ARK-3380 Embedded Box Computer User Manual
Copyright The documentation and the software included with this product are copyrighted 2005 by Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make improvements in the products described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd. Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable.
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Declaration of Conformity CE This product has passed the CE test for environmental specifications when shielded cables are used for external wiring. We recommend the use of shielded cables. This kind of cable is available from Advantech. Please contact your local supplier for ordering information. This product has passed the CE test for environmental specifications. Test conditions for passing included the equipment being operated within an industrial enclosure.
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Safety Instructions 1. Please read these safety instructions carefully. 2. Please keep this User‘s Manual for later reference. 3. Please disconnect this equipment from AC outlet before cleaning. Don‘t use liquid or sprayed detergent for cleaning. Use moisture sheet or clothe for cleaning. 4. For pluggable equipment, the socket-outlet shall near the equipment and shall be easily accessible. 5. Please keep this equipment from humidity. 6. Lay this equipment on a reliable surface when install.
d. The equipment has not worked well or you can not get it work according to user‘s manual. e. The equipment has been dropped and damaged. f. The equipment has obvious signs of breakage CAUTION! THIS COMPUTER IS PROVIDED WITH A BATTERY-POWERED REAL-TIME CLOCK CIRCUIT. THERE IS A DANGER OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS INCORRECTLY REPLACED. REPLACE ONLY WITH SAME OR EQUIVLENT TYPE RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURE. DISCARD USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER’S INSTRUCTIONS. Wichtige Sicherheishinweise 1.
12. Durch die Lüftungsöffnungen dürfen niemals Gegenstände oder Flüssigkeiten in das Gerät gelangen. Dies könnte einen Brand bzw. elektrischen Schlag auslösen. 13. Öffnen Sie niemals das Gerät. Das Gerät darf aus Gründen der elektrischen Sicherheit nur von authorisiertem Servicepersonal geöffnet werden. 14. Wenn folgende Situationen auftreten ist das Gerät vom Stromnetz zu trennen und von einer qualifizierten Servicestelle zu überprüfen: a. Netzkabel oder Netzstecker sind beschädigt. b.
2. Disconnect power before making any configuration changes. The sudden rush of power as you connect a jumper or install a card may damage sensitive electronic components.
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Contents Chapter 1 Overview .......................................................... 2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Chapter Introduction ....................................................................... 2 Features ............................................................................. 2 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4 Dual Display, Video Intensive capacity ........................ 2 Highly Robust Casting Construction ............................. 2 Highly Compact Size ........................................
2.3.3 COM2 Connector ......................................................... 12 Figure 2.7:COM 2 connector ....................................... 12 Table 2.5:COM2 standard serial port pin assignments 13 2.3.4 Audio Connector .......................................................... 13 Table 2.6:Line_In connector ........................................ 13 Table 2.7:Speaker_Out connector ................................ 13 Table 2.8:Mic_In connector ......................................... 13 2.3.
Figure 4.1:Award BIOS Setup initial screen ............... 29 4.3 Standard CMOS Setup .................................................... 29 4.4 Advanced BIOS Features ................................................ 30 Figure 4.2:Standard CMOS features screen ................ 29 4.4.1 4.4.2 4.4.3 4.4.4 4.4.5 4.4.6 4.4.7 4.4.8 4.4.9 4.4.10 4.4.11 4.4.12 4.4.13 4.4.14 4.4.15 4.4.16 4.4.17 4.4.18 4.5 Advanced Chipset Features............................................. 32 4.5.1 4.5.2 4.5.3 4.5.4 4.
4.6.2 4.6.3 4.6.4 4.6.5 4.6.6 4.6.7 4.6.8 4.6.9 4.6.10 4.6.11 4.6.12 4.6.13 4.6.14 4.6.15 4.6.16 4.6.17 4.6.18 4.6.19 4.7 Power Management Setup............................................... 38 4.7.1 4.7.2 4.7.3 4.7.4 4.7.5 4.7.6 4.7.7 4.7.8 4.7.9 4.7.10 4.7.11 4.7.12 4.7.13 4.7.14 4.8 Chapter Figure 4.6:Power management setup screen ................ 38 Power-Supply Type ..................................................... 38 ACPI function .............................................................
5.1.2 5.1.3 5.2 Installation of the SVGA Driver ..................................... 46 5.2.1 5.2.2 Chapter Figure 5.1:Advanced Chipset features screen .............. 44 Display type ................................................................. 45 Dual Independent Display ........................................... 45 Figure 5.2:Intel® 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller Properties - Devices 45 Figure 5.
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CHAPTER 1 2 Overview This chapter gives background information on the ARK-3380. It shows you the ark-3380 overview and specifications.
Chapter 1 Overview 1.1 Introduction The ARK-3380 Fan-less Embedded Box Computer combines a rich display interface and other industrial features into a rugged, compact metal chassis for multimedia intensive applications. The fan-less operation provides noise protection to the platform when deployed in external environments. The ARK-3380 Embedded Box Computer is ideally suited for embedded PC applications.
1.3 Hardware Specification 1.3.1 Processor Core Logic System CPU • Intel® Ultra Low Voltage Celeron® M or Intel® Pentium® M Low Voltage Processor, µFC-BGA 479 Package: - ULV Celeron® M 600 MHz (for Model of ARK-3380-1M0A1) - LV Pentium® M 1.1 GHz (for Model of ARK-3380-1S1A1) - LV Pentium® M 1.
Ethernet Controller: Intel® 82551ER Ethernet Controller Speed: 10/100MBps, IEEE 802.3u (100 BASE-T) protocol compatible 1.3.4 Audio Audio Interface • Audio controller on the ICH4 chip • AC97 3D surround stereo sound, Dual 6 W Amplifier • Supports Line_In, Speaker_Out, and Microphone_In 1.3.
+5 VDC @ 7 A +12 VDC @ 0.5 A +5VSB @ 1 A 1.3.9 Environment Specifications Operating Temperature • When System is equipped with Compact Flash Disk only: -20 to 60° C • When System is equipped with 2.5-inch Hard Disk: 0 to 45° C Relative humidity 95 % @ 40 ° C(non-condensing) Vibration loading during operation • When system is equipped with Compact Flash Disk only: 5Grms, IEC 68-2-64, random, 5~500Hz, 1 Oct./min, 1hr/axis. • When system is equipped with 2.
Figure 1.1: Chassis Dimensions ¯5.00 0 ¯8. ¯4.00 0 71.66 4.00 4.00 8.00 5.96 8.00 2.66 1 1.3 ¯1 14.00 6 5.00 8.20 ^2 .0 0. ^1 00 ^6. 00 0 0 .0 ¯4 10.00 61.20 14.00 264.50 252.50 224.00 232.00 111.51 125.76 119.51 8.00 3.50 5.00 7.81 68.50 ARK-3380 User Manual 69.20 240.00 69.00 69.20 1.4 Chassis Dimensions 137.25 68.63 137.25 92. 50 88.50 78.50 132.2 5 53.00 31.38 71.36 69.20 10.
CHAPTER 2 2 Hardware Functionality This chapter shows how to set up the ARK-3380’s hardware functions, including connecting peripherals, switches and indicators.
Chapter 2 Hardware Functionality 2.1 Introduction of ARK-3380 External I/O Connectors The following two figures show the external I/O connectors on ARK3380. The following sections give you detail information about function of each I/O connector. PWR LED BACKLIGHT HDD LED 65.70 69.20 LVDS POWER ON/OFF 252.50 Figure 2.1: ARK-3380 front metal face plate external I/O connectors S-VideoComposite VDI COM2 65.70 69.
2.2 ARK-3380 front metal face plate external I/O connectors 2.2.1 Power ON/OFF Button The ARK-3380 comes with a Power On/Off button, that Support dual function of Soft Power -On/Off (Instant off or Delay 4 Second), and Suspend. 2.2.2 LED Indicators There are two LEDs on the ARK-3380 front metal face plate for indicating system status: PWR LED is for power status and Flash in Red color; and HDD LED is for hard disk and compact flash disk status, which Flash IN Green color. 2.2.
Table 2.1: LVDS Connector Pin Assignment Pin Signal Name Pin Signal name 1 LVDS_CLKBP 14 LVDS_CLKBM 2 GND 15 LVDS_YAM0 3 LVDS_YAP0 16 LVDS_YAM1 4 LVDS_YAP1 17 LVDS_YAM2 5 LVDS_YAP2 18 LVDS_CLKAM 6 LVDS_CLKAP 19 GND 7 +3.3 or +5V 20 +3.3 or +5V 8 GND 21 LVDS_YAM3 9 LVDS_YAP3 22 LVDS_YBM0 10 LVDS_YBP0 23 LVDS_YBM1 11 LVDS_YBP1 24 LVDS_YBM2 12 LVDS_YBP2 25 LVDS_YBM3 13 LVDS_YBP3 26 GND 2.2.
Table 2.2: LCD Backlight Connector Pin Assignment Pin Signal name 1 +12V 2 GND 3 BKLTEN 4 VBR 5 +5V 6 LVDS_DCLK 7 LVDS_DDAT 8 Reserved 9 Reserved 2.3 ARK-3380 rear metal face plate external I/O connectors 2.3.1 Power Input Connector The ARK-3380 comes with a Phoenix connector that carries 12~24 VDC external power input. Figure 2.5: Power Input Connector Table 2.3: Power connector pin assignments Pin Signal Name 1 GND 2 +12~24VDC 2.3.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Figure 2.6: COM 1 connector Table 2.4: COM1 standard serial port pin assignments Pin Signal Name 1 DCD 2 RxD 3 TxD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 2.3.3 COM2 Connector The ARK-3380 provides a D-sub 9-pin connector, which offers one RS232/422/485 serial communication interface port of COM2. The default setting of COM2 is RS-232. Please refer to section 4.1 “Jumper Settings” and section 7 “Full Disassembly Procedure” to set up RS-422 or RS-485.
Table 2.5: COM2 standard serial port pin assignments RS-232 RS-422 RS-485 Pin Signal Name Signal Name Signal Name 1 DCD Tx- DATA- 2 RxD Tx+ DATA+ 3 TxD Rx+ NC 4 DTR Rx- NC 5 GND GND GND 6 DSR NC NC 7 RTS NC NC 8 CTS NC NC 9 RI NC NC Note: NC represents “No Connection” 2.3.4 Audio Connector The ARK-3380 offers AC97 stereo Audio output ports by three phone jack connectors of Speaker_Out, Mic_In and Line_In, Table 2.
2.3.5 DVI Connector The ARK-3380 offers a Digital Visual Interface by a D-sub 24-pin female connector, which supports high-speed, high-resolution digital displays. Table 2.9: DVI connector pin assignments Pin Signal name 1 TMDS_C2# 2 TMDS_C2 3 GND 6 MDVI_CLK 7 MDVI_DATA 9 TMDS_C1# 10 TMDS_C1 11 GND 14 VCC_DVI 15 GND 16 HP_DET 17 TMDS_C0# 18 TMDS_C0 19 GND 22 GND 23 TMDS_CK 24 TMDS_CK# C5 GND 2.3.
Figure 2.8: S-Video connector 2.3.7 Composite Video Connector The ARK-3380 has a RCA-Jack connector for composite video output to a PAL or NTSC video monitor or VCR. Figure 2.9: Composite-Video connector 2.3.8 Ethernet Connector (LAN) The ARK-3380 is equipped with an Intel 82551ER Ethernet controller that is fully compliant with IEEE 802.3u 10/100Base-T CSMA/CD standards.
Table 2.10: RJ-45 Connector pin assignments Pin 10/100BaseT Signal Name 1 XMT+ 2 XMT- 3 RCV+ 4 NC 5 NC 6 RCV- 7 NC 8 NC 2.3.9 Reset Button Press the "Reset" button to activate the reset function. 2.3.10 PS2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector The ARK-3380 provides a PS/2 keyboard/mouse connector. A 6-pin mini-DIN connector is located on the rear metal face plate of the ARK3380.
Table 2.11: PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse connector pin assignments Pin Signal name 1. PS2_KBDAT 2. PS2_MSDAT 3. GND 4. VCC 5. PS2_KBCLK 6. PS2_MSCLK 2.3.11 VGA Connector The ARK-3380 provides a high resolution VGA interface by a D-sub 15pin connector to support a VGA CRT monitor. It supports VGA and VESA, up to 1600 x 1200 @85-Hz resolution and up to 32 MB shared memory. 5 1 10 6 15 11 Figure 2.12: VGA connector Table 2.
12 NC 13 H-SYNC 14 V-SYNC 15 NC 2.3.12 USB Connector The ARK-3380 provides one connector of USB interface, which gives complete Plug & Play and hot swapping for up to 127 external devices. The USB interface complies with USB UHCI, Rev. 2.0 compliant. The USB interface can be disabled in the system BIOS setup. Please refer to Table 2.13 for its pin assignments. The USB connector is used for connecting any device that conforms to the USB interface. Many recent digital devices conform to this standard.
CHAPTER 3 2 Hardware Installation and Upgrade This chapter introduces how to initialize the ARK-3380. Sections include: • Jumpers and Connectors • Installing the DDR SDRAM Memory Module • Inserting a Compact Flash Card • Installing the 2.
Chapter 3 Hardware Installation and Upgrade 3.1 Jumpers and Connectors The ARK-3380 Embedded Box Computer consists of a PC-based computer that is housed in an aluminum top cover, a metal bottom case with accessed bottom cover and Front/ Rear Metal Face plates. Your HDD, SDRAM, are all readily accessible by removing the accessed bottom cover. Any maintenance or hardware upgrades can be easily completed after removing the top cover, and Front and Rear Metal Face plates.
A pair of needle-nose pliers may be helpful when working with jumpers. If you have any doubts about the best hardware configuration for your application, contact your local distributor or sales representative before you make any changes. 3.
Please also refer to Chapter 6 of “Full Disassembly Procedure to set it. Up. The default setting of JP6 is 5V. 3.5 NTSC/PAL TV type Setting (J1) The ARK-3380 series of embedded box computer provides a J1 jumper located on the internal MIO-253 module I/O board for selecting NTSC or PAL type of TV set. When you connect your TVset to the S-Video or Composite Video output connector, you need to set up the J1 jumper to select the correct TV mode. Table 3.3: Type 3.
3.7 Inserting a Compact Flash Card The procedure of installing a Compact Flash card into the ARK-3380 is detailed below, please follow these steps carefully. 1. Remove the power cord. 2. Unscrew the two screws from the CF Door located on rear face plate of the ARK-3380.series embedded box computer. Figure 3.1: 3. Remove the CF carrier. 4. Placing a Compact Flash card with your OS or application program into the CF carrier.
Figure 3.2: Figure 3.
5. Insert the CF Carrier back and assemble with 2 screws to the CF door located on rear face plate of the ARK-3380 Figure 3.4: Note: The CompactFlash socket is allocated as Secondary IDE Master. 3.8 Installing the 2.5" Hard Disk Drive (HDD) You can attach one enhanced Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) hard disk drive to the ARK-3380's internal controller which uses a PCI localbus interface. The advanced IDE controller supports faster data transfer and allows the IDE hard drive to exceed 528 MB.
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4 CHAPTER 2 Award BIOS Setup
Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 4.1 Introduction Award’s BIOS ROM has a built-in setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed memory (CMOS RAM) so that it retains the setup information when the power is turned off. 4.1.1 CMOS RAM Auto-backup and Restore The CMOS RAM is powered by an onboard button cell battery. When you finish BIOS setup, the data in CMOS RAM will be automatically backed up to Flash ROM.
Figure 4.1: Award BIOS Setup initial screen 4.3 Standard CMOS Setup Choose the “Standard CMOS Features” option from the “Initial Setup Screen” menu, and the screen below will be displayed. This menu allows users to configure system components such as date, time, hard disk drive, floppy drive, display, and memory. Figure 4.
4.4 Advanced BIOS Features The “Advanced BIOS Features” screen appears when choosing the “Advanced BIOS Features” item from the “Initial Setup Screen” menu. It allows the user to configure the ARK-3389 according to his particular requirements. Below are some major items that are provided in the Advanced BIOS Features screen. A quick booting function is provided for your convenience. Simply enable the Quick Booting item to save yourself valuable time Figure 4.3: Advanced BIOS features screen 4.4.
The BIOS tries to load the OS with the devices in the sequence selected. Choices are: Floppy, LS/ZIP, HDD, SCSI, CDROM, LAN, Disabled. 4.4.6 Swap Floppy Drive Logical name assignments of floppy drives can be swapped if there is more than one floppy drive. The commands are “Enabled” or “Disabled.” 4.4.7 Boot UP Floppy Seek Selection of the command “Disabled” will speed the boot up. Selection of “Enabled” searches disk drives during boot up. 4.4.
tion tables to improve support for multiple PCI bus configurations and improve future expandability. The default setting is 1.4. 4.4.16 OS Select for DRAM > 64MB This option allows the system to access greater than 64MB of DRAM memory when used with OS/2 that depends on certain BIOS calls to access memory. The default setting is Non-OS/2. 4.4.17 Report No FDD For WIN 95 If you are using Windows 95/98 without a floppy disk drive, select Enabled to release IRQ6.
4.5.1 DRAM Timing Selectable This option refers to the method by which the DRAM timing is selected. The default is By SPD. 4.5.2 CAS Latency Time You can configure CAS latency time in HCLKs as 2 or 2.5 or 3. The system board designer should set the values in this field, depending on the DRAM installed. Do not change the values in this field unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM or the installed CPU. 4.5.
4.5.10 Memory Hole At 15M-16M In order to improve performance, certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards. This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16 MB. The choices are Enabled and Disabled. 4.5.11 Delayed Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. 4.5.
1024 x 768 24bit SC 1600 x 1200 24bit SC 4.6 Integrated Peripherals This section sets configurations for your hard disk and other integrated peripherals. The first screen shows three main items for user to select. Once an item selected, a submenu appears. Details follow. Figure 4.5: Integrated Peripherals 4.6.1 IDE Cable Detect Some UDMA cables use a hole in the ribbon cable as a cable detect mechanism to determine if a UDMA IDE or standard IDE cable is installed. The default setting is “Enabled”. 4.6.
4.6.4 USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have USB peripherals. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. 4.6.5 USB Keyboard/Mouse Support Select Enabled if user plan to use an USB keyboard. The choice: Enabled, Disable. 4.6.6 AC97 Audio Select Disable if you do not want to use AC-97 audio. Option is Auto, Disable. 4.6.7 Init Display First This item allows you to choose which one to activate first, PCI Slot or onchip VGA.
4.6.15 UR2 Duplex Mode This item allows you to select the IR half/full duplex function. The choices: Half, Full. 4.6.16 Onboard Parallel Port This field sets the address of the on-board parallel port connector. You can select either 3BCH/IRQ7, 378H/IRQ7, 278H/IRQ5 or Disabled. If you install an I/O card with a parallel port, make sure there is no conflict in the address assignments. The CPU card can support up to three parallel ports, as long as there are no conflicts for each port. 4.6.
4.7 Power Management Setup The power management setup controls the CPU card’s “green” features to save power. The following screen shows the manufacturer’s defaults: Figure 4.6: Power management setup screen 4.7.1 Power-Supply Type Choose AT or ATX power supply 4.7.2 ACPI function The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 4.7.3 Power Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes: 1. HDD Power Down 2.
4.7.4 Video Off In Suspend When system is in suspend, video will turn off. 4.7.5 Modem Use IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use.The choices: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA. 4.7.6 HDD Power Down You can choose to turn the HDD off after one of the time intervals listed, or when the system is in “suspend” mode. If the HDD is in a power saving mode, any access to it will wake it up. 4.7.
4.7.14 PCI PIRQ [A-D]# When Enabled, the system will resume from suspend mode if interrupt occurs. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 4.8 PnP/PCI Configurations 4.8.1 PnP OS Installed Select “Yes” if you are using a plug and play capable operating system. Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non-boot device Figure 4.7: PnP/PCI configurations screen 4.8.2 Reset Configuration Data Default is Disable.
4.9 Password Setting To change the password: 1. Choose the “Set Password” option from the “Initial Setup Screen” menu and press . The screen will display the following message: Please Enter Your Password Press . 2. If the CMOS is good or if this option has been used to change the default password, the user is asked for the password stored in the CMOS. The screen will display the following message: Please Confirm Your Password Enter the current password and press . 3.
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CHAPTER 5 2 PCI SVGA/LCD Setup This chapter details the software configuration information. It shows you how to configure the card to match your application requirements. The AWARD System BIOS is covered in Chapter 4.
Chapter 5 PCI SVGA/LCD Setup 5.1 Introduction The board has an onboard Intel 855GME chipset for its AGP/SVGA controller. It supports LVDS LCD displays and conventional analog CRT monitors with 64MB frame buffer shared with system memory. The VGA controller can drive CRT displays with resolutions up to 1600 x 1200@85-Hz and 2048 x 536 @75Hz and support 2 channel LVDS display mode up to UXGA panel resolution with frequency range from 25MHz to 112-MHz 5.1.
5.1.2 Display type The ARK-3389 can be set in one of four configurations: on a CRT, on a LVDS based of flat panel display, on a DVI based of digital flat panel display, on a TV display, or on both dual independent displays. The system is initially set to “Auto”. 5.1.3 Dual Independent Display The ARK-3389 uses an Intel 855GME or Intel 852GM controller that is capable of providing multiple views and simultaneous display with mixed video and graphics on a flat panel and CRT.
2. Select “1” for current display, or “2” for second display. Figure 5.3: Intel® 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller Properties – Extended Desktop Settings 3. Enable “Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor”. 4. Click “OK”. 5.2 Installation of the SVGA Driver Complete the following steps to install the SVGA driver. Follow the procedures in the flow chart that apply to the operating system that you are using within your ARK-3380. 5.2.1 Installation of Windows 98/Me 1.
Figure 5.4: Directory “Graphics” Notes: 1. The windows illustrations in this chapter are intended as examples only. Please follow the listed steps, and pay attention to the instructions which appear on your screen. 2. For convenience, the CDROM drive is designated as "D" throughout this chapter. 5.2.2 Installation of Windows 2000 You can find Win2000 VGA driver from CD at the directory of ARK3380 CD-ROM, \VGA\win2k_xp1332.
Figure 5.5: CD Directory “2.VGA” 3. Double click "setup" and "next" into setup wizard. Figure 5.
Figure 5.7: Intel® Extreme Graphics Driver Setup 4. Restart computer when installation finished. Figure 5.
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6 CHAPTER 2 Full Disassembly Procedure This chapter details the system disassembling procedure for setting up the jumpers and for maintenance.
Chapter 6 Full Disassembly Procedure 6.1 Introduction If you want to completely disassemble the ARK-3380 embedded box computer, follow the step-by-step procedures below. Users should be aware that Advantech Co., Ltd. takes no responsibility whatsoever for any problems or damage caused by the user disassembly of the ARK3380 embedded box computer. Make sure the power cord of the ARK3380 embedded box computer is unplugged before you start disassembly.
2. Unscrew the screws of the frame bracket on the front side of system Figure 6.2: 3. Remove the front frame bracket by carefully pulling and lifting the bracket in order to unlock it. Figure 6.
4. The Front Frame Bracket removed Figure 6.4: 5. Unscrew the 2 screws which are located on the Front Metal Face plate Figure 6.
6. The Front Metal Face Plate removed Figure 6.6: Warning: Do not use too much pressure when removing the front metal face plate as the power button cable is still attached and could be damaged. 7. Unscrew the 4 screws of the frame bracket on the rear side of system Figure 6.
8. Remove the rear frame bracket by carefully pulling and lifting the bracket in order to unlock it Figure 6.8: 9. The rear frame bracket removed. Figure 6.
10. Unscrew the 2 screws which are located on the Rear Metal Face plate Figure 6.10: 11. Disassembly the 2 screws which fixed the “COM2 port” on the Rear Metal Face Plate Figure 6.
Warning: Do not use too much pressure when removing the front metal face plate as the COM2 connector cable is still attached and could be damaged. 12. The rear Metal Face Plate removed. Figure 6.12: 13. The system after the top cover has been removed Figure 6.
Figure 6.14: 14. Unscrews the 5 screws which fixed the MIO-254 Module I/O board to the system board. Figure 6.
15. Remove MIO-254 Module I/O board from MIO Socket of system board Figure 6.16: 16. The MIO-254 Module I/O board removed from system. Figure 6.
17. Jumper Location on PCM-9380/PCM-9386 Motherboard J3 J4 J5 J6 LCD Power Setting Figure 6.18: 18. Jumper Location on MIO-254 module I/O board JP1 NTSC PAL TV Selection Figure 6.
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