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96M4281o
Single Board Computer
User's Manual
Version 1.0
Copyright © DSM Computer AG, 2008. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1 96M4281o Single Board Computer User's Manual Version 1.0 Copyright © DSM Computer AG, 2008. All rights reserved. All other brand names are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Preface Table of Contents How to Use This Manual Chapter 1 System Overview.......................1-1 1.1 Introduction..........................1-1 1.1.1 Mechanical Drawing......................1-5 1.2 System Architecture ........................1-6 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration ...................2-1 2.1 Jumper Setting ..........................2-1 2.2 Connector Allocation ........................2-3 Chapter 3 System Installation....................3-1 3.1 Yonah/Merom Processor......................

  • Page 3: How To Use This Manual

    How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your 96M4281o system to meet various operating requirements. It is divided into five chapters, with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of Single Board Computer. Chapter 1 : System Overview. Presents what you have in the box and give you an overview of the product specifications and basic system architecture for this series model of single board computer.

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 System Overview

    System Overview Introduction 96M4281o, PICMG 1.0 SBC (Slot Board Computer) is designed with Intel® Core™ Duo / Core™2 Duo / Core™ Solo processors with a 533/667MHz front side bus. It adopts Intel® 82945GME Graphics Memory Controller Hub and the Intel® ICH7-M DH I/O Controller Hub.

  • Page 5: Check List

    System Overview Check List The 96M4281o package should cover the following basic items: One 96M4281o Industrial Mainboard One SATA cable One IDE cable One LPT cable w/ bracket One FDD cable One DVI cable One two ports Serial cable w/ bracket...
  • Page 6 - Share system memory up to 224MB for system memory - Support LVDS interface - Support optional DVO to DVI interface On-board Ethernet LAN Dual Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN port using the Intel 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 7 ‧HDD: ‧OS: Windows 2000 Pro ‧Test Programs: BurnIn Test V4.0 ‧Connected Fans: Only CPU fan connected ‧ Run Time: 30 minutes Operating Temperature: 0°C ~ 55°C Storage Temperature: -20°C ~ 80°C Relative Humidity: 0% ~ 95%, non-condensing 96M4281o User’s Manual...

  • Page 8: Mechanical Drawing

    System Overview 1.3.1 Mechanical Drawing 96M4281o User’s Manual...

  • Page 9: System Architecture

    System Overview System Architecture 96M4281o includes Intel 945GME PCI Express chipset, Intel 82573L PCI Express x1 interface Gigabit Ethernet controller and Winbond Super I/O. The 945GME chipset supports the latest Intel Core Duo/ Core Solo processors with 667/533MHz front side bus; integrated GMA950 that cover CRT, LVDS and additional display interface - DVI.
  • Page 10 PCI EXPRESS By 1 x2 USB PORT x8 FirmWare Hub Super I/O AC' 97 RJ45 83627THG ALC655 Giga Intel 82573L RJ45 Floopy Giga MIC IN Intel 82573L KB/MS LINE IN RS-232 LINE OUT Parallel IrDA 96M4281o Block Diagram 96M4281o User’s Manual...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration

    This chapter gives the definitions and shows the positions of jumpers, headers and connector. All of the configuration jumpers on 96M4281o are in the proper position. The default settings shipped from factory are marked with a star ( ). Jumper Setting Figure 2-1 96M4281o Jumper &...
  • Page 12 JP5 : LVDS Back-light Power Level Process Selection 3.3V JP6 : AT/ATX Power Supply Selection Process Selection 3-5, 4-6 ATX Power Supply 1-3, 2-4 AT Power Supply JP7 : RTC CMOS Clear Jumper Setting Function Normal Operation Clear CMOS Contents 96M4281o User’s Manual...

  • Page 13: 2.2 Connector Allocation

    Hardware Configuration 2.2 Connector Allocation Figure 2-2 96M4281o Jumper & Connector Location 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 14 Data 7 Ground Acknowledge# Ground Busy Ground Paper Empty Ground Printer Select J4 : Audio Header PIN No. Signal Description MIC Power AGND LINE IN Left AGND LINE IN Right AGND LINE OUT Left AGND LINE OUT Right 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 15 IOW# Ground RESET# IORDY IDEACT# PDIAG# Data 8 Data 9 Data 10 Ground J7 : CD-IN Header PIN No. Signal Description CD-L CDGND CDGND CD-R J8/J19 : LAN LED Pin Header PIN No. Signal Description LED+ LED- 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 16 Data 3 Data 12 Data 2 Data 13 Data 1 Data 14 Data 0 Data 15 Ground DMA REQ Ground IOW# Ground IOR# Ground IOCHRDY Pull-down DMA ACK# Ground INT REQ HDC CS0# HDC CS1# HDD Active# Ground 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 17 Ground DSA# Ground Ground DIR# Ground STEP# Ground Ground Ground TRAK0# Ground WPT# RDATA# Ground HEAD# DSKCJG# J14/J15/J24/J25 : Dual Port USB Header PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description USBDATA- USBDATA- USBDATA+ USBDATA+ Ground Ground 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 18 POWER LED- RESET BUTTON - SPEAKER + POWER BUTTON + POWER BUTTON - SPEAKER - J21 : Keyboard & Mouse Connector (Mini DIN 6) PIN No. Signal Description Keyboard DATA Mouse DATA Ground Keyboard Clock Mouse Clock 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 19 IRTX J27 : SM BUS Header PIN No. Signal Description SM BUS Clock Ground SM BUS DATA +3VSB J28 : LVDS Panel Back-light Power Connector PIN No. Signal Description Backlight Power (select by JP5) Ground +12V Ground 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 20 VDD_LVDS VDD_LVDS VDD_LVDS J32 : DVI Connector PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description TMDS_DATA0- TMDS_DATA0+ Ground Ground TMDS_DATA1- TMDS_DATA1+ Ground Ground TMDS_DATA2- TMDS_DATA2+ Ground Ground TMDS_Clock- TMDS_Clock+ DVI DDC DATA DVI DDC CLOCK HPDET 96M4281o User’s Manual 2-10...
  • Page 21 J35 : D-SUB15 VGA Connector PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description GREEN BLUE Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground DDCDATA HSYNC VSYNC DDCCLK J36 : ATX Standby Power Connector PIN No. Signal Description ATX Power OK ATX_5VSB PS ON 96M4281o User’s Manual 2-11...

  • Page 22: Chapter 3 System Installation

    Configuring System Bus BLUEBOARD will automatically detect the CPU used. Support Package μFCPGA479 LV Yonah Dual Core processor CPU. Installing mPGA 479MT Socket 1) Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end. 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 23 To un-install the current processor, use a screwdriver to disengage (open) the socket actuator, as shown in Figure 1 below. The socket actuator should open after only a half turn or so, and you should then be able to remove the processor with your fingers. 96M4281o User’s Manual...

  • Page 24: Main Memory

    Single Channel DDR Memory Frequency Bandwidth Bandwidth 667MHz 10.2 GB/s 5.3GB/s 533 MHz 8.5 GB/s 4.2GB/s Note: To maintain system stability, don’t change any of DRAM parameters in BIOS setup to upgrade your system performance without acquiring technical information. 96M4281o User’s Manual...

  • Page 25: Clear Cmos Operation

    This action will restart the counting process. A well-written WDT program should keep the counting process running under normal condition. WDT should never generate a system reset unless the system runs into troubles. 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 26 (inp(0x002F) & 0xF7) | ( Count-mode Register & 0x08)); // Specify Time-out Value outp(0x002E, 0xF6); outp(0x002F, Time-out Value Register ); // Disable WDT reset by keyboard/mouse interrupts outp(0x002E, 0xF7); outp(0x002F, 0x00); // Exit Extended Function Mode outp(0x002E, 0xAA); 96M4281o User’s Manual...

  • Page 27: Gpio

    Signal Description Ground Ground GPIO0 GPIO4 GPIO1 GPIO5 GPIO2 GPIO6 GPIO3 GPIO7 +12V All General Purpose I/O ports can only apply to standard TTL ± 5% signal level (0V/5V), and each source sink capacity up to 12mA. 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 28 For example, LD7_CRF0h_Bit4.P0; Let GPIO14 as output pin LD7_CRF2h_Bit4.P0; Let CRF1_Bit4 non-inverted LD7_CRF1h_Bit4.P0; Output “0” to GPIO14 pin (J18_Pin4) LD7_CRF0h_Bit0.P1; Let GPIO10 as input pin LD7_CRF2h_Bit0.P0; Let CRF1_Bit0 non-inverted Read LD7_CRF1h_Bit0; Read the status from GPIO10 pin (J18_Pin3) 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 29 ; Point to LDN7 out dx,al mov dx,2fh mov al,07h out dx,al mov dx,2eh ; Read CR30 mov al,30h out dx,al 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 30 ; Read LD7_CRF2 out dx,al mov dx,2fh in al,dx and al,0efh mov ah,al mov dx,2eh mov al,0f2h ; LD7_CRF2_Bit4.P0 out dx,al mov dx,2fh mov al,ah out dx,al 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 31 ; Read LD7_CRF1 out dx,al mov dx,2fh in al,dx and al,0efh mov ah,al mov dx,2eh mov al,0f1h ; LD7_CRF1_Bit4.P0 out dx,al mov dx,2fh mov al,ah out dx,al mov dx,2eh ; Exit Configuration Mode mov al,0AAh out dx,al 96M4281o User’s Manual 3-10...

  • Page 32: Chapter 4 Bios Setup Information

    : Move ↑↓→ ← Enter : Select + / - /PU /PD : Value : Exit : General Help : Item Help : Previous Values : Fail-Safe Defaults : Optimized Defaults : Menu in BIOS : Save 96M4281o User’s Manual...

  • Page 33: Main Menu

    ↑ ↓ → ← : Select Item ESC : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type … Note: It is strongly recommended to reload Optimal Setting if CMOS is lost or BIOS is updated. 96M4281o User’s Manual...

  • Page 34: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    515072K ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Note: Oblique items are base on memory capacity which user adopts on single board. 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 35 All, but Disk/Key Displays the amount of conventional Base Memory 640K memory detected during boot up Extended Displays the amount of extended Memory memory detected during boot up Displays the total memory available in Total Memory the system 96M4281o User’s Manual...

  • Page 36: Ide Adaptors Setup Menu

    Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-checking program. The following options are selectable only if the ‘IDE Channel 0 Master’ item is set to ‘Manual’ 96M4281o User’s Manual...

  • Page 37: Advanced Bios Feature

    Report No FDD For WIN 95 [No] Full Screen LOGO Show [Disabled] 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 96M4281o User’s Manual...

  • Page 38: Cpu Feature

    Execute Disable Bit currently requires one of the following operating systems to support it: OS: Windows* Server 2003 with SP 1 / Windows* XP* with SP 2 / SUSE Linux* 9.2 / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 3. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 96M4281o User’s Manual...

  • Page 39: Hard Disk Boot Priority

    No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access Disabled the boot sector or hard disk partition table. CPU L1 Cache/L2 Cache These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on CPU/chipset design. Enabled Enable Cache Disabled Disable Cache 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 40 The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled tests floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock. The choice: Off, On. 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 41 The purpose of setting it to Enabled is to extend the number of IRQ's, which sounds like a real risky proposition. I'm not surprised to see the conclusion reached at APIC: Benefit or Trouble. The number of IRQ's should be fine without being extended, anyway. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-10...
  • Page 42 Select OS/2 only if you are running OS/2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system. The choice: Non-OS2, OS2. Report No FDD for WIN 95 The choice: No, Yes. Full Screen LOGO Show The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Small Logo (EPA) Show The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-11...

  • Page 43: Advanced Chipset Feature

    F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults DRAM Timing Selectable This option provides DIMM plug-and-play support by serial presence detect (SPD) mechanism via the system management bus (SMBUS) interface. The choice: Manual, By SPD. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-12...
  • Page 44 System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-13...
  • Page 45 Port 6 Default On-board Gigi LAN. The choice: Auto, Enabled, Disabled. PCI-E Compliancy Mode The choice: V1.0 / V1.0a. PEG/Onchip VGA Control The choice: Onchip VGA, PEG Port, and Auto. On-Chip Frame Buffer Size The choice: 1MB, 8MB. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-14...

  • Page 46: Integrated Peripherals

    F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults Onboard LAN Boot ROM init Select “Enabled” to Onboard Load Boot ROM to shadow RAM. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Mini PCI Function The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-15...
  • Page 47 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. The choice: Enabled, Disabled 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-16...
  • Page 48 PATA and SATA are combined. Max. Of 2 IDE drives in each Combined Mode channel. Enable both SATA and PATA. Max. Of 6 IDE drives are Supported. Enhanced Mode SATA Only SATA is operating in legacy mode. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-17...
  • Page 49 This item allows you to enabled USB Mouse function under POST, BIOS Setup menu, DOS, or Window-NT with no USB driver loaded. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. AC97 Audio Select Users can enable or disable on board AC97 Audio Function. The choice: Auto, Disabled. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-18...
  • Page 50 High rate for receiving / High rate for transmitting Hi, Lo High rate for receiving / Low rate for transmitting Lo, Hi Low rate for receiving / High rate for transmitting Lo, Lo Low rate for receiving / Low rate for transmitting 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-19...
  • Page 51 Switch to ECP + EPP mode Normal Switch to Normal mode EPP Mode Select Select different version of EPP mode. The choice: EPP1.7, EPP1.9. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a proper DMA channel for ECP mode. The choice: 1, 3. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-20...

  • Page 52: Power Management Setup

    Secondary IDE 0 [Disabled] Secondary IDE 1 [Disabled] COM Port [Disabled] PCI PIRQ[A-D]# [Disabled] ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-21...
  • Page 53 Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer. DPMS Initial display power management signaling. Video Off In Suspend This allows user to enable/disable video off in Suspend Mode. The choice: Yes, No. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-22...
  • Page 54 This option can be enabled to support Wake-On-Modem signal. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. USB KB Wake-up From S3 This option can be enabled to support USB Keyboard in S3 mode, Wake-up System. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-23...
  • Page 55 The choice: Enabled, Disabled. PCI PIRQ[A-D]# This option can be used to detect PCI device activities. If they are activities, the system will go into sleep mode. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-24...

  • Page 56: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    Default is 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 OS cannot boot. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-25...
  • Page 57 The choice: PCI Device / Reserved. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Maximum Payload Size Set maximum TLP payload size for the PCI Express devices. The unit is byte. The choice: 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, and 4096. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-26...

  • Page 58: Pc Health Status

    “S3 (STR)” suspends type. The choices : Disabled, 50℃/122℉, 53℃/127℉, 56℃/133℉, 60℃/140℉, 63℃/145 ℉, 66℃/151℉, 70℃/158℉. Smart Fan Temperature. The choices : Disabled, 40℃/ 104℉, 50℃/ 122℉, 60℃/140℉. Fan Tolerance Value The choices: 0~5. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-27...

  • Page 59: Default Menu

    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. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-28...

  • Page 60: Supervisor/User Password Setting

    Security option (see Section 3). 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. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-29...

  • Page 61: Exiting Selection

    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. 96M4281o User’s Manual 4-30...

  • Page 62: Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

    Regarding to processor information, please refer to Intel website (1) Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a tri-angle on CPU upper interface. Math Pin and tri-angle, and then insert the CPU into the socket as Figure 5-1. Figure 5-1 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 63 Supplementary will enhance the power drawing to the motherboard. However, J1, +12V CPU Supplementary Power connector must be connected all the time. Otherwise, the system will fail to boot up. Please refer to Figure 5-3 to ensure J1 connected. Figure 5-3 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 64 Step 1: Connect 20-pin power cable of the ATX POWER with ATX POWER CONNECTOR (20-pin) on the backplane. (Figure 5-4) Figure 5-4 Step 2: Use 4-pin power cable to connect both ATX P/S Control Connector on backplane and ATX Power Control (J36) on Signal Board Computer. (Figure5-5) Figure 5-5 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 65 Figure 5-3. Step 5: Connect TOGGLE SWITCH with J20 connector on BLUEBOARD series (Figure 5-7), which is used to power on ATX Power Supply. Generally, the TOGGLE SWITCH is located on the chassis of front panel. Figure 5-7 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 66 Power setting to AT mode. Otherwise, system would not boot up properly. Step 2: Remove 4 pins power cable, and then put a jumper back on pin 3 (PS-ON) and pin 4 (GND) of backplane ATX P/S control connector. (Figure 5-9) Figure 5-9 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 67 RAID function, On-Chip Serial ATA must be set to “Enhanced Mode”. After that, SATA Mode option will be unmasked automatically. Please set SATA Mode from “IDE” to “RAID”, and then save reboot system after saving the new setting. Please refer to the following picture. 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 68 However, to enter RAID Configuration Utility, please press “<CTRL+I>” After entering RAID Configuration Utility, you will be able to Create, Delete, and Rest RAID Volume. Besides, RAID 0 and 1 can also be configured here as well. 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 69 As for RAID driver diskette, please kindly check DSM AG Driver CD. Besides, to install RAID driver from disk, “F6” must be pressed as soon as system boots up from Windows XP installation CD. 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 70 After “F6”, the following picture will be seen to specify RAID driver As you see the above picture, please select “Intel® 82801GHM SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7MDH)”, and now you are ready to start your Windows XP storage partition configuration. 96M4281o User’s Manual...

  • Page 71: Frequency Asking Questions

    To make sure that you have a successful start with BLUEBOARD, it is recommended, when going with the boot-up sequence, to hit “DEL” key and enter the BIOS setup menu to tune up a stable BIOS configuration so that you can wake up your system far well. 96M4281o User’s Manual 5-10...
  • Page 72 IRQ resource. A few good examples are Disable COM1 serial port to release IRQ #4 Disable COM2 serial port to release IRQ #3 Disable Parallel port to release IRQ #7 Disable PS/2 mouse to release IRQ #12, Etc… 96M4281o User’s Manual 5-11...
  • Page 73 Primary IDE Controller It is then very easy to find out which IRQ resource is ready for additional peripherals. If IRQ resource is not enough, please disable some devices listed above to release further IRQ numbers. 96M4281o User’s Manual 5-12...
  • Page 74 Program Area 0F6C-9EFF 574K [Available] First Meg -- Conventional memory end at 636K -- 9F00-9FBF Extended Bios Area 9FC0-9FFF Unused A000-AFFF VGA Graphics B000-B7FF Unused B800-BFFF VGA Text C000-CE9F Video ROM CEA0-EFFF 133K Unused F000-FFFF System ROM 96M4281o User’s Manual...
  • Page 75 Usable IRQ IRQ 10 [Unassigned] Usable IRQ IRQ 11 [Unassigned] Usable IRQ IRQ 12 System ROM IBM Mouse Event IRQ 13 System ROM Coprocessor Event IRQ 14 System ROM Hard Disk Event IRQ 15 [Unassigned] Usable IRQ 96M4281o User’s Manual...

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