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LS-572 User’s Manual Copyright Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. This document is copyrighted and all rights are reserved. The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice to make improvements to the products. This document contains proprietary information and protected by copyright. No part of this document may be reproduced, copied, or translated in any form or any means without prior written permission of the manufacturer.
LS-572 User’s Manual Packing List Please check package component before you use our products. Hardware: LS-572 Embedded Miniboard Cable Kit: SATA Cable x 2 (OALSATA) DVI module with DVI Cable x 1 (LS-572D Only) (ADPDVI + OALDVI-P) 26-pin Slim Type Floppy Cable x 1...
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LS-572 User’s Manual VGA cable x 1 Audio Port Cable x 1 (OALVGA-S) (OALPJ-HD-NB) RAID drivers Disc for Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Other Accessories: Divers CD (including User’s Manual) x 1...
Chapter1 <Introduction> 1.1 <Product Overview> LS-572 is the motherboard with last Intel desktop technology with 5.25 Embedded form factor. Based on Intel® Q35 and ICH9DO, the board integrates a new Core 2 Quad/ Core2 Duo/ Celeron processor 775-pin socket, DDR2 memory socket, Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator 3000 technology, Serial ATA II with RAID function for a powerful desktop system.
LS-572 User’s Manual 1.2 <Product Specification> General Specification Form Factor 5.25 inch Embedded Miniboard Intel® Core 2 Quad/ Core 2 Duo/ Celeron processor with LGA775 socket, Package type: LGA 775 Front side bus: 800/1066/1333MHz (133/200/266MHz x 4) Memory 2 x 240-pin DDR2 667/800 MHz DIMM up to 4GB Chipset Intel®...
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LS-572 User’s Manual Audio Interface Chipset Intel® ICH9DO with Realtek ALC888HD Audio Intel High Definition Audio compliance Interface 2 channels sound output Connector Internal 10-pin header for line-out, MIC-in, 4-pin header for CD-IN Expansive Interface Mini PCI One Mini-PCI socket TYPE III A (32-bit, 33MHz) Power supply: +3.3V, +5V...
LS-572 User’s Manual 1.3 <Block Diagram> Analog CRT LVDS 7308A 2 x DDRII 667/800 MHz DIMM up to 4GB 7307C 4 X SATA 2 x Intel 82573L Gigabit LAN 1 X slim FDD 8 X USB 1 x Mini PCI socket...
LS-572 User’s Manual 2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup> 2.4.1 <CPU installation> LS-572 has a LGA775 CPU socket onboard; please check following steps to install the processor properly. Attention If LS-572 need RMA please Keep CPU socket cover on the CPU Socket.
LS-572 User’s Manual 2.4.2 <Memory installation> LS-572 has two 240-pin DDR2 DIMM support up to 4GB of memory capacity. The memory frequency supports 667/800MHz. DDRII1/2 128-pin 112-pin Please check the pin number to match the socket side well before installing memory module.
LS-572 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.
LS-572 User’s Manual 2.6 <Serial ATA installation> LS-572 has four Serial ATA II interfaces with RAID function, the transfer rate of the Serial ATA II can be up to 300MB/s. Please go to http://www.serialata.org/ for more about Serial ATA technology information. Based on Intel® ICH9DO, it supports Intel® Matrix Storage Technology with combination of RAID 0,1,5 and 10.
LS-572 User’s Manual 2.7 <Floppy Installation> LS-572 has one slim type 26-pin floppy interface, it supports notebook use floppy and powering from onboard, please follow up the steps below to install the device. Floppy rear side Lift up this plastic bar...
LS-572 User’s Manual 2.8 <LAN installation> The board integrates with two Intel 82573L Gigabit Ethernet controllers, as the PCI bus with 133MB/s of transfer rate. The Intel 82573L supports triple speed of 10/100/1000Base-T, with IEEE802.3 compliance and Wake-On-LAN supported. PIN 1 (Orange )
LS-572 User’s Manual 2.9 <Onboard Display Interface> Based on Intel Q35 chipset with built-in graphics, the board provides one DB15 connector on real internal I/O port, and one 40-pin LVDS interface with 5-pin LCD backlight inverter connector. (LS-572X Only) The board also provides 26-pin DVI interface. (LS-572D Only ) Notice: When you install any PCI Graphic card, the onboard graphics would be disabled automatically.
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LCD Installation Guide: Preparing the LS-572, 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, 5V or +3.3V.
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LS-572 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 Single channel Dual channel Output format Output format 800 x 600 (18bit)
LS-572 User’s Manual 2.10 <Audio Installation> The board integrates onboard audio interface with REALTEK ALC888 codec, with Intel next generation of audio standard as High Definition Audio, it offers more vivid sound and other advantages than former HD audio compliance.
LS-572 User’s Manual 2.11 <GPIO interface> The board provides a programmable 8-bit digital I/O interface, and a SMBus (System management bus) interface for control panel application. Connector: CN_DIO Type: onboard 2 x 6-pin header, pitch=2.0mm Description Description Ground Ground GP10...
LS-572 User’s Manual 2.12 < USB Installation> LS-572 integrates eight USB2.0 ports. USB2.0 are listed below: Interface USB2.0 Controller Intel ICH8DO Transfer Rate Up to 480Mb/s Voltage The Intel® ICH9DO contains two Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) and five Universal Host Controller Interfaces (UHCI), it can determine whether your connected device is for USB1.1 or USB2.0, and change the transfer rate automatically.
LS-572 User’s Manual 2.13 <Power and Fan Installation> The LS-572 provides a standard ATX power supply with 24-pin ATX connector and additional 12V connector, and the board provides one 4-pin fan connectors supporting smart fan for CPU cooler and one 3-pin cooler fan connectors for system and Northbridge chip.
LS-572 User’s Manual 2.14 <Serial Port> The board supports one RS232 serial port and one jumper selectable RS232/422/485 serial ports. The jumper JCSEL1 & JCSEL2 can let you configure the communicating modes for COM2. Connector: CN_COM2 Type: 10-pin (5 x 2) 2.54mm x 2.54mm-pitch header for COM2...
LS-572 User’s Manual 2.15 <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...
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LS-572 User’s Manual Chapter 3 <System Configuration> 3.1 <SATA configuration> SATA Mode: This option can let you select whether the Serial ATA hard drives would work under normal IDE mode or RAID mode. The RAID mode need more than one HDD is applied.
LS-572 User’s Manual 3.2 <SATA RAID Configuration> The board integrates Intel® ICH8DO with RAID function for Serial ATA II drives, and supports the configurations below: RAID 0 (Stripping): Two hard drives operating as one drive for optimized data R/W performance. It needs two unused drives to build this operation.
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LS-572 User’s Manual Please press <CTRL+I> to enter the RAID configuration menu. You can setup the RAID under operation system for Microsoft® Windows XP SP1 or Windows 2000 SP4 version, please install the Intel® Application Accelerator Ver.4.5 later to support RAID configuration with Intel® Matrix Storage Technology.
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LS-572 User’s Manual 2. Select Actions to Create RAID Volume Rename the Volume name Select RAID Level as 0 Left as default...
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LS-572 User’s Manual 3. Please select two hard drives to prepare to set the RAID volume 4. Specify the Volume size Tune this bar to specify the volume size, if you specify the volume size lower than maximum, you can create a second volume for another RAID set.
LS-572 User’s Manual 3.3 <Audio Configuration> The board integrates Intel® ICH8DO with REALTEK® ALC888 codec. It can support 2-channel sound under system configuration. Please follow the steps below to setup your sound system. Install REALTEK HD Audio driver. Lunch the control panel and Sound Effect Manager.
LS-572 User’s Manual 3.4 <Video Memory Setup> Based on Intel® Q35 chipset with GMA (Graphic Media Accelerator) 3000, the board supports Intel® DVMT (Dynamic Video Memory Technology) 3.0, which would allow the video memory be triggered up to 384MB. To support DVMT, you need to install the Intel GMA 3000 Driver with supported OS.
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LS-572 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.
LS-572 User’s Manual 3.5 <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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LS-572 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 Set the main display device here...
LS-572 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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LS-572 User’s Manual Appedix C <Flash BIOS> C.1 BIOS Auto 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: h ttp://www.award.com...
LS-572 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 2E 87 ;enter configuration -o 2E 87 -o 2E 07 -o 2F 09 ;enale GPIO function...
LS-572 User’s Manual Appendix E <Watch Dog timer Setting > 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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