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Power connectors (PWR1, CN5)

Power connector (PWR1)

The power supply uses 12-pin connector shown below. Make sure
you plug in the right direction.

ATX power connector

(PWR1)

Pin

Signal

N.C.

+5V

+12V

-12V

GND

-5V

+5V

CPU fan power connector (CN5)

Plug in the fan cable to the 3-pin fan connector onboard. The fan
connector is marked CN5.

CPU fan power connector (CN5)

Pin

Signal

Fan speed sense

+12V

GND

Summary of Contents for SBC-770

Page 1: ...SBC 770 Pentium II CPU Card with LCD Ethernet High Drive 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: ...Manual this manual in PDF file Ethernet drivers and utilities VGA drivers and utilities BIOSfiles 1 Hard disk drive IDE interface cable 1 Floppy disk drive interface cable 1 6 pin mini DIN dual outlet adapter for keyboard and PS 2 mouse 1 mounting bracket contains 1 Parallel port adapter 26 pins and COM2adapter forRS 232 422 485 If any of these items are missing or damaged contact your distribu to...

Page 7: ...0 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: ...ing module 16 Installing DRAM DIMMs 18 Cache Memory 19 Clear CMOS J2 20 LCD driving voltage select J4 20 System temperature thermal sensor J5 21 CPU frequency ratio select J6 21 Pentium II CPU jumper setting examples 22 LCD clock signal select J7 24 DOC address select J8 25 COM2 RS 232 422 485 select J10 J9 26 Power connectors PWR1 CN5 27 Power connector PWR1 27 CPU fan power connector CN5 27 Powe...

Page 9: ... VGA display connector CN15 37 LCD display connector CN6 38 Serial ports CN16 CN11 39 COM2 RS 232 422 485 serial prots CN11 39 100Base Tx Ethernet connector CN17 39 Keyboard and PS 2 mouse connector CN18 CN13 40 DiskOnChip socket U34 41 DiskOnChip DOC 2000 Installation 42 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 43 Starting setup 44 Setup keys 45 Getting help 46 In case of problem 46 Main setup menu 47 Standard...

Page 10: ...82 Hardware configuration 82 Necessary prerequisites 83 Before you begin 83 Windows 95 84 Driver installation 84 Windows 3 51 92 Driver installation 92 Windows NT 4 0 93 Driver installation 93 Chapter 5 Ethernet Software configuration 95 Ethernet software configuration 96 Appendix A Programming the Watchdog Timer 97 Programming the watchdog timer 98 How to set the watchdog timer 98 Demo program 99...

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Page 12: ...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 13: ... 33 mode Up to four IDE devices can be connected including large hard disks CD ROM drives and tape backup drives etc The SBC 770 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 system or generate...

Page 14: ... Supports Intel Pentium II CPUs up to 450MHz 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 High Drive design to enhance the ISA driving capacity ...

Page 15: ...upports Ultra DMA 33 mode with data transfer rate 33MB Sec FDD interface Supports up to two floppy disk drives 5 25 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 16C550 equivalent IR inte...

Page 16: ...bond W83781D H W status monitoring IC supports power supply voltages fan speed and temperatures monitor ing Flat Panel CRT Interface Chipset C T69000 Displaymemory Built in2MBSDRAM 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 ...

Page 17: ...ual Mechanical and environmental Powersupplyvoltage 5V 4 75Vto5 25V 12V 11 4V to 12 6V Typicalpowerrequirement 5V 7A 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 18: ...Chapter 1 General Information 7 Board layout ...

Page 19: ...8 SBC 770 User Manual Board dimensions 13 327 4 803 1 673 1 861 0 570 0 076 2 470 0 478 1 874 0 228 3 174 0 126 0 795 ...

Page 20: ...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 21: ...rs 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 J2 Clear CMOS J4 LCD driving voltage select J5 System temperature thermal sensor J6 CPU frequency ratio select J7 LCD clock signal select J8 DOC address select J9 COM2 RS 232 422 485 select J10 COM2 RS 232 422 485 select ...

Page 22: ...nnector Primary CN8 IDE hard drive connector Secondary CN9 IrDA connector CN10 Parallel port connector CN11 COM2 RS 232 422 485 serial port connector CN12 Floppy drive connector CN13 Internal keyboard connector CN14 USB connector CN15 VGA display connector CN16 COM1 RS 232 serial port connector CN17 100Base Tx Ethernet connector CN18 Keyboard and PS 2 mouse connector U34 DiskOnChip socket PWR1 Pow...

Page 23: ...12 SBC 770 User Manual Locating jumpers J2 J9 J15 J10 J8 J4 J7 J5 J6 ...

Page 24: ...Chapter 2 Installation 13 Locating connectors CN1 CN4 CN11 U34 CN2 CN17 CN13 PWR1 CN15 CN18 CN16 CN14 CN9 CN10 CN3 CN6 CN5 CN8 CN7 CN12 ...

Page 25: ...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 26: ...can be dam aged by the sudden rush of power Only experi enced electronics personnel should open the system chassis Caution Always ground yourself to remove any static charge before touching the system board Modern electronic devices are very sensitive to static electric charges Use a grounding wrist strap at all times Place all electronic components on a static dissipative surface or in a static s...

Page 27: ...ese are two types of cooling methods one with a cooling fan attached to the heat sink of the Pentium II module the other with a huge heat sink without any cooling fan attached Both cooling methods for the Pentium II require a retention module to firmly fix the Pentium II CPU to Slot 1 The follow ing figures illustrate the steps involved in mounting the retention module and installing the CPU and c...

Page 28: ...Chapter 2 Installation 17 Mounting CPU and cooling modules Step 1 Mounting CPU and cooling modules Step 2 Step 1 Step 2 ...

Page 29: ...Hz or up CPU is used The SBC 770 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 socke...

Page 30: ...an the external cache memo ries The cache size in the Pentium II CPU is either 256 KB or 512 KB Normally for workstation and server application the 256 KB version is enough However if your system is for heavy duty applications the 512 KB version will help a lot Specifically for our Pentium II based SBC the Pentium II has another version that provides much better data security if combined with the ...

Page 31: ...tting J4 The configurations are as follows LCD driving voltage select J4 5V 3 3V default 1 2 3 1 2 3 Clear CMOS J2 You can use J2 to clear the CMOS data if necessary To reset the CMOS data set J2 to 2 3 closed for just a few seconds and then move the jumper back to 1 2 closed Clear CMOS J2 Protect Clear CMOS J2 default 1 2 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 32: ...emperature thermal sensor in order to detect the system temperature CPU frequency ratio select J6 CPU core frequency CPU frequency ratio 3 5 5 External bus clock 66 or 100 MHz CPU frequency ratio select J6 3x 3 5x 4x 4 5x 5x 5 5x default 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 ...

Page 33: ...anual Pentium II CPU jumper setting examples Pentium II CPU J6 233 66MHz 266 66MHz 300 66MHz 333 66MHz 300 100MHz 350 100MHz 400 100MHz 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 ...

Page 34: ...Chapter 2 Installation 23 Pentium II CPU J6 450 100MHz 500 100MHz 550 100MHz default 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 ...

Page 35: ...BC 770 User Manual J7 LCD clock signal select J7 You can select the LCD control signal by setting J7 The following charts show the available option LCD clock signal select J7 SFCLK SHCLK default 1 2 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 36: ... does not conflict with any other device s memory address J8 controls the memory address of the Flash disk DiskOnChip 2000 memory address J8 Memory address HEX DISABLE DC00 D400 D800 default These addresses might conflict with the ROM BIOS of other peripheral boards Please select the appropriate memory address to avoid memory conflicts 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 37: ...lect J10 J9 The SBC 770 COM2 serial port can be selected as RS 232 RS 422 or RS 485 by setting J10 J9 COM2 Select J10 J9 RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 J10 J9 default 12 9 6 3 10 7 4 1 12 9 6 3 10 7 4 1 5 3 1 6 4 2 5 3 1 6 4 2 5 3 1 6 4 2 12 9 6 3 10 7 4 1 ...

Page 38: ... sure you plug in the right direction ATX power connector PWR1 Pin Signal 1 N C 2 5V 3 12V 4 12V 5 GND 6 GND 7 GND 8 GND 9 5V 10 5V 11 5V 12 5V CPU fan power connector CN5 Plug in the fan cable to the 3 pin fan connector onboard The fan connector is marked CN5 CPU fan power connector CN5 Pin Signal 1 Fan speed sense 2 12V 3 GND ...

Page 39: ...able the keyboard so the PC will not respond to any input This is useful if you do not want anyone to change or stop a running program Connect the switch between Pin 4 and 5 of CN1 Power LED and keylock CN1 Pin Function 1 LED power Vcc 2 N C 3 GND 4 Keyboard lock 5 GND Hard drive LED CN2 You can connect an LED to CN2 to indicate when the HDD is active Hard drive LED CN2 Pin Function 1 HD LED 2 HD ...

Page 40: ...elow External speaker CN3 Pin Function 1 Vcc For external speaker use 2 Speaker For external speaker use 3 Internal Buzzer 4 Speaker default External speaker CN3 Internal Buzzer External Speaker Reset switch CN4 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 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 41: ...y red or blue and the other wires are usually gray 1 Connect one end of the cable to CN7 or CN8 Make 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 locatio...

Page 42: ... 6 DATA 9 7 DATA 5 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 ...

Page 43: ...nection 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 orentation when you plug onto IrDA connector CN9 IrDA connector CN9 Pin Signal 1 Vcc 2 FIrRx 3 IrRx 4 GND 5 IrTx 6 CI...

Page 44: ...able has a 26 pin connector on one end and a DB 25 connector on the other Parallel port IRQ The mainbaord 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 CN10 Parallel port connector CN10 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 G...

Page 45: ...12 Make sure that the red or blue wire corresponds to pin 1 on the connector 2 Attach the appropriate connector on the other end of the cable to the floppy drive s You can use only one connector in the set The set on the end after the twist in the cable connects to the A drive The set in the middle connects to the B drive 3 If you are connecting a 5 floppy drive line up the slot in the printed cir...

Page 46: ... 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 47: ...es which give 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 CN14 Pin Function Pin Function 1 Vcc 6 Vcc 2 USBDO 7 USBD1 3 USBDO 8 USBD1 4 GND 9 GND 5 GND 10 N C ...

Page 48: ...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 VGA display connector CN15 VGA display connector CN15 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 Hori...

Page 49: ...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 50: ...y auto negotiation operation Serial ports CN16 CN11 The SBC 770 offers two serial ports one RS 232 CN16 and one RS 232 422 485 CN11 These ports allow you to connect them to serial devices mouse printers etc COM2 RS 232 422 485 serial ports CN11 COM2 RS 232 422 485 serial port CN11 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...

Page 51: ...ing 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 Keyboard and PS 2 mouse connector CN18 Pin Signal 1 KB DATA 2 MS DATA 3 GND 4 Vcc 5 KB CLOC...

Page 52: ...om 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 us...

Page 53: ...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 54: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 43 3 Award BIOS Setup This chapter describes how to configure the BIOS for the system C H A P T E R ...

Page 55: ...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 56: ...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 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 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 58: ...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 59: ...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 60: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 49 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 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 62: ...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 63: ...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 64: ... 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 allows user to select LCD BIOS to match the LCD types There are eight LCD types available for users to selec...

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 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 66: ...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 67: ...56 SBC 770 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: ...al Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type and 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 app...

Page 69: ... drives with 720 KB 1 2 MB and 1 44 MB capacity all have 80 tracks Because very few modern PCs have 40 track floppy drives we recommend that you set this field to Disabled to save time Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots When toggled On the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations Gate A20 Op...

Page 70: ...ware not shadowed must be read by the system through the 8 bit X 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 eli...

Page 71: ...60 SBC 770 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: ...being 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 DR...

Page 73: ...cting 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 res...

Page 74: ...r to 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 ch...

Page 75: ...64 SBC 770 User Manual Power management setup By choosing the POWER MANAGEMENT option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 76: ...er 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 77: ...ards 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 system A...

Page 78: ...fter 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 ...

Page 79: ...obal 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 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 Floppy Disk Serial Port Parallel Port ...

Page 80: ...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 81: ...ds 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 IRQ n Assigned to When resources are controlled manually assi...

Page 82: ...ces compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture Assign IRQ for VGA If you are not using your system s VGA controller select Disabled to free the IRQ resource Used Mem base addr Select a base address for the memory area used by any peripheral that requires high memory Assign IRQ for USB Select Enabled if your system has a USB controller and you have on...

Page 83: ...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 84: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 73 Integrated peripherals setup By choosing the INTEGRATD PERIPHERALS option from the initial SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed ...

Page 85: ...ransfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 33 MB s When you select Auto in the four IDE UDMA fields for each of up to four IDE devices that the internal PCI IDE interface supports the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device On Chip PCI IDE Primary Secondary The system chips...

Page 86: ...C or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field Onboard Serial Ports 1 2 Select a logical COM port address for the first and second serial ports 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 87: ...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 88: ...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 89: ...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 90: ... 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 92: ...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 93: ...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 94: ...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 95: ...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 96: ...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 97: ...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 98: ... 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 99: ...8 8 SBC 770 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 100: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 89 3 Once the installation is complete the Advanced display Proper ties window will reappear Show as figure 7 figure 7 ...

Page 101: ...9 0 SBC 770 User Manual Click on close to close the window Then the Display Properties window will reappear Show as figure 8 figure 8 ...

Page 102: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 91 Click on Apply Restart the system for the new settings to take effect show as figure 9 figure 9 ...

Page 103: ...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 104: ...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 106: ...Chapter 5 Software Configuration 95 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: ...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 108: ...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 109: ...nds 2 To set the time out event output data to prot 0x444 0 reset system 1 2 3 IRQ 10 15 11 respectively 4 NMI e g outportb 0x444 0 set time out event to reset system 3 To disable watchdog timer output value 0 to port 0x443 outportb 0x443 0 disable watchdog timer 4 To ebable or refresh watchdog timer the watchdog timer will return to its initial value then count down access the I O port 0x443 e g ...

Page 110: ... 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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