Vox Technologies EM586 User Manual

EM586

Embedded Single Board Computer

with full functionality, LCD/SVGA,

LAN, Sound output & PCI slot

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules

Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference , and

2. This device must accept any interference received, Including

interference that may cause undesired operation.

COPYRIGHT©

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

TRADEMARKS

Pentium® is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.

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

 Copyright 1999

Ver. No. 1.2

LEI-UM-EM58600-002

Date : 10.27.1999

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 SPECIFICATION 2

1.2 PACKING CHECK LIST 3

CHAPTER 2 JUMPER SETTINGS AND CONNECTORS 6

2.1 BOARD OUTLINE OF EM586 6

2.2 JUMPER SETTING OVERVIEW 7

2.3 INSTALLING THE SIM MODULE 7

2.4 JUMPER LOCATION FOR EM586 8

2.5 JUMPER SETTINGS SUMMARY FOR EM586 9

2.6 I/O CONNECTORS LOCATION FOR EM586 18

2.7 I/O CONNECTORS SUMMARY FOR EM586 19

2.8 I/O CONNECTORS DESCRIPTION 20

CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP 33

3.1 RUNNING AWARD BIOS 33

3.2 CMOS SETUP UTILITY 34

3.3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 35

3.4 BIOS FEATURES SETUP 39

3.5 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP 42

3.6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 46

3.7 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION 49

3.8 LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS 51

3.9 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS 51

3.10 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 52

3.11 SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD 54

3.12 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 55

3.13 HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT 55

3.14 SAVE & EXIT SETUP 55

3.15 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 55

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 4 DRIVERS SUPPORT 56

4.1 DRIVERS DISKETTE LIST 56

4.2 TX DRIVER FOR WIN95 56

4.3 VGA DRIVER 59

4.4 TEMPERATURE ALARM DRIVER 64

4.5 LAN DRIVER 70

4.6 SOUND DRIVER 77

APPENDIX A HOW TO USE WATCH-DOG TIMER 83
APPENDIX B TECHNICAL REFERENCE 84
APPENDIX C PC/104 MODULE INSTALLATION 86

GLOSSARY 87

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
RMA SERVICE REQUEST FORM

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INTRODUCTION

The EM586 is an embedded single board computer with full functionality, LCD/SVGA,
LAN, Sound output & a PCI slot for Intel 430TX Processor. It consists of an on-board
SVGA & Audio output, a PCI Ethernet Interface and a PCI expansion slot (PCI). The
Intel 430TX establishes a new class of low-cost, high-performance system that offers all
the functions of an industrial computer on a single board, and fits in the space of a 5.25­inch floppy drive (only 5.75” x8” ). The EM586 has an on-board 2nd level cache RAM of
512KB for maximum performance. This design eliminates system conflicts and end­user configuration problems.

For the embedded board market this means more memory, more processing might, and
more I/O can be packed tighter. The form factor dispenses with the complexity, cost,
and bulk of conventional motherboards, backplanes, and card cages. The embedded
single board computer in EM586 also comes with the most popular PC/104 self –
stacking bus connector that suits the small form-factor board standards (compact
PC/104 3.6 x 3.8-inch self-stacking, modular format.). Today, the basic PC architecture
is used in such diverse embedded applications as vending machines, communications
devices, portable systems, and medical equipment. Among PC/104 standardizes the
repackaging of desktop PC functions to satisfy the ruggedness, reliability, and size
constraints of embedded systems. PC/104 lets you combine special-purpose
embedded functions with the basic PC computing core.

Other on-board features include four serial ports (RS-232 and RS-232/422/485), one
multi-mode parallel (ECP/EPP/SPP) port, a floppy drive controller and a keyboard
interface and a PS/2 mouse interface. The built-in high speed PCI IDE controller
supports both PIO and bus master modes. Up to two IDE devices can be connected,
including large hard disks, CD-ROM drives, tape backup drives and other IDE devices.
Its 6-layer printed circuit board combines with noise-tolerant and low power consumption
CMOS technology applied on the board makes EM586 able to withstand any harsh
industrial environments very well.

CHAPTER 1.

INTRODUCTION

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1.1 S

PECIFICATIONS

o Processor : Intel Pentium® P54C/P55C, AMD K5/K6, Cyrix 6x86
series processor
o Chipset : Intel 430TX chipsets, CHIPS 65555, Genesys 518SM,

Realtek 8139, ESS 1869 sound chip, Winbond 977TF

& 877TF I/O compatible chips
o System Memory : Two 72-pin SIMM sockets that support up 128MB of
FPM/EDO DRAM

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

support up to 72 MB flash memory Disk
o VGA/LCD Controller : C&T 65555 LCD/CRT chipset on-board 2MB video
memory, resolution up to 1280 x 1024 x 16bpp

o Ethernet Controller : On-board Realtek 8139, support 100 BASE-TX
o Sound Output : On-board ESS 1869 ISA interface
o IDE Drive Interface : One PCI IDE port, support up to two IDE devices and

Ultra DMA/33

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

RS-232/422/485

o Parallel Port : One multi-mode parallel port (EPP/ECP/SPP)
o RTC Battery : Dallas RTC battery or compatible
o DMA : 8 DMA channels
o Interrupts : 16 levels of hardware interrupts
o External Power Connector : On-board 4-pin & 5-pin external power connector
o PC/104 Expansion Bus : Built-in PC/104 expansion bus
o Expansion Slot : Built-in one PCI expansion slot
o Watchdog Timer : 7 level time-out intervals (0.5/1/2/4/16/32/64 sec.)
o Digital I/O : 4 bit Digital input / 4 bit Digital output
o Universal Serial Bus : Support two USB ports
o IR Interface : Supports one IrDA header
o Health Monitoring : On-board Genesys 518SM, support CPU temperature

alarm

o Operating Temperature : 0°C~55°C (32°F~132°F)
o Humidity : 10¢H~90¢H RH

o Dimensions : 203 mm X 146 mm (8” X 53/4” inches)
o Net weight : 350 g (0.770 pounds)

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1.2 PACKING CHECK LIST

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

l Standard Packing

¡G

Item Qty Remark

ŒEM586 Embedded Single Board Computer 1 pc. EM586 SBC

•Flat-Panel/SVGA/Utility/LAN Drivers 5 pcs. Drivers diskette
ŽUser‘ s manual 1 pc. EM586 manual

Note¡GAll Option Kits are to be purchased separately
l Option (1)¡G EM586CB

Item Qty Remark

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

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

(Attached to standard I/O card bracket)

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

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

4¡Ñbrass spacer (25mm)
4¡Ñnull
4¡Ñscrews (M3¡Ñ6)

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l Option (2)¡G EMUKMS-02 kit

Item Qty Remark

ŒEMUKMS-02
(USB/Keyboard/Mouse/Sound cabled kit )

1 set

1¡Ñ 44-pin to 44-pin thin flat ribbon female cable
1¡Ñ U-K-M-S board 92.92¡Ñ27.00 mm
(with 3¡ÑSound phone jack, 1¡Ñ6-pin PS/2
Keyboard connector, 1¡Ñ6-pin PS/2 Mouse

and 1x USB connector)

•Keyboard adapter cable 1 set 6-pin header to 5-pin PS/2 keyboard connector

l Option (3)¡G EMCOM-01 or EMCOM-02 kit

Item Qty Remark

ŒEMCOM-01
(COM cabled kit )

1 set

1¡Ñ 50-pin to 44-pin thin flat ribbon female cable
1¡Ñ Four COM port board 90.00¡Ñ30.00 mm
(with 4¡Ñ9-pin COM port female D-sub connector)

Item Qty Remark

ŒEMCOM-02
(COM cabled kit )

1 set

1¡Ñ 50-pin to 50-pin thin flat ribbon female cable
1¡Ñ Four COM port board 111.58¡Ñ30.00 mm
(with 3¡Ñ9-pin COM port female D-sub connector,

and 1X10-pin COM port standard header)

2
1

COM1

JP1 ~~ JP8

EMCOM-02

2
1
2
1

2
1

14
13

50
49

2
1

3

CN2

CN3

CN1

EMCOM-02 Kit Top View ¡G

COM2

2 44

CN1

431

COM4

1 2 21

CM1 CM2

JP8

JP7
JP6
JP5

JP4

JP3
JP2
JP1

3 3

EMCOM-01 Kit Top View ¡G

2 44

431

USB2

KBMS1

UKMS1

EMUKMS-02 Kit Top View ¡G

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l Option (4)¡G EMRISER-03 Riser Card Kit

¡G

Item Qty Remark

ŒEMRISER-03 1 pc.

2¡Ñ PCI Slots Riser Card 147.78¡Ñ63.10 mm

l Option (5)¡G LCD Adapter Kit¡G[ for example

¡G

LK-XXX (XXX=001,002,……)]

Item Qty Remark

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

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

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

1 set Please check LCD adapter list user’ s manual

EMRISER-03 Riser Card Top View ¡GJumper Setting : JP1 ~ JP8 Manufacturer Setting on 1-2

PCI3

PCI2

JP1 ~ ~JP8

3

2
1

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JUMPER SETTINGS AND CONNECTORS

The Figure below shows the jumpers and connectors location on the EM586:

2.1 BOARD OUTLINE OF EM586

CHAPTER 2.

1

3

2

JP3

11H

7 2 3 4L

8

JP6

SIMM1

SIMM2

DIO1

PS1

PS2

FDC1

LPT1

15 2

6

JP7

1

712

6

J1

GAM1

J2

1

287

IR1

JP21

S1

CON1

CON2

ABCD1

1

JP17

JP19

JP18

1 1 2 5 6

3

Intel

82439TX

Intel

82371EB

CHIPS

B65555

J4

111 10

20

LAN1

CN2

12 43

44

CN1

EIDE1

S3

Realtek

RTC

¹

JP31

JP30

1

2

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2.2JUMPER SETTING OVERVIEW

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

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

2.3 INSTALLING THE SIM MODULE:

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

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

2. Seat the module at a 45 angle into the bank. Make sure it is completely seated. Tilt
the module upright until it locks in place in the socket.

Pin1

Notch

Key

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2.4 JUMPER LOCATION FOR EM586

2

JP3

8

1

2 5 6

2

6

JP7

J2

1

2

JP21

S1

J3

1

3

JP17

JP19

JP18

JP20

1 1 2 5 6 31

3

JP30 JP31

JP34

JP35

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2.5 JUMPER SETTINGS SUMMARY FOR EM586

JUMPERS

LOCATION FUNCTION

JP3 Select Panel Voltage
JP4 Select Watch-Dog Time Out Period
JP6 Select Vore Voltage
JP7 Select COM4 Type

EMCOM-01

JP5~JP8

EMCOM-02

JP1~JP8

Select COM4 Type
(EMCOM-01 JP1~JP4 Manufacturer Setting )
Select COM4 Type

(EMCOM-02 JP1~JP8 Manufacturer Setting )
JP17 Manufacturer Setting
JP18 Select CPU External BUS Clock
JP19 Manufacturer Setting
JP20 Select Software Watch-Dog or Hardware Watch-Dog
JP21 Select Disk On Chip (Flash Disk) Address
JP22 Select Internal CPU Clock Ratio
JP30 ~ JP35 Select PCI Slot1 Type
J2 Select Panel Type
J3 Select Watch-Dog Active Type
S1 Clear CMOS Jumper
S3 Select onboard VGA or VGA Card

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l JP3 : Select Panel Voltage

Panel Voltage JP3

3V ( Default ) 1-2

5V 2-3

l JP4 : Select Watch-Dog Time Out Period

Time Out Period JP4

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

4 sec ( Default ) 4-8

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

JP3

5V

3V

3 2 1

JP3

3 2 1

JP3

Default :

JP3

3 2 1

Default :

JP4

9 10 11 12

1 2 3 4

1

JP4

0.5 SEC

1 SEC

2 SEC

4 SEC

16 SEC

32 SEC

64 SEC

234

9 10 11 12

JP4

JP4

1 2 3 4

9 10 11 12

3.

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l JP6 : Select Vcore Voltage

Vcore Voltage JP6

3.5 V OFF

3.4 V 1-2

3.3 V 3-4

3.2 V 1-2,3-4

3.1 V 5-6

3.0 V 1-2,5-6

2.9 V 3-4,5-6

2.8 V( Default ) 1-2,3-4,5-6

2.7 V 7-8

2.6 V 1-2,7-8

2.5 V 3-4,7-8

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

2.3 V 5-6,7-8

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

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

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

JP6

7 5 3 1

JP6

8 6 4 2

3.5 V

3.4 V

3.3 V

3.2 V

3.1 V

3.0 V

2.9 V

2.8 V

2.7 V

2.6 V

2.5 V

7 5 3 1

8 6 4 2

2.4 V

2.3 V

2.2 V

2.1 V

2.0 V

JP6

Default :

7 5 3 1

JP6

8 6 4 2

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l JP7 : Select COM4 Type

COM4 Type JP7

RS-485 1-2
RS-422 3-4

RS-232 ( Default ) 5-6

l EMCOM-01 Jumper Setting

¡G

1. JP1~JP4¡GManufacturer Setting

2. JP5~JP8¡GSelect COM4 Type

COM4 Type JP5 JP6 JP7 JP8

RS-232 (Default) 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2

RS-422 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3
RS-485 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3

l EMCOM-02 Jumper Setting

¡G

1. JP1~JP8¡GManufacturer Setting

Default :

1

JP7

2

3 5

4 6

JP7

RS-422

RS-232

RS-485

2 4 6

1 3 5

6

JP7

1 3 5

42

JP7

2
1

COM1

JP1 ~~ JP8

EMCOM-02

2
1
2
1

2
1

14
13

50
49

2
1

3

CN2

CN3

CN1

EMCOM-02 Kit Top View ¡G

2 44

CN1

431

1 2 21

CM1 CM2

JP8

JP7
JP6
JP5

JP4

JP3
JP2
JP1

3 3

EMCOM-01 Kit Top View ¡G

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CPU Speed Reference Table

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

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

l JP18 : Select CPU External Bus Clock

CPU External Bus

Clock

JP18

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

66.6 MHz (Default ) OFF

l JP20 : Select Software Watch-Dog or Hardware Watch-Dog

Panel Voltage JP20

Hardware ( Default ) ON

Software OFF

Default :

2

1

JP18

6

5

Default :

JP20

1 2

JP18

2

6

2

JP18

50MHz

60MHz

66.6MHz

165

JP18

3.0 X

Software

Hardware

1 2

JP20

1 2

JP20

JP20

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l JP21 : Select Disk On Chip ( Flash Disk ) Address

lash Disk Address JP21

D0000~D7FFF 1-2

D8000~DFFFF 3-4

Default 2-4

l JP22 : Select Internal CPU Clock Ratio

Internal CPU Clock

Ratio

JP22

1.5 X OFF

2.0 X 1-2

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

3.0 X 3-4

3.5 X OFF

4.0 X 1-2,5-6

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

5.0 X 3-4,5-6

5.5 X 5-6

Default :

2

1

JP22

6

5

JP21

D0000~D7FFF

D8000~DFFFF

JP21

2
4

1

3

JP21

1
3 4

2

Default

Default :

1
3

JP21

2
4

JP22

2

6

2

JP22

1.5 X

2.0 X

2.5 X

3.5 X

165

JP22

4.0 X

4.5 X

5.0 X

5.5 X

3.0 X

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l J3 : Select PCI Slot1 Type

PCI Slot1 Type JP30 JP31 JP34 JP35

On Board

PCI Slot

(Default)

OFF ON ON OFF

Use

EMRISER-03

Slot Board

ON OFF OFF ON

Default :

JP34

1 2 1 2

JP35

JP30

1

2

1

2

JP31

JP31 ~ JP35

Use EMRISER-03 Slot
Board

On Board PCI Slot

JP34

1 2 1 2

JP35

JP30

1

2

1

2

JP31

JP34

1 2 1 22

11

2

JP35

JP32JP31

JP34

1 2 1 2

JP35

JP30

1

2

1

2

JP31

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

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l J2 : Select Panel Type

Panel Type J2

1024 X 768 DSTN 1-2,3-4,5-6,7-8

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

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

800 X 600 DSTN 1-2,3-4
640 X 480 Sharp TFT 1-2,5-6,7-8
640 X 480 18Bits TFT 1-2,5-6

1024 X 768 TFT 1-2,7-8

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

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

1024 X 768 TFT 5-6,7-8

1280 X 1024 DSTN 5-6

1024 X 600 DSTN 7-8

1024 X 600 TFT OFF

Note: Different type of LCD panel with the same

resolution will have different jumper
setting for selection.

7 5 3 1

J2

8 6 4 2

1024X768 DSTN

1280X1024 TFT

640X480 DSTN

800X600 DSTN

640X480 Sharp TFT

640X480 18Bits TFT

1024X768 TFT

800X600 TFT

800X600 TFT

800X600 TFT

800X600 DSTN

800X600DSTN

1024X768TFT

1280X1024 DSTN

1024X600 DSTN

1024X600 TFT

7 5 3 1

8 6 4 2

J2

Default :

7 5 3 1

J2

8 6 4 2

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l J3 : Select Watch-Dog Active Type

Active Type J3

Reset System (Default) 1-2

NMI System 2-3

Disable OFF

l S1 : Clear CMOS Jumper

Clear CMOS Jumper S1

Normal ( Default ) OFF

Clear CMOS 1-2

l S3 : Select onboard VGA or VGA Card

Onboard VGA or VGA

Card

S3

Onboard VGA (Default) 1-2

VGA Card OFF

l JP17 : Default Setting ( 1-2 )
l JP19 : Default Setting ( 1-2 )

Note : Do not attempt to change the default setting of JP17 and JP19 unless the

manufacturer would like to change the specification.

S3

VGA Card

Onboard VGA

1

2

S3

1

2

S3

Default :

S3

1

2

J3

J3

1 2 3

J3

NMI System

Reset System

1 2 3

Disable

S1

Clear CMOS

2 1

S1

2 1

S1

Default :

J3

1 2 3

Default :

S1

2 1

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2.6 I/O CONNECTOR LOCATION FOR EM586

1

712

6

J1

GAM1

VGA1

LCD1

IR1

CON1

ABC

1

1

J4

LAN1

CN1

EIDE1

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2.7 I/O CONNECTOR SUMMARY OF EM586

CONNECTORS

LOCATION FUNCTION

J1 LAN LED & Sound Switch
J4 System Switch and LED
IR1 Alternate IrDA
FAN1 FAN Connector
PS1 5-Pin Power Connector
PS2 4-Pin Power Connector
CN1 COM1~COM4 Connector ( Header )
CN2

CD_IN, MIC_IN, LIN_IN, Mouse, Keyboard, USB1, USB2 Connector
LCD1 Panel LCD Connector ( Header )
FDC1 Floppy Interface Connector ( Header )
LPT1 Parallel Port Connector ( Header )
EIDE1 EIDE Interface Connector ( Header )
VGA1 External VGA Connector ( Header )
LAN1 LAN Connector ( Header )
DIO1 Digital Input / Digital Output Ports ( Header )
GAM1 GAME Port Connector ( Header )

CON 1¡BCON2

PC104 Connector

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2.8 I/O CONNECTORS DESCRIPTION

l J1 : LAN LED & Sound Switch

J1 Connector Description

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

Pin 3 & Pin 9 of J1 100M LED
Pin 4 & Pin 10 of J1 MUTE SW
Pin 5 & Pin 11 of J1 VOL+ SW
Pin 6 & Pin 12 of J1 VOL- SW

J1 Pin No. Signal J1 Pin No. Signal

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

6 Ground 12 VOL-

J1

J1

7

16

12

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

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l J4 : System Switch and LED

J4 Connector Description

Pin 1 ~ Pin 3 of J4 Power LED
Pin 4 ~ Pin 5 of J4 Key Lock

Pin 7 ~ Pin 10 of J4 Speaker

Pin 11 ~ Pin 12 of J4 Reset SW
Pin 15 ~ Pin 16 of J4 Green SW
Pin 19 ~ Pin 20 of J4 HDD LED

J4 Pin No. Switch and LED J4 Pin No. Switch and LED

1 Power LED+ 11 Reset SW1
2 Power LED- 12 Reset SW2
3 Power LED- 13 NC
4 Keylock 1 14 NC
5 Keylock 2 15 Green SW1

6 NC 16 Green SW1
7 Speaker+ 17 VCC
8 Ground 18 NC
9 NC 19 HDD LED+

10 Speaker Signal 20 HDD LED-

J4

J4

10

2011

1

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

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l IR1 : Alternate IrDa

Pin No. Description

1 VCC
2 FIRRX
3 IRRX
4 GND
5 IRTX

l FAN1 : FAN Connector

Pin No. Description

1 Ground
2 +12V
3 FAN Status

IR1

IR1

1
2
3
4
5

FAN1

FAN1

1 2 3

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l PS1 : 5-Pin Power Connector

Pin No. Description

1 VCC
2 -5V
3 -12V
4 +12V
5 Ground

l PS2 : 4-Pin Power Connector

Pin No. Description

1 12V
2 Ground
3 Ground
4 5V

PS2

PS2

3 2 14

PS1

PS1

3 4 521

JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS

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l CN1 : COM1 ~ COM4 Connector

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

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

11 DCD2# 12 DSR2#
13 SIN2 14 RTS2#
15 SOUT2# 16 CTS2#

17 DTR2# 18 RI2#
19 COMGND 20 COMGND
21 DCD3# 22 DSR3#
23 SIN3 24 RTS3#
25 SOUT3# 26 CTS3#
27 DTR3# 28 RI3#
29 COMGND 30 COMGND
31 NC 32 NC
33 NC 34 NC
35 COMGND 36 COMGND
37 DCD4# 38 DSR4#
39 SIN4 40 RTS4#
41 SOUT4# 42 CTS4#
43 DTR4# 44 RI4#
45 COMGND 46 COMGND
47 485TXD+ 48 485TXD­49 485RXD+ 50 485RXD-

CN1

50

49 1

2

CN1

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l CN2 : CD_IN, MIC_IN, LIN_IN, Mouse, Keyboard, USB1, USB2 Connector

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

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

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

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

CN2

1

2 44

43

CN2

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l LCD1 : Panel LCD Connector ( Header )

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

1 P0 2 P1
3 P2 4 P24
5 P3 6 P4
7 P25 8 Ground
9 P5 10 P6

11 P26 12 P7
13 P8 14 Ground
15 P27 16 P9
17 P10 18 P28
19 P11 20 Ground
21 P12 22 P29
23 P13 24 P30
25 P14 26 ENAVEE
27 P15 28 P31
29 P16 30 P17
31 P18 32 P32
33 Ground 34 SCLK
35 Ground 36 DE
37 FLM 38 LP
39 Ground 40 P19
41 P20 42 Ground
43 P21 44 P22
45 P33 46 P23
47 P34 48 NC
49 P35 50 ENAVDD
51 VCC 52 VCC

LCD1

LCD1

52

26 1

27

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l FDC1 : Floppy Interface Connector ( Header )

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

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

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

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

FDC1

1

2 34

33

FDC1

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l LPT1 : Parallel Port Connector ( Header )

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

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

10 Ground 23 Paper Empty

11 Data 4 24 Ground
12 Ground 25 Printer Select
13 Data 5 26 Ground

LPT1

1

14 26

13

LPT1

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l EIDE1 : EIDE Interface Connector ( Header )

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

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

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

EIDE1

1

2

44

43

EIDE1

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l VGA1 : External VGA Connector ( Header )

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

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

11 DDDA 12 DDCK

l LAN1 : LAN Connector ( Header )

Pin No. Description

1 TX+
2 TX­3 RX+
4 GNDA
5 GNDA

6 RX­7 GNDA
8 GNDA

LAN1

LAN1

12

11

2

1

VGA1

VGA1

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l DIO1 : Digital Input / Digital Output Ports ( Header )

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

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

l GAM1 : GAME Port Connector ( Header )

Pin No. Description Pin No. Description

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

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

DIO1

1

2

9

10

DIO1

GAM1

16

15

1

2

GAM1

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l CON1 , CON2 : PC 104 Connector

Description

CON1 CON2

Pin No.

Row A Row B Row C Row D

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

10 IOCHRDY NC MEMR# DRQ0

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

l CON3 : ISP Function Connector

32

64

CON1

B
A

D

CON2

20C 1

21

33

1

40

CON1

CON2

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AWARD BIOS SETUP

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

3.1 RUNNING AWARD BIOS

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

“ Press <F1> to RESUME ”

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

“ Press DEL to enter SETUP ”

Entering Setup

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

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3.2 CMOS SETUP UTILITY

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

Main Program Screen

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59IL7H)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

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

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
USER PASSWORD
IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT
SAVE & EXIT SETUP

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
ESC : Quit á â à ß : Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type....

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

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

<ESC> : Exit the utility.

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

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

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

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3.3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP

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

Standard CMOS Setup Screen

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS(2A59IL7H)

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
Date
Time

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

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

HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
Primary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO
Primary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO

Drive A : 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B : None
Floppy 3 Mode Support : Drive A

Base Memory
Extended Memory
Other Memory

:
:
:

640K

64512K

384K
Video
Halt On

: EGA/VGA
: All Error

Total Memory : 65536K

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

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

Set Date : Month, Date, Year.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Auto: The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode.

• Normal: Maximum number of cylinders, heads, and sectors supported are 1024,

16, and 63.

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

• LBA (Logical Block Addressing): During drive accesses, the IDE controller

transforms that data address described by sector, head, and cylinder number
into a physical block address, significantly improving data transfer rates. For
drives with greater 1024 cylinders.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1.2M, 5.25 in 5-1/4 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2 megabyte capacity
720K, 3.5in 3 1-2 inch double-sided drive; 720 kilobyte capacity

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

2.88M, 3.5 in 3 1-2 inch double-sided drive; 2.88 megabyte capacity
Note : 1. Not Installed could be used as an option for diskless workstations..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

for all other errors.

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3.4 BIOS Features Setup

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

BIOS Features Setup Screen

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59IL7H)

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC
Virus Warning : Disabled Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled
CPU Internal Cache : Enabled C8000 -CBFFF Shadow : Disabled
External Cache : Enabled CC000 -CFFFF Shadow : Disabled
Quick Power On Self Test : Enabled D0000 -D3FFF Shadow : Disabled
Boot Sequence : A,C,SCSI D4000 -D7FFF Shadow : Disabled
Swap Floppy Drive : Disabled D8000 -DBFFF Shadow : Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek : Disabled DC000 -DFFFF Shadow : Disabled
Boot Up NumLock Status : On
Boot Up System Speed : High
Gate A20 Option : Fast
Typematic Rate Setting : Disabled
Typematic Rate (Chars Sec.) : 6
Typematic Delay (M/Sec) : 250
Security Option : Setup
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop : Disabled

ESC : Quit áâàß : Select Item

OS Select For DRAM >64MB : Non-OS/2 F1 : Help PU /PD /+/ - : Modify

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

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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

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

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CPU Internal Cache : The default setting is “Enabled”. This setting enables the CPU
internal cache .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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3.5 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

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

Chipset Features Setup Screen

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59IL7H)

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
AUTO Configuration : Enabled
DRAM Timing : 60 ns

CPU Warning Temperature : Disabled
DRAM Leadoff Timing : 10 / 6 / 3 Current CPU Temperature : 24°C/ 75°F
DRAM Read Burst (EDO/FP) : x222/x333 Current CPUFAN1 Speed : 0 RPM
DRAM Write Burst Timing : x222
Fast EDO Lead Off : Enabled Current Vin3 (V) : 2.88 V
Refresh RAS# Assertion : 4 Clks
Fast RAS To CAS Delay : 3
DRAM Page Idle Timer : 2 Clks
DRAM Enhanced Paging : Enabled
Fast MA to RAS# Delay : 2 Clks

SDRAM (CAS Lat/RAS-to-CAS)

: 3 / 3
SDRAM Speculative Read : Disabled
System BIOS Cacheable : Enabled
Video BIOS Cacheable : Enabled ESC : Quit áâàß: Select Item
8 Bit I /O Recovery Time : 1 F1 : Help PU /PD /+/ - : Modify
16 Bit I /O Recovery Time : 2 F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color
Memory Hole At 15M-16M : Disabled F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
PCI 2.1 Compliance : Disabled F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SDRAM RAS Precharge Time : If insufficient number of cycles is allowed for the RAS to
accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete and the
DRAM may fail to retain data. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow gives more
stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the
system.

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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.

DRAM Data Integrity Mode : Select Parity or ECC (error-correcting code), according to
the type of installed DRAM.

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

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

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

8/16 Bit I/O Recovery Time : The I/O recovery mechanism adds bus clock cycles
between PCI-originated I/O cycles to the ISA bus. This delay takes place because the
PCI bus is so much faster than the ISA bus. These two fields let you add recovery time
(in bus clock cycles) for 16-bit and 8-bit I/O.
Memory Hole At 15M-16M : The default setting is “Disabled”. Set to “ Enabled” when
the system memory size is equal to or greater than 16M bytes, then the physical memory
address from 15M to 16M will be passed to PCI or ISA. Thus, there will be 1M Bytes
hole in your system memory. This option is designed for some OS with special add-on
cards which need 15M-16M memory space.

Passive Release : The default setting is “Enabled”. When Enabled, CPU to PCI bus
accesses are allowed during passive release. Otherwise, the arbiter only accepts
another PCI master access to local DRAM.

Delayed Transaction : The default setting is “Disabled”. The chipset has an
embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select
Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1.

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AGP Aperture Size (MB) : Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
aperture. The aperture is portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for
graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded
to the AGP without any translation. See www.agpforum.org for APG information.

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

CPU Host Clock : Select default or select a timing combination for the CPU and the PCI
bus. When set to default, the BIOS uses the actual CPU and PCI bus clock values.

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

Current CPU Temperature : The default setting is “36oC/96oF”. This field displays the
current CPU temperature, if your computer contains a monitoring system.

Current System Temp. : The default setting is “40oC/104oF”. This field displays the
current system temperature, if your computer contains a monitoring system.

Current CPUFAN1 Speed : The default setting is “3692 RPM”. This field displays the
current speed of the CPU fan, if your computer contains a monitoring system.

Current Vdd (V), Current Vin1 (V), Current Vin2 (V) and Current Vin3 (V): This field
detects the voltage input of the board, if your computer contains a monitoring system.

After you have made your selections in the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP, press the
<ESC> key to go back to the main program screen.

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3.6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

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

Power Management Setup Screen

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59IL7H)

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

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

PowerOn by Ring : Disabled
IRQ 8 Break Suspend : Disabled

ESC : Quit áâàß : Select Item
F1 : Help PU /PD/+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values ( Shift ) F2 : Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PCI/VGA Act-Monitor : When Enabled, any video activity restarts the global timer for
Standby mode. The default setting is “Disabled”.

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

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

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

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

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3.7 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

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

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

PnP/PCI Configuration Setup Screen

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59IL7H)

PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
PNP OS Installed : No PCI IDE IRQ Map To : ISA
Resources Controlled By : Manual
Reset Configuration Data : Disabled

IRQ-3 assigned to : Legacy ISA Used MEM base addr : N/A
IRQ-4 assigned to : Legacy ISA
IRQ-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-9 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-10 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-11 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-12 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-14 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-15 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-0 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-1 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP ESC : Quit áâàß : Select Item
DMA-3 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F1 : Help PU /PD/+/- : Modify
DMA-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F5 : Old Values ( Shift ) F2 : Color
DMA-6 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
DMA-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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

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Resources Controlled By : The defaults setting is “Auto” which will control all IRQs and
DMAs automatically. The other option is “Manual” which allows you to control IRQs and
DMAs individually.

Reset Configuration Data : The default setting is “Disabled”. When set to “ Enabled”,
the content of the ESCD block in flash BIOS will be cleared.
IRQ Assigned to and DMA Assigned to : If there is a legacy ISA device which uses an
IRQ or a DMA, set the corresponding IRQ or DMA to “ Legacy ISA”; otherwise you
should set to PCI/ISA PnP.

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

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

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3.8 LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS

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

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

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59IL7H)

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

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

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
USER PASSWORD
IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT
SAVE & EXIT SET\\UP

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
ESC : Quit á â à ß : Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type....

3.9 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

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

Load BIOS Default (Y/N)? Y

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3.10 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

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

Integrated Peripheral Setup Screen

ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A59IL7H)

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

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IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7
IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto Parallel Port Mode : SPP
IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto
IDE Primary Master UMDA : Auto
IDE Primary Slave UMDA : Auto Onboard Serial Port 3

: 3E8H/IRQ4

Onboard Serial Port 4

: 2E8H/IRQ3

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE : Enabled

USB Keyboard Support : Disabled

KBC input clock : 8 MHz
Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled ESC : Quit áâàß

: Select Item

Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8 / IRQ4 F1 : Help PU /PD/+/- : Modify
Onboard Serial Port 2 : 2F8 / IRQ3 F5 : Old Values ( Shift ) F2 : Color
UART Mode Select : Normal F6 : Load BIOS Defaults

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

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

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IDE Primary Master PIO, IDE Primary Slave PIO, IDE Secondary Master PIO, IDE
Secondary Slave PIO : There are four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let

you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface
supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto
mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device.

IDE Primary Master UMDA, IDE Primary Slave UMDA, IDE Secondary Master UMDA,
IDE Secondary Slave UMDA : Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE

hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Window 95
OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system
software both support Ultra DMA/33, select Auto to enable BIOS support.

On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE : The default setting is “Enabled”. This option
enables the onboard Primary /Secondary PCI IDE controller.

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

Init Display First : For AP-686VF single board computer, select and set to “AGP”.

KBC input clock : The system designer must select the correct frequency for the

keyboard controller input clock. Do not change this value from default value.

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

Onboard Serial Port 1 / 2: These options are used to assign the I/O addresses for the
two on-board serial ports. They can be assigned as follows:
Auto [Default]

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

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

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

3.11 SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD

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

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

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

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

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

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3.12 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

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

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

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

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

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

3.13 HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT

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

3.14 SAVE & EXIT SETUP

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

3.15 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

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

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DRIVERS SUPPORT

4.1 DRIVERS DISKETTE LIST

The Table list below shows the drivers supported for EM586.

Diskette No. Diskette Name Driver Directory Name

Disk No. 1

EM586 v1.0

WIN 95

WIN NT

Disk No. 2

C&T-65555 VGA Drivers

WIN 3.1
WIN 95

Disk No. 3

TX Driver/Temperature Alarm

WIN 98
OS/2 Warp 3.0
OS/2 Warp 2.11

Disk No. 4

ESS1869 Sound Driver

WIN 3.1
WIN 95
WIN NT 4.0
OS/2
DOS

Disk No. 5

RTL8139 LAN Drivers

WIN 95
WIN NT

4.2 TX DRIVER FOR WIN95

This section describes the operation and installation of the software drivers. Below is
the Installation Procedure of TX Driver using WIN95.

Step 1. Double click My Computer icon.

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Step 2. Under My Computer window, select 31/2 Floppy A:\ Drive and double click.

Step 3. Select and click tx.drv folder under 31/2 Floppy A:\ window.

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Step 4. Select Winp2x4 filename under the tx.drv folder and double click to proceed.

Step 5. The Winp2x4 program installation begins as shown in the display below.

Step 6. When the Winp2x4 program installation is completed, a message indicating

“ success” is shown on display below. Please reset your computer.

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4.3 VGA DRIVER

The VGA function can be activated by the popular application software Windows95.
Below is the Installation Procedure using WIN95.

Step 1. Point your mouse to the Start button on the lower left of your screen display

and double click. Point to the Settings icon to pull down the preceding menu,
choose the Control Panel icon and double click.

Step 2. Select and double click the Display icon under the Control Panel window,.

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Step 3. In the Display Properties window, select the Settings folder and click on the

Advanced Properties tab to continue.

Step 4. In the Advanced Display Properties window, click Change in the Adapter

folder.

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Step 5. When the Select Device window appears, select (Standard display types)

and Standard PCI Graphics Adapter in the Manufacturers: and Models:
dialog boxes respectively. Then click Have Disk… tab.

Step 6. Select and click Browse… tab in the Install From Disk window.

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Step 7. The Open window appears as shown below.

Step 8. Select chips95.inf filename and click OK tab.

Step 9. When the Install From Disk window appears, select and click Browse… tab.

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Step 10.Succeeded by the Select Device window, a file showing Chips and Tech.

65555 PCI is selected and shown in the Models: dialog box. Click OK tab to

start installation.

Step 11.When the installation is complete, it will return to the Display Properties

window. A folder showing Chips is added to the files. Click OK tab to go
back to the main menu.

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4.4 TEMPERATURE ALARM DRIVER

This section describes the installation and operation of the Temperature Alarm Driver.
Below is the Installation Procedure using WIN95.

Step 1. Under My Computer window, select 31/2 Floppy A:\ Drive and double click.

Step 2. Select and click genisys folder under 31/2 Floppy A:\ window.

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Step 3. Select G1518sm File folder and double click to continue.

Step 4. Select Setup icon and double click.

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Step 5. The setup process begins as indicated on the percentage dialog box.

Step 6. A display showing the System Monitor Setup program is ready for installation,

click Next tab to continue.

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Step 7. The Information window appears, showing the Genesys Logic System is

ready for installation. Click Next tab to proceed to the next step.

Step 8. Click on Browse to select the desired Destination Folder to install the System

Monitor program. Otherwise, click Next tab to go to the next step.

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Step 9. A Setup window is pull down, the installation of the System Monitor program

begins by showing the percentage dialog box indicating.

Step 10.When the installation of the setup program is completed, click Finish tab to

restart computer.

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Step 11. To start your system monitor, go to C:\GLSysmon to pull up the file, check or

change the values of designated function in their corresponding dialog box.
Click Update and Save tab after change, otherwise select Default Setting or
Quit tab to exist.

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4.5 LAN DRIVER

This section describes the installation and operation of the LAN Driver. Below is the
Installation Procedure using WIN95.

Step 1. Point your mouse to the Start button on the lower left of your screen display

and double click. Point to the Settings icon to pull down the preceding menu,
choose the Control Panel icon and double click.

Step 2. Under My Computer window, select 31/2 Floppy A:\ Drive and double click.

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Step 3. Select and click All8139 under 31/2 Floppy A:\ window.

Step 4. A WinRAR self-extracting archive window pops up (see the figure at shown

on the left side), create and type C:\LANDriver in the empty field and click on
Extract tab to start the extraction of All8139 file.

Step 5. The extraction task begins as shown below with the message Extracting…

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Step 6. After completion of file extraction, it will go back to the main menu. Run Start

tab and point to Settings icon. Click Settings to pull down the menu, select

Control Panel and double click.

Step 7. In the Control Panel window, select Network icon and double click.

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Step 8. Under Network window, select and click Add tab.

Step 9. In the Select Network Component Type window, select Adapter in the dialog

box and click on Add tab.

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Step 10.In the preceding window Select Network adapters point to (detected net

drivers) in the Manufacturers: field. Select Existing Ndis2 Driver in the next
field Network Adapters: and click on Have Disk… tab.

Step 11.In the Install From Disk window, click Browse… and select C:\. Click OK tab

to proceed to the next step.

Step 12.The Open window appears, click OK tab to proceed to the next step.

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Step 13.Under the Select Network adapters window, select by clicking the Have

Disk… tab, the Realtek RTL8139PCI Fast Ethernet file in the Models: dialog
box. Click OK tab to proceed to the next step.

Step 14.After the NIC driver is installed, it will return to the Configuration file of the

Network window. Select Realtek RTL8139 PCI… in the dialog box of The
following network components are installed:.and click Add… tab. Then
click OK tab to confirm the right configuration before exit.

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Step 15.The copying files begins by showing the percentage dialog box indicating.

Step 16.Click OK tab again to confirm and exit back to the main menu.

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4.6 SOUND DRIVER

This section describes the installation and operation of the sound drivers. Below is
the Installation Procedure using WIN95.

Step 1. Run the Windows95 with your system. Point to Start tab to pull down the main

menu. Select Settings icon and click to pull down the corresponding menu.
Select and click Control Panel icon.

Step 2. In the Control Panel window, select Add New Hardware icon and click.

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Step 3. Go to Add New Hardware Wizard window, click Next to proceed to the next

step.

Step 4. In the next page of Add New Hardware Wizard window, point to No and click

for manual selection of hardware. Click Next tab to proceed.

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Step 5. Another menu for Add New Hardware Wizard window appears, point to select

the desired Sound, video and game controllers in the dialog box of the

Hardware types:. Click Next tab to proceed to the next step.

Step 6. Proceed to the next Add New Hardware Wizard window, select Ad lib in the

Manufacturers: dialog box. Also select Ad Lib compatible (OPL2) in the
Models: dialog box. Click Have Disk… tab.

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Step 7. Under the Install From Disk window, select Browse... tab and click to continue.

Step 8. In the Open window, select a:\win95drv in the Folders: field and click on OK

tab.

Step 9. Under the Install From Disk window, insert the desired disk. Select

Browse… tab and click to continue.

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Step 10.Choose ES1869 Plug and Play AudioDrive under Select Device window,

click OK tab to proceed to the next step.

Step 11.In the Add New Hardware Wizard window, click Finish tab to continue the

installation of the driver.

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Step 12.The System Settings Change window appears to show the completion of the

copying process, click Yes tab to restart your system. You have now
completed the installation of the sound function.

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HOW TO USE WATCH-DOG TIMER

To use the watch-dog timer :

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

EX.1: For DOS

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

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

C:\DOS> DEBUG

-i443

EX.2: For assemble Language
Enable :

:
:
MOV DX, 443H

IN AL, DX

:
:

Disable :
:
:
IN AL, 43H
:
:

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TECHNICAL REFERENCE

I/O PORT ADDRESS MAP

Address Function

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

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

0A0 - 0BF Interrupt Controller #2

0C0 - 0DF DMA Controller #2

0F0 - 0F1 Clear/Reset Math Coprocessor
1F0 - 1F7 Hard Disk Controller

200 - 210 Game Port

278 - 27F Parallel Port #2

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

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

3A0 - 3AF SDLC #1

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

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

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

443 Enable Watch-dog Timer Operation (read)

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MEMORY ADDRESS MAP

Address Range (Hex)

Description

000000H - 09FFFFH

640 KB of Conventional RAM

0A0000H - 0BFFFFH

128 KB of Video RAM

0C0000H - 0EFFFFH

256 KB of I/O Expansion ROM

0F0000H - 0FFFFFH

64 KB of System BIOS ROM

0100000H - 7FFFFFFFH

1 MB ~ 128MB of User RAM

DMA CHANNELS

CHANNEL

Function

DMA 0

Reserved

DMA 1

Reserved

DMA 2

Floppy Disk Controller

DMA 3

ECP Parallel Port

DMA 4

Cascade for DMA #1

DMA 5

Reserved

DMA 6

Reserved

DMA 7

Reserved

INTERRUPT CONTROLLER

IRQ

Function

IRQ 0

System timer output

IRQ 1

Keyboard

IRQ 2

Cascade for INTC #2

IRQ 3

Serial port #2

IRQ 4

Serial port #1

IRQ 5

Parallel port #2

IRQ 6

Floppy disk controller

IRQ 7

Parallel port #1

IRQ 8

Real time clock

IRQ 9

Software redirected to INT 0AH (IRQ 2)

IRQ 10

Reserved

IRQ 11

Reserved

IRQ 12

PS/2 Mouse

IRQ 13

Math Coprocessor (CPU Internal)

IRQ 14

Primary Hard disk

IRQ 15

Secondary Hard Disk

NMI

Parity Check Error

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PC/104 MODULE INSTALLATION

There are two steps to install the PC/104 module on EM586 Embedded Single Board
Computer.

Step 1. Plug the Dual Side Male Connector into the PC/104 female connector.
Step 2. Plug the PC/104 module‘ s female connector into the EM586 male connector.

PC/104 Module

PC/104 Female Connector

EM586 Embedded Single Board Computer

Dual-Side Male Connector

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8-Bit Bus –

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

along 8 parallel data line.

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

16-Bit Bus or ISA Bus –

Data is transmitted along either 8 or 16 data lines, depending
on what kind of adapter card is used in an expansion slot. ISA is the abbreviation of
Industry Standard Architecture.

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

Adapter –

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

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

BIOS (Basic Input /Output System) –

This is a chip on the motherboard that contains

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

Bus –

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

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

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

Cache –

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

CPU (Central Processing Unit) –

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

Table 1 -- CPU Speeds

Processor type Speed ratings (MHz)

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

EIDE (Enhanced IDE) –

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

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

EISA or MCA Bus –

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

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Expansion slots –

Expansion slots are plug-in connectors that allow you to insert
additional circuit boards that attach to the rest of the PC through special circuitry called
the

bus

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

adapter

or an

expansion card

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

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

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

IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) –

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

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

IEEE802.3 – is a physical layer standard for 10Base-T,

100Base-T, Ethernet, and StarLAN.

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

LAN/WAN compatibility.

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

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

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

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Keyboard –

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

capacitate

” and “

hard contact

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

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

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

Mouse –

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

Trackball

” have

survived more awkward methods of navigating with the keyboard. “

Digitizing tablets

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

MMX –

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

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Parallel port –

Parallel ports (labeled

LPT1, LPT2

, and so on) are usually for plugging in

printers. It is also often called a

Centronics port

– has been almost synonymous with

printer port

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

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

POST (Power-On Self-Test) –

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

RAM (Random Access Memory) –

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

SyncDRAM

.

Serial port –

Serial ports are also sometimes called

COM

(short for COMmunications)

ports, and are labeled

COM1, COM2

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

mouse

or

modem

. The

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

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

serial port

is

often referred to as an

RS-232 port

.

SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) – An intelligent bus for transmitting data
commands between a variety of devices. There are many implementations of SCSI,
including Fast SCSI, Wide SCSI, Fast Wide SCSI, Fast-20, and Fast-40.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Terms and Conditions

Date:1997.10.20

Warranty Policy

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

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

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

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

5. The following conditions are excluded from this warranty¡G

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

RMA Service

1. Request a RMA# :

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

2. Shipping:

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

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

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

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

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

RMA Service Request Form

Date:1997.10.20

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

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

Return Shipping Address

*For Supplier only

RMA No:

Account Sales:

Model No. Serial No. Problem Code Remark

*This form could be copied for more description

*Problem Code:

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

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

11: Memory Socket Bad
12: Hang Up Hardware

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

Request Party Confirmed By Supplier

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