ICP ROCKY-C800EV User Manual

VIA

with 10/100Mb LAN & VGA

ROCKY-C800EV

®

C3 Processor CPU Board

User Manual

Version 1.0

December 4, 2003

©Copyright 2003 by ICP Electronics Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Copyright Notice

The information in this document is subject to change without
prior notice in order to improve reliability, design and function
and does not represent a commitment on the part of the
manufacturer.

In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect,
special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of
the use or inability to use the product or documentation, even
if advised of the possibility of such damages.

This document contains proprietary information protected by
copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this manual may
be reproduced by any mechanical, electronic, or other means
in any form without prior written permission of the
manufacturer.

Trademarks

ROCKY-C800EV is a registered trademark of ICP Electronics
Inc., IBM PC is a registered trademark of International
Business Machines Corporation. Intel is a registered
trademark of Intel Corporation. AMI is a registered trademark
of American Megatrends Inc. , Other product names
mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and
may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their
respective companies.

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................5

1.1 S

1.2 P

PECIFICATIONS...................................................... 6

ACKAGE CONTENTS ................................................. 7

CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION........................................8

2.1 L

2.2 C

2.3 C

2.4 B

2.5 D

AYOUT DIAGRAM & DIMENSIONS ................................. 8

LEAR CMOS SETUP .............................................. 11

OMPACT FLASH CARD MASTER/SLAVE MODE SETTING ...... 11

UZZER FUNCTION SETTING ...................................... 11

ISKONCHIP™ FLASH DISK MEMORY ADDRESS SETTING ... 12

CHAPTER 3. CONNECTION ........................................13

3.1 F

3.2 PCI E-IDE D

3.3 P

3.4 USB P

3.5 P

3.6 S

3.7 K

3.8 I

3.9 F

3.10 VGA C

3.11 ATX C

3.12 E

3.13 PS-ON C

3.14 LAN RJ45 C

3.15 E

3.16 C

3.17 A

LOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR ................................ 13

ISK DRIVE CONNECTOR ........................... 14

ARALLEL PORT..................................................... 15

ORT CONNECTORS ......................................... 16

OWER BUTTON SWITCH .......................................... 16

ERIAL PORTS ...................................................... 17

EYBOARD/MOUSE CONNECTOR ................................. 17

RDA INFRARED INTERFACE PORT ............................... 18

AN CONNECTOR ................................................... 19

ONNECTOR.................................................. 19

ONNECTOR .................................................. 20

XTERNAL SWITCHES AND INDICATORS ......................... 21

ONNECTOR............................................... 21

ONNECTOR .......................................... 22

XTERNAL LED CONNECTOR...................................... 22

OMPACT FLASH STORAGE CARD SOCKET ...................... 23

UDIO CONNECTORS............................................... 24

CHAPTER 4. BIOS SETUP ..........................................25

4.1 I

4.2 S

4.3 S

4.4 M

4.5 S

4.6 A

NTRODUCTION ..................................................... 25

TARTING SETUP ................................................... 25

ETUP SUMMARY ................................................... 25

AIN MENU SELECTIONS.......................................... 27

TANDARD CMOS SETUP SELECTIONS......................... 27

DVANCED CMOS SETUP SELECTIONS ........................ 29

3

4.7 ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP SELECTIONS........................ 34

4.8 P

4.9 PCI / P

4.10 P

4.11 H

APPENDIX B. E

OWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SELECTIONS ...................... 35

LUG AND PLAY SETUP SELECTIONS ..................... 37

ERIPHERAL SETUP SELECTIONS ................................. 39

ARDWARE MONITOR SETUP SELECTIONS ...................... 40

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KEY™ FUNCTION................................43

APPENDIX C. ADDRESS MAPPING ...............................44

APPENDIX D. ATX POWER SUPPLY ..............................46

APPENDIX E. HOW TO USE THE WAKE-UP FUNCTION.48

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Chapter 1. Introduction

The ROCKY-C800EV ATX/AT main board is a high-performance
computer mainboard based on the VIA
VT8601A and VT82C686B chipset. It is designed for VIA

®

Apollo PLE133

®

C3
processor, making it an ideal product for cost-effective CPU
board markets.

The VIA® Apollo PLE133 (VT8601A) is a VIA® C3 processor
system logic north bridge with the addition of 133 MHz
capability for both the CPU and SDRAM interfaces. VIA®
Apollo PLE133 may be used to implement both desktop and
notebook personal computer systems from 100MHz to 133MHz
based on C3 (EBGA packing). The primary features of the
VIA® Apollo PLE133-North Bridge are: VIA® C3 CPU (Front
Side Bus) Interface (100 / 133MHz), SDRAM Memory
Interface (100 / 133MHz), 32-bit PCI with Integrated 2D / 3D
graphics accelerator.

The VT82C686B PSIPC (PCI Super-I/O Integrated Peripheral
Controller) is a high integration, high performance, power­efficient, and high compatibility device that supports both
Intel and non-Intel based processors to PCI bus bridge
functionality, ensuring a complete Microsoft PC99-compliant
PCI/ISA system.

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1.1 Specifications

®

VIA

•

Bus: PICMG Bus(Support PCI Master x 4)

•

DMA channels: 7

•

Interrupt levels: 15

•

Chipset: VIA

•

RAM memory: Two 168-pin DIMM sockets . Maximum

•

Ultra ATA/33/66/100 IDE Interface : Two PCI

•

Floppy disk drive interface : Supports 2.88 MB,

•

Two high speed Series ports : NS16C550 compatible

•

Bi-directional Parallel Port : IEEE1284 compatible

•

IrDA port : Supports Serial Infrared(SIR) and Amplitude

•

C3 EBGA packing (FSB: Supports 100/133MHz)

®

VT8601A (Integrated 2D / 3D graphics

accelerator.) & VT82C686B

memory is 1GB.

Enhance IDE hard drives. The south bridge VT82C686B
supports Ultra ATA/33/66/100 IDE interface.

1.44MB, 1.2MB, 720KB, or 360KB floppy disk drive.

UART’s

Shift Keyed IR(ASKIR) interface.

USB port : Equipped with four USB ports for future

•

expansion.

Intel 82559 or REALTEK RTL8100 Fast Ethernet

•

Multifunction PCI Controller : IEEE 802.3u Auto­Negotiation support for 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX standard.
Fast back-to-back transmission support with minimum
interframe spacing. Connected to your LAN via RJ45
connector.

Keyboard connector & PS/2 Mouse Port on-board

•

Power Consumption : +5VSB @ 180mA, +5V @ 3.8A,

•

+12V @ 170mA (C3-800MHz with 512MB SDRAM x 2,
Windows2000 )

Operating Temperature : 0° ~ 55° C ( CPU needs Cooler)

•

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1.2 Package Contents

In addition to this User Manual, the ROCKY-C800EV package
includes the following items:

 ROCKY-C800EV Single Board Computer x 1

 IDE HDD Cable x 1

 FDD Cable x 1

 RS-232/Print Cable x 1

 Y Cable x 1

 Driver CD x 1

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

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Chapter 2. Installation

This chapter describes how to install the ROCKY-C800EV. First
a layout diagram of the ROCKY-C800EV is shown, followed by
unpacking information that should be carefully followed. The
jumpers and switch settings for the ROCKY-C800EV
configuration, such as CPU type selection, system clock
setting, and watchdog timer, are also listed.

2.1 Layout Diagram & Dimensions

(Please turn to the next two pages for layout diagram and

dimensions.)

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ATX1

CN9

PSON

CN3

P2

BR1
BR4
BR3

JFAN1

U21
DOC

JP2

BIOS

U14

CN1

BR5
BR2

U10

P1P5

C3
CPU

U2

U3

JBAT1

BAT1

JP1

CD_IN1

P4

J1

CN5

JP3

P3

JFAN2

CN4

CN2

CN8

PRN1

FDD1

USB1

DIMM2

J3

COM2

IDE2

USB2

DIMM1

COM1

IDE1

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2.2 Clear CMOS Setup

To clear the CMOS Setup (for example if you have forgotten
the password, you should clear the CMOS and then re-set the
password), you should close the JBAT1 (2-3) for about 3
seconds, then open it once more. This will set back to normal
operation mode.

JBAT1 : Clear CMOS Setup

•

 



1 2 3

JBAT1 DESCRIPTION

1-2

(default)*

Short 2-3 Clear CMOS Setup

Keep CMOS Setup

(Normal Operation)

2.3 Compact Flash Card Master/Slave

Mode Setting

The Compact Flash socket is type II, and uses IDE 2.

JP3 : Master/Slave Mode Setting

•

2



1



JP3 DESCRIPTION

SHORT * MASTER

OPEN SLAVE

2.4 Buzzer Function Setting

CN4(2-4) : Enabled/Disabled Onboard Buzzer

•

Function

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2 4 6 8 10 12

    
    




1 3 5 7 9 11

2 - 4 DESCRIPTION

SHORT * Enabled

OPEN Disabled

2.5 DiskOnChip™ Flash Disk Memory

Address setting

The DiskOnChip™ Flash Disk Chip (DOC) is produced by M­Systems. Since DOC is 100% compatible with the hard disk,
no extra software utilities are required. It is, in other words,
“plug and play” - easy and reliable. At the present time, the
DOC is available with between 2MB and 144MB.The MD-

2200-Xmb series DOC will share only 8KB memory
address.

• JP2: DiskOnChip Memory Address Settings

2 4 6 8 10 12 14

     
     

1 3 5 7 9 11 13

ADDRESS 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10 11-12 13-14

CC000 OPEN OPEN CLOSE OPEN OPEN CLOSE CLOSE
CE000 OPEN OPEN OPEN CLOSE OPEN CLOSE CLOSE
D0000 CLOSE OPEN OPEN OPEN CLOSE OPEN CLOSE
D2000 OPEN CLOSE OPEN OPEN CLOSE OPEN CLOSE
D4000 OPEN OPEN CLOSE OPEN CLOSE OPEN CLOSE
D6000 OPEN OPEN OPEN CLOSE CLOSE OPEN CLOSE

D8000 CLOSE OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN CLOSE
DA000 OPEN CLOSE OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN CLOSE
DC000 OPEN OPEN CLOSE OPEN OPEN OPEN CLOSE
DE000 OPEN OPEN OPEN CLOSE OPEN OPEN CLOSE




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Chapter 3. Connection

This chapter describes how to connect peripherals, switches
and indicators to the ROCKY-C800EV board.

3.1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector

ROCKY-C800EV board is equipped with a 34-pin daisy-chain
driver connector cable.

FDD1 : FDC CONNECTOR

•

2 4 6 … 30 32 34

   …  
   …  

1 3 5 … 29 31 33

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN 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 N/C 30 READ DATA#
31 GROUND 32 SIDE 1 SELECT#
33 N/C 34 DISK CHANGE#




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3.2 PCI E-IDE Disk Drive Connector

You can attach up to four IDE( Integrated Device Electronics)
devices.

IDE1 : Primary IDE Connector
IDE2 : Secondary IDE Connector

IDE1 / IDE2 : IDE Interface Connector

•

2 4 6 … 36 38 40

   …  
   …  

1 3 5 … 35 37 39

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN 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 DRQ 22 GROUND
23 IOW# 24 GROUND
25 IOR# 26 GROUND
27 CHRDY 28 REV. PULL LOW
29 DACK 30 GROUND-DEFAULT
31 INTERRUPT 32 N/C
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

Usually, a printer is connected to the parallel port. The
ROCKY-C800EV includes an on-board parallel port, accessed
via a 26-pin flat-cable connector PRN1.

PRN1 : Parallel Port Connector

•

2 4 6 … 22 24 26

   …  
   …  

1 3 5 … 21 23 25

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN 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 26 NC




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3.4 USB Port Connectors

The ROCKY-C800EV is equipped with two USB (Version. 1.1)
ports for the future new I/O bus expansion.

• USB1 / USB2 : 4 ports USB Connector

USB1 / USB2 Pin 8,7,6,5 for PORT 3 / 1
USB1 / USB2 Pin 1,2,3,4 for PORT 2 / 0

2 4 6 8

  
  

1 3 5 7

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1. VCC 2. GROUND

3. DATA1- 4. DATA0+

5. DATA1+ 6. DATA0-

7. GROUND 8. VCC

The USB port 0 has a USB connector (P5) on bracket.




3.5 Power Button Switch

• CN5 : 2 Pin Power Button Switch

1





PIN DESCRIPTION

1 ATX SW Pin1
2 ATX SW Pin2

2

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3.6 Serial Ports

The ROCKY-C800EV offers two high speed NS16C550
compatible UART’s with 16-byte Read/Receive FIFO serial
ports.

• COM1 / COM2 : Serial Port 10-pin Connector

6 7 8 9 10

   
   

1 2 3 4 5

PIN 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 N/C




3.7 Keyboard/Mouse Connector

The ROCKY-C800EV has a 6-pin DIN keyboard/mouse
connector and a 5-pin keyboard connector..

• P2 : 6-pin DIN Keyboard/Mouse Connector

PIN DESCRIPTION

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

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• CN3 : 5-pin External Keyboard Connector

5



4



3




2



1

PIN DESCRIPTION

1 KEYBOARD CLOCK

2 KEYBOARD DATA

3 NC

4 GROUND

5 +5V

3.8 IrDA Infrared Interface Port

The ROCKY-C800EV comes with an integrated IrDA port which
supports either a Serial Infrared (SIR) or an Amplitude Shift
Keyed IR (ASKIR) interface. When using the IrDA port, please
ensure that COM2 is set in SIR or ASKIR mode in the BIOS’s
Peripheral Setup so that RS-232 mode on COM2 is disabled.

• J1 : IrDA connector

    

1 2 3 4 5

PIN DESCRIPTION

1 VCC

2 N/C

3 IR-RX

4 Ground

5 IR-TX

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3.9 Fan Connector

The ROCKY-C800EV also has a CPU with cooling fan connector
and chassis fan connector, which can supply 12V/500mA to
the cooling fan. There is a “rotation” pin in the fan connector,
which transfers the fan’s rotation signal to the system BIOS in
order to recognize the fan speed. Please note that only
specific fans offer a rotation signal.

• JFAN1 / JFAN2 : CPU / SYS. Fan Connector

 



1 2 3

PIN DESCRIPTION

1 Ground
2 12V
3 Rotation Signal

3.10 VGA Connector

• P3 : 15-pin Female Connector

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 RED 2 GREEN

3 BLUE 4 NC

5 GROUND 6 GROUND

7 GROUND 8 GROUND

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

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3.11 ATX Connector

The ROCKY-C800EV/EVF/EV is equipped with one standard
ATX power connector

• ATX1: 20-pin Connector

11 1

 




. .
. .
 
 

20 10

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 NC 11 NC

2 NC 12 -12V

3 GND 13 GND

4 +5V 14 PSON#

5 GND 15 GND

6 +5V 16 GND

7 GND 17 GND

8 Power Good 18 -5V

9 +5V SB 19 +5V
10 +12V 20 +5V

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3.12 External Switches and Indicators

There are several external switches and indicators for
monitoring and controlling your CPU board. All functions are in
the CN4 connector.

• CN4 Pin Assignment and Functions :

2 4 6 8 10 12

    
    

1 3 5 7 9 11

FUNCTION PIN DESCRIPTION

SPEAKER

2 SPK SIGNAL
4 Buzzer­6 NC

8 VCC
10 RESET RESET
12 GROUND

9 IDE_LED+ HDD LED
11 IDE_LED-

1 LED+ POWER LED

3 LED-(GROUND)

5 GROUND Reserved

7 NC




Jump for

Buzzer

3.13 PS-ON Connector

This connector is used to control the ATX power supply.

• CN9 : PS-ON Connector (refer to Appendix D for
details )

 

1 2 3

PIN DESCRIPTION

1 Ground
2 PS-ON
3 +5V Standby



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3.14 LAN RJ45 Connector

The ROCKY-C800EV is equipped with dual Ethernet Controllers
(Intel 82559 10/100Mbps, which are connected to the LAN via
an RJ45 LAN connector. The pin assignments are as follows:

• P1 LAN1 RJ45 Connector (10/100)

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 TX+ 7 N/C
2 TX- 8 N/C
3 RX+ 9 Speed +
4 N/C 10 Speed ­5 N/C 11 Active/LINK +
6 RX- 12 Active/LINK -

3.15 External LED Connector

The LED connector includes an Ethernet Link/Active LED, and
an Ethernet speed LED.

• CN1 External LED Connector

1 2

 
 

3 4

LED - LED + LED Function

1 2 LAN LINK LED
3 4 LAN Speed LED

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3.16 Compact Flash Storage Card
Socket

The ROCKY-C800EV includes a slot for a Compact Flash
Storage Card in IDE Mode(Using IDE 2).

• CN2 : Compact Flash Storage Card Socket pin

assignment

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 GROUND 26 CARD DETECT1
2 D3 27 D11
3 D4 28 D12
4 D5 29 D13
5 D6 30 D14
6 D7 31 D15
7 CS1# 32 CS3#
8 N/C 33 N/C

9 GROUND 34 IOR#
10 N/C 35 IOW#
11 N/C 36 OBLIGATORY TO PULL HIGH
12 N/C 37 IRQ15
13 VCC 38 VCC
14 N/C 39 MASTER/SLAVE
15 N/C 40 N/C
16 N/C 41 RESET#
17 N/C 42 IORDY
18 A2 43 N/C
19 A1 44 OBLIGATORY TO PULL HIGH
20 A0 45 ACTIVE#
21 D0 46 PDIAG#
22 D1 47 D8
23 D2 48 D9
24 N/C 49 D10
25 CARD DETECT2 50 GROUND

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3.17 Audio Connectors

The onboard AC’97 CODEC supports several audio functions.
The audio connectors are described below.

• CN8:

2 4 6 8 10 12

    
    

1 3 5 7 9 11

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 EAR OUT (LEFT) 2 EAR OUT (RIGHT)

3 GROUND 4 GROUND

5 LINE OUT (LEFT) 6 LINE OUT (RIGHT)

7 LINE IN (LEFT) 8 LINE IN (RIGHT)

9 GROUND 10 GROUND
11 MIC IN 12 GROUND

• CD_IN1:




   

1 2 3 4

PIN DESCRIPTION

1. CD SIGNAL (LEFT)

2. GROUND

3. GROUND

4. CD SIGNAL (RIGHT)

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Chapter 4. BIOS Setup

4.1 Introduction

This chapter discusses the Setup program built into the BIOS.
which allows users to configure the system. This configuration
is then stored in battery-backed CMOS RAM so that Setup
information is retained whilst the power is off.

4.2 Starting Setup

The BIOS is immediately active when you turn on the
computer. While the BIOS is activated, the Setup program can
be entered 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 (Power On Self-Test).

Press DEL to run SETUP.

4.3 Setup Summary

 Standard CMOS Setup:

Standard CMOS Setup to change time, date, hard disk type,
etc.

 Advanced CMOS Setup:

Advanced CMOS Setup to configure system options.

 Advanced Chipset Setup:

Advanced Chipset Setup to configure chipset features.

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 Power Management Setup:

Power Management Setup to configure power management
features.

 PCI / Plug and Play Setup:

Configures PCI / Plug and Play features.

 Peripheral Setup:

Configures peripheral features.

 Hardware Monitor Setup:

Configures hardware monitor features.

 Auto-Detect Hard Disks:

Selecting these options allow the user to configure the
drive named in the option. Select Auto-Detect Hard Disks
to allow AMIBIOS to automatically configure the drive. A
list of drive parameters the appears on the screen.

 Change User Password:

Change the user password.

 Change Supervisor Password:

Change the supervisor password.

 Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings:

Load configuration settings that ensure the highest
performance.

 Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings:

Load fails-safe configuration settings.

 Save Settings and Exit:

Write the current settings to CMOS and exit.

 Exit Without Saving:

Exit without saving the current settings.

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4.4 Main Menu Selections

AMIBIOS HIFLEX SETUP UTILITY – VERSION 1.52

(C)2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Standard CMOS Setup

Advanced CMOS Setup

Advanced Chipset Setup
Power Management Setup
PCI / Plug and Play Setup

Hardware Monitor Setup

Auto-Detect Hard Disks

Change User Password

Change Supervisor Password

Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings

Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings

Save Settings and Exit

Exit Without Saving

Standard CMOS Setup for changing time, date, hard disk type, etc.

ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel F2/F3:Color F10:Save & Exit

Peripheral Setup

Figure 1:The Main Menu

4.5 Standard CMOS Setup Selections

AMIBIOS SETUP – STANDARD CMOS SETUP

Date (mm/dd/yyyy): Tue Mar 19,2002 Base Memory: 639 KB
Time (hh/mm/ss) : 17:18:10 Extd Memory: 247 MB

Floppy Drive A: Not Installed
Floppy Drive B: Not Installed
LBA Blk PIO 32Bit
Type Size Cyln Head WPcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode
Pri Master: Auto On
Pri Slave : Auto On
Sec Master: Auto On
Sec Slave : Auto On

Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled

Month: Jan – Dec ESC:Exit ↑↓:Sel
Day: 01 – 31 PgUp/PgDn:Modify
Year: 1980 – 2099 F1:Help F2/F3:Color

(C)2001 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Figure 2:Standard CMOS Setup

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 Floppy A, B

Move the cursor to these fields and select the floppy type.

 Primary/Secondary Master/Slave LBA Mode

LBA(Logical Block Addressing) is a new IDE HDD access
method to developed to overcome the 528-megabyte
capacity bottleneck. If your IDE hard disk capacity is
greater than 528MB, AMIBIOS can enable this LBA mode
feature. The option is only for Primary Master IDE LBA
mode.

 Primary/Secondary Master/Slave Block Mode

If your hard disk drive supports IDE block transfer mode,
enable this option for a faster IDE hard disk drive transfer
rate. The option is only for Primary Master Block mode.

 Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO Mode

This option enables Primary Master IDE PIO mode on the
IDE, which can set proper cycle timings. The cycle timing
between the IDE PIO mode value and IDE cycle timing is
shown below :
Mode 0 -> Timing ( 600ns ) Mode 1 -> Timing ( 383ns )
Mode 2 -> Timing ( 240ns ) Mode 3 -> Timing ( 180ns )
Mode 4 -> Timing ( 120ns ) Mode 5 -> Timing ( 60ns )

 Primary/Secondary Master/Slave 32Bit Mode

This option enables Primary Master IDE 32-bit data
transfers on the IDE data port. If disabled,16-bit data
transfer is used by the BIOS.32-bit data transfers can only
be enabled if IDE prefetch mode is also enabled.

 Boot Sector Virus Protection

When this option is enabled, AMIBIOS issues a warning
when any program or virus issues a Disk Format command
or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk
drive. The settings are Disabled, Enabled.

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4.6 Advanced CMOS Setup Selections

AMIBIOS SETUP – ADVANCED CMOS SETUP

Quick Boot
1st Boot Device
2nt Boot Device
3rd Boot Device
Try Other Boot Devices
S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks
BootUP Num-Lock
Floppy Drive Swap
Floppy Drive Seek
PS/2 Mouse Support
System Keyboard
Primary Display
Boot To OS/2
Wait For ‘F1’ If Error
Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display
CPU MicroCode Updation
L1 Cache
L2 Cache
System BIOS Cacheabled
C000 32K Shadow

 S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks

Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology. This
option can help the BIOS to warn the user of a possible
device failure and give the user a chance to back up the
device before the failure actually happens. The settings are
Auto, Disabled, Enabled.

 Floppy Drive Seek

Set this option to Enabled to specify that floppy drive A:
will perform a Seek operation at system boot. The settings
are Enabled or Disabled.

 Quick Boot

When Quick Boot is selected, DRAM testing function will be
disabled.

 1st Boot Device

This option sets the type of device for the first boot drives
that the AMIBIOS

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Enabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Yes
Disabled
On
Disabled
Disabled
Enabled
Present
VGA/EGA
No
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Cached

Available Options:
Disabled
> Enabled

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Figure 3:Advance CMOS Setup

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attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes. The
settings are Disabled, IDE-0, IDE-1, IDE-2, IDE-3, Floppy,
ARMD-FDD, ARMD-HDD, CDROM, SCSI.

 2nd Boot Device

This option sets the type of device for the second boot
drives that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after
AMIBIOS POST completes. The settings are Disabled, IDE-0,
IDE-1, IDE-2, IDE-3, Floppy, ARMD-FDD, ARMD-HDD,
CDROM.

 3rd Boot Device

This option sets the type of device for the third boot drives
that the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS
POST completes. The settings are Disabled, IDE-0, IDE-1,
IDE-2, IDE-3, Floppy, ARMD-FDD, ARMD-HDD, CDROM.

 Try Other Boot Devices

Set this option to Yes to instruct AMIBIOS to attempt to
boot from any other drive in the system if it cannot find a
boot drive among the drives specified in the 1st Boot
Device, 2nd Boot Device, 3rd Boot Device, 4th Boot Device
options. The settings are Yes or No.

 BootUp Num-Lock

When this option is selected, Num Lock is turned off when
the system is powered on so the user can use the arrow
keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard.

 PS/2 Mouse Support

When this option is enabled, BIOS supports a PS/2- type
mouse.

 System Keyboard

This option does not specify if a keyboard is attached to the
computer. Rather,it specifies if error messages are
displayed if a keyboard is not attached.This option permits
you to configure workstation with no keyboard. The
settings are Absent, Present.

 Primary Display

Select this option to configure the type of monitor attached

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to the computer. The settings are Monochrome, Color
40x25,Color 80x25,VGA/PGA/EGA, or Not Install.

 Boot To OS/2

Set this option to Enabled if running OS/2 operating system
and using more than 64MB of system memory on the
motherboard. The settings are Disabled or Enabled.

 Wait For 'F1' If Error

If this option is enabled, AMIBIOS waits for the end user to
press <F1> before continuing. If this option is disabled,
AMIBIOS continues the boot process without waiting for
<F1> to be pressed. The settings are Disabled or Enabled.

 Hit 'DEL' Message Display

Disabling this option prevents "Hit <DEL> if you want to
run Setup" from appearing when the system boots. The
settings are Disabled or Enabled.

 System BIOS Cacheable

When this option is set to enabled, the System ROM area
from F0000-FFFFF is copied (shadowed) to the RAM for
faster execution.

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AMIBIOS SETUP – ADVANCED CMOS SETUP

C800 16K Shadow
CC00 16K Shadow
D000 16K Shadow
D400 16K Shadow
D800 16K Shadow
DC00 16K Shadow

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Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled

Available Options:
> Disabled
Enabled
Cached

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Figure 4: Advance CMOS Setup

 C000,32k Shadow

When this option is set to enabled, the Video ROM area
from C0000-C7FFF is copied (shadowed) to the RAM for
faster execution.
Disabled : The contents of the video ROM are not copied to

the RAM.

Cached: The contents of the video ROM area from

C0000h - C7FFFh are copied from the ROM to
the RAM and can be written to or read from the
cache memory.

Enabled: The contents of the video ROM area from

C0000h - C7FFFh are copied (shadowed) from
the ROM to the RAM for faster execution.

 C800,16k Shadow

These options enable shadowing of the contents of the
ROM area named in the option title. The settings are
Enable Disable, Cached. The ROM area that is not used by
ISA adapter cards will be allocated to PCI adapter cards.

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 CC00,16k Shadow

These options enable shadowing of the contents of the
ROM area named in the option title. The settings are
Enable Disable, Cached. The ROM area that is not used by
ISA adapter cards will be allocated to PCI adapter cards.

 D000,16k Shadow

These options enable shadowing of the contents of the
ROM area named in the option title. The settings are
Enable Disable, Cached. The ROM area that is not used by
ISA adapter cards will be allocated to PCI adapter cards.

 D400,16k Shadow

These options enable shadowing of the contents of the
ROM area named in the option title. The settings are
Enable Disable, Cached. The ROM area that is not used by
ISA adapter cards will be allocated to PCI adapter cards.

 D800,16k Shadow

These options enable shadowing of the contents of the
ROM area named in the option title. The settings are
Enable Disable, Cached. The ROM area that is not used by
ISA adapter cards will be allocated to PCI adapter cards.

 DC00,16k Shadow

These options enable shadowing of the contents of the
ROM area named in the option title. The settings are
Enable Disable, Cached. The ROM area that is not used by
ISA adapter cards will be allocated to PCI adapter cards.

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4.7 Advanced Chipset Setup Selections

AMIBIOS SETUP – ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP

******** DRAM Timing ********
Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD
DRAM Frequency
SDRAM CAS# Latency

Memory Hole
AGP Mode
AGP Read Synchronization
AGP Fast Write
AGP Aperture Size
AGP Master 1 W/S Write
AGP Master 1 W/S Read
USB Controller
USB Device Legacy Support
Port 64/60 Emulation

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Disabled
133Mhz
3

Disabled
4x
Enabled
Disabled
64MB
Disabled
Disabled
All USB Port
Disabled
Disabled

Available Options:
> Disabled
Enabled

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Figure 5: Advanced Chipset Setup

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4.8 Power Management Setup
Selections

AMIBIOS SETUP – POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

ACPI Aware O/S
ACPI Standby State
Re-Call VGA BIOS at S3 Resuming
Power Management/APM
Video Power Down Mode
Hard Disk Power Down Mode
Standby Time Out (Minute)
Suspend Time Out (Minute)
Throttle Slow Clock Ratio
Display Activity
IRQ3
IRQ4
IRQ5
IRQ7
IRQ9
IRQ10
IRQ11
IRQ13
IRQ14
IRQ15

 Power Management/APM

Set this option to Enabled to run APM (Advanced Power
Management).

 Video Power Down Mode

Set this option to Enabled to allow the BIOS to power down
the Video adapter and Monitor.

 Hard Disk Power Down Mode

Set this option to Enabled to allow the BIOS to power down
the Hard Disk .

 Standby/Suspend Time Out (Minutes)

This option specifies the amount of system inactivity (in
minutes) before the system will enters Standby/Suspend
state.

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No
S1/POS
Enabled
Enabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
50%-56.25%
Ignore
Monitor
Monitor
Ignore
Monitor
Ignore
Ignore
Ignore
Ignore
Monitor
Ignore

Available Options:
> No
Yes

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Figure 6: Power Management Setup

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AMIBIOS SETUP –POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

Power Button Function

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Restore on AC/Power Loss
Resume On Ring/LAN
Resume On LAN
Resume On RTC Alarm
RTC Alarm Date
RTC Alarm Hour
RTC Alarm Minute
RTC Alarm Second
Power Type Select

Figure 7: Power Management Setup

On/Off

Last State
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
15
12
30
30
AT

Available Options:
> On/Off
Suspend

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4.9 PCI / Plug and Play Setup
Selections

AMIBIOS SETUP – PCI / PLUG AND PLAY SETUP

Plug and Play Aware O/S
Clear NVRAM
On Board PCI LAN Controller
OnChip VGA Frame Buffer Size
PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks)
The Vga Card After Bridge
Primary Graphics Adapter
Primary Graphics Adapter
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA
PCI Slot1 IRQ Priority
PCI Slot2 IRQ Priority
PCI Slot3 IRQ Priority
PCI Slot4 IRQ Priority
DMA Channel 0
DMA Channel 1
DMA Channel 3
DMA Channel 5
DMA Channel 6
DMA Channel 7
IRQ3

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No
No
Enabled
8MB
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No
PCI
PCI
Yes
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
PnP
PnP
PnP
PnP
PnP
PnP
PCI/PnP

Available Options:
No
> Yes

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Figure 8: PCI / Plug and Play Setup

AMIBIOS SETUP – PCI / PLUG AND PLAY SETUP

IRQ4
IRQ5
IRQ7
IRQ9
IRQ10
IRQ11
IRQ14
IRQ15

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PCI/PnP
PCI/PnP
PCI/PnP
PCI/PnP
PCI/PnP
PCI/PnP
PCI/PnP
PCI/PnP

Available Options:
> PnP
ISA/EISA

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PgUp/PgDn:Modify
F1:Help F2/F3:Color

Figure 9: PCI / Plug and Play Setup

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 Plug and Play Aware O/S

If enabled, BIOS will configure only PnP ISA boot
devices(i.e. all PnP ISA cards which have boot flag set).
And PnP aware OS will configure all other devices. If
disabled, BIOS will configure all devices.

 DMA Channel 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7

The option allow the user to specify the bus type used by
each DMA channel. The settings are PnP or ISA/EISA

 IRQ3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15

The option specifies the bus that the specified IRQ line is
used on. The user can reserve IRQs for legacy ISA adapter
cards whilst determining if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ
from the pool of available IRQs passed to devices that are
configurable by the system BIOS. The available IRQ pool is
determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM. If more IRQs
need to be removed from the pool, the user can optionally
reserve the IRQ by assigning an ISA setting to it. Onboard
I/O is configured by AMIBIOS. All IRQs used by onboard
I/O are configured as PCI/PnP.

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4.10 Peripheral Setup Selections

OnBoard FDC Enabled

OnBoard Serial Port1 3F8/COM1
OnBoard Serial Port2 2F8/COM2
Serial Port2 Mode Normal
Duplex Mode N/A
OnBoard Parallel Port 378
Paralled Port Mode ECP
EPP Version N/A
Parallel Port DMA Channel 3
Parallel Port IRQ 7
OmBoard IDE Both
OnBoard AC’97 Audio Enabled

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AMIBIOS SETUP – PERIPHERAL SETUP

Available Options:
Disabled
> Enabled

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F1:Help F2/F3:Color

Figure 10: Peripheral Setup

 On-Board Parallel Port

This option specifies the base I/O port address of the
parallel port on the motherboard. The settings are Disabled,
378h, 278h, or 3BCh.

 Parallel Port Mode

This option specifies the parallel port mode. The settings
are Normal, Bi-Dir, ECP, EPP.
Normal : The normal parallel port mode is used.
Bi-Dir : Use this setting to support bi-directional transfers

on the parallel port.

EPP : The parallel port can be used with devices that

adhere to Enhanced Parallel Port(EPP)
specifications. EPP uses the existing parallel port
signals to provide asymmetric bi-directional data
transfer driven by the host device.

ECP : The parallel port can be used with devices that

adhere to Extended Capabilities Port (ECP)
specifications. ECP uses the DMA protocol to
achieve data transfer rates of up to 2.5 Megabits

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per second, and provides symmetric bi-directional
communication.

 Parallel Port IRQ

This option specifies the IRQ used by the parallel port. The
settings are (IRQ)5, (IRQ)7.
Parallel Port DMA Channel
This option is only available if the setting for the Parallel
Port Mode option is set to ECP. It sets the DMA channel
used by the parallel port. The available settings are DMA
Channel 0, 1, or 3.

4.11 Hardware Monitor Setup

Selections

AMIBIOS SETUP – HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP

System Temperature
CPU Temperature
CPU Fan Speed
Chassis Fan Speed
Vcore
+ 2.500V
+ 3.300V
+ 5.000V
+12.000V

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─＝≣System Hardware Monitor≣＝─

31ºC/87ºF
29ºC/84ºF
6300 RPM
0 RPM

1.412 V

2.625 V

3.490 V

5.070 V

12.046 V

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Figure 11: Hardware Monitor Setup

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Appendix A. Watch-Dog Timer

The WatchDog Timer is a device which ensure that standalone
systems can 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 a hardware reset (cold
boot) to bring the system back to a functioning state.

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

443 (hex) Write Set WatchDog Time period

443 (hex) Read

043/843
(hex)

Prior to enabling the Watchdog Timer, the user has to set the
time-out period. The range of the timer is 1 to 255 sec, set in
increments of 1 second. The user will need to send the time­out value to the I/O port – 443H, and then enable it by
reading data from the same I/O port. This will activate the
timer that will eventually time out and check and monitor the
CPU board. This must be done within the time-out period that
is set by the software, For additional help, please refer to the
example program. Finally, disable the Watchdog timer by
reading the I/O port -843H or 043H - otherwise the system
could reset unconditionally.

Read Disable the Watchdog Timer.

Enable the refresh the Watchdog
Timer.

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 time­out 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. E2 Key™ Function

The ROCKY-C800EV provides an outstanding E2KEY™ function
for system integrators. Based on the E

2

KEY™, ID Code,
Passwords or Critical Data can be stored in the 1Kbit EEPROM.
Because the EEPROM is non-volatile memory, you don’t have
to worry about losing important data.

2

The E

KEY™ is based on a 1Kbit EEPROM which is configured
to 64 words(from 0 to 63). The user can access (read or write)
each word at any time.

When you start to use the E

2

KEY™ the utility is already in the

package. The software utility will include four files as follows,

README.DOC
E2KEY.OBJ
EKEYDEMO.C
EKEYDEMO.EXE.

The E2KEY.OBJ provides two library functions for the user to
integrate in to their application with E

2

KEY™ function. These
library functions (read_e2key and write_e2key) are
written and compiled in C language. Please check the
following statement, in order to easily implement it.

unsigned int read_e2key(unsigned int address)

/* This function will return the E

2

KEY™’s data at address. The

address range is from 0 to 63. Return data is one word,16 bits

*/void write_e2key(unsigned int address,unsigned data)
/* This function will write the given data to the E

2

KEY™ at a
certain address. The address range is from 0 to 63. The data
value is from 0 to 0xffff. */
To start using the function, please refer to the included
EKEYDEMO.C code.

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Appendix C. Address Mapping

 IO Address Map

I/O address Range Description

000-01F DMA Controller #1
020-021 Interrupt Controller #1, Master
040-05F 8254 timer
060-06F 8042 (Keyboard Controller)
070-07F Real time Clock, NMI Mask
080-09F DMA Page Register
0A0-0BF Interrupt Controller #2

0C0-0DF DMA Controller #2

0F0 Clear Math Coprocessor Busy
0F1 Reset Math Coprocessor

0F2 Core logic programming configuration
0F8-0FF Math Coprocessor
1F0-1F8 Fixed Disk

200-207 Game I/O

278-27F Parallel Printer Port 2 (LPT3)
2E8-2EF Serial Port 4
2F8-2FF Serial Port 2
300-31F Prototype Card
360-36F Reserved
378-37F Parallel Printer Port 1 (LPT2)

3B0-3BF Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter

(LPT1)
3C0-3CF Reserved
3D0-3DF Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter

3E8-3EF Serial Port 3
3F0-3F7 Diskette Controller
3F8-3FF Serial Port 1

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 1st MB Memory Address Map

Memory address Description

00000-9FFFF System memory
A0000-BFFFF VGA buffer
C0000-C7FFF VGA BIOS
F0000-FFFFF System BIOS
1000000- Extend BIOS

*Default setting

 IRQ Mapping Table

IRQ0 System Timer IRQ8 RTC clock
IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ9 Available

IRQ2 Cascade to IRQ Controller IRQ10 Available
IRQ3 COM2 IRQ11 Available
IRQ4 COM1 IRQ12 PS2 mouse
IRQ5 Available IRQ13 FPU

IRQ6 FDC IRQ14 Primary IDE
IRQ7 Printer IRQ15 Secondary IDE

 DMA Channel Assignments

Channel Function

0 Available
1 Available
2 Floppy disk ( 8-bit transfer )
3 Available
4 Cascade for DMA controller 1
5 Available
6 Available
7 Available

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Appendix D. ATX Power Supply

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

A. For backplanes with an ATX

Connector

1. First disconnect the AC cord of the Power Supply from the
AC source to prevent sudden electrical surge to the board.

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

2.1. ROCKY-C800EV (through Power Button & GND):

Connect the ATX power button switch to the pin 1
(power button) and pin 2 of the CN5 on the board,
and connect the power cable from backplane to CN9 of
the 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. (Please refer to diagram on
the next page.)

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B. For backplanes with an ATX power

supply connector

For some SBC with no ATX power ON/OFF function, the
user can control the ATX power supply via the backplane’s
PS ON connector. Refer to the figure below: for the
backplanes with ATX connector, the connection can be
made simply as follows:

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

2. You may now turn the power On and OFF by using the
power switch

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Appendix E.
How to use the Wake-Up Function

The ROCKY-C800EV provides two kind of Wake Up Function.
This page describes how to use the Modem Wake-Up and LAN
Wake-Up functions. Wake-Up function works whilst using ATX
power supply,

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

Wake-Up On LAN (for Intel 82559 LAN-chip):
In CMOS SETUP, the user must set the option Wake Up On
LAN/Ring to enabled. When the computer is in power-down
status, a LAN Link/Active LED is flashing. This status indicates
that the LAN chip has entered standby mode and is waiting for
a 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

ID
a factory- set ID which you can find it from network
information in WINDOWS.

ID’s format is xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
Example ID: 00905C21D4D5

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