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Notice

Onboard PCM-6898 you will find a single
PCI/ISA slot. AAEON has designed a riser
card for this expansion interface, PCM-
10560-5.

Due to industry discrepancies we advise our
customers to only use PCM-10560-5 with
PCM-6898.

Summary of Contents for PCM-6898

Page 1: ...PCM 6898 FC Socket 370 Media PC with LCD Ethernet Audio AGP 4X TV Out SSD Compact Flash 4 USB 4 COM Ports ...

Page 2: ...otice Onboard PCM 6898 you will find a single PCI ISA slot AAEON has designed a riser card for this expansion interface PCM 10560 5 Due to industry discrepancies we advise our customers to only use PCM 10560 5 with PCM 6898 ...

Page 3: ...ver the original manufacturer assumes no responsibility for its use nor for any infringements upon the rights of third parties which may result from its use The material is this document is for product information only and is subject to change without notice While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this document to assure its accuracy AAEON assumes no liabilities resulting fro...

Page 4: ...ess Machines Corporation Intel and Pentium III are trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp SMC is a trademark of Standard Microsystems Corporation RTL is a trademark of Realtek Semi Conductor Co Ltd C T is a trademark of Chips and Technologies Inc UMC is a trademark of United Microelectronics Corporation ITE is a trademark of Integrated Technol...

Page 5: ... from 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 p...

Page 6: ...s 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 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 t...

Page 7: ...User s Manual this manual in PDF file Ethernet driver and utilities VGA driver and utilities Audio driver and utilities 4 In 1 driver 1 floppy disk drive interface cable 34 pin pitch 2 0mm 1 IDE hard disk drive cable 40 pin pitch 2 54mm 2 serial port 10 9 pin pitch 2 0mm adapter kit 1 bag of screws and miscellaneous parts If any of these items are missing or damaged contact your distribu tor or sa...

Page 8: ... read it thoroughly 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 strongly urge you to first read the manual before using the product To receive the latest version of the user manual please visit our web site at Http WWW AAEON COM ...

Page 9: ...nd Connectors 15 VIO Select JP3 16 Wake On LAN JP6 16 RS 232 422 485 COM2 JP4 JP5 17 Auto Detect CPU Frequency JP7 JP8 18 System Frequency JP9 JP10 18 Clear CMOS JP11 18 DOC Address Setting J2 19 Audio Port CD_IN J3 J4 19 For PCM 3730 J5 20 IrDA Connector J9 20 Floppy Drive Connector CN1 21 Power Connector CN2 22 Digital Video Interface Connector CN4 23 10 100 Base Tx Ethernet Connector CN8 24 Com...

Page 10: ...onnector FDD1 37 IDE Hard Drive Connector IDE1 IDE2 38 Chapter 3 AwardBIOS Setup 39 Starting setup 40 Setup keys 41 Getting help 42 Main setup menu 43 Standard CMOS setup 45 Advanced BIOS features 50 Advanced CHIPSET features 55 Integrated Peripherals 60 Power management setup 65 PNP PCI congfiguration setup 69 PC Health Status 71 Frequency Voltage Control 72 Load Fail Safe Defaults 73 Load Optimi...

Page 11: ... Installation of Drivers Notice 80 VGA Driver Installation 81 Ethernet Driver Installation 82 Audio Driver Installation 83 4 IN 1 Driver Installation 84 Instructions for Setting Simultaneous VGA Displays 85 Appendix A Watchdog Timer 87 ...

Page 12: ...al General General I n f o r m a t i o n I n f o r m a t i o n I n f o r m a t i o n I n f o r m a t i o n I n f o r m a t i o n This chapter gives background information on PCM 6898 Sections Include Board Specifications Layout and Dimensions C H A P T E R ...

Page 13: ...cessing units used on this single board computer may vary however to acquire the full potential of this embedded computer we suggest Intel Celeron 300 766MHz With system bus frequencies of 66 MHz or Pentium III 500 850 MHz With system bus frequencies of 100MHz and Pentium III 600 1 GHz With system bus frequencies of 133MHz This compact sized board features built in audio interface supporting micro...

Page 14: ...n CPU s High Speed AGP 4X for VGA Display One 10 100 Base T Fast Ethernet Supports H W status monitoring Integrated AC 97 2 1 SoundBlaster compatible PCI 3D Audio Supports CRT and 18 24 36 48 bits TFT panels Through DVO Module Supports NTSC PAL TV output Supports both DiskOnChip SSD and Compact flash memory storage ...

Page 15: ...KB and 1 2MB and or 3 5 720KB 1 44MB and 2 88MB Parallel port Configured to LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 or disabled Supports SPP ECP and EPP modes Serial port Three RS 232 serial ports can be configured as COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 or disabled individually and of which one and be configured as RS 232 422 485 COM2 16C550 equivalent IRDA interface Supports one IrDA Tx Rx header KB Mouse connector 6 pin mini DIN connec...

Page 16: ...x Display type Supports non interlaced CRT and up to 18 24 36 48 bit LCD TFT only Can display both CRT and Flat Panel simultaneously Resolution Up to 1024 x 768 16 7M colors Tv Output Chipset Chrontel 7006 digital TV encoder supports both PAL NTSC Interface Onboard RCA jack S Video connector supports NTSC PAL composite output NOTICE TV OUTPUTONLYFUNCTIONSUNDERWINDOWS95 98 SE MEOPERATINGSYSTEM Audi...

Page 17: ...ct flash socket on board for storage Digital I O Interface On board 8 pin 2 00 header supports 4 bit output individually Expansion Slots One PISA slot and One PC 104 and PC 104 Plus Mechanical and environmental Powersupplyvoltage 5V 5V 12V 12V 3 3V Operating temperature 32 to 140o F 0 to 60o C Board size 200mm length x 162mm width Weight 1 2 lb 0 3 Kg ...

Page 18: ...Chapter 1 General Information 7 Board Dimensions ...

Page 19: ...s chapter 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 20: ...ed bag when they are not in the chassis Removing the CPU The PCM 6898 all in one CPU module supports most Pentium III Celeron or 586 CPUs The system s performance depends on the CPU you choose You can install or upgrade the CPU in the board s PGA socket by following the procedures outlined below If your system has an existing CPU you need to remove it before installing the new CPU Removing a CPU 1...

Page 21: ... and other components 2 Carefully align the CPU so that it is parallel to the socket Make sure that the notch on the corner of the CPU matches the notch on the inside of the socket 3 Gently push the CPU into the socket There will probably be a small gap between the CPU and the socket even when it is fully seated DONOTUSEEXCESSIVEFORCE When you install a new CPU you may have to adjust other setting...

Page 22: ... jumper you connect the pins 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 configurat...

Page 23: ...ed modules are usually 32 or 256 MB Memory Installation Procedures To install SDRAM slowly slide the SDRAM module along the plastic guides on both ends of the socket Then press the module right down into the socket until you hear a click This is when the two handles have automatically locked the memory module into the correct position of the SDRAM socket To remove the memory module just push both ...

Page 24: ...ect D800 default J3 J4 CD_IN 2 54mm CD_IN 2 00mm J5 For PCM 3730 LAN Card Wake Up J9 IrDA Connector J8 TV_Out S Video JP3 VIOSelect JP4 JP5 COM2RS 232 422 485Select JP6 1 2 Wake on LAN JP7 JP8 On Autodetect CPU Frequency JP9 JP10 CPU Frequency Select JP11 2 3 ClearCMOS ...

Page 25: ...ash Connector CN10 PISA Connector CN11 Front Panel CN12 Digital I O Connector CN13 USB2 3 Connector CN14 TV Out Composite CN15 Game MIC Line_in Line_Out SPK Port Con CN16 VGA Display Connector CN16 Parallel Port Connector CN17 COM1 RS 232 Serial Port Connector CN17 COM2 Rs 232 422 485 Serial PortConnector CN18 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Connector CN19 USB0 1 Connector CN20 PC 104 Connector Fan1 Fan2 ...

Page 26: ...AN1 DIMM1 FDD1 CN1 FDD2 FAN2 JP9 JP10 CN17 LAN USB PORT K B M S COM1 COM2 VGA PRN MIC LINE IN SPK JP7 JP5 J8 J1 JP3 J4 J3 CN14 CN15 CN16 JP11 CN18 CN19 CN3 COM3 CN7 COM4 CN13 USB384 CN12 CN11 CN10 JP6 CN2 AXT POWER J2 IDE1 IDE2 CN6 PC104 JP4 PC104 CN4 J9 IR CN8 LAN ...

Page 27: ...nualBC 599 596 VIO Select JP3 You can use JP3 to set the voltage input output at 5 volts or 3 3 volts Voltage Input Output JP3 Default 3 3V 5V 1 2 3 1 2 3 Wake On LAN JP6 Wake On LAN JP6 JP6 WOL Enable Disable 1 2 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 28: ...Ch 2 Installation 17 RS 232 422 485 COM2 JP4 JP5 Setting RS 232 JP5 JP4 10 7 4 1 12 9 6 3 RS 422 JP5 JP4 RS 485 JP5 JP4 Default 10 7 4 1 10 7 4 1 12 9 6 3 12 9 6 3 6 5 6 5 6 5 4 3 4 3 4 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 ...

Page 29: ... or AUTO Clear CMOS JP11 You can use JP11 to clear the CMOS data if necessary To reset the CMOS data place a jumper on JP11 Clear CMOS for just a few seconds and then remove the jumper to the Protect position Clear CMOS JP11 Default Clear CMOS Protect JP11 1 2 3 1 2 3 Autodetect CPU Frequency JP7 JP8 Autodetect CPU Frequency JP7 JP8 CPU ON ON AUTO ...

Page 30: ...9 DOC Address Setting J2 DOC Address Setting J2 DOC Address Setting J2 Setting PIN Disabled 1 2 3 4 DC00 3 4 D400 OFF D800 1 2 default Audio Port CD_IN J3 J4 J3 2 54mm J4 2 00mm CD_IN Pin Signal 1 CD_L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD_R ...

Page 31: ...20 PCM 6898 User ManualBC 599 596 For PCM 3730 J5 J5 Pin Signal 1 5V_SB 2 GND 3 RI 4 SMBDT 5 SMBCK IrDA Connector J9 Pin Signal 1 5V 2 NC 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 NC ...

Page 32: ...nnector Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VCC 14 STEP 2 INDEX 15 GND 3 VCC 16 WRITE DATA 4 DRIVESELECTA 17 GND 5 VCC 18 WRITE DATA 6 DISKCHANGE 19 GND 7 NC 20 TRACK0 8 NC 21 GND 9 NC 22 WRITE PROTECT 10 MOTOR A 23 GND 11 NC 24 READ DATA 12 DIR 25 GND 13 DENSITYSELECT 26 HEAD ...

Page 33: ...you plug in the right direction ATX power connector CN2 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 5 V 16 GND 7 GND 17 GND 8 POWER OK 18 5V 9 5VSB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V COM3 RS 232 CN3 COM3 RS 232 CN3 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 NDCD3 2 NRXD3 3 NTXD3 4 NDTR3 5 GND 6 NDSR3 7 NRTS3 8 NCTS3 9 NRT3 10 N C ...

Page 34: ...LK1 B2 FTD1 A3 NC B3 FTD2 A4 FTBLNK B4 GND A5 FTHSYNC B5 FTD3 A6 FTVSYNC B6 FTD4 A7 SL_STALL B7 FTD5 A8 GND B8 NC A9 SPCLK1 B9 FTD6 A10 SPD1 B10 FTD7 A11 FPDET B11 FTD8 A12 5V B12 VEE_OK A13 PCIRST B13 FTD9 A14 12V B14 FTD10 A15 FPVDDEN B15 FTD11 A16 GND B16 3 3V A17 PGMSEL B17 3 3V A18 SMBDT B18 GND A19 SMBCLK B19 3 3V A20 5V B20 FPBKLENR ...

Page 35: ...x Ethernet connector CN8 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 TX1 9 LED1 2 TX1 10 3 3V 3 RX1 11 LED2 4 N C 12 3 3V 5 N C 13 NC 6 RX1 14 NC 7 N C 15 GND 8 N C 16 GND COM4 RS 232 CN7 COM4 RS 232 CN7 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 NDCD4 2 NRXD4 3 NTXD4 4 NDTR4 5 GND 6 NDSR4 7 NRTS4 8 NCTS4 9 NRT4 10 N C ...

Page 36: ...ATA14 6 DATA7 31 DATA15 7 CS 1 32 CS 3 8 GND 33 GND 9 GND 34 IOREAD 10 GND 35 IOWRITE 11 GND 36 5V 12 GND 37 IRQ15 13 5V 38 5V 14 GND 39 CSEL 15 GND 40 N C 16 GND 41 IDERESET 17 GND 42 IOREADY 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 Compact Flash Connector CN9 ...

Page 37: ...4 SD5 53 IRQ9 5 SD4 54 5V 6 SD3 55 DREQ2 7 SD2 56 12V 8 SD1 57 OWS 9 SD0 58 12V 10 IOCHRDY 59 GND 11 AEN 60 SMEMW 12 SA19 61 SMEMR 13 SA18 62 IOW 14 SA17 63 IOR 15 SA16 64 DACK3 16 SA15 65 DREQ3 17 SA14 66 DACK1 18 SA13 67 DREQ1 19 SA12 68 REFRESH 20 SA11 69 SYSCLK 21 SA10 70 IRQ7 22 SA9 71 IRQ6 23 SA8 72 IRQ5 24 SA7 73 IRQ4 ...

Page 38: ...C 30 SA1 79 SIOOSC 31 SA0 80 GND 32 SBHE 81 MEMCS16 33 SA23 82 IOCS16 34 SA22 83 IRQ10 35 SA21 84 IRQ11 36 SA20 85 IRQ12 37 SA19 86 IRQ15 38 SA18 87 IRQ14 39 SA17 88 DACK0 40 MEMR 89 DREQ0 41 MEMW 90 DACK5 42 SD8 91 DREQ5 43 SD9 92 DACK6 44 SD10 93 DREQ6 45 SD11 94 DACK7 46 SD12 95 DREQ7 47 SD13 96 VCC 48 SD14 97 MASTER 49 SD15 98 GND ...

Page 39: ...3 VCC 148 VCC 104 VCC 149 VCC 105 PCIRST2 150 PC104CLK 106 GNT1 151 GND 107 REQ1 152 GNT0 108 GND 153 GND 109 R276 PISACLK 154 REQ0 110 GND 155 AD31 111 AD30 156 AD29 112 REQ2 157 NC 113 GNT2 158 NC 114 AD28 159 AD27 115 AD26 160 AD25 116 AD24 161 C BE3 117 AD22 162 AD23 118 AD20 163 AD21 119 AD18 164 AD19 120 NC 165 NC 121 NC 166 NC 122 AD16 167 AD17 ...

Page 40: ...170 PLOCK 126 STOP 171 PERR 127 GND 172 SERR 128 NC 173 AD15 129 C BE1 174 AD14 130 PAR 175 AD12 131 GND 176 GND 132 GND 177 GND 133 AD13 178 AD10 134 AD11 179 A D8 135 A D9 180 A D7 136 C BE0 181 A D5 137 A D6 182 A D3 138 A D4 183 A D1 139 A D2 184 A D0 140 VCC 185 VCC 141 NC 186 VCC 142 NC 187 GND 143 GND 188 GND ...

Page 41: ...9 596 Front Panel CN11 Front Panel CN11 GND Power on Button IDE LED IDE LED Speaker Speaker EXTSMI GND Reset Switch GND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TV Output CN14 J8 TV output TV Output J8 S Video Connector PIN Signal 1 Y 2 GND 3 C 4 GND ...

Page 42: ...ital I O Connector CN12 The PCM 6898 provides 4 pair Digital I O functions Input address 294H Output address 294H Digital I O Connector CN12 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 IN1 2 IN2 3 IN3 4 IN4 5 OUT1 6 OUT2 7 OUT3 8 OUT4 9 5V 10 GND ...

Page 43: ...N19 Pin Function Pin Function 1 5V 2 5V 3 USBD0 4 USBD1 5 USBD0 6 USBD1 7 GND 8 GND 9 GND 10 GND USB 2 3 connector CN13 Pin Function Pin Function 1 5V 2 GND 3 USBD2 4 GND 5 USBD2 6 USBD3 7 GND 8 USBD3 9 GND 10 5V LINE_IN CN15 LINE_IN Pin Signal 1 LINE_R 2 GND 3 GND 4 LINE_L 5 GND ...

Page 44: ...tor CN16 VGA display connector CN16 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 RED 9 VCC 2 GREEN 10 GND 3 BLUE 11 N C 4 N C 12 DDCSDA 5 GND 13 H SYNC 6 GND 14 V SYNC 7 GND 15 DDCSCL 8 GND 16 N C MIC_IN CN15 MIC_IN Pin Signal 1 MIC 2 NC 3 NC 4 VCC 5 GND ...

Page 45: ... OUT_L 5 GND Parallel port connector CN16 Parallel port connector Parallel port connector Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 STROBE 14 AFD 2 PTD0 15 ERROR 3 PTD1 16 INIT 4 PTD2 17 SLIN 5 PTD3 18 GND 6 PTD4 19 GND 7 PTD5 20 GND 8 PTD6 21 GND 9 PTD7 22 GND 10 ACK 23 GND 11 BUSY 24 GND 12 PE 25 GND 13 SELECT 26 N C ...

Page 46: ... COM 1 RS 232 Serial Port CN17 COM 2 RS 232 422 485 CN17 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 DCD2 485TXD 2 RXD2 422RXD 3 TXD2 485TXD 4 DTR2 422RXD 5 GND 6 DSR2 7 RTS2 8 CTS2 9 RI2 10 N C PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector CN18 Keyboard and mouse connector Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 MS CLOCK 2 KB CLOCK 3 5V 4 GND 5 KB DATA 6 MS DATA 7 N C 8 N C ...

Page 47: ...596 CPU Fan power connectors Fan 1 Fan 2 CPU fan power connector Plug in the fan cable to the 3 pin fan connector onboard The fan connector is marked Fan 1 and Fan 2 CPU fan power connector Pin Signal 1 Fan speed sensor 2 12V 3 GND ...

Page 48: ...ELECT0 3 GND 4 N C 5 GND 6 DENSITYSELECT1 7 GND 8 INDEX 9 GND 10 MOTOR A 11 GND 12 DRIVESELECTB 13 GND 14 DRIVESELECTA 15 GND 16 MOTOR B 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 33 GND 34 DISKCHANGE ...

Page 49: ...8 DATA 10 9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11 11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12 13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13 15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14 17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15 19 SIGNALGND 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 IRQ14 IRQ15 32 N C 33 ADDR 1 34 ATA66DETECT 35 ADDR 0 36 ADDR 2 37 CS 1 38 CS 3 39 IDEACTP 40 GND IDE Hard Drive Connector IDE1 IDE2 ...

Page 50: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 39 3 Award BIOS Setup This chapter describes how to configure the BIOS for the system C H A P T E R ...

Page 51: ...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 52: ...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 53: ...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 54: ... on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals Primary slave secondary slave keyboard mouse etc Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management HDD power down power on by ring KB wak...

Page 55: ...or 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 custom BIOS to maximize perfor mance the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs Set Supervisor User Password Use this menu to set User and Sup...

Page 56: ...ay 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 d...

Page 57: ...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 drives NOTE We recommend that you select type AUTO for all drives ACCESS Mode Auto Large CHS or LBA Auto The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode CHS This allows the user to enter their own hardware values Large For drives that do not support LBA a...

Page 58: ...mpensation factor landing zone and number of sectors Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any predefined 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 cylinder Landz Landing z...

Page 59: ...4M 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 Phase Alternation Line PAL is the analog television display standard that is used in Europe and certain other parts of the world PAL is one of the three major TV standards together with the American National Television Systems Committee NTSC color television system and...

Page 60: ... selections No errors POST does not stop for any errors All errors If the BIOS detects any nonfatal error POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action All But Keyboard POST does not stop for a keyboard error but stops for all other errors All But Diskette POST does not stop for diskette drive errors but stops for all other errors All But Disk Key POST does not stop for a keyboard or disk e...

Page 61: ...a virus attempts 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...

Page 62: ...elect Enabled memory checking is enable when the external cache contains ECC SRAMs Processor Number Feature This option is for Pentium III processor During Enabled this will check the CPU Serial number Disabled this option if you don t want the system to know the serial number Quick Power On Self Test Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the power on self test POST A quick P...

Page 63: ...whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks drives with 720 KB 1 2 MB and 1 44 MB capacity all have 80 tracks Because very few modern PCs have 40 track floppy drives we recommend that you set this field to Disabled to save time Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots When toggled On the numeric key...

Page 64: ...eport no FDD for Win 95 or not The choice Yes no 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 choice Enabled Disabled Security Option If you have set a password select whether the password is required every time the System boots or only when you enter Setup OS Select For DRAM 64MB S...

Page 65: ... X bus Shadowing impoves the performance of the system BIOS and similar ROM firmware for expansion peripherals but it also reduces the amount of high memory 640 KB to 1 MB available 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 memor...

Page 66: ... 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 HCLK 33M SDRAM Cycle Length This field sets the CAS latency timing The choices 3 2 ...

Page 67: ...lows yo to enable disable the PCI to CPU CPU to PCI concurrency The choices enabled disabled Fast R W Turn Around The choices Enable disable 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 ...

Page 68: ... 128M AGP 4X Mode Enable 4X mode will enhance your system performance AGP Driving Control The choices Auto Manual On Chip USB Select enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus controller and you have a USB keyboard If you disable this function you will not be able to access the USB Keyboard Support below USB Keyboard Support Select enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus...

Page 69: ...cess finishes default When enabled PCI 2 will be disconnected if max retries are attempted without success CPU to PCI Write Buffer When this field is enabled writes from the CPU to the PCI 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 cycl...

Page 70: ...te delay before write data from buffer if user set to disable system will run twice wait states so system can stable AGP Master 1 WS Read System will run single wait state delay before read data from buffer if user set to disable system will run twice wait states so system can stable ...

Page 71: ...add in IDE interface On Chip IDE Channel 1 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the secondary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface The choices Enable Disable IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching ofr faster drive accesses If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE ...

Page 72: ...ces Auto disable Init Display First This item allows you to active PCI slot or onboard first The choice PCI slot onboard IDE HDD Block Mode Select Enabled only if your hard drives support block mode IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmable Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 1 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 thro...

Page 73: ...ating mode for the second serial port Normal RS 232C serial port Standard RS 232C serial port IrDA 1 0 Infrared port compliant with IrDA 1 0 specification IrDA SIR IrDA compliant serial infrared port IrDA MIR 1 MB sec infrared port IrDA FIR Fast infrared standard FIR Fast Infrared standard MIR 0 57M 0 57 MB sec infrared port MIR 1 15M 1 15 MB sec infrared port Sharp IR 4 MB sec data transmission H...

Page 74: ...ached the more address needed to organize the memory storage areas If all the I O devices were run through the same address your devices would come to a near halt By providing the end user with four serial ports this allows devices to run more efficiently if needed Also the corresponding interrupt needs to be selected Selections of logical COM port addresses are as follows 3F8 3E8 2F8 2E8 Onboard ...

Page 75: ...nd Blaster interface The choices 220H 240H 260H 280H SB IRQ Select Select a IRQ to use for the on board sound blaster The choices IRQ 5 IRQ 7 IRQ 9 IRQ 10 SB DMA Select Select a DMA address to use for the on board sound blaster The choices DMA0 DMA1 DMA2 DMA3 MPU 401 Select enabled to configure the MPU 401 interface MPU 401 I O Address Select a base I O address for the MPU 401 interface Game Port ...

Page 76: ...ration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enable Disable Power Management 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 Maximum Saving 1 HDD 1 15 minutes or Disable 2 Doze Mode 1 Minute 3 Suspend Mode 1 Minute ...

Page 77: ... i r o h d n a l a c i t r e v e h t r e f f u b o e d i v e h t o t s k n a l b e t i r w d n a n e e r c S k n a l B r e f f u b o e d i v e h t o t s k n a l b s e t i r w y l n o n o i t p o s i h T S M P D g n i l a n g i s t n e m e g a n a m r e w o p y a l p s i d l a i t i n I Minimum Saving 1 HDD 1 15 minutes or Disable 2 Doze Mode 1 Hour 3 Suspend Mode 1 Hour User Define 1 HDD 1 15 minu...

Page 78: ...des Off Monitor blanked when system enters any power saving mode MODEM use IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use The choices 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Soft Off by PWR BTTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The choice Delay 4 seconds Instant Off Wake Up Events VGA When enabled you can set the VGA to awa...

Page 79: ... by the modem If a in coming signal is received the system will power on RTC Alarm Resume This function acts like an alarm clock If it is enabled the system will power on at the predetermined time and date Date Set the date for system to awake Resume Time Set the time for system to awake Primary INTR When set ON activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor a...

Page 80: ... No if you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices 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 81: ...o manual choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this field a sub menu is proceeded by a The choices Auto Manual IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the inter rupt DMA Resources This sub menu can let you control the DMA resource PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disa...

Page 82: ...er 3 Award BIOS Setup 71 PC Health Status 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 6898 ...

Page 83: ... 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 Enable Disable CPU Host Clock CPU PCI Select Default or select a timing combination for the CPU and the PCI bus When set to default the bios uses the actual CPU an...

Page 84: ...aults Load Fail 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 85: ...Load Optimized 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 86: ...CMOS memory Now 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 whe...

Page 87: ...emory Now 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 aske...

Page 88: ...ve to CMOS and Exit 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 89: ...ithout 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 90: ...river Installation 79 C H A P T E R This PCM 6898 is equipped with an audio VGA and LAN interface This chapter provides instructions for installing the software drivers on these peripherals DRIVERS INSTALLATION 4 ...

Page 91: ...STALLTHEDRIVERSINTHEFOLLOWING ORDER 1 VGA 2 Ethernet LAN 3 AUDIO AC 97 4 4 IN 1 To begin installing PCM 6898 drivers insert the CD diskette provided with your SBC into your CD ROM drive On the CD diskette you will locate files containing all four drivers VGA Audio Ethernet and 4 In 1 Simply select the corresponding files and begin installing the drivers ...

Page 92: ...ve and pull up the CD ROM file on your screen Locate the VGA File click on it Select the Windows operating system you are using Find the setup ICON click on it ClickonNext ClickonNext Click on Finish Shut down your computer and reboot your system Windows 9X 2000 Me NT VGA Installation ...

Page 93: ...anel button Click on System button Click on Devise Manager button ClickonPCIEthernetController ClickonOK Click on Refresh ClickonNext Select the Optional Search for best Lan driver ClickonNext SelectCDROM file SelectLAN ClickonOK ClickonNext Realtek8139C infwillappear ClickonNext Click on Finish Now the shut down computer for restart Window should be visible follow the command and the chipset driv...

Page 94: ...e type of operating system you are using Place the PCM 6898 CD diskette into the CD ROM drive and pull up the CD ROM file on your screen Locate the Audio folder and click on it Locate the setup ICON and click on it ClickonNext Click on Install Driver ClickonNext Click on Finish Shut down your computer and reboot the system ...

Page 95: ...e PCM 6898 CD diskette into the CD ROM drive and pull up the CD ROM file on your screen Locate the 4 in 1 Folder and click on it Locate the setup ICON and click on it ClickonNext Click on Install Driver ClickonNext Click on Finish Shut down your computer and reboot the system ...

Page 96: ...ect or Check the Expand Box when using the LCD panel Select Yes Option Select the display methods of your choice Select Yes to initiate Note when you choose to incorporate the CRT and TV display simultaneously the image appearing on the CRT monitor will seem to be distorted This is not a glitch or bug The resolution for the TV monitor is set as 640x480 and the CRT resolution will also be conformed...

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Page 98: ...Appendix A Watchdog Timer 87 A Watchdog Timer A P P E N D I X ...

Page 99: ...88 PCM 6898 User s Manual Watchdog Timer PCM 6898 contains a watchdog timer reset pin GP12 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 defineIO_INDEX_PORT 0x370 define IO_DATA_PORT 0x371 Set Watchdog reset pin 12 13 16 define watch_dog_output_GP 12 define UNLOCK_DATA 0x87 define LOCK_DATA 0xAA defineDEVICE_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: ...GP13 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 winBond 83977 WatchDog Timer Setup Utility Version 1 0 n printf Copyright c 2000 AAEON Technology Inc n printf Thi...

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 Watch Dog Timer set up d n time_value ...

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