This manual is written for the system integrator, PC technician and knowledgeable PC end user. It describes how to configure your WEB-6681 Series to meet various operating requirements. The user’s manual is divided into four chapters, with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of the server board.
Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction WEB-6681 Series is a 5.25” embedded board computer with an on-board, embedded low power VIA C3 EZRA or EDEN-series processor. Other on-board features include chipsets built-in AGP 4x graphic core with CRT display, onboard 64MB system memory and a SO-DIMM socket for expansion and Triple 10/100 Mbps PCI Ethernet interfaces.
Chipset : VIA VT8601A and VT82C686B ¡ » Support VIA C3 EZRA <EBGA> and EDEN series processors ¡ » Onboard VIA C3 EZRA 800AMHz for Model: WEB-6681 Series X-P800 series ¡ » Onboard VIA EDEN 400MHz for Model: WEB-6681 Series X-P400 series ¡...
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Parallel Port: Support one SPP, EPP/ECP bi-directional parallel port Serial Ports: Support one RS232 port for COM1 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Interfaces Support one connectors for Keyboard and Mouse Support 2 USB ports Battery Lithium battery Real-Time Clock/Calendar (RTC) ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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One connector for CRT display interface Support TTL LCD Panel On-board Ethernet Function Triple Ethernet LAN controller Realtek 8100B(L) for WEB-6681 SERIES SERIESR series and Intel 82559(ER) for WEB-6681 SERIES SERIESI series Support Three 10/100BASE-T with RJ-45 connector SSD Interface...
WEB-6681 Series are built-in VIA C3 EDEN or EZRA processors for high performance and cost-effective application. The North Bridge VT8601A provides a completely integrated solution for the system controller and data path components in a processor system.
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Introduction or Intel 82559(ER) or Realtek RTL8100BL supports 10/100 BASE-T data transfer. All of details operating relations are shown in Figure 1-1 WEB-6681 Series System Block Diagram. ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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Introduction Figure 1-1 WEB-6681 Series System Block Diagram ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
Pins 1 & 2 closed OPEN Pins 1 & 2 open Pins 2 & 3 closed Table Jumper Setting Example Note : In this chapter, settings which are marked with ♣ are default factory settings. ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
1 to 2 seconds. You should make sure that there is no power when clearing the CMOS RAM contents. Description JBAT1 Illustration Normal operation ♣ Clear CMOS content ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
♣ CLOSE PORT 443 PORT 543 OPEN Table 1-3 WDT Adress(JP3) 2.6 LAN Status Indicators: LED1, LED2, LED3 LED1 Description LED2 Illustration LED3 Active LED .. . Link LED 100/10 LED ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
Hardware Configuration Setting Table 1-4 Lan LED(Intel 82559 and RTL8100BL) Status(LED1,LED2,LED3) 2.7 Connectors The connectors on the WEB-6681 Series are used to connect external devices such as hard disk drives, printers, keyboard, CRT, panel, serial ports, etc. Specifically, WEB-6681 Series has the following connectors:...
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(3) Power Switch : Pins 7 and 9 Pin Function 7 PW-BN (4) Power LED : Pins 11 and 13 The power LED indicates the status of the main power. Pin Function 11 PW-LED . . . ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
-12V 5VSB PS-ON POWER-ON Ground 3,5,7,13,15,16,17 2-7-5 KB/MS Connector : KM1 This is a 6-pin KB/MS Connector; it is also used as a 6-pin cable connector. Function KB_DATA MS_DATA KB_CLK MS_CLK ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
Host data 13 Not connected Host data 1 Address 0 Host data 14 Address 2 Host data 0 Chip select 0 Host data 15 Chip select 1 Ground Activity Not connected Ground ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
This is a 15-pin connector used to connect the VGA CRT monitor. Function Function Green Ground Blue Not connected Not connected DDC data Ground HSYNC Ground VSYNC Ground DDC clock Ground 2-11 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
LAN3, J2 to LAN1 and J3 to LAN2. Function Function 2-7-12 Compact Flash : J5(IDE2-Master) PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description Ground CS#0 ATA_SEL IOCS16 INTRQ CSEL RESET IOCHRDY INPACK DASP PDIAG Ground 2-12 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
CAUTION: Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instruction. 2-13 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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Hardware Configuration Setting (1) Install Battery Procedure (2) Uninstall Battery Procedure CAUTION: Do not install and press battery shown as below direction. 2-14 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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WDT operation in software program. 3.1 Memory WEB-6681 Series provide onboard 64MB and 1 SO-DIMMs (144-pin Dual In-line Memory Module) to support 3.3V SDRAM (Synchronized DRAM) as on-board main memory. Onboard memory can be expansive up to 128MB by using 4 pieces of x16 type SDRAM.
System Installation 3.2 Installing the Embedded Board Computer To install your WEB-6681 Series into the chassis or proprietary environment, you need to perform the following steps: (1). Check all jumpers setting on proper position (2). Install memory module on right position if necessary (3).
System Installation The WEB-6681 Series provides two LED indicators on RJ-45 connectors to show LAN interface status. These messages will give you a guide for troubleshooting. Yellow LED indicates transmit and receive activity. Blinking : indicates transmit/receive activity On : indicates no activity but link is valid...
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Re-trigger WDT DX, 0443H ¡ ö WDT port AL, sec ¡ ö sec = WDT time ( 1 < sec < 63sec.) DX, AL Disable WDT DX, 0443H AL, 0 DX, AL ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information 4.1 BIOS Setup Information WEB-6681 Series is equipped with the AMI BIOS stored in Flash ROM. This BIOS has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration easily. This type of information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it is retained during power-off periods.
Save all the CMOS changes and exit 4.3 Main Menu Once you enter WEB-6681 Series AMI BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, you should start with the Main Menu ”Standard CMOS Setup”. The Main Menu allows you to select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to switch among items and press <Enter>...
<+>/<-> keys to select the value or number you want in each item and press <Enter> key to certify it. Follow command keys in CMOS Setup table to change Date, Time, Drive type, and Boot Sector Virus Protection Status. Screen shot ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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Press <Page Up> or <Page Down> to select a Master Auto for automatic detection. suitable item Select a suitable item or keep it in Press <Page Up> or <Page Down> to select a ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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2E8h/COM4, On Board Parallel Port Auto Auto Disabled, 378, 278, Parallel Port Mode Normal Normal Normal, EPP, Bi-Dir ECP, EPP+ECP EPP Version Parallel Port DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ Auto Auto ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
<+>/<-> keys to select the value or number you want in each item and press <Enter> key to certify it. Follow command keys in CMOS Setup table to change Date, Time, Drive type, and Boot Sector Virus Protection Status. ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
“IDE-3”, “Floppy”, “ARMD-FDD”, “ARMD-HDD”, “CDROM”, “SCSI”, or “NETWORK”. Try Other Boot Device Select “Yes” to Enabled trying to boot from different devices in sequence. Selected “No” for booting only from the first boot device. ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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Chooses Absent, VGA/EGA, CGA40x25, CGA80x25, or Mono to meet your monitor type. If you select Absent, the “CMOS Display Type Wrong” message will be ignored regardless the mismatched display card. 4-10 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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Boot To OS/2 You should set this option to “Yes” to support OS/2 environment. L1 Cache This option controls to turn on or off the CPU’s Level 1 built-in cache. L2 Cache 4-11 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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In general, C000 64k will be allocated for VGA BIOS and set to Cached to get higher display performance by shadowing and caching feature. If user chooses Enabled setting, only BIOS shadow function is active. 4-12 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
This option controls the number of SCLKs between the time a read command is sampled by the SDRAMs and the time the North Bridge, 8601A, samples correspondent data from the SDRAMs. Spread Spectrum 4-13 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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This feature will be automatically disabled and hidden if user chooses the “Disabled” setting from the foregoing USB Function option. Otherwise, enabling this option provides support for USB-keyboard without auxiliary driver under DOS environment. 4-14 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
Power Management/APM Using this feature to control system power resources. Set this option to “Enabled” to Enabled power management function and effective based on following parameter settings. Video Power Down Mode 4-15 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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CPU throttle running function. All of sub-items will be ineffective in selection of disabling “Stand by Time out” or “Suspend Time out” even if it can be choose by user in BIOS setup menu. 4-16 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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IRQ. No monitoring activity occurs if the option is set to Ignore. The settings for each of these options are Monitor or Ignore. 4-17 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
All of options described in this section are important and technical and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users could make any changes to the default settings. Plug and Play Aware O/S 4-18 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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This option is used to control PCI latency timer period (follow PCI clocks). Based on PCI specification 2.1 or later and PCI bus frequency in system, user can select different timer to meet their PCI bus environment. 4-19 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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These options specify if the named DMA channel is available for using on the ISA/EISA bus or PnP (Plug & Play). IRQ 3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15 These options specify the bus that the named interrupt request lines (IRQs) are 4-20 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
I/O address 3F8h to COM1 2F8h/COM2 assign I/O address 2F8h to COM2 3E8h/COM3 assign I/O address 3E8h to COM3 2E8h/COM4 assign I/O address 2E8h to COM4 On Board Parallel Port 4-21 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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DMA protocol to achieve data transfer rates up to 2.5 Megabits per second. ECP provides symmetric bi-directional communication. EPP Version : This option is only valid if the Parallel Port Mode option is set to EPP. This 4-22 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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Disabled. This option sets the IRQ used by the parallel port. On Board IDE This option specifies the onboard IDE controller channels that will be used. The settings are Disabled, Primary, Secondary, or Both. 4-23 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
Current System Temperature (Generally indicates the inside temperature of chassis or surface temperature of SBC) Current CPU Fan Speed Current Chassis Fan Speed System operating voltage includes “CPU Vcore”, “+2.500V”, “+3.300”, “+5.000V”, “+12.000V”. 4-24 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
The following POST checkpoint codes are valid for all AMIBIOS products with a core BIOS date of 07/15/95 version 6.27 (Enhanced). Uncompressed Initialization Codes — The uncompressed initialization checkpoint hex codes are listed in order of execution : 4-25 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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The AMIBOOT.ROM file is not in the root directory. Next, reading and analyzing the floppy diskette FAT to find the clusters occupied by the AMIBOOT.ROM file. Start reading AMIBOOT.ROM file, cluster by cluster. 4-26 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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The configuration or setup required before interrupt vector initialization has completed. Interrupt vector init. is about to begin Interrupt vector initialization is done. Clearing the password if the POST 4-27 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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The memory below 1MB has been cleared via a soft reset. Clearing the memory above 1MB next. The memory above 1MB has been cleared via soft reset. Saving the memory 4-28 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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The programming after Setup has completed. Displaying the power on Screen message next. The first screen message has been displayed. The <WAIT…> message is displayed. Performing the PS/2 mouse check and extended BIOS data 4-29 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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Uncompressing the DMI data and initializing DMI POST next. The system configuration is displayed. Copying any code to specific areas. Code copying to specific areas is done. Passing control to INT 19 h boot loader next. 4-30 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
BIOS version. Please contact your technical window to get this utility if necessary. NOTE : Remark or delete any installed Memory Management Utility (such as HIMEM.SYS, EMM386.EXE, QEMM.EXE, …, etc.) in the CONFIG.SYS files before running Flash programming utility. 4-31 ¡ i R1.0 ¡ j WEB-6681 SERIES User’s Manual...
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