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EPC-5500 

Intel® Pentium

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 M 

Embedded PC 
 

EPC-5500 M1

Summary of Contents for EPC-5500 Pentium M

Page 1: ...USER S MANUAL EPC 5500 Intel Pentium M Embedded PC EPC 5500 M1 ...

Page 2: ...ge without any notice This manual is copyrighted in February 2007 You may not reproduce or transmit in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and recording ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners CE NOTICE This is a class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio ...

Page 3: ...es uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense You are cautioned that any change or modification...

Page 4: ...Mouse Connector 2 10 2 9 Reset Connector 2 10 2 10 Hard Disk Drive LED Connector 2 11 2 11 ATX Power Button 2 11 2 12 External Speaker Connector 2 11 2 13 Power LED Connector 2 12 2 14 KeyLock Connector 2 12 2 15 EXTSMI Connector 2 12 2 16 CPU Fan Connector 2 13 2 17 System Fan Connector 2 13 2 18 VGA CRT Connector 2 14 2 19 Hard Disk Drive Connector 2 15 2 20 Printer Connector 2 17 2 21 Universal...

Page 5: ...on Utility 3 9 3 8 Watchdog Timer Configuration 3 10 CHAPTER 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 1 Introduction 4 2 4 2 Entering Setup 4 3 4 3 The Standard CMOS Features 4 4 4 4 The Advanced BIOS Features 4 8 4 5 Advanced Chipset Features 4 11 4 6 Integrated Peripherals 4 14 4 7 Power Management Setup 4 19 4 8 PNP PCI Configuration 4 22 4 9 PC Health Status 4 24 4 10 Frequency Control 4 25 4 11 Load Fail Safe De...

Page 6: ...ded Diagram for System Power A 3 Exploded Diagram for Front System A 5 Exploded Diagram for Motherboard A 7 Exploded Diagram for Hard Disk Drive A 8 APPENDIX B TECHNICAL SUMMARY Block Diagram B 2 Interrupt Map B 3 RTC CMOS RAM Map B 4 Timer DMA Channels Map B 5 I O Memory Map B 6 ...

Page 7: ...ves you the information for EPC 5500 It also outlines the System specification Section includes z About This Manual z System Specifications z Safety precautions Experienced users can skip to chapter 2 on page 2 1 for Quick Start CHAPTER 1 ...

Page 8: ...inal part of this chapter will indicate you how to avoid damaging this Embedded Card Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This chapter outlines the component location and their functions In the end of this chapter you will learn how to set jumper and how to configure this card to meet your own needs Chapter 3 Software Utilities This chapter contains helpful information for proper installations of the ...

Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction EPC 5500 USER S MANUAL Page 1 3 1 2 CASE ILLUSTRATION ...

Page 10: ... GB DDR SDRAM Two 184 pin DDR333 DIMM sockets on board z CACHE Built in CPU z REAL TIME CLOCK CALENDAR 256 byte battery backed CMOS RAM Hardware implementation to indicate century rollover z BIOS Phoenix AwardBIOS for plug play function Memory size with 4 MB with VGA BIOS z KEYBOARD MOUSE CONNECTOR Keyboard with 1 x 4 pin wafer connector PS 2 mouse connector with 1 x 4 pin wafer connector z UNIVER...

Page 11: ...pports Wake on LAN with ATX power z SOUND AC 97 Codec Reatel ALC202A Fully Compliant AC 97 Analog I O Component z SERIAL PORT Four high speed 16550 Compatible UARTs with Send Receive 16 Byte FIFOs COM1 3 4 for RS232 COM2 for RS232 422 485 z PARALLEL PORT One port supports SPP ECP EPP Function z HARDWARE MONITORING FUNCTION Monitor Voltage CPU Temperature and Cooling Fan z LED INDICATOR HDD LED Pow...

Page 12: ...ges below to avoid your systems from damage 1 Avoid your system from static electricity on all occasions 2 Prevent electric shock Don t touch any components of this card when the card is power on Always disconnect power when the system is not in use 3 Disconnect power when you change any hardware devices For instance when you connect a jumper or install any cards a surge of power may damage the el...

Page 13: ...RT CHAPTER 2 Helpful information describes the jumper connector settings and component locations Section includes z Jumper Connector Quick Reference Table z Component Locations z Configuration and Jumper settings z Connector s Pin Assignments ...

Page 14: ... J3 13 15 External Speaker Connector J3 2 4 6 8 Power LED Connector J3 1 3 5 KeyLock Connector J3 7 9 EXTSMI Connector J3 17 19 CPU Fan Connector FAN1 System Fan Connector FAN2 VGA Connector VGA1 Hard Disk Drive Connector IDE1 IDE2 Printer Connector LPT1 Universal Serial Bus Connector USB1 USB2 LAN Connector J1 J2 GigaLAN Enable Disable Selection JP9 Clear CMOS Data Selection JP1 AT ATX Power Sele...

Page 15: ...Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration EPC 5500 USER S MANUAL Page 2 3 2 2 COMPONENT LOCATIONS EPC 5500 Connector Jumper and Component locations ...

Page 16: ...figuration by open or close pins The jumper can be combined into sets that called jumper blocks When the jumpers are all in the block you have to put them together to set up the hardware configuration The figure below shows how this looks like JUMPERS AND CAPS If a jumper has three pins for examples labelled PIN1 PIN2 and PIN3 You can connect PIN1 PIN2 to create one setting and shorting You can ei...

Page 17: ...n Jumper looks like this Jumper Cap looks like this 3 pin Jumper looks like this Jumper Block looks like this JUMPER SETTINGS Looks like this 3 pin Jumper 2 3 pin close enabled Looks like this Jumper Block 1 2 pin close enabled 2 pin Jumper close enabled 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 Looks like this ...

Page 18: ...s as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 DCD1 2 RX1 3 TX1 4 DTR1 5 GND 6 DSR1 7 RTS1 8 CTS1 9 RI1 10 NC COM2 COM2 Connector The COM2 is selectable as RS 232 422 485 The pin assignment is as follows ASSIGNMENT PIN RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 1 DCD2 TX TX 2 RX2 TX TX 3 TX2 RX RX 4 DTR2 RX RX 5 GND GND GND 6 DSR2 RTS NC 7 RTS2 RTS NC 8 CTS2 CTS NC 9 RI2 CTS NC 10 NC NC NC ...

Page 19: ...is fixed as RS 232 The pin assignment is as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 DCD3 2 RX3 3 TX3 4 DTR3 5 GND 6 DSR3 7 RTS3 8 CTS3 9 RI V3 10 NC COM4 COM4 Connector COM1 is fixed as RS 232 The pin assignment is as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 DCD4 2 RX4 3 TX4 4 DTR4 5 GND 6 DSR4 7 RTS4 8 CTS4 9 RI V4 10 NC ...

Page 20: ...8 EPC 5500 USER S MANUAL 2 5 COM3 4 RI VOLTAGE SELECTION JP5 COM3 4 RI Voltage Selection The selections are as follows SELECTION JUMPER SETTINGS JUMPER ILLUSTRATION RI 7 9 12 1 3 COM3 5V 3 5 RI 8 10 12 2 4 COM4 5V 4 6 Manufacturing Default RI ...

Page 21: ... 485 COM2 SELECTION JP11 RS 232 422 485 COM2 Selection This connector is used to set the COM2 function The jumper settings are as follows COM 2 Function Jumper Settings pin closed Jumper Illustrations RS 232 Open RS 422 1 2 3 4 9 10 RS 485 1 2 5 6 9 10 Manufactory default RS 232 ...

Page 22: ...he pin assignments are as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 KBCLK 2 KBDAT 3 GND 4 KBMSVCCL 2 8 MOUSE CONNECTOR MS1 Mouse Connector The pin assignments are as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 MSCLK 2 MSDAT 3 GND 4 KBMSVCCL 2 9 RESET CONNECTOR J3 18 20 Reset Connector The pin assignment is as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 18 HWRSTJ 20 GND ...

Page 23: ...ctor The pin assignment is as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 12 P_HLED 14 PULL HIGH VCC 2 11 ATX POWER BUTTON J3 13 15 ATX Power Button The pin assignment is as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 13 PW_BN1 15 PW_BN2 2 12 EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONNECTOR J3 2 4 6 8 External Speaker Connector The pin assignment is as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 2 5V 4 GND 6 NC 8 P_SPK ...

Page 24: ... Connector The pin assignment is as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 PW_LED 3 PW_LED 5 PW_LED1 2 14 KEYLOCK CONNECTOR J3 7 9 Keylock Connector The pin assignment is as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 7 KEYLOCK 9 GND 2 15 EXTSMI CONNECTOR J3 17 19 EXTSMI Connector The pin assignment is as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 17 P_ESMI 19 GND ...

Page 25: ...ANUAL Page 2 13 2 16 CPU FAN CONNECTOR FAN1 CPU Fan connector The pin assignment is as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 GND 2 12V 3 FANIO1 2 17 SYSTEM FAN CONNECTOR FAN2 System Fan connector The pin assignment is as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 GND 2 12V 3 FANIO2 ...

Page 26: ...5500 USER S MANUAL 2 18 VGA CONNECTOR VGA1 VGA CRT Connector The pin assignments are as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 RED 2 GREEN 3 BLUE 4 NC 5 GND 6 GND 7 GND 8 GND 9 VGA_P5V 10 GND 11 NC 12 VGA_5VDDA 13 VGA_HSYNC_5V 14 VGA_VSYNC_5V 15 VGA_5VDDCLK 16 NC ...

Page 27: ...PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 IDERSTJ 2 GND 3 PDD7 4 PDD8 5 PDD6 6 PDD9 7 PDD5 8 PDD10 9 PDD4 10 PDD11 11 PDD3 12 PDD12 13 PDD2 14 PDD13 15 PDD1 16 PDD14 17 PDD0 18 PDD15 19 GND 20 NC 21 PDREQ 22 GND 23 PDIOWJ 24 GND 25 PDIORJ 26 GND 27 PIORDY 28 PULL LOW 29 PDDACKJ 30 GND 31 IRQ14S 32 NC 33 PDA1 34 P66 DET 35 PDA0 36 PDA2 37 PDCSJ1 38 PDCSJ3 39 IDEACTPJ 40 GND ...

Page 28: ... 1 IDERSTJ 2 GND 3 SDD7 4 SDD8 5 SDD6 6 SDD9 7 SDD5 8 SDD10 9 SDD4 10 SDD11 11 SDD3 12 SDD12 13 SDD2 14 SDD13 15 SDD1 16 SDD14 17 SDD0 18 SDD15 19 GND 20 NC 21 SDREQ 22 GND 23 SDIOWJ 24 GND 25 SDIORJ 26 GND 27 SIORDY 28 PULL LOW 29 SDDACKJ 30 GND 31 IRQ15S 32 NC 33 SDA1 34 S66 DET 35 SDA0 36 SDA2 37 SDCSJ1 38 SDCSJ3 39 IDEACTSJ 40 GND 41 5V 42 5V 43 GND 44 GND ...

Page 29: ... to the card you need a cable to connect both DB25 connector and parallel port The pin assignments are as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 RSTBJ 14 AFDJ 2 RPD0 15 ERRJ 3 RPD1 16 PAR_INITJ 4 RPD2 17 SLINJ 5 RPD3 18 GND 6 RPD4 19 GND 7 RPD5 20 GND 8 RPD6 21 GND 9 RPD7 22 GND 10 ACKJ 23 GND 11 BUSY 24 GND 12 PE 25 GND 13 SLCT 26 NC ...

Page 30: ...Serial Bus Connector The pin assignments are as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 VCCUSB0 2 VCCUSB1 3 USBP0N 4 USBP1N 5 USBP0P 6 USBP1P 7 GND 8 GND 9 GND 10 GND USB2 Universal Serial Bus Connector The pin assignments are as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 VCCUSB2 2 VCCUSB3 3 USBP2N 4 USBP3N 5 USBP2P 6 USBP3P 7 GND 8 GND 9 GND 10 GND ...

Page 31: ...ows PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 TDP 2 PULL HIGH VCC3_3 Stand By 3 TDN 4 LILEDJ 5 GND 6 SPLEDJ 7 RDP 8 ACTLEDJ 9 RDN 10 NC LAN2 LAN Connector The pin assignments are as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 1MDI_3 2 1MDI_3 3 1MDI_2 4 1MDI_2 5 1MDI_1 6 1MDI_1 7 1MDI_0 8 1MDI_0 9 VCC25 CG 10 GND 11 1VCC3 3R 12 GND 13 1LINK R 14 1ACT 15 1SPEED100 16 1SPEED1000 R ...

Page 32: ... 2 3 Manufacturing Default is set as Enable 2 24 CLEAR CMOS DATA SELECTION JP1 Clear CMOS Data Selection The selections are as follows FUNCTION JUMPER SETTING pin closed JUMPER ILLUSTRATION Normal 2 3 Clear CMOS 1 2 Manufacturing Default is set as Normal Note To clear CMOS data user must power off the computer and set the jumper to Clear CMOS as illustrated above After five to six seconds set the ...

Page 33: ...ion EPC 5500 USER S MANUAL Page 2 21 2 25 AT ATX POWER SELECTION JP8 AT ATX Power Selection The selections are as follows Power Selection JUMPER SETTINGS pin closed JUMPER ILLUSTRATION AT 1 2 3 4 ATX Open Manufacturing default ATX ...

Page 34: ...rdware Configuration Page 2 22 EPC 5500 USER S MANUAL 2 26 ATX POWER CONNECTOR PW1 ATX Power Connector The pin assignments are as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 5V 2 5V 3 GND 4 GND 5 12V 6 5VSB 7 5V 8 GND 9 PS_ON 10 12V ...

Page 35: ...e as follows FUNCTION JUMPER SETTING pin closed JUMPER ILLUSTRATION RESET 1 2 NMI 3 4 Manufacturing default Reset User may select to use the Reset or NMI watchdog NMI also known as Non Maskable Interrupt is used for serious conditions that demand the processor s immediate attention it cannot be ignored by the system unless it is shut off specifically ...

Page 36: ..._DATA B7 DVOC_D2 A8 MI2C_CLK B8 DVOC_D3 A9 DVOC_BLANKJ B9 DVOC_D4 A10 DVOC_FLDSTL B10 DVOC_D5 A11 GND B11 DVOC_D6 A12 DVOC_CLK B12 DVOC_D7 A13 DVOC_CLKJ B13 DVOC_D8 A14 GND B14 DVOC_D9 A15 DVOC_VSYNC B15 DVOC_D10 A16 DVOC_HSYNC B16 DVOC_D11 A17 MDVI_CLK B17 DVOBC_INTRJ A18 MDVI_DATA B18 ADDDETECT A19 PCIRSTJ B19 ADDID4 A20 DVOB_CCLKINTJ B20 ADDID5 A21 ADDID0 B21 ADDID6 A22 ADDID1 B22 ADDID7 A23 AD...

Page 37: ...NNECTOR JAUDIO1 Sound Connector The pin assignments are as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 MIC IN 2 NC 3 GND 4 GND 5 LINE L 6 LINE R 7 GND 8 GND 9 SPK L 10 SPK R 2 30 CD IN CONNECTOR CD_IN1 CD IN Connector The pin assignments are as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 CD L 2 CD_REF 3 CD_REF 4 CD R ...

Page 38: ...BIOS update It also describes how to install the watchdog timer configuration Section includes z VGA Driver Utility z Flash BIOS Update z LAN Driver Utility z Sound Driver Utility z Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility z USB2 0 Chipset Software Installation Utility z Watchdog Timer Configuration CHAPTER 3 ...

Page 39: ...to the following chart Filename Assume that CD ROM drive is D Purpose D Driver VGA Intel 855GM For VGA driver installation D Driver FLASH For BIOS update utility D Driver LAN For LAN Driver installation D Driver Sound Realtel ALC202A AC97 For Sound driver installation D Driver UTILITY Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility For Win 98SE 2000 ME XP D Driver USB 2 0 USB 2 0 Software Installation...

Page 40: ... Disk into Floppy Disk Drive A B or CD ROM drive 2 Under Windows 98SE NT4 0 2000 XP system go to the directory where VGA driver is located 3 Click Setup exe file for VGA driver installation 4 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation 5 Once installation is completed shut down the system and restart in order for the changes to take effect Under the Windows 98 system after r...

Page 41: ...t be provided by the vendor or manufacturer When you get these two files ready follow the following steps for updating your VGA BIOS 1 Install Awdflash exe from Utility Disk to Drive C 2 Insert the VGA BIOS file you have obtained from the vendor Type the path to Awdflash exe and execute the VGA BIOS update with file H15bxxxx bin 3 C UTIL AWDFLASH AWDFLASH H15bxxxx bin 4 The screen will display as ...

Page 42: ...enewed When you are refreshing the BIOS do not turn off or reset the system or you will damage the BIOS After you have completed all the programming the screen displays the table below FLASH MEMORY WRITER v7 XX C Award Software 2001 All Rights Reserved Flash Type SST 49LF004A 3 3V File Name to Program H20bxxxx bin Checksum XXXXX Reset System or Power off to accomplish update process F1 Reset F10 E...

Page 43: ...RIVER UTILITY 3 4 1 Introduction EPC 5500 is enhanced with LAN function that can support various network adapters Installation programs for LAN drivers are listed as follows For more details on Installation procedure please refer to Readme txt file found on LAN DRIVER UTILITY ...

Page 44: ...indows ME and Windows XP Below you will find the content of the Sound driver 3 5 2 Installation Procedure for WindowsNT4 0 2000 XP 1 From the task bar click on Start and then Run 2 In the Run dialog box type D Sound path setup where D Sound pathname refers to the full path to the source files 3 Click on the OK button or press the ENTER key 4 Click on the Next and OK prompts as they appear 5 Reboot...

Page 45: ... Identification of Intel Chipset Components in Device Manager 3 6 2 Installation of Utility for Windows 98SE 2000 XP The Utility Pack is to be installed only for Windows 98SE Windows 2000 and XP program It should be installed right after the OS installation kindly follow the following steps 1 Place insert the Utility Disk into Floppy Disk Drive A B or CD ROM drive 2 Under Windows 98SE 2000 XP syst...

Page 46: ...lation kindly follow the following steps 1 Place insert the Utility Disk into Floppy Disk Drive A B or CD ROM drive 2 Under Windows 98SE 2000 and XP system go to the directory where Utility Disc is located 3 Start the System wizard in control panel Click Start Settings Control Panel 4 Select Hardware and click Device Manager button 5 Double Click USB Root Hub 6 Select Driver 7 Click Install to ins...

Page 47: ...ed to Extended Function Enable Registers EFERs i e 2Eh 2 Configurate the configuration registers The chip selects the logical device and activates the desired logical devices through Extended Function Index Register EFIR and Extended Function Data Register EFDR EFIR is located at the same address as EFER and EFDR is located at address EFIR 1 First write the Logical Device Number i e 0x07 to the EF...

Page 48: ...g timer Out dx al Inc dx Mov al 08h Out dx al Dec dx Set second as counting unit Mov al 0f5h Out dx al Inc dx In al dx And al not 08h Out dx al Dec dx Set timeout interval as 30seconds and start counting Mov al 0f6h Out dx al Inc dx Mov al 30 Out dx al Dec dx Exit the extended function mode Mov al 0aah Out dx al ...

Page 49: ... The Standard CMOS Features z The Advanced BIOS Features z The Advanced Chipset Features z Integrated Peripherals z Power Management Setup z PNP PCI Configuration z PC Health Status z Frequency Control z Load Fail Safe Defaults z Load Optimized Defaults z Password Setting z Save and Exit Setup z Exit Without Saving CHAPTER 4 ...

Page 50: ...lication programs such as word processing spreadsheets and games rely on an operating system such as DOS or OS 2 to manage such things as keyboard monitor disk drives and memory The operating system relies on the BIOS Basic Input and Output system a program stored on a ROM Read only Memory chip to initialize and configure your computer s hardware As the interface between the hardware and the opera...

Page 51: ...the Award SETUP program will appear on the screen Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency Control Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Se...

Page 52: ...None None None None 1 44M 3 5 in None EGA VGA All But Keyboard 640K 489472K 490496K Menu Level Change the internal clock Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup screen In the above Setup Menu use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the PgUp or PgDn keys to select the value you want in ea...

Page 53: ...in Setup Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications Type The BIOS contains a table of pre defined drive types Each defined drive type has a specified number of cylinders number of heads write precompensation factor landing zone and number of sectors Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any predefine type are classified as type USER Size Disk drive capacity approximate Note that ...

Page 54: ...ors are supported you do not have to select the type in Setup Available Options are as follows EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters HALT ON This category...

Page 55: ...56 19 1024 7 512 1023 17 59 20 733 5 300 732 17 30 21 733 7 300 732 17 42 22 733 5 300 733 17 30 23 306 4 0000 336 17 10 24 977 5 65535 976 17 40 25 1024 9 65535 1023 17 76 26 1224 7 65535 1223 17 71 27 1224 11 65535 1223 17 111 28 1224 15 65535 1223 17 152 29 1024 8 65535 1023 17 68 30 1024 11 65535 1023 17 93 31 918 11 65535 1023 17 83 32 925 9 65535 926 17 69 33 1024 10 65535 1023 17 85 34 1024...

Page 56: ...ture for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults BIOS Features Setup Screen The BIOS FEATURES SETUP allow you to configure your system for ba...

Page 57: ...wer on or proceed directly to the hard disk drive BOOT UP NUMLOCK STATUS Select power on state for NumLock TYPEMATIC RATE SETTING Enable this item if you wish to be able to configure the characteristics of your keyboard Typematic refers to the way in which characters are entered repeatedly if a key is held down For example if you press and hold down the A key the letter a will repeatedly appear on...

Page 58: ...em will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press Enter it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely OS SELECT FOR DRAM 64MB Select the operating sys...

Page 59: ...abled Disabled Enabled 64 Enabled 32MB CRT 640x480 18 bits Disabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Chipset Features Setup Screen This parameter allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset The chipset manages bus speed and access to system memory ...

Page 60: ...AM RAS PRECHARGE If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system DRAM DATA INTEGRITY MODE Select Parity or ECC error correcting code ac...

Page 61: ... DELAYED TRANSACTION The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 AGP APERTURE SIZE This field determines the effective size of the Graphic Aperture used for a particular GMCH configuration It can be updated by the GMCH specific BIOS configuration sequence before the PCI standard ...

Page 62: ...e IRQ Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter Disabled 3E8 IRQ10 2E8 IRQ11 Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Setup Screen By moving the cursor to the desired selection and by pressing the F1 key the all options for the desired selection will be displayed for choice If bios set...

Page 63: ...xit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Descriptions on each item above are as follows 1 OnChip Primary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately 2 Primary Master Slave PIO Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO fields allow you to set a ...

Page 64: ...ler USB 2 0 Support USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support AC97 Audio Onboard LAN Init Display First Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Auto Enabled Onboard Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Descriptions on each item above are as follows 1 USB Controller This should be enabled if your system has ...

Page 65: ...X EPP Mode Select X ECP Mode Use DMA PWRON After PWR Fail Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Normal Hi Lo Enabled Half IR Rx2Tx2 378 IRQ7 SPP EPP1 7 3 Off Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Descriptions on each item above are as follows 1 Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if the system has a floppy di...

Page 66: ...lel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel printer port Select Normal Compatible or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes 10 EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 11 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode 12 PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows you to select if...

Page 67: ...Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port Disabled ATX Instant Off Enabled Disabled 0 0 0 0 Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Power Management Setup Screen The Power Management Setup allows...

Page 68: ...te blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signalling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards to select video power management values MODEM USE IRQ This item enable you to name the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity o...

Page 69: ... mode PM EVENTS PM events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as Enabled even when the system is in a power down mode 1 Primary IDE 0 2 Primary IDE 1 3 Secondary IDE 0 4 Secondary IDE 1 5 FDD COM LPT Port ...

Page 70: ...F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PNP PCI Configuration Setup Screen The PNP PCI Configuration Setup describes how to configure PCI bus system PCI also known as Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section ...

Page 71: ... Resources Item Help IRQ 3 assigned to IRQ 4 assigned to IRQ 5 assigned to IRQ 7 assigned to IRQ 9 assigned to IRQ 10 assigned to IRQ 11 assigned to IRQ 12 assigned to IRQ 14 assigned to IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device PCI Device Menu Level Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specificatio...

Page 72: ...ect PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PC Health Status Setup Screen The PC Health Status Setup allows you to select whether to choose between monitoring or to ignore the hardware monitoring function of your system CURRENT WARNING TEMPERATURE Select the combination of lower and upper limits for the CPU temperature If the CPU...

Page 73: ...Clk Spread Spectrum Enabled Enabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Frequency Control Setup Screen This setup menu allows you to specify your settings for frequency control AUTO DETECT PCI CLK This item allows you to enable or disable auto detect PCI Clock SPREAD SPECTRUM When the system clock...

Page 74: ...aults Y N N To use the BIOS default values change the prompt to Y and press the Enter key CMOS is loaded automatically when you power up the system 4 12 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS When you press Enter on this category you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to the following Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory setting for optimal performa...

Page 75: ... in length and press Enter The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press the Enter key You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password User should bear in mind that when a password is set you will be asked to enter the password everything you enter CMOS setup Menu...

Page 76: ...tures Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management PnP PCI Configura PC Health Status Frequency Control Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password word etup Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS When you confirm that you wish to save the settings your system will be automatically restarted and the changes you have made w...

Page 77: ... be retained The screen will be shown as below Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management PnP PCI Configura PC Health Status Frequency Control Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password word etup Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Abandon all Datas Qui...

Page 78: ...ain exploded diagram of the system Section includes z Exploded Diagram for Whole System z Exploded Diagram for System Power z Exploded Diagram for Front System z Exploded Diagram for Motherboard z Exploded Diagram for Hard Disk Drive APPENDIX A ...

Page 79: ...Appendix A System Assembly Page A 2 EPC 5500 USER S MANUAL EXPLODED DIAGRAM FOR WHOLE SYSTEM ...

Page 80: ...Appendix A System Assembly EPC 5500 USER S MANUAL Page A 3 EXPLODED DIAGRAM FOR SYSTEM POWER ...

Page 81: ...Appendix A System Assembly Page A 4 EPC 5500 USER S MANUAL ...

Page 82: ...Appendix A System Assembly EPC 5500 USER S MANUAL Page A 5 EXPLODED DIAGRAM FOR FRONT SYSTEM ...

Page 83: ...Appendix A System Assembly Page A 6 EPC 5500 USER S MANUAL ...

Page 84: ...Appendix A System Assembly EPC 5500 USER S MANUAL Page A 7 EXPLODED DIAGRAM FOR MOTHERBOARD ...

Page 85: ...Appendix A System Assembly Page A 8 EPC 5500 USER S MANUAL EXPLODED DIAGRAM FOR HARD DISK DRIVE ...

Page 86: ...Appendix A System Assembly EPC 5500 USER S MANUAL Page A 9 ...

Page 87: ...Page B 1 TECHNICAL SUMMARY This section introduce you the maps concisely Section includes z Block Diagram z Interrupt Map z RTC CMOS RAM Map z Timer DMA Channels Map z I O Memory Map APPENDIX B ...

Page 88: ...Appendix B Technical Summary Page B 2 EPC 5500 USER S MANUAL BLOCK DIAGRAM ...

Page 89: ...NUAL Page B 3 INTERRUPT MAP IRQ ASSIGNMENT 0 System TIMER 1 Keyboard 2 Cascade 3 Serial port 2 4 Serial port 1 5 Available 6 Floppy 7 Parallel port 1 8 RTC clock 9 Available 10 Available 11 Available 12 PS 2 Mouse 13 Math coprocessor 14 IDE1 15 IDE2 ...

Page 90: ...C Status register C 0D Status register D 0E Diagnostic status byte 0F Shutdown byte 10 Floppy Disk drive type byte 11 Reserve 12 Hard Disk type byte 13 Reserve 14 Equipment byte 15 Base memory low byte 16 Base memory high byte 17 Extension memory low byte 18 Extension memory high byte 30 Reserved for extension memory low byte 31 Reserved for extension memory high byte 32 Date Century byte 33 Infor...

Page 91: ...ER DMA CHANNELS MAP Timer Channel Map Timer Channel Assignment 0 System timer interrupt 1 DRAM Refresh request 2 Speaker tone generator DMA Channel Map DMA Channel Assignment 0 Available 1 Available 2 Floppy 3 Available 4 Cascade 5 Available 6 Available 7 Available ...

Page 92: ... MAP ASSIGNMENT 000 01F DMA controller Master 020 021 Interrupt controller Master 022 023 Chipset controller registers I O ports 040 05F Timer control regsiters 060 06F Keyboard interface controller 8042 070 07F RTC ports CMOS I O ports 080 09F DMA register 0A0 0BF Interrupt controller Slave 0C0 0DF DMA controller Slave 0F0 0FF Math coprocessor 1F0 1F8 Hard Disk controller 278 27F Parallel port 2 ...

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