FCC STATEMENT THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 FCC RULES. OPERA- TION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS: (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE. (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION.
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Audio drivers and utilities Short Copper Kit Jumper Cap The PCM-6892 requires several cables for operation. You can make them yourself or purchase an optional cable kit, PCM-10489-6 . If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your distri-...
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Dear Customer, Thank you for purchasing the PCM-6892 board. This user manual is designed to help you to get the most out of the PCM-6892, please read it thoroughly before you install and use the board. The product that you have purchased comes with an two-year limited warranty, but AAEON will not be responsible for misuse of the product.
Contents Chapter 1: General Information ........1 Introduction ..............2 Features ................3 Specifications ..............4 Chapter 2: Quick Installation Guide ......7 Locating Jumpers & Connectors ........8 Mechanical Drawing ............10 Jumpers and Connectors ..........12 Clear CMOS(JP1) ............14 LCD Voltage Select(JP2) ..........
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Chapter 4:Drivers Installation ......... 78 Install VIA 4 in 1 for Windows 98SE/2000/XP....80 Install Graphic Driver for Windows 98SE/2000/XP.... 80 Install Audio Driver for Windows 98SE/2000/XP....80 Install Ethernet Driver for Windows 98SE/2000/XP... 80 Install AAEON PCMCIA Driver for Windows 98SE ..80...
General Information This chapter gives background informa- tion on the PCM-6892. Sections include: • Board Introduction • Board Features • Board Specifications Chapter 1 General Information...
The PCM-6892 comes with VIA 8606 Twister T North Bridge integrated AGP 4X 2D/3D graphics accelerator. With 18 bit/36 bit dual channel LVDS interface and TTL signal, you can utilize this board to display CRT.
PCM-6892 also includes four high-speed serial ports (three RS-232, one RS-232/422/485), one multimode (ECP/EPP/SPP) parallel port, four USB ports, 2 floppy drives, an Ultra DMA/100 Enhanced IDE controller supporting two devices with data transfer rate up to 100MB per second, and a keyboard/PS/2 mouse interface. This AAEON embedded PC includes almost everything you need for fast, worry-free embedded PC performance.
485 serial ports. Ports can be configured as COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, or disabled individually. (16C550 equivalent) IrDA port Supports one IrDA Tx/Rx header KB/Mouse connector A 7(4x2-1)-pin header supports PC/AT Keyboard and PS/2 mouse. USB connectors Two 10-pin headers onboard support four USB ports PCM-6892 User Manual...
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Battery Lithium battery for data retention Watchdog Timer Can generate a system reset. Supports Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows 3.1. Software selectable time-out interval (1 sec.~255 sec.) 7 DMA channels (8237 equivalent) Interrupt 15 interrupt levels (8259 equivalent) Power management Supports ATX or AT power supply.
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Mechanical and Environmental Power Supply voltage +5V(4.75V to 5.25V), AT or ATX type Operating temperature 32 to 140 degrees F (0 to 60 degrees C) Board Size 8 (L) x 5.75 (W) (203mm x 146mm) Weight 1.2 lb. (0.5Kg) PCM-6892 User Manual...
As a safety precaution, use a grounding wrist strap at all times. Place all electronic components in a static-dissipative surface or static-shielded bag when they are not in the chassis. Part no. 2007689214 5th Ed. Printed in Taiwan April 2005 PCM-6892 Installation Guide...
Jumpers Label Function Clear CMOS LCD Voltage Select RS-232, RS-422, & RS-485 Select Serial Port 4 RING Status Setup Serial Port 3 RING Status Setup LCD Shift Clock Setting Serial Port 2 Status Setup PCM-6892 Installation Guide...
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LAN2 Status Connector (LED) CN17 Audio Connector CN18 VGA Port CN19 TV-out Connector CN20&21 TTL LCD Connector CN22&23 LVDS Connector CN24 AT Power Connector (Optional) CN25 ATX Power Connector (Default) CN26 COM1, COM2, COM3, & COM4 CN27 Card Bus Connector PCM-6892 Installation Guide...
You can use JP1 to clear the CMOS data if necessary. To reset the CMOS data, set jumper to 2-3 closed for few seconds, and then move the jumper back to 1-2 closed. *Protect (default) Clear CMOS * default LCD Voltage Select (JP2) *+3.3V * default PCM-6892 Installation Guide...
Quick Installation Guide Serial Port 2 Status Setup (JP4 & J2) RS-232* RS-422 RS-485 10 12 * default Serial Port 3 Ring Status Setup (JP6) +12V Ring* * default PCM-6892 Installation Guide...
Quick Installation Guide CPU Fan Connector (CN1) Signal SENSOR K/B & PS2 Mouse Connector (CN2) Signal Signal KB_DATA KB_CLK MS-DATA MS_CLK PCM-6892 Installation Guide...
BUSY SELECT FDD Connector (CN4) You can attach up to two floppy disks to the PCM-6892's on-board controller and use any combination of 5.25" (360 KB and 1.2 MB) and/or 3.5" (720 KB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88 MB) drives. The PCM-6892 CPU card comes with a 34-pin daisy-chain drive connector cable.
#REDWC N.C. #DS1 #INDEX #MOTOR A #DRIVE SELECT B #DRIVE SELECT A #MOTOR B #DIR #STEP #WRITE DATA #WRITE GATE #TRACK0 #WRITE PROTECT #READ DATA #SIDE1 #DISK CHANGE IR Connector (CN5) Signal VCC +5V N.C. IRRX IRTX PCM-6892 Installation Guide...
RSTIN# IDE Hard Drive Connector (CN9) You can attach two Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics hard disk drives to the PCM-6892's internal controller. Connecting the Hard Drive Wire number 1 on the cable is red, and the other wires are gray.
PCM-6892 LAN1 & LAN2 Port (CN13 & CN15) Signal Signal TEMP_GND TEMP_GND TEMP_GND TEMP_GND CHASSIS_GND CHASSIS_GND LAN1 & LAN2 Status Connector (CN14 & CN16) Signal Signal RXLED 5VSB Link LED 5VSB TX LED 5VSB PCM-6892 Installation Guide...
Signal Signal MIC IN MIC BIAS LINE IN LEFT CD IN LEFT LINE IN RIGHT CD IN GND CD IN RIGHT LINE OUT LEFT LINE OUT RIGHT VGA Port (CN18) Signal Signal GREEN BLUE HSYNC VSYNC DCLK PCM-6892 Installation Guide...
Quick Installation Guide Card Bus Connector(CN27) PCM-6892 comes with two type II PCMCIA slots onboard for expansion. You can insert your IEEE 1394 card, modem card, wireless LAN card, storage card, sound card for add-on functions. Note: When utilizing 16 bit PC Card under Windows 98, you have to assign an IRQ address to it.
Starting Setup The Award BIOS is immediately activated when you first turn on the computer. The BIOS reads system configuration information in CMOS RAM and begins the process of checking out the system and configuring it through the power-on self test (POST). When these preliminaries are finished, the BIOS seeks an operating system on one of the data storage devices (hard drive, floppy drive, etc.).
CMOS, only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the default CMOS RAM value from BIOS default table, only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the default Reserved Reserved Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu 34 PCM-6892 User Manual...
Getting Help Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appro- priate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press Esc or the F1 key again. In Case of Problems If, after making and saving system changes with Setup, you discover that your computer no longer is able to boot, the Award BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings that resets your...
Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system performance. Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals. (Primary slave, secondary slave, keyboard, mouse etc.) 36 PCM-6892 User Manual...
PC Health Status Your system does not allow you to alter any of the setting in this menu. The system engineer has already designated the correct setting for PCM-6892. Frequency/Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/ voltage control.
Save and Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup. Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup. 38 PCM-6892 User Manual...
Standard CMOS Features This standard setup menu allows users to configure system components such as the date, time, hard disk drive, floppy drive, display, and memory. Online help for each field can be accessed by pressing F1. Date and Time Configuration The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information.
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- LBA (Logical Block Addressing): During drive access, the IDE controller transforms the data address described by sector, head, and cylinder number into a physical block address, significantly improving data transfer rates. For drives with greater than 1024 cylinders. 40 PCM-6892 User Manual...
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Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications: Capacity: Disk drive capacity (approximate). Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-checking program. Cylinder: Number of cylinders. Head: Number of heads. Precomp: Write precompensation cylinder .
The choices: All,But Keyboard; All,But Diskette; All, But Disk/ Key; All Errors; No Errors. Select Display Device PCM-6892 can be used with various visual display peripherals. This function allows the end user to select the type of visual display peripheral they are incorporating with the PCM-6892 single board computer.
Memory You cannot change any values in the Memory fields; they are only for your information. RAM is counted in kilobytes (KB: approxi- mately one thousand bytes) and megabytes (MB: approximately one million bytes). RAM is the computer's working memory, where the computer stores programs and data currently being used, so they are accessible to the CPU.
NOTE: Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message. If you plan to run such a program, we recommend that you first disable the virus warning. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. 44 PCM-6892 User Manual...
CPU Internal Cache/External Cache Enable this function to utilize the CPU Internal/External Cache memory to enhance computing performance. The External Cache field may not appear if your system does not have external cache memory. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking When you select Enabled, memory checking is enable when the external cache contains ECC SRAMs.
40 tracks; drives with 720 KB, 1.2 MB, and 1.44 MB capacity all have 80 tracks. Because very few modern PCs have 40-track floppy drives, we recommend you to choose "Disabled" to save time. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. 46 PCM-6892 User Manual...
Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots. When toggled On, the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations. The choices: On, Off. Gate A20 Option Gate A20 refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1 MB (extended memory).
8-bit X-bus. Shadowing impoves the performance of the system BIOS and similar ROM firmware for expansion peripherals. but it also reduces the amount of high memory (640 KB to 1 MB) available for loading device drivers, etc. 48 PCM-6892 User Manual...
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Enable shadowing into each section of memory separately. Many system designers hardwire shadowing of the system BIOS and eliminate a System BIOS Shadow option. Video BIOS shadows into memory are C0000-C7FFF. The remaining areas shown on the BIOS Features Setup screen may be occupied by other expansion card firmware.
DRAMs. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. DRAM Clock This item allows you to control the DRAM speed. The choice: Host Clock, HCLK-33M. SDRAM Cycle Length This field sets the CAS latency timing. The choices: 3, 2. 50 PCM-6892 User Manual...
Bank Interleave Select 2 Bank or 4-Bank interleave for 64-Mb SDRAM. If 16-Mb SDRAM is installed, leave Disabled. The choices: 2 Bank, 4 Bank, Disabled. Memory Hole In order to improve performance, certain space in memory is reserved for ISA cards. This memory must be mapped into the memory.
Select enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus controller and you have a USB keyboard. If you disable this function you will not be able to access the USB Keyboard Support below. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. 52 PCM-6892 User Manual...
USB Keyboard Support Select enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus controller and you have a USB keyboard. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. OnChip Sound This item allows you to control the onboard VIA VT82C686B audio. The choices: Auto, Disabled. CPU to PCI Write Buffer When this field is enabled, writes from the CPU to the PCI bus are buffered, to compensate for the speed differences between the...
System will run single wait state delay before reading data from buffer. If the setting is configured as disabled, system will run twice wait states so that system can be more stable. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. 54 PCM-6892 User Manual...
Integrated Peripherals Onchip IDE Channel0/Onchip IDE Channel1 The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Please select " Enabled" to activate each channel separately. The choices: Enabled, Disable. IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching, for faster drive accesses.
"multiple sector read/write". If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), please select "Enabled" for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. 56 PCM-6892 User Manual...
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Onboard FDD Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install an add-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.
EPP 1.9. But if you are facing connection issues, try to set it to EPP 1.7. The choices: EPP1.9, EPP1.7. Onboard Serial Port 3 Select a matching address for the third serial port or disable it. The choices: 3F8, 2F8, 3E8, 2E8, Diabled 58 PCM-6892 User Manual...
Serial Port 3 use IRQ If you don't disable serial Port 3, you must select corresponding interrupt for it. The choices: IRQ3, IRQ4, IRQ10, IRQ11 Onboard Serial Port 4 Select a matching address for the forth serial port or disable it. The choices: 3F8, 2F8, 3E8, 2E8, Diabled Serial Port 4 use IRQ If you don't disable serial Port 4, you must select corresponding...
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The choice: DMA0, DMA1, DMA2, DMA3 MPU-401 Select Enabled to configure the MPU-401 interface. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. MPU-401 I/O Address Select a base I/O address for the MPU-401 interface. The choice: 300-303H, 310-313H, 320-323H, 330-333H. 60 PCM-6892 User Manual...
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(ATX) Disable Enable Win XP Disable Remark: *1. "F" means Failed to support. "O" means OK. *2. Special AAEON driver is required for support PCMCIA Card under Windows 98 at ACPI model (see chapter 4) Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
Power Management Setup Power-Supply Type PCM-6892 supports two kinds of different power supply type: AT or ATX. Please select the corresponding type of your board in this item. If AT type be chosen, this board will not support several power management functions such as "ACPI", "Modem ring in", and "Soft-off by PWRBTN"etc..
Power Management(only for ATX type) This category allows you to select the type ( or degree ) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes: 1. HDD Power Down 2. Doze Mode 3. Suspend Mode Power Management Select Max Saving mode or Min Saving mode or define desired Doze Mode and Suspend Mode functions by User Define.
In this mode, one touch on the on/off button won't shut down the system but place it in a very low-power-usage state, with only enough circuitry receiving power to detect power button activity or Resume by Ring activity. The choices: Instant-Off, Delay 4 Sec. 64 PCM-6892 User Manual...
Or you may wish to turn Off IRQ12 (the PS/2) mouse as a wake-up event, so accidentally brushing the mouse does not awaken the system. PCM-6892 offers several ways to awaken the system. Define each way as the wake-up interrupt requests or not. The choices: ON, OFF LPT &...
Enable the following devices with the corresponding IRQ address to wake up the system: IRQ3 (COM 2), IRQ4 (COM 1), IRQ5 (LPT 2), IRQ6 (Floppy Disk), IRQ7 (LPT 1), IRQ8(RTC Alarm), IRQ9(IRQ2 Redir), IRQ12(PS/2 Mouse), IRQ13(Coprocessor), and IRQ14(Hard Disk). 66 PCM-6892 User Manual...
PnP/PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug and Play aware, for example Windows 95. Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non-boot devices. The choices: No, Yes. Reset Configuration Data Normally, you leave this field disabled. Select enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can...
DMA channel PCI/ISA PnP: Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard, whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. 68 PCM-6892 User Manual...
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Assign IRQ For VGA Enable to assign interrupt for VGA. The choice: Enabled, Disabled Assign IRQ For USB Enable to assign interrupt for USB. The choice: Enabled, Disabled Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
PC Health Status Your system does not allow you to alter any of the setting in this menu. The system engineer has already designated the correct setting for PCM-6892. 70 PCM-6892 User Manual...
Frequency/Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM/PCI CLK This item allows you to enable/disable auto detect DIMM/PCI clock. The choices: Enabled/Disabled Spread Spectrum Modulated This allows you to enable/disable the spread spectrum modulate. When the system clock generator pulses, the extreme values of the pulse generate excess EMI.
When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Safe Default (Y/N)? Pressing "Y" loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal performance system operations. 72 PCM-6892 User Manual...
Optimized Default When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? Pressing "Y" loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations. Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
System Enter a password each time the system boots and when ever you enter Setup. Setup Enter a password when ever you enter Setup. NOTE: To clear the password, simply press Enter when asked to enter a password. Then the password function is disabled. 74 PCM-6892 User Manual...
Set User Password When you select this function, a message appears at the center of the screen: Enter Password: Type the password, up to eight characters, and press Enter. Typing a password clears any previously entered password from CMOS memory. Now the message changes: Comfirm Password: Again, type the password and press Enter.
The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS. After saving the values the system is restarted again. 76 PCM-6892 User Manual...
Exit Without Saving Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change. The previous selections remain in effect. This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer. Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
Driver Installation This PCM-6892 is equipped with an Graphic, Audio, Ethernet and PCMCIA interfaces. This chapter provides instruc- tions for installing the software drivers on these peripherals. PCM-6892 User Manual...
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Step 5 – Install PCMCIA Driver (Win98 only) Please read instructions below for further detailed installations. Insert the PCM-6892 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM Drive. And install the drivers from Step 1 to Step 4 (5) in order. Chapter 4 Driver Installation 79...
2. Follow the instructions that the window will show you. 3. The system will help you install the driver automatically. 4.5 Step 5 – Install AAEON PCMCIA Driver for Windows 98SE 1. Double click on the “TiSetup.exe” file 2. Follow the instructions that the window will show you.
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Watchdog Timer PCM-6892 contains a watchdog timer reset pin. (GP16) All reference material can be found on the following pages. 82 PCM-6892 User's Manual...
/ * = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = * * T i t l e : W a t c h D o g T i m e r S e t u p U t i l i t y ( f o r W 8 3 9 7 7...
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//Set Device Active WriteAData(0x30, 0x01); //Set Register F2 //Set Watch-Dog Timer 1~ 256 WriteAData(0xF2, time_val); // set counter counts in second (or minute) // Register F4 Bit 6 = 0/1 (minutes/seconds) // For w83977EF only WriteAData(0xF4, 0x40); ExitConfigMode(); 84 PCM-6892 User's Manual...
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void init_w83977tf_aw_watchdog() short int value; //Enter W83977 Configure Mode EnterConfigMode(); //Select Device 7 SelectDevice(7); //Set Device Active WriteAData(0x30, 0x01); //caution:skip this step will be a mistake!! if (watch_dog_output_GP==12) //Set Register E2 to define GP12 WriteAData(0xE2, 0x0A); else if(watch_dog_output_GP==13) //Set Register E3 to define GP13 WriteAData(0xE3, 0x0A);...
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*ptr; printf("WinBond 83977 WatchDog Timer Setup Utility Version 1.0 \n"); printf("Copyright (c) 2000 AAEON Technology Inc.\n"); printf("This version only for W83977 that using GP%d to Reset System.\n",watch_dog_output_GP); if (argc == 1) printf("\n Syntax: WATCHDOG [time] \n");...
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if (argc > 1) ptr = argv[1]; time_value = atoi(ptr); if (time_value > 0 && time_value < 256) SetWatchDogTime((unsigned char) time_value); init_w83977tf_aw_watchdog(); printf("Watch Dog Timer set up : %d \n",time_value); Appendix A Watchdog Timer...
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PCM-10489-6 Wiring Kit The cable kit PCM-10489-6 includes the following cables: Part Number Cable Description Termination Connector 1701400453 IDE Cable 3.5" UDMA-100 40 pin, 2.54mm, Female (45cm) 1701340601 FDD Cable 34 pin, 2.54mm, Female (60cm) 1701150150 CRT Cable 15 pin, 2.54mm, DSUB (15cm) 1700080180 TV-Out Cable RCA + S terminal Connector...
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