Lanner Electronics PC-2553 User Manual

PC-2553

PC/104 Single Board Computer

with NS Geode GXm CPU,

VGA,LCD, and GPS

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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
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GeodeTM is a registered trademark of NS Corporation.

The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies: IBM, Intel, AMD,
Cyrix,NS, 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
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their respective organizations and companies.

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Copyright 2000

Ver. No. V1.0
LEI-UM-PC25530-000
Date : 2000/03/31

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 SPECIFICATION 2

1.2 PACKING CHECK LIST 3

CHAPTER 2 JUMPER SETTINGS AND CONNECTORS 4

2.1 BOARD OUTLINE OF PC-2553 4

2.2 JUMPER SETTING OVERVIEW 5

2.3 JUMPER LOCATION FOR PC-2553 6

2.4 JUMPER SETTINGS SUMMARY FOR PC-2553 7

2.5 I/O CONNECTORS LOCATION FOR PC-2553 11

2.6 I/O CONNECTORS SUMMARY FOR PC-2553 12

2.7 I/O CONNECTORS DESCRIPTION 13

CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP 26

3.1 RUNNING AWARD BIOS 26

3.2 CMOS SETUP UTILITY 27

3.3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 28

3.4 BIOS FEATURES SETUP 31

3.5 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP 34

3.6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 35

3.7 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION 37

3.8 LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS 39

3.9 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS 39

3.10 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 40

3.11 SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD 42

3.12 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 42

3.14 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 43

3.13 Save & Exit Setup 43

CHAPTER 4 DRIVERS SUPPORT 44

TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPENDIX A TECHNICAL REFERENCE 45
APPENDIX B PC/104 MODULE INSTALLATION 47

GLOSSARY 48

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
RMA SERVICE REQUEST FORM

CHAPTER 1.

INTRODUCTION

Until recently, it is hard to find a perfect all-in-one Pentium level CPU module in PC/104 market.
Although extra modules can be added for video and audio capability, it is definitely a great idea to
have a full features PC/104 module.
In particularly, while the limitation over space and power cosumption are taken into consideration, an
excellent all-in-one module is definitely an engineering jewel. Now, this wonderful dream for all PC/104
users finally comes true here !!

PC-2553, this cost-effective all-in-one PC/104 CU module carries video, audio and all the I/O ports on
board. Adding a tiny LCD and a decent power, most engineers are able to build a compact
“system-on-hand” or “ hand-top” system with it and only with it in a flash.

The new PC-2553 PC/104 SBC, is a multimedia capable embedded PC. Its low power version
on -board CPU from NS Geode™ GXm provides supports at 200, 233 and 266 Mhz respectively. It
can be shipped according to customers’ requirement over CPU speeds. Customers can select among
200, 233 and 266 Mhz without worrying about the CPU availability in the market. Also the NS
Geode™ CPU and its’ companion CS5530 chipset supports up to 128MB memory and provide full
functionality and performance you need. This low -power CPU/chipset combination can effectively help
engineers to approach the utmost goals of power saving & space cutting.
PC-2553 features Flat Panel/CRT display function that supports resolutions and color depth up to
1024x768 at 64K colors. And built-in sound function includes Speaker-out/Line-out/Mic-in/Line-in.
Other features include reserved header for G PS module, one PCI IDE port support up to 2 IDE devices,
support PIO mode 4 and Bus Master, also supports Multi-word DMA and Ultra DMA/33. One FDD
port, two COM ports, one multi-mode parallel port, two USB ports and one IrDA interface.

INTRODUCTION

1.1 SPECIFICATIONS

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Processor : Cyrix Media GXm-233/266 MHz ( on-board ) CPU

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Chipset : Cyrix GX5530, Winbon 83977 I/O chipset, AD1819A Audio CODEC

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System Memory / RAM : One SODIMM socket, support up to 128MB of SDRAM

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VGA/LCD Controller : Cyrix GX5530, shared memory 2MB,

resolution up to 1024 x 768 @ 64K colors

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GPS connector : Reserved Header for GPS Kit

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Sound Output Built-in sound functions, include Mic -in/Line-in/Line-out/Speaker-out

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IDE Interface : One PCI IDE port, support up to two IDE devices. Supports PIO mode 4

and Bus Master. Also supports Multi-word DMA and Ultra DMA/33.

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Floppy Drive Interface : One FDD port , support up to one floppy devices

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Serial Port : Two COM ports (RS-232)

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Parallel Port : One Multi-mode parallel port ( SPP/EPP/ECP )

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Keyboard/Mouse connector One 6-pin mini-DIM PS/2 keyboard/mouse connector on-board.

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Universal Serial Bus Support 2 USB ports

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IR Interface Supports one IrDA header

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RTC : Internal RTC with Li battery

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BIOS : 256KB Award license BIOS

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Power management : I/O peripheral devices support power saving and doze/standby/suspend

modes. APM 1.2 compliant.

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Power Connector : On-board 10-pin power connector (+5, -5, +12, -12, GND), system power

requirement +5V only

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Operating Temperature : 0°C ~ 60°C

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Humidity : 10% ~ 90% RH

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Dimensions : 90 x 96 mm ( 3.54” x 3.78” inches )

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Net weight : 200 g ( 0.44 pounds )

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p.s. EM-UKMS-02 Option Kit connector for USB/KB/MS/Sound connection

INTRODUCTION

1.2 P

ACKING CHECK LIST

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

Item Qty Remark

PC-2553 Embedded Single Board Computer 1 pc.
Keyboard adapter cable 1 set MB-532 CAB ,6 pin
IDE cable 2 pc. 44p to 44p, 45cm

44p to 40p
FLOPPY cable 1 pc. 26 pin floppy cable 200mm
Power cable 1 set Power wafter 12p to 2x5p
EM-UKMS-02 1 set EM-URMS-02 DAUGHTER BOARD ,MI
Audio cable 1 set Audio /USB/MOUSE 2X22P to 2x15P
Drivers 1 pc. Drivers diskette
User‘s manual 1 pc. PC-2553
GPS Adapter cable 1pc GPS 5P to 20P ,15cm

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

CHAPTER 2.

JUMPER SETTINGS AND CONNECTORS

The Figure below shows the jumpers and connectors location on the PC-2553:

2.1 B

OARD OUTLINE OF

PC-2553

JUMPER SETTING CONNECTORS

2.2 J

In order to select the operation modes of your system, configure and set the jumpers on the your 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:

UMPER SETTING OVERVIEW

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.

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

3

1

2

9

10

2.3 J

UMPER LOCATION FOR

PC-2553

JP1

JP2

1

Cyrix

chipset

CPU

JP3

3

1

JUMPER SETTING CONNECTORS

2.4 J

UMPER SETTINGS SUMMARY FOR

PC-2553

JUMPERS

LOCATION FUNCTION

JP1 Select Enable/disable COM2
JP2 RTC Status Select
JP3 LCD VOLTAVGE SELECT

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

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JP1 : Select Enable/disable COM2

JP1 COM2

1-3, 2-4 ( Default ) Enable

3-5, 4--6,

Disable

7-9,8-10

JP1

Enable

Disable

JP1

1 2

9 10

1 2

9 10

Defaul

1 2

9 10

2

10 9

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Default :

JP2: RTC Status Select

JP2 RTC Status

1-2 ( Default ) Normal

JUMPER SETTING CONNECTORS

2-3 Clear

Normal

Clear

JP3

1 2 3

JP2

1 2 3

JP2

1 2 3

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

Default :

3

JP3 : LCD VOLTAGE SELECT

JP3 Description

1-2 +5V
2-3 ( Default ) +3.3V

JP3

JP3

+5V

JP3

1

3

1

+3.3V

JUMPER SETTING CONNECTORS

P1

Ir1

IDE1

2.5 I/O C

CON2&CON3

ONNECTOR LOCATION FOR

PC-2553

CON1 J1

COM1

VGA

COM2

FDC

PRT1

LCD

FAN1

CN1

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

2.6 I/O C

ONNECTOR SUMMARY OF

CONNECTORS

LOCATION FUNCTION

CN1 MIC_IN,LIN_IN,LIN_OUT,KEYBOARD,MOUSE,USB1.USB2
COM1 RS-232 Serial Port #1 Connector (D -Sub)
COM2 RS-232 Serial Port #2 Connector (D -Sub)
CON1 Power LED, Reset , Speaker Connector
CON3, CON2 PC/104 Connector
FAN1 FAN Connector
FDC1 Floppy Interface Connector (Header)
IDE1 Primary IDE Cable Connector (Header)
Ir1 Alternate IrDA
J1 GPS Connector
LCD LCD Interface Connector(Header)
P1 Power INPUT

PC-2553

PRT1 Parallel Connector(Header)
VGA VGA Connector

JUMPER SETTING CONNECTORS

2.7 I/O CONNECTORS DESCRIPTION

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CN1:MIC_IN,LIN_IN,LIN_OUT,KEYBOARD,MOUSE,USB1,USB2 Connector

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 MIC-IN 2 AGND1
3 AGND1 4 LIN-R
5 LIN-L 6 AGND1
7 AGND1 8 H0-L

9 HO-R 10 AGND1
11 LO-L 12 LO-R
13 KM_GND 14 KC_US
15 MDTA 16 M-CLK
17 KM_GND 18 KC_FUS
19 KDTA 20 K-CLK
21 GND 22 GND
23 USBV0 24 USBV0
25 USBD0- 26 USBD1­27 USBD0+ 28 USBD1+
29 USGND 30 USGND

2

1

CN1

30

29

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

COM1

1 5 9

6

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COM1 : RS-232 Serial Port #1 Connector ( D -Sub )

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 Data Carrier Detect ( DCDA # )
2 Receive Data ( RXDA )
3 Transmit Data ( TXDA )
4 Data Terminal Ready ( DTRA # )
5 Ground ( GND )
6 Data Set Ready ( DSRA # )
7 Request To Send ( RTSA # )
8 Clear To Send ( CTSA # )
9 Ring Indicator ( RIA # )

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COM2

1 5 9

6

VGA1

5

1

6

10

11

15

COM2 : RS-232 Serial Port #2 Connector ( D-Sub )

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 Data Carrier Detect ( DCDB # )
2 Receive Data ( RXDB )
3 Transmit Data ( TXDB )
4 Data Terminal Ready ( DTRB # )
5 Ground ( GND )
6 Data Set Ready ( DSRB # )
7 Request To Send ( RTSB # )
8 Clear To Send ( CTSB # )
9 Ring Indicator ( RIB # )

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VGA1 : VGA Connector

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

JUMPER SETTING CONNECTORS

1 Red Color Signal
2 Green Color Signal
3 Blue Color Signal
4 NC
5 Ground

6 Ground
7 Ground
8 Ground

9 NC
10 Ground
11 NC
12 DDC-DATA
13 H-Sync.
14 V-Sync.
15 DDC-CLK

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

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CON1: Power LED, Reset, Speaker Connector

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 Power LED +
2 GND
3 HDD LED +
4 HDD LED ­5 RESET SW +
6 RESET SW – (GND)
7 External Speaker ­8 NC
9 NC

10 External Speaker +

CON1

JUMPER SETTING CONNECTORS

1 10

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

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CON3, CON2 : PC/104 Connector

Description

Pin No.

CON3 CON2

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 --- ---

CON2

20
20 C

32

CON3

l FAN1 : FAN Connector

D

1
1

A

1

B

1

Pin No. Description

1 +5V

2 GND

1 2

FAN1

JUMPER SETTING CONNECTORS

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

l FDC1 : Floppy Interface Connector ( Header )

Pin No.

Description

Pin No.

Description

1 VCC 2 INDEX#

3 VCC 4 DR0#

5 VCC 6 DSKCHG#

7 NC 8 NC

9 NC 10 MTR0#
11 NC 12 DIR#
13 NC 14 SETP#
15 GND 16 WDATA#
17 GND 18 WGATE#
19 GND 20 TRK0#
21 GND 22 WP#
23 GND 24 RDATA#
25 GND 26 HDSEL#

FDC

JUMPER SETTING CONNECTORS

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IDE1 : Primary IDE Cable 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 NC
29 DMA ACK # 30 Ground
31 Interrupt 32 IOCS16 #
33 SA1 34 NC
35 SA0 36 SA2
37 HDC CS0 # 38 HDC CS1 #
39 HDD Active LED # 40 Ground
41 VCC 42 VCC
43 GND 44 NC

43

44

IDE1

1

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

l Ir1 : Alternate IrDA

Pin No. Description

1 VCC

2 NC

3 IRRX

4 GND

5 IRTX

Ir1

5 1

l J1 : GPS Connector

Pin No. Description

1 VCC

2 SOUTB

3 HDRST#

4 SINB

5 GND

5 1

JUMPER SETTING CONNECTORS

J1

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

l LCD :LCD Interface Connector ( Header )

Pin No.

Description

Pin No.

Description

1 FVCC 2 GND

3 FVCC 4 GND

5 VCLK 6 MEMDATA

7 ENVDD 8 ENBKL

9 MEMCLK 10 SHFCLK
11 FLM 12 LP
13 DE 14 FD17
15 FD16 16 FD15
17 FD14 18 FD13
19 FD12 20 FD11
21 FD10 22 FD9
23 FD8 24 FD7
25 FD6 26 FD5
27 FD4 28 FD3
29 FD2 30 FD1
31 FD0

LCD

1
2

31
30

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P1

10

9

1

2

P1:POWER INPUT

Pin No. Description

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

6 GND
7 GND
8 GND
9 -12V

10 +12V

JUMPER SETTING CONNECTORS

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

PRT1

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PRT1：Parallel Connector ( Header )

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 Strobe # 2 Auto Form Feed
3 Data0 4 Error #
5 Data1 6 Initialize #
7 Data2 8 Printer Select IN #

9 Data3 10 Ground
11 Data4 12 Ground
13 Data5 14 Ground
15 Data6 16 Ground
17 Data7 18 Ground
19 Acknowledge # 20 Ground
21 Busy 22 Ground
23 Paper Empty 24 Ground
25 Printer Select

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25

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CHAPTER 3.
AWARD BIOS SETUP

Award‘s ROM BIOS provides a bui lt-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 R

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:

UNNING

AWARD BIOS

“ 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.

AWARD BIOS SETUP

3.2 CMOS S

ETUP 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 (2A434L7E)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

BIOS FEATURES SETUP
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION
LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS

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

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:

<ESC> :

Exit the u tility.

ARROW KEYS :

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.

AWARD BIOS SETUP

3.3 S

TANDARD

CMOS S

ETUP

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 (

2A434L7E

)

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Date
Time

HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS. HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE
Driver C : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO
Driver D : None 0 0 0 0 0 0 -------

(mm : dd : yy)
(hh : mm : ss)

: Mon,Dec 20 1999
: 9:27:14

Drive A : 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B
Video
Halt On

ESC : Quit á â à ß : Select Item PU / PD / + / - : Modify

: None
: EGA/VGA
: All Errors

Base Memory :

640K

Extended Memory :

Other Memory :

Total Memory : 128512K

127488K

384K

F1 : Help (Shift ) F2 : Change Color

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 4:30p.m. as 16:30)

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 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)

AWARD BIOS SETUP

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.

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

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 software 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.

Floppy Drive A and Floppy Drive B :

The options are as follows –

360K, 5.25 in. 720K,3.5in. 2.88M, 3.5in.

1.2M, 5.25in 1.44M, 3.5in. Non e (for Not Installed).

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.

AWARD BIOS SETUP

Video :

This category selects the type of video adapter that is used for the primary system monitor.

Although secondary monitors are also supported here, you do not have to select the type in the 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 :

This category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power

up.

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.

AWARD BIOS SETUP

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 (

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC
Virus Warning : Disabled Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled
CPU Internal Cache : Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow : Disabled
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
Memory Parity Check : Enabled
Typematic Rate Setting : Disabled
Typematic Rate (Chars Sec.) : 6
Typematic Delay (M/Sec) : 250
Security Option : Setup
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop : Disabled ESC : Quit
OS Select For DRAM >64MB : Non-OS/2 F1 : Help PU /PD /+/ - : Modify
Report No FDD For WIN95 : Yes F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

2A434L7E

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: Select Item

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

Virus Warning :

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 on a virus free, bootable floppy diskette to
reboot, to clean and to investigate your system.

CPU Internal Cache :

Quick Power On Self Test :

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.

The default setting of the Virus Warning is “Disabled”. When it is enabled, any

The default setting is “Enabled”. This setting enables the CPU intern al cache .

The default setting is “Enabled”. This speeds up the Power On Self

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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 :

The default setting is “High”. Th is sets the CPU speed at boot up.

Gate A20 Option :

The default setting is “Fast”. This is the optimal setting for the CPU card. The

other option is “Normal”.

Memory Parity Check:

Select “Enabled”,”Disabled”,or “Auto”. In Auto mode, the BIOS enabled memory

checking automatically when it detects the presence of ECC or parity DRAM.

Typematic Rate Setting :

The default setting is “Disabled”. If enabled, you can set the typematic rate

and typematic delay.

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

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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.

Report No FDD For WIN 95 :

Select “Yes” to release IRQ6 when the system contains no floppy drive ,
for compatibility with Windows 95 logo certification. In the Integrated Peripherals screen select
“Disabled” for the Onboard FDC Controller field.

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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bit I/O Recovery (CLK)

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HIPSET FEATURES SETUP

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

Chipset Features Setup Screen

SDRAM CAS latency Time : 3T Flat Panel Status : Enabled
SDRAM Clock Ratio Div By

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USB Controller : Enabled
USB Legacy Support : Disabled

Build in CPU Audio : Enabled
Audio I/O Base Address : 220H
MPU-401 I/O Base Address : 330H
Audio IRQ Select : IRQ5

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This screen controls the settings for the board‘s chipset. All the entries on the screen are
automatically configured. However, you can change it according to your operating environment.

SDRAM CAS Latency Time:

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS
latency depends on the DRAM timing. Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the
system designer.

16-bit/8 - bit I/O Recovery (CLK) :

The I/O recovery mechanism adds bus clokc 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.

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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OWER 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

Power Management : Disabled IRQ1 (Keyboard) : ON
IRQ3 (COM 2) : OFF

** PM Timers ** IRQ4 (COM1) : OFF
Doze Mode : Disabled IRQ5 (LPT 2) : OFF
Standby Mode : Disabled IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) : OFF
HDD Power Down : Disabled IRQ7 (LPT 1) : OFF
MODEM Use IRQ : NA IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir) : OFF
IRQ10 (Reserved) : OFF
IRQ11 (Reserved) : OFF
IRQ12 (PS /2 Mouse) : OFF
Throttle Duty Cycle : 33.3% IRQ13 (Coprocessor) : OFF
IRQ14 (Hard Disk) : OFF
IRQ15 (Reserved) : OFF

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This setting controls the System Doze Mode, Standby Mode and Suspend

Mode Timer features. There are four options namely --

User Define :
Optimize :
Test/Demo :
Disable :

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

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

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specified length of time. Full power function will return when a Wake-Up event is detected.

HDD Power Down :

down if it is not accessed within a specified length of time.

MODEM Use IRQ :

your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system.

Throttle Duty Cycle:

You may select the percent of time that the clock runs.

IRQ1~IRQ15 :

Floppy Drive, etc… You can set to either “ON” or “OFF” fields to activate or deactivate these
peripherals.

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

Options are from “1 Min.” to “15 Min.” and “Disable”. The IDE hard drive will spin

This field name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if any) on

When the system enters Doze mode, the CPU clock runs only part of the time.

These fields are designed for selected peripherals, e.g. Keyboard, COM2, COM1, LPT2,

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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

PNP OS Installed : No PCI IRQ Activated By : Level
Resources Controlled By : Manual
Reset Configuration Data : Disabled
Used MEM base addr : N/A
IRQ-3 assigned to : Legacy ISA
IRQ-4 assigned to : Legacy ISA
IRQ-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-7 assigned to : Legacy ISA
IRQ-9 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-10 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-11 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-12 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-14 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
DMA-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-6 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
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automatically. The other option is “Manual” which allows you to control IRQs and DMAs individually.

Reset Configuration Data :

the ESCD block in flash BIOS will be cleared.

IRQ assigned to and DMA assigned to :

Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug-and-Play aware .

The defaults setting is “Auto” which will control all IRQs and DMAs

The default setting is “Disabled”. When set to “Enabled”, the content of

If there is a legacy ISA device which uses an IRQ or a DMA,

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set the corresponding IRQ or DMA to “ Legacy ISA”; otherwise you should set to PCI/ISA PnP.

PCI IRQ Activated By :

Options are “Level” or “Edge“. The default setting is ”Level“, this option is used

to select the IRQ‘s trigger method.

Used MEM base addr :

Because BIOSes fail to auto detect some specific ISA Legacy cards with
requested memory space below 1M address, we have added the “Used MEM base addr” and “Used
MEM Length” to support such kind of cards. Now, with these two functions, users can define where
the used memory address is located and its length of the legacy area correspondingly. Based on this,
BIOS will skip the UMB area that is used by the legacy device to avoid the memory space conflict.
For example, if the user select “D000” for “Used MEM base addr” and “16K” for “Used MEM Length”
that means the address region D0000H-D3FFFH is occupied by ISA legacy cards, and BIOS will not
assign this region for PnP/ISA and PCI cards.

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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.

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

Integrated Peripheral Setup Screen

IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled
Primary IDE Channel : Enabled

Master Drive PIO Mode : Auto
Slave Drive PIO Mode : Auto

IDE Primary Master UDMA : Auto
IDE Primary Slave UDMA : Auto

KBC input clock : 8MHz
Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled
Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8/IRQ4
Onboard Serial Port 2 : 2F8/IRQ3
Onboard IR Controller : Disabled
Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled

Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7 F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
Parallel Port Mode : SPP F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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The Default setting is “Enabled”. This feature enhances the hard disk
performance by making multi-sector transfers instead of one sector per transfer. Most IDE drives,
except the very early design, have Block Mode transfer feature.

Primary IDE Channel :

Select “Enabled” to activate the on -chip IDE interface.

Master Drive PIO and Slave Drive PIO :

There are six options namely “Auto”, “Mode 0”, “Mode
1”,“Mode 2”, “Mode 3” and “Mode 4”. The default setting is “Auto”. When it is set to “Auto”, the BIOS
will automatically set the mode to match the transfer rate of hard disk. If the system won‘t boot up
when set to “Auto”, set it manually to the lower mode (e.g. From Mode 3 to Mode 2). All IDE drives
should work with PIO mode 0.

IDE Primary Master UDMA,IDE Primary Slave UDMA:

Ultra DMA /33 implementation is possible only if

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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.

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 :

These options are used to assign the I/O addresses for the two on-board
serial ports. They can be assigned as follows:
Auto

[Default]

3F8 / IRQ4
2F8 / IRQ3
3E8 / IRQ4
2E8 / IRQ3
Disabled (Disable the onboard serial port)

Onboard Parallel Port :

This option is used to assign the I/O address for the onboard parallel port. The
options are “378/IRQ7” (defaults), “278/IRQ7”, “3BC/IRQ7” and “Disabled” (disable the onboard
parallel port). Note: Printer port always use IRQ7 when set to “378/IRQ7” or “278/IRQ7”, or from
“3BE/IRQ7” to “Enabled”.

Parallel Port Mode:

There are four options “Normal” (default), “ECP”, “ECP/EPP” and “EPP/SPP”.
Change the mode from “Normal” to the enhanced mode only if your peripheral device can support it.
When it is set to ECP mode, the printer port always uses DMA3.

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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.

UPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD

To disable the password

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.

, press the <Enter> key instead of entering a new password when the “Enter

3.12 IDE HDD A

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

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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.

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Select this option and press the <Enter> key to save the new setting information in the CMOS memory

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3.14 E

Select this option and press the <Enter > key to exit the Setup Utility without recording any new values
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DRIVERS SUPPORT

4.1 USE YOUR DRIVER CD-ROM

This chapter provides information on how to install the drivers that come in the CD-ROM with the
package. Please follow the instructions set forth in chapter carefully.

1. Find the directory for your O/S accordingly.

2. Always read the README.TXT. before installation.

3. Run the *.EXE., and follow the installation prompt step by step.

4.2 FILE DIRECTORY

APENDIX A

APPENDIX A
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)

MEMORY ADDRESS MAP

DMA CHANNELS

INTERRUPT CONTROLLER

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APPENDIX B
PC/104 MODULE INSTALLATION

There are two steps to install the PC/104 module on PC-2553 Single Board Computer.

Step 1.
Step 2.

Plug the Dual Side Male Connector into the PC/104 female connector.
Plug the PC/104 module‘s female connector into the PC-2553 male connector.

GLOSSARY

GLOSSARY

8-Bit Bus –

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

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

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 data bus that transmit a maximum of 528MB

of data.

Bits per second. Also often preceded by K (kilo/thousands),

bps –

and M (mega/million ),

– Mega bytes per second.

Mbps

– Kilo bytes per second,

Kbps

BIOS (Basic Input /Output System) –

This is a chip on the motherboard that contains

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

Bus –

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

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

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 Sta rLAN.

IEEE802.5
IEEE802.11

– is a physical layer standard for Token Ring.
– 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.

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

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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
Accessibility

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Remote

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.

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

GLOSSARY

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 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

serial port

is often referred to as an

RS-232 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

GLOSSARY

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, mouse, 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

are two wires twisted together to reduce susceptibility to RF crosswalk.

Twisted pair cable with neither individual nor overall shielding.

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.

Terms and Conditions

Date:1997.10.20

Warranty P olicy

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.

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

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