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LS-372 User’s Manual Hardware: LS-372 mini-board x 1 Cable Kit: 44-pin 40-pin 44-pin DC Power Cable x 1 ATA33 IDE Cable x1 SATA Cable x 1 SATA Power Cable x 1 PS/2 keyboard & mouse cable x 1 1 to 3 power output cable...
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LS-372 User’s Manual CPU Cooler x 1 USB Cable x 1 COM Port Cable x 1 Printed Matters: Driver CD x 1 (including User’s Manual)
Chapter 1 <Introduction> 1.1 <Product Overview> LS-372 is the new generation of the 3.5 inch miniboard, with supporting Intel Core 2 Duo socket-P processors for 533/800MHz front side bus, Intel GME965 and ICH8M chipset, integrated GMA X3100 graphics, DDR2 memory, REALTEK High Definition Audio, Serial ATA and one Intel Gigabit LAN.
LS-372 User’s Manual 1.2 <Product Specification> General Specification Form Factor 3.5 inch miniboard Support Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile Processor (Socket-P) Package type: Micro-FCPGA478 Front side bus: 533/800 MHz Memory One DDRII 533/667MHz DIMM up to 2GB with single channel...
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LS-372 User’s Manual Ordering Code LS-372 Support Intel Core2 Dual Mobile processor with onboard VGA, DVI, LVDS, Audio, SATA, Giga LAN, USB2.0, CF, GPIO, Mini PCI , SPDIF For further product information please visit the website at T U h ttp://www.commell.com.twU T...
LS-372 User’s Manual 1.4 <Block Diagram> Intel Mobil Core 2 Duo Processor Intel GMA X3100 Graphics 1 X DVI 1x 200 Pin DDR2 533/667up to 2GB LVDS GME965 HDTV CompactFlash 1x Serial ATA port Ultra DMA33 IDE PCI Express 1x ICH8M 6 x USB2.0 ports...
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LS-372 User’s Manual 2.3.2 <External Connectors> Connector Function Remark One USB connector DB15 analog VGA connector RJ45 One RJ45 LAN connector HDMI HDMI Connect for DVI Interface HDTV Mini Din 7-pin HDTV out AUDIO Audio connector SPDIF SPDIF digital audio output connector...
LS-372 User’s Manual 2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup> 2.4.1 <CPU Setup> socket-P The board comes with the socket478 for Intel Core 2 Duo processor only it socket-P supports new generation of Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 533/800MHz of front side bus and 4MB L2 cache. Please follow the instruction to install the CPU properly.
LS-372 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-372 User’s Manual 2.6 <Enhanced IDE Interface> The board has one UltraDMA33 IDE interface to support up to 2 ATAPI devices, or one ATAPI device and Compact Flash Type II socket on the solder side,...
LS-372 User’s Manual 2.7 <Serial ATA Interface> Based on Intel ICH8M, the board provides one Serial ATAII interfaces with up to 300MB/s of transfer rate. SATA...
LS-372 User’s Manual 2.8 <Ethernet Interface> The board integrates with one Intel PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controllers, as the PCI Express 1x can speed up to 250MB/s of transfer rate instead of late PCI bus with 133MB/s of transfer rate. The Intel Gigabit Ethernet supports triple speed of...
LS-372 User’s Manual 2.9 <Onboard Display Interface> Based on Intel GME965 chipset with built-in GMA (Graphic Media Accelerator) X3100 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. The board provides dual display function with clone mode and extended desktop mode for CRT, LCD, TV-out and DVI.
LS-372 User’s Manual 2.10.2 <Digital Display> The board provides one 40-pin LVDS connector for 18/24-bit single/dual channel panels, supports up to 1600 x 1200 (UXGA) resolution, with one LCD backlight inverter connector and one jumper for panel voltage setting. CN_LVDS...
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LCD Installation Guide: Preparing the LS-372, 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 or +5V or +3.3V.
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LS-372 User’s Manual After setup the devices well, you need to select the LCD panel type in the BIOS. BIOS panel type selection form (BIOS Version:1.3) 18-bit Single channel 24-bit Dual channel Output format Output format 800 x 480 1024 x 768...
LS-372 User’s Manual 2.10.3 <HDTV Interface> The board provides an HDTV interface with Intel GME 965, supports Composite, S-Video and Component with PAL and NTSC of TV system, and display (clone or extended desktop) function with CRT,LVDS,DVI. HDTV HDMI Connect for...
LS-372 User’s Manual 2.11 <Integrated Audio Interface> The board integrates onboard audio interface with REALTEK ALC888 codec, with Intel next generation of audio standard as High Definition Audio. The main specifications of ALC888 are: High-performance DAC with 100dB S/N ratio 3 DAC channels support 16/20/24-bit PCM format for 2 audio solution 16/20/24-bit S/PDIF-OUT supports 44.1K/48K/96kHz sample rate...
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LS-372 User’s Manual Connector: CN_AUDIO Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) 1.27mm x 2.54mm-pitch header Description Description MIC_L Ground MIC_R Reserve Speaker_R MIC Detect SENSE Speaker_L Speaker Detect Connector: CDIN Type: 4-pin header (pitch = 2.54mm) Description CD – Left Ground Ground CD –...
LS-372 User’s Manual 2.12 <GPIO Interface> The board provides a programmable 8-bit digital I/O interface; you can use this general purpose I/O port for system control like POS or KIOSK. Connector: CN_DIO Type: 12-pin (6 x 2) 2.0mm x 2.54mm-pitch header...
LS-372 User’s Manual 2.13 <Power Supply> 2.13.1 <Power Input> The board requires DC 12V input with onboard 4-pin DC-input connector the input voltage is 12V, for the input current, please take a reference of the power consumption report on appendix.
LS-372 User’s Manual 2.13.2 <Power Output> The board provides one 4-pin connector for +5V/+12V output for powering your HDD, CDROM or other devices. Connector: CN-Output Type: 4-pin connector for +5V/+12V Output Description Description +12V Ground Ground...
LS-372 User’s Manual 2.14 <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...
LS-372 User’s Manual Chapter 3 <System Setup> 3.1 <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.
LS-372 User’s Manual 3.2 <Video Memory Setup> Based on Intel® GME965 chipset with GMA (Graphic Media Accelerator) X3100, the board supports Intel® DVMT (Dynamic Video Memory Technology) 4.0, which would allow the video memory to be allocated up to 384MB.
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LS-372 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-372 User’s Manual 3.3 <Display Properties Setting> Based on Intel GME965 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-372 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...
LS-372 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-372 User’s Manual Appendix B <Flash BIOS> B.1 <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: http://www.phoenix.com/en/home/ http://www.commell.com.tw/Support/Support_SBC.htm File name of the tool is “awdflash.exe”, it’s the utility that can write the data into the...
LS-372 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 2 E 87 ;enter configuration -o 2E 87...
LS-372 User’s Manual Appendix E <Programming Watchdog Timer > 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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