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SBC-558

Half Size Tillamook MMX

CPU Card With LCD, Ether

net & SSD

Summary of Contents for SBC-558

Page 1: ...SBC 558 Half Size Tillamook MMX CPU Card With LCD Ether net SSD...

Page 2: ...ices 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 Inter...

Page 3: ...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 nor...

Page 4: ...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 examp...

Page 5: ...al 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...

Page 6: ...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...

Page 7: ...stallation Procedures 15 DOC address select J1 16 COM2 RS 232 422 485 select J2 J3 J4 17 PC 104 Plus voltage select clear CMOS J5 19 LCD clock signal driving voltage select J6 20 Display connectors CN...

Page 8: ...r connectors P8 P9 PWR1 43 DiskOnChip socket U19 44 DiskOnChip DOC 2000 Installation 45 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 47 Starting setup 48 Setup keys 49 Getting help 50 In case of problem 50 Main setup m...

Page 9: ...llation 86 Windows 3 1 94 Driver installation 94 OS 2 95 Windows NT 3 51 97 Windows NT 4 0 98 Driver installation 98 Chapter 5 Ethernet Software configuration 99 Ethernet software configuration 100 Ap...

Page 10: ...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 11: ...A 33 mode Up to two IDE devices can be connected including large hard disks CD ROM drives and tape backup drives etc The SBC 558 also features power management to minimize power consumption It complie...

Page 12: ...rmation 3 Features Intel Tillamook Pentium MMX 266 BGA lower power CPU onboard Supports DiskOnChip SSD up to 288MB C T 69000 LCD controller supports 36 bit TFT Panels 100Base Tx Fast Ethernet Supports...

Page 13: ...al 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 Mou...

Page 14: ...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 simult...

Page 15: ...anual Mechanical and environmental Powersupplyvoltage 5V 4 75Vto5 25V 12V 11 4V to 12 6V Powerrequirement 5V 2 8A Operating temperature 32 to 140o F 0 to 60o C Boardsize 7 3 L x4 8 W 185mmx122mm Weigh...

Page 16: ...Chapter 1 General Information 7 Board layout...

Page 17: ...8 SBC 558 User Manual Board dimensions...

Page 18: ...pter 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...

Page 19: ...Plus voltage select CMOS setting J6 LCD clock signal driving voltage select Connectors Label Function CN1 LCD display connector CN2 USB connector CN3 Internal keyboard connector CN4 Parallel port con...

Page 20: ...Chapter 2 Installation 11 Locating jumpers J5 J1 J6 J4 J3 J2...

Page 21: ...12 SBC 558 User Manual Locating connectors CN14 CN8 PWR1 CN10 CN2 CN11 CN1 CN3 CN5 CN4 CN6 CN7 CN9...

Page 22: ...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 s...

Page 23: ...h regular and PC 100 SDRAM DIMM Module with or without parity The SBC 558 can only accept PC 100 SDRAM DIMM Module Single sided modules are typically 16 or 64 MB double sided modules are usually 32 or...

Page 24: ...this does not conflict with any other device s memory address J1 controls the momory address of the Flash disk DOC address select J1 D400 D800 DC00 Disable default Note These addresses might conflict...

Page 25: ...16 SBC 558 User Manual 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 COM2 Select J2 J3 J4 RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 J2 J3 J4 default 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 5 3 1 6 4 2 5 3 1 6 4 2 5 3 1 6 4 2...

Page 26: ...u the flexibility to attach PC 104 plus expansion modules you can change the J5 Jumper to select the voltage as your module request You also can clear the onboard CMOS data by J5 too Clear CMOS proced...

Page 27: ...18 SBC 558 User Manual PC 104 Plus voltage select J5 3 3V 5V J5 default Clear CMOS J5 Protect Clear CMOS J5 default 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5...

Page 28: ...can select the LCD connector CN6 driving voltage control signal by setting J6 The configurations are as follows 5 3 1 6 4 2 LCD clock signal driving voltage select J6 ASHF CLK 5V ASHFCLK 3 3V J6 SHFCL...

Page 29: ...tional 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...

Page 30: ...splay connector CN6 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 M...

Page 31: ...completely via the software utility You do not have to set any jumpers LCD display connector CN1 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...

Page 32: ...ive 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...

Page 33: ...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...

Page 34: ...llation 25 Keyboard and PS 2 mouse connector CN14 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 CN3 Pin Signal 1 KB_CLOCK 2 KB_DATA 3 N C...

Page 35: ...o connect the board to a printer The SBC 558 includes an onboard parallel port accessed through CN4 a 26 pin flat cable connector You need an adapter cable if you use a traditional DB 25 connector The...

Page 36: ...e disabled or changed to LPT2 or LPT3 in the system BIOS setup Parallel port connector table CN4 Parallel port connector CN4 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 STROBE 2 AUTOFD 3 DO 4 ERR 5 D1 6 INIT 7 D2 8 SLCTI...

Page 37: ...ion 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 co...

Page 38: ...itch CN7 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 CN7 Pin6 7 Pi...

Page 39: ...r computer chassis Pin assignments for CN1 Pin8 11 are shown below External speaker CN7 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...

Page 40: ...31 Hard drive LED CN7 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 CN7 Pin 13 14 Pin Function 13 HD L...

Page 41: ...al 100Base Tx Ethernet connector CN8 This 100Base Tx Ethernet connector CN8 is a standard RJ 45 connector The onboard Intel 82559 fast Ethernet controller supports 10Mb s and 100 Mb s N way auto negot...

Page 42: ...ach up to two Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics hard disk drives to the SBC 558 s CN9 The SBC 558 s IDE controller uses a PCI local bus interface This advanced interface supports faster data tran...

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...

Page 44: ...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 R...

Page 45: ...These ports allow you to connect them to serial devices mouse printers etc COM2 RS 232 422 485 serial ports CN5 COM2 RS 232 422 485 serial port CN5 PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL COM2 1 DCDB 6 DSRB 422TXD 485...

Page 46: ...y 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 consis...

Page 47: ...o 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 hav...

Page 48: ...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...

Page 49: ...wer connector Fan1 The SBC 558 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...

Page 50: ...wer 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...

Page 51: ...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...

Page 52: ...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 sys...

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Page 54: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 45 3 Award BIOS Setup This chapter describes how to configure the BIOS for the SBC 558 C H A P T E R...

Page 55: ...ng POST you can start the Setup program in one of two ways 1 By pressing Del immediately after switching the system on or 2 By pressing Del or pressing Ctrl Alt Esc when the following message appears...

Page 56: ...ic 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 co...

Page 57: ...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 b...

Page 58: ...andard 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 di...

Page 59: ...efaults 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...

Page 60: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 51 Standard CMOS setup When you choose the STANDARD CMOS SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 61: ...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 val...

Page 62: ...ads 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...

Page 63: ...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 44...

Page 64: ...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...

Page 65: ...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 s...

Page 66: ...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 fr...

Page 67: ...58 SBC 558 User Manual BIOS features setup By choosing the BIOS FEATURES SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 68: ...onal 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...

Page 69: ...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 extend...

Page 70: ...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 elimina...

Page 71: ...62 SBC 558 User Manual CHIPSET features setup By choosing the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 72: ...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 parameter...

Page 73: ...58 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...

Page 74: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 65 Power management setup By choosing the POWER MANAGEMENT option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 75: ...aving 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 Def...

Page 76: ...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 Bla...

Page 77: ...rive 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 hardw...

Page 78: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 69 PNP PCI configuration setup By choosing the PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP option from the initial SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 79: ...n 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...

Page 80: ...ce 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 des...

Page 81: ...C 558 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 perform...

Page 82: ...efaults 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...

Page 83: ...74 SBC 558 User Manual Integrated peripherals setup By choosing the INTEGRATD PERIPHERALS option from the initial SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 84: ...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 c...

Page 85: ...ther 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...

Page 86: ...ow 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 o...

Page 87: ...n 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 repea...

Page 88: ...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 find...

Page 89: ...80 SBC 558 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 90: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 81 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 91: ...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...

Page 92: ...e 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 wit...

Page 93: ...these drivers through the Windows operating system Driver installation 1 Install Windows 95 as you normally would for a VGA display Click the Start button go to Settings and click on Control Panel Cho...

Page 94: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 85 Click the setting buttom then click the Advanced Properties icon into the Advanced Display properties windows show as figure2 figure 2...

Page 95: ...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...

Page 96: ...elect 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 ro...

Page 97: ...88 SBC 558 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 98: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 89 3 Once the installation is complete the Advanced display Properties window will reappear Show as figure 6 figure 6...

Page 99: ...90 SBC 558 User Manual Click on close to close the window Then the Display Properties window will reappear Show as figure 7 figure 7...

Page 100: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 91 Click on Apply Restart the system for the new settings to take effect show as figure 8 figure 8...

Page 101: ...rom 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...

Page 102: ...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 DISPL...

Page 103: ...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 t...

Page 104: ...n 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 C...

Page 105: ...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 driv...

Page 106: ...Chapter 5 Software Configuration 97 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 107: ...he 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 you...

Page 108: ...dog 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...

Page 109: ...set Winbond W83977 If you want to use it you have to know how to read write the configuration register of W83977 The basic procedure is as follows 1 Enter configuration mode 2 Select Logical Device 3...

Page 110: ...2h of logical deivice 8 Logical Device 7 Register number 30h CR30 00h timer inactive 01h timer active Logicel Device 8 Register number F2h CRF2 00h Time out Disable 01h Time out occurs after 32 second...

Page 111: ..._PORT dw 3f0h DATA_PORT dw 3f1h SetWatchDog_Time PROC push bx push cx push dx mov bl 7 Select logical device number 7 mov ax 0130h write 01h to register 30h to activate timer call W977Write mov bl 8 S...

Page 112: ...7h Specific value to enter Config Mode mov dx cs CONFIG_PORT out dx al Write to Config Port twice out dx al jmp 2 Delay jmp 2 pop dx pop ax ret EnterConfig endp Exit to I O Chip Program Configuration...

Page 113: ...ectDevice proc push ax push dx mov al 07h Select control register 7 mov dx cs CONFIG_PORT out dx al Write to Config Port jmp 2 mov al bl Write logical device number mov dx cs DATA_PORT to Data Port ou...

Page 114: ...WritePROC push dx call EnterConfig Enter Config Mode call SelectDevice Select logical device mov dx cs CONFIG_PORT out dx al Select register number mov al ah mov dx cs DATA_PORT out dx al call ExitCon...

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Page 116: ...Appendix B Installing PC 104 Modules 107 B Installing PC 104 Modules This appendix provides instructions for installing PC 104 modules A P P E N D I X...

Page 117: ...8 channel DIO Module PCM 3910 Breadboard Module PCM 3810 Solid State Disk Module Installing these modules on the SBC 558 is a quick and simple operation The following steps show how to mount the PC 10...

Page 118: ...les 109 PC 104 PC 104 Plus Module Mounting Diagram PC 104 Mounting Support Female Male PC 104 Module Main board Female Male PC 104 PC 104 Plusmodule dimenstions inches 5 0 200 0 0 0 200 3 350 3 550 0...

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