ICP ROCKY-772EV User Manual

ROCKY – 772EV

TM

Duron

& Athlon(XP)TM with Dual LAN

Integrated S3 savage4 AGP4X VGA SBC

@Copyright 2001

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Ver 1.1

Contents

1. Introduction .....................................................................4

3.7 USB Port Connector .........................................................................19

3.8 IrDA Infrared Interface Port .............................................................19

3.9 CPU & SYSTEM Fan Connector....................................................19

3.10 LAN RJ45 & STATE LED Connector ...........................................20

1.1 Specifications ......................................................................................5

1.2 What You Have...................................................................................7

2. Installation.......................................................................8

2.1 ROCKY – 772EV's Layout................................................................ 9

2.2 Unpacking Precautions.....................................................................10

2.3 Setting the CPU of ROCKY-772EV ...............................................11

2.4 Watch-Dog Timer.............................................................................11

2.5 DiskOnChip™ Flash Disk ..............................................................11

2.6 Clear CMOS Setup ...........................................................................12

2.7 Onboard LAN1/LAN2 Setting.........................................................12

2.8 Onboard Keyboard/Mouse Source
Setting……………………….12

3. Connection ....................................................................13

3.1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector ..........................................................14

3.2 PCI E-IDE Disk Drive Connector ...................................................15

3.3 Parallel Port .......................................................................................16

3.4 Serial Ports ........................................................................................16

3.11 VGA Connector ................................................................................20

3.12 AUDIO Headphone & Input Connector .......................................20

3.13 ATX 20-PIN Power Connector .......................................................21

4. AWARD BIOS Setup ..........................................22

4.1 Introduction........................................................................................22

4.2 Starting Setup....................................................................................22

4.3 Using Setup .......................................................................................23

4.4 Getting Help.......................................................................................24

4.5 Main Menu.........................................................................................25

4.6 Standard CMOS Setup ....................................................................28

4.7 Advanced BIOS Features Setup .....................................................32

4.8 Advanced Chipset Features Setup ..................................................36

4.9 Integrated Peripherals Setup............................................................39

4.10 Power Management Setup .............................................................43

4.11 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup ..........................................................48

4.12 PC Health Status Setup…………….................................................50

4.13 Frequency / Voltage Control Setup …………….. ...........................51

4.14 Defaults Menu Setup …………….. ..................................................5 2

3.5 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector................................................17

3.6 External Switches and Indicators .....................................................18

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4.15 Change Supervisor/User Password……………..............................53

4.16 Exit Selection …………….. ...............................................................54

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5. Appendix A. Watch-Dog Timer ...................................55

Appendix B. I/O Address Map .....................................57

Appendix C. ATX Power Supply .................................59

Appendix D. How to used Wake Up Function.............61

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Introduction

Welcome to the ROCKY-772EV DuronTM & Athlon(XP)TM Single
Board Computer. The ROCKY-772EV board is an ISA/PCI form
factor board, which comes equipped with high performance
Athlon(XP)
mode 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-772EV provides S3 Savage4 AGP4X
VGA on board. The VGA chip is 3D graphics chipset, which
provides up to 1920x1440x16-color resolution. The VGA on
board has 8 to 32MB frame buffer sharing with system memory.

This board has a built-in DiskOnChip™(DOC) Flash Disk Socket
for embedded applications. The DOC Flash Disk is 100%
software compatible with hard disks. Users can use any DOS
command without any extra software utility. The DOC currently
is available from 2MB to 144MB.

An advanced high performance super AT I/O chip – VIA
VT82C686B is used in the ROCKY-772EV 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-772EV uses dual Intel 82559 /Realtek RTL8100
Fast Ethernet Multifunction PCI Controller as LAN controllers.
They are fully integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX LAN solution
with high performance networking functions and low power
features.

TM

Processor and advanced high performance multi-

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The ROCKY-772EV uses the advanced VIA KM/KL133A
Chipset which is 100% software compatible chipset with PCI 2.1
standard.

parallel port

Hardware
monitor

Supports EPP/ECP/SPP

Built-in to monitor power supply voltage and fan
speed statu s

1.1 Specifications

CPU(PGA462)

Bus interface

Bus speed

DMA channels

Interrupt levels

Chipset

Real-time
clock/calendar

RAM memory

ATA/100

IDE interface

Floppy disk
drive interface

AMD DuronTM and Athlon(XP)TM Processor,
supports 200/266 MHz FSB

PCI/ISA bus, PICMG compliant

ISA : 8MHz, PCI: 33MHz

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VIA KM/KL133A

VT82C686B

Three 168-pin DIMM sockets support SDRAM
and VCM RAM module. The max. Memory is up
to 1.5GB.

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
acce sso ries.

Supports up to two floppy disk drives,

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

1.44MB, and 2.88MB)

IrDA port

USB port

Watch-dog
timer

VGA controller

Ethernet

Flash disk
socket

Keyboard and
PS/2 mouse
connector

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

Supports 4 USB ports for future expansion

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

Integrated S3 Savage4 AGP4X 3D graphics Core
plus Advanced Memory Controller.

Screen Resolution: up to 1920x1440x16.

Dual Intel 82559 /Realtek 8100 Fast Ethernet
controllers, IEEE 802.3u Auto-Negotiation
support for 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX standard.
Two RJ45 connectors are located on the mounting
bracket for easy connection.

The DiskOnChip™ compatible 32-pin dip socket
is provided for Flash Disk (DiskOnChip™)
application which will let users to use the Flash
Disk with DOS command, without any extra
software utility.

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.

Two RS-232 ports with 16C550 UART (or

Serial ports

Bi-directional

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.

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Compactflash

Power
consumption

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

( Ath lonTM (K7) 1.4GHz,512MB PC133 SDRAM)

+5V @ 12.5A ,+12V @ 168mA ,-12V @40mA.

Recommended : 300-watt power supply or higher

Operating
temperature

0° ~ 50° C

( *CPU needs Cooler & silicone heatsink paste* )

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

1.2 What You Have

In addition to this
includes the following items:

One ROCKY-772EV Single Board Computer

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One RS-232 x2 and Printer Cable with bracket

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One FDD cable

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One AUDIO cable.

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One ATA/100 IDE cables

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

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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.

User's Manual

, the ROCKY-772EV package

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Installation

This chapter describes how to install the ROCKY-772EV. At first,
the layout of ROCKY-772EV is shown, and the unpacking
information that you should be careful is described. The
jumpers and switches setting for the ROCKY-772EV's
configuration, such as CPU clock setting, and watchdog timer,
are also included.

2.1 ROCKY – 772EV's Layout

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2.2 Unpacking Precautions

2.3 Setting the CPU of ROCKY-772EV

Some com ponents on ROCKY-772EV 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-772EV SBC. You can do it by using a grounded
wrist strap at all times or by frequently touching any conducting

 Handle your ROCKY-772EV SBC by its edges. Don’t touch IC

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

Note: All shaded rows in tables of this manual are the default settings

materials that is connected to the ground.

chips, leads or circuitry if not necessary.

Table of Jumpers

LABEL FUNCTION

JP1 &

JP7

JP2 Onboard LAN2 enable/disable.
JP3 CompactFlash Master(close)/Slave(open) Setting.
JP4 Onboard LAN1 enable/disable.
JP5 Watch-Dog Active Type Setting
JP6 DiskOnChip Memory Address Setting

JKB1 Keyboard/Mouse power source Setting

JBAT1 CMOS state setting

for the ROCKY-772EV.

CPU FSB 200/266MHz Setting

JP1 & JP7 : CPU FSB 200/266MHz Setting

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CPU FSB

200 MHz
266 MHz

When you change CPU with FSB 266MHz to that with 200MHz

be sure to clear CMOS before first power ON.

1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 1-2

CLOSE CLOSE OPEN CLOSE CLOSE

OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN

JP1 JP7

2.4 Watch-Dog Timer (JP5)

Reading I/O port 443H enables the Watch-Dog Timer. It should
be triggered before the time-out period ends, otherwise it will
assume the program operation is abnormal and will issue a
reset signal to start again, or activate NMI to CPU. The Watch­Dog Timer is disable by reading I/O port 043H or 843H. Refer to
Appendix A for detailed information on Watch-Dog Timer.

• JP5 : Watch-Dog Active Type Setting

JP5 DESCRIPTION

1-2 ACTIVATE NMI TO CPU WHEN WDT TIME-

OUT

2-3 RESET WHEN WDT TIME-OUT
OPEN DISABLE WDT

2.5 DiskOnChip™ Flash Disk

The DiskOnChip™ Flash Disk Chip(DOC) is produced by M­Systems. Because the DOC is 100% software compatible to
hard disk and DOS, users don‘t need any extra software utility. It
is just “plug and play” easy and reliable. At present the DOC is
available from 2MB to 144MB. The DiskOnChip only shares
8KB memory address.

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• JP6 : DiskOnChip Memory Address Setting

Address 1-2 3-4 5-6

CE000 – CFFFF OFF ON ON

D6000 – D7FFF ON OFF ON

DE000 – DFFFF OFF OFF ON

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Connection

2.6 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 JBAT1 (1-2) about 3 seconds,
then open it again. Set back to normal operation mode, open

JBAT1 : Clear CMOS Setup (Reserve Function)

JP1. •

JBAT1 DESCRIPTION

1-2 Normal Operation
2-3 Clear CMOS Setup

2.7 Onboard LAN1(JP4) / LAN2(JP2) Setting

The onboard LAN controllers can be disabled if you don’t want to use
then. All the hardware resource will be released. After they are disabled.

JP2/JP4 DESCRIPTION

CLOSE Enable

OPEN Disable

2.8 Onboard Keyboard/Mouse source Setting

JKB1 DESCRIPTION

1-2 Vcc (+5V)
2-3 5VSB

This chapter describes how to connect peripherals, switches
and indicators to the ROCKY- 772EV board.

Table of Connectors

LABEL FUNCTION

FAN1,FAN2 CPU /SYSTEM Fan Connectors

CN1 ATX 20-PIN Power Connector
CN2 IrDA connector
CN3 ATX BUTTON (Power ON) Switch
CN5 Parallel Port Connector
CN6 FDC Connector
CN7 Secondary IDE Connector
CN8 Primary IDE Connector

CN9,CN10 USB Connectors

CN11,CN14 Serial Port 10-pin Connectors

CN12 External Switches and Indicators
CN13 Backplane to Mainboard Connectors

CN16,CN17 LAN State LED Connectors

CN18 AUDIO MIC-IN
CN19 AUDIO LINE-IN
CN20 AUDIO CD-IN
CN21 VGA 15-pin Female Connector

CN22,CN24 LAN RJ45 Connectors

CN25 External 5-pin Header Keyboard Connector
CN26 PS/2 MOUSE & KEYBOARD Connector

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3.1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector

3.2 PCI E-IDE Disk Drive Connector

The ROCKY-772EV board is equipped with a 34-pin daisy-chain
drive connector cable.

CN6 : FDC Connector

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPT ION

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 W RITE DATA#
23 GROUND 24 W RITE GATE#
25 GROUND 26 TRACK 0#
27 GROUND 28 W RITE PROTECT#
29 GROUND 30 READ DATA#
31 GROUND 32 SIDE 1 SELECT#
33 GROUND 34 DISK CHANGE#

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.

CN8 (IDE 1) : Primary IDE Connector
CN7 (IDE 2) : Secondary IDE Connector

CN8/CN7 : IDE Interface Connector

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPT ION

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 ROCKY-772EV
includes an on-board parallel port, accessed through a 26-pin
flat-cable connector.

CN5 : Parallel Port Connector

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PIN NO. DESCRIPT ION PIN NO. DE SC RIPTION

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 ACKNOWLE DGE
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-772EV offers two high speeds NS16C550
compatible UART.

CN14 (COM1) : 10-pin header on board
CN11 (COM2) : 10-pin header on board

Serial port connections

Connector Ports Address Interrupt

CN14 COM1 3F8 IRQ4
CN11 COM2 2F8 IRQ3

• 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 (CN26) 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.

CN26 : 6-pin Mini-DIN Keyboard Connector

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

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

For alternative application, a keyboard and a PS/2 mouse pin
header connector are also available on board, located on CN25
respectively.

CN25 : 5-pin Header Keyboard Connector

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PIN NO. DESCRIPT ION

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

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3.6 External Switches and Indicators

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

There are several external switches and indicators for
monitoring and controlling your CPU board. All the functions are
in the CN12 connector.

CN12 : External Switches and Indicators

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

Power

LED

1 +5V 2 Speaker
3 N/C 4 N/C
5 GND 6 N/C
7N/C 8 +5V

9 GND 10 Reset Switch
11 GND 12 GND
13 IDE LED+ 14 IDE LED-

CN3 : 2-pin Header ATX BUTTON Connector

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 ATX BUTTON
2 GND

CN13 : Backplane to Mainboard Connector

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 5VSB
2 ATX-ON
3 GND

★ Power source from Backplane with ATX Connector

(Through Power Button & +5VSB)

3.7 USB Port Connector

The ROCKY- 772EV provide 4 built-in USB ports for the future
new I/O bus expansion.

CN9 / CN10

Speaker

Reset

button

1 VCC 2 GROUND
3 DATA- 4 DATA+
5 DATA+ 6 DATA­7 GROUND 8 VCC

3.8 IrDA Infrared Interface Port

The ROCKY-772EV 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.

• CN2: IrDA connector

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

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

3.9 CPU & SYSTEM Fan Connectors (FAN1,FAN2)

The ROCKY-772EV provides two CPU cooling fan connectors,
FAN2 as well as a SYSTEM Fan connector, 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.

• FAN1/FAN2 : Fan Connector

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 Rotat ion Signal
2 12V
3 Ground

3.10 LAN RJ45 & State LED Connectors

The ROCKY-772EV is equipped with two built-in 10/100Mbps
Ethernet controllers. You can connect it to your LAN through

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RJ45 LAN connectors. There are two LED on the connector
indicating the status of LAN. The pin assignments are as
following:

CN22(LAN1)/CN24(LAN2): LAN RJ45 Connector

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 TX+ 5. N/C
2 TX- 6. RX-

3. RX+ 7. N/C

4. N/C 8. N/C

• CN17(LAN1)/CN16(LAN2): LAN State LED Connector

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1-2 ACT/LINK
3-4 100TX

3.11 VGA Connector

The ROCKY-772EV has a built-in 15-pin VGA connector directly
connects to your CRT monitor.

• CN21 : 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

3.12 AUDIO Headphone & Connector

The ROCKY-772EV has a built-in AC’97 AUDIO CODEC;
connector directly connects to your MIC-IN & CD-IN & LINE-IN.

• CN23: AUDIO Headphone Jack (Output)

• CN19: AUDIO LINE-IN Connector (Input)

• CN20: AUDIO CD-IN Connector (Input)

• CN18: AUDIO MIC-IN Connector (Input)

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

CN20 CN19 CN18
1 LEFT LEFT MIC-IN
2 GND GND GND
3 GND GND GND
4 RIGHT RIGHT NC

3.13 ATX 20-PIN Power Connector (CN1)

This connector supports the ATX power, functions such as
modem Ring on, wake-up LAN and soft power off are supported
by mainboard. (Power source from Mainboard)

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 3.3V 2 3.3V
3 GND 4 5V
5 GND 6 5V
7 GND 8 PW_O K

9 5VSB 10 12V
11 3.3V 12 -12V
13 GND 14 A TX-O N
15 GND 16 GND
17 GND 18 -5V
19 5V 20 5V

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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...

PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, DEL T O 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

4.4 Getting Help

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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.

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

E s c : Q u i t ↑ ↓ ← → : Select Item

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Ha rd 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

Standard CMOS Features

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

details.

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Advanced BIOS Features

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

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 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.

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

Frequency/Voltage Control

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

See section 4.13 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.

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 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

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Change the day, month,
year and century

Primary Master menu

(described in Table 3)
IDE
Primary Slave

Options are in its sub

menu

(described in Table 3)
IDE
Secondary

Options are in its sub

menu

(described in Table 3)
IDE
Secondary

Options are in its sub

menu

(described in Table 3)
Drive A
Drive B

None

360K, 5.25 in

1.2M, 5.25 in

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

720K, 3.5 in

1.44M, 3.5 in

2.88M, 3.5 in

Halt On All Errors

No Errors

All, but Keyboard

All, but Diskette

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

All, but Disk/Key
Base Memory N/A Displays the amount of

conventional memory
detected during boot up

Extended Memory N/A Displays the amount of

extended memory
detected during boot up

Total Memory N/A Displays the total

memory available in the
system

Table 2 Main Menu Selections

Figure 1: The Main Menu

Main Menu Selections

Item Options Description

Date MM DD YYYY Set the system date.
Time HH : MM : SS Set the system time
IDE Options are in its sub Press <Enter> to enter

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IDE Adapters

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

A

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

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Figure 2 IDE Primary Master sub menu

Item Help

Menu Level 

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

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

uto Display Disk drive capacity

your disk drive
size

(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

4.7 Advanced BIOS Features

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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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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.

Virus Warning Disabled
CPU Internal Cache Enabled
External Cache Enabled
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled
Quick Power On Self Test Enabled
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
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Non-OS2

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↑↓←→

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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

Virus Warning

CPU Internal Cache/External Cache

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

on CPU/chipset design.

Enabled Enable cache
Disabled Disable cache

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

This item allows you to enable/disable CPU L2 Cache ECC checking.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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

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.

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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.

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Swap Floppy Drive

The choice: 250, 500, 750, 1000.

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.

Typematic Delay (Msec)

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

the keystroke.

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.

4.8 Advanced Chipset Features

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Advanced Chipset Features

DRAM Timing By SPD Enabled
DRAM Clock 133M
SDRAM Cycle Length 3
Bank Interleave Disabled
Memory Hole Disabled

PCI Master Pipeline Req Enabled
P2C/C2P Concurrency Disabled
Fast R-W Turn Around Disabled
System BIOS Cacheable Disabled
Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled
Fram e Buffer Size 8M
AGP Aperture Size 64MB
Power-supply Type AT
OnChip USB Disabled

USB Keyboard Support Disabled
OnChip Sound AUTO
CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled
PCI Dynamic Bursting Enabled
PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled

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

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

DRAM Clock

This item allows you to control the DRAM speed.

The Choice: CPU FSB 200MHz(133/100MHz) ;

CPU FSB 266MHz(133MHz)

SDRAM Cycle Length

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 Hole

In order to improve performance, certain space in memory is reserved for ISA

cards. This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB.

The Choice: 15M-16M, Disabled.

P2c/C2P Concurrency

This item allows you to enable/disable the PCI to CPU, CPU to PCI concurrency.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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.

DRAM Timing By SPD

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

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System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting Enabled allows cachin g of the system BIOS ROM at F000 0h-FF FFF h,

resulting in better system p erformance. However, if any program writes to th is

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.

OnChip USB

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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.

Memory Hole

You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM.

When this area is reserved, it cannot be cached. The user information of

peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually

discusses their memory requirements.

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

PCI Dynamic Bursting

When Enabled, every write transaction goes to the write buffer. Burstable

transactions then burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions don’t.

The Choice: Enabled,Disabled.

PCI Master 0 WS Write

When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states.

The Choice: Enabled,Disabled.

Power-Supply Type

This item controls the power-supply type to AT or ATX.

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OnChip IDE Channel0 [Enabled]
OnChip IDE Channel1 [Enabled]
IDE Prefetch Mode [Enabled]
Primary Master PIO [ Auto]
Primary Slave PIO [Auto]
Secondary Master PIO [Auto]
Secondary Slave PIO [Auto]
Primary Master UDMA [Auto]
Primary Slave UDMA [Auto]
Secondary Master UDMA [Auto]
Secondary Slave UDMA [Auto]

Init Display First [PCI Slot]
Onboard SCSI Device [Enabled]
Onboard Lan Device [Enabled]
IDE HDD Block Mode [Enabled]
Onboard F DC 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]
ECP Mode Use DMA [3]
Parallel Port EPP Type [EPP1.9]
Onboard Legacy Audio [Enabled]
Sound Blaster [Enabled]
SB I/O Base Address [220H]
SB IRQ Select [IRQ 5]
SB DMA Select [DMA 1]

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If your IDE hard drive supports
block mode select Enabled for
automatic detection of the
optimal num ber of block
read/write per sector the drive
can support

On-Chip IDE Channel0/1

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.

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IDE Prefetch Mode

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The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive

accesses. If you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this

field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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.

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

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 dup lex funcion.

The choice: Half, Full.

TX ,RX inverting enable

This item allow you to enable the TX, R X inverting w hich depends on different

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

avoiding an y error in your system

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

Onboard Parallel Port

This item allows you to determine onbo ard parallel port c ontroller I/O address

setting.

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

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.

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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

Onboard Legacy Audio

This field controls the onboard legacy audio.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Sound Blaster

Sound Blaster support.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled

SB I/O Base Address

This item allows you to determine Sound Blaster I/O address setting.

The choice: 220H, 240H, 260H, 280H

SB IRQ Select

This item allows you to determine Sound Blaster IRQ setting.

The choice: IRQ 5, IRQ 7, IRQ 9, IRQ 10

SB DMA Select

This item allows you to determine Sound Blaster DMA setting.

The choice: DMA 0, DMA 1, DMA 2, DMA 3

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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ACPI function [Disabled]

 Power Management [Press Enter]

PM Control by APM [Yes]
Video Off Option [Suspend -> Off]
Video Off Method [V/H SYNC+ Blank]
MODEM Use IRQ [3]
Soft-Off by PWRBTN [ Instant-Off]
State After Power Failure [Auto]

 Wake Up Events [Press Enter]

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

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

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

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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 cloc k will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full

speed.

W hen enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the

3. Suspend Mode:

all devices except the CPU will be sh ut off.

W hen enabled and after the set time of system

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity,

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

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

modes

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

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

Max. Power Saving 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.

User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually.

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.

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

mode.

Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving modes.

Suspend --> Off Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend

mode.

All Modes --> Off Monitor blanked when the system enters any power

saving mode.

Video Off Method

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

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

Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video

buffer.

DPMS Support

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.

PM Control by APM

When enabled, an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to

enhance the Max. Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock. If

Advance Power Management (APM) is installed on your system, selectin g Yes

gives better power savings.

If the Max. Power Saving is no t en ab led, this will be p reset to No.

The choice: Yes, No.

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Soft-Off by PWRBTN

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.

State After Power Failure

State after power is re-applied

The choice: Auto, On, Off.

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Wake Up Event

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

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

VGA

When On, you c an set th e VGA awaken s th e system .

LPT & COM

When On of LPT & COM, any activity from on e of the listed system peripheral

devices or IRQs wakes up the system.

HDD & FDD

When On of HDD & F DD, any ac tivity fro m one of th e listed system periph eral

devices wakes up the system

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PCI Master

When On of PCI Master, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral

devices wakes up the system.

When the operating system is ready to respo nd to the req uest, it interrup ts itself

and performs the service.

When set On, ac tivity will ne ith er prevent th e system from going into a po wer

management mode nor awaken it.

• Primary INTR

• IRQ3 (COM 2 )

• IRQ4 (COM 1)

• IRQ5 (LPT 2)

IRQ6 (Floppy Disk)

•

• IRQ7 (LPT 1)

• IRQ8 (RTC Alarm)

IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir)

•

• IRQ10 (Reserved)

• IRQ11 (Reserved)

• IRQ12 ( P S / 2 Mouse )

• IRQ13 (Coprocessor)

• IRQ14 (Hard Disk)

IRQ15 (Reserved).

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Wake Up On LAN/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.

RTC Alarm Resume

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 o f the o perating system, it signals this by cau sing an IRQ to oc cur.

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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]

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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
can not boot

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.

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

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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.

Th e Choice: Legacy ISA and PCI/ISA PnP.

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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.

4.12 PC Health Status

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PC Health Status

Current CPU Temp. 40℃
Current System Temp. 32℃
Current CPU FAN Speed 5336RPM

Current System FAN Speed 5353RPM

Vcore 1.78V

2.5V 2.57V

3.3V 3.32V

5V 5.01V
12V 12.35V

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

↑↓←→

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4.13 Frequency/Voltage Control

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Frequency/Voltage Control

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

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.

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 m enus . Whe n you select this function, the fo llowing m essage

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

pass wo rd .

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.

PASSWO RD 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

Three I/O ports control the operation of WatchDog Timer.

state.

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 time-consuming. 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

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 Standard 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

CMP EXIT_AP, 0

JNE W_LOOP

MOV DX, TIMER_STOP

IN AL, DX

;;EXIT AP

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1 st MB Memory Address Map

IRQ Mapping Chart

DMA Cha n n el Assig nment

Memory address Description
00000-9FFFF SYSTEM MEMORY
A0000-BFFFF VGA BUFFER
C0000-C7FFF VGA BIOS
C8000-CDFFF NO USE
CE000-CFFFF DEFAULT DOC2000 ADDRESS
E0000-FFFFF SYSTEM BIOS
100000 EXTEND MEMORY

IRQ0 System Timer IRQ8 RTC clock
IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ9 SCSI PORT A
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

Channel Function

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

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-772EV (through Power Button & GND):

Connect the ATX power button switch to the CN3 (power
button). And connect the power cable from Backplane to CN13
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

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

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

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

ID’s for m at is xxxxxxxxxxxx
Example ID: 009027388320

Appendix D. How to use Wake-Up Function

The ROCKY-772EV provides two kind of Wake up Function.

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