Little Board P6d Module

BIOS Support of Standard Flat Panels

The Little Board P6d system can support flat panel BIOS settings for up to 16 popular LCD panels, but only 8 have been configured in the BIOS. You select which flat panel BIOS settings to use in Setup. For details about configuring the video controller, refer to the description of the Integrated Peripherals Setup on page 2–48. For the current list of supported panels types, refer to Table 2-48.

If you plan to use an unsupported panel, you must modify the standard BIOS to support the panel. Ampro can provide a BIOS modification kit to you for this purpose. The new video BIOS is then loaded into the on-board Flash device.

To install the new video BIOS code in the on-board OEM Flash memory device:

1.Install jumper W2 to write-enable the Flash device.

2.Install your new video BIOS code in the on-board Flash device using a utility called PGM6X.COM, supplied by Ampro on the utility disk that comes with the Little Board P6d Development Platform.

3.Remove W2 to write-protect the on-board Flash device.

PGM6X is a DOS utility designed to write to the on-board Flash device (The on-board Flash device contains the system’s BIOS and the video BIOS). Instructions for this utility are provided on the utility diskette. Contact your Ampro sales representative or Ampro Technical Support for information about the Little Board P6d Flat Panel BIOS Modification Kit.

Connecting a CRT (J17)

Analog video signals from the video controller appear on a 10-pin dual-row header. These signals are compatible with the standard video monitors commonly used with desktop PCs. Specifications for compatible monitors are provided in Chapter 3, Technical Specifications.

Normally, the signals are connected to a standard DB-15 video connector by a “transition cable,” made from a ribbon cable connectors and a short length of 10-wire ribbon cable. A transition cable can connect the video signals to a bulkhead-mounted DB-15 connector, allowing any standard CRT to be easily connected using a standard monitor video cable.

+5V power, protected by a fuse, can supply power to an external device, such as an NTSC Video adapter module. Table 2-32gives the signal pinout of J17 and pin connections for a DB-15 connector. Table 2-33shows mating connectors.

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Ampro Corporation 5001451A manual Bios Support of Standard Flat Panels, Connecting a CRT J17

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