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Table of Contents

 

Small Cube System

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Fanless Series

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FX5503 User’s Manual

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Chapter 1 Introducing the FX5503 System ................................................................................. 1

 

Overview ....................................................................................................................................1

 

Series Comparison Table .........................................................................................................2

 

Layout .........................................................................................................................................3

 

Specifications ............................................................................................................................4

 

Packing List.................................................................................................................................5

 

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ................................................................................................. 7

 

Before Installation .....................................................................................................................7

 

 

 

Connecting the DC Power Jack, Power Switch.............................................8

 

 

 

LED Indicators (On the Front Panel) ..................................................................8

 

 

 

Installing/Ejecting 2.5” HDD ................................................................................9

 

 

 

Connecting the Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse .................................................10

 

 

 

Connecting the COM1~COM4 ports .............................................................11

 

 

 

Connecting the LAN ports and USB Ports ......................................................11

 

 

 

Connecting the Audio Microphone In/ Speak Out.....................................12

 

 

 

Installing Compact Flash...................................................................................12

 

 

 

Installing Additional Memory: SoDIMM Socket For SDRAM Modules........13

 

 

 

Installing Mini PCI Card: Mini PCI Socket for WLAN Modules .....................14

 

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup.................................................................................................................. 17

 

Overview ..................................................................................................................................17

 

BIOS Functions...............................................................................................................18

 

Keyboard Convention ................................................................................................19

 

STANDARD CMOS SETUP........................................................................................................20

 

ADVANCED CMOS SETUP......................................................................................................22

 

ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP ...................................................................................................27

 

POWER MANAGEMENT ..........................................................................................................30

 

PCI/PLUG AND PLAY...............................................................................................................32

 

PERIPHERAL SETUP ...................................................................................................................34

 

Summary of Contents for FX5503

Page 1: ...FabiaTech Corporation IPC Solution Website http www fabiatech com Email support fabiatech com Small Cube System Fanless Series FX5503 User s Manual FAB 2006 Version 1 0 Part Number FX5503 ...

Page 2: ...nishing performance or use of this document Trademarks Trademarks brand names and products names mentioned in this publication are used for identification purpose only and are the properties of their respective owners Technical Support If you have problems or difficulties in using the system or setting up the relevant devices and software that are not explained in this manual please contact our se...

Page 3: ...g Ejecting 2 5 HDD 9 Connecting the Monitor Keyboard Mouse 10 Connecting the COM1 COM4 ports 11 Connecting the LAN ports and USB Ports 11 Connecting the Audio Microphone In Speak Out 12 Installing Compact Flash 12 Installing Additional Memory SoDIMM Socket For SDRAM Modules 13 Installing Mini PCI Card Mini PCI Socket for WLAN Modules 14 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 17 Overview 17 BIOS Functions 18 Keyboar...

Page 4: ...4 In 1 Driver 40 WIN 98 2000 XP Driver 40 LAN Utility Driver 41 Watchdog Timer 42 Watchdog Timer Setting 43 Watchdog Timer Enabled 43 Watchdog Timer Trigger 43 Watchdog Timer Disabled 43 Chapter5 Error Coding 45 Trouble Shooting for Post Beep and Error Messages 45 Appendix 49 Dimension 49 Technical Reference 50 Physical and Environmental 50 Serial Ports 51 Parallel Ports 55 ...

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Page 6: ...Built to unleash the total potential of the Intel Ultra low power CPU Able to support 650 MHz this system supports dual 10Base T 100Base TX LAN ports 256MB SDRAM 2 USB ports audio and a VGA controller Each FX5503 has four ports for I O communications Four RS 232C ports are available The FX5503 is perfect for POS and POI applications Internet Router VPN Gateway fire wall Mail Server WBT Thin Client...

Page 7: ... Intel ULV Power CPU 650Mhz SO DIMM Max Standard 512MB 256MB CRT VGA Yes Watchdog Timer Yes Multi I O Four RS232 Enhanced IDE One USB 1 1 Two Audio MIC In Audio Out RJ45 port 10 100Mbps Two IDE CF Socket One Power Connector DC Jack Dimensions Unit mm 148 D x 203 W X 55 H ...

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Page 9: ...one PS 2 compatible keyboard mouse interface One Audio MIC In and one Audio Line Out ear jet connectors One DC In plug connector with power switch One power LED one HDD CF access LED and two LAN LEDs One mini PCI socket for mini PCI I O modules Storage Bay One Compact Flash slot One 2 5 hard disk space Power requirement 12 24V DC with 15 tolerance 18VA maximum Dimensions 148 0mm D x 203 0mm W x 55...

Page 10: ...pecification of the cable s is compatible with the FX5503 system Note after you install the FX5503 it is recommended that you keep the diskette or CD that contains drivers and document files and keep the document copies or unused cables in the carton for future use The following lists the accessories that may be included in your FX5503 package Some accessories are optional items that are only ship...

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Page 12: ...wing descriptions 1 Before removing the cover shut down the operation System and disconnect power switch to off and unplug AC to DC Adapter cable 2 Install or unplug any connector Compact Flash and hard disk be sure that the power is disconnected or power switch to off from the system If not this may damage the system 3 The ESD Electricity Static Discharge may be created from human body that touch...

Page 13: ... power switch plugging its power adapter into a power outlet then switch power to on when you final installed system hardware device LED Indicators On the Front Panel The Power LAN and HDD LED have two distinctive statuses Off for inactive operation and blinking light for activity DC 12V to 24V 15 tolerance 22VA minimum On Power On LED1 Power LED Green LED2 HDD LED Red LED3 LAN Access LED Yellow L...

Page 14: ...to the IDE and stop when you feel resistance Installing Ejecting 2 5 HDD If you are installing hardware option you can remove the front cover The following figure will guide you how to install 2 5 HDD inside the FX5503 and how to install the FX5503 fixers Installing HDD The following figure will guide you install fix support HDD and to inside the FX5503 HDD ...

Page 15: ...igure and a side pictures 1 A VGA connector is provided for CRT display 2 The connector uses the included adapter cable you can attach standard PS 2 type keyboard and mouse Standard PS 2 keyboard can be plugged into this connector without any adapter cable If PS 2 keyboard and mouse will be used simultaneously a Y type 3 terminal adapter cable is needed Pin 1 Mouse Data Pin 2 Keyboard Data Pin 3 G...

Page 16: ...ndicates data is being accessed and the right side LED green indicates on line status On indicates on line and off indicates off line The following lists the pin assignment of RJ45 DB 9 RS 232 Signal 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground Case Case Ground DB 9 RS 232 Signal 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RXD 7 RTS 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground Case Case Ground LAN Signal LAN Signal 1 TPTX 5 FBG1...

Page 17: ...ual port USB connector Any USB device can be attached to USB ports with plug and play supported The left side port is USB 1 and the right side port is USB 2 Connecting the Audio Microphone In Speak Out Installing Compact Flash If you are installing compact flash to the FX5503 See following figure and rear pictures Line Out MIC In CF CARD ...

Page 18: ...nstalling Additional Memory SoDIMM Socket For SDRAM Modules You may extend additional memory to FX5503 remove the backside cover See as following figure and rear pictures The DIMM socket supports 128MB to 512MB of SDRAM modules ...

Page 19: ... module to FX5503 remove the backside cover and See as following figure and backside pictures Release the screws on the bottom of the unit Please see the spots circled Removing Backside Covers Release the screws on the bottom Release the Rear screws The following figure will guide you how to release the rear screws 2 3 4 1 ...

Page 20: ...ion 15 Caution Be very careful LED guide when handling and moving cover Removing Front Top Covers Release the screws The following figure will guide you how to release the front screws HARD DISK Installing Mini PCI Card ...

Page 21: ...FabIATech Corporation 16 Installing the Antenna Connect the antenna cable from backside antenna hold to Mini PCI WLAN the auxiliary board Please see the figure guide ...

Page 22: ...alled firmware that interacts directly with the hardware components and facilitates interaction between the system hardware and the operating system The BIOS default values ensure that the system will function at its normal capability In the worst situation the user may have corrupted the original settings set by the manufacturer All the changes you make will be saved in the system RAM and will no...

Page 23: ...d 11 Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings to auto configure the system according to optimal setting with pre defined values This is also the factory default setting of the system when you receive the board 12 Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings to configure the system in fail safe mode with predefined values 13 Save Settings and Exit perform this function when you change the setting and...

Page 24: ...o exit the current menu or message Page Up Page Down To select a parameter F1 To display the help menu if you do not know the purpose or function of the item you are going to configure F2 F3 To change the color of the menu display F2 is to go forward and F3 is to go backward UP Down Arrow Keys To go upward or downward to the desired item ...

Page 25: ...h day and year format Highlight the Time field and then press the Page Up Page Down or keys to set the current date Follow the hour minute and second format The user can bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC BAT file For information on how to create this file please refer to the MS DOS manual Floppy Setup The Standard CMOS Setup option records the types of floppy disk drives ins...

Page 26: ...our hard drive type If you use older hard disk drives which do not support this feature then you must configure the hard disk drive in the standard method as described above by the USER option Boot Sector Virus Protection This option protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications Any attempt to write to them will cause the system to halt and display...

Page 27: ...default settings Quick Boot This field is used to activate the quick boot function of the system When set to Enabled 1 BIOS will not wait for up to 40 seconds if a Ready signal is not received from the IDE drive and will not configure its drive 2 BIOS will not wait for 0 5 seconds after sending a RESET signal to the IDE drive 3 You cannot run BIOS Setup at system boot since there is no delay for t...

Page 28: ...to boot other available devices in following order if this question is set to Enabled Initial Display Mode This field specifies can set Normal POST screen BIOS or Boot with logo no POST messages Client Floppy Access Control This field specifies the read write access when booting from a floppy drive Available options Normal Read only Default setting Normal Hard Disk Access Control This field specif...

Page 29: ...BIOS swapped floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B and Drive B becomes Drive A under DOS Available options Disabled Enabled Default setting Disabled Floppy Drive Seek This field is used to set if the BIOS will seek the floppy A drive upon boot Available Options Disabled Enabled Default setting Disabled PS 2 Mouse Support The setting of Enabled allows the system to detect a PS 2 ...

Page 30: ...turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears if the BIOS executed Available options Setup Always Default setting Setup Boot To OS2 If OS2 operating system is used and the system RAM is over 64MB please select yes Otherwise select No Available options Yes No Default setting No Wait for F1 If Error AMIBIOS POST error messages are followed by Press F1 to continue If this field is set to D...

Page 31: ...ocal bus The settings are 1 Disabled The video ROM is not copied to RAM The contents of the video ROM cannot be read from or written to cache memory 2 Enabled The contents of C000h C7FFFh are written to the same address in system memory RAM for faster execution 3 Cached WP The contents of the named ROM area are written to the same address in system memory RAM for faster execution if an adapter ROM...

Page 32: ... frequencies If the installed SDRAM supports SPD function select SPD If not you can select based on other access time of the SDRAM Available Options Disabled Enabled Default setting Disabled DRAM Frequency This specifies the SDRAM memory clock frequency Available Options 100MHz 133MHz Default setting 100MHz SDRAM CAS Latency SCLKs This field specifies the latency for the Synchronous DRAM system me...

Page 33: ...ICLK 2 PCICLK 3 PCICLK 4 PCICLK 5 and PCICLK 6 Default setting PCICLK 4 NOTE 1 PCICLK means the PCI BUS inputs clock 33Mhz 2 User is recommended to use setting at the range of 8MHz to 10MHz USB Control Select Enabled if a USB device is installed to the system If Disabled are selected the system will not be able to use a USB device Available Options Disabled Enabled Default setting Enabled USB Devi...

Page 34: ...ecture SMA for frame buffer memory SMA allows system memory to be efficiently share by the host CPU and allocated depending on user preference application requirements and total size of system memory Available Options None 2MB 4MB 8MB 16MB and 32MB Default setting 8 MB Default setting 8 MB ...

Page 35: ... This field specifies the power conserving state that video subsystem enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired Available Options Disabled Standby Suspend Default setting Disabled Hard Disk Power Down Mode This field specifies the power conserving state that the hard disk drive enters after the specified period of hard drive inactivity has expired Available Options Disabl...

Page 36: ...n this length of time expires the system enters Suspend power state Available Options Disabled 1 Minute 2 Minute 4 Minute and 8 Minute up to 60 Minute Default setting Disabled Throttle Slow Clock Ratio When the system enter Suspend or standby mode the CPU clock runs only part of the time You may select the percent of time that the clock runs Available Options 0 6 25 25 37 5 75 87 5 and 93 75 100 D...

Page 37: ...tency Timer This field specifies the latency timings in PCI clock PCI devices installed in the PCI expansion bus Available Options 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 and 248 Default setting 64 Primary Graphics Adapter This field specifies which VGA display will be used when the system is boot You can select either the onboard AGP or the VGA card installed on the PCI bus Available Options AGP PCI Default set...

Page 38: ... Options Enable Disable Default setting Disable DMA Channel 0 7 When I O resources are controlled manually you can assign each system DMA as one of the following types based on the type of device using the interrupt ISA EISA devices comply with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt Such as IRQ5 for COM1 PnP PCI ISA devices comply with the Plug and Play standard whethe...

Page 39: ...sabled 3F8H COM1 2F8H COM2 and 3E8H COM3 2E8H COM4 Default setting 3F8 COM1 OnBoard Serial Port 3 4 These fields select the I O port address for Serial port 2 Available Options Auto Disabled 3F8H COM1 2F8H COM2 and 3E8H COM3 2E8H COM4 Default setting 2F8 COM2 Serial Port 3 4 IRQ These fields select the IRQ for each serial port Available Options 4 5 9 10 and 11 Default setting IRQ11 for Port 3 IRQ9...

Page 40: ...cifies the parallel port mode ECP and EPP are both bi directional data transfer schemes that adhere to the IEEE P1284 specifications Available Options N A Normal Bi Dir EPP and ECP Default setting Normal Parallel Port IRQ This field specifies the IRQ for the parallel port Available Options Auto N A 5 7 Default setting Auto Parallel Port DMA Channel This option is only available if the setting for ...

Page 41: ...ptions Disable Enable Default setting Disable SB I O Base Address These fields select the I O port address for Audio Available Options 220H 22FH 240H 24FH 260H 26FH and 280 28FH Default setting 220H 22FH SB IRQ Select This field specifies the IRQ for the Audio Available Options Disable 5 7 and 10 Default setting 5 SB DMA Select This field specifies the DMA for internal Audio Control Available Opti...

Page 42: ... can set up or monitor the system temperature CPU voltage and VIA C3 CPU Ration and CPU fan speed System Hardware Monitor In this field you can monitor or detect the followings items These items are view only and cannot be changed Current CPU Temperature Fan1 Speed CPU VCORE CPU VTT 3 300V ...

Page 43: ...he Supervisor password is set up 4 Enter Advanced CMOS Setup screen and point to the Password Checkup field 5 Select Always or Setup Always a visitor who attempts to enter BIOS or operating system will be prompted for password Setup a visitor who attempts to the operating system will be prompted for user password You can enter either User password or Supervisor password 6 Point to Save Settings an...

Page 44: ...device copy the VGA driver from the CD ROM to CF 2 Execute SETUP exe file 3 The screen shows the SETUP type Press any key to enter the main menu 4 As the setup is completed the system will generate the message as follows Yes I want to restart my computer now Installation is done No I will restart my computer later System must be restart then complete the installation 5 In the WINDOWS98 ME you can ...

Page 45: ...ater System must be restart then complete the installation VIA 4 In 1 Driver WIN 98 2000 XP Driver Installs VIA Chipset IRQ Routing AGP Driver and PCI IDE Bus Master 4in 1Driver 1 To install the VIA 4 IN 1 driver insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM device and enter DRIVER SysChip Via8606 If your system is not equipped with a CD ROM device copy the VIA 4 IN 1 driver from the CD ROM to CF or USB Devic...

Page 46: ...he CD ROM into the CD ROM device and enter DRIVER LAN RTL8139C If your system is not equipped with a CD ROM device copy the LAN VGA driver from the CD ROM to a 1 44 diskette 2 Execute install exe file Note In the LAN directory a HELPME EXE file is included to provide installation information ...

Page 47: ...ou can use your own program to enable the watchdog timer Once you have enabled the watchdog timer the program should trigger the I O every time before the timer times out If your program fails to trigger or disable this timer before it times out e g because of a system hang up it will generate a reset signal to reset the system The time out period can be programmed to be set from 1 to 256 seconds ...

Page 48: ...gger the watchdog timer before time out it will generate a reset pulse to reset the system The factor of the watchdog timer time out constant is approximately 1 second The period for the watchdog timer time out period is between 1 to 256 timer factors If you want to reset your system when watchdog times out the following table listed the relation of timer factors between time out periods Watchdog ...

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Page 50: ...nd connectors are in proper position and firmly attached If the errors still exist please contact with your distributor for maintenance POST BEEP Currently there are two kinds of beep codes in BIOS setup One indicates that a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by three ...

Page 51: ...and firmly attached 3 The correct hard drive type is selected in BIOS Setup ERROR INITIALIZING HARD DISK CONTROLLER When this error occurs ensure the following things 1 The cord is exactly installed in the bus 2 The correct hard drive type is selected in BIOS Setup 3 Whether all of the jumpers are set correctly in the hard drive FLOPPY DISK CONTROLLER ERROR OR NO CONTROLLER PRESENT When you cannot...

Page 52: ...ory fields MEMORY VERIFYING ERROR It indicates an error verifying a value is already written to memory Use the location along with your system s memory map to locate the bad chip OFFENDING ADDRESS MISSING This message is used in connection with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated REBOOT ERROR When this error occurs tha...

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Page 55: ...oration 50 Technical Reference Physical and Environmental DC Inputs 12 24V 22VA Minimal Temperature Operating 0 C 45 C Relative humidity 5 to 95 non condensing AC DC adapter Input AC Voltage Range 100V 240V 50Hz 60Hz ...

Page 56: ...n the ACE a completed MODEM control capability and a processor interrupt system that may be software tailored to the computing time required to handle the communications link The following table is a summary of each ACE accessible register DLAB Port Address Register Receiver buffer read 0 Base 0 Transmitter holding register write 0 Base 1 Interrupt enable X Base 2 Interrupt identification read onl...

Page 57: ...errupt Identification Register IIR Bit 0 0 if Interrupt Pending Bit 1 Interrupt ID Bit 0 Bit 2 Interrupt ID Bit 1 Bit 3 Must be 0 Bit 4 Must be 0 Bit 5 Must be 0 Bit 6 Must be 0 Bit 7 Must be 0 Line Control Register LCR Bit 0 Word Length Select Bit 0 WLS0 Bit 1 Word Length Select Bit 1 WLS1 WLS1 WLS0 Word Length 0 0 5 Bits 0 1 6 Bits 1 0 7 Bits 1 1 8 Bits Bit 2 Number of Stop Bit STB Bit 3 Parity ...

Page 58: ... 6 Must be 0 Bit 7 Must be 0 Line Status Register LSR Bit 0 Data Ready DR Bit 1 Overrun Error OR Bit 2 Parity Error PE Bit 3 Framing Error FE Bit 4 Break Interrupt BI Bit 5 Transmitter Holding Register Empty THRE Bit 6 Transmitter Shift Register Empty TSRE Bit 7 Must be 0 MODEM Status Register MSR Bit 0 Delta Clear to Send DCTS Bit 1 Delta Data Set Ready DDSR Bit 2 Training Edge Ring Indicator TER...

Page 59: ...ivisor Latch LS MS LS MS Bit 0 Bit 0 Bit 8 Bit 1 Bit 1 Bit 9 Bit 2 Bit 2 Bit 10 Bit 3 Bit 3 Bit 11 Bit 4 Bit 4 Bit 12 Bit 5 Bit 5 Bit 13 Bit 6 Bit 6 Bit 14 Bit 7 Bit 7 Bit 15 Desired Baud Rate Divisor Used to Generate 16x Clock 300 384 600 192 1200 96 1800 64 2400 48 3600 32 4800 24 9600 12 14400 8 19200 6 28800 4 38400 3 57600 2 115200 1 ...

Page 60: ...attachment of various devices that accept eight bits of parallel data at standard TTL level Data Swapper The system microprocessor can read the contents of the printer s Data Latch through the Data Swapper by reading the Data Swapper address Printer Status Buffer The system microprocessor can read the printer status by reading the address of the Printer Status Buffer The bit definitions are descri...

Page 61: ...ccept another Normally this signal will be active for approximately 5 microseconds before receiving a BUSY message stops Bit 5 A 1 means the printer has detected the end of the paper Bit 4 A 1 means the printer is selected Bit 3 A 0 means the printer has encountered an error condition Printer Control Latch Printer Control Swapper The system microprocessor can read the contents of the printer contr...

Page 62: ... 1 in this position allows an interrupt to occur when ACK changes from low state to high state Bit 3 A 1 in this bit position selects the printer Bit 2 A 0 starts the printer 50 microseconds pulse minimum Bit 1 A 1 causes the printer to line feed after a line is printed Bit 0 A 0 5 microsecond minimum highly active pulse clocks data into the printer Valid data must be present for a minimum of 0 5 ...

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