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Giantec GT-460 User Manual

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  • Page 1 GT-460/461 All-in-One 486 w/VGA w/ETHERNET w/Flash Disk, Half-Size User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 @ Copyright 1998 All Right Reserved The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to improve reliability, design and function and does not represent commitment on the part of the manufacturer. In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or the possibility of such damages.
  • Page 3 Check List Before getting started, please check if the 486 All-in-One Single Board Computer package includes the following items: 486 All-in-One board x 1pc VGA Driver & Utility diskette x 4 pc Ethernet driver & utility diskette x 1 pc Updating BIOS Utility diskette x 1 pc Keyboard/Mouse adapter x 1pc FDD cable x 1 pc...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Specifications………………………………………… 1-1 Chapter 2. Jumpers and Connectors 2.1 Jumpers setting……………………………………… 2-2 2.2 Connectors……………………………………………. 2-4 Chapter 3. Installations 3.1 Installing the SIMMs.……………………………….. 3.2 Installing the CPU……………………………………. 3-1 3.3 Completing the Installation…………………………. 3-2 Chapter 4. Award BIOS Setup 4.1 Entering Setup……………………………………….
  • Page 5 Appendix A. Watchdog Timer Appendix B. Connectors’ Pin Assignment Appendix C. Installing Disk On Chip Appendix D. Updating BIOS Appendix E. I/O address map Appendix F. memory address map Appendix G. Ethernet Software Configuration Appendix H. Mechanical drawing...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1. Introduction

    User’s Guide Chapter 1 Introduction The 486 all-in-One Single Board Computer comes equipped with either Intel / AMD / Cyrix / SGS Thomson 80486 CPU series. Also included on-board are CHIPS 65550 VGA GUI Accelerator controller, Ethernet controller, one socket for Flash Disk, two serial RS-232 ports (one for RS232 / RS422 / RS485), enhanced bi-directional parallel port, PCI enhanced IDE hard disk drive interface, floppy disk controller and watchdog timer.
  • Page 7 User’s Guide . Memory: Supports FPM/EDO DRAM module. Supports on board 4 MB DRAM and one 72-pin SIMM sockets, Or two 72-pin SIMM sockets accept 1,2,4,8,16 or 32 MB SIMM module. . Chipset: System Chipset: ALI M1487/M1489 I/O Chipset: SMC 37C669 .
  • Page 8 User’s Guide . Watchdog Timer: Can generate a system RESET, The timer interval is 0 ~ 63 sec (14 level) . Keyboard Connector: One 6 pin Mini_Din connector is located on the mounting bracket One pin header connector for external keyboard adapter .

  • Page 9: Chapter 2. Jumpers And Connectors

    User’s Guide Chapter 2 Jumpers and Connectors Figure below shows the jumpers’ and connectors’ location on the 486 All-in- One board. Jumpers & Connectors...

  • Page 10: Jumpers Setting

    User’s Guide 2.1 Jumpers Setting Speaker/Keylock/Reset/Turbo/LED (J1) Internal buzzer External speaker (remove 1-3) Power LED, Pin 2+, Pin6- Keylock 8-10 System reset switch 11-12 Turbo Switch 13-14 Turbo LED, Pin16+, Pin15- 15-16 HDD LED, Pin18+, Pin17- 17-18 External keyboard (J5) Keyboard clock Keyboard data No Connect...
  • Page 11 User’s Guide CMOS clear (JP1, 9-10) Closed this jumper, power on system 1minute then power off, Remove this jumper LCD Panel Voltage Select (JP3, JP5) 3.3V Panel Interface close 5.0V Panel Interface open LCD Panel Type Select (JP6) 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 four jumpers to select up to 16-type panel Flat Panel Clock Select (JP2) Invert Clock...

  • Page 12: Connectors

    User’s Guide Ethernet LED (J2) Link LED 3(cathode), 4(anode) Receive LED 1(cathode), 2(anode) 2.2 Connectors The connectors allow the CPU card to connect with other parts of the system. Some problems encountered with your system may be caused by loose or improper connections.

  • Page 13: Installing The Simms

    User’s Guide Chapter 3 Installation This chapter describes the procedures for installing the 486 All-in-One board into your system. The following is a list of typical peripherals required to build a minimum system: Passive backplane (optional) Power supply IBM PC/AT keyboard Display monitor Floppy or hard disk with MS-DOS or Flash Disk emulator 3.1 Installing the SIMMs...
  • Page 14 User’s Guide NOTE: the color of pin one is usually red or blue, while others are gray Turn on the power. Installation...

  • Page 15: Chapter 4. Award Bios Setup

    User’s Guide Chapter 4 AWARD BIOS Setup 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- backed RAM (CMOS RAM) so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.
  • Page 16 User’s Guide Control Keys 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 Esc key Main Menu -- Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu - - Exit current page and return to Main Menu PgUp/ “+”...
  • Page 17 User’s Guide Getting Help Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item.

  • Page 18: The Main Menu

    User’s Guide The Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup func- tions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter>...

  • Page 19: Chipset Features Setup

    User’s Guide Chipset features setup This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features. See Page 4-16 for details. Power Management setup This category determines how much power consumption for the system after selecting the items below. Default value is Disable. See Page 4-19 to Page 4-23 for details.
  • Page 20 User’s Guide HDD low level format This stands for hard disk low level format utility. See Page 4-31 to Page 4-32 for details. Save & exit setup Saves the CMOS value changes to CMOS and exits setup. Exit without save Abandons all the CMOS value changes and exits setup.
  • Page 21 User’s Guide Standard CMOS Setup Menu The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, 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 for each item.
  • Page 22 User’s Guide Time The time format is <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated based on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. Primary Master/Primary Slave This category identifies the types of the channel that has been installed in the computer.
  • Page 23 User’s Guide Drive A type/Drive B type This category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer. None No floppy drive installed 360K,5.25 in 5-1/4 inch PC-type standard drive; 360 kilobyte capac- 1.2M, 5.25 in 5-1/4 inch AT-type high-density drive;...
  • Page 24 User’s Guide Error halt This category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up. All errors The system boot will not be stopped for any error that may be detected. No errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system will be stopped and you will be prompted.
  • Page 25 User’s Guide BIOS Features Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled C8000-CFFFF Shadow : Disabled External Cache Enabled D0000-D7FFF Shadow : Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Disabled D8000-DFFFF Shadow : Disabled...
  • Page 26 User’s Guide CPU Internal Cache/External Cache These two categories speed up memory access. The default value is En- able. If your CPU does not have Internal Cache then this item “CPU Inter- nal Cache” will not be shown. Enabled Enable cache Disabled Disable cache Quick Power On Self Test...
  • Page 27 User’s Guide Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to determine the default state of numeric keypad. By default, the system boots up with NumLock on. Keypad is number keys Keypad is arrow keys Boot Up System Speed It selects the default system speed - the speed that the system will run immediately after power up.
  • Page 28 User’s Guide Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) When the typematic rate is enabled, this selection allows you select the rate at which the keys are accelerated. 6 characters per second 8 characters per second 10 characters per second 12 characters per second 15 characters per second 20 characters per second 24 characters per second...
  • Page 29 User’s Guide PCI / VGA Palette Snoop It determines whether the MPEG ISA / VESA VGA cards can work with PCI / VGA or not. Enabled Wen PCI/VGA working with MPEG ISA/VESA VGA card. Disabled Wen PCI/VGA not working with MPEG ISA/VESA VGA card.
  • Page 30 User’s Guide Chipset Features Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC. Auto Configuration : Enabled AT-BUS Clock : CLK/4 DRAM Read Timing : Normal DRAM Write Timing : Normal SRAM Read Timing : 3-2-2-2 SRAM Write Timing : 0 Wait Hidden Refresh : Disabled...
  • Page 31 User’s Guide Memory Hole(15M-16M) In order to improve performance, certain space in memory can be re- served for ISA cards. This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB. Enabled Memory hole supported. Disabled Memory hole not supported. ISA I/O recovery time The recovery time is the length of time which the system will delay after the completion of an input / output request.
  • Page 32 User’s Guide Integrated Peripherals Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERIALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC. On-Chip Local Bus IDE : Enabled IDE Buffer for DOS & Win : Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled...

  • Page 33: Power Management Setup

    User’s Guide Power Management Setup The Power management setup will appear on your screen like this: ROM PCI/ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Power Management : Disable IRQ5 (LPT 2) : ON PM Control by APM : Yes IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) : ON Video Off Option...
  • Page 34 User’s Guide item Options Descriptions A. Power 1. Disable Global Power Management will be Management disabled. 2.User Define Users can configure their own power management. 3. Min Saving Pre-defined timer values are used so that all timers are in their MAX value. 4.
  • Page 35 User’s Guide Item Options Descriptions E. MODEM This set the IRQ number that modem Use IRQ You can choose the IRQ no. by yourself. F.HDD Power 1. Disable HDD’s motor will not be off. Down (#)Remark 2 2. 1 Min Defines the continuous HDD idle time 2 Min before the HDD enters the power saving...
  • Page 36 User’s Guide Item Options Descriptions H. Standby Mode 1. Disable System will never enter STANDBY (*)Remark 1 mode. 2. 10 Sec Defines the continuous idle time 20 Sec before the system enters the 30 Sec STANDBY mode. 40 Sec 1 Min If any item defined in (J) is en- 3 Min abled and active, The STANDBY...
  • Page 37 User’s Guide Item Options Descriptions J. VGA 1. OFF The specified event activity will FDD(3FXh) not affect the PM timers. LPT & COM HDD (1FXh) 2. ON The specified event activity causes the PM Timers to be IRQ3 (COM 2) reloaded.

  • Page 38: Pci Configuration Setup

    User’s Guide PCI Configuration Setup ----- This Item for PISA bus 486 All-in-One board only ----- You can manually configure the PCI Device’s IRQ. The following pages tell you the options of each item and describe the meaning of each option. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
  • Page 39 User’s Guide Item Options Descriptions A . Slot 1 Using INT# AUTO A,B,C,D : These options are reserved Slot 2 Using INT# for “Dirty” cards from Slot 3 Using INT# which the system BIOS Slot 4 Using INT# cannot tell which INT does it use.
  • Page 40 User’s Guide Item Options Description E. PCI IDE IRQ Map PCI-AUTO PCI-SLOT1 PCI-SLOT1 PCI-SLOT2 PCI-SLOT2 PCI-SLOT3 PCI-SLOT3 PCI-SLOT4 PCI-SLOT4 − assign IRQ 14 for primary IDE INT# IRQ 15 for secondary IDE INT# for the specified slot − The BIOS will not assign any IRQs even if PCI IDE card is found.

  • Page 41: Password Setting

    User’s Guide Supervisor/User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differ- ences between are: Supervisor password: can ether and change the options of the setup menus. User password : just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus.

  • Page 42: Ide Auto Detection

    User’s Guide IDE HDD Auto Detection The Enhance IDE features was included in all Award BIOS. The following is a brief description of this feature. 1. Setup Changes <I> Auto-detection BIOS setup will display all possible modes that are supported by the HDD including NORMAL, LBA &...
  • Page 43 User’s Guide When HDD type is in ‘user’ type, the ”MODE” option will be opened for user to select their own HDD mode. (2) HDD Modes The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes : NORMAL, LBA & LARGE NORMAL mode This is the generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make any transformation during accessing.
  • Page 44 User’s Guide LARGE mode This is an extended HDD access mode supported by the Award Software. Some IDE HDDs contain more than 1024 cylinder without the LBA sup- port (in some cases, user do not want LBA). The Award BIOS provides another alternative to support these kinds of HDD.

  • Page 45: Hard Disk Low Level Format Utility

    User’s Guide Hard Disk Low Level Format Utility This Award Low-Level-Format Utility is designed as a tool to save your time when you format your hard disk. This Utility automatically looks for the necessary infor- mation of the drive you selected. It also searches for bad tracks and lists them for your reference.
  • Page 46 User’s Guide BAD TRACK LIST Auto scan bad track The utility will automatically scan bad tracks and list the bad tracks in the window at the right side of the screen. Add bad track Directly type in the information of the known bad tracks in the window at the right side of the screen.

  • Page 47: Power On Boot

    User’s Guide Power-On Boot After you have made all the changes to CMOS values and the system can- not boot with the CMOS values selected in Setup, restart the system by turning it OFF then ON or Pressing the "RESET" button on the system case. You may also restart by simultaneously press <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Delete>...
  • Page 48 User’s Guide POST(hex) Description 1. Initialize the first 32 interrupt vectors with corresponding Interrupt handlers Initialize INT no from 33-120 with Dummy(Suprious) Interrupt Handler 2. Issue CPUID instruction to identify CPU type 3. Early Power Management initialization (OEM specific) 1. Verify the RTC time is valid or not 2.
  • Page 49 User’s Guide POST(hex) Description 1. Display the Award Plug & Play BIOS Extension message (PnP BIOS only) 2. Program all onboard super I/O chips (if any) including COM ports, LPT ports, FDD port... according to setup value 33-3B Reserved Set flag to allow users to enter CMOS Setup Utility 1.
  • Page 50 User’s Guide POST(hex) Description 1. Try to turn on Level 2 cache Note: if L2 cache has already turned on in POST 3D, this part would be skipped 2. Set the boot up speed according to Setup setting 3. Last chance for Chipset initialization 4.

  • Page 51: Chapter 5. Display

    Chapter 5 Display The on-board VGA interface of the GT-460 supports traditional analog CRT monitors and a wide range of popular LCD, EL, gas plasma flat panel displays. It can drive CRT displays with resolutions up to 1024x768 in 256 colors.

  • Page 52: Ms Windows 95/Nt Mode Driver Install

    User’s Guide 5.1.2 MS Windows 95 / NT Mode Driver Install ENSURE that the MS Windows 95 or NT is up and running properly using the VGA driver that has been detected. OPEN the “My computer” program group and SELECT the “Control Panel”...

  • Page 53: Panel Support

    The GT-460 SBC board provides a very convenient way to setup panels that are up to 16 types. For 40K BIOS If you install a standard 40K BIOS on the board, the GT-460 board supports 8 panels as follows: Panel #...

  • Page 54: For 44K Bios

    User’s Guide II. For 44K BIOS If you install a standard 44K BIOS on the board, the GT-460 board supports 14 panels as the following: Panel # Panel Type 1024x768 Dual Scan STN Color Panel 1280x1024 TFT Color Panel 640x480 Dual Scan Color Panel...
  • Page 55 User’s Guide ( continued ) Panel # Open Close Open Close Open Close Open Open Open Open Close Close Open Open Close Open Open Open Open Close Open Open Open Open Display...

  • Page 56: Video Modes

    User’s Guide 5.3 Video Modes The display chipset C&T 65550 supports all standard VGA modes as well as a wide selection of extended modes. The following table list the modes and vertical refresh rates that this BIOS can support. Table 1: Standard Video Display Modes VESA Pixel Horiz.
  • Page 57 User’s Guide Table 2: Extended Video Modes VESA Pixel Horiz. Vert Video Video Reso- Color Mode Mem. Font Char. Clock Freq. Freq Mem. Mode Mode lution Res. Type Size Disp. (MHz) (MHz) (Hz) (KB) 640x480 Graph(L) Pack 8x16 80x30 25.175 31.5 31.5 37.5...
  • Page 58 User’s Guide Table 2: Extended Video Modes (continued) VESA Pixel Horiz. Vert Video Video Reso- Color Mode Mem. Font Char. Clock Freq. Freq Mem. Mode Mode lution Res. Type Size Disp. (MHz) (MHz) (Hz) (KB) 3Ah* Graph(L) Pack 8x16 200x75 - 1875 1600x1200 110h 640x480 32K Graph(L) Pack...
  • Page 59 User’s Guide Table 2: Extended Video Modes (continued) VESA Pixel Horiz. Vert Video Video Reso- Color Mode Mem. Font Char. Clock Freq. Freq Mem. Mode Mode lution Res. Type Size Disp. (MHz) (MHz) (Hz) (KB) 104h 1024x768 16 Graph Planar 8x16 128x48 44.9 35.5 43(I)
  • Page 60 User’s Guide Appendix A Watchdog Timer Watchdog Timer Configuration The watchdog timer will reset the system automatically if the system program does not refresh the watchdog timer during the watchdog time out interval. It is defined at I/O port 0443H and 043H to enable/disable the watchdog time out function.
  • Page 61 User’s Guide out dx, al jmp short $+2 mov dx, 71h in al, dx jmp short $+2 or al, 08h out dx, al jmp short $+2 Watchdog Time Out Table: Time Value Time Out Time Value Time Out None 0.5 sec. sec.
  • Page 62 User’s Guide Appendix B Connectors’ Pin Assignment Parallel/Printer connector (PRN) Pin no. Signal Strobe Data 0 Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 Data 4 Data 5 Data 6 Data 7 -Acknowledge Busy Paper Empty + Select - Auto Feed - Error - INIT Printer - Select Input 18-25...
  • Page 63 User’s Guide HDD Connector (IDE) Pin no. Signal Pin no. Signal - RST N.C. N.C. IORDY N.C. N.C. -IO CS16 N.C. -ACT Pin Assignments...
  • Page 64 User’s Guide FDD Connector (FDC) Pin no. Signal 1-33(odd) High Density 4, 6 Unused Index Motor Enable A Driver Select B Driver Select A Motor Enable B Direction Step Pulse Write Data Write Enable Track 0 Write Protect Read Data Select Head Disk Change Pin Assignments...
  • Page 65 User’s Guide CRT Display Connector (VGA) Pin no. Signal GREEN BLUE H-SYNC V-SYNC Pin Assignments...
  • Page 66 User’s Guide Flat Panel Display Connector mini pin header (J3) Pin no. Signal Pin no. Signal +12V +12V ENVEE CLOCK EN_BKL ENVDD Pin Assignments...
  • Page 67 User’s Guide RS-232 Connector (COM1) Pin no. Signal N.C. RS-232/422/485 Connector (COM2) Pin no. RS232 RS422 RS485 DATA- RTS + DATA+ RTS - CTS + CTS - N.C. N.C. Pin Assignments...
  • Page 68 User’s Guide Ethernet connector RJ-45 ( UTP ) Pin no. signal N.C. Pin Assignments...
  • Page 69 User’s Guide PC/104 Connector Pin no. IOCHCHK* SBHE MEMCS16* RESETDRV LA23 IOSC16* LA22 IRQ10 IRQ9 LA21 IRQ11 LA20 IRQ12 DRQ2 LA19 IRQ15 -12V LA18 IRQ14 OWS* LA17* DACK0* +12V MEMR* DRQ0* IOCHRDY* MEMW* DACK5* SMEMW* DRQ5 SA19 SMEMR* DACK6* SA18 IOW* SD10 DRQ6...
  • Page 70 User’s Guide PC/104 Connector ( continued ) Pin no. IRQ4 IRQ3 DACK2* BALE Remark: ‘ *’ means ‘Low active single’ ‘--' means ‘None’ Pin Assignments...
  • Page 71 User’s Guide Appendix C Installing DiskOnChip of M-systems . Installing the DiskOnChip 2000 : When installing or removing the DiskOnChip be sure to first touch a grounded surface to discharge any static electricity from your body. Use the following procedure to install the DiskOnChip: Align pin 1 on the DiskOnChip with the pin1 of socket.
  • Page 72 User’s Guide Appendix D Updating BIOS You should find one diskette for updated BIOS program in the package. The updating procedures are as the following: Insert the diskette(There is a file “ AWDFLASH.EXE’) in drive A or B. Type AWDFLASH under the prompt A or B. The screen will ask you to enter the file name for programming.
  • Page 73 User’s Guide Appendix E I/O Port Address Map Address ( HEX ) Device 000-01F DMA controller 1 020-021 Interrupt controller 1 022-023 M1487/M1489 chipset address 040-05F Timer 1 & 2 Disable Watch-dog timer operation (read) 060-06F Keyboard controller 070-071 Real Time Clock, Non_Maskable interrupt 080-09F DMA page register 0A0-0A1...
  • Page 74 User’s Guide I/O Address Map...
  • Page 75 User’s Guide Appendix F Memory Address Map Address ( HEX ) Device 0000000-009FFFF System memory 00A0000-00BFFFF Display memory 00C0000-00EFFFF I/O device BIOS ROM or RAM buffer 00F0000-00FFFFF System BIOS ROM 0100000-BFFFFFF System extension memory Memory Address Map...
  • Page 76 User’s Guide Appendix G Ethernet Software Configuration On board Ethernet interface of the 486 All-in-One board supports all major network operating systems. I/O address and interrupts are easily configured via the RSET8019.EXE program. To execute the configuration, to view the current configuration, or to run diagnostics, do the following: Power on the 486 All-in-One board.
  • Page 77 User’s Guide Appendix H Mechanical Drawing Mechanical drawing...

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