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MAXI 6560
Compact PCI Computer
User's Guide
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  • Page 1 MAXI 6560 Compact PCI Computer User′s Guide All brand names are registered trademarks of their owners.
  • Page 2 Trademarks The MAXI 6560 is a registered trademark of NEXCOM International Co., Ltd., IBM PC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents How to Use This Guide Chapter 1. Introduction 1-1 Specifications................1-3 1-2 What you have................1-7 Chapter 2. Switches and Connectors 2-1 Switches................…..2-1 2-2 Connectors..............…....2-3 Chapter 3. Capability Expanding 3-1 System Memory..............…. 3-1 3-2 Cache Memory ................3-3 3-3 Change CPU................3-3 Chapter 4.
  • Page 4: How To Use This Guide

    How to use this guide This manual is written to help you use the MAXI 6560. The manual describes how to arrange various settings on Intel MMC1 and MMC2 CPU module to meet your requirements. It‘s briefed as follows: Chapter 1, “Introduction” gives an overview of the product‘s specifications.
  • Page 5: Chapter 1. Introduction

    The MAXI 6560 is the only one product in the world, which could support three CPU families on the same design. The user now could put on the Pentium IMM, e.g.
  • Page 6 MAXI 6560 User's Guide One special feature of the MAXI 6560 is the Front I/O, Rear I/O options. Now the connectors and cables all go from the rear side. This makes a clean operation environment and significantly shortens the MTTR. The MAXI 6560 also supports the PICMG Hot Swap spec.
  • Page 7 MAXI 6560 User's Guide 1-1 Specifications System architecture 6U Compact PCI CPU board Intel MMC1/MMC2 architecture Intel Pentium/Pentium II IMM series support All in one design PC’98 fully complied PCI V2.1 complied PICMG 2.0 complied CPU support Intel MMC1/MMC2 architecture.
  • Page 8 MAXI 6560 User's Guide C&T 69000 VGA controller 2MB SDRAM embedded. CRT & Panel support. Max. Res./Color/Refresh rate 800 x 600, true color, 85 Hz 1024x768, 64K color, 85Hz 1280x1024, 256 color, 60Hz Drivers Support: window 95/98,Window NT 4.0/5.0 Intel 82558 Single Chip Ethernet Controller 10 Base T/100 Base TX support, full Duplex.
  • Page 9 MAXI 6560 User's Guide On Board I/O SMC 37C669 Super I/O x 2 ON BOARD SIOx4, with 2 x RS 422/485 options, 9PIN D-type x2 PIOx1, Bi-Directional, EPP/ECP support, 20pin micro connector x 1 Floppy Disk controller: 5 ” 360K/1.2MB, 3 ”...
  • Page 10 MAXI 6560 User's Guide CPCI connector Definition J1J2 for 1 PCI Bus J4J5 for Rear I/O IDE x 2 FDC x 1 100 Base T Ultra 2 SCSI 4S1P KBD/Mouse Panel Connector (LVD) Dimensions Dimensions: 233.35mm(D) x 160mm(W) Power requirements +3.3V: 12A (Max.)
  • Page 11 MAXI 6560 User's Guide 1-2 What you'll have from the package In addition to this manual, the MAXI 6560 package includes the following items: • MAXI 6560 cPCI CPU Board x 1 • SIO cable x 2 • Printer cable x 1 •...
  • Page 12: Chapter 2. Switches And Connectors

    MAXI 6560 Series User's Guide Chapter 2 Switches and Connectors This chapter gives the definitions and shows where to locate the positions of switches and connectors. 2-1 Switches Switches on the CPU board are used to select options for different functions used.
  • Page 13 MAXI 6560 Series User's Guide Switch Setting Table (*default setting) l CPU Frequency Setting: Freq. S8.3 S8.4 S8.6 S8.7 S8.8 *66 MHz 75 MHz 100 MHz 105 MHz 112 MHz 115 MHz 133 MHz 150 MHz l Serial Port 1: Mode S3.1...
  • Page 14: Connectors

    MAXI 6560 Series User's Guide Mode S4.1 S4.2 S4.3 S4.4 S4.5 S4.6 S4.7 S4.8 S4.9 S4.10 *RS232 RS422 RS485 Disk On Chip configuration table: Active Address S3.7 S3.8 S3.9 S3.10 C000H C800H D000H *D800H RTC Clearing: Mode S8.5 Clear RTC...
  • Page 15 MAXI 6560 Series User's Guide Connector Function Description Connector Function Remark LAN Connector RJ45 J2/J6 Standard CPCI J1/J2 Connector Serial Port 1 & RS422/RS485 Connector FAN Connector KeyLock Connector Serial Port 2 Connector VGA Connector J9/J11 Rear I/O Connector PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector...
  • Page 16 MAXI 6560 Series User's Guide Differential RTS + Differential RTS - Differential CTS - Differential CTS + J3/J7: Serial Port Connector D-Sub 9-Pin PIN No. Description Data Carrier Detect (DCD) Receive Data (RXD) Transmit Data (TXD) Data Terminal Ready (DTR)
  • Page 17 MAXI 6560 Series User's Guide J10: 6-Pin Mini-DIN Keyboard Connector (PS/2 Type) PIN No. Description Keyboard Data PS/2 Mouse Data Ground Keyboard Clock PS/2 Mouse Clock J12: USB Connector 1/2 PIN No. Description -Data 0 +Data 0 Ground J16: FDD Connector PIN No.
  • Page 18 MAXI 6560 Series User's Guide Reset # Ground Data 7 Data 8 Data 6 Data 9 Data 5 Data 10 Data 4 Data 11 Data 3 Data 12 Data 2 Data 13 Data 1 Data 14 Data 0 Data 15...
  • Page 19 MAXI 6560 Series User's Guide Rear I/O Define HD_DRY HD_IRQ14 HD_D8 HD_DRQ0 HD_CS1A# HD_IOW# HD_RST# HD_D9 HD_D7 HD_CS3A# HD_IOR# HD_A2 HD_D10 HD_D6 HD_LED# HD_ACK0# HD_A0 HD_D11 HD_D5 FD_TRK0# HD_A1 HD_D12 HD_D4 FD_STEP# FD_W GATE# GND HD_D13 HD_D3 FD_MTR0# FD_DIR# FD_DRV0#...
  • Page 20 MAXI 6560 Series User's Guide 38 LVDM9 LVDP0 LVDM14 LVDP15 LVDM8 39 LVDP4 LVDM0 LVDP14 LVDM15 LVDP8 40 LVDM4 VCC3 LVDM1 LVDP11 LVDM3 41 VCC3 LVDPI LVDM11 LVDP3 42 GND BHSYNC VCC3 DDCCLK VCC3 43 BVSYNC BLUE DDCDAT 44 ENABKL...
  • Page 21 MAXI 6560 Series User's Guide Floppy FD_MTR0(1)#, FD_DS0(1)#, FD_DRV0(1)#, FD_TRK0#, FD_STEP#, FD_DIR#, FD_RDAT#, FD_WRPT#, FD_WGATE#, FD_INDX#, FD_DCHG#, FD_WDATA# IR_TX, IR_RX RJ1, RJ2, RJ3, RJ4, RJ5, RJ6, RJ7, RJ8 SMBus SMBCLK, SMBDATA Other SCSI_LED#, PWRLED#, LAN_ACTIVE#, LAN_LINK#, LAN_SPD#, RST_BUT#, SPEAKER# 2-10...
  • Page 22: Chapter 3. Capability Expanding

    66 MHz SO-DIMM is not recommended The on-board memory also has parity bit support up to 128MB ECC capability. Please be noted that when the SO-DIMM is added to the MAXI 6560, the ECC capability will be sacrificed. On Board Memory (Bank 1)
  • Page 23 MAXI 6560 User's Guide Installing SO-DIMM Besides the on-board 64MB or ever 128MB SDRAM, the user could install another SDRAM based SO-DIMM onto the on board socket To install SO-DIMM, you have to press SO-DIMM module gently but firmly into the SO-DIMM socket, with roughly 30-degree angle to the socket.
  • Page 24: Cache Memory

    To mount the CPU module, first move the IMM within the area of the four mounting holes on the MAXI 6560 main board. Then carefully put the male portion of the MMC1 on the CPU module right on the female portion of the MMC1 on the main board.
  • Page 25 MAXI 6560 User's Guide Figure 3-3 Mount-Change the CPU Capability Expanding...
  • Page 26: Chapter 4. Award Bios Setup

    MAXI 6560 Series 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 27: Control Keys

    MAXI 6560 Series 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...
  • Page 28: Getting Help

    MAXI 6560 Series 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 29: The Main Menu

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide The Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from ten setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.
  • Page 30: Power Management Setup

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide Power Management Setup This category determines how much power consumption for system after selecting below items. Default value is Disable. See Page 4-17 to Page 4-20 for details. PNP/PCI Configuration This category specifies the assignment of all the IRQ’s and DMA’s. See Page 4-21 to Page 4-22 for details.
  • Page 31: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    MAXI 6560 Series 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 key to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp>...
  • Page 32 MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide Mont The month, from Jan through Dec Year The year, depend on the year of BIOS Time The time format is <hour> <minute> <second>, which accepts either function key or numerical key. The time is calculated based on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m.
  • Page 33 MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide Drive A Type/Drive B Type The category identifies the type 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 capacity 1.2M, 5.25 in...
  • Page 34: Bios Features Setup Menu

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide BIOS Features Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (M6560_S-) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Virus Warning : Disabled Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled CPU Internal Cache : Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow : Disabled External Cache : Enabled...
  • Page 35: Quick Power On Self Test

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide system and the following error message will appear, in the mean time, you can run an anti-virus program to locate the problem. ! WARNING ! Disk boot sector is to be modified Type "Y" to accept write or "N" to abort write Award Software, Inc.
  • Page 36: Swap Floppy Drive

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide This category determines which drive computer searches first for the disk operating system (i.e., DOS). Default value is A,C, SCSI. A, C, SCSI Default C, A, SCSI C, CDROM, A CDROM, C, A D, A, SCSI...
  • Page 37: Typematic Rate Setting

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide Typematic Rate Setting This category determines the typematic rate. Enabled Enable typematic rate and typematic delay programming Disabled (Default) Disable typematic rate and typematic delay programming. The system BIOS will use default value of this 2 items and the default is controlled by keyboard.
  • Page 38 MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Enable PCI controller support PCI/VGA palette snoop or not, if enabled, VGA cycle will transfer to ISA bus. If disabled (Default), VGA cycle only transfer to PCI bus. OS Select for DRAM 64MB This segment is specifically created for OS/2 when DRAM is larger than 64MB.
  • Page 39: Chipset Features Setup Menu

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide Chipset Features Setup Menu Since the features in this section are related to the chipset in the CPU board and all are optimized, you are not recommended to change the default settings in the setup table, unless you know very detailed about the chipset features.
  • Page 40: Sdram Cas Latency Time

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide SDRAM CAS latency Time You can select CAS latency t ime in HCLKs of 2/2 or 3/3. The system board designer should set the values in this field, depending on the DRAM installed. Do not change the values in this field unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM or the installed CPU.
  • Page 41: Cpu Warning Temperature

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide Memory Hole At 15M-16M. In order to improve performance, certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards.. This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16 MB. Enabled Memory hole supported.
  • Page 42: Power Management Setup

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide Power Management Setup The Power management setup will appear on your screen like this: ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (M6560_S-) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Power Management : Min Saving ** Reload Global Timer Event **...
  • Page 43: Video Off Method

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide Disabled No power management. Disable all four modes Min. Power Minimu m power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr. Standby Saving Mode = 1 hr., Suspend Mode = 1 hr., and HDD Power Down = 15 min.
  • Page 44: Doze Mode

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide PM Timers The following four modes are Green PC power saving functions which are only user configurable when User Defined Power Management has been selected. See above for available selections. Doze Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the CPU clock will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed.
  • Page 45: Reload Global Timer Events

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide PCI/VGA Active Monitor When Enabled, any video activity restarts the global timer for Standby mode. The Choice: Enabled (Default) , Disabled. IRQ 8 Break Suspend You can Enable or Disable monitoring of IRQ8 so it does not awaken the system from Suspend mode.
  • Page 46: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide PnP/PCI Configuration This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Peripheral Component Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.
  • Page 47: Pnp Os Installed

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide DMA-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP F7 : Load Setup Defaults PNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug-and-Play aware (e.g.Windows 95). The Choice: Yes and No (Default) Resource Controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play-compatible devices.
  • Page 48: Integrated Peripherals

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (M6560_S-) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ 7 IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto Parallel port Mode : Normal IDE Primary Slave PIO...
  • Page 49: Usb Keyboard Support

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide This allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive (HDD). Enabled IDE controller uses block mode. Disabled IDE controller uses standard mode.
  • Page 50: Onboard Parallel Port

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide The Onboard UART 1 and UART 2 could be set as below: Auto Default Disabled 3F8/IRQ4 2F8/IRQ3 3E8/IRQ4 2E8/IRQ3 Different port requires different address to avoid conflicts. On board UART 2 Mode This item allows you to determine which Infra Red (IR) function of onboard I/O chip.
  • Page 51: Supervisor/User Password Setting

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide Onboard Serial Port 4 This allows Onboard Serial Port 4 to set up disabled or 3F8H, 2F8H, 3E8H, 2E8H Serial Port 4 Use IRQ This allows Serial Port 4 to use IRQ 11, 10, 9, 5 Supervisor/User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then.
  • Page 52: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option (see Section 4). If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup.
  • Page 53 MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide <II> Standard CMOS Setup HARD DISK TYPE Cyls Heads Precom Landzone Sector Mode Primary Master: User (516MB) 1120 65535 1119 59 Norma Primary Slave: None (203MB) 65535 ------ Secondary None Master: Secondary Slave None When HDD type is in ‘user’ type, the “MODE” option will be opened for user to select their own HDD mode.
  • Page 54 MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide During HDD accessing, the IDE controller will transform the logical address des- cribed by sector, head & cylinder number into its own physical address inside the HDD. The maximum HDD size supported by LBA mode is 8.4 Gigabytes which is obtained by the following formula: no.
  • Page 55 MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide 1 Gigabytes (3) Remarks To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs, t h ere must be some softwares involved. 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 56: Bad Track List

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide Secondary AUTO Master Secondary Slave 65280 AUTO Up/Down - Select item ENTER-Accept ESC-Exit/Abort Copyright (C) Award Software, Inc. 1992-98 All Rights Reserved Control Keys Use the Up and Down arrow keys to move around the selections displayed on the upper screen.
  • Page 57: Power-On Boot

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide Clear bad track table Clear the whole bad track list in the window at the right side of the screen. Prefformat Interleave Select the interleave number of the hard disk drive you wish to perform low level format.
  • Page 58: Bios Reference-Post Message

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide BIOS Reference - POST Message During the Power On Self Test (POST), if the BIOS detects an error requiring you to do something to fix, it will either sound a beep code or display a message.
  • Page 59: Error Messages

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST. This list includes messages for both the ISA and the EISA BIOS. CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED CMOS battery is no longer functional.
  • Page 60 MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide which setting is correct, and then either turn off the system and change the jumper, or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection. DISPLAY TYPE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT Since last powering off the system, the display adapter has been changed. You must configure the system for the new display type.
  • Page 61 MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide Invalid EISA Configuration PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The non-volatile memory containing EISA configuration information was programmed incorrectly or has become corrupt. Re-run EISA configuration utility to correctly program the memory. NOTE: When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility.
  • Page 62 MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide OFFENDING ADDRESS NOT FOUND This message is used in conjunction with the I/O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated. OFFENDING SEGMENT: This message is used in conjunction with the I/O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has been isolated.
  • Page 63: Bios Reference-Post Codes

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide 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 64 MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide 1. Turn off OEM specific cache, shadow... 2. Initialize all the standard devices with default values standard devices includes: -DMA controller (8237) -Programmable Interrupt Controller (8259) -Programmable Interval Timer (8254) -RTC chip Auto-detection of onboard DRAM & Cache 1.
  • Page 65 MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide POST Description (hex) 1. Turn off OEM specific cache, shadow... 2. Initialize all the standard devices with default values standard devices includes: -DMA controller (8237) -Programmable Interrupt Controller (8259) -Programmable Interval Timer (8254) -RTC chip Auto-detection of onboard DRAM &...
  • Page 66 MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide a This page is for Non-Compressed Version only 01-02 Reserved Turn off OEM specific cache, shadow... 1. Initialize EISA registers (EISA BIOS only) 2. Initialize all the standard devices with default values Standard devices includes:...
  • Page 67 MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide a The following POST Codes are for all of Compress Version & Non-Compress Version POST Description (hex) 1. Verify the RTC time is valid or not 2. Detect bad battery 3. Read CMOS data into BIOS stack area 4.
  • Page 68 MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide 1. Test Base Memory from 256K to 640K 2. Test Extended Memory from 1M to the top of memory 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...
  • Page 69: Bios Default Drive Table

    MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide 1. If it is NOT a PnP BIOS, initialize serial & parallel ports 2. Initialize time value in BIOS data area by translate the RTC time value into a timer tick value Setup Virus Protection (Boot Sector Protection) functionality according to...
  • Page 70 MAXI 6560 Series User‘s Guide Seagate ST4038 65535 Seagate ST4051 1024 65535 1023 Seagate ST4096 1224 65535 1223 Maxtor 2085 1224 65535 1223 Maxtor 2140, Priam S14 1224 65535 1223 Maxtor 2190, Priam S19 Type Size Cylinders Heads Sectors Write...
  • Page 71: Appendix 1 Watch Dog Timer

    MAXI 6560 User’s Guide Appendix 1 Watch Dog Timer Watch Dog Timer Working Procedure                                               !"     #$                        #  %&...
  • Page 72 MAXI 6560 User’s Guide Watch Dog Timer Control Register          ' (  )   '     *  '           +," -+.   -+.  --+. # -+. $ --+.% --+.& ---+.%# + '     -+  '    +. ! -+. /                                                               ...
  • Page 73: Watch Dog Timer Programming Procedure

    MAXI 6560 User’s Guide Watch Dog Timer Programming Procedure • • • •                0#1-2 3 4''     5  '        0--------2+ 6  7     . &   '     44- --- .%# • • • • Initialize the SQW of RTC (set SQW output period=0.5 second)     3  .8          .8    '     ...
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  • Page 75 MAXI 6560 User’s Guide &    0 &   2  &9-4   "  4-  =   &94  @  4-------  =  "        45        /     * '          <4    =.    *    @C <4   =@     7   •)                    *                                                                     ...
  • Page 76: Appendix 2 Memory Mapping

    MAXI 6560 User’s Guide Appendix 2 Memory Mapping Memory Mapping A2-1...

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