786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 1 of 77 User Manual 786LCD/mITX family 786LCD/mITX LV (733/133MHz) 786LCD/mITX ULV (400/100MHz)
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7 of 77 1. Introduction This manual describes the 786LCD/mITX board made by KONTRON Technology A/S. The boards will also be denoted 786LCD family if no differentiation is required. All boards are to be used with the Intel® Celeron® LV and ULV Processors.
2. Installation procedure 2.1 Installing the board To get the board running, follow these steps. In some cases the board shipped from KONTRON Technology has SDRAM mounted. In this case Step 2 can be skipped. 1. Turn off the power supply.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 9 of 77 2.2 Requirement according to EN60950 Users of 786LCD boards should take care when designing chassis interface connectors in order to fulfill the EN60950 standard: When an interface/connector has a VCC (or other power) pin, which is directly connected to a power plane like the VCC plane: To protect the external power lines of peripheral devices the customer has to take care about: •...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 10 of 77 3. System specification 3.1 Component main data The table below summarises the features of the 786LCD/mITX embedded motherboard. 786LCD/mITX: mini ITX (170.18millimeters by 170.18millimeters) Form factor • Support for Intel Celeron LV and Celeron ULV Processors in mPGA478 socket Processor with 400MHz system bus.
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1x 10/100Mbits/s LAN subsystem using the Realtek RTL8100C LAN controllers depending on board configuration. PXE and RPL netboot supported. Wake On LAN (WOL) supported. • Kontron Technology / AMI BIOS (core version) BIOS • Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI 1.0, 2.0), Plug...
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786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 12 of 77 Environmental Operating: Conditions 0°C – 60°C operating temperature (forced cooling). It is the customer’s responsibility to provide sufficient airflow around each of the components to keep them within allowed temperature range.
ECC not supported The onboard memory is: • 0 MB (786LCD/mITX ULV Standard) • 256 MB/ PC133 (786LCD/mITX LV Plus) The socket memory can be: • 168-pin PC100/PC133 SDRAM DIMMs from 32 MB to 256 MB • Single - or double sided DIMMs with gold-plated contacts.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 15 of 77 3.5 System overview The block diagram below shows the architecture and main components of the 786LCD boards. The two key ® ® components on the board are the Intel 815E and Intel ICH4 Embedded Chipsets.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 17 of 77 4. Connector Definitions The following sections provide pin definitions and detailed description of all on-board connectors. The connector definitions follow the following notation: Column Description name Shows the pin-numbers in the connector. The graphical layout of the connector definition tables is made similar to the physical connectors.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 19 of 77 4.1.2 786LCD/mITX ULV Standard Clr-CMOS CF (backside of 786LCD/mITX) FRONTPNL USB25 LVDS IDE_S2 FEATURE IDE_P ATXPWR CDROM SDRAM KBDMSE COM3 SYSTEM COM4 COM2 AUDIO LPC IFC LINE-IN CPU FAN ETHER1 LINE-OUT USB3...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 20 of 77 4.2 Power Connector (ATXPWR) The 786LCD/mITX is designed to be supplied from a standard ATX power supply. Power Connector 786LCD/mITX Pull Pull Note Ioh/Iol Type Signal Signal Type Ioh/Iol Note +12V...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 21 of 77 4.3 Keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors Attachment of a keyboard or PS/2 mouse adapter can be done through the stacked PS/2 mouse and keyboard connector (MSE & KBD). Both interfaces utilize open-drain signaling with on-board pull-up.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 22 of 77 4.4 Display Connectors The 786LCD board family provides onboard two basic types of interfaces to a display: Analog CRT interface and a digital interface available as either LVDS dual channel interface or DVI (analogue/ digital) depending on the board configuration.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 24 of 77 4.4.3 DVI Interface Connector (DVI IFC) DVI functionality is not supported on actual 786LCD/mITX versions therefore the DVI IFC connector is not mounted. Note Type Signal Signal Type Note LCDCK LCDDA...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 25 of 77 4.4.4 AGP connector - TBD Note Type Signal Signal Type Note OVRCNT +12V TYPEDET RSVD USB+ USB- INTB INTA AGPCLK RST- GREQ GGNT +3.3V +3.3V RSVD PIPE RSVD SBA(0) SBA(1) +3.3V...
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786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 26 of 77 Signal Description – AGP Connector: Signal Description Address PIPE# Pipeline. During PIPE# Operation. This signal is asserted by the AGP master to indicate a full-width address is to be enqueued on by the target using the AD bus.
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786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 27 of 77 During FRAME# Operation: G_FRAME# is an output when the GMCH acts as an initiator on the AGP Interface. G_FRAME# is asserted by the GMCH to indicate the beginning and duration of an access.
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786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 28 of 77 CBE#[3:0] Command/Byte Enable. During FRAME# Operation: During the address phase of a transaction, the G_CBE[3:0]# signals define the bus command. During the data phase, the G_CBE[3:0]# signals are used as byte enables.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 29 of 77 4.5 Parallel ATA harddisk interface Two parallel ATA harddisk controllers are available on the board – a primary and a secondary controller. Standard 3½” harddisks or CD-ROM drives may be attached to the primary controller board by means of the 40 pin IDC connectors, IDE_P.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 30 of 77 4.5.1 IDE Hard Disk Connector (IDE_P) This connector can be used for connection of two primary IDE drives. Pull Pull Note Ioh/Iol Type Signal Signal Type Ioh/Iol Note RESETA# /10K DA10...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 31 of 77 4.5.3 CF Connector (CF) This connector is mounted on the backside of the 786LCD-M/mITX. If a Compact Flash Disk is used, then no IDE drive can be connected to the IDE_S2 connector. The socket support DMA/UDMA modules up to UDMA2.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 32 of 77 4.6 Serial ATA harddisk interface Two serial ATA harddisk controllers are available on the board – a primary controller (SATA0) and a secondary controller (SATAB). 4.6.1 SATA Hard Disk Connector (SATA0, SATA1) SATA0: Pull Signal...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 33 of 77 4.7 Firewire / IEEE1394 connector The 786LCD/mITX supports two IEEE Std 1394a-2000 fully compliant cable ports at 100M bits/s, 200M bits/s, and 400M bits/s. 4.7.1 IEEE1394 Connector (IEEE1394_0 and IEEE1394_1) The pinout of the Firewire / IEEE1394 connector IEEE1394_0 and IEEE1394_1 is as follows: Pull Pull...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 34 of 77 4.8 Printer Port Connector (PRINTER). The printer port connector is provided in a standard DB25 pinout. The signal definition in standard printer port mode is as follows: Pull Pull Note Ioh/Iol...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 35 of 77 4.9 Serial Ports Four RS232C serial ports are available on the 786LCD/mITX. The typical interpretation of the signals in the Serial Ports is as follows: Signal Description Transmitte Data, sends serial data to the communication link. The signal is set to a marking state on hardware reset when the transmitter is empty or when loop mode operation is initiated.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 36 of 77 4.10 Ethernet connectors. The 786LCD/mITX boards supports 3 channels of 10/100Mb Ethernet. In order to achieve the specified performance of the Ethernet port, Category 5 twisted pair cables must be used with 10/100MB LAN networks.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 37 of 77 4.10.2 Ethernet connector 2/3 (ETHER2/3) The two Ethernet channels in ETHER2/3 are supported by two discrete Ethernet controllers (RTL8100C) connected to the onboard PCI bus. The pinout of the RJ45’s connector are as follows: Signal Type Ioh/Iol...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 38 of 77 4.11 USB Connector (USB) The ICH4 contains an Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) compliant host controller that supports USB high-speed signaling. High-speed USB 2.0 allows data transfers up to 480 Mb/s which is 40 times faster than full-speed USB.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 39 of 77 4.12 Audio Connector 4.12.1 Audio Line-in, Line-out and Microphone Audio Line-in, Line-out and Microphone are available in the stacked audio jack connector. Signal Type Note Line in – Left RING Line in –...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 41 of 77 4.13 Fan connectors , SYSTEM FAN and CPU FAN. The SYSTEM FAN can be used to power, control and monitor a fan for chassis ventilation etc. The CPU FAN is used for connection of the active cooler for the CPU. Pull Signal Type...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 42 of 77 4.16 Front Panel connector (FRONTPNL). Pull Pull Note Ioh/Iol Type Signal Signal Type Ioh/Iol Note USB14_5V USB14_5V USB1- USB4- USB1+ USB4+ 11 12 HD_LED 13 14 SUS_LED 15 16 PWRBTN_IN# RSTIN# 17 18...
General Purpose Inputs / Output. These Signals may be controlled or monitored through GPIO0..7 the use of the KONTRON API (Application Programming Interface) available for Win98, WinXP, WinNT, and Win2000. FAN 3 speed control OUTput (1), PWM (high impedanse) output signal to implement voltage in the range 0-4.7V in steps of 0.3V.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 45 of 77 4.17.2 Signal Description –PCI Slot Connector SYSTEM PINS Clock provides timing for all transactions on PCI and is an input to every PCI device. All other PCI signals, except RST#, INTA#, INTB#, INTC#, and INTD#, are sampled on the rising edge of CLK and all other timing parameters are defined with respect to this edge.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 46 of 77 ARBITRATION PINS (BUS MASTERS ONLY) Request indicates to the arbiter that this agent desires use of the bus. This is a point to point signal. Every REQ# master has its own REQ# which must be tri-stated while RST# is asserted. Grant indicates to the agent that access to the bus has been granted.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 50 of 77 6.4 I/O Map Address (hex) Size Description 0020- 0021 Programmable interrupt controller 0040- 0043 System Timer 0060- 0060 Standard keyboard 0061- 0061 System speaker 0070- 0071 System CMOS/Real time clock 0170- 01F7 Secondary Parallel ATA IDE Channel...
7. Overview of BIOS features This Manual section details specific BIOS features for the 786LCD/mITX boards. The 786LCD/mITX boards are based on the AMI BIOS core version 8.10 with Kontron BIOS extensions. 7.1.1 System Management BIOS (SMBIOS / DMI) SMBIOS is a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) compliant method for managing computers in a managed network.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 52 of 77 8. BIOS Configuration / Setup 8.1 Introduction The BIOS Setup is used to view and configure BIOS settings for the 786LCD/mITX board. The BIOS Setup is accessed by pressing the DEL key after the Power-On Self-Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 53 of 77 8.3 Advanced Menu BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Power Exit Configure CPU. Advanced Settings Warning: Setting wrong values in below sections May cause system to malfunction. >...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 54 of 77 8.3.2 Advanced settings – IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced DISABLED: disables the IDE Configuration integrated IDE OnBoard PCI IDE Controller [Both] controller. PRIMARY: enables only > Primary IDE Master : [Not Detected] the Primary IDE >...
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786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 55 of 77 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Select the type of Primary IDE Master devices connected to Device :Hard Disk the system. Vendor :ST340014A Size :40.0GB LBA Mode :Supported Block Mode :16Sectors PIO Mode S.M.A.R.T.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 56 of 77 Feature Options Description Hard Disk Write Protect Enable write protection on HDDs, only works when it is Disable Enabled accessed through the BIOS IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) Select the time out value when the BIOS is detecting ATA/ATAPI Devices ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 57 of 77 8.3.4 Advanced settings – SATA/RAID Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure the Serial SATA/RAID Configuration ATA Device. SATA/RAID Configuration [Enabled] <- Select Screen Select Item change option General Help Save and Exit Exit V02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 58 of 77 8.3.6 Advanced settings – SuperIO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Allows BIOS to Select Configure Win627THF Super IO Chipset Serial Port1 Base Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Addresses. Serial Port2 Address [2F8/IRQ3] Serial Port2 Mode [Normal]...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 59 of 77 8.3.7 Advanced settings – Voltage Monitor BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Voltage Monitor Requested Core :1.150 V VcoreA :1.031 V VcoreB :1.516 V +3.3Vin :3.290 V +5Vin :5.012 V +12Vin :12.016 V <-...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 60 of 77 8.3.8 Advanced settings – Hardware Health Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced IF exceeded, throttle Hardware Health Event Monitoring event will be engaged System Temperature :47ºC/116ºF CPU Temperature :48ºC/118ºF Choose impact via THRM throttle limit [Disabled]...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 61 of 77 8.3.9 Advanced settings – Remote Access Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Select Remote Access Configure Remote Access type and parameters type. Remote Access [Enabled] Serial port number [COM1] Base Address, IRQ [3F8h, 4] Serial Port Mode...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 62 of 77 8.3.10 Advanced settings – USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Enables support for USB Configuration legacy USB. Auto Module Version – 2.23.2-9.4 option disables legacy support if no USB USB Devices Enabled : devices are connected.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 63 of 77 8.3.11 Advanced settings – USB Mass Storage Device Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Enables support for USB Mass Storage Device Configuration legacy USB. Auto USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec] option disables legacy support if no USB...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 64 of 77 8.3.12 Advanced settings – ACPI Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Enable / Disable ACPI ACPI Settings support for Operating ACPI Aware O/S [Yes] System. > General ACPI Configuration ENABLE: If OS supports >...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 65 of 77 8.3.13 Advanced settings – General ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Select the ACPI state General ACPI Configuration used for System Suspend mode [S1 & S3 (STR)] Suspend. Repost Video on S3 Resume [Yes] <-...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 66 of 77 8.4 PCIPnP Menu BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP NO: lets the BIOS Advanced PCI/PnP Settings configure all the Warning: Setting wrong values in below sections devices in the system. May cause system to malfunction.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 67 of 77 8.5 Boot Menu BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Power Exit Configure Settings Boot Settings during System Boot. > Boot Settings Configuration > Boot Device Priority Auto adjust Boot Priority [Yes] <-...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 68 of 77 8.5.1 Boot – Boot Settings Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Allows BIOS to skip Boot Settings certain tests while booting. This will Quick Boot [Enabled] decrease the time Quiet Boot [Disabled] needed to boot the...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 70 of 77 8.6 Security Menu BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Power Exit Install or Change the Security Settings password. Supervisor Password :Installed User Password :Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Clear User Password Boot Sector Virus Protection...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 71 of 77 8.7 Chipset Menu BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Power Exit Advanced Chipset Settings Intel ICH4 SouthBridge chipset configuration options. Warning: Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction.
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786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 72 of 77 Feature Options Description ICH4 Dev31 Func1, IDE Disabled, Enabled Enable / Disable ICH4 IDE Controller function. ICH4 Dev31 Func3, Disabled, Enabled Enable / Disable ICH4 SMBUS Controller function. SMBUS ICH4 Dev31 Func5, AC’97 Disabled, Enabled...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 73 of 77 8.8 Power Menu BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Power Exit Enable or Disable APM. APM Configuration Power Management/APM [Enabled] Power Button Mode [On/Off] Force Throttle [Disabled] THRM throttle Ratio [50%]...
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 74 of 77 8.9 Exit Menu BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Power Exit Exit system setup Exit Options after saving the changes. Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit F10 Key can be used Discard Changes for this operation.
786LCD/mITX Family KTD-00629-K Public User Manual Date: 2009-10-13 Page 75 of 77 8.10 AMI BIOS Beep Codes Boot Block Beep Codes: Number of Description Beeps Insert diskette in floppy drive A: ‘AMIBOOT.ROM’ file not found in root directory of diskette in A: Base Memory error Flash Programming successful Floppy read error...
SATA disk(s) USB FDD Required SW: The file 786LCDmITX_Raid_Driver_Windows which can be downloaded from www.kontron-emea.com. The files shall be unzipped and the files (txt-file and doc-file are not needed) shall be copied to the Floppy Disk. The file contains: Readme.txt SiISupp.cpl...
77 of 77 10. Warranty KONTRON Technology warrants its products to be free from defects in material and workmanship during the warranty period. If a product proves to be defective in material or workmanship during the warranty period, KONTRON Technology will, at its sole option, repair or replace the product with a similar product.
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