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1. JST 5 PIN PS 2 MOUSE CONNECTOR VGA CONNECTOR LCD CONNECTOR CMOS BATTERY CLEAR JUMPER LCD PANEL VOLTAGE CONNECTOR 2 RS 232 OR RS 422 485 SELECT M System ADDRESS SELECT POWER aci HARD DISE ACTIVE LED ss sc na daci n SYSTEM SWITCH eni itio iena BUZZER DOC SOCKET MEMORY INSTALLATION CHAPTER 3 M SYSTEM DiskOnChip Flash Disk 3 1 3 2 3 3 PREFACE QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE UTILITY REFERENCE JO Oi CHAPTER 4 WDT 4 1 WATCHDOG TIMER FUNCTION 4 2 WATCHDOG TIMER SOFTWARE GUIDE CHAPTER 5 VGA LCD FLAT PANEL 5 1 FLAT PANEL BIOS SUPPORT 5 2 PANEL SWITCH UTILITY 5 3 FEATURE 5 4 SOFTWARE INSTALLING CHAPTER 6 AWARD BIOS SETUP INTRODUCTION canina 62 STARTING SETUP ein X emi 6 4 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 6 5 ADVANCED CMOS SETUP 6 6 ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP 6 7 PCI PLUG AND PLAY SETUP 6 8 PERIPHERAL SETUP2. 6 9 CHANGE SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 6 10 BIOS DEFAULT DRIVE TABLE APPENDIX A EXPANSION BUS 1 104 CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT A 2 ISA BUS PIN ASSIGNMENT APPENDIX B TECHNICAL SUMMARY E4 INTERRUPT acid RAM nenas B 3 TIMER 8 DMA CHANNELS Bd MEMORY adi APPENDIX C TROUBLE SHOOTING C 1 TROUBLE SHOOTING POST MESSAGES C 2 TROUBLE SHOOTING POST TROUBLE SHOOTING POST CODE 24 25 26 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION THIS CHAPTER SHOWS THE INFORATIONS ABOUT THIS BOARD AND ITS SPECIFICATIONS SECTIONS INCLUDE ABOUT THIS MANUAL SPECIFICATIONS SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 1 1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL Thank you for purchasing 386SX CPU Card M System DiskOnChip Flash Disk fully DOS Command compatible With full standard IPC functions and other features this 3865 CPU Card more suitable for harsh industrial environment and commercial application This manual is written to assist you to install and set up the system It contents five chapters as following Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter introduces you the background of this manual and the specification for this system Final in t
3. Keyboard Error Or No Keyboard Present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot you are purposely configuring the system without a keyboard set the error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL BUT KEYBOARD This will cause the BIOS to ignore the missing keyboard and continue the boot e Memory Address Error At Indicates a memory address error at a specific location You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips e Memory Parity Error At Indicates a memory parity error at a specific location You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips e Memory Size Has Changed Since Last Boot Memory has been added or removed since the last boot EISA mode use Configuration Utility to reconfigure the memory configuration ln ISA mode enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields e Memory Verify Error At Indicates an error verifying a value already written to memory Use the location along with your system s memory map to locate the bad chip e Offending Address Not Found This message is used in conjunction with the CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment has caused the problem which cannot be isolated e Offending Segment This message is used in conjunction with
4. WATCHDOG 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 sec IDE INTERFACE Support one port up to 2 x IDE devices FLOPPY DISK DRIVE INTERFACE Two 3 1 2 or 5 1 4 FDD Drives A B swappable SERIAL PORT 2 2 16 byte FIFO 16C550 RS 232 Jumper selectable RS 232 x 3 RS 232 422 485 x 1 FLASH DISK SSD 32 pin socket for DiskOnChip SSD 8MB 288MB setup built in BIOS PARALLEL PORT One bi directional SPP EPP ECP parallel port configured as LPT 1 2 3 LED INDICATOR Hard Disk access and System power BUS EXPANSION 8 SPEED PC 104 8Mhz BIOS Selectable DMA CONTROLLER 82C37 X 2 DMA CHANNELS 7 INTERRUPT CONTROLLERS 82C59 X 2 INTERRUPT LEVELS 15 STORAGE TEMPERATURE 40 C TO 80 C OPERATING TEMPERATURE 0 TO 60 140 F Miscellaneous Connectors Jumpers Reset HDD LED Single 5V 2 Pin connector SYSTEM POWER REQUIREMENT Single 5V power by using 2 pin connector BOARD DIMENSION 95mm x 90mm PC 104 from factor BOARD WEIGHT 0 185Kg 1 3 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Follow the messages below to avoid your system from damage 1 Avoid your system from static electric power on all occasions 2 Stay safe from the electric shock Don t touch any components of this card when the power is ON Always disconnect power when the system is not in use 3 Remove power when you change any hardware devices For instance when you connect a jumper or install any cards a surge of
5. 2 ISA BUS PIN ASSIGNMENT The ISA BUS for this card is called Golden Fingers It is divided into two sets one consists of 62 pins the other consists of 36 pins Cl A3 COMPONENT SIDE Al O 000000000 O DOODLJUOO 1 The pin assignments as follow PIN ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT A1 IOCHCHK GND C1 SBHE D1 MEMCS16 2 ep B2 RESET LA23 02 10 516 56 B3 VCC 1422 ml on A4 505 IRQ9 1421 5 504 B5 sv 55 1420 912 A6 50 DRQ2 am DG pos 502 B7 7 1418 7 18014 __ A8 501 88 ows 1417 DB DACKO 9 800 12V C9 DRQO 10 IOCHRDY B10 GND D10 DACKS A11 SMEMW spa 011 0805 A12 5 19 812 SMEMRE C12 509 12 DACKE A13 SA18 13 C13 5010 DI3 pos A14 SA17 8144 504 D14 A15 SA16 DACK3 15 3012 DIS 16 SA15 816 DROS 16 5013 Die VCC A17 SA14 17 50 A18 SA13 B18 ppo 18 5015 D18 A19 SA12 B19 REFRESH C19 20 SAM 820 SYSCLK 20 A21 SA10 821 22 SA09 8224 1
6. 2 14 CMOS BATTERY CLEAR JUMPER JP1 PIN I 3 5 E _ Po op P 13 WM 15 Pe A 19 PO M2 2 WP 25 Pie 27 P18 _ 29 20 3 2 _ 33 GND 39 41 A 2 3 is Default 1 2 ON CMOS Clear 2 15 LCD PANEL VOLTAGE SELECT JP2 1 2 ON LCD PANEL VOLTAGE 5V 2 3 ON LCD PANEL VOLTAGE 3 3V 2 16 COM2 RS 232 OR RS 422 485 SELECT JP3 1 2 ON RS 485 ENABLED 3 4 ON RS 422 ENABLED 5 6 ON RS 232 ENABLED 2 17 M System ADDRESS SELECTOR JP4 ADDRESS JUMPER SETTING SELECTION PIN182 PIN3 amp 4 PIN5 amp 6 788 000 0000 0800 ON OFF OFF OFF 800 OFF ON OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON 2 18 POWER LED PWR LED ASSIGNMENT PIN VC 2 2 19 HARD DISK ACTIVE LED HD LED ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT HDD Active Signal 2 we 2 20 SYSTEM RESET SWITCH RST ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT 2 21 BUZZER BZ IT S On Board Buzzer 2 22 DOC SOCKET DOC IT S Support DOC Socket 2 23 MEMORY INSTALLATION IT S On Board 4 EDO RAM CHAPTER 3 DiskOnChip FLASH DISK THIS CHAPTER SHOWS THE INFORMATION ABOUT M System DiskOnChip FUNCTIONS SECTIONS INCLUDE PREFACE QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE UTILITY REFERENCE 3 1 PREFACE This CPU Board features a DiskOnChip Flash Di
7. Advanced CMOS Setup This setup includes all the items of AMI special enhanced features 29 29 Advanced Chipset Setup Change Boot from Floppy IDE 0 ARMD FDD CDROM SCSI NETWORK Floppy Drive Swap etc Password Check or just to Setup e PCI Plug and play Setup This setup appears if your system supports PnP ISA e Peripheral Setup Enabled IDE FDC Serial Port Parallel Port Disabled IDE FDC Serial Port Parallel Port etc Auto Detect Hard Disks Automatically detect and configure hard disk parameters The AMI BIOS include this ability in the event you are uncertain of your hard disks parameters See also Section Standard CMOS Setup e Change User Password This function is close Don t support end user e Change Supervisor Password If you set this password next time you must key in this password to get permission to go into CMOS Settings e Change Language Setting This function of AMI is close Don t support end user e Save Settings and Exit Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup e Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup 30 30 6 4 STANDARD CMOS SETUP The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes none one or more than one setup item Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the PgUp or PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item AMIBIOS
8. EL640 480 A PLASMA dat Data File for PLASMA640X480 e g 1 PANASONIC S817 24 24 Dual scan STN Frame Buffer Shadow Frame Buffer onto display memory for mono or color LCD panel Pseudo Frame Buffer for color LCD panel no additional DRAMs required External Frame Buffer for color LCD panel external additional DRAMs required Enhanced mode includes 132 x 25 or 132 x 44 text mode 640 x 480 256 colors Windows accelerations mode support optional 640 x 480 65536 colors Windows accelerations mode support optional 640 x 480 16 8M colors Windows accelerations mode support optional 800 x 600 16 colors 800 x 600 256 colors Windows accelerations mode support optional 800 x 600 65536 colors Windows accelerations mode support optional 800 x 600 16 8M colors 1024 768 16 colors 1024 x 768 256 colors Windows accelerations mode support optional 1024 x 768 65536 colors Windows accelerations mode support optional 1280 x 1024 16 colors Windows accelerations mode support optional 1280 x 1024 256 colors Windows accelerations mode support optional 1600 x 1280 16 colors interlace display mode 5 2 PANEL SWITCHING UTILITY The Panel Switch Utility is used for switching different display type UASGE Type gt SW508 then Screen will show 1 CRT Only 2 Panel Only 3 CRT Panel Simultaneous then you can choose which one you want to 25 25 5 3 FEATURE Memory DRAM configuration support Support symmetric or as
9. Going to disable DMA and interrupt controllers 13 DMA controller 1 2 interrupt controller 1 2 disabled Video display is disabled and port B is initialized Chipset init about to begin Chipset initialization over 8254 timer test about to start 8254 timer test over About to start memory refresh test 62 62 Ee Going to check 15 micro second ON OFF time DEED Base 64K memory to be initialized BE e s and to do any setup before interrupt vector init Setup required before interrupt vector initialization Complete Interrupt vector initialized about to begin Interrupt vector initialization done Going to read input of 8042 for turbo switch if any and to clear password if post diagnostic switch is on Input port of 8042 is read Going to initialize global data for turbo switch Global data initialization for turbo switch is over Any initialization before setting video mode to be done next Initialization before setting video mode is complete Going for monochrome mode and color mode setting A Different BUSes init system static output devices to Start if present Please see next section for details of different BUSes KEES video ROM check About to look for optional video ROM and give control BINE to do any processing after video ROM returns control BUE o If EGA VGA not found then do display memory R W test I o __ Display memory R W test about
10. SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP 1999 American Megatrends INC All Rights Reserved Date mm dd yyyy Wed Jan 09 2002 Base Memory 640KB ime hh mm ss 10 56 28 Extd Memory 3 MB Floppy Drive A 1 44 MB 3 Floppy Drive B Not Installed LBA PIO 32Bit Type Size Cyln Head Wpcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode Pri Master Auto Off Pri Slave Auto Off Sec Master Not Installed Sec Slave Not Installed Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Month Jan Dec ESC Exit Sel Day 01 31 PgUp PgDn Modify ear 1901 2099 F2 F3 Color e Date The date format is day date month year Press lt F3 gt to show the calendar The day from Sun to Sat determined by the BIOS 8 is display only Date The date from 1 to 31 or the maximum allowed in the month Month The month Jan through Dec The year from 1900 through 2099 Time The time format is lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt The time is calculated based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 31 31 Daylight saving The category adds one hour to the clock when daylight saving time begins also subtracts one hour when standard time returns Enabled Enable daylight saving Disabled Disable daylight saving Primary Master Slave The categories identify the types of 1 channels that have been installed in the computer There are 45 predefined types and 4 user definable types are for Enhan
11. 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 short beeps The other code indicates that your DRAM error has occurred This beep code consists of a single long beep repeatedly Error Messages One or more error messages may be displayed if the BIOS detect an error during the POST This list includes messages for both the ISA and the EISA BIOS e CMOS Battery Has Failed CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced CMOS Checksum Error Checksum of CMOS is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt This error may have been caused from a weak battery Check the battery and replace if necessary e Disk Boot Failure Insert System Disk And Press Enter No boot device was found This could mean that either a boot drive was not detected or the drive does not contain proper system boot files Insert a system disk into Drive A and press Enter If you assumed the system would boot from the hard drive make sure the controller is inserted correctly and all cables are properly attached Also be sure that the disk is formatted as a boot device Then reboot the system 57 57 Diskette Drives Or Types Mismatch Error Run Setup Type of diskette drive installed in the system is different from the CMOS definition Run Setup to reconfigure the drive type correctly e Di
12. the CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment has caused the problem which has been isolated 59 59 Press A Key Reboot This will be displayed at the bottom screen when an error occurs that requires you to reboot Press any key and the system will reboot Press F1 To Disable NMI F2 Reboot When BIOS detects a non markable Interrupt condition during boot this will allow you to disable the NMI and continue to boot or you can reboot the system with the NMI enabled RAM Parity Error Checking For Segment Indicates a parity error in Random Access Memory System Halted Ctrl Alt Del To Reboot Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must be rebooted Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL 60 60 C 3 TROUBLE SHOOTING FOR POST CODES NOTE EISA POST codes are typically output to port address 300h ISA POST codes are output to port address 80h POST Code AMI WinBIOS uncompress code checkpoint Description hex Power on delay complete Going to disable Cache if any ROM BIOS checksum passed CMOS shutdown register test to be done next CMOS checksum calculation to be done next CMOS status register about to init for Date and Time Any initialization before keyboard BAT to be done next Any initialization after KB controller BAT to be done next Initialization after KB controller BAT done Keyboard command b
13. to begin About to look for the retrace checking About do alternate Display memory R W test 1A 23 27 2 32 Alternate Display memory R W test passed About to look for the alternate display retrace checking Video display checking over Display mode to be set next Going to display the power ON message 38 Different BUSes init input IPL general devices to start If present Please see next section for details about Different BUSes 63 Please see Appendix for details of different BUSes Hit DEL message about to start Going to prepare the descriptor tables for memory test diagnostics mode Interrupt enabled if diagnostics switch is on Going to initialize data to check memory wrap around at 0 0 at UU and finding the total system memory size Over About to go for writing patterns to test memory Going to write patterns base 640K memory Going to find out amount of memory below 1M memory Amount of memory below 1M found and verified Amount of memory above 1M found and verified Check for Soft reset and going to clear memory below 1M for soft Reset If power on go to check point 4Eh Memory above 1 Going to save the memory size Go to check point 521 The first 64k memory size Memory size display started This will be update during Memory test Going for sequential and random memory Test Memory testing initialization below 1M complete Going to adjust displa
14. 000 ROM to Get control next A9 Returned from E000 ROM control Ni Going to do any initialization required after E000 optional ROM control Going to display the system configuration Bo System configuration is displayed 1 Goingtocopyanycodetospecificarea 2 Copying of code to specific area done Going to give control To INT 19 boot loader 67 67 The system BIOS gives control to different BUSes at following checkpoints to do various tasks on the different BUSes HEX To start if present To start if present 9 Init of different BUSes optional ROMs from C800 to start While control is inside the different BUS routines additional checkpoints are output to port 80h as WORD to identify the routines under execution These are WORD checkpoints the LOW BYTE of checkpoint is the system BIOS checkpoint from where the control is passed to the different BUS routines and the HIGH BYTE of checkpoint is the indication of which routine is being executed in the different BUSes The details of HIGH BYTE of these checkpoints are as follows HIGH BYTE XY The upper nibble X indicates the function is being executed X can be from 0 to 7 0 func 0 disable all device on the BUS concerned 1 func 1 static devices init on the BUS concerned 2 func 2 output device init on the BUS concerned 3 func 3 input device init on the BUS concerned 4 func 4 IPL device init the BUS concerned 5
15. 256 Off Auto 29 68 823 10 17 65535 Off Auto Off 30 53 918 7 17 918 Off Auto Off 31 93 1024 11 17 65535 Off Off Auto Off 32 127 1024 15 17 65535 Off Auto Off 33 42 1024 5 17 1024 Off Auto Off 34 10 612 2 17 128 Off Off Auto Off 35 76 1024 9 17 65535 Auto Off 36 es 1024 8 17 512 Off Off Auto 46 37 40 615 8 17 128 Off Off Auto Off 38 24 987 3 17 987 Auto Off 39 57 987 7 17 987 Off Off Auto Off 40 40 820 6 17 820 Off Off Auto Off 41 40 977 5 17 977 Off Auto Off 42 40 981 5 17 981 Auto Off 43 48 830 7 17 512 Auto Off 44 68 830 10 17 65535 Off Auto Off 45 144 917 15 17 65535 Off Auto Off 46 152 1224 15 17 65535 Off Off Auto Off Ato Of AUTO Of USER Ato Off 47 47 APPENDIX A EXPANSION BUS THIS APPENDIX SHOWS YOU THE PIN ASSIGNMENTS SECTIONS INCLUDE PC 104 CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT ISA BUS PIN ASSIGNMENT 48 A 1 PC 104 CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT P1 104AB 104CD PC 104 Connector A DOOODOODOOOOOOODODOOOO
16. 806 23 5408 823 1805 NEN E IRO4 Teo BALE vee 016 D20 NEN MEN E EA O NEN 50 50 APPENDIX TECHNICAL SUMMARY THIS SECTION SHOWS YOU THE MAPS CONCISELY SECTIONS INCLUDE INTERRUPT MAP RTC 8 CMOS RAM MAP TIMER 8 DMA CHANNELS MAP 1 0 8 MEMORY MAP 51 B 1 INTERRUPT ASSIGNMENT System TIMER interrupt from TIMER 0 Keyboard output buffer full Cascade for IRQ 8 15 Serial port 2 Serial port 1 Parallel port 2 Floppy Disk adapter Parallel port 1 RTC clock Available Available Available Available Math coprocessor Hard Disk adapter Available 52 52 2 6 CMOS RAM CODE ASSIGNMENT 00 Seconds 01 Secondalam 06 Day of week Day of month 08 09 Year 2 08 Status register 0D jStetusregisterD PR 1 2 Diagnostic status byte OF Shutdown byte AJ to FloppyDiskdrivetypebyte O 11 Reserve 12 j HardDisktypebyte Cd 14 Equipmentbyte 15 Basememoryllowbyte o O 16 high byte 18 53 53 B 3 TIMER 8 DMA CHANNELS Timer Channel Map Timer Channel D System timer interrupt 22422 DRAM Refresh request 2 Speaker tone generator DMA Channel 0 jAvalale 1 EN SDL
17. E 2 FloppyDiskadaptr 3 Channeki Available Cascade for DMA controller 1 Available 6 Available Available 54 54 B 4 amp MEMORY MAP Memory Map MEMORY MAP ASSIGNMENT 0000000 009FFFF System memory used by DOS and application 00A0000 00BFFFF Display buffer memory for VGA EGA CGA MONO adapter 00C0000 0ODFFFF Reserved for I O device BIOS ROM or RAM buffer 00E0000 00EFFFF Reserved for PCI device ROM 00F0000 00FFFFF System BIOS 0100000 BFFFFF System extension memory e 000 01F 020 021 Interrupt controller Master ______ Timer control registers OFOOFF Math eoprocessg i O 17178 Hard Disk conttraller 02 27827F 7 Serial oer 0 2 55 55 APPENDIX TROUBLE 5 THIS SECTION SHOWS THE ERRORS MAY OCCUR WHEN YOU OPERATE THE SYSTEM ALSO GIVES YOU THE SUGGESTIONS ON SOLVING THE PROBLEMS SECTIONS INCLUDE TROUBLE SHOOTING POST MESSAGE TROUBLE SHOOTING POST BEEP TROUBLE SHOOTING POST CODE 56 C 1 TROUBLE SHOOTING POST MESSAGES During the Power On Self Test POST if the BIOS detects an error requiring you to do something to fix it will either sound a beep code or display a message a message is displayed it will be accompanied by PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP C 2 TROUBLE SHOOTING POST BEEP Currently there are two kinds of beep codes in BIOS The one code indicates
18. EX 9388L 386SX CPU CARD 386SX 40 4MB DOC SSD Socket COM 2 IDE RS 232x1 RS232 422 485x1 WDT I O PC 104 Single 5V USERS COPYRIGHT NOTICE This user s manual list necessary information to assist both Embedded Computer manufacturers and end users in installing and setting up the system The information contained in this user s manual is subject to change without any notice This manual is copyrighted 2002 You may not reproduce by any way ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS All trademarks and registered trademarks which mentioned in this manual are the property belongs to their respective owners 1 1 1 2 1 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ABOUT THIS MANUAL SPECIFICATION SAFETY PRECAUTIONS CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 10 2 11 2 12 2 13 2 14 2 15 2 16 2 17 2 18 2 19 2 20 2 21 2 22 2 23 JUMPER 8 CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE COMPONENT LOCATIONS IDE CONNECTOR PRINTER CONNECTOR a sans ia simian FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR JST 5 PIN KEYBOARD CONNECTOR ISO 2 PIN POWER CONNECTOR RS 232 CONNECTOR lt 2 RS 232 CONNECTOR RS 422 485 CONNECTOR
19. GUIDE 1 Make sure the CPU Card is power OFF 2 Plug the DiskOnChip chip into socket DOC Verify the direction is correct pin1 of the DiskOnChipis aligned with pin1 of the DOC socket 3 Power ON the system 17 4 During power ON you may observe the message displayed by the DiskOnChip when its driver automatically loaded into system s memory 5 At this stage the DiskOnChip can be accessed as any disk in the system 6 If the DiskOnChip is the only disk the system it will appear as the first disk drive C 7 lf there are more disks besides the DiskOnChip the DiskOnChip will appear by default as the last drive 3 3 UTILITY REFERENCE A driver diskette will be included with DiskOnChip to offer detail information If you need more information beside the diskette please reach the M System web www m sys com to get the information 18 CHAPTER 4 WDT THIS CHAPTER SHOWS THE INFORMATION OF WDT FUNCTION ALSO DESCRIBES HOW TO INSTALL THE WATCHDOG CONFIGURATION SECTIONS INCLUDE WATCHDOG TIMER FUNCTION WATCHDOG TIMER SOFTWARE GUIDE Note The M6117C has watchdog timer function for monitoring whether The system is still work or not after a period of time If the system happened some error or hanged up it cause the timer timed out then a system reset or or IRQ may happen decided by BIOS programming The WATCHDOG timer source is 32 768 KHz frequency to counter a 24 bits counter such that the timer rang
20. K2 5 CAS Precharge Time Insert Wait Disable PCLK2 6 Memory Write Insert Wait Disable PCLK2 8 Memory Miss Read Insert Wait Disable PCLK2 10 ISA Write cycle end Insert Wait Enabled PCLK2 12 UO Recovery Enabled I O Recovery Period 0 75 Chip Recovery Disable 16Bit ISA Insert Wait Enabled atchDog Timer Disabled atchDog Timeout Select 1 Sec atchDog Signal Select System ESC Exit Sel PgUp PgDn Modify F2 F3 Color This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the chipset The chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM and the external cache also coordinates the function of WDT timer Please note that these items shouldn t need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes on this Setup would be the time when you find that data was being lost while using your system 37 37 AT BUS Clock ISA Bus Clock timing selection When Auto Configuration is Disabled then 14 318 2 PCLK2 3 PCLK2 4 PCLK2 5 PCLK2 6 PCLK2 8 PCLK2 10 PCLK2 12 is available on ISA Bus Slow Refresh The chipset refresh settings deal with the timing of CPU access to dynamic random access memory DRAM The default timing have been carefully chosen and should only be altered if data is being lost Such a scenario might occur if y
21. OGOOOOODOOJ 32 28 10000000000000000000 1 520 1040 The PC 104 can support multi pieces of PC 104 modules This card has two connectors one 104AB consists of 64 pin dual in line header the other one 104CD consists of 40 pin dual in line header The pin assignments for connector 104 8 104CD are as follow 104AB 104CD PIN ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 01 GND 2 507 2 RESETDRV 2 SBHE 02 MEMCS16 506 B3 vcc 63 1423 03 10 516 IRQ10 12 0 5 19 12 SMEMR C12 spa 012 DROS 13 SA18 509 0131 DACKE A14 5847 4 op Cia 010 Di4 DRQ6 15 SA16 C15 sp DIS 16 SA15 6 DROS 16 5012 016 DRQ7 vee A18 SA13 18 504 19 SA12 B19 REFRESH C19 eps 20 SAM B20 SYSCLK 20 21 SA10 B21 22 5400 B22 o 23 5408 823 605 5407 84 5 5406 825 26 5405 B26 2 aan 8271 28 543 8284 BALE 29 5402 B29 vcc A30 5441 830 05 540 B31 GAO0 B32 own D18 D20 EE ES EA NN NN E m m mE m 49
22. VE TABLE This is the current list of the drive type table contained in Setup Type Size Cyln BLK 32BIT MB io E Off Off Auto Off sirio om om Auto 68 MER RN IR a 4 62 940 17 512 Off Off Auto op 34 940 6 17 512 Off Of Amo os 7 256 ow om Aute o 8 733 5 17 65535 Off Auto Off 9 112 900 15 17 65535 Off Auto Off 10 20 820 3 17 65535 Off Auto Off 11 35 855 5 17 65535 Off Auto Off 12 49 855 7 17 65535 Off Auto Off 13 20 306 8 17 128 Off Auto Off 14 42 733 7 17 65535 Auto Off 16 20 612 4 17 300 Auto Off 17 40 977 5 17 300 Off Auto Off 18 56 977 7 17 65535 Off Off Auto Off 19 59 1024 7 17 512 Off Auto Off 20 30 733 5 17 300 Auto Off 21 42 733 7 17 300 Off Auto Off 22 733 5 17 Off Off Auto Off 23 10 36 4 17 Off Auto Off 24 53 925 5 17 65535 Off Auto Off 25 69 925 9 17 65535 Off Auto Off 26 43 754 7 17 754 Off Off Auto Off 27 68 754 11 17 65535 Off Auto Off __ 28 40 699 7 17
23. ZZER Sem BZ nm MEMORY INSTALLATION 2 2 COMPONENT LOCATIONS JP1 IDE HD LED ALi M6117C 000000000000000d 20000 DODODODOODOOODODODOOOO m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m PC104 POWER JP4 TP650810 U Em 51 TJ 10 10 2 3 IDE IDE PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT LL IDEREST 2 27 IOCHRDY 28 29 DND 32 106 2 2 4 PRINTER CONNECTOR LPT 2 5 FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR FDC 33 SKCHG 2 6 JST 5 PIN KEYBOARD CONNECTOR KIB ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT 1 KBCLK NEE WN 4 k 5 2 7 ISO 2 POWER CONNECTOR POWER PIN ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT GND 2 8 COM1 RS 232 CONNECTOR ASSIGNMENT MDATA ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT H SYNC PIN RED 2 GREN 4 C C BWE 9NC HSYNC 8 __ 0 V SYNC 2 13 LCD CONNECTOR LCD ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT 2 GND DND 5VI3 3V 5V 3 3V ENAVEE VSYNC FLM
24. base l O port address The settings are 378h 278h or Disabled The Optimal default setting is 378h The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port mode ECP and EPP are both bidirectional data transfer schemes that adhere to the IEEE P1284 specifications The settings are The normal parallel port mode is used This 1s the default setting Use this setting to support bidirectional transfers on the parallel port The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to the Enhanced Parallel Port EPP specification EPP uses the existing parallel port signals to provide asymmetric bidirectional data transfer driven by the host device 43 43 The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to the Extended Capabilities Port ECP specification ECP uses the DMA protocol to achieve transfer rates of approximately 2 5 Mbs ECP provides symmetric bidirectional communications Parallel Port DMA This option is only available 1f the setting for the Parallel Port Mode option is ECP The settings are Disabled DMA CH channel 0 DMA CH or DMA CH 3 The default setting 1s Disabled 44 44 6 9 CHANGE SUPERVISOR PASSWORD You can set either supervisor or user password or both of them The difference between them are supervisor password can enter and change the options of the setup menus and user password just can enter but do not have the right to
25. ced IDE BIOS Type 1 to Type 45 are predefined Type user is user definable Press PgUp or PgDn to select a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press lt Enter gt Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category If your hard disk drive type is not matched or not in list you can use Type User to define your own drive type manually If you select Type User you will need to know the information listed below Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press lt Enter gt This information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer If the controller of HDD interface is ESDI the selection should be Type 1 If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI the selection should be None If you select Type Auto BIOS will automatically detect the HDD 8 CD ROM Drive at the POST stage and showing the IDE for HDD 8 CD ROM Drive TYPE Drive type CYLS Number of cylinders HEADS Number of heads WPCOM SECTORS Number of sectors MODE JjModetyp ZA Mode type If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press Enter 32 32 Drive A Type Drive Type The category identifies the types of Floppy Disk Drive A or Drive B that have been installed in the computer None No flopp
26. change the options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters 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 Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option If the Security option is set to System the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter the Setup 45 45 6 10 BIOS DEFAULT DRI
27. e CPU is operating so much faster than the input output bus that the CPU must be delay to allow of the completion of the UO WatchDog WatchDog can use BIOS Setup Disabled WatchDog can used Enabled WatchDog function Enabled e WatchDog Timeout Select Set Timer 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 sec e WatchDog Signal Select Set 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 NMI System 39 39 6 7 PCI PLUG AND PLAY SETUP AMIBIOS provides a complete system BIOS solution that incorporates the latest Plug and Play technology PnP allows end users to upgrade a computer without having to choose system resources such as IRQs I O ports memory addresses With PnP users no longer have to set hardware DIP switches The AMIBIOS also supports PCI ISA PnP PCMCIA VL Bus EISA and ISA devices AMIBIOS SETUP PCI PLUG AND PLAY SETUP O 1999 American Megatrends INC All Right Reserved Plug and play Aware O S No Available Options DMA Channel 0 PnP No DMA Channel 1 PnP Yes DMA Channel 3 PnP DMA Channel 5 PnP DMA Channel 6 PnP DMA Channel 7 PnP IRQ3 PnP IRQ4 PnP IRQ5 PnP IRQ7 PnP IRQ9 PnP IRQ10 PnP IRQ11 PnP IRQ14 PnP IRQ15 PnP ESC Exit Sel PgUp PgDn Modify F2 F3 Color Plug and play Aware O S Set this option to Yes if the operating system installed in the computer is Plug and Play aware AMIBIOS only detects and enables PnP ISA adapter cards that are required
28. e is from 30 5 us to 512 sec with resolution 30 5 us 19 4 1 WATCHDOG TIMER FUNCTION The read write configuration register is the first index to be processed On board UO port 22h is the index register and I O 23h is the data Register To read a configuration register write the index value to I O Port 22h in advance then read data from UO port 23h To write a configuration register write the index value to port 22h then write Data to I O port 23h For instance if we want to read the data of configuration register which index is 10h the steps are 1 Write 10h index to I O port 22h 2 Read data from port 23h If we want to write data 55h to configuration register which index is 12h then the steps are 1 Write 12h index to I O port 22h 2 Write data 55h to I O port 23h The steps of locking unlocking the configuration registers OUT 22h 13h Enable 13h OUT 23h C5h Unlock OUT 22h XXh XX Configuration Index OUT 23h YYh YY Configuration data OUT 22h XXh OUT 23h YYh Configuration can be written repeatedly OUT 22h 13h Enable 13h OUT 23h 00h Lock WatchDog enable program For Example Please use TASM to compiler the following program Execute under DOS environment 286 model smart code Start procc mov ax 0c513h Unlock config register call writechip mov ax 3737h Disable watchdog timer call readchip 20 20 al 10111111b xchg ab a ca
29. for system boot The Windows 95 operating system detects and enables all other PnP aware adapter cards Windows 95 is PnP aware Set this option to No if the operating system such as DOS OS 2 Windows 3 x does not use PnP You must set this option correctly or PnP aware adapter cards installed in your computer will not be configured properly The settings are No or Yes The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are No 40 40 IRQ XX assigned to If your ISA card is not PnP compatible and requires a special IRQ to support its function set the select IRQ x assigned to ISA This setting informs the PnP BIOS to reserve the selected IRQ for the installed legacy ISA card e DMA X assigned to If your ISA card is not PnP compatible and requires a special DMA channel to support its function set the select DMA channel to ISA This setting informs the PnP BIOS to reserve the selected DMA channel for the installed legacy ISA card 41 41 6 8 PERIPHERAL SETUP Peripheral Setup options are displayed by choosing the Peripheral Setup icon from the WINBIOS Setup main menu All Peripheral Setup options are described in this section AMIBIOS SETUP PERIPHERAL SETUP O 1999 American Megatrends INC All Right Reserved Onboard IDE Primary Available Options Onboard FDD Auto Disable Onboard Serial Port1 3F8h COM1 Primary Onboard Serial Port2 2F8h COM2 Secondary Serial Port2 Mode Normal Receiver Polarity Non Inverted Transm
30. func 5 general device init on the BUS concerned 6 func 6 error reporting for the BUS concerned 7 func 7 add on ROM init for all BUSes The lower nibble Y indicates the BUS on which the different routines are being executed can be from 0 to 5 0 Generic DIM Device Initialization Manager 1 On board System devices 2 ISA devices 3 EISA devices 4 ISA PnP devices 5 PCI devices 68 68
31. his chapter will indicate you how to avoid the damages for this Embedded CPU M Card Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This chapter outlines the components locations and their functions the end of this chapter you will know how to set jumper and how to configure this card to meet your own needs Chapter 3 M System DiskOnChip Flash Disk This chapter brings you the information about FLASH DISK function Chapter 4 WDT Helpful information that informs you the proper installations of the SSD and Flash BIOS also describes the Watchdog timer function Chapter 5 VGA LCD FLAT PANEL This chapter about VGA TFT DSTN EL LCD flat panel Chapter 6 AMI BIOS Setup This chapter indicates you how to set up the BIOS configurations Appendix A Expansion Bus This appendix introduces you the expansion bus for PC 104 Appendix B Technical Summary This appendix gives you the information about the AMI BIOS Identification Strings and Technical maps Appendix C Trouble Shooting This appendix outlines the errors and offers you the methods to solve the problems 1 2 SPECIFICATIONS CPU Chipset ALI M6117C single chip with on chip 3865X 40 CPU MEMORY 4MB soldered on board CMOS Backup backup by Li battery BIOS AMI BIOS 128KB Flash EPROM KEYBOARD AND PS 2 MOUSE CONNECTOR Support JST 5 pin PS 2 Keyboard Connector Support JST 5 pin PS 2 Mouse Connector BUS Type PC 104 Connector SPEAKER Buzzer on Board
32. itter Polarity Non Inverted Onboard Serial Port3 Disabled Serial Port3 IRQ N A Onboard Serial Port4 N A Serial Port4 Mode N A Serial Port4 IRQ N A Receiver Polarity N A Transmitter Polarity N A Onboard Parallel Port 378 Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP Version N A Parallel Port IRQ 5 ESC Exit Sel Parallel Port DMA Channel 3 PgUp PgDn Modify Onboard Parallel Port2 Disabled F2 F3 Color 42 42 Onboard IDE This option specifies the onboard IDE controller channels that will be used The settings are Primary Secondary Both or Disabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Primary e Onboard FDD This option enables the floppy drive controller on the motherboard The settings are Enabled or Disabled The Optimal default setting is Enabled The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled Onboard Serial Port1 This option enables serial port 1 on the motherboard and specifies the base port address for serial port 1 The settings are 3F8h 3E8h or Disabled The Optimal default setting is 3F8h The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled e Onboard Serial Port2 This option enables serial port 2 on the motherboard and specifies the base port address for serial port 2 The settings are 2F8h 2E8h or Disabled The Optimal default setting is 3F8h The Fail Safe default setting is Disabled e Onboard Parallel Port This option enables the parallel port on the motherboard and specifies the parallel port
33. ll writechip mov ax 083bh Setthe expected counter value call writechip to 080000h mov ax 003ah 30 5usc 080000h 16 sec call writechip mov ax 0039h call writechip mov ax 3838h Select System reset as timeout action call readchip and al 00001111b or al 11010000b xchg ah al call writechip mov ax 3737h Enabled watchdog timer or al 01000000b xchg ah al call writechip mov ax 0013h Lock config register mov writechip mov ax 4c00h int 21h endp readchip proc c out 22h al nop nop in al 23h nop nop writechip proc c out 22h al nop nop xchg ah al out 23h al nop nop xchg ah al ret endp end 21 4 2 WATCHDOG SOFTWARE GUIDE User can use WDT function by following way 1 Direct start WDT function as procedure which described on Sec 4 1 2 Or user can change WDT timing by choosing the items on WATCH DOG TIMER in AMI BIOS ADVANCED CMOS SETUP If user control WDT by changing BIOS SETUP application software must note one byte setup value was put on CMOS location 44H so application software designer must read access the data on the CMOS location 44H and put the data to a register then at the time when you need send the register data to port 0443H to start WDT function Reset watchdog timer Resets the watchdog timer periodically to prevent timeout mov ax 0c513h Unlock configuration register call writechip mov ax 3c3ch reset watchdog timer counter call readchip or al 00100000b The c
34. ono adapters Password Check This option enables password checking every time the computer is powered on or every time WINBIOS Setup is executed If Always is chosen a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears if WINBIOS is executed The Optimal and Power On defaults are Setup Wait For F1 if Error AMIBIOS POST error messages are followed by Press lt F1 gt to continue If this option is set to Disabled AMIBIOS does not wait for you to press the lt F1 gt key after an error message The settings are Disabled or Enabled The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Enabled C000 C800 32K Shadow D000 D800 32K Shadow E000 E800 32K Shadow These categories determine whether option ROMs will be copied to RAM An example of such option ROM would be support of on board SCSI Enabled Optional shadow is enabled Disabled Optional shadow is disabled 6 6 ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP This section allows you to configure your system for advanced operation You can select the system s default speed boot up sequence shadowing keyboard operation and security AMIBIOS SETUP ADVANCED CMOS SETUP O 1999 American Megatrends INC All Right Reserved AT Bus Clock 14 318 2 Available Options Slow Refresh 15 us 14 318 2 Memory Hole At 15 16M Disabled PCLK2 3 RAS Precharge time 1 5 PCLK2 4 RAS Active Time Insert Wait Disable PCL
35. ounter is reset at out 23h al xchg ah al call writechip mov ax 0013h Lock configuration register call writechip the above code uses reachip and writechip procedures 22 22 CHAPTER 9 VGA LCD FLAT PANEL This section is can shows you the SVGA and LCD Flat Panel Video Sections include FLAT PANEL BIOS SUPPORT PANEL SWITCHING UTILITY FEATURE SOFTWARE INSTALLING 23 5 1 FLAT PANEL BIOS SUPPORT Below is a list of optional Flat Panel SVGA BIOS The VGA BIOS is combined with the system BIOS in a single To change to another BIOS please contact your local dealer MLCD dat Data File for MONO DSTN640x480 e g 1 HOSIDEN HLM6667 2 HITACHI LMG5160XUFC 3 CASIO MD650TS00 01 4 OPTREX DMF_50260NFU FW 8 DSTN dat Data File for Color DSTN640x480 e g 1 Sanyo LCM 5331 22NTK 2 SHARP LM64C35P s1 dat Data File for TFT640x480 Sync 16 s2 dat Data File for TFT640x480 Sync 18 24 BIT e g 1 HITACHI TX26D60 TX24D55 2 TOSHIBA LTM09C015A 3 SHARP LQ10D321 4 LG LP104V2 LP1 dat Data File for TFT640x480 LP 16 TFT LP2 dat Data File for TFT640x480 LP 18 24 BIT e g 1 TOSHIBA LTM09c015A TFT86 s1 dat Data File for TFT800x600 Sync 16 BIT TFT86 s2 dat Data File for TFT800x600 Sync 18 24 BIT e g 1 NEC NL8060AC26 05 2 NEC NL8060AC26 04 3 NEC NL8060BC31 02 EL dat Data File for EL640X800 e g 1 PLANAR
36. our system had mixed speed DRAM chips installed so that treater delays may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the slower memory chips Available values 120us 60us 15us e Memory Hole At 15 16M Use this option to specify an area in memory that cannot be addressed on the ISA bus The settings are Disabled 512 640K or 15 16MB The default setting is Disabled RAS Precharge time DRAM must continually be refreshed otherwise it will lose its data Normally DRAM is refreshed entirely as the result of a single request This option allows you to determine the number of CPU clocks allocated for the Row Address Strobe to accumulate its charge before the DRAM is refreshed If insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete and data will lose Available values 3 5T 2 5T 1 5T RAS Active Time Insert Wait When it is Enabled system will insert wait state for lower speed DRAM CAS Precharge Time Insert Wait e Memory Writer Insert Wait Memory Miss Read Insert Wait Above three items show above is always Disabled by Manufactory s default Recovery This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 8 bit UO Choices are Ou 0 25u to 3 05 CPU clocks Default is 1 clock 38 38 Recovery Period The recovery time is the length of time measured in CPU clocks which the system will delay after the completion of an input output request This delay takes place because th
37. power may damage the electronic components or the whole system 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION THIS CHAPTER SHOWS YOU THE CONNECTORS 8 JUMPER SETTINGS AND COMPONENTS LOCATIONS SECTIONS INCLUDE JUMPER CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE COMPONENTS LOCATIONS CONFIGURATION AND JUMPER SETTINGS CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENTS 2 1 JUMPER CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE IDE E IDE PRINTER CONNEC TOR LPT FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR JST 5 PIN KEYBOARD CONNECTOR K B ISO 2 PIN POWER CONNECTOR POWER GON RS 232 CONNECTOR COMA 2 RS 232 RS 422 485 CONNECTOR JST 5 PIN MOUSE CONNECTOR MOUSE WGA CONNECTOR eebe VGA LCD CONNECTOR192D LCD CMOS BATTERY CLEAR JUMPER JP1 LCD PANEL VOLTAGE CONNECTOR JP2 COM2 RS 232 or RS 422 485 SELECT JP3 M System ADDRESS SELECT JP4 POWER LED costes PWR LED HARD DISK ACTIVE HD LED SYSTEM RESET SWIG ss esp o RST BU
38. rmit drives A and B to be swapped The settings are Enabled or Disabled The default settings are Disabled Floppy Drive Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K 1 2M and 1 44M are 80 tracks Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS can not tell from 720K 1 2M or 1 44M drive type as they are all 80 tracks Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360K e PS 2 Mouse Support When this option is set to Enabled AMIBIOS supports a PS 2 type mouse The settings are Enabled or Disabled The default settings are Disabled System Keyboard This option specifies that a keyboard is attached to the computer The settings are Present or Absent The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Present 35 35 Primary Display The category selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type in Setup 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 include high resolution m
39. ry standard BIOS This means it supports Intel Cyrix AMD processors in a standard IBM AT compatible Input Output system The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as disk drives serial and parallel ports Also the BIOS has been customized by adding important but non standard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this chapter will try to guide you the process of configuring your system by using Setup 6 2 STARTING SETUP The AMI BIOS is immediately activated when the computer starting power on The BIOS reads the system information contained in the CMOS and start the process of checking out the system and configuring it When it finish the BIOS will seek an operating system on one ofthe disks and then launch and turn control over to the operating system While the BIOS is in active the Setup program can be activated by one two ways 1 Press the lt Del gt key immediately after switching the system on or 2 Press the lt Del gt key when the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test Press DEL to enter SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the RESET bottom on the system case You may also restart by simultaneousl
40. sk optional function The DiskOnChip can be build on board by order This Board is designed to use the DiskOnChip single chip Flash Disk to plug into a standard 32 pin EEPROM socket which built on board The DiskOnChip Flash Disk should be mapped into an 8K Byte window in the BIOS expansion address space of the CPU Card which is usually located between address 0C000H to ODFFFH The CPU board can contain the operating system in DiskOnChip to allow systems to boot without a hard disk The DiskOnChip of this board can install standard MS DOS and the DOS can boot from DiskOnChip its command fully DOS Command compatible such as Del Deltree Format Copy Xcopy MD users can read and write DOS Command or data to DiskOnChip same as when using Hard Disk Drive Users can take this DiskOnChip as physical HDD and its priority is software selectable For example if system have one HDD either HDD 8 DiskOnChip could be assigned as C or D Drive When having two HDD Driver C 8 Driver D the DiskOnChip could be assigned as C D E Drive If the system don t have HDD the DiskOnChip will be taken as C drive only When it is taken as C drive it can boot system just same as using Hard Disk Drive The capacity of DiskOnChip have 8MB 12MB 24MB 40MB 72MB 144MB and 288MB option User can select the proper one before order to meet their needs This CPU Board support M system DiskOnChip Socket which locate at DOC 3 2 QUICK INSTALLATION
41. splay Switch Is Set Incorrectly Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting is correct and then turn OFF the selection Display Type Has Changed Since Last Boot Since last power off the system the display adapter has been changed You must configure the system for the new display type Error Encountered Initializing Hard Drive Hard drive cannot be initialized Be sure the adapter is installed correctly and all cables are correctly and firmly attached Also be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup Error Initializing Hard Disk Controller Cannot initialize controller Make sure the card is correctly and firmly installed in the bus Be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup Also check if any jumper needs to be set correctly on the hard drive Floppy Disk Error or No Present Cannot find or initialize the floppy drive controller Make sure the controller is installed correctly and firmly If there are no floppy drives installed be sure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE Invalid EISA Configuration PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The non volatile memory containing EISA configuration information was programmed incorrectly or has become corrupt Re run EISA configuration utility to correctly program the memory 58
42. system s default speed boot up sequence shadowing keyboard operation and security AMIBIOS SETUP ADVANCED CMOS SETUP O 1999 American Megatrends INC All Right Reserved Quick Boot Enabled Available Options 1st Boot Device Floppy Disabled 2nd Boot Device IDE 0 Enabled 3rd Boot Device SCSI ry Other Boot Devices Yes BootUp Num Lock On Floppy Drive Swap Disabled Floppy Drive Seek Disabled PS 2 Mouse Support Enabled System Keyboard Absent Primary Display Absent Password Check Setup ait For F1 If Error Enabled C000 32k Shadow Disabled C800 32k Shadow Disabled D000 32k Shadow Disabled D800 32k Shadow Disabled ESC Exit Sel PgUp PgDn Modify F2 F3 Color 1st 2nd 3rd Boot Device AMI BIOS supports three Boot Devices You can select your Device from where starting Boot Floppy IDE CDROM SCSI ARMD FDD ARMD HDD NETWORK You can select anyone to be a Boot Device 34 34 Try Other Boot Devices If Yes BIOS will try to boot from other Boot Devices if all Selected Boot Devices failed to boot If NO BIOS will try to Boot from only the Selected Boot Devices YES Enabled Another Boot Device NO Disabled Another Boot Device BootUp Num Lock This allows you to determine the default status of the numeric keypad By default the system boots up with NumLock on ON jKeypadis number keys OFF Keypad is arrow keys e Floppy Drive Swap Set this option to Enabled to pe
43. tup complete Hard disk setup to be done next EE dE Hard disk setup complete To set base and extended Memory size T Memory size adjusted due to mouse support Init of Different BUSes optional ROMs from C800to start Please see next section for details of different BUSes 96 Going to do any init before C800 optional ROM control Optional ROM check and control will be done next 98 Optional ROM control is done About to give control to do Any required processing after optional ROM returns control Any initialization required after optional ROM test over Going to setup timer data area and printer base address 9A Return after setting timer and printer base address Going to set the RS 232 base address Going to do initialization before Coprocessor test Required initialization before Coprocessor is over Going to initialize the Coprocessor next Coprocessor test Going to check extd keyboard keyboard ID and num lock 9 Keyboard ID command issues Keyboard ID flag to be reset A1 Keyboard ID flag reset Cache memory test to follow A2 Cache memory test over Going to display any soft error A3 4 Keyboard ID command to be issued Going to set keyboard typematic rate States 66 A Going to clear the screen and enable parity NMI and parity enabled Going to do any initialization required before giving control To optional ROM at E000 Initialization before E000 ROM control over E
44. y drive installed 360K 5 25 in 54 PC type standard drive 360K byte capacity 1 2M 5 25 in 5 AT type high density drive 1 2M byte capacity 720K 3 5 37 double sided drive 720K byte capacity 1 44M 3 5 3 double sided drive 1 44M byte capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 34 double sided drive 2 88M byte capacity e Virus Protection When this item is enabled the AMI BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive for any attempt on modification If an attempt is made the BIOS will halt the system and the following error message will appear necessary you will be able to run an anti virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage is done Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to Access the boot sector or hard disk partition table NOTE Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table can cause the above warning message If you will be running such a program we recommend that it better for you to disable the Virus Protection beforehand Memory The category is display only item determined by POST 33 33 6 5 ADVANCED CMOS SETUP This section allows you to configure your system for advanced operation You can select the
45. y pressing Ctrl Alt and lt Delete gt keys If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to PRESS F1TO CONTINUE DELTO ENTER SETUP 28 28 6 3 Once you enter the AMI BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select the one you need from several setup functions and two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept and enter the sub menu AMIBIOS HIFLEX SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 23 1999 American Megatrends INC All Rights RESERVED Standard CMOS Setup Advanced CMOS Setup Advanced Chipset Setup PCI Plug and Play Setup Peripheral Setup Auto Detect Hard Disks Change User Password Change Supervisor Password Change Language Setting Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings Save Settings and Exit Exit Without Saving Standard CMOS setup for changing time date hard disk type etc ESC Exit 1 Sel F2 F3 Color F10 Save amp Exit Note a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories Please note that some systems may not include all entries Standard CMOS Setup This setup includes all the items in a standard AT compatible BIOS
46. yed memory size for relocation Shadow Memory test above 1M to follow Going to save memory size information 64 39 A B 43 Going to enter real mode A Jesse Going to disable gate A20 line and disable parity NMI 57 A20 address line parity NMI disable successful Going to adjust memory size depending on relocation Shadow seiko ANN Going to clear Hit lt DEL gt message Ld Hit DEL message cleared WAIT gt message displayed about to start DMA and interrupt controller test EL AN DMA page register test passed To do DMA 1 base Register Test 62 DMA41 base register test passed To DMA 2 base Register test Tik 1 and 2 io Interrupt controller 8259 initialization over Extended NMI sources enabling is in progress pm For stuck key About to issue keyboard reset command BENE E About to issue keyboard controller interface test command E _ About write command byte and init circular buffer About to check for lock key BINE GA Mismatch with CMOS pp Check for password or bypass setup _ Setup Going to uncompress SETUP code and execute CMOS setup About to do programming after setup E NN Going to display power on screen message 65 Displayed About to do Video BIOS shadow Programming after CMOS setup about to start T Done next LI EM m Disk controller reset BE o NN Floppy setup to be done next 91 Floppy se
47. ymmetric RAS CAS address DRAM Support dual CAS or dual WE addressing DRAM 512k Bytes Memory four 256k x 4 bit one 256k x 16 bit 1M Bytes Memory eigh 256k x 4 bit two 256k x 16 bit 2M Bytes Memory sixteen 256k x 4 bit four 256k x 16 bit Integrates STN panel support Support Dual single scan mono STN LCD Panel up to 64 simultaneous grays Support Dual single scan color STN LCD Panel up to 64k simultaneous colors and 61 visual color Provide 8 and 16 bit panel interfaces Sxlntegrates color TFT panel support Support Normal or CRT like TFT LCD panel Support 9 12 15 or 18 24 bit panel interface and up to 16 8M simultaneous colors 5 4 SOFTWARE INSTALLING 1 You can see our CD Readme txt 26 26 CHAPTER 0 AMI BIOS SETUP THIS CHAPTER SHOWS HOWTO SET UP THE AMI BIOS SECTIONS INCLUDE INTRODUCTION STARTING SETUP MAIN MENU STANDARD CMOS SETUP ADVANCED CMOS SETUP ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PERIPHERAL SETUP CHANGE SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS DEFAULT DRIVE TABLE 27 27 6 1 INTRODUCTION This section discusses AMI Setup program built the ROM BIOS The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration This special information is then stored in battery backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off The AMI BIOS installed in computer system s ROM Read Only Memory is a custom version of an indust
48. yte to be written next Keyboard controller command byte is written Going to check pressing of lt INS gt key during power on Done Checking for pressing of lt INS gt key during power on done Going to disable DMA and interrupt controller Chipset init auto memory detection about to begin To uncompress the RUNTIME code Transfer control to uncompressed code in shadow ram at 000 FFFO 61 61 Runtime code is uncompressed in F000 shadow POST Code AMI HiFLEX BIOS WinBIOS runtime code Description hex Processor register test about to start and NMI to be Disabled NMI is Disabled Power on delay starting Soft reset power on determined Going to disable Cache if any init to be done next CMOS checksum calculation to be done next CMOS checksum calculation is done CMOS Diag byte written CMOS init to begin if init CMOS in every boot is set 03 06 0A CMOS initialization done if CMOS status register about to init for Date and Time 0 3 07 09 Any initialization before keyboard BAT to be done next to keyboard controller Any initialization after KB controller BAT to be done next Keyboard command byte to be written next Going to issue Pin 23 24 blacking unblocking command Pin 23 24 of keyboard controller is blocked unblocked Going to check pressing of INS key during power on Checking for pressing of INS key during power on done
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