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Hardware Functional Overview
FIC A360 Service Manual 4-1
Chapter
4
4.1 Overview
The FIC A360 consist of several major functions and subsystems including:
• System Processor – implemented on the motherboard using the Intel Pentium-III or
Celeron with FC-PGA packaging at 100/133MHz system bus speed.
• System North Bridge Core Logic – implemented on the motherboard using the VIA
Twister chipset.
- SMA ( Share Memory Architecture )
- Savage IX AGP 3D Graphics Accelerator
• System South Bridge Core Logic – implemented on the motherboard using the VIA
VT82C686B PCI-to-ISA chipset.
- Enhanced IDE Interface for HDD, CD-ROM, and IDE Device Bay
- SoundBlaster/DirectSound AC97 Digital Audio Controller
- USB Interface for the external USB port
- Super I/O
• Clock Frequency Generator – implemented on the motherboard using the IMI 9806I
clock generator chip.
• Cache Memory Subsystem – implemented on-die on the Intel CPU.
• Video Subsystem – integrated on the motherboard using S3 Savage IX VGA chip and
on the LCD Panel for supporting the LCD and CRT.
• PCMCIA Subsystem – implemented on the motherboard using the O2Micro OZ6933
PCI-CARDBUS BRIDGE controller chip.
• Audio Subsystem – implement included on the VT82C686B.
• Keyboard and Pointing Device Subsystem – implemented on the AIO board, the
Keyboard assembly, and the Glidepad assembly.
• I/O Subsystem – implement included on the VT82C686B.
• Modem Feature Card – implemented on the motherboard via the mini-PCI bus
module socket.
• Power Subsystem – implemented on the battery board, LCD Inverter Board, Battery
Pack, and AC adapter.
• Micro-P Subsystem – implemented on the motherboard using Mitsubishi PMU07.