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  • Page 1 XPC User Guide For the : SS59G...
  • Page 2 Shuttle XPC EMI Test Statement Shuttle XPC have been via the EMI test in terms of series of regulations: EN55022/CISPR22/ AS/NZS3548 Class B, EN55024 (1998/AS/NZS), EN4252.1 (1994), EN61000, ANSI C63.4 (1992), CFR47 Part 15 Subpart B, and CNS13438 (1997). The items tested are illustrated as follows: (A) Voltage: AC 110V/60HZ &...
  • Page 3 133MHz P4 2.8 GHz Close 133MHz P4 2.8 GHz Open (C) Remedy for the Tested Product & Its EMI Interference: Remedy: N/A EMI Interference: Crystal : 14.318MHz(X2)/ 25MHz(X6)/ 32.768KHz(X9)/ 12MHz(X4) / 24.576MHz(X7)/ 24.576MHz(X5). Clock Generator: U4, U5 (D) Supported Host Peripherals: Host Peripheral Product Name Model Name...
  • Page 4 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Trademarks Shuttle is a registered trademark of Shuttle Inc. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. PS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation.
  • Page 5 Read the following precautions before setting up a Shuttle XPC. CAUTION Incorrectly replacing the battery may damage this computer. Replace only with the same or equivalent as recommended by Shuttle. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions. Installation Notices Do not place this device underneath heavy loads or in an unstable position.
  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Function Introduction ..................1 1.1 XPC Introduction ................... 1 1.2 Model Specifications ..................2 1.3 XPC Exterior Dissection ................3 1.3.1 XPC Front ..................... 3 1.3.2 XPC Back ..................... 4 1.4 Accessories ....................5 1.5 XPC Mainboard....................6 1.5.1 SS59G mainboard illustration ..............
  • Page 7 2.5.2 Install the Floppy Drive ................. 22 2.5.3 Install an Optical Drive ................23 2.6 Accessories Installation ................24 2.6.1 Install PCI/ AGP Card ................24 2.7 Final Touches ....................26 2.7.1 Close the Chassis Cover ..............26 2.7.2 Complete .................... 26 2.8 XPC Accessories ..................
  • Page 8: Function Introduction

    The XPC has been designed to be easily assembled and configured directly by the end user. Consumers can choose to buy preconfigured, ready-to-run XPC’ s as well~a list of Shuttle-authorized value-added resellers can be found at www. shuttle.com.
  • Page 9: Model Specifications

    < 1.2 Model Specifications Form Factor Shuttle Small Form Factor Processor 1. Intel Prescott Desktop Processors in the LGA 775 pin package with 533 / 800 MHz FSB. 2. (2004/2005 Mainstream/Value FMB - 04A/05A) Chipset Features SiS 661FX N.B. and SiS 964 S.B..
  • Page 10: Xpc Exterior Dissection

    < 1.3 XPC Exterior Dissection Note : Shuttle offers a variety of different XPC models loaded with various options. The illustration below will help familarize you with the included features in your new XPC. < 1.3.1 XPC Front 1. 5.25" Bay 2.
  • Page 11: Xpc Back

    < 1.3.2 XPC Back AC Power socket COM port VGA port FireWire® 400 port 1394 USB Ports LAN port PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard Line-In port Central / Bass Rear out(R/L) Front out (R/L) Clear CMOS button A. Wireless LAN perforation B.
  • Page 12: Accessories

    Power extension cable (1) 10. Heatsink compound (1) 11. Screws 12. Cable tie (2) 13. XPC User Guide (1) 14. RAID manual (1) Note : Bundled Accessories may differ from specified. If there are items missing, please contact your local authorized Shuttle dealer.
  • Page 13: Xpc Mainboard

    < 1.5 XPC Mainboard < 1.5.1 SS59G mainboard illustration LINE-In Connector- J4 PS/2 K/B & M/S Connector LAN & Dual USB Ports Lind-In Port 1394 & Dual USB Ports CD-In Connector- CN3 VGA & COM Ports Rear-Out/Front-Out/Center/Bass Audio Connectors Clear CMOS Button ALC655 Chip SPDIF IN/OUT Connector-JP4...
  • Page 14: Jumper Settings

    < 1.5.2 Jumper Settings Front Panel Connector (JP9/JP8) Header JP8 can be used to provide operation status signals to the front daughterboard. Note that this is an alternative header to the 50pins streamline header that also con- nects the motherboard to the front daughterboard. Headers JP9 is used to connect cable to front panel connector mounted on front-panel or back-panel.
  • Page 15: Extended Usb Connectors (Usb1/Usb3)

    Extended USB Connectors (USB1/USB3) These headers are used to connect auxillary USB devices to the mainboard. These headers are directional and will only allow USB cables to be connected in one direction. Pin Assignments (USB1/USB3): USB1/ USB3 1=GND 2=GND 3=Data+ 4=Data- 5=VCC LINE-In(J4), CD-In(CN3), Mini CD-In(CN4) Connectors...
  • Page 16: Spdif-In/Out Connector (Jp4)

    A DB25 male parallel port header is located near the rear panel of the mainboard. The header is used to connect a parallel port socket (PC8) to the mainboard. The parallel printer port can be purchased from Shuttle as an optional accessory. JP11...
  • Page 17: Xpc Installation Guide

    2 XPC Installation Guide < 2.1 Installation Note : For safety reasons, please ensure that the power cord is disconnected before opening the case. < 2.1.1 Remove the Cover 1. Unscrew the three thumbscrews. 2. Slide the cover backwards and upwards.
  • Page 18: Remove The Rack

    < 2.1.2 Remove the Rack 1. Unfasten the rack mount screws. 2. Remove the rack. 3. Unscrew and remove the front bay covers. Rack Note : There are 2 screws on each side of the mounting rack.
  • Page 19: Cpu And Ice Installation

    < 2.2 CPU and ICE Installation < 2.2.1 Remove the ICE Module 1. Unfasten the ICE fan thumbscrews on the back of the chassis. 2. Unplug the fan power connector. 3. Unfasten the four attachment screws.
  • Page 20 4. Remove the ICE module from the chassis and put it aside. ICE Heat-Pipe Module Smart Fan Heat-pipe Smart Fan Power Connector...
  • Page 21: Install The Cpu

    < 2.2.2 Install the CPU Note : This 775 pin socket is fragile and easily damaged. Always use extreme care when installing a CPU and limit the number of times that you remove or change the CPU. 1. Remove the protective cover. 2.
  • Page 22 3. Orientate the CPU and socket, aligning the yellow triangle on the corner of the CPU with the triangle on the socket. Making sure the CPU is perfectly horizontal, insert the CPU into the socket. Close the load plate, lower the CPU socket lever and lock in place. 4.
  • Page 23: Install The Ice Module

    < 2.2.3 Install the ICE Module 1. Place the ICE the module on top of the CPU and align the spring loaded screws with the mainboard mounting holes. 2. Screw the ICE module to the mainboard. Note to press down on the opposite diagonal corner while tightening each screw.
  • Page 24: Ddr Installation

    4. Fasten the Smart Fan to the chassis with the four thumbscrews. < 2.3 DDR Installation Memory Configuration : Install memory in any or all of the banks according to the combinations shown below. TOTAL 2 DIMM up to 2GB and 1GB per DIMM Density 64 Mbit 128 Mbit...
  • Page 25 Install a DDR module in DIMM1/DIMM2. 1. Unlock the DIMM latch. 2. Align the DDR module's cutout with the DIMM slot notch. Slide the DDR module into the DIMM slot. Cutout Notch Latch Latch 3. Check that the latches are closed, and the DDR module is firmly installed.
  • Page 26: Cable And Rack Installation

    < 2.4 Cable and Rack Installation < 2.4.1 Install the FDD Cable 1. Plug the FDD cable in the FDD Pin1 (white line) header (FDD1). 2. Fold the FDD cable under the power supply. Pin 1 (white line) Pin1 3. Fix the FDD cable to the power and chassis rail with the supplied adhesive tape. Adhesive...
  • Page 27: Install The Rack

    4. Loosen the purse lock and separate the IDE HDD/FDD power cable. Purse lock FDD Power Cable Serial ATA Power Cable < 2.4.2 Install the Rack 1. Place the HDD and FDD in the rack and secure with screws from the side. Screws (FDD) Screws (HDD) Note : Please make sure to secure the screws on each side.
  • Page 28 2. Place the rack in the chassis. 3. Refasten the rack. 4. Place the power cables in the rack clip located on the underside of the rack mount then loosen the purse lock and separate the Optical Drive power cable. Purse lock Rack Clip...
  • Page 29: Peripheral Installation

    < 2.5 Peripheral Installation < 2.5.1 Install the Serial ATA HDD 1. Connect the Serial ATA and power cables to the HDD. Serial ATA Power Cable Serial ATA Cable < 2.5.2 Install the Floppy Drive 1. Connect the FDD and power cables to the Floppy drive.
  • Page 30: Install An Optical Drive

    < 2.5.3 Install an Optical Drive 1. Slide the optical drive into the chassis. 2. Fasten the four side screws. Screws (Optical Drive) . Plug the optical drive cable and power cable into the optical drive. Optical Drive Cable Optical Drive Power Cable...
  • Page 31: Accessories Installation

    < 2.6 Accessories Installation < 2.6.1 Install PCI/ AGP Card 1. A PCI/AGP card will be used to demonstrate the installation procedure. Unfasten expansion slot bracket screws. AGP slot PCI slot Remove the back panel bracket and put the bracket aside. Lift up Slot Bracket...
  • Page 32 3. Install the PCI card into the PCI slot. 4. As shown Install the AGP card into the AGP slot. 5. Secure the bracket.
  • Page 33: Final Touches

    < 2.7 Final Touches < 2.7.1 Close the Chassis Cover 1. Replace the cover and refasten the thumbscrews. < 2.7.2 Complete...
  • Page 34: Xpc Accessories

    < 2.8 XPC Accessories Shuttle offers over 25 great upgrade and modding kits for your XPC. Visit our website at http://www.shuttle.com for more information or speak to your local retailer. < 2.9 Tech Support Shuttle Inc. http://www.shuttle.com Tech Support http://global.shuttle.com/Support/Support.asp Download http://global.shuttle.com/Download/Download.asp...
  • Page 35: Driver And Software Installation

    Install Utility - Install Acrobat Reader, WinFlash Utility. Manual - SS59G user's guide and RAID manual in PDF format. Link to Shuttle Homepage - Link to shuttle website homepage. Browse this CD - Allows you to see contents of this CD.
  • Page 36: Install Mainboard Software

    Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive. The CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainb-oard Software Setup screen. Click the “Install Main-board Software“ bar. Individually install the following drivers.
  • Page 37: Appendix

    Appendix BIOS Settings The SS59G BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify basic system configuration. This information is stored in battery-backed RAM so that it re- tains Setup information even if the system power is turned off. The system BIOS manages and executes a variety of hardware related functions including: System date and time...
  • Page 38: The Main Menu

    The Main Menu Once you enter the AwardBIOS(tm) CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter>...
  • Page 39 Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your power management settings. PnP / PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP / PCI. PC Health Status This entry displays the current system temperature, Voltage, and FAN settings. Frequency/Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control.
  • Page 40: Standard Cmos Features

    Standard CMOS Features The items in the Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories. Each category includes none, 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.
  • Page 41 Video Select the default video device. Ø The choice: EGA/VGA, CGA 40, CGA 80, or MONO. Halt On Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you. Ø The choice: All Errors, No Errors, or All, But Keyboard. Base Memory Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up.
  • Page 42 Access Mode Choose the access mode for this hard disk. Ø The choice: CHS, LBA, Large, or Auto. Capacity Disk drive capacity (Approximated). Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program. Ø...
  • Page 43: Advanced Bios Features

    Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You have the opportunity to select the system's default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing, and security. CPU Feature Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. Delay prior to Thermal This sets the delay time before the CPU enters auto thermal mode.
  • Page 44 Limit CPUID MaxVal Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3,Should Be "Disabled" for WinXp. Ø The Choice: Disabled or Enabled. Note: Some older O.S.'s (Win98,WinMe..) cannot handle a CPUID MaxVal greater than 3. Please choose "Enabled" if you use one of those O.S. If your O.S. is WinXP or Win2000, we suggest you "Disabled"...
  • Page 45 timize your system by two CUPs supported(one virtual, one physical) in a multi-task environment. Ø The choice: Enabled, or Disabled. Quick Power On Self Test This item speeds up Power-On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer. If it is set to enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.
  • Page 46 System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered promptly. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered promptly. Ø...
  • Page 47: Advanced Chipset Features

    Advanced Chipset Features This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache. It also coordinates communica- tions between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus.
  • Page 48 RAS Active Time(tRAS) Ø The Choice: 4T, 5T, 6T, 7T, 8T or 9T. RAS Precharge Time(tRP) Ø The Choice: 2T, 3T, 4T or 5T. RAS to CAS Delay(tRCD) Ø The Choice: 2T, 3T, 4T or 5T. APG & P2P Bridge Control Options are in its sub-menu.
  • Page 49 System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching for the system BIOS ROM at F0000h- FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program is written to this memory area, a system error may result. Ø The Choice: Enabled or Disabled. Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video RAM, resulting in better system performance.
  • Page 50: Integrated Peripherals

    Integrated Peripherals SIS Onboard IDE Device Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. Internal PCI/IDE This chipset contains and internal PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Ø The choice: Disabled, Primary, Secondary, or Both. IDE Primary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface...
  • Page 51 SIS Onboard PCI Device Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. SIS USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have USB peripherals. Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled. USB 2.0 Supports Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus 2.0 con- troller and you have USB peripherals.
  • Page 52 Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine onbaord parallet port controller I/O address setting. Ø The Choice: 378/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7 or Disabled. Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel(printer) port. Select Normal,Compatible, or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other avaukable modes.
  • Page 53: Power Management Setup

    Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively saving energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. ACPI Function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI) Ø...
  • Page 54 either Suspend or Standby modes. All Modes --> Off Monitor is blanked when the system enters any power saving mode. Ø The choice: Always On, Suspend ->Off, Susp,stby -> Off, or All Modes -> Off. Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. V/H SYNC+Blank: This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.
  • Page 55 PM Wake Up Events Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. IRQ [3-7, 9-15], NMI When enabled, any event occurring at IRQs 3 through 15 (excluding IRQ 8) will awaken a system, which has been powered down. Ø...
  • Page 56 Month Alarm This is for specifying the alarm month which system will awaken the system from suspend mode. Ø The choice: NA, 1 ~ 12. Day of Month Alarm This item selects the alarm date. Ø Key in a DEC number: Min=0, Max=31. Time (hh : mm : ss) Alarm This item selects the alarm Time.
  • Page 57: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes the configuration of PCI bus system. PCI or Personal Computer Interconnection is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at the speed CPU itself keeps when CPU communicat- ing with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items, and it is strongly recom- mended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.
  • Page 58: Pc Health Status

    IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15 assigned This item allows you to determine the IRQ assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot. Legacy ISA for devices is compliant with the original PC AT bus specification;...
  • Page 59 Note: Before manually modifying the CPU fan setting, please make sure fan connectors are plug into the correct fan connector designations on the mainboard. CPU Temp Tag Enabled 3 phase smart control to the Selected fan. This feature ranges from 25 C to 75 C, in an increment of 1 The default temperature is at 60...
  • Page 60: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to adjust CPU Ratio. Min: 8X Max: 50X Ø Key in a DEC number: (Between Min and Max.) Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk This item allows you to enable/disable auto detection DIMM/PCI Clock. Ø...
  • Page 61: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    CPU: DRAM Frequency Ratio This item allows you to adjust CPU and DRAM Ratio. Ø The choice: SPD, 1:1, 3:4, 3:5, 1:2. DRAM Frequency This item show DRAM frequency. Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press <Enter> on this item, you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing 'Y' loads the BIOS default values for the most stable,...
  • Page 62: Set Password

    Set Password This item is to set a supervisor password. Please follow below steps. New Password Setting: 1. Press the <Enter> key. A dialog box appears to ask you to “Enter password: “. 2. Key in a new password. The password can not be over eight characters or numbers. 3.
  • Page 63: Save & Exit Setup

    Save & Exit Setup Press <Enter> on this item to save your changes. The system will ask for confirmation : system Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing "Y" stores the selections made in the menus of CMOS - a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off.
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