
TECHNICAL USER'S MANUAL FOR:
PC/104 plus
MSM800SEV/SEL
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ATTENTION:
All information in this manual and about the product are subject to change without prior notice.
REVISION HISTORY:
Product
Version
BIOS
Version
Doc.
Version
Date/Vis:
Modification:
Remarks, News, Attention:
V1.1 V1.05 V0.1 02.2006 KUF Initial Version
V1.1 V1.05 V0.2 03.2006 DAR Preliminary Version
V1.1 V1.05 V0.3 03.2006 DAR Preliminary Version
V1.2 V1.06 V0.4 06.2006 DAR Preliminary Version
V1.2 V1.08 V1.0 07.2006 DAR Final Release
V1.2 V1.08 V1.0A 07.2006 DAR LCD connector / Flat Panel description
V1.2 V1.09 V1.0B 08.2006 DAR Minor corrections, BIOS update
V2.1 V1.10b V1.1 10.2006 DAR System I/O Map / Index structure, Board Version 2.1
ATTENTION
1. All information in this manual and the product are subject to change without prior notice.
2. Read this manual prior installation of the product.
3. Read the security information carefully prior installtion of the product.

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Table of Contents
1 Preface.............................................................................................................................6
1.1
Trademarks....................................................................................................................... 6
1.2
Disclaimer......................................................................................................................... 6
1.3
Environmental Protection Statement.............................................................................. 6
1.4
Who should use this Product.......................................................................................... 6
1.5
How to use this Manual ................................................................................................... 6
1.6
Recycling Information...................................................................................................... 6
1.7
Technical Support............................................................................................................ 7
1.8
Limited Two Year Warranty ............................................................................................. 7
1.9
Explanation of Symbols................................................................................................... 8
1.10
For Your Safety ............................................................................................................. 9
2 Overview........................................................................................................................10
2.1
Standard Features.......................................................................................................... 10
2.2
Unique Features............................................................................................................. 10
2.3
MSM800SEV Block Diagram.......................................................................................... 11
2.4
MSM800SEV/SEL specifications ................................................................................... 12
2.5
Ordering codes examples ............................................................................................. 15
2.6
Mechanical Dimensions................................................................................................. 16
2.6.1
MSM800SEV/SEL V2.0/2.1 ....................................................................................................... 16
2.6.2
MSM800-LVDSCON .................................................................................................................. 17
2.6.3
MSM800-DVICON ..................................................................................................................... 18
2.6.4
MSM800-CON............................................................................................................................ 19
2.7
MSM800SEV Incompatibilities to a standard PC/AT.................................................... 21
2.7.1
PC104 BUS / ISA BUS .............................................................................................................. 21
2.7.2
ISA-Incompatibilitiy with ISA-PCCARD-Controller..................................................................... 22
2.7.3
ISA-Incompatibilitiy with 16Bit I/O Transfer with FPGA-Decoder ............................................ 22
2.7.4
ISA-Incompatibilitiy with 16Bit Memory Transfer with FPGA-Decoder ................................... 22
2.8
Related Application Notes............................................................................................. 23
2.9
Thermoscan.................................................................................................................... 24
2.10
High frequency Radiation (to meet EN55022) ........................................................... 25
2.11
Battery-Lifetime .......................................................................................................... 26
2.11.1
External battery assembling:...................................................................................................... 26
3 Bus Signals ...................................................................................................................27
3.1
PC104 Bus ...................................................................................................................... 27
3.2
Expansion Bus ............................................................................................................... 30
3.3
Addressing PCI devices ................................................................................................ 30
3.3.1
MSM800SEV V2.1 ..................................................................................................................... 30
3.3.2
MSM800SEV V1.0/V1.1/V1.2 .................................................................................................... 30
4 Detailed System Description .......................................................................................31
4.1
Power Requirements ..................................................................................................... 31
4.2
Boot time ........................................................................................................................ 31
4.3
CPU, Boards and RAMs................................................................................................. 32
4.3.1
CPUs of this MICROSPACE Product ........................................................................................ 32
4.3.2
Numeric Coprocessor ................................................................................................................ 32
4.3.3
DDRAM Memory........................................................................................................................ 32
4.4
Interface.......................................................................................................................... 33
4.4.1
Keyboard AT compatible and PS/2 Mouse................................................................................ 33
4.4.2
Line Printer Port LPT1 ............................................................................................................... 33
4.4.3
Serial Ports COM1-COM2 ......................................................................................................... 33
4.4.4
Floppy Disk Interface ................................................................................................................. 34
4.4.5
Speaker Interface....................................................................................................................... 34
4.5
Controllers...................................................................................................................... 35
4.5.1
Interrupt Controllers ................................................................................................................... 35

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4.6
Timers and Counters ..................................................................................................... 35
4.6.1
Programmable Timers ............................................................................................................... 35
4.6.2
RTC (Real Time Clock).............................................................................................................. 36
4.6.3
Watchdog................................................................................................................................... 36
4.7
BIOS................................................................................................................................ 37
4.7.1
BIOS History .............................................................................................................................. 37
4.7.2
Core bios download ................................................................................................................... 38
4.7.3
ROM-BIOS Sockets ................................................................................................................... 39
4.7.4
BIOS CMOS Setup .................................................................................................................... 39
4.8
CMOS RAM Map ............................................................................................................. 40
4.9
EEPROM saved CMOS Setup........................................................................................ 46
4.9.1
EEPROM Memory for Setup...................................................................................................... 47
4.10
Memory & I/O Map....................................................................................................... 48
4.10.1
System Memory Map ................................................................................................................. 48
4.10.2
System I/O map ......................................................................................................................... 48
5 VGA, LCD.......................................................................................................................53
5.1.1
VGA / LCD Controller of the GEODE LX800 ............................................................................. 53
5.1.2
Graphic modes........................................................................................................................... 53
5.1.3
Flat Panel Functional Description .............................................................................................. 54
6 Description of the connectors .....................................................................................55
7 Jumper locations on the board....................................................................................68
7.1
The jumpers on MSM800SEV V2.1................................................................................ 68
8 Cable interface ..............................................................................................................71
8.1
The harddisk cable 44pin .............................................................................................. 71
8.2
The COM 1/2 serial interface cable ............................................................................... 72
8.3
The printer interface cable ............................................................................................ 73
8.4
The Micro Floppy interface cable.................................................................................. 74
9 Operating Systems Compatibility................................................................................75
9.1
Microsoft Windows ........................................................................................................ 75
9.2
Microsoft Windows CE 4.2 / 5.0..................................................................................... 75
9.3
LINUX .............................................................................................................................. 75
9.4
Realtime OS.................................................................................................................... 75
10 Driver Installation........................................................................................................76
10.1
Windows 2000 & XP.................................................................................................... 76
10.1.1
Encryption / Decryption Controller ............................................................................................. 76
10.1.2
Audio / Multimedia ..................................................................................................................... 79
10.1.3
VGA............................................................................................................................................ 80
10.1.4
Ethernet / LAN ........................................................................................................................... 82
10.1.5
Int15 emulator driver for W2k/XP............................................................................................... 84
10.1.6
Windows XP 2
nd
IDE bugfix ....................................................................................................... 84
11 Software.......................................................................................................................85
11.1
Windows Int15 Tool .................................................................................................... 85
11.1.1
Int15 Windows Software ............................................................................................................ 85
12 Special Peripherals, Configuration, Software ..........................................................86
12.1
The Special Function Interface for MICROSPACE Computers SFI......................... 86
12.1.1
INT 15h SFR Functions ............................................................................................................. 86
12.1.2
Int15 emulator driver for Windows ............................................................................................. 89
13 Thermal Specifications...............................................................................................92
13.1
Thermal Analysis for Case Integration...................................................................... 92
14 Diagnostics .................................................................................................................93
14.1
POST CODES .............................................................................................................. 93
15 Core BIOS Setup.........................................................................................................95

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15.1
Setup Menu Screens and Navigation ........................................................................ 95
15.2
Main Menu ................................................................................................................... 95
15.3
Motherboard.............................................................................................................. 100
16 Assemblings view.....................................................................................................105
16.1
MSM800SEV 2.1 ........................................................................................................ 105
17 Drawings of older board versions ...........................................................................107
17.1
Version 1.2................................................................................................................. 107
17.2
Version 1.0 / V1.1 ...................................................................................................... 109
17.3
Mechanical Dimensions V1.0/1.1/1.2 ....................................................................... 111
18 Connectors and jumpers of older board versions .................................................112
18.1
Description of the connectors for V1.0/V1.1/V1.2 ................................................... 112
18.2
The jumpers on MSM800SEV V1.1/V1.2 .................................................................. 124
19 INDEX.........................................................................................................................125