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Aaeon GENE-6315 User Manual

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Summary of GENE-6315

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 gene-6315 onboard via mark 533/800mhz processors up to 36-bit ttl/lvds tft lcd 144-pin sdram sodimm memory ac-97 2.0 codec with s/p dif 2usb 2.0 / 2 usb1.1 / 4 com gene-6315 manual rev.A 2nd ed. Jan. 2007.

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 i copyright notice this document is copyrighted, 2007. All rights are reserved. The original manufacturer reserves the right to make improvements to the products described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be reprodu...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 ii acknowledgments all other products’ name or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Award is a trademark of award software international, inc. Compactflash™ is a trademark of the compact flash association. Via mark™ is a trademark of v...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 iii packing list before you begin installing your card, please make sure that the following materials have been shipped: • 1 gene-6315 cpu card • 1 quick installation guide • 1 cd-rom for manual (in pdf format) and drivers • 1 9681631500 cable kit 1701...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 iv contents chapter 1 general information 1.1 introduction................................................................ 1-2 1.2 features .................................................................... 1-4 1.3 specifications .......................

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 v 2.18 floppy connector (cn6) ......................................... 2-17 2.19 front panel connector (cn7) ................................. 2-18 2.20 com2 rs-232/422/485 serial port connector (cn9) .....................................................

  • Page 7: Appendix C Mating Connector

    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 vi chapter 4 driver installation 4.1 installation ................................................................. 4-3 appendix a programming the watchdog timer a.1 programming .........................................................A-2 appendix b i/...

  • Page 8: General

    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 1 general information 1- 1 general chapter 1 information.

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 1 general information 1- 2 1.1 introduction aaeon, a leading professional embedded boards manufacturer, launches a new subcompact board which adopts a via mark low power processor. To complete the product line of subcompact boards, aaeon is ple...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 1 general information 1- 3 improved the performance of thermal spreading. Aaeon has a thorough solution for it and customers need not worry about the heat spreading system when utilizing the gene-6315..

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 1 general information 1- 4 1.2 features onboard via mark series processors supports up to 36-bit ttl/lvds tft lcd supports sodimm sdram pc-133 memory up to 1gb supports compactflash type ii 2 usb 2.0/ 2 usb 1.1/ 8-bit digital i/o/ 4 com support...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 1 general information 1- 5 1.3 specifications system cpu onboard via mark 533/800 mhz processor (fsb 100/133mhz) system memory 1 x 144-pin sdram sodimm, max. 1gb (pc-133) chipset via mark + vt82c686b i/o chipset vt82c686b + winbond w83977ef eth...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 1 general information 1- 6 display: supports crt/lcd, crt/tv & lcd/tv simultaneous display chipset via mark + ti sn75lvds83 memory shared system memory up to 32mb resolutions up to 1600x1200@24bpp for crt; up to 1280x1024@18bpp for lcd lcd inte...

  • Page 14: Quick

    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2 - 1 chapter 2 quick installation guide notice: the quick installation guide is derived from chapter 2 of user manual. For other chapters and further installation instructions, please refer to the user manual cd-rom ...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2 - 2 2.1 safety precautions always completely disconnect the power cord from your board whenever you are working on it. Do not make connections while the power is on, because a sudden rush of power can damage sensiti...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2- 3 2.2 location of connectors and jumpers component side.

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2 - 4 solder side.

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2- 5 2.3 mechanical drawing component side.

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2 - 6 solder side.

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2- 7 2.4 list of jumpers the board has a number of jumpers that allow you to configure your system to suit your application. The table below shows the function of each of the board's jumpers: jumpers label function jp...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2 - 8 2.5 list of connectors the board has a number of connectors that allow you to configure your system to suit your application. The table below shows the function of each board's connectors: connectors label funct...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2- 9 cn20 ps2 keyboard/mouse connector cn21 vga display connector cn22 compactflash slot cn23 option pme connector cn24 com3 rs-232 serial port connector cn25 com4 rs-232 serial port connector cn26 atx power connector...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2 - 10 2.6 setting jumpers you configure your card to match the needs of your application by setting jumpers. A jumper is the simplest kind of electric switch. It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip (oft...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2- 11 2.7 lvds power selection (jp1) jp1 function 1-2 +5v 2-3 +3.3v (default) 2.8 pci signaling voltage (vi/o) selection (jp4) jp4 function 1-2 +5v 2-3 +3.3v (default) 2.9 clear cmos (jp5) jp5 function 1-2 protected (...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2 - 12 2.11 atx power/ at power (jp7) jp7 function n.C. At 1-2 atx (default) 2.12 com2 ring/+5v/+12v selection (jp8) jp8 function 1-2 +12v 3-4 +5v 5-6 ring (default) 2.13 eide connector (cn1) pin signal pin signal 1 i...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2- 13 19 gnd 20 n.C 21 req 22 gnd 23 io write 24 gnd 25 io read 26 gnd 27 io ready 28 gnd 29 dack 30 gnd 31 irq14 32 n.C 33 addr1 34 udma detect 35 addr0 36 addr2 37 cs#1 38 cs#3 39 led 40 gnd 41 +5v 42 +5v 43 gnd 44 ...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2 - 14 2.15 fan connector (cn3) pin signal 1 gnd 2 +5v 3 speed sense 2.16 ttl-lcd connector 1 (cn4) for 18-bit/ channel 1 36-bit ttl-lcd pin signal pin signal 1 +5v 2 +5v 3 gnd 4 gnd 5 +3.3v 6 +3.3v 7 enbkl 8 gnd 9 n....

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2- 15 27 red0-0 28 red0-1 29 red0-2 30 red0-3 31 red0-4 32 red0-5 33 gnd 34 gnd 35 dot_clock 36 vsync 37 de 38 hsync 39 n.C. 40 enavee for 24-bit ttl-lcd pin signal pin signal 1 +5v 2 +5v 3 gnd 4 gnd 5 +3.3v 6 +3.3v 7...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2 - 16 29 red0-4 30 red0-5 31 red0-6 32 red0-7 33 gnd 34 gnd 35 dot_clock 36 vsync 37 de 38 hsync 39 n.C. 40 enavee note: if you need to use a 36-bit ttl lcd, please plug your cable into both cn4 and cn5. 2.17 ttl- lc...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2- 17 2.18 floppy connector (cn6) pin signal pin signal 1 gnd 2 #redwc 3 gnd 4 n.C 5 gnd 6 #ds1 7 gnd 8 #index 9 gnd 10 #motor a 11 gnd 12 #drive select b 13 gnd 14 #drive select a 15 gnd 16 #motor b 17 gnd 18 #dir 19...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2 - 18 2.19 front panel connector (cn7) pin signal pin signal 1 power on button(-) 2 power on button(+) 3 ide led(-) 4 ide led(+) 5 external buzzer(-) 6 external buzzer(+) 7 power led(-) 8 power led(+) 9 reset switch(...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2- 19 5 data1 6 #init 7 data2 8 #slin 9 data3 10 gnd 11 data4 12 gnd 13 data5 14 gnd 15 data6 16 gnd 17 data7 18 gnd 19 #ack 20 gnd 21 busy 22 gnd 23 pe 24 gnd 25 select 26 n.C 2.22 battery connector (cn12) pin signal...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2 - 20 9 line_in_gnd 10 cd_in_r 11 line_out_l 12 line_out_r 13 line_out_gnd 14 line_out_gnd 2.24 at power connector (cn15) pin signal pin signal 1 +5v 2 gnd 3 gnd 4 +12v 2.25 usb connector (cn16) (supports usb 2.0/1.1...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2- 21 5 usbd3+ 6 usbd4+ 7 gnd 8 usbd4- 9 gnd 10 +5v 2.27 com1 rs-232 serial port connector (cn18) pin signal pin signal 1 dcd 2 rxd 3 txd 4 dtr 5 gnd 6 dsr 7 rts 8 cts 9 ri 2.28 irda connector (cn19) pin signal 1 +5v ...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2 - 22 2.29 vga display connector (cn21) pin signal pin signal 1 red 2 green 3 blue 4 n.C. 5 gnd 6 gnd 7 gnd 8 gnd 9 +5v 10 gnd 11 n.C 12 ddcdat 13 hsync 14 vsync 15 ddcclk 16 gnd 2.30 option pme connector (cn23) pin ...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2- 23 2.31 com3 rs-232 serial port connector (cn24) pin signal pin signal 1 dcd 2 rxd 3 txd 4 dtr 5 gnd 6 dsr 7 rts 8 cts 9 ri 10 n.C. 2.32 com4 rs-232 serial port connector (cn25) pin signal pin signal 1 dcd 2 rxd 3 ...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2 - 24 5 ps-on 6 +5vsb 2.34 digital i/o connector (cn27) pin signal pin signal 1 dio-1 2 dio-2 3 dio-3 4 dio-4 5 dio-5 6 dio-6 7 dio-7 8 dio-8 9 +5v 10 gnd address table gp1 gp2 set1 280h (default) 290h (default) set2...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2- 25 dio1-5 cn27 pin 5 gp2_bit 0 u30 pin 69 (gp20) dio1-6 cn27 pin 6 gp2_bit 1 u30 pin 70 (gp21) dio1-7 cn27 pin 7 gp2_bit 2 u30 pin 72 (gp22) dio1-8 cn27 pin 8 gp2_bit 3 u30 pin 73 (gp23) note: you can choose one se...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2 - 26 21 ch2_lvds_tx1- 12 ch2_lvds_tx1+ 23 ch2_lvds_tx2- 14 ch2_lvds_tx2+ 25 n.C. 26 n.C. 27 ppvcc 28 gnd 29 ch2_lvds_txclk- 30 ch2_lvds_txclk+ 2.37 24-bit lvds connector (cn31) pin signal pin signal 1 enbkl 2 n.C. 3...

  • Page 40: Award

    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 3 award bios setup 3-1 chapter award bios setup 3.

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 3 award bios setup 3-2 3.1 system test and initialization these routines test and initialize board hardware. If the routines encounter an error during the tests, you will either hear a few short beeps or see an error message on the screen. Ther...

  • Page 42: Entering Setup

    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 3 award bios setup 3-3 3.2 award bios setup awards 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 cmos ram so that it retains the setup info...

  • Page 43: Advanced Chipset Features

    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 3 award bios setup 3-4 advanced chipset features use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system performance. Integrated peripherals use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals. (primar...

  • Page 44: Load Optimized Defaults

    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 3 award bios setup 3-5 load optimized defaults use this menu to load the bios default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations. While award has designated the custom bios to maximize performance, the factory ha...

  • Page 45: Driver

    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 4 driver installation 4-1 chapter driver 4 installation.

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 4 driver installation 4-2 the gene-6315 comes with an autorun cd-rom that contains all drivers and utilities that can help you to install the driver automatically. Insert the driver cd, the driver cd-title will auto start and show the installat...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 4 driver installation 4-3 4.1 installation: insert the gene-6315 cd-rom into the cd-rom drive and install the drivers from step 1 to step 5 in order. Step 1 – install system driver 1. Click on the step 1 – system folder 2. Double click on viahy...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 chapter 4 driver installation 4-4 step 4 – install audio driver 1. Click on the step 4 – audio folder 2. Double click on setup file 3. Follow the instructions that the window shows 4. The system will help you install the driver automatically step 5 – i...

  • Page 49: Programming The

    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-1 appendix programming the a watchdog timer.

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-2 a.1 programming gene-6315 contains a watchdog timer reset pin. (gp16) all reference material can be found on the following pages. ==================================================* * ** title : watchdog ti...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-3 /* set i/o address : 370/371 or 3f0/3f1 */ #define io_index_port 0x370 #define io_data_port 0x371 /* set watchdog reset pin : 12/13/16 */ #define watch_dog_output_gp 16 #define unlock_data 0x87 #define lock...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-4 { outportb(io_index_port, lock_data); } void selectdevice(unsigned char device) { outportb(io_index_port, device_register); outportb(io_data_port, device); } unsigned char readadata(short int reg) { outport...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-5 } void setwatchdogtime(unsigned char time_val) { enterconfigmode(); selectdevice(8); //set register f2 //set watch-dog timer 1~ 256 writeadata(0xf2, time_val); // set counter counts in second (or minute) //...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-6 short int value; //enter w83977 configure mode enterconfigmode(); //select device 7 selectdevice(7); //set device active writeadata(0x30, 0x01); //caution:skip this step will be a mistake!! If (watch_dog_ou...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-7 writeadata(0xe3, 0x0a); } else if(watch_dog_output_gp==16) { //set register e6 to define gp16 writeadata(0xe6, 0x0a); } //select device 8 selectdevice(8); //set register f3 //keyboard and mouse interrupt re...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-9 void main(int argc, char* argv[]) { int time_value=0; char *ptr; printf(“winbond 83977 watchdog timer setup utility version 1.0 " ); printf(“ccopyright (c) 2000 aaeon technology inc."); printf(“tthis ve...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-10 time_value = atoi(ptr); } if (time_value > 0 && time_value { setwatchdogtime((unsigned char) time_value); init_w83977tf_aw_watchdog(); printf(“watch dog timer set up : %d ",time_value); } }.

  • Page 59: I/o Information

    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix b i/o information b-1 i/o information appendix b.

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix b i/o information b-2 b.1 i/o address map.

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix b i/o information b-3 b.2 memory address map.

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix b i/o information b-4 b.3 irq mapping chart b.4 dma channel assignments.

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix b i/o information b-5 b.5 digital i/o address digital i/0 port address : specified in bios setup manual (integrated peripherals -> digital i/o, port address) digital i/o port bit mapping: address1 bit 0 --- cn27 pin 1 address1 bit 1 --- cn27 p...

  • Page 64: Mating Connecotor

    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix c mating connector c - 1 mating connecotor x appendi c.

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix c mating connector c - 2 c.1 list of mating connectors and cables the table notes mating connectors and available cables. Mating connector connector label function vendor model no available cable cable p/n cn1 ide connector astron 2.0mm 44pins...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix c mating connector c - 3 cn7 front panel connector astron 2.0mm 10pins (27-24041-205-1g- tb1-r or compatible) n/a n/a cn9 rs-232/42 2/485 serial port connector catch 2.0mm 10pins (1147-000-10msp or compatible) serial port cable 1701100206 cn10...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix c mating connector c - 4 cn16 usb1 / usb2 connector (support usb 2.0/ usb 1.1) jih vei 2.0mm 10pins (21b22050-10s10b or compatible) usb cable 1709100201 cn17 usb3 / usb4 connector (support usb1.1) jih vei 2.0mm 10pins (21b22050-10s10b or compa...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix c mating connector c - 5 cn22 type1 compact flash slot speed tech n016@0140-004 or compatible n/a n/a cn24 rs-232 serial port connector catch 2.0mm 10pins (1147-000-10msp or compatible) serial port cable 1701100206 cn25 rs-232 serial port conn...

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    S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 6 3 1 5 appendix c mating connector c - 6 cn32 10/100 or 100/1000 base-tx ethernet connecto speed tech p26@p04-1dc7 or compatible) n/a n/a dimm1 sdram sodimm slot amp 390112-1 or compatible) n/a n/a.