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FabiaTech Corporation
IPC Solution
Website:
http://www.fabiatech.com
Email:
support@fabiatech.com
Small Cube System
Fanless Series
FX5613
User' Manual
JUN 2006
Version: 1.1
Part Number: FX5613

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  • Page 1 FabiaTech Corporation IPC Solution Website: http://www.fabiatech.com Email: support@fabiatech.com Small Cube System Fanless Series FX5613 User’ Manual JUN 2006 Version: 1.1 Part Number: FX5613...
  • Page 2 FabiaTech shall not be reliable for technical or editorial errors or omissions, which may occur in this document. FabiaTech shall not be reliable for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing, performance, or use of this document.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents FX5613 User’ Manual........................i Chapter 1 Introducing the FX5613 System ................. 1 Overview ............................ 1 Series Comparison Table ......................2 Layout ............................3 Specifications ..........................4 Packing List..........................5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ....................7 Before Installation ........................7 LED Indicators (On the Front Panel) ..............
  • Page 4 AGP & P2P Bridge Control ................27   CPU & PCI Bus Control ..................27   Integrated Peripherals ......................29 VIA Onchip IDE Device..................29   VIA PCI Device ....................30   Super IO Device ....................31   Power Management Setup ....................32 IRQ/Event Activity Detect .................33  ...
  • Page 5 Physical and Environmental..................51 Serial Ports........................52...
  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introducing The Fx5613 System

    FabIATech Corporation Chapter 1 Introducing the FX5613 System Overview The FX5613 is an embedded system with 5.1/2" low-power CPU module inside. This user’s manual provides information on the physical features, installation, and BIOS setup of the FX5613. Built to unleash the total potential of the AMD Geode™, support 1GHz CPU, this system supports two 10/100/1000M Base –TX LAN ports, 512MB DDR333-RAM , mini...
  • Page 8: Series Comparison Table

    FabIATech Corporation Series Comparison Table Model FX5613 Processor AMD Geode™ NX1500 1GHz Chipset VIA KN400A+VT8237R Plus 1 184 Pin-DIMM (Max.) 512MB/1GB DDR333/266Mhz CRT VGA Yes(DVI) Watchdog Timer Multi I/O Four Serial ports Enhanced IDE and CF Video Out USB 2.0...
  • Page 9: Layout

    FabIATech Corporation Layout LAN1 LAN2 POWER FX5613 Earphone Comport Comport Antenna KB/MOUSE Antenna DC12~24V POWER USB*4 Video HDD / Compactflash Reset DC IN...
  • Page 10: Specifications

    FabIATech Corporation Specifications Processor Board – AMD Geode™ NX1500 1GHz Low Power CPU with 512MB DDR-RAM 333MHz.VIA CN400 Front side Bus 133Mhz. Support AGPX8 and Hardware Video Acceleration MPEG2 VIA VT8237R I/O Outlets – Two 100/1000 base-TX Ethernet LAN ports.
  • Page 11: Packing List

    FabIATech Corporation Packing List Upon receiving the package, verify the following things. Should any of the mentioned happens, contact us for immediate service. • Unpack and inspect the FX5613 package for possible damage that may occur during the delivery process.
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  • Page 13: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    FabIATech Corporation Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter introduces the system connectors & jumper settings, and guides you to apply them for field application. Before Installation Before you install the system, make sure you follow the following descriptions. 1. Before removing the cover, shut down the operation System and disconnect power switch to off and unplug AC-to DC Adapter cable.
  • Page 14: Led Indicators (On The Front Panel)

    FabIATech Corporation LED Indicators (On the Front Panel) The Power and HDD LED’s has two distinctive statuses: Off for inactive operation and blinking light for activity. And the 2 LED’s for LAN ports. The LAN1 and LAN2 LED’s (Green) indicate on-line/access status of LAN1 and LAN2 respectively.
  • Page 15: Connecting The Com Ports

    FabIATech Corporation Connecting the COM ports The DB9 (COM1/2/3/4) is standard serials port connector. The following tables show the signal connections of these connectors. DB-9 RS-232 Signal -DCD -DSR -RTS -TXD -CTS -DTR Ground Case Case Ground Connecting the L1/L2 LAN ports and USB Ports The RJ45 connector with 2 LED’s for WAN/LAN.
  • Page 16: Connecting The Audio Microphone In/ Speak Out

    FabIATech Corporation Connecting the Audio Microphone In/ Speak Out Mic-In Line-Out Connecting the Video Out Video Out NTSC/PAL Reset Push Button (On the Back Side) The FX5613 has a push button switcher for system reset; Push and release the button will cause hardware reset of FX5613 and restart system booting.
  • Page 17: Installing/Ejecting 2.5" Hdd

    FabIATech Corporation Installing/Ejecting 2.5” HDD If you are installing hardware option, you can remove the back cover. The following figure will guide you how to install 2.5" HDD inside the FX5613 and how to install the FX5613 fixers. Installing HDD The following figure will guide you install fix support HDD and to inside the FX5613.
  • Page 18: Installing Compact Flash

    FabIATech Corporation Installing Compact Flash If you are installing Compact Flash modules you need to remove a backside cover. t is necessary to bend the CF ejector outside before closing the cover. (Please see the spots circled.) Note: Unscrew the screws when installing Compact Flash module.
  • Page 19: Installing Mini Pci Card: Mini Pci Socket For Wlan Modules

    FabIATech Corporation Ejecting HDD – Depend on Screwdriver If you are removing HDD option, you can use I-type screwdriver or equivalent as shown on right-down figure and push ahead to eject the hard disk with guiders Installing Mini PCI Card: Mini PCI Socket for WLAN Modules You may extend additional mini PCI WLAN module to FX5613 by removing the bottom cover.
  • Page 20: Installing Memory: Dimm Socket For Ddr Modules

    FabIATech Corporation Installing Memory: DIMM Socket For DDR Modules You may extend additional memory to FX5613 by removing the top cover, See as following figure and rear pictures. The DIMM socket supports 128MB to 1GB of DDR RAM modules. Connecting the DC Power and Power Button Power is supplied through an external AC/DC power adapter or power DC In.
  • Page 21 FabIATech Corporation 2. DC Power Connector: Use external 2-pin apart able terminal block. (Please see the spots circled.) DC12~24V Power Button: Pushing the Power button once will switch the FX5613 on and off, depending on system BIOS (Power Management Setup) or OS setting. Pushing the power button while in the on mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the FX5613 system off.
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  • Page 23: Chapter 3 Bios Setup

    FabIATech Corporation Chapter 3 BIOS Setup This chapter describes the BIOS setup. Overview BIOS are a program located on a Flash memory chip on a circuit board. It is used to initialize and set up the I/O peripherals and interface cards of the system, which includes time, date, hard disk drive, the ISA bus and connected devices such as the video display, diskette drive, and the keyboard.
  • Page 24: Bios Functions

    FabIATech Corporation BIOS Functions On the menu, you can perform the following functions 1. Standard CMOS Features 2. Advanced BIOS Features 3. Advanced Chipset Features 4. Integrated Peripherals 5. Power Management Setup 6. PNP/PCI Configuration 7. PC Health States 8. Frequency/Voltage Control 9.
  • Page 25: Keyboard Convention

    FabIATech Corporation Keyboard Convention On the BIOS, the following keys can be used to operate and manage the menu: Item Function To exit the current menu or message Page Up/Page Down To select a parameter To display the help menu if you do not know the...
  • Page 26: Standard Cmos Feature

    FabIATech Corporation STANDARD CMOS Feature This section describes basic system hardware configuration, system clock setup and error handling. If the CPU board is already installed in a working system, you will not need to select this option anymore. Date & Time Setup Highlight the <Date>...
  • Page 27 FabIATech Corporation You can select <AUTO> under the <TYPE> and <MODE> fields. This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives during boot up. This will allow you to change your hard drives (with the power off) and then power on without having to reconfigure your hard drive type.
  • Page 28 FabIATech Corporation Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST. This is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the CPU’s memory address map. Total Memory System total memory is the sum of basic memory, extended memory, and other...
  • Page 29: Advanced Bios Features

    FabIATech Corporation Advanced BIOS Features This section describes the configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance, or let you set up some system features according to your preference. Some entries here are required by the CPU board’s design to remain in their default settings.
  • Page 30 FabIATech Corporation CPU Internal & External Cache This functions speeds up System access. The CPU has an internal cache. Available options: Disabled, Enabled Default setting: Enabled Quick Power On Self Test This option speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer.
  • Page 31 FabIATech Corporation Default setting: 6 Typematic Delay (Msec) The number selected indicates the time period between two identical characters appearing on screen. Available options: 250,500 750 and 1000 Default setting: 250 Security Option This field enables password checking every time the computer is powered on or every time the BIOS Setup is executed.
  • Page 32: Advanced Chipset Features

    FabIATech Corporation Advanced Chipset Features This section describes the configuration of the board’s chipset features. DRAM Clock/Driver Control Current FSB/DRAM Frequency This display sent by the CPU host clock and DDR-RAM memory clock DRAM Clock This Select equates are used for determining the DDR-RAM Memory Clock frequency.
  • Page 33: Agp & P2P Bridge Control

    FabIATech Corporation DRAM Timing If the installed SDRAM supports SPD function, select SPD. If not, you can select based on other access time of the SDRAM. Available Options: Auto By SPD, Manual, Turbo and Ultra Default setting: Auto By SPD DRAM CAS Latency Time This field specifies the latency for the Synchronous DRAM system memory signals.
  • Page 34 FabIATech Corporation Available Options: Disable and Enable Default setting: Enable PCI1/2 Post Write This field specifies the PCI1/2 post write installed in the PCI expansion bus. Available Options: Disable and Enable Default setting: Enable System BIOS Cacheable The contents of the named ROM area are written to the same address in system memory (RAM) for faster execution.
  • Page 35: Integrated Peripherals

    FabIATech Corporation Integrated Peripherals This section describes the function of peripheral features. VIA Onchip IDE Device OnChip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE This field specifies the IDE channel that can be applied when using IDE hard disk connector. Available Options: Disabled, Enable...
  • Page 36: Via Pci Device

    FabIATech Corporation IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UMDA Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If you hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/33, select Auto to enable This option allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive (HDD).
  • Page 37: Super Io Device

    FabIATech Corporation Super IO Device OnBoard UART/IRQ Port 1/2/3/4, These fields select the I/O port address for each Serial port. Available Options: Disabled, 3F8H/IRQ4, 2F8H/IRQ3, and 3E8H/IRQ11, 2E8H/IRQ10. Default setting: 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8H/IRQ3, and 3E8H/IRQ11, 2E8H/IRQ10. OnBoard UART 2 Mode Select These fields item can select RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485 of select port 2.
  • Page 38: Power Management Setup

    FabIATech Corporation Power Management Setup ACPI Function This filed specifies allow you enable Advanced Configuration and Power Management. When you use Windows/0S standby mode can set to enable. Available Options: Disabled, Enabled Default setting: Enable Power Management Option Select Enabled to activate the chipset Power Management and APM (Advanced Power Management) features.
  • Page 39: Irq/Event Activity Detect

    FabIATech Corporation horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer. Blank Screen - This option only writes blanks to the video buffer. Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management DPMS - Signal (DPMS) standard of the Video Electronics Standards to select video power management values.
  • Page 40: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    FabIATech Corporation PnP/PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data: Enable, Disable If you select Enable to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit setup is you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operation operating system cannot boot.
  • Page 41: Irq/Dma Resources

    FabIATech Corporation X IRQ/DMA Resources IRQ-n/DMA-n Assigned: PCI Device and Reserved You may assign each system interrupt/DMA a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt/DMA. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop When Enabled is selected, multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device.
  • Page 42: Pc Health Status

    FabIATech Corporation PC Health Status On the Hardware Monitor Setup screen, you can monitor the system temperature, CPU voltage, and CPU fan speed… System Hardware Monitor In this field, you can monitor or detect the followings items. These items are view-only and cannot be changed.
  • Page 43: Frequency/Voltage Control

    FabIATech Corporation Frequency/Voltage Control By choosing the Frequency/Voltage Control option from the Initial Setup Screen menu, the screen below is displayed. Caution: Incorrect settings in Frequency/Voltage Control may damage the system CPU, video adapter, or other hardware.
  • Page 44: Password Setup

    FabIATech Corporation Password Setup There are two security passwords: Supervisor and User. Supervisor is a privileged person that can change the User password from the BIOS. According to the default setting, both access passwords are not set up and are only valid after you set the password from the BIOS.
  • Page 45: Chapter 4 Software Installation

    FabIATech Corporation Chapter 4 Software Installation The enclosed diskette includes FX5613 VGA, Audio, USB, System and LAN driver. To install and configure you FX5613 system, you need to perform the following steps. System Driver WIN 98/2000/XP Driver Install KN400A Chipset, IRQ Routing, USB, AGP Driver and PCI IDE Bus Master Driver.
  • Page 46: Vga Driver For Win98Se/Me/2000/Xp

    FabIATech Corporation VGA Driver for WIN98SE/ME/2000/XP Step 1: To install the VGA driver, insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM device, and enter DRIVER>VGA>KN400A>Win2K&WinXP, Win9X&WinME. Step 2: Execute SETUP.EXE file. Step 3: The screen shows the SETUP type. Press any key to enter the main menu.
  • Page 47: Usb 2.0 Driver

    FabIATech Corporation USB 2.0 Driver WIN 9X/ME Driver Step 1: To install the USB driver, insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM device, and enter DRIVER>USB>VT8237R. Step 2: Start the "Add New Hardware" wizard in control panel (Click Start/Settings/Control Panel).
  • Page 48: Watchdog Timer

    FabIATech Corporation Watchdog Timer This section describes how to use the Watchdog Timer, including disabled, enabled, and trigger functions. The FX5613 is equipped with a programmable time-out period watchdog timer. You can use your own program to enable the watchdog timer. Once you have enabled the watchdog timer, the program should trigger the I/O every time before the timer times out.
  • Page 49: Watchdog Timer Setting

    FabIATech Corporation Watchdog Timer Setting The watchdog timer is a circuit that may be used from your program software to detect system crashes or hang-ups. LED1 on this CPU board is the watchdog timer indicator, which is located at the upper-left corner above the USB connector.
  • Page 50: Watchdog Timer Enabled

    FabIATech Corporation Watchdog Timer Enabled To enable the watchdog timer, you have to output a byte of timer factor to the watchdog register whose address is 4Eh and data port is 4fH. The following is an Assemble program, which demonstrates how to enable the watchdog timer and set the time-out period at 28 seconds.
  • Page 51: Watchdog Timer Trigger

    FabIATech Corporation Watchdog Timer Trigger After you enable the watchdog timer, your program must write the same factor as enabling to the watchdog register at least once every time-out period to its previous setting. You can change the time-out period by writing another timer factor to the watchdog register at any time, and you must trigger the watchdog before the new time-out period in next trigger.
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  • Page 53: Chapter 5 Technical Reference

    FabIATech Corporation Chapter 5 Technical Reference This section outlines the errors that may occur when you operate the system, and also gives you the suggestions on solving the problems. Topic include: Trouble Shooting for Post Beep & Error Messages Technical Reference Trouble Shooting for Post Beep and Error Messages The following information informs the Post Beep &...
  • Page 54 FabIATech Corporation CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR This error informs that the CMOS has corrupted. When the battery runs weak, this situation might happen. Please check the battery and change a new one when necessary. DISK BOOT FAILURE When you can‘t find the boot device, insert a system disk into Drive A and press <...
  • Page 55 FabIATech Corporation MEMORY ADDRESS ERROR When the memory address indicates error, you can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips. MEMORY SIZE HAS CHANGED Memory has been added or removed since last boot. In EISA mode, use Configuration Utility to re-configure the memory configuration.
  • Page 56: Appendix

    FabIATech Corporation Appendix Dimension 257(ref) O4.5...
  • Page 57: Technical Reference

    FabIATech Corporation Technical Reference Physical and Environmental DC Inputs: 24V/40VA Minimum Temperature: Operating 0°C ~ 50°C Relative humidity 5 % to 95 % non-condensing Surface Temperature of Chassis: 5°C to 45°C (W/HDD)/0°C to 50°C (W/CF card only)
  • Page 58 FabIATech Corporation Serial Ports The ACEs (Asynchronous Communication Elements ACE1 to ACE2) are used to convert parallel data to a serial format on the transmit side and convert serial data to parallel on the receiver side. The serial format, in order of transmission and reception, is a start bit, followed by five to eight data bits, a parity bit (if programmed) and one, one and half (five-bit format only) or two stop bits.
  • Page 59 FabIATech Corporation Bit 2: Enable Receiver Line Status Interrupt (ELSI) Bit 3: Enable MODEM Status Interrupt (EDSSI) Bit 4: Must be 0 Bit 5: Must be 0 Bit 6: Must be 0 Bit 7: Must be 0 Interrupt Identification Register (IIR) Bit 0: “0”...
  • Page 60 FabIATech Corporation Bit 5: Stick Parity Bit 6: Set Break Bit 7: Divisor Latch Access Bit (DLAB) MODEM Control Register (MCR) Bit 0: Data Terminal Ready (DTR) Bit 1: Request to Send (RTS) Bit 2: Out 1 (OUT 1) Bit 3: Out 2 (OUT 2)
  • Page 61 FabIATech Corporation Bit 4: Clear to Send (CTS) Bit 5: Data Set Ready (DSR) Bit 6: Ring Indicator (RI) Bit 7: Received Line Signal Detect (RSLD) Divisor Latch (LS, MS) Bit 0: Bit 0 Bit 8 Bit 1: Bit 1...

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