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           PSC-586VGA

ISA/PCI Pentium™

 w/ VGA

  Single Board Computer

@Copyright 1996
All Rights Reserved.
Manual first edition May 05,1996
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order to improve reliability, design and function and does not represent a
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PSC-586VGA is registered trademarks of Acquire Inc.,IBM PC is a registered
trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Intel is a
registered trademark of Intel Corporation. AMI is registered trademarks of
American Megatrends, Inc. Other product names mentioned herein are used
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Summary of Contents for PSC-586VGA

Page 1: ...n if advised of the possibility of such damages This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced by any mechanical electronic or other means in any form without prior written permission of the manufacturer Trademarks PSC 586VGA is registered trademarks of Acquire Inc IBM PC is a registered trademark of Internatio...

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Page 3: ... Jumper Description 9 2 4 Setting the CPU of PSC 586VGA 10 2 5 Upgrade the External Cache 11 2 6 System Memory DRAM 11 2 7 Watch Dog Timer 11 2 8 FDC37C665 ALI M5113 Multi I O Chip 12 2 9 PCI VGA Controller 12 3 Connection 13 3 1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 13 3 2 IDE Disk Drive Connector 14 3 3 Parallel Port 15 3 4 Serial Ports 15 ...

Page 4: ...rs 16 3 7 External Speaker 17 3 8 PS 2 Mouse Port 17 3 9 VGA Connector 18 4 AMI BIOS Setup 19 4 1 Getting Start 19 4 2 Standard Setup 20 4 3 Advanced Setup 21 4 4 Chipset Setup 23 4 5 Peripheral Setup 25 4 6 Power Management Setup 26 Appendix A Watch Dog Timer 27 ...

Page 5: ...550 The parallel port and IDE interface are compatible with IBM PC AT and XT architecture s The FDC37C665 or M5113 incorporates sophisticated power control circuitry PCC The PCC supports multiple low power down modes The on board VGA controller is Cirrus CL GD54M30 graphics accelerator The VGA controller based on the internal PCI bus to get the most high performance User will not need extra VGA ca...

Page 6: ... of data retention RAM memory 2MB to 128MB EDO and standard DRAM supported Second Cache memory 256KB 512KB 1MB Pipelined Burst and Standard Cache RAM Module E IDE hard disk drive interface up to four PCI Ehnace IDE hard drives Floppy disk drive interface two 2 88 MB 1 44MB 1 2MB 720KB or 360KB floppy disk drives Two high speed Series ports NS16C550 compatible UARTs Bi directional Parallel Port VGA...

Page 7: ...2V 15mA for RS 232 only Operating Temperature 0 60 C CPU needs Cooler 1 2 What You Have In addition to this User s Manual the PSC 586VGA package includes the following items PSC 586VGA ISA PCI Pentium w VGA Single Board Computer RS 232 Printer Cable FDD HDD Cable VGA utility diskette 6 pin Mini Din to 5 pin Din Keyboard Adapter Cable If any of these items is missing or damaged contact the dealer f...

Page 8: ... of PSC 586VGA is shown and the unpacking information that you should be careful is described The jumpers and switches setting for the PSC 586VGA s configuration such as CPU type selection system clock setting and watch dog timer are also included 2 1 PSC 586VGA s Layout reference next page ...

Page 9: ...7 2 2 Unpacking ...

Page 10: ...ic wristband grounded at the same point as the anti static mat Inspect the cardboard carton for obvious damage Shipping and handling may cause damage to your board Be sure there are no shipping and handing damages on the board before processing After opening the cardboard carton exact the system board and place it only on a grounded anti static surface component side up Again inspect the board for...

Page 11: ...ould not need to change the jumper settings A jumper switch is closed sometimes referred to as shorted with the plastic cap inserted over two pins of the jumper A jumper is open with the plastic cap inserted over one or no pin s of the jumper Figure 2 2 below shows different jumper settings which will be used in this chapter CLOSED OPEN 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 4 1 2 3 Figure 2 2 ...

Page 12: ... CLOSE CLOSE OPEN 66Mhz 166 CLOSE CLOSE OPEN CLOSE default setting CPU Voltage Selection 2 5V 2 9V 3 3V or 3 45V Please note the 2 5V 2 9V is designed for the future dual supply CPU operation The dual supply CPU requires 2 5V for CPU core logic and 3 3V for I O CPU Voltage JP3 JP4 JP5 2 5V P55C 1 2 7 8 9 10 11 12 2 3 2 9V 1 2 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 3V 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 3 3 45V 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 3 de...

Page 13: ...tem Memory DRAM EDO RAM supported There are four 72 pin SIMM sockets to accept 1MB 2MB 4MB 8MB 16MB or 32MB memory modules The total capacity is from 2MB to 128MB Customers have to install at least 2pcs RAM module on board SIMM Socket 1 2 or 3 4 From left side to right side the SIMM sockets are SIMM 1 SIMM 3 SIMM 2 SIMM 4 2 7 Watch Dog Timer The Watch Dog Timer is enabled by reading port 443H It s...

Page 14: ... SMC FDC37C665 or ALI M5113 you can select JP14 or JP15 to enable or disable the multi I O Chipset JP14 JP15 Multi I O Chipset Setting Enable Disable MIO JP14 JP15 Enable FDC37C665 OPEN OPEN Disable FDC37C665 CLOSE OPEN Enable M5113 OPEN 1 2 Disable M5113 CLOSE 2 3 default setting 2 9 PCI VGA Controller The PSC 586VGA have built in Cirrus GD54M30 PCI VGA Controller If you want to use the external ...

Page 15: ...nector cable CN8 FDC CONNECTOR PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 GROUND 2 REDUCE WRITE 3 GROUND 4 N C 5 GROUND 6 N C 7 GROUND 8 INDEX 9 GROUND 10 MOTOR ENABLE A 11 GROUND 12 DRIVE SELECT B 13 GROUND 14 DRIVE SELECT A 15 GROUND 16 MOTOR ENABLE B 17 GROUND 18 DIRECTION 19 GROUND 20 STEP 21 GROUND 22 WRITE DATA 23 GROUND 24 WRITE GATE 25 GROUND 26 TRACK 0 27 GROUND 28 WRITE PROTECT 29 GROUND 30...

Page 16: ...tor PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 RESET 2 GROUND 3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8 5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10 9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11 11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12 13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13 15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14 17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15 19 GROUND 20 N C 21 N C 22 GROUND 23 IOW 24 GROUND 25 IOR 26 GROUND 27 N C 28 BALE DEFAULT 29 N C 30 GROUND DEFAULT 31 INTERRUPT 32 IOCS16 DEFAULT 33 SA1 34 N C 35 SA0 36 SA2 37 HDC ...

Page 17: ...2 PAPER EMPTY 13 PRINTER SELECT 14 AUTO FORM FEED 15 ERROR 16 INITIALIZE 17 PRINTER SELECT LN 18 GROUND 19 GROUND 20 GROUND 21 GROUND 22 GROUND 23 GROUND 24 GROUND 25 GROUND 3 4 Serial Ports The PSC 586VGA offers two high speed NS16C550 compatible UARTs with Read Receive 16 byte FIFO serial ports CN14 Serial Port DB 9 Connector ACE0 PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 DATA CARRIER DETECT DCD 2 RECEIVE DATA RXD 3...

Page 18: ...es two keyboard connectors CN5 5 pin Header Keyboard Connector PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 KEYBOARD CLOCK 2 KEYBOARD DATA 3 N C 4 GROUND 5 5V CN15 6 pin Mini DIN Keyboard Connector PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 KEYBOARD DATA 2 N C 3 GROUND 4 5V 5 KEYBOARD CLOCK 6 N C 3 6 External Switches and Indicators There are many external switches and indicators for monitoring and controlling your CPU board ...

Page 19: ...nnector PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 5V 2 HDD ACTIVE 3 7 External Speaker The PSC 586VGA has its own buzzer you also can connect to the external speaker through the connector CN2 CN2 Speaker Connector PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 SPEAKER SIGNAL 2 NC 3 GROUND 4 5V 3 8 PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Mini DIN Connector CN12 PS 2 Mouse Connector PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 MS DATA 2 NC 3 GROUND 4 5V 5 KBT1 6 NC ...

Page 20: ...3 BLUE 4 NC 5 GROUND 6 GROUND 7 GROUND 8 GROUND 9 NC 10 GROUND 11 NC 12 NC 13 HSYNC 14 VSYNC 15 NC CN9 13x2 26 pin Video Feature Connector 1 Ground 14 PD0 2 Ground 15 PD1 3 Ground 16 PD2 4 Select Internal Video 17 PD3 5 Select Internal Sync 18 PD4 6 Select Internal Dot Clock 19 PD5 7 Not Used 20 PD6 8 Ground 21 PD7 9 Ground 22 DAC Clock 10 Ground 23 DAC Blanking 11 Ground 24 Horizontal Sync 12 Not...

Page 21: ... is written to assist you in the proper usage of these features 4 1 Getting Start When power on the system the BIOS will enter the Power On Self Test routines These routines will be executed for system test and initialization and system configuration verification After the POST routines are completed the following message appears Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP To access AMI PCI ISA BIOS Setup pr...

Page 22: ...for Date Time setting and Floppy Hard Disk Drive setting Please refer the following screen for this setup Mode Setting for 528MB IDE HDD When the IDE hard disk drive you are using is larger than 528MB please set the HDD mode to LBA mode Please use the IDE Setup Utility in BIOS SETUP to install the HDD correctly ...

Page 23: ...for customer s tuning best performance of the PSC 586VGA board As for normal operation customers don t have to change any default setting The default setting is pre setted for most reliable operation Please refer the following screen for the Advanced Setup ...

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Page 25: ...0 32K Enable Will increase the video speed Shadow C8000 CFFFF D0000 D7FFF D8000 DFFFF When the installed add on card s ROM address is as above address you could enable the shadow to get higher operation performance When you enable the shadow function it will also reduce the memory available by between 640KB and 1024KB 4 4 Chipset Setup This setup functions are almostly working for ChipSet ALI M151...

Page 26: ...24 AT Bus Clock 7 16Mhz The default setting will be fixed at 7 16Mhz bus clock even installed different speed CPU CLK 4 5 6 8 10 12 CPU clock 50MHz 60MHz or 66Mhz ...

Page 27: ...albe BIOS check the DRAM parity or not Usually the DRAM module did not have parity function now 4 5 Peripheral Setup This setup is almost working for Multi I O Chip ALI M5113 or SMC37C665 These options are used to change the ChipSet s registers Please carefully change any default setting to meet your application need perfectly ...

Page 28: ...l setting OnBoard FDC Enable Disable OnChip IDE Enable Disable Serial Port1 Disable 3F8H 3E8H 2E8H Serial Port2 Disable 2F8H 3E8H 2E8H Parallel Port Disable 3BCH 378H 278H 4 6 Power Management Setup Power Management Setup help user handles the PSC 586VGA board s green function The features could shut down the video display and hard disk to save energy for example The power management setup screen ...

Page 29: ... 443 hex Read Enable the refresh the Watch Dog Timer 043 hex Read Disable the Watch Dog Timer To enable the Watch Dog Timer a read from I O port 443H must be performed This will enable and activate the countdown timer which will eventually time out and either reset the CPU or cause an NMI depending on the setting of JP13 To ensure that this reset condition does not occur the Watch Dog Timer must b...

Page 30: ...suming Therefore if the time out period has been set to 10 seconds the I O port 443H must be read within 7 seconds Note when exiting a program it is necessary to disable the Watch Dog Timer otherwise the system will reset ...

Page 31: ...000 REM DISABLE THE WDT 70 GOSUB 3000 REM TASK 3 5 SECS 80 GOSUB 5000 REM ENABLE AND REFRESH THE WDT 90 GOTO 30 1000 REM SUBROUTINE 1 2 SECONDS TO COMPLETE 1070 RETURN 2000 REM SUBROUTINE 2 3 SECONDS TO COMPLETE 2070 RETURN 5000 REM SUBROUTINE TO ENABLE AND RESET WDT 5010 X INP H443 REM ENABLE AND REFRESH TIMER 5020 RETURN 6000 REM SUBROUTINE TO DISABLE THE WDT 6010 X INP H43 REM RESET WDT 6020 RE...

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