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- Page 1 FabiaTech Corporation IPC Solution Website: http://www.fabiatech.com Email: support@fabiatech.com Small Cube System Fanless Series FX5503 User’s Manual FAB 2006 Version: 1.0 Part Number: FX5503...
- Page 2 FabiaTech shall not be reliable for technical or editorial errors or omissions, which may occur in this document. FabiaTech shall not be reliable for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing, performance, or use of this document.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Small Cube System ........................i Fanless Series..........................i FX5503 User’s Manual......................i Chapter 1 Introducing the FX5503 System ................. 1 Overview ............................ 1 Series Comparison Table ......................2 Layout ............................3 Specifications ..........................4 Packing List..........................5 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ....................7 Before Installation ........................ - Page 4 Hardware Monitor Setup .......................37 Password Setup ........................38 Chapter 4 Software Installation....................39 VGA Drivers ..........................39 WIN98_ME/WINXP_2K Driver..................39 Audio Drivers..........................40 WIN 98_ME/WINXP_2K Driver..................40 VIA 4 In 1 Driver ........................40 WIN 98/2000/XP Driver....................40 LAN Utility & Driver........................41 Watchdog Timer ........................42 Watchdog Timer Setting.....................43 Watchdog Timer Enabled.................43 ¡...
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Page 6: Chapter 1 Introducing The Fx5503 System
FabIATech Corporation Chapter 1 Introducing the FX5503 System Overview The FX5503 is a compact size embedded system with low-power Pentium II grade CPU module inside. This user’s manual provides information on the physical features, installation, and BIOS setup of the FX5503. -
Page 7: Series Comparison Table
FabIATech Corporation Series Comparison Table Model FX5503 Processor Intel (ULV) Power CPU-650Mhz SO-DIMM (Max/Standard.) 512MB/ 256MB CRT VGA Watchdog Timer Multi I/O Four RS232 Enhanced IDE USB 1.1 Audio MIC-In/ Audio Out RJ45 port (10/100Mbps) IDE CF Socket Power Connector... -
Page 8: Layout
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Page 9: Specifications
FabIATech Corporation Specifications Processor Board – 650 MHz Intel Ultra low power CPU with 256MB SDRAM I/O Outlets – Two 100/10 base-TX Ethernet ports. Four RS-232C Ports and two USB 1.1 ports. One CRT and one PS/2 compatible keyboard/mouse interface. -
Page 10: Packing List
Verify the accessories in the package according to the packing list and see if there is anything missing or incorrect package is included. • If the cable(s) you use to install the FX5503 is not supplied from us, please make sure the specification of the cable(s) is compatible with the FX5503 system. - Page 11 FabIATech Corporation...
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Page 12: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
FabIATech Corporation Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter introduces the system connectors & jumper settings, and guides you to apply them for field application. Before Installation Before you install the system, make sure you follow the following descriptions. 1. Before removing the cover, shut down the operation System and disconnect power switch to off and unplug AC-to DC Adapter cable. -
Page 13: Connecting The Dc Power Jack, Power Switch
FabIATech Corporation Connecting the DC Power Jack, Power Switch Power is supplied through an external AC/DC power adapter. Check the technical specification section for information about AC/DC power input voltage. DC +12V to +24V, 15% tolerance 22VA minimum Since the switch does include a power switch, plugging its power adapter into a power outlet then switch power to on, when you final installed system hardware device. -
Page 14: Installing/Ejecting 2.5" Hdd
FabIATech Corporation Installing/Ejecting 2.5” HDD If you are installing hardware option, you can remove the front cover. The following figure will guide you how to install 2.5" HDD inside the FX5503 and how to install the FX5503 fixers. Installing HDD The following figure will guide you install fix support HDD and to inside the FX5503. -
Page 15: Connecting The Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse
Connecting the Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse Connect the monitor, keyboard and mouse to the FX5503 using the connections provided on the backside of the chassis. See following figure and a side pictures. -
Page 16: Connecting The Com1~Com4 Ports
FabIATech Corporation Connecting the COM1~COM4 ports DB-9 RS-232 Signal -DCD -DSR -RTS -TXD -CTS -DTR Ground Case Case Ground Uses include COM port adapter cable to transfer to standard 9-pin female D-SUB connector for COM3/COM4 ports DB-9 RS-232 Signal -DCD... -
Page 17: Connecting The Audio Microphone In/ Speak Out
FabIATech Corporation The FX5503 supports a dual port USB connector. Any USB device can be attached to USB ports with plug-and-play supported. The left side port is USB #1 and the right side port is USB #2 Connecting the Audio Microphone In/ Speak Out... -
Page 18: Installing Additional Memory: Sodimm Socket For Sdram Modules
FabIATech Corporation Installing Additional Memory: SoDIMM Socket For SDRAM Modules You may extend additional memory to FX5503, remove the backside cover, See as following figure and rear pictures. The DIMM socket supports 128MB to 512MB of SDRAM modules. -
Page 19: Installing Mini Pci Card: Mini Pci Socket For Wlan Modules
FabIATech Corporation Installing Mini PCI Card: Mini PCI Socket for WLAN Modules You may extend additional mini PCI WLAN module to FX5503, remove the backside cover, and See as following figure and backside pictures. Release the screws on the bottom of the unit. (Please see the spots circled.) - Page 20 FabIATech Corporation Removing Front/Top Covers: Release the screws The following figure will guide you how to release the front screws HARD DISK Caution: Be very careful LED guide when handling and moving cover. Installing Mini PCI Card...
- Page 21 FabIATech Corporation Installing the Antenna Connect the antenna cable from backside antenna hold to Mini PCI WLAN (the auxiliary board). Please see the figure guide.
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Page 22: Chapter 3 Bios Setup
FabIATech Corporation Chapter 3 BIOS Setup This chapter describes the BIOS setup. Overview The BIOS are a program located on a Flash memory chip on a circuit board. It is used to initialize and set up the I/O peripherals and interface cards of the system, which includes time, date, hard disk drive, the PCI bus and connected devices such as the video display, diskette drive, and the keyboard. -
Page 23: Bios Functions
FabIATech Corporation BIOS Functions On the menu, you can perform the following functions 1. Standard CMOS Setup 2. Advanced CMOS Setup 3. Advanced Chipset Setup 4. Power Management Setup 5. PCI/ Plug and Play Setup 6. Peripheral Setup 7. Hardware Monitor Setup 8. -
Page 24: Keyboard Convention
FabIATech Corporation Keyboard Convention On the BIOS, the following keys can be used to operate and manage the menu: Item Function To exit the current menu or message Page Up/Page Down To select a parameter To display the help menu if you do not know the... -
Page 25: Standard Cmos Setup
FabIATech Corporation STANDARD CMOS SETUP This section describes basic system hardware configuration, system clock setup and error handling. If the CPU board is already installed in a working system, you will not need to select this option anymore. Date & Time Setup Highlight the <Date>... - Page 26 FabIATech Corporation Hard Disk Setup The BIOS supports various types for user settings, The BIOS supports <Pri Master>, <Pri Slave>, <Sec Master> and <Sec Slave> so the user can install up to four hard disks. For the master and slave jumpers, please refer to the hard disk’s installation descriptions and the hard disk jumper settings.
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Page 27: Advanced Cmos Setup
FabIATech Corporation ADVANCED CMOS SETUP This section describes the configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance, or let you set up some system features according to your preference. Some entries here are required by the CPU board’s design to remain in their default settings. - Page 28 FabIATech Corporation –3 Boot Device These fields determine where the system attempts to look for the boot drive priority for an operating system. The default procedure is to check the hard disk, and then the floppy drive, and last the CDROM.
- Page 29 FabIATech Corporation Boot Up Num-lock This field is used to activate the Num Lock function upon system boot. If the setting is on, after a boot, the Num Lock light is lit, and user can use the number key. Available options: On, Off...
- Page 30 FabIATech Corporation Default setting: Absent Primary Display The field specifies the type of monitor installed in the system. Available options: Absent, VGA/EGA, CGA40x25, CGA80x25, and Mono Default setting: Absent Password Check This field enables password checking every time the computer is powered on or every time the BIOS Setup is executed.
- Page 31 FabIATech Corporation It will prevent the message from appearing on the first BIOS screen when the computer boots. Available options: Disabled, Enabled Default setting: Enabled C000, 32k Shadow - E800, 32k shadow These fields control the location of the contents of the 32KB of ROM beginning at the specified memory location.
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Page 32: Advanced Chipset Setup
FabIATech Corporation ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP This section describes the configuration of the board’s chipset features. Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD SPD represents Serial Presence Detect. It is an 8-bit, 2048 bits EEPROM, built on the SDRAM for 100 MHz frequencies. If the installed SDRAM supports SPD function, select SPD. - Page 33 FabIATech Corporation AGP Mode This field select AGP transfers video data. Available Options: 1x, 2x and 4x Default setting: 4x AGP Aperture Size This field specifies the system memory size that can be used by the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP).
- Page 34 FabIATech Corporation OnChip VGA Frame Buffers Size This field is share memory architecture (SMA) for frame buffer memory. SMA allows system memory to be efficiently share by the host CPU and allocated depending on user preference, application requirements, and total size of system memory.
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Page 35: Power Management
FabIATech Corporation POWER MANAGEMENT Power Management /APM Select Enabled to activate the chipset Power Management and APM (Advanced Power Management) features. Available Options: Disabled, Enabled Default setting: Enabled Video Power Down Mode This field specifies the power conserving state that video subsystem enters after the specified period of display inactivity has expired. - Page 36 FabIATech Corporation Standby Time Out (Minute) This field specifies the length of a period of system inactivity (like hard disk or video) while in full power on state. When this length of time expires, the system enters Standby power state.
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Page 37: Pci/Plug And Play
FabIATech Corporation PCI/PLUG AND PLAY Plug and Plug Aware O/S Set to Yes to inform BIOS that the operating system can handle Plug and Play (PnP) devices. Available Options: Yes, No Default setting: No PCI Latency Timer This field specifies the latency timings (in PCI clock) PCI devices installed in the PCI expansion bus. - Page 38 FabIATech Corporation PCI VGA Palette Snoop When Enabled is selected, multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device. Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit.
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Page 39: Peripheral Setup
FabIATech Corporation PERIPHERAL SETUP This section describes the function of peripheral features. OnBoard Serial Port 1/2 These fields select the I/O port address for Serial port 1. Available Options: Auto, Disabled, 3F8H/COM1, 2F8H/COM2, and 3E8H/COM3, 2E8H/COM4. Default setting: 3F8/COM1 OnBoard Serial Port 3/4 These fields select the I/O port address for Serial port 2. - Page 40 FabIATech Corporation OnBoard Parallel Port This field selects the I/O port address for parallel port. Available Options: Auto, Disabled, 378, 278, and 3BCH Default setting: Auto EPP Version This field specifies the EPP version for the Parallel Port Mode specification used in the system and is not configurable.
- Page 41 FabIATech Corporation OnBoard AC’97 Audio This field specifies the internal Audio Control. Available Options: Disable, Enable Default setting: Enable Sound Blaster This field if you want to use the Sound Blaster emulation feature. Available Options: Disable, Enable Default setting: Disable SB I/O Base Address These fields select the I/O port address for Audio.
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Page 42: Hardware Monitor Setup
FabIATech Corporation Hardware Monitor Setup On the Hardware Monitor Setup screen, you can set up or monitor the system temperature, CPU voltage, and VIA C3 CPU Ration and CPU fan speed… System Hardware Monitor In this field, you can monitor or detect the followings items. These items are view-only and cannot be changed. -
Page 43: Password Setup
FabIATech Corporation Password Setup There are two security passwords: Supervisor and User. Supervisor is a privileged person that can change the User password from the BIOS. According to the default setting, both access passwords are not set up and are only valid after you set the password from the BIOS. -
Page 44: Chapter 4 Software Installation
FabIATech Corporation Chapter 4 Software Installation The enclosed diskette includes FX5503 VGA, Audio, system and LAN drivers. To install and configure you FX5503 system, you need to perform the following steps. VGA Drivers WIN98_ME/WINXP_2K Driver To install the VGA driver, insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM device, and enter DRIVER>VGA>Via8606>WIN98_ME or >WINXP_2K. -
Page 45: Audio Drivers
FabIATech Corporation Audio Drivers WIN 98_ME/WINXP_2K Driver To install the AUDIO driver, insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM device, and enter DRIVER>AUDIO>Vt686B>WIN9X_2K_XP. If your system is not equipped with a CD ROM device, copy the VGA driver from the CD ROM to CF. -
Page 46: Lan Utility & Driver
FabIATech Corporation LAN Utility & Driver To install the LAN utility OR driver, insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM device, and enter DRIVER>LAN>RTL8139C. If your system is not equipped with a CD ROM device, copy the LAN VGA driver from the CD ROM to a 1.44”... -
Page 47: Watchdog Timer
This section describes how to use the Watchdog Timer, including disabled, enabled, and trigger functions. The FX5503 is equipped with a programmable time-out period watchdog timer. You can use your own program to enable the watchdog timer. Once you have enabled the watchdog timer, the program should trigger the I/O every time before the timer times out. -
Page 48: Watchdog Timer Setting
FabIATech Corporation Watchdog Timer Setting The watchdog timer is a circuit that may be used from your program software to detect system crashes or hang-ups. The watchdog timer is automatically disabled after reset. Once you have enabled the watchdog timer, your program must trigger the watchdog timer every time before it times out. - Page 49 FabIATech Corporation...
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Page 50: Chapter5 Error Coding
FabIATech Corporation Chapter5 Error Coding This section outlines the errors that may occur when you operate the system, and also gives you the suggestions on solving the problems. Topic include: Trouble Shooting for Post Beep & Error Messages Trouble Shooting for Post Beep and Error Messages The following information informs the Post Beep &... - Page 51 FabIATech Corporation CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR This error informs that the CMOS has corrupted. When the battery runs weak, this situation might happen. Please check the battery and change a new one when necessary. DISK BOOT FAILURE When you can‘t find the boot device, insert a system disk into Drive A and press <...
- Page 52 FabIATech Corporation MEMORY ADDRESS ERROR When the memory address indicates error. You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips. MEMORY SIZE HAS CHANGED Memory has been added or removed since last boot. In EISA mode, use Configuration Utility to re-configure the memory configuration.
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Page 54: Appendix
FabIATech Corporation Appendix Dimension R4.5 R2.25 O4.5 217 ( R EF) -
Page 55: Technical Reference
FabIATech Corporation Technical Reference Physical and Environmental DC Inputs: +12~+24V/22VA Minimal Temperature: Operating 0°C ~ 45°C Relative humidity 5 % to 95 % non-condensing AC-DC adapter Input AC Voltage Range: 100V~240V, 50Hz ~60Hz... -
Page 56: Serial Ports
FabIATech Corporation Serial Ports The ACEs (Asynchronous Communication Elements ACE1 to ACE2) are used to convert parallel data to a serial format on the transmit side and convert serial data to parallel on the receiver side. The serial format, in order of transmission and reception, is a start bit, followed by five to eight data bits, a parity bit (if programmed) and one, one and half (five-bit format only) or two stop bits. - Page 57 FabIATech Corporation Bit 1: Enable Transmitter Holding Empty Interrupt (ETBEI) Bit 2: Enable Receiver Line Status Interrupt (ELSI) Bit 3: Enable MODEM Status Interrupt (EDSSI) Bit 4: Must be 0 Bit 5: Must be 0 Bit 6: Must be 0...
- Page 58 FabIATech Corporation Bit 5: Stick Parity Bit 6: Set Break Bit 7: Divisor Latch Access Bit (DLAB) MODEM Control Register (MCR) Bit 0: Data Terminal Ready (DTR) Bit 1: Request to Send (RTS) Bit 2: Out 1 (OUT 1) Bit 3: Out 2 (OUT 2)
- Page 59 FabIATech Corporation Bit 4: Clear to Send (CTS) Bit 5: Data Set Ready (DSR) Bit 6: Ring Indicator (RI) Bit 7: Received Line Signal Detect (RSLD) Divisor Latch (LS, MS) Bit 0: Bit 0 Bit 8 Bit 1: Bit 1...
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Page 60: Parallel Ports
FabIATech Corporation Parallel Ports Register Address Port Address Read/Write Register Base + 0 Write Output data Base + 0 Read Input data Base + 1 Read Printer status buffer Base + 2 Write Printer control latch Printer Interface Logic The parallel portion of the SMC37C669 makes the attachment of various devices that accept eight bits of parallel data at standard TTL level. - Page 61 FabIATech Corporation Bit 7: This signal may become active during data entry, when the printer is off-line during printing, or when the print head is changing position or in an error state. When Bit 7 is active, the printer is busy and cannot accept data.
- Page 62 FabIATech Corporation Bit 5: Direction control bit. When logic 1, the output buffers in the parallel port are disabled allowing data driven from external sources to be read; when logic 0 they work as a printer port. This bit is write-only.