Commell UniChrome Pro HE-760 User manual

HE-760
Half-size Embedded Miniboard
User’s Manual
Edition: 1.00
2005/4/20

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Copyright
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Packing List 3
Packing List:
Please check the package before you starting setup the system
Hardware:
HE-760 motherboard x 1
Cable Kit:
PS/2 keyboard & mouse cable x 1
Floppy Cable x 1
Printed Matters:
User’s Manual x 1
Driver CD x 1
ATA133 IDE Cable x1 ATA33 IDE Cable x1
Dual USB cable with bracket x 1
SATA Cable x 2
Audio cable with bracket x 1
COM port Cable x 2Parallel cable x 1

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Index
Chapter 1 <Introduction>..................................................................................7
1.1 <Product Overview>..............................................................................7
1.2 <Product Specification>........................................................................8
1.3 <Mechanical Drawing>........................................................................11
1.4 <Block Diagram>.................................................................................12
Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>..........................................................................13
2.1 <Connector Location>.........................................................................13
2.2 <Jumper Location & Reference> ........................................................14
2.3 <Connector Reference>......................................................................15
2.3.1 <Internal Connector>...............................................................15
2.3.2 <External Connector>..............................................................15
2.4 <CPU & Memory Setup>.....................................................................16
2.4.1 <CPU>.....................................................................................16
2.4.2 <Memory> ...............................................................................16
2.5 <CMOS Setup>...................................................................................17
2.6 <Enhanced IDE & CF interface>.........................................................18
2.7 <Floppy Port>......................................................................................19
2.8 <Ethernet Interface> ...........................................................................20
2.9 <Onboard Display Interface>..............................................................21
2.9.1 <Analog Display Interface> .....................................................21
2.9.2 <Digital Display Interface>.......................................................22
2.10 <Onboard Audio Interface>...............................................................26
2.11 <GPIO Interface>..............................................................................27
2.12 <Power Supply & Fan>.....................................................................28
2.12.1 <Power Input>.......................................................................28
2.12.2 <Fan connectors>..................................................................28
2.13 <Switch & Indicator> .........................................................................29
Chapter 3 <System Setup> .............................................................................30

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3.1 <Display Configuration>......................................................................30
Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup> .................................................................................32
Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment>.........................................................33
A.1 <IDE Port>..........................................................................................33
A.2 <Floppy Port> .....................................................................................35
A.3 <IrDA Port>.........................................................................................35
A.4 < VGA Port >.......................................................................................35
A.5 <Serial Port>.......................................................................................36
A.6 <LAN Port>.........................................................................................38
A.7 <PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Port> ........................................................38
A.8 <USB Port>.........................................................................................38
Appendix B <Flash BIOS> ..............................................................................39
B.1 BIOS Auto Flash Tool...................................................................40
B.2 Flash Method ...............................................................................40
Contact Information.........................................................................................41

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HE-760 User’s Manual Introduction
Product Overview 7
Chapter 1 <Introduction>
1.1 <Product Overview>
HE-760 is the 3.5 inches embedded miniboard based on VIA CN400 platform, with
onboard VIA Eden ESP8000 processor, VGA, LAN, Audio, USB2.0, CF, LVDS, the board
provides economic fanless solution for multimedia applications.
VIA CN400 & VT8237R Chipset
The board integrates VIA CN400 & VT8237R chipset, to provide built-in UniChrome Pro
3D / 2D Graphics with MPEGII/MPEG4 decoder, and supports DDR266/333/400 memory
up to 1G of capacity. The CN400 and VT8237 has Ultra V-Link Host interface with 1
GB/sec total bandwidth to enhance the system performance.
18/24-bit LVDS LCD interface
The board provides onboard 18/24-bit LVDS LCD interface, supports up to 1600 x 1200
of UXGA high resolution.
Flexible Extension Interfaces
The board provides one Mini-PCI socket for wireless LAN module, video capture card and
IEEE1394 add-on card.
Expanded UCR for remote Operating SETUP Bios Feature
Expanded Universal Console Redirection (UCR) is a feature for monitoring POST
messages and running Setup and an operation system from a remote serial terminal.

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Product Specification
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1.2 <Product Specification>
General Specification
Form Factor Half-size PCI CPU card
CPU Embedded VIA Eden ESP8000 processor
Front side bus: 133MHz(FSB)
Fanless with heatsink only
Memory 1 x 184-pin DDR 266/333/400 SDRAM up to 1GB
Unbufferred, none-ECC memory supported only
Chipset VIA CN400 and VT8237R
BIOS Phoenix-Award v6.00PG 4Mb PnP flash BIOS
Green Function Power saving mode includes doze, standby and suspend modes.
ACPI version 1.0 and APM version 1.2 compliant
Watchdog Timer System reset programmable watchdog timer with 1~ 255 sec./min.
of timeout value
Real Time Clock VIA VT8237R built-in RTC with lithium battery
Enhanced IDE Enhanced UltraDMA133 IDE interface supports dual channels
and up to 2 ATAPI devices
One 44-pin IDE port onboard
One 40-pin IDE port onboard
Two SATA port
Multi-I/O Port
Chipset VIA VT8237R with Winbond W83697UG controller
Serial Port Four internal RS-232 serial ports with RS-422 and RS-485
USB Port Two Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports with 480Mbps of transfer rate
Parallel Port One internal parallel port with SPP/ECP/EPP mode
Floppy Port One stantard type Floppy port
IrDA Port One IrDA compliant Infrared interface supports SIR
K/B & Mouse External PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports on rear Lan
GPIO One 12-pin Digital I/O connector with 8-bit programmable I/O
interface
Hardware
Monitor Fan speed, CPU temperature and voltage monitoring
VGA Display Interface
Chipset VIA CN400 built-in S3 Graphics UniChrome Pro IGP graphics core
Core Frequency 200MHz
Memory BIOS selectable 16/32/64MB shard with system memory
Display Type CRT, LCD monitor with Digital display
Connector External DVI female connector on rear Lan
LCD Interface
Chipset VIA CN400 with VT6103 transmitter
Interface 18/24-bit LVDS interface

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Product Specification 9
12V backlight inverter connector
Panel voltage 3.3V/5V jumper selectable
Ethernet Interface
Chipset RTL 8100B
Intel 82541PI
Type 10Base-T / 100Base-TX
100Base-T/1000Base-TX
auto-switching Fast Ethernet
Full duplex, IEEE802.3U compliant
Connector External RJ45 connectors with LED on rear I/O panel
Audio Interface
Chipset REALTEK ALC201A
Interface 2 channel 3D audio with Line-in, Line-out and MIC-in
Connector Onboard audio connector with pin header
Onboard CD-IN connector
Expansive Interface
Mini-PCI 1 x 32-bit 5V/3.3V Mini-PCI socket
PCI 1 x optional PCI interface supports up to two PCI devices through
riser card
Solid State Disk
DOM IDE1 supports 40-pin DOM (DiskOnModule)
IDE2 supports 44-pin DOM (DiskOnModule)
CompactFlash 1 x CompactFlash Type 1 socket on solder side
Power and Environment
Power
Requirement DC 5V input 1 x DC jack near DVI connector onboard
Dimension 146 (L) x 101 (H) mm
Temperature Operating within 0 ~ 60P
o
PC (32 ~ 140P
o
PF)
Storage within -20 ~ 85P
o
PC (-4 ~ 185P
o
PF)
Software support
Operation
System Windows 98SE/ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP Windows CE 4.0 or later, Windows XP Embedded
Linux (Fedora Core 1, Mandrake 9.2 and Red Hat 9.0)

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Product Specification
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Ordering Code
HE-760GED VIA CN400 with Embedded Eden ESP8000 processor, VGA,
AC97 Audio, DVI, CF, PCI, Mini-PCI, 2 x RS232, 2 x LAN,
2 x SATA
HE-760GEX VIA CN400 with Embedded Eden ESP8000 processor, VGA,
AC97 Audio, LVDS, CF, PCI, Mini-PCI, 2 x RS232, 2 x LAN,
2 x SATA
The specifications may be different as the actual production.
For further product information please visit the website at TUhttp://www.commell.com.twUT

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Mechanical Drawing 11
1.3 <Mechanical Drawing>

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Block Diagram
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1.4 <Block Diagram>
Embedded VIA Eden ESP8000 processo
r
1 x 184-pin
DDR266/333/400
U
p
to 1GB
CRT/LCD Monitor
LVDS
CN400
VT8237R
Ultra V-Link
1GB/s
2 x USB2.0 Ports
PCI
V
T6103 PHY
Realtek ALC201A
4 x Serial ports
1 x Floppy ports
8-bit GPIO
IrDA
BIOS
1 x Parallel port
Mini-PCI

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Connector Location 13
Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>
2.1 <Connector Location>
CF
IDE2IDE1FLOPPY
CN_USB
PS2
DVI
JFRNT
CN_PS
CN_VGA
CN_ATKB
LAN
LPT CN_COM1/2/3/4 CN_DIO
DIMM IR
CN_INV
JBITSEL
JRTC
CN_USB
DC_IN
Mini PCI
CD_IN CN_WOL

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2.2 <Jumper Location & Reference>
Jumper Function
JRTC CMOS Operating/Clear Setting
JVLCD LCD panel voltage setting
JBITSEL LCD panel 18-bit/24-bit selection
JVLCD
JBITSEL
JRTC

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2.3 <Connector Reference>
2.3.1 <Internal Connector>
Connector Function Remark
DIMM 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM Standard
IDE1 40-pin primary IDE connector Standard
IDE2 44-pin slim type IDE connector Slim
SATA SATA HD connector Standard
FDD 34-pin floppy connector Standard
CN_5V 4-pin DC input connector Standard
CDIN 4-pin CD-ROM audio input connector Standard
CN_DIO 6 x 2-pin digital I/O connector Standard
CN_USB 5 x 2-pin USB connector Standard
CPUFAN 3-pin CPU cooler fan connector Standard
SYSFAN 3-pin system cooler fan connector Standard
CN_COM1/2 10 x 2-pin RS232 serial port Standard
CN_COM3/4 10 x 2-pin RS232 serial port Standard
CN_IR 5-pin IrDA connector Standard
CF Compact Flash Type I socket Standard
MINI_PCI Mini-PCI interface Standard
CN_LVDS 40-pin LVDS LCD interface Standard
CN_INV 5-pin LCD backlight inverter connector Standard
LPT 26-pin parallel port interface Standard
JFRNT 14-pin front panel switch/indicator connector Standard
CN_SPWR 4-pin DC 5V/12V output connector Standard
CN_VGA 16-pin VGA Output connector Standard
CN_AUDIO 10-pin AUDIO Output connector Standard
CN_ATKB 5-pinATKB inverter connector Standard
2.3.2 <External Connector>
Connector Function Remark
CRT DVI VGA connector Standard
RJ45 RJ45 LAN connector Standard
PS2 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse connector Standard
DC_IN DC input jack Standard

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Connector Reference
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2.4 <CPU & Memory Setup>
2.4.1 <CPU>
The board comes with Embedded VIA Eden ESP8000 processor of 133MHz front side
bus, to provide low power consumption and fanless solution.
2.4.2 <Memory>
The board supports one 184-pin DDR266/333/400 SDRAM and up to 1GB of capacity,
only non-ECC, unbuffered memory is supported.
Please check the pin number to match the socket side well before
installing memory module.
DIMM

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COMS Setup 17
2.5 <CMOS Setup>
The board’s data of CMOS can be setting in BIOS. If the board refuses to boot due to
inappropriate CMOS settings, here is how to proceed to clear (reset) the CMOS to its
default values.
Jumper: JRTC
Type: Onboard 3-pin jumper
JRTC Mode
1-2 Clear CMOS
2-3 Normal Operation
Default setting
JRTC
3 1

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Enhanced IDE & CF interface
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2.6 <Enhanced IDE & CF interface>
The board supports two UltraDMA133 IDE interface, and one CompactFlash Type 1
socket with secondary IDE mode, the 40-pin and 44-pin IDE connector can support up to
2 ATAPI devices through IDE cable, and the CompactFlash socket can support IDE DMA
mode (depends on the CF card specification).
1
2
43
44
139
240
CF

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Floppy Port 19
2.7 <Floppy Port>
The board provides a standard type floppy port; please use the 34-pin cable in the
package to connect the floppy device.
Floppy connecter 1
2
33
34

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Ethernet Interface
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2.8 <Ethernet Interface>
The board integrates Ethernet controller with VIA VT6103 PHY, full compliance with IEEE
802.3u 100Base-T specifications and IEEE 802.3x Full Duplex Flow Control, the board
supports Wake-Up-On-LAN by BIOS configurable.
RJ45
For Wake Up On LAN function, please enable this option in the BIOS