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Chapter 1 Introduction

CD951-C Series

Embedded SBC 3.5”

User’s Manual

A21550504

Summary of Contents for CD951-C Series

Page 1: ...www dfi com 1 Chapter 1 Introduction CD951 C Series Embedded SBC 3 5 User s Manual A21550504...

Page 2: ...owners FCC and DOC Statement on Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed t...

Page 3: ...Ports 15 COM Serial Ports 15 USB Ports 16 RJ45 LAN Ports 16 VGA Ports 17 DC in 17 I O Connectors 18 LVDS LCD Panel Connector 18 LCD Inverter Power Connector 18 Digital I O Connector 19 SATA Serial ATA...

Page 4: ...ur system unit Static electrical discharge can damage computer components without causing any signs of physical damage You must take extra care in han dling them to ensure against electrostatic build...

Page 5: ...imilar to the information listed above This may differ in accordance to the sales region or models in which it was sold For more information about the standard package in your region please contact yo...

Page 6: ...tion CD951 C2600 Intel AtomTM N2600 1 6GHz 2x 512K L2 3 5W TDP dual core Cooling heatsink fanless solution Chipset Intel NM10 Express chipset System Memory One 204 pin DDR3 SODIMM socket Supports DDR3...

Page 7: ...u to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system Wake On USB This function allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system from the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state RTC Tim...

Page 8: ...System fan 1 Battery 1 2 12 Front panel 1 11 1 8 DIO 1 8 LCD Inverter power 40 39 1 2 LVDS LCD panel DDR3_SODIMM CPU Fan 1 USB 2 3 1 2 9 USB 4 5 1 2 9 1 9 10 Front Audio 1 2 5 6 SPI Flash BIOS Standby...

Page 9: ...drives add in boards and other components Perform installation procedures at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wear ing an antistatic wr...

Page 10: ...ngers on the edge of the module will almost completely disappear inside the socket Clip Jumper Settings Clear CMOS If you encounter the following a CMOS data becomes corrupted b You forgot the supervi...

Page 11: ...nel USB 0 1 JP4 2 3 On 5V_ standby 1 2 On 5V default 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 On 12V 3 4 On 5V 5 6 On 3 3V default 1 3 5 2 4 6 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 Important If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse...

Page 12: ...24 bit Dual 1 4 On 2 3 Off 1366x768 6 18 bit Single 4 On 1 3 Off 1366x768 8 24 bit Single 1 3 On 4 Off 1440x900 8 24 bit Dual 2 3 On 1 4 Off 1400x1050 8 24 bit Dual 1 3 On 2 4 Off 1600x900 8 24 bit D...

Page 13: ...TS RI RD DTR DSR CTS 2 1 Power on Select 1 2 On Power on via power button default 2 3 On Auto power on JP5 3 1 2 3 1 2 JP5 is used to select the method of powering on the system If you want the system...

Page 14: ...14 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Chapter 2 Mini PCIe mSATA Select JP8 1 3 10 12 1 3 10 12 2 5 8 11 3 6 9 12 On mSATA 1 4 7 10 2 5 8 11 On Mini PCIe default JP8 is used to select the configure Mini...

Page 15: ...6C550A compatible UARTs that can be used with modems serial printers remote display terminals and other serial devices Connecting External Serial Ports Your COM port may come mounted on a card edge br...

Page 16: ...chassis and then insert the USB port cables to a connector BIOS Setting Configure the onboard USB in the Advanced menu USB Configuration submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 1 V...

Page 17: ...S Setting Configure VGA in the Chipset menu North Bridge Configuration submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation Install the graphics driver Refer to chapter 4 fo...

Page 18: ...r 3 for more information 2 1 LVDS LCD panel 40 39 8 1 LCD Inverter power LVDS LCD Panel Connector LCD Inverter Power Connector Pins Function Pins Function 1 GND 2 GND 3 LVDS_Out3 4 LVDS_Out7 5 LVDS_Ou...

Page 19: ...vanced Host Controller Interface AHCI controller SATA power BIOS Setting Configure the Serial ATA drives in the Integrated Peripherals submenu OnChip IDE Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3...

Page 20: ...oard supports the chassis intrusion detection function Connect the chassis intrusion sensor cable from the chassis to this connector When the system s power is on and a chassis intrusion occurred an a...

Page 21: ...tem is in the S1 POS Power On Suspend state it will blink every second When the system is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state it will blink every 4 seconds HDD LED RESET SW PWR LED PWR BTN 12 11 2 1 Pi...

Page 22: ...l ordinance Battery Ground Battery 1 Connect to the battery connector battery CompactFlash Socket CompactFlash Socket The CompactFlashTM socket is used for inserting a CompactFlashTM card CompactFlash...

Page 23: ...Expansion Slot Mini PCI Express Mini PCIe Slot The Mini PCIe socket is used to install a Mini PCIe card Mini PCIe card is a small form factor PCI card with the same signal protocol electrical definiti...

Page 24: ...ystem to run After you power up the system the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins After the memory test the message Press DEL to run setup will appear on the screen If the...

Page 25: ...it ESC Exit BIOS Information BIOS Vendor Core Version Compliency Project Version Model Name Bios Name Bios Version Build Date and Time System Date System Time Access Level American Megatrends 4 6 5 1...

Page 26: ...I Sleep State Selects the highest ACPI sleep state the system will enter when the Suspend button is pressed S1 POS Enables the Power On Suspend function S3 STR Enables the Suspend to RAM function Lock...

Page 27: ...for other OS OS not optimized for Hyper Threading Technology Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Version 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc CPU Configuration...

Page 28: ...I O chip Set Parameters of Serial Port 1 COMA Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Version 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Super IO Configuration Super IO C...

Page 29: ...IRQ 3 Auto Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save Exit ESC Exit Select an Optimal Setting for Super IO device Aptio Setup U...

Page 30: ...health monitor Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Version 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc PC Health Status Smart Fan Function Smart Fan Mode Configuration...

Page 31: ...Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save Exit ESC Exit PPM Configuration This section is used to configure the PPM functions E...

Page 32: ...iguration WatchDog function WatchDog Timer Advanced Disabled 10 Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save Exit ESC Exit Chipset...

Page 33: ...omatically based on largest MMIO lenth of installed graphic controller Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Version 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Memory Fr...

Page 34: ...ller Select USB Mode UHCI 1 ports 0 and UHCI 2 ports 2 and UHCI 3 ports 4 and UHCI 4 ports 6 and USB 2 0 EHCI Support Advanced HD Audio By Controllers Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Select Sc...

Page 35: ...p Response Boot Option Priorities Boot Option 1 Hard Driver BBS Priorities Save Exit Chipset Advanced Security Main Boot Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous V...

Page 36: ...stem after saving the changes Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Version 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Save Changes and Reset Discard Changes and Reset S...

Page 37: ...lly start which is the Mainboard Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup Auto Run Page For Windows 7 Intel Chipset Software Installat...

Page 38: ...ll the graphics driver Click Next By default the Automatically run WinSAT and enable the Windows Aero desktop theme is enabled With this enabled after installing the graphics driver and the system reb...

Page 39: ...then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect Audio Drivers To install the driver click Audio Drivers on the main menu 3 Click Yes I want to restart...

Page 40: ...el LAN Drivers on the main menu 1 Setup is ready to install the driver Click Next 2 Click I accept the terms in the license agreement then click Next 3 Select the program features you want installed t...

Page 41: ...formance and power management for the storage subsystem To install the driver click Intel Rapid Storage Technology on the main menu 1 Setup is now ready to install the utility Click Next 2 Read the wa...

Page 42: ...diskette needed when you install Windows XP using the F6 installation method This will allow you to install the operating system onto a hard drive when in AHCI mode 1 Insert a blank floppy diskette 2...

Page 43: ...ager on the main menu 2 Setup is ready to install the driver Click Next 1 Under the Language Support section select the language you would like the installa tion to display and then click Next 3 Click...

Page 44: ...lity provides information about the board Watchdog DIO and Backlight To access the utility click DFI Utility on the main menu Note If you are using Windows 7 you need to access the operating system as...

Page 45: ...op Double click the icon to open the utility Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 3 To install the reader click Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 3 on the main menu 1 Click Next to install or click Change Destination Folder t...

Page 46: ...the operating system and chipset used by your computer The downloaded driver files should include iaahci cat iaAHCI inf iastor cat iaStor inf IaStor sys license txt and TXTSETUP OEM 4 Insert the XP in...

Page 47: ...table ISO Click Next 9 Click Insert and then select Multiple driver folder to select the drivers you will integrate Click Next 10 Select only the drivers ap propriate for the Windows version that you...

Page 48: ...e uncertain of the southbridge chip used on your motherboard select all RAID AHCI controllers and then click OK 12 Click Next 13 The program is currently integrating the drivers and applying changes t...

Page 49: ...6 Or you can choose to burn it directly to a disc by selecting the Direct Burn mode under the General section Select the optical device and all other necessary settings and then click Next 17 You have...

Page 50: ...rted by the motherboard chipset from Intel s website Transfer the downloaded driver files to C AHCI 4 Open Device Manager and right click on one of the Intel Serial ATA Storage Controllers then select...

Page 51: ...A warning message appeared because the se lected SATA controller did not match your hardware device Ignore the warning and click Yes to proceed 12 Click Finish 13 The system s settings have been chan...

Page 52: ...WDT Control WDT timer MOV DX 2EH MOV AL 07H Ready to Program Logical Device OUT DX AL MOV DX 2FH MOV AL 07H Select Logical Device 7 OUT DX AL MOV DX 2EH MOV AL F6H Select watchdog timer register OUT...

Page 53: ...which setting is correct either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection FLOPPY DISK S fail 80 Unable to reset floppy subsystem FLOPPY DISK S fail 40 Fl...

Page 54: ...hat the video input cable is properly attached to the monitor and the system s display adapter 4 Adjust the brightness of the display by turning the monitor s brightness control knob The picture seems...

Page 55: ...ks by attaching it to a serial port that is working and configured correctly If the serial device does not work either the cable or the serial device has a problem If the serial device works the probl...

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