386Sx-40 Pc/104 Cpu Module With LCD & SSD
386Sx-40 Pc/104 Cpu Module With LCD & SSD
386Sx-40 Pc/104 Cpu Module With LCD & SSD
Acknowledgements
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Printed in Taiwan JAN., 2001
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Packing list
Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that the
following materials have been shipped:
• 1 PCM-3336 CPU card
• Quick Installation Guide
• Support CD contains the following:
- User's Manual
- VGA drivers and utilities
• 1 8-pin (4 x 2 pin header) for KB & PS/2 mouse
• 1 Hard disk drive (IDE) interface cable (44 pins)
• 1 Floppy disk drive interface cable (34 pins)
• 1 SVGA adapter (16 pins)
• 1 parallel port adapter (26-pins)
• 2 Serial port adapters (10-pins)
• 1 bag of screws and miscellaneous parts
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Contents
1 General Information ............................... 1
Introduction ........................................................................... 2
Specifications ......................................................................... 3
Board layout ........................................................................... 5
Board dimensions ................................................................. 6
2 Installation .................................................. 7
Jumpers and connectors ...................................................... 8
Board Layout ......................................................................... 9
Setting jumpers ................................................................... 10
Safety precautions ............................................................... 11
IDE hard drive connections (HDD CON.)(CN1) ........... 12
Connecting the hard drive ....................................................... 12
Keyboard connector (PS2 KB.)(CN2) ............................. 14
Display connector (VGA CON., FLAT PANEL CON.)
(CN4, CN6) .......................................................................... 15
Power supply connector (CN5) ......................................... 17
Parallel port (PRINTER PORT)(CN 8) ........................... 18
Serial ports (COM1/CN9, COM2/CN11)........................ 20
Reset switch (RST SW.)(J2) .................................................. 21
HDD LED (HD-LED)(J1) ..................................................... 21
Clear CMOS (CLEAR CMOS)(J7) ....................................... 21
Floppy drive connector (CN10) ........................................ 22
Connecting the floppy drive ..................................................... 22
CHAPTER
General
Information
Features
• Onboard ALi M6117C, Intel 386SX-40 compatible CPU
• Onboard 4 Mbytes Fast Page DRAM
• C&T 65545 LCD controller with 1MB display memory
General Functions
CPU: ALi M6117C, Intel 80386SX-40 compatible
CPU type: Onboard SQFP
Bus interface: PC/104 bus
BIOS: AMI 128KB FLASH BIOS
Chipset: ALi M6117C
I/O Chipset: ITE8661F
Memory: Onboard 4 Mbytes Fast Page DRAM
Enhanced IDE: Supports up to two IDE devices
FDD interface: Supports up to two floppy disk drives, 5.25" (360KB
and 1.2MB) and/or 3.5" (720KB, 1.44MB, and 2.88MB)
Parallel port: One bi-directional parallel port. Supports SPP, ECP, and
EPP modes
Serial port: One RS-232 and one RS-232/422/485 serial ports. Ports
can be configured as COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, or disabled
individually. (16C550 equivalent)
KB/Mouse connector: 8-pin (4 x 2, pin header) connector supports
PC/AT keyboard and PS/2 mouse
Battery: Lithium battery for data retention
Watchdog timer Can generate a system reset, IRQ15 or NMI. Software
selectable time-out interval (30.5 µs ~ 512 sec., 30.5 µs/step)
DMA: 7 DMA channels (8237 equivalent)
Interrupt: 15 interrupt levels (8259 equivalent)
CHAPTER
Installation
Chapter 2 Installation 7
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 table below lists the function of each of the board jumpers and
connectors:
Number Function
CN1 HDD connector
CN2 KB/PS2 connector
CN3 PC104 connector
CN4 SVGA connector
CN5 Power connector
CN6 LCD connector
CN7 PC104 connector
CN8 Printer connector
CN9 COM1 connector
CN10 Floppy disk connector
CN11 COM2 connector
CN4
CN6
CN1 CN8
CN10
CN11
J1 CN9
J2 J5
J3
J6
CN2 J7
CN5
PC/104 CONNECTOR
Chapter 2 Installation 9
Setting jumpers
You configure your card to match the needs of your application by
setting jumpers. A jumper is the simplest kind of electric switch. It
consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip (often protected
by a plastic cover) that slides over the pins to connect them. To
“close” a jumper you connect the pins with the clip. To “open” a
jumper you remove the clip. Sometimes a jumper will have three
pins, labeled 1, 2 and 3. In this case you would connect either pins
1 and 2 or 2 and 3.
3
2
1
Chapter 2 Installation 11
IDE hard drive connector
(HDD CON.) (CN1)
You can attach two Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics hard
disk drives to the PCM-3336's internal controller. The card comes
with a 40-pin flat cable.
2 44
1 43
Chapter 2 Installation 13
Keyboard connector (PS2 KB.)(CN2)
The PCM-3336 provides a 8 pin header for KB & PS/2 connection.
2 6
1 7
1 43
Chapter 2 Installation 15
2 16
1 15
Chapter 2 Installation 17
Parallel port (PRINTER PORT)(CN8)
Normally, the parallel port is used to for connection, the PCM-3336
includes an onboard parallel port, accessed through PRINTER
PORT for data, a 26-pin flat cable connector. The CPU card comes
with an adapter cable, which lets you use a traditional DB-25
connector. The cable has a 26-pin connector on one end and a DB-
25 connector on the other, mounted on a retaining bracket.
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Pin assignments
Chapter 2 Installation 19
Serial ports (COM1/CN9, COM2/CN11)
The PCM-3336 offers two serial ports (RS-232). These ports let you
connect to serial devices (a mouse, printers, etc.), or a communica-
tion network.
2 10
1 9
Chapter 2 Installation 21
Floppy drive connector (CN10)
You can attach up to two floppy disks to the PCM-3336's on-board
controller. You can use any combination of 5¼" (360 KB and 1.2
MB) and/or 3½" (720 KB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88 MB) drives.
The PCM-3336 CPU card comes with a 34-pin daisy-chain drive
connector cable. On one end of the cable is a 34-pin flat-cable
connector. There are two sets of floppy disk drive connectors, one
in the middle, and one on the other end. Each set consists of a 34-
pin flat-cable connector (usually used for 3.5" drives) and a
printed-circuit board connector (usually used for 5.25" drives).
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Chapter 2 Installation 23
DiskOnChip socket (J3)
The DiskOnChip 2000 family of products provides a single chip
solid-state flash disk in a standard 32 pins DIP package. The
DiskOnChip 2000 is a solid-state disk with no moving parts,
resulting in a significant reduction in power consumption and an
increase in reliability. The DiskOnChip is a small plug and play
Flash disk. It is easy to use. And it saves integration overhead.
The DiskOnChip 2000 family of products is available in capacities
ranging from 4MB up to 288MB, unformatted. In order to manage
the disk, the DiskOnChip 2000 includes the TrueFFS, M-Systems
Flash File System proprietary software. The DiskOnChip 2000
package is pin-to-pin compatible with a standard 32-pin EPROM
device.
Chapter 2 Installation 25
CHAPTER
AMIBIOS Setup
3
This chapter describes how to set the
BIOS configuration data.
General information
AMIBIOS Setup configures system information that is stored in
CMOS RAM.
Standard CMOS setup for changing time, date, hard disk type, etc.
ESC: Exit ↓↑:Sel F2/F3: Color F10: Save & Exit
Standard CMOS setup for changing time, date, hard disk type, etc.
ESC: Exit ↓↑:Sel F2/F3: Color F10: Save & Exit
Floppy A, Floppy B
Select the appropriate specifications to configure the type of
floppy drive that is attached to the system: 360 KB 5¼", 1.2 MB
5¼", 720 KB 3½", and/or 1.44 MB 3½". The settings have not
been pre-installed.
Setting Description
Disabled AMIBIOS tests all system memory. AMIBIOS waits
up to 40 seconds for a READY signal from the IDE
hard disk drive. AMIBIOS waits for .5 seconds after
sending a RESET signal to the IDE drive to allow the
IDE drive time to get ready again. AMIBIOS checks
for a <Del> key press and runs AMIBIOS Setup if
the key has been pressed.
Enabled AMIBIOS does not test system memory above 1 MB.
AMIBIOS does not wait up to 40 seconds for a
READY signal from the IDE hard disk drive. If a
READY signal is not received immediately from the
IDE drive, AMIBIOS does not configure that drive.
AMIBIOS does not wait for .5 seconds after sending
a RESET signal to the IDE drive to allow the IDE drive
time to get ready again.
You cannot run AMIBIOS Setup at system boot,
because there is no delay for the Hit <Del> to run
Setup message.
System Keyboard
This option specifies that a keyboard is attached to the computer.
The settings are Present or Absent. The default setting is Present.
Primary Display
This option specifies the type of display monitor and adapter
in the computer. The settings are Mono, CGA40x25, CGA80x25,
VGA/EGA, or Absent. The default setting is EGA/VGA.
Display Device
This option allows user to select the display device. The settings
are CRT, LCD, and Both. The default setting is Both.
Password Check
This option enables password checking every time the computer is
powered on or every time AMIBIOS Setup is executed. If Always is
chosen, a user password prompt appears every time the computer
is turned on. If Setup is chosen, the password prompt appears as
AMIBIOS is executed. The default is Setup.
IRQ3
IRQ4
IRQ5
IRQ7
IRQ9
IRQ10
IRQ11
IRQ14
IRQ15
These options specify bus that the named interrupt request lines
(IRQs) are sued on. These options allow you to specify IRQs for
use by legacy ISA adapter cards.
These options determine if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ from
the pool of available IRQs passed to BIOS configurable devices.
The available IRQ pool is determined by reading the ESCD
NVRAM. If more IRQs must be removed from the pool, the end
user can use these PnP Setup options to remove the IRQ by
assigning the option to the ISA setting. Onboard I/O is config-
urable by AMIBIOS. The IRQs used by onboard I/O are config-
urable by AMIBIOS. The IRQs used by onboard I/O are config-
ured as PnP.
The settings are PnP or ISA. The default settings are PnP.
Standard CMOS setup for changing time, date, hard disk type, etc.
ESC: Exit ↓↑:Sel F2/F3: Color F10: Save & Exit
Sleep mode
The display driver diskette contains two files that support sleep
mode. Simply type the filename at the DOS prompt:
ON.COM switches to normal display mode.
OFF.COM switches to sleep mode.
Driver installation
Necessary prerequisites
The instructions in this manual assume that you understand
elementary concepts of MS-DOS and the IBM Personal Comput-
er. Before you attempt to install any driver or utility you should:
know how to copy files from a floppy disk to a directory on the
hard disk, understand the MS-DOS directory structure, and know
how to format a floppy disk. If you are uncertain about any of
these concepts, please refer to the DOS or Windows user
reference guides for more information before you proceed with
the installation.
Driver installation
Step 1: Place the display driver diskette in drive A. Type A:
<ENTER> to make this the default drive. Type SETUP <ENTER>
to run the SETUP program. Press any key to get to the applica-
tions list. Using the arrow keys, select AutoCAD Release 12 and
press <ENTER>. This will display a list of supported driver
resolutions. Using the arrow keys and the <ENTER> key, select
the resolutions that are appropriate for your monitor. When all of
the desired resolutions have been selected, press <END> to begin
the installation. At this point you will be asked for a drive and
directory to copy the driver files. Enter the drive and directory
that contains the installed AutoCAD R12. If the destination
directory does not exist you will be asked for confirmation.
When the installation is complete, press any key to continue.
Press <ESC> followed by Y to exit to DOS.
Step 2: Go to the AutoCAD directory where the new drivers were
installed and run the driver installation program by typing
ACAD12 -r <ENTER>. This program will configure your
AutoCAD R12 to use the new display drivers. Select TurboDLD
Classic.
Configuring TurboDLD
Select Configure Video Display. In Display Device Configuration
choose Select Graphics Board/Resolution. Then choose Select
Display Graphics Board. After choosing a graphics board, go to
Select Display Resolution. After selecting the display resolution,
save the new configuration, and return to the main menu.
Driver installation
Step 1: Place the display driver diskette into drive A. Make A the
default drive by typing A: <ENTER>. Run the SETUP program by
typing SETUP <ENTER>. Press any key to display a list of
supported applications. Use the arrow keys to select Lotus/
Symphony, and press <ENTER>. A list of supported screen
resolutions will be displayed. Use the arrow keys to select the
desired screen resolution and press <ENTER>. (Make sure your
monitor is able to display the resolution desired) Press <END>
to begin the driver installation process. A default drive and
directory path will be displayed. Use the backspace key to erase
this default and type in the 123 directory. At this point you may be
asked to create the target directory if it does not already exist.
After the files have been installed, press any key to return to the
list of supported applications. Press <ESC> followed by Y to exit
to DOS. Copy all the files that were just created in the temporary
directory onto a formatted floppy diskette.
Step 2: Go to your 123 directory, and start the installation
program. Type the following commands:
C: <ENTER>
INSTALL <ENTER>
Step 3: The Lotus installation program will load and present the
installation menu. From this menu, select Advanced Options.
From the Advanced Options menu, select Add New Drivers To
Library. From the Add New Drivers Menu, select Modify
Current Driver Set. From the Modify Driver Set Menu, select
Text Display. From the Text Display menu, select one of drivers.
Step 4: After the selection of the appropriate VGA display driver,
you will need to exit this menu and return to the Main Lotus
Installation Menu. Do this by selecting Return To Menu.
Step 5: At the Lotus Installation Menu, select Save Changes.
Driver installation
Step 1: Place the display driver diskette into drive A. Make A the
default drive by typing A: <ENTER>. Run the SETUP program by
typing SETUP <ENTER>. Press any key to display a list of
supported applications. Use the arrow keys to select VESA Driver
Version 1.2 and press <ENTER>. Press the <ENTER> key to
select All Resolutions, and press <END> to begin the installa-
tion. A default drive and directory path will be displayed. Use the
backspace key to erase this and type in a directory that is in the
directory path (such as C:\BIN or C:\UTILS). After the files have
been installed, press any key to return to the list of supported
applications. Press <ESC> followed by Y to exit to DOS.
Step 2: To install the VESA driver, type either VESA <ENTER>
or VESA + <ENTER> at the DOS prompt. The optional +
command line parameter enables all of the available modes. Make
sure that your monitor is capable of displaying these high resolu-
tion modes before enabling them.
NOTE: If the video BIOS already supports VBE extended video
modes, DO NOT use this driver. Run the VTEST.EXE program to
see if the video BIOS supports the VBE modes.
Driver installation
If you have already installed Word on your computer, go to Step 2
to install the new video driver.
Step 1: Install Word as normal.
Step 2: After you complete the Word installation, place the
display driver diskette into drive A. Make A the default drive by
typing A: <ENTER>. Run the SETUP program by typing SETUP
<ENTER>. Press any key to display a list of supported applica-
tions. Use the arrow keys to select Word and press <ENTER>.
Use the arrow keys to select the desired screen resolution and
press <ENTER> (make sure your monitor is able to display the
resolution desired). Press <END> to begin the driver installation
process. A default drive and directory path will be displayed. Use
the backspace key to erase this and type in your Word directory.
After the files have been installed, press any key to return to the
list of supported applications. Press <ESC> followed by Y to exit
to DOS.
Step 3: Copy the driver file for the desired resolution that was
just installed to SCREEN.VID.
Driver installation
Step 1: Place the display driver diskette into drive A. Make A the
default drive by typing A: <ENTER>. Run the SETUP program by
typing SETUP <ENTER>. Press any key to display a list of
supported applications. Use the arrow keys to select WordPerfect
and press <ENTER>. A list of supported screen resolutions will
be displayed. Use the arrow keys to select the desired screen
resolution and press <ENTER> (make sure your monitor is able
to display the resolution desired). Press <END> to begin the
driver installation process. A default drive and directory path will
be displayed. Use the backspace key to erase this default and type
in the WordPerfect directory. At this point you may be asked to
create the target directory if it does not already exist. After the
files have been installed, press any key to return to the list of
supported applications. Press <ESC> followed by Y to exit to
DOS.
Step 2: Start WordPerfect, and press <SHIFT>+<F1> to enter
the setup menu. Select D for Display and G for Graphics Screen
Type, and then choose the desired Chips VGA resolution.
PC/104
Mounting Support
3.775
3.575 3.575
0.200 0.200
0
0.200 3.350
0 3.550
APPENDIX
LCD Display BIOS
Configuration