Aaeon SBC-557 User manual

SBC-557
Half Size Super7 CPU Card
With LCD, Ethernet & SSD

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PartNo. 2047557000 SBC-557 1st Edition
Prepared in Taiwan July 1999

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So please consult this manual first. If you still cannot find the
answer, gather all the information or questions that apply to your
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1. Collect all the information about the problem encountered. (For
example, CPU type and speed, AAEON products used, other
hardware and software used, etc.) Note anything abnormal and
list any on-screen messages you get when the problem occurs.
2. Call your dealer and describe the problem. Please have your
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5. Write the RMA number visibly on the outside of the package
and ship it prepaid to your dealer.

Packing list
Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that the
following materials have been shipped:
• 1SBC-557All-in-OneSingleBoardComputerCard
• 1Quick Installation Guide
• 1 Support CD contains the followings:
-- User's Manual (this manual in PDF file)
-- Ethernet drivers and utilities
--VGA drivers and utilities
• 1 hard disk drive (IDE) interface cable
• 1 floppy disk drive interface cable
• 1 6 pins mini-DIN dual outlet adapter for keyboard and PS/2
mouse
• 1 parallel port adapter (26 pins) and COM2 adapter (for RS-232/
422/485)
• 1 bag of screws and miscellaneous parts
If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your distribu-
tor or sales representative immediately.

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please read it thoroughly before you install and use the board. The
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Contents
Chapter 1: General Information .......................1
Introduction ........................................................................... 2
Features.................................................................................. 3
Specifications ......................................................................... 4
Board layout........................................................................... 7
Board dimensions ................................................................. 8
Chapter 2: Installation .......................................9
Jumpers and connectors.................................................... 10
Locating jumpers ................................................................ 12
Locating connectors ........................................................... 13
Setting jumpers ................................................................... 14
CPU installing and upgrading............................................ 15
Install a CPU in the ZIF socket ..............................................15
Installing DRAM (DIMMs) .............................................. 17
System Memory ......................................................................17
Supplementary information about DIMM ...............................17
Memory Installation Procedures .............................................17
CPU Vcore select S1 (2~6)................................................ 18
Clear CMOS S1 (1)............................................................. 20
CPU clock select S2 (1~3)................................................. 21
CPU frequency ratio select S2 (4~6)................................ 22
CPU VIO select (J1) .......................................................... 23
LCD clock signal & driving voltage select (J3) ............ 24
DOC address select (J4) ................................................... 25
COM2 RS-232/422/485 select (J5, J6) ........................... 26
Level 2 cache select (J8)................................................... 27
IrDA connector (CN1, Pin 1~5)........................................ 28
Reset switch (CN1, Pin 6, 7) ............................................. 29
External / interal speaker (CN1, Pin 8~11)..................... 30
Hard drive LED (CN1, Pin 13, 14)................................... 31

IDE haed drive connector (CN2) ..................................... 32
Connecting the hard drive .......................................................33
IDE hard drive connector (CN2) ............................................33
CPU fan power connector (CN4) ...................................... 35
Display connectors (CN13, CN6) ..................................... 36
VGA display connector (CN13)..............................................37
LCD display connector (CN6) ................................................38
USB connector (CN7)......................................................... 39
Keyboard and PS/2 mouse connector (CN8, CN11)...... 40
Parallel port connector (CN9) ........................................... 42
Parallel port IRQ .....................................................................43
Parallel port connector table (CN9) ........................................43
Floppy drive connector (CN10) ........................................ 44
Connecting the floppy drive.....................................................45
Floppy drive connector (CN10)...............................................46
100Base-Tx Ethernet connector (CN14)........................ 47
Serial prots (CN15, CN12) ................................................ 48
Power connectors P8 & P9 (PWR1) ................................ 49
DiskOnChip socket (U19)................................................. 50
DiskOnChip (DOC) 2000 Installation ............................. 51
Chapter 3: Award BIOS Setup ..........................53
Starting setup....................................................................... 54
Setup keys............................................................................ 55
Getting help ......................................................................... 56
In case of problem...................................................................56
Main setup menu ................................................................ 57
Standard CMOS setup ....................................................... 58
BIOS features setup ........................................................... 66
CHIPSET features setup ................................................... 70
Power management setup.................................................. 73
PNP/PCI congfiguration setup .......................................... 77
Load BIOS defaults ............................................................ 80

Load setup defaults............................................................. 81
Integrated peripherals setup............................................. 82
Supervisor/User password setting ................................... 84
IDE HDD auto detection ................................................... 86
Save & exit setup................................................................ 87
Exit without saving ............................................................. 88
Chapter 4: Flat Panel/CRT controller Display
Drivers and Utilities ......................89
Software drives .................................................................... 90
Hardware configuration ..........................................................90
Necessary prerequisites ..........................................................92
Before you begin .....................................................................92
Windows 95 .......................................................................... 92
Driverinstallation ....................................................................92
Windows 3.1.......................................................................100
Driverinstallation ..................................................................100
OS/2..................................................................................... 101
Windows NT 3.51..............................................................103
Windows NT 4.0 ................................................................104
Driverinstallation ..................................................................104
Chapter 5: Ethernet Software configuration ...
.......................................................105
Ethernet software configuration ..................................... 106
Appendix A: Programming the Watchdog.........
Timer...........................................107
Programming the watchdog timer .................................. 107
How to program the Wtachdog Timer ..................................107
Demo program ......................................................................109
Appendix B: Installing PC/104 Modules ........111
Installing PC/104 modules............................................... 112

Chapter 1 General Information 1
1
General
Information
This chapter gives background informa-
tion on the mainboard.
Sections include:
• Board specifications
• Layout and dimensions
CHAPTER

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Introduction
The SBC-557 is an all-in-one Super7 processor based single board
computer(SBC)withaPCIFlatPanelcontroller,aPCI100Base-Tx
Ethernet interface. When using Super7 processors, the SBC-557
achieves outstanding performance that surpasses any other SBC in
its class. In addition, the onboard SSD interface supports M-
systems DiskOnChip 2000 series, memory capacity from 4 MB to
288MB.
Onboard features include two serial ports (one RS-232, one RS-232/
422/485),onemulti-modeparallel(ECP/EPP/SPP)port,connectorfor
two USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports, a floppy drive controller, and
a keyboard/PS/2 mouse interface. The built-in high speed PCI IDE
controller supports Ultra DMA/33 mode. Up to two IDE devices
can be connected, including large hard disks, CD-ROM drives, and
tape backup drives, etc.
TheSBC-557 also features power management tominimize power
consumption. It complies with the ACPI standard and supports
three types of power saving features: Doze mode, Standby mode,
and Suspend mode. In addition, the board's watchdog timer can
automatically reset the system or generate an interrupt in case the
system stops due to a program bug or EMI.
Highly integrated SBC
The SBC-557 is a highly integrated SBC that combines, video, and
network functions on a single computer board. It provides up to
1024x 768 resolution @ 64K colors withon-chip 2MB SDRAM
display memory. Major onboard devices adopt PCI technology to
achieve outstanding computing performance making the SBC-557
one of the world's best and most powerful all-in-one Single Board
Computer.

Chapter 1 General Information 3
Features
• Supports Intel Tillamook lower power CPUs
• Supports DiskOnChip (SSD) up to 288MB
• C&T69000 LCD controller supports36-bit TFT Panels
• 100Base-TxFast Ethernet
• Supports H/W status monitoring

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Specifications
Standard SBC functions
•CPU:IntelPentiumMMX166~266MHz,AMD k6-2/K6-3266~450MHz,
Cyrix/IBM6X86MX-PR166~266GP/M2300MHz,and IDTWinchip-2
200~266MHz
• Bus interface: ISA bus.
•CPUsocket: Socket 7
•BIOS:Award256KBFlashBIOS
•Chipset:ALi 1541/1543
•I/Ochipset:ALi1543
• Memory : Onboard one 168 pins DIMM sockets support up to
256Mbytes SDRAM
•EnhancedIDE: Supports up to two IDE devices. Supports Ultra DMA/
33 mode with data transfer rate 33MB/Sec.
•FDDinterface: Supports up to two floppy disk drives, 5.25" (360KB and
1.2MB)and/or3.5"(720KB,1.44MB,and2.88MB)
•Parallelport: One bi-directional parallel port. Supports SPP, ECP, and
EPP modes
•Serialport: One RS-232 and one RS-232/422/485 serial port. Ports can be
configured as COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, or disabled individually.
Two 16C550 serial UARTs.
•IRinterface: Supports one IrDA Tx/Rx header
•KB/Mouseconnector : 6 pins mini-DIN connector supports PC/AT
keyboard and PS/2 mouse. Additional 5 pins header supports PC/AT
keyboard for IPC applications
• USB connectors: 5 x 2 header onboard supports dual USB ports
• Battery: Lithium battery for data retention of up to 10 years
•Watchdog timer: Can generate a system reset, IRQ15, or NMI. Software
selectable time-out interval (1 sec. ~ 128 sec., 0.5 sec./step)

Chapter 1 General Information 5
• DMA:7 DMA channels (8237equivalent)
•Interrupt: 15interruptlevels (8259 equivalent)
•Powermanagement: I/O peripheral devices support power saving and
doze/stanby/suspend modes. APM 1.2 ocmpliant
•H/Wstatus monitoring: Winbond W83781D H/W status monitoring IC
supports power supply voltages, and temperatures monitoring
Flat Panel/CRT Interface
•Chipset:C&T 69000
•Displaymemory:2MBSDRAMbuiltinchip
• Displaytype: Supports non-interlaced CRT and LCD (TFT, DSTN, and
Mono) displays. Can display both CRT and Flat Panel simultaneously
•Resolution:Upto1024x768@64Kcolors
Ethernet Interface
•Chipset:RealtekRTL8139B 100Base-Tx Fast Ethernet controller
•Ethernetinterface:Onboard 100Base-Tx RJ-45 connector
SSD Interface
• One 32 pins DIP socket supports M-Systems DiskOnChip 2000 series up
to 288MB

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Mechanical and environmental
•Powersupplyvoltage: +5V(4.75Vto5.25V),
+12V (11.4V to 12.6V)
•Powerrequirement:+5V@2.8A(Tillamook)
•Operatingtemperature:32to140o F(0to60oC)
•Boardsize: 7.3"(L)x4.8"(W)(185mmx122mm)
•Weight:1.2lb.(0.5Kg)

Chapter 1 General Information 7
Board layout

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Board dimensions

Chapter 2 Installation 9
2
Installation
This chapter describes how to set up the
main board hardware, including instruc-
tions on setting jumpers and connecting
peripherals, switches, and indicators. Be
sure to read all the safety precautions
before you begin the installation proce-
dure.
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Jumpers and connectors
Connectors on the board link it to external devices such as hard
disk drives, a keyboard, or floppy drives. In addition, the board
has a number of jumpers that allow you to configure your system
to suit your application.
The following tables list the function of each of the board's
jumpers and connectors.
Jumpers
Label Function
S1 (2~6) CPU Vcore select
S1 (1) Clear CMOS
S2 (1~3) CPU clock select
S2 (4~6) CPU frequency ratio select
J1 CPU VIO select
J3 LCD clock signal & driving voltage select
J4 DOC address select
J5, J6 COM2 RS-232/422/485 select
J8 Level 2 cache select