Aaeon SBC-455, Product Manual

Page 1: ...SBC 455 Half size 486 CPU Card with Flat Panel CRT SVGA Interface...

Page 2: ...ICE PURSUANT TO PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES THESE LIMITS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE REASONABLE PROTECTION AGAINTST HARMFUL INTERFERENCE WHEN THE EQUIPMENT IS OPERATED IN A COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT THIS EQUIPM...

Page 3: ...American Megatrends Inc AutoCAD and AutoShade are trademarks of Autodesk Inc CHIPS Logotype is a registered trademark Chips 65545 is a trademark of Chip and Technologies Inc Cyrix is a trademark of Cy...

Page 4: ...Hard disk drive IDE interface cable 40 pin 1 Floppy disk drive interface cable 34 pin 1 Parallel port adapter 26 pin and COM2 adapter 9 pin kit 5 Utility disks with CHIPS 65545 48 utility programs an...

Page 5: ...13 Installing a CPU 14 CPU type select JP1 JP3 JP4 15 CPU Vcc select JP2 16 CPU clock select JP9 JP10 16 Installing DRAM SIMMs 17 Installing SIMMs 17 Removing SIMMs 17 IDE hard drive connections IDE 1...

Page 6: ...LOCK 30 External speaker EXT SPK 30 Reset switch RESET SW 31 Turbo LED TURBO LED 31 SMI System Management Interrupt switch SMI SW 32 Turbo Switch TURBO SW 32 Clear CMOS JP12 32 Flash BIOS Protect JP8...

Page 7: ...oftware drivers 64 Hardware configuration 64 Necessary prerequisites 65 Before you begin 65 Windows 95 66 Windows 3 1 67 DOS 68 OS 2 69 Windows NT3 51 72 Windows NT4 0 73 Software utilities 74 The CHI...

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Page 9: ...Chapter 1 General Information 1 1 General Information This chapter provides background information for the SBC 455 Sections include Card specifications Board layout C H A P T E R...

Page 10: ...to four IDE devices can be connected including large hard disks CD ROM drives tape backup drives or other IDE devices The built in enhanced IDE controller provides a 4 layer 32 bit posted write buffe...

Page 11: ...lt in PCI Enhanced IDE controller supports two IDE devices large hard disks CD ROM tape backup etc Up to 64 MB on board DRAM Supports 5 V EDO DRAM Two high speed serial RS 232 ports 16C550 UARTs with...

Page 12: ...hterboards available for various flat panel displays Enhanced IDE hard disk drive interface Fast PCI bus Supports up to two Enhanced IDE ATA 2 large hard disk drives or other Enhanced IDE devices Supp...

Page 13: ...ccess to a keyboard and a PS 2 mouse Bus speed 8 MHz System performance 325 MHz in 80486 DX4 100 Landmark V2 0 Max power requirements 5 V 2 5 A Power supply voltage 5 V 4 75 V to 5 25 V 12 V 12 V for...

Page 14: ...oard layout SBC 455 486SX DX DX2 DX4 CPU CARD WITH CACHE REV B1 SMC FDC37C665 ST M 4 8 T 8 6 P C I ALI M1489 1 6 V 8 1 4 3 1 8 2 4 M H z S C 4 6 4 IMI M E G A K B AMI BIOS ALI M1487 CHIPS FS65545 B2 T...

Page 15: ...Chapter 1 General Information 7 Card dimensions SBC 455 486SX DX DX2 DX4 CPU CARD WITH CACHE REV B1 122 00 98 50 19 50 178 00 185 00 80 65 73 66 26 00 19 00...

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Page 17: ...pter explains set up procedures for the SBC 455 hardware including instructions on setting jumpers and connecting peripherals switches and indicators Be sure to read all safety precautions before you...

Page 18: ...lect JP5 LCD clock signal select JP7 LCD enabled signal select JP6 Watchdog out select JP9 10 CPU clock select JP12 Clear CMOS JP8 Flash BIOS Protect JP13 Flash BIOS Write enable Voltage Primary IDE E...

Page 19: ...LCD COM2 KB PS2 MOUSE SMI SW TURBO SW JP12 KEY LOCK EXT SPK JP11 PRINTER CPU TYPE CPU Vcc RESET SW TURBO LED IDE LED S B C 4 5 5 4 8 6 S X D X D X 2 D X 4 C P U C A R D W I T H C A C H E R E V B 1 SM...

Page 20: ...mper you connect the pins with the clip To open a jumper you remove the clip Sometimes a jumper will have three pins labeled 1 2 and 3 In this case you would connect either pins 1 and 2 or 2 and 3 The...

Page 21: ...eyarenotinthechassis Installing the CPU The SBC 455 CPU card supports most 486 CPUs The system s performance depends on the CPU you choose You can install or upgrade the CPU in the board s PGA socket...

Page 22: ...her components 2 Carefully align the CPU so that it is parallel to the socket Make sure that the notch on the corner of the CPU matches the notch on the inside of the socket 3 Gently push the CPU into...

Page 23: ...P1 Intel P24T AMD Intel DX4 Series AMD X5 133 Intel 486SX Intel P24D AMD DX2 66 WB Intel DX2 66 default AMD DE2 66 Cyrix IBM ST Cyrix IBM ST TI AMD 5x86 DX4 DX2 Series DX2 66 WT Series Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6...

Page 24: ...oper jumper settings for their respective Vcc CPU Vcc select JP2 5 0 V 3 3 V 3 45 V default 4 0 V 3 6 V CPU clock select JP9 JP10 JP9 and JP10 are used to synchronize the CPU clock with the CPU type S...

Page 25: ...e retaining clips at both ends of the module click into place When positioned correctly the pins on top of the vertical posts should corre spond to the circular holes on the ends of the module 3 Repea...

Page 26: ...the IDE connector Make sure that the red or blue wire corresponds to pin 1 on the connec tor which is labeled on the board on the right side 2 Plug the other end of the cable to the Enhanced IDE hard...

Page 27: ...11 11 D3 12 D12 13 D2 14 D13 15 D1 16 D14 17 D0 18 D15 19 GND 20 N C 21 N C 22 GND 23 IOW 24 GND 25 IOR 26 GND 27 IORDY 28 BALE 29 N C 30 GND 31 IRQ 14 32 I O CS16 33 A1 34 N C 35 A0 36 A2 37 CS0 38 C...

Page 28: ...connector usually used for 5 25 drives Connecting the floppy drive 1 Plug the 34 pin flat cable connector into the FLOPPY DISK connector 2 Attach the appropriate connector on the other end of the cab...

Page 29: ...provides an external port that allows your parallel peripheral to access to the card s parallel port connector 1 Find an empty slot in your chassis 2 Unscrew the plate that covers the end of the slot...

Page 30: ...DACK 1 default DACK3 Power supply connections POWER CON Power supply connector In single board computer non passive backplane applications you will need to connect power directly to the SBC 455 board...

Page 31: ...us flat panel displays The following table lists their pin assignments LCD connector LCD Pin Function Pin Function 1 12 VDC 2 12 VDC 3 GND 4 GND 5 5 VDC 6 5 VDC 7 EN LCD 8 GND 9 P0 10 P1 11 P2 12 P3 1...

Page 32: ...Monitor ID not used 12 Monitor ID 13 Horizontal sync 14 Vertical sync 15 Not used LCD signal select JP5 JP7 You can select the LCD control signals by setting JP5 and JP7 The following charts show the...

Page 33: ...B PS2 MOUSE on the card mounting bracket supports single board computer applications The card comes with an adapter to convert the 6 pin mini DIN connector used for the mouse to the standard DIN conne...

Page 34: ...parallel port and serial port adapter kit supplied with the card holds COM B the DB 9 connector for the second port This lets you connect and discon nect the cables after you install the card The fol...

Page 35: ...Chapter 2 Installation 27 Serial ports IRQ select JP11 You can select the serial port IRQs by setting JP11 as follows Serial ports IRQ selection JP11 IRQ4 default IRQ11 COM A IRQ3 default IRQ10 COM B...

Page 36: ...hdog timer must be programmed to write to I O port address 443 at an interval shorter than the timer s preset interval The timer s interval has a tolerance of 5 so you should pro gram an instruction t...

Page 37: ...n 2 and 32 seconds The following table shows the Hex values for the appropriate time out intervals Watchdog timer delay values Delay time Value Hex Delay time Value Hex 0 2 F 16 18 7 2 4 E 18 20 6 4 6...

Page 38: ...nyone to change or stop a running program Simply connect the switch between Pins 4 and 5 The pin assignments appear in the following table Power LED and keylock KEY LOCK Pin Function 1 LED Power 5 V 2...

Page 39: ...wer then turned it back on The following table shows the pin assignments for RESET SW Reset switch RESET SW Pin Function 1 Ground 2 Reset Turbo LED TURBO LED You can connect a LED indicator across TUR...

Page 40: ...e the CPU speed between Turbo and non Turbo mode When you leave the pins open the CPU card operates at full speed When you close the pins the card operates at slow speed for compatibility with older s...

Page 41: ...ion is as follows Flash BIOS Protect JP8 Write protect default Write enable Flash BIOS Write enable Voltage JP13 This jumper sets the voltage supplied to the Flash BIOS Write enable The figure below s...

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Page 43: ...Chapter 3 AMI WinBIOS setup 35 C H A P T E R 3 AMI WinBIOS Setup This chapter describes the card s diagnos tic tests and how to set BIOS configura tion data in a Windows environment...

Page 44: ...in CMOS RAM Unlike conventional BIOS setup programs WinBIOS features a graphical user interface that is easy to use Starting WinBIOS setup As POST executes the following appears Hit DEL if you want to...

Page 45: ...s Keystroke Function tab Move to the next window or field Move to the next field to the right left above or below ENTER Select in the current field Increments a value Decrements a value ESC Close the...

Page 46: ...er Pri Slave Sec Master and Sec Slave Choose these icons to configure the hard disk drive named in the option When you click on an icon the following parameters are listed Type LBA Large Mode Block Mo...

Page 47: ...n pre installed User Defined Drive If you are configuring a SCSI drive or an MFM RLL ARLL or ESDI drive with drive parameters that do not match drive types 1 46 you can select the User in the Type fie...

Page 48: ...s Manual Advanced Setup Select the Advanced icon from the WinBIOS Setup main menu to enter Advanced setup The Advanced Setup options described in this section are the standard options as shown on the...

Page 49: ...signal from the IDE hard disk drive If a READY signal is not received immediately from the IDE drive AMIBIOS does not configure that drive AMIBIOS does not wait for 5 seconds after sending a RESET sig...

Page 50: ...he default settings are Enabled System Keyboard This option specifies that a keyboard is attached to the computer The settings are Present or Absent The Optimal and Fail Safe default settings are Pres...

Page 51: ...ttings are Disabled OS 2 Compatible Mode Set this option to Enabled to permit AMIBIOS to run with IBM OS 2 The settings are Enabled or Disabled The default settings are Disabled Wait for F1 if Error A...

Page 52: ...nor L2 secondary cache memory is enabled WriteBack Use the write back caching algorithm WriteThru Use the write through caching algorithm System BIOS Cacheable When this option is set to Enabled the c...

Page 53: ...ble to the local bus The settings are E000 64KB Shadow Setting Description Shadow The contents of C0000h C3FFFh are written to the same address in system memory RAM for faster execution Enabled The co...

Page 54: ...on from the WinBIOS setup main menu shown below The following is an option list offered by Chipset Setup Chipset setup options Function Options Auto Configuration Function Disabled Enabled AT Bus Cloc...

Page 55: ...ing FAST Normal Memory Parity Check Disabled Enabled DRAM Hidden Refresh Disabled Enabled DRAM Refresh Period Setting 15 ms 30 ms 60 ms 120 ms Memory Hole at 15 16 M Disabled Enabled ISA I O Recovery...

Page 56: ...ce power consumption To see the options in this group choose the Power Management Setup icon from the WinBIOS Setup main menu Power Management Mode APM Funtion Set this option to Enabled to enable the...

Page 57: ...et this option to Yes if the operating system installed in the computer is Plug and Play aware AMIBIOS only detects and enables PnP ISA adapter cards that are required for system boot The Windows 95 o...

Page 58: ...y that the IDE controller on the PCI local bus has bus mastering capability The settings are Disabled or Enabled The Optimal and Fail safe default settings are Disabled Offboard PCI IDE Card This opti...

Page 59: ...you to specify IRQs for use by legacy ISA adapter cards These options determine if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of available IRQs passed to BIOS configurable devices The available IRQ p...

Page 60: ...The settings are Disabled 16K 32K or 64K and Fail Safe default settings are Disabled Reserved Memory Address This option specifies the beginning address in hex of the reserved memory area The specifie...

Page 61: ...ption enables serial port 1 on the motherboard and specifies the base I O port address for serial port 1 The settings are Auto Disabled 3F8h 3E8h 2E8h 2F8h The Fail Safe default setting is Auto Periph...

Page 62: ...the parallel port mode ECP and Epp are both bidirectional data transfer sechemes that adhere to the IEEE P1284 specification The settings are Setting Description Normal The normal parallel port mode i...

Page 63: ...allel Port Mode option is ECP The settings are Disabled DMA CH channel 0 DMA CH 1 or DMA CH3 Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 is used for the Parallel Port LPT 1 The IRQ can be changed to IRQ5 Onboard IDE This...

Page 64: ...omatically detected and reported to the Hard Disk Drive C screen in Standard Setup so you can easily configure drive C Drive D and CD ROM could also be automatically detected and reported to screen if...

Page 65: ...support If you use both the Supervisor password must be set If this feature is enabled you can select WINBIOS Setup message is in different languages The default settings is English The system can be...

Page 66: ...g a Password The password check option is enabled in Advanced Setup by choosing either Always or Setup Here you determine the pass word to be used The password is stored in CMOS RAM To assign a passwo...

Page 67: ...e the system boots you are prompted for the password if the password function is present and is enabled Anti virus Select the Anti virus icon from the Security section of the WinBIOS Setup main menu W...

Page 68: ...resent in WinBIOS Setup when you first begin this WinBIOS Setup session Optimal You can load the optimal default settings for the WinBIOS Setup options by selecting the Optimal icon The Optimal defaul...

Page 69: ...OS setup 61 Exiting WinBIOS You can exit WinBIOS by pressing the ESC key while in the WinBIOS main menu screen The following screen appears Select the option you desire and the system will continue it...

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Page 71: ...Flat Panel CRT Controller 63 5 Flat Panel CRT Controller Display Driv ersandUtilities This chapter provides information about Driver types and installation Software utility installation and use C H A...

Page 72: ...not require any special drivers to operate in standard modes The purpose of the enclosed software drivers is to take advantage of the extended features of the CHIPS VGA Flat Panel CRT controller Hard...

Page 73: ...certain about any of these concepts please refer to the DOS or OS 2 user reference guides for more information before you proceed with the installation Before you begin Before you begin the driver sof...

Page 74: ...selected driver Click OK to install the selected driver 3 Once the installation is complete the Change Display Type window will reappear Click on Close to close the window Then the Display Properties...

Page 75: ...talled For proper operation the drivers must be installed in the Windowssubdirectory 3 Press ENTER to complete the installation Once completed the Display Driver Control Panel appears on the screen Th...

Page 76: ...e A Type A ENTER to make this the default drive 3 Type SETUP ENTER to run the driver SETUP program Press any key to get to the applications list 4 Using the arrow keys select Windows Version 3 1 and p...

Page 77: ...olors SuperVGA 800x600 16colors Panning Drivers Special panning drivers are provided to allow high resolution modes to be displayed on a flat panel or CRT These drivers will show a section of a larger...

Page 78: ...s in your system First select Primary Display From the list of Primary Display Adapter Types select Chips and Technologies 655XX From the list of available Display Resolutions select a display resolut...

Page 79: ...BEL that reads DISP 1 in order to be an installable diskette To copy the OS 2 Display Driver Diskette follow these instruc tions 1 Copy all files on the OS 2 Display Driver Diskette as you normally wo...

Page 80: ...Press ENTER and the following driver names will appear highlighted in the Models list box CHIPS Video Accelerator 64310 65545 65548 65550 CHIPS Video Accelerator 65510 65530 65535 65540 Click on Insta...

Page 81: ...e Select Device window 2 Place the Windows NT Display Driver Diskette in drive A In the Select Device window click on Have Disk Press ENTER and the name of the Chips and Technologies Inc Video Control...

Page 82: ...s a Display Properties Refresh window that is automatically installed when installling CHIPS Windows 95 dis play drivers The Display icon is in the Control Panel group To invoke the Display icon simpl...

Page 83: ...The refresh rate is available in CRT Mode only Note 1 The refresh rates that are supported by the selected mon itor are the only refresh rates that will show and be selectable The above refresh rates...

Page 84: ...n installing CHIPS Windows 3 1 linear drivers The Control Panel icon is in the Main Windows group To invoke the control panel applet simply click on the icon The driver resolution and color depth take...

Page 85: ...re the only available refresh rates that can be selected CURSOR ANIMATION ALT A allows you to select an animat ed cursor instead of the hour glass wait cursor BIG CURSOR ALT G allows you to select a b...

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Page 87: ...A Watchdog Timer Demo Program The following demo program illustrates the programming steps required to enable set and disable the watchdog timer A P P E N D I X...

Page 88: ...l Sec dog dog 2 Convert time out interval to designated Hex dog 15 dog outportb 0x443 dog Enable watchdog timer Setup screen display format gotoxy 15 11 printf Now enable watchdog gotoxy 15 12 printf...

Page 89: ...delay run_time run_time 1 Display time elapsed gotoxy 45 11 printf 2d 1d sec run_time 10 run_time 10 USER FUNCTION LIBRARY void mydelay void Delay program Delay 109 89ms 18 2Hz 2 clock_t start end sta...

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Page 91: ...B Installing PC 104 Modules This appendix gives instructions for installing PC 104 modules APPENDIX...

Page 92: ...and simple operation The following steps show how to mount the PC 104 modules Step1 Remove the SBC 455 from your system paying particular attention to the safety instructions already mentioned above S...

Page 93: ...pressing the module firmly but carefully onto the mounting connectors Step5 Secure the PC 104 module onto the CPU card using the four mounting spacers and srews PC 104 Module SBC 455 CPU Card PC 104...

Page 94: ...B 86 SBC 455 User s Manual PC 104 module dimensions inches 5 5 5 5 5 3 500 3 775 3 575 0 200 0 0 0 200 3 550 3 350 0 200 3 575 3 250...

Page 95: ...APPENDIX C LCD Display BIOS Configuration This appendix gives instructions for configuring various LCD displays...

Page 96: ...NAME ROM Note Before you execute the AAFLASH COM utility program please make sure you bypass both CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT 2 The VGA Tool Diskette allows OEMs to prepare the 65548 VGA BIOS for use...

Page 97: ...Appendix C LCD Display BIOS Configuration C 89...