ICP ROCKY-4784EVG User Manual

ROCKY- 4784EVG Series

SOCKET 478 PENTIUM 4 with

10/100M LAN & Gigabit LAN &

SiS 315 AGP4X VGA SBC

Ver 1.1

Manual Reversion 1.1

April. 10, 2003

@Copyright 2001

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Contents

1. Introduction .................................................................. 3

1.1 Specifications............................................................................................. 4

1.2 What You Have.......................................................................................... 6

2. Installation....................................................................7

2.1 ROCKY – 4784EVG's Layout ................................................................... 8

2.2 Unpacking Precautions .............................................................................. 9

2.3 Clear CMOS Setup .................................................................................. 10

2.4 CompactFlash Master/Slave Setting ......................................................... 10

2.5 Onboard Keyboard/Mouse Source Setting................................................ 10

3. Connection ................................................................. 11

3.1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector .................................................................. 12

3.2 PCI E-IDE Disk Drive Connector............................................................ 13

3.3 Parallel Port.............................................................................................. 14

3.4 Serial Ports............................................................................................... 14

3.5 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector........................................................ 15

3.6 External Switches and Indicators ............................................................. 16

3.7 USB Port Connector ................................................................................ 17

3.8 IrDA Infrared Interface Port .................................................................... 17

3.9 CPU & SYSTEM Fan Connector............................................................. 17

3.10 LAN RJ45 & STATE LED Connector .................................................... 18

3.11 VGA Connector ....................................................................................... 18

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3.12 AUDIO Headphone & Input Connector ................................................. .19

3.13 ATX 20-PIN Power Connector................................................................ .19

4. AWARD BIOS Setup ........................................ 20

4.1 Introduction ....................................................................................20

4.2 Starting Setup ................................................................................20

4.3 Using Setup ...................................................................................21

4.4 Getting Help...................................................................................22

4.5 Main Menu .....................................................................................23

4.6 Standard CMOS Setup ..................................................................26

4.7 Advanced BIOS Features Setup....................................................30

4.8 Advanced Chipset Features Setup ................................................34

4.9 Integrated Peripherals Setup .........................................................36

4.10 Power Management Setup ............................................................40

4.11 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup.........................................................44

4.12 PC Health Status Setup…………….. .............................................47

4.13 Frequency / Voltage Control Setup …………….. ...........................48

4.14 Defaults Menu Setup ……………...................................................49

4.15 Change Supervisor/User Password…………….. ...........................50

4.16 Exit Selection …………….. ............................................................51

Appendix A. Watch-Dog Timer .............................................. 52

Appendix B. I/O Address Map ................................................. 54

Appendix C. ATX Power Supply ............................................. 56

Appendix D. How to use Wake Up Function .......................... 58

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1

Introduction

Welcome to the ROCKY-4784EVG SOCKET 478 PENTIUM 4
Single Board Computer. The ROCKY-4784EVG board is an
ISA/PCI form factor board, which comes equipped with high
performance Processor and advanced high performance multi­mode I/O, designed for the system manufacturers, integrators, or
VARs that want to provide all the performance, reliability, and
quality at a reasonable price.

In addition, the ROCKY-4784EVG provides SiS315 AGP4X VGA
on board. The VGA chip is 3D graphics chipset, which provides
up to 2048x1536x16-color resolution. The VGA on board has
32MB SDRAM frame buffer .

An advanced high performance Super AT I/O Chip – Winbond
W83627HF is used in the ROCKY-4784EVG board. Both on-chip
UARTs are compatible with the NS16C550. The parallel port and
IDE interface are compatible with IBM PC/AT architecture.

The ROCKY-4784EVG uses dual(ICH2 & Broadcom BCM5702)
10/100 & 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet LAN .They are fully
integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX & 10BASE-T/100BASE­TX/1000BASE-T LAN solution with high performance networking
functions and low power features.

The ROCKY-4784EVG uses the advanced Intel 845E/ICH2
Chipsets which is 100% software compatible chipset with PCI

2.2 standard.

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1.1 Specifications

CPU(PGA 478)

Bus interface

Bus speed

DMA channels

Interrupt levels

Chipset

Real-time
clock/calendar

RAM memory

ATA/100

IDE interface

Floppy disk
drive interface

Intel Pentium 4 Processor, supports 400/533 MHz
FSB

PCI/ISA bus, PICMG compliant

ISA : 8MHz, PCI: 33MHz

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INTEL 845E (MCH)

INTEL 82801BA(ICH2)

TWO 184-pin DIMM sockets support DDR
SDRAM . The max. Memory is up to 2GB.

Up to four PCI Enhanced IDE hard drives. The
ATA/100 IDE can handle data transfer up to
100MB/s. Compatible with existing ATA-2 IDE
specifications its best advantage, so there is no
need to do any changes for users’ current
accessories.

Supports up to two floppy disk drives,

5.25”(360KB and 1.2MB) and/or 3.5” (720KB,

1.44MB, and 2.88MB)

Serial ports

Bi-directional
parallel port

Hardware
monitor

IrDA port

Two RS-232 ports with 16C550 UART (or
compatible) with 16-byte FIFO buffer. Support up
to 115.2Kbps. Ports can be individually configured
to COM1, COM2 or disabled.

Configurable to LPT1, LPT2, LPT3 or disabled.
Supports EPP/ECP/SPP

Built-in to monitor power supply voltage and fan
speed status

Supports Serial Infrared(SIR) and Amplitude Shift
Keyed IR(ASKIR) interface

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USB port

Supports 2 USB ports for future expansion

Watch-dog
timer

VGA controller

Ethernet

Keyboard and
PS/2 mouse
connector

Audio

CompactFlash

Power
consumption

Software Programmable Reset generated when
CPU does not periodically trigger the timer. Your
can use I/O Port hex 043(843) & 443 to control
the watchdog and generate a system reset.

On Board SiS 315 AGP4X 256-bit 3D graphics
engine. 32MB SDRAM. (Driver select AG-32)

Screen Resolution: up to 2048x1536x16.

ICH2-82562E & Broadcom-BCM5702 Fast
Ethernet controllers, IEEE 802.3u Auto­Negotiation support for 10BASE-T/100BASE­TX & 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-T
standard. Two RJ45 connectors are located on
the mounting bracket for easy connection.

A 6-pin mini DIN connector is located on the
mounting bracket for easy connection to a
keyboard or PS/2 mouse. For alternative
application, a keyboard and a PS/2 mouse pin
header connector are also available on board.

AC’97 Audio CODEC

It can be used with a passive adapter (True IDE
Mode ) in a Type I/II Socket.

( PENTIUM 4 : 2GHz, 1GB DDR266 SDRAM)

+5V @ 4.46A ,+12V @ 6.55A .

Recommended : 350-watt power supply or higher

Operating
temperature

WARNING ! 1.Never run the processor without the heatsink(Cooler)
properly and firmly attached.

2. Please use ATX-12V Power Connector (J2) to provide
power to the CPU.

0° ~ 60° C

( *CPU needs Cooler & silicone heatsink paste* )

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1.2 What You Have

In addition to this User's Manual, the ROCKY-4784EVG package
includes the following items:

One ROCKY-4784EVG Single Board Computer

•

One RS-232 x2 and Printer Cable with bracket

•

One FDD cable

•

One ATA/100 IDE cables.

•

One ATX-12V cables.

•

One 6-pin Mini-Din converts to two 6-pin mini-Din cables for

•

keyboard and mouse connection.

If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact the dealer
from whom you purchased this product. Save the shipping
materials and carton in case you want to ship or store the
product in the future.

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2

Installation

This chapter describes how to install the ROCKY-4784EVG. At
first, the layout of ROCKY-4784EVG is shown, and the
unpacking information that you should be careful is described.
The jumpers and switches setting for the ROCKY-4784EVG's
configuration, such as CPU clock setting, and watchdog timer,
are also included.

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2.1 ROCKY – 4784EVG's Layout

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2.2 Unpacking Precautions

A

Some components on ROCKY-4784EVG SBC are very sensitive
to static electric charges and can be damaged by a sudden rush
of power. To protect it from unintended damage, be sure to
follow these precautions:

 Ground yourself to remove any static charge before touching

your ROCKY-4784EVG SBC. You can do it by using a grounded
wrist strap at all times or by frequently touching any conducting

 Handle your ROCKY-4784EVG SBC by its edges. Don’t touch IC

 Do not plug any connector or jumper while the power is on.

Note:

materials that is connected to the ground.

chips, leads or circuitry if not necessary.

Table of Jumpers

LABEL FUNCTION

JP2 CMOS state setting
JP5 CompactFlash Master(close)/Slave(open) Setting.
JP7 Keyboard/Mouse power source Setting

ll shaded rows in tables of this manual are the default settings for

the ROCKY-4784EVG.

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2.3 Clear CMOS Setup

If want to clear the CMOS Setup (for example forgot the
password you should clear the setup and then set the password
again.), you should close the JP2 (2-3) about 3 seconds, then
open it again. Set back to normal operation mode, open JP2.

JP2 : Clear CMOS Setup (Reserve Function)

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JP2 DESCRIPTION

1-2 Normal Operation
2-3

WARNING !
When you change power between ATX to AT, be sure to clear
CMOS(Power ON) first .Otherwise, the CPU Board may fail to
Boot up.

Clear CMOS Setup

2.4 CompactFlash Master/Slave Setting

JP5 DESCRIPTION

Close Master
Open

Slave

2.5 Onboard Keyboard/Mouse source Setting

JP7 DESCRIPTION

1-2 VCC (+5V)
2-3

5VSB

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3

Connection

This chapter describes how to connect peripherals, switches and
indicators to the ROCKY- 4784EVG board.

Table of Connectors

LABEL FUNCTION

FAN1~FAN3 Fan Connectors

J2 ATX-12V CPU Power Source
J3 VGA 15-pin Female Connector

CN7 IrDA connector
CN10 ATX BUTTON (Power ON) Switch
CN11 USB Connectors

CN4 Parallel Port Connector

CN8,CN5 Serial Port 10-pin Connectors

CN9 External Switches and Indicators
CN12 AUDIO LINE-IN
CN13 AUDIO CD-IN
CN14 AUDIO MIC-IN

CN15,CN24 LAN State LED Connectors
CN21,CN22 LAN RJ45 Connectors

CN17 Backplane to Mainboard Connectors
CN19 External 5-pin Header Keyboard Connector
CN23 PS/2 MOUSE & KEYBOARD Connector
FDC1 FDC Connector

IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector
IDE1 Primary IDE Connector

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3.1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector

The ROCKY-4784EVG board is equipped with a 34-pin daisy­chain drive connector cable.

FDC1 : FDC Connector

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 GROUND 2 REDUCE WRITE
3 GROUND 4 N/C
5 GROUND 6 N/C
7 GROUND 8 INDEX#

9 GROUND 10 MOTOR ENABLE A#
11 GROUND 12 DRIVE SELECT B#
13 GROUND 14 DRIVE SELECT A#
15 GROUND 16 MOTOR ENABLE B#
17 GROUND 18 DIRECTION#
19 GROUND 20 STEP#
21 GROUND 22 WRITE DATA#
23 GROUND 24 WRITE GATE#
25 GROUND 26 TRACK 0#
27 GROUND 28 WRITE PROTECT#
29 GROUND 30 READ DATA#
31 GROUND 32 SIDE 1 SELECT#
33 GROUND 34 DISK CHANGE#

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3.2 PCI E-IDE Disk Drive Connector

You can attach four IDE( Integrated Device Electronics) hard
disk drives on two channels. These connectors support Ultra­DMA100 IDE devices. Non-DMA100 devices are suggested to
be connecting to the secondary IDE connector.

IDE 1 : Primary IDE Connector
IDE 2 : Secondary IDE Connector

IDE Interface Connector

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 RESET# 2 GROUND
3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8
5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9
7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10

9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11
11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12
13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13
15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14
17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15
19 GROUND 20 N/C
21 N/C 22 GROUND
23 IOW# 24 GROUND
25 IOR# 26 GROUND
27 N/C 28 BALE – DEFAULT
29 N/C 30 GROUND – DEFAULT
31 INTERRUPT 32 IOCS16#-DEFAULT
33 SA1 34 N/C
35 SA0 36 SA2
37 HDC CS0# 38 HDC CS1#
39 HDD ACTIVE# 40 GROUND

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3.3 Parallel Port

This port is usually connected to a printer. The ROCKY­4784EVG includes an on-board parallel port, accessed through a
26-pin flat-cable connector.

CN4 : Parallel Port Connector

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 STROBE# 2 DATA 0
3 DATA 1 4 DATA 2
5 DATA 3 6 DATA 4
7 DATA 5 8 DATA 6

9 DATA 7 10 ACKNOWLEDGE
11 BUSY 12 PAPER EMPTY
13 PRINTER SELECT 14 AUTO FORM FEED #
15 ERROR# 16 INITIALIZE
17 PRINTER SELECT LN# 18 GROUND
19 GROUND 20 GROUND
21 GROUND 22 GROUND
23 GROUND 24 GROUND
25 GROUND

3.4 Serial Ports

The ROCKY-4784EVG offers two high speeds NS16C550
compatible UART.

CN8 (COM1) : 10-pin header on board
CN5 (COM2) : 10-pin header on board

Connector Ports Address Interrupt

CN8 COM1 3F8 IRQ4
CN5 COM2 2F8 IRQ3

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• Serial Port 10-pin Connector

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 DATA CARRIER DETECT (DCD)
2 RECEIVE DATA (RXD)
3 TRANSMIT DATA (TXD)
4 DATA TERMINAL READY (DTR)
5 GROUND (GND)
6 DATA SET READY (DSR)
7 REQUEST TO SEND (RTS)
8 CLEAR TO SEND (CTS)
9 RING INDICATOR (RI)

10 GROUND (GND)

3.5 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector

A 6-pin mini DIN connector (CN23) is located on the mounting
bracket for easy connection to a keyboard or a PS/2 mouse.
The card comes with a cable to convert from the 6-pin mini-DIN
connector to two 6-pin mini-DIN connectors for keyboard and
mouse connection.

CN23 : 6-pin Mini-DIN Keyboard Connector

•

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 KEYBOARD DATA
2 MOUSE DATA
3 GROUND
4 +5V
5 KEYBOARD CLOCK
6 MOUSE CLOCK

For alternative application, a keyboard pin header connector are
also available on board, located on CN19 respectively.

CN19 : 5-pin Header Keyboard Connector

•

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 KEYBOARD CLOCK
2 KEYBOARD DATA
3 N/C
4 GROUND
5 +5V

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3.6 External Switches and Indicators

There are several external switches and indicators for monitoring
and controlling your CPU board. All the functions are in the CN9
connector.

CN9 : External Switches and Indicators

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

Power

LED

KEY

LOCK

HDD(+) 13 IDE LED+ 14 IDE LED- HDD(-)

CN10 : 2-pin Header ATX BUTTON Connector

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

CN17 : Backplane to Mainboard Connector

•

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

Power source from Backplane with ATX Connector
(Through Power Button & +5VSB)

1 +5V 2 Speaker
3 N/C 4 N/C
5 GND 6 N/C
7 KeylLock+ 8 +5V
9 KeyLock- 10 Reset Switch

11 GND 12 GND

1 ATX BUTTON PIN1
2 ATX BUTTON PIN2

1 5VSB
2 ATX-ON
3 GND

Speaker

Reset

button

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3.7 USB Port Connector

The ROCKY- 4784EVG provide 4 built-in USB ports for the
future new I/O bus expansion.

CN11

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN

NO.

1 VCC 8 GROUND
2 DATA- 7 DATA+
3 DATA+ 6 DATA­4 GROUND 5 VCC

3.8 IrDA Infrared Interface Port

The ROCKY-4784EVG has a built-in IrDA port which supports
Serial Infrared (SIR) or Amplitude Shift Keyed IR (ASKIR)
interface. If you want to use the IrDA port, you have to configure
SIR or ASKIR model in the BIOS under Peripheral Setup COM2.
Then the normal RS-232 COM 2 will be disabled.

• CN7: IrDA connector

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 VCC
2 NC
3 IR-RX
4 Ground
5 IR-TX
6 NC

DESCRIPTION

3.9 Fan Connectors (FAN~FAN3)

The ROCKY-4784EVG provides two CPU cooling fan connectors,
These connectors can supply 12V/500mA to the cooling fan. All
connectors have the same pin assignments and provide a
"rotation" pin to get rotation signals from fans and notice the
system. So the system BIOS can recognize the fan speed.
Please note that only specified fan can issue the rotation signals.

• Fan Connector

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 Rotation Signal
2 +12V
3 Ground

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3.10 LAN RJ45& State LED Connectors

The ROCKY-4784EVG is equipped with built-in 10/100Mbps &
10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet controllers. You can connect it to
your LAN through RJ45 LAN connectors. There are two LED on
the connector indicating the status of LAN. The pin assignments
are as following: (CN21:ICH2 / CN22:BCM5702)

• LAN RJ45 Connector

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

CN21 CN22 CN21 CN22
1 TX+ TD0+ 5. N/C TD2­2 TX- TD0- 6. RX- TD1-

3. RX+ TD1+ 7. N/C TD3+

4. N/C TD2+ 8. N/C TD3-

LED-

Green

• CN15(ICH2)/CN24(BCM5702): LAN State LED Connector

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1-2 ACT/LINK 100

3-4 100TX 1000

5-6 LINK

7-8 ACTIVE

Act/
Link

ACT LED-

Yellow

100TX LINK

CN15 CN24

3.11 VGA Connector

The ROCKY-4784EVG has a built-in 15-pin VGA connector
directly connects to your CRT monitor.

• J3 : 15-pin Female Connector

1 RED 2 GREEN
3 BLUE 4 NC
5 GROUND 6 GROUND
7 GROUND 8 GROUND

9 NC 10 GROUND
11 NC 12 DDC DAT
13 HSYNC 14 VSYNC
15 DDCCLK

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3.12 AUDIO Headphone & Connector

The ROCKY-4784EVG has a built-in AC’97 AUDIO CODEC;
connector directly connects to your MIC-IN & CD-IN & LINE-IN.

• CN20: AUDIO Headphone Jack (Output)

• CN12: AUDIO LINE-IN Connector (Input)

• CN13: AUDIO CD-IN Connector (Input)

• CN14: AUDIO MIC-IN Connector (Input)

PIN NO.

DESCRIPTION

CN12 CN13 CN14
1 LEFT LEFT MIC-IN
2 GND GND GND
3 GND GND GND
4 RIGHT RIGHT NC

3.13 ATX-12V Power Connector

This connector supports the ATX-12V power.

J2(CPU)

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 GND 2 GND
3 +12V 4 +12V

Notice: The power from J2 should support at least 6.5A current for
the use of P4 CPU. If the power is not enough, the operation of CPU
could be abnormal. Be sure the power from power supply is enough,
and don’t share this power with other devices, such as hard disk
and etc. You can use ICP’s special cable for connection if your
power supply doesn’t have suitable cable.

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4

AWARD BIOS SETUP

4.1 Introduction

This manual discusses Award's Setup program built into the ROM BIOS.

The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system

configuration. This special information is then stored in battery-backed

RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

4.2 Starting Setup

The Award BIOS is immediately activated when you first power on the

computer.The BIOS reads the system information contained in the

CMOS and begins the process of checking out the system and

configuring it. When it finishes, the BIOS will seek an operating system

on one of the disks and then launch and turn control over to the

operating system.

While the BIOS is in control, the Setup program can be activated in one

of two ways:

1. By pressing <Del> immediately after switching the system on, or

2. by pressing the <Del>key when the following message appears

briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST.

Press DEL to enter SETUP.

If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter

Setup, restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or

pressing the "RESET" button on the system case. You may also restart

by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Delete> keys. If you do

not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an

error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to...

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PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, DEL TO ENTER SETUP

4.3 Using Setup

In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter> to

select, use the PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries, press

<F1> for help and press <Esc> to quit. The following table provides

more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program using the

keyboard.

Up arrow Move to previous item
Down arrow Move to next item
Left arrow Move to the item in the left hand
Right arrow Move to the item in the right hand
Esc key Main Menu -- Quit and not save changes into CMOS

Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup

Menu -- Exit current page and return to Main Menu
PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes
PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes
+ key Increase the numeric value or make changes

- key Decrease the numeric value or make changes
F1 key General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and

Option Page Setup Menu
(Shift)F2 key Change color from total 16 colors. F2 to select color

forward, (Shift) F2 to select color backward
F3 key Calendar, only for Status Page Setup Menu
F4 key Reserved
F5 key Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only

for Option Page Setup Menu
F6 key Load the default CMOS value from BIOS default

table, only for Option Page Setup Menu
F7 key Load the default
F8 key Reserved
F9 key Reserved
F10 key Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu

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4.4 Getting Help

Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate

keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit

the Help Window press <Esc> or the F1 key again.

If, after making and saving system changes with Setup, you discover that

your computer no longer is able to boot, the Award BIOS supports an

override to the CMOS settings which resets your system to its defaults.

The best advice is to only alter settings which you thoroughly understand.

To this end, we strongly recommend that you avoid making any changes

to the chipset defaults. These defaults have been carefully chosen by

both Award and your systems manufacturer to provide the absolute

maximum performance and reliability. Even a seemingly small change to

the chipset setup has the potential for causing you to use the override.

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4.5 Main Menu

Once you enter the AwardBIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu

will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from

several setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to

select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-

menu.

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright ( C ) 1984-2001 Award Software

Standard CMOS Feature

Advanced BIOS Feature

Advanced Chipset Feature

Integrated Peripherals

Power Management Setup

PnP/PCI Configurations

PC Health Status

Esc : Quit ↑ ↓ ← → : Select Item

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type….

Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the

bottom of the screen.

The main menu includes the following main setup categories. Recall that

some systems may not include all entries.

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

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Standard CMOS Features

Use this menu for basic system configuration. See Section 4.6 for the

details.

Advanced BIOS Features

Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system.

See Section 4.7 for the details.

Advanced Chipset Features

Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize

your system's performance. See section 4.8 for the details.

Integrated Peripherals

Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals. See

section 4.9 for the details.

Power Management Setup

Use this menu to specify your settings for power management. See

section 4.10 for the details.

PnP / PCI Configuration

This entry appears if your system supports PnP / PCI. See section 4.11

for the details.

PC Health Status

Use this menu to monitor your hardware. See section 4.12 for the details.

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Frequency/Voltage Control

Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control. See

section 4.13 for the details.

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal/stable

performance for your system to operate. See section 4.14 for the details.

Load Optimized Defaults

Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings

for optimal performance system operations. While Award has designed

the custom BIOS to maximize performance, the factory has the right to

change these defaults to meet their needs. See section 4.14 for the

details.

Supervisor / User Password

Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords. See section 4.15
for the details.

Save & Exit Setup

Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup. See section 4.16

for the details.

Exit Without Save

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup. See section 4.16 for

the details.

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4.6 Standard CMOS Setup

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories.

Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the

arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn>

keys to select the value you want in each item.

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright ( C ) 1984-2001 Award Software

Standard CMOS Features

Date: Mon, Jan 1 2001
Time: 16:19:20

 IDE Primary Master 2557 MB
 IDE Primary Slave None
 IDE Secondary Master None
 IDE Secondary Slave None

Drive A 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B None

LCD&CRT Both
Panel : Hardware Setting
Halt On All Errors

Based Memory 640K
Extended Memory 64512K
Total Memory 65536K

↑↓←→Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Item Help

Menu Level 

Change the day, month,
year and century

Figure 1: The Main Menu

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Main Menu Selections

Item Options Description

Date MM DD YYYY Set the system date.
Time HH : MM : SS Set the system time
IDE
Primary Master

IDE
Primary Slave

IDE
Secondary Master

IDE
Secondary Master

Drive A
Drive B

Halt On All Errors

Base Memory N/A Displays the amount of

Extended Memory N/A Displays the amount of

Total Memory N/A Displays the total

Options are in its sub
menu
(described in Table 3)
Options are in its sub
menu
(described in Table 3)
Options are in its sub
menu
(described in Table 3)
Options are in its sub
menu
(described in Table 3)
None
360K, 5.25 in

1.2M, 5.25 in
720K, 3.5 in

1.44M, 3.5 in

2.88M, 3.5 in

No Errors
All, but Keyboard
All, but Diskette
All, but Disk/Key

Press <Enter> to enter
the sub menu of detailed
options
Press <Enter> to enter
the sub menu of detailed
options
Press <Enter> to enter
the sub menu of detailed
options
Press <Enter> to enter
the sub menu of detailed
options
Select the type of floppy
disk drive installed in
your system

Select the situation in
which you want the BIOS
to stop the POST
process and notify you

conventional memory
detected during boot up

extended memory
detected during boot up

memory available in the
system

Table 2 Main Menu Selections

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IDE Adapters

The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu

to configure each hard disk drive.

Figure 2 shows the IDE primary master sub menu.

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IDE Primary Master

IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press Enter

IDE Primary Master Auto 2557 MB
Access Mode Auto

Cylinder 4956
Head 16
Precomp 0
Landing Zone 4955
Sector 63

↑↓←→Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Figure 2 IDE Primary Master sub menu

Item Help

Menu Level 

To auto-detect the HDD’s size,
head... on this channel

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Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to
the main menu. Use Table 3 to configure the hard disk.

Item Options Description

IDE HDD Auto-detection Press Enter Press Enter to auto-detect

the HDD on this channel. If
detection is successful, it fills
the remaining fields on this
menu.

IDE Primary Master None

Auto
Manual

Selecting ‘manual’ lets you
set the remaining fields on
this screen. Selects the type
of fixed disk. "User Type"
will let you select the number
of cylinders, heads, etc.
Note: PRECOMP=65535
means NONE !

Capacity Auto Display

your disk drive
size

Disk drive capacity
(Approximated). Note that
this size is usually slightly
greater than the size of a
formatted disk given by a
disk checking program.

Access Mode Normal

LBA

Choose the access mode for

this hard disk
Large
Auto

The following options are selectable only if the ‘IDE Primary Master’ item is
set to ‘Manual’
Cylinder Min = 0

Max = 65535

Head Min = 0

Max = 255

Precomp Min = 0

Max = 65535

Set the number of cylinders
for this hard disk.
Set the number of read/write
heads
**** Warning: Setting a
value of 65535 means no
hard disk

Landing zone Min = 0

****

Max = 65535

Sector Min = 0

Number of sectors per track

Max = 255

Table 3 Hard disk selections

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4.7 Advanced BIOS Features

This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation.
You have the opportunity to select the system’s default speed, boot-up
sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security.

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Advanced BIOS Features

Virus Warning Disabled
CPU L1 & L2 Cache Enabled
Quick Power On Self Test Enabled
LAN(CN21/UP) BootROM Disabled
First Boot device Floppy
Second Boot device HDD-0
Third Boot device LS120
Boot other device Disabled
Swap Floppy Drive Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled
Boot Up NumLock Status On
Gate A20 Option Fast
Typematic Rate Setting Disabled
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6
Typematic Delay (Msec) 250
Security Option Setup

Item Help
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Menu Level 

Allows you to choose the
VIRUS warning feature for
IDE Hard Disk boot sector
protection. If this function is
enabled and someone
attempt to write data into this
area, BIOS will show a
warning message on screen
and alarm beep

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Non-OS2

↑↓←→Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

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Virus Warning

Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot

sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempt to

write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen

and alarm beep.

Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up

causing a warning message to appear when anything
attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition
table.

Disabled No warning message will appear when anything

attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition
table.

CPU L1 & L2 Cache

These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends

on CPU/chipset design.

Enabled Enable cache
Disabled Disable cache

Quick Power On Self Test

This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power up

the computer. If it is set to Enable, BIOS will shorten or skip some check

items during POST.

Enabled Enable quick POST
Disabled Normal POST

LAN(CN21/UP) BootROM

Enabled Decompress LAN Boot ROM
Disabled Don’t use Boot ROM

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First/Second/Third/Other Boot Device

The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the

sequence selected in these items.

The Choice: Floppy, LS/ZIP, HDD, SCSI, CDROM, Disabled.

Swap Floppy Drive

If the system has two floppy drives, you can swap the logical drive name

assignments. The choice: Enabled/Disabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Seeks disk drives during boot up. Disabling speeds boot up.

The choice: Enabled/Disabled.

Boot Up NumLock Status

Select power on state for NumLock. The choice: Enabled/Disabled.

Gate A20 Option

Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control GateA20.

Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls

GateA20

Fast Lets chipset control GateA20

Typematic Rate Setting

Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller.

When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected.

The choice: Enabled/Disabled.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

Sets the number of times a second to repeat a key stroke when you hold

the key down.

The choice: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30.

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Typematic Delay (Msec)

Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat

the keystroke.

The choice: 250, 500, 750, 1000.

Security Option

Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or

only when you enter setup.

System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be

denied if the correct password is not entered at the
prompt.

Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if

the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

Note: To disable security, select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu

and then you will be asked to enter password. Do not type anything and

just press <Enter>, it will disable security. Once the security is disabled,

the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB

Select the operating system that is running with greater than
64MB of RAM on the system.

The choice: Non-OS2, OS2.

Video BIOS Shadow

This item allows the video BIOS to be copied to system memory for
faster performance.

The Choice : Enable , Disable.

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4.8 Advanced Chipset Features

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Advanced Chipset Features

DRAM Timing Selectable SPD
CAS Latency Time 3
Active to Precharge Delay 6
DRAM RAS# TO CAS# Delay 3
DRAM RAS# Precharge 3
Memory Frequency For Auto
System BIOS Cacheable Disabled
Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled
Video RAM Cacheable Disabled
AGP Aperture Size 64
Flash BIOS Disabled

↑↓←→Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific

features of the installed chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and

access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and the external

cache. It also coordinates communications between the conventional

ISA bus and the PCI bus. It must be stated that these items should

never need to be altered. The default settings have been chosen

because they provide the best operating conditions for your system.

Item Help
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_
Menu Level 

DRAM Timing Selectable

This item allows you to select the value in this field, depending on whether the

board has paged DRAMs or EDO (extended data output) DRAMs.

The Choice: SPD, Manual.

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CAS Latency Time

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency

depends on the DRAM timing. Do not reset this field from the default value

specified by the system designer.

The Choice: 2, 3.

Memory Frequency For

Auto: by hardware.

DDR200/266 : 200MHz /266MHz.

System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh,

resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this

memory area, a system error may result.

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Vedio RAM Cacheable

Select Enabled allows caching of the video RAM , resulting in better

system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory

area, a system error may result. The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

AGP Aperture Size

Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The

aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for

graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range

are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. 8M-32M

Flash BIOS

When Enabled, you can update BIOS by software(flash utility).

The Choice: Enabled,Disabled.

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4.9 Integrated Peripherals

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Integrated Peripherals

Onboard LAN(10/100/1000) [Enabled]

Onboard VGA Device [Enabled]
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled]
IDE Primary Master PIO [ Auto]
IDE Primary Slave PIO [Auto]
IDE Primary Master UDMA [Auto]
IDE Primary Slave UDMA [Auto]
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE [Enabled]
IDE Secondary Master PIO [Auto]
IDE Secondary Slave PIO [Auto]
IDE Secondary Master UDMA [Auto]
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA [Auto]
USB Controller [Enabled]
USB Keyboard Support Disabled
USB Mouse Support Disabled

Init Display First [PCI Slot]

IDE HDD Block Mode [Enabled]

POWER ON Function [BUTTON ONLY]

Onboard FDC Controller [Enabled]

Onboard Serial Port 1 [Auto]

Onboard Serial Port 2 [Auto]

UART 2 Mode [Standard]

IR Function Duplex [Half]

TX,RX inverting enable [No, Yes]

Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]

Onboard Parallel Mode [Normal]

Parallel Port EPP Type [EPP1.7]

ECP Mode Use DMA [3]

PWRON After PWR-Fail [Off]

↑↓←→ Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Item Help
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Menu Level 
If your IDE hard drive
supports block mode select
Enabled for automatic
detection of the optimal
number of block read/write
per sector the drive can
support

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On-Chip Primary PCI IDE

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels.

Select Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface. Select Disabled to

deactivate this interface

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO

The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO

mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE

interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased

performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the

best mode for each device.

The Choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4.

Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA-33/66/100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard

drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver

(Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard

drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA-33/66/100,

select Auto to enable BIOS support.

The Choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode 4.

Init Display First

This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot of VGA card first.

The choice: PCI Slot,AGP

IDE HDD Block Mode

Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple

sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new

drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number

of block read/writes per sector the drive can support.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled

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Onboard FDC Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed

on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install and-in FDC or

the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.

OnChip USB

This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board

and you want to use it. Even when so equipped, if you add a higher performance

controller, you will need to disable this feature.

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second

serial ports.

The choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto.

UART 2 Mode

This item allows you to select which mode for the Onboard Serial Port 2.

The choice: Standard, HPSIR, ASKIR.

IR Function Duplex

This item allows you to select the IR half/full duplex funcion.

The choice: Half, Full.

TX ,RX inverting enable

This item allow you to enable the TX, RX inverting which depends on different

H/W requirement. This field is not recommended to change its default setting for

avoiding any error in your system

The choice: No, No/ No,Yes(Default)/ Yes, No/ Yes, Yes.

Onboard Parallel Port

This item allows you to determine onboard parallel port controller I/O address

setting.

The choice: 378/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled,

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Parallel Port Mode

Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Select Normal,

Compatible, or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both

support one of the other available modes.

The choice: Normal, EPP, ECP,ECP/EPP

ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode.

The choice: 3, 1.

Parallel Port EPP Type

elect EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9.

The choice: EPP1.7, EPP1.9

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4.10 Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to

most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with

your own style of computer use.

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Power Management Setup

ACPI function [Disabled]

ACPI Suspend Type [S1(POS)]

Power Management [User Define]
Video Off Method [V/H SYNC+Blank]
Video Off In Suspend [Yes]
MODEM Use IRQ [3]
Suspend Mode [Disabled]
HDD Power Down [Disabled]
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN [ Instant-Off]

Power On by Ring [Enabled]

Resume by Alarm [Disabled]

↑↓←→Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Item Help
_______________________
Menu Level 

The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most

effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style

of computer use.

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ACPI Function

This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and

Power Management (ACPI).

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Power Management

This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving

and is directly related to the following modes:

1. HDD Power Down :

inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices

remain active.

2. Doze Mode:

CPU clock will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full

speed.

3. Suspend Mode:

all devices except the CPU will be shut off.

There are four selections for Power Management, three of which have

fixed mode settings.
Disable (default) No power management. Disables all four

Min. Power Saving Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1

Max. Power Saving

User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually.

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the

When enabled and after the set time of system

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity,

modes

hr. Standby Mode = 1 hr., Suspend Mode = 1
hr., and HDD Power Down = 15 min.

Maximum power management -- ONLY
AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU’s. Doze Mode = 1
min., Standby Mode = 1 min., Suspend Mode =
1 min., and HDD Power Down = 1 min.

When not disabled, each of the ranges are from
1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD Power Down
which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. and
disable.

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Video Off In suspend

When enabled, this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving

mode.

NO Monitor will remain on during power saving modes.

YES Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend

mode.

Video Off Method

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
V/H SYNC+Blank

Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video

DPMS Support

This selection will cause the system to turn off the
vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and
write blanks to the video buffer.

buffer.

Select this option if your monitor supports the
Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS)
standard of the Video Electronics Standards to
select video power management values.

MODEM Use IRQ

This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use.

The choice: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to

enter the Soft-Off state when the system has “hung.”

The choice: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off.

Power On by Ring

Wake Up events are I/O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from

entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode. In

effect, the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is

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configured as On, even when the system is in a power down mode.

Power On by Ring

An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) line (in other words, an incoming

call on the modem) and LAN WOL awakens the system from a soft off state.

Resume by Alarm

When Enabled, your can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock)

alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode.

The following is a list of IRQ’s, Interrupt ReQuests, which can be exempted much

as the COM ports and LPT ports above can. When an I/O device wants to gain

the attention of the operating system, it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur.

When the operating system is ready to respond to the request, it interrupts itself

and performs the service.

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4.11 PnP/PCI Configurations

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal

Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate

at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating

with its own special components. This section covers some very

technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced

users should make any changes to the default settings.

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PnP/PCI Configurations

PnP OS Installed [No]
Reset Configuration Data [Disabled]

Resources Controlled By [Auto(ESCD)]

x IRQ Resources [Press Enter]

x DMA Resources [Press Enter]

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]
Assign IRQ For USB [Enabled]

Item Help

------------------------­Menu Level 

Default is Disabled. Select
Enabled to reset Extended
System Configuration
Data(ESCD) when you exit
Setup if you have installed a
new add-on and the system
reconfiguration has caused
such a serious conflict that the
OS cannot boot

↑↓←→Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

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Pnp OS Installed

This item allows you to determine install PnP OS or not.

The choice: Yes, No.

Reset Configuration Data

Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset

Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you

have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused

such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled .

Resource controlled by

The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically

configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However,

this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and
Play operating system such as Windows95. If you set this field to

“manual” choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu
that follows this field (a sub menu is preceded by a “”).

The choice: Auto(ESCD), Manual.

IRQ Resources

When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a

type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt.

IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15 assigned to

Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, requiring

a specific interrupt ( such as IRQ4 for serial port 1). PCI/ISA PnP Devices

compliant with the Plug and Play standard, whether designed for PCI or ISA bus

architecture.

The Choice: PCI/ISA PnP, Legacy ISA.

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DMA Resource

When resources are controlled manually, assign each system DMA

channel a type, depending on the type of device using the DMA channel.

DMA 0/1/3/5/6/7 assigned to

Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus

specification, PCI/ISA PnP for devices compliant with the Plug and Play

standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture.

The Choice: Legacy ISA and PCI/ISA PnP.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

Leave this field at Disabled.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Assign IRQ For USB

Enable/Disable to assign IRQ for USB

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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4.12 PC Health Status

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PC Health Status

Current System1 Temp. 28℃
Current System2 Temp. 32℃
Current CPU Temp 32℃
Current FAN1 Speed 5336RPM

Current FAN2 Speed 5353RPM
Current FAN3 Speed 5353RPM

Vcore 1.75V
+3.3V 3.32V

+5V 5.01V

+12V 12.05V

-12V -12.19V

- 5V - 5.04V
5VSB(V) 5.02V

↑↓←→ Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Item Help

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4.13 Frequency/Voltage Control

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Frequency/Voltage Control

CPU Clock Ratio [8X]
Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk [Disabled]
Spread Spectrum [Disabled]
CPU HOST/SDRAM/PCI Clock [Default ]

↑↓←→ Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

CPU Clock Ratio

This item allows you to select CPU Ratio .

PS: If Intel fixes CPU RATIO, the item is no purpose.

Item Help

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Auto Detect DIMM/PCI CLK

This item allows you to enable/disable auto detect DIMM/PCI Clock.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to enable/disable the spread spectrum modulate.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

CPU Host/DRAM/PCI Clock

This item allows you to select CPU/PCI frequency.

The choice: Default, 133/33MHz, 136/34MHz……..

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4.14 Defaults Menu

Selecting “Defaults” from the main menu shows you two options
which are described below

Load Fail-Safe Defaults
When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation
dialog box with a message similar to:

Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N

Pressing ‘Y’ loads the BIOS default values for the most stable,
minimal-performance system operations.

Load Optimized Defaults

When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation
dialog box with a message similar to:

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) ? N

Pressing ‘Y’ loads the default values that are factory settings for
optimal performance system operations.

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4.15 Supervisor/User Password Setting

You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them. The

differences between are:

supervisor password :

can enter and change the options of the setup menus.

user password :

just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the

setup menus. When you select this function, the following message will

appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

ENTER PASSWORD:

Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>.

The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from

CMOS memory. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the

password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort

the selection and not enter a password.

To disable a password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to

enter the password. A message will confirm the password will be

disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you

can enter Setup freely.

PASSWORD DISABLED.

When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it

every time you try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person

from changing any part of your system configuration.

Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS

to request a password every time your system is rebooted. This would

prevent unauthorized use of your computer.

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You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features

Setup Menu and its Security option (see Section 3). If the Security

option is set to password will be required both at boot and at entry to

Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter

Setup.

4.16 Exit Selecting

Save & Exit Setup

Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation:

Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y

Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in
CMOS – a special section of memory that stays on after you turn
your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the
BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections
stored in CMOS. After saving the values the system is restarted
again.

Exit Without Saving

Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation:

Quit without saving (Y/N)? Y

This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any
change. The previous selections remain in effect. This exits the
Setup utility and restarts your computer.

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Appendix A. Watch-Dog Timer

The WatchDog Timer is a device to ensure that standalone systems can
always recover from abnormal conditions that cause the system to crash.
These conditions may result from an external EMI or a software bug.
When the system stops working, hardware on the board will perform
hardware reset (cold boot) to bring the system back to a known state.
Three I/O ports control the operation of WatchDog Timer.

443 (hex) Write Set WatchDog Time period
443 (hex) Read Enable the WatchDog Timer.
043/843 (hex) Read Disable the WatchDog Timer.

Prior to enable the WatchDog Timer, user has to set the time-out period.
The resolution of the timer is 1 second and the range of the timer is from
1 sec to 255 sec. You need to send the time-out value to the I/O port –
443H, and then enable it by reading data from the same I/O port – 443H.
This will activate the timer that will eventually time out and reset the CPU
board. To ensure that this reset condition won’t occur, the WatchDog
Timer must be periodically refreshed by reading the same I/O port 443H.
This must be done within the time-out period that is set by the software,
please refer to the example program. Finally, we have to disable the
WatchDog timer by reading the I/O port -- 843H or 043H. Otherwise the
system could reset unconditionally.

A tolerance of at least 5% must be maintained to avoid unknown routines
in the operating system (DOS), such as disk I/O that can be very time­consuming. Therefore if the time-out period has been set to 10 seconds,
the I/O port 443H must be read within 7 seconds.

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Example assembly program:

TIMER_PORT = 443H

TIMER_START = 443H

TIMER_STOP = 843H

;;INITIAL TIMER COUNTER

MOV DX, TIMER_PORT

MOV AL, 8 ;;8 seconds

OUT DX, AL

MOV DX, TIMER_START

IN AL, DX. ;;START COUNTER

W_LOOP:

MOV DX, TIMER_STOP

IN AL, DX

MOV DX, TIMER_START

IN AL, DX ;;RESTART COUNTER

;;ADD YOUR APPLICATION HERE

CMP EXIT_AP, 0

JNE W_LOOP

MOV DX, TIMER_STOP

IN AL, DX

;;EXIT AP

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Appendix B. I/O Address Map

• I/O Address Map

I/O Address

Map
000-01F DMA Controller #1
020-021 Interrupt Controller # 1, Master
040-05F System Timer
060-06F Standard 101/102 keyboard Controller
070-07F Real time Clock, NMI Controller
080-0BF DMA Page Register
0A0-0BF Interrupt Controller # 2
0C0-0DF DMA Controller # 2
0F0-0F0 Clear Math Coprocessor Busy
0F1-0F1 Reset Math Coprocessor
0F8-OFF Math Coprocessor
170-1F7 BUS Master PCI IDE Controller
278-27F Parallel Printer Port 2
2F8-2FF Serial Port 2

376-376 BUS Master PCI IDE Controller
378-37F Parallel Printer Port 1
3B0-3DF SiS 315 AGP Graphic Adapter
3F0-3F7 Floppy Disk Controller
3F8-3FF Serial Port 1
443 Watch dog timer enable
480-48F PCI BUS
843/043 Watch dog timer disable

Description

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1

st MB Memory Address Map

Memory address Description
00000-9FFFF SYSTEM MEMORY
A0000-BFFFF VGA BUFFER
C0000-CFFFF VGA BIOS
E0000-FFFFF SYSTEM BIOS
100000 EXTEND MEMORY

IRQ Mapping Chart

IRQ0 System Timer IRQ8 RTC clock
IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ9 IRQ FOR PCI STEERING
IRQ2 IRQ Controller IRQ10 LAN
IRQ3 COM2 IRQ11 LAN
IRQ4 COM1 IRQ12 PS/2 mouse
IRQ5 AUDIO IRQ13 FPU
IRQ6 FDC IRQ14 Primary IDE
IRQ7 Printer IRQ15 Secondary IDE

DMA Channel Assignment

Channel Function

0 Available
1 Available
2 Floppy disk
3 Available
4 Cascade for DMA controller 1
5 Available
6 Available
7 Available

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Appendix C. ATX Power Supply

The following notes show how to connect ATX Power Supply to the
backplanes and / or the ISBC card.

A. For backplanes with ATX Connector

1. Please, disconnect the AC cord of the Power Supply from the AC
source to prevent sudden electric surge to the board.

2. Please, check the type of your CPU board. All CPU board listed on
the next page support ATX power supply but has two types of power
switch connection:

2.1. ROCKY-4784EVG (through Power Button & GND):

Connect the ATX power button switch to the CN10 (power
button). And connect the power cable from Backplane to CN17
of CPU card.

If you want to turn ON the system, just press the button once.
And if you want to turn off the power supply, please press the
ATX power switch button for about 4 seconds.

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B. For the backplanes with ATX power supply

connector

For some SBC without ATX power ON/OFF function, then you can
control the ATX power supply through backplane’s PS ON connector.
Refer to the figure below: for the backplanes with ATX connector,
the connection can be made simply as following:

1. Connect the ON/OFF (ordinary one) switch to Pin 2 (PS ON) and
Pin 3 (GND) of connector CN2

2. You may now turn the power ON/OFF by the power switch

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Appendix D. How to use Wake-Up Function

The ROCKY-4784EVG provides two kind of Wake up Function.
This page describes how to use Modem Wake-Up and LAN Wake-Up
function.
Wake-Up function is working while you use ATX power supply,

Wake –Up On Modem(Ring) :
You must set the option Wake-Up On LAN/Ring of CMOS SETUP to
be enabled. The ATX power supply will be switched on when there is a
ring signal detected on pin “RI” of serial port.

Wake-Up On LAN:
When your computer is in power-down status, you can see LAN
Link/Active LED is flashing. This status indicates that the LAN chip has
entered standby mode and waits for Wake-Up signal. You can use other
computers to wake up your computer by sending ID to it.

: ID is the address of your system LAN. Every LAN chip has a factory-

ID

set ID, which you can find it from network information in WINDOWS.

ID’s format is xxxxxxxxxxxx
Example ID: 009027388320

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