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  • Page 1 USER ’ MANUAL...
  • Page 2 Copyright Notice PC-420 EMBEDDED CPU CARD OPERATION MANUAL COPYRIGHT NOTICE This operation manual is meant to assist both Embedded Computer manu- facturers and end users in installing and setting up the system. The infor- mation contained in this document is subject to change without any notice.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1 About This Manual ..........1-2 System Specification ..........1-3 Safety Precautions ..….......... CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION 2-1 Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table ..2-2 Component Locations ........… 2-3 How to Set Jumpers ..........
  • Page 4 Contents CHAPTER 4 GREEN PC FUNCTION 4-1 Power Saving Block Diagram ......4-2 CPU Doze Mode ..........4-3 System Standby Mode ......... 4-4 System Suspend Mode ........CHAPTER 5 AWARD BIOS SETUP 5-1 Introduction ............5-2 Entering Setup ............. 5-3 The Standard CMOS Setup Menu .......
  • Page 5 Contents...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction

    CHAPTER INTRODUCTION This chapter gives you the information for PC-420. It also outlines the System specification. Sections include: About This Manual System Specifications Safety precautions Experienced users can skip to chapter 2 on page 2-1 for Quick Start. Page:1-1...

  • Page 7: About This Manual

    Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL Thank you for purchasing our PC-420 Embedded CPU Card, PC / AT compatible. The PC-420 provides faster processing speed, greater expan- dibility and can handle more task than before. This manual is designed to assist you how to install and set up the system.

  • Page 8: System Specification

    Support Green Function . Support S/IO Setup. KEYBOARD CONNECTOR : PC/AT type mini DIN connector. Support PC/AT, PS/2 Keyboard . 5 pin External keyboard connector. BUS SUPPORT : External ISA BUS. Internal PCI Bus, for IDE. PC-104 BUS. Page: 1-3 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...
  • Page 9 Hardware support by switch control. LED INDICATOR : System power. Hard Disk access. Turbo and green function mode. PC-104 BUS EXPANSION & SPEED : 8MHz PC-104 8MHz PCI Bus 33MHz DMA CONTROLLER : 82C37 x 2 Page: 1-4 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...
  • Page 10 DC Voltage: +5V, minimum +4.75V, maximum 5.25V. DC Ampere: 5A. DC Voltage: +12V, minimum +11.4V, maximum 12.6V. DC Ampere: 500mA. BOARD DIMENSION : 7.2"(L) x 4.8"(W) ( 185mm x 122mm ) BOARD WEIGHT : 0.24 Kg. Page: 1-5 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 11: Safety Precautions

    And always disconnect power from your system when you work off. 3. Disconnect the power when you change any configurations. Because when you connect a jumper or install any cards, the sudden of power may damage the electric components. Page: 1-6 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 12: Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration

    CHAPTER HARDWARE CONFIGURATION ** QUICK START ** Helpful informations detail you the jumper & connector settings, and components locations. Sections include: Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table Components Locations Configuration and jumper settings Connector Pin Assignments Page 2-1...

  • Page 13: Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table

    Floppy Disk Connector .......... Printer Connector ........... External Speaker Connector ........COM1 Connector ........... COM1 COM2 Connector ........... COM2 Keyboard Connector ..........External Keyboard Connector ....... EXKB PC/104 Connector ..........104AB PC/104 Connector ..........104CD Power Connector ........... Page: 2-2 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 14: Component Locations

    Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-2 COMPONENT LOCATIONS PC-420 Connector ,Jumper and Component locations PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 2-3...

  • Page 15: How To Set Jumpers

    PIN1 & PIN2 to create one setting and shorting. You can either connect PIN2 & PIN3 to create another setting. The same jumper diagrams are applied all through this manual. The figure below shows what the manual diagrams look and what they represent. Page: 2-4 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...
  • Page 16 Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration JUMPER DIAGRAMS JUMPER SETTINGS PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 2-5...

  • Page 17: Hard Disk Driver Led

    CPU TYPE CLOCK ILLUSTRATION SX-25, DX/2-50, 25 MHz Open Open Open DX4/-75 SX-33, DX-33, 33 MHz Closed Closed Open DX/2-66,DX/4-100 AMD5x86-133, Cyrix5x86-100 SX-40, DX-40, 40 MHz Closed Open Open DX/2-80 Cyrix5x86-120 *** Manufactory default --- 33MHz Page: 2-6 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 18: Com2 For Rs-232/422/485 Selection

    COM 2 RS-232 RS-422 RS-485 Function Jumper setting 9-10 9-10 (pin closed) 11-12 11-12 13-14 13-14 15-16 17-18 Jumper illustration Jumper 9-10 9-10 Setting 11-12 11-12 (pin closed) Jumper illustration *** Manufactory default --- RS-232. PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 2-7...

  • Page 19: Reset Connector

    Ground Keyboard INT Ground 2-10 CPU VOLTAGE SELECTION JP8 : CPU Voltage Selection The jumper settings are as follow : JUMPER SETTING JUMPER VOLTAGE ILLUSTRATION 3.3V Open Closed Closed Open *** Manufactory default --- 3.3V Page: 2-8 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 20: Green Function Switch Connector

    2-12 CACHE SIZE SELECTION JP11 : Cache Size Selection The jumper settings are as follow : Jumper Setting Cache Size Jumper illustration Open Open 128K Open Closed 256K Closed Closed 512K *** Manufactory default --- 256K Cache. PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 2-9...

  • Page 21: Cpu Type Selection

    11-12 11-12 9-11 9-11 Jumper 13-15 13-15 15-16 15-16 8-10 setting 14-16 14-16 19-21 17-18 11-12 (pin closed) 19-20 19-21 22-24 19-21 13-15 22-24 22-24 25-26 22-24 14-16 25-26 25-26 19-21 23-24 25-26 Jumper illustration Page: 2-10 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...
  • Page 22 14-16 15-17 11-12 (pin closed) 14-16 13-15 15-17 14-16 15-17 19-21 14-16 19-21 19-21 14-16 23-24 19-21 22-24 23-24 19-21 25-26 23-24 25-26 25-26 23-24 25-26 25-26 Jumper illustration *** Manufactory default --- Intel DX\DX2\DX4 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 2-11...

  • Page 23: Hard Disk Drive Connector

    Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-14 HARD DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR HDD : Hard Disk Connector The HDD disk pin assignments are as follow : ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT REST IORDY IRQ14 IO16 HDLED Page: 2-12 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 24: Floppy Disk Drive Connector

    34-pin flat cable to attach the FDD on the board, the other side is to attach two FDDs. The pin assignments are as follow : ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT RATE0 INDEX MTR0 DRV1 DRV0 MTR1 STEP WDATA WGATE TRK0 WRPTR RDATA DSKCHG PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 2-13...

  • Page 25: Printer Connector

    As to link the Printer to the card, you need a cable to connect both DB25 connector and parallel port. The pin assignments are as follow : ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT AUTFE ERROR INIT SLCTIN BUSY SLCT Page: 2-14 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 26: External Speaker Connector

    2-17 EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONNECTOR SPK : external speaker connector The SPK pin assignment are as follow: ASSIGNMENT SPK Signal 2-18 COM1 CONNECTOR COM1 : COM1 Connector, DB9 male connector The COM1 Connector assignments are as follow : ASSIGNMENT PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 2-15...

  • Page 27: Com2 Connector

    The COM2 Connector assignments are as follow : ASSIGNMENT RS-232 RS-422 RS-485 DATA- DATA+ RTS- RTS+ CTS+ CTS- 2-20 KEYBOARD CONNECTOR DIN : Keyboard Connector The DIN connector assignments are as follow : ASSIGNMENT KBDATA KBCLK Page: 2-16 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 28: External Keyboard Connector

    2-21 EXTERNAL KEYBOARD CONNECTOR EXTB : External Keyboard Connector The pin assignments are as follow : ASSIGNMENT KBCLK KBDATA 2-22 POWER CONNECTOR PWR : Power Connector The pin assignments are as follow : ASSIGNMENT +12V -12V PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 2-17...

  • Page 29: Memory Installing

    Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-23 MEMORY INSTALLING The PC-420 CPU Card can support 4 DRAM banks ,bank 0 and bank 4 in two pcs 72 pin SIMM sockets on board. SIMM 1,2 for single & double Bank DRAM module Note:...

  • Page 30: Chapter 3 Watchdog Timer Configuration

    CHAPTER WATCHDOG TIMER CONFIGURATION This chapter inform you the watchdog timer concisely.It shows you how to configure the watchdog-timer function. Sections include: Watchdog Timer Configuration Page: 3-1...
  • Page 31 I/O port 441H , the system will run the command to stop the Watchdog function. The PC-420 watchdog function, You must write your program so when it write I/O port address 443 for enable watchdog and write I/O port address 043 for disable watchdog.

  • Page 32: Chapter 4 Green Pc Function

    CHAPTER GREEN PC FUNCTION This chapter gives you the concise information for Green PC Function. Sections include: Power Saving Block Diagram CPU Doze Mode System STANDBY Mode System SUSPEND Mode Page: 4-1...

  • Page 33: Power Saving Block Diagram

    3. Flash LED to indicate power saving status. 4. Level 1 cache are disabled. 5. VGA monitor displays blank screen. 6. Fixed disk driver motor will be spin off. 7. Any activity occurs, system will exit from Standby mode to On mode. Page: 4-2 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 34: System Suspend Mode

    6. Fixed disk driver motor will be spin off. 7. Monitor activity according to the setting of Advanced Setup. 8. When system in Suspend mode, only Keyboard / Mouse / Alarm resume can wakeup system. PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 4-3...
  • Page 35 Chapter 4 Green PC Function Page: 4-4 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 36: Chapter 5 Award Bios Setup

    CHAPTER AWARD BIOS SETUP This chapter states out how to set up the Award BIOS. Sections include: Introduction Entering Setup The Award BIOS Setup The Standard CMOS Setup The BIOS Features Setup The Chipset Features Setup Power Management Setup Load BIOS defaults IDE HDD Auto Detection Save Setup Page: 5-1...

  • Page 37: Introduction

    5-1. INTRODUCTION This chapter will show you the function of a BIOS in managing the features of your system. The PC-420 Embedded Card is equipped with the BIOS for system chipset from Award Software Inc. This page briefly explains the function of a BIOS in managing the special features of your system.

  • Page 38: Entering Setup

    POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ↑↓→← Esc : Quit :SELECT ITEM F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2 : Change Color Time, Date, Hard Disk Type..Setup program initial screen PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-3...

  • Page 39: The Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    Since you have not yet set the time and date, the date displayed is probably incorrect. Information on each item is Page: 5-4 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...
  • Page 40 If the controller of HDD interface is ESDI, the selection shall be "Type 1". If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be "None" If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, the selection shall be "None" PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-5...
  • Page 41 The option are 360KB 5.25in, 1.2KB 5.25in, 720KB 3.5in, 1.44MB 3.5in, 2.88MB 3.5in and None. Not Installed could be used as an option for diskless workstations. VIDEO: Options are Monochrome, Color 40, VGA/EGA, Color 80. Page: 5-6 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...
  • Page 42 1023 1024 65535 1023 1024 65535 1023 1024 65535 1023 1024 65535 1023 1024 65535 1023 65535 1023 65535 1024 65535 1023 1024 65535 1023 65535 65535 65335 User Defined Award Hard Disk Type Table PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-7...

  • Page 43: The Bios Features Setup

    F1 key. A Windows will appear on your screen detailing the various options available for each item. A brief introduction of each setting in the BIOS FEATURES SETUP program is given below. Page: 5-8 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...
  • Page 44 BIOS encounters a parity error it will be ignored. We re-commend that you always enable the item in order to ensure that the memory is good each time you turn your PC on. PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-9...
  • Page 45 Do not type anything and just press <Enter>, it will disable security. Once the security is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely. Page: 5-10 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 46: Chipset Feature Setup

    Set this option to Disabled to manually set DRAM, cache and I/O bus clock operating parameters. DRAM TIMING OPTION: The number of wait states added on reads to DRAM. Fewer wait states improve performance. PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-11...

  • Page 47: Power Management Setup

    Power Management Setup This category determines how much power consumption for system after selecting below items. Default value is Disable. Having made all the settings above, press < Esc > to return to the main menu. Page: 5-12 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...
  • Page 48 STANDBY mode. This options as following: From 30 Sec to 2 Hours or Disabled. SUSPEND MODE TIMER: Sets the time interval after system inactivity when the system enters SUSPEND mode. This options as following: From 30 Sec to 2 Hours or Disabled. PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-13...

  • Page 49: Load Bios Defaults

    Choose this item and the following message appears: Load SETUP Default (Y/N)?Y To use the SETUP defaults, change the prompt to "Y" and press <Enter> The CMOS is load automatically form SETUP default values: Page: 5-14 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 50: Password Setting

    Setup. If you select Setup at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup. PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-15...

  • Page 51: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    If HDD does not support LBA mode, ‘LBA’ option will be shown. If no of cylinders is less then or equal to 1024, no ‘LARGE’ option will be shown. User can select a mode which is appropriate for then. Page: 5-16 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...
  • Page 52 The maximum HDD size supported by LBA mode is 8.4 Gigabyte which is obtained by the following formula: no. Cylinder (1024) x no. Head ( 255) x no. Sector ( 63) x no. Per sector ( 512) --------------------------------------- Total: 8.4 Giga byte PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-17...
  • Page 53 All these softwares are located in the Award HDD Service Routine (INT 13h). It may be failed to access a HDD with LBA(LARGE) mode selected if you are running under a Operating System which replaces the whole INT 13h. Page: 5-18 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 54: Save Setup

    <Del> key during boot up. If wish to cancel any changes you have made, select EXIT WITHOUT SAVING and the original setting stored in the CMOS will be retained. PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-19...
  • Page 55 Chapter 5 Award BIOS Setup Page: 5-20 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 56: Appendix A Expansion Bus

    APPENDIX EXPANSION BUS This appendix indicates you the pin assignments. Sections include: PC-104 Connector Pin Assignment ISA BUS Pin Assignment Page: A-1...
  • Page 57 LA18 +12V DACK0 LA17 KEY PIN IOCHRDY DRQ0 MEMR SIOW DACK5 MEMW SIOR DRQ5 DACK6 DRQ6 DACK3 DACK7 DRQ3 DRQ7 DACK1 DRQ1 MASTER REFSH KEY PIN IRQ7 IRQ6 IRQ5 IRQ4 IRQ3 DACK2 BALE KEY PIN Page: A-2 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...
  • Page 58 SA16 DRQ7 SD12 -DRQ3 SA15 SD13 -DACK1 SA14 -MASTER SD14 -DRQ1 SA13 SD15 -REFRESH SA12 BCLK SA11 IRQ7 SA10 IRQ6 SA09 IRQ5 SA08 IRQ4 SA07 IRQ3 SA06 -DACK2 SA05 SA04 BALE SA03 SA02 SA01 SA00 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: A-3...
  • Page 59 APPENDIX TECHNICAL SUMMARY This section introduce you the maps concisely. Sections include: Interrupt Map RTC & CMOS RAM Map Timer & DMA Channels Map I / O & Memory Map Page: B-1...

  • Page 60: Appendix B Technical Summary

    Keyboard output buffer full Cascade for IRQ 8-15 Serial port 2 Serial port 1 Parallel port 2 Floppy Disk adapter Parallel port 1 RTC clock Available Available Available Available Math coprocessor Hard Disk adapter Available Page: B-2 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 61: Rtc & Cmos Ram Map

    Extension memory low byte Extension memory high byte 19-2d 2E-2F Reserved for extension memory low byte Reserved for extension memory high byte Date Century byte Information Flag 34-3F Reserve 40-7f Reserved for Chipset Setting Data PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: B-3...

  • Page 62: Timer & Dma Channels Map

    Timer Channel Assignment System timer interrupt DRAM Refresh request Speaker tone generator DMA Channel Map : DMA Channel Assignment Available IBM SDLC Floppy Disk adapter Channel-3 Available Cascade for DMA controller 1 Available Available Available Page: B-4 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 63: I/O & Memory Map

    278-27F Parallel port-2 2B0-2DF Graphics adapter controller 2F8-2FF Serial port-2 360-36F Net work ports 378-37F Parallel port-1 3B0-3BF Monochrome & Printer adapter 3C0-3CF EGA adapter 3D0-3DF CGA adapter 3F0-3F7 Floppy disk controller 3F8-3FF Serial port-1 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: B-5...
  • Page 64 Appendix B Technical Summary Page: B-6 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

  • Page 65: Appendix C Trouble Shooting

    APPENDIX TROUBLE SHOOTING This section outlines the errors may occur when you operate the system, also gives you the suggestions on solving the problems. Sections include: Trouble Shooting for Error Messages Trouble Shooting for POST Code...
  • Page 66 When you can‘t find the boot device, insert a system disk into Drive A and press < Enter >. Make sure both the controller and cables are all in proper positions, also make sure the disk is formatted correct device. Then reboot the system. Page: C-2 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...
  • Page 67 Memory has been added or removed since the last boot. In EISA mode use Configuration Utility to re-configure the memory configuration. In ISA mode enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields. PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: C-3...
  • Page 68 Press any key and the system will reboot. SYSTEM HALTED : Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must be rebooted. Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL. Page: C-4 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...
  • Page 69 C5 : Copy the BIOS from ROM into E0000-FFFFF shadow RAM so that POST will go faster. 08 : Test the first 256K DRAM. 09 : 1. Program the configuration register of Cyrix CPU according to the MODBINable Cyrix Register Table. 2. OEM specific cache initialization (if needed). PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: C-5...
  • Page 70 -CPU brand, type & speed. -Test system BIOS checksum (Non-compress Version only). 0F : DMA channel 0 test. 10 : DMA channel 1 test. 11 : DMA page registers test. 14 : Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter2. Page: C-6 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...
  • Page 71 MODBINable Auto-Table. 41 : Initialize floppy disk drive controller. 42 : Initialize Hard drive controller. 43 : If it is a PnP BIOS, initialize serial & parallel ports. 45 : Initialize math coprocessor. PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: C-7...
  • Page 72 Note : if L2 cache is already turned on in POST 3D, this part will be skipped. 2. Set the boot up speed according to Setup setting. 3. Last chance for Chipset initialization. 4. Last chance for Power Management initialization (Green BIOS only). 5. Show the system configuration table. Page: C-8 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...
  • Page 73 (PnP BIOS only). 2. Clear memory that have been used. 3. Boot system via INT 19H. FF : System Booting. this means that the BIOS already pass the control right to the operating system. PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: C-9...
  • Page 74 Appendix C Trouble Shooting Page: C-10 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...
  • Page 75 Appendix C Trouble Shooting PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: C-11...
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  • Page 79 Appendix C Trouble Shooting PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: C-15...
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  • Page 81 Appendix C Trouble Shooting PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL Page: C-17...
  • Page 82 Appendix C Trouble Shooting PRINTED IN TAIWAN Page: C-18 PC-420 USER‘S MANUAL...

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