AR-B1462 User¡¦s Guide

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5. INSTALLATION
This chapter describes the procedure of the utility diskette installation. The following topics are covered:
l Overview
l Utility Diskette
l Watchdog Timer

5.1 OVERVIEW

This chapter provides information for you to set up a working system based on the AR-B1462 CPU board. Please
read the details of the CPU board’s hardware descriptions before installation carefully, especially jumpers’ setting,
switch settings and cable connections.
Follow steps listed below for proper installation:
Step 1 : Read the CPU card’s hardware description in this manual.
Step 2 : Install any DRAM SIMM onto the CPU card. (or user can skip this step because that the AR-B1462
embedded on-board DRAM)
Step 3 : Set jumpers.
Step 4 : Make sure that the power supply connected to your passive CPU board backplane is turned off.
Step 5 : Plug the CPU card into a free AT-bus slot or PICMG slot on the backplane and secure it in place with
a screw to the system chassis.
Step 6 : Connect all necessary cables. Make sure that the FDC, HDC, serial and parallel cables are
connected to pin 1 of the related connector.
Step 7 : Connect the hard disk/floppy disk flat cables from the CPU card to the drives. Connect a power
source to each drive.
Step 8 : Plug the keyboard into the keyboard connector.
Step 9 : Turn on the power.
Step 10: Configure your system with the BIOS Setup program then re-boot your system.
Step 11: If the CPU card does not work, turn off the power and read the hardware description carefully again.
Step 12: If the CPU card still does not perform properly, return the card to your dealer for immediate service.

5.2 UTILITY DISKETTE

AR-B1462 provides two VGA driver diskettes, support WIN31, WIN95, WINNT 4.0 & OS/2; and one audio driver
diskette. If your operating system is the other operating system, please attach Acrosser that will provide the
technical supporting for the VGA resolution.
There are two diskettes: disk#2 is for WIN31, WIN95 & WINNT4.0 VGA resolution, disk#3 is for WINNT3.5 and
OS/2 VGA resolution. While user extracted the compressed files there is the README.* file in each sub-
directories. Please refer to the file of README for any troubleshooting before install the driver. The disk#1 is for
SSD and network utility driver. The AR-B1462A supports audio function, so the disk provides audio driver.