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  SBC-456/456E

    Half-size 486 CPU Card with

    Flat Panel/CRT SVGA Interface

Summary of Contents for SBC-456

Page 1: ...SBC 456 456E Half size 486 CPU Card with Flat Panel CRT SVGA Interface ...

Page 2: ...O PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES THESE LIMITS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE RPEASON ABLE PROTECTION AGAINTST HARMFUL INTERFER ENCEWHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT THIS EQUIPMENT GENER ATES USES AND CAN RADIATE RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGYAND IFNOTINSTATLLEDANDUSED IN ACCOR DANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL MAY CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE TO RADIO COMMUNICA TIONS OPERATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT ...

Page 3: ...demark of Advanced Micro Devices Inc AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends Inc AutoCAD and AutoShade are trademarks of Autodesk Inc CHIPS Logotype is a registered trademark Chips 65550 is a trademark of Chip and Technologies Inc IBM PC AT PS 2 and VGA are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Lotus 1 2 3 and Symphony are trademarks of Lotus Development Corp Microsoft Window...

Page 4: ...Win 3 1 Win95 Win NT 3 51 4 0 and OS 2 PC 104 Module mounting supports 1 bag of screws and miscellaneous parts If any of these items are missing or damaged contact your distribu tor or sales representative immediately Notice Dear Customer Thank you for purchasing the SBC 456 456E board The user manual is designed to help you get the most out of the SBC 456 456E please read it thoroughly before you...

Page 5: ...SIMMs 14 IDE hard drive connections CN1 15 Connecting the hard drive 15 IDE LED 16 Display connector CN9 CN2 17 Floppy drive connector CN3 19 Connecting the floppy drive 19 Parallel printer connector CN4 20 Installing the retaining bracket 20 Power connector CN5 21 Serial port connectors CN8 CN6 22 RS 232 connector 22 RS 232 422 485 connector CN6 23 Ethernet connectors CN7 24 Keyboard and PS 2 mou...

Page 6: ... 485 select JP5 30 DiskOnChip socket U13 31 Chapter 3 AMIBIOS Setup 33 General Information 34 Starting AMIBIOS setup 34 AMIBIOS main menu 34 Using a mouse with AMIBIOS setup 35 Using the keyboard with AMIBIOS setup 35 Setup 36 Standard setup 36 Advanced setup 38 Chipset setup 45 Power management setup 47 PCI PnP setup 49 Peripheral setup 54 Security 57 Utility 61 Default 63 Original 63 Optimal 63 ...

Page 7: ...vers from DOS 71 OS 2 71 Driver installation 71 WIN OS 2 72 Driver diskette copy 73 WindowsÔ NT3 51 74 Driver installation 74 WindowsÔ NT4 0 75 Driver installation 75 Software utilities 76 The CHIPSDSP utility program 76 The CHIPSCPL utility program 77 Installing the utility 77 How to use the utility 77 Chapter 5 Ethernet Software Configuration 81 Ethernet software configuration 82 Appendix A Watc...

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Page 9: ...Chapter 1 General Information 1 C H A P T E R 1 General Information This chapter provides background informationforthe SBC 456 456E Sections include Card specifications Board layout ...

Page 10: ...ons SBC 456E only The SBC 456 456E supports the M Systems DiskOnChip 2000 option al which is a new generation of high performance single chip Flash Disk It provides a Flash Disk as a BIOS expansion which doesn t require any bus slots or connectors It is also the optimal solution for Single Board Computers because of its small size easy integration plug and play functionality and its low power cons...

Page 11: ...lash chip holds the system BIOS VGA BIOS and the network boot ROM image This minimizes the number of chips and eases configuration You can change the display BIOS or install a boot ROM simply by programming the Flash chip The SBC 456 456E supports 5 V EDO DRAM It also provides two 72 pin SIMM Single In line Memory Module sockets for its onboard system DRAM These sockets give you the flexibility to...

Page 12: ...rDA connector reserved for future use Keyboard connector 6 pin mini DIN connector supports standard PC AT keyboard and PS 2 mouse Watchdog Timer Can generate a system reset IRQ15 or NMI Software selectable timeout interval 2sec 128min 1 sec step VGAcontroller C T65550 Display memory 1MB onboard 2MB optional Display type Supports CRT and LCD TFT STN EL and Mono displays simultaneously Resolution Su...

Page 13: ...apter 1 General Information 5 Powersupplyvoltage 5V 4 75Vto5 25V 12V 11 4V to 12 6V Max powerRequirement 5V 3A Operating temperature 32 to 140 F 0 to 60 C Boardsize 7 3 L x4 8 W 185mmx122mm Weight 0 23 kg ...

Page 14: ...6 SBC 456 456E User Manual Board layout RTL8029AS ALi M 1 4 8 9 ALi M 1 4 8 7 CHIPS FS65550 20F001N YCL 9623GX R R T C Am486TMDX5 133V 168HC iTE IT8661F P N 1907456001 SBC 456 Rev A1 1 ...

Page 15: ...Chapter 1 General Information 7 Card dimensions 76 2 178 00 21 5 80 65 17 8 4 1 4 1 98 5 19 5 122 00 185 00 P N 1907456001 SBC 456 Rev A1 1 ...

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Page 17: ...ter explains set up procedures for the SBC 456 456E hardware including instructions on setting jumpers and connecting peripherals switches and indicators Be sure to read all safety precautions before you begin the installa tion procedure C H A P T E R ...

Page 18: ... CN1 HDD connector CN2 LCD connector CN3 Floppy drive connector CN4 Parallel printer connector CN5 Power connector CN6 RS232 422 485 connector CN7 Ethernet connector CN8 RS 232 connector CN9 VGA connector CN10 Internal keyboard connector CN11 KB PS2 mouse connector J1 HDD LED connector J2 Ethernet link signal LED J3 Ethernet active signal LED J4 Buzzer or external speaker J5 Reserved IR connector ...

Page 19: ...1 4 8 7 CHIPS FS65550 20F001N YCL 9623GX R RTC Am486TMDX5 133V 168HC iTE IT8661F Locating jumpers and connectors CN 3 J 6 J 8 JP 1 J 3 J 5 J 4 J 2 J 1 CN 6 CN 7 CN 4 JP 3 JP 2 JP 4 J 7 CN 1 CN 9 CN 8 CN 5 CN 2 CN 10 CN 11 JP 5 P N 1907456001 SBC 456 Rev A1 1 ...

Page 20: ...e pins to connect them To close a 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 a...

Page 21: ...can be damaged by the sudden rush of power 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 static electric charges Use a grounding wrist strap at all times Place all electronic components on a static dissipative surface or in a static shielded ba...

Page 22: ... and the retaining clips at both ends of the module click into place When positioned correctly the pins on top of the vertical posts should correspond to the circular holes on the ends of the module 3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each module you install Removing SIMMs If you need to remove a SIMM follow the procedures below 1 Supporting the SIMM with a finger use a pen or a similarly shaped object and...

Page 23: ... to the IDE connector Make sure that the red or blue wire corresponds to pin 1 on the connec tor 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 connections with ...

Page 24: ...10 9 D4 10 D11 11 D3 12 D12 13 D2 14 D13 15 D1 16 D14 17 D0 18 D15 19 GND 20 N C 21 N C 22 GND 23 IOW 24 GND 25 IOR 26 GND 27 IORDY 28 BALE 29 N C 30 GND 31 IRQ 14 32 I O CS16 33 A1 34 N C 35 A0 36 A2 37 CS0 38 CS1 39 ACT 40 GND IDE LED J1 You can connect an LED to indicate that an IDE device is in use The pin assignments for this jumper are as follows IDE LED J1 Pin Signal 1 R W IDE 2 Pull high ...

Page 25: ...lso features an LCD connector CN2 which allows you to connect various flat panel displays The following table lists their pin assignments SVGA connector CN9 Pin Signal 1 Red video 2 Green video 3 Blue video 4 Not used 5 GND 6 Red return GND 7 Green return GND 8 Blue return GND 9 Key no pin 10 Sync return GND 11 Monitor ID not used 12 Monitor ID 13 Horizontal sync 14 Vertical sync 15 Not used ...

Page 26: ...ND 4 GND 5 5 VDC 6 5 VDC 7 EN VEE 8 GND 9 P0 10 P1 11 P2 12 P3 13 P4 14 P5 15 P6 16 P7 17 P8 18 P9 19 P10 20 P11 21 P12 22 P13 23 P14 24 P15 25 P16 26 P17 27 P18 28 P19 29 P20 30 P21 31 P22 32 P23 33 GND 34 GND 35 SHFCLK 36 FLM V SYS 37 M 38 LP H SYS 39 GND 40 ENABKL 41 NC 42 NC 43 NC 44 NC ...

Page 27: ... board connector usually used for 5 25 drives Connecting the floppy drive 1 Plug the 34 pin flat cable connector into the CN3 connector 2 Attach the appropriate connector on the other end of the cable to the floppy drive s You can use only one connector in the set The set on the end after the twist in the cable connects to the A floppy The set in the middle connects to the B floppy Pin assignments...

Page 28: ...assis It provides an external port that gives your parallel peripheral access to the card s parallel port connector 1 Find an empty slot in your chassis 2 Unscrew the plate that covers the end of the slot 3 Screw in the bracket in place of the plate 4 Next attach the flat cable connector to the CN4 connector Wire 1 of the cable is red or blue and the other wires are gray Make sure that Wire 1 conn...

Page 29: ...ications you will need to connect the power directly to the SBC 456 456E board using CN5 This connector is fully compatible with the standard PC PS 2 power supply connector P8 See the following table for its pin assignments Power connector CN5 Pin Signal 1 N C 2 5 VDC 3 12 VDC 4 12 VDC 5 GND 6 GND ...

Page 30: ... program The card mounting bracket holds COM 1 the DB 9 serial port connector for the first port The connector on the SBC 456 456E board CN6 is COM 1 and COM 2 for RS 232 422 485 The following sections tell how to make connections RS 232 connector CN8 The following table shows the pin assignments for the card s RS 232 port RS 232 connector CN8 Pin Signal 1 DCD 2 RX 3 TX 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 C...

Page 31: ...Chapter 2 Installation 23 RS 232 422 485 connector CN6 RS 232 422 485 connector CN6 Pin Signal 1 DCD 2 RX 3 TX 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 10 NC 11 B485TXD 12 B485TXD 13 B422RXD 14 B422RXD ...

Page 32: ... jack is required Keyboard and PS 2 mouse connec tors CN10 CN11 The SBC 456 456E board provides two keyboard and PS 2 mouse connectors A 5 pin connector CN10 supports passive backplane applications A second 6 pin mini DIN keyboard and PS 2 mouse connector CN11 on the card mounting bracket supports single board computer applications Keyboard connector CN10 Pin Function 1 K B clock 2 K B data 3 N C ...

Page 33: ...use clock Ethernet link active signal LED J2 J3 The SBC 456E supports two sets of LED connectors for external LEDs Ethernet link signal LED J2 A continuously lit LED indicates good linkage between the SBC 456E and its supporting hub Ethernet active signal LED J3 A flashing LED indicates that the SBC 456E is transmitting or receiving data ...

Page 34: ...d connect an external speaker to EXT SPK Enabling the external speaker automatically disables the internal buzzer Buzzer or External Speaker Buzzer External Speaker OR Buzzer or External speaker J4 Pin Function 1 Vcc 2 Speaker output 3 Buzzer in 4 Speaker output Reserved IR connector J5 IR connector J5 Pin Function 5 IR_TX 4 GND 3 IR_RX 2 FIR_RX 1 VCC ...

Page 35: ...to indicate when the CPU card is on Pin 1 of J7 supplies power to the LED Pin 3 is the ground You can use a switch or a lock to disable the keyboard In this state the PC will not respond to any input This is useful if you don t want anyone to change or stop a running program Simply connect the switch between Pins 4 and 5 The pin assignments appear in the following table Power LED and keylock J7 Pi...

Page 36: ...o the CPU SBC456 456E offer 5V to drive a fan for CPU LCD SHF ASHF clock select JP1 You can select the LCD control signals by setting JP1 The following charts show the available options LCD SHF ASHF Clock select SHF CLK from C T65550 ASHF CLK from SHF CLK default 1 2 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 37: ... V default DOC address setting JP3 The DiskOnChip 2000 occupies a 8 KB window in the upper memory address range of C800 to E000 You should ensure this does not conflict with any other device s memory address JP3 controls the memory address of the Flash disk DOC address setting JP3 Address CC00 D000 D400 D800 DC00 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 ...

Page 38: ...ower then turned it back on The following table shows the pin assign ments for JP4 Reset switch JP4 Pin Function 1 Ground 2 Reset RS 232 422 485 select JP5 The SBC 456 456E offers two serial ports One RS 232 CN8 and oneRS 232 422 485 CN6 The follwing charts show the available options RS 232 422 485 select JP5 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 ...

Page 39: ... 72 MB unformatted In order to manage the disk the DiskOnChip 2000 includes the TrueFFS M Systems Flash File System proprietary software The DiskOnChip 2000 package is pin to pin compatible with standard 32 pin EPROM devices Figure1 MD2200 Pin out Note 1 Pins A13 through A16 are not used by the MD2200 They are kept for socket backward compatibility with ED 1100 DiskOnChip1000 Note 2 Pins 1 and 30 ...

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Page 41: ...Chapter 3 AMIBIOS setup 33 3 AMIBIOS Setup This chapter describes the card s diagnos tic tests and how to set BIOS configura tion data in a Windows environment C H A P T E R ...

Page 42: ...ed in CMOS RAM Unlike conventional BIOS setup programs AMIBIOS features a graphical user interface that is easy to use Starting AMIBIOS setup As POST executes the following appears Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP Press DEL to run AMIBIOS setup AMIBIOS main menu The AMIBIOS setup screen appears as follows ...

Page 43: ...stroke Function tab Move to the next window or field è ç é ê Move to the next field to the right left above or below ENTER Select in the current field Increments a value Decrements a value ESC Close the current operation and return to previous level PgUp Return to the previous page PgDn Advance to the next page Home Return to the beginning of the text End Advance to the end of the text ALT H Acces...

Page 44: ...aster Pri Slave Sec Master and Sec Slave Choose these icons to configure the hard disk drive named in the option When you click on an icon the following parameters are listed Type LBA Large Mode Block Mode 32Bit Mode and PIO Mode All parameters relate to IDE drives exceptType Date Day and Time Configuration Select the Date and Time icon in the Standard setup The current values for each category ar...

Page 45: ...n pre installed User Defined Drive If you are configuring a SCSI drive or an MFM RLL ARLL or ESDI drive with drive parameters that do not match drive types 1 46 you can select the User in the Type field You must then enter the drive parameters on the screen that appears The drive parameters include Cylinder number of cylinders Hd number of headers WP starting write precompensation cylinder Sec num...

Page 46: ...ser Manual Advanced setup Select the Advanced icon from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu to enter Advanced setup The Advanced Setup options described in this section are the standard options as shown on the following screen ...

Page 47: ...ignal from the IDE hard disk drive If a READY signal is not received immediately from the IDE drive AMIBIOS does not configure that drive AMIBIOS does not wait for 5 seconds after sending a RESET signal to the IDE drive to allow the IDE drive time to get ready again You cannot run AMIBIOS Setup at system boot because there is no delay for the Hit Del to run Setup message Boot Up Sequence This opti...

Page 48: ...Enabled AMIBIOS supports a PS 2 type mouse The settings are Enabled or Disabled The default setting is Enabled System Keyboard This option specifies that a keyboard is attached to the computer The settings are Present or Absent The default setting is Present Primary Display This option specifies the type of display monitor and adapter in the computer The settings are Mono CGA40 CGA80 EGA VGA or Ab...

Page 49: ...sabled The default setting is Disabled OS 2 Compatible Mode Set this option to Enabled to permit AMIBIOS to run with IBM OS 2 The settings are Enabled or Disabled The default setting is Disabled d n a r B e m a n e m a n l e d o M t a m r o F 6 5 4 C B S E 6 5 4 C B S p r a h S 0 8 X 5 1 X L N T S D 8 6 7 x 4 2 0 1 s e Y s e Y p r a h S P 3 8 1 4 6 M L O N O M 0 8 4 x 0 4 6 s e Y s e Y p r a h S P...

Page 50: ...led The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled Internal Cache This option specifies the caching algorithm used for the L1 internal cache memory The settings are Setting Description Shadow The contents of C0000h C3FFFh are written to the same address in system WriteBack Use the write back caching algorithm External Cache This option specifies the caching algorithm used for L2 secondary ...

Page 51: ...itten to L2 cache memory The contents of the F0000h memory segment are always copied from the BIOS ROM to system RAM for faster execution The settings are Enabled or Disabled Numeric Processor Test Set this option to Enbable to permit numeric processor to be tested Hard Disk Delay This option allows you to select hard disk delay time from 5 Sec to 15 Secs ...

Page 52: ...ea is made available to the local bus The settings are Setting Description Shadow The contents of C0000h C3FFFh are written to the same address in system memory RAM for faster execution Enabled The contents of the named ROM area are written to the same address in system memory RAM for faster execution if an adapter ROM will be using the named ROM area Also the contents of the RAM area can be read ...

Page 53: ...icon from the AMIBIOS setup main menu shown below The following is an option list offered by Chipset Setup Chipset setup options Function Options Auto Configuration Function Disabled Enabled AT Bus Clock 7 16 CPU Bus Speed 3 CPU Bus Speed 4 CPU Bus Speed 5 CPU Bus Speed 6 CPU Bus Speed 8 DRAM Read Timing Slow Normal Faster Fastest ...

Page 54: ...ng Fast Normal Memory Parity Check Disabled Enabled DRAM Hidden Refresh Disabled Enabled DRAM Refresh Period Setting 15 ms 30 ms 60 ms 120 ms Memory Hole at 15 16 MB Disabled Enabled ISA I O Recovery Disabled Enabled ISA I O Recovery Time 0 5 ms 1 0 ms 1 5 ms 2 0 ms 2 5 ms 3 0 ms 3 5 ms System Hidden Refresh 15 ms 30 ms 60 ms 120 ms Cx586 Linear Wrapped Mode Disabled Enabled ...

Page 55: ...ee the options in this group choose the Power Management Setup icon from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu Power Management Mode APM Funtion Advanced Power Management Set this option to Enabled to enable the power management and APM Advanced Power Management features The settings are Enabled or Disabled The default setting is Disabled ...

Page 56: ...48 SBC 456 456E User Manual If your change the setting Power Management mode from Disabled to Enabled the picture bellow is shown ...

Page 57: ...lay Aware OS Set this option to Yes if the operating system installed in the computer is Plug and Play aware AMIBIOS only detects and enables PnP ISA adapter cards that are required for system boot The Windows 95 operating system detects and enables all other PnP aware adapter cards Set this option to No if the operating system such as DOS OS 2 Windows 3 x does not use PnP You must set this option...

Page 58: ... option to Enabled to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI local bus has bus mastering capability The settings are Disabled or Enabled The default setting is Disabled Offboard PCI IDE Card This option specifies if an offboard PCI IDE controller adapter card is used in the computer You must also specify the PCI expansion slot on the motherboard where the offboard PCI IDE controller card is in...

Page 59: ...MIBIOS setup 51 PCI Slot1 IRQ Priority PCI Slot2 IRQ Priority PCI Slot3 IRQ Priority PCI Slot4 IRQ Priority This option sets PCI slot IRQ priority The settings are Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 The default setting is Auto ...

Page 60: ... should remove an IRQ from the pool of available IRQs passed to BIOS configurable devices The available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more IRQs must be removed from the pool the end user can use these PCI PnP Setup options to remove the IRQ by assigning the option to the ISA EISA setting Onboard I O is configurable by AMIBIOS The IRQs used by onboard I O are configured as PCI...

Page 61: ... cards The settings are Disabled 16K 32K and 64K The default settings are Disabled Reserved Memory Address This option specifies the beginning address in hex of the reserved memory area The specified ROM memory area is reserved for use by legacy ISA adapter cards The settings are C0000 C4000 C8000 CC000 D0000 D4000 D8000 or DC000 ...

Page 62: ...ion enables serial port 1 on the motherboard and specifies the base I O port address for serial port 1 The settings are Auto Disabled 3F8h 3E8h 2E8h and 2F8h The Fail Safe default setting is Auto Peripheral Setup Peripheral Setup options are displayed by choosing the Peripheral Setup icon from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu All Peripheral Setup options are described in this section ...

Page 63: ...arallel port mode ECP and EPP are both bidirectional data transfer sechemes that adhere to the IEEE P1284 specification The settings are Setting Description Normal The normal parallel port mode is used This is the default setting EPP The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to the Enhanced Parallel Port EPP specifi cation EPP uses the existing parallel port signals to provide asymmet...

Page 64: ...allel Port Mode option is ECP The settings are Disabled DMA CH channel 0 DMA CH 1 or DMA CH3 Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 is used for the Parallel Port LPT 1 The IRQ can be changed toIRQ5 Onboard IDE This option specifies the onboard IDE controller channels that will be used The settings are Primary Both or Disabled ...

Page 65: ...ort If you use both the Supervisor password must be set If this feature is enabled you can select AMIBIOS The setup messages are in different languages The default setting is English The system can be configured so that all users must enter a password every time the system boots or when AMIBIOS Setup is executed using either or both the Supervisor or User password ...

Page 66: ...tform If you do not want to use a password simply press ENTER when the password prompt appears Setting a Password The password check option is enabled in Advanced Setup by choosing either Always or Setup Here you determine the pass word to be used The password is stored in CMOS RAM To assign a password 1 Enter a 1 6 character password The password does not appear on the screen when typed 2 Retype ...

Page 67: ...ER The screen does not display the characters entered 3 After the new password is entered retype the new password as prompted and press ENTER If the password confirmation is incorrect an error message appears If the new password is entered without error press ESC to return to the AMIBIOS Setup Main Menu The password is stored in CMOS RAM after AMIBIOS Setup completes The next time the system boots...

Page 68: ...r of the hard disk drive The settings are Enabled or Disabled If enabled the following appears when a write is attempted to the boot sector Boot Sector Write Possible VIRUS Continue Y N _ You may have to type N several times to prevent the boot sector write The following is displayed after any attempt to format any cylinder head or sector of any hard disk drive via the BIOS INT 13 Hard Disk Drive ...

Page 69: ...ally detected and reported to the Hard Disk Drive C screen in Standard Setup so that you can easily configure drive C Drive D and the CD ROM could also be automatically detected and reported to screen if drive D and CD ROM are IDE drives Language If this feature is enabled you can select AMIBIOS The setup messages are in different languages The default setting is English ...

Page 70: ...on values present in AMIBIOS Setup when you first begin this AMIBIOS Setup session Optimal You can load the optimal default settings for the AMIBIOS Setup options by selecting the Optimal icon The Optimal default settings are the values that optimize system performance If CMOS RAM is corrupted the Optimal settings are loaded automatically Fail Safe You can load the Fail Safe AMIBIOS Setup options ...

Page 71: ...S setup 63 Exiting AMIBIOS You can exit AMIBIOS by pressing the ESC key while in the AMIBIOS main menu screen The following screen appears Select the option you desire and the system will continue its boot up sequence ...

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Page 73: ...4 Flat Panel CRT Controller 65 4 Flat Panel CRT Controller Display Drivers and Utilities This chapter provides information about Driver types and installation Software utility installation and use C H A P T E R ...

Page 74: ...s not require any special drivers to operate in standard modes The purpose of the enclosed software drivers is to take advantage of the extended features of the CHIPS VGA Flat Panel CRT controller Hardware configuration Some of the high resolution drivers provided in this package will work only in certain system configurations If a driver does not display correctly try the following 1 Change the d...

Page 75: ...ncertain about any of these concepts please refer to the DOS or OS 2 user reference guides for more information before you proceed with the installation Before you begin Before you begin the driver software installation you should make backup copies of the Display Driver Diskettes Store the original disks in a safe place Make sure you know the version of the application for which you are installin...

Page 76: ... Type window click on the Change button under Adapter Type This will bring up the Select Device window 2 Place the WindowsÔ 95 Display Driver Diskette in drive A In the Select Device window click on Have Disk Press ENTER and the name of the Chips and Technologies Inc Video Controller driver will appear highlighted in the Models list box Select Chips and Tech 65550 PCI new and Click OK to install t...

Page 77: ...s is installed For proper operation the drivers must be installed in the Windowssubdirectory 3 Press ENTER to complete the installation Once completed the Display Driver Control Panel appears on the screen This Control Panel allows you to select and load the installed drivers Another method of installing these drivers is through the File Manag er Click on Drive A and then double click on WINSETUP ...

Page 78: ...ive A Type A ENTER to make this the default drive 3 Type SETUP ENTER to run the driver SETUP program Press any key to get to the applications list 4 Using the arrow keys select Windows Version 3 1 and press the ENTER key Press the ENTER key to select All Resolutions then press END to begin the installation 5 At this point you will be asked for the path to your Windows System directory default C WI...

Page 79: ...colors SuperVGA 800x600 16colors Panning Drivers Special panning drivers are provided to allow high resolution modes to be displayed on a flat panel or CRT These drivers will show a section of a larger screen and will automatically pan or scroll the screen horizontally and vertically when the mouse reaches the edge of the display OS 2 These drivers are designed to function with the OS 2 Version 3 ...

Page 80: ...ers in your system First select Primary Display From the list of Primary Display Adapter Types select Chips and Technologies 655XX From the list of available Display Resolutions select a display resolution The correct source directory must be specified Once the installation is complete the system must be shut down and restarted for changes to take effect WIN OS 2 Please note the following limitati...

Page 81: ...LABEL that reads DISP 1 in order to be an installable diskette To copy the OS 2 Display Driver Diskette follow these instructions 1 Copy all files on the OS 2 Display Driver Diskette as you normally would onto another diskette 2 Place the diskette copy in drive A At the C prompt type LABEL A DISP 1 to properly label your diskette Then store your diskette copy in a safe place For proper installatio...

Page 82: ...n drive A Press ENTER and the following driver names will appear highlighted in the Models list box CHIPS Video Accelerator 64310 65545 65548 65550 CHIPS Video Accelerator 65510 65530 65535 65540 Click on Install to Install the selected driver Once the installation is complete shutdown and restart the system 3 Upon restart at the Invalid Display Selection message click on OK and select the desired...

Page 83: ...ype This will bring up the Select Device window 2 Place the WindowsÔ NT Display Driver Diskette in drive A In the Select Device window click on Have Disk Press ENTER and the name of the Chips and Technologies Inc Video Control ler driver will appear highlighted in the Models list box Select Chips and Tech 65550 PCI new and Click OK to install the selected driver Click OK to install the selected dr...

Page 84: ...sowsÔ 95 based utility for selecting display type and refresh rate It is a Display Properties Refresh window that is automatically installed when installing CHIPS WindowsÔ 95 display drivers The Display icon is in the Control Panel group To invoke the Display icon simply click on the Start button go to Settings click on Control Panel and then double click on the Display icon Click on the property ...

Page 85: ...refresh rate is available in CRT Mode only WINDOWSÔ DEFAULT allows you to return to the default refresh rate setting for the selected monitor in WindowsÔ 95 Note 1 The refresh rates that are supported by the selected mon itor are the only refresh rates that will show and be se lectable The above refresh rates may not be supported by all Chips products 2 ...

Page 86: ...talled when installing CHIPS WindowsÔ 3 1 linear drivers The Control Panel icon is in the Main WindowsÔ group To invoke the control panel applet simply click on the icon The driver resolution and color depth take effect only after WindowsÔ is rebooted with the new driver How to use the utility SCREEN SIZE ALT S allows you to select from the following resolutions By selecting the resoution first it...

Page 87: ...are the only available refresh rates that can be selected CURSOR ANIMATION ALT A allows you to select an animated cursor instead of the hour glass wait cursor BIG CURSOR ALT G allows you to select a big cursor for better visibility on the Flat Panel Version ALT V displays version information about the current driver HELP ALT H displays help information on how to use the Display Driver Control Pane...

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Page 89: ...Chapter 5 Software Configuration 81 5 Ethernet Software Configuration This chapter describes how to configure the Etherent Card to match your applica tion requirements SBC 456E only C H A P T E R ...

Page 90: ... the Ethernet interface Just highlight the option you wish to change by using the Up and DOWN keys To change a selected item press ENTER and a screen will appear with the available options Highlight your option and press ENTER Each highlighted option has a helpful message guide displayed at the bottom of the screen for additional information 4 After you have made your selections and the configurat...

Page 91: ...A Watchdog Timer Demo Program The following demo program illustrates the programming steps required to enable set and disable the watchdog timer APPENDIX ...

Page 92: ...3 0x85 set interval to 5 minutes 2 To set the time out event output data to prot 0x444 0 reset system 1 2 3 IRQ 10 15 11 respectively 4 NMI e g outportb 0x444 0 set time out event to reset system 3 To disable watchdog timer output any value to port 0x80 e g outportb 0x80 data disable watchdog timer 4 To ebable or refresh watchdog timer the watchdog timer will return to its initial value then count...

Page 93: ... 0x443 enable watchdog timer customer_job execute your job here be sure your job will finished within 10 seconds outportb 0x80 0 refresh watchdog timer otherwise the system will reset after time out outputb 0x443 20 set time out interval to 20 seconds inportb 0x443 enable watchdog timer another_job another job finished in 20 seconds outportb 0x80 0 disable watchdog timer ...

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Page 95: ...Appendix B Installing PC 104 Modules B 87 B Installing PC 104 Modules This appendix gives instructions for installing PC 104 modules APPENDIX ...

Page 96: ...PCM 3115B PCMCIA Module two slot PCM 3200 PC 104 Sound Module PCM 3420 PC 104 Fast SCSI Module PCM 3521 Advanced Flat Panel CRT VGA Module PCM 3522 LCD Panel Adapter PCM 3600 PC 104 Fax Modem Module PCM 3610 Isolated RS 232 and RS 422 485 Module PCM 3640 PC 104 4 port RS 232 Module PCM P50 PC 104 Vehicle Power Supply PCM 3660 Ethernet Module PCM 3718 30 KHz A D Module PCM 3724 48 channel DIO Modul...

Page 97: ...already mentioned above Step2 Make any jumper or link changes required to the CPU card now Once the PC 104 module is mounted you may have difficulty in accessing these Step3 Mount the PC 104 module onto the CPU card Do this by pressing the module firmly but carefully onto the mounting connectors Step4 Secure the PC 104 module onto the CPU card using the four mounting spacers and srews PC 104 Modul...

Page 98: ...B 90 SBC 456 456E User Manual 0 200 0 0 0 200 3 350 3 550 0 200 3 575 3 250 0 300 3 775 3 575 PC 104 module dimenstions inches 5 ...

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