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BPC-8380 M10
BPC-8380
All-in-One Book-size PC
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  • Page 1 USER’S MANUAL BPC-8380 All-in-One Book-size PC For Socket 370 System BPC-8380 M10...
  • Page 2 Copyright Notice BPC-8380 All-in-One Book-size PC OPERATION MANUAL COPYRIGHT NOTICE This operation manual is meant to assist users in installing and setting up the system. The information contained in this document is subject to change without prior any notice. This manual is copyrighted July 2001. (Revised Edition: July 4, 2003). You may not reproduce or transmit in any form or by any means, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying and recording.
  • Page 3 Copyright Notice FCC NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION About This Manual ............Case Illustration ............. 1-3 System Specification ............. Safety Precautions ............CHAPTER 2 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table ....Component Locations ........... How to Set the Jumpers ..........COM Connector ............
  • Page 5 Contents 2-31 SSD Memory Mapping Selection ......... 2-25 2-32 CD-In Connector ………..........2-26 2-33 Reset/NMI/Clear Watchdog ………………………….. 2-26 2-34 Rear Panel Fan Connector ….………………………... 2-26 2-35 TV or DVI Selection …………………………………. 2-27 2-36 NTSC or PAL Selection ………..……………………. 2-27 2-37 PCI/ISA Extension Bus Connector …………………... 2-28 2-38 TV-Out Address Selection ……………………………...
  • Page 6 Contents 5-11 Load BIOS Defaults ..........… 5-24 5-12 Load Setup Defaults ............5-24 5-13 Password Setting ……........... 5-25 5-14 Save & Exit Setup ……………………………………. 5-26 5-15 Exit Without Saving …………………………………. 5-27 APPENDIX A RISER CARD Riser Card ................ISA Slot Pin Assignment ............PCI Slot Pin Assignment ............
  • Page 7 Contents...

  • Page 8: Chapter 1 Introduction

    CHAPTER INTRODUCTION This chapter gives you the information for BPC-8380. It also outlines the System specifications. Section includes: About This Manual Case Illustration System Specifications Safety precautions Page:1-1...

  • Page 9: About This Manual

    Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL Thank you for purchasing our BPC-8380 Book-size PC. The BPC-8380 is an updated system designed to be comparable with the highest performance of IBM AT personal computers. It provides faster processing speed, greater expandability, and can handle more tasks.

  • Page 10: Case Illustration

    SLIM FDD USB2 USB1 * Slim CD-ROM and Slim FDD are optional INPUT COM 4 Expansion Slot COM 3 Mouse PRINTER 1 COM 1 COM 2 S-VIDEO * S-Video and TV are optional ′ Page: 1-3 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 11: System Specification

    KEYBOARD CONNECTOR : Mini DIN connector. Supports PC/AT Keyboard. MOUSE CONNECTOR : Mini DIN connector. Supports PS/2 Mouse. SSD SOCKET : Supports Disk-on-chip up to 576MB. Note: NOT AVAILABLE FOR PS-8385 and PS-8386 ′ Page: 1-4 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 12 SERIAL PORT : Four high speed 16550 Compatible UARTs with Send / Receive 16 Byte FIFOs. COM1/3/4 = RS-232; COM2 = RS232/422/485. MIDI Compatible. Programmable Baud Rate Generator. Note: COM3/COM4 NOT AVAILABLE FOR PS-8386 ′ Page: 1-5 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 13 Software support by BIOS setup. HARDWARE MONITORING FUNCTION : Monitor CPU Voltage, CPU Temperature and Cooling Fan. LED INDICATOR : System power. Hard Disk access. LAN LED indicator. LAN Active. DMA CONTROLLER : 82C37 x 2 ′ Page: 1-6 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 14: Safety Precautions

    100VAC-260VAC, otherwise the system may be damaged. 2. Environmental Conditions a. Place your BPC-8380 on a sturdy, level surface. Be sure to allow enough room on each side to have easy access. b. Avoid extremely hot or cold places to install your BPC-8380 Book-size ′...
  • Page 15 Avoid exposure to sunlight for a long period of time (for example in a closed car in summer time. Also avoid the system from any heating device.). Or do not use BPC-8380 when it‘s been left outdoors in a cold winter day.
  • Page 16 CHAPTER SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Helpful information that describes the jumper & connector settings, and component locations. Section includes: Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table Component Locations Configuration and Jumper settings Connector Pin Assignments Page 2-1...

  • Page 17: Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table

    CD-in Connector ...……….........… CDIN Reset/NMI/Clear Watchdog ……………………... Rear Panel Fan Connector ………………………. TV/DVI Out Selection …………………………… JP2 (1,3,5) NTSC or PAL Selection …………………………. JP2 (2,4,6) PCI/ISA Extension Bus Connector ……………… PISA TV-Out Address Selection ………………………. ′ Page: 2-2 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 18: Component Locations

    1 2 4 1 2 4 COM 4 COM 3 PISA Intel ICH2 CDIN CN19 IDE2 Battery IDE1 Intel GMCH Bridge Socket 370 USB1 USB2 LINK PS-ON BPC-8380 Connector, Jumper and Component locations ′ Page: 2-3 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 19: How To Set The 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 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 20 Chapter 2 System Configuration JUMPER DIAGRAMS JUMPER SETTINGS ′ Page: 2-5 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 21: Com Connector

    COM2, COM3, and COM4. The pin assignments are as follows: COM1 : COM1 Connector, DB9 male connector ASSIGNMENT COM 1 COM2 : COM2 Connector, DB9 male connector ASSIGNMENT RS-232 RS-422 RS-485 COM 2 RTS- RTS+ CTS+ CTS- ′ Page: 2-6 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 22 COM3 : COM3 Connector The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT COM 3 Note: NOT AVAILABLE FOR PS-8386 COM4 : COM4 Connector The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT Note: NOT AVAILABLE FOR PS-8386 ′ Page: 2-7 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 23: Rs232/422/485 (Com2) Selection

    COM 2 SETTINGS ILLUSTRATION FUNCTION (pin closed) Open RS-232 1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, RS-422 11-12, 13-14, 15-16 17-18, 19-20 1-3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-10, RS-485 11-12, 13-14, 15-16 17-18, 19-20 *** Manufactory default --- RS-232. ′ Page: 2-8 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 24: Com3 Ri & Voltage Selection (Optional)

    2-7. COM4 RI & VOLTAGE SELECTION (Optional) JP7 (6-10) : COM4 RI & Voltage Selection The selections are as follows: JUMPER SETTING JUMPER SELECTION (Pin Closed) ILLUSTRATION +12V 9-10 ***Manufacturing Default – RI. ′ Page: 2-9 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 25: Keyboard Connector

    KB : PC/AT Keyboard Connector The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT KBDATA KBCLK 2-9. PS/2 MOUSE CONNECTOR MS : PS/2 Mouse Connector The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT MS DATA MSCLK ′ Page: 2-10 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 26: Vga Crt Connector

    Chapter 2 System Configuration 2-10. VGA CONNECTOR VGA : VGA Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT GREEN BLUE HSYNC VSYNC ′ Page: 2-11 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 27: S-Video Connector

    The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT GROUND GROUND C/R/V S-VIDEO CHASSIS CHASSIS CHASSIS 2-12. COMPOSITE VIDEO CONNECTOR AV : Composite Video Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT GROUND CVBS/B/U CVBS/B/U ′ Page: 2-12 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 28: Panellink Connector

    SHLDC SHLD0 TXC+ TX0+ TXC- TX0- RESERVED RESERVED DDC_DAT RESERVED DDC_CLK 2-14. LAN CONNECTOR LAN: LAN Connector. The pin assignment is as follows : ASSIGNMENT ISOLATED GND ISOLATED GND ISOLATED GND ISOLATED GND ′ Page: 2-13 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 29: Universal Serial Bus Connector

    USB2 : Universal Serial Bus Connector The pin assignment is as follows: ASSIGNMENT USBP0- USBP0+ USB2 2-16. RESET CONNECTOR RST : Reset Connector. The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT RESET GROUND ′ Page: 2-14 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 30: Lan Led Indicator

    LINK: LAN LED Indicator The pin assignment is as follows : LINK ASSIGNMENT PULL HI 2-18. POWER BUTTON PS-ON : ATX Power Button The pin assignments are as follows: PS-ON ASSIGNMENT PANSWIN GROUND ′ Page: 2-15 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 31: Cpu Fan Connector

    GROUND +12V FAN1IN 2-20. CMOS CLEAR SELECTION JP4 : CMOS Clear Selection The selection are as follows : JUMPER SELECTION JUMPER SETTING ILLUSTRATION Normal Clear CMOS *** Manufacturing Default is set as Normal. ′ Page: 2-16 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 32: Power Led Indicator

    HDL : Hard disk drive LED Connector The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT IDE LED 2-23. MICROPHONE CONNECTOR MIC : Microphone Connector The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT MIC1 ′ Page: 2-17 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 33: Line-Out Connector

    The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT LINE-OUT AUDIO OUT LEFT AUDIO OUT RIGHT 2-25. LINE-IN CONNECTOR LINE-IN : Line-In Connector The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT LINE-IN LINE-IN LEFT LINE-IN RIGHT ′ Page: 2-18 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 34: Power Connector

    Chapter 2 System Configuration 2-26. POWER CONNECTOR PS : Power Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT GROUND GROUND +12V VCC SBY GROUND PS_ON -12V ′ Page: 2-19 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 35: Floppy Disk Drive Connector

    Chapter 2 System Configuration 2-27. FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR FDD : Floppy Disk Drive Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT STEP INDEX WDATA WGATE DSKCHG TRK0 WRTPRTJ MTR0 RDATA FDIR HDSEL ′ Page: 2-20 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 36: Hard Disk Drive Connector

    ASSIGNMENT IDERST# P DIOW# PDD7 P DIOR# PDD8 PDD6 PIORDY PDD9 PDD5 PDDACK# PDD10 PDD4 IRQ14 PDD11 PDD3 PDA1 PDD12 P66DETECT PDD2 PDA0 PDD13 PDA2 PDD1 PDCS#1 PDD14 PDCS#3 PDD0 IDEACTP# PDD15 PDREQ ′ Page: 2-21 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 37 IDE2 ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT IDERST# SDIOW# SDD7 SDIOR# SDD8 SDD6 SIORDY SDD9 SDD5 SDDACK# SDD10 SDD4 IRQ14 SDD11 SDD3 SDA1 SDD12 S66DETECT SDD2 SDA0 SDD13 SDA2 SDD1 SDCS#1 SDD14 SDCS#3 SDD0 IDEACTS# SDD15 SDREQ ′ Page: 2-22 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 38: Printer Connector

    Chapter 2 System Configuration 2-29. PRINTER CONNECTOR LPT1 : Printer Connector The pin assignments are as follows : LPT1 ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT AUTFE ERROR INIT SLCTIN BUSY SLCT ′ Page: 2-23 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 39: Solid State Disk Socket

    Chapter 2 System Configuration 2-30. SOLID STATE DISK SOCKET SSD : Solid State Disk Socket The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT SA12 SA10 SA11 Note: NOT AVAILABLE FOR PS-8385 and PS-8386 ′ Page: 2-24 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 40: Ssd Memory Mapping Selection

    The SSD Memory Mapping Selections are as follows: SSD Memory Map JUMPER JUMPER SETTINGS ILLUSTRATION (pin closed) CC000h-CDFFFh 11-12 D0000h-D1FFFh 9-10 D4000h-D5FFFh 11-12 D8000h-D9FFFh 9-10 DC000h-DDFFFh 11-12 *** Manufactory default --- CC000h-CDFFFh Note: NOT AVAILABLE FOR PS-8385 and PS-8386 ′ Page: 2-25 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 41: Cd-In Connector

    JP6 (5-6) : For Clear Watchdog The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT WDGRST WDGRSTJ WDGNMI IOCHKJ CLRWDG 2-34. REAR PANEL FAN CONNECTOR CN2 : Rear Panel Fan Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT +12V GROUND ′ Page: 2-26 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 42: Tv Or Dvi Selection

    *** Manufacturing Default is set as TV. 2-36. NTSC OR PAL SELECTION JP2 (2,4,6) : NTSC or PAL Selection The selection are as follows : JUMPER SELECTION JUMPER SETTING ILLUSTRATION NTSC *** Manufacturing Default is set as NTSC. ′ Page: 2-27 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 43: Pci/Isa Extension Bus Connector

    H10 AD7 AD28 AD27 CBE#0 H11 AD5 AD26 AD25 H12 AD3 AD24 CBE#3 H13 AD1 AD22 AD23 H14 AD0 AD20 AD21 H16 V I/O AD18 AD19 H17 VCC PWRGDIN REQ#3 H18 GND H19 GND ′ Page: 2-28 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 44 A21 SA10 IRQ7 A22 SA9 IRQ6 A23 SA8 IRQ5 A24 SA7 IRQ4 A25 SA6 IRQ3 A26 SA5 /DACK2 A27 SA4 A28 SA3 BALE A29 SA2 A30 SA1 A31 SA0 Note: NOT AVAILABLE FOR PS-8386 ′ Page: 2-29 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 45: Tv-Out Address Selection

    Chapter 2 System Configuration 2-38. TV-OUT ADDRESS SELECTION JP1 : TV-Out (CH7009) Address Selection The selections are as follows: TV-OUT ADDRESS JUMPER SETTING JUMPER (pin closed) ILLUSTRATION OX76 OX75 ′ Page: 2-30 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 46: Chapter 3 Software Utilities

    CHAPTER SOFTWARE UTILITIES This chapter comprises the detailed information of VGA Driver, Sound driver, LAN driver, and Flash BIOS Update. It also describes how to install the Watchdog Timer Configuration. Section includes: VGA Driver Utility Flash BIOS Update LAN Driver Utility Sound Driver Utility Watchdog Timer Configuration Page: 3-1...

  • Page 47: Introduction

    Enclosed with our BPC-8380 Book-size PC package, you will find a CD ROM disk containing all types of drivers we have. As a BPC-8380 user, you will only need the some of files contained in the CD ROM disk, please take...

  • Page 48: Flash Bios Update

    3-3-2. To update BIOS : (1) Install “Awdflash.exe” from the CD ROM Disk into your system. (2) Insert the new BIOS file you have obtained from BPC-8380 vendor. (3) Type the pathname to Awdflash.exe and execute the BIOS update with file S80xxxxx.bin...
  • Page 49 After you have completed all the programming, you will see the line: “Reset System or power off to accomplish update process!”. Please turn off or reset the system. Then the Flash BIOS is fully implemented. ′ Page:3-4 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 50: Lan Driver Utility

    Chapter 3 Software Configuration 3-4. LAN DRIVER UTILITY 3-4-1. Introduction The BPC-8380 Book-size PC is enhanced with LAN function that can support various network adapters. The following illustration briefly shows you the content of LAN driver in D:\LAN\82562EM : 1. Windows 9x 2.
  • Page 51 5. Insert the LAN Driver disk in Drive A or CDROM drive, and type D:\LAN, and then choose OK button. 6. Follow the remaining instruction, and re-boot your system to complete the installation process. ′ Page:3-6 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 52: Sound Driver Utility

    “D:\Sound\path” refers to the full path to the source files. (3) Click on the OK button or press the ENTER key. (4) Click on the “Next” and OK prompts as they appear. (5) Reboot the system to complete the driver installation. ′ Page:3-7 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 53: Watchdog Timer Configuration

    I/O port 441H, the system will run the command to stop the Watchdog function. In BPC-8380 watchdog function, You must write your program so when it writes I/O port address 443 for enable watchdog and write I/O port address 441 for disable watchdog.

  • Page 54: Chapter 4 Green Pc Function

    CHAPTER GREEN PC FUNCTION This chapter gives you the concise information for Green PC Function. Section includes: Power Saving Block Diagram System SUSPEND Mode Page: 4-1...

  • Page 55: Power Saving Block Diagram

    4. Fixed disk driver motor will be spin off. 5. Monitor activity according to the setting of Advanced Setup. 6. When system in Suspend mode, only those events set in the Power Management Setup can wake-up system. ′ Page: 4-2 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 56: Chapter 5 Award Bios Setup

    CHAPTER AWARD BIOS SETUP This chapter shows how to set up the Award BIOS. Section includes: Introduction Entering Setup The Standard CMOS Features The Advanced BIOS Features The Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PNP/PCI Configuration PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults...

  • Page 57: Introduction

    5-1. INTRODUCTION This chapter will show you the function of the BIOS in managing the features of your system. The BPC-8380 Book-size PC system is equipped with the BIOS for system chipset from Award Software Inc. This page briefly explains the function of the BIOS in managing the special features of your system.

  • Page 58: Entering Setup

    You may use the cursor the up/down keys to highlight the individual menu items. As you highlight each item, a brief description of the highlighted selection will appear at the bottom of the screen. ′ Page: 5-3 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 59: The Standard Cmos Features

    < Hour >, < Minute >, and < Second >. Use 24 hour clock format, i.e., for PM numbers, add 12 to the hour. For example: 4: 30 P.M. You should enter the time as 16:30:00. ′ Page: 5-4 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 60 Head – Set the number of read/write heads. c. Precomp - ***Warning! Setting a value of 65535 means no HDD. d. Landing Zone e. Sector – Set the number of sector per track ′ Page: 5-5 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 61 BASE MEMORY: Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up. EXTENDED MEMORY: Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up. TOTAL MEMORY: Displays the total memory available in the system. ′ Page: 5-6 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 62 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 AUTO Award Hard Disk Type Table ′ Page: 5-7 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 63: The Advanced Bios Features

    F7:Optimized Defaults BIOS Features Setup The “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” allow you to configure your system for basic operation. The user can select the system’s default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security. ′ Page: 5-8 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 64 You may enable / disable this item to define whether the system will look for a floppy disk drive to boot at power-on, or proceed directly to the hard disk drive. BOOT UP NUMLOCK STATUS: Select power on state for NumLock. ′ Page: 5-9 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 65 Setup freely. OS SELECT FOR DRAM >64MB : Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB or RAM on the system. You may choose OS2 or Non-OS2. ′ Page: 5-10 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 66: Advanced Chipset Features

    F7:Optimized Defaults Chipset Features Setup The parameters in the screen are for system designers, service personnel, and technically competent users only. Do not reset these values unless you understand the consequences of your changes. ′ Page: 5-11 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 67 You may reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area is reserved, it cannot be cached. The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements. ′ Page: 5-12 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 68 SYSTEM MEMORY FREQUENCY: You can use this item to select the operating frequency for the main system memory. ON-CHIP VIDEO WINDOW SIZE: Select the on-chip video window size for VGA drive use. ′ Page: 5-13 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 69: Integrated Peripherals

    In bios setup menu item if support USB device boot, it will cause that Win9x detects the same storage twice when reboot the system, then USB HDD will fail. Note: this cause only happen under Win9x, the phenomenon is a limitation. ′ Page: 5-14 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 70 This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first. The choices are PCI Slot and Onboard. AC97 AUDIO: This item allows you to decide to enable/disable the chipset to support AC97 Audio/Modem. ′ Page: 5-15 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 71 Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode. PWRON AFTER PWR-FAIL: This item allows you to select if you want to power on the system after power failure. ′ Page: 5-16 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 72: Power Management Setup

    ACPI FUNCTION: Users are allowed to enable or disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). ′ Page: 5-17 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 73 SOFT-OFF BY PWRBTN: Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has “hung”. The choices are Delay 4 Sec and Instant-Off. ′ Page: 5-18 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 74 An input signal from PME on the PCI card awakens the system from a soft off state. RESUME BY ALARM: When enable, your can set the date and time at which the RTC (real time clock) alarms awakens the system from Suspend mode. ′ Page: 5-19 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 75: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system configuration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot. ′ Page: 5-20 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 76 You may assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. DMA RESOURCES: You may assign each system DMA a type, depending on the type of device using the DM Channel. PCI/VGA PALETTE SNOOP: Leave this field at disabled. ′ Page: 5-21 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 77: Pc Health Status

    The setup menu allows you to select whether to choose between monitoring or ignoring the hardware monitoring function of your system. SHUTDOWN TEMPERATURE: User is allowed to set the temperature on which the system automatically shutdown when reaches or exceeds the temperature set. ′ Page: 5-22 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 78: Frequency/Voltage Control

    This item allows you to enable or disable auto detect DIMM/PCI Clock. SPREAD SPECTRUM: This item allows you to enable or disable the spread spectrum modulate. CPU CLOCK RATIO: This item allows you to select the CPU ratio. ′ Page: 5-23 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 79 When you press <Enter> on this category, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to the following: Load Optimized Defaults ( Y/N ) ? N Pressing "Y" loads the default values that are factory setting for optimal performance system operations. ′ Page: 5-24 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 80: Password Setting

    PASSWORD DISABLED!!! Press any key to continue... Press the < Enter > key again and the password will be disabled. Once the password is disabled, you can enter Setup freely. ′ Page: 5-25 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 81: Save & Exit Setup

    You may always call up the setup program at any time to adjust any of the individual items by pressing the <Del> key during boot up. ′ Page: 5-26 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 82: Exit Without Saving

    Set Supervisor Password ►Power Management word Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N ►PnP/PCI Configura etup ►PC Health Status Saving Esc : Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item F10 : Save & Exit Setup Abandon all Datas ′ Page: 5-27 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 83 Chapter 5 Award BIOS Setup ′ Page: 5-28 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 84: Riser Card

    APPENDIX RISER CARD This appendix explains the riser card and the respective pin assignments of the expansion slots found in the riser card. Section includes: ISA Slot Pin Assignment PCI Slot Pin Assignment Page: A-1...
  • Page 85 You will find a PISA expansion slot on the middle of our system board as illustrated in chapter 2 (page 2-3). By using our Riser Card, which is included in the accessory packed of our BPC-8380 Book-size PC, you can make expansion for any other ISA card and PCI card.
  • Page 86 You will find three ISA expansion slot on the Riser Card packed with our BPC-8380 Book-size PC. The ISA-slot is divided into two sets of pins: one consists of 62 pins; and the other consists of 36 pins. The pin assignments as...

  • Page 87: Pci Slot Pin Assignment

    RST# AD14 CLKB +5V(I/O) AD13 AD12 AD11 REQ# AD10 +5V(I/O) PME# AD31 AD30 C/BE#0 AD29 AD28 +3.3V AD27 AD26 AD25 AD24 C/BE#3 IDSEL AD01 AD23 +5V(I/O) +5V(I/O) AD22 ACK64# REQ64# AD21 AD20 AD19 ′ Page: A-4 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 88 APPENDIX TECHNICAL SUMMARY This section introduce you the maps concisely. Section includes: Block Diagram Interrupt Map RTC (Standard) RAM Bank Timer & DMA Channels Map I / O & Memory Map Page: B-1...

  • Page 89: Appendix B Technical Summary Block Diagram

    Appendix B Technical Summary BLOCK DIAGRAM ′ Page: B-2 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 90: Interrupt Map

    Keyboard output buffer full Cascade for IRQ 8-15 Serial port 2 Serial port 1 Available Floppy Disk adapter Parallel port 1 RTC clock Available Serial 4 Serial 3 Available Math coprocessor IDE Controller IDE Controller ′ Page: B-3 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 91: Rtc (Standard) Ram Bank

    Second alarm Minutes Minutes alarm Hours Hours alarm Day of week Day of month Month Year Status register A Status register B Status register C Status register D 0Eh-7Fh 114 Bytes of User RAM ′ Page: B-4 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 92: Timer & Dma Channels Map

    System timer interrupt DRAM Refresh request Speaker tone generator DMA Channel Map : DMA Channel Assignment Available Available / Parallel Floppy Disk adapter Available / Parallel Cascade for DMA controller 1 Available Available Available ′ Page: B-5 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 93: I/O & Memory Map

    RTC Controller NMI & RTC controller RTC RTC Controller RTC Controller RTC Controller NMI & RTC controller RTC RTC Controller RTC Controller RTC Controller NMI & RTC controller RTC RTC Controller RTC Controller ′ Page: B-6 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 94 2. Only if IDE Standard I/O space is enabled for Secondary Drive. Otherwise, the target is PCI. 3. If POS_DEC_EN bit is enabled, reads from F0h will not be decoded by the ICH2. If POS_DEC_EN is not enabled, reads from F0h will forward to LPC. ′ Page: B-7 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 95 Bit 0 in FWH Decode Enable 2 FF00 0000h-FF0F FFFFh Register is set Anywhere in 4GB range D110 LAN Controller Enable via BAR in Device 29:Function 0 (D110 LAN Controller) All Other None ′ Page: B-8 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 96: Appendix C Trouble Shooting

    APPENDIX TROUBLE SHOOTING This section outlines the error messages that may occur when you operate the system. It also gives you the suggestions on solving the problems. Section includes: Trouble Shooting for Error Messages Trouble Shooting for POST Code Page: C-1...

  • Page 97: Trouble Shooting For Error Messages

    Then reboot the system. DISKETTE DRIVES OR TYPES MISMATCH ERROR - RUN SETUP : Type of diskette drive installed in the system is different from the CMOS definition. Run Setup to reconfigure the drive type correctly. ′ Page: C-2 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 98 Cannot initialize controller. Make sure the cord is correctly and firmly installed in the bus. Be sure the correct hard drive is selected in Setup. Also check to see if any jumper needs to be set correctly on the hard drive. ′ Page: C-3 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 99 Memory has been added or removed since the last boot. In EISA mode use Configuration Utility to reconfigure the memory configuration. In ISA mode enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields. ′ Page: C-4 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 100 The board installed is not responding to the ID request, or no board ID has been found in the indicated slot. Note: When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility. ′ Page: C-5 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 101 Unable to recalibrate fixed disk. Hard Disk(S) Fail (08) : Sector Verify failed. Keyboard is locked out – Unlock the key : BIOS detect the keyboard is locked. P17 of keyboard controller is pulled low. ′ Page: C-6 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 102 BIOS ROM checksum error – System halted : The checksum of ROM address F0000H-FFFFFH is bad. Memory test fail : BIOS reports the memory test fail if the onboard memory is tested error. ′ Page: C-7 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

  • Page 103: Trouble Shooting For Post Codes

    Reserved. Initial Superio_Early_Init switch. 03h : Reserved. 04h : 1. Blank out screen 05h : 2. Clear CMOS error flag 06h : Reserved 07h : 1. Clear 8042 interface 2. Initialize 8042 self-test ′ Page: C-8 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 104 Also set real-time clock power status, and then check for override. 13h : Reserved 14h : Program chipset default values into chipset. Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers. Reserved 15h : Initial Early_Init_Onboard_Generator switch. 16h : ′ Page: C-9 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 105 PCI & DIMM slots. 5. Early PCI initialization: -Enumerate PCI bus number -Assign memory & I/O resource -Search for a valid VGA device & VGA BIOS, and put it into C000:0. ′ Page: C-10 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 106 1. Initialize multi-language 2. Put information on screen display, including Award title, CPU type, CPU speed … Reserved 2Eh : Reserved 2Fh : Reserved Reserved Reserved Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips. ′ Page: C-11 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 107 Reserved 3Eh : Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1. 3Fh : Reserved Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2. Reserved Reserved Test 8259 functionality. Reserved Reserved Reserved Initialize EISA slot ′ Page: C-12 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 108 53h : Reserved 54h : Display number of processors (multi-processor platform) 55h : Reserved 56h : 1. Display PnP logo 57h : 2. Early ISA PnP initialization -Assign CSN to every PnP device. ′ Page: C-13 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 109 Reserved 64h : Reserved 65h : Initialize PS/2 Mouse 66h : Reserved 67h : Prepare memory size information for function call: INT 15h ax=E820h Reserved 68h : Turn on L2 cache. 69h : ′ Page: C-14 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 110 Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM….. 75h : 76h : Reserved 77h : Detect serial ports and parallel ports 78h : Reserved 79h : Reserved 7Ah : Detect and install co-processor ′ Page: C-15 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 111 4. Setup ACPI table at top of memory. 5. Invoke ISA adapter ROMs. 6. Assign IRQs to PCI devices. 7. Initialize APM. 8. Clear noise of IRQs. Reserved 86h : Reserved 87h : ′ Page: C-16 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 112 1. Build MP table. 2. Build and update ESCD. 3. Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h. 4. Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick. 5. Build MSIRQ routing table. FFh : Boot attempt (INT 19h) ′ Page: C-17 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 113 Appendix C Trouble Shooting ′ Page: C-18 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
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  • Page 116 Appendix C Trouble Shooting ′ Page: C-21 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...
  • Page 117 Appendix C Trouble Shooting PRINTED IN TAIWAN ′ Page: C-22 BPC-8380 USER S MANUAL...

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