Lanner Electronics EM-586EBX User Manual

EM-586EBX

Embedded Single Board Computer

with LCD/SVGA/Sound/Lan & Flash

Disk for ZIF Socket 7 Processor

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference , and

2. This device must accept any interference received, Including
interference that may cause undesired operation.

COPYRIGHT

This document is a copyright of the original manufacturer, 1999. The original
manufacturer reserves the right to make improvements to the product(s) described in
this manual at any time without notice. This manual may not, in whole or in part, be
photocopied, reproduced, transcribed, translated, or transmitted in whatever form
without the written consent of the manufacturer, except for copies retained by the
purchaser for backup purposes. All rights are reserved.

©

TRADEMARKS

Pentium® is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.

The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies:
IBM, Intel, AMD, Cyrix, Award, AMI, Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Novell, SCO,
PC/104, PICMG, ALI, UMC, SMC, Winbond. Products mentioned in this manual are
mentioned for identification purposes only. All names of products or services
appearing in this manual are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
organizations and companies.

ã Copyright 1999

Ver. No.1.1
LEI-UM-EM586EBX-001
Date : 10.29.1999

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 SPECIFICATION 2

1.2 PACKING CHECK LIST 3

CHAPTER 2 JUMPER SETTINGS AND CONNECTORS 6

2.1 BOARD OUTLINE OF EM-586EBX 6

2.2 JUMPER SETTING OVERVIEW 7

2.3 INSTALLING THE DIMM MODULE 7

2.4 JUMPER LOCATION FOR EM-586EBX 8

2.5 JUMPER SETTINGS SUMMARY FOR EM-586EBX 9

2.6 I/O CONNECTORS LOCATION FOR EM-586EBX 21

2.7 I/O CONNECTORS SUMMARY FOR EM-586EBX 22

2.8 I/O CONNECTORS DESCRIPTION 23

CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP 38

3.1 RUNNING AWARD BIOS 38

3.2 CMOS SETUP UTILITY 39

3.3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 40

3.4 BIOS FEATURES SETUP 44

3.5 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP 47

3.6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 51

3.7 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION 54

3.8 LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS 56

3.9 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS 56

3.10 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 57

3.11 SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD 59

3.12 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 61

3.13 HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT 61

3.14 SAVE & EXIT SETUP 61

3.15 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 61

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 4 DRIVERS SUPPORT 62

APPENDIX A HOW TO USE WATCH-DOG TIMER 63
APPENDIX B TECHNICAL REFERENCE 64
APPENDIX C PC/104 MODULE INSTALLATION 65

GLOSSARY 67

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
RMA SERVICE REQUEST FORM

CHAPTER 1.

INTRODUCTION

The EM-586EBX is an embedded single board computer with full functionality,
LCD/SVGA, LAN, Sound output & a PC/104-plus expansion bus for Intel Pentium
Processor. It consists of an on-board SVGA & Audio output, a PCI Ethernet Interface
and a PC/104 expansion bus. The Intel 430TX establishes a new class of low-cost,
high-performance system that offers all the functions of an industrial computer on a
single board, and fits in the space of a 5.25-inch floppy drive (only 5.75”x8”). The
EM-586EBX has an on-board 2nd level cache RAM of 512KB for maximum performance.
This design eliminates system conflicts and end-user configuration problems.

For the embedded board market this means more memory, more processing might, and
more I/O can be packed tighter. The form factor dispenses with the complexity, cost,
and bulk of conventional motherboards, backplanes, and card cages. The embedded
single board computer in EM-586EBX also comes with the most popular PC/104-plus
self –stacking bus connector that suits the small form -factor board standards (compact
PC/104-plus 3.6 x 3.8-inch self-stacking, modular format.). Today, the basic PC
architecture is used in such diverse embedded applications as vending machines,
communications devices, portable systems, and medical equipment. Among
PC/104-plus standardizes the repackaging of desktop PC functions to satisfy the
ruggedness, reliability, and size constraints of embedded systems. PC/104-plus lets
you combine special-purpose embedded functions with the basic PC computing core.

Other on-board features include four serial ports (RS-232 and RS-232/422/485), one
multi-mode parallel (ECP/EPP/SPP) port, a floppy drive controller and a keyboard
interface and a PS/2 mouse interface. The built-in high speed PCI IDE controller
supports both PIO and bus master modes. Up to two IDE devices can be connected,
including large hard disks, CD-ROM drives, tape backup drives and other IDE devices.
Its 6-layer printed circuit board combines with noise-tolerant and low power
consumption CMOS technology applied on the board makes EM-586EBX able to
withstand any harsh industrial environments very well.

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1.1 SPECIFICATIONS

o Processor : Support Intel Low-power Embedded Pentium
Processor and Intel Pentium P54C/P55C, AMD
K5/K6, Cyrix M1/M2 series processor
o Chipset : Intel 430TX chipsets, CHIPS 69000, Genesys 518SM,
Realtek 8139A, ESS 1938 sound chip, Winbond
977EF & 877TF I/O compatible chips

o System Memory : One 168-pin DIMM socket that support up 256MB of
SDRAM / EDO DRAM

o Cache Memory : 512KB pipelined burst synchronous cache
o BIOS : 256KB Licensed Award Flash BIOS
o Flash Memory Disk : Reserved socket for DiskOnChip from M-System,

support up to 144 MB flash memory Disk or 32KB
SRAM

o VGA/LCD Controller : C&T 69000 LCD/CRT chipset on-die 2MB video
memory

o Ethernet Controller : On-board Realtek 8139A, support 100 BASE-TX
o Sound Output : On-board ESS 1938 PCI interface
o IDE Drive Interface : TWO PCI IDE ports, support up to four IDE devices

Ultra DMA/33

o Floppy Drive Interface : One FDD port, support up to two floppy devices
o Serial Port : Four COM ports for three RS-232 and one selectable

RS-232/422/485

o Parallel Port : One multi-mode parallel port (EPP/ECP/SPP)
o RTC Battery : Dallas RTC battery or compatible
o DMA : 8 DMA channels
o Interrupts : 16 levels of hardware interrupts
o External Power Connector : On-board 7-pin & 4-pin external power connector
o PC/104-Plus Expansion Bus : Built-in PC/104-Plus expansion Bus
o Watchdog Timer : 7 level time-out intervals (0.5/1/2/4/16/32/64 sec.)
o Universal Serial Bus : Support two USB ports
o IR Interface : Supports one IrDA header
o Health Monitoring : On-board Genesys 518SM, support CPU temperature

alarm

o Operating Temperature : 0°C~60°C
o Humidity : 10％~90％ RH

o Dimensions : 203 mm X 146 mm (8” X 53/4” inches)
o Net weight : 350 g (0.770 pounds)
o GPS Interface : Reserved Header for GPS Kit

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1.2 PACKING CHECK LIST

Before you begin to install your card, please make sure that you received the following
materials as listed below:

l Standard Packing：

Item Qty Remark

ŒEM-586EBX Embedded Single Board
Computer

•VGA/Audio/Lan/Genisys/Intel/BIOS
Drivers
ŽUser‘s manual 1 pc. EM-586EBX manual

1 pc. EM-586EBX SBC

1 pc. Drivers of CD-ROM

Note：All Option Kits are to be purchased separately
l Option (1)： EM-586EBXCB ( For V1.0 With P8/P9 Power Connector )

Item Qty Remark

ŒEIDE cable 1 pc. 44-pin narrow header to 40-pin standard header

•Floppy cable 1 pc. 34-pin standard header to 34-pin etch connector
ŽPrinter port cable 1 pc. 26-pin standard header to 25-pin female D-Sub

(Attached to standard I/O card bracket)

•CRT-2 cable 1 pc. 12-pin standard header to 15-pin/3-rows D-Sub

•Game port cable 1 pc. 16-pin standard header to 15-pin/2-rows D-Sub
‘PC/104-plus Mounting kit 1 set

4×brass spacer (25mm)
4×null
4×screws (M3×6)

l Option (2)： EM-586EBXCB ( For V1.1 With EBX Power Connector )

Item Qty Remark

ŒEIDE cable 1 pc. 44-pin narrow header to 40-pin standard header

•Floppy cable 1 pc. 34-pin standard header to 34-pin etch connector
ŽPrinter port cable 1 pc. 26-pin standard header to 25-pin female D-Sub

(Attached to standard I/O card bracket)

•CRT-2 cable 1 pc. 12-pin standard header to 15-pin/3-rows D-Sub

•Game port cable 1 pc. 16-pin standard header to 15-pin/2-rows D-Sub
‘EBX Power Transfer Cable 1 pc 7-pin+4-pin to P8/P9 12 pin Power Transfer Cable
’PC/104-plus Mounting kit 1 set

4×brass spacer (25mm)
4×null
4×screws (M3×6)

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sub connector,

COM1

JP1 ~~
JP8

CN2

CN3

CN1

JP8

JP4

2

44

43

1

USB2

KBMS1

l Option (3)： EM-UKMS-02 kit

Item Qty Remark

ŒEM-UKMS-02
(USB/Keyboard/Mouse/Sound cabled kit )

1× 44-pin to 44-pin thin flat ribbon female cable

1 set

1× U-K-M-S board 92.92×27.00 mm
(with 3×Sound phone jack, 1×6-pin PS/2
Keyboard connector, 1×6-pin PS/2 Mouse
and 2 x USB connector)

•Keyboard adapter cable 1 set 6-pin header to 5-pin AT keyboard connector

EM-UKMS-02 Kit Top View ：

UKMS1

MIC IN

SPEAK OUT

LINE OUT

MOUSE

K/BOARD

USB1

l Option (4)： EM-COM-01 or EM-COM-02 kit

Item Qty Remark

ŒEM-COM-01

1× 50-pin to 44-pin thin flat ribbon female cable

1 set

(COM cabled kit )

Item Qty Remark

ŒEM-COM-02
(COM cabled kit )

EM-COM-01 Kit Top View ：

2 44

CN1

CM1 CM2

COM1

COM2

JP3
JP2
JP1

COM3

1 2 2 1

3 3

COM4

1× Four COM port board 90.00×30.00 mm
(with 4×9-pin COM port female D-sub connector)

1× 50-pin to 50-pin thin flat ribbon female cable

1 set

1× Four COM port board 111.58×30.00 mm
(with 3×9-pin COM port female D­ and 1X10-pin COM port standard header)

EM-COM-02 Kit Top View ：

43 1

JP7
JP6
JP5

2
1

COM2

2
1
2
1

2
1

COM3

14
13

COM4

50

EM-COM-02

49

3
2
1

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l Option (5)： LCD Adapter Kit：[ for example：LK-XXX (XXX=001,002,……)]

Item Qty Remark

ŒLCD Adapter 1 pc. Please check LCD adapter list user’s manual

•LCD adapter list user’s manual 1 pc. LCD adapter list manual
ŽLCD/Flat-Panel adapter cable

(An Option Kit, please check your
requirement with the LCD Adapter List)

1 set Please check LCD adapter list user’s manual

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LAN2

LAN1

RY

CHAPTER 2.

JUMPER SETTINGS AND CONNECTORS

The Figure below shows the jumpers and connectors location on the EM-586EBX:

2.1 BOARD OUTLINE OF EM-586EBX

CN2

CN1

IDE1

IDE2

FDC1

IR1

J4
P9

J3

P8

CN3

LPT1

RTC

BATTE

¹

J2

LCD1

VGA1

ZV1

FAN2

Intel

CHIPS

B69000

82439TX

J1

PCON1

EM-586EBX

Intel

82371EB

JP12

FAN1

CON1

B

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2.2 JUMPER SETTING OVERVIEW

In order to select the operation modes of your system, configure and set the jumpers on
the your Embedded SBC to match the need of your application. To set a jumper, a
black plastic cap containing metal contacts is placed over the jumper pins as designated
by the required configuration as listed in this section. A jumper is said to be “ on ” or
“ 1-2 ” when the black cap has been placed on two of its pins, as show in the figure
below:

A pair of needle-nose pliers is recommended when working with jumpers. If you have
any doubts about the best hardware configuration for your application, contact your
local sales representative before you make any changes. In general, you simply need
a standard cable to make most connections.

2.3 INSTALLING THE DIMM MODULE:

A DIMM module simply snaps into a socket on the system board. Pin1 of the DIMM
module must correspond with Pin1 of the socket.

Pin1

Notch

Key

1.Position the DIMM above the socket with the “notch” in the module aligned with the
“key” on the socket.

2. Seat the module at a 90 angle into the bank. Make sure it is completely seated.
Tilt
the module upright until it locks in place in the socket.

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2.4 JUMPER LOCATION FOR EM-586EBX

JP8,JP9,JP10

JP2

JP1

JP3 JP5

JP4

EM-586EBX

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

JP13

JP11

JP12

JP14

JP20,JP21

1

1

3

3

2 1

J22

JP16

JP15

JP18

JP17

JP19

JP7

JP6

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2.5 JUMPER SETTINGS SUMMARY FOR EM-586EBX

JUMPERS

LOCATION FUNCTION

JP1 Select Panel Voltage
JP2 Select Panel Type
JP3 Select CPU External Bus Clock
JP4 Select CPU Vcore Voltage
JP5 Select Pentium Desktop CPU or Pentium Mobile CPU
JP6 Select Internal CPU Clock Ratio
JP7 Select Vio Voltage
JP8 Default Setting (1-2)
JP9 Default Setting (1-2)
JP10 Select Software Watch-Dog or Hardware Watch-Dog
JP11 Digital Input / Digital Output Ports
JP12 GPS Connector
JP13 Select Pentium Desktop CPU or Pentium Mobile CPU
JP14 Select Watch-Dog Timer
JP15 Select Disable / Enable COM 2
JP16 Select M-System Address and SRAM Address
JP17 Clear CMOS Jumper
JP18 Select M-System or SRAM Type
JP19 Select COM 2 Type
JP20 Select M-System or SRAM Type
JP21 Select M-System or SRAM Type
JP22 Select M-System or SRAM Type

EM-COM-01

JP5~JP8

EM-COM-02

JP1~JP8

Select COM4 Type
(EM-COM-01 JP1~JP4 Manufacturer Setting)
Select COM4 Type
(EM-COM-02 JP1~JP8 Manufacturer Setting)

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l JP1 : Select Panel Voltage

1024 X 768 DSTN

JP1 3 2

1

2 4 6 8

1 3 5 7

2 4 6 8

1 3 5 7

JP2

6 8

1 3 5 7

Panel Voltage JP1

5V ( Default ) 1-2

3.3V 2-3

Default :

l JP2 : Select Panel Type

3V

5V

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

3

JP1

2

3
2
1

1

JP1

Panel Type JP2

1280 X 1024 TFT 1-2,3-4,5-6

640 X 480 DSTN 1-2,3-4,7-8
800 X 600 DSTN 1-2,3-4

640 X 480 Sharp TFT 1-2,5-6,7-8

640 X 480 18 Bits TFT 1-2,5-6

1024 X 768 TFT 1-2,7-8

800 X 600 TFT 1-2
800 X 600 TFT 3-4,5-6,7-8

800 X 600TFT 3-4,5-6
800 X 600 DSTN 3-4,7-8
800 X 600 DSTN 3-4

1024 X 768 TFT 5-6,7-8

1280 X 1024 DSTN 5-6

1024 X 600 DSTN 7-8

1024 X 600 TFT OFF

1-2,3-4,5-6,7-8

1024X768 DSTN

1280X1024 TFT

640X480 DSTN

800X600 DSTN

640X480 Sharp TFT

640X480 18Bits TFT

1024X768 TFT

800X600 TFT

800X600 TFT

800X600 TFT

JP2

Note: Different type of LCD panel with the same

resolution will have different jumper
setting for selection.

Default :

2 4

JP2

800X600 DSTN

800X600 DSTN

1024X768TFT

1280X1024 DSTN

1024X600 DSTN

1024X600 TFT

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JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

JP3

JP3

l JP3 : Select CPU External Bus Clock

CPU External Bus

Clock

50 MHz 1-2,3-4,5-6
60 MHz 1-2

JP3

50MHz

60MHz

1
3
5

2
4
6

66.6 MHz (Default ) OFF

Default :

JP3
1
3

5

2
4
6

66.6MHz

CPU Speed Reference Table

CPU Speed (MHz) 75 90 100 120 133 150 166 200 233

Clock setting 50 60 66.6 60 66.6 60 66.6 66.6 66.6
Frequency ratio 1.5 1.5 1.5 2 2 2.5 2.5 3 3.5

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l JP4 : Select Vcore Voltage

1.84 V

JP4

7
5
3
1

JP4

3.04 V

3.44 V

Vcore Voltage JP4

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

1.34 V 9-10

1.44 V 3-4,9-10

1.54 V 5-6,9-10

1.64 V 3-4,5-6,9-10

1.74 V 7-8,9-10

1.84 V 3-4,7-8,9-10

1.94 V 5-6,7-8,9-10

2.04 V 3-4,5-6,7-8,
9-10

2.14 V 1-2

2.24 V 3-4

2.34 V 1-2,3-4

2.44 V 5-6

2.54 V 1-2,5-6

2.64 V 3-4,5-6

2.74 V 1-2,3-4,5-6,

2.84 V (Default) 7-8

1.34 V

1.44 V

1.54 V

1.64 V

1.74 V

1.94 V

2.64 V

2.74 V

2.84 V

10

8
6
4
2

3.54 V

JP4

9

Default :

2.94 V 1-2,7-8

3.04 V 3-4,7-8

3.14 V 1-2,3-4,7-8

3.24 V 5-6,7-8

3.34 V 1-2,5-6,7-8

3.44 V 3-4,5-6,7-8

3.54 V 1-2,3-4,5-6,7-8

JP4

10

8
6
4
2

9
7
5
3
1

JP4

2.04 V

2.14 V

2.24 V

2.34 V

2.44 V

2.54 V

2.94 V

3.14 V

3.24 V

3.34 V

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JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

Desktop

JP5 1 2

3

JP6

JP6

l

JP5 : Select Desktop Pentium CPU or Mobile Pentium CPU

JP5

Desktop Pentium 1-2

JP5

Mobile Pentium 2-3

Default :

Pentium

Mobile Pentium

l JP6 : Select Internal CPU Clock Ratio

1

2

1
2
3

3

JP5

Internal CPU Clock Ratio

1.5 X OFF

2.0 X 1-2

2.5 X (Default ) 1-2,3-4

3.0 X 3-4

3.5 X OFF

4.0 X 1-2,5-6

4.5 X 1-2,3-4,5-6

5.0 X 3-4,5-6

5.5 X 5-6

Intel Mobile Pentium CPU 266MHz
Intel Mobile Pentium CPU 166MHz

Default :

JP6

1

5

2

6

JP6

1-2,3-4

1-2,3-4,5-6

JP6

1.5 X

2.0 X

2.5 X

3.0 X

3.5 X

4.0 X

4.5 X

5.0 X

5.5 X

1
5

2
6

JP6

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l

JP7

6 5 4 2 3 1 6 5 4 2 3 6 5 4 2 3

1

6 5 4 2 3

1

JP10 1 2

JP7 : Select Vio Voltage

Voltage JP7

3.3V (default) 1-3,2-4

2.5V (Mobile CPU) 3-5,4-6

Default :

l JP8 : Default Setting ( 1-2 )
l JP9 : Default Setting ( 1-2 )

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

JP7

3.3V

2.5V

Note : Do not attempt to change the default setting of JP8 and JP9 unless the

manufacturer would like to change the specification.

l JP10 : Select Software Watch-Dog or Hardware Watch-Dog

Type JP10

JP10

3.0 X

JP10

Hardware ( Default ) 1-2

1
2

JP10

Default :

Software OFF

JP10

Hardware

Software

1
2

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JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

l JP11 : Digital Input / Digital Output Ports ( Header )

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

1 IN0 2 OUT0
3 IN1 4 OUT1
5 IN2 6 OUT2
7 IN3 8 OUT3
9 Ground 10 Ground

2

10

1

JP11

9

JP11

l

JP12 : GPS Connector

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

1 VCC 2 VCC
3 NC 4 NC
5 RESET 6 NC
7 NC 8 NC
9 NC 10 GND

11 RX 12 TX
13 GND 14 NC
15 NC 16 GND
17 GND 18 GND
19 NC 20 NC

1

2

JP12

19

20

JP12

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JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

Desktop

JP13 3 2

1

JP4

9
10
11
12

1
2
3

11 12

10

11

12

1

2

3

4

9 3.

l

JP13 : Select Desktop Pentium CPU or Mobile Pentium CPU

JP13

Desktop Pentium 1-2

JP13

Mobile Pentium 2-3

Default :

Pentium

Mobile Pentium

l JP14 : Select Watch-Dog Time Out Period

Time Out Period JP14

JP14

3

2

3
2
1

1

JP13

0.5 sec 1-5
1 sec 2-6
2 sec 3-7

4 sec ( Default ) 4-8

16 sec 7-11
32 sec 6-10
64 sec 5-9

Default :

0.5 SEC

1 SEC

2 SEC

4 SEC

16 SEC

32 SEC

64 SEC

1
2
3
4

10

9

JP14

JP14

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JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

JP15

4

1

12

11 10

3

2

1

12

11

10

9

4 3.

7
5
3
1

7
5
3
1

l JP15 : Select Disable or Enable COM2

Disable/Enable COM2 JP15

Enable ( Default ) 5-9,6-10,

7-11,8-12

Disable ( For GPS ) 1-5,2-6,3-7,4-8

Default :

11
10

9

3
2

t

Add extra connector for GPS port to
avoid interference component under
the High-Limit-Area of GPS Module

Enable

Disable

12

9

JP15

4
3
2
1

JP15

JP15

l JP16 : Select Disk On Chip ( Flash Disk ) & SRAM Address

Flash Disk Address JP16

CC00H~CDFFH 1-2,9-10

D000H~D1FFH 3-4,7-8

CC00H~CDFFH

D400H~D5FFH 3-4,9-10
D800H~D9FFH 5-6,7-8

D000H~D1FFH

DC00H~DDFFH 5-6,9-10

Select SRAM Address

D000H~D7FFH 3-4

D400H~D5FFH

D800H~DFFFH 5-6

Default :

10

8
6
4
2

JP16

9

JP16

D800H~D9FFH

DC00H~DDFFH

SRAM Address
D000H~D7FFH

JP16

10

8
6
4
2

SRAM Address
D800H~DFFFH

9

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l JP17 : Clear CMOS Jumper

JP17

1

2

1

JP19 2354

6

1

JP18 2356

32KX8 SRAM

Disk On

3

5

4

Clear CMOS Jumper JP17

Normal OFF

Clear CMOS 1-2

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

Normal JP17

2 1

Default :

Clear CMOS

JP17

l JP18 : Select M-System or SRAM Type

Select Type JP18

Disk On Chip OFF

32K X 8 SRAM 28 Pin 1-3,2-4

Chip

Default :

28 Pin

JP18

1 2

JP17

JP18

6
4
2

1

6
4
2

JP18

5
3
1

l JP19 : Select COM2 Type

COM2 Type JP19

RS-232 (Default) 1-2

RS-422 3-4
RS-485 5-6

Default :

JP19

RS-232

RS-422

RS-485

JP19

6
4
2

5
3
1

6
4
2

JP19

5
3
1

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JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

JP20

1

2

32Kx8 SRAM

Disk On

JP21 32

1

32KX8 SRAM

Disk On

2 1 3

JP22 32

1

32KX8 SRAM

Disk On

JP22

l JP20 : Select M-System or SRAM Type

Select Type JP20

DISK On Chip OFF

32K X 8 SRAM 28 Pin 1-2

Default :

JP20

l JP21 : Select M-System or SRAM Type

Select Type JP21

Disk On Chip 1-2

32K X 8 SRAM 28 Pin 2-3

Default :

JP21

Chip

28 Pin

Chip

28 Pin

2 1

JP20

1 2

JP20

JP21

1
2
3

1
2
3

JP21

l JP22 : Select M-System or SRAM Type

Select Type JP21

Disk On Chip 1-2

32K X 8 SRAM 28 Pin 2-3

Default :

JP22

Chip

28 Pin

JP22

1
2
3

1
2
3

1
2
3

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JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

2

1

COM1

COM2

JP1 ~~
JP8

COM3

COM4

2

1

2 1 2 1 14

13

50

49

2

1

3
CN2

CN3

CN1

2

44

43

1

CM1

CM2

JP8

JP4

l EM-COM-01 Jumper Setting：

1. JP1~JP4：Manufacturer Setting

2. JP5~JP8：Select COM4 Type

COM4 Type JP5 JP6 JP7 JP8

RS-232 (Default)

RS-422 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3

1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2

RS-485 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3

l EM-COM-02 Jumper Setting：

1. JP1~JP8：Manufacturer Setting

EM-COM-01 Kit Top View ：

CN1

JP3

COM1

JP2
JP1

COM2

COM3

1 2 2 1

3 3

COM4

JP7
JP6
JP5

EM-COM-02 Kit Top View ：

EM-COM-02

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LAN2

LAN1

2.6 I/O Connector Location for EM-586EBX

VGA1

FAN1

J2

FAN2

ZV1

LCD1

B

EM-586EBX

CON1

CON2

PCON1

FDC1

J4

J3

P8 or PS1

LPT1

CN3

PS2

P9

J1

CN2

CN1

IDE1

IR1

CON3

IDE2

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2.7 I/O Connector Summary of EM-586EBX

CONNECTORS

LOCATION FUNCTION

J1 LAN LED & Sound Switch
J2 SM_BOS Signal
J3 System Switch and LED
J4 System Switch and LED
IR1 Alternate IrDA
FAN1 FAN1 Connector
FAN2 FAN2 Connector
PS1 EBX Power Connector
PS2 -5V & -12V Power Connector
P8 External Power Connector
P9 External Power Connector
CN3 COM1~COM4 Connector ( Header )
CN1 CD_IN, MIC_IN, LIN_IN, Mouse, Keyboard, USB1, USB2 Connector
LCD1 Panel LCD Connector ( Header )
FDC1 Floppy Interface Connector ( Header )
LPT1 Parallel Port Connector ( Header )
IDE1,IDE2 EIDE Interface Connector ( Header )
VGA1 External VGA Connector ( Header )
LAN1,LAN2 LAN Connector ( Header,RJ45 )
CN2 GAME Port Connector ( Header )

CON2、CON3
ZV1 ZV Port Connector

PCON1 PC/104-Plus Connector
CON1 Manufacturer Setting ( For Pre-Load Watch-Dog on Factory )

PC/104 Connector

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2.8 I/O CONNECTORS DESCRIPTION

l J1 : LAN LED & Sound Switch

J1 Connector Description

Pin 1 & Pin 7 of J1 10M LED
Pin 2 & Pin 8 of J1 RX-TX ACT LED
Pin 3 & Pin 9 of J1 100M LED

Pin 5 & Pin 11 of J1 VOL+ SW

Pin 6 & Pin 12 of J1 VOL- SW

J1 Pin No. Signal J1 Pin No. Signal

1 10M 7 VCC
2 RX-TX 8 VCC
3 100M 9 VCC
4 Ground 10 NC
5 Ground 11 VOL+

6 Ground 12 VOL-

6 12

7 1

J1

l J2 : SM_BOS Signal

Pin No. Description

Pin 1 SMBCLK
Pin 2 SMBDATA

1 2

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l J3 : System Switch and LED

J4 Connector Description

Pin 1 ~ Pin 2 of J3 Power LED
Pin 3 ~ Pin 4 of J3 HDD LED
Pin 5 ~ Pin 6 of J3 Reset SW

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10 2

Pin 7 ~ Pin 8 of J3 Used Internal Buzzer

Pin 7 ~ Pin 10 of J3 External Speaker

l J4 : System Switch and LED

J4 Connector Description

Pin 1 ~ Pin 2 of J4 Power LED
Pin 3 ~ Pin 4 of J4 HDD LED
Pin 5 ~ Pin 6 of J4 Reset SW
Pin 7 ~ Pin 8 of J4 Used Internal Buzzer

Pin 7 ~ Pin 10 of J4 External Speaker

1 10

J4

1 9

J3

l IR1 : Alternate IrDa

Pin No. Description

1 VCC
2 FIRRX
3 IRRX
4 GND
5 IRTX

5
4

3
2
1

IR1

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l FAN1 : FAN1 Connector

Pin No. Description

1 Ground
2 +12V
3 FAN Status

1 2 3

FAN1

l FAN2 : FAN2 Connector

Pin No. Description

1 Ground
2 +12V
3 FAN Status

1 2 3

FAN2

l

PS1 :Ext Power Connector ( P8/P9 and PS1 can’t exist at same time)

Pin-NO PS1

1 +5V
2 GND
3 GND
4 +12V
5 NC
6 GND
7 +5V

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l

PS2 :Ext Power Connector

Pin-NO PS2

1 GND
2 -5V
3 GND
4 -12V

l P8 : External Power Connector

Pin No. Description

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

6 GND
5 GND
4 -12V
3 +12V
2 VCC
1 PWG

l P9 : External Power Connector

Pin No. Description

6 VCC
5 VCC

4 5 6 3 1 2

P8

4 5 6 3 1 2

4 VCC
3 -5V
2 GND

P9

1 GND

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l CN3 : COM1 ~ COM4 Connector

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

1 DCD1# 2 DSR1#
3 SIN1 4 RTS1#
5 SOUT1# 6 CTS1#
7 DTR1# 8 RI1#
9 COMGND 10 COMGND

11 DCD4# 12 DSR4#
13 SIN4 14 RTS4#
15 SOUT4# 16 CTS4#

17 DTR4# 18 RI4#
19 COMGND 20 COMGND
21 DCD3# 22 DSR3#
23 SIN3 24 RTS3#
25 SOUT3# 26 CTS3#
27 DTR3# 28 RI3#
29 COMGND 30 COMGND
31 NC 32 NC
33 NC 34 NC
35 COMGND 36 COMGND
37 DCD2# 38 DSR2#
39 SIN2 40 RTS2#
41 SOUT2# 42 CTS2#
43 DTR2# 44 RI2#
45 COMGND 46 COMGND
47 485TXD+ 48 485TXD­49 485RXD+ 50 485RXD-

1

50

CN3

2

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l CN1 : CD_IN, MIC_IN, LIN_IN, Mouse, Keyboard, USB1, USB2 Connector

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

1 R-CDI 2 AGND1
3 L-CDI 4 AGND1
5 MIC-IN 6 AGND1
7 AGND1 8 LINER
9 LIN-L 10 AGND1

11 LINEL 12 LIN-R
13 AGND1 14 AGND1
15 AGND1 16 HO-L
17 AGND1 18 AGND1
19 HO-R 20 AGND1

21 AGND1 22 LO-R
23 AGND1 24 AGND1
25 LO-L 26 AGND1
27 KB_GND 28 VCCF
29 MSDATA 30 MSCLK
31 KB_GND 32 VCCF
33 KBDATA 34 KBCLK
35 Ground 36 Ground
37 VUSB1 38 VUSB2
39 USB1- 40 USB2­41 USB1+ 42 USB2+
43 USGND 44 USGND

2 44

1

CN1

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l LCD1 : Panel LCD Connector ( Header )

PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL

A1 P0 B1 P15
A2 P1 B2 P31
A3 P2 B3 P16
A4 P24 B4 P17
A5 P3 B5 P18
A6 P4 B6 P32
A7 P25 B7 GND
A8 GND B8 SCLK
A9 P5 B9 GND

A10 P6 B10 DE

A11 P26 B11 FLM
A12 P7 B12 LP
A13 P8 B13 GND
A14 GND B14 P19
A15 P27 B15 P20
A16 P9 B16 GND
A17 P10 B17 P21
A18 P28 B18 P22
A19 P11 B19 P33
A20 GND B20 P23
A21 P12 B21 P34
A22 P29 B22 ENBKL
A23 P13 B23 P35
A24 P30 B24 ENAVEE
A25 P14 B25 VCC
A26 ENAVEE B26 VCC

A1

B1

LCD1

B26

A26

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33

l FDC1 : Floppy Interface Connector ( Header )

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

1 Ground 2 Density Select
3 Ground 4 NC
5 Ground 6 DS1
7 Ground 8 Index #
9 Ground 10 Motor Enable A #

11 Ground 12 Drive Select B #
13 Ground 14 Drive Select A #
15 Ground 16 Motor Enable B #
17 Ground 18 Direction #
19 Ground 20 Step #

21 Ground 22 Write Data #
23 Ground 24 Write Gate #
25 Ground 26 Track 0 #
27 Ground 28 Write Protect #
29 NC 30 Read Data #
31 Ground 32 Head Side Select #
33 NC 34 Disk Change #

2 34

1

FDC1

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26 13

l LPT1 : Parallel Port Connector ( Header )

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

1 Strobe # 14 Auto Form Feed
2 Data 0 15 Error #
3 Data 1 16 Initialize #
4 Data 2 17 Printer Select IN #
5 Data 3 18 Ground
6 Data 4 19 Ground
7 Data 5 20 Ground
8 Data 6 21 Ground
9 Data 7 22 Ground

10 Acknowledge # 23 Ground

11 Busy 24 Ground
12 Paper Empty 25 Ground
13 Printer Select 26 Ground

14

1

LPT1

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43

l IDE1,IDE2 : IDE Interface Connector ( Header )

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

1 Reset # 2 Ground
3 Data 7 4 Data 8
5 Data 6 6 Data 9
7 Data 5 8 Data 10
9 Data 4 10 Data 11

11 Data 3 12 Data 12
13 Data 2 14 Data 13
15 Data 1 16 Data 14
17 Data 0 18 Data 15
19 Ground 20 NC
21 DMA REQ # 22 Ground
23 IOW # 24 Ground
25 IOR # 26 Ground
27 IOCHRDY 28 Ground
29 DMA ACK # 30 Ground
31 Interrupt 32 NC
33 SA 1 34 NC
35 SA 0 36 SA 2
37 HDC CS 0# 38 HDC CS 1#
39 HDD Active 40 Ground
41 VCC 42 VCC
43 Ground 44 NC

2 44

1

IDE1,IDE2

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l VGA1 : External VGA Connector ( Header )

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

1 R 7 Ground
2 G 8 Ground
3 B 9 Ground
4 H-SYNC 10 Ground
5 V-SYNC 11 Ground
6 DDDA 12 DDCK

6 12

l LAN1 : LAN Connector ( Header )

Pin No. Description

1 TX+
2 TX­3 RX+
4 T45
5 T45

6 RX­7 T78

J1

7 1

10 2

LAN1

1 9

8 T78
9 NC

10 NC

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l LAN2 : LAN Connector ( RJ-45 )

Pin No. Description

1 TX+
2 TX­3 RX+
4 T45
5 T45

6 RX­7 T78
8 T78

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LAN2

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l CN2 : GAME Port Connector ( Header )

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

1 VCC 2 VCC
3 SWA 4 SWC
5 OA 6 OC
7 Ground 8 MIDI_OUT
9 Ground 10 OD

11 OB 12 SWD
13 SWB 14 MIDI_IN
15 VCC 16 Ground

15

1

16

2

CN2

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l CON2 , CON3 : PC/104 Connector

Pin No.

CON2 CON3

Row A Row B Row C Row D

1 IOCHCK# Ground Ground Ground
2 SD7 RSTDRV SBHE# MEMCS16#
3 SD6 +5V LA23 IOCS16#
4 SD5 IRQ9 LA22 IRQ10
5 SD4 -5V LA21 IRQ11
6 SD3 DRQ2 LA20 IRQ12
7 SD2 -12V LA19 IRQ15
8 SD1 0 WS# LA18 IRQ14
9 SD0 +12V LA17 DACK0#

10 IOCHRDY NC MEMR# DRQ0

11 AEN SMEMW# MEMW# DACK5#
12 SA19 SMEMR# SD8 DRQ5
13 SA18 IOW# SD9 DACK6#
14 SA17 IOR# SD10 DRQ6
15 SA16 DACK3# SD11 DACK7#
16 SA15 DRQ3 SD12 DRQ7
17 SA14 DACK1# SD13 +5V
18 SA13 DRQ1 SD14 MASTER#
19 SA12 REFRESH# SD15 Ground
20 SA11 SYSCLK NC Ground
21 SA10 IRQ7 --- --­22 SA9 IRQ6 --- --­23 SA8 IRQ5 --- --­24 SA7 IRQ4 --- --­25 SA6 IRQ3 --- --­26 SA5 DACK2# --- --­27 SA4 TC --- --­28 SA3 BALE --- --­29 SA2 +5V --- --­30 SA1 OSC --- --­31 SA0 Ground --- --­32 Ground Ground --- ---

Description

B

33

A

1

D

21

CON2

CON3

64
32

40
20 C 1

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l

PCON 1 : PC/104-Plus Connector

Pin-NO Description Pin-

Description Pin-NO Description Pin-NO Description

NO

A1 KEY2 B1 NC C1 VCC D1 AD0
A2 VCC B2 AD2 C2 AD1 D2 VCC
A3 AD5 B3 GND C3 AD4 D3 AD3
A4 C/BE-0 B4 AD7 C4 GND D4 AD6
A5 GND B5 AD9 C5 AD8 D5 GND
A6 AD11 B6 VCC C6 AD10 D6 M66EN
A7 AD14 B7 AD13 C7 GND D7 AD12
A8 VCC3 B8 C/BE-1 C8 AD15 D8 VCC3

A9 SERR- B9 GND C9 SBO- D9 PAR
A10 GND B10 PERR- C10 VCC3 D10 SDONE
A11 STOP- B11 VCC3 C11 LOCK- D11 GND
A12 VCC3 B12 TRDY- C12 GND D12 DEVSEL­A13 FRAME- B13 GND C13 IRDY- D13 VCC3
A14 GND B14 AD16 C14 VCC3 D14 C/BE-2
A15 AD18 B15 VCC3 C15 AD17 D15 GND
A16 AD21 B16 AD20 C16 GND D16 AD19
A17 VCC3 B17 AD23 C17 AD22 D17 VCC3
A18 IDSL0 B18 GND C18 IDSL1 D18 IDSL2
A19 AD24 B19 C/BE-3 C19 VCC D19 IDSL3
A20 GND B20 AD26 C20 AD25 D20 GND
A21 AD29 B21 VCC C21 AD28 D21 AD27
A22 VCC B22 AD30 C22 GND D22 AD31
A23 REQ-0 B23 GND C23 REQ-1 D23 VCC
A24 GND B24 REQ-2 C24 VCC D24 GNT-0
A25 GNT-1 B25 VCC C25 GNT-2 D25 GND
A26 VCC B26 PCICLK0 C26 GND D26 PCICLK1
A27 PCICLK2 B27 VCC C27 PCICLK3 D27 GND
A28 GND B28 PIRQ-D C28 VCC D28 PCIRST­A29 +12V B29 PIRQ-A C29 PIRQ-B D29 PIRQ-C
A30 -12V B30 NC C30 NC D30 KEY1

D1

C1
B1

A1

PCON1

D30
C30

B30

A30

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Award‘s ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup program that allows user to modify the
basic system configuration and settings. The modified data will be stored in a
battery-backed CMOS RAM so that these data will be retained even when the power is
turned off. In general, the information saved in the CMOS RAM stay unchanged
unless there is configuration change in the system, such as hard drive replacement or
new equipment is installed.

3.1 RUNNING AWARD BIOS

The Setup Utility is stored in the BIOS ROM. When the power of the computer system
is turned on, a screen message appears to give you an opportunity to call up the Setup
Utility; while the BIOS will enter the Power On Self Test (POST) routines. The POST
routines perform various diagnostic checks while initializing the board hardware. If the
routines encounter an error during the tests, the error will be reported in either of the
two different ways, hear a series of short beeps or see an error message on the screen
display. There are two kinds of error: fatal or non-fatal. The system can usually
continue to boot up sequence with the non-fatal errors. Non-fatal error messages
usually appear on the screen along with the following instructions:

“ Press <F1> to RESUME ”

Write down the message and press the F1 key to continue the bootup sequence. After
the POST routines are completed, the following message appears:

“ Press DEL to enter SETUP ”

Entering Setup

Turn on the power of the computer system and press <Del> immediately. If you don’t
have the chance to respond, reset the system by simultaneously typing the <Ctrl>, <Alt>
and <Delete> keys, or by pushing the ‘ Reset ’ button on the system cabinet. You can
also restart by turning the system OFF then ON.

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3.2 CMOS SETUP UTILITY

To access the AWARD BIOS SETUP program, press the <DEL> key. The screen
display will appears as :

Main Program Screen

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59IL7M)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

BIOS FEATURES SETUP
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION
LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS
ESC : Quit á â à ß : Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type....

This screen provides access to the utility‘s various functions.

Listed below are explanation of the keys displayed at the bottom of the screen:

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
USER PASSWORD
IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT
SAVE & EXIT SETUP
EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

<ESC> : Exit the utility.

<á â à ß> : Use arrow keys á â à ß to move cursor to your desired selection.

<F10> : Saves all changes made to Setup and exits program.

<Shift> <F2> : Changes background and foreground colors.

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64512K

3.3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP

When you select the “STANDARD CMOS SETUP” on the main program, the screen
display will appears as :

Standard CMOS Setup Screen

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS(2A59IL7M)

STANDARD CMOS SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Date
Time

HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
Primary Master : Auto
Primary Slave : Auto

Drive A : 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B : None

Floppy 3 Mode Support : Drive A

Video
Halt On
ESC : Quit á â à ß : Select Item PU / PD / + / - : Modify
F1 : Help (Shift ) F2 : Change Color

(hh : mm : ss)

: EGA/VGA
: All Error

: Mon, Aug 24 1998
: 14 : 59 : 24

0 0 0 0 0 AUTO
0 0 0 0 0 AUTO

Base Memory
Extended Memory
Other Memory
Total Memory :

:
:
:

65536K

640K

384K

The Standard CMOS Setup utility is used to configure the following components such
as date, time, hard disk drive, floppy drive, display and memory. Once a field is
highlighted, on-line help information is displayed in the left bottom of the Menu screen.

Set Date : Month, Date, Year.

Set Time : Hour, Minute and Second. Use 24-hour clock format (for p.m. time, add 12

to the hour number, you would enter 4:30 p.m. as 16:30). When you select the
“STANDARD CMOS SETUP” on the main program, the screen display will appears as:

Hard Disks : There are four hard disks listed: “Primary Master”, “Primary Slave”,
“Secondary Master” and “Secondary Slave”. For each IDE channel, the first device is

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the “Master” and the second device is “Slave”. Hard disk types from 1 to 45 are the
standard ones. To select or change the configuration, move the cursor to the desired
position and press <Page Up> or <Page Down> to change the option : (1) Press “Auto”
for IDE HDD auto detection, (2) Press “User” for user definable, and Press “None” for
not installed (e.g. SCSI). There are six categories of information that you must enter
for a HDD: “CYLS.” for (number of cylinders), “HEADS” for (number of heads),
“PRECOMP” for (write pre-compensation), “LANDZ” for (landing zone), “SECTOR” for
(number of sectors) and ”MODE“ for (Normal, LBA, LARGE and AUTO). The hard disk
vendor‘s or system manufacturer’s documentation should provide you with the drive
specifications. For an IDE hard drive, you can set “TYPE” to “Auto” or use the “IDE
HDD AUTO DETECTION” utility in the main program screen to enter the drive
specifications.

Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications:
l Type : The BIOS contains a table of pre-defined drive types. Each defined drive

type has specified number of cylinders, number of heads, write compensation factor,
landing zone, and number of sectors. Drives whose specifications do not
accommodate any pre-defined type are classified as type USER.

l Size : Disk drive capacity (approximate). Note that this size is usually slightly

greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a diskchecking program.

l Cyls : Number of cylinders.
l Head : Number of heads.
l Precomp : Write precompensation cylinder
l Landz : Landing zone.
l Sector : Number of sectors.
l Mode : Auto, Normal, Large, or LBA.

· Auto: The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode.

· Normal: Maximum number of cylinders, heads, and sectors supported are 1024,
16, and 63.

· Large: For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders.

· LBA (Logical Block Addressing): During drive accesses, the IDE controller
transforms that data address described by sector, head, and cylinder number
into a physical block address, significantly improving data transfer rates. For
drives with greater 1024 cylinders.

The AWARD BIOS supports three HDD modes: NORMAL, LBA and LARGE.

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NORMAL mode : This is a Generic Access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE
controller will make any transformation during the accession. The maximum HDD size
is supported by the NORMAL mode that is 528 Megabytes.

LBA mode : This is a Logical Block Addressing mode which is a HDD accessing
method to overcome the 528 Megabytes restriction. The number of cylinders, heads
and sectors that are shown in setup may not be the physical number contained in the
HDD.
During the HDD accessing, the IDE controller will transform the logical address that is
described by the cylinder, head and sector numbers into its own physical address as
contained inside the HDD. The maximum HDD size that is supported by the LBA
mode is 8.4 Gigabytes.

LARGE mode : Some IDE HDD contains more than 1024 cylinders without the LBA
support. This access mode tricks DOS (or other OS) with the number of cylinders that
is less than 1024 by dividing it by 2. At the same time, the number of heads is multiplied
by 2. A reverse transformation process will be made inside INT13H in order to access
to the right HDD address. The maximum HDD size that is supported by the LARGE
mode is 1 Gigabytes.

Note : 1. To support LBA or LARGE mode, there are softwares located in the AWARD

HD Service Routine“INT13H”. It may fail to access a HDD with LBA or
LARGE modes selected if you are running under an Operating System that
replaces the whole INT13H service routine.

2. Entering incorrect drive specifications will result in a hard disk drive that will
function improperly or no function at all.

Drive A and Drive B : Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive(s) installed
in the computer.
None No diskette drive installed
360K, 5.25 in 5-1/4 inch PC-type standard drive; 360 kilobyte capacity

1.2M, 5.25 in 5-1/4 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2 megabyte capacity

720K, 3.5in 3 1-2 inch double-sided drive; 720 kilobyte capacity

1.44M, 3.5 in 3 1-2 inch double-sided drive; 1.44 megabyte capacity

2.88M, 3.5 in 3 1-2 inch double-sided drive; 2.88 megabyte capacity

Note : 1. Not Installed could be used as an option for diskless workstations..

2. Highlight the listing after each drive name and select the appropriate entry.

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Floppy 3 Mode Support : When Enabled, the BIOS supports a type of 3.5-inch diskette
drive that can read 720-KB, 1.2-MB, and 1.44-MB diskettes.

Video : Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer. The BIOS
usually detects the correct video type autom atically. The BIOS supports a secondary
video subsystem, but you do not select it in Setup.
EGA/VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter/Video Graphics Array.

For EGA, VGA, SEGA, SVGA or PGA monitor adapters.
CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 40 column mode
CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 80 column mode
MONO Monochrome adapter, includes high resolution monochrome adapters

Halt On : During the power-on-self-test (POST), the computer stops if the BIOS detects
a hardware error. You can tell the BIOS to ignore certain errors POST and continue
the boot-up process. These are the selections:

No errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system will not be

stopped and you will be prompted
All errors The system boot will be stopped for any error that may be detected.
All, But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error ; it will stop for all

Other errors.
All, But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error ; it will stop for all other

Errors.
All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error ; it will stop

for all other errors.

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Typematic Rate (Chars Sec.)

: Select

OS Select For DRAM

3.4 BIOS Features Setup

When you select the “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” on the main program, the screen
display will appears as:

BIOS Features Setup Screen

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59IL7M)

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC

Virus Warning : Disabled Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled
CPU Internal Cache : Enabled C8000 -CBFFF Shadow : Disabled
External Cache : Enabled CC000 -CFFFF Shadow : Disabled
Quick Power On Self Test : Enabled D0000 -D3FFF Shadow : Disabled
Boot Sequence : A,C,SCSI D4000 -D7FFF Shadow : Disabled
Swap Floppy Drive : Disabled D8000 -DBFFF Shadow : Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek : Disabled DC000 -DFFFF Shadow : Disabled
Boot Up NumLock Status : On Cyrix 6X86/MII CPUID : Enabled
Boot Up System Speed : High
Gate A20 Option : Fast
Typematic Rate Setting : Disabled

Typematic Delay (M/Sec) : 250
Security Option : Setup
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop : Disabled
Assign IRQ For DRAM : Disabled ESC : Quit

>64MB
F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults

: 6

áâàß

Item

: Non-OS/2 F1 : Help PU /PD /+/ - : Modify

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

The following explains the options for each of the features as listed in the above menu:

Virus Warning : The default setting of the Virus Warning is “Disabled”. When it is
enabled, any attempt to write the boot sector and partition table will halt the system and
cause a warning message to appear. If this happens, you can use an anti-virus utility

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on a virus free, bootable floppy diskette to reboot, to clean and to investigate your
system.
CPU Internal Cache : The default setting is “Enabled”. This setting enables the CPU
internal cache .

External Cache : The default setting is “Enabled”. This setting enables the external
cache.
Quick Power On Self Test : The default setting is “Enabled”. This speeds up the
Power On Self Test (POST) by skipping some items that are normally checked during
the full POST. If your system is functioning normally, you can choose this feature to
speed the booting process.

Boot Sequence : The default setting is “C:,A:”; the other options are “CDROM, C, A”
and “A, C” and “C, CDROM, A”. This setting determines where the computer looks first
for an operating system, the hard disk, or the floppy disk, … or other. The BIOS will
load the operating system from the disk drives in the sequence as selected here.

Swap Floppy Drive : The default setting is “Disabled”. This setting gives you an
option to swap A and B floppy disks. Normally, the floppy drive A is the one at the end
of the cable and drive B is at the other end. If you set this option to “Enabled”, the
Drive A will function as Drive B, and vice-versa under the DOS.

Boot Up Floppy Seek : The defaults setting is “Disabled”. When enabled, the BIOS
will check whether there is a floppy disk drive installed.

Boot Up Numlock Status : The default setting is “On”. If set “Off”, the cursor controls
will function on the numeric keypad.

Boot Up System Speed : Select High to boot at the default CPU speed; select Low to
boot at the speed of the AT bus. Some add-in peripherals or old software (such as old
games) may require a slow CPU speed. The default setting is “High”.

Gate A20 Option : The default setting is “Fast”. This is the optimal setting for the CPU
card. The other option is “Normal”.

Typematic Rate Setting : The default setting is “Disabled”. If enabled, you can set the
typematic rate and typematic delay.

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Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) : This setting controls the speed at which the system
registers the repeated keystrokes. The choices range from 6 to 30 Chars/Sec. The
default setting is “6” Chars/Sec.

Typematic Delay (Msec) : This setting controls the time between the display of the first
and second characters. There are four delay choices: 250ms, 500ms, 750ms and
1000ms. The default setting is “250” ms.
Security Option : This setting controls the password in the main screen. The options
are “Setup” and “System”. Select “Setup” and it will protect the Setup Utility settings
from being tampered with. Select “System” if you want to use password feature every
time the system boots up. The default setting is “Setup”. You can create your password
by using the “SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD” utility on the main program screen.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop : The default setting is “Disabled”. Set to “Enable” if any ISA
adapter card installed requires VGA palette snooping.

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB : The default setting is “Non-OS2”. Set to “OS2” if the
system memory size is greater than 64MB and the operating system is OS/2.

Video BIOS Shadow : The default setting is “Enabled” which will copy the VGA display
card BIOS into system DRAM to improve performance.

C8000-CBFFF Shadow to DC000-DFFFF Shadow : The default setting for the shadow
feature is “Disabled”. When enabled, the ROM with the specific address is copied into
system DRAM. It will also reduce the size of memory available to the system. After
you have made your selection in the BIOS FEATURES SETUP, press the <ESC> key to
go back to the main program screen.

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3.5 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

When you select the “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” on the main program, the screen
display will appears as:

Chipset Features Setup Screen

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59IL7M)

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
AUTO Configuration : Enabled Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Enabled
DRAM Timing : 70 ns Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabled
CPU Warning Temperature : Disabled
DRAM Leadoff Timing : 10 / 6 / 4 Current CPU Temperature

DRAM Read Burst (EDO/FP) : x333/x444 Current CPUFAN Speed : 3934 RPM
DRAM Write Burst Timing : x333 Current SYSFAN Speed : 4210 RPM
Fast EDO Lead Off : Disabled Current VCORE (V) : 1.90 V
Refresh RAS# Assertion : 5 Clks Current VCC3 (V) : 3.28 V
Fast RAS To CAS Delay : 3 Current +12V (V) : 11.16 V
DRAM Page Idle Timer : 2 Clks Current VCC (V) : 5.00 V
DRAM Enhanced Paging : Enabled
Fast MA to RAS# Delay : 2 Clks
SDRAM (CAS Lat/RAS-to-CAS) : 3 / 3
SDRAM Speculative Read : Disabled
System BIOS Cacheable : Enabled
Video BIOS Cacheable : Enabled ESC : Quit
8 Bit I /O Recovery Time : 1 F1 : Help PU /PD /+/ - : Modify
16 Bit I /O Recovery Time : 2 F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color
Memory Hole At 15M-16M : Disabled F6 : Load BIOS Defaults

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PCI 2.1 Compliance : Disabled F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Auto Configuration : The default setting is “Enabled” which will optimize DRAM timing
automatically depending on whether the DRAM used is either 70ns or 60ns. The other
option is “Disabled” which allows you to change DRAM timing manually.

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DRAM Timing : The va lue in this field depends on the performance parameters of the
installed memory chips (DRAM). Do not change the value from the factory settings
unless you install new memory that has a different performance rating than the original
DRAMs.

DRAM Leadoff Timing : Select the combination of CPU clocks the DRAM on your
board requires before each reach from or write to the memory. Changing the value
from the setting determined by the board designer for the installed DRAM may cause
memory errors.
DRAM Read Burst (EDO/FP) : Sets the timing for reads from EDO (Extended Data
Output) or FPM (Fast Page Mode) memory. The lower the timing numbers, the faster
the system addresses memory. Selecting timing numbers lower than the installed
DRAM is able to support can result in memory errors.

DRAM Write Burst Timing : Your system designer should select the timing that the
system uses when reading from and writing to DRAM. Do not reset from the factory
default value.

Fast EDO Lead Off : Select Enabled only for EDO DRAMs in either a synchronous
cache or a cacheless system. It causes a 1-HCLK pull-in for all read leadoff latencies
for EDO DRAMs (i.e., page hits, page misses, and row misses). Select Disabled if any
of the DRAM rows are populated with FPM DRAMs.

Refresh RAS# Assertion : Select the number of clock cycles in which RAS# is
asserted for refresh cycles.

Fast RAS to CAS Delay : This field lets you insert a timing delay between the CAS and
RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast
gives faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance. This field applies
only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.

DRAM Page Idle Timer : Select the amount of time in HCLKs that the DRAM controller
waits to close a DRAM page after the CPU becomes idle.

DRAM Enhanced Paging : When Enable, the chipset keeps the page open until a
page/row miss. When Disabled, the chipset uses additional information to keep the
DRAM page open when the host may be “right back”.

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Fast MA to RAS# Delay Clk : The values in this field are set by the system board
designer, depending on the DRAM installed. Do not change the values in this field
unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM or installed CPU.

SDRAM (CAS Lat/RAS-to-CAS) : You can select a combination of CAS latency and
RAS-CAS delay in HCLKs of 2/2 or 3/3. The system board designer should set the
values in this field, depending on the DRAM installed. Do not change the values in this
field unless you change specification of the installed DRAM or the installed CPU.

SDRAM Speculative Read : The chipset can “ speculate” on a DRAM read address,
thus reducing read latencies. The CPU issues a read request containing the data
memory address. The DRAM controller receives the request. When this field is Enable,
the controller issues the read command slightly before it has finished decoding the data
address.

System BIOS Cacheable : Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM
at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program
writes to this memory area, a system error may result.

Video BIOS Cacheable : Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at
C0000h to C7FFFh, resulting in better video performance. However, if any program
writes to this memory area, a system eror may result.

8/16 Bit I/O Recovery Time : The I/O recovery mechanism adds bus clock cycles
between PCI-originated I/O cycles to the ISA bus. This delay takes place because the
PCI bus is so much faster than the ISA bus. These two fields let you add recovery
time (in bus clock cycles) for 16-bit and 8-bit I/O.

Memory Hole At 15M-16M : You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA
adapter ROM. When this area is reserved, it cannot be cached. The user information of
peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their
memory reqirements.

PCI 2.1 Compliance : The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to
support delay transactions cycles. Select Enable to support compliance with PCI
specification version 2.1.

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Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk : The default setting is “Enabled”. To reduce the
occurrence of electromagnetic interference (EMI), the BIOS detects the presence or
absence of components of DIMM and PCI slots and turns off system clock generator
pulses to empty slots.

CPU Warning Temperature : The default setting is “66oC/151oF”. Select the
combination of lower and upper limits for the CPU temperature. If the CPU
temperature extends beyond either limit, any warning mechanism programmed into your
system will be activated.

Current CPU Temperature : The default setting is “32oC/89oF”. This field displays the
current CPU temperature, if your computer contains a monitoring system.

Current CPUFAN Speed : The default setting is “3934 RPM”. This field displays the
current speed of the CPU fan, if your computer contains a monitoring system.

Current SYSFAN Speed : The default setting is “4210 RPM”. This field displays the
current speed of the SYS fan, if your computer contains a monitoring system.

Current VCORE (V), Current VCC3 (V), Current +V12 (V) and Current VCC (V): This
field detects the voltage input of the board, if your computer contains a monitoring
system.
After you have made your selections in the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP, press the
<ESC> key to go back to the main program screen.

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ESC
F1
F5

3.6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

The “Power Management Setup” controls the CPU card‘s “Green” features. When you
select the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” on the main program, the screen display
will appears as:

Power Management Setup Screen

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59IL7M)

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
Power Management : Disabled ** Reload Global Timer Events **
PM Control by APM : Yes IRQ [3 - 7, 9 - 15], NMI : Enabled
Video Off Method : V /H SYNC+ Blank Primary IDE 0 : Disabled
Video Off After : Standby Primary IDE 1 : Disabled
MODEM Use IRQ : 3 Secondary IDE 0 : Disable
Doze Mode : Disabled Secondary IDE 1 : Disable
Standby Mode : Disabled Floppy Disk : Disabled
HDD Power Down : Disabled Serial Port : Enabled
Throttle Duty Cycle : 62.5% Parallel Port : Disabled
ZZ Active in Suspend : Disabled
PCI / VGA Act-monitor : Disabled

PowerOn by Ring : Disabled
IRQ 8 Break Suspend : Disabled

F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

: Quit
: Help PU /PD/+/- : Modify
: Old Values

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: Select Item

Power Management : This setting controls the System Doze Mode, Standby Mode and
Suspend Mode Timer features. There are four options namely --

User Define : Allows you to customize all power saving timer features.
Optimize : This is the recommended setting for general use.
Test/Demo : This is for test/demonstration purpose.
Disable : Disable the power management features.

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PM Control by APM : The default setting is “No”. If it is set to “Yes”, the system BIOS
will wait for APM‘s prompt before it enters any PM mode.

Note : If your system power management is controlled by APM and there is a task

running, the APM will not prompt the BIOS to enter any power saving mode after
time out.

Video Off Method : This setting controls the Video off method in power saving mode.
The default setting is “V/H SYNC+Blank”. This setting disables V/H SYNC signals and
blanks the screen into the power saving mode. Other options are “Blank Screen” and
“DPMS”.

Video Off After : As the system moves from lesser to greater power-saving modes,
select the mode in which you want the monitor to blank. The default setting is
“Standby”.

MODEM Use IRQ : Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if
any) on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system. The
default setting is “NA”.

Doze Mode : Options are from “1 Min.” to “1 Hour” and “Disable”. The system speed will
change from turbo to slow and the video signal will be suspended, if no Power
Management events occur for a specified length of time. Full power function will return
when a Wake-Up event is detected.

Standby Mode : Options are from “1 Min” to “1 Hour” and “Disable”. The system
speed will change from turbo to slow and the video signal will be suspended, if no
Power Management events occur for a specified length of time. Full power function
will return when a Wake-Up event is detected.

Suspend Mode : Option are from “1 Min” to “1 Hour” and “Disable”. The CPU clock will
be stopped and the video signal will be suspended, if no Power Management events
occur for a specified length of time. Full power function will return when a Wake-Up
event is detected.

HDD Power Down : Options are from “1 Min.” to “15 Min.” and “Disable”. The IDE
hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a specified length of time.

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Throttle Duty Cycle : When the system enters Doze mode, the CPU clock runs only
part of the time. You may select the percent of time that the clock runs.

ZZ Active in Suspend : When Enable, the ZZ signal is active during Suspend mode.

PCI/VGA Act-Monitor : When Enabled, any video activity restarts the global timer for

Standby mode. The default setting is “Disabled”.

IRQ 8 Break Suspend : You can turn On or Off monitoring of IRQ8 (the Real Time
Clock) so it does not awaken the system from Suspend mode.

Reload Global Timer Events : When Enabled, an event occurring on each device
listed below restarts the global time for Standby mode.

IRQ [3-7, 9-15], NMI
Primary IDE 0
Primary IDE 1
Secondary IDE 0
Secondary IDE 1
Floppy Disk
Serial Port
Parallel Port

After you have made your selection in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP, press the
<ESC> key to go back to the main program screen.

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ESC

F1

F5

3.7 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

Both the ISA and PCI buses on the CPU card use system IRQs & DMAs. You must set
up the IRQ and DMA assignments correctly through the PnP/PCI Configuration Setup
utility, otherwise the SBC will not work properly.

When you select the “PnP /PCI CONFIGURATION” on the main program, the screen
display will appears as:

PnP/PCI Configuration Setup Screen

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59IL7M)

PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
PNP OS Installed : No PCI IDE IRQ Map To : PCI-AUTO
Resources Controlled By : Manual Primary IDE INT# : A
Reset Configuration Data : Disabled Secondary IDE INT# : B
Assign IRQ For USB : Disabled
IRQ-3 assigned to : Legacy ISA Used MEM base addr : N/A
IRQ-4 assigned to : Legacy ISA
IRQ-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-9 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-10 assigned to : Legacy ISA
IRQ-11 assigned to : Legacy ISA
IRQ-12 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-14 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-15 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-0 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-1 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-3 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

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: Select Item

DMA-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-6 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
DMA-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F7 : Load Setup Defaults

PNP OS Installed : Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug-and-Play
aware (e.g., Windows 95).

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Resources Controlled By : The Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all
the boot and Plug and Play-compatible devices. If you select Auto, all the interrupt
request (IRQ) and DMA assignment fields disappear, as the BIOS automatically assigns
them.

Reset Configuration Data : Normally, you leave this field Disabled . Select Enabled to
reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have
installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious
confilct that the operating system cannot boot.

IRQ n Assigned to : When resources are controlled manual, assign each system
interrupt as one of the following types, depending on the type of device using the
interrupt:
Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, requiring a
specific interrupt (such as IRQ4 for serial port 1).
PCI/ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard, whether designed for
PCI or ISA bus architecture.

DMA n Assigned to : When resources are controlled manual, assign each system
DMA channel as one of the following types, depending on the type of device using the
interrupt:
Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, requiring a
specific DMA channel.
PCI/ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard, whether designed for
PCI or ISA bus architecture.

PCI IDE IRQ Map To : This field lets you select PCI IDE IRQ mapping or PC AT (ISA)
interrupts. If your system does not have one or two PCI IDE connectors on the system
board, select values according to the type of IDE interface(s) installed in your system
(PCI or ISA). Standard ISA interrupt for IDE channels are IRQ14 for primary and IRQ15
for secondary.

Assign IRQ For USB : To use USB feature, set the IRQ to “Enabled”. The default
setting is “Disabled”.

Used MEM base addr : Select a base address for the memory area used by any
peripheral that requires high memory.

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3.8 LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS

The BIOS defaults have been set by the manufacturer which represent settings
provided with the minimum requirements for your system to operate. “ Load BIOS
Defaults “ loads the troubleshooting default values permanently recorded in the BIOS
ROM. These settings are non-optimal and turn off all high performance features.

The Standard CMOS Setup screen is not affected. To use this feature, highlight it on
the main screen and press <Enter>. A line will appear asking if you want to load the
BIOS default values. Press the <Y> key and the <Enter>. The default settings will
load. Press <N> if you do not want to proceed.

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59IL7M)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
STANDARD CMOS SETUP
BIOS FEATURES SETUP
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION
LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS
ESC : Quit á â à ß : Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color

Load BIOS Default (Y/N)? Y

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type....

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
USER PASSWORD
IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT
SAVE & EXIT SET\\UP
EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

3.9 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

“LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS” loads the optimal settings which are stored in BIOS ROM.
The defaults loaded affect only the BIOS Features Setup, Chipset Features Setup,
Power Management Setup, PnP/PCI configuration setup and Integrated Peripherals
Setup. There is no effect on the Standard CMOS Setup. To use this feature,
highlight the entry on the main screen and press <Enter>. A line will appear on the
screen asking if you want to load the Setup default values. Press the <Y> key and
then press the <Enter> key if you want to load the Setup defaults. Press <N> if you do
not want to proceed.

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ESC
F1
F5

3.10 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

When you select the “INTEGRATED PERIPHERIALS” on the main program, the
screen display will appears as:

Integrated Peripheral Setup Screen

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59IL7M)

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7
IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto Parallel Port Mode : SPP
IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto
IDE Primary Master UMDA : Auto
IDE Primary Slave UMDA : Auto Onboard Serial Port 3 : 3E8H
IDE Secondary Master PIO : Auto Serial Port 3 Use IRQ : IRQ10
IDE Secondary Slave PIO : Auto Onboard Serial Port 4 : 2E8H
IDE Secondary Master UDMA : Auto Serial Port 4 Use IRQ : IRQ11
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA : Auto
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE : Enabled
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE : Enabled
USB Keyboard Support : Disabled

KBC input clock : 8 MHz
Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled
Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8 / IRQ4
Onboard Serial Port 2 : 2F8 / IRQ3
UART Mode Select : Normal F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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: Select Item

IDE HDD Block Mode : Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or
multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives
do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes
per sector the drive can support.

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IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO : There are four IDE PIO (Programmed
Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that
the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively
increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best
mode for each device.

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UMDA : Ultra DMA/33 implementation is
possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a
DMA driver (Window 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard
drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/33, select Auto to enable BIOS
support.

On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE : The integrated peripheral controller contains
an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each
channel separately.

USB Keyboard Support : Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial
Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB keyboard.

KBC input clock : The system designer must select the correct frequency for the
keyboard controller input clock. Do not change this value from default value.

Onboard FDC Controller : Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller
(FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install an add-in
FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.

Onboard Serial Port 1 / 2: Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first
and second serial ports.

Onboard Parallel Port : Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the
physical parallel (printer) port.

Parallel Port Mode: Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port.
Select Normal, unless your hardware and software require one of the other modes
offered in this field.

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3.11 SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD

The “SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD” utility sets the password. The SBC is
shipped with the password disabled. If you want to change the password, you must
first enter the current password, then at the prompt -- enter your new password. The
password is case sensitive, and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters. Press
<Enter> after you have finished typing in the password. At the next prompt, confirm
the new password by re-typing it and pressing <Enter> again. When you are done, the
screen automatically reverts to the main screen. Remember that when you use this
feature, the “Security Option” line in BIOS FEATURES SETUP will determine when
entering the password will be required.

To disable the password, press the <Enter> key instead of entering a new password
when the “Enter Password” in the dialog box appears. A message will appear
confirming that the password is disabled.

If you have set both supervisor and user password, only the supervisor password allows
you to enter the BIOS SETUP PROGRAM.

Note : If you forget your password, the only way to solve this problem is to discharge

the CMOS memory by turning power off and placing a shunt on the S1 (open pad)
for 5 seconds, then removing the shunt.

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3.12 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

If your system has an IDE hard drive, you can use this utility to detect its parameters
and enter them into the Standard CMOS Setup automatically.

If the auto-detected parameters displayed do not match the ones that should used for
your hard drive, do not accept them. Press the <N> key to reject the values and enter
the correct ones manually on the Standard CMOS Setup screen.

Note : If you are setting up a new hard disk drive (nothing on it) that supports LBA mode,

more than one line will appear in the parameter box, choose the line that lists
LBA for an LBA drive.

Do not choose Large or Normal if the hard disk drive is already fully formatted when you
install it, choose the mode “HDD Low Level Format” to format it.

3.13 HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT

Select and highlight this option press the <Enter> key to enable you to perform the low
level format of hard disk drive.

3.14 SAVE & EXIT SETUP

Select this option and press the <Enter> key to save the new setting information in the
CMOS memory and continue with the booting process.

3.15 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

Select this option and press the <Enter > key to exit the Setup Utility without recording
any new values or changing old ones.

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CHAPTER 4.

DRIVERS
SUPPORT

4.1 DRIVERS OF CD-ROM LIST

The Table list below shows the drivers supported for EM-586EBX.

Diskette Name Driver Directory Name

Genisys Win 95/98

Nt 40

Cnt69k Win31,Win95,Win98

Nt40

Tx- Drv

ess1938s Win 95

Rtk8139a Win 95/98,Linux,DOS,

Winp2x4.exe

Win 98
Nt40

Nt40,OS/2

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APPENDIX A

HOW TO USE WATCH-DOG TIMER

To use the watch-dog timer :

Step 1. Enable and retrigger the Watch-Dog timer: 443H
Step 2. Disable: 43H

EX.1: For DOS

Execute the DEBUG.EXE file under DOS, Then key-in i443. The system will reboot
automatically according to the time-out you set.

For example, if you want to Set 4 seconds for the time-out, you should set JP4: 4-8 ON
and J3: 1-2 ON to enable watch-dog timer.

C:\DOS> DEBUG

-i443

EX.2: For assemble Language
Enable :

:
:
MOV DX, 443H

IN AL, DX

:
:

Disable :
:
:
IN AL, 43H
:
:

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TECHNICAL REFERENCE

I/O PORT ADDRESS MAP

Address Function

000 - 01F DMA Controller #1
020 - 03F Interrupt Controller #1
040 - 05F Timer Chip

043 Disable Watch-Dog Times Operation (Read)
060 - 06F Keyboard Controller
070 - 07F Read Time Clock/NMI Mask
080 - 09F DMA Page Register

0A0 - 0BF Interrupt Controller #2

0C0 - 0DF DMA Controller #2

0F0 - 0F1 Clear/Reset Math Coprocessor
1F0 - 1F7 Hard Disk Controller
200 - 210 Game Port
278 - 27F Parallel Port #2

2E8 - 2EF Serial Port #4 (COM 4)

2F8 - 2FF Serial Port #2 (COM 2)
300 - 31F prototype Card/Streaming Tape Adapter
360 - 36F PC Network
378 - 3FF Parallel Port #1
380 - 38F SDLC #2

3A0 - 3AF SDLC #1

3B0 - 3BF MDA Video Card (Including LPTO)
3C0 - 3CF EGA Card
3D0 - 3DF CGA Card

3E8 - 3EF Serial Port #3 (COM 3)

3F0 - 3F7 Floppy Disk Controller
3F8 - 3FF Serial Port #1 (COM 1)

443 Enable Watch-dog Timer Operation (read)

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MEMORY ADDRESS MAP

000000H - 09FFFFH

640 KB of Conventional RAM

0A0000H - 0BFFFFH

128 KB of Video RAM

0C0000H - 0EFFFFH

256 KB of I/O Expansion ROM

0F0000H - 0FFFFFH

64 KB of System BIOS ROM

0100000H - 7FFFFFFFH

1 MB ~ 128MB of User RAM

CHANNEL

Function

DMA 0

Reserved

DMA 1

Reserved

DMA 2

Floppy Disk Controller

DMA 3

ECP Parallel Port

DMA 4

Cascade for DMA #1

DMA 5

Reserved

DMA 6

Reserved

DMA 7

Reserved

IRQ

Function

IRQ 0

System timer output

IRQ 1

Keyboard

IRQ 2

Cascade for INTC #2

IRQ 3

Serial port #2

IRQ 4

Serial port #1

IRQ 5

Parallel port #2

IRQ 6

Floppy disk controller

IRQ 7

Parallel port #1

IRQ 8

Real time clock

IRQ 9

Software redirected to INT 0AH (IRQ 2)

IRQ 10

Reserved

IRQ 11

Reserved

IRQ 12

PS/2 Mouse

IRQ 13

Math Coprocessor (CPU Internal)

IRQ 14

Primary Hard disk

IRQ 15

Secondary Hard Disk

NMI

Parity Check Error

DMA CHANNELS

INTERRUPT CONTROLLER

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TECHNICAL REFERENCE

PC/104 Module

EM-586EBX Embedded Single Board

APPENDIX C

PC/104 MODULE INSTALLATION

There are two steps to install the PC/104 module on EM-586EBX Embedded Single Board
Computer.

Step 1. Plug the Dual Side Male Connector into the PC/104 female connector.
Step 2. Plug the PC/104 module‘s female connector into the EM-586EBX male connector.

PC/104 Female Connector

Dual-Side Male Connector

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GLOSSARY

GLOSSARY

8-Bit Bus –

only along 8 parallel data line.

10Base-T – It is a 10Mbps IEEE 802.3/Ethernet standard that uses unshielded twisted
pair cable specification. 10Base-T supports network configuration using the CSMA/CD
access method over a twisted pair transmission system up to 100 meters in length
without the use of repeater.

16-Bit Bus or ISA Bus –

on what kind of adapter card is used in an expansion slot. ISA is the abbreviation of
Industry Standard Architecture.

100Base-TX – It is a 100Mbps IEEE 802.3/Ethernet standard that uses UTP cable.
Also called Fast Ethernet, it uses RJ-45 connectors and EIA/TIA T568B pinning.
Maximum cable length from hub to node is 100 meters without a repeater.

Adapter –

Data is transmitted to expansion slots and other components on the bus

Data is transmitted along either 8 or 16 data lines, depending

It is also called an expansion board, expansion card, or adapter card. It is a
small circuit board that is installed in the expansion slots on the motherboard. You can
install a particular adapter that connects a new device such as internal modem, sound
card, and scanner.

AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) – is a 32-bit, 66MHz external frequency data bus that
transmit a maximum of 528MB/s of data (4 times the speed of PCI transmission); this
design improves the speed of large amount in video transaction.

BIOS (Basic Input /Output System) –

the instructions for starting up, or booting, the computer, and more.

Bus –

buses. Although three main buses (data bus, address bus, and control bus) manage
the computer’s operation, often these are collectively called the bus. The bus carries
instructions back and forth between the CPU and other devices in the system. ISA,
EISA, VL-Bus, PCI and SCSI are examples of PC buses.

Data that travels in a computer along the circuits on the motherboard are called

This is a chip on the motherboard that contains

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bps – Bits per second. Also often preceded by K (kilo/thousands), Kbps – Kilo bytes
per second, and M (mega/million), Mbps – Mega bytes per second.

Bus Mastering – A method of transferring data through a bus in which the device takes
over the bus and directly controls the transfer of data to the computer’s memory. Bus
mastering is a method of Direct Memory Access (DMA) transfer.

Cache –

Cache RAM is an extra holding area for program instructions that need to be
frequently used by the CPU or swapped in and out of RAM. Your CPU can usually
access those instructions from the cache more quickly than it could from a hard disk or
even RAM, so a cache helps the system work more efficiently. Most systems sold
today offer either 256K or 512K cache.

CPU (Central Processing Unit) –

executes all commands and controls the flow of data,
providing the “ brain ” that enables the PC to calculate and perform the operations like
sorting information more quickly than a human could. The CPU makes perhaps the
greatest contribution to a PC’s speed and power. Note: Any additional information is
subject to change without prior revision from the supplier.

Table 1 -- CPU Speeds

Processor type Speed ratings (MHz)

486DX2 66, 80
486DX4 75, 100, 120
Pentium 90, 100, 120, 133, 166, 200
Pentium MMX 166, 200, 233
Pentium Pro 166, 180, 200
Pentium II 233, 266, 300, 333

EIDE (Enhanced IDE) –

It is a hard drive controller that enables your system to be able

to handle fast hard disk drives at a speed of 10Mbps.

EISA or MCA Bus –

Data is transmitted along 32 data lines to adapter cards designed
specifically to work with the 32-bit buses. MCA expansion slots cannot accept 8-bit or
16-bit adapter cards. EISA stands for Extended Industry Standard Architecture, while
MCA stands for MicroChannel Architecture. MCA is architecture used in IBM
Microcomputer.

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Expansion slots –

Expansion slots are plug-in connectors that allow you to insert

additional circuit boards that attach to the rest of the PC through special circuitry called

bus

the

. By inserting the right circuit board -- usually called an

expansion card

– you can increase the resolution and the number of colors used by

adapter

or an

the display, or you can transform your PC into a machine for recording and playing
music.

Fast SCSI – The common nomenclature associated with SCSI-2, the second
generation of SCSI offering mandatory parity checking improvements over SCSI-1.

IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) –

It was developed from ST-506 type hard drive
interface, utilizes BIOS INT 13h hard drive secondary software and supports two hard
drives (Master and Slave). Do not need extra software to drive since it is directly
initiated in the BIOS. Data transfer rate is 4.1 Mbps. Take note that this interface
cannot support other drive like CD-ROM drive.

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) – It is an international
professional society that issues its own standard, and is a member of ANSI and ISO.
Popular known standards is:

IEEE802.3 – is a physical layer standard for 10Base-T,
100Base-T, Ethernet, and StarLAN.

IEEE802.5 – is a physical layer standard for Token Ring.
IEEE802.11 – is a physical layer standard for Wireless

LAN/WAN compatibility.

IEEE802.12 – is a physical layer standard for 100VG AnyLAN.

LAN (Local Area Network) – A data communications network spanning a limited area.

It provides communications between three or more computers and peripherals, in most
cases using a high-speed media as it’s backbone.

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Keyboard –

This is a component that comes in direct contact for you with your PC.
The mechanism of keyboard converts a key cap’s movement into a signal sent to the
computer. The most common key mechanism are “

capacitate

” and “

hard contact

”.
Capacitate keyboard has a spring that causes the plastic and the metal plunger to move
nearer to two pads that have large plates (plated in tin, nickel, and copper). These
pads are connected to the keyboard’s printed circuit board. Hard contact keyboard
causes the key cap to collapse a foam rubber dome that presses against a sheet of
plastic on the bottom of which is metallic area connected to the rest of the keyboard’s
circuit board.

LDCM (LANDesk Client Manager) – With the help of LDCM, PCs that are either
stand-alone or on a network can not escape the control of a system administrator.
Alerts will be sent to the user if an abnormal condition is encountered in a PC. It allows
the administrator to give each PC a thorough check-up. Additionally, this feature is
available to multiple OS’s on the market today. LDCM Key Features include the

following : ¬Health Monitoring ，-Real-Time Alerting ， ®Remote Accessibility，
¯Extensive Instrumentation. This is a product from Intel.

Mouse –

The keyboard is a barrier to learn how to use a computer. Xerox Corporation
first developed the concept of a pointing device, something a computer user could move
with his or her hand, causing a corresponding move on screen. Because of its size
and tail like cable, the device was named for the mouse. Apple Computer made the
mouse a standard feature of its Macintosh computers, and with the popularity of
Windows, a mouse is becoming standard equipment on all PCs, as well. The

Trackball

“

Digitizing tablets

“

” have survived more awkward methods of navigating with the keyboard.

” are popular with architects and engineers who must translate
precise movements of a pen into lines on the screen. “ Touch screens “, on which you
press either your finger and a special light pen to control the software, are too tiring to
use for any length of time.

MMXÔ –

CPU’s with MMXÔ technology are optimized to run multimedia application,
and therefore, offer faster multimedia playback than standard CPUs. However, when
manufacturers introduce any new hardware technology, the software makers need to
catch up. At this time of compilation, most applications can’t yet take advantage of
MMXÔ capabilities.

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GLOSSARY

Parallel port –

Parallel ports (labeled

in printers. It is also often called a

printer port

with

. Although a serial port can also be used to send data from a PC to

LPT1, LPT2

, and so on) are usually for plugging

Centronics port

– has been almost synonymous

some models of printers, the parallel port is faster. A serial port sends data one bit at a
time over a single one-way wire; a parallel port can send several bits of data across
eight parallel wires simultaneously. Take note that a serial connection sends a single
bit, a parallel port send an entire byte. A parallel connection has one drawback.

PCI Bus (Peripheral Component Interconnect) – It is a connection slot in a
motherboard that supports 32-bit bus transfer rates. The now standard PCI Local Bus
carries data along at least 32 lines, that is, at least 32 bits at a time. Local bus
computer designs add special buses so the CPU can communicate directly with key
components like the monitor, resulting in much better performance. You should look
for PCI local bus capabilities in any system you buy, especially PCI local bus video
(which helps the monitor display more quickly).

POST (Power-On Self-Test) –

is the first thing your PC does when you turn it on, and
it’s your first warning of trouble with any of the components. When the POST detects
an error from the display, memory, keyboard, or other basic components, it produces an
error warning in the form of a message on your display and — in case your display is
part of the problem — in the form of a series of beeps.

RAM (Random Access Memory) –

consists of a bank of chips that act as “ working
memory ”, holding program instructions and data only while your computer’s on.
Unless the instructions and data are saved to a disk, RAM forgets them when you turn
your computer off. RAM is measured in megabytes (M). Most computers today come
with 32M of RAM, though some sell with only 16M installed. There are a few different
flavors and speeds of RAM, as well. One of the most prominent today is Extended
Data Output ( EDO ) RAM, but an even faster type of RAM that has just hit the market is
called

SyncDRAM

.

Serial port –

Serial ports are also sometimes called

ports, and are labeled

COM1, COM2

, and so on. It is simple in concept: one line to

COM

(short for COMmunications)

send data, another line to receive data, and a few other lines to regulate how data is
sent over the other two lines – from commonplace modems and printers to plotters and
burglar alarms. The most common use for serial port is with a

mouse

or

modem

The reason for this is that a serial port is not a very efficient way to transfer data, so little
data

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GLOSSARY

that speed is not crucial, and perfect for modems because. With current technology,
phone lines cannot transport more than one signal at a time anyway. The
is often referred to as an

RS-232 port

.

serial port

SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) – An intelligent bus for transmitting data

commands between a variety of devices. There are many implementations of SCSI,
including Fast SCSI, Wide SCSI, Fast Wide SCSI, Fast-20, and Fast-40.

SCSI-2 – The second generation of SCSI; includes many improvements to SCSI-1,
including Fast SCSI, Wide SCSI, and mandatory parity checking.

SCSI-3 – The third generation of SCSI; introduces Fast-20 and Fast-40 as
improvements to the parallel bus. The standard also includes a number of
specifications for high-speed serial bus architectures such as SSA, Fiber Channel, and
IEEE 1394. Also known as Ultra SCSI.

Ultra SCSI – Also known as SCSI-3, is a third generation SCSI standard that introduced
parallel bus speed improvements (FAST-20 and FAST-40), an the miniaturized 68-pin
micro connector.

USB (Universal Serial Bus) – USB consolidates serial, parallel, keyboard, m ouse, and
game ports into one asynchronous and isochronous communications port with
bandwidth for data transfer speeds up to 12 Mbps without termination. By
daisy-chaining USB hubs, up to 127 I/O devices can be connected to one USB port on
the PC. USB is completely plug-and play meaning peripherals can be correctly
detected and configured automatically as soon as they are connected.

UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) – Twisted pair cable with neither individual nor overall
shielding. Twisted Pair are two wires twisted together to reduce susceptibility to RF
crosswalk.

VGA (Video Graphics Array) – A video adapter that supports 640x480 pixels color
resolution. The Windows OS provides medium text & graphics standard.

VL-Bus – It is also known as Local Bus; this is an I/O interface that is directly connected
and depended of the system CPU. The VL-Bus is an abbreviation of VESA Local Bus.

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Terms and Conditions

Date:1997.10.20

Warranty Policy

1. All products are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship on a period
of two years from the date of purchase by the customer.

2. The buyer will bear the return freight charges for goods that are returned for repair
within the warranty period whereas manufacturer will bear the other way after repair.

3. The buyer will pay for repair (for the replaced materials plus service time) and
transportation charges (both ways) for items after the expiration of the warranty
period.

4. If the RMA Service Request Form does not meet the stated requirement as listed on
“RMA Service “ , RMA goods will be returned at the customer expense.

5. The following conditions are excluded from this warranty：

A. Improper or inadequate maintenance by the customer.
B. Unauthorized modification or misuse.
C. Operation outside of the environmental specifications for the product.

RMA Service

1. Request a RMA# :

Complete and fax to Supplier the “RMA Request Form” to obtain a RMA number.

2. Shipping:

A. The customer is requested to fill up the problem code as listed . If none of the

code is selected, please write the symptom description on the remark.
B. Ship the defective units with freight prepaid.
C. Mark the RMA # clearly on the box.
D. Shipping damage as a result of inadequate packing is the customer‘s

responsibility.
E. Use the original packing materials whenever possible .

3. All RMA# are valid for 30 days only:

When RMA goods are received after valid RMA# period , the goods will be rejected.

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RMA Service Request Form

Date:1997.10.20

When requesting RMA service, please fill out this “RMA Service Request Form”.
This form needs to be shipped with your returns. Service cannot begin until we
have this information.

Company: Person to contact:
Phone No. Purchased Date:
Fax No.: Applied Date:

Return Shipping Address

*For Supplier only

RMA No:

Account Sales:

Model No. Serial No. Problem Code Remark

*This form could be copied for more description

*Problem Code:

01:D.O.A.
02: Second Time R.M.A.
03: No Screen
04: CMOS Data Lost
05: FDC Fail

06: HDC Fail
07: Bad Slot
08: BIOS Problem
09: Keyboard Controller Fail
10: Cache RMA Problem

11: Memory Socket Bad
12: Hang Up Hardware

13: Hang Up Software
14: Other ( Pls. Specify )

Request Party Confirmed By Supplier

Authorized Signatures Authorized Signatures

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