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42 SBC-557 User Manual

Parallel port IRQ

The SBC-557 supports one parallel port. The port is designated as
LPT1 and can be disabled or changed to LPT2 or LPT3 in the
system BIOS setup.

Parallel port connector table (CN9)

Parallel port connector (CN9)

Pin Signal

/STROBE

2 \AUTOFD

ERR

\INIT

\SLCTINI

GND

\ACK

GND

BUST

GND

SLCT

N/C

Summary of Contents for SBC-557

Page 1: ...SBC 557 Half Size Super7 CPU Card With LCD Ethernet SSD ...

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Page 3: ...vices 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 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 Microsyste...

Page 4: ... 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 5: ...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 6: ...ual this manual in PDF file Ethernet drivers and utilities VGA drivers and utilities 1 hard disk drive IDE interface cable 1 floppy disk drive interface cable 1 6 pins mini DIN dual outlet adapter for keyboard and PS 2 mouse 1 parallel port adapter 26 pins and COM2 adapter for RS 232 422 485 1 bag of screws and miscellaneous parts If any of these items are missing or damaged contact your distribu ...

Page 7: ...7 please 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 lastest version of the user manual please visit our Web site at ...

Page 8: ...ling DRAM DIMMs 17 System Memory 17 Supplementary information about DIMM 17 Memory Installation Procedures 17 CPU Vcore select S1 2 6 18 Clear CMOS S1 1 20 CPU clock select S2 1 3 21 CPU frequency ratio select S2 4 6 22 CPU VIO select J1 23 LCD clock signal driving voltage select J3 24 DOC address select J4 25 COM2 RS 232 422 485 select J5 J6 26 Level 2 cache select J8 27 IrDA connector CN1 Pin 1 ...

Page 9: ...rt connector table CN9 43 Floppy drive connector CN10 44 Connecting the floppy drive 45 Floppy drive connector CN10 46 100Base Tx Ethernet connector CN14 47 Serial prots CN15 CN12 48 Power connectors P8 P9 PWR1 49 DiskOnChip socket U19 50 DiskOnChip DOC 2000 Installation 51 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 53 Starting setup 54 Setup keys 55 Getting help 56 In case of problem 56 Main setup menu 57 Standa...

Page 10: ...sary prerequisites 92 Before you begin 92 Windows 95 92 Driver installation 92 Windows 3 1 100 Driver installation 100 OS 2 101 Windows NT 3 51 103 Windows NT 4 0 104 Driver installation 104 Chapter 5 Ethernet Software configuration 105 Ethernet software configuration 106 Appendix A Programming the Watchdog Timer 107 Programming the watchdog timer 107 How to program the Wtachdog Timer 107 Demo pro...

Page 11: ...Chapter 1 General Information 1 1 General Information This chapter gives background informa tion on the mainboard Sections include Board specifications Layout and dimensions C H A P T E R ...

Page 12: ...upports Ultra DMA 33 mode Up to two IDE devices can be connected including large hard disks CD ROM drives and tape backup drives etc The SBC 557 also features power management to minimize power consumption It complies with the ACPI standard and supports three types of power saving features Doze mode Standby mode and Suspend mode In addition the board s watchdog timer can automatically reset the sy...

Page 13: ...neral Information 3 Features Supports Intel Tillamook lower power CPUs Supports DiskOnChip SSD up to 288MB C T 69000 LCD controller supports 36 bit TFT Panels 100Base Tx Fast Ethernet Supports H W status monitoring ...

Page 14: ...360KB and 1 2MB and or 3 5 720KB 1 44MB and 2 88MB Parallel port One bi directional parallel port Supports SPP ECP and EPP modes Serial port One RS 232 and one RS 232 422 485 serial port Ports can be configured as COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 or disabled individually Two 16C550 serial UARTs IR interface Supports one IrDA Tx Rx header KB Mouse connector 6 pins mini DIN connector supports PC AT keyboard and ...

Page 15: ... voltages and temperatures monitoring Flat Panel CRT Interface Chipset C T69000 Display memory 2MB SDRAM built in chip Display type Supports non interlaced CRT and LCD TFT DSTN and Mono displays Can display both CRT and Flat Panel simultaneously Resolution Up to 1024x768 64K colors Ethernet Interface Chipset Realtek RTL8139B 100Base Tx Fast Ethernet controller Ethernet interface Onboard 100Base Tx...

Page 16: ...l Mechanical and environmental Powersupplyvoltage 5V 4 75Vto5 25V 12V 11 4V to 12 6V Powerrequirement 5V 2 8A Tillamook Operating temperature 32 to 140o F 0 to 60o C Boardsize 7 3 L x4 8 W 185mmx122mm Weight 1 2 lb 0 5 Kg ...

Page 17: ...Chapter 1 General Information 7 Board layout ...

Page 18: ...8 SBC 557 User Manual Board dimensions ...

Page 19: ...apter describes how to set up the main board hardware including instruc tions on setting jumpers and connecting peripherals switches and indicators Be sure to read all the safety precautions before you begin the installation proce dure C H A P T E R ...

Page 20: ...llow you to configure your system to suit your application The following tables list the function of each of the board s jumpers and connectors Jumpers Label Function S1 2 6 CPU Vcore select S1 1 Clear CMOS S2 1 3 CPU clock select S2 4 6 CPU frequency ratio select J1 CPU VIO select J3 LCD clock signal driving voltage select J4 DOC address select J5 J6 COM2 RS 232 422 485 select J8 Level 2 cache se...

Page 21: ...ector CN3 PC 104 connector CN4 CPU fan power connector CN6 LCD display connector CN7 USB connector CN8 Internal keyboard connector CN9 Parallel port connector CN10 Floppy drive connector CN11 Keyboard and PS 2 mouse connector CN12 COM2 RS 232 422 485 serial port connector CN13 VGA display connector CN14 100Base Tx Ethernet connector CN15 COM1 RS 232 serial port connector PWR1 Power connector ...

Page 22: ...12 SBC 557 User Manual Locating jumpers J5 J1 J6 J4 J3 S 1 S2 J8 ...

Page 23: ...Chapter 2 Installation 13 Locating connectors CN11 CN14 PWR1 CN15 CN7 CN10 CN4 CN6 CN8 CN12 CN2 CN1 CN9 CN13 CN3 ...

Page 24: ...ins with the clip To open a jumper you remove the clip Sometimes a jumper will have three pins labeled 1 2 and 3 In this case you would connect either pins 1 and 2 or 2 and 3 The jumper settings are schematically depicted in this manual as follows A pair of needle nose pliers may be helpful when working with jumpers If you have any doubts about the best hardware configuration for your application ...

Page 25: ... 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 bag when they are not in the chassis Install a CPU in the ZIF socket SBC 557 Series provides a Zero Insertion Force ZIP socket for easy CPU installation 1 Make sure the ZIF socket lever is in the upright position To raise the lever pull it out to...

Page 26: ... normal and won t damage the CPU When the CPU is installed the lever should snap into place at the side of the socket Note To remove a CPU pull the lever out to the side a little and raise it as far as it will go Lift out the CPU chip When you install a new CPU be sure to adjust the board settings such as CPU type and CPU clock Improper settings may damage theCPU ...

Page 27: ...e SBC 557 can only accept PC 100 SDRAM DIMM Module Single sided modules are typically 16 or 64 MB double sided modules are usually 32 or 128 MB Memory Installation Procedures To install DIMM first make sure the two handles of the DIMM socket are in the open position i e The handles remain outward Slowly slide the DIMM module along the plastic guides on both ends of the socket Then press the DIMM m...

Page 28: ...18 SBC 557 User Manual CPU Vcore select S1 2 6 S1 2 6 must be set to match the CPU type The table below shows the available configurations CAUTION Improper settings may damage the CPU 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON ...

Page 29: ...U Vcore select S1 2 6 1 8V 2 0V 2 2V 2 4V 2 6V 2 8V 2 9V 3 3V 3 4V 3 5V default 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON ...

Page 30: ...S1 1 You can to clear CMOS Clear CMOS procedure 1 Disconnect all power source 2 Move S1 1 from OFF to ON for few seconds 3 Move S1 1 back to ON Clear CMOS S1 1 Protect Clear CMOS S1 1 default 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON ...

Page 31: ...ny ratio 2 5 5X The following table shows the available CPU external clock configuration CAUTION Improper settings may damage the CPU 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON CPU clock select S2 1 3 60 MHz 66 MHz 75 MHz 83 MHz 95 MHz 100 MHz default 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON ...

Page 32: ...frequency CPU frequency ratio 2 5 5 External bus clock 66 or 100 MHz CPU frequency ratio select S2 4 6 2X 2 5X 3X 3 5X 4 0X 4 5X 5X 5 5X default ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 S2 ...

Page 33: ...ation 23 CPU VIO selct J1 J1 must be set to match the CPU type The table below shows the available configurations CAUTION Improper settings may damage the CPU CPU VIO select J1 2 5V 3 3V Intel Tillamook only default J1 ...

Page 34: ...can select the LCD connector CN6 driving voltage control signal by setting J3 The configurations are as follows LCD clock signal driving voltage select J3 ASHF CLK 5V ASHFCLK 3 3V J3 SHFCLK 5V SHFCLK 3 3V default 6 4 2 5 3 1 6 4 2 5 3 1 6 4 2 5 3 1 5 3 1 6 4 2 6 4 2 5 3 1 ...

Page 35: ...e this does not conflict with any other device s memory address J4 controls the momory address of the Flash disk DOC address select J4 D400 D800 DC00 Disable default Note These addresses might conflict with the ROM BIOS of other peripheral boards Please select the appropriate memory address to avoid memory conflicts 1 3 2 4 1 3 2 4 1 3 2 4 1 3 2 4 1 3 2 4 ...

Page 36: ...BC 557 COM2 serial port can be selected as RS 232 RS 422 or RS 485 by setting J5 J6 COM2 Select J5 J6 RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 J5 J6 default 1 4 7 10 3 6 9 12 1 4 7 10 3 6 9 12 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 J5 1 4 7 10 3 6 9 12 J6 1 4 7 10 3 6 9 12 ...

Page 37: ...er 2 Installation 27 Level 2 cache select J8 J8 must be set to match the CPU type in drder for Level 2 cache to work properly Level 2 cache select J8 Other CPUs Intel Tillamook only J8 default J8 1 2 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 38: ...tion user can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDA and printers This connector supports HPSIR 115 2Kbps 2 meters ASK IR 56Kbps and Fast IR 4Mbps 2 meters Install infrared module onto IrDA connector and enable infrared function from BIOS setup Make sure to have correct orientation when you plug onto IrDA connector CN1 Pin 1 5 IrDA connector CN1 Pin1 5 Pin Signal 1 Vcc 2 FIrRx 3 IrRx 4 GN...

Page 39: ...witch CN1 Pin6 7 You can connect an external switch to easily reset your computer This switch restarts your computer as if you had turned off the power then turned it back on Reset switch CN1 Pin6 7 Pin Function 6 RST IN 7 GND 6 7 CN1 ...

Page 40: ...your computer chassis Pin assignments for CN1 Pin8 11 are shown below External speaker CN1 Pin 8 11 Pin Function 8 Vcc For external speaker use 9 N C 10 BZ_IN 11 BUZZ For external speaker use default For external speaker connection Remove the default jumper cap from the pin 10 11away Please connect to pin 8 Please connect to pin 11 8 9 10 11 CN1 ...

Page 41: ...al Hard drive LED CN1 Pin 13 14 You can connect an LED to indicate when an IDE device is in use The pin assignments for this connector are as follows Hard drive LED CN1 Pin 13 14 Pin Function 13 HD LED 14 HD LED 13 14 CN1 ...

Page 42: ...tach up to two Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics hard disk drives to the SBC 557 s CN2 The SBC 557 s IDE control ler uses a PCI local bus interface This advanced interface sup ports faster data transfer and allows the IDE hard drive to exceed 528MB 43 44 1 2 CN2 ...

Page 43: ... sure that the red or blue wire corresponds to pin 1 on the connector which is labeled on the board on the right side 2 Plug the other end of the cable to the Enhanced IDE hard drive with pin 1 on the cable corresponding to pin 1 on the hard drives see your hard drive s documentation for the location of the connector Connect a second drive as described above Unlike floppy drives IDE hard drives ca...

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

Page 45: ...ector CN4 The SBC 557 onboard offer 12V power for the CPU cooling fan Plug in the fan cable onto the 3 pins fan power connector onboard The fan connector is marked CN1 CPU fan power connector CN4 Pin Signal 1 GND 2 12V 3 Fan speed sense 3 2 1 ...

Page 46: ...entional CRT displays and is capable of driving a wide range of flat panel displays including electroluminescent EL gas plasma passive LCD and active LCD displays The board has two connectors to support these displays one for standard CRT VGA monitors and one for flat panel displays 49 50 1 2 CN6 CN13 ...

Page 47: ...splay connector CN13 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 on pin 10 Sync return GND 11 Monitor ID not used 12 Monitor ID 13 Horizontal sync 14 Vertical sync 15 Not used ...

Page 48: ...ne completely via the software utility You do not have to set any jumpers LCD display connector CN6 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 12 VDC 2 12 VDC 3 GND 4 GND 5 5 VDC 6 5 VDC 7 ENAVEE 8 GND 9 P0 10 P1 11 P2 12 P3 13 P4 14 P5 15 P6 16 P7 17 P8 18 P9 19 P10 20 P11 21 P12 22 P13 23 P14 24 P15 25 P16 26 P17 27 P18 28 P19 29 P20 30 P21 31 P22 32 P23 33 P24 34 P25 35 SHF CLK 36 FLM V SYS 37 M 38 LP H SYS 39 GN...

Page 49: ...ve complete plug and play hot attach detach for up to 127 external devices The USB interfaces comply with USB specifica tion Rev 1 0 and can be disabled in the system BIOS setup USB connector CN7 Pin Function Pin Function 1 Vcc 2 GND 3 USBDO 4 GND 5 USBDO 6 USBD1 7 GND 8 USBD1 9 GND 10 Vcc 9 7 5 3 1 10 8 6 4 2 ...

Page 50: ...a keyboard is not used The standard PC AT BIOS will report an error or fail during power on self test POST after a reset if the keyboard is not present The main board BIOS Advanced setup menu allows you to select Present or Absent under the System Keyboard section This allows no keyboard operation in embedded system applications without the system halting under POST power on self test 5 2 3 4 6 1 ...

Page 51: ...User Manual Keyboard and PS 2 mouse connector CN11 Mini DIN 6 pins Pin Signal 1 MS CLOCK 2 KB CLOCK 3 Vcc 4 GND 5 MS DATA 6 KB DATA Internal keyboard connector CN8 Pin Signal 1 KB_CLOCK 2 KB_DATA 3 N C 4 GND 5 Vcc ...

Page 52: ...d to connect the board to a printer The SBC 557 includes an onboard parallel port accessed through CN9 a 26 pin flat cable connector You need an adapter cable if you use a traditional DB 25 connector The cable has a 26 pin connector on one end and a DB 25 connector on the other 25 26 1 2 ...

Page 53: ... disabled or changed to LPT2 or LPT3 in the system BIOS setup Parallel port connector table CN9 Parallel port connector CN9 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 STROBE 2 AUTOFD 3 DO 4 ERR 5 D1 6 INIT 7 D2 8 SLCTINI 9 D3 10 GND 11 D4 12 GND 13 D5 14 GND 15 D6 16 GND 17 D7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUST 22 GND 23 PE 24 GND 25 SLCT 26 N C ...

Page 54: ...sy chain drive connector cable is required for a dual drive system On one end of the cable is a 34 pin flat cable connector On the other end are two sets of floppy disk drive connectors Each set consists of a 34 pin flat cable connector usually used for 3 drives and a printed circuit board connec tor usually used for 5 drives Wire number 1 on the cable is normally red or blue and the other wires a...

Page 55: ...to the B drive 3 If you are connecting a 5 floppy drive line up the slot in the printed circuit board with the blocked off part of the cable connector If you are connecting a 3 floppy drive you may have trouble determining which pin is pin number 1 Look for a number printed on the circuit board indicating pin number 1 Also the connector on the floppy drive connector may have a slot When the slot i...

Page 56: ... SELECT 3 GND 4 N C 5 GND 6 DRIVE TYPE 7 GND 8 INDEX 9 GND 10 MOTOR 0 11 GND 12 DRIVE SELECT 1 13 GND 14 DRIVE SELECT 2 15 GND 16 MOTOR 1 17 GND 18 DIRECTION 19 GND 20 STEP 21 GND 22 WRITE DATA 23 GND 24 WRITE GATE 25 GND 26 TRACK 0 27 GND 28 WRITE PROTECT 29 GND 30 READ DATA 31 GND 32 HEAD DELECT 33 GND 34 DISK CHANGE ...

Page 57: ...100Base Tx Ethernet connector CN14 This 100Base Tx Ethernet connector CN14 is a standard RJ 45 connector The onboard Realtek RTL8139B fast Ethernet controller supports 10Mb s and 100 Mb s N way auto negotiation operation CN14 ...

Page 58: ...12 These ports allow you to connect them to serial devices mouse printers etc COM2 RS 232 422 485 serial ports CN12 COM2 RS 232 422 485 serial port CN12 PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL COM2 1 DCDB 6 DSRB 422TXD 485DATA 2 RXDB 7 RTSB 422TXD 485DATA 3 TXDB 8 CTSB 422RXD 4 DTRB 9 RIB 422RXD 5 GND 10 N C CN15 COM1 9 2 1 10 9 5 1 6 CN12 COM2 ...

Page 59: ...er supply connector P8 P9 See the following table for its pin assignments 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 P9 from standard PS 2 power supply P8 from standard PS 2 power supply Power connector pin assignments PWR1 Pin P8 Signal Pin P9 Signal 1 GND 1 5V 2 GND 2 5V 3 12V 3 5V 4 12V 4 5V 5 5V 5 GND 6 N C 6 GND Power connector pin assignments PWR1 Pin P8 Color Pin P9 Color 1 Black 1 Red 2 Black 2 Red 3 Blue 3 ...

Page 60: ...rom 2MB up to 144MB unformatted In order to manage the disk the DiskOnChip 2000 includes the TrueFFS M Systems Flash File System proprietary software The DiskOnChip 2000 package is pin to pin compatible with a standard 32 pin EPROM device Note 1 Pins A13 through A16 are not used by the MD2200 They are kept for socket backward compatibility with ED 1100 DiskOnChip1000 Note 2 Pins 1 and 30 are not u...

Page 61: ...ith thememorywindow Youshoulddisablethememoryshadowfrom the BIOS SETUP if the DOC cannot be accessed Configure DOC as a boot device To configure a DOC as a boot drive you should copy the operating system files onto the DOC The following procedure is an example of the initialization process 1 Install a DOC into your system 2 Insert a bootable floppy disk in drive A and boot the system 3 At the DOS ...

Page 62: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 53 3 Award BIOS Setup This chapter describes how to configure the BIOS for the SBC 557 C H A P T E R ...

Page 63: ...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 64: ...ric value or make changes PgDn Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 Change color from total 16 colors F2 to select color forward Shift F2 to select color backward F3 Calendar only for Status Page Setup Menu F4 Reserved F5 Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the default ...

Page 65: ... 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 Chip...

Page 66: ...tandard and PCI Local Bus Configuration configuration options Integrated I O subsystems that depend on the inte Peripherals grated peripherals controller in your system Supervisor User Change set or disable a password In Password Setting BIOS versions that allow separate user and supervisor passwords only the supervisor password permits access to Setup The user password generally allows only power...

Page 67: ...Defaults most stable minimal performance system operations Load Setup Setup defaults are factory settings for Defaults optimal performance system operations Save Exit Save settings in nonvolatile CMOS Setup RAM and exit Setup Exit Without Abandon all changes and exit Setup Save ...

Page 68: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 59 Standard CMOS setup When you choose the STANDARD CMOS SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 69: ... the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field HARDDISKS The BIOS supports up to four IDE drives This section does not show information about other IDE devices such as a CD ROM drive or about other hard drive types such as SCSI ...

Page 70: ...eads write precompensation factor landing zone and number of sectors Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any pre defined type are classified as type USER Size Disk drive capacity approximate Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Cyls Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precompensation cylinde...

Page 71: ... in 5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive 360 kilobyte capacity 1 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch AT type high density drive 1 2 megabyte capacity 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 720 kilobyte capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 1 44 mega byte capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 2 88 mega byte capacity LCD CRT This field may appear as an alternative to the Video field se...

Page 72: ... 2 1 M L N T S D 0 0 6 x 0 0 8 C E N 0 1 3 3 C A 8 4 4 6 L N s t i b 2 1 T F T 0 8 4 x 0 4 6 a b i h s o T A 9 0 2 C 0 1 M T L T F T s t i b 8 1 0 8 4 x 0 4 6 C E N 4 0 6 2 C A 0 6 0 8 L N T F T 0 0 6 x 0 0 8 p r a h S 3 0 x 4 1 Q L s t i b 6 3 T F T 8 6 7 x 4 2 0 1 Pannel This selection item allows user to select LCD BIOS to match the LCD types There are eight LCD types available for users to sel...

Page 73: ... All But Disk Key POST does not stop for a keyboard or disk error but stops for all other errors Memory You cannot change any values in the Memory fields they are only for your information The fields show the total installed random access memory RAM and amounts allocated to base memory extended memory and other high memory RAM is counted in kilobytes KB approximately one thousand bytes and megabyt...

Page 74: ...s and their software can use extended memory OtherMemory Between 640 KB and 1 MB often called High memory DOS may load terminate and stay resident TSR programs such as device drivers in this area to free as much conventional memory as possible for applications Lines in your CONFIG SYS file that start with LOADHIGH load programs into high memory ...

Page 75: ...66 SBC 557 User Manual BIOS features setup By choosing the BIOS FEATURES SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 76: ...ional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type on up contain internal cache memory and most but not all modern PCs have additional external cache memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU The External Cache field may not appear if your system does not have external cache memory Quick Power On Self T...

Page 77: ...n the system boots When toggled On the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations Gate A20 Option Gate A20 refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1 MB extended memory When set to Fast the system chipset controls Gate A20 When set to Normal a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Setting Gate A20 to Fast improves system speed particularly with ...

Page 78: ...t of high memory 640 KB to 1 MB avail able for loading device drivers etc Enable shadowing into each section of memory separately Many system designers hardwire shadowing of the system BIOS and eliminate a System BIOS Shadow option Video BIOS shadows into memory area C8000 DFFFF The remain ing areas shown on the BIOS Features Setup screen may be occupied by other expansion card firmware If an expa...

Page 79: ...70 SBC 557 User Manual CHIPSET features setup By choosing the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 80: ...e of the complexity and technical nature of some of the options not all of the options are described here Auto Configuration Auto Configuration selects predetermined optimal values of chipset parameters When Disabled chipset parameters revert to setup information stored in CMOS Many fields in this screen are not available when Auto Configuration is Enabled SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous D...

Page 81: ...557 User Manual I O Recovery Time The I O recovery mechanism adds bus clock cycles between PCI originated I O cycles to the ISA bus This delay takes place because the PCI bus is so much faster than the ISA bus ...

Page 82: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 73 Power management setup By choosing the POWER MANAGEMENT option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 83: ...saving for Doze Standby and Suspend modes This table describes each power management mode Max Saving Maximum power savings Only Available for SL CPUs Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode User Define Set each mode individually Select time out periods in the section for each mode below Min Saving Minimum power savings Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode except the hard drive ...

Page 84: ...s the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA Use the software supplied for your video subsystem to select video power management values Blank Screen System only writes blanks to the video buffer HDD Power Down After the selected period of drive inactivity any system IDE devices compatible with the ATA 2 specification or later power mana...

Page 85: ...drive enters an idle state and the L2 cache enters a power save mode All other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity the chipset enters a hardware suspend mode stopping the CPU clock and possibly causing other system devices to enter power management modes ...

Page 86: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 77 PNP PCI configuration setup By choosing the PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP option from the initial SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 87: ...on Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot IRQ n Assigned to When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt as one of the following types depending on t...

Page 88: ...ice using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific DMA channel PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture PCI IRQ Activated by Leave the IRQ trigger set at Level unless the PCI device assigned to the interrupt specifies Edge triggered interrupts ...

Page 89: ...BC 557 User Manual Load BIOS defaults LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS loads the default system values directly from ROM The BIOS DEFAULTS provides the most stable settings though they do not provide optimal performance ...

Page 90: ...defaults LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS on the other hand provides for maximum system performance If the stored record created by the setup utility becomes corrupted and therefore unusable BIOS defaults will load automatically when you turn the power on ...

Page 91: ...82 SBC 557 User Manual Integrated peripherals setup By choosing the INTEGRATD PERIPHERALS option from the initial SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 92: ...r secondary add in IDE interface IDE HDD Block Mode Select Enabled only if your hard drives support block mode On Chip USB controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install an add ...

Page 93: ...ither SUPERVISOR or USER PASSWORD or both of them The difference between the two is that the supervisor password allows unrestricted access to enter and change the options of the setup menus while the user password only allows entry to the program but not modify options ...

Page 94: ...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 asked to e...

Page 95: ...on The IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION utility can automatically detect the IDE hard disk installed in your system You can use it to self detect and or correct the hard disk type configuration You need to repeat the setup for each of the IDE combinations ...

Page 96: ... press ENTER the values entered in the setup utility will be recorded in the chipset s CMOS memory The microprocessor will check this every time you turn your system on and compare this to what it finds as it checks the system This record is required for the system to operate ...

Page 97: ...88 SBC 557 User Manual Exit without saving Seleting this option and press Enter lets you exit the setup program without recording any new values or changing old ones ...

Page 98: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 89 4 Flat Panel CRT Controller Display Drivers and Utilities This chapter provides information about Driver types and installation C H A P T E R ...

Page 99: ...t require any special drivers to operate in standard modes The purpose of the enclosed software drivers is to take advantage of the extended features of the CHIPS VGA Flat Panel CRT controller Hardware configuration Some of the high resolution drivers provided in this package will work only in certain system configurations If a driver does not display correctly try the following 1 Change the displ...

Page 100: ...he hard disk Understand the MS DOS directory structure If you are uncertain about any of these concepts please refer to the DOS or OS 2 user reference guides for more information before you proceed with the installation Before you begin Make sure you know the version of the application for which you are installing drivers The Supporting CD ROM contain drivers for several versions of certain applic...

Page 101: ... these drivers through the WindowsÒ operating system Driver installation 1 Install WindowsÒ 95 as you normally would for a VGA display Click the Start button go to Settings and click on Control Panel Choose the Display icon and double click on the icon In the Display Properties window show as figure 1 figure 1 ...

Page 102: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 93 Click the setting buttom then click the Advanced Properties icon into the Advanced Display properties windows show as figure2 figure 2 ...

Page 103: ... Manual click on Change Display Type In the Change Display Type window click on the Change button under Adapter Type into the select Device window show as figure 3 This will bring up the Select Device window figure 3 ...

Page 104: ...Select Device window click on Have Disk Select Browse and find the Win95 driver chips95 inf in the Supporting CD ROM cd rom CD ROM model name driver vga driver win95 chips95 inf and then click OK cd rom the drive letter of your CD ROM drive model name the model number of your product figure 4 ...

Page 105: ...96 SBC 557 User Manual The name of the Chips And Tech 69000 PCI driver will appear highlighted in the Models list boxfhow as figure Click OK to start the driver installation show as figure 5 figure 5 ...

Page 106: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 97 3 Once the installation is complete the Advanced display Properties window will reappear Show as figure 6 figure 6 ...

Page 107: ...98 SBC 557 User Manual Click on close to close the window Then the Display Properties window will reappear Show as figure 7 figure 7 ...

Page 108: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 99 Click on Apply Restart the system for the new settings to take effect show as figure 8 figure 8 ...

Page 109: ... from the pull down menu choose Run At the Command Line prompt type cd rom CD ROM model name driver vga driver win31 setup exe Press the ENTER key or click OK to begin the installation cd rom the drive letter of your CD ROM drive model name the model number of your product At this point the setup program locates the directory where Windows is installed For proper operation the drivers must be inst...

Page 110: ...is completed you will need to perform a shutdown and then restart the system in order for changes to take effect A log of the information output during the install can be found in root OS2 INSTALL DISPLAY LOG 4 After restarting the system perform the following steps 1 Open the OS 2 System folder 2 Open the System Setup folder 3 Open the Display Driver Install Object This step will execute the Disp...

Page 111: ...57 User Manual 6 When the installation is complete you will need to shut down and then restart the system for the changes to take effect Make sure to remove the installation diskette before restarting the system ...

Page 112: ...then click the Display Type buttom into the Display Type windows then click on Change buttom from the Adapter Type icon And click on Have Disk buttom in the change display window 2 Place the Supporting CD ROM into your CD ROM drive and type cd rom CD ROM model name drive vga drive win98 nt windows nt nt35 Oemsetup inf cd rom the drive letter of your CD ROM drive model name the model number of your...

Page 113: ...CD ROM dirve In the Select Device window click on Have Disk select Browse and find the NT 4 0 driver from cd rom CD ROM model name dirver vga driver win98 nt windows nt nt40 Oemsetup inf cd rom the drive letter of your CD ROM drive model name the model number of your product and then click OK The name of the Chips and Technologies Inc Video Controller driver will appear highlighted in the Modules ...

Page 114: ...Chapter 5 Software Configuration 105 5 Ethernet Software Configuration This chapter describes how to configure the Etherent Card to match your applica tion requirements C H A P T E R ...

Page 115: ... 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 116: ...chdog Timer The mainboard is equipped with a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if processing comes to a standstill for whatever reason This feature ensures system reliability in industrial stand alone and unmanned environments A P P E N D I X ...

Page 117: ...mum value will be 255 In our design 2 255 will denote 2 255 sec outportb 0x443 30 set watchdog to 30 seconds 3 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 4 To disable watchdog timer output value 0 to port 0x443 outportb 0x443 0 disable watchdog timer 5 To ebable or refresh watchdog...

Page 118: ...e out interval to 10 seconds customer_job execute your job here be sure your job will finished within 10 seconds outportb 0x443 0 refresh watchdog timer otherwise the system will reset after time out outputb 0x443 20 set time out interval to 20 seconds another_job another job finished in 20 seconds outportb 0x443 0 disable watchdog timer ...

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Page 120: ...Appendix B Installing PC 104 Modules 111 B Installing PC 104 Modules This appendix provides instructions for installing PC 104 modules A P P E N D I X ...

Page 121: ... channel DIO Module PCM 3910 Breadboard Module PCM 3810 Solid State Disk Module Installing these modules on the SBC 557 is a quick and simple operation The following steps show how to mount the PC 104 modules Step1 Remove the SBC 557 from your system paying particular attention to the safety instructions already mentioned above Step2 Make any jumper or link changes required to the SBC now Once the...

Page 122: ...alling PC 104 Modules 113 PC 104 Module Mounting Diagram PC 104 Mounting Support Female Male PC 104 Module Main board 0 200 0 0 0 200 3 350 3 550 0 200 3 575 3 250 0 300 3 775 3 575 PC 104 module dimenstions inches 5 ...

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