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Copyright Notice PC-570 PENTIUM LITTLE BOARD WITH LAN/SSD/VGA 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.
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 ............2-4 CPU Type &...
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Contents 2-16 LAN Link Led Connector ..........2-29 2-17 LAN Active Led Connector .......... 2-29 2-18 VGA CRT Connector ............ 2-29 2-19 LCD Panel Connector ........... 2-30 2-20 Power Connector ............2-31 2-21 External Speaker Connector .......... 2-31 2-22 Turbo LED ..............2-31 2-23 Green Function Connector ..........
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Contents 5-12 IDE HDD Auto Detection ..........5-18 5-13 HDD Low Level Format ..........5-21 5-14 Save & Exit Setup ............5-22 APPENDIX A EXPANSION BUS PC-104 Connector Pin Assignment .......... ISA Bus Pin Assignment ............APPENDIX B TECHNICAL SUMMARY Interrupt Map ................
CHAPTER INTRODUCTION This chapter gives you the information for PC-570. It also outlines the System specification. Sections include: About This Manual System Specifications Safety precautions Experienced users can skip to the chapter 2 on page 2-1 for Quick Start. Page:1-1...
Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL Thank you for purchasing our PC-570 Pentium Little Board with LAN/SSD/VGA, fully PC / AT compatible. The PC-570 provides faster processing speed, greater expandability and can handle more task than before. This manual is designed to assist you how to install and set up the system.
Support Green Function . Support S/IO Setup. KEYBOARD CONNECTOR : 5-pin PC/AT type connector. MOUSE CONNECTOR : 5-pin Mouse connector BUS SUPPORT : Internal ISA/PCI Bus, for VGA & IDE. PC-104 BUS. One PICMG/PCI optional slot. PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 1-3...
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FIFOs; COM1: for RS-232; COM2: for RS-232/422/485 MIDI Compatible. Programmable Baud Rate Generator. PARALLEL PORT : SPP, ECP, EPP Function. Bi-direction parallel port. GREEN FUNCTION : Software support by BIOS setup. Hardware support by switch control. PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 1-4...
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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 : 146mm x 203mm (5.25 CD-ROM size) BOARD WEIGHT : 0.32 Kg. PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 1-5...
3. Disconnect power when you change any hardware devices. For instance, when you connect a jumper or install any cards, a surge of power may damage the electronic components or the whole system. PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 1-6...
You can connect 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. PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-4...
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Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration JUMPER DIAGRAMS JUMPER SETTINGS PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-5...
The jumper settings are as follow : 2-4-1 Intel 75/90 CPU type & clock Jumper setting Jumper setting Jumper (Pin closed) Illustration TYPE CLOCK JP13 JP12 open Intel 50MHz Pentium 75Mhz Intel 60Mhz open Pentium 90Mhz PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-6...
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Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-4-2 Intel 100/120 CPU type & clock Jumper Setting Jumper setting Jumper (Pin closed) Illustration TYPE CLOCK JP13 JP12 open Intel 66MHz Pentium 100Mhz open Intel 60MHz Pentium 120Mhz PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-7...
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Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-4-3 Intel 133/150 CPU type & clock Jumper Setting Jumper setting Jumper (Pin closed) Illustration TYPE CLOCK JP13 JP12 open Intel 66MHz Pentium 133Mhz open Intel 60MHz Pentium 150Mhz PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-8...
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Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-4-4 Intel 166/200 CPU type & clock Jumper Setting Jumper setting Jumper (Pin closed) Illustration TYPE CLOCK JP13 JP12 open Intel 66MHz Pentium 166Mhz open Intel 66MHz Pentium 200Mhz PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-9...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-4-12 AMDK5-90/100 CPU type & clock Jumper Setting Jumper setting Jumper (Pin closed) Illustration TYPE CLOCK JP13 JP12 60Mhz open K5-90 66Mhz open K5-100 PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-17...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-4-13 AMDK5-120/133 CPU type & clock Jumper Setting Jumper setting Jumper (Pin closed) Illustration TYPE CLOCK JP13 JP12 60Mhz open K5-120 66Mhz open K5-133 PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-18...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-4-14 AMDK5-166/K6-166 CPU type & clock Jumper Setting Jumper setting Jumper (Pin closed) Illustration TYPE CLOCK JP13 JP12 66Mhz open K5-166 66Mhz open K6-166 PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-19...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-4-15 AMDK6-200/233 CPU type & clock Jumper Setting Jumper setting Jumper (Pin closed) Illustration TYPE CLOCK JP13 JP12 66Mhz open K6-200 66Mhz open K6-233 PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-20...
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Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-4-16 AMDK6-2-266/300/333 CPU type & clock Jumper Setting Jumper setting Jumper (Pin closed) Illustration TYPE CLOCK JP13 JP12 66Mhz open K6-2 -266 66Mhz open K6-2 -300 66Mhz open K6-2 -333 PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-21...
The COM1 Connector assignments are as follow : ASSIGNMENT 2-8 COM2 CONNECTOR COM2 : COM2 Connector, selectable with JP4 for RS-232/422/485. The COM2 Connector assignments are as follow : ASSIGNMENT RS-232 RS-422 RS-485 DATA- DATA+ RTS- RTS+ CTS+ CTS- PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-24...
The keyboard connector can support PC/AT Keyboard. The pin assignments for keyboard are as follow : ASSIGNMENT KBCLK KBDATA 2-10 PS/2 Mouse Connector MS1 : PS/2 Mouse Connector. The pin assignments are as follow: ASSIGNMENT KBCLK KBDATA PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-25...
The pin assignments are as follow : ASSIGNMENT HDD Active Signal 2-13 POWER LED & KEYLOCK CONNECTOR KBL : Power LED & Keylock Connector The pin assignments are as follow : ASSIGNMENT Power LED Ground Keyboard INT Ground PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-26...
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 WRPRT RDATA DSKCHG PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-27...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-15 HARD DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR HDD1: Hard Disk Drive Connector The PC-570 possess two HDD connectors, HDD1 and HDD2. The pin assignments are as follow: ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT IDERST IDEREQ0 IDED7 IDEIOW IDED8 IDED6 IDEIOR IDED9 IDED5...
JP10: LAN Active LED Connector The pin assignments are as follow: ASSIGNMENT Pull hi Signal 2-18 VGA CRT CONNECTOR VGA : VGA CRT Connector The pin assignments are as follow: ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT GREEN BLUE HSYNC VSYNC PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-30...
LCD : LCD Panel Connector The connector LCD is a 41-pin, dual-in-line header used for Flat Panel display. The pin assignments are as follow : ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT SHFCLK 3.3V 3.3V ENABKL LCDVDD ENVEE +12V +12V PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-31...
SPK : External Speaker Connector The pin assignments are as follow : ASSIGNMENT Ground Speaker Signal 2-22 TURBO LED TBL : Turbo LED Connector The pin assignments are as follow : ASSIGNMENT Turbo Signal PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-32...
As to link the Printer to the card, you need a cable to connect the DB25 connector with parallel port. The pin assignments are as follow : ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT AUTFE ERROR INIT SLCTIN BUSY SLCT PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-33...
2-25 SOLID-STATE DISK SOCKET SSD : 32-pin Disk-on-chip Socket. The pin assignment are as follow: ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT SA12 SA10 SA11 2-26 BNC CONNECTOR BNC1 : BNC Connector. The pin assignments are as follow: ASSIGNMENT ISOLATED PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 2-34...
The pin assignments are as follow: ASSIGNMENT 2-28 MEMORY INSTALLING The PC-570 PCI local bus Embedded Computer will support 4 DRAM banks, bank 0 to bank 3 in two 72-pin SIMM sockets on board. SIMM 1,2 for single & double Bank DRAM module...
CHAPTER SOFTWARE UTILITIES This chapter comprises the detailed information of VGA and Watchdog function; also describe how to install the configurations. Sections include: VGA Drivers Utilities Flash BIOS Update Watchdog Timer Configuration Page: 3-1...
3-1. VGA Drivers Utilities 3.1.1. VGA Drivers The VGA interface for PC-570 Pentium Mini-Board can support a great range of display mode, such as SVGA, STN, TFT, EL..etc. You can display CRT and LCD Panel simultaneously on this board, but make sure the modes for both CRT and LCD Panel must be the same.
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Changing Display Adapter Support in the OS/2 Users Guide. (2) Start Driver installation from Utility Disk#2 (2.1) Open an OS/2 full screen or windowed session. (2.2) Place into Drive A/B the Utility Disk#2, which contains the 65550 Display Driver. PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page:3-3...
3-2-2. To update VGA BIOS for LCD Flat Panel Display: As PC-570 user, you have to update the VGA BIOS for your specfic LCD flat panel,you are going to use. In doing this, you need two files. One is the “Awdflash.exe”...
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BIOS, do not turn off or reset the system, or you will damage the BIOS. After you have completed all the programming, you will see the line: “Programming Flash Memory ok”. Please power off or reset the system. Then the Flash BIOS is implemented. PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page:3-5...
I/O port 441H , the system will run the command to stop the Watchdog function. The PC-570 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.
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...
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-570 USER‘S MANUAL...
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-570 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 4-3...
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CHAPTER AWARD BIOS SETUP This chapter states out how to set up the Award BIOS. Sections include: Introduction Entering Setup The Standard CMOS Setup The BIOS Features Setup The Chipset Features Setup Power Management Setup PNP/PCI Configuration Load BIOS defaults Integrated Peripherals IDE HDD Auto Detection Save Setup...
5-1. INTRODUCTION This chapter will show you the function of a BIOS in managing the features of your system. The PC-570 Pentium Little Board 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.
SAVE & EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ↑↓→← Esc : Quit :SELECT ITEM F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2 : Change Color Time, Date, Hard Disk Type..Setup program initial screen PC-570 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-3...
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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-570 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-5...
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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-570 USER‘S MANUAL...
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65535 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 AUTO Award Hard Disk Type Table PC-570 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-7...
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-570 USER‘S MANUAL...
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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-570 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-9...
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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-570 USER‘S MANUAL...
Set this option to Disabled to manually set DRAM, cache and I/O bus clock operating parameters. DRAM Mode: The number of wait states added on reads to DRAM. Fewer wait states improve performance. PC-570 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-11...
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-570 USER‘S MANUAL...
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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-570 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-13...
<F1> key, the all options for the desired selection will be displayed for choice. User has to use select the desired options. Having made all the above setting according to your configuraton. Press <Esc> to return to the main menu. Page: 5-14 PC-570 USER‘S MANUAL...
Load BIOS Defaults ( Y / N ) ? N To use the BIOS defaults, change the prompt to "Y" and press < Enter >, the CMOS is load automatically when you power on the PC-570. 5-9 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Auto configuration With Setup Defaults This Main Menu item uses the default SETUP values.
User has to use select the desired option. Having made all the setting according to your selections. Press <Esc> to return to the Main Menu. Page: 5-16 PC-570 USER‘S MANUAL...
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-570 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-17...
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: 5-18 PC-570 USER‘S MANUAL...
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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-570 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-19...
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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: 5-20 PC-570 USER‘S MANUAL...
User has to use select the desired option. Having made all the setting according to your selections. Press <Esc> to return to the Main Menu. PC-570 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-21...
You may call up the setup program at any time to adjust any of the individual items by pressing the <Del> key during boot up. Page: 5-22 PC-570 USER‘S MANUAL...
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Quit Without Saving (Y/N) ? N LOAD BIOS DE ETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ↑↓→← Esc : Quit :SELECT ITEM F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2 : Change Color Abadon all Datas & Exit SETUP PC-570 USER‘S MANUAL Page: 5-23...
APPENDIX EXPANSION BUS This appendix indicates you the pin assignments. Sections include: PC-104 Connector Pin Assignment ISA BUS Pin Assignment Page: A-1...
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-570 USER‘S MANUAL...
Base memory high byte Extension memory low byte Extension memory high byte 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-570 USER‘S MANUAL Page: B-3...
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-570 USER‘S MANUAL...
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: C-1...
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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. PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: C-2...
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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-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: C-3...
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03 : Initialize all the standard devices with default values Standard devices includes : DMA controller (8237). Programmable Interrupt Controller (8259). Programmable Interval Timer (8254). RTC chip. 05 : 1.Keyboard Controller Self-Test. 2.Enable Keyboard Interface. 07 : Verfies CMOS‘s basic R/W functionality. PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: C-4...
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0D : 1. Program some of the Chipset‘s value according to Setup. (Early Setup Value Program). 2. Measure CPU speed for display & decide the system clock speed. 3. Video initialization including Monochrome ,CGA, EGA/VGA. If no display device found, the speaker will beep. PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: C-5...
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2.Program all onboard super I/O chips (if any) including COM ports, LPT ports, FDD port..according to setup value. 3C : Set flag to allow users to enter CMOS Setup Utility. 3D : 1 Initialize Keyboard. 2 Install PS2 mouse. PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: C-6...
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-assign I/O, Memory, IRQ & DMA TO PnP ISA devices. -initialize all PnP ISA ROMs. 4. Program shadows RAM according to Setup settings. 5. Program parity according to Setup setting. 6. Power Management Initialization. -Enable/Disable global PM. -APM interface initialization. PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: C-7...
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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. PC-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: C-8...
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(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-570 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: C-9...
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