Intel FS-979 User Manual

Form Factor 

Full-size PICMG Single Board Computer 
PICMG version 1.0 (Rev. 2.0), PCI version 2.0 compliant 

CPU Intel® Pentium 4 processor with 

 socket 

Package type: 775 pin PLGA 
L2 Cache: 1MB / Front side bus: 800MHz (200MHz x 4) 
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology supported 

Memory 

4 x 240-pin DDR2 400/533MHz SDRAM 
Maximum DRAM address decode space is 4GB. 
Up to 8GB/s of bandwidth with dual-channel interleaved mode 
Dual-Channel technology supported 
Unbufferred, none-ECC memory supported only 

Chipset Intel® 915GV (Northbridge) and ICH6R (Southbridge) 
BIOS 

Phoenix-Award v6.00PG 4Mb PnP flash BIOS 

Green Function 

Power saving mode includes doze, standby and suspend modes. 
ACPI version 1.0 and APM version 1.2 compliant 

Watchdog Timer 

System reset programmable watchdog timer with 1 ~ 255 
sec./min. of timeout value 

Real Time Clock 

Intel® ICH6R built-in RTC with lithium battery 

Enhanced IDE 

Enhanced IDE interface supports dual channels and up to 2 
ATAPI devices at Ultra DMA100 with   
One 40-pin IDE port onboard 

Serial ATA 

Intel® ICH6R integrates 4 Serial ATA interface 
RAID 0, 1, Intel Matrix Storage Technology supported 

Chipset Intel® 82801FR ICH6R with Winbond® W83627THF controller 
Serial Port 

One RS232 and one jumper selectable RS232/422/485

USB Port 

4 x Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports with 480Mbps of transfer rate 

Parallel Port 

One internal bi-direction parallel port with SPP/ECP/EPP mode 

Floppy Port 

One internal Floppy port 

IrDA Port 

One IrDA compliant Infrared interface supports SIR 

K/B & Mouse 

External PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports on rear I/O panel 

GPIO 

One 12-pin Digital I/O connector with 8-bit programmable 

Smart Fan 

One CPU fan connectors for fan speed controllable 

Chipset Intel® 915GV GMCH (Graphic Memory Controller Hub) 
Memory Intel® DVMT 3.0 with up to 224MB shared with system memory

 

Display Type 

CRT, LCD monitor with DB15 or DVI interface 

Connector External 

DB15 

female connector on rear I/O panel 

Internal header connector for DVI interface