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AR-B9673 User’s Guide

 

 

0. PREFACE 

 

0.1 COPYRIGHT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER 

This document is copyrighted, 2007, by Acrosser Technology Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. No part of this 
manual may be reproduced, copied, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or 
computer language in any form or by any means, such as electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, 
manual or other means without the prior written permission or original manufacturer. Acrosser Technology assumes 
no responsibility or warranty with respect to the content in this manual and specifically disclaims any implied 
warranty of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Furthermore, Acrosser Technology reserves the 
right to make improvements to the products described in this manual at any times without notice. Such revisions will 
be posted on the Internet

 (WWW.ACROSSER.COM)

 as soon as possible. 

Possession, use, or copy of the software described in this publication is authorized only pursuant to valid written 
license from Acrosser or an authorized sub licensor. 

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
Acrosser, AMI, IBM PC/AT, Windows, MS-DOS…are registered trademarks. 
All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 

 

0.2 WELCOME TO THE AR-B9673 CPU BOARD 

This guide introduces the Acrosser AR-B9673 CPU Board. 
Use information provided in this manual describes this card’s functions and features. It also helps you start, set up 
and operate your AR-B9673. General system information can also be found in this publication. 

 

0.3 BEFORE YOU USE THIS GUIDE 

Please refer to the Chapter 1, “Introduction” in this guide, if you have not already installed this AR-B9673. Check the 
packing list before you install and make sure the accessories are completely included.     
AR-B9673 CD provides the newest information regarding the CPU card.   

Please refer to the files of the 

enclosed utility CD. 

  It contains the modification and hardware & software information, and adding the description 

or modification of product function after manual printed. 

 

0.4 RETURNING YOUR BOARD FOR SERVICE 

If your board requires any services, contact the distributor or sales representative from whom you purchased the         
product for service information. If you need to ship your board to us for service, be sure it is packed in a protective 
carton. We recommend that you keep the original shipping container for this purpose. 
You can help assure efficient servicing for your product by following these guidelines: 
1. Include your name, address, daytime telephone, facsimile number and E-mail.     
2. A description of the system configuration and/or software at the time of malfunction. 
3. A brief description of the problem occurred. 

 

0.5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND USER COMMENTS 

Users comments are always welcome as they assist us in improving the quality of our products and the readability 
of our publications. They create a very important part of the input used for product enhancement and revision. 
We may use and distribute any of the information you provide in any way appropriate without incurring any 
obligation.  
You may, of course, continue to use the information you provide. 
If you have any suggestions for improving particular sections or if you find any errors on it, please send your 
comments to Acrosser Technology Co., Ltd. or your local sales representative and indicate the manual title and 
book number. 
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Summary of Contents for AR-B1673

Page 1: ...AR B9673 User s Guide 1 AR B9673 INDUSTRIAL GRADE CPU BOARD User s Guide Edition 1 1 Book Number AR B9673 07 0821...

Page 2: ...CONNECTOR PS1 PS2 10 3 6 USB PORT CONNECTOR USB1 11 3 7 IRDA INFRARED INTERFACE PORT IR1 11 3 8 FAN CONNECTOR FAN1 11 3 9 VGA CRT CONNECTOR VGA1 11 3 10 FLOPPY DRIVE CONNECTOR FDD1 12 3 11 SRAM MEMOR...

Page 3: ...his guide if you have not already installed this AR B9673 Check the packing list before you install and make sure the accessories are completely included AR B9673 CD provides the newest information re...

Page 4: ...e computer components Although areas with humid climates are much less prone to static build up it is always best to safeguard against accidents that may result in expensive repairs The following meas...

Page 5: ...ion up to True Color 32 bit 1024x768 or High Color 16 bit 1280x1024 Display Interface CRT D SUB 15 pin female connector Ultra ATA 33 66 100 IDE Interface Two PCI Enhance IDE channel The south bridge V...

Page 6: ...scribes how to install the AR B9673 At first the layout of AR B9673 is shown and the unpacking information that you should be careful is described The following lists the jumpers and switches setting...

Page 7: ...word again you should close the pin 2 3 about 3 seconds then open again set back to normal operation mode close the pin 1 2 1 3 PIN Signal 1 PSON 2 VCC 3 5VSB Pin Signal 1 PWBN 2 GND JP4 FUNCTION 1 2...

Page 8: ...ion To enable or disable the hard disk controller please use the BIOS Setup program which is explained further in chapter 5 The following table illustrates the pin assignments of the hard disk drive s...

Page 9: ...in Signal Pin Signal 1 STB 2 AFD 3 PD0 4 ERROR 5 PD1 6 INIT 7 PD2 8 SLIN 9 PD3 10 GND 11 PD4 12 GND 13 PD5 14 GND 15 PD6 16 GND 17 PD7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 GND 23 PE 24 GND 25 SLCT 26 N C 3...

Page 10: ...JST Header and 6 PIN MINI DIN keyboard mouse connector PS1 6 pin Mini DIN Keyboard Mouse Connector 1 2 3 4 5 6 Front View PS2 JST6 pin Keyboard Mouse Connector 1 6 PS2 JUMPER FUNCTION RS 232 FACTORY P...

Page 11: ...32 COM 1 will be disabled 1 5 3 8 FAN CONNECTOR FAN1 The AR B9673 provides CPU cooling Fan connector CPU connectors can supply 12V 500mA to the cooling fan 3 2 1 3 9 VGA CRT CONNECTOR VGA1 AR B9673 bu...

Page 12: ...a bank number Memory bank start from 00 last memory bank number depends on the size to the SRAM chip If on board the 512KB SRAM chip the memory bank in the range of 00 to 31 The SRAM I O Port 78H Exa...

Page 13: ...output pin are Low Level I 215 FC Generally suppose that GPIO1 s Pin1 and Pin3 are High Level then will show FC 3 13 POWER CONNECTOR PWR1 PWR2 1 4 PWR1 The PWR1 is a 4 pin power connector It s the sta...

Page 14: ...N2 8 1 PIN Signal 1 VCC 2 SBEEP 3 INTERNAL BUZZER 4 SBEEP PIN Signal 1 RST 2 GND LED INDICATION 1 GREEN HDD Active 2 RED Watch Active PIN LAN1 LAN2 1 TX TX 2 TX TX 3 RX RX 4 Not Used RX 5 RX Not Used...

Page 15: ...tchdog timer that occupies I O port 3F0 3F1 Users can use simple program to enable the watchdog timer Once you enable the watchdog timer the program should trigger it every time before it times out Wa...

Page 16: ...ogram used to initialize and set up the I O system of the computer which includes the ISA bus and connected devices such as the video display diskette drive and the keyboard The BIOS provides a menu b...

Page 17: ...ETUP The Main CMOS Setup option allows you to record some basic system hardware configuration and set the system clock and error handling If the CPU board is already installed in a working system you...

Page 18: ...up the Power On Self Test POST after the system is turned on If it is set to Enabled BIOS will skip some items Full Screen LOGO Show This itemenables you to show the company logo on the bootup screen...

Page 19: ...on is used to configure peripheral features Peripherals CMOS Setup Onboard Serial Port 1 2 These fields allow you to select the onboard serial ports addresses and IRQ Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IR...

Page 20: ...P1 9 EPP1 7 On board FDD Controller This option enables the floppy drive controller on the AR B1673 On chip USB This setting is used to enable disable the onboard USB controller 5 5 PNP PCI CMOS SETUP...

Page 21: ...ards These options determine if the BIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of availability of IRQs passed to the BIOS configurable devices If more IRQs must be removed from the pool the end user can...

Page 22: ...ot devices where AwardBIOS attempts to load the operating system The settings are Floppy Hard Disk CDROM USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM Disabled Boot Other Device Setting the option to Enabled allows the s...

Page 23: ...in this session Typing Y will quit the Setup utility without saving the modifications Typing N will return you to Setup utility 5 9 BIOS UPDATE The BIOS program instructions are contained within compu...

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