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PC DEBUG CARD SERIES USER GUIDE：DEBUG KING

DEBUG CARD EXPERT

INDEX

CHAPTER 1: DEBUG KING（3-IN-1）DEBUG CARD···· 03

CHAPTER 2: DEBUG KING（5-IN-1）DEBUG CARD···· 14

CHAPTER 3: DEBUG KING（ＰＣＩ）DEBUG CARD···· 19

CHAPTER 4: 3-IN-1 LED DEBUG CARD ········ 24

CHAPTER 5: PCI LED DEBUG CARD + LCD CONNECTOR · 24

APPENDIX 1: DEBUG KING SELF-DIAGNOSIS······ 25

APPENDIX 2: MINI PCIE INTERFACE DEFINITION ··· 25

APPENDIX 3: DEBUG KING DEBUG CODE DESCRIPTION·· 26


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CHAPTER 1: DEBUG KING (3-IN-1) USER GUIDE

DEBUG KING (3-IN-1) is the upgraded version of the Three-IN-One

Notebook Debug Card, and it is composed by two parts: DEBUG KING HOST

and 3-IN-1 INTERPOSER. DEBUG KING HOST is powered by USB port, and

using LCD to display English and Photos. Also, it supports the debug code

lookup feature so that users can be easy to find the different debug code English

description. The 3-IN-1 INTERPOSER supports notebook MiniPCIe, MiniPCI

and LPC bus interface. DEBUG KING HOST gets notebook debug code from

3-IN-1 INTERPOSER, and then shows the corresponding English or Photos

information based on the debug code, and also gives repair suggestion. With

DEBUG KING (3-IN-1), Users don’t need to remember the meaning of every

debug code, and DEBUG KING can show it to user directly. It is convenient for

uses to fix their computer issues quickly.

1： The Structure of DEBUG KING HOST

2： The USB Port of DEBUG KING HOST

3： The LED Indicators in DEBUG KING HOST

4： The Buttons in DEBUG KING HOST

5： The LCD Display in DEBUG KING HOST

6： How to upgrade the Debug Code English Description


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7： The Structure of 3-IN-1 INTERPOSER

8： The Mini PCI-E Interface in 3-IN-1 INTERPOSER

9： The Mini PCI Interface in 3-IN-1 INTERPOSER

10：The LPC Interface in 3-IN-1 INTERPOSER

11: DEBUG KING (3-IN-1) Offline Use Guide

12: DEBUG KING (3-IN-1) Online Use Guide

1： The Structure of DEBUG KING HOST


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○1 Debug King LCD Screen to show English and Photos

○2 Debug King Buttons to change the debug code or BIOS type

○3 Debug King LED Indicator to show the working mode

○4 Debug King USB Port to be used to provide power

○5 Debug King EEPROM chip to save English and Photos data

○6 Debug King ASIC to deal with the signals

○7 Debug King External Port to connect 3-IN-1 Interposer

2：The USB Port of DEBUG KING HOST

Debug King is powered by USB port. After connecting Debug King to

computer’s USB port, Debug King enters offline working mode.

3： The LED Indicators in DEBUG KING HOST

There are two LED indicators in the top-right corner of Debug King.

When the left LED is on, it means Debug King is in offline mode, and 3-IN-1

Interposer isn’t connected yet. When the right LED is on, it means Debug King

is in online mode, and 3-IN-1 Interposer has been connected.

4：The Buttons in DEBUG KING HOST

Debug King Buttons are used to change the debug code. When in offline

mode, one button is used to change the ten digits, another is used to change the


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lowest digit. With this, users can quickly find the English description of every

debug code. When in online mode, these two buttons are used for page-up and

page-down feature.

The different motherboards may use different BIOS types. Currently, the

main BIOS types include: AMI, AWARD, and Phoenix. Before using debug king,

uses need to set the correct BIOS type first. When switching BIOS type, first,

pushing the up-button, then pushing the down-button without releasing the

up-bottom, the BIOS type switching information will show in the LCD screen.

When pushing the down-button first, then pushing the up-button, Debug

king will show the product SN number and register code.

5： The LCD Display in DEBUG KING HOST

Debug King uses LCD screen to show English or Photos information.

When Debug King is powered on, it will show the version information as below:

DEBUG KING Version includes two parts:

１) The left side of the dot is the firmware version

２) The right side of the dot is the Debug Code English

description message version

In offline mode, when pushing any of the buttons, users can read the debug code

description of every debug code. In the bottom-right corner, Debug King will

show the debug code as “XX”, which is the same as the traditional LED debug


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code number. A letter is followed up after the number to show the BIOS type.

Usually, “m” means AMI BIOS, “w” means AWARD BIOS, “p” means

PHOENIX BIOS, and “u” means AUTO BIOS. AUTO BIOS is Debug King’s

Smart BIOS Code. Debug King uses English

description for AMI/AWARD/PHOENIX BIOS, and

use Photos for Auto BIOS. Please refer the appendix

part to get more information about AUTO BIOS.

6： How to upgrade the Debug Code Description

Because motherboard technology development is so quickly, the debug

code description may also be changed with the time passing. Debug King allows

users to upgrade the debug code description themselves.

All debug code English and Photos description is saved into this EEPROM

chip. Currently, over 1000 items are saved in this chip. When there is some

version change in the description, user can be easy to upgrade the product

themselves by replacing or re-writing this EEPROM chips.

When upgrading this EEPROM chip, please turn off the power and use

screwdriver to take off this chip, then use programmer to program this chip with

new version data. Then re-install this chip to Debug King. When new version data

is available, users can download new version data from website, or they can

purchase it from the sellers directly


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7： The Structure of 3-IN-1 INTERPOSER

① Mini-PCI interface to support notebook

② Mini-PCIe interface to support notebook

③ LPC interface to support notebook

④ LED indicators to show CLK and RESET singals

⑤ ASIC to deal with Mini-PCI/Mini-PCIe/LPC signals

⑥ Connector to connect this interposer to main-board

⑦ Reserved for manufacture test only

8： The Mini PCI-E Interface in 3-IN-1 INTERPOSER

Mini-PCIe is used as a trend in the new notebooks. Comparing to

Mini-PCI, Mini-PCIe occupies less space. The 3-IN-1 Interposer uses the below

pins: PIN-8, PIN-10, PIN-12, PIN-14, PIN-16, PIN-17, and PIN-19. Those pins

definitions are optional in Mini-PCIe spec, and not all notebook vendors use


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those pin definition, so that not all notebooks can work with this Mini PCIe

interface. But Our test shows more and more notebook manufacturers are

beginning to use this, such as IBM, HP, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Hasee, TCL ,Acer and

etc… For the notebooks, which don’t meet the above Mini-PCIe pin definition,

this interface will not work and user needs to use the other interface in this 3-IN-1

Interposer.

Note: Please be aware that Mini-PCIe interface is supported with limitation, and

some notebooks will not work with this interface.

As reference, below is part of the notebook type list, which can work with this

mini-PCIe interface.

HP: V6000 series, including CT6 …; V9000 series, including AT8, AT9…

IBM/Lenovo: CW3, CW4, LE4, LE5 …

Hasee: 310, 320 …

Fujitsu: PROLAND 10 series

Acer: most of the new type

…

With more and more notebook manufacturers begin to support this

Mini-PCIe debug card interface, just part of notebook part numbers are listed as

above. And user can expand this list by their experience.


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9： The Mini PCI Interface in 3-IN-1 INTERPOSER

Mini PCI is a general interface, which is used in notebook. It includes 124

pins. This 3-IN-1 Interposer doesn’t fully use those pins, and only 101 pins are

used. This interface will work with all notebooks, which are with Mini PCI slot.

10：The LPC Interface in 3-IN-1 INTERPOSER

For the user, whose notebooks don’t support the Mini-PCI interface and

the Mini-PCIe interface, users can use the third port: LPC interface. LPC

interface exists in all notebook main-boards. In this 3-IN-1 Interposer, from left to

right, the LPC definition is: PIN1-LFRAME#, PIN2-LAD3, PIN3-LAD2,

PIN4-LAD1, PIN5-LAD0, PIN6-GND, PIN7-LRESET#, PIN8-LCLK,

PIN9-3.3V

Most of IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad series notebooks reserve the LPC interface

in the motherboard.

For IBM X 60 notebooks, the LPC interfaces are located in the U39 slot of the

main-board. The Pin definitions are as below:

A2->LRESET# A3->LFRAME# A5->LCLK

A9->LAD3 A10->LAD2 A11->LAD1 A12->LAD0



For IBM T6 R6 notebooks, the LPC interfaces are located in the J26 slot of the

main-board. The Pin definitions are as below:

A1->LCLK, A3->LFRAME# B2->LRESET#

B7->LAD3 A7->LAD2 B6->LAD1 A6->LAD0

But, usually, the notebook boards haven’t LPC connectors or slots. And the

users will need to connect this LPC port to the notebook by using wires. This

requires that users have very good soldering sku. Below are some LPC interface

chips pins definitions and user can connect the 3-IN-1 Interposer to the

corresponding chip pins. For more information, please refer those chips’

datasheets.

Note: This Debug-Card uses 3.3V as power supply, and you can use any 3V3 and

GND signals in your notebook main-board. Please be aware that connecting the

3-IN-1 Interposer to a non-3.3V power may damage the Debug-Card.



If your notebooks use LPC VBIOS, you can also connect the 3-In-1

INTERPOSER’s LPC interface to your notebook’s BIOS pin as below.

LPC BIOS Pin definition:

PIN2-RST#, PIN13-LAD0,

PIN14-LAD1, PIN15-LAD2,

PIN16-GND, PIN17-LAD3,

PIN23-LFRAME#,

PIN25-VCC, PIN31-CLK。

11: DEBUG KING (3-IN-1) Offline Use Guide

When no 3-IN-1 INTERPOSER is connected to DEBUG KING HOST’s

External Port, DEBUG KING will enter offline mode when power is supplied

by USB port. Then users can read debug code English description by pushing

the buttons.

12: DEBUG KING (3-IN-1) Online Use Guide

Step 1: Leaving Debug King’s USB port disconnected. And 3-IN-1

Interposer will provide power to DEBUG KING HOST. Connecting 3-IN-1

Interposer to the notebook motherboard’s MiniPCI, MiniPCIe or LPC port.



Step 2: After turning on the power of tested notebook motherboard,

DEBUG KING enters online working mode.

Step 3: DEBUG KING begins to detect the test motherboard’ CLK signals.

If it can’t find the valid CLK signal, it will show information in the LCD screen.

When Debug King fails to detect the CLK signal, please check the CLK LCD

indication in 3-IN-1 INTERPOSER. If the CLK LED indicator in 3-IN-1

INTERPOSER doesn’t flicker, it means no CLK signal is outputted to 3-IN-1

INTERPOSER. Usually, when using Mini-PCIe port and motherboard doesn’t

support this Mini-PCIe port for debug, DEBUG KING will show this information.

At this time, users need to try to use the other ports, such as MiniPCI or LPC.

Step 4: When DEBUG KING captures the debug code successfully, it will

show the corresponding English description or Photos. User can use the buttons

to look at the close debug code description to get more repair information.



CHAPTER 2: DEBUG KING（5-IN-1）Debug Card User Guide

DEBUG KING (5-IN-1) notebook debug card supports five Interfaces:

MINI PCI, Mini PCI-E, LPC, ELPC and I2C (Notebook Battery Interface). This

product includes two parts: DEBUG KING HOST and 5-IN-1 DEBUG CARD.

5-IN-1 DEBUG CARD uses LEDs to show debug code, and DEBUG KING

HOST works in offline working mode. User can easily get the debug code

English description based on the LED number in 5-IN-1 DEBUG CARD.

1. 5-IN-1 DEBUG CARD structure

2. DEBUG KING HOST

3. The Mini-PCIe interface in 5-IN-1 DEBUG CARD

4. The Mini-PCI interface in 5-IN-1 DEBUG CARD

5. The LPC interface in 5-IN-1 DEBUG CARD

6. The ELPC interface (Dedicated for ASUS notebook)

7. The I2C interface (Dedicated for IBM Battery Interface)

8. The LED-Display and LED indicators in 5-IN-1 DEBUG CARD

9. Debug Card error information



1： 5-IN-1 DEBUG CARD structure

① Mini-PCIe interface:

② Mini-PCI interface:

③ LPC interface:

④ ELPC interface: (Dedicated for ASUS notebook)

⑤ I2C interface (Dedicated for IBM notebook battery interface)

⑥ Two 7-segment LEDs and LED indicators

⑦ ASIC:

⑧ Test port: This port is reserved, and end-user should not use this port.



2：DEBUG KING HOST

3：The Mini-PCIe interface in 5-IN-1 DEBUG CARD

4：The Mini-PCI interface in 5-IN-1 DEBUG CARD

5：The LPC interface in 5-IN-1 DEBUG CARD

（Please refer to DEBUG KING (3-IN-1) for above 2-5 parts）

6: The ELPC interface (Dedicated for ASUS notebook)

5-IN-1 debug card’s ELPC is designed for ASUS notebook to use. This

interface uses a cable to connect debug card to ASUS notebook motherboard

directly without using fly wires. It is very easy to use, and most of ASUS

notebook motherboard supports this, such as ASUS A8S, F8S, EPC and etc…

Usually, Asus has a connector, which is named as DEBUG_CON, in the

motherboard. Users just need to use the cable to connect Five-In-One debug card

to this port.

7： The I2C interface (Dedicated for IBM Battery Interface)

5-IN-1 debug card’s I2C is designed for IBM/Lenovo

notebook to use. And it uses 3 wires only: SDA, SCL and

GND. Because notebook battery interface uses I2C interface,

user just needs to connect this interface to notebook’s battery

connector to show debug code.



Five-In-One debug card has an I2C connecter. When using this connector,

user needs to plug-in this debug card to motherboard’s Mini-PCIe slot to provide

power to the debug card. If user doesn’t want to use motherboard’ Mini-PCIe slot

to power up the debug card, LPC interface’s PIN9 (3V3) and PIN16 (GND) can

also be used. Then user needs to use a 3-wire cable to connect debug card to

notebook’s battery connector. Different notebooks might use different battery

connectors, when the default cable can’t meet requirement, user can easy make

this 3-wire cable himself.

For the user, who makes the 3-wire cable himself, he needs to understand

notebook’s battery connector pin definition so that he can correctly connect the

I2C signals (SDA/SCL/GND) to the corresponding pins in the debug card.

Currently, the supported IBM notebooks include:

T61,R61/I/E,T400/S,

T500, X61/S, Z61,

W200,W300,X200/S,W500,W700

And etc…

8：The LED-Display and LED indicators in 5-IN-1 DEBUG CARD

The Display includes Error-Code display and “CLK”,”RST” signal status

display.



1) Error-Code display: It is composed with two 7-segment LEDs.

2) “CLK”,”RST” signal status display: When the notebook is in RESET

status, the “RST” indicator will be lighted on, and the “CLK” indicator will

be off. When the notebook is in running status, the “RST” indicator will be

off, and the “CLK” indicator will be lighted on.

9：Debug Card error information

When power-up the debug card, it will have self-diagnoses. If it can’t pass

the self-diagnoses test, it will show the corresponding error information as below:

E.0. Fail in self-test

E.1. product series number is incorrect

E.7. product isn’t authorized. Please return the card to sellers.



CHAPTER 3: DEBUG KING（ＰＣＩ）DEBUG CARD

This Debug King uses LCD display technology，and can show the error

information in the LCD screen with English or Photos directly. This Debug King

supports desktop PC’s PCI bus. By combining with 3-IN-1 interposer, it can also

support notebook’s Mini-PCI / Mini-PCIe / LPC buses. With this debug King,

User can be very easy to identify the motherboard problems.

1: Debug King (PCI) Structure

2: Debug King (PCI) PCI Interface

3: Debug King (PCI) Notebook Interposer Connector

4: Debug King (PCI) LCD Display

5: Debug King (PCI)LCD extended connector

6: Debug King (PCI) button

7: Debug King (PCI) LED indicators

8: Debug King (PCI) BIOS Type LED indicators

9: How to upgrade the Debug Code Description



1： Debug King (PCI) Structure

① PCI interface to support desktop motherboard

② Extended interface to support notebook

③ EEPROM chip to save the debug information

④ LCD screen to show English information

⑤ LCD extended connector to support dual LCD screens

⑥ BIOS type selection Buttons

⑦ 12 LED indicators to show PCI bus status

⑧ LED indicators to show BIOS type



2： Debug King (PCI) PCI Interface

PCI is a general interface, which is used in desktop. Debug King supports

all motherboards, which have PCI buses.

3： Debug King (PCI) Notebook Interposer Connector

After connecting the notebook interposer to debug king main-board, the

debug king can be used for notebook test. Please be aware that:

1） When using for desktop, please don’t connect the notebook

interposer

2） When using Notebook interposer, please don’t connect debug king

main-board’s PCI interface.

（About 3-IN-1 INTERPOSER, please refer to DEBUG KING 3-IN-1）

4： Debug King (PCI) LCD Display

Debug King includes the English description of the debug code. When PC

is booting, it will output the number to show the boot status, and Debug king will

translate those numbers into English

description, so user can be easy to understand

the meaning.

In the bottom-right corner, Debug King will

show the debug code as “XX” , which is the



same as the traditional LED debug code number. A letter is followed up after the

number to show the BIOS type. Usually, “m” means AMI BIOS, “w” means

AWARD BIOS, “p” means PHOENIX BIOS, and “u” means AUTO BIOS.

AUTO BIOS is Debug King’s smart BIOS Code. Debug King uses English

description for AMI/AWARD/PHOENIX BIOS, and use Photos for Auto BIOS.

Please refer the appendix part to get more information about AUTO BIOS

5： Debug King (PCI)LCD extended connector

DEBUG KING (PCI) reserves an external LCD connector. User can install

an external LCD screen in this connector so that they can observe the LCD

screen from different angle.

6：The Buttons in DEBUG KING HOST

DEBUG KING (PCI) has two buttons, which are used to change BIOS type

and look for close debug code information

The different motherboards may use different BIOS types. Currently, the

main BIOS types include: AMI, AWARD, and Phoenix. Before using debug

king, uses need to set the correct BIOS type first. When switching BIOS type,

first, pushing the left-button, then pushing the right-button without releasing the

left-bottom, the BIOS type switching information will show in the LCD screen.



7： Debug King (PCI) LED indicators

Debug king (PCI) has 12 LED indicators, and almost all critical PCI bus

signals have been included, such as 3.3V, 3VSB, +5V, +12V, -12V, RSTJ，

FRAMEJ，IRDYJ， TRDYJ,CLK, DATA and etc…

8： Debug King (PCI) BIOS Type LED indicators

Different motherboard may use different BIOS type. Currently, main BIOS

types include AMI, AWARD, and Phoenix. AUTO BIOS is DEBUG KING’s

smart BIOS type. Users can set different BIOS type by pushing the buttons, and

these LEDs will show the corresponding BIOS type.

9： How to upgrade the Debug Code Description

（Please refer to DEBUG KING HOST for this）



CHAPTER 4: 3-IN-1 LED DEBUG CARD

Please see “3-IN-1 INTERPOSER” about MiniPCIe, MiniPCI, and LPC

interfaces and LED indicators description. LED is for show debug code number.

CHAPTER 5: PCI LED DEBUG CARD + LCD CONN

Please see “DEBUG KING (PCI)” about PCI interfaces. LED is used to show

debug code number. LCD connector is used to connect DEBUG KING HOST.



APPENDIX 1: Debug Card Self-Diagnosis

1) Boot to DOS

2) Run the command “Debug”

3) Input the instruction as right picture

4) The Debug Card will show the

corresponding data.

APPENDIX 2: Mini PCIe Interface Definition

If the Debug Card can’t run in your notebook motherboard, please

contact the motherboard vendor to check their Mini PCIe definition. Usually,

for the motherboards, which support 3-IN-1 Debug Card, the CLK LED

indicator will be twinkled, and the RST LED indication will be off. For the

notebooks, which don’t support MiniPCIe debug card, user need to use

Mini-PCI or LPC interface to test it.



APPENDIX 3: Part of Error-Code explanation

When the notebooks are running, this DEBUG KING will show the

corresponding debug code. If there is a problem in the notebook, you can judge

the problem by the debug code. The debug code definition depends on the

motherboards, and different motherboards may have different debug code

definition.

Currently, the BIOS type mainly includes AMI, AWARD and Phoenix. The

English description in the DEBUG KING is from their official documents. Also,

DEBUG KING has a dedicated “Smart BIOS Code” (ＡUTO BIOS), which are

based on many engineering’s repair experience. “Smart BIOS Code” (ＡUTO

BIOS) is helpful for repairer to get a rough adjudge about the issue. In DEBUG

KING, “Smart BIOS Code” (AUTO BIOS) are showed with Photos mode.

Please be aware that the debug code definition is changed with the BIOS

version. For example, in AMI BIOS, the debug code definition can be very

different among different BIOS versions. Because of this, the DEBUG KING’s

debug code explanation is for reference only. Below is the explanation about

what LCD shows for different debug codes.

For every BIOS type, DEBUG KING includes the description for all 256

debug codes. And totally, DEBUG KIN has over 1000 description for different

debug code. Below is just a small piece of those descriptions.



AMI BIOS 8.0 version:

00 m Passes control to OS Loader (typically INT19h)

04 m Check CMOS diag byte to determine if battery power is OK

and CMOS checksum is OK

2A m Initialize different buses:AGP video devices and PCI/PnP

devices. Check graphic

D3 m Start memory refresh and memory sizing in Bootblock.Verify

flat mode is enabled

FF m The flash has been updated successfully. Make flash write

disabled.

AWARD BIOS 6.0 version:

29 w Initialize the APIC. Program early chipset. Measure CPU

speed. Invoke video BIOS

7F w Report errors if errors occur. Continue if no errors occur or F1

key is pressed

96 w Build MP table. Update ESCD. Set CMOS. Load CMOS time.

Build MSIRQ routing table

C1 w Detect memory: Auto detection of DRAM size, type and

ECC;Detection of L2 cache

FF w Boot attempt (INT 19h). Check HDD or CD-ROM to boot OS



PHOENIX BIOS 6.0 version:

4A p Initialize all video adapters in system. Check graphic card

5A p Display prompt 'Press F2 to enter SETUP'. Check CMOS

battery

80 p Disable onboard Super I/O ports and IRQs. Check superIO or

south bridge

EC p Initialize Memory type. Check DIMM or north bridge

F7 p Boot to Full DOS. If it can not boot, check hard disk

Smart BIOS CODE（AUTO BIOS 3。0)

C1 u

2A u

00 u

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