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MiTAC MSC-1610 User Manual

Socket 370 w/vga w/dual lan w/audio pci half-size cpu card
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MSC-1610
Socket 370
w/VGA w/Dual LAN w/Audio
PCI Half-Size CPU Card
User's Manual
MiTAC INC.
No.2, Chung-Hsiao street, Chidu, Keelung , Taiwan.
Tel :
886-2-2456-2255
Fax : 886-2-2456-9595
Part Number: : 5611M1610879
R1.1
Copyright © 2002 MiTAC INC.
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  • Page 1 MSC-1610 Socket 370 w/VGA w/Dual LAN w/Audio PCI Half-Size CPU Card User’s Manual MiTAC INC. No.2, Chung-Hsiao street, Chidu, Keelung , Taiwan. Tel : 886-2-2456-2255 Fax : 886-2-2456-9595 Part Number: : 5611M1610879 R1.1 Copyright © 2002 MiTAC INC.

  • Page 2: Copyright Notice

    MiTAC INC. The information in this document has been carefully checked and is believed to be accurate. However, MiTAC INC.. assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document. The material contained herein is for informational purposes only.

  • Page 3: About This Manual

    Contents About This Manual This manual provides information on the MSC-1610 single board computer. Chapter 1 provides general information, system assignment tables, features and specifications of MSC-1610. Chapter 2 contains dimensional drawings, jumper setting information and connector pin assignments. Chapter 3...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents Contents CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION..........1 1.1 C ................... 1 HECK 1.2 F ....................1 EATURES 1.3 S ..................4 PECIFICATIONS 1.4 S ................3 YSTEM SSIGNMENTS CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE CONFIGURATION ....6 2.1 C ..............6 OMPONENTS OCATION 2.2 J ....................
  • Page 5 Contents – – CHAPTER 3: SYSTEM INSTALLING ........19 3.1 I DIMM ..............20 NSTALLING THE 3.2 I CPU................21 NSTALLING THE 3.3 C ............22 OMPLETING THE NSTALLATION 3.4 VIA S (VIA 4I 1)............22 ERVICE 3.5 I AUDIO D ..............
  • Page 6 Contents 4.9 PC H ................50 EALTH TATUS 4.10 F ............51 REQUENCY OLTAGE ONTROL 4.11 L .............. 52 EFAULTS 4.12 L ............. 53 PTIMIZED EFAULTS 4.13 P ................53 OWER 4.14 BIOS R – POST C ............ 54 EFERENCE ODES 4.15 U BIOS................

  • Page 7: Chapter 1: Introduction

    C h a p t e r Introduction This chapter gives a brief introduction and provides the specifications of the MSC-1610 Half-sized single board computer. 1.1 Check List Before getting started, please check if your MSC-1610package includes the following items: MSC-1610 Socket 370 CPU board x 1pc Driver &...
  • Page 8 MSC-1610 User’s Manual The MSC-1610 uses the PCI form factor with Socket 370 to fit in FC-PGA and FC-PGA2 processor from Intel. The PCI design contains one gold leaf edge connectors compatible with PCI connectors to allow all peripherals to interface with the processor.
  • Page 9 Chapter 1: Introduction The VIA Apollo Pro133T chipset in the MSC-1610 incorporates the latest microprocessor technology from Intel to provide the increased bandwidth needed to operate your system bus at speeds up to 133MHz. (The VIA Apollo Pro133T chipset uses one chipset for three 66MHz 100MHz and 133MHz system designed in Pentium III, and Celeron processors with speeds of 733, 850 and 1.26 GHz.).

  • Page 10: Specifications

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual 1.3 Specifications Processors Supported Intel Pentium III - FC-PGA2 133Mhz FSB (1.13GHz-1.26GHz) - FC-PGA 100 /133MHZ (500E-1GHz) Intel Celeron (FC-PGA & FC-PGA2) - FC-PGA2 100MHz FSB (1AGHz- 102GHz) - FC-PGA 66 / 100MHz (533A-1GHz) Processor Clock Frequency and Bus Speed...
  • Page 11 Chapter 1: Introduction Chipset VIA Apollo Pro133 chipset - VT82C694T North Bridge Controller - VT82C696B South Bridge Controller C&T 69030 AGP bus with Windows accelerator and Video playback. Display C&T 69030 integrated 4M SDRAM for the graphics/video frame buffer. C&T 69000 integrated 2M SDRAM for option. - Support 1/4 VGA, VGA, SVGA, XGA, SXGA,and UXGA panels.
  • Page 12 MSC-1610 User’s Manual Serial Ports One RS232, 16C550-compatible, FIFO buffer One RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 selectable Parallel Port Single parallel port controller with bi-directional compatibility EPP and ECP enhanced port modes. PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse port Microsoft compatible 6-pin mini-DIN connector at rear panel...
  • Page 13 MSC-1610 User’s Manual Disk On Chip of M-system Support one Single Chip Flash Disk in 32Pin DIP JEDEC socket. Real-time Clock SGS-THOMSON M48T86MH1 compatible 256 bytes of battery-backed RAM On chip lithium battery with 10 years data retention. Operating Environment Temperature: 0 to 55 °C...

  • Page 14: System Assignments

    Chapter 1: Introduction 1.4 System Assignments 1.4.1 I/O Port Address Map Address Device ( HEX ) 000-01F DMA controller 1 020-021 Interrupt controller 1 040-05F Timer 1 & 2 Disable Watch-dog timer operation (read) 060-06F Keyboard controller 070-07F Real Time Clock, Non_Maskable interrupt 080-09F DMA page register 0A0-0BF...

  • Page 15: Dma Channel Assignments

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual 1.4.2 DMA Channel Assignments Channel Function Available Available Floppy disk ( 8 bit transfer ) Available Cascade for DMA controller 1 Available Available Available 1.4.3 Interrupt Assignments Interrupt # Interrupt Source IRQ 0 Interval timer IRQ 1...

  • Page 16: Memory Address Map

    Chapter 1: Introduction 1.4.4 Memory Address Map Address ( HEX ) Device 0000000-009FFFF System memory 00A0000-00BFFFF Display memory 00C0000-00C7FFF VGA BIOS ROM 00C8000-00EFFFF I/O device BIOS ROM or RAM buffer 00F0000-00FFFFF System BIOS ROM 0100000-BFFFFFF System extension memory 1.4.5 System Timer Map Timer # Assignment System timer interrupt...

  • Page 18: Chapter 2: Hardware Configuration

    2.1 Components Location This figure shows the locations of all sockets, jumpers, connectors and major components on the MSC-1610. configuration of the MSC-1610 are in correct positions when it is shipped from the factory. MSC-1610 will function as required without modification.

  • Page 19: Jumpers

    Chapter 2: Hardware Configuration 2.2 Jumpers The location of the various jumpers on the MSC-1610 are as shown below: The succeeding sections provide details on how to properly set these jumpers.

  • Page 20: C P U B A S E S P E E D S E L E C T

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual 2.2.1 CPU Base Speed Select (JP11, JP12) CPU clock JP11 JP12 66.6MHZ 100MHz Auto /133 MHz *1-2 *1-2 2.2.2 Power Source (JP1, J4, J1) Power Source Use AT 3-5, Power Supply Use ATX Power *1-3, 17-18 to...

  • Page 21: Disk On Chip (M-System) Address Select (Jp9)

    Chapter 2: Hardware Configuration 2.2.6 Disk On Chip (M-System) Address Select (JP9) I/O ADDRESS D0000-D1FF *1-2 D200-D3FF D400-D5FF D600-D7FF 2.2.7 Watch Dog Timer (JP8) Watch Dog Timer 1 Sec. 10 Sec. *3-4 30 Sec. Enable 7-8(open) Disable *7-8(close) 2.2.8 RTC CMOS Clear (JP10) CMOS Selection JP10 Normal...

  • Page 22: Connectors

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual 2.3 Connectors The connectors on the MSC-1610 are used to connect external devices such as hard disk drives, floppy disk drives, printers, keyboard, CRT, panel, serial ports, etc. Some problems encountered with your system may be caused by loose or improper connections.
  • Page 23 Chapter 2: Hardware Configuration The locations of these connectors are shown below:...

  • Page 24: Standby Power Connector (J1)

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual 2.3.1 Standby Power Connector (J1) Signals PS-ON to backplane 5V(standby) 2.3.2 Front Panel Connector (J4) Signals Power LED, Pin 1+, Pin5- External speaker Pin8+,Pin2- System Management Interrupt 9-10 Suspend LED, Pin11+, Pin12- 11-12 System reset switch 13-14...

  • Page 25: External Power Connector (P1)

    Chapter 2: Hardware Configuration Signals IRRX IRTX 2.3.6 External Power Connector (P1) Signals +12V 2.3.7 PS2 Keyboard / Mouse Connector (KBMS) Pin no. Signal KB data MS data KB clock MS clock 2.3.8 VGA CRT Connector (VGA) Pin no. Signal Pin no.

  • Page 26: Lcd Connector (Lcd)

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual DDC clock 2.3.9 LCD Connector (LCD) Pin no. Signal Pin no. Signal +12V +12V 5V/3.3V 5V/3.3V ENAVEE ENAVDD ENABKL SHFCLK...
  • Page 27 Chapter 2: Hardware Configuration 2.3.10 HDD (IDE) Connectors (IDE1, IDE2) Pin no. Signal Pin no. Signal - RST N.C. DMA REQ IORDY DMA ACK iINT REQ ATA Sel. -ACT...

  • Page 28: D D C O N N E C T O R ( F D D )

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual 2.3.11 FDD Connector (FDD) Pin no. Signal 1,3,5,7,9,….. Density Select0 Density Select1 Index Motor Enable 0 Driver Select 1 Driver Select 0 Motor Enable 1 Direction Step Pulse Write Data Write Enable Track 0 Write Protect Read Data...

  • Page 29: P U F A N C O N N E C T O R ( F A N 1 )

    Chapter 2: Hardware Configuration 2.3.12 Serial Port 2 Connector (COM2) – RS232/422/485 Connector Pin no. RS232 RS422 RS485 DATA- DATA+ N.C. N.C. N.C. N.C. N.C. 2.3.13 CPU Fan Connector (FAN1) Pin no. FAN1 +12V Speed Detect 2.3.14 LAN Port Connector (LAN1/LAN2) Pin no.

  • Page 30: S B 2 / A U D I O C O N N E C T O R ( C N 1 )

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual 2.3.15 Parallel Port /COM1/USB2/Audio Connector (CN1) Audio Connector Pin no. Signal Pin no. Signal MIC IN LINE IN (L) Audio GND LINE IN (R) Audio GND LINE OUT (L) Audio GND LINE OUT (R) MONO OUT USB2 Connector Pin no.

  • Page 31: Chapter 3: System Installing

    C h a p t e r System Installing This chapter describes the procedures for installing the MSC-1610 CPU card into your system and also, procedures for installing device drivers. The following is a list of typical peripherals required to build a...

  • Page 32: Installing The Dimms

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual 3.1 Installing the DIMMs The MSC-1610 single board computer accepts 32 MB up to 512MB of SDRAM. The single 168-pin SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets will accept 64 and 72 bit DIMM modules (3.3V memory – unbuffered SDRAM only).

  • Page 33: Installing The Cpu

    Chapter 3: Installing the Slot Board Computer 3. Using both hands, press downward and guide the DIMM into the socket. The module release levers will return to their upright position when the DIMM is completely seated in the socket. The pegs on the tips of the release levers should align with the notches on both ends of the DIMM.

  • Page 34: Completing The Installation

    1. Make sure the power is off. 2. Set the configuration jumpers in accordance with Chapter 2. 3. Install the MSC-1610 CPU card into one of the slots in a passive backplane. Or, just take the MSC-1610 alone as a single board computer.

  • Page 35: About Via 4 In 1 Drivers

    Chapter 3: Installing the Slot Board Computer continue. You will now be presented with the option of either a normal or quick install.A quick install will automatically install all necessary files without presenting you with any options. A normal install can be used to choose to un-install drivers or not install particular drivers.

  • Page 36: Installing Audio Driver

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual enable the VIA Power Management function. VIA AGP Vxd Driver will provide service routines to your VGA driver and interface directly to hardware, providing fast graphical access. The IDE Filter driver enables the performance enhancing bus mastering functions on ATA-capable Hard Disk Drives and ensures IDE device compatibility.

  • Page 37: Installing Vga Driver

    Chapter 3: Installing the Slot Board Computer 3.6 Installing VGA Driver The onboard VGA interface of the MSC-1610 supports traditional analog CRT monitors and a wide range of popular LCD, EL, and gas plasma flat panel displays. It can drive CRT displays with resolutions up to 1024x768 in 16.7M colors.
  • Page 38 MSC-1610 User’s Manual Settings Change" dialog box. After the system has restarted, you can go back into the Display applet and select alternate screen resolutions and color depths. 3.6.2 VGA Driver for Windows NT 4.0 Step 1: Click the Start button, then go to Settings and click on Control Panel.
  • Page 39 Chapter 3: Installing the Slot Board Computer Installing Drivers provided on NT 4.0 CDROM ---------------------------------------------- In the Change Display window, from the list of Manufacturers, select Chips & Technologies. In the Display Window, select Chips & TechnologiesVideo Accelerator, then click OK or press enter. You will then see a warning panel about Third Party Drivers.
  • Page 40 MSC-1610 User’s Manual Follow the instructions given on the screen. A test screen should appear, followed by the Testing Mode window. Click on Yes to continue. Click on Apply to switch to the new graphics mode. Graphics modes are changed dynamically on NT 4.0, so you do not meed to shutdown and restart for the new screen settings to work.
  • Page 41 Chapter 3: Installing the Slot Board Computer 3.6.3 VGA Driver for Windows 2000 Click the "Start" button, then select the "Settings" tab and click on "Control Panel". Click on the "System" icon to start the System Properties window. Click on the "Hardware" tab, and then click on "Device Manager"...

  • Page 42: G A D R I V E R F O R W I N D O W S X P

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual To change the display resolution and/or colors... ------------------------------------------------- Click the Start button, then go to Settings and click on Control Panel. Click on the Display icon to start the Display Properties window. Click on the Settings tab.

  • Page 43: Configuring Ethernet Interface

    OK or press enter. Click the Apply button to make changes. 3.7 Configuring Ethernet Interface Onboard Ethernet interface of the MSC-1610 CPU card supports all major network operating systems. Please follow the steps below to configure the network.

  • Page 44: Making A Setup Floppy Disk

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual 2. To configure networking, continue with the procedures specific to your operating system outlined in the latter part of this chapter. 3.7.2 Making a Setup Floppy Disk If you need to use a floppy disk to install the networking drivers, use MAKEMS.BAT (for Microsoft operating...
  • Page 45 Chapter 3: Installing the Slot Board Computer 5. Insert the floppy disk or CD and press the Insert key to install an unlisted driver. 6. Specify the correct path to your media if necessary by pressing F3. Press Enter to search the floppy or CD-ROM driver.
  • Page 46 MSC-1610 User’s Manual 3. Choose “Configure network drivers” and press Enter. If drivers were already loaded, a list of these drivers appears. 4. Choose “Select an additional driver” and press Enter. A list of drivers appears. 5. Insert the floppy disk or CD and choose “Install an unlisted driver”...
  • Page 47 Chapter 3: Installing the Slot Board Computer Start your computer to automatically configure the adapter. Resource configuration is complete when Windows 95 / 98 starts. If your computer displays an error while booting, it may require additional step to configure. See the section PCI Installation Tips in the latter part of this chapter for more details.
  • Page 48 MSC-1610 User’s Manual Resource configuration is complete when Windows 95/98 starts. If your computer displays an error while booting, it may require additional step to configure. See the section PCI Installation Tips in the latter part of this chapter for more details.
  • Page 49 Chapter 3: Installing the Slot Board Computer 4. Insert the Driver Disk or CD into the appropriate drive, specify that drive, and click OK. 5. Select the INTEL PRO Adapter and click OK. Drivers and utilities are installed. 6. The TCP/IP Configuration dialog box appears. Enter the appropriate information and click OK.
  • Page 50 MSC-1610 User’s Manual drivers for you or display a readme file with installation instructions for other NOS drivers. 1. If your computer already has network drivers installed, restart the computer without loading them. If the drivers are loaded from the AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS file, type REM in front of each line that loads a network driver.

  • Page 51: Installing Diskonchip Of M-Systems

    Chapter 3: Installing the Slot Board Computer setup utility. Some common PCI solutions are listed here: Bus-master-enabled slots. Reserve interrupts (IRQs) and/or memory addresses for ISA adapters. This prevents PCI cards from trying to use the same settings ISA cards are using. Enable the PCI slot.

  • Page 52: C O N F I G U R I N G T H E D I S K O N C H I P

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual Caution: The DiskOnChip may be permanently damaged if installed incorrectly. 4. To install the DiskOnChip as drive C on a system without a hard disk, set the CMOS setup of drive C to NOT INSTALLED (indicating that no physical magnetic disk is installed), and reboot the computer.
  • Page 53 Chapter 3: Installing the Slot Board Computer another hard drive installed, and as drive C if no other hard drive is installed. When configured as the first drive, the DiskOnChip is always installed as drive C. To configure the DiskOnChip as first drive, proceed as follows: 1.

  • Page 54: Chapter 4: Bios Configuration

    C h a p t e r BIOS Configuration Award's BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backup RAM (CMOS RAM). When the power is off, it will retain the Setup information. 4.1 Entering Setup Power on the computer and press <Del>...

  • Page 55: The Main Menu

    Chapter 4: BIOS Configuration 4.2 The Main Menu Once you enter Award’s BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from ten setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter>...

  • Page 56: Standard Cmos Setup

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual 4.3 Standard CMOS Setup Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Thu , Feb 7 2002 Item Help Time (hh:mm:ss) 23 : 1 : 16 Menu Level IDE Primary Master [ None ]...

  • Page 57: Ide Primary Master

    Chapter 4: BIOS Configuration 4.4 IDE Primary Master Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto-Detection [ Press Enter] Item Help Menu Level [ Auto ] IDE Primary Master Access Mode [ Auto ] To auto-detect the HDD’s size,head…….on Capacity 0 MB...

  • Page 58: Advanced Bios Features

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual 4.5 Advanced BIOS Features Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning [ Disabled ] Item Help CPU Internal Cache [ Enabled ] External Cache [ Enabled ] Menu Level CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking...

  • Page 59: Advanced Chipset Features

    Chapter 4: BIOS Configuration 4.6 Advanced Chipset Features Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing By SPD [ Disabled ] Item Help HOST Clock ﹡DRAM Clock Menu Level ﹡SDRAM Cycle Length ﹡Bank Interleave Disabled Memory Hole [ Disabled ] P2C/C2P Concurrency [ Enabled ]...

  • Page 60: Integrated Peripherals

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual 4.7 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE channe 10 [ Enabled ] Item Help OnChip IDE channe 11 [ Enabled ] IDE Prefetch Mode [ Enabled ] Menu Level Primary Master PIO...

  • Page 61: Power Management Setup

    Chapter 4: BIOS Configuration 4.8 Power Management Setup Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI function [ Enabled ] Item Help Power Management [ Press Enter ] ※1 ACPI Suspend Type [ S1(POS) ] Menu Level PM Control by APM [ Yes ] Video Off Option...

  • Page 62: Pc Health Status

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual 4.9 PC Health Status Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Item Help Current CPU Temp 25℃/78℉ Current System Temp 26℃/80℉ Menu Level Current Cpufan Speed 4748 RPM Vcore 1.77 V 2.5V 2.56 V 3.3V...

  • Page 63: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Chapter 4: BIOS Configuration 4.10 Frequency/Voltage Control Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency/Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM /PCI CLK [ Enabled ] Item Help Spread Spectrun [ 0.25% ] Menu Level ↑↓→←: Move Enter : Select +/-PU/PD:Value F10:Save Esc:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults...

  • Page 64: Load Fall-Safe Defaults

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual 4.11 Load Fall-Safe Defaults Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Frequency/Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fall-Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset F Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management word PnP/PCI Configura Save &...

  • Page 65: Load Optimized Defaults

    Chapter 4: BIOS Configuration 4.12 Load Optimized Defaults Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Frequency/Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fall-Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset F Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management word PnP/PCI Configura Save &...

  • Page 66: Bios Reference - Post Codes

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual 4.14 BIOS Reference – POST Codes AWARD BIOS provides all IBM standard Power On Self Test (POST) routines as well as enhanced AWARD BIOS POST routines. The POST routines support CPU internal diagnostics. The POST checkpoint codes are accessible via the Manufacturing Test Port (I/O port 80h).
  • Page 67 Chapter 4: BIOS Configuration POST Description (hex) Program defaults values into chipset according to the MODBINable Chipset Default Table Test the first 256K DRAM 1. Program the configuration register of Cyrix CPU according to the MODBINable Cyrix Register Table 2. OEM specific cache initialization (if needed) 1.
  • Page 68 MSC-1610 User’s Manual POST Description (hex) Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2. Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1 Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2 Reserved Test 8259 functionality Reserved 1A-1D If EISA NVM checksum is good, then execute EISA...
  • Page 69 Chapter 4: BIOS Configuration POST Description (hex) If any error is detected (such as video, kb...), show all the error messages on the screen & wait for user to press <F1> key 1. If a password is needed, ask for the password 2.

  • Page 70: Updating Bios

    MSC-1610 User’s Manual POST Description (hex) System Booting. This means that the BIOS already pass the control right to the operating system Unexpected Errors: POST Description (hex) Interrupt occurs in protected mode. Unclaimed NMI occurs 4.15 Updating BIOS You should prepare a diskette for the updated BIOS program in the package.

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