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  • Page 1 VIA C3 Low Power Processors Embedded SBC User’s Manual Version 1.1...
  • Page 2 Trademarks IBM, EGA, VGA, XT/AT, OS/2 and PS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machine Corporation Award is a trademark of Award Software International, Inc Intel is a trademark of Intel AW-P631...
  • Page 3 Limitation of Liability While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of this manual, the manufacturer and distributor assume no liability resulting from errors or omissions in this manual, or from the use of the information contained herein. AW-P631...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    User’s manual Table of Contents Chapter 1. General Information 1.1 Introduction---------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 1.2 Specification---------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 1.3 AW-P631 Package--------------------------------------------------------------------------2 1.4 Board Layout--------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 1.5 Board Dimension---------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Chapter 2. Connectors Location and Configuration 2.1 Connectors/Jumpers Location and Define--------------------------------------------6 2.2 Onboard Processors-----------------------------------------------------------------------6 2.3 Installing System Memory----------------------------------------------------------------7 2.4 Connector and Jumpers Settings--------------------------------------------------------8...
  • Page 5 Chapter 4. Drivers and Utilities Installation---------------------------------------------41 4.1. System Drivers Installation------------------------------------------------------------41 4.2. VGA Driver Installation----------------------------------------------------------------46 4.3. Intel 82559ER Ethernet Driver Installation----------------------------------------47 Appendix A. Programming the GPIO Port ---------------------------------------------53 Appendix B. Programming the Watchdog Timer---------------------------------------54 Appendix C. System Resource--------------------------------------------------------------55 Appendix D: Optional Converter for Pin-Up Solution--------------------------------59 AW-P631...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1. General Information

    User’s manual Chapter 1. General Information 1.1 Introduction The AW-P631 is a full function of PC/104 CPU module use VIA VT8606 and VT82C686B chipset supports processors VIA Ezra/Eden (EBGA packaging) processors. The AW-P631 supports CRT, Intel 82559ER Ethernet chipset with RJ45 jack for 10/100Mbps.

  • Page 7: Aw-P631 Package

    Weight 1.3 AW-P631 Package Please make sure that the following items have been included in the package before installation. AW-P631 VIA C3 Single Board Quick Setup Cable: Please refer to Appendix Optional Cables CD-ROM which contains the following folders: (1) Manual...
  • Page 8 Please make sure you properly ground yourself before handling the AW-P631 board or other system components. Electrostatic discharge can be easily damage the AW-P631 board. Do not remove the anti-static packing until you are ready to install the AW-P631 board. Ground yourself before removing any system component from it protective anti-static packaging.

  • Page 9: Board Layout

    User’s manual 1.4 Board Layout AW-P631...

  • Page 10: Board Dimension

    User’s manual 1.5 Board Dimension AW-P631...

  • Page 11: Chapter 2. Connectors Location And Configuration

    User’s manual Chapter 2. Connectors/Jumpers Location and Configuration 2.1 Connectors/Jumpers Location and Define AW-P631...

  • Page 12: Onboard Processors

    IDE Connector Connector 2.2. Onboard Processors The AW-P631 has onboard built-in VIA Ezra or EDEN EBGA Package processor. The CPU cooler fan will be mounted when board with 800MHz CPU and the high profile Heatsink will be mounted when 667MHz CPU.
  • Page 13 User’s manual 2.4 Connector and Jumper Settings CN1: USB, IR, Ethernet Connector The AW-P631 CN1 combine the USB, Ethernet & IR connectors by using 1.27mm pitch connector onboard, it is necessary to use a converter (CONV63101-00) if you use pin-up solution.
  • Page 14 30 WRITE DATA* Floppy 31 GND Floppy 32 WRITE GATE* Floppy 33 GND Floppy 34 TRACK 00* Floppy 35 GND Floppy 36 WRITE PROTECT* Floppy 37 GND Floppy 38 READ DATA* Floppy 39 GND Floppy 40 DENSITY SELECT* Floppy AW-P631...
  • Page 15 TXD2 6 CTS2 DTR2 8 RI2 10 GND 11 DCD1 12 DSR1 13 RXD1 14 RTS1 15 TXD1 16 CTS1 17 DTR1 18 RI1 19 GND 20 GND CN4: LAN LED Signal Signal LAN-SPEED LED+ +3.3V LAN-LINK LED+ +3.3V AW-P631...
  • Page 16 VGA DB15 Pin 1 15 GREEN VGA DB15 Pin 2 16 BLUE VGA DB15 Pin 3 17 HSYNC VGA DB15 Pin 13 18 VSYNC VGA DB15 Pin 13 19 GND GND reference for RGB 20 GND GND reference for HSYNC, VSYNC AW-P631...
  • Page 17 User’s manual CN6: Digital I/O Connector Signal Signal DIN0 DIN1 DIN2 DIN3 DOUT0 DOUT1 DOUT2 DOUT3 +3.3V AW-P631...
  • Page 18 SA14 DACK1* LA20 IRQ12 SA13 DRQ1 LA19 IRQ15 SA12 REFRESH* LA18 IRQ14 SA11 SYSCLK LA17 DACK0* SA10 IRQ7 MEMR* DRQ0 IRQ6 MEMW* DACK5* IRQ5 DRQ5 IRQ4 DACK6* IRQ3 SD10 DRQ6 SD11 DACL7* SD12 DRQ7 BALE SD13 SD14 MASTER* SD15 AW-P631...
  • Page 19 User’s manual CN8: LVDS and LCD Connector (P/N: CONV63105-01) CN1: LVDS /CN2: 44-pin LCD Connector CN3: Flat Panel Connector to be connected with CN8 of AW-P631 CN4: LCD B.Light/CN5: 40-pin LCD Connector CN6: LCD PWR Connector/JP1: LCD Voltage Select Signal...
  • Page 20 DATA 0 18 DATA 15 20 N/C DREQ 22 GND DIOW* 24 GND DIOR* 26 GND IOCHRDY 28 PULL DOWN DACK* 30 GND IRQ14 32 PULL DOWN 34 N/C 36 A2 HD SELECT 0* 38 HD SELECT 1* 40 +5V AW-P631...

  • Page 21: Chapter 3. Bios Setup

    User’s manual Chapter 3. BIOS Setup The ROM chip of your AW-P631 board is configured with a customized Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) from Phoenix-Award BIOS. The BIOS is a set of permanently recorded program routines that give the system its fundamental operational characteristics.

  • Page 22: Entering The Cmos Setup Program

    1. Turn on or reboot the system. After the BIOS performs a series of diagnostic checks, the following message appears: “Press DEL to enter SETUP” 2. Press the <DEL> key to enter CMOS Setup program. The main menu appears: AW-P631...

  • Page 23: Standard Cmos Features

    STANDARD CMOS FEATURES: Configure the date & time, hard disk drive type, floppy disk drive type, primary display type and more ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES: Configure advanced system options such as enabling/disabling cache memory and shadow RAM AW-P631...
  • Page 24 COS Setup main menu, but you can not enter other menus in the CMOS Setup program. SAVE & EXIT SETUP: Save changes of values to CMOS and exit the CMOS setup program EXIT WITHOUT SAVING: Abandon all CMOS changes and exit the CMOS setup program AW-P631...
  • Page 25 If your drive is not one of the predefined types, choose “User” and enter the following drive specifications: Cylinders, heads, Wpcom, L-Zone, sectors, and mode Consult the documentation received with the drive for the values that will give you optimum performance. Drive A & Drive B: Choose: None 360K, 5.25 in 1.2M, 5.25 in AW-P631...
  • Page 26 Controls whether the system stops in case of an error detected during power up. Choose: All Errors (Default) No Errors All, But Keyboard All, But Diskette All, But Disk/Key 3. After you have finished with the Standard CMOS Features program, press the <ESC> key to return to the main menu. AW-P631...
  • Page 27 If this happens, you can use an anti-virus utility on a virus-free, bootable floppy disk to reboot and clean your system. The default setting is Disabled CPU Internal/External Cache: Cache memory is an additional memory that is much faster than the conventional AW-P631...
  • Page 28 This would be effective only in systems with tow floppy drives. To select enable assigns physical drive B to logical drive A, and physical drive A to logical drive B. Choose: Enabled / Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek: When enabled, the BIOS seeks floppy drives to decide the tracks—40 or 80. 360KB AW-P631...
  • Page 29 Supervisor Password & User Password later in this chapter. OS Select for DRAM > 64MB: Set to OS/2 if your system is using OS/2 and has a memory size of more than 64MB AW-P631...

  • Page 30: Advanced Chipset Features Setup

    It lets you select the value in this field, depending on the board paged DRAMs or EDO (Extended Data Output) DRAMS. Choose: Enabled / Disabled DRAM Clock: It lets you control the DRAM speed. Choose: Host Clock, HCLK-33M, HCLK+33M AW-P631...
  • Page 31 Host cycle that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. 64MB AGP-4X Mode: When 4X mode enabled, it will enhance your system performance. Choose: Enabled / Disabled AW-P631...
  • Page 32 When enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero waiting states. Choose: Enabled / Disabled PCI Delay Transaction: The chipset with an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer supports delay transaction cycles. Choose “enable” to support compliances with PCI specification, version 2.1. Choose: Enabled / Disabled AW-P631...
  • Page 33 AGP Master 1 WS Read: When enabled, the system will run single wait state delay before reading data from buffer; if users disable the system, it will run twice wait states and the system can be stable. Choose: Enabled / Disabled AW-P631...

  • Page 34: Integrated Peripherals

    IDE Prefetch Mode: The onboard IDE drive interfaces support IDE prefetch, which are faster drive accesses. If the interface doesn’t support prefetch, users could choose “disable” when installing the primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface. Choose: Enabled / Disabled AW-P631...
  • Page 35 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. UART 2 Mode: Select an operating mode for the second serial port: Normal RS-232C serial port Standard RS-232C serial port IrDA 1.0 Infrared port compliant with IrDA 1.0 specification IrDA SIR IrDA-compliant serial AW-P631...
  • Page 36 Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel port. ECP Mode Use DMA: Select a DMA channel for the port Choose: 3 / 1 Parallel Port EPP Type: Select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9 Choose: EPP1.9 / EPP1.7 AW-P631...

  • Page 37: Power Management Setup

    “Min Saving” - Predefine timer value of 4-12 min. “Max Saving” – Predefine timer value of 1 minute PM Control by APM: When the advanced power management is installed on the system, users would select “Yes” to save more power. Choose: Yes / No AW-P631...
  • Page 38 DPMS features. If you don’t have a Green monitor, use the Blank Screen option MODEM Use IRQ: Choose the IRQ used by the modem. Default: Disabled 3. After you have finished with the Power Management Setup, press the <ESC> key to return to the main menu. AW-P631...

  • Page 39: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    Win95. Choose “No” if users need the BIOS to configure non-boot devices. Choose: Yes / No Reset Configuration Data: Choose Enable or Disable “Enable” – PNP configuration data is reset in BIOS “Disable” – PNP configuration date is retained in BIOS AW-P631...
  • Page 40 Choose Enabled/Disabled to specify whether the VGA uses on IRQ or not. Assign IRQ for USB: Choose Enabled/Disabled to specify whether the USB uses an IRQ or not. 3. Please press the <ESC> key to return the main menu after finishing with the PNP/PCI Configuration Setup. AW-P631...

  • Page 41: Pc Health Status

    Menu Level Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk <Enabled> Spread Spectrum Modulated <Disabled> This item is for VIA CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI) <Defualt> C3 CPU Ratio adjustment Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5:Previous Value F6:Fail-Safe Default F7:Optimized Defaults AW-P631...

  • Page 42: Load Fail-Safe Default

    Esc : Quit : Select Item F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2: Change Color Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... AW-P631...

  • Page 43: Load Optimized Default

    Esc : Quit : Select Item F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2: Change Color Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... AW-P631...
  • Page 44 After you use this option to enable a password function, use the “Security Option” in “BIOS Feature Setup” to specify whether a password is required every time the system boots or only when an attempt is made to enter the CMOS Setup program. AW-P631...

  • Page 45: Save And Exit Setup

    Esc : Quit : Select Item F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift)F2: Change Color Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... AW-P631...
  • Page 46 User’s manual Chapter 4. Driver Utility 4.1 The system driver installation procedure must be performed first. 1. Insert the AW-P631 CD-ROM driver into the CD-ROM Drive 2. Select the Drivers\system file to click the Setup icon. 3. Click Next 4. Click Yes...
  • Page 47 User’s manual 5. Select Normally Install, and then click Next 6. Remain the default setting, and then click Next AW-P631...
  • Page 48 User’s manual 7. Click Next 8. As the following picture, click Next AW-P631...
  • Page 49 User’s manual 9. Select Install VIA AGP VxD in Turbo Mode, and click Click 10. Click Next AW-P631...
  • Page 50 User’s manual 11. Click Finish Installation process is completed and allowed the system to reboot. AW-P631...

  • Page 51: Vga Driver Installation

    User’s manual 4.2 VGA Driver Installation 1. Install the AW-P631 CD ROM into the CD-ROM Drive 2. Select the Drivers\vga\9x file to click the Setup icon A driver installation screen will appear, please follow the onscreen instruction to install the driver in sequence 3.

  • Page 52: Intel 82559Er Ethernet Driver Installation

    Installation process is completed and allowed the system to reboot 4.3 Intel 82559ER Ethernet Driver Installation Please install Ethernet drivers as follows: 1. Click “Start”, go to “Setting” and click “Control Panel”. Choose the “Add New Hardware” icon and double-click the icon, the next configuration screen will appear. AW-P631...
  • Page 53 Your screen may go black during this process. This is normal. To continue, click “Next>” to the next step of installation. 4. Please select the device that you want to install, and then click “Next>” to the next step of installation. AW-P631...
  • Page 54 A device driver is a software program that makes a hardware device work. Updating to a newer version of a device driver may improve the performance of your hardware device or add functionality, please click “Next>” to the next step of installation AW-P631...
  • Page 55 9. This s screen for selecting the type of device from the list, then click “Next>” to next step of installation 10. This is to show the “Folders”, please click “OK” to the next step of installation. AW-P631...
  • Page 56 13. This is Update Driver Wizard. Windows is now ready to install the selected driver for this device. Please click Back to select a different driver, or click Next to continue. AW-P631...
  • Page 57 Please click “Finish” to the next step of installation 15. This screens the System Settings Change. To finish setting up your new hardware, you must restart your computer. Please click “YES” to restart your computer. AW-P631...

  • Page 58: Appendix A. Programming The Gpio Port

    User’s manual Appendix A: Programming the GPIO Port The AW-P631 provides an 4-bit GPIO Port that you can use to read and write data through. The GPIO Port base address is 440(hex) Reading the GPIO Data MOV DX, 440; the GPIO address IN AL,DX ;...

  • Page 59: Appendix B. Programming The Watchdog Timer

    User’s manual Appendix B : Programming the Watchdog Timer The AW-P631 provides a watchdog timer that resets the CPU or generates an interrupt if processing comes to a stop. This function ensures greater system reliability in industrial stand-alone and unmanned environments.

  • Page 60: Appendix C. System Resource

    Appendix C: System Resource Interrupt Controller The AW-P631 is a fully PC compatible control board, it consists of 16 ISA interrupt request lines and most of them already in used by other part of the board. Both of ISA and PCI expansion cards may need to use IRQs, please make sure that the IRQs do not conflict if you would like to use extra add-on cards.
  • Page 61 DMA6 Available for PCI and ISA Slot Available for PCI and ISA Slot DMA7 Memory Map The following table indicates memory of AW-P631. The address ranges specify the runtime code length. Memory below 1MB (1Mb ~ 640KB) Address Range Type...
  • Page 62 1F0 ~ 1F7 IDE Controller 220 ~ 22E Sound Card 2F8 ~ 2FF Communication Port (COM2) Midi IDE Controller 378 ~ 37A LPT1 3B0 ~ 3BB VGA Adapter 3C0 ~ 3DF VGA Adapter 3F0 ~ 3F5 FDD Controller IDE Controller AW-P631...
  • Page 63 User’s manual FDD Controller 3F8 ~ 3FF Communication Port (COM1) 480 ~ 48F PCI Bus 4D0 ~ 4D1 PCI Bus 778 ~ 77A Printer Port CF8 ~ CFF PCI Bus E000 ~ E0FE Ethernet Controller F000 ~ F00E IDE Controller AW-P631...

  • Page 64: Appendix D: Optional Converter For Pin-Up Solution

    User’s manual Appendix D: Optional Converter for Pin-Up Solution (1) CONV63101-01 USB/LAN/IR Converter with 2 USB/1 LAN Jack AW-P631 Connector: CN1 (2) CONV63102-01 LPT/FLOPPY Converter with LPT D-Sub/34-pin FDD Connector AW-P631 Connector: CN2 AW-P631...
  • Page 65 User’s manual (3) CONV63103-01 Serial Port Converter with Two RS232 D-Sub Connectors AW-P631 Connector: CN3 (4) CONV63104-01 CRT/PS2 KB-MS/RESET/SPEAKER/Ext. Battery Header Converter with CRT D-Sub/PS2 MS-KB Jack/Reset Bottom/Speaker AW-P631 Connector: CN5 AW-P631...
  • Page 66 (5) CONV63105-01 LCD/LVDS Converter AW-P631 Connector: CN8 (P/N: TMS-125-01-T-D) Connector Description LVDS Connector 44-pin LCD Panel Connector Flat Panel Connector (to be connected to CN8 of AW-P631) LCD Backlight Connector 41-pin LCD Panel Connector LCD Power Connector LCD Voltage Select AW-P631...
  • Page 67 Differential Data Input, CH2 (Negative) LVDS LVDS DATA+ Differential Data Input, CH2 (Positive) LVDS LVDA DATA- Differential Clock Input (Negative) LVDS LVDS DATA+ Differential Clock Input (Positive) LVDS This should be electrically opened during operation N.C. This should be electrically opened during operation AW-P631...
  • Page 68 13 B2 35 SHFCLK 14 B3 36 Vsync 15 B4 37 DEN 16 B5 38 Hsync 17 NC 39 GND 18 NC 40 ENABKL 19 G0 41 NC 20 G1 42 NC 21 G2 43 NC 22 G3 44 NC AW-P631...
  • Page 69 User’s manual CN3: Flat Panel Connector (P/N: TMS-125-01-T-D) Note: The CN3 has to be connected to CN8 of AW-P631 Signal Signal Signal Signal ENA VDD LVDS DATA1+ 40 LVDS DATA2- ENABKL LVDS DATA0+ 28 LVDS DATA1- 41 GND LVDS CLK+...
  • Page 70 26 GND 27 GND 28 GND 29 B0 30 B1 31 B2 32 GND 33 B3 34 B4 35 B5 36 GND 37 DEN 38 NC 39 VCCLCD 40 VCCLCD 41 NC CN6: : LCD Power Connector Pin Signal +12V AW-P631...
  • Page 71 User’s manual JP1: LCD Voltage Select Setting VCCLCD +3.3V (Default) (6) CONV63106-01 IDE Converter with one 2.0mm Pitch 44-pin IDE Connector AW-P631 Connector: CN10 AW-P631...

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