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PCM-5896

All-in-One Super7 Single Board

Computer with LCD, Ethernet,

Audio, & 4 COMs

Summary of Contents for All-in-One Super7 Single Board Computer PCM-5896

Page 1: ...PCM 5896 All in One Super7 Single Board Computer with LCD Ethernet Audio 4 COMs ...

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Page 3: ...nc AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends Inc Award is a trademark of Award Software International Inc Cyrix is a trademark of Cyrix Corporation IBM PC AT PS 2 and VGA are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Intel and Pentium II are trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp SMC is a trademark of Standard Microsystems Corp...

Page 4: ...rom your products So if you run into technical difficulties we are here to help For the most frequently asked questions you can easily find answers in your product documentation These answers are normally a lot more detailed than the ones we can give over the phone So please consult this manual first If you still cannot find the answer gather all the information or questions that apply to your pro...

Page 5: ...service time and freight Please consult your dealer for more details If you think you have a defective product follow these steps 1 Collect all the information about the problem encountered For example CPU type and speed EMAC products used other hardware and software used etc Note anything abnormal and list any on screen messages you get when the problem occurs 2 Call your dealer and describe the ...

Page 6: ...owings User s Manual this manual in PDF file Ethernet drivers and utilities VGA drivers and utilities Audio drivers and utilities Lastest BIOS as of the CD ROM was made The PCM 5896 requires several cables for operation You can make them yourself or pruchase an optioanl cable kit PCM 10489 4 P N 9979048910 If any of these items are missing or damaged contact your distri buitor or sales represntati...

Page 7: ...horoughly before you install and use the board The product that you have purchased comes with an one year limited warranty but EMAC will not be responsible for misuse of the product Therefore we strongly urge you to first read the manual before using the product To receive the lastest version of the user manual please visit our Web site at http www emacinc com ...

Page 8: ...ddress select J3 18 ATX Soft Power Switch connector J4 19 COM2 RS 232 422 485 select J6 J11 19 LCD clock signal select J7 20 LCD driving voltage select J8 20 COM3 COM4 RI pim voltage select J10 J5 21 Audio output select J12 21 S1 2 6 CPU Vcore select 22 S3 1 3 CPU clock select 23 S3 4 6 CPU freguency ratio 24 Power connectors CN8 CN1 25 ATX power connector CN8 25 CPU fan power connector CN1 25 USB...

Page 9: ...M 1 4 RS 232 422 485 serial ports CN16 37 Floppy drive connector CN17 38 Connecting the floppy drive 38 Floppy drive connector CN17 39 Ethernet LED signal connectors LED1 40 DiskOnChip socket U23 41 DiskOnChip DOC 2000 Installation 42 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 43 Starting setup 44 Setup keys 45 Getting help 46 In case of problem 46 Main setup menu 47 Standard CMOS setup 49 BIOS features setup 56 ...

Page 10: ...tion 82 Necessary prerequisites 83 Before you begin 83 Windows 95 84 Driver installation 84 Windows NT 3 51 92 Driver installation 92 Windows NT 4 0 93 Driver installation 93 Chapter 5 Ethernet Software Configuration 95 Ethernet software configuration 96 Chapter 6 Audio Setup 99 Introduction 100 Setting Up in Windows 95 100 Installing the Drivers and the Application 101 Setting Up in NT 4 0 103 In...

Page 11: ...dog Timer 105 Programming the watchdog timer 106 How to set the watchdog timer 106 Appendix B Installing PC 104 Modules 109 Installing PC 104 modules 110 Appendix c Optional Extras 113 PCM 10489 4 Wiring Kit 114 Optional USB Cable 115 ...

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Page 13: ...Chapter 1 General Information 1 1 General Information This chapter gives background informa tion on the mainboard Sections include Board specifications Layout and dimensions C H A P T E R ...

Page 14: ...floppy drive controller and a keyboard PS 2 mouse interface The built in high speed PCI IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 33 mode Up to two IDE devices can be connected including large hard disks CD ROM drives and tape backup drives etc The PCM 5896 also features power management to minimize power consumption It complies with the ACPI standard and supports three types of power saving features Doze...

Page 15: ...D up to 144MB 64 bit PCI bus SVGA LCD controller supports LCD CRT display 100Base Tx Ethernet interface supports Remote Boot ROM function 32 bit audio interface Sound Blaster Pro compatible Supports Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 IDE devices Three RS 232 and one RS 232 422 485 serial ports USB interface PCI slot and PC 104 connector for flexible expansion capabilities ...

Page 16: ...disk drives 5 25 360KB and 1 2MB and or 3 5 720KB 1 44MB and 2 88MB Parallel port One bi directional parallel port Supports SPP ECP and EPP modes Serial ports Three RS 232 and one RS 232 422 485 serial ports Ports can be configured as COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 or disabled individually 16C550 equivalent IR interface Supports one IrDA Tx Rx header Keyboard mouse connector 8 pin connector supports PC AT ke...

Page 17: ...n display both CRT and Flat Panel simultaneously Resolution Up to 1024x768 64K colors PCI Sound Interface Chipset Creative Ensoniq ES1373 Wave Table synthesis 32 Voice Polyphony and multi timbral capability 3D audio Supports for Microsoft DirectSound and DirectSound 3D audio technology in two speaker mode requires Microsoft Direct Sound 3D supported software titles 16 bit stereo digital audio Full...

Page 18: ...pin connector onboard PCI slot One 32 bit PCI slot onboard Mechanical and Environmental Powersupplyvoltage 5V 4 75Vto5 25V 12V 11 4V to 12 6V Typicalpowerrequirement 5V 8A Operating temperature 32 to 140o F 0 to 60o C Boardsize 8 L x5 75 W 203mmx146mm Weight 1 2 lb 0 5 Kg ...

Page 19: ...Chapter 1 General Information 7 Board layout ...

Page 20: ...8 PCM 5896 User Manual 5 08 40 64 97 16 100 97 119 38 3 56 174 63 177 17 193 04 203 20 198 12 5 08 9 53 135 89 95 25 146 05 140 97 Board dimensions PCM 5896 dimensions dimensions in mm ...

Page 21: ...apter describes how to set up the main board hardware including instruc tions on setting jumpers and connecting peripherals switches and indicators Be sure to read all the safety precautions before you begin the installation proce dure C H A P T E R ...

Page 22: ...tables list the function of each of the board s jumpers and connectors Jumpers Label Function J2 Clear CMOS J3 DOC address select J4 ATX soft power switch connector J5 COM4 RI pin voltage select J6 COM2 RS 232 422 485 select J7 LCD clock select J8 LCD driving voltage select J9 Reserve for future use default 1 2 close J10 COM3 RI pin voltage select J11 COM2 RS 232 422 485 select J12 Audio output se...

Page 23: ...or CN7 IrDA connector CN8 ATX power connector CN9 LCD display connector CN10 CD ROM signal input connector CN11 Keyboard and PS 2 mouse connector CN12 VGA display connector CN13 Audio connector CN14 Printer port connector CN15 100Base Tx Ethernet connector CN16 Serial ports connector CN17 Floppy dirve connector LED1 Ethernet Tx Rx Link LED connector U23 DiskOnChip socket ...

Page 24: ...12 PCM 5896 User Manual Locating jumpers J11 J2 J3 J4 J6 J7 J8 J12 J10 J9 S3 J5 S1 ...

Page 25: ...Chapter 2 Installation 13 Locating connectors CN 16 CN1 CN 3 CN 2 CN 5 CN 6 CN11 U23 CN 7 CN 17 CN 13 CN 12 CN15 LED1 CN 8 CN 9 CN 10 CN 14 ...

Page 26: ...ins with the clip To open a jumper you remove the clip Sometimes a jumper will have three pins labeled 1 2 and 3 In this case you would connect either pins 1 and 2 or 2 and 3 The jumper settings are schematically depicted in this manual as follows A pair of needle nose pliers may be helpful when working with jumpers If you have any doubts about the best hardware configuration for your application ...

Page 27: ...ts can be dam aged by the sudden rush of power Only experi enced electronics personnel should open the PC chassis Caution Always ground yourself to remove any static charge before touching the PC board Modern electronic devices are very sensitive to static electric charges Use a grounding wrist strap at all times Place all electronic components on a static dissipative surface or in a static shield...

Page 28: ...MHz Front Side Bus is used the PCM 5896 can only accept PC 100 SDRAM DIMM Module Single sided modules are typically 16 or 64 MB double sided modules are usually 32 or 128 MB Memory Installation Procedures To install DIMM first make sure the two handles of the DIMM socket are in the open position i e The handles remain outward Slowly slide the DIMM module along the plastic guides on both ends of th...

Page 29: ...ation 17 Clear CMOS J2 You can use J2 to clear the CMOS data if necessary To reset the CMOS data place a jumper on J2 for just a few seconds and then remove the jumper Clear CMOS J2 Protect Clear CMOS J2 default 1 2 1 2 ...

Page 30: ...does not conflict with any other device s memory address J3 controls the memory address of the Flash disk DiskOnChip 2000 memory address J3 Memory address HEX DISABLE DC00 D400 D800 default These addresses might conflict with the ROM BIOS of other peripheral boards Please select the appropriate memory address to avoid memory conflicts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 31: ...It is a 2 pin female connector Plug this connector to the Soft Power switch connector markedJ8 COM2 RS 232 422 485 select J6 J11 The PCM 5896 COM2 serial port can be selected as RS 232 RS 422 or RS 485 by setting J6 J11 COM2 Select J6 J11 RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 J6 J11 default 1 4 7 10 3 6 9 12 1 4 7 10 3 6 9 12 1 4 7 10 3 6 9 12 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 ...

Page 32: ...riving voltage by setting J8 The configurations are as follows LCD driving voltage select J8 5V 3 3V default 1 2 3 1 2 3 J7 LCD clock signal select J7 You can select the LCD control signal by setting J7 The following charts show the available option LCD clock signal select J7 ASHF CLK SHF CLK default 1 2 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 33: ...RI 5V or 12V by setting J10 J5 COM3 RI pin setting J10 RI 5V 12V J10 COM4 RI pin setting J5 RI 5V 12V J5 default 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 Audio output select J12 You can select the onboard audio output by setting J12 Speaker out is the output signal amplified by onboard amplifier Audio output select J12 Line out Speaker out J12 default 2 1 4 3 6 5 2 1 4 3 6 5 ...

Page 34: ... S 4 1 S 5 1 S 6 1 S e r o c V 1 1 0 1 0 V 8 1 1 1 0 1 1 V 5 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 V 9 1 1 1 1 0 1 V 5 9 1 1 1 1 1 0 V 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 V 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 V 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 V 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 V 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 V 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 V 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 V 6 2 0 0 1 1 1 V 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 V 8 2 0 1 0 0 1 V 9 2 0 1 0 1 0 V 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 V 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 V 2 3 0 1 1 0 1 V 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 V 4 3 0 1 1 1 1 V 5 3 1 ON 0 OFF default ...

Page 35: ...lowing table shows the available CPU external clock configurations CAUTION Improper settings may damage the CPU 1 3 S 2 3 S 3 3 S U P C s u B I C P 1 1 1 z H M 0 6 z H M 0 3 0 1 1 z H M 8 6 6 z H M 4 3 3 1 1 0 z H M 5 7 z H M 0 3 0 1 0 z H M 3 3 8 z H M 3 3 3 1 0 0 z H M 0 9 z H M 0 3 0 0 0 z H M 0 0 1 z H M 3 3 3 1 ON 0 OFF default ...

Page 36: ...PU frequency ratio from 2 to 5 5 by setting S3 4 6 CAUTION Improper settings may damage the CPU 4 3 S 5 3 S 6 3 S C 4 5 P C 5 5 P 6 K D M A 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1 5 2 5 2 5 2 0 1 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 5 1 5 3 5 3 1 0 1 X X 4 1 1 1 X X 5 4 1 1 0 X X 5 1 0 0 X X 5 5 1 ON 0 OFF default ...

Page 37: ...ection ATX power connector CN8 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 N C 11 N C 2 N C 12 12V 3 GND 13 GND 4 5V 14 PON 5 GND 15 GND 6 5 V 16 GND 7 GND 17 GND 8 N C 18 5V 9 5V SB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V CPU fan power connector CN1 Plug in the fan cable to the 3 pin fan connector onboard The fan connector is marked CN1 CPU fan power connector CN1 Pin Signal 1 Fan speed sense 2 12V 3 GND ...

Page 38: ...us interfaces which give complete plug and play hot attach detach for up to 127 external devices The USB interfaces comply with USB specifica tion Rev 1 0 and can be disabled in the system BIOS setup USB connector CN3 Pin Function Pin Function 1 Vcc 5 Vcc 2 UD1 6 UD0 3 UD1 7 UD0 4 GND 8 GND ...

Page 39: ... pin to 2 x 40 pin connect Wire number 1 on the cable is normally red or blue and the other wires are usually gray 1 Connect one end of the cable to CN5 Make sure that the red or blue wire corresponds to pin 1 on the connector which is labeled on the board on the right side 2 Plug the other end of the cable to the Enhanced IDE hard drive with pin 1 on the cable corresponding to pin 1 on the hard d...

Page 40: ... 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 SIGNAL GND 20 N C 21 N C 22 GND 23 IO WRITE 24 GND 25 IO READ 26 GND 27 IO CHANNEL READY 28 ALE 29 N C 30 GND 31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16 33 ADDR 1 34 N C 35 ADDR 0 36 ADDR 2 37 HARDDISKSELECT0 38 HARDDISKSELECT1 39 IDE ACTIVE 40 MGND 41 VCC 42 MVCC 43 GND 44 N C ...

Page 41: ...ec tions for a speaker hard disk access indicator and an input switch for resetting the card Front panel connector CN6 Pin Signal 1 HDD LED Hard disk active 2 HDD LED VCC 3 Speaker 4 Speaker GND 5 GND 6 NC 7 Reset switch GND 8 Reset switch Speaker The mainboard can drive an 8W external speaker at 0 5 watts If there is no external speaker the PCM 5896 provides an on board buzzer as an alternative L...

Page 42: ...le connection user can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDA and printers This connector supports HPSIR 115 2Kbps 2 meters ASK IR 56Kbps and Fast IR 4Mbps 2 meters Install infrared module onto IrDA connector and enable infrared function from BIOS setup Make sure to have correct orientation when you plug onto IrDA connector IrDa connector CN7 Pin Signal 1 _5V 2 FIrRx 3 IrRx 4 GND 5 IrTx ...

Page 43: ...support these displays one for standard CRT VGA monitors and one for flat panel displays VGA display connector CN12 CN12 is a 16 pin dual in line header used for conventional CRT displays A simple one to one adapter can be used to match CN12 to a standard 15 pin D SUB connector commonly used for VGA VGA display connector CN12 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 RED 9 SIGNAL GND 2 N C 10 H SYNC 3 GREEN 11 CHAS...

Page 44: ...ne completely via the software utility You do not have to set any jumpers LCD connector CN9 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 12 VDC 2 12 VDC 3 GND 4 GND 5 5 VDC 6 5 VDC 7 ENAVEE 8 GND 9 P0 10 P1 11 P2 12 P3 13 P4 14 P5 15 P6 16 P7 17 P8 18 P9 19 P10 20 P11 21 P12 22 P13 23 P14 24 P15 25 P16 26 P17 27 P18 28 P19 29 P20 30 P21 31 P22 32 P23 33 P24 34 P25 35 SHF CLK 36 FLM V SYS 37 M 38 LP H SYS 39 GND 40 ENA...

Page 45: ... in embedded applications a keyboard is not used The standard PC AT BIOS will report an error or fail during power on self test POST after a reset if the keyboard is not present The mainboard BIOS Advanced setup menu allows you to select Present or Absent under the System Keyboard section This allows no keyboard operation in embedded system applications without the system halting under POST power ...

Page 46: ...ine In and Audio Out to the corresponding pins as shown in the following table Audio connector CN13 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 Mic In 2 Reserve for future use 3 GND 4 Reserve for future use 5 Line In Left 6 Reserve for future use 7 Line In Right 8 Reserve for future use 9 GND 10 Reserve for future use 11 Audio Out Left 12 Audio Out Right 13 GND 14 GND ...

Page 47: ...able has a 26 pin connector on one end and a DB 25 connector on the other Parallel port IRQ The mainbaord supports one parallel port The port is designated as LPT1 and can be disabled or changed to LPT2 or LPT3 in the system BIOS setup Parallel port connector table CN14 Parallel port connector CN14 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 STROBE 2 AUTOFD 3 DO 4 ERR 5 D1 6 INIT 7 D2 8 SLCTINI 9 D3 10 GND 11 D4 12 G...

Page 48: ... connector is a standard RJ 45 connec tor The onboard Realtek RTL8139A fast Ethernet controller supports 10Mb s and 100 Mb s N way auto negotiation operation 100Base Tx Ethernet connector CN15 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 Tx 2 Tx 3 Rx 4 N C 5 N C 6 Rx 7 N C 8 N C 9 N C 10 N C 11 GND 12 GND ...

Page 49: ...COM2 COM3 COM4 RS 232 422 485 serial port PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL COM1 1 DCDA 2 DSRA 3 RXDA 4 RTSA 5 TXDA 6 CTSA 7 DTRA 8 RIA 9 GND 10 N C COM2 11 DCDB 12 DSRB 422TXD 485DATA 13 RXDB 14 RTSB 422TXD 485DATA 15 TXDB 16 CTSB 422RXD 17 DTRB 18 RIB 422RXD 19 GND 20 N C COM3 21 DCDC 22 DSRC 23 RXDC 24 RTSC 25 TXDC 26 CTSC 27 DTRC 28 RIC 5V 12V 29 GND 30 N C COM4 31 DCDD 32 RSRD 33 RXDD 34 RTSD 35 TXDD 36 ...

Page 50: ...17 Make sure that the red or blue wire corresponds to pin 1 on the connector 2 Attach the appropriate connector on the other end of the cable to the floppy drive s You can use only one connector in the set The set on the end after the twist in the cable connects to the A drive The set in the middle connects to the B drive 3 If you are connecting a 5 floppy drive line up the slot in the printed cir...

Page 51: ... SELECT 3 GND 4 N C 5 GND 6 DRIVE TYPE 7 GND 8 INDEX 9 GND 10 MOTOR 0 11 GND 12 DRIVE SELECT 1 13 GND 14 DRIVE SELECT 2 15 GND 16 MOTOR 1 17 GND 18 DIRECTION 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 WRITE DATA 23 GND 24 WRITE GATE 25 GND 26 TRACK 0 27 GND 28 WRITE PROTECT 29 GND 30 READ DATA 31 GND 32 HEAD DELECT 33 GND 34 DISK CHANGE ...

Page 52: ... indicators Ethernet active signal LED Flashing Tx or Rx LEDs indicate that the PCM 5896 is transmitting or receiving data Ethernet link signal LED A continuously lit LED indicates good linkage between the PCM 5896 and its supporting hub Ethernet LED signal connectors LED1 Pin Signal 1 Rx LED 2 5V 3 Link LED 4 5V 5 Tx LED 6 5V ...

Page 53: ...om 2MB up to 144MB unformatted In order to manage the disk the DiskOnChip 2000 includes the TrueFFS M Systems Flash File System proprietary software The DiskOnChip 2000 package is pin to pin compatible with a standard 32 pin EPROM device Note 1 Pins A13 through A16 are not used by the MD2200 They are kept for socket backward compatibility with ED 1100 DiskOnChip1000 Note 2 Pins 1 and 30 are not us...

Page 54: ...with thememorywindow Youshoulddisablethememoryshadowfrom the BIOS SETUP if the DOC cannot be accessed Configure DOC as a boot device To configure a DOC as a boot drive you should copy the operating system files onto the DOC The following procedure is an example of the initialization process 1 Install a DOC into your system 2 Insert a bootable floppy disk in drive A and boot the system 3 At the DOS...

Page 55: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 43 3 Award BIOS Setup This chapter describes how to configure the BIOS for the PCM 5896 C H A P T E R ...

Page 56: ...ing POST you can start the Setup program in one of two ways 1 By pressing Del immediately after switching the system on or 2 By pressing Del or pressing Ctrl Alt Esc when the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during POST TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS DEL KEY If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system to try again...

Page 57: ...ric value or make changes PgDn Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 Change color from total 16 colors F2 to select color forward Shift F2 to select color backward F3 Calendar only for Status Page Setup Menu F4 Reserved F5 Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the default ...

Page 58: ...t resets your system to its default configuration You can invoke this override by immediately pressing Insert when you restart your computer You can restart by either using the ON OFF switch the RESET button or by pressing Ctrl Alt Delete The best advice is to alter only settings that you thoroughly understand In particular do not change settings in the Chipset screen without a good reason The Chi...

Page 59: ...tandard and PCI Local Bus Configuration configuration options Integrated I O subsystems that depend on the inte Peripherals grated peripherals controller in your system Supervisor User Change set or disable a password In Password Setting BIOS versions that allow separate user and supervisor passwords only the supervisor password permits access to Setup The user password generally allows only power...

Page 60: ...Defaults most stable minimal performance system operations Load Setup Setup defaults are factory settings for Defaults optimal performance system operations Save Exit Save settings in nonvolatile CMOS Setup RAM and exit Setup Exit Without Abandon all changes and exit Setup Save ...

Page 61: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 49 Standard CMOS setup When you choose the STANDARD CMOS SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 62: ... the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field HARDDISKS The BIOS supports up to four IDE drives This section does not show information about other IDE devices such as a CD ROM drive or about other hard drive types such as SCSI ...

Page 63: ...eads write precompensation factor landing zone and number of sectors Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any pre defined type are classified as type USER Size Disk drive capacity approximate Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Cyls Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precompensation cylinde...

Page 64: ...5 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 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 720 kilobyte capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 1 44 mega byte capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 2 88 mega byte capacity LCD CRT This field may appear as an alternative to the Video field s...

Page 65: ... 2 1 M L N T S D 0 0 6 x 0 0 8 C E N 0 1 3 3 C A 8 4 4 6 L N s t i b 2 1 T F T 0 8 4 x 0 4 6 a b i h s o T A 9 0 2 C 0 1 M T L T F T s t i b 8 1 0 8 4 x 0 4 6 C E N 4 0 6 2 C A 0 6 0 8 L N T F T 0 0 6 x 0 0 8 p r a h S 3 0 x 4 1 Q L s t i b 6 3 T F T 8 6 7 x 4 2 0 1 Pannel This selection item allows user to select LCD BIOS to match the LCD types There are eight LCD types available for users to sel...

Page 66: ...s All But Disk Key POST does not stop for a keyboard or disk error but stops for all other errors Memory You cannot change any values in the Memory fields they are only for your information The fields show the total installed random access memory RAM and amounts allocated to base memory extended memory and other high memory RAM is counted in kilobytes KB approximately one thousand bytes and megaby...

Page 67: ...s and their software can use extended memory OtherMemory Between 640 KB and 1 MB often called High memory DOS may load terminate and stay resident TSR programs such as device drivers in this area to free as much conventional memory as possible for applications Lines in your CONFIG SYS file that start with LOADHIGH load programs into high memory ...

Page 68: ...56 PCM 5896 User Manual BIOS features setup By choosing the BIOS FEATURES SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 69: ...ional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type on up contain internal cache memory and most but not all modern PCs have additional external cache memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU The External Cache field may not appear if your system does not have external cache memory Quick Power On Self T...

Page 70: ...n the system boots When toggled On the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations Gate A20 Option Gate A20 refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1 MB extended memory When set to Fast the system chipset controls Gate A20 When set to Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Setting Gate A20 to Fast improves system speed particularly with ...

Page 71: ...t of high memory 640 KB to 1 MB avail able for loading device drivers etc Enable shadowing into each section of memory separately Many system designers hardwire shadowing of the system BIOS and eliminate a System BIOS Shadow option Video BIOS shadows into memory area C0000 C7FFF The remain ing areas shown on the BIOS Features Setup screen may be occupied by other expansion card firmware If an expa...

Page 72: ...60 PCM 5896 User Manual CHIPSET features setup By choosing the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 73: ...e of the complexity and technical nature of some of the options not all of the options are described here Auto Configuration Auto Configuration selects predetermined optimal values of chipset parameters When Disabled chipset parameters revert to setup information stored in CMOS Many fields in this screen are not available when Auto Configuration is Enabled SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous D...

Page 74: ...les Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk When the Auto Detect DIMM PCI clk enable the Utility will automatically detect the DIMM PCI clock in your system Spread Spectrum When the system clock generator pulses the extreme values of the pulse generate excess EMI Enabling pulse spectrum spread modulation changes the extreme values from spike...

Page 75: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 63 Power management setup By choosing the POWER MANAGEMENT option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 76: ...saving for Doze Standby and Suspend modes This table describes each power management mode Max Saving Maximum power savings Only Available for SL CPUs Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode User Define Set each mode individually Select time out periods in the section for each mode below Min Saving Minimum power savings Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode except the hard drive ...

Page 77: ...s the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA Use the software supplied for your video subsystem to select video power management values Blank Screen System only writes blanks to the video buffer HDD Power Down After the selected period of drive inactivity any system IDE devices compatible with the ATA 2 specification or later power mana...

Page 78: ...drive enters an idle state and the L2 cache enters a power save mode All other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity the chipset enters a hardware suspend mode stopping the CPU clock and possibly causing other system devices to enter power management modes ...

Page 79: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 67 PNP PCI configuration setup By choosing the PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP option from the initial SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 80: ...on Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot IRQ n Assigned to When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt as one of the following types depending on t...

Page 81: ...ice using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific DMA channel PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture PCI IRQ Activated by Leave the IRQ trigger set at Level unless the PCI device assigned to the interrupt specifies Edge triggered interrupts ...

Page 82: ...CM 5896 User Manual Load BIOS defaults LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS loads the default system values directly from ROM The BIOS DEFAULTS provides the most stable settings though they do not provide optimal performance ...

Page 83: ...defaults LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS on the other hand provides for maximum system performance If the stored record created by the setup utility becomes corrupted and therefore unusable BIOS defaults will load automatically when you turn the power on ...

Page 84: ...72 PCM 5896 User Manual Integrated peripherals setup By choosing the INTEGRATD PERIPHERALS option from the initial SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 85: ...rface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide succes sively increased performance In Auto mode the system automati cally determines the best mode for each device IDE Primary Master Slave UDMA UDMA Ultra DMA is a DMA data transfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 33 MB s When you select Auto in the four IDE UDMA fields ...

Page 86: ...e select Disabled in this field Onboard UART Ports 1 2 Select a logical COM port address for the first and second serial ports RxD TxD Active Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port EPP Mode select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 Onboard Serial Port 3 Serial Port 3 Use IRQ Onboard Serial Po...

Page 87: ...et either SUPERVISOR or USER PASSWORD or both of them The difference between the two is that the supervisor password allows unrestricted access to enter and change the options of the setup menus while the user password only allows entry to the program but not modify options ...

Page 88: ... the message changes CONFIRM PASSWORD Again type the password and press Enter To abort the process at any time press Esc In the Security Option item in the BIOS Features Setup screen select System or Setup System Enter a password each time the system boots and when ever you enter Setup Setup Enter a password when ever you enter Setup NOTE To clear the password simply press Enter when asked to ente...

Page 89: ...ction The IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION utility can automatically detect the IDE hard disk installed in your system You can use it to self detect and or correct the hard disk type configuration You need to repeat the setup for each of the IDE combinations ...

Page 90: ...ess ENTER the values entered in the setup utility will be recorded in the chipset s CMOS memory The microprocessor will check this every time you turn your system on and compare this to what it finds as it checks the system This record is required for the system to operate ...

Page 91: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 79 Exit without saving Seleting this option and press Enter lets you exit the setup program without recording any new values or changing old ones ...

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Page 93: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 81 4 Flat Panel CRT Controller Display Drivers and Utilities This chapter provides information about Driver types and installation C H A P T E R ...

Page 94: ...t require any special drivers to operate in standard modes The purpose of the enclosed software drivers is to take advantage of the extended features of the CHIPS VGA Flat Panel CRT controller Hardware configuration Some of the high resolution drivers provided in this package will work only in certain system configurations If a driver does not display correctly try the following 1 Change the displ...

Page 95: ...he hard disk Understand the MS DOS directory structure If you are uncertain about any of these concepts please refer to the DOS or OS 2 user reference guides for more information before you proceed with the installation Before you begin Make sure you know the version of the application for which you are installing drivers The Supporting CD ROM contain drivers for several versions of certain applic...

Page 96: ...l these drivers through the WindowsÒ operating system Driver installation 1 Install WindowsÒ 95 as you normally would for a VGA display Click the Start button go to Settings and click on Control Panel Choose the Display icon and double click on the icon In the Display Properties window show as figure 1 figure 1 ...

Page 97: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 85 Click the setting buttom then click the Advanced Properties icon into the Advanced Display properties windows show as figure2 figure 2 ...

Page 98: ...r Manual click on Change Display Type In the Change Display Type window click on the Change button under Adapter Type into the select Device window show as figure 3 This will bring up the Select Device window figure 3 ...

Page 99: ...Select Device window click on Have Disk Select Browse and find the Win95 driver chips95 inf in the Supporting CD ROM cd rom CD ROM model name driver vga driver win95 chips95 inf and then click OK cd rom the drive letter of your CD ROM drive model name the model number of your product figure 4 ...

Page 100: ...88 PCM 5896 User Manual The name of the Chips And Tech 69000 PCI driver will appear highlighted in the Models list boxfhow as figure Click OK to start the driver installation show as figure 5 figure 5 ...

Page 101: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 89 3 Once the installation is complete the Advanced display Properties window will reappear Show as figure 6 figure 6 ...

Page 102: ...90 PCM 5896 User Manual Click on close to close the window Then the Display Properties window will reappear Show as figure 7 figure 7 ...

Page 103: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 91 Click on Apply Restart the system for the new settings to take effect show as figure 8 figure 8 ...

Page 104: ... from the pull down menu choose Run At the Command Line prompt type cd rom CD ROM model name driver vga driver win31 setup exe Press the ENTER key or click OK to begin the installation cd rom the drive letter of your CD ROM drive model name the model number of your product At this point the setup program locates the directory where Windows is installed For proper operation the drivers must be inst...

Page 105: ...s completed you will need to perform a shutdown and then restart the system in order for changes to take effect A log of the information output during the install can be found in root OS2 INSTALL DISPLAY LOG 4 After restarting the system perform the following steps 1 Open the OS 2 System folder 2 Open the System Setup folder 3 Open the Display Driver Install Object This step will execute the Displ...

Page 106: ...96 User Manual 6 When the installation is complete you will need to shut down and then restart the system for the changes to take effect Make sure to remove the installation diskette before restarting the system ...

Page 107: ...hen click the Display Type buttom into the Display Type windows then click on Change buttom from the Adapter Type icon And click on Have Disk buttom in the change display window 2 Place the Supporting CD ROM into your CD ROM drive and type cd rom CD ROM model name drive vga drive win98 nt windows nt nt35 Oemsetup inf cd rom the drive letter of your CD ROM drive model name the model number of your ...

Page 108: ...CD ROM dirve In the Select Device window click on Have Disk select Browse and find the NT 4 0 driver from cd rom CD ROM model name dirver vga driver win98 nt windows nt nt40 Oemsetup inf cd rom the drive letter of your CD ROM drive model name the model number of your product and then click OK The name of the Chips and Technologies Inc Video Controller driver will appear highlighted in the Modules ...

Page 109: ...Chapter 5 Software Configuration 97 5 Ethernet Software Configuration This chapter describes how to configure the Etherent Card to match your applica tion requirements C H A P T E R ...

Page 110: ... the Ethernet interface Just highlight the option you wish to change by using the Up and DOWN keys To change a selected item press ENTER and a screen will appear with the available options Highlight your option and press ENTER Each highlighted option has a helpful message guide displayed at the bottom of the screen for additional information 4 After you have made your selections and the configurat...

Page 111: ...guration 99 6 Audio Setup This PCM 5896 is equipped with an audio interface that records and playback CD quality audio This chapter provides instructions for installing the software drivers on the included CDROM C H A P T E R ...

Page 112: ...rd audio interface also supports the Plug and Play PnP standard and provides PnP configuration for the audio FM and MPU 401 logical devices It is compatible with Sound BlasterÒ Sound Blaster ProÒ version 3 01 voice and music functions The ESFM synthesizer is register compatible with the OPL3 and has extended capabilities Setting Up in Windows 95 The Supporting CD ROM contains the Windows 95 driver...

Page 113: ...lick on OK The system will copy the necessary driver files to your hard disk drive cd rom CD ROM model name dirver sound audio English win95drv cd rom the driver letter of your CD ROM drive model name the model number of your product Tip Prepare the Windows 95 CD ROM disk before setting up the onboard audio Windows 95 will prompt you to insert the Windows 95 CD ROM disk when you install the joysti...

Page 114: ...e following new hardware components Creative Gameport Joystick SB Audio PCI 64V Legacy Device Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V 5 Upon initial installation the setup process begins setting up the software 6 Windows 95 makes final changes to the system settings and you will be prompted to re boot the system ...

Page 115: ... 1 Excute the installation wizard named CTRUN EXE in the follow ing directory cd rom CD ROM model name dirver Audio Ctrun cd rom the drive letter of your CD ROM drive model name the model number of your product 2 After the Sound Blaster Audio PCI 64V window shows up click on the Install button 3 Simply follow the instructions to finish the installation ...

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Page 117: ...chdog Timer The mainboard is equipped with a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if processing comes to a standstill for whatever reason This feature ensures system reliability in industrial stand alone and unmanned environments A P P E N D I X ...

Page 118: ...onds 2 To set the time out event output data to prot 0x444 0 reset system 1 2 3 IRQ 10 15 11 respectively 4 NMI e g outportb 0x444 0 set time out event to reset system 3 To disable watchdog timer output value 0 to port 0x443 outportb 0x443 0 disable watchdog timer 4 To ebable or refresh watchdog timer the watchdog timer will return to its initial value then count down access the I O port 0x443 e g...

Page 119: ...e out interval to 10 seconds customer_job execute your job here be sure your job will finished within 10 seconds outportb 0x443 0 refresh watchdog timer otherwise the system will reset after time out outputb 0x443 20 set time out interval to 20 seconds another_job another job finished in 20 seconds outportb 0x443 0 disable watchdog timer ...

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Page 121: ...Appendix B Installing PC 104 Modules 109 B Installing PC 104 Modules This appendix provides instructions for installing PC 104 modules A P P E N D I X ...

Page 122: ... channel DIO Module PCM 3910 Breadboard Module PCM 3810 Solid State Disk Module Installing these modules on the PCM 5896 is a quick and simple operation The following steps show how to mount the PC 104 modules Step1 Remove the PCM 5896 from your system paying particular attention to the safety instructions already mentioned above Step2 Make any jumper or link changes required to the SBC now Once t...

Page 123: ...alling PC 104 Modules 111 PC 104 Module Mounting Diagram PC 104 Mounting Support Female Male PC 104 Module Main board 0 200 0 0 0 200 3 350 3 550 0 200 3 575 3 250 0 300 3 775 3 575 PC 104 module dimenstions inches 5 ...

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Page 125: ...Appendix C Optional Extras 113 C Optional Extras A P P E N D I X ...

Page 126: ... C D I e l a m e f m m 4 5 2 n i p 0 4 0 0 7 0 4 3 1 0 7 1 d n a 5 3 y p p o l f l a u D P 4 3 5 2 5 y p p o l f l a u d n i p 4 3 1 0 3 0 6 2 1 0 7 1 t r o p l e l l a r a P B U S D e l a m e f n i p 5 2 0 6 1 0 8 0 1 0 7 1 T E S A B 0 0 1 0 1 k r o w t e N e l b a c d n e t x e 5 4 J R 0 5 1 0 5 1 1 0 7 1 T R C A G V B U S D n i p 5 1 1 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 7 1 d n a d r a o b y e K e s u o m 2 S P N I...

Page 127: ...Appendix C Optional Extras 115 Optional USB Cable Optional USB Cable part no 1709080150 ...

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