protech PC-570 User manual

USER’S
MANUAL

Copyright Notice
PC-570 PENTIUM LITTLE BOARD
WITH LAN/SSD/VGA
OPERATION MANUAL
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
This operation manual is meant to assist both Embedded Computer manu-
facturers and end users in installing and setting up the system. The infor-
mation contained in this document is subject to change without any notice.
This manual is copyrighted 1997. You may not reproduce or transmit in
any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photo-
copying and recording.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned herein are the
property of their respective owners.

Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1-1 About This Manual ......................................................... 1-2
1-2 System Specification ....................................................... 1-3
1-3 Safety Precautions ........................................................... 1-6
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION
2-1 Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table ................. 2-2
2-2 Component Locations ..................................................... 2-3
2-3 How to Set Jumpers ........................................................ 2-4
2-4 CPU Type & CPU Clock Selection ................................. 2-6
2-4-1 Intel 75/150, Cyrix P-120+, CPU Type & Clock Jumper Setting ...... 2-6
2-4-2 Intel 90/120, Cyrix P-150+, CPU Type & Clock Jumper Setting ...... 2-7
2-4-3 Intel 100/133/166 CPU Type & Clock Jumper Setting ...................... 2-8
2-4-4 Intel 200, Cyrix P-166+ CPU Type & Clock Jumper Setting ............ 2-9
2-4-5 Intel MMX-166/200 CPU type & Clock Jumper Setting ................. 2-10
2-4-6 Intel MMX233/Cyrix P-166+ CPU type & Clock Jumper Setting .... 2-11
2-4-7 Cyrix P-120+/150+ CPU type & Clock Jumper Setting .................... 2-12
2-4-8 Cyrix MMX-166/200 CPU type & Clock Jumper Setting ................. 2-13
2-4-9 Cyrix MMX-233/266 CPU type & Clock Jumper Setting ................. 2-14
2-4-10 Cyrix 6x86L-120/150 CPU type & Clock Jumper Setting .................. 2-15
2-4-11 Cyrix 6x86L-166/AMDK5-75 CPU type & Clock Jumper Setting ....... 2-16
2-4-12 AMDK5-90/100 CPU type & Clock Jumper Setting .......................... 2-17
2-4-13 AMDK5-120/133 CPU type & Clock Jumper Setting ........................ 2-18
2-4-14 AMDK5-166/K6-166 CPU type & Clock Jumper Setting .................. 2-19
2-4-15 AMDK6-200/233 CPU type & Clock Jumper Setting ........................ 2-20
2-5 RS232/422/485 (COM2) Selection ................................. 2-21
2-6 SSD Memory Mapping Selection .................................... 2-22
2-7 COM 1 Connector ........................................................... 2-23
2-8 COM 2 Connector ........................................................... 2-23
2-9 Keyboard Connector ....................................................... 2-24
2-10 PS/2 Mouse Connector .................................................. 2-24
2-11 Reset Connector ............................................................ 2-25
2-12 Hard Disk Drive Connector .......................................... 2-25
2-13 Power Led & Keylock Connector ................................. 2-25
2-14 Floppy Disk Drive Connector ....................................... 2-26
2-15 Hard Disk Drive Connector ........................................... 2-27

Contents
2-16 LAN Link Led Connector ............................................. 2-29
2-17 LAN Active Led Connector .......................................... 2-29
2-18 VGA CRT Connector .................................................... 2-29
2-19 LCD Panel Connector ................................................... 2-30
2-20 Power Connector ........................................................... 2-31
2-21 External Speaker Connector .......................................... 2-31
2-22 Turbo LED .................................................................... 2-31
2-23 Green Function Connector ............................................ 2-32
2-24 Printer Connector .......................................................... 2-32
2-25 Solid State Disk Socket ................................................. 2-33
2-26 BNC Connector ............................................................. 2-33
2-27 UTP Connector ............................................................. 2-34
2-28 Memory Installing ......................................................... 2-34
CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE UTILITIES
3-1 VGA Drivers Utilities ..................................................... 3-2
3-2 LAN Drivers Utilities ...................................................... 3-4
3-3 Flash.BIOS Update ......................................................... 3-5
3-4 Watchdog Timer Configuration ...................................... 3-7
CHAPTER 4 GREEN PC FUNCTION
4-1 Power Saving Block Diagram ......................................... 4-2
4-2 CPU Doze Mode ............................................................. 4-2
4-3 System Standby Mode .................................................... 4-2
4-4 System Suspend Mode .................................................... 4-3
CHAPTER 5 AWARD BIOS SETUP
5-1 Introduction ..................................................................... 5-2
5-2 Entering Setup ................................................................. 5-3
5-3 The Standard CMOS Setup Menu ................................... 5-4
5-4 The BIOS Features Setup ................................................ 5-8
5-5 Chipset Feature Setup ...................................................... 5-11
5-6 Power Management Setup ............................................... 5-12
5-7 PNP/PCI Configuration ................................................... 5-14
5-8 Load BIOS Defaults ........................................................ 5-15
5-9 Load Setup Defaults ........................................................ 5-15
5-10 Integrated Peripherals .................................................... 5-16
5-11 Password Setting ........................................................... 5-17

Contents
5-12 IDE HDD Auto Detection ............................................. 5-18
5-13 HDD Low Level Format ............................................... 5-21
5-14 Save & Exit Setup ......................................................... 5-22
APPENDIX A EXPANSION BUS
PC-104 Connector Pin Assignment .......................................... A-2
ISA Bus Pin Assignment .......................................................... A-3
APPENDIX B TECHNICAL SUMMARY
Interrupt Map ............................................................................ B-2
RTC & CMOS RAM Map ........................................................ B-3
Timer & DMA Channels Map .................................................. B-4
I/O & Memory Map ................................................................. B-5
APPENDIX C TROUBLE SHOOTING
Trouble Shooting for Error Messages ...................................... C-2
Trouble Shooting for POST Code ............................................ C-5

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INTRODUCTION
This chapter gives you the information for PC-570. It also outlines
the System specification.
Sections include:
zAbout This Manual
zSystem Specifications
zSafety precautions
Experienced users can skip to the chapter 2 on page
2-1 for Quick Start.
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1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL
Thank you for purchasing our PC-570 Pentium Little Board with
LAN/SSD/VGA, fully PC / AT compatible. The PC-570 provides faster
processing speed, greater expandability and can handle more task than
before. This manual is designed to assist you how to install and set up the
system. It contents five chapters. The user can apply this manual for
configuration according to the following chapters :
Chapter 1 Introduction
This chapter introduces you the background of this manual, and the speci-
fication for this system. Final in this chapter will indicate you how to avoid
the damages for this board.
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration
This chapter outlines the components' locations and their functions. In the
end of this chapter, you will know how to set jumper and how to configure
this card to meet your own needs.
Chapter 3 Software Utilities
Helpful information that informs you the proper installations of the VGA
and Flash BIOS, also describes the Watchdog-timer function.
Chapter 4 Green PC Function
This chapter explains the Green PC functions concisely.
Chapter 5 Award BIOS Setup
This chapter indicates you how to set up the BIOS configurations.
Appendix A Expansion Bus
This Appendix introduces you the expansion bus for PC-104 and ISA BUS
Appendix B Technical Summary
This section gives you the information about the Technical maps.
Appendix C Trouble Shooting
This section outlines the errors and offers you the methods to solve the
problems.

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1-2. SYSTEM SPECIFICATION
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zCPU :
Intel, AMD, Cyrix, IDT
54C / 55C / 6x86 / C6
321pin PGA socket.
75/90/100/120/133/150/166/200/233/266MHz clock generator.
2.8V/2.9V/3.2V/3.3V/3.5V voltage regulator.
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zMEMORY :
Up to 256MB, EDO/FPM DRAM
Two 72-pin SIMM sockets on board.
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zCACHE :
L1 Cache , size depended on CPU type
L2 Cache 256K
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zREAL-TIME CLOCK / CALENDAR :
CMOS data back up from BIOS set or BIOS default.
Dallas DS 12887 Real Time Clock.
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zBIOS :
Award, Flash BIOS for plug & play function.
Easy update 128KB flash EEPROM.
Support Green Function .
Support S/IO Setup.
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zKEYBOARD CONNECTOR :
5-pin PC/AT type connector.
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zMOUSE CONNECTOR :
5-pin Mouse connector
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zBUS SUPPORT :
Internal ISA/PCI Bus, for VGA & IDE.
PC-104 BUS.
One PICMG/PCI optional slot.

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zDISPLAY :
Support VGA for CRT & panel LCD simultaneously;
Support 32-bit PCI Local Bus;
VGA BIOS combines in 128KB flash ROM with system BIOS;
Support 41-pin connector for flat panel LCD;
Panel support for mono, color STN, TFT, EL modes;
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zWATCHDOG :
I / O port 443H to open watchdog;
I / O port 441H to close watchdog;
Time-out timing select 0 / 8 /16 / 24 / 32 / 40 / 48 / 56 / 64 / 72 / 80 / 88 /
96 / 104 / 112 / 120 sec +/- 25%;
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zIDE INTERFACE :
One IDE port, support two Enhanced IDE devices;
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zLAN INTERFACE:
Up to 10Mbps, support for UTP & BNC Ports
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zSSD SOCKET:
32-pin SSD socket on board, supporting Disk-on-chip up to 72 MB
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zFLOPPY DISK DRIVE INTERFACE :
Support up to two Floppy Disk Drives, 3.5" and 5.25" (360K / 720K /
1.2M / 1.44M / 2.88M).
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zSERIAL PORT :
Two high speed 16550 Compatible UARTs with Send / Receive 16 Byte
FIFOs; COM1: for RS-232; COM2: for RS-232/422/485
MIDI Compatible.
Programmable Baud Rate Generator.
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zPARALLEL PORT :
SPP, ECP, EPP Function.
Bi-direction parallel port.
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zGREEN FUNCTION :
Software support by BIOS setup.
Hardware support by switch control.

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zLED INDICATOR :
System power.
Hard Disk access.
Turbo and green function mode.
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zPC-104 BUS EXPANSION & SPEED :
ISA BUS 8MHz
PC-104 8MHz
PCI BUS 33MHz
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zDMA CONTROLLER :
82C37 x 2
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zDMA CHANNELS :
7
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zINTERRUPT CONTROLLERS :
82C59 x 2
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zINTERRUPT LEVELS :
15
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zSTORAGE TEMPERATURE :
-40 to 80°C.
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zOPERATING TEMPERATURE :
0 to 60°C.
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zSYSTEM POWER REQUIREMENT :
DC Voltage: +5V, minimum +4.75V, maximum 5.25V.
DC Ampere: 5A.
DC Voltage: +12V, minimum +11.4V, maximum 12.6V.
DC Ampere: 500mA.
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zBOARD DIMENSION :
146mm x 203mm (5.25 CD-ROM size)
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zBOARD WEIGHT :
0.32 Kg.