FIC A360 service manual Hardware Functional Overview

Hardware Functional Overview Chapter4

4.1Overview

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.

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