Aaeon GENE-9455 Rev.B Manual
Summary of GENE-9455 Rev.B
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B gene-9455 rev.B intel ® atom tm n270 processor with lvds, ethernet, 1 mini pci, 1 mini card, 6 usb2.0, 4 com, 1 parallel ac97 2.3 codec 2ch audio gene-9455 manual rev. B 1st ed. August 2010
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B i copyright notice this document is copyrighted, 2010. 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 ...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B ii acknowledgments all other products’ name or trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Z award is a trademark of award software international, inc. Z compactflash™ is a trademark of the compact flash association. Z intel ® , ato...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B iii packing list before you begin installing your card, please make sure that the following materials have been shipped: • gene-9455 rev.B cpu card • quick installation guide • cd-rom for manual (in pdf format) and drivers • cooler or heatsin...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B iv contents chapter 1 general information 1.1 introduction................................................................ 1-2 1.2 features .................................................................... 1-3 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 - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B v 2.18 2 nd lvds connector for 18/24-bit lcd (cn7) ........ 2-15 2.19 onboard bios programming i/f(cn8)(optional) ... 2-15 2.20 com port 4 connector (cn9) ................................. 2-16 2.21 uim connector (cn10) .........................
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B vi 2.42 mini-card slot (cn32) ............................................. 2-22 2.43 compactflash disk (cfd1) .................................... 2-23 2.44 mini-pci slot (mpc1) .............................................. 2-24 2.45 ddr2 s...
Page 8: General
S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B 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 - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B 1.1 introduction aaeon, a leading embedded boards manufacturer, is pleased to announce the debut of their new generation 3.5” subcompact board—gene-9455 rev.B. Gene-9455 rev.B adopts intel ® atom tm n270 processor. The system memory is deploy...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B 1.2 features z onboard intel ® atom™ n270 processor z intel ® 945gse + ich7m z sodimm ddr2 400/533, max. 2 gb z gigabit ethernet x 2 z crt, dual lvds lcds: 18-bit dual-channel lvds lcd + 24-bit dual-channel lvds lcd, tv z ac97 2.3 codec 2ch a...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B 1.3 specifications system z processor intel ® atom™ n270 processor up to 1.6 ghz with fsb 533 mhz z system memory 200-pin sodimm ddr2 400/533 x 1, max. 2gb z chipset intel ® 945gse+ich7m z i/o chipset ite 8781 z ethernet intel ® 82574l, 10/10...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B z power consumption intel ® atom™ n270, ddrii 667 2gb, 1.55a @ +12v z board size 5.75”(l) x 4”(w) (146mm x 101.6mm) z operating temperature 32˚f~ 140˚f (0˚c ~ 60˚c) z storage temperature -40˚f~ 176˚f (-40˚c ~ 80˚c) z operating humidity 0%~90%...
Page 13: I/o
S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B i/o z storage sata 1 x 1, type 2 compactflash™ x 1 z serial port rs-232 x 3, rs-232/422/485 x 1 z parallel port spp/epp/ecp x 1 z usb port usb2.0 x 6 z ps/2 port keyboard x 1, mouse x 1 z digital i/o supports 8-bit (programmable) z audio mic-...
Page 14: Quick
S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-1 quick installation chapter 2 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...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B 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...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-3 2.2 location of connectors and jumpers component side cn19 cn23 cn22 cn20 jp4 cn27 cn30 cn 8 mpc i1 cn 17 cn 21 cn1 cn4 cn3 cn 12 cn16 cn24 cn2 cn 1 5 cn 1 4 cn 1 3 cn 1 1 cn 9 cn 7 cn28 cn31 cn25 jp5 cn...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B solder side dimm1 cfd1 cn32 chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-4.
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-5 2.3 mechanical drawing component side (12.55) (12.55) (13.35) (17.30) (1.80) (6.50) (8.70) 0.00 0.0 0 2. 0 2 3.79 8.89 3. 2 2 18 .31 23.19 40.74 59.26 84.07 121.92 142.82 30 .14 38 .50 46 .83 55 .14 63 ....
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-6 solder side 0.0 0 0.00 11.94 32 .1 1 57 .1 1 67 .3 9 25.76 65.94 139.90 92 .0 5 25 .2 5.
Page 20: Jumpers
S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B 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 fu...
Page 21: Connectors
S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B 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 lab...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-9 cn20 sata 1 connector cn21 +12v power input connector cn22 rj-45 ethernet#1 connector cn23 rj-45 ethernet#2 connector cn24 usb port 5&6 connector cn25 +5v standby power output w/ ps_on# & smbus cn26 audi...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B 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 c...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-11 2.7 com2 ring/+5v/+12v selection (jp1) jp1 function 1-2 +12v 3-4 +5v 5-6 ri (default) 2.8 clear cmos (jp2) jp2 function 1-2 normal (default) 2-3 clear cmos 2.9 at/atx power mode selection (jp3) jp3 func...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-12 2.12 external +5v standby power input & ps on# (cn1) pin signal 1 ps_on# 2 ground 3 +5 volt. Standby 2.13 digital i/o connector (cn2) this connector offers 4-pair of digital i/o functions and address is...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-13 2.14 parallel port connector (cn3) pin name pin name 1 stb 2 afd# 3 d0 4 error# 5 d1 6 pinit# 7 d2 8 slin# 9 d3 10 ground 11 d4 12 ground 13 d5 14 ground 15 d6 16 ground 17 d7 18 ground 19 ack# 20 groun...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-14 5 txb 6 ctsb 7 dtrb 8 rib / +5 volt. / +12 volt. 9 ground 10 n/c com2 rs-422 mode pin signal pin signal 1 txd- 2 n/c 3 rxd+ 4 n/c 5 txd+ 6 n/c 7 rxd- 8 n/c / +5 volt. / +12 volt. 9 ground 10 n/c com2 rs...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-15 2.18 2nd lvds connector for 18/24-bit lcd (cn7) pin signal pin signal 1 back-light enable 2 n/c 3 lcd volt. 4 ground 5 lc_clk# 6 lc_clk 7 lcd volt. 8 ground 9 lc_data#_0 10 lc_data_0 11 lc_data#_1 12 lc...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-16 2.20 com port 4 connector (cn9) pin signal pin signal 1 dcdd 2 dsrd 3 rxd 4 rtsd 5 txd 6 ctsd 7 dtrd 8 rid 9 ground 10 n/c 2.21 uim connector (cn10) pin signal pin signal 1 uim_pwr 2 uim_rst 3 uim_clk 4...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-17 7 lcd volt. 8 ground 9 la_data#_0 10 la_data_0 11 la_data#_1 12 la_data_1 13 la_data#_2 14 la_data_2 15 n/c 16 n/c 17 n/c 18 n/c 19 lb_data#_0 20 lb_data_0 21 lb_data#_1 22 lb_data_1 23 lb_data#_2 24 lb...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-18 2.26 usb port 4 connector (cn15) pin signal 1 +5 volt. Standby 2 data- 3 data+ 4 ground 5 ground 2.27 2 nd lvds inverter connector (cn16) pin signal 1 +5 volt. / +12 volt. 2 brightness control 3 ground ...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-19 3 ground 4 ground 5 backlight enable (controlled by i82945gse) 2.30 keyboard/mouse connector (cn19) pin signal pin signal 1 keyboard data 2 keyboard clock 3 ground 4 +5 volt. 5 mouse data 6 mouse clock ...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-20 r3 mdi1_1+ / rxd+ r4 mdi1_1- / rxd- r5 tcd1_0 r6 tcd1_1 r7 mdi1_2+ r8 mdi1_2- r9 mdi1_3+ r10 mdi1_3- l1 spd100_1_led l2 spd1k_1_led l3 act_1_led l4 +3.3 volt. 2.34 rj-45 ethernet #2 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 - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-21 3 smbclk 4 ground 5 ps_on# 6 +5 volt. Standby 2.37 audio in/out/ cd in and mic connector (cn26) pin signal pin signal 1 mic 2 mic_vcc 3 ground 4 cd_gnd 5 line_in l 6 cd_l 7 line_in r 8 cd_gnd 9 ground 1...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-22 2.40 crt display connector (cn30) pin signal pin signal 1 red 2 green 3 blue 4 n/c 5 green 6 ground 7 ground 8 ground 9 +5 volt. 10 crt_plug# 11 n/c 12 ddcdata 13 hsync 14 vsync 15 ddcclk 2.41 com port ...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-23 13 pcie_clk 14 uim_reset 15 ground 16 uim_vpp 17 n/c 18 ground 19 n/c 20 w_disable# 21 ground 22 pcie_rst# 23 pcie_rxn 24 +3.3 volt. Standby 25 pcie_rxp 26 ground 27 ground 28 +1.5 volt. 29 ground 30 sm...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-24 6 pdd7 31 pdd15 7 pdcs#1 32 pdcs#3 8 ground 33 ground 9 ground 34 pdior# 10 ground 35 pdiow# 11 ground 36 +3.3 volt. 12 ground 37 int_irq14 13 +3.3 volt. 38 +3.3 volt. 14 ground 39 csel# 15 ground 40 n/...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 2 quick installation guide 2-25 below table for china rohs requirements 产品中有毒有害物质或元素名称及含量 aaeon main board/ daughter board/ backplane 有毒有害物质或元素 部件名称 铅 (pb) 汞 (hg) 镉 (cd) 六价铬 (cr(vi)) 多溴联苯 (pbb) 多溴二苯醚 (pbde) 印刷电路板 及其电子组件 × ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 外部...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 3 award bios setup 3-1 award chapter 3 bios setup.
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B 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. There are two kinds of er...
Page 41: Entering Setup
S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B 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 information when the powe...
Page 42: Pnp/pci Configurations
S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B (hdd power down, power on by ring, kb wake up, etc.) pnp/pci configurations this entry appears if your system supports pnp/pci. Pc health status this menu allows you to set the shutdown temperature for your system. Load fail-safe defaults use...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 4 driver installation 4-1 driver chapter 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 - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 4 driver installation 4-2 the gene-9455 rev.B comes with a cd-rom that contains all drivers and utilities that meet your needs. Follow the sequence below to install the drivers: step 1 – install inf driver step 2 – install vga driver ...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter4 drivers installation 4-3 4.1 installation: insert the gene-9455 rev.B cd-rom into the cd-rom drive. And install the drivers from step 1 to step 5 in order. Step 1 – install inf driver 1. Click on the step 1 - inf update utility folde...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B chapter 4 driver installation 4-4 step 4 – install audio driver 1. Click on the step 4 - realtek alc655 audio driver folder and select the os folder your system is 2. Double click on the setup.Exe file located in each os folder 3. Follow the ...
Page 47: Programming The
S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-1 programming the appendix 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 - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-2 a.1 programming gene-9455 rev.B utilizes ite 8781 chipset as its watchdog timer controller. Below are the procedures to complete its configuration and the aaeon initial watchdog timer program is a...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-3 there are three steps to complete the configuration setup: (1) enter the mb pnp mode; (2) modify the data of configuration registers; (3) exit the mb pnp mode. Undesired result may occur if the mb...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-4 watchdog timer configuration registers configure control (index=02h) this register is write only. Its values are not sticky; that is to say, a hardware reset will automatically clear the bits, and...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-5 watch dog timer 1, 2, 3 configuration register (index=72h, 82h, 92h default=001s0000b) watch dog timer 1,2,3 time-out value (lsb) register (index=73h,83h,93h, default=38h) watch dog timer 1,2,3 ti...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-6 a.2 ite8781 watchdog timer initial program .Model small .Code main: call enter_configuration_mode call check_chip mov cl, 7 call set_logic_device ;time setting mov cl, 10 ; 10 sec dec al watch_dog...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-7 call superio_set_reg ; game port enable mov cl, 9 call set_logic_device initial_ok: call exit_configuration_mode mov ah,4ch int 21h enter_configuration_mode proc near mov si,word ptr cs:[offset cf...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-8 call write_configuration_data ret exit_configuration_mode endp check_chip proc near mov al,20h call read_configuration_data cmp al,87h jne not_initial mov al,21h call read_configuration_data cmp a...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-9 out dx,al mov dx,word ptr cs:[cfg_port+06h] in al,dx ret read_configuration_data endp write_configuration_data proc near mov dx,word ptr cs:[cfg_port+04h] out dx,al xchg al,ah mov dx,word ptr cs:[...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B appendix a programming the watchdog timer a-10 set_logic_device proc near push ax push cx xchg al,cl mov cl,07h call superio_set_reg pop cx pop ax ret set_logic_device endp ;select 02eh->index port, 02fh->data port cfg_port db 087h,001h,055h,...
Page 57: I/o Information
S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B 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 - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B 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 - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B appendix b i/o information b - 3 b.2 1 st mb 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 - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B appendix b i/o information b - 4 b.3 irq mapping chart b.4 dma channel assignments.
Page 61: Mating Connecotor
S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B appendix c mating connector c - 1 mating connecotor appendix c.
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B 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 external +5vsb power in...
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S u b c o m p a c t b o a r d g e n e - 9 4 5 5 r e v . B appendix c mating connector c - 3 cable cn16 2 nd lvds inverter connector molex zhr-5 invertor cable 1705050153 cn18 1 st lvds inverter connector molex zhr-5 invertor cable 1705050153 cn19 keyboard / mouse connector catch a003-290 kb/ms cable...