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1. 3 1 RuNNING AWARD BIOS The Setup Utility is stored in the BIOS ROM When the power of the computer system is turned on a screen message appears to give you an opportunity to call up the Setup Utility while the BIOS will enter the Power On Self Test POST routines The POST routines perform various diagnostic checks while initializing the board hardware If the routines encounter an error during the tests the error will be reported in either of the two different ways hear a series of short beeps or see an error message on the screen display There are two kinds of error fatal or nonfatal The system can usually continue to boot up sequence with the nonfatal errors Non fatal error messages usually appear on the screen along with the following instructions Press F1 to RESUME Write down the message and press the F1 key to continue the bootup sequence After the POST routines are completed the following message appears Press DEL to enter SETUP Entering Setup Turn on the power of the computer system and press Del immediately If you don t have the chance to respond reset the system by simultaneously typing the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and Delete keys or by pushing the Reset button on the system cabinet You can also restart by turning the system OFF then ON EM370 34 34 AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 2 CMOS SETUP UTILITY To access the AWARD BIOS SETUP program press the lt DEL gt key The screen2. A line will appear on the screen asking if you want to load the Setup default values Press the Y key and then press the Enter key if you want to load the Setup defaults Press lt N gt if you do not want to proceed FM370 52 52 AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 10 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS When you select the INTEGRATED PERIPHERIALS on the main program the screen display will appears as Integrated Peripheral Setup Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KL7G INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 IDE Primary Master PIO Auto Parallel Port Mode IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto Onboard Serial Port 3 IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto Serial Port 3 Use IRQ IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Onboard Serial Port 4 IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto Serial Port 4 Use IRQ IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Onboard Parallel Port 2 On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Parallel Port 2 Use IRQ On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Parallel Port 2 Mode USB Keyboard Support Disabled KBC input clock 8 MHz Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Quit AV gt lt Select Onboard Serial Port 1 SF8 IRQ4 Help PU PD Modify Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 Old Values Shift F2 Color UART Mode Select Normal Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults IDE HDD Block Mode Select Enabled only If your hard drive supp
3. This speeds up the Power On Self Test POST by skipping some items that are normally checked during the full POST If your system is functioning normally you can choose this feature to speed the booting process Boot Sequence The default setting is C A the other options are CDROM C A and A C and CDROM A This setting determines where the computer looks first for an operating system the hard disk or the floppy disk or other The BIOS will load the operating system from the disk drives in the sequence as selected here Swap Floppy Drive The default setting is Disabled This setting gives you an option to swap A and B floppy disks Normally the floppy drive A is the one at the end of the cable and drive B is at the other end If you set this option to Enabled the Drive A will function as Drive B and vice versa under the DOS Boot Up Floppy Seek The defaults setting is Disabled When enabled the BIOS will check whether there is a floppy disk drive installed Boot Up Numlock Status The default setting is On If set Off the cursor controls will function on the numeric keypad Gate A20 Option The default setting is Fast This is the optimal setting for the CPU card The other option is Normal Typematic Rate Setting The default setting is Disabled If enabled you can set the typematic rate and typematic delay EMs70 41 41 AWARD BIOS SETUP Typemati
4. 1 is usable by version below 2 0 M370 3 INTRODUCTION Option 2 EMUKMS 02 kit Remark O9 EMUKMS 02 1X 44 to 44 pin thin flat ribbon female cable USB Keyboard Mouse Sound cabled kit 1x U K M S board 92 92x 27 00 mm with 3x Sound phone jack 1x 6 pin PS 2 Keyboard connector 1x 6 pin PS 2 Mouse O Keyboard adapter cable 6 pin header to 5 pin AT keyboard connector EMUKMS 02 Kit Top View Option 3 EMCOM 01 or EMCOM 02 kit Remark 01 1 50 to 44 pin thin flat ribbon female cable COM cabled kit 1x Four COM port board 90 00x 30 00 mm with 4x 9 pin COM port female D sub connector Remark 02 1 50 to 50 pin thin flat ribbon female cable COM cabled kit 1x Four COM port board 111 58x 30 00 mm with 3x 9 pin COM port female D sub connector and 1X10 pin COM port standard header EMCOM 01 Kit Top View EMCOM 02 Kit Top View 2 70 4 4 _______ INTRODUCTION Option 4 LCD Adapter Kit for example LK XXX XXX 001 002 O9 LCD Adapter Please check LCD adapter list user s manual O LCD adapter list user s manual LCD adapter list manual eLCD Flat Panel adapter cable 1 set Please check LCD adapter list user s manual An Option Kit please check your requirement with the LCD Adapter List Option 5 EM370CB V2 0 Oy Attached to standard card bracket Game port c
5. The system designer must select the correct frequency for the keyboard controller input clock Do not change this value from default value Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install an add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field Onboard Serial Port 1 2 Select a logical COM port address for the first and second serial ports UART Mode Select The UART serial port on your system may offer a variety of infrared port modes Click here for a description of various modes Click your browser s Back button or your right mouse button to return to this page FM370 54 54 AWARD BIOS SETUP Onboard Parallel Port Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel printer port Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel printer port Select Normal unless your hardware and software require one of the other modes offered in this field For information about parallel port modes see http www fapo com 1284 htm 3 11 SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD The SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD utility sets the password The SBC is shipped with the password disabled lf you want to change the password you must first enter the current password then at the prompt enter your new password The password is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alph
6. Bus Support two USB ports IR Interface Supports one IrDA header o Health Monitoring On board Winbond W83783S Operating Temperature 0 C 60 C Humidity 100 900 RH o Dimensions 203 mm X 146 mm 8 X 53 4 inches o Net weight 350 g 0 770 pounds o GPS Interface Reserved Header for GPS Kit Notice 1 Version below 2 0 only supports Intel Celeron in the PPGA Plastic Pin Grid Array Package and one parallel port 2 EM370B support VGA LCD Controller C amp T 69030 LCD CRT chipset ondie 4MB video memory EM370 2 INTRODUCTION 1 2 PACKING CHECK LIST Before you begin to install your card please make sure that you received the following materials as listed below e Standard Packing 22 EM370 Embedded Single Board Computer EM370 SBC VGA Audio Lan h monitor Drivers Drivers of CD ROM User s manual EM370 manual All Option Kits to be purchased separately e Option 1 EM370CB _______ fy cable ______________ po 44 pin narrow header to 40 pin standard header Attached to standard card bracket EIDE cable CRT 2 cable 12 pin standard header to 15 pin 3 rows D Sub e Game port cable 16 pin standard header to 15 pin 2 rows D Sub EBX Power Transfer Cable 7 pin 4 pin to P8 P9 12 pin Power Transfer Cable PC 104 plus Mounting kit 1 set 4x brass spacer 25mm 4x null 4x screws M3x 6 Note Option
7. Connector EBX Power Connector COM1 COM4 Connector Header CD IN MIC IN LIN IN Mouse Keyboard USB1 USB2 Connector LCD1 Panel LCD Connector Header FDC1 Floppy Interface Connector Header PRT1 Parallel 1 Port Connector Header PRT2 Parallel 2 Port Connector Header CN3 CN4 EIDE Interface Connector Header VGA1 External VGA Connector Header LAN1 LAN Connector RJ45 GAME Port Connector Header CON2 CON3 PC 104 Connector PCON1 PC 104 Plus Connector CON1 Manufacturer Setting For Pre Load Watch Dog on Factor Note PRT2 Parallel 42 Port Connector are not available of version below v2 0 EMSO 2 20 te JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS 2 8 CONNECTORS DESCRIPTION Jl Reset SW LED 4 Speaker J4 Connector Description Pin 1 Pin 2 of J1 Power LED Pin 3 Pin 4 of J1 HDD LED Pin 5 Pin 6 of J1 Reset SW Pin 7 Pin 8 of J1 Used Internal Buzzer Pin 7 Pin 10 of J1 External Speaker IOIOIOICIOO O OIG J1 e J2 LAN Connector Header J3 Reset SW LED amp Speaker J4 Connector Pin 1 Pin 2 of J3 Power LED Pin 3 Pin 4 of J3 HDDLED Pin 5 Pin 6 of J3 Pin 7 Pin 8 of J3 Used Internal Buzzer Pin 7 Pin 10 of J3 External Speaker 7 21 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS e IR1 Alternate IrDa VCC Ek um 5 FIRRX IRRX GND IRTX NORA IR1 FAN1 FAN1 Connector FAN Status FAN1 e FAN FAN2 Connector F
8. MMX capabilities EMs70 65 65 ee GLOSSARY Parallel port Parallel ports labeled LPT1 LPT2 and so on are usually for plugging in printers It is also often called a Centronics port has been almost synonymous with printer port Although a serial port can also be used to send data from a PC to some models of printers the parallel port is faster A serial port sends data one bit at a time over a single one way wire a parallel port can send several bits of data across eight parallel wires simultaneously Take note that a serial connection sends a single bit a parallel port send an entire byte A parallel connection has one drawback PCI Bus Peripheral Component Interconnect It is a connection slot in a motherboard that supports 32 bit bus transfer rates The now standard PCI Local Bus carries data along at least 32 lines that is at least 32 bits at a time Local bus computer designs add special buses so the CPU can communicate directly with key components like the monitor resulting in much better performance You should look for PCI local bus capabilities in any system you buy especially PCI local bus video which helps the monitor display more quickly POST Power On Self Test is the first thing your PC does when you turn it on and it s your first warning of trouble with any of the components When the POST detects an error from the display memory keyboard or other basic components it produces an error wa
9. allowing one additional MAX 13 setup time to RAS assertion This field applies only if EDO DRAM is installed the system SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This field lets you control the number of DCLKs between a Row Activate command and a read or write command SDRAM RAS Precharge Time The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh If insufficient time is allowd refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data This field applies only if synchronous DRAM is installed in the system SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed you can control the number of CLKs between when the SDRAMs sample a read command and when the controller samples read data from the SDRAMs Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer SDRAM Precharge Control When Enabled all CPU cycles to SDRAM result in an All Banks Precharge Command on the SDRAM interface DRAM Date Integrity Mode Select NonECC or ECC error correcting code according to the type of installed DRAM System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result EM370 44 144 AWARD BIOS SETUP Video BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h to C7FFFh resulting
10. in better video performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video memory RAM at A0000h to AFFFFh resulting in better video performance However if any program writes to this memory area a memory access error may result 8 16 Bit I O Recovery Time The I O recovery mechanism adds bus clock cycles between PCl originated I O cycles to the ISA bus This delay takes place because the PCI bus is so much faster than the ISA bus These two fields let you add recovery time in bus clock cycles for 16 bit and 8 bit I O Memory Hole At 15M 16M You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements Passive Release When Enabled CPU to PCI bus accesses are allows during passive release Otherwise the arbiter only accepts another PCI master access to local DRAM Delayed Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enable to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Cik The default setting is Enabled To reduce the occurrence of electromagnetic interference EMI the BIOS detects the presence or absence of components of DIMM and PCI slots and turns off
11. screen display will appears as Power Management Setup Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KL7G POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Power Management User Define Reload Global Timer Events PM Control by APM Yes IRQ 8 7 9 15 NMI Enabled Video Off Method SYNG Blank Primary IDE 0 Disabled Video Off After Standby Primary IDE 1 Disabled MODEM Use IRQ 3 IDE 0 Disable Doze Mode Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disable Standby Mode Disabled Floppy Disk Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Serial Port Enabled Throttle Duty Cycle 62 5 Parallel Port Disabled PCI VGA Act monitor X Disabled PowerOn by Ring Disabled IRQ 8 Break Suspend Disabled Quit lt Select Help PU Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Power Management This option allows you to select the type or degree of power saving for Doze Standby and Suspend modes Max Saving Maximum power savings Only Available for SL CPUS Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode User Define Set each mode individually Select time out periods in the section for each mode Min Saving Minimum power savings Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode except the hard drive EM370 47 AWARD BIOS SETUP PM Control by APM If Advanced Power Management is installed on your system selecting Yes gives better power savings Video Off Method De
12. 0Base T 100Base T Ethernet and StarLAN IEEE802 5 isaphysical layer standard for Token Ring IEEE802 11 is a physical layer standard for Wireless LAN WAN compatibility IEEE802 12 isa physical layer standard for 100VG AnyLAN LAN Local Area Network A data communications network spanning a limited area It provides communications between three or more computers and peripherals in most cases using a high speed media as it s backbone __ 70 64 164 SE GLOSSARY Keyboard This is a component that comes in direct contact for you with your The mechanism of keyboard converts a key cap s movement into a signal sent to the computer The most common key mechanism are capacitate and hard contact Capacitate keyboard has a spring that causes the plastic and the metal plunger to move nearer to two pads that have large plates plated in tin nickel and copper These pads are connected to the keyboard s printed circuit board Hard contact keyboard causes the key cap to collapse a foam rubber dome that presses against a sheet of plastic on the bottom of which is metallic area connected to the rest of the keyboard s circuit board LDCM LANDesk Client Manager With the help of LDCM POs that are either stand alone or on a network can not escape the control of a system administrator Alerts will be sent to the user if an abnormal condition is encountered in a PC It allows the administrator to give ea
13. 1 Floppy Interface Connector Header Pinno Description PinNo Description _ Ground ue ia e Ground 8 h 9 Ground 10 MotrEnabeAs Ground Drive Select A Ground Motor Enable B Ground Direction Ground Step a TAN 289 5 2 Tek ___27 2 WmteProect ReadDaas _ Ground 32 Head Side Select 3 NC 3 DisChages 1 FDC1 33 EM370 27 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS PRTI Parallel 1 Port Connector Header Pinno Description PinNo Description _ Strobe ___2 Auto Form Feed Data 0 Ground Error Data 7 5 Dit Ground 6 19 Acknowledge _ Printer Selectin 21 Buy Dis 2 Go Data 4 Ground Printer Select Ground 14 26 14 26 000000000000 1000000000000 1 PRT1 13 1 PRT2 13 PRTl Parallel 2 Port Connector Header Description Initialize Acknowledge 7 Printer Selectin 21 Buy E 3 Data 3 Ground 5 Ground 2 Printer Select EMs70 28 28 o JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS Ground 10 CN3 CN4 IDE Interface Connector Header Reset Data 9 Data 10 _ Daati 12 Data 12 14 Data 13 16 Data 14 18 Data 15 NC Ground 1 CN3 CN4 43 EMs70 29 29 JUMPER SETTING AND C
14. AN Status EM370 22 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS e PS1 5V amp 12V Power Connector PS1 E PS2 0000000 70 23 23 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS e 5 1 Connector PinNo Description PinNo Description pent 2 Derg SIN ___ 4 RTS14 SOUTH CTS14 DTRI COMGND COMGND DCD4 032 DSR4 SIN4 14 RTS4 SOUT4 ME CTS4 DTR4 RI4 ig COMGND 20 COMGND 21 DCD3 DSR3 23 25 CTS3 Dr 28 j N wc GN DCD2 38 DSR2 7 41 42 CTS24 48 Dr 45 46 ___ ENT UE 49 485TXD 48 485TXD 485RXD 485RXD 50 CN5 2 EM370 24 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS CN2 CD IN MIC IN LIN IN Mouse Keyboard USB1 USB2 Connector Description PinNo Description R CDI AGND1 MIC IN AGND1 AGN 8 LINER LIN L AGND1 13 AGND1 15 HO L 17 AGND1 HO R 20 1 SE 7 23 AGND 24 LO L 26 AGND1 NN MSDATA 30 3 EMs70 25 25 9 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS LCD1 Panel LCD Connector Header PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL p po d ENAVEE A1 LCD1 A26 370 26 26 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS e FDC
15. Auto Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive None Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 64512K Other Memory 384K Video EGA VGA Total Memory 65536K Halt On All Errors ESC Quit V gt Select Item PU Modify F1 Help Shift F2 Change Color The Standard CMOS Setup utility is used to configure the following components such as date time hard disk drive floppy drive display and memory Once a field is highlighted on line help information is displayed in the left bottom of the Menu screen Set Date Month Date Year Set Time Hour Minute and Second Use 24 hour clock format for p m time add 12 to the hour number you would enter 430 p m as 16 30 When you select the STANDARD CMOS SETUP on the main program the screen display will appears as Hard Disks There are four hard disks listed Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Secondary Slave For each DE channel the first device is EMS70 36 36 AWARD BIOS SETUP the Master and the second device is Slave Hard disk types from 1 to 45 are the standard ones To select or change the configuration move the cursor to the desired position and press Page Up or Page Down to change the option 1 Press Auto for IDE HDD auto detection 2 Press User for user definable and Press None for not installed e g SCSI There are six categories of information that you must enter for
16. CATION FUNCTION JP15 Manufacture Setting For NC Batte JP18 Clear CMOS Power On situation LLL M370 9 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS e 1 Select CPU External Bus Clock CPU External Bus Clock 66 6 MHz Default 66 6MHz 100MHz OFF Default 100MHz v DL CPU External Bus Clock 66 6 MHz Default 5 6 7 8 66 6MHz 100MHz Default 100MHz e JP2 LAN LED amp Sound Switch JP2 Connector Pin 1 amp 7 of JP2 10M LED rero ae 559595 N Pin 5 amp Pin 11 of JP2 VOL SW Pin 3 amp Pin 9 of JP2 100M LED 12 Pin 6 amp Pin 12 of JP2 VOL SW EM370 10 10 o JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS e Select Panel Type 3 45 6 7 8 1024X768 DSTN 1280X1024 TFT 640X480 DSTN 800X600 DSTN 1024 X 768 TFT 1 2 7 8 800 X 600 TFT 7 8 640X480 Sharp TFT 800 X 600TFT 3 4 5 6 800 X 600 DSTN 1 2 5 6 1024 X 768 TFT 1 2 3 4 1280 X 1024 DSTN 3 4 12 1024 X 600 TFT Note Different type of LCD panel with the same 640X480 18 Bit TFT 1024X768 TFT resolution will have different jumper 800X600 DSTN setting for selection 800X600DSTN Default 1024X768TFT 1280X1024 DSTN 1024X600 DSTN 1024X600 TFT EMO 11 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS e JP4 Select Panel Voltage Panel Voltage 3 3V Default Default JP4 R g e JP5 Select COM2 Type Default EM370 12 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTOR
17. 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 During the power on self test POST the computer stops if the BIOS detects a hardware error You can tell the BIOS to ignore certain errors POST and continue the boot up process These are the selections No errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will not be stopped and you will be prompted All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all Other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other Errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error it will stop for all other errors emors 39 AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 4 BIOS Features Setup When you select the BIOS FEATURES SETUP on the main program the screen display will appears as BIOS Features Setup Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KL7G BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Enabled External Cache Enabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Disabled 00000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled Boot Sequence A C SCSI D8000 DBFF
18. DC000 DDFFFH D4000 D5FFFH CC00 COFFH SRAM Adress D8000 D9FFFH DO00H D7FFH D800H DFFFH DC000 DDFFFH Default CC00 COFFH SRAM DOOOH D7FFH D800H DFFFH Clear CMOS Jumper Normal OFF Normal Clear CMOS Default EM370 16 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS JP19 Select M System or SRAM Type Select Type DISKOnChip 1 NE 32K X 8 SRAM 28 Pin DiskOnChip 5 Default 32Kx8 SRAM 28 Pin 8 JP20 Select M System or SRAM Select Type JP20 DiskOnChip 32K X 8 SRAM 28 Pin Default DiskOnChip 1 32KX8 SRAM 28 Pin 2 e JP21 Select M System or SRAM T Select Type JP21 DiskOnChip 1 2 32K X 8 SRAM 28 Pin DiskOnChip Default 32KX8 SRAM 28 Pin 2 EM370 17 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS EMCOM 01 Jumper Setting 1 JP1 JP4 Manufacturer Setting 2 JP5 JP8 Select COM4 Type Type RS 232 Default RS 422 2 3 2 3 RS 485 2 3 01 Kit Top View COM2 COM1 Q lt e 02 Jumper Setting 1 JP1 JP8 Manufacturer Setting EMCOM 02 Kit Top View COMI EMs70 18 18 nede JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS I O Connector Location for EM370 2 6 EMS370 19 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS 2 71 Connector Summary of EM370 LOCATION FUNCTION Reset SW LED amp Speaker LAN Connector Header Reset SW LED amp Speaker Alternate IrDA FAN1 Connector FAN2 Connector 5V amp 12V Power
19. DEFAULTS The BIOS defaults have been set by the manufacturer which represent settings provided with the minimum requirements for your system to operate Load BIOS Defaults loads the troubleshooting default values permanently recorded in the BIOS ROM These settings are non optimal and turn off all high performance features The Standard CMOS Setup screen is not affected To use this feature highlight it on the main screen and press Enter A line will appear asking if you want to load the BIOS default values Press the Y key and the Enter The default settings will load Press N if you do not want to proceed ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KL7G CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP PCI CONFIGURATIO LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS JO ESC Quit V gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type 3 9 LoAD SETUP DEFAULTS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS loads the optimal settings which are stored in BIOS ROM The defaults loaded affect only the BIOS Features Setup Chipset Features Setup Power Management Setup PnP PCI configuration setup and Integrated Peripherals Setup There is no effect on the Standard CMOS Setup To use this feature highlight the entry on the main screen and press Enter
20. EM370 B Embedded Single Board Computer with LCD SVGA Sound Lan amp Flash Disk for Pentium Celeron Socket 370 Processor COPYRIGHT This document is a copyright of the original manufacturer 1999 The original manufacturer reserves the right to make improvements to the product s described in this manual at any time without notice This manual may not in whole or in part be photocopied reproduced transcribed translated or transmitted in whatever form without the written consent of the manufacturer except for copies retained by the purchaser for backup purposes All rights are reserved TRADEMARKS Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies IBM Intel AMD Cyrix Award AMI Microsoft Windows Windows NT Novell SCO PC 104 PICMG ALI UMC SMC Winbond Products mentioned in this manual are mentioned for identification purposes only All names of products or services appearing in this manual are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective organizations and companies Copyright 2000 Ver No 1 2 LEFUM EM370 000 Date 2000 9 19 CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 3 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 3 9 3 10 3 11 3 12 3 13 3 14 3 15 TABLE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SPECIFICATION PACKING CHECK LIST JUMPER SETTINGS AND CONNECTORS B
21. F Shadow Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay M Sec 250 Security Option Setup PS 2 mouse function control Enabled PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Quit AV Select Item Assign IRQ For VGA Disabled Help PU PD Modify OS Select For DRAM Non OS 2 Old Values Shift F2 Color gt 64MB Report No FDD For WIN 95 Yes Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults The following explains the options for each of the features as listed in the above menu Virus Warning The default setting of the Virus Warning is Disabled When it is enabled any attempt to write the boot sector and partition table will halt the system and cause a warning message to appear If this happens you can use an anti virus utility on a virus free bootable floppy diskette to reboot to clean and to investigate your EMS70 40 40 AWARD BIOS SETUP System CPU Internal Cache The default setting is Enabled This setting enables the CPU internal cache External Cache The default setting is Enabled This setting enables the external cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking When you select Enabled memory checking is enable when the external cache contains ECC Quick Power On Self Test The default setting is Enabled
22. Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious confilct that the operating system cannot boot IRQ n Assigned to When resources are controlled manual assign each system interrupt as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture DMA n Assigned to When resources are controlled manual assign each system DMA channel as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific DMA channel PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture Used MEM base addr Select a base address for the memory area used by any peripheral that requires high memory Assign IRQ For USB Select Enabled if your system has a USB controller and you have one or more USB devices connected If you are not using your system USB controller select Disabled to free the IRQ EMs70 51 _ 51 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP A 3 8 LoAD BIOS
23. OARD OUTLINE OF EM370 JUMPER SETTING OVERVIEW INSTALLING THE DIMM MODULE JUMPER LOCATION FOR EM370 JUMPER SETTINGS SUMMARY FOR EM370 I O CONNECTORS LOCATION FOR EM370 I O CONNECTORS SUMMARY FOR EM370 l O CONNECTORS DESCRIPTION AWARD BIOS SETUP RUNNING AWARD BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT SAVE amp EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 34 34 35 36 40 43 47 50 52 52 53 55 56 56 56 56 TABLE CONTENTS CHAPTER 4 DRIVERS SUPPORT APPENDIX How To USE WATCH DOG TIMER APPENDIX B TECHNICAL REFERENCE APPENDIX C PC 104 MODULE INSTALLATION GLOSSARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS RMA SERVICE REQUEST FORM 57 58 59 61 62 68 69 CHAPTER 1 The EM370 is an embedded single board computer with full functionality LCD SVGA LAN Sound output amp a PC 104 plus expansion bus for Intel Pentium Celeron Processor lt consists of an on board SVGA amp Audio output a PCI Ethernet Interface and a PC 104 expansion bus The Intel 440BX establishes a new class of low cost high performance system that offers all the functions of a computer on a single board and fits in the space of a 5 25 inch floppy drive only 5 75 x8 This design eliminates system conflicts and end user configuration pr
24. ONNECTORS External VGA Connector Header PinNo Description PinNo Description ho R O Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground DDCK EM370 30 30 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS GAME Port Connector Header Em MIDI IN MIDI OUT Ground TI ee SO paeem CN1 EM870 31 _ 31 e CON 2 CONS PC 104 Connector Description CON2 70 32 32 e PCON 1 PC 104 Plus Connector emn RE basen Description ADi B6 C6 ADIO D6 ADi4 B7 ADI3 C7 GND D __ B8 C8 AD15 D8 SERR 09 SBO Do A10 D10 11 A12 A13 A14 1 A15 A16 1 17 1 18 1 1 A19 A20 A30 B30 C30 D30 CID OUODODUD 20000060000 00000600 000000010 ADS AD6 GND M66EN AD12 GND PCICLK1 GND PCIRST PIRQ C EMs70 33 33 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP Award s ROM BIOS provides a built in Setup program that allows user to modify the basic system configuration and settings The modified data will be stored in a battery backed CMOS RAM so that these data will be retained even when the power is turned off In general the information saved in the CMOS RAM stay unchanged unless there is configuration change in the system such as hard drive replacement or new equipment is installed
25. S e JP7 Select Disable or Enable COM2 Disable Enable COM2 JP7 Disable For GPS 5 9 6 10 7 11 8 12 Disable 10 Enable Default 1 5 2 6 3 7 4 8 I Enable e JPY GPS Connector RESET mons gt 13 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS e JP10 JP11 Select ISP GAL Function Manufacture Define JP10 JP11 JP10 JP11 rogram Use Wat Do c Default JP10 JP11 Use Watch Dog E e JP13 Select Internal CPU Clock Ratio JP13 34 OFF 1 2 3 4 7 8 1 2 5 6 7 8 1 27 8 3 4 5 6 7 8 3478 5 6 7 8 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 1 2 5 6 3 4 5 6 Default 2468 1357 EM370 14 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS e JP14 Digital Input NEUE Output Ports Header PinNo Description _ 2 ___ Ce 2125 12 _ q OUT3 JP15 Clear CMOS Power On Situation Clear CMOS Jumper Normal 2 3 Clear CMOS Default Clear CMOS 98 JP15 CRMs JP45 e JP16 Select M System SRAM Type Select Type JP16 T DiskOnChip T EPE ues i y DiskOnChi of 32K X 8 SRAM 28 Pin 1 3 2 4 iskOnChip ow 135 Default 32KX8 SRAM 2 4 6 28 o ojo _ JP16 135 EM370 15 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS JP17 Select DiskOnChip Flash Disk amp SRAM Address Flash Disk Address D0000 D1FFFH D4000 D5FFFH DO000 DIFFFH SEG D8000 D9FFFH
26. a HDD CYLS for number of cylinders HEADS for number of heads PRECOMP for write pre compensation LANDZ for landing zone SECTOR for number of sectors and MODE for Normal LBA LARGE and AUTO The hard disk vendor s or system manufacturer s documentation should provide you with the drive specifications For an IDE hard drive you can set TYPE to Auto or use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION utility in the main program screen to enter the drive specifications Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications Type The BIOS contains a table of pre defined drive types Each defined drive type has specified number of cylinders number of heads write compensation factor landing zone and number of sectors Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any pre defined type are classified as type USER e Size Disk drive capacity approximate Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a diskchecking program Cyls Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precompensation cylinder Landz Landing zone Sector Number of sectors Mode Auto Normal Large or LBA e Auto The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode e Normal Maximum number of cylinders heads and sectors supported are 1024 16 and 63 e Large For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders e LBA Logical Block Addressi
27. able 16 pin standard header to 15 pin 2 rows D Sub OG EBX Power Transfer Cable 7 pin 4 pin to P8 P9 12 pin Power Transfer Cable 9 PC 104 plus Mounting kit 1set 4x brass spacer 25mm 4x null 4 screws M3x 6 Parallel Port Cable 26 pin box header to 25 pin D sub with bracket Note Option 5 is not usable by version below 2 0 emos lt M370 5 ER 2 JUMPER SETTINGS AND CONNECTORS The figure below shows the jumpers and connectors location on the EM370 2 1 BOARD OUTLINE OF EM370 e Intel 82371EB T JP IH aan HB emos 6 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS 2 2 JUMPER SETTING OVERVIEW In order to select the operation modes of your system configure and set the jumpers on the your Embedded SBC to match the need of your application To set a jumper a black plastic cap containing metal contacts is placed over the jumper pins as designated by the required configuration as listed in this section A jumper is said to be on or 1 2 when the black cap has been placed on two of its pins as show in the figure below 0 o 5 A pair of needle nose pliers is recommended when working with jumpers If you have any doubts about the best hardware configuration for your application contact your local sales representative before you make any changes In general you simply need a standard cable to make most connections 2 3 INSTALLING THE DIMM MODULE A DIMM module simpl
28. ansion slots cannot accept 8 bit or 16 bit adapter cards EISA stands for Extended Industry Standard Architecture while MCA stands for MicroChannel Architecture MCA is architecture used in IBM Microcomputer emors __ ____________ 63 GLOSSARY 9 Expansion slots Expansion slots are plug in connectors that allow you to insert additional circuit boards that attach to the rest of the PC through special circuitry called the bus By inserting the right circuit board usually called an adapter or an expansion card you can increase the resolution and the number of colors used by the display or you can transform your PC into a machine for recording and playing music Fast SCSI The common nomenclature associated with SCSk2 the second generation of SCSI offering mandatory parity checking improvements over IDE Integrated Drive Electronics It was developed from ST 506 type hard drive interface utilizes BIOS INT 13h hard drive secondary software and supports two hard drives Master and Slave Do not need extra software to drive since it is directly initiated in the BIOS Data transfer rate is 4 1 Mbps Take note that this interface cannot support other drive like CD ROM drive IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers It is an international professional society that issues its own standard and is a member of ANSI and ISO Popular known standards is IEEE802 3 is aphysical layer standard for 1
29. anumeric characters Press Enter after you have finished typing in the password At the next prompt confirm the new password by re typing it and pressing lt Enter gt again When you are done the screen automatically reverts to the main screen Remember that when you use this feature the Security Option line in BIOS FEATURES SETUP will determine when entering the password will be required To disable the password press the Enter key instead of entering a new password when the Enter Password in the dialog box appears A message will appear confirming that the password is disabled If you have set both supervisor and user password only the supervisor password allows you to enter the BIOS SETUP PROGRAM Note If you forget your password the only way to solve this problem is to discharge the CMOS memory by turning power off and placing a shunt on the S1 open pad for 5 seconds then removing the shunt EMs70 55 55 _ AWARD BIOS SETUP 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 12 IDE HDD Auto Detection If your system has an IDE hard drive you can use this utility to detect its parameters and enter them into the Standard CMOS Setup automatically If the auto detected parameters displayed do not match the ones that should used for your hard drive do not accept them Press the lt N gt key to reject the values and enter the correct ones manually on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Note If you are setting up a new hard disk drive n
30. any harsh environments very well EMO M370 1 n INTRODUCTION 1 1 SPECIFICATIONS o Processor Support Intel Pentium Celeron Processors in the PPGA Plastic Pin Grid Array and FCPGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array o Chipset Intel 440BX chipsets CHIPS 69000 Realtek 8139 ESS 1938 sound chip Winbond 977EF 877TF I O compatible chips Winbond W83783S o System Memory One 168 pin DIMM socket that support up 256MB of SDRAM EDO DRAM o BIOS 256KB Licensed Award Flash BIOS o Flash Memory Disk Reserved socket for DiskOnChip from M System support up to 144 MB flash memory Disk VGA LCD Controller C amp T 69000 LCD CRT chipset on die 2MB video memory o Ethernet Controller On board Realtek 8139 support 100 BASE TX o Sound Output On board ESS 1938 PCI interface o IDE Drive Interface TWO PCI IDE ports support up to four IDE devices Ultra DMA 33 o Floppy Drive Interface One FDD port support up to two floppy devices Serial Port Four COM ports for three RS 232 and one selectable RS 232 422 485 o Parallel Port Two multi mode parallel port EPP ECP SPP o HTC Battery Dallas RTC battery or compatible o DMA 8DMA channels o Interrupts 16 levels of hardware interrupts o External Power Connector On board 7 pin amp 4 pin external power connector PC 104 Plus Expansion Bus Built in PC 104 Plus expansion Bus Watchdog Timer 16 level time out intervals by software program o Universal Serial
31. c Rate Chars Sec This setting controls the speed at which the system registers the repeated keystrokes The choices range from 6 to 30 Chars Sec The default setting is 6 Chars Sec Typematic Delay Msec This setting controls the time between the display of the first and second characters There are four delay choices 250ms 500ms 750ms and 1000ms The default setting is 250 ms Security Option This setting controls the password in the main screen The options are Setup and System Select Setup and it will protect the Setup Utility settings from being tampered with Select System if you want to use password feature every time the system boots up The default setting is Setup You can create your password by using the SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD utility on the main program screen PS 2 Mouse Function Control If your system has a PS 2 mouse port and install a serial pointing device select Disabled PCI VGA Palette Snoop The default setting is Disabled Set to Enable if any ISA adapter card installed requires VGA palette snooping Assign IRQ for VGA Select Enabled only if your VGA card requires an assigned IRQ Most ordinary cards do not some high end cards with video capture function do Consult the information that comes with your VGA card to determine whether it needs an assigned IRQ OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB The default setting is Non OS2 Set to OS2 if the syste
32. ch PC a thorough check up Additionally this feature is available to multiple OS s on the market today LDCM Key Features include the following Health Monitoring 0 TReal Time Alerting Remote Accessibility Extensive Instrumentation This is a product from Intel Mouse The keyboard is a barrier to learn how to use a computer Xerox Corporation first developed the concept of a pointing device something a computer user could move with his or her hand causing a corresponding move on screen Because of its size and tail like cable the device was named for the mouse Apple Computer made the mouse a standard feature of its Macintosh computers and with the popularity of Windows a mouse is becoming standard equipment on all PCs as well The Trackball have survived more awkward methods of navigating with the keyboard Digitizing tablets are popular with architects and engineers who must translate precise movements of a pen into lines on the screen Touch screens on which you press either your finger and a special light pen to control the software are too tiring to use for any length of time MMX CPU s with MMX technology are optimized to run multimedia application and therefore offer faster multimedia playback than standard CPUs However when manufacturers introduce any new hardware technology the software makers need to catch up At this time of compilation most applications can t yet take advantage of
33. deo BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled 8 Bit O Recovery Time 1 16 Bit I O Recovery Time 1 Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled Passive Release Enabled ESC Quit lt Select Item Delayed Transaction Disable F1 PU PD Modify AGP Aperture Size MB 64 F5 OldValues Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Auto Configuration The default setting is Enabled which will optimize DRAM timing automatically depending on whether the DRAM used is either 70ns or 60ns The other option is Disabled which allows you to change DRAM timing manually 70 43 43 o AWARD SETUP EDO DRAM Speed Selection The value in this field must correspond to the speed of the EDO DRAM installed in you system DO not change the default setting of this field as determined by the system board manufacturer for the installed DRAM This vaule is access speed so a lower value means a fast system EDO CAS MA Wait State The board designer may select to insert one additional wait state before the assertion of the first CAS for page hit cycles thus allowing one additional clock of MA setup time to the for the leadoff page hit cycle Do not change from the manufacturer s default unless you are getting memory addressing errors EDO RAS Wait State The board designer may elect to insert one additional wait state before RAS is asserted for row misses thus
34. display will appears as Main Program Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KL7G CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP PCI CONFIGURATION HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ESC Quit V gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type This screen provides access to the utility s various functions Listed below are explanation of the keys displayed at the bottom of the screen lt ESC gt Exit the utility gt Use arrow keys V gt lt to move cursor to your desired selection lt F10 gt Saves all changes made to Setup and exits program Shift F2 Changes background and foreground colors emors gt 35 AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP When you select the STANDARD CMOS SETUP on the main program the screen display will appears as Standard CMOS Setup Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KL7G STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Date mm dd yy Tue Jul 27 1999 Time hh mm ss 16 29 11 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR Primary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 Primary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 Secondary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Secondary Slave
35. es UTP cable Also called Fast Ethernet it uses RJ 45 connectors and EIA TIA T568B pinning Maximum cable length from hub to node is 100 meters without a repeater Adapter It is also called an expansion board expansion card or adapter small circuit board that is installed in the expansion slots on the motherboard You can install a particular adapter that connects a new device such as internal modem sound card and scanner AGP Accelerated Graphic Port is 32 bit G6MHz external frequency data bus that transmit a maximum of 528MB s of data 4 times the speed of PCI transmission this design improves the speed of large amount in video transaction BIOS Basic Input Output System This is a chip on the motherboard that contains the instructions for starting up or booting the computer and more Bus Data that travels in a computer along the circuits on the motherboard are called buses Although three main buses data bus address bus and control bus manage the computer s operation often these are collectively called the bus The bus carries instructions back and forth between the CPU and other devices in the system ISA EISA VL Bus PCI and SCSI are examples of PC buses __ 70 62 62 n GLOSSARY bps Bits per second Also often preceded kilo thousands Kbps Kilo bytes per second and M mega million Mbps Mega bytes per second Bus Mastering A method of trans
36. ferring data through a bus in which the device takes over the bus and directly controls the transfer of data to the computer s memory Bus mastering is a method of Direct Memory Access DMA transfer Cache Cache RAM is an extra holding area for program instructions that need to be frequently used by the CPU or swapped in and out of RAM Your CPU can usually access those instructions from the cache more quickly than it could from a hard disk or even PAM so a cache helps the system work more efficiently Most systems sold today offer either 256K or 512K cache CPU Central Processing Unit executes all commands and controls the flow of data providing the brain that enables the PC to calculate and perform the operations like sorting information more quickly than a human could The CPU makes perhaps the greatest contribution to a PC s speed and power Note Any additional information is subject to change without prior revision from the supplier Table 1 CPU Speeds Processor type Speed ratings MHz 486DX2 66 80 486DX4 75 100 120 Pentium 90 100 120 133 166 200 Pentium MMX 166 200 233 Pentium Pro 166 180 200 Pentium 233 266 300 333 EIDE Enhanced IDE It is a hard drive controller that enables your system to be able to handle fast hard disk drives at a speed of 10Mbps EISA or MCA Bus Data is transmitted along 32 data lines to adapter cards designed specifically to work with the 32 bit buses MCA exp
37. h the ATA 2 specification or later power manage themselves putting themselves into an idle state after the specified timeout and then waking themselves up when accessed Throttle Duty Cycle When the system enters Doze mode the CPU clock runs only part of the time You may select the percent of time that the clock runs 70 48 48 AWARD BIOS SETUP PCI VGA Act Monitor When Enabled any video activity restarts the global timer for Standby mode PowerOn by Ring When Enabled an input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state IRQ 8 Break Suspend You can select Enabled or Disabled for monitoring 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 for Standby mode IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 Floppy Disk Serial Port Parallel Port After you have made your selection in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP press the lt ESC gt key to go back to the main program screen 70 49 49 l _ _ _ _ AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION Both the ISA and PCI buses on the CPU card use system IRQs amp DMAs You must set up the IRQ and DMA assignments correctly through the PnP PCI Configuration Setup utility
38. hipping A The customer is requested to fill up the problem code as listed If none of the code is selected please write the symptom description on the remark B Ship the defective units with freight prepaid Mark the clearly on the box D Shipping damage as a result of inadequate packing is the customer s responsibility E Usethe original packing materials whenever possible 3 All RMAf are valid for 30 days only When RMA goods are received after valid RMA period the goods will be rejected RMA Service Request Form Date 1997 10 20 When requesting service please fill out this Service Request Form This form needs to be shipped with your returns Service cannot begin until we have this information Company Person to contact Phone No Purchased Date Fax No Applied Date Return Shipping Address For Supplier only Account Sales Model Serial Problem Code Remak PTs This form could be copied for more description Problem Code 01 D O A 06 HDC Fail 11 Memory Socket Bad 02 Second Time R M A 07 Bad Slot 12 Hang Up Hardware 03 No Screen 08 BIOS Problem 13 Hang Up Software 04 CMOS Data Lost 09 Keyboard Controller Fail 14 Other Pls Specify 05 FDC Fail 10 Cache RMA Problem Request Party Confirmed By Supplier Authorized Signatures Authorized Signatures
39. if both of them are available For hardware setting period select period by jumper For software setting period normally setting hardware watch dog timer period to 16 sec Hardware watch dog using example EX 1 For DOS Execute the DEBUG EXE under DOS Then key in i443 The system will reboot automatically according to the time out you set Enable Disable C DOS DEBUG C DOS gt DEBUG 443 i43 EX 2 For assemble Language Enable Disable MOV DX 443H IN AL 43H IN AL DX Software watch dog using example EX 1 For DOS Enable Disable C DOS gt DEBUG C DOS gt DEBUG 0443F 0441F EX 2 For assemble Language Enable Disable MOVDX 443H MOV DX 441H MOVAL OFH MOV AL OFH OUTDX AL OUT DX AL Note F is the period of software watch dog timer normally F indicated 0 sec 0 to 9 and A to F are used for represent different period Normally the step is 2 sec That means E is 2 D is 4 2 is 26 1 is 28 and 0 is 30 seconds 70 58 58 APPENDIX B TECHNICAL REFERENCE I O PORT ADDRESS Address Funcion O ____060 060 06F ___ _ ____________ 59 MEMORY ADDRESS MAP Address Ranae Hex 000000H O9FFFFH 640 KB of Conventional RAM OBFFFFH 128 of Video RAM OEFFFFH 256 KB of I O Expansion ROM 0 H ROM 0100000H 7FFFFFFFH 1 MB 128MB of User RAM DMA CHANNELS Re
40. m memory size is greater than 64MB and the operating system is OS 2 Video BIOS Shadow The default setting is Enabled which will copy the VGA display card BIOS into system DRAM to improve performance C8000 CBFFF Shadow to DC000 DFFFF Shadow The default setting for the shadow feature is Disabled When enabled the ROM with the specific address is copied into system DRAM It will also reduce the size of memory available to the system After you have made your selection in the BIOS FEATURES SETUP press the lt ESC gt key to go back to the main program screen EM370 42 AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 5 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP When you select the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP on the main program the screen display will appears as Chipset Features Setup Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A59IL7G CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC AUTO Configuration Enabled Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled EDO DRAM Speed Selection 60 ns Spread Spectrum Disabled EDO CASx MA WaitState CPU Host Clock CPU PCI Default EDO RASx Wait State CPU Warning Temperature Disabled SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay Current System Temp 92 C 89 F SDRAM RAS Precharge Time Current CPU1 Temp 32 89 F SDRAM CAS latency Time Auto Current CPUFAN1 Speed 0 RPM SDRAM Precharge Control Disabled Current CPUFAN2 Speed 0 RPM DRAM Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Vcore 2 01 V 3 3 V 3 31V System BIOS Cacheable Disabled 5V 4 94 V 12 V 12 09 V Vi
41. ng During drive accesses the IDE controller transforms that data address described by sector head and cylinder number into a physical block address significantly improving data transfer rates For drives with greater 1024 cylinders The AWARD BIOS supports three HDD modes NORMAL LBA and LARGE Ems70 37 37 AWARD BIOS SETUP NORMAL mode This is a Generic Access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make any transformation during the accession The maximum HDD size is supported by the NORMAL mode that is 528 Megabytes LBA mode This is a Logical Block Addressing mode which is a HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 Megabytes restriction The number of cylinders heads and sectors that are shown in setup may not be the physical number contained in the HDD During the HDD accessing the IDE controller will transform the logical address that is described by the cylinder head and sector numbers into its own physical address as contained inside the HDD The maximum HDD size that is supported by the LBA mode is 8 4 Gigabytes LARGE mode Some IDE HDD contains more than 1024 cylinders without the LBA support This access mode tricks DOS or other OS with the number of cylinders that is less than 1024 by dividing it by 2 At the same time the number of heads is multiplied by 2 A reverse transformation process will be made inside INT13H in order to access to the right HDD address The maxmum HDD size tha
42. oblems INTRODUCTION For the embedded board market this means more memory more processing might and more can be packed tighter The form factor dispenses with the complexity cost and bulk of conventional motherboards backplanes and card cages The embedded single board computer in EM370 also comes with the most popular PC 104 plus self stacking bus connector that suits the small form factor board standards compact PC 104 plus 3 6 x 3 8 inch self stacking modular format Today the basic PC architecture is used in such diverse embedded applications as vending machines communications devices portable systems and medical equipment Among PC 104 plus standardizes the repackaging of desktop PC functions to satisfy the ruggedness reliability and size constraints of embedded systems PC 104 plus lets you combine special purpose embedded functions with the basic PC computing core Other on board features include four serial ports RS 232 and RS 232 422 485 one multi mode parallel ECP EPP SPP port a floppy drive controller and a keyboard interface and a PS 2 mouse interface The builtin high speed PCI IDE controller supports both PIO and bus master modes Up to two IDE devices can be connected including large hard disks CD ROM drives tape backup drives and other IDE devices Its 6 layer printed circuit board combines with noise tolerant and low power consumption CMOS technology applied on the board makes EM370 able to withstand
43. orts block mode ems7o s3 _ ____________ 53 AWARD BIOS SETUP IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO There are four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UMDA UDMA Ultra DMA is a DMA 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 of up to four IDE devices that the internal PCI IDE interface supports the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE The Intel 82C440BX chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the primary and or secondary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface if you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard Init Display First Initialize the AGP video display before initializing any other display devic on the system Thus the AGP display becomes the primary display KBC input clock
44. otherwise the SBC will not work properly When you select the PnP PCI CONFIGURATION on the main program the screen display will appears as PnP PCI Configuration Setup Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KL7G PNP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC PNP OS Installed No Used MEM base addr N A Resources Controlled By Manual Reset Configuration Data Disabled Assign IRQ For USB Enabled IRQ 3 assigned to Legacy IRQ 4 assigned to Legacy IRQ 5 assigned to PCI ISA IRQ 7 assigned to Legacy IRQ 9 assigned to PCI ISA IRQ 10 assigned to PCI ISA IRQ 11 assigned to PCI ISA IRQ 12 assigned to PCI ISA IRQ 14 assigned to PCI ISA IRQ 15 assigned to PCI ISA DMA 0 assigned to PCI ISA DMA 1 assigned to PCI ISA ESC Quit AV gt lt Select Item DMA 3 assigned to PCI ISA F1 Help PU Modify DMA 5 assigned to PCI ISA F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color DMA 6 assigned to PCI ISA F6 Load BIOS Defaults DMA 7 assigned to PCI ISA F7 Load Setup Defaults PNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug and Play aware e g Windows 95 70 50 50 n AWARD BIOS SETUP Resources Controlled By The Plug and Play AwardBIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you select Auto all the interrupt request IRQ and DMA assignment fields disappear as the BIOS automatically assigns them Reset Configuration Data
45. othing on it that supports LBA mode more than one line will appear in the parameter box choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive Do not choose Large or Normal if the hard disk drive is already fully formatted when you install it choose the mode HDD Low Level Format to format it 3 13 HDD Low LEVEL FORMAT Select and highlight this option press the lt gt key to enable you to perform the low level format of hard disk drive 3 14 SAVE amp Exit SETUP Select this option and press the lt Enter gt key to save the new setting information in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting process 3 15 ExiT WITHOUT SAVING Select this option and press the Enter gt key to exit the Setup Utility without recording any new values or changing old ones EM370 56 56 CHAPTER 4 DRIVERS SUPPORT 4 1 DRIVERS OF CD ROM LIST The Table list below shows the drivers supported for EM370 B Diskette Name Driver Directory Name Nt40 JOS2 Win95 98 ess1938 Win 31 95 98 2000 Linux Nt3 51 4 0 EM870 57 157 5 APPENDIKA HOW TO USE WATCH DOG TIMER You can enable the watch dog when your application software monitors an unexpected or not respond then the timer generates a reset to reboot your system During the period of enable to reset you could still cancel reset by disable the watch dog Decision the way you want to set the period for reset by select hardware or software watch dog
46. r to reduce susceptibility to RF crosswalk VGA Video Graphics Array A video adapter that supports 640x480 pixels color resolution The Windows OS provides medium text amp graphics standard VL Bus It is also known as Local Bus this is an I O interface that is directly connected and depended of the system CPU The VL Bus is an abbreviation of VESA Local Bus 70 67 67 Terms and Conditions Warranty Policy 1 All products are warranted against defects in materials and workmanship on a period of two years from the date of purchase by the customer Date 1997 10 20 2 The buyer will bear the return freight charges for goods that are returned for repair within the warranty period whereas manufacturer will bear the other way after repair 3 The buyer will pay for repair for the replaced materials plus service time and transportation charges both ways for items after the expiration of the warranty period 4 If the RMA Service Request Form does not meet the stated requirement as listed on RMA Service RMA goods will be returned at the customer expense 5 The following conditions are excluded from this warranty A Improper or inadequate maintenance by the customer B Unauthorized modification or misuse C Operation outside of the environmental specifications for the product RMA Service 1 Request a RMA Complete and fax to Supplier the Request Form to obtain a number 2 S
47. rning in the form of a message on your display and in case your display is part of the problem n the form of a series of beeps RAM Random Access Memory consists of a bank of chips that act as working memory holding program instructions and data only while your computer on Unless the instructions and data are saved to a disk RAM forgets them when you turn your computer off RAM is measured in megabytes M Most computers today come with 32M of RAM though some sell with only 16M installed There are a few different flavors and speeds of RAM as well One of the most prominent today is Extended Data Output EDO RAM but an even faster type of RAM that has just hit the market is called SyncDRAM Serial port Serial ports are also sometimes called COM short for COMmunications ports and are labeled COM1 COM2 and so on It is simple in concept one line to send data another line to receive data and a few other lines to regulate how data is sent over the other two lines from commonplace modems and printers to plotters and burglar alarms The most common use for serial port is with a mouse or modem The reason for this is that a serial port is not a very efficient way to transfer data so little data 70 66 66 GLOSSARY that speed is not crucial and perfect for modems because With current technology phone lines cannot transport more than one signal at a time anyway The serial port is often refe
48. rred to as an RS 232 port SCSI Small Computer System Interface An intelligent bus for transmitting data commands between a variety of devices There are many implementations of SCSI including Fast SCSI Wide SCSI Fast Wide SCSI Fast 20 and Fast 40 SCSI 2 The second generation of SCSI includes many improvements to SCSH including Fast SCSI Wide SCSI and mandatory parity checking SCSI 3 The third generation of SCSI introduces Fast 20 and Fast 40 as improvements to the parallel bus The standard also includes a number of specifications for high speed serial bus architectures such as SSA Fiber Channel and IEEE 1394 Also known as Ultra SCSI Ultra SCSI Also known as SCSI 3 is a third generation SCSI standard that introduced parallel bus speed improvements FAST 20 and FAST 40 an the miniaturized 68 pin micro connector USB Universal Serial Bus USB consolidates serial parallel keyboard mouse and game ports into one asynchronous and isochronous communications port with bandwidth for data transfer speeds up to 12 Mbps without termination By daisy chaining USB hubs up to 127 devices can be connected to one USB port the PC USB is completely plug and play meaning peripherals can be correctly detected and configured automatically as soon as they are connected UTP Unshielded Twisted Pair Twisted pair cable with neither individual nor overall shielding Twisted Pair are two wires twisted togethe
49. served Flooov Disk Controller Q Reserved DMA 7 Reserved INTERRUPT CONTROLLER 4 Function 5050 0 0 Serial port 1 5 Parallel port 2 Floppy disk controller Parallel port 1 Real time clock IRQ 10 IRQ 11 Reserved Primary Hard disk Secondary Hard Disk NMI Parity Check Error EMS70 60 60 APPENDIX C PC 104 MODULE INSTALLATION There are two steps to install the PC 104 module on EM370 Embedded Single Board Computer Step 1 Plug the Dual Side Male Connector into the PC 104 female connector Step 2 Plug the PC 104 module s female connector into the EM370 male connector PC 104 Module PC 104 Female Connector Dual Side Male Connector EM370 Embedded Single Board Computer EM870 61 _ 61 GLOSSARY 8 Bit Bus Data is transmitted to expansion slots and other components on the bus only along 8 parallel data line 10Base T It is a 10Mbps IEEE 802 3 Ethernet standard that uses unshielded twisted pair cable specification 10Base T supports network configuration using the CSMA CD access method over a twisted pair transmission system up to 100 meters in length without the use of repeater 16 Bit Bus or ISA Bus Data is transmitted along either 8 or 16 data lines depending on what kind of adapter card is used in an expansion slot ISA is the abbreviation of Industry Standard Architecture 100Base TX It is a 100Mbps IEEE 802 3 Ethernet standard that us
50. system clock generator pulses to empty slots Spread Spectrum When the system clock generator pulses the extreme values of the pulse generate excess EMI Enabling pulse spectrum spread modulation changes the extreme values from spikes to flat curves thus reducing EMI This benefit may in some cases be outweighed by problems with timing critical devices such as a clock sensitive SCSI device EMs70 45 45 5 AWARD SETUP CPU Warning Temperature Seleci ihe combination of lower and upper limits for the CPU temperature If your computer contains an environmental monitoring system If the CPU temperature extends beyond either limit any warning mechanism programmed into your system will be activated Current CPU1 Temperature This field displays the current CPU temperature if your computer contains an environmental monitoring system Current CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 Speed This field displays the current speed of the SYS FAN1 CPUFAN2 if your computer contains a monitoring system Vcore This field display the current voltage of input line if your computer contains a monitoring system After you have made your selections in the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP press the lt ESC gt key to go back to the main program screen 70 46 46 AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 6 PowER MANAGEMENT SETUP The Power Management Setup controls the CPU card s Green features When you select the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP on the main program the
51. t is supported by the LARGE mode is 1 Gigabytes Note 1 To support LBA or LARGE mode there are softwares located in the AWARD HD Service Routine INT13H It may fail to access HDD with LBA or LARGE modes selected if you are running under an Operating System that replaces the whole INT13H service routine 2 Entering incorrect drive specifications will result in a hard disk drive that will function improperly or no function at all Drive A and Drive B Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive s installed in the computer No diskette drive installed 360K 5 25in 5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive 360 kilobyte capacit 1 2M 5 25in 5 1 4 inch AT type high density drive 1 2 megabyte capacit 720K 3 5in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 720 kilobyte capacit 1 44M 3 5in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 1 44 megabyte capacit 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 2 88 megabyte capacit Note 1 Not Installed could be used as an option for diskless workstations 2 Highlight the listing after each drive name and select the appropriate entry EM370 38 _ 38 AWARD BIOS SETUP Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer The BIOS usually detects the correct video type automatically The BIOS supports a secondary video subsystem but you do not select it in Setup EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters
52. termines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA Use the software supplied for your video subsystem to select video power management values Video Off After As the system moves from lesser to greater power saving modes select the mode in which you want the monitor to blank MODEM Use IRQ Name the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system Doze Mode After the selected period of system inactivity the CPU clock throttles to small percentage of its duty cycle between 10 percent and 25 percent for most chipsets All other devices still operate at full speed Standby Mode After the selected period of system inactivity the CPU clock stops the hard drive enters an idle state and the L2 cache enters a power save mode All other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity the chipset enters a hardware suspend mode stopping the CPU clock and possibly causing other system devices to enter power management modes HDD Power Down After the selected period of drive inactivity any system IDE devices compatible wit
53. y snaps into a socket on the system board Fin1 of the DIMM module must correspond with Pin1 of the socket oli LEES LE LE LE LI Lio nm Notch Pin1 Key d Y 1 Position the DIMM above the socket with the notch in the module aligned with the key on the socket 2 Seat the module at a 90 angle into the bank Make sure it is completely seated Tilt the module upright until it locks in place in the socket EM370 7 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS 2 4 JUMPER LOCATION FOR EM370 JP9 JP21 1 7 BRE JP10 E IRA JP11 B H J17 JP18 JP14 HAS JP16 emos lt 8 JUMPER SETTING AND CONNECTORS 2 5 JUMPER SETTINGS SUMMARY FOR 70 LOCATION FUNCTION Select CPU External Bus Clock Select LAN LED amp Sound Switch Select Panel Type Select Panel Voltage Select COM2 Type JPG Manufacture Setting For Debug GPS Connector JP10 Select ISP GAL Function Manufacture Define Select ISP GAL Function Manufacture Define JP14 Digital Input Digital Output Ports JP15 Clear COMS Power On Situation Select M System or SRAM Type Select M System or SRAM Type JP20 Select M System or SRAM Type Select M System or SRAM Type Select M System or SRAM Type OSS O Select M System or SRAM O Z O o o O JP5 JP8 EMCOM 01 JP1 JP4 Manufacturer Setting JP1 JP8 02 JP1 JP8 Manufacturer Setting Note The following jumpers are different of version below v2 0 LO
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