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  • Page 1 SOLO Single Board PC User Manual...
  • Page 3 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopied, recorded or otherwise, without the prior permission, in writing, from the publisher. For permission in the UK contact Blue Chip Technology.

  • Page 4: Amendment History

    Amendment History Issue Issue Author Amendment Details Level Date 25/04/97 First Draft Issue 29/07/97 Updated modifications 15/08/97 Software section update 14/10/97 Amendments see ECN97/114 04/11/97 Amendments see ECN 97/126...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    DISPLAY CAPABILITIES ................15 STANDARD VIDEO MODES..............16 EXTENDED VIDEO MODES ..............17 HIGH REFRESH VIDEO MODES.............. 17 FLAT PANEL EXTENDED VIDEO MODES..........18 BIOS ......................19 SYSTEM SETUP UTILITY ................19 PCI SUPPORT.................... 19 Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc...
  • Page 6 ISA PLUG AND PLAY ................19 AUTO-CONFIGURATION CAPABILITIES..........20 ADVANCED POWER MANAGEMENT............20 SLEEP MODE SUPPORT................21 SECURITY FEATURES ................21 VIDEO BIOS....................22 CONNECTING AN LCD TO SOLO ..............22 BACK PANEL CONNECTORS ..............25 ON-BOARD CONNECTORS...............25 BUS CONNECTORS...................26 JUMPERS.......................27 CPU FREQUENCY SELECTION J4 & J5...........27 ON-BOARD VIDEO J6 ................28 CMOS BATTERY SOURCE (CLEAR CMOS) J1 .........29...
  • Page 7 ERROR MESSAGES ..................75 AMIBIOS ERROR BEEP CODES ............... 75 AMIBIOS ERROR CODES ON THE POST DISPLAY ......... 76 AMIBIOS ERROR MESSAGES ..............82 ISA NMI MESSAGES.................. 84 PCI CONFIGURATION ERROR MESSAGES..........85 BOARD LAYOUT ..................86 Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc...
  • Page 8 This extensive range of products, coupled with our experience and expertise, enables Blue Chip Technology to offer an industrial processing solution for any application. The SOLO Single Board PC is the latest addition to our portfolio, providing a cost effective product development and volume production tool for OEMs.

  • Page 9: Introduction

    IMITATIONS OF IABILITY In no event shall Blue Chip Technology be held liable for any loss, expenses or damages of any kind whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, incidental or consequential, arising from the design or use of this product or the support materials supplied with this product.

  • Page 10: Precautions

    • be immersed in water • be unsoldered • be recharged • be disassembled If the battery is mistreated in any way there is a very real possibility of fire, explosion, and harm. Page 2 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

  • Page 11: Related Publications

    Intel is a registered trademark of the Intel Corporation. All 80x86 and Pentium processors are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. MSDOS and WINDOWS are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation. PC/104 is a registered trademark of the PC/104 Consortium. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 3...

  • Page 12: User Guide

    FIFO serial ports, one EPP/ECP capable parallel port, a Real Time Clock, keyboard and mouse (PS/2) controller. The SOLO also provides for driving up to three external ISA 16 bit expansion slots. In addition to superior hardware capabilities, a full set of software drivers and utilities are available to allow advanced operating systems such as Windows™...

  • Page 13: Board Level Features

    • On-board status LEDs • Drive for up to 3 ISA or 3 PC/104 cards The SOLO single board PC is designed to operate with Pentium Processors running at 3.3, 3.45 or 3.6 Volts. An on-board voltage regulator circuit provides the required voltage for the processor from the 5 volt output of a standard PC power supply.

  • Page 14: Processor Upgrade

    ANSI/IEEE standard 754-1985. PROCESSOR UPGRADE The SOLO single board PC has a 321-pin SPGA socket that provides users with an OverDrive processor upgrade path. OverDrive processors being developed for use will provide performance beyond that delivered by the originally installed Pentium Processor.

  • Page 15: Bus Expansion Slots

    BIOS. BUS EXPANSION SLOTS The SOLO is designed for use in an embedded application and provides expansion slots. There may be up to three ISA bus expansion cards and three PC/104 (PC/104 plus) expansion cards.
  • Page 16 Failure to observe these recommendations may invalidate the EMC compliance. Warning This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. Page 8 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

  • Page 17: Specification

    Non-Operating 5 Hz - 500 Hz, 3.1 g RMS random Operating 10 Hz - 500 Hz, 1.0 g RMS random Emissions EN55022 (A) Immunity EN50082-2 in a Blue Chip ICON Industrial PC Chassis MTBF Estimated 40,000 Hrs Dimensions Board only 338 x 122 mm Power Consumption figures given are for a typical configuration.

  • Page 18: Hardware Description

     Parity and non-parity support • Fully synchronous PCI bus interface  25/30/33 MHz bus speed  PCI to DRAM > 100 MB/sec  Up to four PCI masters in addition to the PIIX3 Page 10 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

  • Page 19: Pci/Isa Ide Xcelerator (Piix3)

    (USB) NIVERSAL ERIAL The SOLO single board PC features two USB ports as a factory installed option. The ports permit the direct connection of two USB peripherals without an external hub. If more devices are required, an external hub can be connected to either of the built-in ports.

  • Page 20: I/O Controller

    I/O C ONTROLLER IDE SUPPORT The SOLO single board PC provides two independent high performance bus-mastering PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4 devices. The system BIOS supports Logical Block Addressing (LBA) and Extended Cylinder Head Sector (ECHS) translation modes as well as AT API (e.g.

  • Page 21: Smc 37C932 Super I/O Controller

    The floppy interface can be configured for 360 KB or 1.2 MB 5¼" media or for 720 KB, 1.44 MB, or 2.88 MB 3½" media in the BIOS setup. By default, the Floppy A interface is configured for 1.44 MB and Floppy B is disabled. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 13...

  • Page 22: Keyboard Interface

    The battery has an estimated lifetime of three years if the board remains unpowered. When the system is powered up, power is drawn from the power supply to extend the life of the battery. SOLO is Year 2000 compliant. Page 14 127-191.doc...

  • Page 23: Chips & Technology Graphics Subsystem

    ECHNOLOGY RAPHICS UBSYSTEM The SOLO single board PC is provided with a C&T 6554X graphics controller with 1 MB of graphics memory. Both CRT and LCD interfaces are provided. SOLO supports a wide variety of monochrome and colour Single- Panel, Single-Drive (SS) and Dual-Panel, Dual Drive (DD) passive STN and active matrix TFT/MIM LCD, EL and plasma panels.

  • Page 24: Standard Video Modes

    720x400 31.5 80x25 720x350 Planar 40x25 320x200 31.5 Planar 80x25 640x200 31.5 Planar Mono 80x25 640x350 31.5 Planar 80x25 640x350 31.5 Planar 80x30 640x480 31.5 Planar 80x30 640x480 31.5 Packed 40x25 320x200 31.5 Page 16 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

  • Page 25: Extended Video Modes

    FREQ (KHZ) (HZ) 12 * Planar 80x30 640x480 37.5 8bit linear 80x30 640x480 37.5 Packed 80x30 640x480 37.5 6A, 70 Planar 100x37 800x600 46.9 8bit linear 100x37 800x600 46.9 Packed 100x37 800x600 46.9 Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 17...

  • Page 26: Flat Panel Extended Video Modes

    Interlaced. The default panel size is 640x480. The Flat-panel clock value clock value shown is for a 640x480 DD panel. It may require different clock values for different Flat-panel resolutions. VESA Modes are no-linear modes. (Linear Addressing is disabled). Page 18 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

  • Page 27: Bios

    ARDWARE ESCRIPTION The SOLO single board PC uses an AMI System BIOS and an C&T Video BIOS both of which are stored in EPROM. In addition to the System and Video BIOSes, the EPROM also contains the Setup utility, Power-On Self Tests (POST), and the PCI auto-configuration utility.

  • Page 28: Auto-Configuration Capabilities

    When in the Stand-by mode, the SOLO single board PC reduces power consumption by using the power saving capabilities of the Pentium processor and also running down hard drives and turning off DPMS compliant monitors.

  • Page 29: Sleep Mode Support

    User Password is entered. See the Security Menu section of the appendix for more details.) If the password is forgotten, it can be cleared by turning off the system and clearing the CMOS RAM.. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 21...

  • Page 30: Video Bios

    CRT. At the time of writing this manual there is still no universally accepted standard interface for LCDs. We strongly recommend that if you in any doubt about connecting a LCD panel to SOLO you contact our Technical Services team before you switch on.
  • Page 31 B5… LR2… Data 15 R6… LG2… Data 16 Data 17 Data 18 Data 19 Data 20 Data 21 Data 22 Data 23 SHFCLK SHFCLK SHFCLK SHFCLK SHFCLK SHFCLK SHFCLK SHFCLKL SHFCLK SHFCLK SHFCLK Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 23...
  • Page 32 Always ensure maximum ground connections to the target LCD panel especially as the clock frequencies rise. P11 pins 4, 8, 12, 16, 18, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, and 48 are provided as ground pins. Page 24 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

  • Page 33: Back Panel Connectors

    ARDWARE ESCRIPTION ONNECTORS A selection of connectors is incorporated on the SOLO PC board. These provide connectivity to standard external peripherals (monitor, keyboard, etc.), in-chassis peripherals (disk drives, etc.), and bus devices. A complete table of the available connectors and their pin-outs is given in the appendices.

  • Page 34: Bus Connectors

    IDE hard drive connected to the on-board IDE controller is active. BUS CONNECTORS The board incorporates the standard PC/AT 16-bit ISA and PC/104 bus connectors for expansion. See the appendices for the pin-out details. Page 26 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

  • Page 35: Jumpers

    3 times that of the external CPU clock speed. These jumpers should be configured depending on the speed of the processor. CPU CLOCK PAIR PAIR MULTIPLIER 1.5 x Open Open Open Link 2.5 x Link Link Link Open Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 27...

  • Page 36: On-Board Video J6

    Link ON-BOARD VIDEO J6 The SOLO is equipped with a link (J6) to allow the user to disable the on- board video when external video adapters are being used. If a PCI video adapter is fitted into a system, the on-board video will be automatically disabled without having to fit a jumper on J6.

  • Page 37: Cmos Battery Source (Clear Cmos) J1

    Fitting the link to the “CLR” position with the power off, allows on-board capacitors to discharge and will reset the CMOS memory. The jumper should then be returned to the “NORM” position to restore normal operation. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 29...

  • Page 38: Table Of Jumpers

    +24 volts fed to pin 9 of D type * Ringing Indicator fed to pin 9 of D type Serial Port 2 mode of operation RS232 selected RS422/485 Full duplex selected RS485 Half duplex selected Page 30 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.
  • Page 39 2 to vary voltage between 8 and 50 volts 5V/3V3 Panel Voltage Fitted for 3V LCD panels Fitted for 5V LCD panels In the table “L” indicates the presence of a link, “O” the absence. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 31...

  • Page 40: Status Leds

    The LED is illuminated when a fault condition has occurred. WATCHDOG TIMER STATUS The Yellow LED marked WD indicates the watchdog time out status. The LED is illuminated when a timeout has occurred. Page 32 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

  • Page 41: User-Installable Upgrades

    NSTALLABLE PGRADES SYSTEM MEMORY The table shows the possible memory combinations. SOLO will support both Fast Page DRAM or EDO DRAM SIMMs, but they cannot be mixed within the same memory bank. Parity generation and detection are supported, and Error Correction can be invoked when using parity SIMMs (x36).

  • Page 42: Real Time Clock Battery Replacement

    A SPGA socket provides users with a performance upgrade path to the Pentium Overdrive Processors. GRAPHICS MEMORY UPGRADE The SOLO single board PC has 1 MB of Fast Page DRAM installed for graphics. No expansion is available. Page 34 127-191.doc...

  • Page 43: Software Description

    PCI / PnP Setup Peripheral Setup Auto Detect Hard Disk Change User Password Change Supervisor Password Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings Save Settings and Exit Exit without Saving Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 35...
  • Page 44 Allows the password for the user level options to be set or changed. This option cannot be changed unless a supervisor password has been set. CHANGE SUPERVISOR PASSWORD Allows the password for the supervisor level options to be changed. Page 36 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.
  • Page 45 This means that any changes made while in the Setup program will be discarded and NOT SAVED. Pressing the <Esc> key in any of the four main screens will do this. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 37...

  • Page 46: Overview Of The Setup Keys

    <F6> Pressing the <F6> key allows you to Discard Changes (see later in this chapter). <F10> Pressing the <F10> key allows you to Exit Saving Changes (see later in this chapter). Page 38 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

  • Page 47: Standard Setup

    Definable and Disabled. There are also options for IDE CD-ROM and 46 predefined hard drive types. If you select User Definable then the Number of Cylinders, Number of Heads, and Number of Sectors can each be modified. The default for this is “Auto”. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 39...
  • Page 48 If Hard Disk Type is set to User Definable, you must type the correct number of sectors for your hard disk. If Hard Disk Type is set to Auto Configured, this reports the number of sectors for your hard disk and cannot be modified. Page 40 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

  • Page 49: Advanced System Setup

    Each of these options can be set to boot from the following list of peripherals. Disabled - On selection SOLO no boot device will be sought. IDE-0 - On selection SOLO will attempt to boot from the attached first physical (E-) IDE drive.
  • Page 50 CDROM - On selection SOLO will attempt to boot from the attached IDE CDROM drive. SCSI - On selection SOLO will attempt to boot from the SCSI Boot ROM fitted on your host SCSI adapter. Network - On selection SOLO will boot from the on-board Ethernet Boot ROM, where fitted.
  • Page 51 If this option is set to Disabled, AMIBIOS does not wait for you to press the <F1> key after an error message. The settings are Disabled or Enabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Enabled. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 43...
  • Page 52 L2 secondary cache memory. The contents of the F0000h memory segment are always copied from the BIOS ROM to system RAM for faster execution. Page 44 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.
  • Page 53 In the AMIBIOS for the Intel Triton chipset, the E000h page is used as ROM during POST, but shadowing is disabled and the ROM CS# signal is disabled to make the E000h page available on the local bus. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 45...

  • Page 54: Advanced Chipset Setup

    ERROR MESSAGES ANUAL ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP USB FUNCTION This option controls the operation of the USB ports on SOLO. The options are Enabled or Disabled. The default is ‘Enabled’, the fail-safe default is ‘Disabled’. USB KEYBOARD/MOUSE LEGACY SUPPORT This option allows the Triton chipset to emulate a standard 8042...
  • Page 55 ANUAL ERROR MESSAGES DRAM TIMINGS Specify the RAS access speed of the SIMMs installed in SOLO as system memory. The settings are 60nS, 70nS and Manual. The default is 70nS. Caution If you have installed SIMMs with different speeds in SOLO, select the speed of the slowest SIMM.

  • Page 56: Power Management Setup

    This option specifies the power management state that the hard disk drive enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired. The settings are Disabled, Standby, or Suspend. The default settings are Disabled. Page 48 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.
  • Page 57 Monitor and there is no display activity for the length of time specified in the value in the Full-On to Standby Timeout (Min) option, the computer enters a power saving state. The settings are Monitor or Ignore. The default settings are Ignore. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 49...
  • Page 58 Ignore IRQ 7 Monitor Ignore IRQ 9 Ignore Ignore IRQ 10 Ignore Ignore IRQ 11 Ignore Ignore IRQ 12 Monitor Ignore IRQ 13 Ignore Ignore IRQ 14 Monitor Ignore IRQ 15 Monitor Ignore Page 50 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

  • Page 59: Pci / Pnp Setup

    Set this option to Enabled to specify that the IDE controller on the PCI local bus has bus mastering capability. The settings are Disabled or Enabled. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Disabled. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 51...
  • Page 60 This option specifies if an offboard PCI IDE controller adapter card is used in the computer. You must also specify the PCI expansion slot on SOLO where the offboard PCI IDE controller card is installed. If an offboard PCI IDE controller is used, the on-board IDE controller on SOLO is automatically disabled.
  • Page 61 The provisional optimal and fail-safe settings are: OPTIMAL FAILSAFE IRQ 3 ISA/EISA ISA/EISA IRQ 4 ISA/EISA ISA/EISA IRQ 5 IRQ 7 ISA/EISA ISA/EISA IRQ 9 IRQ 10 IRQ 11 IRQ 14 IRQ 15 Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 53...
  • Page 62 The specified ROM memory area is reserved for use by legacy ISA adapter cards. The settings are C0000, C4000, C8000, CC000, D0000, D4000, D8000, DC000. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are C8000. Page 54 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

  • Page 63: Peripheral Setup

    3BCh, or Disabled. The default setting is Auto. PARALLEL PORT MODE This option specifies the parallel port mode. ECP and EPP are both bi- directional data transfer schemes that adhere to the IEEE P1284 specifications. The settings are : Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 55...
  • Page 64 The settings are Auto, None, DMA CH 0, DMA CH 1, DMA CH 2, or DMA CH 3. (CH = channel). The default setting is Disabled. HARDWARE IO PORT BASE ADDRESS This specifies the base address of the SOLO configuration and control registers. The permissible options are: To be advised.
  • Page 65 RS485 mode. This option is only available when the options ‘Serial Port 2 Mode’ is set to RS485. The options are FULL or HALF. The Optimal and Fail Safe defaults are FULL. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 57...

  • Page 66: Solid State Disk Support

    OLID TATE UPPORT SOLO supports the use of Solid State Disks (SSD) using either flash or SRAM devices fitted to the board using the DIL sockets adjacent to the BIOS EPROM socket. Please contact Blue Chip Technology’s Technical Services for details.

  • Page 67: Address Maps

    Some of these devices (e.g. graphics) may not be present in all configurations. Some devices (serial ports, parallel ports etc.) may be configured for various addresses or disabled. These I/O locations are listed in the Variable Resources column. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 59...
  • Page 68 Turbo & Reset control Reg. 0CFC - 0CFF PCI Config Data Reg FFA0 - FFA7 1ary Bus MasterIDE regs FFA8 - FFAF 2ary Bus Master IDE regs FF00-FF07 IDE Bus Master Reg. *only accessible by DWORD accesses. Page 60 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

  • Page 69: Pci Configuration Space Map

    BUS NUMBER 15 - 11 DEVICE NUMBER 10 - 8 FUNCTION NUMBER 7 - 2 REGISTER NUMBER CONFIG SPACE ENABLE FLAG (Bit 31): Always 1 to indicate I/O access is to configuration space. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 61...
  • Page 70 FUNCTION NUMBER (Bits 10-8): Used to indicate a specific function in multifunction PCI devices. The PIIIX is the only multi-function device on SOLO located on the single board PC. Use 00h for the basic PIIIX device and 01h for the PCI IDE BUS MASTER FUNCTION. For a multi-function PCI add-in card, refer to the card’s documentation to...

  • Page 71: Interrupts & Dma Channels

    PIC Serial 2 (COM2) Serial 1 (COM1) Parallel 2 (LPT2) Floppy Controller Parallel (LPT1) Real time clock Monitor Micro (if present) PS/2 Mouse (if present) Math co-processor Primary E-IDE RESERVED Floppy Cascade channel Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 63...

  • Page 72: Connectors

    Paper Empty Ground Select (Output) Not Used PS/2 MOUSE PORT P21A (BOTTOM 6 WAY MINI-DIN) PIN NO. SIGNAL PIN NO. SIGNAL Mouse Data Not Used Ground +5 Volts (fused) Mouse Clock Not Used Page 64 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.
  • Page 73 DUAL USB PORT 1 P19 A (BOTTOM 8 WAY) PIN NO. SIGNAL PIN NO. SIGNAL DATA1- DATA1+ Ground DUAL USB PORT 2 P19 B (TOP 8 WAY) PIN NO. SIGNAL PIN NO. SIGNAL DATA2- DATA2+ Ground Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 65...

  • Page 74: Ethernet Utp Connector P22 (8 Way Rj45 )

    Not Used Drive Acknowledge Ground IRQ14 Not Used Address 1 (HD) 1 Kohm to Ground Address 0 (HD) Address 2 (HD) -Chip Select 0 (HD) -Chip Select 1 (HD) IDE LED Drive Ground Page 66 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.
  • Page 75 Volume Up Volume Down Audio Ground CD-AUDIO INPUT P7 (4 WAY PIN HEADER) Pin N° ° Pin N° ° Signal Signal CD Audio In Left Audio Ground CD Audio In Right Audio Ground Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 67...

  • Page 76: Floppy Disk Drive Connector P12 (34 Way Header)

    PIN NO. SIGNAL +Rx FDX +Term. 10 K to +5V -Rx FDX No Connect +Tx FDX, No Connect +Rx/+Tx HDX -Tx FDX, No Connect -RX/-Tx HDX -Term. 10 K to Gnd No Connect Page 68 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

  • Page 77: Power Connector P4 (34 Way Header)

    The usage of pins on this connector depends on the version of microcontroller fitted at the factory. Please check with your supplier for further details. POWER CONNECTOR P4 (34 WAY HEADER) ° ° PIN N SIGNAL Note 1 +12V -12V Ground Ground Ground Ground Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 69...
  • Page 78 ERROR MESSAGES ANUAL Note 1: This signal is normally used as POWER GOOD from the PSU. On Solo this pin has been reserved for +24V connection which is re-routed to a link selectable output on the serial ports. It is required by some customers for powering external devices via the serial port.

  • Page 79: Battery Connector P1 (4 Way Header)

    +12 Volts IOCHRDY Ground -SMEMW SA19 -SMEMR SA18 -IOW SA17 -IOR SA16 -DACK3 SA15 DREQ3 SA14 -DACK1 SA13 DREQ1 SA12 -REF SA11 SA10 IRQ7 IRQ6 IRQ5 IRQ4 IRQ3 -DACK2 BALE +5 Volts Ground Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 71...
  • Page 80 LA23 -IOCS16 LA22 IRQ10 LA21 IRQ11 LA20 IRQ12 LA19 IRQ15 LA18 IRQ14 LA17 -DACK0 -MEMR DREQ0 -MEMW -DACK5 DREQ5 -DACK6 SD10 DREQ6 SD11 -DACK7 SD12 DREQ7 SD13 +5 Volts SD14 -Master SD15 Ground Page 72 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.
  • Page 81 IOCHRDY Ground -SMEMW SA19 -SMEMR SA18 -IOW SA17 -IOR SA16 -DACK3 SA15 DREQ3 SA14 -DACK1 SA13 DREQ1 SA12 -REF SA11 SA10 IRQ7 IRQ6 IRQ5 IRQ4 IRQ3 -DACK2 BALE +5 Volts Ground Ground Ground Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 73...
  • Page 82 Digital In 2 Digital Out 3 Digital In 3 Digital Out 4 Digital In 4 Digital Out 5 Digital In 5 Digital Out 6 Digital In 6 Digital Out 7 Digital In 7 Ground Ground Page 74 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

  • Page 83: Error Messages

    ROM checksum value does not match the value Error encoded in BIOS. CMOS Shutdown The shutdown register for CMOS RAM failed. Register Rd/Wrt Error Cache Error / The external cache is faulty. External Cache Bad Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 75...

  • Page 84: Amibios Error Codes On The Post Display

    As the BIOS performs the POST after a reset or reboot, the microprocessor indicates the status of the test by writing codes to the I/O port at address 80 Hex. SOLO provides an on-board decode of this information displaying the code on on-board LEDs. It can also drive an optional POST display without modification.
  • Page 85 ‘AMIBOOT.ROM’ file.. Start reading ‘AMIBOOT.ROM’ file cluster by cluster. ‘AMIBOOT.ROM’ file not of proper size. Disable internal cache. Detect Flash type present. Erase Flash. Program Flash. Flash program successful. BIOS is going to restart. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 77...
  • Page 86 Display different BUSes initialisation error messages. New cursor position read and saved. To display the Hit <DEL> message. To prepare the descriptor tables. To enter in virtual mode for memory test. To enable interrupts for diagnostics mode. Page 78 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.
  • Page 87 Extended NMI sources enabling is in progress. Keyboard test started. clearing output buffer, checking for stuck key, to issue keyboard reset command. Keyboard reset error/stuck key found. To issue keyboard controller interface test command. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 79...
  • Page 88 Going to enable parity/NMI. NMI and parity enabled. Going to do any initialisation required before giving control to optional ROM at E000. Initialisation before E000 ROM control over. E000 ROM to get control next. Page 80 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.
  • Page 89 To uncompress DMI data and execute DMI POST init. System configuration is displayed. Going to copy any code to specific area. Copying of code to specific area done. Going to give control to INT-19 boot loader. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 81...

  • Page 90: Amibios Error Messages

    For most displayed error messages, there is only one message. If a second message appears, it is "RUN SETUP". If this message occurs, press <F1> to run Setup Utility. The table of messages is shown on the next page. Page 82 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.
  • Page 91 Where “XXXX” is the hex address where the error occurred. On Board Parity Parity is not supported on this product, this error will not occur. Error Parity Error ???? Parity error in system memory at an unknown address. Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 83...

  • Page 92: Isa Nmi Messages

    If the address can be determined, it is displayed as XXXXX. If not, the message is I/O Card Parity Error ????. DMA Bus Time-out A device has driven the bus signal for more than 7.8 microseconds. Page 84 127-191.doc Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

  • Page 93: Pci Configuration Error Messages

    <'Secondary IDE Controller Resource Conflict '>, \ ; Text <'Parallel Port Resource Conflict '>, \ ; Text <'Serial Port 1 Resource Conflict '>, \ ; Text <'Serial Port 2 Resource Conflict '>, \ ; Text Blue Chip Technology Ltd. 127-191.doc Page 85...

  • Page 94: Board Layout

    SOLO U ERROR MESSAGES ANUAL OARD AYOUT 127_172 Blue Chip Technology Ltd.

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