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ECM-A50M B1 3.5” AMD eOntario Module User’s Manual Ed –07 January 2019 Part No. E2047351804R...
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Disclaimer Avalue Technology Inc. reserves the right to make changes, without notice, to any product, including circuits and/or software described or contained in this manual in order to improve design and/or performance. Avalue Technology assumes no responsibility or liability for the...
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Applications that are described in this manual are for illustration purposes only. Avalue Technology Inc. makes no representation or warranty that such application will be suitable for the specified use without further testing or modification.
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A product returned without proof of the purchase date is not eligible for warranty service. Write the RMA number visibly on the outside of the package and ship it prepaid to your dealer. 4 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
— 1 x Serial ATA cable (7-pin, standard) — 1 x Serial ATA cable (15-pin, 2P/2.0mm) — 1 x Flat Cable 9P(M)-Dupont 10P/2.0mm 17cm 4 x D-sub Jack Screws DIP AUX-032 A1 W/Audio/4USB 8 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 1.4 Manual Objectives This manual describes in details Avalue Technology ECM-A50M Single Board. We have tried to include as much information as possible but we have not duplicated information that is provided in the standard IBM Technical References, unless it proved to be necessary to aid in the understanding of this board.
Display LCD Interface Dual channel 18/24-bit LVDS (transfer through DDI) TV-out Built-in Touch Screen (Optional) Chipset PenMount 6000 Touch Screen With 9-pin 2.0mm box header (can be selected to support 4/5/8-wire touch screen) Interface Audio ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 11...
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Power Type AT/ATX Operating Temp. 0 to 60C Storage Temp. -20~-80°C Operating Humidity 0%~90% relative humidity, non-condensing Size (L x W) 146 mm x 101 mm Weight Note: Specifications are subject to change without notice. 12 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 1.6 Architecture Overview—Block Diagram The following block diagram shows the architecture and main components of ECM-A50M ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 13...
Window must be entered and configured correctly to match the particular system configuration. 7. If TFT panel display is to be utilized, make sure the panel voltage is correctly set before connecting the display cable and turning on the power. ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 17...
ECM-A50M provides one 204-pin DDR3 SODIMM socket, supports up to 4GB DDR3 1066/1333 SDRAM SODIMM (Rear side) Make sure to unplug the power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to board and components. 18 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
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(2) Static electricity can damage the electronic components of the computer or optional boards. Before proceeding, ensure that you are discharged of static electricity by briefly touching a grounded metal object. ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 19...
AT/ ATX power Input selector 3 x 1 header, pitch 2.0 mm JDEEPS5 ErP power saving mode selector 2 x 1 header, pitch 2.0 mm JTSEL Touch Selector 2 x 1 header, pitch 2.0 mm 20 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
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SATA1 power connector 2 x 1 wafer, pitch 2.0 mm SATA2_PWR SATA2 power connector 2 x 1 wafer, pitch 2.0 mm Serial ATA connector 1 SATA1 SATA2 Serial ATA connector 2 SODIMM 204-pin DDR3 SODIMM connector ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 21...
ATX mode. AT Mode (JAT/ATX) Use ATX type power input, and set the board in AT mode. ATX Type (PWR_SB) ATX Mode (JAT/ATX) Use ATX type power input, and set the board in ATX mode. 26 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
2.4.7.1 ErP Power saving mode selector setting details Settings Description DEEPS5=0 System will not enter deep S5 state after AC power on, it remains in normal ACPI S5 state. System will enter deep S5 state 6 sec after AC power on. DEEPS5=1 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 27...
4-WIRE 5-WIRE 8-WIRE JTOUCH (5~8) (4~8) (1~8) Right Sense Left Sense Bottom Sense Sense Top Sense Right Right Excite Left Left Excite Bottom Bottom Excite Top Excite * Default 2.4.9 Battery connector (BAT-WB) Signal VBAT 28 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
VR signal controlled by JVR. Please see the JVR section for detailed circuitry information. 2.4.14.1 Signal Description – LCD Inverter Connector (JBKL) Signal Signal Description Vadj = 0.75V ~ 4.25V (Recommended: 4.7KΩ, >1/16W) BRIADJ BKLEN LCD backlight ON/OFF control signal 32 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
Serial port 2 connector (JCOM2) Signal PIN PIN Signal 2.4.16 Touch connector (JTOUCH) Signal 4-Wire 5-Wire 8-Wire TGND Top Excite Bottom Bottom Excite Left Left Excite Right Right Excite CSENSE Sense Top Sense Bottom Sense Left Sense Right Sense ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 33...
If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to. Press F1 to Continue, DEL to enter SETUP 40 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
Note: Some of the navigation keys differ from one screen to another. To Display a Sub Menu Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the sub menu you want. Then press <Enter>. A “” pointer marks all sub menus. ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 41...
Award and your systems manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum performance and reliability. Even a seemingly small change to the chipset setup has the potential for causing you to use the override. 42 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
Note: BIOS setup screens shown in this chapter are for reference only, and may not exactly match what you see on your screen. Visit the Avalue website (www.avalue.com.tw) to download the latest product and BIOS information. ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 43...
Force L0s — Force L0s - Force all links to L0s State ASPM Support Auto — AUTO- BIOS auto configure: Disabled — DISABLE-Disables ASPM. Enabled If Enabled, allows generation of Extended Extended Synch Disabled Synchronization patterns. 46 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
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Status register. Value ranges from 1 to 100 In order to save power, software will disable Keep Link ON Unpopulated Links unpopulated PCI Express links, if this option is Disable Link set to “Disable Link” ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 47...
Select the highest ACPI sleep state the Suspend Disabled, ACPI Sleep State system will enter, when the SUSPEND button S3 (Suspend to RAM) is pressed. Disabled, Enables or Disables Lock of Legacy Lock Legacy Resources Enabled Resources. 48 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
Mass storage device emulation type. “AUTO” Auto Floppy enumerates devices according to their media JetFlashTranscend 4GB 1100 Forced FDD format. Optical drives are emulated as “CDROM”, drives with no media will be Hard-disk CD-ROM emulated according to a drive type. ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 51...
The H/W Monitor shows the operating temperature, fan speeds and system voltages. Temperature SYSTIN temperature APUTIN temperature FCHTIN temperature Fan speed CPU Fan0 Speed Voltage CPUVCORE AVCC 3VCC V1P8 V1P5 APU_NB 3VSB APU_NB 52 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
Please refer to 3.6.2.7.1 and 3.6.2.7.2 for more information. Item Option Description Power Off Restore on AC Power Set Restore on AC Power Loss Power On Loss for ATX Mode Last State ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 53...
Auto IO=3F8h; IRQ=4, Use the change Settings option to IO=3F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12 Change Settings change the serial port IO port IO=2F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12 address and interrupt address. IO=3E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12 IO=2E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12 54 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
IO=3F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12 Change Settings change the serial port IO port IO=2F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12 address and interrupt address. IO=3E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12 IO=2E8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12 RS232, Change the Serial Port mode. Serial Port2 232/422/485 RS422, Select <RS232> or RS485 <RS422><RS485> mode ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 55...
Hotplug Mode Control Hotplug Server NB root port Hotplug mode control Hotplug Enhanced Hotplug Inboard MaxSpeed NB root port Pcie link speed, the Link Speed Pcie Gen1 link speed may be overwritten by Pcie Gen2 Pspp settings. ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 57...
32bit 256MB I/O to 64bit MMIO. 512MB Auto This option allows User to select 400MHz Memory Clock different Memory Clock. Default 533MHz value is 400MHz. 667MHz Cleared Memory Clear Memory clear functionality control Not cleared 58 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
LVDS Option 8 1600x900 LVDS Option 9 1920x1024 LVDS Back Light PWM Select LVDS back light PWM duty 100% Note: LVDS Back Light PWM to function, LVDS has to be chosen as Output mode in DP0. 60 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
Settings for combined Mode Combined Mode Option SATA as secondary Option Enabled Enables or disables SATA ESP SATA ESP on PORT0/1/2/3/4/5 Disabled on PORT0/1/2/3/4/5 SATA Power on Enabled Settings for SATA Power on PORT0/1/2/3/4/5 Power down PORT0/1/2/3/4/5 62 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
Enabled Enables or disables USB PORT USB PORT 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 Disabled 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 USB Device Wakeup From S3 Enabled Enables or disables USB Device or S4 Disabled Wakeup From S3 or S4 3.6.3.3.3 SB HD Azalia Configuration ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 63...
Enables or Disables Quiet Boot Quiet Boot Disabled Option Enables or Disables boot with Enabled initialization of a minimal set of Fast Boot Disabled devices required to launch active boot option. Has no effect for BBS boot options 64 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
If only the User's password is set, then this is a power on password and must be entered to boot or enter the BIOS setup program. In the BIOS setup program, the User will have Administrator rights. By default, no password is specified. ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 65...
ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 3.6.6 Save & Exit 3.6.6.1 Save Changes and Exit Use the save changes and reset option to save the changes made to the BIOS options and to exit the BIOS configuration setup program. 66 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
Use the Discard changes and Exit option to exit the system without saving the changes made to the BIOS configuration setup program. 3.6.6.3 Save Changes and Reset Any changes made to BIOS settings are stored in NVRAM. The setup program then exits and reboots the controller. ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 67...
Any changes made to BIOS settings during this session of the BIOS setup program are discarded. The setup program then exits and reboots the controller. 3.6.6.5 Save Changes Changes made to BIOS settings during this session are committed to NVRAM. The setup program remains active, allowing further changes. 68 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
The BIOS setup continues to be active. 3.6.6.7 Restore Defaults This option restores all BIOS settings to the factory default. This option is useful if the controller exhibits unpredictable behavior due to an incorrect or inappropriate BIOS setting. ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 69...
This option saves a copy of the current BIOS settings as the User Defaults. This option is useful for preserving custom BIOS setup configurations. 3.6.6.9 Restore as user defaults This option restores all BIOS settings to the user defaults. This option is useful for restoring previously preserved custom BIOS setup configurations. 70 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
If BIOS setup options have been changed and saved, a reboot will be required and the boot override selection will not be valid. ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 71...
ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 4. Drivers Installation Note: Installation procedures and screen shots in this section are for your reference and may not be exactly the same as shown on your screen. 72 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
If the warning message appears while the installation process, click Continue to go on. Step 2. Select Next to the next step. Step 1. Locate 「\Audio\Realtek \ALC892\setup.exe」. Step 3. Select Next to the next step. ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual 73...
Continue to go on. Step 3. Click Install to run the installation. Step 1. Locate 「Realtek\8111E」and choose your system OS. Step 4. Click Finish to complete installation Step 2. Click Next. 74 ECM-A50M B1 User’s Manual...
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