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1. CHAPTER 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 7 4 8 4 9 4 10 4 11 4 12 4 13 4 14 4 15 Introduction _ Entering Setup The Standard CMOS Features The Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features 2 2 2 Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup sss PNP PCI Configuration PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Password Setting Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving 2 29 2 29 2 30 2 30 2 31 2 31 2 32 2 33 2 34 3 2 3 3 3 6 3 8 Contents APPENDIX A EXPANSION BUS PC 104 Bus Connector Pin Assignment A 2 PC 104 Plus Bus Connector Pin Assignment A 3 Compact Flash Card Connector Pin Assignment A 4 PCI Bus Connector Pin Assignment _ 5 APPENDIX B TECHNICAL SUMMARY Block Diagram e trees B 2 Interrupt M p i2u55essg bees ect ia Rides eek B 3 amp CMOS RAM Map eee en B 4 Timer amp DMA Channels Map B 5 I O amp M eniory Map ertt tet ehe red B 6 INTRODUCTION Page 1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL Thank you for purchasing our EBC E400C 5 25 Embedded CPU Board enhanced with VGA Soun2. CPU WARNING TEMPERATURE In the DOS environment if the temperature reaches the warning point the buzzer will act CURRENT CPU TEMPERATURE This item shows you the current CPU temperature VCORE This item shows you the current system voltage EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 4 23 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 4 10 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL Choose FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL a display will be shown on screen as below from the main menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Control VIA C3 Clock Ratio Default Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled Item Help Menu Level This item is for VIA C3 CPU Ratio adjustment fi Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Frequency Voltage Control Setup Screen This setup menu allows you to specify your settings for frequency voltage control VIA C3 CLOCK RATIO This item is for VIA C3 CPU ratio adjustment AUTO DETECT DIMM PCI CLK This item allows you to enable or disable auto detect DIMM PCI Clock SPREAD SPECTRUM This item allows you to enable or disable the spread spectrum modulate Page 4 24 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 4 11 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS By pressing the lt ENTER gt key on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a m
3. 4 7 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP Choose POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP option on the main menu a display will be shown on screen as below Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI function Disabled Power Management Press Enter Item Help PM Control by APM Yes Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Menu Lever P Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft off by PWRBTN Instant off State After Power Failure Off gt Wake Up Events Press Enter fi Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Power Management Setup Screen The Power Management Setup allows the user to configure the system to the most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use ACPI FUNCTION Users are allowed to enable or disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI Page 4 18 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup POWER MANAGEMENT This item allows the user to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to HDD Power Down Doze Mode and Suspend Mode PM CONTROL BY APM If Advanced Power Management APM is installed on your system selecting Yes gives better power savings VIDEO OFF OPTION This category determines the power saving modes during which the monitor goe
4. 5 e 37 2 20 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration IDE2 Hard Disk Drive Connector The pin assignments are as follows ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT Jools IDERST 5 SDD6 6 SDD 7 SDD 1 8 SDIO 9 504 10 m 33 SDAI 34 SD 80P EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 2 21 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 23 PRINTER CONNECTOR LPT1 Printer Connector As to link the Printer to the card you need a cable to connect both DB25 connector and parallel port The pin assignments are as follows PPD4 9 GND 8 P 2 9 PPD7 0 22 GND Page 2 22 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 24 RESET NMI SELECTION JP7 Reset NMI Selection The selections are as follows FUNCTION JUMPER SETTING JUMPER pin closed ILLUSTRATION Manufacturing Default is set as Reset EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 2 23 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 25 ONBOARD LAN SELECTION OPTION JP10 Onboard LAN Selection The selections are as follows JUMPER SETTING JUMPER Enabled Close i 0 Manufacturing Default Enable Page 2 24 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 26 LAN CONNECTOR LAN Connector The pin assignments are as follows 6 MDL 7 IMDI_0 8 IMDIO 9 9 AVDDL EBC E400C U
5. PIN ASSIGNMENT 10 5 1 USBVCC USBDT2 USBDT2 6 1 Page 2 18 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 21 FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR FDD1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector You can use a 34 pin daisy chain cable to connect two FDDs On one end of this cable there is a 34 pin flat cable to attach the FDD on the board the other side attaches to two FDDs The pin assignments are as follows FDD1 N ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT GND GND ND ND ND ND G G G G GND rg 9 13 5 GND 19 21 23 25 29 GND GND GND ND ND ND ND 31 GND L 38 GND G G G G 3 5 7 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 2 19 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 22 HARD DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR IDE1 Hard Disk Drive Connector The pin assignments are as follows PIN IDERST 2 GND L PDD7 4 RDD 7 pppoe 6 PDD 8 PDDIO PDD4 0 PODU 12 PDDI22 PDD PDD3 PDDI 16 PDDI4 PDDO 18 PODIS GND NC DDREQA 22 DIOWA 24 DORA 26 HDRDYA 28 DDACKA 30 a Jo x E PDAL 34 PDAO 36 38 HDLEDI 40 IDE 1 NC O GND PDCS3 PIN Ln 9 EUM 15 ia 21 23 25_ 29
6. VELOLLA VIA ZU 8949 U sng Dd ZUN L 001 e9ejie1u Wey ZUN 51 eoepelu 9098 LA VIA sng ISOH i JosseooJd Uepa VIA sindino oued Ied 131 Joyeiaja00y 1 VOA SAI Hq 95 81 Jeued pz 199 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL B 2 Page Appendix B Technical Summary INTERRUPT MAP 0 ASSIGNMENT System TIMER interrupt from TIMER O 6 8 0 9 Available EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page B 3 Appendix B Technical Summary RTC amp CMOS RAM MAP CODE ASSIGNMENT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Seconds 2 Minutes 200 01 02 06 Dayofweek 08 Moth 7 220090 B Status registerB 0D Status registerD O OF F Shutdown byte Floppy Disk drive type byte 1 1 Reserve Page B 4 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Appendix B Technical Summary TIMER amp DMA CHANNELS MAP Timer Channel Map Timer Channel System timer interrupt DRAM Refresh request Speaker tone generator DMA Channel Map DMA Channel Assignment Available Available Sound Blaster 1 2 Floppy 3 3 Available ECP 4 Cascade for DMA controller 1 5 Available Available Avai
7. 10 Re starting your system you will acquire network service 7 Note For Installing Multiple LAN Adapters Enter Windows NT and follow above setup procedure step 2 in the Network Settings dialog box choose the Configure button The Input Ethernet ID dialog box appears and input adapter s Ethernet ID Last step to select OK and close NETWORK SETUP Select SKIP if only one adapter is installed on this computer For more information on installation procedure please refer to TXT directory found on LAN DRIVER UTILITY EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 3 7 Chapter 3 Software Configuration 3 6 SOUND DRIVER UTILITY 3 6 1 Introduction The sound function enhanced in this system is fully compatible with Windows 9x 98SE ME Windows NT DOS OS2 Linux and Windows 2000 Below you will find the content of the Sound driver Gound Disk 1 Win 98 ME SE program 2 Win NT program 3 Win 2000 XP program 3 6 2 Installation Procedure In Windows NT 1 Open Main Window in Program Manager 2 Select Control Panel in Main Window then open it 3 Select Drivers in Control Panel Double Click it to open this window Then choose ADD item to add driver 4 Choose Unlisted or Updated Driver on the list Then press OK button 5 Change the Install Driver directory to the VIA Audio Driver directory Then press button 6 If it correct you will see a pop wi
8. CLK2 GND 12V 12V 3 3V A 3 Page EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Appendix A Expansion Bus COMPACT FLASH CARD CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT The pin assignments of Compact Flash Card connector are stated below 29 6 D07 31 0151 8 A102 33 VS1 9 ATASEL 34 JORD Page A 4 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Appendix A Expansion Bus PCI BUS PIN ASSIGNMENT The PCI BUS edge connector is divided into two sets one consists of 98 pin the other consists of 22 pin The pin assignments are as follows F62 F52 F4 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page A 5 TECHNICAL SUMMARY Page B 1 B Technical Summar Appendix BLOCK DIAGRAM 2 Don 1 WOH LOO diuo uoxsig jeseg OldD 101 U09 Wd p4e2 use 4 oes giIN 001 99 66 001 01 SHOd 7190018119 t i vO LOTS GNALX3A 19 1 55 L 00 9d i lt V SOQHO1VM ex 1uvn 33426 8M sng 19 pue IdOV MON 1 62 sng uieis S 99899281 VIA L X HOd Joje1ed Z Xuod eues EX VOI Lxaad OI H3dnls lt gt esnowspreogKox asn lt MUIT OV
9. Configuration 2 Install LAN Driver to Windows NT 3 0 4 0 1 In the Main group of NT select the Control Panel icon 2 In the Control Panel window choose the Network icon 3 In the Network Settings dialog box choose the Add adapter button The Add Network Adapter dialog box appears 4 In the list of network cards select other Requires disk from manufacturer and then press lt Enter gt button 5 Insert the LAN driver utility and enter the filename ex A pathname where the setup file OEMSETUP INF is located and then choose OK button 6 The screen will appear Select Line Speed dialog box which is provided by R8139n5 SYS driver The default value is auto so that the line speed can be auto detected as 1OMB or 100MB while the R8139n5 SYS is loading 7 The screen will appear Input Ethernet ID dialog box which is provided by R8139n5 SYS driver This option is only required when you have more than one RTL8100B PCI Fast Ethernet adapters on this computer Select SKIP if only one adapter is installed on this computer 8 Bus Location displayed in next screen Your machine contains more than one hardware bus please select the Bus Type and Bus number on which your network adapter card is installed 9 NT will then perform the binding process If any additional network software options were installed you may be prompted for specific information for these packages
10. Cs Cj As bi lt po 89 ci Ci Cid cis C16 17 CH A18 A13 B18 DRQI C18 D14 D18 MASTER AIS 0 A20 All B20 CLK C20 KEY PIN D20 GND 21 IRQ7 A22 A9 B22 IRQ6 B23 A24 A7 B24 IRQ4 26 AS B26 DACK2 2 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Appendix A Expansion Bus PC 104 PLUS BUS CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT PC 104 Plus Bus connector is divided into four rows Each row consists of 30 pins The pin assignments are as followed ooo0 0000 0000 E EB 2000 2000 nana o000 o000 oong 0000 nuu ooo0o 0000 o000 una 0000 oooo LIE BB 0000 Dnm 0000 0000 0000 0000 000 5V 06 M 6EN _ 33v D9 PAR 43 3V E Z gt Z I u 421 lt Z A Z Z n lt Z a p Z Z Q n N lt Z c E Z g n N lt A 49 SERRK B9 5 0 apn B6 vmo c6 AD10 ADIS STOP 14 5V DSEL3 I 3 3 C BE2 GND ADI9 43 3V IDSEL2 GND AD22 IDSELI AD25 AD28 GND REQI 5V GNT2 GND CLK3 5V INTB Reserved C BE3 GND TRDY GND ADI6 3 3 AD20 AD23 GND AD26 45V AD30 B23 REQ2 CLKO 5 INTD INTA Reserved AD24 FRAME GND 18 AD21 3 3 IDSELO GND AD29 5V REQO GND GNT1 5V
11. PU PD Value Fl0 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Chipset Features Setup Screen The parameter allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset The chipset manages bus speed and access to system memory resources such as DRAM and the external cache It also coordinates communications between conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best opera ting conditions for the system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system Page 4 12 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup DRAM TIMING BY SPD User can control DRAM Timing by SPD DRAM CLOCK This item allows you to control the DRAM speed SDRAM CYCLE LENGTH When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer BANK INTERLEAVE This item allows you to set how many banks of SDRAM support in your mainboard MEMORY HOLE In order to improve performance certain space in memory is reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB P2C C2P CONCURRENCY This item allows you to enable disab
12. V P comp LZone Sect Capacity 1 306 4 128 305 17 10 615 4 300 615 17 20 3 615 6 300 615 17 30 4 940 8 512 940 17 62 5 940 6 512 940 17 46 6 615 4 65535 615 17 20 7 642 8 256 511 17 30 8 733 5 65535 733 17 30 9 900 15 65535 901 17 112 10 820 3 65535 820 17 20 11 855 5 65535 855 17 35 12 855 7 65535 855 17 49 13 306 8 128 319 17 20 14 733 7 65535 733 17 42 15 000 0 0000 000 00 00 16 612 4 0000 663 17 20 17 977 5 300 977 17 40 18 977 7 65535 977 17 56 19 1024 7 512 1023 17 59 20 733 5 300 732 17 30 21 733 7 300 732 17 42 22 733 5 300 733 17 30 23 306 4 0000 336 17 10 24 977 5 65535 976 17 40 25 1024 9 65535 1023 17 76 26 1224 7 65535 1223 17 71 27 1224 11 65535 1223 17 111 28 1224 15 65535 1223 17 152 29 1024 8 65535 1023 17 68 30 1024 11 65535 1023 17 93 31 918 11 65535 1023 17 83 32 925 9 65535 926 17 69 33 1024 10 65535 1023 17 85 34 1024 12 65535 1023 17 102 35 1024 13 65535 1023 17 110 36 1024 14 65535 1023 17 119 37 1024 2 65535 1023 17 17 38 1024 16 65535 1023 17 136 39 918 15 65535 1023 17 114 40 820 6 65535 820 17 40 41 1024 5 65535 1023 17 42 42 1024 5 65535 1023 26 65 43 809 6 65535 852 17 40 44 809 6 65535 852 26 61 45 776 8 65335 775 33 100 47 AUTO Award Hard Disk Type Table EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 4 7 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 4 4 THE ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES Choose the shown as below ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES in the main menu the screen Phoenix Aw
13. at any time to adjust any of the individual items by pressing the Del key during boot up EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 4 27 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 4 15 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING If you wish to cancel any changes you have made you may select the EXIT WITHOUT SAVING and the original setting stored in the CMOS will be retained The screen will be shown as below Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility gt Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Integrated Peripherals Set Password gt Power Managemen gt PnP PCI Configura Quit Without Saving Y N N gt PC Health Status Esc Quit Ne Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Abandon all Data Page 4 28 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL EXPANSION BUS Page A 1 Appendix A Expansion Bus PC 104 CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT 104AB 104CD PC 104 Connector The PC 104 can support multi pieces of PC 104 modules It has two connectors one 104AB consists of 64 pin the other one 104CD consists of 40 pin both of them are dual in line headers The pin assignments for connector 104 amp 104CD are as follow ASSIGNMENT PIN ci As pe s vec e
14. described by sector head and cylinder number into a physical block address significantly improving data transfer rates For drives greater than 1024 cylinders DRIVE A AND DRIVE B Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system The available options are 360KB 5 25in 1 2KB 5 25in 720KB 3 5in 1 44MB 3 5in 2 88MB 3 5in and None VIDEO This 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 Available Options are as follows EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters HALT ON This category allows user to choose whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up Available options are errors errors But keyboard All But Diskette and But Disk Key BASE MEMORY Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up EXTENDED MEMORY Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up TOTAL MEMORY Displays the total memory available in the system Page 4 6 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup HARD DISK ATTRIBUTES Type Cylinders Heads
15. opening or closing pins The jumper can be combined into sets that called jumper blocks When the jumpers are all in the block you have to put them together to set up the hardware configuration The figure below shows how this looks like JUMPERS AND CAPS 2 Pin Jumper 3 Pin Jumper Jumper Block Jumper Cap If a jumper has three pins for example labelled PIN1 PIN2 and PIN3 You can connect PINI amp PIN2 to create one setting and shorting You can either connect PIN2 amp PING to create another setting The same jumper diagrams are applied all through this manual The figure below shows what the manual diagram looks like and what they represent Page 2 4 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration JUMPER DIAGRAMS uz Jumper Cap looks like this I 2 pin Jumper looks like this 3 Jumper looks like this 1 1 1 1 Rm OO Jumper Block looks like this ud 2 OU mam JUMPER SETTINGS m 2 pin Jumper close enabled Ix looks like this 1 zm 3 pin Jumper 2 3 pin close enabled looks like this 1 Jumper Block OO 1 2 pin close enabled looks like this 1 2 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 2 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 4 COM PORT CONNECTOR There are four COM ports enhanced in this board namely COM1 COM2 COM3 COMI COM3 are fixed for RS 232 while 2 is selectabl
16. socket supports Disk on Chip up to 144MB This PnP Flash ROM SSD can be install as one of user s hard disk drive The SSD Memory Mapping Selections are as follows SSD Memory Map J UMPER SETTING JUMPER pin closed ILLUSTRATION D0000h D1FFFh D4000h D5FFFh D8000h D9FFFh DC000h DDFFFh Manufactory default D0000h D1FFFh EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 2 33 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 38 PCI RISER CARD SELECTION JP9 JP16 PCI Riser Card Selection The selections are as follows JUMPER SETTING JUMPER Manufacturing Default Riser Card Page 2 34 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL SOFTWARE UTILITIES Page 3 1 Chapter 3 Software Configuration 3 1 INTRODUCTION Enclosed with our EBC E400C package is our driver utility which may comes in a form of aCD ROM disc or floppy diskettes For CD ROM disc user you will only need some of the files contained in the CD ROM disc please kindly refer to the following chart Filename Purpose Assume that CD ROM drive is D D Utility VIA 4in1 Service Pack Driver Install this software first Utility DNVGAN For VGA driver installation D Flash For BIOS update D LAN Realtek RTL8110S For LAN Driver installation DASOUND For Sound Driver installation 3 2 VIA 4IN1 SERVICE PACK DRIVER 3 2 1 Introduction The 4 in 1 drivers are a collection of periodically updated driver
17. E400C 800 VIA Eden 1GMhz processors EBC E400C 1000 Auto detect voltage regulator SYSTEM CHIPSET VIA VT8606 VT82C686B MEMORY Up to 512MB SDRAM One 168 pin DIMM socket on board CACHE Built in CPU REAL TIME CLOCK CALENDAR CMOS data back up from BIOS set or BIOS default Built in VIA VT82C686B e PhoenixAward PnP BIOS Memory size 2 Mbytes with VGA BIOS Supports Green Function Supports S IO Setup e KEYBOARD CONNECTOR PS 2 keyboard with 1 x 4 pin wafer connector MOUSE CONNECTOR PS 2 mouse connector with 1 x 4 pin wafer connector BUS SUPPORT PC 104 PC 104 Compact Flash for second IDE PCI Bus EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 1 3 Chapter 1 Introduction DISPLAY Built in VIA VT8606 supports CRT TTL amp LVDS Integrated S3 s Savage4 2D 3D Video Accelerator Optimized Shared Memory Architecture SMA 2 32 MB Frame Buffer using system memory Supports simultaneous display of CRT amp LCD Interface One 15 pin connector supports for CRT Monitor One 41 pin connector support 18 bit or 24 bit panel for TTL One 30 pin connector support 18 or 36 bit LVDS panel WATCHDOG Time out timing select 1 255 secs IDE INTERFACE One IDE port with 40 pin boxheader on board supports Ultra DMA 100 66 33 One IDE port with 44 pin boxheader on board One channel supports up to two devices FLOPPY DISK DRIVER INTERFACE Supports up to two Flopp
18. ER REQUIREMENT 5V 5 and H2V 4 Or only H2V 45 for power module only BOARD DIMENSION 203mm x 146mm 7 99 x 5 75 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 1 5 Chapter 1 Introduction BOARD NET WEIGHT 340g 0 751 Ib 1 3 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Follow the messages below to avoid your systems from damage Keep your system away from static electricity on all occasions 2 Prevent electric shock Don t touch any components of this card when the card is power on Always disconnect power when the system is not in use 3 Disconnect power when you change any hardware devices For instance when you connect a jumper or install any cards a surge of power may damage the electronic components or the whole system Page 1 6 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL HARDWARE amem CONFIGURATION 2 QUICK START Helpful information describes the jumper amp connector settings and component locations This section includes Jumper amp Connector Quick Reference Table Component Locations Configuration and Jumper settings Connector s Pin Assignments Page 2 1 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 1 JUMPER amp CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE COM Connector RS232 422 485 COMO Selection COM Port RI amp Voltage Selection Keyboard Connector Mouse Connector Power LED Connector Reset Connector Hard Disk Drive LED Connector External Speaker Connector Power Button IrDA Connector Inverter Connector VGA Con
19. However this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95 By choosing manual you are allowed to configure the IRQ Resources DMA Resources and Memory Resources The choices are Auto ESCD and Manual IRQ RESOURCES You may assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt DMA RESOURCES When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel a type depending on the type of device using the DMA channel PCI VGA PALETTE SNOOP Leave this field at disabled ASSIGN IRQ FOR USB Enable or Disable to assign IRQ for USB ASSIGN IRQ FOR VGA Enable or Disable to assign IRQ for VGA Page 4 22 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 4 9 PC HEALTH STATUS Choose PC HEALTH STATUS from the main menu a display will be shown on screen as below Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Current CPU Temp 28 C 82 F Item Help Vcore 1 08V Menu Level 2 5V 2 52V 3 3V 3 35V 5V 4 88V 12V 12 12V fi Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PC Health Status Setup Screen The setup menu allows you to select whether to choose between monitoring or ignoring the hardware monitoring function of your system
20. NTERING SETUP When the system is powered on the BIOS will enter the Power On Self Test POST routines and the following message will appear on the lower screen PRESS lt DEL gt TO ENTER SETUP ESC TO SKIP MEMORY TEST As long as this message is present on the screen you may press the lt Del gt key the one that shares the decimal point at the bottom of the number keypad to access the Setup program In a moment the main menu of the Award SETUP program will appear on the screen Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility gt Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Integrated Peripherals Set Password gt Power Management Setup Save amp Exit Setup gt PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving gt PC Health Status Esc Quit Ne Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Setup program initial screen You may use the cursor the up down keys to highlight the individual menu items As you highlight each item a brief description of the highlighted selection will appear at the bottom of the screen EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 4 3 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 4 3 THE STANDARD CMOS FEATURES Highlight STANDARD CMOS FEATURES and press the lt ENTER gt key and the screen will display the following table Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup
21. Q4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART 2 Mode Standard x IR Function Duplex Half x TX RX inverting enable No Yes Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Onboard Parallel Mode Normal x ECP Mode Use DMA 3 x Parallel Port EPP Type EPP1 9 Onboard Serial Port 3 3 8 Serial Port 3 User IRQ IRQ10 Onboard Serial Port 4 2E8 Serial Port 4 Use IRQ IRQ11 IO Channel Check NMI Disabled Watch Dog Timer Select Disabled fi Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Setup Screen By moving the cursor to the desired selection and by pressing the lt F1 gt key the all options for the desired selection will be displayed for choice EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 4 15 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup ONCHIP IDE CHANNEL 0 1 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface IDE PREFETCH MODE The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE pre fetching for faster drive accesses If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support pre fetching PRIMARY MASTER SLAVE PIO SECONDARY MASTER SLAVE PIO The four IDE PIO fields allow you to set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface s
22. R v8 XX C Award Software 2000 AII Rights Reserved For 8604 686B 6A6LLP69C 0 DATE 04 23 2001 Flash Type MXIC 29F002 N T 5V File Name to Program C30bxxxx bin Checksum XXXXX Reset System or Power off to accomplish update process F1 Reset F10 Exit Please reset or power off the system and then the Flash BIOS is fully implemented EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 3 5 Chapter 3 Software Configuration 3 5 LAN DRIVER UTILITY 3 5 1 Introduction EBC E400C Embedded Board is enhanced with LAN function that can support various network adapters Installation programs for LAN drivers are listed as follows LAWN Disc 1 Win 98 ME SE program 2 Win 2000 XP program 3 Win NT program 3 5 2 Installation Procedures of LAN Driver 1 Install LAN Driver to Windows 98 2000 XP Executing Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows XP it will auto detect your system configuration and find the adapter hardware 1 Ask you to select which driver you want to install select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer 2 Insert the Realtek RTL8100S driver disk into the drive A or CD drive and specify the setup file pathname ex AX 3 Win 98 Win 2000 will appear some messages to insert Windows 98 Win2000 system disk to complete setup step Windows 98 Windows 2000 will finish the other installation procedure automatically and then restart the system 4 Page 3 6 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 3 Software
23. SER S MANUAL Page 2 25 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration LAN2 LAN Connector The pin assignments are as follows PIN 2MDI 2 2MID 1 1 LINK_2 D Page 2 26 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 27 ATX POWER CONNECTOR CNI Power Connector The pin assignments are as follows VCC VCC LG d 2 28 ONBOARD AUDIO SELECTION JP11 Onboard Audio Selection The pex are as follows JUMPER SETTING JUMPER closed ILLUSTRATION Enabled Close Disabled Manufacturing Default Enable EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 2 27 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 29 AT ATX POWER SELECTION JP14 11 12 13 14 AT ATX Power Selection The selections are as follows JUMPER SETTING pin closed POWER JUMPER SELECTION 14 9 10 ILLUSTRATION 11 12 JP17 Manufacturing Default ATX amp As a reminder when you choose to use the ATX function please be sure to set the corresponding configuration found in BIOS setup such as 1 Inside the POWER MANAGEMENT setting set the ACPI function to enable Page 2 28 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 30 SOUND CONNECTOR AUDIO Sound Connector This connector is used to connect the microphone line in and line out through our adapter card pin assignments are as follows 6 LINER AUDION 8 9 ski O
24. TOR INV1 Wake On LAN Connector 1 The pin assignment is as follows Bru 1000000 2 16 CONNECTOR 1 VGA Connector The pin assignments are as follows ASSIGNMENT Page 2 14 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 17 LVDS CONNECTOR LVDS1 LVDS Connector The pin assignments are as follows ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT LVDSVCC G Y2 GND 15 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 2 15 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 18 LVDS PANEL VOLTAGE SELECTION JP12 LVDS Panel Voltage Selection The voltage selection are as follows VOLTAGE JUMPER SETTINGS JUMPER SELECTION pin closed ILLUSTRATION 12V VCC 5V VCC 3 3V VCC Manufacturing Default No default Page 2 16 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 19 LCD CONNECTOR LCD1 LCD Connector The pin assignments are as follows ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT P20 GND 5 P 16 0 17 LCDVCCS 18 LCD1 29 LCDVCC3 30 Po NC EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 2 17 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 20 UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CONNECTOR USB1 Universal Serial Bus Connector USB connector of this board can support two USB ports The pin assignments are as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 10 5 a 1 USB2 Universal Serial Bus Connector USB connector of this board can support two USB ports The pin assignments are as follows
25. U must wait until the write is complete before starting another write cycle PCI DYNAMIC BURSTING When Enabled every write transaction goes to the write buffer Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus and non burstable transaction don t PCI MASTER 0 WS WRITE When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states PCI DELAY TRANSACTION The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 PCIZ2 ACCESS 1 RETRY When disabled PCI 2 will not be disconnected until access finishes When Enabled PCIZ2 will be disconnected if max retries are attempted without success Page 4 14 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 4 6 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Choose INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS display will be shown on screen as below from the main setup menu a Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals On Chip IDE Channel Enabled On Chip IDE Channell Enabled Item Help IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto Menu Level Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Init Display First Onboard VGA IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IR
26. USER S MANUAL EBC E400C VIA EDEN 5 25 Embedded Card With VGA LAN SOUND EBC E400C Copyright Notice EBC E400C 5 25 Embedded CPU Board With VGA LAN SOUND OPERATION MANUAL COPYRIGHT NOTICE This operation manual is meant to assist both Embedded Computer manufacturers and end users in installing and setting up the system The information contained in this document is subject to change without any prior notice This manual is copyrighted August 2004 You may not reproduce or transmit in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and recording ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners CE NOTICE This is a class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Copyright Notice FCC NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a
27. Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Sun Feb 10 2002 Item Help Time hh mm ss 22 20 Menu Level gt IDE Primary Master None gt IDE Primary Slave None Change the day month gt IDE Secondary Master None year and century gt IDE Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 506880K Total Memory 507904K fi Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup screen In the above Setup Menu use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item Date lt Month gt lt Date gt and lt Year gt Ranges for each value are in the CMOS Setup Screen and the week day will skip automatically Time lt Hour gt lt Minute gt and lt Second gt Use 24 hour clock format i e for PM numbers add 12 to the hour For example 4 30 P M You should enter the time as 16 30 00 Page 4 4 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup IDE Primary Master Slave IDE Secondary Master Slave The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating mode of almost all IDE hard drives When you select type AUTO for a hard drive the BIOS detect its specifications during POST every
28. age 2 9 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration Manufacturing Default RI All jumpers are closed Page 2 10 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 7 KEYBOARD CONNECTOR PC AT Keyboard Connector support Y cable The jumper settings are as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT KB CK 2 8 PS 2 MOUSE CONNECTOR MSI PS 2 Mouse Connector The pin assignments are as follows EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 2 11 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 9 POWER LED CONNECTOR JP14 3 4 Power LED Connector The pin assignment is as follows ASSIGNMENT 3 PWLED 0 0 4 PWLEDe 2 10 RESET CONNECTOR JP14 5 6 Reset Connector The pin assignments are as follows 2 11 HARD DISK DRIVE LED CONNECTOR HDLED Hard Disk Drive LED Connector The pin assignments are as follows ASSIGNMENT HDLED Page 2 12 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 12 EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONNECTOR JP14 1 2 External Speaker Connector The pin assignments are as follows ASSIGNMENT 2 13 POWER BUTTON JP14 7 8 Power Button The pin assignments are as follows ASSIGNMENT A 2 14 IRDA CONNECTOR IrDA SIR Connector The pin assignments are as follows k ASSIGNMENT ES IR1 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 2 13 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 15 INVERTER CONNEC
29. ardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled Item Help CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Menu Level Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Allows you to choose Third Boot Device LS120 the VIRUS warning Boot Other Device Enabled feature for IDE Hard Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Disk boot sector Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled protection If this Boot Up NumLock Status On function is enabled and Gate A20 Option Fast someone attempt to Typematic Rate Setting Disabled write data into this area Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 BIOS will show a Typematic Delay Msec 250 warning MEsSSage Security Option Setup screen and alarm beep OS Select for DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Small Logo EPA Show Enabled tW gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults Fl0 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F7 Optimized Defaults basic operation BIOS Features Setup Menu The BIOS FEATURES SETUP allow you to configure your system for The user can select the system s default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and secur
30. ch mode for the Onboard Serial Port 2 IR FUNCTION DUPLEX This item allows you to select the IR half full duplex function TX RX INVERTING ENABLE This item allows you to enable TX RX inverting which depends on different H W requirement This field is not recommended to change its default setting for avoiding any error in your system ONBOARD PARALLEL PORT This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O address ONBOARD PARALLEL MODE Select an operating mode for the onboard printer port Select Normal unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes ECP MODE USE DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode PARALLEL PORT EPP TYPE Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 as required by your parallel peripheral SERIAL PORT 3 USE IRQ SERIAL PORT 4 USE IRQ Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the 3 and forth serial ports CHANNEL CHECK NMI This field enables or disables IO channel check NMI Before selecting this function the user should check first that NMI function is enabled as described in chapter 2 Reset NMI Clear Watchdog Selection EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 4 17 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup WATCHDOG TIMER SELECT The value denotes the count down value of watchdog timer If time is up the system will restart or assert a I O channel NMI signal which can be decide by hardware jumpers
31. d BIOS Setup GATE A20 OPTION This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled When Normal was set a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 And when Fast was set the chipset controls Gate A20 TYPEMATIC RATE SETTING Enable this item if you wish to be able to configure the characteristics of your keyboard Typematic refers to the way in which characters are entered repeatedly if a key is held down For example if you press and hold down the A key the letter a will repeatedly appear on your screen on your screen until you release the key When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected TYPEMATIC RATE CHARS SEC This item sets the number of times a second to repeat a key stroke when you hold the key down TYPEMATIC DELAY MSEC The item sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke SECURITY OPTION This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt amp To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press lt Enter gt it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and yo
32. d LAN is fully PC AT ATX compatible The EBC E400C provides faster processing speed greater expandability and can handle more tasks than before This manual is designed to assist you how to install and set up the system It contains four chapters The user can apply this manual for configuration according to the following chapters Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter introduces you to the background of this manual and the specifications for this system The final page of this chapter will indicate how to avoid damaging this Embedded Board Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration This chapter outlines the component locations and their functions In the end of this chapter you will learn how to set jumper and how to configure this card to meet your own needs Chapter 3 Software Utilities This chapter contains helpful information for proper installations of the VGA Utility LAN Utility Sound Utility and Flash BIOS Update It also describes the Watchdog timer configuration Chapter 4 Award 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 PC 104 Compact Flash and PCI Appendix B Technical Summary This section gives you the information about the Technical maps Page 1 2 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS CPU VIA Eden 400MHz processors EBC E400C VIA Eden 800MHz processors EBC
33. e for RS 232 422 485 COMI COMI Connector The COMI Connector assignments are as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT TDCDI COMO COM Connector The COM2 Connector assignments are as follows PIN ASSIGNMENT 5 GND GND GND 6 TDSR2 RTS 8 RCT2 9 RN2 1 Page 2 6 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration COM3 COMG Connector The COMG Connector assignments are as follows 6 TDSRG 8 9 COMA Connector The COMA Connector assignments are as follows 6 8 9 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 2 7 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 5 RS232 422 485 COM2 SELECTION JP3 RS 232 422 485 Selection CONG is selectable for RS 232 422 485 function The jumper settings are as follows COM 2 JUMPER SETTING JUMPER FUNCTION pin closed ILLUSTRATION 0000009090020 E DID 2 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 1 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Manufactory default RS 232 Page 2 8 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 6 COM PORT RI amp VOLTAGE SELECTION JP2 JP4 COM Port RI amp Voltage Selection The selections are as follows PORT SELECTION JUMPER JUMPER SETTINGS ILLUSTRATION JP2 1 2 1 4 3 5 1 4 Jn 1 3 1 2 3 4 1 4 2 4 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL P
34. essage similar to the following Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N To use the BIOS default values change the prompt to Y and press the lt Enter gt key CMOS is loaded automatically when you power up the system 4 12 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS When you press lt Enter gt on this category you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to the following Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory setting for optimal performance system operations EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 4 25 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 4 13 PASSWORD SETTING User is allowed to set either supervisor or user password or both of them The difference is that the supervisor password can enter and change the options of the setup menus while the user password can enter only but do not have the authority to change the options of the setup menus TO SET A PASSWORD 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 lt Enter gt The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press the lt Enter gt key You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password A User should bear in mind that when a pass
35. her is the VGA BIOS for LCD panel display Both file must be provided by the vendor or manufacturer When you get these two files ready follow the following steps for updating your VGA BIOS 1 Install Awdflash exe from Utility Disk to Drive C 2 Insert the VGA BIOS file you have obtained from the vendor 3 Type the path to Awdflash exe and execute the VGA BIOS update with file C30bxxxx bin C UTIL AWDFLASH gt AWDFLASH C30bxxxx bin 4 The screen will display the table below FLASH MEMORY WRITER v8 XX C Award Software 2000 AII Rights Reserved For 8604 686B 6A6LLP69C 0 DATE 04 23 2001 Flash Type MXIC 29F002 N T 5 File Name to Program C30bxxxx bin Checksum XXXXX Error Message Do You Want To Save BIOS Y N If you want to save up the original BIOS enter Y and press lt Enter gt If you choose N the following table will appear on screen Page 3 4 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 3 Software Configuration FLASH MEMORY WRITER v8 XX C Award Software 2000 AII Rights Reserved For 8604 686B 6A6LLP69C 0 DATE 04 23 2001 Flash Type 29F002 N T 5 File Name to Program C30bxxxx bin Checksum XXXXX Error Message Are You Sure To Program Y N Select Y and the BIOS will be renewed When you are refreshing the BIOS do not turn off or reset the system or you will damage the BIOS After you have completed all the programming the screen displays the table below FLASH MEMORY WRITE
36. ity Page 4 8 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup A brief introduction of each setting in the BIOS FEATURES SETUP program is given below VIRUS WARNING This item allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep CPU INTERNAL CACHE EXTERNAL CACHE These two categories speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design CPU L2 CACHE ECC CHECKING This item allows you to enable or disable CPU L2 Cache ECC checking QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST This item allows you to speed up Power On Self Test POST after power up the computer When enabled the BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST FIRST SECOND THIRD OTHER BOOT DEVICE The BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items SWAP FLOOPY DRIVE This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives Selecting Enabled assigns physical drive B to logical drive A and physical drive A to logical drive B BOOT UP FLOPPY SEEK You may enable disable this item to define whether the system will look for a floppy disk drive to boot at power on or proceed directly to the hard disk drive BOOT UP NUMLOCK STATUS Select power on state for NumLock EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 4 9 Chapter 4 Awar
37. lable EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page B 5 Appendix B Technical Summary amp MEMORY Memory Map MEMORY MAP ASSIGNMENT application CGA MONOCHROME adapter 00E0000 00EFFFF Reserved for PCI device ROM 00F0000 00FFFFF System BIOS ROM 0100000 FFFFFFF 00C0000 00DFFFF Reserved for I O device BIOS ROM or RAM buffer Map ASSIGNMENT 000 01F DMA controller Master 0CO 0DF DMA controller Slave 2B0 2DF Graphics adapter controller 3C0 3CF EGA adapter 3D0 3DF CGA adapter 3F0 3F7 Floppy disk controller 3F8 3FF Serial port 1 Page B 6 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL
38. le the PCI to CPU CPU to PCI concurrency SYSTEM BIOS CACHEABLE This item allows you to enable 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 VIDEO RAM CACHEABLE Select Enabled allows caching of the video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result FRAME BUFFER SIZE This item allows you to control the VGA frame buffer size PANEL TYPE Tune the resolution of panel EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 4 13 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup BOOT DEVICE SELECT Decide to display from both panel and CRT or one of them AUTO denotes the display depends on the existence of CRT and LCD panel ONCHIP USB This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and you want to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature USB KEYBOARD SUPPORT Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard ONCHIP SOUND This item allows you to control the onboard AC 97 audio CPU TO PCI WRITE BUFFER When this field is Enabled writes from the CPU to the PCI bus are buffered to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and the PCI bus When Disabled the writes are not buffered and the CP
39. ndow which shows VIA PCI Audio Controller Press button to process installing 7 Restart the computer Page 3 8 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL AWARD BIOS SETUP Page 4 1 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 4 1 INTRODUCTION This chapter will show you the function of the BIOS in managing the features of your system The EBC E400C half size Embedded Board is equipped with the BIOS for system chipset from Award Software Inc This page briefly explains the function of the BIOS in managing the special features of your system The following pages describe how to use the BIOS for system chipset Setup menu Your application programs such as word processing spreadsheets and games rely on an operating system such as DOS or OS 2 to manage such things as keyboard monitor disk drives and memory The operating system relies on the BIOS Basic Input and Output system a program stored on a ROM Read only Memory chip to initialize and configure your computer s hardware As the interface between the hardware and the operating system the BIOS enables you to make basic changes to your system s hardware without having to write a new operating system The following diagram illustrates the interlocking relationships between the system hardware BIOS operating system and application program Application Program Operation System BIOS System Hardware Page 4 2 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 4 2 E
40. nector LVDS Connector LVDS Panel Voltage Selection LCD Connector Universal Serial Bus Connector Floppy Disk Drive Connector Hard Disk Drive Connector Printer Connector NMU Reset Selection LAN Connector Onboard LAN Selection ATX Power Connector AT ATX Power Selection Sound Connector Onboard Audio Selection CD Audio in Connector Clear CMOS Selection Memory Installation Wake on LAN Connector Compact Flash Master Slave Selection Power Module Power Supply Selection SSD Memory Mapping Selection PCI Riser Card Selection COMI COM2 COM3 COM4 JP3 JP2 1 4 MSI JP14 3 4 JP14 5 6 HDLEDI JP14 1 2 JP14 7 8 IRI INVI VGAI LVDSI JP12 LCDI USB1 USB2 FDDI IDEI IDE2 1 7 LANI LAN2 JP10 JP14 9 12 JP17 AUDIOI CD INI 1 8 DIMMI JWOLI 1 15 1 5 1 1 1 9 JP16 2 2 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 2 COMPONENT LOCATIONS S3 VIA Twister EBC E400C Connector Jumper and Component locations EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 2 3 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 3 HOW TO SET THE JUMPERS You can configure your board by setting the jumpers Jumper is consists of two or three metal pins with a plastic base mounted on the card and by using a small plastic cap Also known as the jumper cap with a metal contact inside you are able to connect the pins So you can set up your hardware configuration by
41. o 2 31 CD AUDIO IN CONNECTOR CD INI CD Audio in Connector The pin assignments are as follows p CD INT LUnnmn EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 2 29 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 32 CLEAR CMOS SELECTION JP8 Clear CMOS Selection The selections are as follows JUMPER SETTING JUMPER 1 JP8 Manufacturing Default Normal 2 33 MEMORY INSTALLATION The EBC E400C Embedded Computer supports one SODIMM bank DRAM BANK CONFIGURATION DIMM 1 TOTAL MEMORY 32MB 32MB 64MB 64MB 128MB 128MB 256MB 256MB 512MB 512MB Page 2 30 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 34 WAKE ON LAN CONNECTOR JWOL1 Wake On LAN Connector 1 The pin assignment is as follows ASSIGNMENT 2 35 COMPACT FLASH MASTER SLAVE SELECTION JP15 IRQ12 Selection The selections are as follows J SETTING JUMPER Master Close Manufacturing Default Master EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 2 31 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 36 POWER MODULE POWER SUPPLY SELECTION JP5 Power Module Power Supply Selection The selections are as follows JUMPER SETTING JUMPER 92 from Power Module 92 from Power Supply 1 2 3 4 5 6 Manufacturing Default H2V from Power Supply Page 2 32 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2 37 SSD MEMORY MAPPING SELECTION JP1 SSD Memory Mapping Selections A 32 pin SSD
42. onnector 2 14 2 17 LVDS Connector 020 1 2 15 2 18 LVDS Panel Voltage Selection 2 16 2 19 LCD Connector 2 17 2 20 Universal Serial Bus Connector 2 18 2 2 Floppy Disk Drive Connector ee 2 19 2 22 Hard Disk Drive Connector 2 2 20 2 23 Printer Connector 02200 0 0 00 2 22 2 24 Reset NMISelection 2 23 2 25 Onboard LAN Selection 2 24 2 26 LAN Connector 2 25 2 27 ATX Power Connector 2 27 2 28 Onboard Audio Selection 2 27 2 29 AT ATX Power Selection sse 2 28 Contents 2 30 2 31 2 32 2 33 2 34 2 35 2 36 2 37 2 38 Sound Connector CD Audio In Connector Clear CMOS Selection Memory Installation Wake On LAN Connector Compact Flash Master Slave Selection Power Module Power Supply Selection SSD Memory Mapping Selection PCI Riser Card Selection CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE UTILITIES 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 Introduction VIA 4 IN 1 Service Pack VGA Driver Utility Flash BIOS Update LAN Driver Utility Sound Driver Utility Dryer
43. ration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD Menu Level x IRQ Resources Press Enter x DMA Resources Press Enter Select Yes if you are using a Plug and Play PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled capable operating Assign IRQ for VGA Enabled system Select No if Assign IRQ for USB Enabled you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices fi Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PNP PCI Configuration Setup Screen This section describes how to configure PCI bus system PCI also known as Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communica ting with its own special components This section covers technical items which is strongly recommended for experienced users only PNP OS INSTALLED This item allows you to determine install PnP OS or not RESET CONFIGURATION DATA 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 configuration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 4 21 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup RESOURCE CONTROLLED BY The Award Plug and Play Bios can automatically configure all of the booth and Plug and Play compatible devices
44. residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense You are cautioned that any change or modifications to the equipment not expressly approve by the party responsible for compliance could void your authority to operate such equipment Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 About This Manual eee 1 2 1 2 System Specifications sse 1 3 1 3 Safety Precautions 1 6 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION 2 1 Jumper amp Connector Quick Reference Table 2 2 2 2 Component Locations eee 2 3 2 3 Howto Set the Jumpers 2 4 2 4 Port Connector esee 2 6 2 5 _RS232 422 485 COMO Selection 2 8 2 6 COM Port RI amp Voltage Selection 2 9 2 7 Keyboard Connector eese 2 11 2 8 PS 2Mouse Connector 2 11 2 9 Power LED Connector 2 12 2 10 Reset Connector eese enne 2 12 2 11 Hard Disk Drive LED Connector eese 2 12 2 12 External Speaker Connector 2 2 4 4 4 221 2 13 2519 Power Button sce esae ede E eu ds 2 13 2 14 IrDA Connector 2 13 2 15 Inverter Connector 7 2 14 2 16 VGA C
45. s blank IALWAYSON Monitor remains on during power saving modes SUSPEND OFF Monitor blanked when system enters Suspend mode LWAYS ON SUSP STBY gt OFF Monitor blanked when system enters either Suspend or Standby mode ALL MODES OFF Monitor blanked when system enters any power saving mode VIDEO OFF METHOD This category determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC BLANK _ This selection will cause the system to turn ofi the vertical amp horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to video buffer BLANK SCREEN This selection only writes blanks to video buffer DPMS SUPPORT Initial display power management signaling MODEM USE IRQ This item enable you to name the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system SOFT OFF BY PWRBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The choices are Delay 4 Sec and Instant Off EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 4 19 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup STATE AFTER POWER FAILURE This field lets you determine the state that your PC returns to after a power failure If set to Off the PC will not boot after a power failure IF set to On the PC will restart after a power failure WAKE UP EVENTS Wake up events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a po
46. s that provide enhanced VIA chipset to support under Microsoft Windows This drivers should be installed after the OS is fully installed to improve performance fix issues and minimize any incompatibilities The VIA 4 In 1 driver includes four system drivers to improve the performance and maintain the stability of systems using VIA chipsets These four drivers are VIA Registry INF Driver VIA AGP VxD driver VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver and VIA PCI IRQ Miniport Driver Page 3 2 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 3 Software Configuration 4 IN 1 DISC 1 Win NT program 2 Win 2000 program 3 Win 98 SE program 4 Win ME program 3 3 VGA DRIVER UTILITY The VGA interface embedded with our EBC E400C can support a wide range of display mode such as SVGA STN TFT etc You can display CRT and LVDS simultaneously with the same mode VGA Disc 1 Win 98 ME SE program 2 Win NT 4 0 program 3 Win 2000 program 4 Win XP program EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 3 3 Chapter 3 Software Configuration 3 4 FLASH BIOS UPDATE 3 4 1 System BIOS Update Users of 400 can use the program Awdflash exe contained in the Utility Disk for system BIOS and VGA BIOS update 3 4 2 To update VGA BIOS for LCD Flat Panel Display As EBC E400C user you have to update the VGA BIOS for your specific LCD flat panel you are going to use For doing this you need two files One is the Awdflash exe file and the ot
47. time system boots If you do not want to select drive type AUTO other methods of selecting drive type are available 1 2 3 Match the specifications of your installed IDE hard drive s with the preprogrammed values for hard drive types 1 through 45 Select USER and enter values into each drive parameter field Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION function in Setup Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications Type The BIOS contains a table of pre defined drive types Each defined drive type has a specified number of cylinders number of heads write precompensation factor landing zone and number of sectors Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any predefine type are classified as type USER Size Disk drive capacity approximate Note that this size 1s usually greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Cyls number of cylinders Head number of heads Precomp write precompensation cylinders Landz landing zone Sector number of sectors Mode Auto Normal Large or LBA Auto The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode Normal Maximum number of cylinders heads sectors supported are 1024 16 and 63 Large For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 4 5 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup Logical Block Addressing During drive accesses the IDE controller transforms the data address
48. u can enter Setup freely OS SELECT FOR DRAM gt 64MB Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB or RAM on the system You may choose OS2 or Non OS2 Page 4 10 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup VIDEO BIOS SHADOW Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM However it is optional depending on chipset design Video Shadow will increase the video speed C8000 CBFFF SHADOW DC000 DFFFF 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 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Page 4 11 Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 4 5 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES Choose ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES from the main menu the screen shown as below Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing by SPD Enabled Hem Help x DRAM Clock Host CLK x SDRAM Cycle Length 3 x Bank Interleave Disabled Memory Hole Disabled P2C C2P Concurrency Enabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Frame Buffer Size 16M Panel Type 07 Boot Device Select Auto OnChip USB Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled OnChip Sound Auto CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled PCI Dynamic Bursting Enabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled PCI Delay Transaction Disabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Enabled fi Move Enter Select
49. upports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device PRIMARY MASTER SLAVE UDMA SECONDARY MASTER SLAVE UDMA Ultra DMA 33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If you hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 select Auto to enable BIOS support INIT DISPLAY FIRST This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on chip VGA first The choices are PCI Slot and Onboard IDE HDD BLOCK MODE Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support ONBOARD FDD CONTROLLER Select Enabled if the system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install and in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled Page 4 16 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup ONBOARD SERIAL PORT 1 ONBOARD SERIAL PORT 2 ONBOARD SERIAL PORT 3 ONBOARD SERIAL PORT 4 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the 1 2 3 and forth serial ports UART 2 MODE This item allows you to select whi
50. wer saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything that occurs to a device which is configured as ON even when the system is in a power down mode VGA When Enabled you can set the VGA awakens the system LPT amp COM When ON of LPT amp COM any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the system HDD amp FDD When ON of HDD amp FDD any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system PCI MASTER When ON of PCI Master any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system WAKE UP ON LAN RING This category allows you to wake up the system from LAN from remote host And it also can be awaken from an input signal on serial Ring Indicator RI line incoming call on the modem RTC ALARM RESUME When Enabled you can set the date and the time at which the RTC alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode PRIMARY INTR When set to Off IRQ Activity Monitoring is set to BIOS default When set to On user may select the desired setting Page 4 20 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 4 8 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION Choose PNP PCI CONFIGURATION from the main menu a display will be shown on screen as below Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed Yes Item Help Reset Configu
51. word is set you will be asked to enter the password everything you enter CMOS setup Menu TO DISABLE THE PASSWORD To disable the password select this function do not enter any key when you are prompt to enter a password and press the lt Enter gt key and a message will appear at the center of the screen PASSWORD DISABLED Press any key to continue Press the Enter gt key again and the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled you can enter Setup freely Page 4 26 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 4 14 SAVE amp EXIT SETUP After you have completed adjusting all the settings as required you must remember to save these setting into the CMOS RAM To save the settings select SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and press lt Enter gt a display will be shown as follows Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility gt Standard CMOS Features gt Frequency Voltage Control gt Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults gt Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults gt Integrated Peripherals Set Password gt Power Managemen SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y gt PnP PCI Configura gt PC Health Status Esc Quit Ne Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS When you confirm that you wish to save the settings your system will be automatically restarted and the changes you have made will be implemented You may always call up the setup program
52. y Disk Drives 1 44M USB CONNECTOR Universal Serial Bus Connector supports up to four USBI 1 ports LAN ADAPTER Dual ports LANI Realtek 8100C 10 100 Base TX Ethernet EBC E400C xxx02 2 Realtek 8110S 10 100 1000 Base TX Ethernet EBC E400C 05 Support Wake On LAN when use ATX power SERIAL PORT Four high speed 16550 Compatible UARTS with Send Receive 16 Byte FIFOs COMI 3 4 for RS 232 COM2 for RS 232 422 485 All COM ports are with 5V 12V power For 16550 compatible type of UART PARALLEL PORT Supports SPP ECP EPP Function mode Page 1 4 EBC E400C USER S MANUAL Chapter 1 Introduction Bi directional parallel port SOUND FUNCTION Integrated Sound Blaster DirectSound AC97 audio with VIA VT1612A Dual Full duplex direct sound channels bet system memory amp AC97 link 32 byte FIFO of each Direct Sound Channel Solid State Disk Socket Memory System DiskOnChip SSD Module support up to 288MB INFRARED CONNECTOR One IrDA Support v1 0 SIR protocol HARDWARE MONITORING FUNCTION Monitor CPU Voltage CPU temperature and Cooling Fan LED INDICATOR HDD LED one 2 pin headpin on board Power LED one 2 pin headpin on board DMA CONTROLLER 82C37 x 2 DMA CHANNELS 7 INTERRUPT CONTROLLERS 82C59 x 2 INTERRUPT LEVELS 15 OPERATING TEMPERATURE 0 to 60 C 32 F to 140 F INPUT POW
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