Aaeon PCM-8120 User manual

Compact Board PCM-8120
PCM-8120
VIA C7/ Eden Series Processors
One DDR 400/533 DDRII DIMM
48-bit Dual-Channel LVDS TFT LCD
7.1CH High Definition Audio
6 USB 2.0 / 4 COMs / Digital IO
PCM-8120 Manual Rev.A 2nd Ed.
Oct. 2008

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Copyright Notice
This document is copyrighted, 2008. All rights are reserved. The
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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.
 VIA C7™ and Eden are trademarks of VIA Technology 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 9657666600 Jumper Cap
• 1 PCM-8120 CPU Card
• 1 Quick Installation Guide
• 1 CD-ROM for manual (in PDF format) and drivers
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 Location of Connectors and Jumpers .......................2-3
2.3 Mechanical Drawing..................................................2-5
2.4 List of Jumpers..........................................................2-8
2.5 List of Connectors .....................................................2-9
2.6 Setting Jumpers ........................................................2-11
2.7 Audio Out Selection (JP1).........................................2-12
2.8 LVDS/ DVI/ INVERTER Voltage Selection (JP2)......2-12
2.9 TTL-LCD Clock Selection (JP3)................................2-12
2.10 Clear CMOS (JP4) ..................................................2-13
2.11 COM2 Ring/+5V/+12V Selection (JP5)...................2-13
2.12 COM4 Ring/+5V/+12V Selection (JP6)...................2-13
2.13 COM3 Ring/+5V/+12V Selection (JP7)...................2-13
2.14 COM1 Ring/+5V/+12V Selection (JP8)...................2-14
2.15 ATX/AT Selection (JP9) ..........................................2-14
2.16 TV/CRT Selection (JP10)........................................2-14
2.17 ATX Power Simulate AT Power Selection (JP12)...2-14

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2.18 TV_Out Connector (CN1)........................................2-14
2.19 TTL_LCD Connector (CN2) ....................................2-15
2.20 INVERTER (CN3)....................................................2-16
2.21 VGA Display Connector (CN4)................................2-16
2.22 ATX Power Connector (CN5)..................................2-17
2.23 FAN Connector (CN6).............................................2-17
2.24 LVDS/DVI Connector (CN7)....................................2-17
2.25 LAN 1 LED Connector (CN8)..................................2-19
2.26 Audio Connector (CN10).........................................2-19
2.27 COM1~ COM4 Ports Connector (CN11).................2-20
2.28 USB Connector (CN12)...........................................2-21
2.29 USB Connector (CN13)...........................................2-21
2.30 IrDA Connector (CN14)...........................................2-21
2.31 Fan Connector (CN15)............................................2-22
2.32 PS2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector (CN16)...............2-22
2.33 Front Panel Connector (CN17) ...............................2-22
2.34 AT Power Connector (CN18) (Optional) .................2-22
2.35 SATA Connector (CN19) .......................................2-23
2.36 SATA Connector (CN20) .......................................2-24
2.37 Audio 5.1 Channel/ SPDIF Connector (CN22) ......2-24
2.38 USB Connector (CN23) .........................................2-25
2.39 First Digital I/O Connector (CN24) ........................2-25
2.40 Second Digital I/O Connector (CN25) ...................2-26
2.41 10/100Base-TX Ethernet Connector (LAN1) .........2-27
2.42 10/100Base-TX Ethernet Connector (LAN2) .........2-27

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2.43 Floppy Connector (FDD1) .....................................2-27
2.44 IDE Connector (IDE1) ...........................................2-28
2.45 LPT Port Connector (LPT1) ...................................2-29
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 Installation.................................................................4-3
Appendix A Programming The Watchdog Timer
A.1 Programming .........................................................A-2
A.2 ITE8712 Watchdog Timer Initial Program..............A-6
Appendix B I/O Information
B.1 I/O Address Map....................................................B-2
B.2 Memory Address Map............................................B-3
B.3 IRQ Mapping Chart................................................B-4
B.4 DMA Channel Assignments...................................B-4
Appendix C Mating Connector
C.1 List of Mating Connectors and Cables.................. C-2

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General
Chapter
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Information

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1.1 Introduction
AAEON announces a brand new Compact Board-PCM-8120
designed to deal with the escalating demands of balancing cost
while improving performance. This advanced, new generation
Compact Board can easily adapt to diverse applications in this
competitive industrial embedded market.
PCM-8120 adopts a VIA C7 processor which features low power
consumption and transcendent performance. In addition to the
VIA C7 processor from 1GHz to 2GHz, this model can be equipped
with an Eden V4 Bus (400MHz to 1.5GHz) processor. Moreover,
240-pin DDRII DIMM system memory is up to 1GB. For network
connection, the PCM-8120 deploys Realtek RTL 8139DL
10/100Base-TX chip and features two RJ-45 ports onboard.
This new Compact Board configures a VIA CX700M integrated
display chipset to support CRT/LVDS, LVDS/TV or CRT/TTL,
CRT/DVI, TV/TTL, TV/DVI simultaneous/dual view display. In
addition, it supports MPEG-4 accelerator to enhance the
performance of multimedia applications.

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1.2 Features
 Onboard VIA C7/ Eden (V4 Bus) series processors
 One DIMM DDR II 400/533 up to 1GB
 Dual-channel LVDS, DVI and TV-out
 MPEG-4 accelerator
 Dual 10/100Base-TX Ethernet
 PCI, Type III Mini PCI, PC/104 & Type II PCMCIA
 Supports IDE, 4 COM Ports, Parallel
 High Definition Audio 7.1 CH
 SATA II x 2, USB2.0 x 6, 16-bit Digital I/O, IrDA