4.5.15 On-Chip Frame Buffer Size The default setting is 32MB. The options available include 1MB, 4MB, 8MB and 16MB. 4.5.16 Boot Display The default setting is VBIOS Default to allow system to detect the connected display device automatically. The options available include VBIOS-Default, CRT, LVDS, CRT+LVDS. Figure 4.5: Boot Display 4.5.17 Panel Scaling The default setting is Auto. The options available include On and Off. 4.5.
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, as below. Figure 4.6: 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.
Figure 4.7: OnChip IDE Device 4.6.2.1 On-Chip Primary PCI IDE and On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE These fields allow you to enable or disable the primary and secondary IDE controller. The default is Enabled. Select Disabled if you want to add a different hard drive controller. 4.6.2.2 IDE Primary Master/Slave PIO and IDE Secondary Master PIO PIO means Programmed Input/Output.
.6.2.3 IDE Primary Master/Slave UDMA and IDE Secondary Master UDMA These fields allow you to set the Ultra DMA in use. When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD-ROM. Auto: The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for you. Disabled:The BIOS will not detect these categories. 4.6.2.4 On-Chip IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled: The IDE HDD uses the block mode.
4.6.3.2 USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have USB peripherals. The choices: Enabled, Disabled. 4.6.3.3 USB 2.0 Controller If you are using USB 2.0, this field must be set to Enabled. 4.6.3.4 USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if user plan to use an USB keyboard under DOS. The choices: Enabled, Disable. 4.6.3.5 AC97 Audio Select Disable if you do not want to use AC-97 audio. Option are Auto, Disable. 4.6.3.
The screen shown above, which list all the fields available in the Super IO Device submenu for ease of reference in this manual. In the actual CMOS setup, you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields. The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one. 4.6.4.1 Onboard FDC Controller When enabled, this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy disk drive connector instead of a separate controller card.
The default setup value of COM2 (Onboard Serial Port 2) is “2F8/IRQ3”. 4.6.5 Watchdog Timer Select This field allows you to set the timing duration when any unexpected program cause a halt, the Watch-Dog Timer will automatically reset the CPU or generate an interrupt. The Watch-Dog is designed with hardware only and doesn’t need any arithmetical functions of a real-time clock chip, this ensures the reliability in an unmanned or standalone system.
4.7.2 ACPI Suspend Type This field is used to select the type of Suspend mode. The setup options are: S1(POS): Enables the Power On Suspend function. S3(STR): Enables the Suspend to RAM function. 4.7.3 Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume When this field is set to Auto, the system will initialize the VGA BIOS when it wakes up from the S3 state. This can be configured only if the “ACPI Suspend Type” field is set to “S3(STR)” or “S1&S3” The setup options are “Auto”, “Yes”, and “No”.
4.7.7 Modem Use IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use. The setup options are: “3”, “4”, “5”, “7”, “9”, “10”, “11”, “NA”. The default setup value is “3” 4.7.8 Suspend Mode When the system enters suspend mode, the CPU and onboard peripherals will be shut off. When enabled, and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off. 4.7.
(hh:mm:ss) Alarm” fields. However, if the system is being accessed by incoming calls or the network (Resume On Ring/LAN) prior to the date and time set in these fields, the system will give priority to the incoming calls or network. Disabled: Disables the automatic power-on function. (default) Figure 4.11: Power Management Setup 4.7.14 Date (of Month) Alarm 0 The system will power-on everyday according to the time set in the “Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm” field.
4.7.17 FDD, COM, LPT PORT When Enabled, the system will resume from suspend mode if FDD, COM port, or LPT port is active. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 4.7.18 PCI PIRQ [A-D]# When Enabled, the system will resume from suspend mode if interrupt occurs. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 4.7.19 PWRON After PWR-Fail Off When power returns after an AC power failure, the system’s power is off. You must press the Power button to power-on the system.
Figure 4.12: PnP/PCI configurations screen 4.8.2 Resources controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. Auto (ESCD): The system will automatically detect the settings for you. Manual: Choose the specific IRQ resources in the “IRQ Resources” field. 4.8.3 IRQ Resources Move the cursor to this field and press . The “IRQ-3” to “IRQ15” fields will appear.
4.9 Frequency/Voltage Control This section shows the user how to configure the processor frequency. 4.9.1 Auto Detect PCI CLK This field enables or disables the auto detection of the PCI clock. 4.9.2 Spread Spectrum This field sets the value of the spread spectrum. The default setting is Disabled. Leave this field in its default setting. Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technician. 4.9.3 CPU Host/3V66/PCI Clock Leave this field in its default setting.
4.10 Load Optimized Defaults This option allows you to load the default values to your system configuration. These default settings are optimal and enable all high performance features. 4.11 Set Password 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.
CHAPTER 5 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 852GM/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 1536 @75Hz and support 2 channel LVDS display mode up to UXGA panel resolution with frequency range from 25-MHz to 112-MHz 5.1.
Figure 5.2: Boot Display Selection The ARK-3384 can be set in one of four configurations: on a CRT, on a LVDS based of flat panel display, or on both CRT+LVDS for simultaneous or dual independent displays. The system is initially set to “VBIOS-Default” to allow system to detect the connected display device automatically. 5.1.
Figure 5.3: Intel® 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller Properties – Devices 2. Select “1” for current display, or “2” for second display. Figure 5.
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-3384. 5.2.1 Installation for Windows 2000/XP To install SVGA driver for Window 2000/XP, please run the setup wizard “Intel Extreme Graphic 2” in CD-ROM. Example of installation is shown as bellow: 1.
2. Double click "setup" and "next" into setup wizard. Figure 5.6: Intel® Extreme Chipset Graphics Driver Software Install Wizard Figure 5.7: Intel® Extreme Graphics Driver Setup 3. Restart computer when installation finished.
Figure 5.8: InstallShield® Wizard Complete 5.3 Further information For further information about the AGP/VGA installation in your ARK3384, including driver updates, troubleshooting guides and FAQ lists, visit the following web resources: Intel website: www.intel.com Advantech websites: www.advantech.com, or www.advantech.com.
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CHAPTER 6 Audio Setup The ARK-3384 is equipped with an audio interface that records and plays back CD-quality audio. This chapter provides instructions for installing the software drivers included on the audio driver diskettes.
Chapter 6 Audio Setup 6.1 Introduction The ARK-3384’s audio interface provides high-quality stereo sound and FM music synthesis (ESFM) by using the Intel ICH4 audio controller. The audio interface can record, compress, and play back voice, sound, and music with built-in mixer control. 6.2 Driver installation 6.2.1 Before you begin Please read the instructions in this chapter carefully before you attempt installation. The audio drivers for the ARK-3384 board are located on the audio driver CD.
Figure 6.2: AC97 Audio Driver Installation 2. Click "yes" to reboot your computer. Figure 6.
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CHAPTER 7 Ethernet Setup This chapter provides information on Ethernet configuration.
Chapter 7 Ethernet Setup 7.1 Introduction The ARK-3384 is equipped with a high performance 32-bit Ethernet chipset which is fully compliant with IEEE 802.3 100 Mbps CSMA/CD standards. They are supported by major network operating systems. They are also both 100Base-T and 10Base-T compatible. The network boot feature can be utilized by incorporating the boot ROM image files for the appropriate network operating system.
Figure 7.1: Windows Control Panel Screen 3. Click “Next” and prepare to install network function Figure 7.2: Add/Remove Hardware Wizard 4. Choose “Add/Troubleshoot a device” and click “Next”. Figure 7.3: Choose a Hardware Task Screen 5.
Figure 7.4: Choose a Hardware Device Figure 7.
Figure 7.6: Hardware Type Screen 6. Insert the ARK-3384’s Driver & Utility CD-ROM Disk into D: drive 6-1. Find the driver of chipset folder “82551QM” at the directory of “D:\ARK-3384 Series Software Device Driver\3_LAN” from ARK3384’s Driver & Utility CD-ROM Disk, click “setup” to start the installation process. 6-2. Click “OK”. Figure 7.7: Install From Disk Screen 7.
Figure 7.8: Network Adapter Selection Screen Figure 7.9: Start Device Driver Installation 8. Please wait while the wizard installs the software.
Figure 7.10: Intel Ethernet Adapter driver installation screen 9. Click “OK” Figure 7.
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CHAPTER 8 IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Setup This chapter provides information on software driver installation of IEEE 820.
Chapter 8 IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Setup 8.1 Introduction The ARK-3384 is equipped with Wireless LAN interface that is fully compliant with IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g standard protocol and operates in the 2.4GHz frequency bands with support of data speed up to 54Mbps. It empowers your notebook to access wireless network instantly with maximum 54Mbps throughput. The Wireless LAN interface of ARK-3384 is equipped with the most secure enhancement to save your important information from hacking.
Figure 8.2: Directory folder of Wireless LAN 2. Click “Finish” to complete the driver installshield wizard. Figure 8.3: Installshield Wizard Complete 3. A Easy Configuration Utility will shows on screen automatically, after complete the driver installshield wizard.
Figure 8.4: “Easy Config” Utility for Wireless LAN 4. Please choose the “Profile” button to scan wireless network Figure 8.5: “Profile” configuration screen 5. The Configuration utility display the available wireless network list for your selection, please refer to Figure 8.6. User can configure the security data profile that required to connect with the selected wireless network by clicking “configure”.
Figure 8.6: “Profile” configuration screen 6. The Wireless Network Properties will shows on screen after clicking the “configure” to allow user configuration for the security data profile that required to connect with the selected wireless network. Figure 8.7: “Profile” configuration screen 7. Click “Connect” to connect to the selected wireless network.
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CHAPTER 9 Full Disassembly Procedure This chapter details the system disassembling procedure for setting up the jumpers and for maintenance.
Chapter 9 Full Disassembly Procedure 9.1 Introduction If you want to completely disassemble the ARK-3384 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 disassembly of the ARK-3384 embedded box computer. Make sure the power cord of the ARK-3384 embedded box computer is unplugged before you start.
8. Remove the rear frame bracket by carefully pulling and lifting the bracket in order to unlock it Figure 9.8: 9. The rear frame bracket removed. Figure 9.9: 10.
Figure 9.10: 11. Unscrew the 2 screws which fixed the “USB2&USB3 port” on the Rear Metal Face Plate Figure 9.11: 12.
Figure 9.12: 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. 14. Unscrews the 4 screws which fixed the MIO-6251 Module I/O board to the system board. Figure 9.
15. Remove MIO-6251 Module I/O board from MIO Socket of system board Figure 9.14: 16. The MIO-6251 Module I/O board removed from system. Figure 9.
17. Jumper Location on PCM-9380/PCM-9386 Motherboard COM 2 Settings J3 J4 J5 J6 LCD Power Setting Figure 9.16: REMARK: IEEE 802.11b or 802.11g operation of this product in the U.S.A. is firmware-limited to channels 1 through 11. You are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void your authority to operate the equipment. 1.•This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. 2.
