Protech ProX-1520 User Manual

USER’S
MANUAL

ProX-1520

ProX-1520 NS-Geode Mini Board

With VGA / SOUND / LAN

OPERATION MANUAL

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

This operation manual is meant to assist both Embedded Computer manu­facturers and end-users in installing and setting up the system. The infor­mation contained in this document is subject to change without any notice.

This manual is copyrighted April 30, 2002. You may not reproduce or
transmit in any form or by any means, electronic, or mechanical, including
photocopying and recording.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of
their respective owners.

Copyright Notice

Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

1-1 About This Manual .................….................................…. 1-2

1-2 System Specification ......................……........................... 1-3

1-3 Safety Precautions ..................................……................... 1-6

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION

2-1 Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table ...............… 2-2

2-2 Component Locations .....….............................................. 2-3

2-3 How to Set the Jumpers …................................................. 2-4

2-4 COM Port Connector ........................................................ 2-6

2-5 RS232/422/485 (COM2) Selection ................................... 2-7

2-6 Keyboard or PS/2 Mouse Connector ................................. 2-8

2-7 Keyboard or PS/2 Mouse Selection ........................…...... 2-8

2-8 External Keyboard Connector ........................................... 2-9

2-9 Reset Connector ................................................................ 2-9

2-10 Hard Disk Drive Led Connector ……………………… 2-9
2-11 Floppy Disk Drive Connector ………………………… 2-10
2-12 Hard Disk Drive Connector ……………………………... 2-11
2-13 LAN Connector …………………………………………. 2-12
2-14 External Speaker Connector …………………………….. 2-12
2-15 VGA CRT Connector …………………………………… 2-13
2-16 LCD Connector …………………………………………. 2-14
2-17 Panel Power Connector …………………………………. 2-15
2-18 Panel VDD Selection ……………………………………. 2-15
2-19 Universal Serial Bus Connector ………………………… 2-16
2-20 IrDA Connector …………………………………………. 2-16
2-21 Power LED & KeyLock Connector …………….………. 2-17
2-22 RTC Function Selection ………………………………… 2-17
2-23 Reset/Clear Watchdog Selection ……………………….. 2-18
2-24 Power Connector ……………………………………… 2-19
2-25 ATX Power Button …….……………………………….. 2-19
2-26 Printer Connector ………………………………………... 2-20
2-27 Solid State Disk Socket …………………………………. 2-21
2-28 SSD Memory Mapping Selection ……………………….. 2-22
2-29 Sound Connector ……………………………………… 2-23

2-30 CD Audio-In Connector .................................................... 2-23

Contents

2-31 AT/ATX Function Selection ……………………………. 2-24
2-32 ATX Power Signal Connector …………………………... 2-24
2-33 Memory Installation …………………………………….. 2-25

CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE UTILITIES

3-1 Introduction …………....................................................... 3-2

3-2 VGA Driver Utility …....…............................................... 3-2

3-3 Flash BIOS Update ......…................................................. 3-4

3-4 LAN Driver Utility …........................................................ 3-6

3-5 Sound Driver Utility …………………………………….. 3-8

3-6 Watchdog Timer Configuration .…................................... 3-9

CHAPTER 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP

4-1 Introduction ....................................................................... 4-2

4-2 Entering Setup ................................................................... 4-3

4-3 The Standard CMOS Setup ……....................................... 4-4

4-4 The BIOS Features Setup ………...................................... 4-9

4-5 Chipset Features Setup ...................................................... 4-13

4-6 Power Management Setup ................................................. 4-15

4-7 PNP/PCI Configuration ..................................................... 4-16

4-8 Load BIOS Defaults .......................................................... 4-18

4-9 Load Setup Defaults .......................................................... 4-18

4-10 Integrated Peripherals ....................................................... 4-19

4-11 Password Settings ............................................................. 4-21

4-12 IDE HDD Auto Detection ................................................. 4-23

4-13 Save & Exit Setup ……..................................................... 4-24

4-14 Exit Without Saving .......................................................... 4-25

APPENDIX A ADAPTER CARD

W-SOUND Adapter Card …………............................................. A-2

APPENDIX B EXPANSION BUS

PC-104 Connector Pin Assignment .............................................. B-2

Contents

APPENDIX C TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Block Diagram ............................................................................. C-2

Interrupt Map ................................................................................ C-3

RTC & CMOS RAM Map ............................................................ C-4

Timer & DMA Channels Map ...................................................... C-5

I/O & Memory Map ...................................................................... C-6

APPENDIX D TROUBLE SHOOTING

Trouble Shooting for Error Messages .......................................... D-2

Trouble Shooting for POST Code ................................................ D-5

INTRODUCTION

This chapter gives you the information for Prox-1520. It also
outlines the System specifications.

Section includes:

z About This Manual

z System Specifications

z Safety precautions

Experienced users can skip to chapter 2 on page 2-1
for a Quick Start.

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1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL

Thank you for purchasing our Prox-1520 NS-Geode™ GX1 Low Power

Miniboard with VGA/Sound/LAN, which is fully PC/AT compatible. The
Prox-1520 provides faster processing speed, greater expandability and can
handle more tasks than before. This manual is designed to assist you how to
install and setup the system. It contains four chapters. The user can apply this
manual for configuration according to the following chapters :

Chapter 1 Introduction

This chapter introduces you to the background of this manual, and the speci­fication of the system. Final page in this chapter will give you some ideas on
how to avoid damaging your Embedded Card.

Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration

This chapter outlines the component locations and their functions. In the end
of this chapter, you will know how to set jumper and how to configure this
card to meet your own needs.

Chapter 3 Software Utilities

This chapter contains helpful information for proper installations of the VGA
driver, LAN driver, Sound driver and how to update BIOS. It also describes
the Watchdog timer configuration.

Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup

This chapter shows you how to set up the BIOS configurations.

Appendix A Adapter Card

This Appendix introduces you the W-SOUND adapter card.

Appendix B Expansion Bus

This Appendix introduces you the PC104 BUS.

Appendix C Technical Summary

This section gives you the information about the Technical maps.

Appendix D Trouble Shooting

This section outlines the error messages and offers you some solutions.

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1-2. SYSTEM SPECIFICATION

z CPU :

Built-in NS-Geode™ GX1-300 MHz
(Low-Power Processor)

2.0V CPU Voltage.

z MEMORY :

One 144-pin 64 bit SO-DIMM socket.

z CHIPSET :

NS Geode™ CS5530A

z CACHE :

Built-in CPU.

z SUPER I/O :

Winbond 83977F.

z REAL-TIME CLOCK / CALENDAR :

256-byte battery backed CMOS RAM.
Hardware implementation to indicate century rollover.

z BIOS :

Phoenix-Award Flash BIOS for plug & play function.
Easy update 256KB flash EEPROM.
Support Green Function.
Support S/IO Setup.

z KEYBOARD/MOUSE CONNECTOR :

One mini DIN connector, selectable for Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, or Y-cable.
One additional 5-pin external keyboard connector.

z BUS SUPPORT :

Internal PCI Bus for LAN and SOUND
External PC104 Bus.

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z LAN INTERFACE :

Realtek RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet.
Support 10/100 Mbps.
RJ-45 jack on board

z SOUND INTERFACE :

Analog Device AD1881 AC97 Codec.
16-Bit Stereo Full-Duplex Codec
Four Analog Line-level Stereo Inputs for Connection.
High Quality CD Input with Ground Sense
Stereo Line-Level Output
Interface: MIC, Line-In, and Line-Out through W-Sound Adapter.
CD Audio-In onboard.

z VGA DISPLAY :

Built-in NS Geode CS5530, up to 4MB system shared memory.
Support 18-bit TFT LCD panel with resolution up to 1024 x 768 x 16bpp.
Support CRT Monitor with resolution up to 1280 x 1024 x 8bpp.
Support simultaneous display of CRT & LCD flat panel.
Interface: 15-pin CRT Connector and

41-pin LCD connector.

z WATCHDOG :

I / O port 0443H to Enable watchdog.
I / O port 0441H to Disable watchdog.
Time-out timing select 0 / 8 / 16 / 24 / 32 / 40 / 48 / 56 / 64 / 72 / 80 / 88 / 96 /
104 / 112 / 120 sec ±25%.

z IDE INTERFACE :

One IDE port, support Ultra DMA-33.
Support up to two Enhanced IDE devices.

z FLOPPY DISK DRIVE INTERFACE :

Supports up to two Floppy Disk Drives, 3.5" and 5.25" (360K / 720K / 1.2M /

1.44M / 2.88M).

z SSD SOCKET :

A 32-pin SSD socket on-board.
Supports up to 144MB Disk-on-chip.

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z USB CONNECTOR :

Universal Serial Bus Connector on-board.
Supports up to two USB ports.

z IRDA :

5-pin IrDA connector.
Support IrDA v1.0 SIR protocol.

z SERIAL PORT :

Two high speed 16550 Compatible UARTs with Send / Receive 16 Byte
FIFOs. COM1: RS-232; COM2: RS-232/422/485
Programmable Baud Rate Generator.

z PARALLEL PORT :

SPP, ECP, EPP Function.
Bi-directional parallel port.

z PC-104 BUS EXPANSION & SPEED :

ISA 8MHz
PC-104 8MHz
PCI 33MHz
USB 12Mbit/sec

z GREEN FUNCTION :

Software supported by BIOS setup.
Hardware supported by switch control.

z LED INDICATOR :

System power.
Hard Disk access.
LAN Led indicator.

z DMA CONTROLLER :

82C37 x 2

z DMA CHANNELS :

7

z INTERRUPT CONTROLLERS :

82C59 x 2

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z INTERRUPT LEVELS :

15

z OPERATING TEMPERATURE :

0 to 60°C.

z SYSTEM POWER REQUIREMENT :

DC Voltage: +5V, minimum + 4.75V, maximum +5 .25V.
DC Ampere: 3A.

z BOARD DIMENSION :

102mm x 145mm

z BOARD NET WEIGHT :

170 grams

1-3. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Follow the messages below to protect your systems and yourself from
damages:

1. Avoid your system from any static electricity on all occasions.

2. Prevent electric shock. Don‘t touch any components of this card when the
card is on. Always disconnect power when the system is not in use.

3. Disconnect power when you change any hardware devices. For instance, if
you connect a jumper or install any cards with computer on, a surge of
power may damage the electronic components or the whole system.

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HARDWARE
CONFIGURATION

** QUICK START **

Helpful information details you the jumper & connector settings,
and component’s location.

Sections include:

z Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table

z Component’s Location

z Configuration and Jumper settings

z Connector Pin Assignments

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2-1 JUMPER & CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE

COM Port Connector ............................................. COM1, COM2

RS232/422/485 (COM2) Selection ........................ JP1

Keyboard or PS/2 Mouse Connector ..……..…… PS1

Keyboard or PS/2 Mouse Selection ……............... JP6

External Keyboard Connector ............................... EXKB1

Reset Connector ..................................................... RST1

Hard Disk Drive LED Connector .......................... HDL1

Floppy Disk Drive Connector ................................ FDD1

Hard Disk Drive Connector ................................... IDE1

LAN Connector ………………………………….. LAN1

External Speaker Connector .................................. J7

VGA CRT Connector ............................................ VGA1

LCD Connector ………………………………….. LCD1
Panel Power Connector .…………………..……... J3
Panel VCC Selection ……………..……………… JP3
Universal Serial Bus Connector …………………. USB1
IrDA Connector …………………………………. IR1

Power LED & KeyLock Connector ....................... KBL1

RTC Function Selection …………………………. JP5
Reset/Clear Watchdog Selection ………….…….. JP7

Power Connector ................................................... J6

ATX Power Button ……………………………… J5

Printer Connector .................................................. PRT1

Solid-State Disk Socket ......................................... SSD

SSD Memory Mapping Selection .......................... JP4

Sound Connector ………………………………… SOUND1
CD-In Connector ………………………………… J1
AT/ATX Function Selection …………………….. JP2
ATX Power Signal Connector ………………… J2

Memory Installation ...............................................

SODIMM

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2-2 COMPONENT LOCATIONS

JP5

D20
C20

PC104

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D1

1

JP4

J5

J2

1

6

COM1

VGA1

9

5

KBL1

5

15

10

HDL1

1

11

6

SSD

32

Battery

Geode

CS 5530

IDE1

6
24
1

PS1

3

5

8

7

LAN1

2

9

1

Prox-1520 Connector, Jumper, and Component locations

BUZ1

EXKB1

1

JP6

12
11

10

J6

1

4

Geode

GX1

J3

JP2
JP3

FDD1

COM2

USB1

SOUND1

LCD1

PRT1

JP1

IR1

J1

41

40

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2-3 HOW TO SET THE JUMPERS

You can configure your board by setting the jumpers. A jumper is consists
of two or three metal pins with a plastic base mounted on the card. By
using a small plastic “cap” (with a metal contact inside), you may connect
the pins. So you can set up your hardware configuration by “opening” or
“closing” the pins.

The jumper can be combined into sets, which called the jumper blocks.
When the jumpers are all in the block, you have to put them together to set
up the hardware configuration. The figure below shows how this looks.

JUMPERS AND CAPS

If a jumper has three pins, for example: labelled PIN1, PIN2, and PIN3.
You can connect PIN1 & PIN2 to create one setting and shorting. Or you
may also connect PIN2 & PIN3 to create another setting. The same jumper
diagrams are applied all through this manual. The figure below shows
what the manual diagram looks like and what they represent.

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JUMPER SETTINGS

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2-4. COM PORT CONNECTOR

COM1 : COM1 Connector, DB9 male connector
The pin assignment are as follows :

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 DCD
2 TIN
3 ROUT
4 DTR
5 GND
6 DSR
7 RTS
8 CTS
9 RI

COM2 : COM2 Connector
The pin assignments are as follows :

PIN ASSIGNMENT

RS-232 RS-422 RS-485

1 DCD TX- TX­2 TIN TX+ TX+
3 ROUT RX+ RX+
4 DTR RX- RX­5 GND GND GND
6 DSR RTS- NC
7 RTS RTS+ NC
8 CTS CTS+ NC
9 RI CTS- NC

10 NC NC NC

1

9

6

COM 1

COM2

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2-5. RS232/422/485 (COM2) SELECTION

JP1 : RS-232/422/485 Selection
COM1 is fixed for RS-232 function only.
COM2 is selectable for RS-232, 422, 485 function.
The jumper settings are as follows :

COM 2

Function

RS-232

Jumper Setting

(pin closed)

Open

RS-422

1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10

11-12, 13-14, 15-16

17-18, 19-20

RS-485

1-3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-10

11-12, 13-14, 15-16

17-18, 19-20

*** Manufactory default --- RS-232.

Jumper Illustration

2
1

2
1

2
1

JP1

JP1

JP1

20
19

20
19

20
19

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2-6. KEYBOARD OR PS/2 MOUSE CONNECTOR

DIN : Keyboard or PS/2 Mouse Connector
DIN connector can support Keyboard, Y-cable, or PS/2 Mouse by jumper
selection, user may select the right device to used on “Keyboard or PS/2
Mouse Selection”. The pin assignments are as follows :

PIN ASSIGNMENT

Keyboard PS/2 Mouse

1 KBDATA MSDATA
2 MSDATA MSDATA
3 GND GND
4 VCC VCC
5 KBCLK MSCLK
6 MSCLK MSCLK

2-7. KEYBOARD OR PS/2 MOUSE SELECTION

JP6 : Keyboard or PS/2 Mouse Selection.
If User select to use Y-Cable, please set the jumper same as AT Keyboard.
The jumper settings are as follows:

AT KEYBOARD

*** Manufactory default -- AT Keyboard

DEVICE

TYPE

PS/2 MOUSE

JUMPER SETTING

(pin closed)

3-5
4-6

1-3
2-4

JUMPER

ILLUSTRATION

5

JP6

5

JP6

6

5

3

4

2

1

PS1

21

6

21

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2-8. EXTERNAL KEYBOARD CONNECTOR

EXKB1 : External Keyboard Connector
The pin assignment is as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 KBCLK
2 KBDATA
3

C
4 GND
5 VCC

2-9. RESET CONNECTOR

RST1 : Reset Connector
The pin assignment is as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 RESET
2 GND

2-10. HARD DISK DRIVE LED CONNECTOR

HDL1 : Hard Disk Driver LED Connector
The pin assignments is as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 VCC
2 HDD Active Signal
3 HDD Active Signal
4 HDD Active Signal

1

EXKB1

HDL1

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2-11. FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR

FDD1 : Floppy Disk Drive Connector
You can use a 34-pin daisy-chain cable to connect two FDDs. On one
end of this cable is a 34-pin flat cable attaches to the FDD on the board,
and the other side is attaches to two FDDs.
The pin assignments are as follows :

FDD1

PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 GND 2 RPM
3 GND 4 NC
5 GND 6 DS1J
7 GND 8 INDEXJ

9 GND 10 MTR0J
11 GND 12 DR1J
13 GND 14 DR0J#
15 GND 16 MTR1J
17 GND 18 DIR
19 GND 20 STEPJ
21 GND 22 WDATAJ
23 GND 24 WGATEJ
25 GND 26 TRAK0
27 GND 28 WRTPRTJ
29 NC 30 RDATA
31 GND 32 HDSEL
33 NC 34 DSKCHG

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2-12. HARD DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR

IDE1: Hard Disk Drive Connector
The pin assignments are as follows:

IDE1

PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 IDE RST 2 GND
3 PD7 4 PD8
5 PD6 6 PD9
7 PD5 8 PD10

9 PD4 10 PD11
11 PD3 12 PD12
13 PD2 14 PD13
15 PD1 16 PD14
17 PD0 18 PD15
19 GND 20 NC
21 PDREQR 22 GND
23 PIOWJ 24 GND
25 PIORJ 26 GND
27 PIORDYR 28 PCSEL
29 PDACKJ 30 GND
31 PINTR 32 NC
33 PA1 34 NC
35 PA0 36 PA2
37 PCS0J 38 PCS1J
39 PLED 40 GND
41 VCC 42 VCC
43 GND 44 NC

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2-13. LAN CONNECTOR

LAN1: LAN Connector
You will find two LAN LED indicators on LAN connector, the
green LED is used to detect the 100Mbps speed, while the yellow
LED is used to detect “LINK” and “ACTIVE” signal.
The pin assignments are as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 TX+

2 TX-

3 RX+

4 ISOLATED GND

5 ISOLATED GND

6 RX-

7 ISOLATED GND

8 ISOLATED GND

9 Pull Hi

10 LED – Green
11 Pull Hi
12 LED – Yellow

2-14. EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONNECTOR

J7 : External Speaker Connector
The pin assignments is as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 VCC

2 ACTIVE SIGNAL

Yell ow

8

7

1

LAN1

8

2

J7

Green

1

12
11

10

9

Yell ow

Green

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2-15. VGA CRT CONNECTOR

VGA1 : VGA CRT Connector
The pin assignments are as follows:

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10

15

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PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 RED

2 GREEN

3 BLUE

4 NC

5 GND

6 GND

7 GND

8 GND

9 VCCDDC

10 GND
11 NC
12 DDCSDA
13 HSYNC
14 VSYNC
15 DDCSCLB

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2-16. LCD CONNECTOR

LCD1: LCD Connector
The connector LCD is a 41-pin, dual-in-line header used for LCD display.
The pin assignments are as follows:

2

40

1

LCD1

41

PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 FP$D14 2 GND
3 GND 4 VCC
5 FP$D15 6 GND
7 GND 8 GND

9 FP$D16 10 GND
11 FP$D12 12 GND
13 FP$D17 14 FP$D0
15 FP$D13 16 FP$D6
17 VCC 18 FP$D1
19 VSYNC 20 FP$D7
21 DISPEN 22 FP$D2
23 HSYNC 24 FP$D8
25 CLK$FP 26 FP$D3
27 VCC3 28 FP$D9
29 VCC3 30 FP$D4
31 FP$BKLEN 32 FP$D10
33 VDDSAFE 34 FP$D5
35 FP$VDDEN 36 FP$D11
37 GND 38 +12VSAFE
39 GND 40 +12VSAFE
41 NC

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2-17. PANEL POWER CONNECTOR

J3 : Panel Power Connector
The pin assignments is as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 +12V SAFE
2 GND
3 VDD SAFE (+5V/3.3V)

Note: Before using this connector, make sure that

you set the JP3 jumper at the same time. Pin
#3 can be +5V or +3.3V depending on the
jumper set on “Panel VCC Selection”.

2-18. PANEL VDD SELECTION

JP3 : Panel VDD Selection
The pin assignments is as follows:

SELECTION

VDD +5V

JUMPER SETTING

(pin closed)

1-2

J3

JUMPER

ILLUSTRATION

VDD +3.3V

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2-19. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CONNECTOR

USB1: Universal Serial Bus Connector
This connector can connect up to two USB port.
The pin assignments are as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 VCC
2

DATA0−
3 DATA0+
4 GND
5 GND
6 VCC
7

DATA1−
8 DATA1+
9 GND

10 GND

2-20. IRDA CONNECTOR

IR1: IrDA (Infrared) Connector
The pin assignments are as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 VCC
2 NC
3 IRRXD
4 GND
5 IRTXD

USB1

IR1

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2-21. POWER LED & KEYLOCK CONNECTOR

KBL1 : Power LED & Keylock Connector
The pin assignments is as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 POWER LED
2 NC
3 GROUND
4 KEYLOCK
5 GROUND

2-22. RTC FUNCTION SELECTION

JP5 : RTC Function Selection
The selections are as follows:

FUNCTION

JUMPER SETTING

(pin closed)

ILLUSTRATION

KBL1

JUMPER

NORMAL

CLEAR RTC

***Manufacturing Default is set as Normal.

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2-23. RESET/CLEAR WATCHDOG SELECTION

JP7 : Reset/Clear Watchdog Selection
The selections are as follows:

FUNCTION

JUMPER SETTING

(pin closed)

JUMPER

ILLUSTRATION

RESET

CLEAR WATCHDOG

1-2

5-6

JP7

JP7

2

6

2

6

1

5

1

5

***Manufacturing Default is set as Reset.

 To Clear Watchdog, user should short the “Clear Watchdog” pin via push

button.

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2-24. POWER CONNECTOR

J6 : Power Connector
The pin assignments is as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

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

2-25. ATX POWER BUTTON

J5 : ATX Power Button
The pin assignments are as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 PWR BTN
2 GROUND

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2-26. PRINTER CONNECTOR

PRT1 : Printer Connector
As to link the Printer to the card, you need a cable to connect both DB25
connector and parallel port.
The pin assignments are as follows:

PRT1

PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 STB 14 AFD
2 PD0 15 ERROR
3 PD1 16 INIT
4 PD2 17 SLIN
5 PD3 18 GND
6 PD4 19 GND
7 PD5 20 GND
8 PD6 21 GND

9 PD7 22 GND
10 ACK 23 GND
11 BUSY 24 GND
12 PE 25 GND
13 SLCT 26 NC

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2-27. SOLID-STATE DISK SOCKET

SSD: 32pin Disk-on-chip Socket
The pin assignments are as follows:

16

SSD

1

17

32

PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 NC 17 SD3
2 NC 18 SD4
3 NC 19 SD5
4 SA12 20 SD6
5 SA7 21 SD7
6 SA6 22 CE
7 SA5 23 SA10
8 SA4 24 OE

9 SA3 25 SA11
10 SA2 26 SA9
11 SA1 27 SA8
12 SA0 28 SA14
13 SD0 29 SA13
14 SD1 30 NC
15 SD2 31 WE
16 GND 32 VCC

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2-28. SSD MEMORY MAPPING SELECTION

JP4 : SSD Memory Mapping Selection.

A 32-pin SSD socket supports an SSD up to 144MB. This PnP flash ROM SSD can
be installed as one of user‘s hard disks. And if set as Drive C, it can be used to boot
up the computer with MS-DOS installed.

The SSD Memory Mapping selection are listed as follows :

SSD Memory Map

CC000h-CDFFFh

D0000h-D1FFFh

D4000h-D5FFFh

D8000h-D9FFFh

DC000h-DDFFFh

***Manufactory default --- CC000h-CDFFFh

Jumper Setting

(Pin closed)

1-2

11-12

3-4

9-10

3-4

11-12

5-6

9-10

5-6

11-12

ILLUSTRATION

2
1

2

1

2

1

2

1

2

1

JUMPER

JP4

JP4

JP4

JP4

JP4

12
11

12
11

12
11

12
11

12
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2-29. SOUND CONNECTOR

SOUND1 : Sound Connector
This connector is used to connect the microphone, line-in, and line-out
through our adapter card. The pin assignments are as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 MIC-IN
2 NC
3 AUD_GND
4 AUD_GND
5 LINE-L
6 LINE-R
7 AUD_GND
8 AUD_GND
9 SPK-L

10 SPK-R

 Please refer our Appendix A for more information about installation.

2-30. CD AUDIO-IN CONNECTOR

J1 : CD Audio-in Connector
The pin assignments are as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 AUXAL
2 GND
3 GND
4 AUXAR

SOUND1

J1

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2-31. AT/ATX FUNCTION SELECTION

JP2 : AT/ATX Function Selection
The selections are as follows:

FUNCTION

JUMPER SETTING

(pin closed)

JUMPER

ILLUSTRATION

AT

ATX

1-2

2-3

***Manufacturing Default is set as AT.

2-32. ATX POWER SIGNAL CONNECTOR

J2 : ATX Power Signal Connector
The pin assignments are as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 PS_ON
2 GND
3 +5VSB

JP2

JP2

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Prox-1520 contains one 144-pin SO-DIMM.

DRAM BANK CONFIGURATION

DIMM1 TOTAL MEMORY

32M 32MB
64M 64MB

128M 128MB

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CHAPTER

3

UTILITIES

This chapter comprises the detailed information of VGA driver, LAN
driver and Flash BIOS update. It also describes how to install the
watchdog timer configuration.

Sections include:

z VGA Driver Utility

z Flash BIOS Update

z LAN Driver Utility

z Sound Driver Utility

z Watchdog Timer Configuration

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3-1. INTRODUCTION

Enclosed with our Prox-1520 package is our driver utility, which may comes
in a form of a CD ROM disc or floppy diskettes. For CD ROM disc user,
you will only need some of the files contained in the CD ROM disc, please
kindly refer to the following chart:

File name

(Assume that CD ROM drive is D:)

D:\VGA\GX1\ For VGA driver installation
D:\Flash\V7.96 or V7.72 For BIOS update
D:\Lan\RTL8139 For LAN Driver installation
D:\Sound\ For Sound Driver installation
D:\GX1\Utility For PCI Bridge Utility

3-2. VGA DRIVER UTILITY

The VGA interface embedded with our Prox-1520 can support a wide range

of display mode, such as SVGA, STN, TFT....etc. You can display CRT

and LCD Panel simultaneously on this board, but make sure that the modes
for CRT and LCD Panel are the same. If not, only one of them can be
displayed.

Purpose

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1. Awdflash 7.XX program

2. Win NT program

3. Win 98 program

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3-2-1. Installation of VGA Driver

1. Install VGA driver to Windows NT 4.0

(1). To install VGA drivers to Windows 4.0 is as you normally

would. Click START, then SETTINGS, then CONTROL
PANEL of the operating system.

(2). Select the DISPLAY icon to start the DISPLAY

PROPERTIES window, then choose the SETTING tab, then
DISPLAY TYPE.

(3). In the CHANGE DISPLAY TYPE window, click on the

CHANGE button in the ADAPTER TYPE, this will bring up
the SELECT DEVICE window.

(4). In the CHANGE DISPLAY window, click on Have Disk.

Follow the instructions appearing on the screen until you
complete the whole installation.

(5). Once installation is completed, the system must be shut down

and restarted for the new drivers to take effect.

2. Install VGA driver to Windows 98

(1). Click MY COMPUTER, then CONTROL PANEL of the

operating system.

(2). Select SYSTEM icon to bring up the SYSTEM PROPERTIES

window.

(3). Select DEVICE MANAGER, then look for STANDARD PCI

GRAPHIC ADAPTER (VGA), which is found under the
DISPLAY ADAPTERS.

(4). Double click the STANDARD PCI GRAPHIC ADAPTER

(VGA) icon to bring up the STANDARD PCI GRAPHIC
ADAPTER (VGA) PROPERTIES window, Select DRIVER,
and then UPDATE DRIVER.

(5). Upon selecting the UPDATE DRIVER, the UPDATE

DEVICE DRIVER WIZARD window will show up.

(6). Select the pathname where the driver is located and follow the

remaining instructions appearing on the screen.

(7). Once installation is completed, the system must be shut down

and restarted for the new drivers to take effect.

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3-3. FLASH BIOS UPDATE

3-3-1. System BIOS Update:

Users of Prox-1520 can use the program “Awdflash.exe” contained in
the Utility Disk for system BIOS and VGA BIOS update.

3-3-2. To update VGA BIOS for LCD Flat Panel Display:

As Prox-1520 user, you have to update the VGA BIOS for your specific
LCD flat panel you are going to use. For doing this, you need two files.
One is the “Awdflash.exe” file and the other is the VGA BIOS file for
LCD panel display. Both file must be provided by the vendor or
manufacturer. When you get these two files ready, follow the following
steps for updating your VGA BIOS:

1. Install “Awdflash.exe” from Utility Disk to Drive C.

2. Insert the VGA BIOS file you have obtained from the vendor.

3. Type the path to Awdflash.exe and execute the VGA BIOS update
with file F20xxxxx.bin
C:\UTIL\AWDFLASH>AWDFLASH F20xxxxx.bin

4. The screen will display the table below:

FLASH MEMORY WRITER v7.XX

(C) Award Software 1999 All Rights Reserved

GXm-Cx5530-2A434P69C-0 DATE: 04/29/2002

For

Flash Type: MXIC 29F002T/5V

File Name to Program: F20xxxxx.bin

Checksum: XXXXX

Error Message : Do You Want To Save BIOS (Y/N)

If you want to save up the original BIOS, enter "Y" and press < Enter > .
If you choose "N", the following table will appear on screen.

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FLASH MEMORY WRITER v7.XX

(C) Award Software 1999 All Rights Reserved

For GXm-Cx5530-2A434P69C-0 DATE: 04/29/2002

Flash Type: MXIC 29F002T/5V

File Name to Program: F20xxxxx.bin

Checksum: XXXXX

Error Message : Are You Sure To Program (Y/N)

Select "Y", and the BIOS will be renewed. When you are refreshing the
BIOS, do not turn off or reset the system, or you will damage the BIOS.
After you have completed all the programming, the screen displays the
table below:

FLASH MEMORY WRITER v7.XX

(C) Award Software 1999 All Rights Reserved

For GXm-Cx5530-2A434P69C-0 DATE: 04/29/2002

Flash Type: MXIC 29F002T/5V

File Name to Program: F20xxxxx.bin

Checksum: XXXXX

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Reset System or Power off to

accomplish update process!

F1: Reset F10: Exit

Please reset or power off the system, then the Flash BIOS is fully
implemented.

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3-4-1. Introduction

Prox-1520 Embedded board is enhanced with LAN function can support
various network adapters. Installation programs for LAN drivers are
listed as follows:

Chapter 3 Software Configuration

3-4-2. Installing Procedure on Microsoft Windows 95

Executing Windows 95, it will auto-detect your system configuration
and find the adapter hardware.

1. Insert the LAN Driver disk into Drive A or CD ROM drive and

specify the setup file pathname A:\.

2. Windows 95 will appear some messages to insert Windows 95 system

disk to complete setup.

3. Windows 95 will finish the other installation procedure automatically,

then restart the system.

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3-4-3. Installing Procedure on Microsoft Windows NT

1. In the Main group to NT, select the “Control Panel” icon.

2. In the Control Panel window, choose the “Network” icon.

3. In the Network Settings dialog box, choose the “Add adapter” button.
The Add Network Adapter dialog box appears.

4. In the list of network cards, select “<Other> requires disk from
manufacturer”, and then press <Enter> button.

5. Insert the LAN Driver disk in Drive A, and key-in A:\ (pathname)
where the setup file OEMSETUP.INF is located, and then choose OK
button.

6. The screen will appear “Select Line Speed” dialog box, which is
provided by RTL8139.SYS driver. The default value is “auto” so that
the line speed can be auto detected as 10Mb or 100Mb, while the
RTL8139.SYS is loading.

7. The screen will appear “Input Ethernet ID” dialog box, which is
provided by RTL8139.SYS driver. This option is only required when
you have more than one RTL8139 PCI Fast Ethernet adapters on this
computer. Select “SKIP” if only one adapter is installed on this
computer.

8. “Bus Location” display in next screen. If your system contains more
than one hardware bus, please select the Bus Type and Bus number on
which your network adapter card in installed.

9. NT will then perform the binding process. If any additional network
software options were installed, you may be prompted for specific
information for these packages.

10. Re-boot your system to complete the installation process.

*** Note: Installing Multiple LAN Adapters:

Enter Windows NT and follow above setup procedure setp 2, in
the “Network Setting” dialog box, choose the “Configure..”
button. The “Input Ethernet ID” dialog box appears and input
adapter’s Ethernet ID. Last step to select OK and close
NETWORK SETUP. Select SKIP if only one adapter is
installed on this computer.

For more details on Installation procedure, please refer to TXT
directory found on LAN DRIVER UTILITY.

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3-5. SOUND DRIVER UTILITY

3-5-1. Introduction

Sound function is also enhanced in this board and is applicable for the
following Operating system:

Chapter 3 Software Configuration

1. Win 98 program

2. Win NT program

3-5-2. Installing Procedure on Microsoft Windows 98

(1) Click START, then SETTINGS, then CONTROL PANEL.

Select the SYSTEM icon to bring up the SYSTEM
PROPERTIES window. Then select the DEVICE MANAGER,
and you will find PCI MULTIMEDIA AUDIO DEVICE and

UNKNOWN DEVICE. (Note: This two category must be
installed using the same instruction.)

(2) Double click the PCI MULTIMEDIA AUDIO DEVICE icon to

bring up its PROPERTIES window. Then Select GENERAL
and click REINSTALL DRIVER.

(3) Upon selecting the REINSTALL DRIVER, the REINSTALL

DRIVER WIZARD window will show up.

(4) Select pathname (D:\Sound\GX1\win98) and follow the

remaining instructions appearing on the screen.

(5) Once the PCI MULTIMEDIA AUDIO DEVICE is completely

installed, follow the same instruction to install the UNKNOWN
DEVICE.

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3-6. WATCHDOG TIMER CONFIGURATION

This board has watchdog timer function for monitoring whether the system
is still work or not after a period of time. This is defined at I/O port 443H.
When you want to enable the watchdog timer, please write I/O port 443H,
then the system will either reset itself. Likewise, when you want to disable
the function, write I/O port 441H, the system will run the command to stop
the Watchdog function.

In Prox-1520 watchdog function, You must write your program so when it
writes I/O port address 443 for enable watchdog and write I/O port address
441 for disable watchdog. The timer's intervals have a tolerance of 25% so
you should program an instruction that will refresh the timer about every
second.

The following program shows you how to program the watch timer in your

program.

Watchdog enable program:

MOV AX, 000FH (choose the values you need; start from 0)
MOV DX, 443H
OUT DX, AX

Watchdog disable program:

MOV AX, 000FH (this value can be ignored)
MOV DX, 441H
OUT DX, AX

The Watchdog Timer control table is as follows:

Level Value Time/sec Level Value Time/sec

1 F 0 9 7 64
2 E 8 10 6 72
3 D 16 11 5 80
4 C 24 12 4 88
5 B 32 13 3 96
6 A 40 14 2 104
7 9 48 15 1 112
8 8 56 16 0 120

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BIOS SETUP

This chapter states out how to set up the Award BIOS.
Section includes:

z Introduction

z Entering Setup

z The Standard CMOS Setup

z The BIOS Features Setup

z The Chipset Features Setup

z Power Management Setup

z PNP/PCI Configuration

z Load BIOS/Setup Defaults

z Integrated Peripherals

z IDE HDD Auto Detection

z Save and Exit Setup

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4-1. INTRODUCTION

This chapter will show you the function of the BIOS in managing the
features of your system. The Prox-1520 NS-Geode Miniboard is equipped
with the BIOS for system chipset from Award Software Inc. This page
briefly explains the function of the BIOS in managing the special features
of your system. The following pages describe how to use the BIOS for
system chipset Setup menu.

Your application programs (such as word processing, spreadsheets, and
games) rely on an operating system such as DOS or OS/2 to manage such
things as keyboard, monitor, disk drives, and memory.

The operating system relies on the BIOS (Basic Input and Output system), a
program stored on a ROM (Read-only Memory) chip to initialize and con­figure your computer's hardware. As the interface between the hardware and
the operating system, the BIOS Enables you to make basic changes to your
system's hardware without having to write a new operating system.

The following diagram illustrates the interlocking relationships between the
system hardware, BIOS, operating system, and application program:

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4-2. ENTERING SETUP

When the system is powered on, the BIOS will enter the Power-On Self
Test (POST) routines and following messages will appear on the lower
screen:

As long as this message is present on the screen you may press the <Del>

key (the one that shares the decimal point at bottom of the number keypad)
to access the Setup program. In a moment, the main menu of the Award
SETUP program will appear on the screen:

PRESS <DEL> TO ENTER SETUP, ESC TO SKIP MEMORY TEST

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A434P69)

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 ↑↓→← : Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2 : Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type.........

Setup program initial screen

You may use the cursor up/down keys to highlight the individual menu items.
As you highlight each item, a brief description of that item's function will
appears in the lower window. If you have a color monitor you can use the
Shift F2 keys to scroll through the various color combinations available.

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4-3. THE STANDARD CMOS SETUP

Highlight〝STANDARD CMOS SETUP〞and press < ENTER > and the
screen will display the following table:

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A434P69)

STANDARD CMOS SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Date (mm:dd:yy) : Mon, Apr 1 2002
Time (hh:mm:ss) : 13 : 20 : 33

Drive C : Auto ( 0Mb)
Drive D : Auto ( 0Mb)

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

Video : EGA/VGA
Halt On : All, But Keyboard

Esc : Quit ↑ ↓ → ← : Select Item Pu/Pd/+/- : Modify

F1

: Help (Shift) F2 : Change Color

In the above table the base memory size and the extended memory size are
displayed. This is automatically read from your systems, and you do not need
to set these parameters.

Information on each items are as follows:

DATE:

The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information.
This field is for information only.
Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field (date, month,
year). Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting, or type the
desired value into the field.

CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE
0 0 0 0 0 AUTO
0 0 0 0 0 AUTO

CMOS Setup Screen

Base Memory: 640K

Extended Memory: 128512K

Other Memory: 384K

----------------------------------­Total Memory: 129536K

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TIME:

The time format is based on the 24-hour military time clock. For example,
4:00pm is entered as 13:00:00.

PRIMARY MASTER/SLAVE:

The categories identify the types of hard disk drive C or drive D that had been
installed in the computer. There are 45 predefined types and 2 user definable
types are for Normal BIOS. Type 1 to Type 45 are predefined. Type User is
user-definable.

Press PgUp / <+> or PgDn / <-> to select a numbered hard disk type or type
the number and press < Enter >. Note that the specifications of your drive
must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you
enter improper information for this category. If your hard disk drive type is
not matched or listed, you can use Type User to define your own drive type
manually.

If you select Type User, related information is asked to be entered to the
following items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <
Enter >. This information should be provided in the documentation from your
hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer.

If the controller of HDD interface is ESDI, the selection shall be "Type 1".

If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be "None"
If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, the selection shall be "None"

CYLS:

This refers to the number of cylinders found in the specified drive type.

HEADS:

This refers to the number of heads found in the specified drive type.

PRECOMP:

Precomp is the read delay circuitry, which takes into account the timing
differences between the inner and outer edges of the surface of the disk platter.
The number designates the starting cylinder of the signal.

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LANDZONE:

Landz is the landing zone of the heads. This number determines the cylinder
location where the heads will normally park when the system is shut down.

SECTOR:

This is the number of sector found in a specified drive type.

DRIVE A:
DRIVE B:

This category identifies the type of floppy disk drive A or B that have been
installed in the computer.

VIDEO:

The category determines the type of video adapter used for the primary system
monitor. Although secondary monitors are supported, you do not have to
select the type in Setup.

HALT ON:

The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected
during power up. The options are as follows:

No errors Whenever the BIOS detect a non-fatal error the system

will be stopped and you will be prompted.

All errors The system boot will not be stopped for any error that

may be detected.

All, but keyboard The system boot will stop for all other errors, except

keyboard error.

All, but diskette The system boot will stop for all other errors, except

keyboard error.

All, but disk/key The system boot will stop for all other errors, except for

keyboard error and/or disk error.

BASE MEMORY:

The POST will determine the amount of base (or conventional) memory
installed in the system. The value of the base memory is typically 512K for
systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard, or 640K for
systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard.

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EXTENDED MEMORY:

The BIOS determine how much extended memory is present during the POST.
This is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the CPU’s memory
address map.

OTHER MEMORY:

This refers to the memory located in the 640K to 1024K address space. This is
memory that can be used for different applications. DOS uses this area to
load device drivers in an effort to keep as much base memory free for
application programs. The BIOS is the most frequent user of this RAM area
since this is where it shadows RAM.

TOTAL MEMORY:

Displays the total memory available in the system.

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HARD DISK ATTRIBUTES:

Type Cylinders Heads V-P comp LZone Sect Capacity

1 306 4 128 305 17 10
2 615 4 300 615 17 20
3 615 6 300 615 17 30
4 940 8 512 940 17 62
5 940 6 512 940 17 46
6 615 4 65535 615 17 20
7 642 8 256 511 17 30
8 733 5 65535 733 17 30

9 900 15 65535 901 17 112
10 820 3 65535 820 17 20
11 855 5 65535 855 17 35
12 855 7 65535 855 17 49
13 306 8 128 319 17 20
14 733 7 65535 733 17 42
15 000 0 0000 000 00 00
16 612 4 0000 663 17 20
17 977 5 300 977 17 40
18 977 7 65535 977 17 56
19 1024 7 512 1023 17 59
20 733 5 300 732 17 30
21 733 7 300 732 17 42
22 733 5 300 733 17 30
23 306 4 0000 336 17 10
24 977 5 65535 976 17 40
25 1024 9 65535 1023 17 76
26 1224 7 65535 1223 17 71
27 1224 11 65535 1223 17 111
28 1224 15 65535 1223 17 152
29 1024 8 65535 1023 17 68
30 1024 11 65535 1023 17 93
31 918 11 65535 1023 17 83
32 925 9 65535 926 17 69
33 1024 10 65535 1023 17 85
34 1024 12 65535 1023 17 102
35 1024 13 65535 1023 17 110
36 1024 14 65535 1023 17 119
37 1024 2 65535 1023 17 17
38 1024 16 65535 1023 17 136
39 918 15 65535 1023 17 114
40 820 6 65535 820 17 40
41 1024 5 65535 1023 17 42
42 1024 5 65535 1023 26 65
43 809 6 65535 852 17 40
44 809 6 65535 852 26 61
45 776 8 65335 775 33 100

47 AUTO

Award Hard Disk Type Table

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4-4. THE BIOS FEATURES SETUP

Choose the〝BIOS FEATURES SETUP〞in the main menu and the
following screen will be shown:

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A434P69)

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

Virus Warning
CPU Internal Cache

Quick Power On Self Test
Boot Sequence
Swap Floppy Drive
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Boot Up NumLock Status
Boot Up System Speed
Gate A20 Option
Memory Parity Check
Typematic Rate Setting
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
Typematic Delay (Msec)
Security Option
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB
Report No FDD for WIN 95

This setup menu allows you to configure your system for basic operation.
The user has the opportunity to select the system’s default speed, boot-up
sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security.

To get help on each item, highlight the relevant item and press the F1 key. A
Windows will appear on your screen detailing the various options available
for each item.

A brief introduction of each setting in the BIOS FEATURES SETUP program
is found on the next following pages.

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

: Disabled
: Enabled

: Disabled
: A,C, SCSI
: Disabled
: Enabled
: On
: High
: Fast
: Enabled
: Disabled
: 6
: 250
: Setup
: Disabled
: Non-OS2
: Yes

BIOS Features Setup Screen

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Video BIOS Shadow
C8000-CBFFF Shadow
CC000-CFFFF Shadow
D0000-D3FFF Shadow
D4000-D7FFF Shadow
D8000- DBFFF Shadow
DC000-DFFFF Shadow
Cyrix 6x86/MII CPUID

Esc : Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item
F1 : Help Pu/Pd/+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

: Enabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Enabled

: Color

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VIRUS WARNING:

When enabled, the BIOS will supervise the boot sector and partition table of
the hard disk drive for any attempt for modification. If an attempt is made,
the BIOS will halt the system and an error message will appear. Afterwards,
if necessary, you will be able to run an anti-virus program to locate and
remove the problem before any damage is done.

CPU INTERNAL CACHE:

This category speed up memory access. However, it depends on
CPU/chipset design.

QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST:

You can Enabled or Disabled this item to speed up Power On Self Test (POST)
after you power up the computer. If it is set to Enabled, BIOS will shorten or
skip some check items during POST.

BOOT SEQUENCE:

This category determines the sequence of which drive to search first for the
disk operating system such as DOS.

SWAP FLOPPY DRIVE:

This item allows you to choose whether enable the swap floppy drive or not.

BOOT UP FLOPPY SEEK:

You may Enabled / Disabled this item to define whether the system will look
for a floppy disk drive to boot at power-on, or directly to the hard disk drive.

BOOT UP NUMLOCK STATUS:

This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad. By
default, the system boots up with NumLock on.

BOOT UP SYSTEM SPEED:

Select High to configure your system in the turbo speed mode at boot up, or
select Low to configure your system in normal speed mode. Whichever setting
you chose you will still be able to use the turbo switch to toggle between the
two modes during use.

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GATE 20A OPTION:

This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled. The gate A20
is a device used to address memory above 1Mbytes. Initially, the gate A20
was handled via a pin on the keyboard. Today, while keyboards still pr ovide
this support, it is more common and much faster for the system chipset to
provide support for gate A20.

MEMORY PARITY CHECK:

This entry allows to detect the memory parity.

TYPEMATIC RATE SETTING:

Enabled this item if you wish to be able to configure the characteristics of
your keyboard. “Typematic” refers to the way in which characters are entered
repeatedly if a key is held down. For example, if you press and hold down the
"A" key, the letter "a" will repeatedly appear on your screen until you release
the key.

TYPEMATIC RATE (CHARS/SEC):

You can use this item to define the typematic rate delay of your keyboard, i.e.
the rate at which characters will be repeated when a key held down.

TYPEMATIC DELAY (MSEC):

You can use this item to define the period after which the typematic function
become active i.e. how long after you press a key the characters will be
repeated.

SECURITY OPTION:

This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to
Setup.

System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be

denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if

the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

 To Disable security, select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then
you will be asked to enter password. Do not type anything and just press
<Enter>, it will disable security. Once the security is Disable, the system will
boot and you can enter Setup freely.

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PCI/VGA PALETTE SNOOP:

This entry enables or disables the system to work with MPEG ISA/VESA
VGA Card.

OS SELECT FOR DRAM > 64MB:

This item allows you to access the memory that over 64MB in 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:

Determines whether video BIOS will be coped to RAM. However, it is
optional depending on chipset design. Video Shadow will increase the video
speed.

C8000-CBFFF ~ DC000-DFFFF SHADOW:

These categories determine whether option ROMs will be copied to RAM.
An example of such option ROM would be support of onboard SCSI.

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4-5. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

Choose the 〝CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP〞from the main menu, the
screen shown as below.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A434P69)

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

SDRAM CAS latency Time
SDRAM Clock Ratio Div By

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

USB Controller

Build in CPU Audio
Audio I/O Base Address
MPU-401 I/O Base Address
Audio IRQ Select
Audio Low DMA Select
Audio High DMA Select

Video Memory Size

The parameters in this setup menu are for system designers, service personnel,
and technically competent users only. Do not reset these values unless you
understand the consequences of your changes.

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.

SDRAM CLOCK RATIO DIV BY:

This item allows user to set the DRAM timing.

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: 3 T
: 4

: 5
: 5

: Disabled

: Enabled
: 220H
: 330H
: IRQ5
: DMA1
: DMA5

: 4.0M

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Display Status
Flat Panel Resolution
Power Type Select

Esc : Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item
F1 : Help Pu/Pd/+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

: CRT
: 640x480
: AT

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16-BIT I/O RECOVERY (CLK):
8-BIT I/O RECOVERY (CLK):

The recovery time is the length of time, measured in CPU clocks, which the
system will delay after the completion of an input/output request. This delay
takes place because the CPU is operating so much faster than the input/output
bus that the CPU must be delayed to allow for the completion of the I/O. This
item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 16/8bit I/O.

USB CONTROLLER:

Set to Enabled when your system contains Universal Serial Bus controller and
you have a USB keyboard.

BUILD IN CPU AUDIO:

This item allows you to enable or disabled the build-in audio.

AUDIO I/O BASE ADDRESS:

This item allows you to set the Audio I/O Base Address.

MPU-401 I/O BASE ADDRESS:

This chipset traps I/O access for Roland MPU UART interface at 330H, 300H
or Disable.

AUDIO IRQ SELECT:

This item allows you to select an interrupt for the audio port.

AUDIO LOW DMA SELECT:
AUDIO HIGH DMA SELECT:

The chipset supports I/O trapping for low DMA accesses and thus allows you
to set the Audio low/ High DMA type.

VIDEO MEMORY SIZE:

This item allows you to set the memory size of Video.

FLAT PANEL RESOLUTION:

This item selects the flat panel resolution.

POWER TYPE SELECT:

This item selects the type of power supply used.

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4-6. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

Choose〝POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP〞option on the main menu, a
display will be shown on screen as below :

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A434P69)

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

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Power Management

** PM Timers**
Standby Mode
HDD Power Down

This setup menu allows you to configure your system to the most effectively
save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of
computer use.

POWER MANAGEMENT:

This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is
directly related to Standby Mode, and HDD Power Down.

STANDBY MODE:

This is one of the Green PC power saving function, which is only user
configurable when User Define Power Management has been selected.
When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the fixed disk drive
and the video would be shut off while all other devices still operate at full
speed.

: Disabled

: Disabled
: Disabled

IRQ1 (Keyboard)
IRQ3 (COM 2)
IRQ4 (COM 1)
IRQ5 (LPT 2)
IRQ6 (Floppy Disk)
IRQ7 (LPT 1)
IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir)
IRQ10 (Reserved)
IRQ11 (Reserved)
IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse)
IRQ13 (Coprocessor)
IRQ14 (Hard Disk)
IRQ15 (Reserved)

Esc : Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item
F1 : Help Pu/Pd/+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Power Management Setup Screen

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: ON
: OFF
: OFF
: OFF
: OFF
: OFF
: OFF
: OFF
: OFF
: OFF
: OFF
: OFF
: OFF

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HDD POWER DOWN:

This is one of the Green PC power saving function, which is only user
configurable when User Define Power Management has been selected.
When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive
will be powered down while all other devices remain active.

4-7. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

Choose 〝PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION 〞 from the main se tup menu, a
display screen will be shown as below:

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A434P69)

PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

PNP OS Installed
Resources Controlled by
Reset Configuration Data

This setup menu describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, also known
as Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system, which allows I/O devices to
operate at speed near the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating
with its own special components. It covers some technical items, which is
strongly recommended only for experienced users.

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: No
: Auto
: Disabled

PNP/PCI Configuration Setup Screen

PCI IRQ Actived By

Esc : Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item
F1 : Help Pu/Pd/+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

: Level

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PNP OS INSTALLED:

This item allows you to determine install PnP OS or not.

RESOURCE CONTROLLED BY:

The BIOS can automatically configure all of 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 assign them.

PCI IRQ ACTIVATED BY:

This sets the method by which the PCI bus recognizes that an IRQ service is
being requested by a device. Under all circumstances, you should retain the
default configuration unless advised otherwise by your system’s manufacturer.

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4-8. LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH BIOS DEFAULTS

"LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS" loads the default BIOS values. When the
diagnostic aid of your system becomes unusable, choose this option and the
following message appears:

Load BIOS Default ( Y / N ) ? Y

To use the BIOS defaults, change the prompt to "Y" and press < Enter >, the
CMOS is loaded automatically when you power on the Prox-1520.

4-9. LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH SETUP DEFAULTS

This Main Menu item uses the default SETUP values. Use this option as a
diagnostic aid of your system behaves erratically. Choose this item and the
following message appears:

To use the SETUP defaults, change the prompt to "Y" and press <Enter>.
The CMOS is loaded automatically form SETUP default values:

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4-10. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

Choose〝INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS〞from the main menu, a display
will be shown on screen as below:

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A434P69)

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

IDE HDD Block Mode
Primary IDE Channel
Master Drive PIO Mode
Slave Drive PIO Mode

IDE Primary Master UDMA
IDE Primary Slave UDMA

KBC input clock
Onboard FDC Controller
Onboard Serial Port 1
Onboard Serial Port 2
Onboard IR Controller

Onboard Parallel Port
Parallel Port Mode

By moving cursor to the desired selection and pressing <F1> key, the all
options for the desired selection will be displayed for choice. User has to use
select the desired option. Having made all the setting according to your
selections, press <Esc> to return to the Main Menu.

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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: Enabled
: Enabled
: Auto
: Auto

: Auto
: Auto

: 8 MHz
: Enabled
: 3F8/IRQ4
: 2F8/IRQ3
: Disabled

: 378/IRQ7
: SPP

Esc : Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item
F1 : Help Pu/Pd/+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

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PRIMARY IDE CHANNEL:

You may separately disable the primary channel on an IDE interface installed
in a PCI expansion slot.

IDE PRIMARY MASTER/SLAVE UDMA:

This item allows you to enable/disable IDE Primary Master/Slave UDMA
mode.

KBC INPUT CLOCK:

This item allows you to select the frequency of the KBC input clock.

ON-BOARD FDC CONTROLLER:

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

ONBOARD SERIAL PORT 1/2:

Select a logical COM port name and matching address for the first and second
serial ports. Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and
second serial ports.

ONBOARD IR CONTROLLER:

This item enables or disables the onboard IR controller.

ON-BOARD PARALLEL PORT:

This option allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller
with I/O address.

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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4-11. PASSWORD SETTINGS

You may choose to select to set either supervisor or user password, or both
of them. The differences is that the supervisor password can enter and
change options of the setup menus while user password can only enter setup
menu but does not have any rights to change any settings.

TO SET A PASSWORD

If you want to enable this item you should choose the〝PASSWORD
SETTING〞option from the main menu, the following message will appear
at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

Enter Password:

Type the password, up to eight characters, and press < Enter >. You will
be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <
Enter >. You may also press < Esc > to abort the selection and not enter a
password.

To change the original password, enter CMOS setup Menu again and you
will be asked to enter the original password, then select 〝PASSW ORD

SETTING〞and press enter. The system will asked you to enter a
password, then you may enter new password and re-type new password

for confirmation.

 User should bear in mind that when a password is set, you will be ask

to enter the password whenever you enter CMOS setup Menu. This
can prevent an unauthorized person from changing any part of your
system configuration.

You may determine when the password is required within the BIOS
Features Setup Menu and its Security Option. If the Security Option is
set to “System”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to
Setup. If set as “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter
Setup.

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TO DISABLE THE PASSWORD

Upon entering the CMOS setup Menu, the system will ask you to enter the
original password, after entering the original password, press
〝PASSWORD SETTING〞a message will appear at the center.

Password Disabled!!!

Press any key to continue...

Press < Enter > and the password will be disabled. Once the password is
disabled, you can enter Setup freely.

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4-12. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

Choose the〝IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION〞option . The screen will be
shown as below.

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A434P69)

STANDARD CMOS SETUP
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CYLS. HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE
Drive C : (850Mb) 824 32 0 1647 63 LBA
Drive D : ( Mb)

Select Drive D Option (N=Skip) : N

Option Size Cyls Heads Precomp Landzone Sectors Mode
______________________________________________________________
1 (Y) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Normal

Note: Some Oses (like SCO-UNIX) must use “Normal” for installation

Esc : Skip

IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION Screen

This setup menu allows you to save time in finding the Hard Disk Drive
information, just follow the following steps:

1. Select the 〝IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION〞from the Main Menu.

2. After a couple of seconds, the screen will appear the Hard Disk information
and following message:

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“SELECT PRIMARY MASTER OPTION (N=SKIP):N”

3. Enter Y or N to confirm the acceptance of the parameter reported by BIOS,
then press the <ENTER> key.

 The process will repeat again form Primary Slave, Secondary Master and

Secondary Slave Hard Disks.

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4-13. SAVE & EXIT SETUP

When you have completed adjusting all the settings as required, you should
enter these setting into the CMOS RAM. Select 〝SAVE & EXIT SETUP〞

and press<Enter>, as the display shown below:

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A434P69)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

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STANDARD CMOS SETUP

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

PNP / PCI CONFIGU

LOAD BIOS DEFAU

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

Esc : Quit ↑↓→← :Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2 : Change Color

When you confirm that you wish to save the settings your machine will be
automatically rebooted and the changes you have made will be implemented.
You may call up the setup program at any time to adjust any of the individual
items by pressing the <Del> key during boot up.

SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? N

Save Data to CMOS & Exit SETUP

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

USER PASSWORD

IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

SETUP

SAVING

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4-14. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

To cancel any changes you have made, select 〝EXIT W I THOUT
SAVING 〞 and the original setting stored in the CMOS will be retained.
The screen will be shown as below:

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A434P69)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

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STANDARD CMOS SETUP

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

PNP / PCI CONFIGU

LOAD BIOS DEFAU

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

Esc : Quit ↑↓→← :Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2 : Change Color

Quit Without Saving (Y/N) ? N

Abandon all Datas & Exit SETUP

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SUPERVISOR PASSWORD

USER PASSWORD

IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

SETUP

SAVING

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ADAPTER
CARD

This appendix explains the adapter card.

Section includes:

z W-Sound Adapter Card

APPENDIX

A

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Appendix A Adapter Card

W-SOUND ADAPTER CARD

Introduction:

You will also find W-Sound Adapter Card in our package. This card is
designed as a converter of sound connector found in our system board.
Below, you will find an illustration of our W-Sound Adapter Card:

AUDIO-OUT
(SPK)

LINE-IN

MIC

JP1

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Connector’s Pin Assignment:

You will find the following connectors on the W-Sound Adapter Card, pin
assignment are listed as follows:

MIC : Microphone Connector
The pin assignments are as follows :

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 GND
2 MIC-IN
3 NC
4 MIC VDD
5 GND

Audio-Out (SPK) : Speaker Connector
The pin assignments are as follows :

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 GND
2 SPK-L
3 NC
4 SPK-R
5 NC

LINE-IN : Line Input Connector
The pin assignments are as follows :

Appendix A Adapter Card

MIC

4

2

53

1

UDIO-OUT

(SPK)

4

2

53

1

LINE-IN

1 GND
2 LINE-R
3 GND
4 LINE-L
5 GND

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Appendix A Adapter Card

Instruction for Assembling the W-Sound:

The JP1 found in our W-Sound Adapter Card is used to connect the Sound
Connector. To assemble, follow the following instruction:

(1) Turn-off the computer system
(2) Check the Sound cable enclosed with the package.
(3) Connect one end of the cable to the Sound connector (SOUND1 found

in Prox-1520 board), and the other end to the JP1 of the W-sound
Adapter Card.

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EXPANSION

APPENDIX

BUS

This appendix indicates the pin assignments.

Section includes:

z PC104 BUS Pin Assignment

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Appendix B Expansion Bus

PC-104 CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT

104AB, 104CD : PC-104 Connector

The PC-104 can support multi-pieces of PC-104 modules. This card has two

connectors : one (104AB) consists of 64 pin; the other one (104CD) consists
of 40 pin, both of them are dual-in-line headers

The pin assignments for connector 104AB & 104CD are as follow:

ASSIGNMENT

PIN
A1 IOCHK B1 GND C1 GND D1 GND
A2 D7 B2 REST C2 SBHE D2 MEMCS16
A3 D6 B3 VCC C3 LA23 D3 IOCS16
A4 D5 B4 IRQ9 C4 LA22 D4 IRQ10
A5 D4 B5 -5V C5 LA21 D5 IRQ11
A6 D3 B6 DRQ2 C6 LA20 D6 IRQ12
A7 D2 B7 -12V C7 LA19 D7 IRQ15
A8 D1 B8 OWS C8 LA18 D8 IRQ14
A9 D0 B9 +12V C9 LA17 D9 DACK0
A10 IOCHRDY B10 GND C10 MEMR D10 DRQ0
A11 AEN B11 SMEMW C11 MEMW D11 DACK5
A12 A19 B12 SMEMR C12 D8 D12 DRQ5
A13 A18 B13 IOW C13 D9 D13 DACK6
A14 A17 B14 IOR C14 D10 D14 DRQ6
A15 A16 B15 DACK3 C15 D11 D15 DACK7
A16 A15 B16 DRQ3 C16 D12 D16 DRQ7
A17 A14 B17 DACK1 C17 D13 D17 VCC
A18 A13 B18 DRQ1 C18 D14 D18 MASTER
A19 A12 B19 REFRESH C19 D15 D19 GND
A20 A11 B20 CLK C20 KEY PIN D20 GND
A21 A10 B21 IRQ7
A22 A9 B22 IRQ6
A23 A8 B23 IRQ5
A24 A7 B24 IRQ4
A25 A6 B25 IRQ3
A26 A5 B26 DACK2
A27 A4 B27 TC
A28 A3 B28 BALE
A29 A2 B29 VCC
A30 A1 B30 OSC
A31 A0 B31 GND
A32 GND B32 GND

104AB 104CD

PIN

ASSIGNMENT

PIN

ASSIGNMENT

PIN

ASSIGNMENT

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TECHNICAL
SUMMARY

This section introduces you the maps concisely.

Section includes:

z Block Diagram

z Interrupt Map

z RTC & CMOS RAM Map

z Timer & DMA Channels Map

z I / O & Memory Map

APPENDIX

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BLOCK DIAGRAM

TM

PCI BUS

RTL8139

Universal
Serial Bus

IDE

SOUND

CRT

LCD

ISA BUS

BIOS

SSD Socket
(Disk-on-chip)

COM1

TM

PC/10 4

Connector

Watchdog

COM2

FDD

KB/Mouse

Parallel
Port

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IRQ ASSIGNMENT

0 System TIMER interrupt from TIMER-0
1 Keyboard output buffer full
2 Cascade for IRQ 8-15
3 Serial port 2
4 Serial port 1
5 Available / Sound
6 Floppy
7 Parallel port 1
8 RTC clock

9 Available
10 Available
11 Available
12 PS/2 Mouse
13 Math coprocessor
14 Hard disk adapter
15 Available

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RTC & CMOS RAM MAP

CODE ASSIGNMENT

00 Seconds
01 Second alarm
02 Minutes
03 Minutes alarm
04 Hours
05 Hours alarm
06 Day of week
07 Day of month
08 Month

09 Year
0A Status register A
0B Status register B
0C Status register C
0D Status register D

0E Diagnostic status byte

0F Shutdown byte

10 Floppy Disk drive type byte

11 Reserve

12 Hard Disk type byte

13 Reserve

14 Equipment byte

15 Base memory low byte

16 Base memory high byte

17 Extension memory low byte

18 Extension memory high byte

30 Reserved for extension memory low byte

31 Reserved for extension memory high byte

32 Date Century byte

33 Information Flag

34-3F Reserve

40-7f Reserved for Chipset Setting Data

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TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP

Timer Channel Map

Timer Channel Assignment

0 System timer interrupt
1 DRAM Refresh request
2 Speaker tone generator

DMA Channel Map

DMA Channel Assignment

0 Available
1 Available / Sound Blaster
2 Floppy Disk Adapter
3 Available
4 Cascade for DMA controller 1
5 Available
6 Available
7 Available

:

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I/O & MEMORY MAP

Memory Map :

MEMORY MAP ASSIGNMENT

0000000-009FFFF System memory used by DOS and

application

00A0000-00BFFFF Display buffer memory for VGA/ EGA /

CGA / MONOCHROME adapter

00C0000-00DFFFF Reserved for I/O device BIOS ROM or

RAM buffer.
00E0000-00EFFFF Reserved for PCI device ROM
00F0000-00FFFFF System BIOS ROM
0100000-FFFFFFF System extension memory

I/O Map :

I/O MAP ASSIGNMENT

000-01F DMA controller (Master)
020-021 Interrupt controller (Master)
022-023 Chipset controller registers I/O ports.
040-05F Timer control regsiters.
060-06F Keyboard interface controller (8042)
070-07F RTC ports & CMOS I/O ports

080-09F DMA register
0A0-0BF Interrupt controller (Slave)
0C0-0DF DMA controller (Slave)

0F0-0FF Math coprocessor

1F0-1F8 Hard Disk controller

278-27F Parallel port-2
2B0-2DF Graphics adapter controller

2F8-2FF Serial port-2

360-36F Net work ports

378-37F Parallel port-1

3B0-3BF Monochrome & Printer adapter
3C0-3CF EGA adapter

3D0-3DF CGA adapter

3F0-3F7 Floppy disk controller

3F8-3FF Serial port-1

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TROUBLE
SHOOTING

This section outlines the errors may occur when you operate the
system. It also gives you the suggestions on solving the problems.

Section includes:

z Trouble Shooting for Error Messages

z Trouble Shooting for POST Code

APPENDIX

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Appendix D Trouble Shooting

TROUBLESHOOTING FOR ERROR MESSAGE

The following information inform you the error messages and the trouble
shooting. Please adjust your systems according to the messages below. And
make sure all the components and connectors are in proper position and
firmly attached. If the errors still encountered, please contact with your
distributor for maintenance.

POST BEEP :

Currently there are two kind of beep codes in BIOS. The one code in­dicates that a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the
video screen to display any additional information. This beep code con-sists
of a single long beep followed by three short beeps. The other one code
indicates that your DRAM error has occurred. This beep code consists of a
single long beep repeatedly.

CMOS BATTERY FAILURE :

When the CMOS battery is out of work or has run out, the user has to
replace the whole unit.

CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR :

This error inform you that the CMOS is corrupted. When the battery runs
weak, this situation might happen. Please check the battery and change a
new one when necessary.

DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY :

Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or
color. This indicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicated in
Setup. Determine which setting is correct, and then either turn off the
system and change the jumper, or enter Setup and change the video
selection.

DISK BOOT FAILURE:

When you can‘t find the boot device, insert a system disk into Drive A and
press < Enter >. Make sure both the controller and cables are all in proper
positions, also make sure the disk is formatted correct device. Then reboot
the system.

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DISKETTE DRIVES OR TYPES MISMATCH ERROR :

When the diskette drive type is different from CMOS, please run setup or
configure the drive again.

ERROR ENCOUNTERED INITIALIZING HARD DRIVE :

When you can‘t initialize the hard drive. Assure the adap ter is installed
correctly and all cables are correctly and firmly attached. Also be sure the
correct hard drive type is selected in Setup.

ERROR INITIALIZING HARD DISK CONTROLLER :

When this error occurs. Be sure the cord is exactly installed in the bus.
Make sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup. Also check
whether all of the jumpers are set correctly in the hard drive.

FLOPPY DISK CONTROLLER ERROR OR
NO CONTROLLER PRESENT :

When you cannot find or initialize the floppy drive controller, please check
the controller whether in proper Setup. If there are no floppy drive installed,
Ensure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE.

KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT :

When this situation happens, please check keyboard attachment and no
keys being pressed during the boot. If you are purposely configuring the
system without a keyboard, set the error halt condition in Setup to HALT
ON ALL, BUT KEYBOARD. This will cause the BIOS to ignore the
missing keyboard and continue the boot.

MEMORY ADDRESS ERROR :

When the memory address indicates error. You can use this location along
with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory
chips.

MEMORY SIZE HAS CHANGED :

Memory has been added or removed since the last boot. In EISA mode use
Configuration Utility to re-configure the memory configuration. In ISA
mode enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields.

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MEMORY VERIFYING ERROR :

It indicates an error verifying a value already written to memory. Use the
location along with your system's memory map to locate the bad chip.

OFFENDING ADDRESS MISSING :

This message is used in connection with the I/O CHANNEL CHECK and
RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the
problem cannot be isolated.

REBOOT ERROR :

When this error occurs that requires you to reboot.. Press any key and the
system will reboot.

SYSTEM HALTED :

Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must be
rebooted. Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL.

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TROUBLESHOOTING FOR POST CODES

When you power on your PC, and the screen display nothing. You have to
insert the POST Card for test. The address for ISA POST port is 80h. Make
sure the card is in correct slot. The lists below indicate you the error
messages. Please follow the instruction to adjust your system. If the error
still occurred, please contact with your distributor for maintenance.

C0 : Turn off OEM specific cache, shadow.....

03 : Initialize all the standard devices with default values Standard devices

includes :
DMA controller (8237).
Programmable Interrupt Controller (8259).
Programmable Interval Timer (8254).
RTC chip.

05 : 1.Keyboard Controller Self-Test.

2.Enable Keyboard Interface.

07 : Verfies CMOS‘s basic R/W functionality.

BE : Program defaults values into chipset according to the MODBINable Chipset

Default Table.

C1 : Auto-detection of onboard DRAM & Cache.

C5 : Copy the BIOS from ROM into E0000-FFFFF shadow RAM so that POST

will go faster.

08 : Test the first 256K DRAM.

09 : 1. Program the configuration register of Cyrix CPU according to the

MODBINable Cyrix Register Table.

2. OEM specific cache initialization (if needed).

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0A : 1. Initialize the first 32 interrupt vectors with corresponding Interrupt

handlers Initialize INT no from 33-120 with Dummy(Spurious) Interrupt
Handler.

2. Issue CPUID instruction to identify CPU type.

3. Early Power Management initialization (OEM specific).

0B : 1.Verify the RTC time is valid or not.

2. Detect bad battery.

3. Read CMOS data into BIOS stack area.

4. PnP initializations including (PnP BIOS only).

-Assign CSN to PnP ISA card.

-Create resource map from ESCD.

5. Assign I/O & Memory for PCI devices (PCI BIOS only).

0C : Initialization of the BIOS Data Area (40 : 0N-40:FF).

0D : 1. Program some of the Chipset‘s value according to Setup. (Early Setup

Value Program).

2. Measure CPU speed for display & decide the system clock speed.

3. Video initialization including Monochrome ,CGA, EGA/VGA. If no
display device found, the speaker will beep.

0E : 1. Initialize the APIC (Multi-Processor BIOS only).

2. Test video RAM (If Monochrome display device found).

3. Show messages including :

-Award Logo, Copyright string, BIOS Date code & Part No.

-OEM specific sign on messages.

-Energy Star Loge (Green BIOS only).

-CPU brand, type & speed.

-Test system BIOS checksum (Non-compress Version only).

0F : DMA channel 0 test.

10 : DMA channel 1 test.

11 : DMA page registers test.

14 : Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter2.

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15 : Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1.

16 : Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2.

19 : Test 8259 functionality.

30 : Detect Base Memory & Extended Memory Size.

31 : 1. Test Base Memory from 256K to 640K.

2. Test Extended Memory from 1M to the top of memory.

32 : 1.Display the Award Plug & Play BIOS Extension message (PnP BIOS only).

2.Program all onboard super I/O chips (if any) including COM ports, LPT

ports, FDD port....according to setup value.

3C : Set flag to allow users to enter CMOS Setup Utility.

3D : 1 Initialize Keyboard.

2 Install PS2 mouse.

3E : Try to turn on Level 2 cache.
Note : Some chipset may need to turn on the L2 cache in this stage. But

usually, the cache is turn on later in POST 61h.

BF : 1. Program the rest of the Chipset‘s value according to Setup. (Later Setup

Value Program).

2. If auto-configuration is enabled, programmed the chipset with pre-defined
value in the MODBINable Auto-Table.

41 : Initialize floppy disk drive controller.

42 : Initialize Hard drive controller.

43 : If it is a PnP BIOS, initialize serial & parallel ports.

45 : Initialize math coprocessor.

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4E : If there is any error detected (such as video, kb....), show all the error

messages the screen & wait for user to press <F1> key.

4F : 1. If password is needed, ask for password.

2. Clear the Energy Star Logo (Green BIOS only).

50 : Write all CMOS values currently in the BIOS stack area back into the CMOS.

52 :1.Initialize all ISA ROMs.

2. Later PCI initializations (PCI BIOS only).

-assign IRQ to PCI devices.

-initialize all PCI ROMs.

3.PnP Initializations (PnP BIOS only).

-assign I/O, Memory, IRQ & DMA TO PnP ISA devices.

-initialize all PnP ISA ROMs.

4. Program shadows RAM according to Setup settings.

5. Program parity according to Setup setting.

6. Power Management Initialization.

-Enable/Disable global PM.

-APM interface initialization.

53 :1.If it is NOT a PnP BIOS, initialize serial & parallel ports.

2. Initialize time value in BIOS data area by translate the RTC time value into

a timer tick value.

60 : Setup Virus Protection (Boot Sector Protection) functionality according to

Setup setting.

61 : 1. Try to turn on Level 2 cache.

Note : if L2 cache is already turned on in POST 3D, this part will be skipped.

2. Set the boot up speed according to Setup setting.

3. Last chance for Chipset initialization.

4. Last chance for Power Management initialization (Green BIOS only).

5. Show the system configuration table.

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62 : 1.Setup daylight saving according to Setup value.

2.Program the NumLock, typematic rate & typematic speed according to
Setup setting.

63 : 1. If there is any changes in the hardware configuration, update the ESCD

information (PnP BIOS only).

2. Clear memory that have been used.

3. Boot system via INT 19H.

FF : System Booting. this means that the BIOS already pass the control right to

the operating system.

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