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(1996) EN 61000-4-4 (1995) EN 61000-3-2 (1995) EN 61000-3-3 (1995) The following manufacturer is responsible for this declaration : Portwell, Inc. (Company Name) 3F, No.88, Sec.1, Nei-Hu Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. (Company Address) Taipei, R.O.C. Place Date Legal Signature of...
Preface Table of Contents How to Use This Manual Chapter 1 System Overview.......................1-1 1.1 Introduction..........................1-1 1.2 Check List ............................ 1-2 1.3 Product Specifications........................ 1-2 1.3.1 Mechanical and Environmental ..................1-4 1.3.2 Mechanical Drawing......................1-4 1.4 System Architecture ........................1-5 1.4.1 CPU and Chipset STPC Atlas (System on Chip)............
Preface How to Use This Manual The manual describes how to configure your PEB-7431VL system to meet various operating requirements. It is divided into four chapters, with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of Single Board Computer. Chapter 1 : System Overview. Presents what you have in the box and give you an overview of the product specifications and basic system architecture for this model of single board computer.
Jumper Settings for details). We strongly recommend that you study this manual carefully before attempting to alter PEB-7431VL’s configurations. In the case, something in this manual is not clear or users have any suggestion on this manual. Contact our Customer Service department with the relevant details.
System Overview Check List The PEB-7431VL package includes the following basic items accompany with this manual. 1 PEB-7431VL All-in-One STPC Atlas industrial motherboard 1 User’s Manual 1 CD-ROM contains the followings: - Ethernet driver and utilities - VGA drivers and utilities Cable set includes the followings: - 1 IDE HDD cable (40-pin, pitch 2.54mm)
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Programmable panel size up to 1024 by 1024 pixels Ethernet chipset One Realtek 8139C PCI-bus Ethernet controllers onboard Ethernet interface PCI 100/10 Mbps, IEEE 802.3U compatible SSD interface One CF socket supports Type II Compact Flash Card (Support 8-320MB Compact flash) PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
The STPC Atlas provides support for up to two bus masters. These bus master signals are used by the Realtek 8139C Ethernet controller. 1.4.4 SDRAM Interface This board uses SDRAM in the compact DIMM-168 form factor. 3.3V PC 100 SDRAM modules are recommended to use. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
+5V is required LPT. Support for SPP, EPP and ECP modes Floppy interface PS/2 Keyboard& Mouse interface Provision of buffered ISA data bus for BIOS NVRAM with battery backup for BIOS configuration and real time clock Watchdog timer PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
O/S independent, thus offering an optimal solution for embedded systems operating in non-standard computing environments. The Compact Flash storage card is IDE compatible and offers various capacities. The following block diagram shows the architecture and main components of PEB- 7431VL. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
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PCI BUS/ Slot 1 LAN RTL-8139C Figure 1-1 PEB-7431VL System Block Diagram The key components on board are the STPC Atlas System on Chip and the Winbond Super I/O chip. These two devices provide the ISA and PCI bus to which all the major components are attached.
Jumper Setting The jumper settings are used to select options for different features. The adjustment made aims to let users customize PEB-7431VL’s features. In the following sections, short means covering a jumper cap over jumper pins; open or NC (Not Connected) means removing a jumper cap from jumper pins.
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JP1: DIMM 2 type Selection Function 1-2 Short Single side DIMM option 2-3 Short Double side DIMM option JP2: CMOS Clear Function 1-2 Short Normal 2-3 Short Clear CMOS JP3: Ethernet Function Function 1-2 Short Enable 1-2 Open Disable PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
Hardware Configuration JP4: COM3/4 RS-422/485 Selection Jumper Function 1-3 Short COM3 RS-422Enable 3-5 Short COM3 RS-485Enable 2-4 Short COM4 RS-422Enable 4-6 Short COM4 RS-485Enable Connector Allocation Figure 2-1 PEB-7431VL Connector Location PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
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Serial Port 2x5 shrouded connector (COM4) IDE1(Primary) Interface Connector Serial Port 2x5 shrouded connector (COM2) TFT LCD Panel Connector Pin Assignments of Connectors J1: VGA DSUB-15 Connector PIN No. Signal Description Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground MONID1 HSYNC PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
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Auto Form Feed# Data 0 Error# Data 1 Initialization# Data 2 Printer Select IN# Data 3 Ground Data 4 Ground Data 5 Ground Data 6 Ground Data 7 Ground Acknowledge# Ground Busy Ground Paper Empty Ground Printer Select PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
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USBD1- USBD1+ USBGND1 J5B: Ethernet RJ-45 Interface Connector PIN No. Signal Description Termination to Ground Termination to Ground Termination to Ground Termination to Ground J6: ATX Power Button connector PIN No. Signal Description Power Button Control Signal PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
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J8: GPIO Connector ( 2 x 5 Pin header ) PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description GPIO 0 GPIO4 GPIO1 GPIO5 GPIO2 GPIO6 GPIO3 GPIO7 J9: CPLD 8-pin Connector PIN No. Signal Description Ground J10:External Speaker Header PIN No. Signal Description Speaker signal PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
Ethernet, Graphic and handle Audio operations in Operating System. Main Memory There are two DIMM slots available on PEB-7431VL. DIMM 1 has to be used for system boot-up. Short Pin1 and 2 of JP1 will enable DIMM2 to support single side DIMM;...
The CPU is thereby not loaded during the actual data transfer. Driver Support PEB-7431VL provides one CD-Title to support on-board Ethernet device drivers in various operating systems. Before installing the device driver, please see the reference files in each sub-directory. If you have problems to install drivers directly from CDROM, please copy the files into your hard drive before you proceed with the driver installation.
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information PEB-7431VL is equipped with the AWARD 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.
IDE Secondary Options are in its Press <enter>to enter sub menu of details Master sub menu options IDE Secondary Options are in its Press <enter>to enter sub menu of details Slave sub menu options PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
20491 MB size, head... on this channel Cylinder 39703 Head Precomp Landing Zone 39702 Sector ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
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Min = 0 **** Warning: Setting a value of 65535 Max = 65535 means no hard disk Landing zone Min = 0 **** Max = 65535 Sector Min = 0 Number of sectors per track Max = 255 PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
Afterwards, if necessary, you will be able to run an anti-virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage is done. ! WARNING ! Disk boot sector is to be modified Type "Y" to accept write or "N" to abort write Award Software, Inc. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
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To disable security, select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password. Do not type anything and just press <Enter>, it will disable security. Once the security is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay Video Memory Size : 4.0M CPU Internal Cache : Enabled ↑↓→←: Move Enter: Select +/- PU/PD/: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help F5: Previous Value F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
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The choice: 2, 3 SCLKs. Video Memory Size The choice: None, 512K, 1.0M, 2.0M, 4.0M. CPU Internal Cache This option is used to enable or disable CPU L1 cache. Set this option to “enabled” to Acquire better system performance. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
This should be enabled if your system has a floppy disk drive (FDD) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. Even when so equipped, if you add a higher performance controller, you will need to disable this feature. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-10...
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Extended unless you are certain both your hardware and software support EPP or ECP mode. The choice: SPP, ECP+EPP1.7, EPP1.7+SPP, EPP1.9+SPP, ECP, ECP+EPP1.9, and PIRNTER. LPT ECP Mode Use DMA Select a proper DMA channel for onboard ECP Mode parallel port. The choice: 0, 1, 3. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-11...
When enabled, an Advanced Power Management device will be activated. The choice: No, Yes. Video off Option This determines the mode in which video controller. The choice: Susp, Stby off, All Modes off, Always on or Suspend off “. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-12...
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DMA Request (DRQ) When Enabled, the DMA device will be activated to APM function. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. PCI Master Device (PCIM) When Enabled, the PCI master device will be activated to APM function. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-13...
Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-14...
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User can choose “Enabled” settings to correct this display mismatch problem and support any ISA adapter card installed in the computer requires VGA palette snooping. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-15...
Security option (see Section 4). If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-16...
One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST. This list includes messages for both the ISA and the EISA BIOS. CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED CMOS battery is no longer functional. It should be replaced. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-17...
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Also be sure the card is installed firmly in the slot. EISA Configuration Is Not Complete PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The slot configuration information stored in the EISA non-volatile memory is incomplete. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-18...
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If you are purposely configuring the system without a keyboard, set the error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL, BUT KEYBOARD. This will cause the BIOS to ignore the missing keyboard and continue the boot. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-19...
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PRESS F1 TO DISABLE NMI, F2 TO REBOOT When BIOS detects a Non-maskable Interrupt condition during boot, this will allow you to disable the NMI and continue to boot, or you can reboot the system with the NMI enabled. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-20...
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Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL. Wrong Board In Slot PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board ID does not match the ID stored in the EISA non-volatile memory. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-21...
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BIOS ROM checksum error - System halted. The checksum of ROM address F0000H-FFFFFH is bad. Memory test fail. BIOS reports the memory test fail if the onboard memory is tested error. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-22...
Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000:0 Reserved Initial Superio_Early_Init switch. Reserved 1. Blank out screen 2. Clear CMOS error flag Reserved 1. Clear 8042 interface 2. Initialize 8042 self-test Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-23...
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Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI & PnP use. If ESCD is valid, take into consideration of the ESCD’s legacy information. Onboard clock generator initialization. Disable respective clock resource to empty PCI & DIMM slots. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-24...
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Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Test 8254 Reserved Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1. Reserved Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2. Reserved Reserved Test 8259 functionality. Reserved Reserved Reserved Initialize EISA slot PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-25...
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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 Reserved PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-26...
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If password is set, ask for password. Save all data in stack back to CMOS Initialize ISA PnP boot devices USB final Initialization NET PC: Build SYSID structure Switch screen back to text mode Set up ACPI table at top of memory. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-27...
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. PEB-7431VL User’s Manual 4-28...
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B000 – B7FF Unused B800 – BFFF VGA Text C000 – C7FF Video ROM C800 – C949 5.2K Unused C94A – DFFF High RAM E000 – EFFF Page Frame F000 – FFFF System ROM First 64K Extended PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
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Usable IRQ IRQ 10 [Unassigned] Usable IRQ IRQ 11 [Unassigned] Usable IRQ IRQ 12 System ROM IBM Mouse Event IRQ 13 System ROM Coprocessor Error IRQ 14 System ROM Hard Disk Event IRQ 15 [Unassigned] Usable IRQ PEB-7431VL User’s Manual...
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