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LAN, VGA, Audio, Video
SIS-8601-LVA
User's Manual
CONTEC CO.,LTD.

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  • Page 1 SBC Series Single Board Computer Half Size ISA with LAN, VGA, Audio, Video SIS-8601-LVA User’s Manual CONTEC CO.,LTD.
  • Page 2 Check Your Package Thank you for purchasing the CONTEC product. The product consists of the items listed below. Check, with the following list, that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing items, contact your retailer. Product Configuration List - ISA CPU board (SIS-8601-LVA) …1...

  • Page 3: Trademarks

    No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without prior written consent of CONTEC CO., LTD. CONTEC CO., LTD. makes no commitment to update or keep current the information contained in this document. The information in this document is subject to change without notice.

  • Page 4: Liability

    Limited One Year Warranty CONTEC Industrial CPU card is warranted by CONTEC CO., Ltd. to be free from defects in material and workmanship for up to one year from the date of purchase by the original purchaser.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Serial Port connector: CN13/CN12 ..........13 USB Connector: CN11..............14 Parallel Port Connector: CN6............15 LCD Connector: CN8..............16 LAN connector RJ-45: CN14............17 2.10 Front Panel Connector: CN15............18 2.11 External Battery Connector: CN5 ..........19 2.12 Unusable connector: CN9..............19 2.13 External Keyboard Connector: CN16..........19 SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 6 Software Utilities ............35 5.1. VIA Apollo PLE133 VT8601A/VT82C686B chipset Driver..35 5.2. Graphic Driver................37 5.3. LAN Driver ..................37 5.4. USB2.0 Driver ................37 5.5. Audio Driver ...................37 5.6. Watch-Dog-Timer (WDT) Setting..........38 5.7. Update new version BIOS ..............39 5.8. Hardware Monitor................40 SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 7 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup ............63 6.10. PC Health Status ................65 6.11. Frequency Control .................65 6.12. Defaults Menu ................66 6.13. Supervisor/User Password Setting ..........67 6.14. Exit Selecting..................68 6.15. POST Messages ................68 6.16. POST Beep ..................68 6.17. Error Messages................69 6.18. POST Codes..................75 Accessories ..............83 SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    USB Interface: One box-header support two USB v1.1 ports Watchdog Timer: Software programmable 16 levels (2-30Sec), Reset or NMI (Jumper selectable) Hardware Monitor: Integrate VIA VT82C686B Keyboard/Mouse connector: One PS/2 keyboard/Mouse connector and one 5-pins box-header for external keyboard VGA Controller: Lynx SM722 Controller (VRAM:8Mbyte) SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 9: Mechanical & Environmental

    1 Introduction VGA Connector: On board 15 pin HD-SUB VGA connector. LCD Connector: 41 pin TFT LCD panel digital signal connector. CONTEC SVGA(800x600) type TFT LCD Display support. Audio: Support AC97 Codec LAN: One Reltek RT8139D controllers, one RJ-45 connector.

  • Page 10: Description

    1 Introduction Description The SIS-8601-LVA is a ISA compatible Industrial CPU card based on VIA VT8601A chipset and is fully designed for harsh industrial environment. It features ESP series compatible with VIA’s processor. This card accommodates up to 512MB of SDRAM memory.
  • Page 11 1 Introduction Lynx SM722 (4MB): Display Support Modes CRT only Display Refresh (Hz) Color Depth Resolution 8bpp 16bpp 24bpp 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 LCD/Simultaneous Mode Display Refresh (Hz) Color Depth 8bpp 16bpp 24bpp Resolution 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 12: Power Requirements

    Your system requires a clean, steady power source for reliable performance of the high frequency CPU on the SIS-8601-LVA Industrial CPU card, the quality of the power supply is even more important. For the best performance make sure your power supply provides a range of 4.75 volts minimum to 5.25 volts maximum DC power source.

  • Page 13: Connector & Jumper Location

    1 Introduction Connector & Jumper Location CN10 CN19 DIMM JP10 CN15 JP14 CN16 JP16 JP18 JP13 JP15 JP17 SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 14: Block Diagram

    In case the switch by the side of primary is turned on, it is necessary to wait a 10- second or more interval from the primary side switch OFF. When turned on without waiting 10 seconds or more, SIS-8601-LVA may not start normally. SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 15 1 Introduction SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 16: Hardware Installations

    2 Hardware Installations 2. Hardware Installations This chapter provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the SIS-8601-LVA in order to set up a workable system. Installation procedure 2.1.1 Insert the DRAM module with correct orientation. 2.1.2 Insert all external cables except for flat panel. (Hard disk, floppy, keyboard, Mouse, LAN, etc.)

  • Page 17: Main Memory Installation: Dimm1

    64Mbit x 64 Note: All memory components and DIMM used with the SIS-8601-LVA ISA CPU card must comply with the PC SDRAM Specification. These include: the PC SDRAM Specification (memory component specific), the PC Un-buffered DIMM Specification, and the PC Serial Presence Detect Specification.

  • Page 18: Primary Ide Port Connector: Cn10

    2 Hardware Installations Primary IDE port Connector: CN10 The CPU card SIS-8601-LVA has one independent bus-mastering PCI IDE interfaces. These interfaces support PIO Mode 3, PIO Mode 4, ATAPI devices (e.g., CD-ROM), and Ultra DMA/33/66/100 synchronous-DMA mode transfers. The BIOS supports logical block addressing (LBA) and extended cylinder head sector (ECHS) translation modes.

  • Page 19: Floppy Disk Connector: Cn4

    This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting the single and to the board, connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives. PIN No. Function PIN No. Function INDEX MOT ON STEP TRCK 0 SIDE 1 DSK CHG SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 20: Serial Port Connector: Cn13/Cn12

    For RS-485, TX+(pin 2) and RX+ (pin 3) must jumper together inside the D type connector. TX- (pin 1) and RX- (pin 4) is the same. 2.5.1 RS-422 / RS-485 specifications Transmission system: Asynchronous, half-/full-duplex serial transmission conforming to RS-422/RS-485 Baud rate: 50 - 115,200bps(programmable) Signal extensible distance: 1.2km Max. SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 21: Usb Connector: Cn11

    Support for synchronous and asynchronous transfer types over the same set of wires Support for up to 127 physical devices Guaranteed bandwidth and low latencies appropriate for telephony, audio and other applications Error-handling and fault-recovery mechanisms built into the protocol SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 22: Parallel Port Connector: Cn6

    There are four options for parallel port operation: Compatible (Standard mode) Bi-Directional (PS/2 compatible) Bi-Directional EPP. A driver from the peripheral manufacturer is required for operation. Bi-Directional High-speed ECP PIN No. Function PIN No. Function STROBE ERROR INIT SLCT IN BUSY SLCT SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 23: Lcd Connector: Cn8

    2 Hardware Installations LCD Connector: CN8 CN8 is a 41-pin connector for the CONTEC SVGA TFT LCD displays. The following shows the pin assignments of this connector. PIN No. Function PIN No. Function DP20 DP16 DP21 DP17 DP22 DP18 DP23...

  • Page 24: Lan Connector Rj-45: Cn14

    2 Hardware Installations This connector is able to connect to CONTEC SVGA TFT LCD Display by using the optional LCD I/F board. Digital Type SVGA LCD : IPC-DT/L30S(PC)T + ADPLCD(PC)H + Cable IPC-DT/L400(PC)A/TA/TB + ADPLCD(PC)H + Cable Panel Link Type SVGA LCD:...

  • Page 25: Front Panel Connector: Cn15

    IDE controller. Speaker The external speaker can be installed on the SIS-8601-LVA as a option. The external speaker is enabled by a jumper on pins 9, 11, 13, 15 of the front panel connector. The speaker (onboard or external) provides error beep code information during the POST in the event that the computer cannot use the video interface.

  • Page 26: External Battery Connector: Cn5

    Housing: XHP-5(JST) Contact: SXH-001T-P06 (JST) KB DATA KB CLOCK 2.14 VGA Connector: CN18 It is a VGA CRT connector (HD-SUB 15). The pin assignments are as follows: PIN No. Function PIN No. Function CN18 GREEN BLUE D-DATE H-SYNC V-SYNC D-DCLK SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 27: External At Power Connector: Cn2

    CN7 is a 3-pins box-header for the system cooling fan power connector. The fan must be a 12V fan. Pin 3 is for Fan speed sensor input. Pin 2 is for +12V power supply . PIN No. Function Connector type for Cable Housing: 5102-03 (molex) +12V Contact: 5103 (molex) FAN sense SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 28: Ps/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector : Cn17

    1 2 3 1 2 3 JP15 JP14 Plug PS/2 Mouse JP17 JP16 1 2 3 1 2 3 Plug Keyboard & Mouse JP15 JP14 JP17 JP16 (2 in 1 cable to connection) *Manufactory Default: Plug Keyboard & Mouse SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 29: Ac97 Audio Connector: Cn19

    2 Hardware Installations 2.19 AC97 Audio Connector: CN19 PIN No. Function PIN No. Function CN19 LINE-OUT-R LINE-OUT-L MICIN LINE-IN-R LINE-IN-L SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 30: Jumper Setting

    RS-422/485 Terminator: JP10 JP10 Terminator Function JP10 No terminating resister (Default) JP10 CTS for RS-422 terminating resister provided JP10 RTS for RS-422 terminating resister provided JP10 RXD for RS-422/485 terminating resister provided JP10 TXD for RS-422/485 terminating resister provided SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 31: Rs232/422/485 Selector: Jp12/Jp9

    15 17 19 JP12 RS-485 15 17 19 1. For RS-485, TX+(pin 2) and RX+ (pin 3) must jumper together inside the D type connector. 2. TX- (pin 1) and RX- (pin 4) is the same. *Manufactory Default: RS-232 SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 32 Transmit date control in half-duplex mode In half-duplex mode, the transmission buffer must be controlled to prevent transmit data from causing a collision. The SIS-8601-LVA uses the RTS signal and bit 1 in the modem control register to control transmit data.
  • Page 33 Receiver buffer Register 02F8H Divisor latch Register (LSB) Divisor latch Register (MSB) 02F9H Interrupt enable Register 02FAH Interrupt ID Register 02FBH Line control Register 02FCH Modem Control Register 02FDH Line status Register 02FEH Modem Status Register 02FFH Scratch Register SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 34: Clear Cmos Content: Jp4

    JP10 is used for memory address selection of DiskOnChip. Below are 4 kinds of DiskOnChip memory address configuration. Function J P 7 0DC000 - 0DDFFFh J P 7 0D8000h - 0D9FFFh J P 7 0D4000h - 0D5FFFh J P 7 0D0000h - 0D1FFFh (Default) *Manufactory Default: 0D0000h-0D1FFFh SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 35: Power Supply Select Atx Or At : Jp18

    NMI. This can be setting JP13 as shown below: JP13 Function JP13 NMI (Default) JP13 Reset *Manufactory Default: NMI LCD Power selector: JP19 Function JP19 JP19 3.3V(Default) JP19 *Manufactory Default: 5V SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 36: Display Type Setting: Sw1

    3 Jumper Setting Display Type Setting: SW1 The SIS-8601-LVA supports several resolution LCD displays. Use SW1 switch to select display type. And when shipping, SW1 is set to CRT only. Resolution LCD type CONTEC: 640 × 480 IPC-DT/M6x Series DSTN 640 ×...
  • Page 37 3 Jumper Setting SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 38: Cpu Card Resources

    0376 - 0377 2 bytes Secondary IDE channel I/O read data port for ISA PnP 0274 - 0277 4 bytes enumerator 0378 - 037F 8 bytes LPT1 03B0 - 03BB 12 bytes Video (Monochrome) 03C0 - 03DF 32 bytes Video (VGA) SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 39: Memory Map

    Address Range (H) Size Description 100000-1FFFFFFF 511MB Extended memory E8000-FFFFF 96KB System BIOS E0000-E7FFF 32KB System BIOS (Available as UMB) CC000-DFFFF 80KB Available high DOS memory (open to ISA bus) A0000-CBFFF 176KB Video memory and BIOS 00000-9FFFF 640KB Conventional memory SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 40: Dma Channels

    Diskette drive controller LPT1* Real time clock User available USB/User available User available PS/2 mouse port (user not available) Reserved, math coprocessor Primary IDE (if present, else user available) User available * Default, but can be changed to another IRQ SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 41 4 CPU card Resources SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 42: Software Utilities

    5 Software Utilities 5. Software Utilities This chapter introduces the software utilities supplied for SIS-8601-LVA which including a 10/100M Ethernet driver, VIA Apollo PLE133 VT8601A chipset VIA Service Pack (VIA 4 In 1) / Graphics drivers for CRT/Flat Panel Driver, USB2.0 driver, Audio driver.
  • Page 43 Enable/Disable DMA Mode VIA_GART AGP Driver Install VIA AGP VxD in turbo mode Install VIA AGP VxD in Normal Mode Uninstall Viamach.INF Install VIA PCI IRQ Miniport Driver Install, Uninstall Step 5: Reboot system to complete driver setup process SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 44: Graphic Driver

    5 Software Utilities 5.2. Graphic Driver Introduction SIS-8601-LVA has SM722(SMI) as VGA / LCD controller. Driver Support • Windows 98 • Windows NT 4.0 • Windows 2000 • Windows XP 5.3. LAN Driver Driver Support • Windows 98 • Windows NT 4.0 Windows 2000 and XP use the driver within OS.

  • Page 45: Watch-Dog-Timer (Wdt) Setting

    The WDT will not be reload by an abnormal system, then WDT will time out and reset the system automatically to avoid abnormal operation. SIS-8601-LVA supports 15 levels watchdog timer by software programming I/O ports. Write any value to I/O address 0441H will disable Watch-Dog-Timer. Write setting code (please reference to WDT Setting Table) to I/O 0443h will re-load WDT.

  • Page 46: Update New Version Bios

    Step 6: Re-configure your system. Remove the System Disk and re-start your computer. Press [Del] during the Power-On-Self-Test to enter BIOS Setup Program. Re-set the relevant parameters according to your record of the Original setting. Save and Exit BIOS Setup program to re-boot your system. SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 47: Hardware Monitor

    5 Software Utilities 5.8. Hardware Monitor Hardware Monitor function is included in Hardware Monitor controller (VIA VT82C686B) on SIS-8601-LVA. You can read Temperature, Voltage and Fan Sensor output of SBC. 5.6.1. Temperature Two Thermistors are mounted on SBC as following. You can read Temperature of this position.

  • Page 48: Bios Setup

    Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP Using Setup In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter> to select, use the PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries, press <F1> for help and press <Esc> to quit. The SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 49 Save all the CMOS changes and exit Getting Help Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press <Esc> or the F1 key again. SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 50 Set User Password > Power Management Setup > PnP/PCI Configurations Save & Exit Setup > PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ↑↓→← : Select Item Esc : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 51: Main Menu

    This entry appears if your system supports PnP / PCI. See section 6.8. for the details. PC Health Status Indication of CPU temperature, FAN speed, each Voltage, Load Fail-Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal/stable performance for your system to operate. See section 6.10.1. for the details. SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 52: Standard Cmos Setup

    The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item. SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 53: Main Menu Selections

    All, but Disk/Key Displays amount Base Memory conventional memory detected during boot up Displays the amount of extended Extended Memory memory detected during boot up Displays the total memory available Total Memory in the system SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 54: Ide Adapters

    Min = 0 **** Warning: Setting a value of 65535 means no Precomp Max = 65535 hard disk Min = 0 Landing zone **** Max = 65535 Min = 0 Sector Number of sectors per track Max = 255 SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 55: Advanced Bios Features Setup

    Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) x Typematic Delay (Msec) Security Option [Setup] OS Select For DRAM > 64M [None-OS2] Video BIOS Shadow [Enabled] C8000-CBFFF Shadow [Disabled] CC000-CFFFF Shadow [Disabled] D0000-C3FFF Shadow [Disabled] D4000-C7FFF Shadow [Disabled] D8000-CBFFF Shadow [Disabled] D8000-C7FFF Shadow [Disabled] SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 56 The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. The Choice: Floppy, HDD, SCSI, CDROM, Disabled. Boot Other Device In the case that it is not possible boot with above First/Second/Third setting devices, BIOS tries the boot from other devices. The choice: Enabled/Disabled. SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 57 Sets the number of times a second to repeat a key stroke when you hold the key down. The choice: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30. Typematic Delay (Msec) Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke. The choice: 250, 500, 750, 1000 SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 58 Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system. The choice: Non-OS2, OS2. VideoBIOS,C8000-CBFFF,CC000-CFFFF,D0000-D3FFF,D4000-D7FFF, D8000- DBFFF,DC000-DFFFF Shadow Shadowing copies data from each area into system RAM. The CPU can access it high speed through system RAM bus. The choice: Disabled, Enabled. SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 59: Advanced Chipset Features Setup

    Suspend LED BLINK [Disable] Select Display Device [CRT] DRAM Settings The first chipset settings deal with CPU access to dynamic random access memory (DRAM). The default timings have been carefully chosen and should only be altered if data is being lost. SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 60 This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and you want to use it. Even when so equipped, if you add a higher performance controller, you will need to disable this feature. The Choice: Enabled / Disabled SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 61 The kind of the display (CRT, LCD) that is connecting to your system is selected. The Choice: CRT / LCD (LCD+CRT: Please do not set up. ) SUSPEND LED BLINK Select Disable or 1/4/16Hz for into suspend mode the Power LED blink . The Choice: Disable , 1Hz , 4Hz , 16Hz SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 62: Integrated Peripherals

    The choice: Enabled, Disabled. IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses. If you install add-in IDE interface, set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefectching. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 63 If you install and-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. The choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto. SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 64: Power Management Setup

    [Press Enter] Power-Supply Type [AT] PM Control by APM [Yes] Video off Option [Suspend -> off] Video off Method [V/H SYNC+Blank] Modem Use IRQ [NA] Soft-off by PWRBTN [Instant-off] State After Power Failure [off] > Wake Up Events [Press Enter] SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 65 There are three selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings. Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Item Help Power Management [User Define] Menu Level > HDD Power Down [Disabled] Doze Mode [Disabled] Suspend Mode [Disabled] SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 66 Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving modes. Suspend ->OFF Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend mode All Modes -> OFF Monitor blanked when the system enters any power saving mode. SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 67 Always turns on the system. Always turns off the system. Note that, if you recycle the power supply while it has not been completely shut down, the system may not be turned on even with this item set to [On]. SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 68 It sets up whether it starts by the starting signal from LAN. The choice: Enabled / Disabled RTC Alarm Resume When Enabled you can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time-clock) alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode. SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 69 IRQ5 (LPT 2) [Enabled] IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) [Enabled] IRQ7 (LPT 1) [Enabled] IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) [Disabled] IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir) [Disabled] IRQ10 (Reserved) [Disabled] IRQ11 (Reserved) [Disabled] IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse) [Enabled] IRQ13 (Coprocessor) [Enabled] IRQ14 (Hard Disk) [Enabled] IRQ15 (Reserved) [Disabled] SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 70: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfigurations has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot. The choice: Enabled / Disabled SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 71 Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture. Choices are Legacy ISA and PCI/ISA PnP. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled. The choice: Enabled / Disabled Assing IRQ for USB/VGA Enabled / Disable to assign IRQ for USB/VGA. The choice: Enabled / Disabled SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 72: Pc Health Status

    This field displays the current speed of fan(CN7 connect FAN). 6.11. Frequency Control Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Item Help Spread Spectrum [Disabled] Menu Level > Spread Spectrum This item means the spread spectrum modulate. SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 73: Defaults Menu

    When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing ‘Y’ loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations. SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 74: Supervisor/User Password Setting

    You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option (see Section 3). If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup. SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 75: Exit Selecting

    BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information. This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by two short beeps. The other code indicates that your DRAM error has occurred. This beep code consists of a single long beep repeatedly. SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 76: Error Messages

    Display type has changed since last BOOT Since last powering off the system, the display adapter has been changed. You must configure the system for the new display type. EISA configuration checksum error PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 77 Cannot find or initialize the floppy drive controller. Make sure the controller is installed correctly and firmly. If there are no floppy drives installed, be sure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE. Invalid EISA configuration SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 78 Offending address not found This message is used in conjunction with the I/O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated. SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 79 The board installed is not responding to the ID request, or no board ID has been found in the indicated slot. NOTE: When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility. SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 80 Unlock the key. BIOS detect the keyboard is locked. P17 of keyboard controller is pulled low. Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard. Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot. SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 81 System will repeat POST procedure infinitely while the P15 of keyboard controller is pull low. This is also used for M/B burn in test. BIOS ROM checksum error - System halted The checksum of ROM address F0000H-FFFFFH is bad. Memory test fail BIOS reports the memory test fail if the onboard memory is tested error. SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 82: Post Codes

    2. Auto detect ports for keyboard & mouse followed by a port & interface swap (optional). 3. Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips. Reserved Reserved Reserved Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R/W-able or not. If test fails, keep beeping the speaker. Reserved SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 83 Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI & PnP use . If ESCD is valid , take into consideration of the ESCD’s legacy information . Early PCI initialization: - Enumerate PCI bus number - Assign memory & I/O resource - Search for a valid VGA device & VGA BIOS, and put it into C000:0 SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 84 Super I/O chips. See also POST 63h Reserved Test DMA Channel 0 . Reserved Test DMA Channel 1 . Reserved Test DMA page registers . Reserved Reserved Test 8254 Reserved Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1. Reserved SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 85 Clear password according to H/W jumper ( Optional ) Reserved Display number of processors (multi-processor platform) Reserved 1. Display PnP logo 2. Early ISA PnP initialization -Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device. Reserved Initialize the combined Trend Anti-Virus code. SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 86 1. Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices. 2. Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to “AUTO”. Reserved 1. Initialize floppy controller 2. Set up floppy related fields in 40:hardware. Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 87 1. Assign IRQs to PCI devices 2. Set up ACPI table at top of memory Reserved 1. Invoke all ISA adapter ROMs 2. Invoke all PCI ROMs (except VGA) Reserved 1. Enable/Disable Parity Check according to CMOS Setup 2. APM Initializtion SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 88 1. ate keyboard LED & typematic rate 1. Build MP table 2. Build & update ESCD 3. Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h 4. Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5. Build MSIRQ routing table. Boot attempt (INT 19h) SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 89 6 BIOS Setup SIS-8601-LVA...

  • Page 90: Accessories

    Touch Panel type) IPC-DT/L400(PC) TA (12.1 inch 800 x 600 dots, Desktop/wall-mounted) IPC-DT/L400(PC)TB (12.1 inch 800 x 600 dots, Desktop/wall-mounted, anti-glare type) Panel Link I/F Flat Panel Display (SVGA) IPC-DT/L40S(PC)T (12.1 inch 800 x 600 dots, Panel mounted type) SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 91 7 Accessories IPC-DT/L440(PC)TA (12.1 inch 800 x 600 dots, Desktop/wall-mounted) IPC-DT/L440(PC)TB (12.1 inch 800 x 600 dots, Desktop/wall-mounted, anti-glare type)*1 *1 Use this display with the True color mode. SIS-8601-LVA...
  • Page 92 3-9-31, Himesato, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka 555-0025, Japan Japanese http://www.contec.co.jp/ English http://www.contec.com/ Chinese http://www.contec.com.cn/ No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without prior written consent of CONTEC CO., LTD. [07142006] [08312004] Management No. A-46-913 [07142006_rev3] Parts No.

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