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    PCM-6892 User's Manual

void SelectDevice(unsigned char device)
{

outportb(IO_INDEX_PORT, DEVICE_REGISTER);
outportb(IO_DATA_PORT, device);

}

unsigned char ReadAData(short int reg)
{

outportb(IO_INDEX_PORT, reg);
return (inportb(IO_DATA_PORT));

}

void WriteAData(unsigned char reg, unsigned char data)
{

outportb(IO_INDEX_PORT, reg);

                         outportb(IO_DATA_PORT, data);

}

void SetWatchDogTime(unsigned char time_val)
{

EnterConfigMode();
SelectDevice(8);
//Set Register F2
//Set Watch-Dog Timer 1~ 256
WriteAData(0xF2, time_val);
// set counter counts in second (or minute)
// Register F4 Bit 6 = 0/1 (minutes/seconds)
// For w83977EF only
WriteAData(0xF4, 0x40);
ExitConfigMode();

}

Summary of Contents for PCM-6892 Rev.B

Page 1: ...PCM 6892 All in One Single Board Computer onboard VIA C3 EBGA CPU with LCD LVDS TV out Audio Dual Ethernet CFD PCMCIA 4 USBs Cover Preface pmd 2003 10 21 09 10 上午 1 ...

Page 2: ... OF THE FCC RULES THESE LIMITS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REASONABLE PROTECTION AGAINTST HARMFUL INTERFERENCE WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT THIS EQUIPMENT GENERATES USES AND CAN RADIATE RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY AND IF NOT INSTATLLED AND USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL MAY CAUSE HARMFUL INTER FERENCE TO RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OPERATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT IN A RES...

Page 3: ...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 Corporation...

Page 4: ... 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 problem and with the pr...

Page 5: ...eight 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 AAEON 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 problem Please hav...

Page 6: ...nual in PDF file l System drivers and utilities l Ethernet drivers and utilities l VGA drivers and utilities l Audio drivers and utilities l Short Copper Kit l Jumper Cap The PCM 6892 requires several cables for operation You can make them yourself or purchase an optional cable kit PCM 10489 6 If any of these items are missing or damaged contact your distri buitor or sales represntative immediatel...

Page 7: ...nstall and use the board The product that you have purchased comes with an two year limited warranty but AAEON 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 aaeon com tw Cover Preface pmd 2003 10 21 09 10 上午 7 ...

Page 8: ...Setup JP5 15 Serial Port 4 RING Status Setup JP6 16 LCD Shift Clock Setting J1 16 CPU Fan Connector CN1 17 K B PS2 Mouse Connector CN2 17 LPT Connector CN3 18 FDD Connector CN4 18 IR Connector CN5 19 Front Panel Connector CN6 20 IDE Hard Drive Connector CN9 20 USB Connector Port 0 Port 1 CN10 22 USB Connector Port 2 Port 3 CN12 22 Compact Flash Connector CN11 23 LAN1 Port CN13 24 LAN1 Status Conne...

Page 9: ...tting help 36 Main Setup Menu 37 Standard CMOS Features 40 Advanced BIOS Features 45 Advanced Chipset Features 51 Integrated Peripherals 56 Power Management Setup 62 PnP PCI Configurations 67 PC Health Status 70 Frequency Voltage Control 71 Load Fail Safe Defaults 72 Optimized Defaults 73 Set Supervisor Password 74 Set User Password 75 Save Exit Setup 76 Exit Without Saving 77 Chapter 4 Drivers In...

Page 10: ...Ethernet Driver Installation 88 Appendix A WatchDog Timer 91 Appendix B Optional Extras 99 Cover Preface pmd 2003 10 21 09 10 上午 10 ...

Page 11: ...Chapter 1 General Information 1 1 General Information This chapter gives background informa tion on the PCM 6892 Sections include Board Introduction Board Features Board Specifications C H A P T E R ...

Page 12: ...06 Twister T North Bridge integrated AGP 4X 2D 3D graphics accelerator With 18 bit 36 bit dual channel LVDS interface and TTL signal you can utilize this board to display CRT This board offers two alternatives of power supply type AT and ATX You can select whichever suitable for your application The ATX power supply board features power management to minimize power consumption It complies with the...

Page 13: ...ts two Type II PCMCIA Slots Optional l Two 10 100Base T Fast Ethernet l Supports UDMA100 l 5V only operation PCM 6892 also includes four high speed serial ports three RS 232 one RS 232 422 485 one multimode ECP EPP SPP parallel port four USB ports 2 floppy drives an Ultra DMA 100 Enhanced IDE controller supporting two devices with data transfer rate up to 100MB per second and a keyboard PS 2 mouse...

Page 14: ...100MB sec FDD interface Supports up to two floppy disk drives 5 25 inch 360KB and 1 2 MB and or 3 5inch 720KB 1 44MB and 2 88MB Parellel Port One bi directional parallel port Supports SPP ECP and EPP modes Serial Port Three RS 232 serial ports and one RS 232 422 485 serial ports Ports can be configured as COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 or disabled individually 16C550 equivalent IrDA port Supports one IrDA Tx...

Page 15: ... or AT power supply Supports PC97 I O peripheral devices support power saving and doze standby suspend modes APM 1 2 compliant Audio Interface Chipset VIA VT82C686B Integrated SoundBlaster Sound Blaster Pro and Windows Sound System Flat Panel CRT Interface Chipset VIAVT8606 Display memory Share memory up to 32MB Display Type Supports 18 36 bit TTL dual channel LVDS TFT LCD Can display CRT and flat...

Page 16: ...4 Connector One 16 bit 104 pin connector onboard PCI Slot One 32 bit 120 pin PCI slot onboard PCMCIASlot Two Type II PCMCIA slots on solder side SDDInterface One type II Compact Flash Socket Mechanical and Environmental Power Supply voltage 5V 4 75V to 5 25V AT or ATX type Operating temperature 32 to 140 degrees F 0 to 60 degrees C Board Size 8 L x 5 75 W 203mm x 146mm Weight 1 2 lb 0 5Kg ...

Page 17: ...disconnect the power cord from your chassis whenever you work with the hardware Do not make connections while the power is on Sensitive electronic components can be damaged by sudden power surges Only experienced electronics personnel should open the PC chassis Caution Always ground yourself to remove any static charge before touching the CPU card Modern electronic devices are very sensitive to st...

Page 18: ...8 PCM 6892 Installation GuideBC PCM 6892 Locating Jumpers Connectors ...

Page 19: ...PCM 6892 Installation Guide 9 Quick Installation Guide Locating Jumpers Connectors ...

Page 20: ...10 PCM 6892 Installation GuideBC PCM 6892 Mechanical Drawing ...

Page 21: ...PCM 6892 Installation Guide 11 Quick Installation Guide Mechanical Drawing ...

Page 22: ...on the board has a number of jumpers that allow you to configure your system to suit your applications The table below lists the function of each jumper and connector Jumpers Label Function JP1 Clear CMOS JP2 LCD Voltage Select JP4 RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 Select JP5 Serial Port 3 RING Status Setup JP6 Serial Port 4 RING Status Setup J1 LCD Shift Clock Setting J2 Serial Port 2 Status Setup ...

Page 23: ...onnector CN9 IDE Hard Drive Connector CN10 USB Connector Port 0 Port 1 CN11 Compact Flash Connector CN12 USB Connector Port 2 Port 3 CN13 LAN1 Port CN14 LAN1 Status Connector LED CN15 LAN2 Port CN16 LAN2 Status Connector LED CN17 Audio Connector CN18 VGA Port CN19 TV out Connector CN20 21 TTL LCD Connector CN22 23 LVDS Connector CN24 AT Power Connector Optional CN25 ATX Power Connector Default CN2...

Page 24: ... You can use JP1 to clear the CMOS data if necessary To reset the CMOS data set jumper to 2 3 closed for few seconds and then move the jumper back to 1 2 closed Protect default Clear CMOS default 1 2 3 1 2 3 LCD Voltage Select JP2 5V 3 3V 1 2 3 1 2 3 default ...

Page 25: ...de Serial Port 2 Status Setup JP4 J2 Serial Port 3 Ring Status Setup JP5 12V 5V Ring default 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 default 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 JP4 J2 3 1 12 10 3 1 3 1 12 10 12 10 9 7 9 7 9 7 6 4 6 4 6 4 ...

Page 26: ...16 PCM 6892 Installation GuideBC PCM 6892 LCD Shift Clock Setting J1 shclk shclk default 1 2 3 1 2 3 Serial Port 4 Ring Status Setup JP6 12V 5V Ring default 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 27: ...nstallation Guide 17 Quick Installation Guide CPU Fan Connector CN1 K B PS2 Mouse Connector CN2 Pin Signal 1 GND 2 12V 3 SENSOR Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 KB Data 2 KB CLK 3 GND 4 5VSB 5 MS DATA 6 MS CLK 7 N C 8 N C ...

Page 28: ...D 21 BUSY 22 GND 23 PE 24 GND 25 SELECT 26 N C FDD Connector CN4 You can attach up to two floppy disks to the PCM 6892 s on board controller and use any combination of 5 25 360 KB and 1 2 MB and or 3 5 720 KB 1 44 MB and 2 88 MB drives The PCM 6892 CPU card comes with a 34 pin daisy chain drive connector cable On one end of the cable is a 34 pin flat cable connector There are two sets of floppy di...

Page 29: ...ly one connector in the set The set on the end after the twist in the cable connects to the A floppy and the other set in the middle connects to the B floppy Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 33 odd GND 2 REDWC 4 N C 6 DS1 8 INDEX 10 MOTOR A 12 DRIVE SELECT B 14 DRIVE SELECT A 16 MOTOR B 18 DIR 20 STEP 22 WRITE DATA 24 WRITE GATE 26 TRACK0 28 WRITE PROTECT 30 READ DATA 32 SIDE1 34 DISK CHANGE IR Connector C...

Page 30: ... of the cable to the IDE connector and make sure that the red 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 drive See your hard drive s documentation for the location of the connector Unlike floppy drives you can make the connectio...

Page 31: ...E RESET 2 GND 3 DATA7 4 DATA8 5 DATA6 6 DATA9 7 DATA5 8 DATA10 9 DATA4 10 DATA11 11 DATA3 12 DATA12 13 DATA2 14 DATA13 15 DATA1 16 DATA14 17 DATA0 18 DATA15 19 GND 20 N C 21 REQ 22 GND 23 IO WRITE 24 GND 25 IO READ 26 GND 27 IO READY 28 GND 29 DACK 30 GND 31 IRQ 14 32 N C 33 ADDR1 34 UDMA DETECT 33 100 35 ADDR0 36 ADDR2 37 CS 1 38 CS 3 39 HDD LED 40 GND ...

Page 32: ...22 PCM 6892 Installation GuideBC PCM 6892 USB Connector CN10 CN12 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 5VSB 2 GND 3 USB DT0 4 GND 5 USB DT0 6 USB DT1 7 GND 8 USB DT1 9 GND 10 5VSB ...

Page 33: ...4 DATA5 29 DATA13 5 DATA6 30 DATA14 6 DATA7 31 DATA15 7 CS 1 32 CS 3 8 GND 33 GND 9 GND 34 IO READ 10 GND 35 IO WRITE 11 GND 36 5V 12 GND 37 IRQ15 13 5V 38 5V 14 GND 39 CSEL 15 GND 40 N C 16 GND 41 IDE RESET 17 GND 42 IO READY 18 ADDR2 43 N C 19 ADDR1 44 5V 20 ADDR0 45 DASP 21 DATA0 46 DIAG 22 DATA1 47 DATA8 23 DATA2 48 DATA9 24 N C 49 DATA10 25 GND 50 GND ...

Page 34: ...N1 LAN2 Status Connector CN14 CN16 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 RXLED 2 5VSB 3 Link LED 4 5VSB 5 TX LED 6 5VSB Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 TX 2 TX 3 RX 4 TEMP_GND 5 TEMP_GND 6 RX 7 TEMP_GND 8 TEMP_GND 9 CHASSIS_GND 10 CHASSIS_GND LAN1 LAN2 Port CN13 CN15 ...

Page 35: ...MIC IN 2 MIC BIAS 3 GND 4 GND 5 LINE IN LEFT 6 CD IN LEFT 7 LINE IN RIGHT 8 CD IN GND 9 GND 10 CD IN RIGHT 11 LINE OUT LEFT 12 LINE OUT RIGHT 13 GND 14 GND VGA Port CN18 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 RED 9 N C 2 GREEN 10 GND 3 BLUE 11 N C 4 N C 12 DAT 5 GND 13 HSYNC 6 GND 14 VSYNC 7 GND 15 DCLK 8 GND 16 GND ...

Page 36: ...in Signal Pin Signal 1 5V 2 5V 3 GND 4 GND 5 3 3V 6 3 3V 7 ENVDD 8 GND 9 NC 10 NC 11 O_BLUE0 12 O_BLUE1 13 O_BLUE2 14 O_BLUE3 15 O_BLUE4 16 O_BLUE5 17 NC 18 NC 19 O_GREEN0 20 O_GREEN1 21 O_GREEN2 22 O_GREEN3 23 O_GREEN4 24 O_GREEN5 25 NC 26 NC 27 O_RED0 28 O_RED1 29 O_RED2 30 O_RED3 31 O_RED4 32 O_RED5 33 GND 34 GND 35 SHFCLK 36 VFLM 37 DEO 38 VLP 39 NC 40 ENAVEE ...

Page 37: ...REEN0 10 E_GREEN1 11 E_GREEN2 12 E_GREEN3 13 E_GREEN4 14 E_GREEN5 15 E_RED0 16 E_RED1 17 E_RED2 18 E_RED3 19 E_RED4 20 E_RED5 LVDS Connector CN22 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 TX1OUT1 2 TX1OUT1 3 CHASSIS_GND 4 CHASSIS_GND 5 TX1CLK 6 TX1CLK 7 CHASSIS_GND 8 LCDVCC 9 LCDVCC 10 LCDVCC 11 TX1OUT2 12 TX1OUT2 13 CHASSIS_GND 14 CHASSIS_GND 15 TX1OUT0 16 TX1OUT0 17 N C 18 N C 19 ENVDD 20 N C ...

Page 38: ... 2 TX2OUT1 3 CHASSIS_GND 4 CHASSIS_GND 5 TX2CLK 6 TX2CLK 7 CHASSIS_GND 8 LCDVCC 9 LCDVCC 10 LCDVCC 11 TX2OUT2 12 TX2OUT2 13 CHASSIS_GND 14 CHASSIS_GND 15 TX2OUT0 16 TX2OUT0 17 N C 18 N C AT Power Connector CN24 Pin Signal 1 PWR OK 2 5V 3 12V 4 12V 5 GND 6 GND 7 GND 8 GND 9 5V 10 5V 11 5V 12 5V ...

Page 39: ...ion Guide 29 Quick Installation Guide ATX Power Connector CN25 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 GND 13 GND 4 5V 14 PS ON 5 GND 15 GND 6 5V 16 GND 7 GND 17 GND 8 PWR OK 18 5V 9 5VSB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V ...

Page 40: ...S1 5 TXD1 6 CTS1 7 DTR1 8 RI1 9 GND 10 N C 11 DCD2 485TXD 12 DSR2 13 RXD2 422RXD 14 RTS2 15 TXD2 485TXD 16 CTS2 17 DTR2 422RXD 18 RI2 19 GND 20 N C 21 DCD3 22 DSR3 23 RXD3 24 RTS3 25 TXD3 26 CTS3 27 DTR3 28 RI3 5V 12V 29 GND 30 N C 31 DCD4 32 DSR4 33 RXD4 34 RTS4 35 TXD4 36 CTS4 37 DTR4 38 RI4 5V 12V 39 GND 40 N C ...

Page 41: ... can insert your IEEE 1394 card modem card wireless LAN card storage card sound card for add on functions Note When utilizing 16 bit PC Card under Windows 98 you have to assign an IRQ address to it From the BIOS main menu select PnP PCI Configurations In the Resourse Controlled by item select Manual In IRQ Resourse column assign IRQ 11 to Legacy ISA ...

Page 42: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 33 3 Award BIOS Setup This chapter describes how to configure the BIOS for the system C H A P T E R ...

Page 43: ...e BIOS launches the operating system and hands control of system operations to it During POST you can start the Setup program in the following way By pressing Del immediately after switching the system on If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the RESET button on the system case You may al...

Page 44: ...t current page and return to Main Menu PgUP Increase the numeric 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 Item Help F3 Reserved F4 Reserved F5 Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the default CMOS RAM value from BIOS default table only for Option P...

Page 45: ...at 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 Ch...

Page 46: ...BIOS Features Use this menu to set the advanced features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Primary slave secondary slave keyboard mouse etc ...

Page 47: ...92 Frequency Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable performance for your system to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations While AWARD has designated the c...

Page 48: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 39 Save and Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup ...

Page 49: ...of the week from the other date information This field is for information only Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field date month year Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field The time format is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 hours Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desi...

Page 50: ...ary Secondary Master Slave If you do not want to select AUTO other methods of selecting the drive type are available 1 NONE No drive type to be selected 2 Manual This will allow you to manually set the drive type you are using in your system See as below Access Mode Auto The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode CHS This allows the user to enter their own hardware values Large For drives ...

Page 51: ...anding Zone Landing zone Sector Number of sectors Drive A 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 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 720 kilobyte capacity 1 44M 3 5 ...

Page 52: ...heral they are incorporating with the PCM 6892 single board computer The choices CRT LCD CRT LCD TV CRT TV Panel Type PCM 6892 supports only 18 bit and 36 bit TTL LVDS display panels with various resolutions When your display devices include LCD panel you have to select the type of panel you are incorporating with your single board computer Consult your panel manual for detail information The choi...

Page 53: ...grams and data currently being used so they are accessible to the CPU Modern personal computers may contain up to 64 MB 128 MB or more Base Memory Typically 640 KB Also called conventional memory The DOS operating system and conventional applications use this area Extended Memory Above the 1 MB boundary Early IBM personal computers could not use memory above 1 MB but current PCs and their software...

Page 54: ...empts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive You should then run an anti virus program Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector not the entire hard drive NOTE Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you first disable the virus warn...

Page 55: ...ces Enabled Disabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking When you select Enabled memory checking is enable when the external cache contains ECC SRAMs The choices Enabled Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the power on self test POST A quick POST skips certain steps We recommend that you normally disable quick POST Better to find a problem during POS...

Page 56: ...on The system will automatically boot the other device The choices Enabled Disabled Swap Floppy Drive This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives Selecting enabled assigns physical drive B to logical drive A and physical drive A to logical drive B The choices Enabled Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek When Enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or...

Page 57: ...trols Gate A20 Setting Gate A20 to Fast improves system speed particularly with OS 2 and Windows The choices Fast Normal Typematic Rate Setting Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected The choices Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate When the typematic rate setting is enabled you can select a typematic rate th...

Page 58: ...abled for the Onboard FDD Controller field The choices Yes No Shadow Software that resides in a read only memory ROM chip on a device is called firmware The Award BIOS permits shadowing of firmware such as the system BIOS video BIOS and similar operating instructions that come with some expansion peripherals such as a SCSI adaptor Shadowing copies firmware from ROM into system RAM where the CPU ca...

Page 59: ... are C0000 C7FFF The remaining areas shown on the BIOS Features Setup screen may be occupied by other expansion card firmware If an expansion peripheral in your system contains ROM based firmware you need to know the address range the ROM occupies to shadow it into the correct area of RAM The choices Enabled Disabled Small Logo EPA Show If you want to show your logo please enable it The choices En...

Page 60: ...elect the value in this field depending on whether the board has paged DRAMs or EDO extended data output DRAMs The choices Enabled Disabled DRAM Clock This item allows you to control the DRAM speed The choice Host Clock HCLK 33M SDRAM Cycle Length This field sets the CAS latency timing The choices 3 2 ...

Page 61: ... yo to enable disable the PCI to CPU CPU to PCI concurrency The choices Enabled Disabled 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 The choices Enabled Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video memory...

Page 62: ... Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The choices 4M 8M 16M 32M 64M 128M AGP 4X Mode Enable 4X mode will enhance your system performance The choices Enabled Disabled Onboard LAN1 2 Control Select enabled to utilize LAN 1 and LAN 2 function The choices Enabled Disabled OnChip USB Select enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus contro...

Page 63: ... bus are buffered to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and PCI bus When disabled the writes are not buffered and the CPU must wait until the write is complete before starting another write cycle The choices Enabled Disabled PCI Dynamic Bursting When enabled every write transaction goes to the write buffer Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transact...

Page 64: ...ill be disconnected if max retries are attempted without success The choices Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write System will run single wait state delay before writing data from buffer If the setting is configured as disabled system will run twice wait states so that system can be more stable The choices Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read System will run single wait state delay before readin...

Page 65: ... select Enabled to activate each channel separately The choices Enabled Disable IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching The choices Enabled Disable Integrated Peripherals ...

Page 66: ...e only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver If your hard drive and IDE cable both support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The choices Auto Disable Secondary Master Slave UDMA reserves for future purpose Init Display First You can select AGP or PCI slot to initialize it as the primary display before initializing any other disp...

Page 67: ... devices were run through the same address your devices would come to a near halt Also the corresponding interrupt needs to be selected The choices Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 UART 2 Mode If you don t disable Onboard Serial Port 2 you will have to select an operating mode for the second serial port Standard RS 232C serial port HPSIR IrDA compliant serial infrared port ASKIR Amplit...

Page 68: ... 278 IRQ5 Disabled Onboard Parallel Mode Two bidirectional parallel ports Supports Normal ECP EPP ECP EPP The choices Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port The choices 1 3 Parallel Port EPP Type You can use this feature to choose which version of EPP to use For better performance use EPP 1 9 But if you are facing connection issues try to set it to EPP 1 7 The ch...

Page 69: ... address for the forth serial port or disable it The choices 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 Diabled Serial Port 4 use IRQ If you don t disable serial Port 4 you must select corresponding interrupt for it The choices IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ10 IRQ11 Onboard Legacy Audio Enable to utilize onboard legacy audio function The choice Enabled Disabled Sound Blaster Enable to utilize Sound Blaster function The choice Enabled Disabl...

Page 70: ...rrupt for the Sound Blaster interface The choice IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 SB DMA Select Select DMA mode for the Sound Blaster interface Thechoice DMA0 DMA1 DMA2 DMA3 MPU 401 Select Enabled to configure the MPU 401 interface The choice Enabled Disabled MPU 401 I O Address Select a base I O address for the MPU 401 interface The choice 300 303H 310 313H 320 323H 330 333H ...

Page 71: ...ement functions such as ACPI Modem ring in and Soft off by PWRBTN etc ACPI Function only for ATX type ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface is an open industry specification co developed by Compaq Intel Microsoft Phoenix and Toshiba It establishes industry standard interfaces for OS directed configuration and power management on laptops desktops and servers If you want to manage power co...

Page 72: ...type This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Doze Mode 3 Suspend Mode Power Management Select Max Saving mode or Min Saving mode or define desired Doze Mode and Suspend Mode functions by User Define HDD Power Down Disable this function or select from 1 to 15 minutes Doze Mode Disable this function or se...

Page 73: ...est IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system The choices NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 Soft Off by PWR BTTN only for ATX type If you select Instant Off pushing the on off button will instantly shut down the system If you select Delay 4 sec you have to push the on off button lasting for 4 secs to shut down the system In this mode one touch on ...

Page 74: ...ing the mouse does not awaken the system PCM 6892 offers several ways to awaken the system Define each way as the wake up interrupt requests or not VGA The choices ON OFF LPT COM The choices LPT COM LPT COM NONE HDD FDD The choices ON OFF PCI Master The choices ON OFF Modem Ring Resume An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the sys...

Page 75: ...IRQs Activity Monitoring Enable the following devices with the corresponding IRQ address to wake up the system IRQ3 COM 2 IRQ4 COM 1 IRQ5 LPT 2 IRQ6 Floppy Disk IRQ7 LPT 1 IRQ8 RTC Alarm IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse IRQ13 Coprocessor and IRQ14 Hard Disk ...

Page 76: ... need the BIOS to configure non boot devices The choices No Yes Reset Configuration 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 can not boot The choices Enabled Disabled ...

Page 77: ...the interrupt There are two types for choice Lagacy ISA and PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture DMA Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each DMA channel a type ...

Page 78: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 69 Assign IRQ For VGA Enable to assign interrupt for VGA The choice Enabled Disabled Assign IRQ For USB Enable to assign interrupt for USB The choice Enabled Disabled ...

Page 79: ...70 PCM 6892 User Manual PC Health Status Your system does not allow you to alter any of the setting in this menu The system engineer has already designated the correct setting for PCM 6892 ...

Page 80: ...k The choices Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum Modulated This allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate When the system clock generator pulses the extreme values of the pulse generate excess EMI Enabling pulse spectrum spread modulation changes the extreme pulse spikes to flat curves thus reducing EMI The choices Enabled Disabled ...

Page 81: ... Safe Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Default Y N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations ...

Page 82: ...zed Default When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations ...

Page 83: ...S memory Now the message changes Comfirm 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 a...

Page 84: ...S memory Now the message changes Comfirm 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 a...

Page 85: ...it Y N Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again ...

Page 86: ... Saving Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Quit Without Saving Y N This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer ...

Page 87: ...er Installation 79 4 Driver Installation This PCM 6892 is equipped with an Audio VGA and Dual LAN interfaces This chapter provides instructions for install ing the software drivers on these periph erals C H A P T E R ...

Page 88: ...ize Windows NT series OS you are strongly recommended to download the latest version Windows NT Service Pack from Microsoft website and install it before installing any driver Installation 1 Applicable for Windows 9x ME 2000 XP 1 Insert the PCM 6892 CD Diskette into the CD ROM Drive 2 From the CD ROM select the Driver folder to enter 4 in 1 folder and then double click on the Setup exe icon A driv...

Page 89: ... screen click on the Display Type button 6 From the Display Type screen and in the AdapterType section click on the Change button Windows 9x ME 2000 XP 1 Insert the PCM 6892 CD Diskette into the CD ROM Drive 2 From the CD ROM select the PCM 6892 Driver VGA Windows 9x_ME folder to double click on the Setup exe icon Notice We take the VGA installation under Windows 98 for example here please choose ...

Page 90: ...successfully installed is displayed remove the display driver diskette then click on the OK button 14 Back at the Display Type window click on the Close button 15 Back at the Display Properties window click on the Close button 16 When you see the System Settings Change window asking if you wish to restart your computer click on the Yes window to reboot now NOTE If installing Windows NT 4 0 with th...

Page 91: ...een Resolution You can also choose whether you want to boot your system in text or graphics mode 4 After you finish the installation restart the system Next time you will login with X window if you choose Graphical during installation Or you will be presented with a command prompt Then you can also type startx to enter X window 5 Modify the display mode by the following steps a Type cd etc X11 to ...

Page 92: ...n After you make and save all the changes to the XF86Config 4 file press CTRL ALT BackSpace that restarts the X server and lets the new settings take effect If this does not work type startx in text mode or reboot the system c As to the Refresh rate of each mode it will auto detect and select the most suitable and the highest supported refresh rate to fit your monitor setting range ...

Page 93: ...indows 98 CD Diskette and click on the OKbutton to key in path Notice We take the Audio installation under Windows 98 for example here please insert the corresponding CD Diskette depending on your OS 5 Click on the Finish button Installation process is completed and restart your computer Windows 2000 XP 1 Insert the PCM 6892 CD Diskette into the CD ROM Drive 2 From the CD ROM select the Driver Aud...

Page 94: ...extbutton 5 Setup procedure is completed Click on the Finish button to restart your computer Linux 1 Login as a super user 2 Change directory according to the Linux version e g mcd a linux redhat for RedHat 3 Copy compressed file according to the Linux version to a certain directory e g mkdir viaudio mcopy a 68audio rht72 gz viaudio for RedHat 7 2 4 Uncompress the compressed file by using tar comm...

Page 95: ...o o and backup the original files as the following etc modules conf to etc modules conf old or etc modules conf to etc old modules conf After the installation the VIA Audio Linux driver should be loaded on the RedHat 7 2 Please turn on the USB Host Controller and USB 2 Host Control ler in the BIOS setting first Otherwise the Audio function will not detect by LINUX 2 2 5 kernel It is the LINUX 2 2 ...

Page 96: ...ion and key in the path cd rom Driver Ethernet Windows 98 Then click on the Nextbutton cd rom the drive letter of your CD ROM drive Notice We take the Ethernet installation under Windows 98 for example here please select the corresponding folder depending on your OS 8 The Wizard shows that Windows driver file search for the device Realtek RTL8139 810X Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC Click on the Next...

Page 97: ...king is not installed Do you want to install it now Click on the Yes button 4 Select Wired to the network and click on the Next button 5 Click on HaveDisk button after you click on Select From List button Key in the following path cd rom Driver Ethernet Windows NT 4 0 cd rom the drive letter of your CD ROM drive 6 A Select OEM Option screen appears and shows RealtekRTL 8139 810X Family PCI Fast Et...

Page 98: ...Appendix A Watchdog Timer 91 A WatchDog Timer A P P E N D I X ...

Page 99: ...92 PCM 6892 User s Manual Watchdog Timer PCM 6892 contains a watchdog timer reset pin GP16 All reference material can be found on the following pages ...

Page 100: ...include stdlib h include conio h Set I O Address 370 371 or 3F0 3F1 define IO_INDEX_PORT 0x370 define IO_DATA_PORT 0x371 Set Watchdog reset pin 12 13 16 define watch_dog_output_GP 16 define UNLOCK_DATA 0x87 define LOCK_DATA 0xAA define DEVICE_REGISTER 0x07 void EnterConfigMode outportb IO_INDEX_PORT UNLOCK_DATA outportb IO_INDEX_PORT UNLOCK_DATA void ExitConfigMode outportb IO_INDEX_PORT LOCK_DATA...

Page 101: ...rn inportb IO_DATA_PORT void WriteAData unsigned char reg unsigned char data outportb IO_INDEX_PORT reg outportb IO_DATA_PORT data void SetWatchDogTime unsigned char time_val EnterConfigMode SelectDevice 8 Set Register F2 Set Watch Dog Timer 1 256 WriteAData 0xF2 time_val set counter counts in second or minute Register F4 Bit 6 0 1 minutes seconds For w83977EF only WriteAData 0xF4 0x40 ExitConfigM...

Page 102: ...e a mistake if watch_dog_output_GP 12 Set Register E2 to define GP12 WriteAData 0xE2 0x0A else if watch_dog_output_GP 13 Set Register E3 to define GP13 WriteAData 0xE3 0x0A else if watch_dog_output_GP 16 Set Register E6 to define GP16 WriteAData 0xE6 0x0A Select Device 8 SelectDevice 8 Set Register F3 keyboard and mouse interrupt reset Enable When Watch Dog Time out occurs Enable POWER LED output ...

Page 103: ...P13 for WD Rst WriteAData 0x2B ReadAData 0x2B 0x01 else if watch_dog_output_GP 16 Set Register 2C PIN 119 Bit 5 4 01 GP16 set to GP16 for WD Rst WriteAData 0x2C ReadAData 0x2C 0x10 Exit W83977 Configure mode ExitConfigMode void main int argc char argv int time_value 0 char ptr printf inBond 83977 WatchDog Timer Setup Utility w Version 1 0 n printf copyright c 2000AAEON Technology Inc n C printf th...

Page 104: ...f n Syntax WATCHDOG time n printf time range 1 256 n n return if argc 1 ptr argv 1 time_value atoi ptr if time_value 0 time_value 256 SetWatchDogTime unsigned char time_value init_w83977tf_aw_watchdog printf atch Dog Timer set up d n time_value W ...

Page 105: ...Appendix B Optional Extras 99 B Optional Extras A P P E N D I X Appendix B pmd 2003 10 21 09 21 上午 99 ...

Page 106: ...Female 60cm 1701150150 CRT Cable 15 pin 2 54mm DSUB 15cm 1700080180 TV Out Cable RCA S terminal Connector 1700140510 Audio Cable CD In Line In Out Mic in 1700080204 K B Mouse Cable 8 pin 2 54mm Female 20cm 1701260301 Parallel Port Cable 26 pin 2 54mm Female 30cm 1701400180 Serial Port Cable 40 pin 2 54mm Female 18cm 1701080160 RJ 45 Extend Cable RJ 45 10 100 BASE T 16cm 1709100201 USB Cable 10 pin...

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