Chapter 2: Power Supply...............................................................................................................................................................11
Chapter 7: Connector and Pin Assignment..............................................................................................................................33
Chapter 8: INT Function ...............................................................................................................................................................37
Chapter 10: Post Code & Error Handling..................................................................................................................................47
Chapter 11: Replacing the Battery ..............................................................................................................................................56
Chapter 12: Upgrading your System.........................................................................................................................................58
Chapter 15: System Block Diagram ...........................................................................................................................................67
Chapter 16: Main Board Layout Placement ..............................................................................................................................69
Chapter 17: System & Modular Parts Assembly and Disassembly Diagram...................................................................... 71
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Product
Specification
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This document describes the product specification of G320 Notebook Computer. G320 targets cost effective mobile market
incorporating up to 14.1” TFT- LCD display and VIA C3 Nehemiah processor into a compact design, CD-ROM/DVD-ROM/Combo Drive,
FAX/MODEM and built-in LAN, to meet diversified demands on powerful computing, 3D A/V entertainment, communication, as well as
road warrior portability.
CPU
• VIA C3 Nehemiah 1GHZ CPU, 64KB L2 cache on die, CPU front-side bus up to 133MHz
• 376 pin EBGA
Core Logic
• North bridge VIA CLE266(VT8623) South bridge VT8235
• 4X AGP bus interface
• Supports host bus at 66 MHz
• AGP v2.0 compliant
• 3.3V PCI version 2.2 compliance
• ACPI v1.0
• USB 2.0 compatible
• PS/2 keyboard/mouse support
Memory
Main Memory
• 0MB on board, expandable up to 512MB
• 128/ 256/ 512 MB memory options
• One 200 pin SO DIMM type memory slot
• 2.5V TSOP DRAM
• Supports DDR266 Synchronous DRAM
ROM
• 4MB ISA Flash ROM
• Boot block protection
Mass Storage
HDD
• Support Enhanced IDE (PIO mode 4) and bus master (Ultra DMA 33/66/100 mode)
The external power sources connect via the DC-IN port, which has the following characteristics.
Current working range 3.42A
Voltage 19VDC - (8.5V-21.0V)
The adapter is used following connector (all dimensions are millimeters).
Table 9: DC-IN Port characteristics
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With power management enabled, the LI-ION battery pack gives 1.0 hours typical battery life (at C3 1G / 25 °C) with a TFT screen. The
battery pack has following specification
Capacity 32.56Wh (18650 4 cell 4S1P)
Weight
Charge/Discharge 300cycles(min.)
Remark Smart Battery (SMBUS 1.0)
AC Adapter
The international adapter has a separate AC cable, so that it can be used in different countries by changing the AC cable. The adapter
has the characteristics shown as the following table.
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Table: Main battery pack specification
Li-Ion
260 ± 20 g
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Table : AC Adapter Characteristics(external)
AC cable 6 feet (1.8 meters)
DC cable 5 feet (1.5 meters)
Input 100V to 240VAC, 47 to 63 Hz
Output 19VDC / 3.42A
Size
width
height
length
Weight TBD
DC/DC POWER Description:
High efficiency, low profile DC/DC converter for notebook computer.
These specifications define the battery charger characteristics and DC/DC converter outputs level.
All of the DC/DC output powers are on the Mother Board system.
Input Characteristics:
Input voltage range: 12.0〜21.0VDC (From AC/DC Adapter or Battery pack )
From adapter: 3.5A max (include charger)
DC/DC Output power description
TYPE SIGNAL DESCRIPTION
1 AUX5V Converter from VBA by buck converter.
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Control by signal “ON3_5”.
Provided USB devices power.
Provided INVERTER and periphery device when system turn-on.
2 AUX3V Converter from VBA by buck converter.
Control by signal “ON3_5”.
Provided for remote wake-up function.
Provided for main power when system turn-on..
4 VCORE Converter from VCC5 by buck converter
Control by signal “VR_ON”
Provided for CPU CORE/IO power
It can be adjust by signal ‘VID0 – VID4”, and output voltage range is from 1.4V.
5 DDR_DIMM Converter from AUX3V by LDO
Provided DIMM main power when system turn-on.
6 DDR_VTT Converter from VCC_DIMM by LDO. Provided for DDR RAM termination resistor.
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AUX5V
TYPE SIGNAL DESCRIPTION
Converter from VCC_DIMM by LDO Provided.
7 AUX2.5 Converter from AUX3V by LDO
2. Provided for CHIPSET
Scope:
• This voltage is USB devices power supply for wake-up function.
• This voltage is the system’s VCC5 main power (INVERTER/HDD/CD-ROM ..) supply when system is turn on.
• This is a step-down circuit with out of phase technique.
The power supply converts 19.0Vdc from the AC adapter or main battery pack power source to +5Vdc.
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General characteristics:
Input voltage range Load/Line regulation Ripple
Voltage
12 to 20Vdc +5% ~ -5% 50mV 8.0A 85%
• Over current protection (OCP): Shutdown latch.
• Under Voltage lockout and startup.
• Short circuit protection: Yes. Shutdown latch
• Power on/off sequencing with soft-start.
• Turn on time: 100ms.
• Dynamic response: The voltage keeps 5% regulation when the load changing from 10% to 90%
• Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C.
• Test condition and instruments:
9 Ripple & Noise: Measuring with bypass capacitors 0.1uf/10uf at output terminal and oscilloscope time-base set at
20MHz. (Tested by the oscilloscope and refer to figure 1)
9 Input voltage set at 12.0V. (DC Power supply)
9 Electronic load: Chroma 63030 or Equivalent
9 Multimeter: FLUKE 87 or Equivalent
9 All measuring refer to figure 2.
Maximum
load current
AUX3V
Efficiency
Scope:
• This voltage is for remove wake-up function.
• This voltage is the system’s VCC3 main power supply when system be turn on..
• This is a step-down circuit with out of phase technique.
• The power supply converts 19Vdc from the AC adapter or Main battery pack power source to +3.3Vdc.
General characteristics:
Input voltage range Load/Line regulation Ripple
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Voltage
Maximum
load current
Efficiency
12 to 20Vdc +5% ~ -5% 50mV 6.0A 85%
• Over current protection (OCP): Shutdown latch.
• Under Voltage lockout and startup.
• Short circuit protection: Yes. Shutdown latch
• Power on/off sequencing with soft-start.
• Turn on time: 100ms.
• Dynamic response: The voltage keeps 5% regulation when the load changing from 10% to 90%
• Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C.
• Test condition and instruments:
9 Ripple & Noise: Measuring with bypass capacitors 0.1uf/10uf at output terminal and oscilloscope time-base set at
20MHz. (Tested by the oscilloscope and refer to figure 1)
9 Input voltage set at 12.0V. (DC Power supply)
9 Electronic load: Chroma 63030 or Equivalent
9 Multimeter: FLUKE 87 or Equivalent
9 All measuring refer to figure 2.
VCORE
Scope:
• This voltage is for the CPU CORE/CPU IO power.
• The output voltage can be setting from 1.4V by signal “VID0 – VID4”
• This is a step-down circuit output voltage,
General characteristics:
Input voltage range Load/Line regulation Ripple
voltage
5V +2% ~ -2% 10mV 15A 75%
• Over current protection (OCP): Hiccup.
• Short circuit protection: Hiccup.
• Turn on time: 20ms.
• Dynamic response: The voltage keeps 2% regulation when the load changing from 10% to 90%
• Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C.
• Test condition and instruments:
9 Ripple & Noise: Measuring with by pass capacitors 0.1uf/10uf at output terminal and oscilloscope time-base set at
20MHz. (Tested by the oscilloscope and refer to figure 1)
9 Input voltage set at 5V. (DC Power supply)
9 Electronic load: Chroma 63030 or Equivalent
Maximum
load current
Efficiency
9 Multimeter: FLUKE 87 or Equivalent
9 All measuring refer to figure 2.
AUX2.5V
Scope:
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• Provided for CHIPSET AUX power
• This is a LDO Regulator convert AUX3V to 2.5V.
General characteristics:
Input voltage range Load/Line regulation Ripple voltage Maximum load current
3.3V +5% ~ -5% 50mV 300mA
• Over current protection (OCP): YES.
• Over temperature protection: YES
• Short circuit protection: YES.
• Turn on time: 20ms.
• Dynamic response: The voltage keeps 5% regulation when the load changing from 10% to 90%
• Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C.
• Test condition and instruments:
9 Ripple & Noise: Measuring with bypass capacitors 0.1uf/10uf at output terminal and oscilloscope time-base set at
20MHz. (Tested by the oscilloscope and refer to figure 1.)
9 Input voltage set at 3.3V. (DC Power supply)
9 Electronic load: Chroma 63030 or Equivalent
9 Multimeter: FLUKE 87 or Equivalent
9 All measuring refer to figure 2.
VCC_DIMM
Scope:
• Provided for DDR_RAM main power when system turn-on
• This is a LDO Regulator convert AUX3.3V to 2.5V.
General characteristics:
Input voltage range Load/Line regulation Ripple Voltage Maximum load current
3.3v +5% ~ -5% 50mV 5A
• Over current protection (OCP): YES.
• Short circuit protection: YES.
• Turn on time: 20ms.
• Dynamic response: The voltage keeps 5% regulation when the load changing from 10% to 90%
• Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C.
• Test condition and instruments:
9 Ripple & Noise: Measuring with bypass capacitors 0.1uf/10uf at output terminal and oscilloscope time-base set at
20MHz. (Tested by the oscilloscope and refer to figure 1.)
9 Input voltage set at 3.3V. (DC Power supply)
9 Electronic load: Chroma 63030 or Equivalent
9 Multimeter: FLUKE 87 or Equivalent
9 All measuring refer to figure 2.
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DDR_VTT
Scope:
• This voltage is for the DDR DIMM Voltage for termination resistor
• This is convert DDR_DIMM to 1.25V by LDO.
General characteristics:
Input voltage range Load/Line regulation Ripple
voltage
Maximum
load current
Efficiency
2.5V +5% ~ -5% 50mV 1.5 A 50%
• Over current protection (OCP): NO.
• Thermal protect: YES.
• Short circuit protection: YES.
• Turn on time: 100ms.
• Dynamic response: The voltage keeps 5% regulation when the load changing from 10% to 90%
• Operating temperature: 5°C to 35°C.
• Test condition and instruments:
9 Ripple & Noise: Measuring with bypass capacitors 0.1uf/10uf at output terminal and oscilloscope time-base set at
20MHz. (Tested by the oscilloscope and refer to figure 1.)
9 Input voltage set at 2.5V. (DC Power supply)
9 Electronic load: Chroma 63030 or Equivalent
9 Multimeter: FLUKE 87 or Equivalent
9 All measuring refer to figure 2.
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Scope:
• This is a constant power circuit controlled by using a EC to implement LI-ION Battery charging control.
General characteristics:
• 1 hours to fully charge when system off or in suspend
Charging method:
• Constant -voltage mode and constant-power mode or total power for Li-Ion battery
Charger Cut Off Method for Li-ION Battery:
Current sense:
• When charge mode at CC/CV, and charging current is sensed below 0.1C/cell, then charger cut off.
Li-Ion charge protection:
• Max T: Cut off the charge when the battery temperature exceed 60°C.
• OPT: Operating temperature, check the battery temperature at 0°C to 50°C, then charging the battery.
• Max V: Depend on inside battery pack protection unit spec.
Environment:
Temperature
The G320 temperature specification:
Operating (Non-condensing)
Non-operating (Non-condensing)
Humidity
The G320 humidity specification:
Operating (Non-condensing) 30% ~ 90%RH 10% per hour
Non-operating (Non-condensing) 10% ~ 90%RH 10% per hour
Inverter
General description and features:
The inverter is applied to 14” LCD PANEL notebook computer, and low cost, high performance.
Operating Temperature Range Max. Rate of Change
5° to 35°C 15°C per hour
-20° to 60°C 20°C per hour
Operating Temperature Range Max. Rate of Change
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14" LCD PANEL SPEC
Vender DQ DQ
Type DQ141X1LH03 DQ141X11H/2
Min Typ Max Min Typ Max
Lamp Voltage (V) 660 660
Lamp Current (mA) 2.0 4.0 6.0 2.0 4.0 6.0
p Frequency (KHz) 30 60 70 30 60 70
Start Voltage at 0℃ (V)
Start Voltage at 25℃(V)
Power Consumption 2.7 2.7
Connector JST BHSR-02VS-01 JST BHSR-02VS-01
• This inverter’s input voltage is +5V±5% or +19V±5%.
• The inverter can be turned ON /OFF by the signal ‘FPVDDEN‘.
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The brightness duty can be control by the signal ‘BR_ADJ’.
• The inverter has to follow the following EMI and Safety testing standards.
9 Safety standard: IEC 950, UL1950, CSA 950
9 EMI standard: ANSI C63.4, CISPR 22
1500 1500
1500 1500
Input section:
• Efficiency: 80% (minimum) at full load.
Output section:
Max. output current
ITEM SYMBOL MIN TYP MAX UNIT REMARK
VIN
4.5 5 5.25 V Input voltage
8 21 V
Load is lamp
Input current IIN 780 1000 mArms
Frequency F 48 55 59 KHz
Min. output current
ITEM SYMBOL MIN TYP MAX UNIT REMARK
Input current IIN 340 400 mArms
Frequency F 48 55 59 KHz
5.0 5.5 6.0 mArms Lamp current IL
5.2 5.6 6.0 mArms
4.5 5 5.25 V Input voltage VIN
8 21 V
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Load is lamp
2.0 2.3 2.6 mArms Lamp current IL
The V
lamp must within 100mS
voltage is between 1400V (1500V) and max. output voltage spec of transformer and it must hold over 1 sec. And fully start
OPEN
2.2 2.5 2.8 mArms
Inrush Current
• Make sure fuse can not break at inrush current
Pin Definition & Description
CN1(HRS DF13-7P-1.25H) Pin Definition
PIN SYMBOL COMMENT
1 GND Ground
2 GND Ground
3 LCD Bright Brightness control signal input (0~3.3)
4 Enable Voltage 5Vdc Input
5 Vin 5Vdc Input
6 Vin 5Vdc Input
7 Main Power DC Input 8V~21V
CN2(JST SM02B-BHSS-1-TB) Pin Definition
PIN SYMBOL DESCRIPTION
1 AC+ Positive CCFL terminal
2 AC- Negative CCFL terminal
Protection:
• SCP (Short Circuit Protection): There is no damage when short H.V. to GND.
• Open Lamp Protection: There is no damage when H.V. is open
Dimension:
Input screw hole add a circle pad, pad wide=1mm.
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Burn-in Testing
Environment:
• Burn-in condition:
9 Ambient Temperature: 35 – 45 °C
9 Percentage of Load : Full Load
• Burn-in Time:
9 Initial Burn-in Time is 24Hr.
9 If the failure rate is less than 1%, then the Burn-in time can be changed to 4Hr.
Item Range Condition Remark
0 – 45 °C
Operation
Temperature
-20 – 60 °C
Storage
10 – 90 % Operation
Humidity
5 – 95 % Storage Noncondensing
Other:
• Add a resistor 0 ohm between GND and PTH HOLE.
• Add a no masked area of GND PLANE on solder side, under CN1 connector.
• The input voltage can not cross talk when use dimming control