protech BPC-8380 User manual

USER’S
MANUAL
BPC-8380
All-in-OneBook-sizePC
ForSocket370System
BPC-8380 M10

Copyright Notice
BPC-8380 All-in-One
Book-size PC
OPERATION MANUAL
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
This operation manual is meant to assist users in installing and setting up the
system. The information contained in this document is subject to change
without prior any notice.
This manual is copyrighted July 2001. (Revised Edition: July 4, 2003). You
may not reproduce or transmit in any form or by any means, electronic, or
mechanical, including photocopying and recording.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property
of their respective owners.
CE NOTICE
This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause
radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate
measures.

Copyright Notice
FCC NOTICE
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class A 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 own expense.
You are cautioned that any change or modifications to the equipment not
expressly approve by the party responsible for compliance could void your
authority to operate such equipment.

Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1-1 About This Manual ....................................................... 1-2
1-2 Case Illustration ............................................................. 1-3
1-3 System Specification ..................................................... 1-4
1-4 Safety Precautions ......................................................... 1-7
CHAPTER 2 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
2-1 Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table ............... 2-2
2-2 Component Locations ................................................... 2-3
2-3 How to Set the Jumpers ................................................ 2-4
2-4 COM Connector ............................................................ 2-6
2-5 RS232/422/485 (COM2) Selection …………………... 2-8
2-6 COM3 RI & Voltage Selection (Optional) …………... 2-9
2-7 COM4 RI & Voltage Selection (Optional) …………... 2-9
2-8 Keyboard Connector ..................................................... 2-10
2-9 PS/2 Mouse Connector ................................................. 2-10
2-10 VGA CRT Connector ................................................. 2-11
2-11 S-Video Connector ………………………………….. 2-12
2-12 Composite Video Connector …………………………. 2-12
2-13 PanelLink Connector …………………………………. 2-13
2-14 LAN Connector ............................................................. 2-13
2-15 Universal Serial Bus Connector ................................... 2-14
2-16 Reset Connector ............................................................ 2-14
2-17 LAN Led Indicator …………………………………… 2-15
2-18 Power Button …………………………………………. 2-15
2-19 CPU Fan Connector ......................................................... 2-16
2-20 CMOS Clear Selection …….......................................... 2-16
2-21 Power Led Indicator …………...................................... 2-17
2-22 Hard Disk Drive Led Connector ................................... 2-17
2-23 Microphone Connector ..........................................…... 2-17
2-24 Line-Out Connector ...................................................... 2-18
2-25 Line-In Connector ….................................................... 2-18
2-26 Power Connector ……………………………………... 2-19
2-27 Floppy Disk Drive Connector ....................................... 2-20
2-28 Hard Disk Drive Connector .......................................... 2-21
2-29 Printer Connector .......................................................... 2-23
2-30 Solid State Disk Socket ................................................. 2-24

Contents
2-31 SSD Memory Mapping Selection ................................. 2-25
2-32 CD-In Connector ………............................................... 2-26
2-33 Reset/NMI/Clear Watchdog ………………………….. 2-26
2-34 Rear Panel Fan Connector ….………………………... 2-26
2-35 TV or DVI Selection …………………………………. 2-27
2-36 NTSC or PAL Selection ………..……………………. 2-27
2-37 PCI/ISA Extension Bus Connector …………………... 2-28
2-38 TV-Out Address Selection …………………………… 2-30
CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE UTILITIES
3-1 Introduction ................................................................... 3-2
3-2 VGA Driver Utility ....................................................... 3-2
3-3 Flash BIOS Update ....................................................... 3-3
3-4 LAN Driver Utility ....................................................... 3-5
3-5 Sound Driver Utility ..................................................... 3-7
3-6 Watchdog Timer Configuration .................................... 3-8
CHAPTER 4 GREEN PC FUNCTION
4-1 Power Saving Block Diagram ....................................... 4-2
4-2 System Suspend Mode .................................................. 4-2
CHAPTER 5 AWARD BIOS SETUP
5-1 Introduction ................................................................... 5-2
5-2 Entering Setup ............................................................... 5-3
5-3 The Standard CMOS Features …….............................. 5-4
5-4 The Advanced BIOS Features …................................... 5-8
5-5 Advanced Chipset Features ........................................... 5-11
5-6 Integrated Peripherals ……........................................... 5-14
5-7 Power Management Setup ............................................ 5-17
5-8 PNP/PCI Configuration ………………………………. 5-20
5-9 PC Health Status ……………………………………… 5-22
5-10 Frequency/Voltage Control ………………………….. 5-23

Contents
5-11 Load BIOS Defaults ..................................................… 5-24
5-12 Load Setup Defaults ...................................................... 5-24
5-13 Password Setting ……................................................... 5-25
5-14 Save & Exit Setup ……………………………………. 5-26
5-15 Exit Without Saving …………………………………. 5-27
APPENDIX A RISER CARD
Riser Card ................................................................................ A-2
ISA Slot Pin Assignment .......................................................... A-3
PCI Slot Pin Assignment .......................................................... A-4
APPENDIX B TECHNICAL SUMMARY
Block Diagram ......................................................................... B-2
Interrupt Map ............................................................................ B-3
RTC (Standard) RAM Bank ..................................................... B-4
Timer & DMA Channels Map .................................................. B-5
I/O & Memory Map ................................................................. B-6
APPENDIX C TROUBLE SHOOTING
Trouble Shooting for Error Messages ...................................... C-2
Trouble Shooting for POST Codes .......................................... C-8

Contents

Page:1-1
INTRODUCTION
This chapter gives you the information for BPC-8380. It also
outlines the System specifications.
Section includes:
zAbout This Manual
zCase Illustration
zSystem Specifications
zSafety precautions
CHAPTER
1

Chapter 1 Introduction
Page: 1-2 BPC-8380 USER
′ S MANUAL
1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL
Thank you for purchasing our BPC-8380 Book-size PC. The BPC-8380 is an
updated system designed to be comparable with the highest performance of
IBM AT personal computers. It provides faster processing speed, greater
expandability, and can handle more tasks. This manual is designed to assist
you on how to make the proper installation to set up the system. It contains
five chapters. The user can use this manual for configuration according to the
following chapters :
Chapter 1 Introduction
This chapter introduces you to the background of this manual, illustration of
the case, and the specifications for this system. The final page of this chapter
indicates some safety reminders on how to take care of your system.
Chapter 2 System Configuration
This chapter outlines the components' locations and their functions. In the end
of this chapter, you will learn how to set jumper and how to configure the
system for your own needs.
Chapter 3 Software Utilities
This chapter contains helpful information for proper installations of the VGA
utilities, LAN utilities, Sound utilities and Flash BIOS update. It also
describes the function of the Watchdog Timer.
Chapter 4 Green PC Function
This chapter explains the Green PC functions concisely.
Chapter 5 Award BIOS Setup
This chapter indicates on how to set up the BIOS configurations.
Appendix A Riser Card
This Appendix introduces you the riser card included with our BPC-8380
Book-size PC package.
Appendix B Technical Summary
This section gives you the information about the Technical maps.

Chapter 1 Introduction
BPC-8380 USER ′ S MANUAL Page: 1-3
Appendix C Trouble Shooting
This section outlines the error messages and offers you the methods to solve
the problems.
1-2. CASE ILLUSTRATION
* SLIM FDD
* SLIM CD-ROM
1
K/B
Mouse
LAN COM 1
Expansion Slot
COM 4
V
GA
FAN
INPUT
COM 3
PRINTER 1 COM 2
* TV
USB2 USB1
2
* S-VIDEO
* Slim CD-ROM and Slim FDD are optional
* S-Video and TV are optional