1st Ed January
Mini-ITX AIMB-250 Series
 Copyright Notice
FCC Statement
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AIMB-250 Series
 Life Support Policy
Disclaimer
Message to the Customer
User’s Manual
 Advantech Corp
Technical Support
 Product Warranty
 Contents
 Bios Setup
 Memory Size has Changed Since Last Boot
Keyboard Error or no Keyboard Present
System HALTED, CTRL-ALT-DEL to Reboot
Offending Address not Found
 Hard Disks fail → Unable to recalibrate fixed disk
 Packing List
Safety Precautions
 Jan Initial release
Document Amendment History
Revision Date Comment
 Manual Objectives
 System
System Specifications
 Display
 Mechanical & Environmental
 Architecture Overview
Block Diagram
 User’s Manual Intel 855GME and ICH4
 AIMB-250 Series
 ECC
 PCI Interface
Dram Interface Intel 855GME
 VIA VT1616 Audio Codec
8 USB
 AIMB-250 Series Chrontel CH7009A TV/DVI Transmitter
Page
 Compact Flash Interface
AIMB-250 Series Winbond W83627HF
 Hardware Configuration
 Product Overview
 Processor Installation Installing Pentium M CPU
Installation Procedure
 Removing CPU
Installing the Fan and Heat Sink
 DIMM1
User’s Manual Main Memory
 AIMB-250 Series
 JP2, JP3
Jumper and Connector List
Label Function
 Connectors
 KBMS1
 Clear Cmos JBAT1 Protect
Setting Jumpers & Connectors
2 COM1 Pin 9 Signal Select JP1 +5V Ring +12V
 RS-485 RS-485
RS-422 RS-422
 BIT1 BIT2 OFF
ATX Power Connector ATXPWR1
Vccsb
Pwrok GND
 TAC
User’s Manual CPU Fan Connector CFAN1
Signal Description CPU Fan Connector CFAN1
 Signal Description VGA Connector CN1
AIMB-250 Series Parallel Port Connector & VGA Connector CN1
COM
RED GND Green DAT Blue Hsync VCC Vsync DCK
 DCD
Serial Port 1 Connector in RS-232 Mode CN1
DTR GND DSR RTS CTS
DTR
 AIMB-250 Series Serial Port 1 Connector in RS-422 Mode CN1
 Data DATA+ GND
Serial Port 1 Connector in RS-485 Mode CN1
 13 4/5/8-Wire Touch Screen Connector CN5, optional
AIMB-250 Series Audio Connector CN2 Audio-In
12 RJ-45 Ethernet / USB 0 & 1, 4 & 5 Connectors CN3, CN4
 GND WPT Rdata SIDE1 Dskchg
User’s Manual Floppy Connector FLP1
 Moatsa
AIMB-250 Series Signal Description Floppy Connector FLP
 User’s Manual Primary IDE Connector IDE1
 AIMB-250 Series Secondary IDE Connector IDE2
 IOR#
RESET#
IOW#
Iordy
 GND Enbkl
AIMB-250 Series LCD Inverter Connector JBKL1
Signal Description LCD Inverter Connector JBKL1
 Serial Port 2 Connector JCOM1
User’s Manual CD-ROM Audio Input Connector JCD1
Signal Description CD-ROM Audio Input Connector JCD1
 JCOM2 JCOM3
AIMB-250 Series Serial Port 3/4 Connector JCOM2, JCOM3
 Signal Description Digital Input / Output Connector JDIO1
Digital Input / Output Connector JDIO1
Smbclk
Smbdata
 HDD LED
AIMB-250 Series Front Panel Connector JFP1
Signal Description Front Panel Connecter JFP1
 Signal Description IrDA Connecter JIR1
User’s Manual IrDA Connector JIR1
Irrx GND Irtx
Irrx
 Signal Description Lvds Connector JLVDS1
AIMB-250 Series Lvds Connector JLVDS1
2CDAT 2CCLK GND
2CDAT, I 2CCLK
 Signal Description Miscellaneous Setting Connecter JMISC1
User’s Manual Miscellaneous Setting Connector JMISC1
CASEOPEN# VTIN3 GND Thrmdn
#MASTER
 Signal Description Tmds Connecter JTMDS1
AIMB-250 Series Tmds DVI Connector JTMDS1
 Signal Description TV Out Connecter JTV1
User’s Manual TV Out Connector JTV1
Tvcvb GND TVYFCC2 TVCFCC2
Tvcvb
 Signal Description USB Connecter 2, 3, 4 & 5 JUSB1, JUSB2
AIMB-250 Series USB Connector 2 & 3 JUSB1
USB Connector 4 & 5 JUSB2
 Signal Description System Fan Connector SFAN1, SFAN2
System Fan Connector 1 & 2 SFAN1, SFAN2
 Bios Setup
 Press F1 to Continue, DEL to enter Setup
Starting Setup
Press DEL to enter Setup
 Navigating Through The Menu Bar
Using Setup
 User’s Manual To Display a Sub Menu
Case of Problems
Getting Help
 Main Menu
 Main Menu Selection
User’s Manual Standard Cmos Features
 IDE Adapter Setup
 CPU Feature
User’s Manual Advanced Bios Features
Quick Power On Self Test
Virus Warning
 Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock
AIMB-250 Series First/Second/Third/Other Boot Device
Typematic Rate Setting
Swap Floppy Drive
 MPS Version Control For OS
Apic Mode
OS Select for Dram 64MB
Report No FDD For WIN95
 Active to Precharge Delay
AIMB-250 Series Advanced Chipset Features
Dram Timing Selectable
CAS Latency Time
 Dram Data Integrity Mode
User’s Manual Dram RAS# to CAS# Delay
System Bios Cacheable
Video Bios Cacheable
 Delay Prior to Thermal
Delayed Transaction
AIMB-250 Series Memory Hole At 15M-16M
AGP Aperture Size MB
 OnChip IDE Device
User’s Manual Integrated Peripherals
 IDE
Onboard Device
 User’s Manual Super IO Device
 2E8/IRQ3, Auto
Watch Dog Timer
ECP+EPP
IRQ3, IRQ4, IRQ5
 Power Management
User’s Manual Power Management Setup
Acpi Function
Acpi Suspend Type
 Resume By Alarm
Power On By Ring
AIMB-250 Series Modem Use IRQ
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN
 Reset Configuration Data
User’s Manual PnP / PCI Configuration
Resources Controlled By
PCI / VGA Palette Snoop
 Case Open Warning
AIMB-250 Series PC Health Status
 Auto Detect PCI Clk
User’s Manual Frequency / Voltage Control
Spread Spectrum
CPU Host / 3V66 / PCI Clock
 Load Optimized Defaults
AIMB-250 Series Load Fail-Safe Defaults
 User’s Manual Set Supervisor / User Password
 Save & Exit Setup
Password Disabled
 User’s Manual Exit Without Save
 Drivers Installation
 User’s Manual Click AIMB-250
Install Driver
Step
 Mechanical Drawing
 Unit mm
 Award Bios Post
 Post Beep
Error Messages
Overview
 Eisa Configuration Is Not Complete
Eisa Configuration Checksum Error
 Memory Address Error at
User’s Manual Invalid Eisa Configuration
Memory parity Error at
Memory Verify Error at
 Slot Not Empty
Should Be Empty But Eisa Board Found
Should Have Eisa Board But Not Found
 Bios ROM checksum error System halted
Keyboard error or no keyboard present
User’s Manual Wrong Board In Slot
Manufacturing Post loop
 E1-EF
AIMB-250 Series Post Codes
40.1Normal Post Code
 User’s Manual
 AIMB-250 Series
 User’s Manual
 AIMB-250 Series
 AIMB-250 User’s Manual101
 AIMB-250 Series 40.2Quick Post Codes
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 SMI
AIMB-250 Series 40.3S4 Post Codes
 40.4BootBlock Post Codes