Copyright Notice PPC-360 Panel PC System With LCD / Touch screen 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.
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.
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION About This Manual ............Case Illustration ............. System Specification ............. Safety Precautions ............1-10 CHAPTER 2 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table ....Component Locations ........... How to Set the Jumpers ..........COM Port Connector …………………………………...
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Contents 4-13 Password Setting ..........…..4-26 4-14 Save & Exit Setup ............4-27 4-15 Exit Without Saving ............4-28 APPENDIX A SYSTEM ASSEMBLY Exploded Diagram for Whole System Unit ….……………… Exploded Diagram for Removing Hook Holder ….……….… Exploded Diagram for Removing Back Cover ….……..….… Exploded Diagram for Removing LCD Assembly ….……..….
CHAPTER INTRODUCTION This chapter gives you the information for PPC-360. It also outlines the System specifications. Section includes: About This Manual Case Illustration System Specifications Safety precautions Experienced users can skip to chapter 2 on page 2-1 for a Quick Start.
This chapter indicates on how to set up the BIOS configurations. Appendix A System Assembly This section gives you the exploded diagram for the whole system unit. Appendix B Technical Summary This section gives you the information about the Technical maps. ′ Page: 1-2 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 1 Introduction 1-3. SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS MAINBOARD (PPC-360) CPU TYPE: VIA Eden 400/733M processors Auto detect voltage regulator. CHIPSET: VIA VT8606+ VT82C686B MEMORY : Up to 512 SDRAM One 184-pin DIMM sockets on board. CACHE : Built-in CPU(128/256KB Cache). REAL-TIME CLOCK : CR2023 battery backed CMOS RAM Hardware implementation to indicate century rollover.
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COM2 (D-Sub Connector) for RS-232/422/485; COM3 (2 x 5 2.0mm Header) for RS-232 (Optional) COM4 (2 x 5 2.0mm Header) for RS-232. (Optional) COM1/2 contain 5V or 12V power capability with 9-pin D-sub connector on rear panel. ′ Page: 1-6 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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HARDWARE MONITORING FUNCTION : Monitor CPU Voltage, CPU Temperature. LED INDICATOR : Power LED. HDD LED. LAN LED. DMA CONTROLLER : 82C37 x 2 DMA CHANNELS : INTERRUPT CONTROLLERS : 82C59 x 2 INTERRUPT LEVELS : ′ Page: 1-7 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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COLOR : According to the supplier’s LCD specification. LCD MTBF : According to the supplier’s LCD specification. BACKLIGHT MTBF : According to the supplier’s LCD specification. DIMENSION : According to the supplier’s LCD specification. ′ Page: 1-8 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
If heavy stains are present, moisten a cloth with diluted neutral washing agent or with alcohol and then wipe thoroughly with a dry cloth. d. If dust has been accumulated on the outside, remove it by using a special made vacuum cleaner for computers. ′ Page: 1-10 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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 ’ PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration JUMPER DIAGRAMS JUMPER SETTINGS ’ Page: 2-5 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
COM1-RI / +5V / +12V selectable COM2 : COM2 Connector The COM2 Connector assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT RS-232 RS-422 RS-485 COM2-DCD COM2-RXD COM2 COM2-TXD COM2-DTR COM2-DSR RTS- COM2-RTS RTS+ COM2-CTS CTS+ COM2- CTS- RI/+5V/+12 Page: 2-6 ’ PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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COM4-DSR COM4-RTS COM4-CTS COM4-RI / +5V / +12V selectable All COM port’s pin 9 is selectable for RI, +5V or +12V. For more information, please refer to our “COM RI and Voltage Selection”. ’ Page: 2-7 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
2-5. COM PORT RI & VOLTAGE SELECTION JP19 : COM1, COM2, COM3, and COM4 RI & Voltage Selection The selections are as follows: JUMPER SETTING JUMPER SELECTION (Pin Closed) ILLUSTRATION 11-13 COM1 9-11 COM2 12-14 10-12 Page: 2-8 ’ PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration COM3 15-17 17-19 COM4 16-18 18-20 ’ Page: 2-9 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-7. VGA CONNECTOR VGA : VGA Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT GREEN BLUE PULL HI HSYNC VSYNC PULL HI ’ Page: 2-11 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
2-8. LVDS CONNECTOR LVDS1 : LVDS Connector The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT LVDSVCC LVDSVCC LVDS2 : LVDS Connector The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT LVDSVCC LVDSVCC Page: 2-12 ’ PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-9. BRIGHTNESS VOLTAGE SELECTION JP9: Brightness Voltage Selection The selections are as follows : JUMPER SETTING JUMPER SELECTION (Pin Closed) ILLUSTRATION 2.5V ***Manufacturing Default is set as 5V. ’ Page: 2-13 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-10. LVDS VOLTAGE SELECTION JP12: LCD Voltage Selection The selections are as follows : JUMPER SETTING JUMPER SELECTION (Pin Closed) ILLUSTRATION 3.3V ***Manufacturing Default is set as 3.3V. Page: 2-14 ’ PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-11. POWER CONNECTOR CN1: Power Connector The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT VCC12 5VSB PS_ON VCC12J ’ Page: 2-15 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
As to link the Printer to the card, you need a cable to connect both DB25 connector and parallel port. The pin assignments are as follows : LPT1 ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT STROBE AUTOF- PPD0 ERROR PPD1 INIT- PPD2 SLCTIN PPD3 PPD4 PPD5 PPD6 PPD7 ACK- BUSY SLCT Page: 2-18 ’ PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
The pin assignment is as follows : ASSIGNMENT MDI_0P MDI_0N MDI_1P MDI_2P MDI_2N MDI_1N MDI_3P MDI_3N 2-16. LAN LED CONNECTOR LANLED1 : LAN LED Connector The pin assignment is as follows : ASSIGNMENT LED100 CONTROL LED1000 ’ Page: 2-19 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT KB DATA KBMFVCC KB CLK 2-18. PS/2 MOUSE CONNECTOR MS1 : PS/2 Mouse Connector The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT MS DATA KBMFVCC MS CLK Page: 2-20 ’ PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
The pin assignment is as follows : ASSIGNMENT LINE_L LINE_R MIC1 : Microphone Connector The pin assignment is as follows : ASSIGNMENT MIC-IN MIC VDD SPK1 : Line-Out Connector The pin assignment is as follows : ASSIGNMENT Line-Out-L Line-Out-R ’ Page: 2-21 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
2-21. RESET CONNECTOR JP17 : Reset Connector. The pin assignment is as follows : ASSIGNMENT RSTSW 2-22. HDD LED CONNECTOR HDLED1 : HDD LED Connector The pin assignment is as follows : ASSIGNMENT HD_LED_PWR HD_LED Page: 2-22 ’ PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
To clear CMOS data, user must power-off the computer and set the jumper to “Clear CMOS” as illustrated above. After five to six seconds, set the jumper back to “Normal” and power-on the computer. Page: 2-24 ’ PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
USB2: Universal Serial Bus Connector. The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT USBV1 USB_DDT1- USB_DDT1+ USB3 : Universal Serial Bus Connector. The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT USBV2 USB_DDT2- USB_DDT2+ ’ Page: 2-25 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
Interrupt, is used for serious conditions that demand the processor’s immediate attention, it cannot be ignored by the system unless it is shut off specifically. To clear NMI command, user should short the “Clear Watchdog” pin via push button. Page: 2-26 ’ PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT PWLED_PWR 2-31. MEMORY INSTALLATION This system is enhanced with 1 DDR DRAM banks, which support up to DRAM BANK CONFIGURATION DIMM 1 TOTAL MEMORY 128M 128MB 256M 256MB 512M 512MB ’ Page: 2-27 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
2-32. AT/ATX POWER SELECTION JP14 (3-6) : AT/ATX Power Selection The selections are as follows: JUMPER FUNCTION JUMPER SETTING ILLUSTRATION JP14 (3-6) JP18 3-4, 5-6 Open open *** Manufacturing Default --- is set as ATX Page: 2-28 ’ PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
2-41. CPU FAN CONNECTOR FAN1 : CPU Fan Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT +12V CPUFAN1 2-42. SYSTEM FAN CONNECTOR FAN2 : System FAN Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT ’ Page: 2-35 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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CHAPTER SOFTWARE UTILITIES This chapter comprises the detailed information of VGA driver, LAN driver, and sound driver, VIA Chipset Software Installation Utility, touch screen driver, USB 2.0 driver and Flash BIOS update. It also describes how to install the watchdog timer configuration. Section includes: Introduction VIA 4 IN1 Service Pack Driver Utility...
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Chapter 3 Software Configuration 3-1. INTRODUCTION Enclosed with our PPC-360 package is our driver utility, which may comes in a form of a CD ROM disc or floppy diskettes. For CD ROM disc user, you will only need some of the files contained in the CD ROM disc, please...
3-3. VGA DRIVER UTILITY 3-3-1. Introduction The VGA interface embedded with our PPC-360 can support a wide range of display mode, such as SVGA, STN, TFT,..etc. You can display CRT and LCD Panel simultaneously on this board, but make sure that the modes for CRT and LCD Panel are the same.
3-4. FLASH BIOS UPDATE 3-4-1. Introduction Users of PPC-360 can use the program “Awdflash.exe” contained in the Utility Disk for system BIOS update. 3-4-2. Installation of system BIOS 1. Copy “Awdflash.exe” from Driver Disk to Drive C.
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Select "Y", and the BIOS will be renewed. When you are refreshing the BIOS, do not turn off or reset the system, or you will damage the BIOS. After you have completed all the programming, the screen displays the table below: Page:3-5 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
Please reset or power off the system, then the Flash BIOS is fully implemented. 3-5. LAN DRIVER UTILITY 3-5-1. Introduction The PPC-360 Panel PC is enhanced with LAN function that can support various network adapters. Installation programs for LAN drivers are listed as follows: 1.
3-6. SOUND DRIVER UTILITY 3-6-1. Introduction The VT1612A sound function enhanced in this system is fully compatible with Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 2000. Below, you will find the content of the Sound driver : Page:3-7 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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Click Setup.exe file for USB driver installation. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. Once installation is completed, shut down the system and restart in order for the changes to take effect. Page:3-8 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
I/O port 441H, the system will run the command to stop the Watchdog function. In PPC-360 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.
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Chapter 3 Software Configuration MOV DX, 441H OUT DX, AX The Watchdog Timer control table is as follows: Level Value Time/sec Level Value Time/sec Page:3-10 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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 Configurations PC Health Status Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults...
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4-1. INTRODUCTION This chapter will show you the function of the BIOS in managing the features of your system. The PPC-360 Panel PC 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.
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: 4-3 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
< 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: 4-4 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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Auto: The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode. Normal: Maximum number of cylinders, heads, sectors supported are 1024, 16 and 63. Large: For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders. Page: 4-5 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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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: 4-6 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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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 Page: 4-7 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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F7:Optimized Defaults BIOS Features Setup Menu 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: 4-8 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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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. GATE 20A OPTION: Page: 4-9 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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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: 4-10 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
PCI Master 0 WS Write [Enabled] PCI Delay Transaction [Disabled] PCI#2 Access #1 Retry [Enabled] :Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5: Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Chipset Features Setup Screen Page: 4-11 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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In order to improve performance, certain space in memory is reserved for ISA cards. This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB. P2C/C2P CONCURRENCY: This item allows you to enable/ disable the PCI to CPU, CPU to PCI concurrency. Page: 4-12 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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When Enabled, every write transaction goes to the write buffer. Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions don’t. PCI MASTER 0 WS WRITE : When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states. Page: 4-13 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. PCI#2 ACCESS #1 RETRY : When disabled, PCI#2 will not be disconnected until access finishes (default). When enabled, PCI#2 will be disconnected if max retries are attempted without success. Page: 4-14 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Setup Screen By moving the cursor to the desired selection and by pressing the <F1> key, the all options for the desired selection will be displayed for choice. Page: 4-15 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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Select Enabled if the system has a floppy disk drive (FDD) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install and-in FDD or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled. Page: 4-16 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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This field allows you to enable or disable IO channel check NMI. Before selecting this function, the user should check first that NMI function is enabled as described in chapter 2 (Reset/NMI/Clear Watchdog Selection). Page: 4-17 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
Max. Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock. If Advance Power Management (APM) is installed on your system, selecting Yes gives better power savings. If the Max. Power Saving is not enabled, this will be preset to No. Page: 4-18 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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Enabled, even when the system is in a power down mode. (1) Primary IDE 0 (2) Primary IDE 1 (3) Secondary IDE 0 (4) Secondary IDE 1 (5) FDD, COM, LPT Port Page: 4-19 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
CPU itself uses when communica- ting with its own special components. This section covers technical items, which is strongly recommended for experienced users only. PNP OS INSTALLED: This item allows you to determine install PnP OS or not. Page: 4-20 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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DMA channel. PCI/VGA PALETTE SNOOP: Leave this field at disabled. ASSIGN IRQ FOR USB: Enable or Disable to assign IRQ for USB. ASSIGN IRQ FOR VGA: Enable or Disable to assign IRQ for VGA. Page: 4-21 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
This item shows you the current CPU temperature. SYSTEM FAN SPEED: This item shows you the current SYSTEMFAN speed. VCORE: This item shows you the current system voltage. 2.5V/3.3V/5V/12V: This item shows you the voltage of +3.3V/+5V/+12V/-12V/-5V. Page: 4-22 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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This setup menu allows you to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control. AUTO DETECT PCI CLK: This item allows you to enable or disable auto detect PCI Clock. SPREAD SPECTRUM: This item allows you to enable or disable the spread spectrum modulate. Page: 4-23 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
Pressing "Y" loads the default values that are factory setting for optimal performance system operations. Please be aware that if select the wrong panel type, it may cause the abnormal display of the LCD. Page: 4-24 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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: 4-25 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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: 4-26 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
Power Management word Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N etup PnP/PCI Configura PC Health Status Saving Esc : Quit F9 : Menu in BIOS : Select Item F10 : Save & Exit Setup Abandon all Datas Page: 4-27 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
APPENDIX SYSTEM ASSEMBLY This appendix contain exploded diagram of the system. Section includes: Exploded Diagram for Whole System Unit Exploded Diagram for Removing Hook Holder Exploded Diagram for Removing Back Cover Exploded Diagram for Removing LCD Assembly Exploded Diagram for Front Panel Page: A-1...
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Appendix A System Assembly EXPLODED DIAGRAM FOR WHOLE SYTEM UNIT Page: A-2 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
Cascade for IRQ 8-15 Serial port 2 Serial port 1 Available Floppy Disk adapter Parallel port 1 RTC clock ACPI-Compliant System Serial port 3 Serial port 4 PS/2 Mouse Math coprocessor Hard Disk adapter Hard Disk adapter Page: B-3 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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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 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP Timer Channel Map : Timer Channel Assignment System timer interrupt DRAM Refresh request Speaker tone generator DMA Channel Map : DMA Channel Assignment Available Available Floppy Disk adapter Available Cascade Available Available Available Page: B-5 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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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 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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FF40 0000h-FF4F FFFFh 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 PPC-360 USER S MANUAL...
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