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Manual is about: Full-Size Socket 370 CPU Card With Optional VGA/LAN/SCSI

Summary of IB730

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    Ib730 full-size socket 370 cpu card with optional vga/lan/scsi user’s manual version 1.0

  • Page 2: Acknowledgments

    Ii ib730 user’s manual acknowledgments award is a registered trademark of award software international, inc. Ps/2 is a trademark of international business machines corporation. Intel and celeron are registered trademarks of intel corporation. Microsoft windows is a registered trademark of microsoft ...

  • Page 3: Table of Contents

    Ib730 user’s manual iii table of contents introduction...............................................................1 product description ..........................................................1 checklist...........................................................................2 specifications....

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  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction ib730 user’s manual 1 introduction product description ib730 is a high-performance flexible cpu card that comes optional vga, ethernet (lan) and scsi it is based on the intel 440bx agpset and features a socket 370 architecture that supports intel celeron and coppermine processors using ...

  • Page 6: Checklist

    Introduction 2 ib730 user’s manual checklist your ib730 package should include the items listed below. • the ib730 industrial cpu card • this user’s manual • 1 ide ribbon cable • 1 floppy ribbon connector • 2 serial port ribbon cable and 1 parallel port attached to a mounting bracket • 1 cd containi...

  • Page 7: Specifications

    Introduction ib730 user’s manual 3 specifications processor supported socket 370 support intel celeron / coppermine, 300mhz~850mhz, 66mhz/100mhz bus speed chipset intel 440bx agpset bios award bios supports acpi, dmi, pnp system memory 3x dimm sockets support up to 768mb capacity ecc supported multi...

  • Page 8: Board Dimensions

    Introduction 4 ib730 user’s manual board dimensions.

  • Page 9: Installations

    Installations ib730 user’s manual 5 installations this section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the ib730 in order to set up a workable system. The topics covered are: installing the cpu.............................................................6 installing the memo...

  • Page 10: Installing The Cpu

    Installations 6 ib730 user’s manual installing the cpu the ib730 cpu card supports a socket 370 processor socket for intel celeron/coppermine processors. The socket 370 processor socket comes with a lever to secure the processor. Raise this lever to about a 90 ° angle to allow the insertion of the p...

  • Page 11: Installing The Memory (Dimm)

    Installations ib730 user’s manual 7 installing the memory (dimm) the ib730 cpu card supports three 168-pin dimm socket for a maximum total memory of 768mb in sdram type. The memory module capacities supported are 32mb, 64mb, 128mb and 256mb. Installing and removing dimms to install the dimm, locate ...

  • Page 12: Setting The Jumpers

    Installations 8 ib730 user’s manual setting the jumpers jumpers are used on ib730 to select various settings and features according to your needs and applications. Contact your supplier if you have doubts about the best configuration for your needs. The following lists the connectors on ib730 and th...

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    Installations ib730 user’s manual 9 jumper locations on ib730 disk on chip jp10: clear cmos content jp1, jp2, j3: manufacturing test use only sw1 (3): cpu bus speed selector sw1 (5-8): cpu frequency selector jp5: onboard scsi enable/disable jp6: onboard lan enable/disable jp8: onboard vga enable/dis...

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    Installations 10 ib730 user’s manual sw1 (3): cpu bus speed selector bus speed sw1 (3) switch setting 100mhz off 66mhz on sw1 (5-8): cpu frequency selector the table below shows the correct setting to match the cpu frequency. Frequency multiplier cpu frequency (66mhz) cpu frequency (100mhz) sw1(5-8)...

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    Installations ib730 user’s manual 11 jp1, jp2, j3: manufacturing test use only jp3: lcd power setting the c&t vga controller supports 5v and 3.3v power. Use jp3 to select the power setting. 3.3v setting 5v setting jp5: onboard scsi enable/disable jp5 setting function open disabled short/closed enabl...

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    Installations 12 ib730 user’s manual jp8: onboard vga enable/disable jp8 setting vga function pin 1-2 short/closed enabled pin 2-3 short/closed disablec jp10: clear cmos content jp10 setting function open normal operation short/closed clear cmos content jp11: diskonchip address select jp11 address d...

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    Installations ib730 user’s manual 13 j21: rs232/422/485 (com2) selection while com1 is set for rs-232 used, com2 can be set for rs232, rs-422 or rs-485. Refer to the table below to select the function. Com2 function rs-232 rs-422 rs-485 jumper setting all jumpers open pins closed 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 11-...

  • Page 18: Connectors On Ib730

    Installations 14 ib730 user’s manual connectors on ib730 the connectors on ib730 allows you to connect external devices such as keyboard, floppy disk drives, hard disk drives, printers, etc. The following table lists the connectors on ib730 and their respective functions. Connector locations on ib73...

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    Installations ib730 user’s manual 15 connector locations on ib730 j23: rj45 connector j22: vga crt connector j20: ps/2 mouse connector j19: ps/2 mouse external connector j18: ps/2 keyboard connector jp13: wake on lan connector jp12: irda connector j16, j17: com1, com2 serial port j15: parallel port ...

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    Installations 16 ib730 user’s manual j1: system function connector j1 provides connectors for system indicators that provides light indication of the computer activities and switches to change the computer status. J1 is a 20-pin header that provides interfaces for the following functions. Hard disk ...

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    Installations ib730 user’s manual 17 smi/hardware switch: pins 6 and 16 this connector supports the "green switch" on the control panel, which, when pressed, will force the system into the power-saving mode immediately. Pin # signal name 6 sleep 16 ground atx power on switch: pins 7 and 17 this 2-pi...

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    Installations 18 ib730 user’s manual hard disk drive led connector: pins 10 and 20 this connector connects to the hard drive activity led on control panel. This led will flash when the hdd is being accessed. Pin # signal name 10 ground 20 5v p1: p8 at power connector pin # signal name 1 n.C. 2 +5v 3...

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    Installations ib730 user’s manual 19 j5, j6: eide connectors j5: primary ide connector signal name pin # pin # signal name reset ide 1 2 ground host data 7 3 4 host data 8 host data 6 5 6 host data 9 host data 5 7 8 host data 10 host data 4 9 10 host data 11 host data 3 11 12 host data 12 host data ...

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    Installations 20 ib730 user’s manual j7: ultra2 scsi connector the following table shows the pin outs of the optional ultra2 scsi connector for the optional scsi controller. Signal name pin # pin # signal name lvdp12 1 35 lvdm12 lvdp13 2 36 lvdm13 lvdp14 3 37 lvdm14 lvdp15 4 38 lvdm15 lvdphp 5 39 lv...

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    Installations ib730 user’s manual 21 j8, j9: usb connectors the following table shows the pin outs of the usb connectors. J9 pin # j8 pin # signal name 1 1 vcc 2 2 usb- 3 3 usb+ j9 1 2 3 4 usb j8 1 2 3 4 4 4 ground j11: system fan power connector j11 is a 3-pin header for the system fan power. The f...

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    Installations 22 ib730 user’s manual jp13: wake on lan connector jp13 is a 3-pin header for the wake on lan function on the cpu card. The following table shows the pin out assignments of this connector. Pin # signal name 1 +5vsb 2 ground 1 2 3 3 wake on lan j13: floppy drive connector j13 is a 34-pi...

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    Installations ib730 user’s manual 23 j14: lcd panel connector the c&t vga controller for ib730 supports lcd panels. Use j14 to connect the system to an lcd panel. Signal name pin # pin # signal name 50 49 gnd 1 2 p33 p34 3 4 p31 p35 5 6 p32 p30 7 8 p28 p29 9 10 p27 p25 11 12 p26 p24 13 14 p21 p23 15...

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    Installations 24 ib730 user’s manual flat panel display interface pin descriptions mono mono mono color color color color color color color color color ss dd dd tft tft tft tft tft+hr stn-ss stn-ss stn-dd stn-dd pin name 8-bit 8-bit 16-bit 9/12/16 bit 18/24 bit 36-bit 18/24 bit 8-bit (4bp) 16-bit (4...

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    Installations ib730 user’s manual 25 j15: parallel port connector the following table describes the pin out assignments of this connector. Signal name pin # pin # signal name line printer strobe 1 14 autofeed pd0, parallel data 0 2 15 error pd1, parallel data 1 3 16 initialize pd2, parallel data 2 4...

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    Installations 26 ib730 user’s manual j18: ps/2 keyboard connector pin # signal name 1 keyboard data 2 n.C. 3 gnd 4 5v 5 keyboard clock j18 6 n.C. J19: ps/2 mouse external connector pin # signal name 1 mouse data 2 n.C. 3 ground 4 5v m. Data gnd m. Clk n.C. 5v 5 mouse clock j20: ps/2 mouse connector ...

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    Installations ib730 user’s manual 27 j22: vga crt connector the pin assignments of the j18 vga crt connector are as follows: signal name pin pin signal name red 1 2 green blue 3 4 n.C. Gnd 5 6 gnd gnd 7 8 gnd n.C. 9 10 gnd n.C. 11 12 n.C. Hsync 13 14 vsync j22 nc 15 j23: rj45 connector this connecto...

  • Page 32: Watchdog Timer Configuration

    Installations 28 ib730 user’s manual watchdog timer configuration the function of the watchdog timer is to reset the system automatically and is defined at i/o port 0443h. To enable the watchdog timer and allow the system to reset, write i/o port 0443h. To disable the timer, write i/o port 0441h for...

  • Page 33: Bios Setup

    Bios setup ib730 user’s manual 29 bios setup this chapter describes the different settings available in the award bios that comes with the cpu card. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows: bios introduction ............................................................................ 30 bi...

  • Page 34: Bios Introduction

    Bios setup 30 ib730 user’s manual bios introduction the award bios (basic input/output system) installed in your computer system’s rom supports intel pentium ii processors in a standard ibm-at compatible i/o system. The bios provides critical low-level support for a standard device such as disk driv...

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    Bios setup ib730 user’s manual 31 rom pci/isa bios cmos setup utility award software, inc. Standard cmos setup integrated peripherals bios features setup supervisor password chipset features setup user password power management setup ide hdd auto detection pnp/pci configuration save & exit setup loa...

  • Page 36: Standard Cmos Setup

    Bios setup 32 ib730 user’s manual standard cmos setup the “standard cmos setup” choice allows you to record some basic hardware configurations in your computer system and set the system clock and error handling. If the card is already installed in a working system, you will not need to select this o...

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    Bios setup ib730 user’s manual 33 time the time format is: hour : 00 to 23 minute : 00 to 59 second : 00 to 59 to set the time, highlight the “time” field and use the / or +/- keys to set the current time. Primary hdds / secondary hdds the onboard pci ide connectors provide primary and secondary cha...

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    Bios setup 34 ib730 user’s manual note: the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter incorrect information in these fields. If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed, you can use type user to define your own drive typ...

  • Page 39: Bios Features Setup

    Bios setup ib730 user’s manual 35 bios features setup this section allows you to configure and improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference. Rom / pci isa bios bios features setup award software, inc. Virus warning : disabled video bios shadow : enab...

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    Bios setup 36 ib730 user’s manual quick power on self test when enabled, this field speeds up the power on self test (post) after the system is turned on. If it is set to enabled, bios will skip some items. Boot sequence this field determines the drive that the system searches first for an operating...

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    Bios setup ib730 user’s manual 37 typematic rate (chars/sec) when the typematic rate is enabled, the system registers repeated keystrokes speeds. You can select speed range from 6 to 30 characters per second. By default, this item is set to 6. Typematic delay (msec) when the typematic rate is enable...

  • Page 42: Chipset Features Setup

    Bios setup 38 ib730 user’s manual chipset features setup this setup menu controls the configuration of the chipset. Rom pci/isa bios chipset features setup award software inc. Sdram ras-to-cas delay : 3 cpu warning temperature : disabled sdram ras precharge time : 3 current system temp. : 41 ° c/ 10...

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    Bios setup ib730 user’s manual 39 system bios cacheable when enabled, access to the system bios rom addressed at f0000h-fffffh is cached, provided that the cache controller is disabled. Video bios cacheable the setting enabled allows caching of the video bios rom at c0000h-f7fffh, resulting in bette...

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    Bios setup 40 ib730 user’s manual agp aperture size (mb) the field sets aperture size of the graphics. The aperture is a portion of the pci memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the agp without any translation. The ...

  • Page 45: Power Management Setup

    Bios setup ib730 user’s manual 41 power management setup the power management setup allows you to save energy of your system effectively. It will shut down the hard disk and turn off video display after a period of inactivity. Rom pci/isa bios power management setup award software, inc. Power manage...

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    Bios setup 42 ib730 user’s manual pm control by apm this field allows you to use the advanced power management device to enhance the max. Power saving mode and stop the cpu’s internal clock. If the max. Power saving is not enabled, this will be preset to no. Video off method this field defines the v...

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    Bios setup ib730 user’s manual 43 pci vga active monitor when enabled, any video activity restarts the global timer for standby mode. Soft-off by pwr-bttn this field defines the power-off mode when using an atx power supply. The instant-off mode allows powering off immediately upon pressing the powe...

  • Page 48: Pnp/pci Configuration

    Bios setup 44 ib730 user’s manual pnp/pci configuration this option configures the pci bus system. All pci bus systems on the system use int#, thus all installed pci cards must be set to this value. Rom pci/isa bios pnp/pci configuration award software inc. Pnp os installed : no used mem base addr :...

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    Bios setup ib730 user’s manual 45 select a base address for the memory area used by any peripheral that requires high memory. The default setting is n/a..

  • Page 50: Load Bios Defaults

    Bios setup 46 ib730 user’s manual load bios defaults this option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the bios rom. These default settings are non-optimal and disable all high-performance features. Rom pci/isa bios cmos setup utility award software, inc. Standa...

  • Page 51: Integrated Peripherals

    Bios setup ib730 user’s manual 47 integrated peripherals this option sets your hard disk configuration, mode and port. Rom pci/isa bios integrated peripheralsp award software inc. Ide hdd block mode : enabled onboard fdc controller : enabled ide primary master pio : auto onboard serial port 1 : 3f8/...

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    Bios setup 48 ib730 user’s manual on-chip primary/secondary pci ide the integrated peripheral controller contains an ide interface with support for two ide channels. Select enabled to activate each channel separately. Usb keyboard support select enabled if your system contains a universal serial bus...

  • Page 53: Supervisor / User Password

    Bios setup ib730 user’s manual 49 supervisor / user password these two options set the system password. Supervisor password sets a password that will be used to protect the system and setup utility. User password sets a password that will be used exclusively on the system. To specify a password, hig...

  • Page 54: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    Bios setup 50 ib730 user’s manual ide hdd auto detection this option detects the parameters of an ide hard disk drive, and automatically enters them into the standard cmos setup screen. Rom pci/isa bios standard cmos setup award software, inc. Hard disks type size cyls head precomp landz sector mode...

  • Page 55: Save & Exit Setup

    Bios setup ib730 user’s manual 51 save & exit setup this option allows you to determine whether to accept the modifications or not. If you type “y”, you will quit the setup utility and save all changes into the cmos memory. If you type “n”, you will return to setup utility. Rom pci/isa bios cmos set...

  • Page 56: Vga Drivers Installation

    Lan drivers installation 52 ib730 user’s manual vga drivers installation this section provides information on how to install the vga drivers that come in the floppy diskette with your ib730 board. Please follow the instructions set forth in this section carefully. Please note that there must be rele...

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    Lan drivers installation ib730 user’s manual 53 installing the drivers for windows 95/98 the following section describes the normal display driver installation procedures for windows 95/98. Use the following procedures when installing the display drivers for windows 95/98. 1. Click start, then setti...

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    Lan drivers installation 54 ib730 user’s manual installing the drivers for windows nt 4.0 once you are in the windows nt 4.0 environment, follow the procedures below to install the vga drivers that come with your board. 1. Click the start button, then go to settings and click on control panel. 2. Cl...

  • Page 59: Lan Drivers Installation

    Lan drivers installation ib730 user’s manual 55 lan drivers installation this section describes lan features and driver installation of the intel 82559 ethernet function. The following items are covered in this section: introduction.......................................................................

  • Page 60: Introduction

    Lan drivers installation 56 ib730 user’s manual introduction intel 82559 a 32-bit 10/100mbps ethernet controller for pci local bus-compliant pcs. It supports bus mastering architecture, and auto-negotiation feature that can be used for both 10mbps and 100mbps connection. Making floppy disks for netw...

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    Lan drivers installation ib730 user’s manual 57 installing lan drivers for windows 95 follow these steps to install the intel 82559 lan/ethernet driver for windows 95: 1. From the control panel, double-click the system icon. 2. Click the device manager tab. 3. Double-click other devices (question ma...

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    Lan drivers installation 58 ib730 user’s manual installing lan drivers for windows nt note: it is recommended that you install the latest service pack for windows nt 4.0, available through microsoft. Follow the instructions below to configure it the ethernet hardware under windows nt. 1 double-click...

  • Page 63: Appendix

    Appendix ib730 user’s manual 59 appendix a. Post codes b. I/o port address map c. Interrupt request lines (irq) d. Memory mapping.

  • Page 64: A. Post Codes

    Appendix 60 ib730 user’s manual a. Post codes post (power on self test) codes are to determine problems during boot up. Below are the codes for your reference. Post (hex) description cfh test cmos r/w functionality. C0h early chipset initialization: -disable shadow ram -disable l2 cache (socket 7 or...

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    Appendix ib730 user’s manual 61 post (hex) description 12h use walking 1’s algorithm to check out interface in cmos circuitry. Also set real-time clock power status, and then check for override. 14h program chipset default values into chipset. Chipset default values are modbinable by oem customers. ...

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    Appendix 62 ib730 user’s manual post (hex) description 47h initialize eisa slot 49h 1. Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64k page. 2. Program writes allocation for amd k5 cpu. 4eh 1. Program mtrr of m1 cpu 2. Initialize l2 cache for p6 class cpu & program cpu with proper...

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    Appendix ib730 user’s manual 63 post (hex) description 7fh 1. Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported. -if errors occur, report errors & wait for keys -if no errors occur or f1 key is pressed to continue: wclear epa or customization logo. 82h 1. Call chipset power management hook. ...

  • Page 68: B. I/o Port Address Map

    Appendix 64 ib730 user’s manual b. I/o port address map each peripheral device in the system is assigned a set of i/o port addresses which also becomes the identity of the device. The following table lists the i/o port addresses used. Address device description 000h - 01fh dma controller #1 020h - 0...

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    Appendix ib730 user’s manual 65 c. Interrupt request lines (irq) peripheral devices use interrupt request lines to notify cpu for the service required. The following table shows the irq used by the devices on board. Level function irq0 system timer output irq1 keyboard irq2 interrupt cascade irq3 se...

  • Page 70: D. Memory Mapping

    Appendix 66 ib730 user’s manual d. Memory mapping on board dram system bios memory address e000-effff may be free after bios completes boot free onboard scsi bios video bios video ram Ÿ (1mb) 100000 fffff Ÿ f0000 effff Ÿ e0000 dffff Ÿ d0000 cffff Ÿ cc000 cbfff Ÿ c0000 bffff Ÿ a0000 9ffff Ÿ 0 onboard...