARE CONFIGURATION SETTING ............ 12 ......................... 12 OARD AYOUT & C ......................13 UMPERS ONNECTORS ....................15 UMPERS ONNECTORS ETTING 2.3.1 RTC CMOS Clear Select (JP1)..................... - Page 5 4.2.8 Frequency/Voltage Control ....................44 4.2.9 Load Fail-Safe Default ......................44 4.2.10 Load Optimized Defaults ....................45 4.2.11 Supervisor/User Password Setting................... 45 4.2.12 Exit Selection ........................47...
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Page 6: Introduction
40X greater bandwidth over USB 1.1. Also provide dual display function by VGA and DVI, by VGA, and LVDS interface. The Mini-ITX standard makes the AR-B1894 work with the one slot PCI and one 6-pin Mini-DIN connector for PS/2 mouse and keyboard. The on-board Flash ROM is used to make the BIOS update easier. -
Page 7: Packing Check List
Packing Check List The AR-B1894 package includes the following basic items accompany with this manual. One AR-B1894 Mini ITX One Quick Installation Guide for AR-B1894 One 40-pin IDE cable One Serial ATA cable One Serial port cable for COM2 One I/O Shield bracket One Supporting CD-ROM contains User’s Manual and internal VGA... -
Page 8: Specifications
Specifications System Supports Intel μFC-PGA 478 Pentium® M / Celeron® M Processor with 65nm / 90nm process technology, up to 2.26G / 2.0G FSB 533/400 MHz BIOS Award BIOS with 4 Mb Flash ROM ® System Chipset Intel 915GM + ICH6M I/O Chip Winbond W83627THG-AW supports two serial ports 2 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support dual channel DDR2 from 128 MB to 2... - Page 9 Audio ® Chipset Intel ICH6M AC97 Codec Realtek ALC655 AC97 5.1 CH 3D audio interface Audio Interface Mic in, Line in, CD Audio in, Line out, Rear out and Center/Subwoofer out Ethernet ® Chipset Three Marvell Yukon -EC 88E8053 PCI Express Ethernet controllers Ethernet Interface IEEE 802.3 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet compliant...
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Page 10: System Architecture
System Architecture All of details operating relations are shown in AR-B1894 system block diagram. -
Page 11: Dimensions
1.5 Dimensions Unit: mm... -
Page 12: Hardware Configuration Setting
Hardware Configuration Setting This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers, headers and connectors. All of the configuration jumpers on AR-B1894 are in the proper position. The default settings shipped from factory are marked with an asterisk ( ). -
Page 13: Jumpers & Connectors
Jumpers & Connectors JUMPERS FUNCTION REMARK RTC CMOS clear select 2 x 1 header CPU frequency select 2 x 1 header CONNECTORS FUNCTION REMARK Internal audio for chassis 2 x 5 header AUDIO1 Audio connector Audio jack x 3 AUDIO2 CD-In from CD-ROM 1 x 4 header CompactFlash card connector... - Page 14 IDE1 active LED (1-3) System power on LED (2-4) System reset LED (5-7) System power on switch LED (6-8) PCI slot PCI1 24-pin ATX power connector PWR1 Serial ATA 1 & 2 connector SATA1, SATA2 Internal speaker connector 1 x 4 header SPK1 System fan connector SYS_FAN1...
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Page 15: Jumpers/Connectors Setting
Jumpers/Connectors Setting 2.3.1 RTC CMOS Clear Select (JP1) 2.3.2 CPU Frequency Select (JP4) OPEN SHORT OPEN SHORT Normal Operation 400 MHz Clear CMOS 533 MHz contents 2.3.3 Internal Audio for Chassis (AUDIO1) 2.3.4 Audio Connector (AUDIO2) PIN No. Description PIN No. Description F_MIC1 1 (Blue) -
Page 16: Com1 / Vga & Com2 Connector (Com2, Vga_Com1)
2.3.7 COM1 / VGA & COM2 Connector (COM2, VGA_COM1) COM1 / COM2 PIN No. Description Description PIN No. PIN No. Description Data Carrier Detect Green Signal Red Signal Received Data Blue Signal Transmit Data Ground Ground Data Terminal Ready Ground Ground Ground Ground... -
Page 17: Dvi Connector
2.3.8 DVI Connector (DVI Description PIN No. PIN No. Description TDC0# TDC0 TDC1# HPDET TDC1 MDVIDATA MDVICLK Ground TDC2# TLC# TDC2 Signal Type Description DVI Data Channel 0 Output: These pins provide the DVI differential TDC0,TDC0# output for data channel 0 (Blue). DVI Data Channel 1 Output: These pins provide the DVI differential TDC1,TDC1# output for data channel 1 (Green). -
Page 18: Ps/2 Keyboard & Mouse (Kbms1)
2.3.11 PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse (KBMS1) 2.3.12 LAN LED Connector (LAN_LED1) PIN No. Description PIN No. Description Keyboard Data L1_LED_LINKACT Mouse Data L1_LED_LINK100 Ground L1_LED_LINKACT_V L1_LED_LINK1000 Keyboard Clock L2_LED_LINKACT Mouse Clock L2_LED_LINK100 L2_LED_LINKACT_V L2_LED_LINK1000 L3_LED_LINKACT L3_LED_LINK100 L3_LED_LINKACT_V L3_LED_LINK1000 2.3.13 LAN 1/2/3 & USB 1/2 Connectors (LAN2_LAN3, USB1LAN1) LAN 1/2/3 USB 1/2 PIN No. -
Page 19: Lvds Connector (Lvds2)
2.3.15 LVDS Connector (LVDS2) Description PIN No. PIN No. Description +3.3V +3.3V Ground Ground LCTLB_CLK_L LDDC_CLKL LCTLB_DATA_L LDDC_DATA_L Ground Ground Ground Ground A_CLK- B_CLK- A_CLK+ B_CLK+ Ground Ground A_DATA0- B_DATA0- A_DATA0+ B_DATA0+ Ground Ground A_DATA1- B_DATA1- A_DATAP+ B_DATA1+ Ground Ground A_DATA2- B_DATA2- A_DATA2+... -
Page 20: Front Side Indicators (Panel1)
2.3.16 Front Side Indicators (PANEL1) 2.3.17 24-pin ATX Power Connector (PWR1) Description PIN No. PIN No. Description IDE1 Active LED +3.3V +3.3V PIN No. Signal Description -12V +3.3V +5V (Pull-up for HDD LED) Ground Ground HDD active# (LED cathode terminal) PS_ON Ground Ground... -
Page 21: System Installation
System Installation This chapter provides you with instructions on how to setup your system. The additional information shows you how to install CPU/ FAN and memory. Socket 478 Processors ® ® ® 3.1.1 Installing Intel Pentium M / Celeron M CPU The processor socket comes with a screw to secure the processor, please unlock the screw first. -
Page 22: Main Memory
Main Memory AR-B1894 series provide 2 DIMMs (240-pin Dual In-line Memory Module) to support 1.5V DDRAM (Synchronized DRAM) as on-board main memory. The maximum memory size is 256 MB ~ 2 GB with using 256MB/512MB/1GB technology. Supports up to 2 double sided DIMMs at DDR2 533MHz. The memory architecture adopts 128-bit data interface to support for x8 and x16 DDRAM(DDR2) device width. -
Page 23: Installing The Mini-Itx
Installing the Mini-ITX To install your AR-B1894 into standard chassis or proprietary environment, you need to perform the following steps: 1. Check all jumpers setting on proper position 2. Install and configure CPU and memory module on right position 3. Place AR-B1894 into the dedicated position in your system 4. -
Page 24: Triple Marvell Gigabit Ethernet Controller
3.4.2 Triple Marvell Gigabit Ethernet Controller Triple Marvell Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000BASE-TX controller by PCI Express. The AR-B1894 series provide three LED indicators on RJ-45 connectors to show LAN interface status. These messages will give you a guide for troubleshooting. LAN1: Yellow LED indicates transmit and receive activity. -
Page 25: Bios Setup
BIOS Setup Entering Setup Phoenix-Award BIOS has a built-in setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This information is stored in CMOS RAM whose power is supplied by a battery so that it can retain the setup information even when the power is turned off. -
Page 26: Standard Cmos Features
4.2.1Standard CMOS Features 4.2.1.1 Date (mm/date/year) and Time (hh/mm/ss) Allow you to change the date and time of the system clock. No matter how good the quality of the motherboard, remember that losing (or gaining) several seconds per month is not a surprising thing. 4.2.1.2 IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave You can press Enter to see the submenus they contain. -
Page 27: Advanced Bios Features
4.2.2Advanced BIOS Features 4.2.2.1 CPU Feature 4.2.2.1.1 Delay Prior to Thermal Select the delay thermal time. Configuration options: [4min][8min][16min][32min]... - Page 28 4.2.2.1.2 Thermal Management This BIOS feature controls the activation of the Thermal Monitor’s automatic mode. It allows you to determine when the Pentium M4’s Thermal Monitor should be activated in automatic mode after the system boots. In general, the Thermal Monitor should not be activated immediately on booting since the processor will be under a heavy load during the booting process, which results in the sharp rise in die temperature from its cold state, which leads to the unstable system.
- Page 29 4.2.2.2 Hard Disk Boot Priority Select removable device priority, such as Pri.Master, Pri,Slave, USBHDD0, USBHDD1, USBHDD2, and Bootable Add-in Cards. 4.2.2.3 Virus Warning Allows to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep.
- Page 30 4.2.2.8 Boot Up NumLock Status This function defines the keyboard's numberpad as number keys or arrow keys. If it is set at On the number keys will be activated, if it is set at Off the arrow keys will be activated. 4.2.2.9 Typematic Rate Setting When enabled, you can set the following two-typematic control items.
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Page 31: Advanced Chipset Features
4.2.3Advanced Chipset Features 4.2.3.1 DRAM Timing Selectable This item determines DRAM clock/timing using SPD or manual configuration. Make sure your memory module has SPD (Serial Presence Data), if you want to select the “By SPD” option. Options: Manual、By SPD (default) 4.2.3.2 CAS Latency Time CAS is short for column address strobe, which is a kind of signals. - Page 32 4.2.3.4 DRAM RAS# Precharge This item allows you to select the DRAM RAS# precharge time. The ROW address strobe must precharge again before DRAM is refreshed. An inadequate configuration may result in incomplete data. This field is adjustable only when “DRAM Timing Selectable”...
- Page 33 4.2.3.13 Panel Scaling This item is for the backlight scaling techniques dynamically dimming the backlight to conserve its power consumption as increasing the panel transmittance to maintain the same luminance. Most displays use either spatial or temporal method to synthesize colors. 4.2.3.14 Panel Number This item allows to select panel resolution that will be displayed depending on the LCD panel (LFP).
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Page 34: Integrated Peripheral
4.2.4Integrated Peripheral 4.2.4.1 Onchip IDE Device 4.2.4.3.1 IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If the IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. - Page 35 4.2.4.3.3 On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate this interface. 4.2.4.3.4 IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports.
- Page 36 4.2.4.2 Onboard Device 4.2.4.3.1 USB Controller This item allows you to set the USB Controller. 4.2.4.3.2 USB 2.0 Controller This item allows you to set the USB 2.0 Controller. 4.2.4.3.3 USB Keyboard Support This item allows you to set the system’s USB keyboard to Enabled/Disabled. 4.2.4.3.4 USB Mouse Support This item allows you to set the system’s USB Mouse to Enabled/Disabled.
- Page 37 4.2.4.3 Super IO Device 4.2.4.3.1 Onboard Serial Port 1/2 Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you are not going to use FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.
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Page 38: Power Management Setup
4.2.5Power Management Setup 4.2.5.1 ACPI Function This function enables PCs to implement Power Management functions through Operating System and also provides the opportunity to integrated the interface for controlling power management and Plug-n-Play features on system devices. 4.2.5.2 ACPI Suspend Type This item allows to set the ACPI suspend(sleep) mode instead of simply turning off a computer. - Page 39 4.2.5.3 Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume This item is to select whether to run VGABIOS if resumed from S3 state but for older VGA drivers only. Please select Auto (Default) if in doubt. 4.2.5.4 Power Management There are three selections for power management and HDD power down. The Min.
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Page 40: Pnp/Pci Configurations
4.2.6PnP/PCI Configurations 4.2.6.1 Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or Onboard/AGP first. 4.2.6.2 Reset Configuration Data Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add- on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot. - Page 41 4.2.6.3.1 IRQ Resources This item allows you to determine the IRQ assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot. Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, PCI/ISA PnP for devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture.
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Page 43: Pc Health Status
4.2.6.4 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop This function determines if the graphics card should allow VGA palette snooping by a fixed function display card. It is only useful if a fixed-function display card using that requires a VGA-compatible graphics card to be present. Otherwise, leave the setting as default Disabled. -
Page 44: Frequency/Voltage Control
4.2.8Frequency/Voltage Control 4.2.8.1 Auto Detect PCI/DIMM Clk This item allows to enable/disable auto detect PCI/DIMM clock. 4.2.8.2 Spread Spectrum This is to adjust extreme value of the pulse for EMI test. 4.2.9Load Fail-Safe Default Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal/stable performance for your system to operate. -
Page 45: Load Optimized Defaults
4.2.10 Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations. While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance, the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs. - Page 46 User Password: able to enter but no right to change the options of setup menus. Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>.
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Page 47: Exit Selection
4.2.12 Exit Selection Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup. Enter <Y> to store the selection made in the menus in CMOS, a special section in memory that stays on after turning the system off. The BIOS configures the system according to the Setup selection stored in CMOS when boot the computer next time.