Aaeon GENE-5315 User manual

SubCompact Board GENE-5315
GENE-5315
AMD
® Geode
LX800/900 series Processors
RTL8139DL for 10/100Mbps
Type II CompactFlash
2 COM (Rev.A), 5 COM (Rev.B)
4 USB2.0, 1 IrDA
Type III Mini PCI
GENE-5315 Manual Rev.A + B 4th Ed.
November 2009

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Copyright Notice
This document is copyrighted, 2009. All rights are reserved. The
original manufacturer reserves the right to make improvements
to the products described in this manual at any time without
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assure its accuracy, AAEON assumes no liabilities resulting
from errors or omissions in this document, or from the use of the
information contained herein.
AAEON reserves the right to make changes in the product
design without notice to its users.

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Acknowledgments
All other products’ name or trademarks are properties of their
respective owners.
 Award is a trademark of Award Software International, Inc.
 CompactFlash™ is a trademark of the Compact Flash
Association.
 AMD, the AMD Arrow logo and combinations thereof are
trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
 Microsoft Windows®is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp.
 ITE is a trademark of Integrated Technology Express, Inc.
 IBM, PC/AT, PS/2, and VGA are trademarks of International
Business Machines Corporation.
 SoundBlaster is a trademark of Creative Labs, Inc.
All other product names or trademarks are properties of their
respective owners.

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Packing List
Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that the
following materials have been shipped:
• 1 9681531501 Cable Kit for GENE-5315
 1700060192 Keyboard & Mouse Cable
 1709100201 USB Cable
 1701440500 IDE Cable 3.5”
• 1 9657666600 Jumper Cap
• 1 Quick Installation Guide
• 1 CD-ROM for manual (in PDF format) and drivers
• 1 GENE-5315
If any of these items should be missing or damaged, please
contact your distributor or sales representative immediately.

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Contents
Chapter 1 General Information
1.1 Introduction................................................................1-2
1.2 Features....................................................................1-3
1.3 Specifications............................................................1-4
Chapter 2 Quick Installation Guide
2.1 Safety Precautions....................................................2-2
2.2 Connectors, Jumpers and Mechanical Drawings......2-3
2.3 List of Jumpers..........................................................2-9
2.4 List of Connectors .....................................................2-10
2.5 Setting Jumpers ........................................................2-12
2.6 AT/ATX Power Type Selection (JP1)........................2-13
2.7 CFD Master/ Slave Selection (JP2) ..........................2-13
2.8 Clear CMOS (JP3) ....................................................2-13
2.9 LCD Clock and LVDS Operating Voltage Selection (JP4)
.........................................................................................2-13
2.10 COM Ports RI/+5V/+12V Selection (JP5) ...............2-14
2.11 Inverter Voltage Connector (JP6)............................2-14
2.12 CFD Voltage Selection (JP7) (For Rev.B only).......2-14
2.13 IDE Hard Drive Connector (CN1)............................2-14
2.14 Floppy Connector (CN2) .........................................2-15
2.15 Parallel Port Connector (CN3) ................................2-16
2.16 Front Panel Connector (CN4) .................................2-17

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2.17 USB Port #1 and Port #2 (CN5)..............................2-17
2.18 Digital I/O Connector (CN6)....................................2-17
2.19 Audio Input/Output/Cdin/MIC (CN7)........................2-18
2.20 ATX External 5VSB (CN8)......................................2-18
2.21 4P Power Socket (CN9)..........................................2-19
2.22 LVDS Connector (CN10).........................................2-19
2.23 PC/104 (CN11) (For Rev.A only) ............................2-20
2.24 TTL LCD (CN12).....................................................2-22
2.25 Serial Port #2 (CN13)..............................................2-24
2.26 Fan Connector (CN14)............................................2-24
2.27 Ethernet 10/100Base-TX RJ-45 Phone Jack #1 (CN15)
.........................................................................................2-25
2.28 Ethernet 10/100Base-TX RJ-45 Phone Jack #2 (CN16)
.........................................................................................2-25
2.29 IrDA Connector (CN17)...........................................2-25
2.30 Mini-DIN PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector (CN18)2-26
2.31 Serial Port #1 Connector (CN19)............................2-26
2.32 CRT Display Connector (CN20)..............................2-26
2.33 USB Port #3 and Port #4 (CN21)............................2-27
2.34 Inverter Voltage (CN22) ........................................2-27
2.35 Serial Port #3 (CN23)(For Rev.B only)....................2-27
2.36 Serial Port #5 (CN24)(For Rev.B only)....................2-28
2.37 Serial Port #4 (CN25)(For Rev.B only)....................2-28
2.38 Serial Port #6 (CN26) (TTL/GPS) (For Rev.B only) 2-28
2.39 External Battery (BAT1) ........................................2-29

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2.40 Compact Flash Disk Slot (CFD1) ..........................2-29
2.41 Mini-PCI Slot (MPCI1) ...........................................2-30
2.42 DDR SODIMM Slot (DIMM1) .................................2-30
Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup
3.1 System Test and Initialization. ..................................3-2
3.2 Award BIOS Setup....................................................3-3
Chapter 4 Driver Installation
4.1 Software Drivers........................................................4-2
4.2 Necessary to know....................................................4-3
4.3 Installing VGA Driver.................................................4-4
4.4 Installing AES Driver .................................................4-5
4.5 Installing PCI to ISA Bridge Driver............................4-6
4.6 Installing Ethernet Driver...........................................4-7
4.7 Ethernet Software Configuration...............................4-7
4.8 Installing Audio Driver ...............................................4-8
Appendix A Programming The Watchdog Timer
A.1 Programming .........................................................A-2
A.2 ITE8712 Watchdog Timer Initial Program..............A-5
Appendix B I/O Information
B.1 I/O Address Map....................................................B-2
B.2 1st MB Memory Address Map ................................B-2
B.3 IRQ Mapping Chart for Rev. A...............................B-3
B.4 IRQ Mapping Chart for Rev. B...............................B-3

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B.5 DMA Channel Assignments...................................B-3
Appendix C Mating Connector
C.1 List of Mating Connectors and Cables.................. C-2

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General
Chapter
1
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1.1 Introduction
AAEON, a leading embedded boards manufacturer, is pleased to
announce the debut of their new generation 3.5” SubCompact
Board—GENE-5315. The GENE-5315 not only completes
AAEON’s product line of Subcompact boards, but also balances
performance and cost in the embedded market.
GENE-5315 adopts optional onboard AMD Geode LX800 and
LX900. The system memory is deployed with SODIMM DDR
333/400 up to 1GB. In addition, Realtek RTL8139DL supports
two 10/100Base-TX that allows network connections. This
model applies a Type III Mini PCI socket for expansion.
Moreover, four USB 2.0, IDE, RS-232, RS-232/422/485 and
parallel ports are configured on the GENE-5315. Full functions
make GENE-5315 user friendly. With the GENE-5315, there are
no more worries about installing many necessary devices to
complete the functions of your system.
The display of GENE-5315 supports CRT/LCD simultaneous
display and is up to 24-bit single channel TTL/LVDS TFT LCD.
These great features fit into the needs of digital signage.
Furthermore, this brand new SubCompact board is developed to
cater to the requirements of Automation, Medical, ticket machine,
transportation, gaming, KIOSK, and POS/POI applications.