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- Page 1 FS-A70 PICMG1.3 Full-size CPU Card User’s Manual Edition: 1.00 2007/07/04...
- Page 2 FS-A70 User’s Manual Copyright Copyright 2007. 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.
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Page 3: Packing List
FS-A70 User’s Manual Packing List Please check package component before you use our products. Hardware: FS-A70 Full-Size 1.3 CPU card x 1 Cable Kit: PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Cable x 1 Floppy flat cable x 1 SATA Cable x 6... - Page 4 FS-A70 User’s Manual Index Chapter1 <Introduction> ............6 1.1 <Product Overview> ..............6 1.2 <Product Specification> ..............7 1.3 <Block Diagram> ................9 1.4 <Mechanical Drawing >...............10 Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup> ..........11 2.1 <Connector Location>..............11 2.3 <Connector Reference>..............13 ..............13 2.3.1 <Internal Connectors> .............13 2.3.2 <External Connectors>...
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
FS-A70 User’s Manual Chapter 3 <System Configuration> ........30 3.1 <SATA configuration>..............30 3.2 <SATA RAID Configuration>............31 3.3 <Audio Configuration> ..............36 3.4 <Video Memory Setup> ...............37 Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup> ............39 Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment> ........41 A.1 <Serial ATA Port>................41 A.2 <IrDA Port>.................41... - Page 6 FS-A70 User’s Manual (This page is left for blank...
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Page 7: Chapter1
Chapter1 <Introduction> 1.1 <Product Overview> FS-A70 is the Full-size single board computer with last Intel desktop technology with PICMG1.3 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. -
Page 8: Product Specification
FS-A70 User’s Manual 1.2 <Product Specification> General Specification Form Factor PICMG1.3 Full-size CPU Card Intel® Core 2 Duo Core / 2 Quad / Pentium 4 / Pentium D / Celeron D processor with LGA775 socket Package type: PLGA 775 Front side bus: 533/800/1066MT/s (133/200/266/QuadMHz x 4) Intel®... - Page 9 FS-A70 User’s Manual Ethernet Interface Controller One or 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 bracket Audio Interface Chipset Intel® ICH8DO with Realtek ALC260 HD Audio...
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Page 10: Block Diagram
FS-A70 User’s Manual 1.3 <Block Diagram> Intel Core 2 Quad with 775 pin PLGA processor X16 PCI EXPRESS 2 x 240-pin DDR2 Intel Q965 533/667/800MHz up to 3GB four x 1 PCI EXPRESS 4 PCI 33 MHz four USB 2.0 6 x USB2.0 ports... -
Page 11: Mechanical Drawing
FS-A70 User’s Manual 1.4 <Mechanical Drawing > Measurement: inch... -
Page 12: Chapter 2
FS-A70 User’s Manual Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup> 2.1 <Connector Location> DDRII_A/B CN_LPT CN_PS NBFAN CN_USB1~3 SYSFAN CN_AUDIO CDIN S_ATA1~6 CN_IR CN_DIO CN_ATKB CN_COM1/2 DC_IN MINIPCI JFRNT CN_12V CPUFAN RJ45_2 RJ45_1 COM1 RJ45_1... - Page 13 FS-A70 User’s Manual 2.2 <Jumper Reference> Jumper Function JRTC CMOS Operating/Clear Setting JPESEL For set x4 or x1 PCI-Express JRTC JPESEL...
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Page 14: Connector Reference
FS-A70 User’s Manual 2.3 <Connector Reference> 2.3.1 <Internal Connectors> Connector Function Remark LGA775 CPU socket DDRIIA/B 240 -pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM socket 34-pin floppy connector CN_LPT 13 x 2-pin LPT connector S_ATAII1/2/3/4/5/6 7-pin Serial ATA II connector CN_12V 8-pin +12V additional power supply connector... -
Page 15: Cpu And Memory Setup
FS-A70 User’s Manual 2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup> 2.4.1 <CPU installation> FS-A70 has a LGA775 CPU socket onboard; please check following steps to install the processor properly. Attention If FS-A70 needs RMA please keep CPU socket cover on the CPU socket. -
Page 16: Memory Installation
FS-A70 User’s Manual 2.4.2 <Memory installation> FS-A70 has two 240-pin DDR2 DIMM support up to 3GB of memory capacity. The memory frequency supports 533/667/800MHz. Only Non-ECC memory is supported. DDRIIA/B 128-pin 112-pin Please check the pin number to match the socket side well before installing memory module. -
Page 17: Cmos Setup
FS-A70 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. -
Page 18: Serial Ata Installation
FS-A70 User’s Manual 2.6 <Serial ATA installation> FS-A70 has six 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® ICH8DO, it supports Intel® Matrix Storage Technology with combination of RAID 0,1,5 and 10. -
Page 19: Lan Interface
FS-A70 User’s Manual 2.7 <LAN Interface> The Intel 82573L supports triple speed of 10/100/1000Base-T, with IEEE802.3 compliance and Wake-On-LAN supported. -
Page 20: Onboard Display Interface
FS-A70 User’s Manual 2.8 <Onboard Display Interface> Based on Intel Q965 chipset with built-in graphics, the board provides one DB15 connector on real external I/O port. 2.8.1 <Analog Display> Please connect your CRT or LCD monitor with DB15 male connector to the onboard DB15 female connector on bracket. - Page 21 FS-A70 User’s Manual 2.9 <Audio Installation> The board integrates onboard audio interface with REALTEK ALC260 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.
- Page 22 FS-A70 User’s Manual Connector: CN_AUDIO Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) header (pitch = 2.54mm) Description Description MIC_L Ground MIC_R ACZ_DET Speaker_R MIC Detect SENSE Speaker_L Speaker Detect Connector: CDIN Type: 4-pin header (pitch = 2.54mm) Description CD – Left Ground Ground CD –...
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Page 23: Gpio Interface
FS-A70 User’s Manual 2.10 <GPIO interface> The board provides a programmable 8-bit digital I/O interface for control panel application. Connector: CN_DIO Type: onboard 2 x 6-pin header, pitch=2.0mm Description Description Ground Ground GP10 GP14 GP11 GP15 GP12 GP16 GP13 GP17... -
Page 24: Usb2.0 Interface
FS-A70 User’s Manual 2.11 <USB2.0 Interface> Based on Intel ICH8HDO, the board provides 10 USB2.0 ports six on board pin header for on PICMG 1.3 Interface. The USB2.0 interface provides up to 480Mbps of transferring rate. The Intel® ICH8DO 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. -
Page 25: Power And Fan Installation
FS-A70 User’s Manual 2.12 <Power and Fan Installation> The FS-A70 provides a standard ATX power supply with 4-pin ATX connector and 8-pin additional 12V connector, and the board provides one 4-pin fan connector supporting smart fan for CPU cooler and two 3-pin cooler fan connectors for system and Northbridge chip. - Page 26 FS-A70 User’s Manual Connector: CN_12V Type: 8-pin ATX power connector PIN assignment +12V +12V +12V +12V Connector: DC_IN Type: 4-pin P-type connector for +5V/+12V input Description Description Description Description +12V Ground Ground Connector: CN_PS Type: 3-pin ATX function connector Description...
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Page 27: Serial Port
FS-A70 User’s Manual 2.13 <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_COM1/2 Type: 10-pin (5 x 2) 2.54mm x 2.54mm-pitch header for COM2... - Page 28 FS-A70 User’s Manual Jumper JCSEL1, JCSEL2 Type On bond 12-Pin and 8-Pin jumper JCSEL1 JCSEL2 RS-422 RS-485 RS-232 -27-...
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Page 29: Switch And Indicator
FS-A70 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... - Page 30 FS-A70 User’s Manual (This Page is left for Blank) -29-...
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Page 31: Chapter 3
FS-A70 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. -
Page 32: Sata Raid Configuration
FS-A70 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. - Page 33 FS-A70 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.
- Page 34 FS-A70 User’s Manual 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 -33-...
- Page 35 FS-A70 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.
- Page 36 FS-A70 User’s Manual For other configuration set please click Help on tool bar. -35-...
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Page 37: Audio Configuration
FS-A70 User’s Manual 3.3 <Audio Configuration> The board integrates Intel® ICH8DO with REALTEK® ALC260 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. -
Page 38: Video Memory Setup
FS-A70 User’s Manual 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 256MB. To support DVMT, you need to install the Intel GMA 3000 Driver with supported OS. - Page 39 FS-A70 User’s Manual strongly recommend to be selected as MAX DVMT. 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.
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Page 40: Chapter 4
FS-97B 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. - Page 41 FS-A70 User’s Manual (This Page is Left for Blank) -40-...
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Page 42: Appendix A
FS-A70 User’s Manual Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment> A.1 <Serial ATA Port> Connector: S_ATA1/2/3/4/5/6 Type: 7-pin wafer connector GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND A.2 <IrDA Port> Connector: CN_IR Type: 5-pin header for SIR Port Description IRRX Ground... -
Page 43: A.3
FS-A70 User’s Manual A.3 <VGA Port> Connector: CRT Type: 15-pin D-sub female connector on bracket Description Description Description Ground GREEN Ground DDC_DA BLUE Ground HSYNC VSYNC Ground Ground DDC_CLK A.4 <LAN Port> Connector: RJ451/2 Type: RJ45 connector with LED on bracket... -
Page 44: Appedix B
FS-A70 User’s Manual Appedix B <System Resources> B1. <I/O Port Address Map> -43-... - Page 45 FS-A70 User’s Manual -44-...
- Page 46 FS-A70 User’s Manual B2. <Memory Address Map> -45-...
- Page 47 FS-A70 User’s Manual B3. <System IRQ Resources> -46-...
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Page 48: Appedix C
FS-A70 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... -
Page 49: Appendix D
FS-A70 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 4E 87 ;enter configuration -o 4E 87 -o 4E 07 -o 4F 09 ;enable GPIO function... -
Page 50: Appendix E
FS-A70 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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