Kontron PCI-946-1 Product manual

PCI-946-1 & P3S440BX
PENTIUM III®SBC
Technical Reference Manual
Version 1.5.1, November 2005
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FOREWORD
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FCC Compliance Statement
Warning
Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for
the compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a
commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential
area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to
correct the interference at his or her own expense.
European Statement
Warning
This is a class B product. If not installed in a properly shielded enclosure, and used in
accordance with the instruction manual, this product may cause radio interference in which
case the user may be required to take adequate measures at his or her own expense.
Safety Standard
UL Recognized Component, File # E186339 vol. 1 section 2
Care and handling precautions for Lithium batteries
•Do not short circuit
•Do not heat or incinerate
•Do not charge
•Do not deform or disassemble
•Do not apply solder directly
•Do not mix different types or partially used batteries together
•Always observe proper polarities
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READ ME FIRST
Your computer board has a standard non-rechargeable lithium battery. To preserve the
battery lifetime, the battery enable jumper is removed when you receive the board.
EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE REPLACING LITHIUM BATTERY
WARNING
There is danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only
with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer.
Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions.
ATTENTION
Il y a danger d’explosion s’il y a remplacement incorrect de la batterie.
Remplacer uniquement avec une batterie du même type ou d’un type
équivalent recommandé par le constructeur. Mettre au rebut les batteries
usagées conformément aux instructions du fabriquant.
ACHTUNG
Explosionsgefahr bei falschem Batteriewechsel. Verwenden Sie nur die
empfohlenen Batterietypen des Herstellers. Entsorgen Sie die verbrauchten
Batterien laut Gebrauchsanweisung des Herstellers.
ATENCION
Puede explotar si la pila no este bien reemplazada.
Solo reemplazca la pila con tipas equivalentes segun las instrucciones del
manifacturo. Vote las pilas usadas segun las instrucciones del manifacturo.
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IMPORTANT
This manual covers both PCI-946-1 and P3S440BX Single Board
Computers where the difference resides in the usage of the Celeron® and
Pentium® III® processor respectively.
POWERING-UP THE BOARD
If you should encounter a problem, verify the following items:
Make sure that all connectors are properly connected.
Check your boot diskette.
If the board still does not start up properly, you should try booting your
system with the PCI-946-1 and P3S440BX installed in the system, a monitor
and a mouse connected to the board. This is the minimum required to verify
the board’s operation.
If you still are not able to verify your board, please refer to the
emergency Procedure in the Appendix Section.
If you still are not able to get your board up and running, contact our
technical Support department for assistance.
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BIOS UPGRADE & AUTOMATIC CPLD HARDWARE UPGRADE
During the first system boot up after you update the Boot Block Flash BIOS
with the UPGBIOS utility, the BIOS may need to upgrade the CPLD
devices. In such a case, do not interrupt the system in any way (power
down, reset, mouse or keyboard functions). The devices will be
damaged and your board rendered inoperative if you disturb the CPLD
hardware upgrade process!
If your device upgrade was successful, the following message is displayed
under the “Status:” line prior to rebooting:
Update complete successfully, wait for the automatic reboot.
Rebooting in 5 second(s).
If the update is not successful, the following message appears under the
“Status:” line:
ERROR: general failure programming CPLDs!
Please contact Kontron’s technical support.
You must contact Kontron’s technical support for further instructions.
ADAPTER CABLES
While adapter cables are provided from various sources, the pinout is often
different. The direct crimp design offered by Kontron allows the simplest
cable assembly. All cables are available from Kontron Sales Department.
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UNPACKING AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
STATIC ELECTRICITY
Since static electricity can cause damage to electronic devices, the following precautions
should be taken:
1. Keep the board in its anti-static package, until you are ready to install it.
2. Touch a grounded surface or wear a grounding wrist strap before removing the board
from its package; this will discharge any static electricity that may have built up in
your body.
3. Handle the board by the edges.
Storage Environment
Electronic boards are sensitive devices. Do not handle or store devices near strong
electrostatic, electromagnetic, magnetic or radioactive fields.
Power Supply
Before any installation or setup, ensure that the board is unplugged from power sources or
subsystems.
Unpacking
Follow these recommendations while unpacking:
1. After opening the box, save it and the packing material for possible future shipment.
2. Remove the board from its anti-static wrapping and place it on a grounded surface.
3. Inspect the board for damage. If there is any damage or missing items, notify Kontron
immediately.
When unpacking you will find:
1. One PCI-946-1 or P3S440BX Single Board Computer.
2. One CDROM containing drivers.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION.............................................................1-1
1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW..................................................................... 1-1
1.2. PCI-946-1 and P3S440BX Product Specifications............................. 1-2
2 ONBOARD FEATURES...................................................................2-1
2.1. System Core .......................................................................................... 2-1
2.1.1. Processors................................................................................................... 2-1
2.1.2. Memory......................................................................................................2-2
2.1.3. Battery........................................................................................................2-3
2.2. Ethernet ................................................................................................. 2-4
2.3. I/O Devices ............................................................................................ 2-5
2.3.1. I/O Connections ......................................................................................... 2-5
2.3.2. Keyboard.................................................................................................... 2-6
2.3.3. PS/2 Mouse ................................................................................................ 2-6
2.4. Parallel Port .......................................................................................... 2-7
2.5. Serial Ports ............................................................................................ 2-8
2.5.1. Serial Port 1................................................................................................ 2-8
2.5.2. Serial Port 2................................................................................................ 2-9
2.6. USB Ports ............................................................................................ 2-11
2.7. Storage Devices ................................................................................... 2-12
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2.7.1. Floppy Disk Drives .................................................................................. 2-12
2.7.2. IDE Devices ............................................................................................. 2-13
2.7.3. SCSI Devices ...........................................................................................2-14
2.7.4. Compact FlashDisk .................................................................................. 2-16
2.8. Video Features .................................................................................... 2-17
2.9. Power Supply ...................................................................................... 2-18
3 INSTALLING THE BOARD ...........................................................3-1
3.1. PCI-946 & P3S440BX Connector and Jumper Locations ................ 3-1
3.2. Setting jumpers..................................................................................... 3-2
3.3. SUPERVISOR REGISTERS............................................................... 3-4
3.3.1. Register x90h: Serial port...........................................................................3-5
3.3.2. Register X91h: Reset History & CPU Fault............................................... 3-6
3.3.3. Register x92h: Clearing Reset History & Lock for Watchdog................... 3-6
3.3.4. Register x93h: Silicon ID Chip Interface, Local I2C, System Monitor Connector
Interface 3-7
3.3.5. Register x94h & x95h ................................................................................ 3-7
3.3.6. Register x96h: Programmable Watchdog................................................... 3-7
3.3.7. Register x97h: NMI sources & mask ......................................................... 3-8
3.4. Onboard Interconnectivity .................................................................. 3-9
3.4.1. PCI-946-1 Block Diagram ......................................................................... 3-9
3.4.2. P3S440BX Block Diagram ...................................................................... 3-10
3.4.3. Single Board Computer Main Features .................................................... 3-11
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3.4.4. Celeron and Pentium®III processors ....................................................... 3-11
3.4.5. North Bridge Chipset ............................................................................... 3-11
3.4.6. 21554 PCI-to-PCI Bridge......................................................................... 3-12
3.4.7. 82371AB PCI-to-ISA Bridge / IDE Xcelerator (PIIX4) .......................... 3-12
3.5. Customizing the Board....................................................................... 3-13
3.5.1. Processor .................................................................................................. 3-13
3.5.2. Backup Battery......................................................................................... 3-13
3.5.3. Installing the Memory .............................................................................. 3-14
3.5.4. Power Fail Monitoring ............................................................................. 3-16
3.5.5. Watchdog ................................................................................................. 3-17
3.5.6. Thermal Management ..............................................................................3-19
3.6. INSTALLING DRIVERS .................................................................. 3-20
3.6.1. SCSI Drivers ............................................................................................ 3-20
3.6.2. Video Drivers...........................................................................................3-20
3.6.3. Ethernet Drivers ....................................................................................... 3-20
3.6.4. Chipset Driver for Windows 95 ............................................................... 3-20
3.6.5. Other Drivers............................................................................................ 3-20
4 SOFTWARE SETUPS ......................................................................4-1
4.1. AWARD BIOS Setup Program ........................................................... 4-1
4.2 Accessing the BIOS setup program .................................................... 4-2
4.2.1. Main Menu................................................................................................. 4-4
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4.2.2. Setups ......................................................................................................... 4-5
4.2.3. Standard CMOS Setups..............................................................................4-6
4.2.4. BIOS Features Setup .................................................................................. 4-7
4.2.5. Chipset Features Setup ............................................................................... 4-9
4.2.6. Power Management Setup........................................................................ 4-11
4.2.7. PnP/PCI Configuration............................................................................. 4-13
4.2.8. CPU/Board Features Setup....................................................................... 4-14
4.2.9. Integrated Peripherals............................................................................... 4-15
4.3 Updating or Restoring the BIOS in Flash ........................................ 4-16
4.3.1 UBIOS.EXE 4.0 - BIOS update and copy utility ..................................... 4-16
4.3.2 How to do a successful update ................................................................. 4-16
4.3.3 How to do a successful copy .................................................................... 4-17
4.3.4 UBIOS - Interactive Mode ....................................................................... 4-18
4.3.5 UBIOS – Batch Mode .............................................................................. 4-25
4.4 VT100 Mode........................................................................................ 4-26
4.4.1 Requirements ...........................................................................................4-26
4.4.2 Setup & Configuration ............................................................................. 4-26
4.4.3 Running Without a Terminal.................................................................... 4-27
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5 APPENDICES
A MEMORY & I/O MAPS .......................................................A-1
A.1 Memory Mapping ..................................................................................................... A-1
A.2 I/O Mapping ............................................................................................................. A-2
B IRQ AND DMA LINES ........................................................B-3
B.1 IRQ Lines................................................................................................................. B-3
B.2 DMA Channels ......................................................................................................... B-3
C BOARD DIAGRAMS...........................................................C-1
C.1 Assembly Top Diagram - PCI-946-1 and P3S440BX................................................ C-1
C.2 Mounting Holes - PCI-946-1 and P3S440BX............................................................C-2
C.3 Connector C.S. - PCI-946-1 and P3S440BX ............................................................C-3
D Connector Pinouts ............................................................D-1
D.1 PCI-946-1 AND P3S440BX Connectors and Headers ..............................................D-1
D.2 CONNECTOR PINOUTS .........................................................................................D-2
D.2.1 Power Supply Connector (J1)............................................................................................. D-2
D.2.2 SCSI ACTIVITY LED Header (J2)...................................................................................... D-2
D.2.3 8-bit SCSI Interface Connector (J3) ................................................................................... D-2
D.2.4 16-bit SCSI Interface Connector (J4) ................................................................................. D-3
D.2.5 Primary & Secondary EIDE Connector (J5 & J9) ............................................................... D-4
D.2.6 Floppy Drive Connector (J6)............................................................................................... D-4
D.2.7 Serial Port 2 & 1 - (J7 & J8) RS-232 .................................................................................. D-5
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D.2.8 Serial Port 2 - (J8) RS-422/RS-485.................................................................................... D-5
D.2.9 USB Header (J10) .............................................................................................................. D-5
D.2.10 Multi-Function Connector (J11) .......................................................................................... D-5
D.2.11 Parallel Port Connector (J12) ............................................................................................. D-6
D.2.12 Standard Mode ................................................................................................................... D-6
D.2.13 EPP Mode .......................................................................................................................... D-6
D.2.14 ECP Mode .......................................................................................................................... D-7
D.2.15 External Battery Header (J14) ............................................................................................ D-7
D.2.16 PS/2 Mouse Header (J15).................................................................................................. D-7
D.2.17 Power Button Connector (J17) ........................................................................................... D-7
D.2.18 CRT VGA Interface Connector (J19).................................................................................. D-8
D.2.19 Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX Connector (J20) ............................................................. D-8
D.2.20 PS/2 Mouse Connector (J21) ............................................................................................. D-8
D.2.21 PS/2 Keyboard Connector (J23)......................................................................................... D-8
D.2.22 CPU Fan Header (J24)....................................................................................................... D-9
D.2.23 CompactFlash™ Disk Pinout (P2) ..................................................................................... D-9
E BIOS SETUP ERROR CODES...........................................E-1
E.1 POST Beep.............................................................................................................. E-1
E.2 POST Messages ...................................................................................................... E-1
E.1.1 If a message is displayed, it will be accompanied by: .........................................................E-1
E.3 Error Messages........................................................................................................ E-2
E.4 POST Codes............................................................................................................ E-3
F EMERGENCY PROCEDURE ............................................. F-1
F.1 How to run Emergency Procedure............................................................................ F-1
F.1.1 To run an EMERGENCY PROCEDURE, proceed as follows:............................................F-1
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F.2 Generate an Emergency Floppy Diskette :............................................................... F-2
F.2.1 Use a system that has a 1.44 Mbytes floppy drive A...........................................................F-2
G GETTING HELP................................................................. G-1
G.1 LIMITED WARRANTY .............................................................................................G-1
G.2 Returning Defective Merchandise.............................................................................G-2
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1 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW
2. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
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Onboard Features
1-1
1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW
The PICMG compliant PCI-946-1 Single Board Computer (SBC) is built around an Intel
Celeron processor running at a speed ranging from 300 to 433 MHz, in a PPGA package
supported by an on die 128KB, 64-bit L2 Cache and a 66MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)
The PICMG compliant P3S440BX SBC is built around an Intel Pentium® III processor
running at a speed ranging from 600 to 750 MHz, in a FC-PGA package supported by an
on die 256KB, 64-bit L2 Cache and a 100MHz FSB.
The PCI-946-1 SBC and P3S440BX both offer the superior performance of the P6
microarchitecture meeting the unique low power consumption and smaller package
requirements of the embedded application market.
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PCI-946-1 and P3S440BX Technical Reference manual
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1.2. PCI-946-1 AND P3S440BX PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
FEATURES
DESCRIPTIONS
Processor Option PCI-946 Rev. 1: PICMG Single Board Computer supports Intel’s
PPGA Celeron Processor (370-pin PPGA ‘Plastic Pin
Grid Array’) at 300, 366, and 433MHz.
Supports Front Side Bus (FSB) speeds of 66 MHz
P3S440BX: PICMG Single Board Computer supports Intel’s FC-
PGA Pentium® III Processor (370-pin FC-PGA form
factor) at 600, 700, and 750MHz
Supports Front Side Bus (FSB) speeds of 100MHz
The Pentium® III uses a 370-pin FC-PGA form factor.
Chipset The Intel 82440BX AGPset.
Internal Secondary
Cache
16/16Kbytes Instruction/Data CPU-internal L1 cache.
4GB cacheable memory.
PCI-946 Rev. 1 : 128KB internal 64-bit wide SBP non-blocking ECC
Level 2 running at full CPU core speed for the.
P3S440BX SBC 256KB 64-bit wide Advanced Transfer Cache (on
die, full speed L2 cache with ECC) for the
System Memory Three 168-pin latching DIMM sockets, 64/72-bit.
ECC support and parity supported with 72-bit modules.
Up to 768 MB with 2, 4, 8, 16 or 32M x 64/72, 100MHz SDRAM (PC 100)
non-ECC mode (single bit error correction, double bit detection via Intel
82440BX AGPset); all 768MB cacheable.
Uses 3.3V, single-sided or double-sided 168-pin DIMMs.
Data Path 64-bit on CPU and memory bus
32-bit on the PCI bus
16-bit on the ISA bus
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Onboard Features
1-3
PCI-946-1 and P3S440BX Technical Specifications (cont’d)
FEATURES
DESCRIPTIONS
Bus Interfaces Front Side Bus PCI-946 : 66MHz
P3S440BX : 100MHz
AGP Bus 66MHz
PCI Bus 33MHz
ISA Bus 8.33MHz
Quick Switches to support up to 20-slot backplane.
Interrupts 11 edge sensitive and configurable
4 PCI level sensitive, configurable to any interrupt vector for PnP
compatibility.
All ISA onboard interrupts are PnP compliant.
DMA Channels (ISA) Four 8-bit, three 16-bit
Supports scatter / gather, Fast Type-F DMA
Flash Memory 2 Mb (256KB) Boot Block for BIOS field upgrade
4 KB Serial EEPROM for user configuration
CompactFlashTM Disk Optional bootable CompactFlashTM module interfaces to secondary IDE
channel, user upgradeable, master/slave.
PCI Ethernet Interface Intel 82559 Fast Ethernet controller (Intel EthernetExpress Pro100+
equivalent) supports 10Base-T and 100Base-Tx Ethernet interface
options via an RJ-45 connector on the board’s I/O bracket.
LED indicators are supported on the connector.
Software drivers are supported for the most popular operating systems.
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PCI-946-1 and P3S440BX Technical Reference manual
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PCI-946-1 and P3S440BX Technical Specifications (cont’d)
FEATURES
DESCRIPTIONS
PCI SCSI Interface SCSI controller Adaptec AIC-7880 (AHA-2940AU equivalent).
Supports Wide-Ultra SCSI (16-bit, 40MB/s and data
bursts to the host at full PCI speeds) via the 68-pin
Wide-Ultra SCSI connector.
Fast SCSI II 8-bit, 10MB/s)
Fast-20 SCSI II (8-bit, 20MB/s)
Accessory adapter cables available from Kontron.
Active termination is provided onboard (enabled by jumpers).
A SCSISelect Configuration Utility is available.
Software drivers are supported for the most popular operating systems.
Serial Ports Support two RS-232 serial ports, with RS-422/RS-485 available on Serial
Port 2.
16C550 compatible with internal 16-byte FIFO buffers for more efficient
data transfers.
Configurable COM1-4 with BIOS selectable IRQs and adressing.
The serial ports support VT100 mode for remote BIOS setup and
console redirection.
Basic Interface Devices Supports PS/2 mouse, AT standard keyboard, speaker, reset switch and
hard disk LED.
Parallel Port Supports multiple mode parallel port (Strandard, IEEE 1284, SPP, EPP,
ECP) ; BIOS selectable IRQs and addressing.
Universal Serial Bus
(USB)
Supports two USB ports.
USB voltages protected by self-resetting fuse.
Cable assembly, which provides two USB ports on a bracket, available
for connection to USB 10-pin header.
Cable/bracket assembly to be sold as a separate accessory.
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