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PCM-6894

All-in-One Single Board Computer
supporting Tualatin/Pentium III/
Celeron Processor with LCD, LVDS,
TV-out, Audio, Dual Ethernet, CFD, &
PC/104 Connector.

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Page 1: ...PCM 6894 All in One Single Board Computer supporting Tualatin Pentium III Celeron Processor with LCD LVDS TV out Audio Dual Ethernet CFD PC 104 Connector...

Page 2: ...TO PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES THESE LIMITS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REASONABLE PROTECTION AGAINTST HARMFUL INTERFERENCEWHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT THIS EQUIPMENT GENERATES...

Page 3: ...cro Devices Inc 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 o...

Page 4: ...om 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 norma...

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 exampl...

Page 6: ...nual this manual in PDF file l System drivers and utilities l Ethernet drivers and utilities l VGA drivers and utilities l Audio drivers and utilities l Lastest BIOS as of the CD ROM was made The PCM...

Page 7: ...oughly before you install 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 strongl...

Page 8: ...G Status Setup J7 16 Watchdog Timer Status Setup J8 16 LAN Status Setup J9 17 TV Output Connector CN1 18 CRT Connector CN2 18 LVDS Connector CN3 19 10 100Base Tx Ethernet 1 Connector CN4 19 10 100Base...

Page 9: ...s 35 Advanced BIOS Features 40 Advanced Chipset Features 46 Integrated Peripherals 51 Power Management Setup 57 PnP PCI Configurations 62 PC Health Status 65 Load Fail Safe Defaults 66 Load Uptimized...

Page 10: ...Appendix A WatchDog Timer 81 Appendix B Optional Extras 89...

Page 11: ...Chapter 1 General Information 1 General Information This chapter gives background informa tion on the PCM 6894 Sections include Board Introduction Board Features Board Specificaitons C H A P T E R...

Page 12: ...3DGraphics Engine built in TV encoder for NTSC PAL support enhanced multi display and hardware accelerated MPEG2 DVDplayback For advanced panel display SMI Lynx3DM adds an integrated LVDS transmitter...

Page 13: ...ingle channel LVDS function l Two 10 100Base T Fast Ethernet l IntegratedAC 97 2 2 Compatible 3DAudio l Supports TV Out function with RCAand S terminal header on board l Supports Type II Compact Flash...

Page 14: ...support EnhancedIDE Supports four IDE devices Two devices supports UltraDMA100modewithtransfer rate up to 100MB sec FDDinterface Supports up to two floppy disk drives 5 25 inch 360KBand1 2MB and or3 5...

Page 15: ...unctions I O pe ripheral device support power saving and doze standby suspend modes APM 1 2 compliant AudioInterface Chipset VIAVT82C686B ALC201codec AudioController AC97 ver 2 0 compliant interface M...

Page 16: ...terface Onboard dual 10 100Base T RJ 45 connector ExpansionInterface PC 104 Connector One 16 bit 104 pin connector onboard PCI Slot One 32 bit PCI slot onboard SDDInterface One type II Compact Flash S...

Page 17: ...apter 2 Installation 7 2 Installation This chapter describes how to set up the board hardware including instructions on setting jumpers and connecting peripher als switches and indicators C H A P T E...

Page 18: ...PCM 6894 8 PCM 6894 User ManualBC 599 596 Locating Jumpers Connectors...

Page 19: ...Chapter 2 Installation 9 Locating Jumpers Connectors...

Page 20: ...PCM 6894 1 0 PCM 6894 User ManualBC 599 596 Mechanical Drawing...

Page 21: ...Chapter 2 Installation 11 Mechanical Drawing...

Page 22: ...oard 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 JBAT1 CMOS Status...

Page 23: ...tor for LCD CN9 LAN1 LAN2 Status Connector CN10 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Connector CN12 Serial Port 1 2 3 4 Connector CN13 Front Panel Connector IDE1 Primary Device Connector IDE2 Secondary Device Connecto...

Page 24: ...1 You can use JBAT1 to clear the CMOS data if necessary To reset the CMOS data set JP2 to 2 3 closed for just a few seconds and then move the jumper back to 1 2 closed Protect default Clear CMOS defau...

Page 25: ...p J3 J4 and J5 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 J3 J5 J4 Serial Port 3 Ring Status Setup J6 default 1 2 3 4...

Page 26: ...the CPU or generates an interrupt if processing comes to a standstill for whatever reason This feature ensures system reliability in industri al standalone or unmanned environments Reset NMI IRQ15 de...

Page 27: ...up J9 Pin1 to Pin3 of J9 can set up the status for LAN1 while Pin4 to Pin6 are able to enable or disable LAN2 Please check the following table for J9 s jumper setting Enabled Disabled default 1 3 5 1...

Page 28: ...s below Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 Y OUT 2 COMP 3 GND 4 GND 5 C OUT 6 N C 7 GND 8 N C CRT Connector CN2 PCM 6894 can simultaneously support CRT and flat panel display And the pin assignment of CRT connec...

Page 29: ...andard RJ 45 LAN connectors With support from Realtek 8139C chipset using either 10Mbs or 100Mbs are possible through its N way auto negotiation featured operation Please refer to the pin definition l...

Page 30: ...CN7 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 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 RIGHT 12 LINE OUT LEFT 13 GND 14 GND Inverter Power S...

Page 31: ...e mouse In most cases especially in embedded applica tions 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 n...

Page 32: ...can select the address for each port or disable it Please check the following table for the pin assignment Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 DCD1 2 DSR1 3 RXD1 4 RTS1 5 TXD1 6 CTS1 7 DTR1 8 RI1 9 GND 10 N C 11...

Page 33: ...Chapter 2 Installation 23 Front Panel Connector CN13 Front Panel Connector CN13 GND PowerOn HDD LED 5V SPEAKER 5V PWR LED GND RST SW GND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10...

Page 34: ...Signal Pin Signal 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 5V 5 GND 6 5V 7 GND 8 PWR OK 9 5VSB 10 12V 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 GND 14 PS ON 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 5V 19 5V 20 5V AT Power Connector PWR1B If the version of you...

Page 35: ...2V 3 SENSOR Printer Port Connector LPT1 Normally the printer port is used to connect the card to a printer The PCM 6894 includes an onboard parallel port accessed through the LPT1 connector a 26 pin f...

Page 36: ...PCM 6894 complies with USB specification Rev 1 1 and can be disabled in the system BIOS setup Pin Function Pin Function 1 5VSB 2 GND 3 USBDT0 4 GND 5 USBDT0 6 USBDT1 7 GND 8 USBDT1 9 GND 10 5VSB Wake...

Page 37: ...in95 98Direct Cable 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 Please install infrared mod...

Page 38: ...ignals are present And the following is its pin assignment Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 5V 2 5V 3 GND 4 GND 5 3 3V 6 3 3V 7 ENBKL 8 GND 9 BLUE0 10 BLUE1 11 BLUE2 12 BLUE3 13 BLUE4 14 BLUE5 15 BLUE6 16 BLUE...

Page 39: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 29 Award BIOS Setup This chapter describes how to configure the BIOS for the system C H A P T E R...

Page 40: ...ng 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...

Page 41: ...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 Se...

Page 42: ...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...

Page 43: ...IOS 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 performa...

Page 44: ...IOS 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...

Page 45: ...y 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...

Page 46: ...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 dr...

Page 47: ...r Landing Zone Landingzone 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...

Page 48: ...t your panel manual for detail information The choices 640x480 TFT 640x480DSTN 800x600 TFT 800x600DSTN 1024x768 TFT 1024x768DSTN 1028x1024 TFT 1600x1400DSTN 1600x1400 TFT Note Your setting here must b...

Page 49: ...rograms 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 Th...

Page 50: ...s 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 d...

Page 51: ...ct Enabled memory checking is enable when the external cache contains ECC SRAMs Thechoices Enabled Disabled Processor Number Feature Enbale this function to show the serial number of the processor ado...

Page 52: ...The system will automatically boot the other device Thechoices Enabled Disabled Swap Floppy Drive This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives Selecting enabled assigns physical dri...

Page 53: ...controls Gate A20 Setting Gate A20 to Fast improves system speed particularly with OS 2 and Windows Thechoices Fast Normal Typematic Rate Setting Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboar...

Page 54: ...ed for the Onboard FDD Controller field The choices Yes 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...

Page 55: ...ry 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 yo...

Page 56: ...e 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 Thechoice...

Page 57: ...ws 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 b...

Page 58: ...oices Enabled Disabled AGP Fast Write Enable this item to enhance AGP device writing speed Thechoices Enabled Disabled OnChip USB Select enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus controll...

Page 59: ...le transactions then burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions do not Thechoices Enabled Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states T...

Page 60: ...choices Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read System will run single wait state delay before reading data from buffer If the setting is configured as disabled system will run twice wait states so that...

Page 61: ...se 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...

Page 62: ...er Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your IDE Cable both support Ultra DMA 33 66 select Auto to enable BIOS support The choices Auto Disable IDE HDD Block M...

Page 63: ...4 2E8 IRQ3 UART 2 Mode Select an operating mode for the second serial port Standard RS 232C serial port HRSIR IrDA compliant serial infrared port ASKIR Amplitude shift keyed infrared port If you selec...

Page 64: ...ect 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...

Page 65: ...atch Dog Timer Select You can enable the system watch dog timer a hardware timer that generates either an NMI or a reset when the software that it monitors does not respond as expected each time the w...

Page 66: ...t 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 MP...

Page 67: ...unctions 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 Mi...

Page 68: ...min 2 min 4 min 6 min 8 min 10 min 20 min 30 min 40 min 1 hour PM Control by APM If advanced power management is installed on your system selecting Yes gives better power savings The choices Yes No Vi...

Page 69: ...quest 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 In...

Page 70: ...accidentally brushing the mouse does not awaken the system PCM 6894 offers 7 ways to awaken the system Define each way as the interrupt requests or not VGA The choices ON OFF LPT COM Thechoices LPT CO...

Page 71: ...N OFF IRQs Activity Monitoring Enable the following devices with the corresponding IRQ address to wake up the system IRQ3 COM2 IRQ4 COM1 IRQ5 LPT 2 IRQ6 FloppyDisk IRQ7 LPT1 IRQ8 RTCAlarm IRQ9 IRQ2 Re...

Page 72: ...ed 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 ConfigurationData ESCD when you exi...

Page 73: ...ng the interrupt There are two types for choice Lagacy ISAand PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial...

Page 74: ...64 PCM 6894 User Manual Assign IRQ For VGA Enable to assign interrupt for VGA Thechoice Enabled Disabled Assign IRQ For USB Enable to assign interrupt for USB Thechoice Enabled Disabled...

Page 75: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 65 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 6894...

Page 76: ...Safe Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail SafeDefault Y N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable mini...

Page 77: ...mized Default When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load OptimizedDefaults Y N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for...

Page 78: ...memory Now the message changes ComfirmPassword 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...

Page 79: ...memory Now the message changes ComfirmPassword 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...

Page 80: ...t 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...

Page 81: ...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 th...

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Page 83: ...er Installation 73 Driver Installation This PCM 6894 is equipped with an audio VGA andDual LAN interfaces This chapter provides instructions for install ing the software drivers on these periph erals...

Page 84: ...latest version Service Pack from Microsoft website and install it before install any driver 1 Insert the PCM 6894 CDDiskette into the CD ROMDrive 2 From the CD ROM select the PCM 6894 Driver 4in1 fol...

Page 85: ...n will appear please follow the onscreen instructions to install the driver in sequence 3 At last click on the Finish button Installation process is complete and allows the system to reboot Linux 1 To...

Page 86: ...nder Windows 98 for example here please insert the corresponding CD Diskette depending on your OS 5 A Version Conflict screen may appear Click on the Yes button to keep all the files 6 Click on the Fi...

Page 87: ...6A 686B 8231 8231A and click on the Next button 6 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 Lin...

Page 88: ...d 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...

Page 89: ...e Next button 4 Click on the Ok button to key in the following path cd rom PCM 6894 Driver Ethernet Windows 98 cd rom the drive letter of your CD ROM drive Notice We take the Ethernet installation und...

Page 90: ...on the Next button 5 Click on the HaveDisk button then keyin the following path cd rom PCM 6894 Driver Ethernet WindowsNT4 0 cd rom the drive letter of your CD ROM drive 6 ASelect OEM Option screen a...

Page 91: ...Appendix A Watchdog Timer 81 Watchdog Timer A P P E N D I X...

Page 92: ...82 PCM 6894 User s Manual Watchdog Timer PCM 6894 contains a watchdog timer reset pin GP13 All reference material can be found on the following pages...

Page 93: ...nclude 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 13 define UNLOCK_DATA...

Page 94: ...n 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 SelectDevi...

Page 95: ...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...

Page 96: ...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 Configu...

Page 97: ...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...

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Page 99: ...Appendix B Optional Extras 89 Optional Extras A P P E N D I X...

Page 100: ...ale 35cm 1701340601 FDD Cable 34 pin 2 54mm 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 17...

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