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EMAC PCM-6892E User Manual

All-in-one fc 370 pentium iii/celeron single board with lcd, ac97 audio, dual 10/100base-tx ethernet interfaces, & 4 coms
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PCM-6892E
All-in-One FC 370 Pentium III/Celeron Single Board with LCD,
AC97 Audio, Dual 10/100Base-Tx Ethernet Interfaces, & 4 COMs
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  • Page 1 User’s Manual PCM-6892E All-in-One FC 370 Pentium III/Celeron Single Board with LCD, AC97 Audio, Dual 10/100Base-Tx Ethernet Interfaces, & 4 COMs Ed. - 20 March 2001...

  • Page 2: Fcc Statement

    PCM-6892E FCC STATEMENT THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS: (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE. (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION.

  • Page 3: Copyright Notice

    Brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Disclaimer EMAC, Inc. reserves the right to make changes, without notice, to any product, including circuits and/or software described or contained in this manual in order to improve design and/or performance. EMAC assumes no responsibility or...
  • Page 4 Our dealers are well trained and ready to give you the support you need to get the most from your EMAC product. In fact, most problems reported are minor and are able to be easily solved over the phone.
  • Page 5 If an EMAC product is defective, it will be repaired or replaced at no charge during the warranty period. For out-of-warranty repairs, you will be billed according to the cost of replacement materials, service time, and freight.

  • Page 6: Packing List

    Packing List Before you begin installing your single board, please make sure that the following materials have been shipped: 1 PCM-6892E All-in-One FC370 Celeron / Pentium III Computing Module 1 Quick Installation Guide 1 CD-ROM contains the followings: — User’s Manual (this manual in PDF file) —...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    User’s Manual MANUAL OBJECTIVES......................1 INTRODUCTION ........................2 System Overview......................2 System Specifications ..................... 3 Architecture Overview ..................... 6 2.3.1 VIA VT82C694X ......................7 2.3.2 DRAM Interface ......................7 2.3.3 AGP Interface ......................7 2.3.4 PCI Interface........................ 8 2.3.5 VIA VT82C686A ......................8 2.3.6 IDE Interface (Bus Master Capability and Synchronous DMA Mode) ......
  • Page 8 PCM-6892E 3.10 Connector Definitions....................23 3.10.1 Power Connector 1 (PWR1) ..................23 3.10.2 LCD Inverter Connector (J1) ..................23 3.10.3 Signal Configuration – LCD Inverter Connector (J1) ..........23 3.10.4 Auxiliary Power Connector (J2).................. 24 3.10.5 Ethernet 1 / 2 LED Connector (CN1)................24 3.10.6 Signal Description –...
  • Page 9 User’s Manual AWARD BIOS SETUP ......................54 Starting Setup.........................54 Using Setup ........................55 4.2.1 Navigating Through The Menu Bar ................55 4.2.2 To Display a Sub Menu....................55 Getting Help........................56 In Case of Problems....................... 56 Main Menu........................56 4.5.1 Setup Items ....................... 57 4.5.2 Standard CMOS Setup ....................
  • Page 10 PCM-6892E APPENDIX A: BIOS REVISIONS ....................113 APPENDIX B: SYSTEM RESOURCES ..................114 Memory Map......................... 114 I/O – Map..........................115 Interrupt Usage........................117 DMA-channel Usage......................118 APPENDIX C: PROGRAMMING THE WATCHDOG TIMER ............119 Introduction........................... 119 Configure Register........................ 119 Programming Watchdog Timer..................... 120 Demo Program 1 (Micro-Assembly Language) ..............
  • Page 11 User’s Manual APPENDIX E: AWARD BIOS POST CODES ................130 APPENDIX F: AUDIO / USB DAUGHTER BOARD USER’S GUIDE.......... 136 Jumper & Connector Layout ....................136 Jumper & Connector List ...................... 136 Measurement Drawing......................137...
  • Page 12 PCM-6892E Document Amendment History Revision Date Comment Mar. 01. Philip Chang Initial Release...

  • Page 13: Manual Objectives

    We strongly recommend that you study this manual carefully before attempting to interface with PCM-6892E or change the standard configurations. Whilst all the necessary information is available in this manual we would recommend that unless you are confident, you contact your supplier for guidance.

  • Page 14: Introduction

    2. Introduction System Overview The PCM-6892E is a compact 5.25” CD-ROM size Single Board Computer that equips with VIA Apollo Pro 133A AGPset, SMI AGP 2X Lynx3DM 2D/3D Graphics and Multimedia Accelerator w/ Embedded 4MB SGRAM, Dual LCD interfaces, NTSC/PAL TV output, AC97 Audio, and dual PCI-bus Ethernet interfaces.

  • Page 15: System Specifications

    ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧ Interrupt: 15 interrupt levels (8259 equivalent) ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧ Power management: Supports ATX power supply. Supports PC97, LAN wake up and modem ring-in functions. I/O peripheral devices support power saving and doze/standby/suspend modes. APM 1.2 compliant. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 3...

  • Page 16: Audio Interface

    ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧ Chipset: Dual Intel 82559ER PCI-bus Ethernet controllers onboard ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧ Ethernet interface: PCI 100/10 Mbps, IEEE 802.3U compatible ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧ Remote Boot-ROM: For diskless system SSD Interface One CF socket supports Type I/II Compact Flash Card 4 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 17: Expansion Interface

    ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧ Typical power requirement: 5V @ 5.2A, 12V @ 80mA w/ PIII 800MHz & 128MB SDRAM ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧ Operating temperature: 32 to 140°F (0 to 60°C) ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧ Board size: 8”(L) x 5.75”(W) (203mm x 146mm) ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧ Weight: 0.5 Kg PCM-6892E User’s Manual 5...

  • Page 18: Architecture Overview

    User’s Manual Architecture Overview The following block diagram shows the architecture and main components of PCM-6892E. The two key components on board are the VIA VT82C694X North Bridge and VT82C686A super South Bridge. These two devices provide the ISA and PCI bus to which all the major components are attached.

  • Page 19: Via Vt82C694X

    GART TLB with 16 full associative entries and flexible CPU / AGP / PCI remapping control is also provided for operation under protected mode operating environments. Both Windows-95 VXD and Windows-98 / NT5 miniport drivers are supported for interoperability with major AGP-based 3D and DVD-capable multimedia accelerators. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 7...

  • Page 20: Pci Interface

    Additional functionality includes event monitoring, CPU clock throttling and stop (Intel processor protocol), PCI bus clock stop control, modular power, clock and leakage control, hardware-based and software-based event handling, general purpose I/O, chip select and external SMI. Full System Management Bus (SMBus) interface. 8 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 21: Usb

    RAMDAC. A summary of each of the functional blocks, along with important features follows: AGP 2X sideband support PCI 2.1 compliant 33 MHz PCI Master/Slave interface Dual aperture feature for concurrent VGA and video/drawing engine access PCM-6892E User’s Manual 9...
  • Page 22 TFT and DSTN support up to SXGA Timing generation for Virtual Refresh Popup icon location flexible Transparency color support 100% IBM VGA compatible Separate PLL for LCD panel timing 200MHz speed provides resolution support to 1600x1200. 10 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 23: Panel Interface

    I/O pins. The test port capability can be used to enhance fault coverage, as well as reduces silicon validation or debugging time. The Video Capture Unit captures incoming video data from the ZV Port and then stores the data into the frame buffer. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 11...

  • Page 24: Tv Encoder

    CCIR 601, Square pixel and 4Fsc (NTSC only) resolution RGB input Slave timing operation Interlace mode operation 2x over-sampling data output to simplify external analog filtering Selectable pedestal level OIRE/7.5IRE for NTSC Macrovision function (version 7.01) Closed captioning function 12 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 25: Ethernet

    These features and others reduce cost, real estate, and design complexity. The 82559ER also includes an interface to a serial (4-pin) EEPROM and a parallel interface to a 128 Kbyte Flash memory. The EEPROM provides power-on initialization for hardware and software configuration parameters PCM-6892E User’s Manual 13...

  • Page 26: Compact Flash Interface

    PanelLink Digital technology simplifies PC design by resolving many of the system level issues associated with high-speed mixed signal design, providing the system designer with a digital interface solution that is quicker to market and lower in cost. 14 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 27: Hardware Configuration

    Modern electronic devices are very sensitive to static electric charges. As a safety precaution, use a grounding wrist strap at all times. Place all electronic components in a static-dissipative surface or static- shielded bag when they are not in the chassis. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 15...

  • Page 28: Socket 370 Processor

    Main Memory PCM-6892E provides a DIMM socket (168-pin Dual In-line Memory Module) to support 3.3V SDRAM. The maximum memory size is 256MB (registered type of SDRAM). If 133MHz FSB CPU is adopt, you have to use PC-133 compliant SDRAM. For system compatibility and stability, please do not use memory module without brand.

  • Page 29: Jumper & Connector

    PCM-6892E Jumper & Connector 3.5.1 Jumper & Connector Layout PCM-6892E User’s Manual 17...

  • Page 30: Jumper & Connector List

    COM3 pin 9 signal select 3 x 2 header, pitch 2.0mm J6, J7 COM2 RS-232/422/485 select 3 x 2 header, pitch 2.0mm 4 x 3 header, pitch 2.0mm (J7) Reserve for future use 3 x 3 header, pitch 2.0mm 18 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 31: Connectors

    5 x 2 header, pitch 2.0mm VGA1 CRT connector 8 x 2 header, pitch 2.54mm LCD Backlight brightness adjustment 3 x 1 header, pitch 2.54mm connector STN LCD contrast adjustment connector 3 x 1 header, pitch 2.54mm DIM1 168-pin DIMM socket PCM-6892E User’s Manual 19...

  • Page 32: Setting Jumpers

    You can use J3 to clear the CMOS data if necessary. To reset the CMOS data, set J3 to 2-3 closed for just a few seconds, and then move the jumper back to 1-2 closed. Clear CMOS (J3) Protect* Clear CMOS 1 2 3 1 2 3 * default 20 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 33: Com3 / 4 Pin 9 Signal Select (J5 / J4)

    PCM-6892E COM3 / 4 Pin 9 Signal Select (J5 / J4) The PCM-6892E COM3 / 4 pin 9 signal can be selected as +12V, +5V, or Ring by setting J5 / J4. COM3 Pin 9 Signal Select (J5) +12V Ring*...

  • Page 34: Com2 Rs-232/422/485 Select (J6, J7)

    User’s Manual COM2 RS-232/422/485 Select (J6, J7) The PCM-6892E COM2 serial port can be selected as RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485 by setting J6 & J7. COM2 RS/232/422/485 Select (J6, J7) RS-232* RS-422 RS-485 1 4 7 10 1 4 7 10...

  • Page 35: Connector Definitions

    VR signal (pin 4) controlled by VR1. Please see the VR1 section for detailed circuitry information. 3.10.3 Signal Configuration – LCD Inverter Connector (J1) Vadj = 5V ~ 0V. ENBKL LCD backlight ON/OFF control signal. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 23...

  • Page 36: Auxiliary Power Connector (J2)

    10 or 100 Mbps, the LED is on; if link is invalid, the LED is off. SPDLED1# / 2# Speed LED. The Speed LED pin indicates the speed. The speed LED will be on at 100 Mbps and off at 10 Mbps. 24 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 37: Zoom Video Port Connector (Cn2)

    Vsync input from PC Card or video decoder HREF Hsync input from PC Card or video decoder BLANK Blank output. 0 = BLANK output DDCCLK USR1/ DDC2/ I²C Clock for CRT DDCDAT USR0/ DDC2/ I²C Data for CRT PCM-6892E User’s Manual 25...

  • Page 38: Video Port Interface I/O Compliance

    G4/Vindex_[2] G3/Vindex_[1] G2/Vindex_[0] Note 1: BLANK pin can used as TVCLK output, which is independent of ZV port. Note 2: Vindex [7:0] is indexed video port. Note 3: SMI test bus is for internal use only. 26 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 39: Primary Lcd Panel Connector (Cn3)

    PCM-6892E 3.10.10 Primary LCD Panel Connector (CN3) Signal Signal VDDSAFE5 VDDSAFE5 VDDSAFE3 VDDSAFE3 Vcon SHFCLK ENVEE ENBKL PCM-6892E User’s Manual 27...

  • Page 40: Secondary Lcd Panel Connector (Cn4)

    User’s Manual 3.10.11 Secondary LCD Panel Connector (CN4) Signal Signal VDDSAFE5 VDDSAFE5 VDDSAFE3 VDDSAFE3 Vcon LVDSCLK ENVEE ENBKL 28 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 41: Signal Description - Primary & Secondary Lcd Panel Connector (Cn3, Cn4)

    Enable backlight signal. This signal is controlled as a part of the panel power sequencing ENVEE Enable VEE. Signal to control the panel power-on/off sequencing. A high level may turn on the VEE (LCD bias voltage) supply to the panel PCM-6892E User’s Manual 29...

  • Page 42: Signal Configuration - Dstn & Tft Panel Displays

    User’s Manual 3.10.13 Signal Configuration – DSTN & TFT Panel Displays DSTN Pin name 16-bit 24-bit 9-bit 12-bit 18-bit 24-bit 12-bit x 2 18-bit x 2 UD11 UD10 LD11 LD10 30 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 43 FP2_R6 FP2_R5 FP2_R4 FP2_R3 FP2_R2 FP2_R1 FP2_R0 FP2_G7 FP2_G6 FP2_G5 FP2_G4 FP2_G3 FP2_G2 FP2_G1 FP2_G0 FP2_B7 FP2_B6 FP2_B5 FP2_B4 FP2_B3 FP2_B2 FP2_B1 FP2_B0 FP2_VSYNC FP2_HSYNC FP1_R5 FP1_R4 FP1_R3 FP1_R2 FP1_R1 FP1_R0 FP2_DE FP1_G5 FP1_G4 FP1_G3 FP1_G2 PCM-6892E User’s Manual 31...

  • Page 44: Cd-Rom Audio Input Connector (Cn5)

    CD_L CD_GND 3.10.15 Signal Configuration – CD-ROM Input Connector (CN5) CD L/R Left and right CD audio input lines. CD_GND GND for left and right CD. This GND level is not connected to the board GND. 32 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 45: Audio / Tv Output Connector (Cn6)

    Line-In L/R Left and right line in signals. Line-Out L/R Left and right line out signals. Both signals are capacitor coupled and should have GND as return. Yout Luminance output Cout Chrominance output COMP Composit video output PCM-6892E User’s Manual 33...

  • Page 46: Pin Header Serial Port 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Connector In Rs-232 Mode (Cn7)

    RTS3 DSR3 DTR3 TxD3 RxD3 DCD3 CTS2 RTS2 DSR2 DTR2 TxD2 RxD2 DCD2 CTS1 RTS1 DSR1 DTR1 TxD1 RxD1 DCD1 3.10.19 Serial Port 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 with External DB9 Connector Signal Signal 34 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 47: Signal Description - Serial Port 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Connector In Rs-232 Mode (Cn7)

    Request To Send. The level of this differential signal pair output is controlled through the Serial Port 2’s RTS signal (Modem control register). The RTS line driver is enabled through the Serial Port 2’s CSE signal. (in EMAC control register) CTS +/- Clear To Send.

  • Page 48: Pin Header Serial Port 2 Connector (Cn7 / Pin 11~20) In Rs-485 Mode

    Serial Port 2’s RTS signal (Modem control register). The control signal line driver is enabled through the Serial Port 2’s CSE signal (in EMAC control register). Warning: Do not select a mode different from the one used by the connected peripheral, as this may damage CPU board and/or peripheral.

  • Page 49: Pc/104 Connector (Cn8, Cn9)

    IOW# B13 A13 SA18 LA21 IRQ11 SMEMR# B12 A12 SA19 LA22 IRQ10 SMEMW# B11 A11 LA23 IOCS16# B10 A10 IOCHRDY SBHE# MEMCS16# + 12 V OWS# - 12 V DRQ2 - 5 V IRQ9 RESETDRV IOCHCHK# PCM-6892E User’s Manual 37...

  • Page 50: Signal Description - Pc/104 Connector (Cn8, Cn9)

    The signals SA0 and SBHE# are used to define the data present on this bus: SBHE# SD15-SD8 SD7-SD0 Action EVEN Word transfer Byte transfer on SD15- EVEN Byte transfer on SD7- Byte transfer on SD7- 38 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 51 Memory mapped devices using this strobe should decode addresses LA [23:17] and SA [19:0]. All bus masters will drive this line with a tri-state driver. The permanent master ties this line to VCC through a pull-up resistor to ensure that it is inactive during the exchange of bus masters. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 39...
  • Page 52 Interrupts IRQ [3:7], These signals are active high signals, which indicate the presence of an interrupting PC- IRQ [9:12], AT/PC104 bus adapter. Due to the use of pull-ups, unused interrupt inputs must be masked. IRQ [14:15] 40 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 53: Keyboard And Ps/2 Mouse Connector (Cn10)

    Bi-directional serial data line used to transfer data from or commands to the PC-AT keyboard. MCLK Bi-directional clock signal used to strobe data/commands from/to the PS/2 mouse. MDAT Bi-directional serial data line used to transfer data from or commands to the PS/2 mouse. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 41...

  • Page 54: Ide Device Connector (Cn11)

    3.10.29 IDE Device Connector (CN11) Signal Signal RESET# PDD7 PDD8 PDD6 PDD9 PDD5 PDD10 PDD4 PDD11 PDD3 PDD12 PDD2 PDD13 PDD1 PDD14 PDD0 PDD15 PDDRQ PDIOW# PDIOR# PDRDY PDDACK# IRQ14 PDA1 PDA0 PDA2 PDCS1# PDCS3# PDDACT# 42 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 55: Signal Description - Ide Device Connector (Cn11)

    Primary Device DMA Request. Primary channel DMA request. PDDACK# Primary Device DMA Acknowledge. Primary channel DMA acknowledge. PDDACT# Signal from IDE device indicating IDE device activity. The signal level depends on the IDE device type, normally active low. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 43...

  • Page 56: Cpu Fan Connector (Cn12)

    Signal Description – CPU Fan Connector (CN12) Fan speed monitor 3.10.33 Front Panel Connector (CN13) Signal Signal RSTIN PWBTI HD_LED 3.10.34 Signal Description – Front Panel Connector (CN13) HD_LED IDE device activity signal PWBTI Power Button RSTIN System Reset External Speaker 44 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 57: Floppy Disk Connector (Flp1)

    PCM-6892E 3.10.35 Floppy Disk Connector (FLP1) Signal Signal DSKCHG# SIDE1# RDATA# WPT# TRAK0# STEP# DIR# MOB# DSA# DSB# MOA# INDEX# DRVDEN0# PCM-6892E User’s Manual 45...

  • Page 58: Signal Description - Floppy Disk Connector (Flp1)

    Diskette change. This signal is active low at power on and whenever the diskette is removed. 3.10.37 IrDA Connector (IR1) Signal Signal IRRX IRTX 3.10.38 Signal Configuration – IR Connector (IR1) IRRX Infrared Receiver input IRTX Infrared Transmitter output 46 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 59: 10/100 Base-Tx Ethernet Connector (Lan1, Lan2)

    TXD+ / TXD- Ethernet 10/100Base-Tx differential transmitter outputs. RXD+ / RXD- Ethernet 10/100Base-Tx differential receiver inputs. 3.10.41 Panel Link Connector (PL1, Optional) Signal Signal 3.3V Txc- Txc+ Tx0+ Tx0- Tx1+ Tx1- Tx2+ Tx2- EDGE / HP DDCDAT DDCCLK PCM-6892E User’s Manual 47...

  • Page 60: Signal Description - Panel Link Connector (Pl1, Optional)

    HIGH), then this pin is the I2C clock input. If the I2C is disabled (ISEL = LOW), then this pin selects the input bus width. Input Bus Select: HIGH selects 24-bit input mode LOW selects 12-bit input mode 48 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 61: Parallel Port Connector (Pnt1)

    PCM-6892E 3.10.43 Parallel Port Connector (PNT1) Signal Signal SLCT BUSY ACK# SLIN# INIT# ERR# AFD# STB# PCM-6892E User’s Manual 49...

  • Page 62: Db25 Parallel Port Connector

    User’s Manual 3.10.44 DB25 Parallel Port Connector Signal Signal STB# AFD# ERR# INIT# SLIN# ACK# BUSY SLCT 50 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 63: Signal Description - Parallel Port (Pnt1)

    Differential bi-directional data signal for USB channel 1. Clock is transmitted along with the data using NRZI encoding. The signalling bit rate is up to 12 Mbs. 5 V DC supply for external devices. Maximum load according to USB standard. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 51...

  • Page 64: Crt Connector (Vga1)

    Analog output carrying the green colour signal to the CRT. For 75 Ω cable impedance. GREEN Analog output carrying the blue colour signal to the CRT. For 75 Ω cable impedance. BLUE 3.10.50 LCD Backlight Brightness Adjustment Connector (VR1) Signal J1 pin 4 Variable Resistor (Recommended: 4.7KΩ, >1/16W) 52 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 65: Stn Lcd Contrast Adjustment Connector (Vr2)

    PCM-6892E 3.10.51 STN LCD Contrast Adjustment Connector (VR2) Signal PCM-6892E User’s Manual 53...

  • Page 66: Award Bios Setup

    If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to. Press F1 To Continue, DEL to enter SETUP 54 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 67: Using Setup

    Use the left and right arrow keys to choose the menu you want to be in. 4.2.2 To Display a Sub Menu Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the sub menu you want. Then press <Enter>. A “ ” pointer marks all sub menus. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 55...

  • Page 68: Getting Help

    The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu. Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen. 56 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 69: Setup Items

    While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance, the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs. 4.5.1.10 Supervisor / User Password Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 57...

  • Page 70: Standard Cmos Setup

    Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item. Figure 1 : The Main Menu 58 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 71 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 Table 2 : Main Menu Selections PCM-6892E User’s Manual 59...

  • Page 72: Ide Adapters

    **** Warning: Setting a value of 65535 Precomp Max = 65535 means no hard disk Min = 0 **** Landing zone Max = 65535 Min = 0 Number of sectors per track Sector Max = 255 Table 3 : Hard disk selections 60 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 73: Advanced Bios Features

    No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. 4.5.3.2 CPU Internal Cache/External Cache These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on CPU/chipset design. Enabled Enable cache Disabled Disable cache PCM-6892E User’s Manual 61...
  • Page 74 Select power on state for NumLock. The choice: Enabled/Disabled. 4.5.3.9 Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control GateA20. Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20 Fast Lets chipset control GateA20 62 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 75 Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system. The choice: Non-OS2, OS2. 4.5.3.15 Report No FDD for WIN95 Whether to report no FDD for Win 95 or not. The choice: Yes, No. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 63...

  • Page 76: Advanced Chipset Features

    This item allows you to select the value in this field, depending on whether the board has paged DRAMs or EDO (extended data output) DRAMs. The choice: from 1 to 16 CPU clocks. The Choice: 10ns, Normal, Medium, Fast, Turbo. 64 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 77 PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. The Choice: 4M, 8M, 16M, 32M, 65M, 128M, or 256M. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 65...
  • Page 78 Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB keyboard. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 4.5.4.13 Memory Parity / ECC Check This item allows you to select between three methods of memory error checking, Auto, Enabled, and Disabled. 66 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 79: Integrated Peripherals

    IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. The choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, or Mode 4. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 67...
  • Page 80 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. The choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto. 4.5.5.11 IR Address Select Select IR address. The choice: Disabled, 3F8H, 2F8H, 3E8H, or 2E8H. 68 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 81 This item allows you to select the option of the build in flat panel controller. The choice: Enable, Disable. 4.5.5.14 Flat Panel Resolution Select the flat panel resolution. The choice: 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 768. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 69...

  • Page 82: Power Management Setup

    The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. 4.5.6.1 ACPI Function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The choice: Enable, Disable. 70 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 83: Power Management

    This option only writes blanks to the video buffer. DPMS Initial display power management signalling. 4.5.6.5 MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use. The choice: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, or NA. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 71...
  • Page 84 When select LPT/COM, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the system. 4.5.6.8.3 HDD & FDD When On of HDD & FDD, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system. 72 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 85 4.5.6.8.6 RTC Alarm Function When Enabled, your can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock) alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 73...

  • Page 86: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 74 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 87 Memory Resources This sub menu can let you control the memory resource. 4.5.7.10 Reserved Memory Base Reserved a low memory for the legacy device (non-PnP device). Choices are C800, CC00, D000, D800, DC00, D400, or N/A. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 75...
  • Page 88 Choices are 8K, 16K, 32K, 64K. 4.5.7.12 PCI / VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled. Choices are Enabled, Disabled. 4.5.7.13 Assign IRQ for VGA/USB Enable/Disable for assigning an IRQ for USB/VGA. Choices are Enabled, Disabled. 76 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 89: Frequency / Voltage Control

    4.5.8.3 CPU Speed This item allows you to select the CPU speed. 4.5.8.4 CPU Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU ratio. 4.5.8.5 CPU Frequency This item allows you to select the CPU frequency. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 77...

  • Page 90: Defaults Menu

    When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? Pressing ‘Y’ loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations. 78 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 91: Supervisor / User Password Setting

    Features Setup Menu and its Security option (see Section 3). 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. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 79...

  • Page 92: Exit Selecting

    The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS. After saving the values the system is restarted again. 80 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 93 Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Quit without saving (Y/N)? This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change. The previous selections remain in effect. This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 81...

  • Page 94: Driver Installation

    • Click the ‘Start’ button, click on ‘Settings’ and on ‘Control panel’ to open the control panel. Your display should now look as below (possibly with different size and icons): • Double click the ‘System’ icon (highlighted above). • Select the ‘Device Manager’ tab. 82 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 95 Ethernet Controller adapters. This is done by selecting the line and clicking the ‘Remove’ button. Before removal of the adapter(s), your screen might look like this: • When all adapters are removed (or none were present), a new driver can be installed. Reboot the computer. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 83...
  • Page 96 User’s Manual During the boot the network adapter should be detected as shown below: 84 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 97 PCM-6892E Specify the location of network adapter and click ‘Next’ (see below). Click the ‘Next’ button. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 85...
  • Page 98 Further configuration of the adapter may be made in the ‘Advanced’ section of the driver properties. These options may be accessed through the ‘Network’ icon in the control panel (Select the network adapter, click the ‘Properties’ button and select the ‘Advanced’ tab). 86 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 99: Windows Nt 4.0 Ethernet Installation

    The following procedures describe the steps to install the Network adapter driver on Windows NT 4.0. 1. Click the ‘Start’ button on the task bar. Select ‘Settings’ and ‘Control Panel’ to start the control panel shown below: PCM-6892E User’s Manual 87...
  • Page 100 2. Double click the ‘Network’ icon and then click the ‘Adapters’ tab on the following window. A window as the one shown below should now appear. 3. Click the ‘Add...’ button, and the following window should appear. 88 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 101 4. Click the ‘Have Disk…’ button to install the Network adapter driver from CD-ROM. A window as the one shown below should now appear. 5. Locate the path of Network adapter driver and click the ‘OK’ button. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 89...
  • Page 102 6. Select the ‘Intel GD82559ER Ethernet Adapter’ from the list (as shown below) and click the ‘OK’ button. 7. Files from your NT-distribution will now be needed. You may have to insert the CD- ROM and specify a directory of the files. An example is shown below. 90 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 103 PCM-6892E 8. Protocols, Services etc. may now be installed and configured for the network to be used. An example is shown below. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 91...
  • Page 104 User’s Manual 9. Click ‘Next’ to accept the settings. 10. Click ‘Next’ button. The network driver should now be installed. 92 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 105: Driver Installation For Display Adapter

    1. Click the ‘Start’ button on the task bar, select ‘Settings’ and ‘Control Panel’ from the sub-menu. This should start the Control Panel as shown below: 2. Double click the ‘Display’ icon and select the ‘Settings’ tab as shown below. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 93...
  • Page 106 Adapter Type frame to select another driver. Your display will probably have another driver then the ‘Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA)’ installed at this moment. 4. Click the ‘Next’ to update the display driver. 94 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 107 PCM-6892E 5. Click the ‘Next’ to continue the display driver installation. 6. Locate the path of Graphics adapter driver and click the ‘Next’ button. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 95...
  • Page 108 7. The driver files will now be read and the display adapter is shown as the following. Click the ‘Next’ button to install the display driver. 8. Click the ‘Finish’ button. 9. To complete the display driver installation, reboot the computer by clicking the ‘Yes’ button in the window shown below. 96 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 109 PCM-6892E 10.Further configuration of the display adapter may be made from the ‘Display Properties’ window (follow step 1 above). The ‘Settings’ tab allows you to change resolution, number of colours etc. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 97...

  • Page 110: Windows Nt 4.0 Display Installation

    1. Start the control panel by clicking the ‘Start’ button, click ‘Settings’ and ‘Control Panel’ from the sub-menu. Double click the ‘Display’ icon in the control panel as shown below. 2. On the Display properties window, click the ‘Settings’ tab as shown below. 98 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 111 3. Click the ‘Display Type…’ button and the following window should appear. Click the ‘Change…’ button to select another driver. 4. Click the ‘Have Disk…’ button. 5. The directory drivers entered. Type D:\PCM- 6892E\Driver\Video\SMI721\winnt as shown below. Insert the ‘Display driver disk’ and click ‘OK’. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 99...
  • Page 112 9. Click ‘OK’ and close the ‘Display Type’ and ‘Display Properties’ windows by clicking the ‘Close’ button in each window. 10.After closing the ‘Display Properties’ window, the computer must be restarted for the changes to take effect. 100 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 113 11.After the reboot, display resolution etc. may be configured in the ‘Display Properties’ window (opened by following steps 1 and 2 above). An example is shown below. 12.Before accepting the new settings by pressing ‘OK’, a test should be performed by clicking the ‘Test’ button. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 101...

  • Page 114: Driver Installation For Audio Adapter

    The following steps show how to install the VIA AC97 audio driver. 1. Click the ‘Start’ button on the task bar, select ‘Run’ and specify the location of VIA AC97 Audio driver setup program. This should start the VIA AC97 Audio driver setup program as shown below: 102 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 115 PCM-6892E 2. Select ‘Install driver’ as shown below. 3. Click the ‘Finish’ button to complete the driver setup. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 103...
  • Page 116 User’s Manual 4. Click the ‘Next’ to update the audio driver. 5. Click the ‘Next’ to continue the audio driver installation. 104 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 117 6. Locate the path of Audio adapter driver and click the ‘Next’ button. 7. The driver files will now be read and the audio adapter is shown as the following. Click the ‘Next’ button to install the audio driver. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 105...
  • Page 118 User’s Manual 8. Click the ‘Finish’ button to complete the display driver installation. 106 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 119: Windows Nt 4.0 Audio Installation

    The driver installation may be performed by the following steps: 1. Click the ‘Start’ button on the task bar, select ‘Run’ and specify the location of VIA AC97 Audio driver setup program. This should start the VIA AC97 Audio driver setup program as shown below: PCM-6892E User’s Manual 107...
  • Page 120 User’s Manual 2. Select ‘Install driver’ as shown below. 3. Select ‘OK’ as shown below. 108 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 121 4. Click the ‘Add…’ button to install the audio driver. 5. Select the ‘VIA PCI Audio controller’ and click ‘OK’ to install the audio driver. 6. Click ‘Don’t Restart Now’ to continue the audio driver installation. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 109...
  • Page 122 7. Click the ‘Add…’ button to install the audio driver. 8. Select the ‘VIA MIDI External Port Device’ and click ‘OK’ to install the audio driver. 9. Click ‘Don’t Restart Now’ to continue the audio driver installation. 110 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 123 PCM-6892E 10. Click the ‘OK’ button as shown below. 11. Select ‘Yes, I want to restart my computer now.’ and click the ‘OK’ button to complete the audio driver installation. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 111...

  • Page 124: Measurement Drawing

    User’s Manual 6. Measurement Drawing 112 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 125: Appendix A: Bios Revisions

    PCM-6892E Appendix A: BIOS Revisions BIOS Rev. New Features Bugs/Problems Solved Known Problems PCM-6892E User’s Manual 113...

  • Page 126: Appendix B: System Resources

    User’s Manual Appendix B: System Resources Memory Map The following table indicates memory map of PCM-6892E. The address ranges specify the runtime code length. Address Range Description Note 00000000h-0009FFFFh System board extension for ACPI BIOS 000A0000h-000CBFFFh Silicon Motion Lynx3DM 000F0000h-07FFFFFFh...

  • Page 127: I/O - Map

    Standard Floppy Disk controller 03F6h-03F6h Primary IDE controller (dual fifo) 03F6h-03F6h VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller 03F7h-03F7h Standard Floppy Disk controller 03F8h-03FFh Communications Port (COM1) 0CF8h-0CFFh PCI bus 1000h-101Fh VIA Tech 3038 PCI to USB Universal Host Controller PCM-6892E User’s Manual 115...
  • Page 128 Intel ® GD82559ER PCI Adapter Note: 1. The usage of these I/O addresses depends on the choices made in the EMAC setup screen. The I/O addresses are fully usable for PC/104 interface if the corresponding on-board unit is disabled in the setup screen.

  • Page 129: Interrupt Usage

    VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller Note: 1. The usage of these interrupts depends on the choices made in the EMAC setup screen. The interrupts are fully useable for PC/104 interface if the corresponding on-board unit is disabled in the BIOS setup.

  • Page 130: Dma-Channel Usage

    Available for PC/104 interface & PCI slot Note: The usage of these DMA-channels depends on the choices made in the EMAC setup screen. The DMA-channels are fully usable for both PC/104 interface and PCI slot if the corresponding on-board unit is disabled in the setup screen.

  • Page 131: Appendix C: Programming The Watchdog Timer

    Appendix C: Programming the Watchdog Timer Introduction The PCM-6892E onboard watchdog timer is based on an 8-bit counter. The time interval is from 32 seconds to 254 minutes with a resolution of 30 seconds. As soon as the timer is out, the system will generate a reset signal.

  • Page 132: Programming Watchdog Timer

    Lock W83977EF-AW I/O chip, and exit configuration mode Write lock value (AAh) to port 3F0h Ex: outportb(0x3f0, 0xAA); The following shows two examples of programming the watchdog timer with 32 seconds time interval in both Micro-assembly and C language. 120 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 133: Demo Program 1 (Micro-Assembly Language)

    PCM-6892E Demo Program 1 (Micro-Assembly Language) ;;============================================================== ;; Title : PCM-6892E Watchdog Timer Demo Program (32 seconds) : EMAC, Inc. ;; Company ;; Date : 11/02/2000 ;;============================================================== .model small .code W83977_IO_PORT DW 3F0H UNLOCK_ID 087h LOCK_ID 0AAH ;;--------------------------------------------------- ;; Main Program start ;;---------------------------------------------------...
  • Page 134 LOCK_ID dx, al Lock_977 endp ;;--------------------------------------------------- ;;--------------------------------------------------- ;; Select W83977 I/O chip Logic Device ;; bl : Device Number ;;--------------------------------------------------- Set_Device proc push push dx, cs:W83977_IO_PORT al, 07h dx, al al, bl dx, al Set_Device endp 122 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 135 ;; al : register number ;; ah : data ;; bl : device number ;;--------------------------------------------------- W977_Register_Set PROC push call Unlock_977 call Set_Device dx, cs: W83977_IO_PORT dx, al al, ah dx, al call Lock_977 W977_Register_Set ENDP ;;--------------------------------------------------- PCM-6892E User’s Manual 123...

  • Page 136: Demo Program 2 (C Language)

    User’s Manual Demo Program 2 (C Language) //============================================================== // Title : PCM-6892E Watchdog Timer Test Utility // Company : EMAC, Inc. // Programer: Winston Kang // Version : 1.0 // Date : 11/02/2000 // Compiler : Borland C ++ //============================================================== #include <stdio.h>...
  • Page 137 *ptr; printf("WinBond 83977EF WatchDog Timer Test Utility Version 1.0 \n"); printf("Copyright (c) 2000 \n"); printf("(only support PCM-6892E board and will reset the system)\n"); if (argc == 1) { printf("\n Syntax: 5610WDT [step] \n"); printf(" step range : 1 ~ 256 steps \n");...

  • Page 138: Appendix D: Award Bios Post Messages

    Setup. Determine which setting is correct, and then either turn off the system and change the jumper, or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection. 126 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 139: Display Type Has Changed Since Last Boot

    Memory has been added or removed since the last boot. In EISA mode use Configuration Utility to reconfigure the memory configuration. In ISA mode enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 127...

  • Page 140: Memory Verify Error At

    Hard Disk(s) Fail (40) → → → → HDD Controller Diagnostics Failed Hard Disk(s) Fail (20) → → → → HDD Initialization Error Hard Disk(s) Fail (10) → → → → Unable to Recalibrate Fixed Disk 128 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 141: Hard Disk(S) Fail (08) → Sector Verify Failed

    This is also used for M/B burn in test. BIOS ROM Checksum Error – System Halted The checksum of ROM address F0000H-FFFFFH is bad. Memory Test Fail BIOS reports the memory test fails if the onboard memory is tested error. PCM-6892E User’s Manual 129...

  • Page 142: Appendix E: Award Bios Post Codes

    Test F000h segment shadow to see whether it is R/W-able or not. If test fails, keep beeping the speaker. Reserved Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R/W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD & DMI support. Reserved 130 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 143 PCI & DIMM slots. 5. Early PCI initialization: -Enumerate PCI bus number -Assign memory & I/O resource -Search for a valid VGA device & VGA BIOS, and put it into C000:0. Reserved Reserved Reserved Initialize INT 09 buffer PCM-6892E User’s Manual 131...
  • Page 144 Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2. Reserved Reserved Test 8259 functionality. Reserved Reserved Reserved Initialize EISA slot Reserved 1. Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page. 2. Program writes allocation for AMD K5 CPU. 132 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 145 Okay to enter Setup utility; i.e. not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility. Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Initialize PS/2 Mouse Reserved Prepare memory size information for function call: INT 15h ax=E820h PCM-6892E User’s Manual 133...
  • Page 146 1. Call chipset power management hook. 2. Recover the text fond used by EPA logo (not for full screen logo) 3. If password is set, ask for password. Save all data in stack back to CMOS Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 134 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...
  • Page 147 2. Update keyboard LED & typematic rate 1. Build MP table 2. Build & update ESCD 3. Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h 4. Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick 5. Build MSIRQ routing table. Boot attempt (INT 19h) PCM-6892E User’s Manual 135...
  • Page 148 5 x 2 header, pitch 2.0mm module series 1-3, 2-4 Speaker out Line out / Speaker out select 3-5, 4-6 Line out (Default) TV / Audio connector for Mini module 8 x 2 header, pitch 2.54mm series 136 PCM-6892E User’s Manual...

  • Page 149: Measurement Drawing

    PCM-6892E Connectors Label Function Note USB 1 connector USB 2 connector TV output RCA jack Line out or Speaker out Select by JP6 Line in Mic in Measurement Drawing PCM-6892E User’s Manual 137...

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