AR-B1462 User¡¦s Guide

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Table of Contents

0. PREFACE....................................................................................................................................................... 0-3

0.1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER................................................................................................................................0-3
0.2 WELCOME TO THE AR-B1462 CPU BOARD...........................................................................................................................0-3
0.3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE...............................................................................................................................................0-3
0.4 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE............................................................................................................................0-3
0.5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER COMMENTS...................................................................................................................0-3
0.6 ORGANIZATION..........................................................................................................................................................................0-4
0.7 STATIC ELECTRICITY PRECAUTIONS....................................................................................................................................0-4

1. OVERVIEW..................................................................................................................................................... 1-1

1.1 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................................................................1-1
1.2 PACKING LIST............................................................................................................................................................................1-2
1.3 FEATURES..................................................................................................................................................................................1-2

2. SYSTEM CONTROLLER ................................................................................................................................ 2-1

2.1 DMA CONTROLLER...................................................................................................................................................................2-1
2.2 KEYBOARD CONTROLLER.......................................................................................................................................................2-1
2.3 INTERRUPT CONTROLLER......................................................................................................................................................2-2
2.3.1 I/O Port Address Map..........................................................................................................................................................2-3
2.3.2 I/O Channel Pin Assignment (Bus1)...................................................................................................................................2-3
2.4 REAL-TIME CLOCK AND NON-VOLATILE RAM......................................................................................................................2-5
2.5 TIMER..........................................................................................................................................................................................2-5
2.6 SERIAL PORT.............................................................................................................................................................................2-6
2.7 PARALLEL PORT........................................................................................................................................................................2-8

3. SETTING UP THE SYSTEM............................................................................................................................ 3-1

3.1 OVERVIEW..................................................................................................................................................................................3-1
3.2 SYSTEM SETTING..................................................................................................................................................................... 3-2
3.2.1 FDD Port Connector (CN8).................................................................................................................................................3-2
3.2.2 Hard Disk (IDE) Connector................................................................................................................................................. 3-3
3.2.3 Parallel Port Connector (CN9)............................................................................................................................................3-4
3.2.4 PC/104 Connector...............................................................................................................................................................3-5
3.2.5 LED Header (LM1).............................................................................................................................................................. 3-7
3.2.6 Serial Port............................................................................................................................................................................3-7
3.2.7 Keyboard Connector......................................................................................................................................................... 3-11
3.2.8 External Speaker Header (J9).......................................................................................................................................... 3-11
3.2.9 Power Connector...............................................................................................................................................................3-11
3.2.10 Reset Header (J6).........................................................................................................................................................3-12
3.2.11 PS/2 Mouse Connector.................................................................................................................................................3-12
3.2.12 Battery Setting...............................................................................................................................................................3-13
3.2.13 26-Pin Audio Connector (CN10)...................................................................................................................................3-13
3.2.14 CPU Setting...................................................................................................................................................................3-14
3.2.15 PCI Connector...............................................................................................................................................................3-15
3.2.16 Memory Setting.............................................................................................................................................................3-16
3.3 ETHERNET CONTROLLER..................................................................................................................................................... 3-16
3.3.1 Network 4-Pin Connector (J3)...........................................................................................................................................3-17
3.3.2 AUI Connector (CN2)........................................................................................................................................................3-17

4. CRT/LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY.................................................................................................................. 4-1

4.1 CONNECTING THE CRT MONITOR.........................................................................................................................................4-1
4.1.1 CRT Connector (CN13).......................................................................................................................................................4-1
4.2 LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY...................................................................................................................................................... 4-2
4.2.1 Inverter Board Description.................................................................................................................................................. 4-4
4.2.2 LCD Connector....................................................................................................................................................................4-4
4.3 SUPPORTED LCD PANEL.........................................................................................................................................................4-4

5. INSTALLATION.............................................................................................................................................. 5-1

5.1 OVERVIEW..................................................................................................................................................................................5-1
5.2 UTILITY DISKETTE.....................................................................................................................................................................5-1
5.2.1 VGA Driver...........................................................................................................................................................................5-2
5.2.2 Audio Driver.........................................................................................................................................................................5-4
5.2.3 Network & SSD Utility..........................................................................................................................................................5-6
5.3 WATCHDOG TIMER...................................................................................................................................................................5-9
5.3.1 Watchdog Timer Setting......................................................................................................................................................5-9
5.3.2 Watchdog Timer Enabled..................................................................................................................................................5-10
5.3.3 Watchdog Timer Trigger....................................................................................................................................................5-10
5.3.4 Watchdog Timer Disabled.................................................................................................................................................5-10

6. SOLID STATE DISK ....................................................................................................................................... 6-1

6.1 OVERVIEW..................................................................................................................................................................................6-1