Subcompact board onboard intel atom n270
processor
intel 82574l for 10/100/1000mbps
type ii compactflash
4 com, 4 usb2.0,
ecx proprietary expansion/
mini pci (64 pages)
FCC STATEMENT THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 FCC RULES. OPER- ATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDI- TIONS: (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE. (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION. THIS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN TESTED AND FOUND TO COMPLY WITH THE LIMITS FOR A CLASS "A"...
UMC is a trademark of United Microelectronics Corporation. ITE is a trademark of Integrated Technology Express, Inc. All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Part No. 2087632000 Gene-6320 Rev.A 1st Ed. Prepared in Taiwan August, 2002...
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Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that the following materials have been shipped: 1 GENE-6320 All-in-One Single Board Computer Hard disk drive (IDE) interface cable (44 pin, pitch 2.0mm) 1 Floppy disk drive interface (34 pin, ptich 2.0mm) 1 6-pin mini-DIN dual outlet adapter for keyboard and PS/2 1 Parallel port (26-25 pin, pitch 2.0mm) mouse &...
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Dear Customer, Thank you for purchasing the GENE-6320 board. This user manual is designed to help you to get the most out of the GENE-6320, please read it thoroughly before you install and use the board. The product that you have purchased comes with a two-year limited warranty, but AAEON will not be responsible for misuse of the product.
General Information This chapter gives background information on the mainboard. Sections include: Board specifications Layout and dimensions Chapter 1 General Information...
Introduction GENE-6320 is an all-in-one single board computer (SBC) which can provide the most alternatives on CPU, VGA memory, audio, and GbE function. First, it can support onboard mobile Pentium III or mobile Celeron. The next is you can choose 4 or 8 MB independent...
The Best, High End, Ultra Low Power Consump- tion Solution For Portable Devices The GENE-6320 is a highly integrated multi-media SBC that combines video, network, and audio function on a FDD drive size single computer board. Moreover, it provides the TV-out function and up to 1280 x 1024 resolution @ 24 bit-per-pixel colors with on- chip 4MB (or 8MB) display memory.
16Mb x 16(single memory chip) x 4(pcs/side) x 2 side = 256MB Otherwise system may detect 128MB only. 2. GENE-6320 series adapt SMI722 integrated TV-output encoder. Owing to the chipset limitation, it can only support AV-terminal jack output (CN9, pin-2, 4, 6,and 8). For S-terminal video output, Silicon Motion Inc.
Specifications General Functions CPU: Mobile Intel Celeron 300MHz processor (fanless) , Mobile Intel Pentium III processor-M (700MHz, with fan) BIOS: Award 256KB FLASH BIOS Chipset: Intel 440BX I/O chopset: Winbond W83977 Memory: One 144-pin SO-DIMM socket to support up to 256MB Enhanced IDE: One IDE connector to support up to 2 IDE devices in Bus Master mode, also support UltraDMA 33 synchronous DMA mode with transfer rate up to 33 MB/sec...
Expansion Interface PCI-104 connector: One 120-pin (PCI Interface) connector Mechanical and Environmental Power supply voltage:+5V (4.75V to 5.25V) Operating temperature:32 to 140 F (0 to 60 Board size:5.75" (L) x 4" (W) (146 mm x 101.6 mm) Gene-6320 User Manual...
Installation This chapter describes how to set up the board hardware, including instructions on setting jumpers and connecting peripher- als, switches, and indicators. Chapter 2 Installation...
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Locating Jumpers & Connectors BC-599/596 Gene-6320 User Manual...
VGA Disable/Enable Select (JP6 Pin1, 3, 5) You can disable VGA by setting Pin3 and Pin5 of JP6 closed and the following chart shows the available options. VGA Disable/Enable Select (JP6 Pin1,3,5) Enable Disable * default BC-599/596 Gene-6320 User Manual...
TTL-LCD Clock Select (JP6 Pin2, 4, 6) You can select the LCD clock situation by setting Pin2, 4, and 6 of JP6. The following chart shows the available options. TTL-LCD Clock Select (JP6 Pin2,4,6) Reverse CLK * default LCD Voltage Select (JP7) LCD Voltage Select (JP7) +3.3V TTL-LCD...
Please install infrared module onto IrDA connector, enable infrared function from BIOS setup, and make sure to have correct orienta- tion when you plug onto IrDA connector (CN2). IrDA connector (CN2) Signal N.C. IrRx IrTx N.C. BC-599/596 Gene-6320 User Manual...
Floppy Drive Connector (CN3) You can attach up to two floppy disks to the Gene-6320'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 Gene-6320 CPU card comes with a 34-pin daisy-chain drive connector cable.
Serial Port COM1 (CN19) & COM2 (CN4) Connectors The Gene-6320 offers one RS-232 serial port (COM1--CN19) and one RS-232/422/485 serial port (COM2--CN4) to connect serial devices. Using the BIOS Peripheral Setup program, you can select the address for each port or disable it. Please check the following table for the pin assignment.
USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports can provide complete function of "plug and play", "hot attach/detach" for up to 127 external devices. Moreover, the USB interfaces on Gene-6320 comply with USB specification Rev. 1.1 and can be disabled in the system BIOS setup.
IDE Hard Drive Connector (CN8) You can attach two Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics hard disk drives to the Gene-6320's internal controller. Connecting the Hard Drive Wire number 1 on the cable is red, and the other wires are gray. 1. Connect one end of the cable to the IDE connector and make sure that the red wire corresponds to pin 1 on the connector, which is labeled on the board.
TV-Out Connector (CN9) Gene-6320 has an 8-pin connector to support TV output function. The definition is listed as below. TV-Out Connector (CN9) Signal Signal CVBS N.C. N.C. LVDS Connector (CN10) LVDS Connector (CN10) Signal Signal LVDS_TX1P LVDS_TX1N LVDS_TXCLKP LVDS_TXCLKN PPVCC...
Audio Connector (CN12) The audio function is optional in Gene-6320. If the version of your board is Gene-6320AE, you will have the audio function on board. It attaches the Mic In, Line In, and Audio Out to the corresponding pins as shown in the following table.
N.C. SPEED 10 LED TRD1- TRD1+ table 1 100/1000Base-Tx Ethernet Connector (CN13) Signal Signal TRD3- TRD0- TRD3+ TRD0+ TRD2- LINK LED TRD2+ ACTIVE LED TCD0 SPEED 1000 LED TCD1 SPEED 100 LED TRD1- TRD1+ table 2 BC-599/596 Gene-6320 User Manual...
If you want to use ATX power and some special function, such as wake on LAN, you may need to connect the power to the board via CN16 and buy the specific cable designed for Gene-6320 (made by AAEON). Please check the following table for its pin...
FAN Connector (CN17) Signal +12V FAN SPEED SENSE 4P Power Connector (CN18) This is the common power connector and please check the following table for its pin assignment: 4P Power Connector (CN18) Signal +12V BC-599/596 Gene-6320 User Manual...
PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector (CN20) Gene-6320 can support a keyboard and a mouse like most cases, but in some cases, especially in embedded applications, a key- board is not used. The standard PC/AT BIOS will report an error or fail during power-on-self-test (POST) after a reset if the keyboard is not present.
Ctr-Alt-Del. If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an error message appears and you are again asked to PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, DEL TO ENTER SETUP GENE-6320 User Manual...
Setup Keys These keys helps you navigate in Award BIOS: Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item in the left hand Right arrow Move to the item in the right hand Main Menu:Quit and not save changes into CMOS RAM Other pages:Exit current page and return to...
The Chipset defaults have been carefully chosen by Award Software or your system manufacturer for the best performance and reliability. Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup may cause the system to become unstable. GENE-6320 User Manual...
Main Setup Menu Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration. (Date, time, IDE, etc.) Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the advanced features available on your system. Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system’s performance.
Set Supervisor /User Password Use this menu to set Supervisor / User Passwords. Save and Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup. Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup. GENE-6320 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. GENE-6320 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 .
LCD & CRT GENE-6320 can be used with various visual display peripherals. It can also display different image on a CRT and LCD monitor simultaneously. This function allows the end user to select the type of visual display peripheral they are incorporating with the GENE-6320 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. GENE-6320 User Manual...
CPU Internal Cache/External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory). CPUs from 486-type on up contain internal cache memory, and most, but not all, modern PCs have additional (external) cache memory. When the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory, for even faster access by the CPU.The External Cache field may not appear if your system does not have external...
MB (extended memory). When set to Fast, the system chipset controls Gate A20. When set to Normal, a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20. Setting Gate A20 to Fast improves system speed, particularly with OS/2 and Windows. The choices: Fast, Normal. GENE-6320 User Manual...
Typematic Rate Setting Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected. The choices: Enabled/Disabled. Typematic Rate When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can select a typematic rate ( the rate at which character repeats when yu hold down a key) of 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30.
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ROM occupies to shadow it into the correct area of RAM. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. Small Logo (EPA) Show If you want to show your logo, please enable it. The choices: Enabled, Disabled GENE-6320 User Manual...
Advanced Chipset Features Auto Configuration Auto Configuration selects predetermined optimal values of chipset parameters. When "Disabled", chipset parameters revert to setup information stored in CMOS. Many fields in this screen are not available when Auto Configuration is "Enabled". The choices: Enabled, Disabled. EDO DRAM Speed Selection The value in this field must correspond to the speed of the DRAM installed in your system.
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SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer. The choices: 3, 2. GENE-6320 User Manual...
SDRAM Precharge Control When "Enabled", all CPU cycles to SDRAM result in an All Banks Precharge Command on the SDRAM interface. The choices: Disabled, Enabled. DRAM Data Integrity Mode Select Non-ECC or ECC (error-correcting code) according to the type of installed DRAM. The choices: Non-ECC, ECC.
The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicat- ed for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. The choices: 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256. GENE-6320 User Manual...
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Power-Supply Type Most of traditional industrial cases use AT power supply type. And if you want the support of ATX power supply, please choose "ATX" in this field. The choices: AT, ATX. Onboard LAN1/2 Control By selecting "Disabled" in these two items, you can disable LAN1 or LAN2 in BIOS.
DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your IDE Cable both support Ultra DMA 33/66 select Auto to enable BIOS support. The choices: Auto, Disable. GENE-6320 User Manual...
On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE 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, Disabled. USB Keyboard Support Select "Enabled" if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you want to use a USB keyboard.
If all the I/O devices were run through the same address, your devices would come to a near halt. Also the corresponding interrupt needs to be selected. The choices: Disabled, 3F8/IRQ4, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 2E8/ IRQ3, Auto. GENE-6320 User Manual...
UART Mode Select Select an operating mode for the second serial port: Normal RS-232C serial port IrDA Infrared port compliant ASK IR Amplitude shift keyed infrared port UART2 Duplex Mode In an infrated port mode, this field appears. Full-duplex mode permits simultaneous two-direction transmission.
You can use this feature to choose which version of EPP to use. For better performance, use EPP 1.9. But if you are facing connec- tion issues, try setting it to EPP 1.7. The choices: EPP1.9, EPP1.7. GENE-6320 User Manual...
Power Management Setup ACPI Function ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is an open industry specification co-developed by Compaq, Intel, Microsoft, Phoenix, and Toshiba. It establishes industry-standard interfaces for OS-directed configuration and power management on laptops, desktops, and servers. If you want to manage power consumption well, please "Enable" this item.
Video Off After As the system moves from lesser to greater power-saving modes, select the mode in which you want the monitor to blank. The choices: NA, Suspend, Standby, Doze. Modem Use IRQ Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if any) on your system.
Intel 82559GD controller, you can "Enable" this item. The Choices : Enabled, Disabled. IRQ 8 Break Suspend You can "Enable" or "Disable" monitoring of IRQ8 (the Real Time Clock) so it does not awaken the system from Suspend mode. The Choices : Enabled, Disabled. GENE-6320 User Manual...
Reload Global Timer Events When "Enabled", an event occurring on each listed device restarts the global timer for Standby mode. These events are I/O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode.
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 not boot. The choices: Enabled, Disabled GENE-6320 User Manual...
Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows ® 95. If you set this field to “manual”...
PC Health Status 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 Gene-6320. Frequency/Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM/PCI CLK This item allows you to enable/disable auto detect DIMM/PCI clock.
Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Fail-Safe Defaults 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. Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup...
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. GENE-6320 User Manual...
Set Supervisor 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: CONFIRM PASSWORD: Again, type the password and press Enter.
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. GENE-6320 User Manual...
Save & Exit Setup Save & Exit Setup Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and Exit (Y/N)? Pressing "Y" stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS, a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off.
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. GENE-6320 User Manual...
Drivers Installation This Gene-6320 is equipped with an audio, VGA and LAN interface. This chapter provides instructions for installing the software drivers on these peripherals. Chapter 4 Driver Installation...
Gene-6320AE can support the audio output function, so you have to follow the instructions as below to install the audio driver. 1. Insert the Gene-6320 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM Drive. 2. Select the Drivers/audio folder to click on the setup icon.
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4. Select the default setting, and then click on Next. 5. Click on Finish. Installation process is completed and allows the system to reboot. Chapter 4 Driver Installation...
VGA Driver Installation 1. Insert the Gene-6320 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM Drive. 2. Select the Drivers/vga/Windows/Complete/Win9X to click on the setup icon. Notice:We take the VGA installation under Windows 98 for example here. Please choose the file according to your Windows OS.
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A driver installation screen will appear, please follow the onscreen instructions to install the driver in sequence. Chapter 4 Driver Installation...
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3. At last, click on Finish. Installation process is complete and allows the system to reboot. Gene-6320 User Manual...
Gene-6320GE. Installing Intel 82559ER Driver Here, we install the Intel 82540EM driver first. 1. Insert the Gene-6320 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM Drive. 2. Find out and double click on the setup icon according to your Windows OS.
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5. Choose Typical or Custom setting according to your needs and click on Next. Gene-6320 User Manual...
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6. Click on Install to start the process of installation. Chapter 4 Driver Installation...
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7. Click on OK to confirm the results of installation. 7. Click on Yes to carry out the effect od installation. Gene-6320 User Manual...
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No matter your board is Gene-6320AE or Gene-6320GE, you will need to install the Intel 82559ER driver. Please follow the instruc- tions below to install it. 1. Insert the Gene-6320 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM Drive. 2. Click the Start button. 3. Select the Settings item.
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Another file will appear below this file,and then click on the file, 8. Click on the Driver Tab. 9. Click on the Update Driver Button. The Update Device Driver Wizard will appear, 10. Click on Next. Gene-6320 User Manual...
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12. Find out the intel 82559ER driver in CD-ROM drive according to your windows OS and click on Next. Gene-6320 User Manual...
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Watchdog Timer The board is equipped with a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if processing comes to a stand- still for whatever reason. This feature ensures system reliability in industrial stand-alone and unmanned environments. Appendix A Watchdog Timer...
Watchdog Timer Gene-6320 contains a watchdog timer reset pin. (GP16) All reference material can be found as the following. ==================================================** ** Title : WatchDog Timer Setup Utility (for W83977 GP16) ** ** Company : AAEON Technology Inc. ** Compiler : Borland C ++ Version 3.0 **==============================================================*/ #include <dos.h>...
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//Set Register E3 to define GP13 WriteAData(0xE3, 0x0A); else if(watch_dog_output_GP==16) //Set Register E6 to define GP16 WriteAData(0xE6, 0x0A); //Select Device 8 SelectDevice(8); //Set Register F3 //keyboard and mouse interrupt reset Enable //When Watch-Dog Time-out occurs,Enable POWER LED output WriteAData(0xF3, 0x0E); Gene-6320 User Manual...
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ExitConfigMode(); void main(int argc, char* argv[]) int time_value=0; char *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); Appendix A Watchdog Timer...
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: 1 ~ 256 \n\n”); return ; 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); Gene-6320 User Manual...