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PCM-6890B

All-in-One FC/Socket 370 Celeron

Single Board Computer with

LCD, Ethernet, Audio, & 4 COMs

Summary of Contents for PCM-6890B

Page 1: ...PCM 6890B All in One FC Socket 370 Celeron Single Board Computer with LCD Ethernet Audio 4 COMs...

Page 2: ...ANT TO PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES THESE LIMITS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REASON ABLE PROTECTION AGAINTST HARMFUL INTERFER ENCE WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT THIS EQUIPMENT GEN...

Page 3: ...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 Internati...

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 nor...

Page 5: ...service time and freight Please consult your dealer for more details If you think you have a defective product follow these steps 1 Collect all the information about the problem encountered For examp...

Page 6: ...Board Computer 1 Quick Installation Guide 1 CD ROM contains the followings User s Manual this manual in PDF file Ethernet drivers and utilities VGA drivers and utilities Audio drivers and utilities L...

Page 7: ...horoughly 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 stro...

Page 8: ...ystem temperature thermal sensor J2 17 Mic_Amp JP1 17 COM3 COM4 RI pin voltage select J3 J4 18 Audio output select J5 19 ATX Soft Power Switch connector J6 19 COM2 RS 232 422 485 select J10 J7 20 LCD...

Page 9: ...g help 44 In case of problem 44 Main setup menu 45 Standard CMOS setup 47 BIOS features setup 53 CHIPSET features setup 67 Powr management setup 61 PNP PCI configuration setup 66 Load BIOS defaults Lo...

Page 10: ...re configuration 94 Chapter 6 Audio Setup 95 Introduction 96 Setting Up in Windows 95 96 Installing the Drivers and the Application 97 Setting Up in NT 4 0 99 Installing the Audio Drivers 99 Driver in...

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: ...he built in high speed PCI IDE controller 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 PCM 6890B also featu...

Page 13: ...III Celeron CPUs and compatible CPUs C T69000 LCD controller supports 36 bit TFT Panels 10 100Base T Fast Ethernet Integrated AC 97 2 0 meets PC98 Basic Audio spec SoundBlaster compatible PCI 3D Audio...

Page 14: ...pports 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 ports Three RS 232 and...

Page 15: ...ced CRT and LCD TFT DSTN and Mono displays Can display both CRT and Flat Panel simultaneously Resolution Up to 1024x768 64K colors PCI Sound Interface Chipset ESSSolo 1 Wave Table synthesis 32 Voice P...

Page 16: ...sion Slots PC 104 connector One 16 bit 104 pin connector onboard PCI slot One 32 bit PCI slot onboard Mechanical and environmental Power supply voltage 5V 4 75V to 5 25V 12V 11 4V to 12 6V Typicalpowe...

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

Page 18: ...8 PCM 6890B User Manual Board dimensions AAEON PCM 6890B Rev B1 0 Mechanical Drawing UNIT mm 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00...

Page 19: ...pter describes how to set up the main board hardware including instruc tions on setting jumpers and connecting peripherals switches and indicators Be sure to read all the safety precautions before you...

Page 20: ...t your application The following tables list the function of each of the board s jumpers and connectors Jumpers Label Function J1 Clear CMOS J2 System temperature thermal sensor J3 COM4 RI pin voltage...

Page 21: ...connector CN7 Front panel connector CN8 IrDA connector CN9 ATX power connector CN10 LCD display connector CN11 Keyboard and PS 2 mouse connector CN12 VGA display connector CN13 Audio connector CN14 P...

Page 22: ...12 PCM 6890B User Manual Locating jumpers connectors PCI1 DIM1 CN4 CN11 J5 CN9 CN10 J8 LED2 CN15 CN16 CN12 CN13 CN17 CN14 J7 J10 J6 CN8 CN6 CN7 CN3 J3 J4 CPU1 CN1 CN2 CN5 JP11 J12 J13 J1 J9 SW1 JP1...

Page 23: ...e pins to connect them To close a jumper you connect the pins 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 connec...

Page 24: ...connections while the power is on as sensitive electronic components can be dam aged by the sudden rush of power Only experi enced electronics personnel should open the PC chassis Caution Always groun...

Page 25: ...r The PCM 6890B can only accept PC 100 SDRAM Module Single sided modules are typically 16 or 128MB double sided modules are usually 32 or 256 MB Memory Installation Procedures To install SDRAM first m...

Page 26: ...nto the Celeron Pentium III CPUs 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...

Page 27: ...order to detect the system temperature Mic_Amp JP1 Clear CMOS J1 You can use J1 to clear the CMOS data if necessary To reset the CMOS data set J1 to 2 3 closed for just a few seconds and then move th...

Page 28: ...J3 J4 The 9th pin of COM3 and COM4 9 pin D sub connector can be selected as RI 5V or 12V by setting J3 J4 COM3 RI pin setting J4 RI 5V 12V J4 COM4 RI pin setting J3 RI 5V 12V J3 default 1 3 5 2 4 6 1...

Page 29: ...tch cable from your system Plug this connector to the Soft Power switch connector marked J6 Audio output select J5 You can select the output mode of onboard audio connector CN14 by setting J5 Speaker...

Page 30: ...ect J10 J7 The PCM 6890B COM2 serial port can be selected as RS 232 RS 422 or RS 485 by setting J10 J7 COM2 Select J10 J7 RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 J10 J7 default 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 4 7 10 3 6 9 12...

Page 31: ...llowing charts show the available option LCD clock signal select J8 SHF CLK ASHF CLK default 1 2 3 1 2 3 J9 LCD driving voltage select J9 You can select the LCD connector CN10 pin 5 and pin 6 driving...

Page 32: ...ction ATX power connector CN9 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 N C 11 N C 2 N C 12 12V 3 GND 13 GND 4 5V 14 PON 5 GND 15 GND 6 5 V 16 GND 7 GND 17 GND 8 N C 18 5V 9 5V SB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V CPU fan power conne...

Page 33: ...or up to 127 external devices The USB interfaces comply with USB specification Rev 1 0 and can be disabled in the system BIOS setup USB connector CN3 Pin Function Pin Function 1 GND 5 Vcc 2 UD1 6 UD0...

Page 34: ...lly red or blue and the other wires are usually gray 1 Connect one end of the cable to CN6 Make sure that the red or blue wire corresponds to pin 1 on the connector which is labeled on the board on th...

Page 35: ...DATA 10 9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11 11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12 13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13 15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14 17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15 19 SIGNAL GND 20 N C 21 N C 22 GND 23 IO WRITE 24 GND 25 IO READ 26 GND 27 IO CHANNEL R...

Page 36: ...ec tions for a speaker hard disk access indicator and an input switch for resetting the card Front panel connector CN7 Pin Signal 1 HDD LED Hard disk active 2 HDD LED VCC 3 Speaker 4 Speaker GND 5 GND...

Page 37: ...or Win95 Direct Cable connection user can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDA and printers This connector supports HPSIR 115 2Kbps 2 meters Install infrared module onto IrDA connector and...

Page 38: ...upport these displays one for standard CRT VGA monitors and one for flat panel displays VGA display connector CN12 CN12 is a 16 pin dual in line header used for conventional CRT displays A simple one...

Page 39: ...one completely via the software utility You do not have to set any jumpers LCD connector CN10 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...

Page 40: ...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 Syste...

Page 41: ...1 Mic In 2 MIC_Vcc 3 GND 4 Reserve for future use 5 Line In Left 6 Reserve for future use 7 Line In Right 8 Reserve for future use 9 GND 10 Reserve for future use 11 Audio Out Left 12 Audio Out Right...

Page 42: ...le 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...

Page 43: ...T Ethernet connector is a standard RJ 45 connector The onboard Realtek Intel 82559GD fast Ethernet controller supports 10Mb s and 100 Mb s N way auto negotiation operation 100Base T Ethernet connecto...

Page 44: ...OM2 COM3 COM4 RS 232 422 485 serial port PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL COM1 1 DCDa 2 DSRa 3 RXDa 4 RTSa 5 TXDa 6 CTSa 7 DTRa 8 RIa 9 GND 10 N C COM2 11 DCDb 12 DSRb 422TXD 485DATA 13 RXDb 14 RTSb 422RXD 15 TX...

Page 45: ...17 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 th...

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...

Page 47: ...oes not conflict with any other device s memory address SW1 controls the memory address of the Flash disk These addresses might conflict with the ROM BIOS of other peripheral boards Please select the...

Page 48: ...cators Ethernet active signal LED J14 J15 Flashing Tx or Rx LEDs indicate that the PCM 6890B is transmitting or receiving data Ethernet link signal LED A continuously lit LED indicates good linkage be...

Page 49: ...m 2MB up to 288MB unformatted In order to manage the disk the DiskOnChip 2000 includes the TrueFFS M Systems Flash File System proprietary software The DiskOnChip 2000 package is pin to pin compatible...

Page 50: ...ith thememorywindow Youshoulddisablethememoryshadowfrom the BIOS SETUP if the DOC cannot be accessed Configure DOC as a boot device To configure a DOC as a boot drive you should copy the operating sys...

Page 51: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 41 3 Award BIOS Setup This chapter describes how to configure the BIOS for the PCM 6890B C H A P T E R...

Page 52: ...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...

Page 53: ...ic value or make changes PgDn Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 Change color from total 16 colors F2 to select co...

Page 54: ...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...

Page 55: ...andard and PCI Local Bus Configuration configuration options Integrated I O subsystems that depend on the inte Peripherals grated peripherals controller in your system Supervisor User Change set or di...

Page 56: ...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...

Page 57: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 47 Standard CMOS setup When you choose the STANDARD CMOS SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 58: ...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 va...

Page 59: ...ads write precompensation factor landing zone and number of sectors Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any pre defined type are classified as type USER Size Disk drive capacity approximate...

Page 60: ...cations for the diskette drive s installed 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 de...

Page 61: ...ors 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 fiel...

Page 62: ...d 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...

Page 63: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 53 BIOS features setup By choosing the BIOS FEATURES SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 64: ...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...

Page 65: ...cks 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 NumL...

Page 66: ...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...

Page 67: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 57 CHIPSET features setup By choosing the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 68: ...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 nu...

Page 69: ...lecting 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 Cac...

Page 70: ...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 automatic...

Page 71: ...Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 61 Power management setup By choosing the POWER MANAGEMENT option from the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 72: ...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 De...

Page 73: ...ndards 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 sys...

Page 74: ...s 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 selec...

Page 75: ...onitoring of IRQ8 the Real Time Clock so it does not awaken the system from Suspend mode Reload Global Timer Events When Enabled an event occurring on each device listed below restarts the global time...

Page 76: ...66 PCM 6890B 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 77: ...tem 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 Assigne...

Page 78: ...upts 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 t...

Page 79: ...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 c...

Page 80: ...70 PCM 6890B User Manual Integrated peripherals setup By choosing the INTEGRATD PERIPHERALS option from the initial SETUP SCREEN menu the screen below is displayed...

Page 81: ...A data transfer 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...

Page 82: ...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 cor...

Page 83: ...t either 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...

Page 84: ...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 S...

Page 85: ...tion 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 re...

Page 86: ...ess 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...

Page 87: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 77 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 88: ...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 Hardwar...

Page 89: ...e hard disk Understand the MS DOS directory structure If you are uncertain about any of these concepts please refer to the DOS or OS 2 user reference guides for more information before you proceed wit...

Page 90: ...these drivers through the Windows operating system Driver installation 1 Install Windows 98 as you normally would for a VGA display Click the Start button go to Settings and click on Control Panel Ch...

Page 91: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 81 Click the setting buttom then click the Advanced Properties icon into the Advanced Display properties windows show as figure2 figure 2...

Page 92: ...Manual click on Change Display Type In the Change Display Type window click on the Change button under Adapter Type into the select Device window show as figure 3 This will bring up the Select Device...

Page 93: ...elect Device window click on Have Disk Select Browse and find the Win98 driver chips98 inf in the Supporting CD ROM cd rom CD ROM model name driver vga driver win98 chips98 inf and then click OK cd ro...

Page 94: ...4 PCM 6890B User Manual The name of the Chips And Tech 69000 PCI driver will appear highlighted in the Models list boxfhow as figure Click OK to start the driver installation show as figure 5 figure 5...

Page 95: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 85 3 Once the installation is complete the Advanced display Properties window will reappear Show as figure 6 figure 6...

Page 96: ...86 PCM 6890B User Manual Click on close to close the window Then the Display Properties window will reappear Show as figure 7 figure 7...

Page 97: ...Chapter 4 Driver Installation 87 Click on Apply Restart the system for the new settings to take effect show as figure 8 figure 8...

Page 98: ...from the pull down menu choose Run At the Command Line prompt type cd rom CD ROM model name driver vga driver win31 setup exe Press the ENTER key or click OK to begin the installation cd rom the drive...

Page 99: ...completed you will need to perform a shutdown and then restart the system in order for changes to take effect A log of the information output during the install can be found in root OS2 INSTALL DISPL...

Page 100: ...B User Manual 6 When the installation is complete you will need to shut down and then restart the system for the changes to take effect Make sure to remove the installation diskette before restarting...

Page 101: ...n click the Display Type buttom into the Display Type windows then click on Change buttom from the Adapter Type icon And click on Have Disk buttom in the change display window 2 Place the Supporting C...

Page 102: ...D 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 dri...

Page 103: ...Chapter 5 Software Configuration 93 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 104: ...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...

Page 105: ...uration 95 6 Audio Setup This PCM 6890B is equipped with an audio interface that records and playback CD quality audio This chapter provides instructions for installing the software drivers on the inc...

Page 106: ...ard audio interface also supports the Plug and Play PnP standard and provides PnP configuration for the audio FM and MPU 401 logical devices It is compatible with Sound Blaster Sound Blaster Pro versi...

Page 107: ...click on OK The system will copy the necessary driver files to your hard disk drive cd rom CD ROM model name dirver sound audio English win98drv cd rom the driver letter of your CD ROM drive model nam...

Page 108: ...he following new hardware components ESS Gameport Joystick SB Audio PCI 64V Legacy Device Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V 5 Upon initial installation the setup process begins setting up the software 6 Wind...

Page 109: ...1 Excute the installation wizard named CTRUN EXE in the follow ing directory cd rom CD ROM model name dirver Audio Ctrun cd rom the drive letter of your CD ROM drive model name the model number of you...

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Page 111: ...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...

Page 112: ...pset Winbond W83977 If you want to use it you have to know how to read write the configuration register of W83977 The basic proce dure is as follows 1 Enter configuration mode 2 Select Logical Device...

Page 113: ...2h of logical deivice 8 Logical Device 7 Register number 30h CR30 00h timer inactive 01h timer active Logicel Device 8 Register number F2h CRF2 00h Time out Disable 01h Time out occurs after 32 second...

Page 114: ...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 S...

Page 115: ...7h Specific value to enter Config Mode mov dx cs CONFIG_PORT out dx al Write to Config Port twice out dx al jmp 2 Delay jmp 2 pop dx pop ax ret EnterConfig endp Exit to I O Chip Program Configuration...

Page 116: ...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 o...

Page 117: ...WritePROC push dx call EnterConfig Enter Config Mode call SelectDevice Select logical device mov dx cs CONFIG_PORT out dx al Select register number mov al ah mov dx cs DATA_PORT out dx al call ExitCon...

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Page 119: ...Appendix B Installing PC 104 Modules 109 B Installing PC 104 Modules This appendix provides instructions for installing PC 104 modules A P P E N D I X...

Page 120: ...Module PCM 3718 30 KHz A D Module PCM 3724 48 channel DIO Module PCM 3910 Breadboard Module PCM 3810 Solid State Disk Module Installing these modules on the PCM 6890B is a quick and simple operation T...

Page 121: ...lling PC 104 Modules 111 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 dimen...

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