FB6500 NS Geode Low Power CPU board User's Manual
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1. FablATech Corporation Specifications a a Supports 200 300 MHz NS Geode GX1 CPU NS C 55530 A chipset with UMA architecture 32MB SDRAM onboard or 64 MB SDRAM onboard Option 100M 10M Ethemet with RJ 45 connector Provides CRT LCD and LCD LVDS interface with 1 5MB to 4MB shared memory 1 parallel port and 1 PCI IDE Interface 3 RS 232C and 1 RS 232C RS 485 with infrared and touch screen interface PS 2 compatible keyboard and mouse interface On board buzzer and LED indicator Software programmable watchdog timer On board Audio 2 USB ports and TILI Os 2 inputsand 2 outputs Single 5V 2 5A maximum Without LCD panel and LCD inverter EMI Considered on every output signals Compact size 127 mm x 127 mm 5 0 x 5 0 FablATech Corporation Packing List Upon receiving the package verify the following things Should any of the mentioned happens contact usforimmediate service Unpack and inspect the FB6500 package for possible damage that may occur during the delivery process Verify the accessories in the package according to the packing list and see if there is anything missing or incorrect package is included If the cable s you use to install the FB6500 is not supplied from us please make sure the specification of the cable s iscompatible with the FB6500 syste2. 7 Before Insta llAtiON 7 ere UH 8 Index to Connectors J umper Other 8 SW1 4 Selecting the CPU Base Clock and PCI Clock eee 9 SW1 1 SW1 2 SW1 3 Selecting the CPU Intemal Clock Multiplier 9 V3 Reset Ee TT 10 CN5 6 pin Power Connector Standard P8 amp P9 11 J 1 Power LED amp J 7 HDD LED uu ooo eee eee nnne ennt etes 11 CN12 Keyboard Mouse Conpnector a 12 CN13 RJ 45 LAN Connector with LED indicators 12 REN Ce Lu TEEN 13 CN9 IDE hard Disk Connectors enne nennen nnne nnns 14 CN10 26 pin Parallel Port Connector a 15 CNI 20 pin Floppy Connector essent enne nennen nn 16 J 8 Etemal Speaker Header 17 J6 6 pin TILI O Connector optional esses eene 17 CN3 Extension Bus Connector optional 18 CNS 10 Pin Audio Connector optional 19 Serial Port Connectors and J umper Gettinmge A 20 Chapter 3 Installing CRTand LCD Monitors 25 CRIDIsplay DB1 u uu ua au peni tito aacersiecsntvedasycensatedarasartaveestes Klin e doner kae 26 LCD FLAT PANEL DISPLAY nennen nennen nennen nennen
3. NO TE X represents not used 80 FablATech Corporation Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 Direction control bit When logic 1 the output buffers in the parallel port are disabled allowing data driven from extemal sources to be read when logic 0 they work asa printer port This bit is write only A Lin this position allows an interrupt to occur when ACK changesfrom low state to high state A 1 in this bit position selectsthe printer A Ostarts the printer 50 microseconds pulse minimum A 1causesthe printerto line feed aftera line is printed A 0 5 microsecond minimum highly active pulse clocks data into the printer Valid data must be present fora minimum of 0 5 microseconds before and afterthe strobe pulse 81
4. J 9 R485 Terminator on off P1 P2 RS 485 CN11 CN14 RS232C Jumper Select 10 pin connector DB2 DB3 RS232C DB9 connector 20 FablATech Corporation o RS 232C Pin Definitions DE2 DB3 C N11 and C N14 DB3 COM1 and DB2 COM2 are all standard serial port connectors CN11 COM3 and CN14 COM4 are both 10 pin 2 0mm IDC connectors The included serial port adaptercablesare used to transfer 10 pin 2 0mm IDC into standard DB 9 connector The following tables show the signal connections of these connectors and the included adaptercable for CN11 and CN14 CN4 CN11 E M Signal COM1 Signal COM2 DCD1 RS 485 COM2 DCD2 DSR1 DSR2 RXD1 RXD2 485 RTS1 RTS2 TXD1 TXD2 CTS1 DTR1 RI1 GROUND Signal COM3 GROUND R Signal COM4 DCD3 DCD4 DSR3 DSR4 RXD3 RTS3 TXD3 CTS3 DTR3 RI3 GROUND Ur O IOO OU NO o UT O BLOUN N o E GROUND ooo vou BU N GROUND 21 S oovou ADU NFH Z GROUND FablATech Corporation o PlP2 RS485JumperSelectand Pin Definitions amp J 9 RS485 Terminator on off Serial port 1 provides RS 485 function by selecting P1 P2 jumper When RS 485 mode is selected the RS 485 signals use the same connector as RS 232C J 9 isthe terminator on off jumper o
5. 1 Program the configuration register of Cyrix CPU according to the Combinable Cyrix Register Table 2 OEM specific cache initialization if needed 62 FablATech Corporation o OD Initialize the first 32 interrupt vectors with corresponding Interrupt handlers Initialize INTno from 33 120 with Dummy Spurious Interrupt Handler Issue CPUID instruction to identify CPU type Early Power Management initialization OEM specific Verify the RTC time is valid or not Detect bad battery Read CMOSdata into BIOS sack area PnP initializations including PnP BIOS only Assign C SN to PnP ISA card Create resource map from ESCD Assign I O amp Memory for PCI devices PCI BIOS only o OC initialization of the BIOS Data Area 40 ON 40 FF Program some of the Chipset s value according to Setup Early Setup Value Program Measure CPU speed fordisplay amp decide the system clock speed Video initialization including Monochrome CGA EGA VGA If no display device isfound the speaker will beep Initialize the APIC Multi Processor BlOSonly Test video RAM If Monochrome display device found Show messages including Award Logo Copyright string BIOS Date code amp Part No OEM specific sign on messages 63 FablATech Corporation Energy Star Loge Green BIOS only CPU brand type amp speed Test system BIOS checksum Non compress Version only o OF DMA channel 0 test o
6. The selection is Fast Port 92 ora chipset specific method controls meansthe A20 signal Available options Normal Fast Default setting Normal o BootUp Numlock This field is used to activate the Num Lock function upon system boot If the setting ison aftera boot the Num Lock light is lit and user can use the number key Available options On Off Default setting On 38 FablATech Corporation o Hoppy Drive Seek This field is used to set if the BIOS will seek the floppy A drive upon boot Available Options Disabled Enabled Default setting Disa bled o Typematc rate Setting This function specifiesthe keystroke repeat rate when a key is pressed and held down Available options Fa st Slow Default setting Fa st o0 Typematic Rate Chary Sec Typematic Rate setsthe rate at which characterson the screen repeat when a key is pressed and held down Available options 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 characters per second Default setting 6 o Typematic Delay Msec The number selected indicatesthe time period between two identical characters appearing on screen O Security Option This field enables password checking every time the computer is powered on or every time the BIOS Setup is executed If Alwaysis chosen a userpassword prompt appearsevery time and the BIO S Setup Program executes and the computer is tumed on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears if the BIOS execute
7. board circuit 2 Installorunplug any connector module oradd on card be sure that the poweris disconnected from the system board If not thismay damage the system board components module orthe add on card 3 Installing a heat sink is necessary for heat dissipation from your CPU If heat sink is not mounted this may cause the CPU fail due to over heating problem FablATech Corporation Hardware Features Index to Connectors J umpers Others The following liststhe connectors and jumpersto install the FB6500 Description tem SW1 1 SW1 2 amp SW1 3 CPU Intemal clock multiplier select SW1 4 CPU base clock select CN1 Floppy connector CN2 18 bit LCD interface connector CN3 Extension bus connector CN4 Control signals and power source for LCD inverter CN5 2 0mm power connector CN7 Reserved CN9 IDE hard disk connectors CN8 10 pin audio connector CN10 Parallel port connector CN11 CN14 Two RS232C Connector CN12 6 pin 2 0mm keyboard and mouse connector CN13 LAN connector DB1 CRTconnector DB2 DB3 One RS232C RS485 and One RS232C DB9 Connector PowerLED header Flash BIOS write protect jumper Reset header 16 pin LVDS LCD interface connector for long distant LCD panel connection Extra RS 232C and infrared connector 10 pin 2 0mm IDC TILI O connector option HDD LED h
8. o OnBoard Serial Port 1 These fields select the I O port address for each Serial port 48 FablATech Corporation Available Options Auto Disabled 3F8H C O M1 2F8H COM2 3E8H COM3 2E8H COM4 Default setting 3F8H COM1 o OnBoard Serial Port 2 These fields select the I O port address for each Serial port Available Options Auto Disabled 3F8H COM1 2F8H COM2 3E8H COM3 2E8H COM4 Default setting 2F8H COM2 o OnBoard Serial Port 3 These fields select the I O port address for each Serial port Available Options Auto Disabled 3F8H COM1 2F8H COM2 3E8H COM3 2E8H COM4 Default setting 3E8H COM1 o OnBoard Serial Port 4 These fields select the I O port address for each Serial port Referto Table 2 2 Available Options Auto Disabled 3F8H COM1 2F8H COM2 3E8H COM3 2E8H COM4 Default setting 2E8H C OM4 o Serial Port 4 Mode COM4 can be configured for either IR or normal COM port application Select Normal when Serial Port B is used to install normal COM port device or select IDA orASKIR foran I R device Available Options Normal IDA ASK IR Default setting Normal o OnBoard Parallel Port 1 This field selects the I O port address for parallel port Available Options Auto Disabled 378 278 3BCH Default setting 378H 49 FablATech Corponation o Parallel Port Mode This field specifiesthe parallel port mode ECP and EPP are both bi directional data transferschemes th
9. 10 DMA channel 1 test o LL DMA page registers test O 14Test8254 Timer 0 Counter2 o 15 Test8259 intenupts mask bits for channel 1 O 16 Test 8259 intenupts mask bits for channel 2 O 19 Test 8259 functionality o 30 Detect Base Memory amp Extended Memory Size o 31 1 Test Base Memory from 256K to 640K 2 Test Extended Memory from 1M to the top of memory 1 Display the Award Plug amp Play BIOS Extension message PnP BlOS only 2 Program all onboard superl O chips if any including COM ports LPT ports and FDD port according to setup value O 3C Set flag to allow users to enter CMOS Setup Utility o 3D 1 Initialize Keyboard 2 Install PS2 mouse D 3E Try to tum on Level 2 cache Note Some chipset may need to tum on the L2 cache in this tage But usually the cache istum on later in POST61h 64 FablATech Corporation 1 Program the rest of the Chipset s value according to Setup Later Setup Value Program 2 If auto configuration isenabled programmed the chipset with pre defined value in the Combinable Auto Table O 41 Initialize floppy disk drive controller O 42 Initialize Hard drive controller o If itis PnP BIOS initialize serial amp parallel ports o d Initialize math coprocessor D 4E If there is any enor detected such as video kb show all the enor messages the screen amp wait for user to press F1 key
10. I O to complete the request Thisfield specifiesthe recovery time for 8bit y o Available Options Disabled 1 8 Sysclk Default setting 1 Sysc Ik 41 FablATech Corporation O 16Bitl O Recovery Time This field specifies the recovery time for 16Bit I O Available Options Disabled 1 4 Sysclk Default setting 1 Sysc Ik o USB Controller Select Enabled if a USB device is installed to the system If Disabled are selected the system will not be able to use a USBdevice Available Options Disabled Enabled Default setting Enabled o Multiple Monitor Support This field specifies which VGA display will be used when the system isboot You can select eitherthe onboard orthe VGA card installed on the PCI bus Available Options No Onboard PCI First and M B FIRST Default setting Enabled o Video Memory This field specifies which VGA display memory You can select either Video memory on the VGA The setting are share onboard memory Available Options 1 5MB 2 5MB and 4MB Default setting 2 5MB o Display state This field specifies which VGA display will be used when the system isboot You can select either the LCD orthe CRT booting on the VGA Available Options Both LCD and CRT Default setting Both o Rat Panel Resolution When use the LCD the field specifleswhich select display resolution for different TFT LCD display type Available Options 640x480 800x600 and 1024x768 42 Fa
11. OF 10 W IN Equipment byte Low base memory byte o High base memory byte F N Low expansion memory byte 68 FablATech Corporation 18 High expansion memory byte 19 20 2E 2F 2 byte CMOSchecksum High actual expansion memory byte 32 Date century byte Information flags set during power on 34 7F Reserved forsystem BIOS 69 FablATech Corporation CMOSRAM Map 00h 10h Standard AT compatible RTC and Status and Status Registerdata definitions 11h 13h 14h Equipment Bits Number of Floppy Drives 1 Drive 2 Drives Bits Monitor Type Not CGA or MDA 01 40x25 CGA 2 Drives 80x25 CGA Bits Display Enabled Disabled Enabled i Keyboard Enabled Not CGA or MDA 01 40x25 CGA 2 Drives 80x25 CGA i Math Coprocessor Installed Absent Present i Floppy Drive Installed Disabled Enabled Base Memory in 1KB increments Low Byte Base Memory in 1KB increments High Byte IBM compatible memory in 1KB increments Low Byte 18h IBM compatible memory in 1KB increments High Byte max 15 MB 19h 2Dh Standard CMOSRAM checksum high byte Standard CMOS RAM checksum low byte IBM compatible Extended Memory Low Byte POST in KB IBM compatible Extended Memory High Byte POST in KB Extended CMOSChecksum Low Byte including 34h 3Dh 3Fh Extended CMOSChecksum High Byte including 34h 3Dh 70 FablATech Corporation VO Port Address Map Each peripheral device in the system
12. are any changesin the hardware configuration update the ESCD information PnP BlOSonly 2 Clearmemory that hasbeen used 3 Boot system via INT 19H o FF System Booting This means that the BIOS already pass the contol right to the operating system 66 FablATech Corporation Appendix Dimension 67 FablATech Corponation Technical Reference Real Time Clock and Non Volatile RAM The FB6500 containsa realtime clock compartment that maintains the date and time in addition to storing configuration information about the computer system It contains 14 bytes of clock and control registers and 114 bytes of general purpose RAM Because of the use of CMOStechnology it consumes very little power and can be maintained forlong periods of time using an intemal Lithium battery The contents of each byte in the CMOSRAM are listed below Seconds o I Second alam o N Minutes Minute alarm Hours Hour alam Dayof week o N Date of month Month Year Sta tus register A Sta tus register B Status register C Status register D Diagnostic status byte Shutdown status byte Diskette drive type byte drive A and B Fixed disk type byte drive C Fixed disk type byte drive D Reserved OE
13. attach standard PS2 type keyboard and mouse GN CNS SWI J3 J4 J12 411 i Pin 1 Ground z Pin 2 VCC 45V Pin 3 Keyboard Data Pin 4 Keyboard Clock Pin 5 Mouse Data Pin 6 Mouse Clock CN13 RJ 45 LAN Connector with LED indicators CN13 is a RJ45 connector with 2 LEDs The upper right LED orange indicates data is being accessed and the upper left LED green indicates on line status On indicates on line and off indicates off line The following table lists the pin assignments of CN13 CN13 ZN2 SWI J3 J4 J12 411 12 FablATech Corporation The following lists the pin assignment of CN13 J 10 USB Connector J10 isa dual port USB connector Any USB device can be attached to J10 with plug and play supported The up side port of J2 is USB 1 and the down side port is USB 2 J10 1 4 5 8 Pin 1 USBVO Pin5 USBV1 Pin 2 USBDO Pin6 USBD1 EE NR Pin 3 USBDO Pin7 USBD1 Pin 4 USBGO Pins USBG 1 Pin 9 10 Case Ground Pin11 12 Case Ground 13 FablATech Corporation CN9 IDE hard Disk Connectors CN9 is 44 pin 2 0mm IDC connectors Use the included hard disk cablesto attach up to two 2 5 hard disk drives CN9 Pin2 Pin 44 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Pin 1 Pin43 The following table liststhe pin description of C N9 Pin Description Pin Description 3 DAA
14. named interupt request line is monitored by BIOS When any activity occurs the computer enters Full On mode 45 FablATech Corporation PCI Plug and Play ROM PCIZISA BIOS C2A434F19 PMNP PCT CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC FNF OS Installed No PCI IRO Actived By Level Resources Controlled By Manual Reset Configuration Data Disabled Used MEM base addr NAA TRO 3 assigned Legacy TSA assigned Legacy ISA assigned PCI ISA Por assigned PCIZISA PnP assigned z PCLAISA Por assigned Legacy ISA assigned Legacy ISA assigned sz PCL TSA Por assigned PCI ISA Por assigned PCI ISA PrP assigned PIISA Por assigned z PCISIZA PoP z Guat Tie Select Item assigned PCI IZA PoP Help PUYSPOS Modi fy assigned s PCI TISA PHP Old Values CShiftiF2 Color assigned z PCISIZA PoP z Load BIOS Defaults assigned FPCI IZA PoP Load Setup Defaults o PNP O S Installed Set to Yes to inform BIOS that the operating system can handle Plug and Play PnP devices Available Options Yes No Default setting No o Resources Controlled By Auto Manual If you select Auto all the interupt request IRQ DMA assignment and Used DMA fields disappear asthe BIOS automatically assigns then The default value is Manual Available Options Auto Manual Default setting Manual o ResetConfiguration Data Enable Disable If you select Enable to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when y
15. read Transmitter holding register write 0 Berl intemupt enable wm Interrupt identification read only Base 3 Line control MODEM control Base 5 Line status MODEM status Base 7 Scratched register Divisor latch least significant byte Cat Basa Divisor latch most significant byte o Receiver Buffer Register RBR gt X Bit 0 7 Received data byte Read Only O Transmitter Holding Register THR Bit 0 7 Tra nsmitter holding data byte Write O nly o Intemupt Enable Register IER Bit 0 Enable Received Data Available Intemupt ERBFI 74 FablATech Corporation Bit 1 Enable Transmitter Holding Empty Interupt ETBEI Bit 2 Enable Receiver Line Status Interrupt ELSI Bit 3 Enable MODEM Status Inte mupt EDSSI Bit 4 Must be 0 Bit 5 Must be 0 Bit 6 Must be 0 Bit 7 Must be 0 o Intemupt Identification Register IIR Bit 0 0 if Interrupt Pending Bit 1 Interrupt ID Bit 0 Bit 2 Interrupt ID Bit 1 Bit 3 Must be 0 Bit 4 Must be 0 Bit 5 Must be 0 Bit 6 Must be 0 Bit 7 Must be 0 o Line Control Register LC R Bit 0 Word Length Select Bit 0 WLS0 Bit 1 Word Length Select Bit 1 WLS1 Bit 2 Number of Stop Bit STB Bit 3 Parity Enable PEN Bit 4 Even Parity Select EPS 75 FablATech Corporation Bit 5 Stick Parity Bit 6 Set Break Bit 7 Divisor Latch Access Bit DLAB o MODEM Control Registe
16. retten nennen tnn nns 27 CN2 LCD Connector sse nennen nennen nennen KKK E KEE R R R KE nnn 28 CN4 Control Signals and Power Source for LCD inverter lt lt lt 28 CN4 Control Signals and Power Source for LCD inverter lt lt lt 29 J4 DNDSLCDntertaceconnector eee een een en nen nn nn nn 29 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup nanninannan nn mamainana ai ai aanname aaea aia anaemia aiaa ia Ka aaaea ainn 31 eU EAV A SNS E AE E E A A E GA a 31 BIO S FUNCTIONS zirene eaa eerte ae ee eee es del E Pere ges es 32 Keyboard Comvention L L n 33 Standard CMOS Setup EE 34 BIOS Fea tures EE 37 Chipset FEATURES Setup EE 41 Power Manageme Ntiair rnpidi aa iran tinea ns aieiaa Ra rn 44 PCI Pl g and Play EE 46 I Tueluzinibs is pm 48 Password Setups ote ub eere e a ert rn ae dos 52 Chapter 5 Driver and Utility 53 VGA DrIVNemiSzu u su Sau D 53 WIN98 WIN95 Driver 53 LAN e e EE EE 53 A dio Me EE 54 OKT OT E 54 Programming NET 55 Chapter 6 Error Coding E X9 59 Trouble Shooting for Error Messages 59 Trouble Shooting for Post Codes AA 62 poi Cee 67 DIMENSION EE 67 Real Time Clock and Non Volatile RAM eee eee eee eee eee een 68 CMOS BAM Ma Da e EES mde te desea ri pe f a 70 O PortAddress EE 71 Interrupt Request Lines IRQ L 72 DMA Channel Mapas idee negem etabiededaeu nes
17. 6 THEN 70 REM Receiver buffer is empty INPSTR RETURN REM Read one character from COM1 buffer 57 FablATech 70 80 Corporation INPSIR INPUT 1 1 RETURN NOTE The example of the above program isbased on COM1 I O Address 3F8h The RS 485 of the FB6500 uses COM2 If you want to program it please referto the BIOS Setup for COM3 address setup 58 FablATech Corporation Chapter 6 Error Coding This section outlines the emors that may occur when you operate the system and also gives you the suggestionson solving the problems Topic include e Trouble Shooting for Error Messages e Trouble Shooting for POST Code Trouble Shooting for Error Messages The following information informs the error messages and troubleshooting Please adjust your systems according to the messages below Make sure all the componentsand connectorsare in proper position and firmly attached If the errors stil exist please contact with your distributorfor maintenance o POSTBEEP Currently there are two kindsof beep codesin BIOS setup e Oneindicatesthata video emorhasoccurmed and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information Thisbeep code consists of a single long beep followed by three short beeps e Theotherindicatesthat an emorhasoccumed in your DRAM Thisbeep code consists of a constant single long beep D CMOS BATERY FAILURE When the CMOS battery is out
18. 7 4 DAA8 5 ATA 6 DAA9 7 DATA 8 DATIO 9 ATA 10 DATA 1 HDIEDA 40 GROUND GROUND 4 23 14 FablATech Corporation CN10 26 pin Parallel Port Connector The included printer interface cable is used to transfer 26 pin connector into standard DB25 connector CN10 Parallel Port Connector Pin 1 Pin 26 OOOOOOOOOOOO IEE OOOOOOOCOOOOOOO i Pin 2 Pin 25 BY ON3 cw em da 44 J12 J1 3 12 DAAO0 4 6 ERROR 5 3 Dmi 6 16 NAU 7 4 DAA2 8 17 PRINTERSELECTIN u 6 DAA4 r 19 Ground 13 71 9 PDATA7 B 22 Ground 19 21 BUSY 23 25 13 PRINTERSELECT 26 Noused 7 i 9 i d B 15 8 Dane 316 2 Grund A 1 19 A 23 15 FablATech Corporation CN1 20 pin Hoppy Connector The included floppy drive interface cable isused to transfer 20 pin connector into standard 34 pin connector The following table shows signal connections between 20 pin amp 34 pin connectors CN1 OO O O OO OO OO OO i OO dl ME O OO O Pint The following table shows signal connections between 20 pin amp 34 pin connectors Description i Description Drive Enable A Write Data Index Ground Select A Write Enable Ground Track 0 Motor A Write Protect Select B Ground Motor B Read Data Ground Head Direction Dis
19. 73 DMA Controller 2 de teste a Ie named ede Pad ep Padus 73 SenaliPoIte nui veau ene eaae enda imam 74 Parallel Poms anit uoo eB Gad au enim 79 FablATech Corponation Chapter 1Introducing the FB6500 System Board Overview The FB6500 is an all in one compact size NSGeode low power CPU board This user s manual provides information on the physical features installation and BIOS setup of the FB6500 Built to unleash the total potential of the Pentium Processor the FB6500 is all in one CPU boardscomputer capable of handling today s demanding requirements Able to support 200 300 MHz CPUs this system board supports 10 100M interface network port synchronous pipe line burst SDRAM 32 64MB and a 4MB PCI VGA controllerthat can support both LCD sand CRT s simultaneously or independently Each FB6500 has four ports for I O communications One RS 232C 485 and three RS 232C ports are available The FB6500 is perfect for POS and POl applications network systems panel MMI s order entry kiosks test equipment OEM projectsorasa motherboard fora panel PC The unit is only 127X127mm offering unparalleled performance ina very small footprint FablATech Corponation Series Comparison Table L E J meo mE One 127mm x127mm 127mm x127mm 127mm x 127mm FablATech Corporation Layout a FB6500 a T
20. FTWARE INC Virus Warning Di Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Quick Power On Self Test Boot Sequence Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status CEDOD CEFFF Shadow CCDD CFFFF Shadow 00000 03FFF Shadow O4000 O7FFF Shadow penon nDBFFF Shadow OcOOO OFFFF Shadow Cyrix BxBE MIIL CPUID Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Enabled Boot Up System Speed Gate AZO Option Memory Farity Check Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate Chars Sec Typematic Delay Msec Security Option PCIZ wGA Palette Snoop Di Quit Tie Select Item PLIZPDZ Z Modify z Old values CSHIftIF2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults OS Select For ORAM gt E4ME Help Report Mo FOD For WIN 95 i o Virus Waming This option may flash on the screen During and afterthe system boots up any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system and the following error message will appear in the mean time you can run an anti virus program to locate the problem Available Options Disabled Enabled Default setting Ena bled o CPU Intemal Cache Thisfunctionsspeedsup memory access The FB6500 GXM CyrixCPU hasan intemalcache Available options Disabled Enabled Default setting Enabled o Quic k Power On Self Test This option speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you poweron the computer I
21. FablATech Corporation IPC Solution Website http www fabiatech com Email supportefa biatech com FB6500 NS Geode Low Power CPU board User s Manual Oct 2004 Version 2 5 Part Number FB6500 Copyrght Copyright 2001FablATech Corporation The content of this publication may not be reproduced in any part orasa whole transcribed stored in a retrieval system translated into any language ortranscribed in any form orby any means electronic mechanical and magnetic orotherwise without the prior written permission of FablATech Corporation Disclaimer FablATech makes no representation of warranties with respect to the contents of this publication In an effort to continuously improve the product and add features FablATech reservesthe right to revise the publication or change specifications contained in it from time to time without prior notice of any kind from time to time FablATech shall not be reliable fortechnical or editorial emors or omissions which may occurin this document FablATech shall not be reliable forany indirect special incidental or consequential damages resulting from the fumishing performance oruse of thisdocument Trademarks Trademarks brand namesand products names mentioned in this publication are used for identification purpose only and are the properties of their respective owners Technical Support If you have problems or difficulties in using the system board or setting up the relevant devic
22. Hn 4F 1 If password is needed ask for password 2 Clearthe Energy Star Logo Green BIOS only o 50 Write all CMOS values currently in the BIOS stack area back into the CMOS Hn 52 1 Initialize all ISA ROMs 2 Later PCI initia liza tions PCI BIOS only Assign IRQ to PCI devices Initia lize all PCI ROMs 3 PnP Initializations PnP BIOS only Assign I O Memory IRO amp DMA TO PnP ISA devices Initia lize all PnP ISA ROMs 4 Program shadows RAM according to Setup settings 5 Program parity according to Setup setting 6 PowerManagement Initialization Enable Disable global PM 65 FablATech Corporation APM interface initialization 1 Ifitis NOTa PnP BIOS initialize serial amp parallel ports 2 Initialize time value in BIOS data area by translate the RIC time value into a timertick value o 60 Setup Virus Protection Boot Sector Protection functionality according to Setup setting H 61 1 Try to tum on Level 2 cache Note if L2 cache is already tumed on in POST 3D this part will be skipped 2 Setthe boot up speed according to Setup setting 3 Last chance for Chipset initialization 4 Last chance for Power Management initialization Green BIOS only 5 Show the system configuration table o 62 1 Setup daylight saving according to Setup value 2 Program the NumLock typematic rate amp typematic speed according to Setup setting Hn 63 1 Ifthere
23. NEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that hascaused the problem cannot be isolated CO REBOOTERROR When this emoroccursthat requires you to reboot Press any key and the system will reboot O SYSIEM HALTED Indicates the present boot attempt hasbeen aborted and the system must be rebooted Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL 61 FablATech Corporation Trouble Shooting for Post Codes When you poweron yourPC and the screen display nothing You have to insert the POST Card fortest The address for ISA POST port is 80h Make sure the card is in correct slot The lists below indicate you the error messages Please follow the instruction to adjust your system If the error still occured please contact with your distributor for maintenance o CO Tum off OEM specific cache shadow o 03 Initialize all the standard devices with default values Standard devices includes 1 DMA controller 8237 2 Programmable Interrupt Controller 8259 3 Programmable Interval Timer 8254 4 RIC chip 1 Keyboard Controller Self Te st 2 Enable Keyboard Interface o 07 Verifies CMOS s basic R W functionality o BE Program defaults values into chipset according to the Combinable Chipset Default Table o C1 Auto detection of onboard DRAM amp Cache o C5 Copy the BIOS from ROM into E0000 FFF shadow RAM so that POST will go faster o 08 Test the first 256K DRAM o 09
24. PCLYISA BIOS 2A4I4FI3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE IMC Date mm ddsyyw Thu Aug 23 2001 Time hh mm ss 11 40 22 HARD DISKS TYFE SIZE CYL 5 HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR Primary Master Primary Slave A Secondary Master Secondary Slave a Drive A None riwe B None Video ESASVGA Halt On No Errors TI Las Select Item PUPO Modify Cshift F2 Change color o Date amp Time Setup Highlight the lt Date gt field and then pressthe Page Up Page Down or H keysto set the current date Follow the month day and year format Highlight the lt lime gt field and then pressthe Page Up Page Down or keys to set the current date Follow the hour minute and second format The usercan bypassthe date and time prompts by creating an AUTO EXEC BAT file For information on how to create this file please referto the MS DOS manual o Hoppy Setup The Standard CMOS Setup gt option records the types of floppy disk drives installed in the system To enterthe configuration value fora particular drive highlight its corresponding field and then select the drive type using the left or right arrow key o Hand Disk Setup The BIOS supports various types for user settings The BIOS supports Pri Master gt Pri Slave gt Sec Master gt and Sec Slave gt so the usercan install up to four hard disks Forthe master and slave jumpers please referto the hard disk
25. PHF PCL CONFIGURATION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Esc z Quit i F10 Save amp Exit Setup BIOS Functions ROM PCIZISA BIOS 2 5434F1323 CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC INTEGRATED FERIPHER ALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD TOE HOO AUTO DETECTION SAVE amp EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Select Item Change color EE Cshiftire On the menu you can perform the following functions Standard CMOS Setup BIOS Features Setup Chipset Features Setup Advanced Chipset Setup PNP PCI Configuration Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Default 1 2 3 4 5 PowerManagement Setup 6 7 8 9 User Password IDEAuto Detect Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Integrated Peripherals Setup 32 FablATech Corporation Keyboard Convention On the BIOS the following keyscan be used to operate and manage the menu Item Function ESC To exit the current menu or message Page Up Page Down To select a parameter F10 Save and exit F2 To change the colorof the menu display F2 isto go forward and F3 isto go backward UP Down Arrow Keys To go upward or downward to the desired item 33 FablATech Corporation Standard CMOS Setup This section describes basic system hardware configuration system clock setup and erorhandling If the CPU board is already installed in a working system you will not need to select thisoption anymore ROM
26. al and the bit 0 of the address of offset 4 sets 0 Send out one block data Transmit the data more than two characters Step 1 Enable TXC signal and the bit 0 of the address of offset44 just sets 1 Step 2 Send outthe data Write all data to the offset40 of the current COM port address Step 3 Waitforthe buffer sdata empty Check transmitter holding register THRE bit 5 of the address of offset45 and transmitter shift register TSRE bit 6 of the addressof offset 5 are all sets must be 0 Step 4 Disabled TXC signal and the bit 0 of the address of offset 4 sets 0 56 FablATech Corporation o Receive data The RS 485 s operation of receiving data isin the same of the RS 232 s m Basic Language Example a Initial 86C 450 UART 10 20 30 40 OPEN COM1 9600 m 8 1 AS 1 LEN 1 REM Reset DTR OUT amp H3FC INP H3FC AND amp HFA RETURN b Send outone characterto COM1 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 10 20 30 40 50 60 REM Enable transmitter by setting DIRON OUT amp H3FC INP amp H3FC OR amp H01 REM Send out one character PRINT 1 OUTC HR REM Check transmitter holding register and shift register IF INP amp H3FD AND amp H60 gt 0 THEN 60 REM Disable transmitter by resetting DTR OUT amp H3FC INP amp H3FC AND amp HEF RETURN Receive one character from COM1 REM Check COMI receiver buffer IF LOF 1 lt 25
27. apter 4 BIOS Setup This chapterdescribesthe BIOS setup Overview BIOS are a program located on a Flash memory chip on a circuit board It isused to initialize and set up the I O peripheralsand interface cardsofthe system which includestime date hard disk drive the ISA busand connected devicessuch as the video display diskette drive and the keyboard This program will not be lost when you tum off the system The BIOS providesa menu driven interface to the console subsystem The console subsystem contains special software called firmware that interacts directly with the hardware componentsand facilitates interaction between the system hardware and the operating system The BIOS default values ensure that the system will function at its normal capability In the worst situation the user may have conupted the original settings set by the manufacturer All the changes you make will be saved in the system RAM and will not be lost after power off When you start the system the BIOS will perform a self diagnosticstest called Power On Self Test POST forall the attached devices accessories and the system Press the Del key to enterthe BIOS Setup program and then the main menu will Show on the screen Note Change the parameters when you fully understand theirfunctions and subsequence 31 FablATech Corponation STANDARO CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIFSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
28. at adhere to the IEEE P1284 specifications Available Options Normal Bi Dir EPP and ECP Default setting Normal o Parallel Port Use IRQ This field specifies the IRQ forthe parallel port Available Options 5 7 Default setting 7 o ECP Mode Use DMA This field is read only and cannot be configured Available Options 0 1 and 3 Default setting EC P for DMA3 o Build In C PU Audio This field specifies the intemal Audio Control Available Options Disable Enable Default setting Enable o Audio Base I O Address These fields select the I O port address for Audio Available Options 220H 240H 260H and 280H Default setting 220H o Audio IRQ Select This field specifies the IRQ forthe Audio Available Options Disable 5 7 and 10 Default setting 5 50 FablATech Corponation o Audio Low DMA Select This field specifies the DMA for intemal Audio Control Available Options Disable 0 1 and 3 Default setting 1 o Audio High DMA Select This field specifies the DMA for intemal Audio Control Available Options Disable 5 6 and 7 Default setting 5 51 FablATech Corporation Password Setup There are two security passwords Supervisor and User Supervisor isa privileged person that can change the User password from the BIOS According to the default setting both access passwordsare not set up and are only valid after you set the password from the BIOS To set the passwo
29. blATech Corporation Default setting 640X480 43 FablATech Corporation Power Management ROM PCI ISA BIOS C2A434F132 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUF AWARD SOFTWARE IMC Power Management Disabled KeyBoard COM 22 PM Timers Doze Mode Disabled Standby Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled MODEM Use IR HA IRO edir Reserved Throttle Duty Cycle 33 3 X Reserved PS 2 Mousel Coprocessor Hard Diski Reserved Quit tl Select Item Help PUYSPOY4 Modify Old values CShiftiF2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults o Power Management The field determines how much power consumption is needed forthe system after selecting the below items o Doze Mode This field definesthe continuous idle time before the system enters Doze Mode o Standby Mode This field defines the continuous idle time before the system enters Standby Mode If any item defined isenabled amp active Standby timer will be reloaded oO HDD Power Down This field specifiesthe power conserving state that the hard disk drive enters after the specified period of hard drive inactivity has expired Available Options Disabled Standby Suspend Default setting Disa bled o Modem Use IRQ This field specifies the IRQ of the modem 44 FablATech Corporation o IRQ n These options enable event monitoring When the computerisin a power saving mode activity on the
30. computer later System must be restart then complete the installation 54 FablATech Corporation Programming RS 485 The majority communicative operation of the RS 485 is in the same of the RS 232 When the RS 485 precedes the transmission which needs control the TXC signal and the installing steps are as follows Step 1 Enable TXC Step 2 Send outdata Step 3 Waiting fordata empty Step 4 Disable TXC Note Please referto the section of the Serial Ports in the Chapter System Controllers forthe detail description of the COM port s register 55 FablATech Corporation Oo Initialize COM port Step 1 Initialize COM port in the receiver interrupt mode and ortransmitter interupt mode Allof the communication protocol buses of the RS 485 are in the same Step 2 Disable TXC transmitter control the bit 0 of the address of offset 4 just sets 0 NOTE Control the FB6500 CPU card s DTR signalto the RS 485 sTXC communication Send out one character Transmit Step 1 Enable TXC signal and the bit 0 of the address of offset44 just sets 1 Step 2 Send outthe data Write this characterto the offset 0 of the current COM port address Step 3 Waitforthe buffer sdata empty Check transmitter holding register THRE bit 5 of the address of offset45 and transmitter shift register TSRE bit 6 of the addressof offset 5 are all sets must be 0 Step 4 Disabled TXC sign
31. d Available options Setup Always Default setting Setup o PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option must be set to Enabled if any ISA adaptercard installed in the computer requires VGA palette snooping o Wait for Fl If Error Award BIOS POST enor messagesare followed by 39 FablATech Corporation Press F1 to conti nue If this field is set to Disabled the Award BIOS does not wait for you to pressthe F1 key afteran emor message Available options Disabled Enabled Default setting Disa bled o Hit DE Message Display Set this field to Disabled to prevent the message as follows Hit DEL if you want to run setup It will prevent the message from appearing on the first BIO S screen when the computer boots Available options Disabled Enabled Default setting Enabled o C000 16k Shadow DC OO 16k shadow These fields control the location of the contents of the 16KB of ROM beginning at the specified memory location If no adapter ROM is using the named ROM area this area is made available to the local bus The settings are 1 Disabled Ihe video ROM isnot copied to RAM The contents of the video ROM cannot be read from or written to cache memory 2 Enabled The contents of C 000h CFFFF are written to the same address in system memory RAM forfaster execution 3 Cached The contents of the named ROM area are written to the same address in system memory RAM forfaster execution if a
32. eader Extemal speaker header RS 485 mode terminator on and off RS 485 mode jumper select for serial port 3 FablATech Corporation SWI 4 Selecting the CPU Base Clock and PCI Clock Swi The following table lists the switch settings of the CPU Base Clock and PCI clock CPU Base Clock PCI Clock Remark 30 0 MHz 30 0 MHz 33 3 MHz 33 3 MHz Default SW1 1 SW1 2 SW1 3 Selecting the C PU Intemal Clock Multiplier SW1 FablATech Corporation Multiplier Remark Reserved 10 0 9 0 300M hz Pre setting 5 0 4 0 200M Hz Default 7 0 266M Hz Presetting 8 0 233M hz Presetting J3 Reset Header J3isa 2 pin headerforconnecting to system reset bottom Short circuit these 2 pinsto hardware reset FB6500 as well as restart system It is similar to power off the system and then powerit on again J3 Pin 1 10 FablATech Corporation CN5 6 pin Power Connector Standard P8 amp P9 CNS Looooo Pin 1 Ground Pin 2 VCC 45V Pin 3 VCC 45V Pin 4 Ground Pin 5 Ground Pin 6 12V Note If LCD function doesnot in use 12V is no need J1 J7 lt LH 2 1 20 PowerLED HDD LED FablATech Corporation CN12 Keyboard Mouse Connector CN12 isa 6 pin 2 0mm J STconnector use the included adaptercable you can
33. es and software that are not explained in this manual please contact our service engineer for service orsend email to support fabiatech com Retuming Your Board For Service amp Technical Support If your board requires servicing contact the dealerfrom whom you purchased the product for service information You can help assure efficient servicing of your product by following these guidelines a A list of your name address telephone facsimile number or email address where you may be reached during the day a Description of you peripheral attachments Q Description of your software operating system version application software etc and BIOS configuration Q Description of the symptoms Extract wording any message Forupdated BIOS drivers manuals or product information please visit usat www fabiatech com Table of Contents FB6500 NS Geode Low Powetr i CPU board Users Manual T i Chapter 1 Introducing the FB6500 System Board 1 O VOIVISW OS ss a n ka m mua ashma tee vei eens 1 Series Comparison Table sinesine eana aiaa ntn sinite iaaa ennt 2 EN LEE E e Ed cer 4 Packing liku t Uu Eu pete EE 5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
34. f it is set to Enable BIOS will shorten or skip some items checks during POST 37 FablATech Corporation D BootSequence This field specifies which device the system looks first upon power on Default setting A C SCS o Swap Hoppy Drive The field reverses the drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives in the Swap A B setting otherwise leave on the default setting of Disabled No Swap This works separately from the BIOS Features floppy disk swap feature It is functionally the same as physically interchanging the connectors of the floppy disk drives When the function s setting is Enabled the BIOS swapped floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B and Drive B becomes Drive A under DOS Available options Disabled Enabled Default setting Disa bled o BootUp Hoppy Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360K types are 40 tracks while 760K 1 2M and 1 44M are all 80 tracks Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS cannot tell from 720K 1 2M or 1 44M drive type asthe are all 80 tracks Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any waming message if the drive installed is 360K o Gate A20 Option This item is chosen as Normal the A20 signal is controlled by keyboard controller orchipset hardware
35. h 64k colors Different VGA display modesare possible but your monitor must possess certain characteristics different modes require different driversto display the mode desired e LCD Flat Panel Display e CRT amp LCD Display 25 FablATech Corporation CRTDisplay DB1 A VGA connector is provided for CRTdisplay Pin 1 Red Pin 2 Green E Pin 3 Blue CNI CHA r J3 J4 J12 411 Pin 13 Hsync Pin 14 Vsync Pin 12 DDC Data Pin 15 DDC Clock Pin 5 10 Digital Ground Pin 6 7 8 Analog Ground Others Not Used 26 FablATech Corporation LCDFLAT PANELDISPLAY Each LCD model requires specific BIOSin orderto work properly If you want to use a panel that your board wasnot originally designed forthen please send an email to support fabiatech com and state the LCD type and full specification you use The following showsthe block diagram of using FB6500 for LCD display Inverter Board LCD Panel Block Diagram The block diagram shows that FB6500 still needs components to be used witha LCD panel It needs control forthe brightness and the contrast of the LCD panel while inverter board isthe one that supplies the high voltage to drive the LCD panel NOTE Be careful with the pin orientation when installing connectorsand the cables A wrong connection can easily destroy yourLCD panel The pin 1 of the cable connectorsis indicated with a stickerand the pinl of the ribbon cable u
36. into the CD ROM device and enter DRIVER gt FB6500 gt VG A gt WIN98 If your system is not equipped with a CD ROM device copy the VGA driverfrom the CD ROM to a 1 44 diskette Execute CYRIXM 1 exe file The screen showsthe SETUP type Pressany key to enterthe main menu Asthe setup is completed the system will generate the message asfollows Yes want to restart my computer now Installation is done No I will restart my computer later System must be restart then complete the installation LAN Utility amp Driver To install the LAN utility OR driver insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM device and enter DRIVER gt FB6500 gt LAN If your system is not equipped with a CD ROM device copy the LAN VGA driver from the CD ROM to a 1 44 diskette Execute insta ll exe file Note In the LAN directory a HELPME EXE file is included to provide installation information 53 FablATech Corporation Audio Drivers AN 95 98 Driver 1 To installthe VGA driver insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM device and enter DRIVER gt FB6500 gt AUDIO gt WIN98 If your system isnot equipped witha CD ROM device copy the VGA driver from the CD ROM to a 1 44 diskette Execute CYRIXM 1 EXE file The screen showsthe SETUP type Pressany key to enterthe main menu Asthe setup is completed the system will generate the message asfollows Yes wantto restart my computer now Installation is done No I will restart my
37. isassigned a set of I O port addresses which also becomes the identity of the device There isa total of 1K port address space available The following table lists the I O port addresses used on the Industrial CPU Card DMA Page Register DMA Controller 2 ClearMath Coprocessor Busy Signal Reset Math Coprocessor 1FOh 1F7h IDE Interface 390 397 TILVO 2E8h 2EFh Serial Port 4 COM4 Parallel Port 1 LPT1 Network Ports EGA adapter CGA adapter 3E8h 3EFh Serial Port 3 CO M3 3FOh 3F7h Floppy Disk Controller 3F8h 3FFh Serial Port 1 CO M1 71 FablATech Corporation Interrupt Request Lines IRQ There are a total of 15 IRQ lines available on the Industrial CPU Card Peripheral devices use interupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required The following table showsthe IRQ used by the devices on the Industrial CPU Card RgO System Timer Output Interupt Cascade Serial Port 1 po noe so IRQ R07 Serial port 3 Reserved Reserved 80287 72 FablATech Corporation DMA Channel Map The equivalent of two 8237A DMA controllers are implemented in the FB6500 board Each controllerisa four channel DMA device that willgenerate the memory addressesand control signals necessary to transfer information directly between a peripheral device and memory Thisallows high speeding information transfer with less CPU intervention The two DMA controllers are intemally cascaded to provide fou
38. k Change Step Ground No Connection B oo vous UNE 16 FablATech Corporation J8 Extemal Speaker Header J8 Be ca am J3 J4 A3 J1 1 2 S am Pin 1 Speaker i Pin 2 Speaker Note This headeris optional J6 TILI O connector GN SI J3 J4 J12 411 ooe OOO SE SERRESRREERRN Gg TE SERE Description Bit Location Description Bit Location OutputO BITO of I O port 390H Input 0 BIT3 of I O port 390H Output 1 Input 1 BIT4 of I O port 390H 5V Ground Note 1 The I O address of 390h and reserved memory segment is CC 00 0 to C FFF 0 17 FablATech Corporation CN3 Extension Bus Connector optional The CN3 connector supportsa little signals of ISA for easy debugging ortesting It is reserved forboard manufacture only a z UJ Pin 1 CNG SWI J3 J4 J12 411 OOOOOOOO000000e OOOOOOOOODOOOOOO Description CN3 18 FablATech Corporation CN8 10 Pin Audio Connector optional BY CNG w em gm a dii Es ES 9 inour 10 GND 19 FablATech Corporation Serial Port Connectors and J umper Settings The following figure showsthe serial port connector positions and settings J 5 Extra RS 232C and Infrared connector ONG SWi 3 JA J12 411
39. m board Note after you install the FB6500 series it isrecommended that you keep the diskette or CD that contains drivers and document files and keep the document copies or unused cables in the carton for future use The fol lowing lists the accessoriesthat may be included in your FB6500 package Some accessories are optional items that are only shipped upon order One FB6500 all in one CPU board One 44 pin hard disk driverinterface cable One 20 pin to 34 pin floppy disk interface cable One parallel port interface cable Two serial port adapter cables 10 pin IDC to DB 9 4 sera l port version only One keyboard and mouse port adapter One audio adapter with FB4612B transfers board Audio version only One poweradaptercable One compact disk includes software utility FablATech Corporation FablATech Corponation Chapter 2 Hardware Installation To set up a FB6500 system board complete the description in Chapter 2 and Chapter3 This chapter introduces the system board connectors amp jumper settings and guides you to apply them forfield application Before Installation Before you install the system board make sure you follow the following descriptions 1 Before removing the board from its anti static bag wearan anti static strap to prevent the generation of Electricity Static Discharge ESD The ESD may be created from human body that touches the board It may do damage to the
40. n adapter ROM will be using the named ROM area Also the contents of the RAM area can be read from and written to cache memory Available options Disabled Enabled Cached Default setting Cached 40 FablATech Corporation Chipset FEATURES Setup This section describesthe configuration of the board schipset features ROM PCI ISA BIOS zA 434F32 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC SDRAM CAS latency Time I SDRAM Clack Ratio Diw By 16 bit I O Recovery COLE S bit I O Recovery COLKI USE Controller Enabled USE Legacy Support Disabled Video Memory Size Display status I Flat Panel Resolution 640x430 Il Select Item lp PUSPOS Modify Old Values CShiftJF2 Color z Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults o SDRAM CASAUTO Latency Time This field specifies the latency forthe Synchronous DRAM system memory signals Available Options 3T 2T Default setting 3 T o SDRAM Clock Ration Div by When 100 MHz extemal frequency runsthe system the system will run at 3 cycle clocks When 66 MHz runs the system the system will run at 4 cycle clocks Selecting Auto the system willbe auto adaptive depending on the SDRAM clock that is installed Available Options 4T 3T Default setting 4 T o 8bitl O Recovery Time The recovery time isthe length of time measured in CPU clocks which the system willdelay afterachieving an input output request This delay takes place to wait forthe
41. nly when using RS 485 mode The following figure and table guide you how to setup RS 485 serial port J9 RS485 mode Terminator e o On Off RS 485 RS232C Factory default For serial Port 3 only 22 FablATech Corporation D J5 Extra RS 232C and Infrared Connector 10 pin 2 0mm IDC J 5 provides basic RS 232C signals of serial port 3 and infrared signals of serial port 4 The RS 232C signal of serial port 3 isused to interface with touch screen controller intemally and infrared signal is used to interface with Infrared modules If an I R device is installed also enterthe BIOS gt Peripheral Setup select an I R protocol from the Serial Port D Mode field Description Not Used RXD3 TXD3 Ground Not Used 23 FablATech Corporation 24 FablATech Corporation Chapter 3 Installing CRT and LCD Monitors This chapter describes the configuration and installation procedure of LCD and CRTdisplays Both CRTand LCD displays may be used at the same time Only TFT type LCDs may be used CRT monitors should work with no problem under Windows 95 98 However each type of LCD requires different BIOS The FB6500 supportsa CRT colored monitorand a TFTLCD DSIN LCDsare not supported with thisboard Itcan be connected to create a compact video solution forthe industrial environment 4MB of RAM on boarded allowsa maximum CRTresolution of 1024X768 with 64k colorsand a LCD resolution of 800X600 wit
42. of work or has run out the userhasto replace it with a new battery 59 FablATech Corporation H CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR Thiserrorinformsthatthe CMOShasconupted When the battery runs weak this situation might happen Please checkthe battery and change a new one when necessary O0 DISPLAY SWATCH IS SETINCORRECTLY Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color This indicates the switch isset to a different setting than indicated in BIOS Setup Determine which setting iscorect and then either tum off the system and change the jumper or enter BIOS Setup and change the video selection D DISK BOOT FAILURE When you can t find the boot device insert a system disk into Drive A and press lt Enter gt Make sure both the controller and cablesare all in proper positions and also make sure the disk isformatted Then reboot the system O0 DISKETE DRIVES OR TYPES MISMATCH ERROR When the diskette drive type is different from CMOS please run setup or configure the drive again O ERRORENCOUNTERED INITIALIZING HARD DRIVE When you can t initialize the hard drive ensure the following things 1 The adapterisinstalled correctly 2 Allcablesare correctly and firmly attached 3 The correct hard drive type is selected in BIOS Setup O0 ERRORINITALIZING HARD DISK CONTROLLER When this eror occurs ensure the following things 1 The cord isexactly installed in the bus 2 The correct hard drive
43. ou exit setup is you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operation operating system cannot boot Available Options Enable Disable Default setting Disable 46 FablATech Corponation o IRO n DMA n Assigned PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA The resourcesare controlled manually 1 Legacy ISA Devicescompliant with the original PC ATbus specification requiring a specific interupt DMA such as IRQ4 IRQ3 forsenal port 1 and 2 2 PCI ISA PnP Devicescompliant with Plug and play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus o Use MEM base addr Resources Controlled By Auto Manual Select a base address forthe memory area used by any peripheral that requires high memory Available Options N A C800 CC 00 D000 D400 D800 and DC 00 Default setting N A 47 FablATech Corporation Peripheral Setup This section describesthe function of peripheralfeatures ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2 434F12 INTEGRATED FERIFHERALS5 AWARD SOFTWARE IMC IDE HDD Block Mode Disabled Onboard Parallel Port Primary IDE Channel Enabled Parallel Port Mode Master Drive PIO Mode Auto ECP Mode Use DMA Slave Driwe FIO Mode Auto Onboard Serial Fort 3 Secondary IDE Channel Enabled Serial Fort 3 Use IR Master Drive PIO Mode Auto Onboard Serial Port 4 Slave Driwe PIO Mode Anto Serial Port 4 Mode IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slawe UDMA Auto Serial Port 4 U
44. r DMA channels for transfers to 8 bit peripherals DMA1 and three channels for transfersto 16 bit peripherals DMA2 DMA2 channel 0 providesthe cascade interconnection between the two DMA devices thereby maintaining IBM PC AT compatibility The following isthe system information of DMA channels DMA Controller 1 DMA Controller 2 Channel 0 Spare Channel4 Cascade for controller 1 Channel 1 Reserved for Channel 5 Spare IBM SDLC Channel 2 Diskette Channel 6 Spare adapter Channel 3 Spare Channel 7 Spare 73 FablATech Corponation Serial Ports The ACEs Asynchronous Communication Elements ACEL to AC E4 are used to convert parallel data to a serial format on the transmit side and convert serial data to parallel on the receiver side The serial format in order of transmission and reception isa start bit followed by five to eight data bits a parity bit if programmed and one one and half five bit format only ortwo stop bits The ACEsare capable of handling divisors of 1 to 65535 and produce a 16xclock for driving the intemal transmitter logic Provisions are also included to use this 16x clock to drive the receiver logic Also included in the ACEa completed MODEM control capability and a processor interrupt system that may be software tailored to the computing time required to handle the communications link The following table isa summary of each ACE accessible register Port Address Base 0 Receiver buffer
45. r MCR Bit 0 Data Terminal Ready DTR Bit 1 Reguest to Send RT5 Bit 2 Out 1 OUT 1 Bit 3 Out 2 OUT2 Bit 4 Loop Bit 5 Must be 0 Bit 6 Must be 0 Bit 7 Must be 0 o Line Status Register LSR Bit 0 Data Ready DR Bit 1 Overrun Error OR Bit 2 Parity Error PE Bit 3 Framing Error FE Bit 4 Break Interupt BI Bit 5 Transmitter Holding Register Empty THRE Bit 6 Tra nsmitter Shift Register Empty TSRE Bit 7 Must be 0 o MODEM Status Register MSR Bit 0 Delta Clear to Send DCTS Bit 1 Delta Data Set Ready DDSR Bit 2 Training Edge Ring Indicator TERI Bit 3 Delta Receive Line Signal Detect DSLSD 76 FablATech Corporation Bit 4 Clearto Send C TS Bit 5 Data Set Ready DSR Bit 6 Ring Indicator RI Bit 7 Received Line Signal Detect RS D o Divisor Latc h LS MS As ws Bit 1 Bit 9 Bit 3 Bit 4 Bis ate Bi Desired Baud Divisor Used to Generate 16x Rate Clock 77 FablATech Corporation 78 FablATech Corporation Parallel Ports o Register Address PortAddress Read Wite Base 0 Input data Printer status buffer Base 2 Write Printer control latch O PrinterInterface Logic The parallel portion of the SMC 37C 669 makes the attachment of various devices that accept eight bits of parallel data at standard TIL level D Data Swapper The system microprocessorcan read the contents of the printers Data Latch thro
46. rd please complete the following steps 1 2 Select Change Supervisor Password Type the desired password up to 8 character length when you see the message Enter New Supervisor Password Then you can go onto seta user password up to 8 character length if required Note that you cannot configure the User password until the Supervisor password isset up Enter Advanced CMOS Setup screen and point to the Password Checkup field Select AlwaysorSetup Always a visitor who attemptsto enter BIOS oroperating system will be prompted for password Setup a visitor who attemptsto the operating system will be prompted foruser password You can enter either User password orSupervisor password Point to Save Settings and Exitand press Enter Press Y when you see the message Save Current Settings and Exit Y N Note itis suggested that you write down the password in a safe place to avoid that password may be forgotten or missing To set the password please complete the following steps 1 2 Select Change Supervisor Password Press Enter instead of entering any character when you see the message Enter New Supervisor Password Thus you can disable the password 52 FablATech Corporation Chapter 5 Driver and Utility The enclosed diskette includes FB6500 VGA AUDIO driver a LAN driver VGA Drivers WIN98 WIN95 Driver 1 To install the VGA driver insert the CD ROM
47. s installation descriptions and the hard disk jumper settings 34 FablATech Corporation You can select lt AUTO gt underthe lt TYPE gt and lt MO DE gt fields This willenable auto detection of your IDE drives during bootup This willallow you to change yourhard drives with the power off and then poweron without having to reconfigure your hard drive type If you use older hard disk drives which do not support this feature then you must configure the hard disk drive in the standard method asdescribed above by the lt USER gt option o Video This option selects the type of adapter used for the primary system monitor that must match your video display card and monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type in Setup You have two waysto boot up the system When VGA as primary and monochrome as secondary the selection of the video type is VGA Mode o Enor Halt This option determines whether the computer will stop if an eror is detected during powerup No errors e system boot will not be stopped for any emorthat may be detected All errors Wheneverthe BIOS detecta non fatal errorthe system willbe stopped and you willbe prompted All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop fora keyboard enor it will stop forall other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop fora disk error it will stop forall other errors All But Disk Key The system boo
48. se IR IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slawe UDMA Auto Onboard FOC Controller Enabled Build in CPU Audio Onboard Serial Port 1 3FS IRO4 Audio LAO Base Address Onboard Serial Port 2 MPU 401 IO Base Address UART Mode Select Audio IRO Select Audio Low OMA Select Audio High OMA Select FF Load Setup Defaults o IDE HDD Block Mode This option allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive HDD Oo IDEPIO IDE hard drive controllers can support up to two separate hard drives These drives have a maste slave relationship which is determined by the cabling configuration used to attach them to the controller Your system supports one IDE controller a primary and a secondary so you have the ability to install up to four separate hard disks PIO means Programmed Input Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to affect a transfer to or from the disk drive PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perfom the complete task by them This is simpler and more efficient and faster Your system supports five modes numbered from 0 to 4 which primarily differ in timing When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available mode O OnBoard DC This field enables the floppy drive controller on the FB6500 Available Options Auto Disabled Enabled Default setting Auto
49. sually hasa different color 27 FablATech Corporation CN2 LCD Connector CN2 isan 18 bit LCD interface connector The pin assignments are listed in the following table Description Description Description Description V FPD8 V FPD9 Ground FPD10 Ground FPD11 3 3V N C Ground FPD13 N C FPD15 FPD1 FPD17 FPD3 Ground FPD5 FPVSYNC FPDISP N C FPHSYNC U D FPD7 FPVDDEN Note N C meansnot connected it isreserved forupgraded signals SPP Pin1 HIM in 28 FablATech Corporation CN4 Control Signals and Power Source forLCD inverter CNA provides control signals and power source for LCD inverter CN4 1 VDD 2 Ground 3 ENABLK 4 N C 5 5V Note VDD 12V iscome from CN9 powerconnector only J4 LVDS LCD interface connector J4isa 16 pin LVDSLCD interface connector for long distant LCD panel connection Pin 1 OOOOO000e OOOOOOOO Pin 2 Description J4 Description ENZ 4 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 7 9 d cua m 412 411 ZNE LVDS0 6 LVDS0 LVDS1 8 LVDS1 LVDS2 10 LVDS2 uo ERAT e 11 LVDSCLK 12 LVDSCLK cua Wm E 13 Ground 14 Ground 15 FPBKLEN 16 VDD Note VDD comes from CN5 power connector only 29 FablATech Corporation 30 FablATech Corporation Ch
50. t will not stop fora keyboard or disk error it will stop for all other errors o Memory This option is display only which is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS o Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will detemine the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memories installed on the motherboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard 35 FablATech Corporation oO Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST This is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the CPU smemory addressmap oO Other Memory This refers to the memory located in the 640K to 1024K address space This is memory that can be used for different applications DOS usesthis area to load device drivers to keep asmuch base memory free for application programs Most use for this area is Shadow RAM o Total Memory System total memory is the sum of basic memory extended memory and other memory 36 FablATech Corporation BIOS Features Setup This section describesthe configuration entriesthat allow you to improve your system performance orlet you set up some system features according to your preference Some entries here are required by the CPU board sdesign to remain in their default settings ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2 434F320 BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SO
51. type isselected in BIOS Setup 3 Whetherall of the jumpers are set correctly in the hard drive CO HOPPY DISK CONTROLLER ERROR OR NO CONTROLLER PRESENT When you cannot find or initialize the floppy drive controller please ensure the controller is in proper BIOS Setup If there isno floppy drive installed ensure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE 60 FablATech Corporation CO KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT When this situation happens please check keyboard attachment and no keys being pressed during the boot If you are purposely configuring the system without a keyboard set the errorhalt condition in BIOS Setup to HALTON ALL BUT KEYBO ARD This will cause the BIOSto ignore the missing keyboard and continue the boot procedure 0 MEMORY ADDRESS ERROR When the memory address indicates error You can use thislocation along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips O0 MEMORY SIZE HAS CHANGED Memory has been added orremoved since last boot In EISA mode use Configuration Utility to re configure the memory configuration In ISA mode enter BIOS Setup and enterthe new memory size in the memory fields O0 MEMORY VERIFYING ERROR It indicates an enor verifying a value is already written to memory Use the location along with your system s memory map to locate the bad chip D OFFENDING ADDRESS MISSING This message is used in connection with the I O CHAN
52. ugh the Data Swapperby reading the Data Swapperaddress o Printer Status Buffer The system microprocessor can read the printer status by reading the addressof the Printer Status Buffer The bit definitions are described below 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 FIL AL AL PES TESE SLCT PE ACK BUSY ERROR NOTE X represents not used 79 FablATech Corporation Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 This signalmay become active during data entry when the printer is off line during printing orwhen the print head ischanging position orin an errorstate When Bit 7 is active the printer is busy and can notaccept data This bit representsthe current state of the printersACK signal A 0 meansthe printer has received the characterand isready to accept another Normally this signal will be active forapproximately 5 microseconds before receiving a BUSY message stops A 1meansthe printer hasdetected the end of the paper A 1 meansthe printer is selected A 0 meansthe printer has encountered an emor condition CO Printer Control Latch amp Printer Control Swapper The system microprocessorcan read the contents of the printer control latch by reading the address of printer control swapper Bit definitions are asfollows 7 6 5 4 8 2 1 0 X X STROBE AUTO FD XT INIT SLDC IN IRQ ENABLE DIR write only
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