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AIMB-744
Socket 478 Intel® Pentium®
4/Celeron® Industrial ATX
Motherboard with PCI-X/DDR/
AGP/Dual GbE/800 MHz FSB
Users Manual
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Copyright Notice This document is copyrighted, 2004, by Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make improve- ments to the products described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmit- ted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd. Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable. However, Advantech Co.
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1.0.1 A Message to the Customer Advantech customer services Each and every Advantech product is built to the most exacting specifica- tions to ensure reliable performance in the harsh and demanding conditions typical of industrial environments. Whether your new Advantech equipment is destined for the laboratory or the factory floor, you can be assured that your product will provide the reliability and ease of operation for which the name Advan
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AIMB-744 Users Manual iv Table 1.1: AIMB-744 DDR memory compatibility table Memory_Compatibility_Test Brand Size Speed Type Memory Apacer 256MB DDR266 DDR infineon HYB25D25680BT-7(32x8) 512MB DDR333 DDR Samsung K4H560838C-TCB3(32x8) Transcend 256MB DDR333 DDR MOSEL VITELIC V58C2256804SAT6 512MB DDR333 DDR Samsung K4H560838C-TCB3(32x8) DSL 256MB DDR266 DDR SAMSUNG K4H560838D-TCB0(32x8) 512MB DDR266 DDR Hynix Hy5DU56822AT Kingston 256MB DDR266 DDR Nanya NT5DS32MBAT-6 256MB DDR266 DDR Kingston D3
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Table 1.2: AIMB-744 comparison table Model AIMB-744G2- AIMB-744L- AIMB-744G- 00A1 00A1 00A1 LAN 1: Intel Yes No Yes 82547GI 10/100/ 1000Base-T LAN 2: Intel Yes No No 82541GI 10/100/ 1000Base-T 1.0.2 Product warranty Advantech warrants to you, the original purchaser, that each of its prod- ucts will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for two years from the date of purchase. This warranty does not apply to any prod
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Step 4. Carefully pack the defective product, a fully-completed Repair and Replacement Order Card and a photocopy proof of purchase date (such as your sales receipt) in a shippable container. A prod- uct returned without proof of the purchase date is not eligible for warranty service. Step 5. Write the RMA number visibly on the outside of the package and ship it prepaid to your dealer. 1.0.3 Initial Inspection Before you be
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Contents Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration .................................2 1.1 Introduction ....................................................................... 2 1.2 Features ............................................................................. 3 1.3 Specifications .................................................................... 3 1.3.1 System............................................................................. 3 1.3.2 Memory.............................................
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2.5 USB Ports (CN6/CN63).................................................. 20 2.6 VGA Connector (CN7) ................................................... 20 2.7 Serial Ports (COM1 : CN9; COM2 : CN10 ).................. 21 2.8 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Conn (CN11)....................... 21 2.9 External Keyboard Connector (CN12)............................ 22 2.10 CPU Fan Connector (CN14) ........................................... 22 2.11 System FAN connector (CN15 and CN37)..................... 22
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3.4.8 Swap Floppy Drive ...................................................... 35 3.4.9 Boot UP Floppy Seek ................................................... 35 3.4.10 Boot Up NumLock Status............................................. 35 3.4.11 Gate A20 Option........................................................... 35 3.4.12 Typematic Rate Setting................................................. 35 3.4.13 Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) ......................................... 35 3.4.14 Typema
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3.6.14 Onboard Serial Port 2 ................................................... 42 3.6.15 UART Mode Select ...................................................... 42 3.6.16 RxD, TxD Active.......................................................... 42 3.6.17 IR Transmission Delay ................................................. 42 3.6.18 UR2 Duplex Mode........................................................ 42 3.6.19 Use IR Pins ...................................................................
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3.11 Password Setting ............................................................. 48 3.12 Save & Exit Setup ........................................................... 49 3.13 Exit Without Saving........................................................ 49 Chapter 4 Chipset Software Install Utility.....................52 4.1 Before you begin ............................................................. 52 4.2 Introduction ..................................................................... 52 4
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B.8 External Keyboard Connector (CN12)............................ 93 Table B.8:External keyboard connector (CN12) .......... 93 B.9 CPU/System Fan Power Conn (CN14/15/37)................. 94 Table B.9:CPU/System Fan Power Conn (CN14/15/37).. 94 B.10 Power LED (CN16)......................................................... 94 Table B.10: Power LED and keylock conn (CN16) ..... 94 B.11 External Speaker Connector (CN17)............................... 95 Table B.11:External Speaker Connector (CN17)
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Table B.29:1st MB memory map ............................... 104 B.30 PCI Bus Map ................................................................. 105 Table B.30:PCI bus map (for VE, E2 version)........... 105 Table B.31:PCI bus map (for VG, G2 version) .......... 105 xiii
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AIMB-744 Users Manual xiv
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1 General Information 1 CHAPTER
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Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration 1.1 Introduction Advantech's AIMB-744 series industrial motherboard is designed based on the standard ATX form factor with additional industrial features such as long product life, high reliability and manageability. It is flexible to be installed in a commercial PC chassis or in an industrial grade rack mount- ing chassis. It meets the requirements of a variety of applications where a commercial motherboard cannot fit. The AIMB-744 uses Intel's 87
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1.2 Features 1. Standard ATX form factor with industrial features: AIMB-744 provides industrial features like long product life, reliable operation under wide temperature range, watchdog timer, CMOS backup functions, etc. 2. PCI-X and PCI bus support: AIMB-744 equips with two 64-bit PCI-X (66MHz) slots and 4 32-bit PCI slots , providing the high performance computing systems. 3. Healthy status monitoring and remote management: System voltage levels, fan speed, CPU temperature are monito
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drives or four enhanced IDE devices. Supports PIO mode 4 (16.67MB/s data transfer rate) and ATA 33/66/100 (33/66/100MB/s data transfer rate.) BIOS enabled/disabled. Floppy disk drive interface: Supports up to two floppy disk drives, 5¼" (360 KB and 1.2 MB) and/or 3½" (720 KB, 1.44 MB). BIOS enabled/disabled 1.3.2 Memory RAM: Up to 4GB in four 184-pin DIMM sockets. Supports dual channel DDR266/333/400 SDRAM 1.3.3 Input/Output PCI-X bus : 2 PCI-X slots, 64-bit, 66MHz. PCI 2.2 com
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1.3.6 Industrial features Watchdog timer: Can generate a system reset or IRQ11. The watch- dog timer is programmable, with each unit equal to one second or one minute (255 levels) 1.3.7 Mechanical and environmental specifications Operating temperature: 0°~60° C (32° ~ 140° F, Depending on CPU) Storage temperature: -20°~ 70° C (-4° ~ 158° F) Humidity: 20 ~ 95% non-condensing Power supply voltage: +3.3V, +5 V, ±12 V Power consumption: Typical : +3.3V:8.13A, +5V:0.57A , +12V:5.
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Table 1.2: Connectors Label Function CN1 Primary IDE connector CN2 Secondary IDE connector CN3 Floppy drive connector CN4 Parallel port CN6 USB port 4, 5 (shared with CN32) CN9 Serial port: COM1 CN10 Serial port connector: COM3 CN11 PS/2 keyboard and mouse connector CN12 External keyboard connector CN14 CPU FAN connector CN15 System FAN connector 1 CN16 Power LED and Keyboard Lock CN17 External speaker CN18 Reset connector CN19 HDD LED connector CN21 ATX soft power switch (PS_ON) CN22 HW Monitor
