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LV-676 User’s Manual Packing List Packing List Please check package component before you use our products. Hardware: LV-676 Mini-ITX motherboard x 1 Cable Kit: SATA Cable x 6 DVI module with bracket x 1 26-pin Slim Type Floppy Cable x 1...
Chapter1 <Introduction> 1.1 <Product Overview> LV-676 is the motherboard with last Intel desktop technology with Mini-ITX form factor. Based on Intel® Q965 and ICH8DO, the board integrates a new Core 2 Duo /Quad processor 775-pin socket, DDR2 memory socket, Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator 3000 technology, Serial ATA II with RAID function for a powerful desktop system.
LV-676 User’s Manual Introduction 1.2 <Product Specification> General Specification Form Factor Mini-ITX motherboard Intel® Core 2 Duo /Quad / Pentium 4 / Pentium D processor with LGA775 socket Package type: PLGA 775 Front side bus: 533/800/1066MT/s (133/200/266MHz x 4) Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology and Dual /Quad core...
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LV-676 User’s Manual Index Ethernet Interface Controller Two Intel 82573L Gigabit Ethernet controller Type Triple speed 10/100/1000Base-T Auto-switching Fast Ethernet Full duplex, IEEE802.3U compliant Connector Two External RJ45 connectors with LED on rear I/O panel Audio Interface Chipset Intel® ICH8DO with Realtek ALC888HD Audio...
Hardware Setup 2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup> 2.4.1 <CPU installation> LV-676 has a LGA775 CPU socket onboard; please check following steps to install the processor properly. Attention If LV-676 need RMA please Keep CPU socket cover on the CPU Socket.
LV-676 User’s Manual Hardware Setup 2.4.2 <Memory installation> LV-676 has two 240-pin DDR2 DIMM support up to 4GB of memory capacity. The memory frequency supports 533/667/800MHz . Only Non-ECC memory is supported. DDRII1/2 128-pin 112-pin Please check the pin number to match the socket side well before installing memory module.
LV-676 User’s Manual Hardware Setup 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.
LV-676 User’s Manual Hardware Setup 2.6 <Serial ATA installation> LV-676 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.
LV-676 User’s Manual Hardware Setup 2.7 <Floppy Installation> LV-676 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...
LV-676 User’s Manual Hardware Setup 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.
LV-676 User’s Manual Hardware Setup 2.9 <Onboard Display Interface> Based on Intel Q965 chipset with built-in 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. (LV-676X Only) The board also provides 26-pin DVI interface.
LV-676 User’s Manual Hardware Setup 2.9.2 <LVDS Display LV-676X Only > The board provides one 40-pin LVDS connector for 18/24-bit dual channel panels, supports up to 1600 x 1200 (UXGA) of resolution, with one LCD backlight inverter connector and one jumper for panel voltage setting.
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LCD Installation Guide: Preparing the LV-676, 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 +5V or +3.3V.
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LV-676 User’s Manual Hardware Setup 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...
LV-676 User’s Manual Hardware Setup 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.
LV-676 User’s Manual Hardware Setup 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...
LV-676 User’s Manual Hardware Setup 2.12 <IEEE1394 and USB Installation> LV-676 integrates two IEEE1394 (FireWire) ports and four USB2.0 ports. The specifications of IEEE1394 and USB2.0 are listed below: Interface IEEE1394 USB2.0 Controller AGERE Intel ICH8DO FW323-06 Transfer Rate 100/200/400Mb/s...
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LV-676 User’s Manual Hardware Setup Connector: CN_USB Type: 10-pin (5 x 2) header for USB5/6 Ports Description Description Data0- Data1- Data0+ Data1+ Ground Ground Ground CN_USB IEEE1394 and USB Installation...
LV-676 User’s Manual Hardware Setup 2.13 <Power and Fan Installation> The LV-676 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 two 3-pin cooler fan connectors for system and Northbridge chip.
LV-676 User’s Manual Hardware Setup 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...
LV-676 User’s Manual Hardware Setup 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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LV-676 User’s Manual System Configuration 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.
LV-676 User’s Manual System Configuration 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.
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LV-676 User’s Manual System Configuration 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®...
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LV-676 User’s Manual System Configuration Demo configuration for 2 SATA Drives and set as Intel Matrix Storage Technology set 2. Select Actions to Create RAID Volume Rename the Volume name Select RAID Level as 0 Left as default SATA RAID Configuration...
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LV-676 User’s Manual System Configuration 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,...
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LV-676 User’s Manual System Configuration For other configuration set please click Help on tool bar. SATA RAID Configuration...
LV-676 User’s Manual System Configuration 3.3 <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. Install REALTEK HD Audio driver.
LV-676 User’s Manual System Configuration 3.4 <Video Memory Setup> Based on Intel® Q965 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.
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LV-676 User’s Manual System Configuration 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.
LV-676 User’s Manual System Configuration 3.5 <Display Properties Setting> Based on Intel Q965 GMCH with GMA3000 (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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LV-676 User’s Manual System Configuration 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...
LV-676 User’s Manual BIOS Setup 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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LV-676 User’s Manual System Resources 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...
LV-676 User’s Manual System Resources 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 4E 87 ;enter configuration -o 4E 87...
LV-676 User’s Manual System Resources 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.
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