Advantech AIMB-740-B, User Manual

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AIMB-740-B/741-B
User’s Manual 2
Chapter 1 Hardware Configuration
1.1 Introduction
Advantech's AIMB-740-B/AIMB-741-B series industrial motherboard is
designed based on the standard ATX form factor with additional indus-
trial features such as long product life, high reliability and manageability.
It is flexible in that it can be installed in a commercial PC chassis or in an
industrial grade rack mounting chassis. It meets the requirements of a
variety of applications where a commercial motherboard cannot fit.
The AIMB-740-B and AIMB-741-B utilize Intel 845GV and 845E,
respectively. They support socket 478 Pentium 4/Celeron-D/Celeron pro-
cessor (FSB 400/533MHz) up to 3.06 GHz. In addition to a high-speed
processor, it supports up to 2GB DDR memory and has 2 DIMM sockets
on board.
The AIMB-740-B comes with the 845GV integrated VGA controller pro-
viding superior display performance, while the AIMB-741-B provides an
AGP 4X slot to support a VGA add-on card. Dual Intel 82551/82562 10/
100Base-T Ethernet controller or single Intel 82541 10/100/1000Base-T
Ethernet controller are available on the AIMB-740-B/741-B series. The
high reliability and excellent performance provided by Intel Ethernet con-
troller are crucial for various network applications. AIMB-740-B/741-B
also offers an exclusive feature of USB2.0 which provides high data
transfer rate up to 480 Mb/sec.
A backup of CMOS data is stored in the Flash memory, which protects
BIOS setup data even after a battery failure. Also included is a 255-level
watchdog timer, which resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if a pro-
gram cannot be executed normally. This enables reliable operation in
unattended environments. The remote management interface enables the
AIMB-740-B/741-B to be managed through Ethernet when it is con-
nected to the SNMP-1000 Remote HTTP/SNMP System Manager.
Note: Some of the features mentioned above are not
available with all models. For more information
about the specifications of a particular model,
see Section 1.3: Specifications.