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Chapter 4 Driver Installation

2. Place the Supporting CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive.

In the Select Device window, click on Have Disk, Select Browse,
and find the Win95 driver "chips95.inf" in the Supporting CD-
ROM with the following path, and then click OK.

cd-rom: \CD-ROM\model name\driver\vga driver\win95\

"cd-rom:": the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive

"model name": the model number of your product

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Summary of Contents for SBC-656

Page 1: ...SBC 656 Half Size Celeron 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: ...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 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: ...17 Supplementary information about DIMM 17 Memory Installation Procedures 17 Cache Memory 18 DOC address CPU frequency ratio select SW1 A B C D E F 19 LCD clock signal driving voltage select J2 21 Clear CMOS J3 22 COM2 RS 232 422 485 select J4 J5 23 Power connectors PWR1 CN13 24 CPU fan power connector CN1 25 IrDA connector CN2 Pin 1 4 26 Reset switch CN2 Pin 6 7 27 External internal speaker CN2 P...

Page 9: ...t connector CN14 43 Serial ports CN15 CN12 44 DiskOnChip socket U19 45 DiskOnChip DOC 2000 Installation 46 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 47 Starting setup 48 Setup keys 49 Getting help 50 In case of problem 50 Main setup menu 51 Standard CMOS setup 53 BIOS features setup 60 CHIPSET features setup 63 Power management setup 67 PNP PCI congfiguration setup 72 Load BIOS defaults Load setup defaults 74 In...

Page 10: ...river installation 86 Windows 3 51 94 Driver installation 94 Windows NT 4 0 95 Driver installation 95 Chapter 5 Ethernet Software configuration 97 Ethernet software configuration 98 Appendix A Programming the Watchdog Timer 99 Programming the watchdog timer 100 Watchdog timer 100 Configuration register 100 Appendix B Installing PC 104 Modules 107 Installing PC 104 modules 108 ...

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: ...ler supports 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 656 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 t...

Page 13: ...neral Information 3 Features Supports Intel Celeron CPUs up to 466MHz Supports DiskOnChip SSD up to 144MB C T 69000 LCD controller supports 36 bit TFT Panels 100Base Tx Fast Ethernet Supports H W status monitoring ...

Page 14: ...60KB 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 P...

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: ...Mechanical and environmental Powersupplyvoltage 5V 4 75Vto5 25V 12V 11 4V to 12 6V Powerrequirement 5V 4 1A Celeron300MHz Operating temperature 32 to 140o F 0 to 60o C Boardsize 13 3 L x4 8 W 338mmx122mm Weight 1 2 lb 0 5 Kg ...

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

Page 18: ...8 SBC 656 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: ...as a number of jumpers that allow 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 SW1 B C DOC address select SW1 D E F CPU frequency ratio select J2 LCD clock signal driving voltage select J3 Clear CMOS J4 COM2 RS 232 422 485 select J5 COM2 RS 232 422 485 select ...

Page 21: ... drive LED CN3 IDE hard drive 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 656 User Manual Locating jumpers J4 J5 J3 J2 SW1 ...

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

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 656 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 656 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: ...has been embedded into the Celeron CPU you do not have to take care of either SRAM chips or SRAM modules The built in second level cache in the Celeron yields much higher performance than the external cache memories The cache size in the Celeron CPU is either 128 KB ...

Page 29: ...ou should ensure this does not conflict with any other device s memory address SW1 B C controls the momory address of the Flash disk DOC address select SW1 B C D400 D800 DC00 Disable Note These addresses might conflict with the ROM BIOS of other peripheral boards Please select the appropriate memory address to avoid memory conflicts ON A B C D E F ON A B C D E F ON A B C D E F ON A B C D E F ...

Page 30: ...s listed above If the CPU you are using requires higher ratio then 5 5X it is most likely pre locked CPU frequency ratio select CPU core frequency CPU frequency ratio 3 5 5 External bus clock 66 or 100 MHz CPU frequency ratio select SW1 D E F 3X 3 5X 4 0X 4 5X 5X 5 5X default ON A B C D E F ON A B C D E F ON A B C D E F ON A B C D E F ON A B C D E F ON A B C D E F ...

Page 31: ... can select the LCD connector CN6 driving voltage control signal by setting J2 The configurations are as follows LCD clock signal driving voltage select J2 ASHF CLK 5V ASHFCLK 3 3V J2 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 32: ...You can connect an external jumper cap or switch to clear CMOS Clear CMOS procedure 1 Disconnect all power source 2 Move J3 from 1 2 to 2 3 for few seconds 3 Move J3 back to 1 2 Clear CMOS J3 Protect Clear CMOS J3 default 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 33: ... SBC 656 COM2 serial port can be selected as RS 232 RS 422 or RS 485 by setting J4 J5 COM2 Select J4 J5 RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 J4 J5 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 J4 1 4 7 10 3 6 9 12 J5 1 4 7 10 3 6 9 12 ...

Page 34: ...power 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 CN13 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 CN13 Pin P8 Color Pin P9 Color 1 Black 1 Red 2 Black 2 Red 3 Blue...

Page 35: ...nnector CN1 The SBC 656 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 CN1 Pin Signal 1 GND 2 12V 3 Fan speed sense 1 2 3 ...

Page 36: ...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 CN2 Pin 1 5 IrDA connector CN2 Pin1 5 Pin Signal 1 Vcc 2 FIrRx 3 IrRx 4 GN...

Page 37: ...witch CN2 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 CN2 Pin6 7 Pin Function 6 RST IN 7 GND 6 7 CN2 ...

Page 38: ...speaker on your computer chassis Pin assignments for CN2 Pin8 11 are shown below External speaker CN2 Pin 8 11 Pin Function 8 Vcc For external speaker use 9 N C 10 BZ_IN 11 BUZZ 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 CN2 ...

Page 39: ...n 29 Hard drive LED CN2 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 CN2 Pin 13 14 Pin Function 13 HD LED 14 HD LED 13 14 CN2 ...

Page 40: ...ch up to two Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics hard disk drives to the SBC 656 s CN3 The SBC 656 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 CN3 ...

Page 41: ...ke 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 ...

Page 42: ...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 43: ...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 44: ...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 45: ...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 46: ...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 5 ...

Page 47: ...tallation 37 Keyboard and PS 2 mouse connector CN11 Mini DIN 6 pins Pin Signal 1 KB DATA 2 MS DATA 3 GND 4 Vcc 5 KB CLOCK 6 MS CLOCK Internal keyboard connector CN8 Pin Signal 1 KB_CLOCK 2 KB_DATA 3 N C 4 GND 5 Vcc ...

Page 48: ... to connect the board to a printer The SBC 656 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 49: ...be 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 50: ...in daisy 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 w...

Page 51: ... 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 ...

Page 52: ...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 53: ... 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 54: ...2 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 CN2 PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL COM2 1 DCDB 6 DSRB 422TXD 485DATA 2 RXDB 7 RTSB 422RXD 3 TXDB 8 CTSB 422TXD 485DATA 4 DTRB 9 RIB 422RXD 5 GND 10 N C CN15 COM1 9 2 1 10 9 5 1 6 CN12 COM2 ...

Page 55: ...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 56: ...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 57: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 47 3 Award BIOS Setup This chapter describes how to configure the BIOS for the system C H A P T E R ...

Page 58: ...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 59: ...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 60: ... 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 61: ...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 62: ...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 63: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 53 Standard CMOS setup When you choose the STANDARD CMOS SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 64: ... 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 two 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 d...

Page 65: ...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 66: ...d in the computer None No diskette drive installed 360K 5 25 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 T...

Page 67: ... S 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 s t i b 6 3 T F T 8 6 7 x 4 2 0 1 Pannel This selection item allow user to select LCD BIOS to match the LCD types There are eight LCD types available for users to select...

Page 68: ...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 megabyte...

Page 69: ...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 70: ...60 SBC 656 User Manual BIOS features setup By choosing the BIOS FEATURES SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 71: ...al Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional 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 appe...

Page 72: ...bus Shadowing improves the performance of the system BIOS and similar ROM firmware for expansion peripherals but it also reduces the amount of high memory 640 KB to 1 MB 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...

Page 73: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 63 CHIPSET features setup By choosing the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 74: ...g lost while using your system Because of the complexity and technical nature of some of the options not all of the options are described here SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This field lets you control the number of DCLKs between a Row Activate command and a read or write command SDRAM RAS Precharge Time The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM r...

Page 75: ...electing Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h to C7FFFh resulting in better video performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video memory RAM at A0000h to AFFFFh resulting in better video performance Howev er if any program writes to this memory area a memory access error may ...

Page 76: ...o support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk When the Auto Detect DIMM PCI clk enable the Utility will automatically detect the DIMM PCI clock in your system Spread Spectrum When the system clock generator pulses the extreme values of the pulse generate excess EMI Enabling pulse spectrum spread modulation chang...

Page 77: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 67 Power management setup By choosing the POWER MANAGEMENT option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 78: ...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 79: ...andards 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 Video Off After As the system moves from lesser to greater power saving modes select the mode in which you want the monitor to blank MODEM Use IRQ Name the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your syste...

Page 80: ... the selected period of drive inactivity any system IDE devices compatible with the ATA 2 specification or later power manage themselves putting themselves into an idle state after the specified timeout and then waking themselves up when accessed Throttle Duty Cycle When the system enters Doze mode the CPU clock runs only part of the time You may select the percent of time that the clock runs VGA ...

Page 81: ... Setup 71 Reload Global Timer Events When Enabled an event occurring on each device listed below restarts the global timer for Standby mode IRQ3 7 9 15 NMI Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Floppy Disk Serial Port Parallel Port ...

Page 82: ...72 SBC 656 User Manual PNP PCI configuration setup By choosing the PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP option from the initial SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 83: ... the interrupt request IRQ and DMA assignment fields disappear as the BIOS automatically assigns them Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot Assign IRQ ...

Page 84: ...The BIOS DEFAULTS provides the most stable settings though they do not provide optimal performance 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 system on ...

Page 85: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 75 Integrated peripherals setup By choosing the INTEGRATD PERIPHERALS option from the initial SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 86: ...fer rate for each IDE device On Chip PCI IDE Primary The system chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the primary and or secondary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this inter face if you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB...

Page 87: ... Setup 77 RxD TxD Active Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port EPP Mode select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 ...

Page 88: ...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 89: ...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 90: ...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 91: ... 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 ...

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Page 93: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 83 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 94: ...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 95: ...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 applications F...

Page 96: ...l 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 97: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 87 Click the setting buttom then click the Advanced Properties icon into the Advanced Display properties windows show as figure2 figure 2 ...

Page 98: ...r 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 99: ... Device window click on Have Disk Select Browse and find the Win95 driver chips95 inf in the Supporting CD ROM with the following path and then click OK cd rom CD ROM model name driver vga driver win95 cd rom the drive letter of your CD ROM drive model name the model number of your product figure 4 ...

Page 100: ...9 0 SBC 656 User Manual The name of the Chips And Techn 69000 PCI driver will appear highlighted in the Models list boxfhow as figure Click OK to start the driver installation show as figure 6 figure 6 ...

Page 101: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 91 3 Once the installation is complete the Advanced display Proper ties window will reappear Show as figure 7 figure 7 ...

Page 102: ...9 2 SBC 656 User Manual Click on close to close the window Then the Display Properties window will reappear Show as figure 8 figure 8 ...

Page 103: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 93 Click on Apply Restart the system for the new settings to take effect show as figure 9 figure 9 ...

Page 104: ...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 prod...

Page 105: ...our 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 Modu...

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Page 107: ...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 108: ...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 configurati...

Page 109: ...hdog 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 110: ...set Win bond 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 Select register number 4 Write read data to from register 5 Exit configuration mode To Enter Exit the configuration mode is to write a specific value to configuration port 3F1h Enter configuration mo...

Page 111: ...F2h 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 seconds 02h Time out occurs after 1 minute 32 seconds 03h Time out occurs after 2 minute 32 seconds 04h Time out occurs after 3 minute 32 seconds FFh Time out occurs after 254 minutes 32 seconds ...

Page 112: ...G_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 movbl 8 Select logical device number 8 mov ax 01f2h write time out value 01h to register F2h call W977Write set time out value to 32 sec pop dx pop cx pop bx mov ah 4ch int 21h ret SetWatchDog_Time ENDP ...

Page 113: ...87h 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 Register Mode ExitConfig proc push ax push dx mov al 0aah Specific value to exit Config Mode mov dx cs CONFIG_PORT out dx al pop dx pop ax ret ...

Page 114: ...lectDevice 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 out dx al pop dx pop ax ret SelectDevice endp Setting I O Chip Program Configuration Register Value Input al register number ah setting value ...

Page 115: ...7WritePROC 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 ExitConfig Exit Config Mode pop dx ret W977WriteENDP end ...

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Page 117: ...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 118: ... channel DIO Module PCM 3910 Breadboard Module PCM 3810 Solid State Disk Module Installing these modules on the SBC 656 is a quick and simple operation The following steps show how to mount the PC 104 modules Step1 Remove the SBC 656 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 119: ...alling PC 104 Modules 109 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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