IEI Technology WAFER-LX, WAFER-LX-800-R10, WAFER-LX-WINXPE, WAFER-LX-CLIENT-CENET050, WAFER-LX-CENET050 User Manual

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Revision Number Description Date of Issue

1.0 Initial release September 2006

1.1 Modified Section 2.4 December 2006

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Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................... 15

1.1 WAFER-LX OVERVIEW .......................................................................................... 16

1.1.1 WAFER-LX Models .......................................................................................... 16

1.1.2 WAFER-LX Applications.................................................................................. 17

1.1.3 WAFER-LX Benefits ......................................................................................... 17

1.1.4 WAFER-LX Features........................................................................................ 17

1.2 WAFER-LX O

1.2.1 WAFER-LX Connectors ................................................................................... 19

1.2.2 Technical Specifications................................................................................... 21

1.3 O

PERATING SYSTEM PACKAGES ............................................................................... 22

1.3.1 Windows XPE SP2 (350MB image size stored in a 512MB CF card) ............. 22

1.3.2 Windows CE 5.0 (around 22Mbyte, CF must > 32Mbyte)............................... 23

2 DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................... 25

2.1 OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................... 26

2.2 DIMENSIONS ............................................................................................................ 26

2.2.1 Board Dimensions............................................................................................ 26

2.2.2 External Interface Panel Dimensions .............................................................. 27

2.3 CPU SUPPORT.......................................................................................................... 27

2.3.1 AMD Geode™ LX 800 500MHz Specifications............................................. 27

2.3.2 AMD

2.4 SYSTEM CHIPSET ..................................................................................................... 28

2.5 DATA FLOW.............................................................................................................. 29

VERVIEW .......................................................................................... 18

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Geode™ LX 800 500MHz Power Management................................... 28

2.6 GRAPHICS SUPPORT ................................................................................................. 30

2.7 MEMORY SUPPORT................................................................................................... 32

2.8 PCI BUS INTERFACE SUPPORT ................................................................................. 32

2.9 ETHERNET CONTROLLER SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................... 32

2.9.1 Overview .......................................................................................................... 32

2.9.2 Features ........................................................................................................... 32

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RIVE INTERFACES ................................................................................................ 33

2.10.1 SATA Drives ................................................................................................... 33

2.10.2 IDE HDD Interfaces ...................................................................................... 33

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2.10.3 Floppy Disk Drive (FDD).............................................................................. 34

2.10.4 Compact Flash Support ................................................................................. 34

2.11 SERIAL PORTS ........................................................................................................ 34

2.12 REAL TIME CLOCK................................................................................................. 34

2.13 SYSTEM MONITORING............................................................................................ 34

2.14 USB INTERFACES................................................................................................... 35

2.15 BIOS ..................................................................................................................... 35

2.16 OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL..................................... 35

2.17 AUDIO CODEC ........................................................................................................ 35

2.18 POWER CONSUMPTION........................................................................................... 37

2.19 PACKAGED CONTENTS AND OPTIONAL ACCESSORY ITEMS..................................... 37

2.19.1 Package Contents........................................................................................... 37

2.19.2 Optional Accessory Items............................................................................... 38

3 CONNECTORS AND JUMPERS ......................................................................... 39

3.1 PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS .................................................................... 40

3.1.1 WAFER-LX Layout........................................................................................... 40

3.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors ..................................................................... 41

3.1.3 External Interface Panel Connectors............................................................... 42

3.1.4 On-board Jumpers ........................................................................................... 43

3.2 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL CONNECTORS ...................................................................... 44

3.2.1 AT Power Connector........................................................................................ 44

3.2.2 ATX Power Connector ..................................................................................... 45

3.2.3 ATX Power Button Connector.......................................................................... 46

3.2.4 Audio Connector .............................................................................................. 47

3.2.5 Battery Connector............................................................................................ 48

3.2.6 Compact Flash Connector ............................................................................... 49

3.2.7 Fan Connector ................................................................................................. 50

3.2.8 Floppy Disk Connector .................................................................................... 52

3.2.9 GPIO Connector .............................................................................................. 53

3.2.10 IDE Connector ............................................................................................... 54

3.2.11 Inverter Power Connector.............................................................................. 56

3.2.12 Keyboard/Mouse Connector .......................................................................... 57

3.2.13 LED Connector .............................................................................................. 58

3.2.14 Print Port Connector ..................................................................................... 60

3.2.15 PC/104 Power Input Connector..................................................................... 61

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3.2.16 PC/104 Slot .................................................................................................... 62

3.2.17 Reset Button Connector ................................................................................. 64

3.2.18 RS-232/422/485 Cable Connectors................................................................ 65

3.2.19 SATA Drive Connectors ................................................................................. 66

3.2.20 TFT LCD LVDS Connector............................................................................ 68

3.2.21 TFT LCD TTL Connector............................................................................... 69

3.2.22 Internal USB Connectors............................................................................... 70

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XTERNAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS....................................................................... 71

3.3.1 External Interface Connector Overview .......................................................... 71

3.3.2 USB Combo Port.............................................................................................. 72

3.3.3 Ethernet Connector.......................................................................................... 72

3.3.4 Serial Communications COM 1 and COM2 Connector .................................. 73

3.3.5 VGA Connector ................................................................................................ 74

4 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION ....................................................... 77

4.1 ANTI-STATIC PRECAUTIONS ...................................................................................... 78

4.2 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS ............................................................................. 78

4.2.1 Installation Notices .......................................................................................... 78

4.3 UNPACKING.............................................................................................................. 79

4.3.1 Unpacking Precautions.................................................................................... 79

4.3.2 Checklist........................................................................................................... 80

4.4 WAFER-LX MOTHERBOARD INSTALLATION........................................................... 80

4.4.1 DIMM Module Installation .............................................................................. 82

4.4.1.1 Purchasing the Memory Module............................................................... 82

4.4.1.2 DIMM Module Installation....................................................................... 82

4.4.2 Peripheral Device Connection......................................................................... 83

4.4.2.1 IDE Disk Drive Connector (IDE1) ........................................................... 83

UMPER SETTINGS .................................................................................................... 84

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4.5.1 Clear CMOS Jumper........................................................................................ 85

4.5.2 AT Power Select Jumper Settings..................................................................... 86

4.5.3 COM3 Setup Jumper Settings .......................................................................... 87

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HASSIS INSTALLATION ........................................................................................... 87

4.7 REAR PANEL CONNECTORS ...................................................................................... 87

4.7.1 LCD Panel Connection .................................................................................... 87

4.7.2 Ethernet Connection ........................................................................................ 88

4.7.3 USB Connection............................................................................................... 88

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4.7.4 Keyboard and Mouse Connection.................................................................... 88

5 AWARD BIOS SETUP ........................................................................................... 89

5.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 90

5.1.1 Starting Setup................................................................................................... 90

5.1.2 Using Setup ...................................................................................................... 90

5.1.3 Getting Help..................................................................................................... 91

5.1.4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration Changes.............................................. 91

5.1.5 Main BIOS Menu ............................................................................................. 91

5.2 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES.................................................................................. 94

5.2.1 IDE Primary Master/Slave .............................................................................. 96

5.3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES.................................................................................... 98

5.4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES.............................................................................. 105

5.4.1 Flat Panel Configuration............................................................................... 108

5.5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS .....................................................................................110

5.5.1 IT8888 ISA Decode IO....................................................................................116

5.5.2 IT8888 ISA Decode Memory...........................................................................119

5.6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP................................................................................ 121

5.7 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATIONS ................................................................................... 124

5.8 PC HEALTH STATUS ............................................................................................... 128

6 SOFTWARE DRIVERS ....................................................................................... 131

6.1 AVAILABLE SOFTWARE DRIVERS ............................................................................ 132

6.2 VGA DRIVER......................................................................................................... 134

6.3 AUDIO DRIVER INSTALLATION ............................................................................... 143

6.4 LAN D

RIVER ......................................................................................................... 148

6.5 SATA/RAID DRIVER............................................................................................. 152

6.6 ISA DRIVER ........................................................................................................... 157

A BIOS CONFIGURATION OPTIONS ................................................................ 165

A.1 BIOS CONFIGURATION OPTIONS........................................................................... 166

B WATCHDOG TIMER .......................................................................................... 171

C ADDRESS MAPPING.......................................................................................... 175

C.1 IO ADDRESS MAP ................................................................................................. 176

C.2 1ST MB MEMORY ADDRESS MAP ......................................................................... 176

C.3 IRQ MAPPING TABLE ............................................................................................ 177

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C.4 DMA C

HANNEL ASSIGNMENTS ............................................................................. 177

D EXTERNAL AC’97 AUDIO CODEC ................................................................. 179

D.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 180

D.1.1 Accessing the AC’97 CODEC ....................................................................... 180

D.1.2 Driver Installation......................................................................................... 180

D.2 SOUND EFFECT CONFIGURATION........................................................................... 181

D.2.1 Accessing the Sound Effects Manager .......................................................... 181

D.2.2 Sound Effect Manager Configuration Options ............................................. 182

E ALI RAID .............................................................................................................. 185

6.7 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 186

A.1.1 Precautions.................................................................................................... 186

A.2 FEATURES AND BENEFITS ...................................................................................... 187

A.3 ACCESSING THE ALI RAID UTILITY ..................................................................... 187

A.4 RAID OPTIONS:.................................................................................................... 189

A.4.1 Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance ...................................................... 189

A.4.2 Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability....................................................... 190

A.4.3 Create JBOD for Integrated Capacity........................................................... 192

A.4.4 Stripe Size ...................................................................................................... 193

A.4.5 Delete RAID Setting & Partition................................................................... 193

A.4.6 Delete All RAID Setting & Partition ............................................................. 194

A.4.7 Rebuild RAID Array ...................................................................................... 194

A.4.8 Select Boot Drive........................................................................................... 195

B INDEX.................................................................................................................... 197

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List of Figures

Figure 1-1: WAFER-LX Overview...............................................................................18

Figure 1-2: WAFER-LX Solder Side Overview..........................................................19

Figure 2-1: WAFER-LX Dimensions (mm).................................................................26

Figure 2-2: External Interface Panel Dimensions (mm)...........................................27

Figure 2-3: Data Flow Block Diagram........................................................................30

Figure 3-1: Connector and Jumper Locations .........................................................40

Figure 3-2: Connector and Jumper Locations (Solder Side)..................................41

Figure 3-3: AT Power Connector Location ...............................................................44

Figure 3-4: ATX Power Connector Location.............................................................45

Figure 3-5: ATX Power Button Connector ................................................................46

Figure 3-6: Audio Connector Location......................................................................47

Figure 3-7: Battery Connector Location ...................................................................48

Figure 3-8: Compact Flash Connector Location (Solder Side) ..............................49

Figure 3-9: Fan Connector Location .........................................................................51

Figure 3-10: FDD Connector Location ......................................................................52

Figure 3-11: GPIO Connector Location.....................................................................54

Figure 3-12: IDE Device Connector Locations .........................................................55

Figure 3-13: Inverter Connector Locations ..............................................................56

Figure 3-14: Keyboard/Mouse Connector Location.................................................57

Figure 3-15: LED Connector Locations.....................................................................59

Figure 3-16:Print Port Connector Location ..............................................................60

Figure 3-17: PC/104 Power Input Connector Pinouts..............................................62

Figure 3-18: PC/104 Slot Location .............................................................................63

Figure 3-19: Reset Button Connector Locations .....................................................65

Figure 3-20: RS-232 Serial Port Connector Locations ............................................66

Figure 3-21: SATA Drive Connector Locations........................................................67

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Figure 3-22: TFT LCD LVDS Connector Pinout Locations......................................68

Figure 3-23: TFT LCD TTL Connector Pinout Locations.........................................69

Figure 3-24: USB Connector Pinout Locations........................................................71

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Figure 3-25: WAFER-LX On-board External Interface Connectors ........................72

Figure 3-26: J7 Connector..........................................................................................73

Figure 3-27: COM1 Pinout Locations ........................................................................74

Figure 3-28: VGA1 Connector ....................................................................................75

Figure 4-1: SO-DIMM Module Installation .................................................................82

Figure 4-2: Jumper Locations....................................................................................85

Figure 6-1: AMD LX/GX CD Main Menu.................................................................. 133

Figure 6-2: AMD LX/GX CD Driver Menu................................................................ 134

Figure 6-3: Access Windows Control Panel.......................................................... 135

Figure 6-4: Double Click the System Icon ............................................................. 136

Figure 6-5: Double Click the Device Manager Tab................................................ 136

Figure 6-6: Device Manager List ............................................................................. 137

Figure 6-7: Expand the Display Adapters Category ............................................. 138

Figure 6-8: Update Driver ........................................................................................ 139

Figure 6-9: Upgrade Device Driver Wizard ............................................................ 140

Figure 6-10: Search for Suitable Driver.................................................................. 141

Figure 6-11: Locate Driver Files.............................................................................. 142

Figure 6-12: Location Browsing Window............................................................... 142

Figure 6-13: Access Windows Control Panel........................................................ 143

Figure 6-14: Double Click the System Icon ........................................................... 144

Figure 6-15: Double Click the Device Manager Tab.............................................. 144

Figure 6-16: Device Manager List........................................................................... 145

Figure 6-17: Search for Suitable Driver.................................................................. 146

Figure 6-18: Locate Driver Files.............................................................................. 147

Figure 6-19: Location Browsing Window............................................................... 148

Figure 6-20: Locate the Setup Program Icon ........................................................ 149

Figure 6-21: Preparing Setup Screen..................................................................... 149

Figure 6-22: Install Wizard Welcome Screen......................................................... 150

Figure 6-23: Installing Screen ................................................................................. 151

Figure 6-24: Restart the Computer......................................................................... 152

Figure 6-25: Locate the Setup Program Icon ........................................................ 153

Figure 6-26: Preparing Setup Screen..................................................................... 153

Figure 6-27: Install Wizard Welcome Screen......................................................... 154

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Figure 6-28: Installing Screen ................................................................................. 155

Figure 6-29: RAID Driver Digital Signal.................................................................. 156

Figure 6-30: InstallShield Wizard Complete Screen ............................................. 157

Figure 6-31: Access Windows Control Panel........................................................ 158

Figure 6-32: Double Click the System Icon ........................................................... 159

Figure 6-33: Double Click the Device Manager Tab.............................................. 159

Figure 6-34: Device Manager List........................................................................... 160

Figure 6-35: Search for Suitable Driver.................................................................. 161

Figure 6-36: Locate Driver Files.............................................................................. 162

Figure 6-37: Location Browsing Window............................................................... 163

FigureeD-1: Sound Effect Manager Control Panel................................................ 180

FigureeD-2: Sound Effect Manager Icon [Task Bar] ............................................. 181

FigureeD-3: Sound Effect Manager Icon [Control Panel]..................................... 181

FigureeD-4: Sound Effects Manager (ALC655) ..................................................... 182

FigureeE-1: Accessing ALi RAID BIOS Utility....................................................... 188

FigureeE-2: RAID BIOS Setup Utility...................................................................... 188

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List of Tables

Table 1-1: WAFER-LX Model Specifications ............................................................16

Table 1-2: Technical Specifications ..........................................................................22

Table 2-1: Geode LX Graphics Features...................................................................32

Table 2-2: Power Consumption .................................................................................37

Table 3-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors..............................................................42

Table 3-2: Rear Panel Connectors.............................................................................43

Table 3-3: On-board Jumpers ....................................................................................43

Table 3-4: AT Power Connector Pinouts ..................................................................45

Table 3-5: ATX Power Connector Pinouts ................................................................46

Table 3-6: ATX Power Button Connector Pinouts ...................................................47

Table 3-7: Audio Connector Pinouts.........................................................................48

Table 3-8: Battery Connector Pinouts.......................................................................49

Table 3-9: Compact Flash Connector Pinouts .........................................................50

Table 3-10: Fan Connector Pinouts...........................................................................51

Table 3-11: FDD Connector Pinouts..........................................................................53

Table 3-12: GPIO Connector Pinouts ........................................................................54

Table 3-13: Secondary IDE Connector Pinouts........................................................56

Table 3-14: Inverter Power Connector Pinouts ........................................................57

Table 3-15: Keyboard/Mouse Connector Pinouts....................................................58

Table 3-16: LED Connector Pinouts ..........................................................................59

Table 3-17: Parallel Port Connector Pinouts ............................................................61

Table 3-18: PC/104 Power Input Connector Pinouts ...............................................62

Table 3-19: PC/104 Slot Connector Pinouts .............................................................64

Table 3-20: Reset Button Connector Pinouts...........................................................65

Table 3-21: RS-232/422/485 Serial Port Connector Pinouts....................................66

Table 3-22: SATA Drive Connector Pinouts .............................................................67

Table 3-23: TFT LCD LVDS Port Connector Pinouts ...............................................69

Table 3-24: TFT LCD TTL Port Connector Pinouts ..................................................70

Table 3-25: USB Port Connector Pinouts .................................................................71

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Table 3-26: J6 Connector Pinouts .............................................................................72

Table 3-27: J7 Connector Pinouts .............................................................................73

Table 3-28: J7 Connector LEDs .................................................................................73

Table 3-29: COM1 Pinouts..........................................................................................74

Table 3-30: VGA1 Connector Pinouts .......................................................................75

Table 4-1: IEI Provided Cables...................................................................................83

Table 4-2: Jumpers ....................................................................................................84

Table 4-3: Clear CMOS Jumper Settings ..................................................................86

Table 4-4: AT Power Select Jumper Settings...........................................................87

Table 4-5: COM2 Setup Jumper Settings..................................................................87

Table 5-1: BIOS Navigation Keys...............................................................................91

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List of BIOS Menus

BIOS Menu 1: Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility .......................................................92

BIOS Menu 2: Standard CMOS Features ..................................................................94

BIOS Menu 3: Advanced BIOS Features...................................................................99

BIOS Menu 4: Advanced Chipset Features ........................................................... 106

BIOS Menu 5: Flat Panel Configuration ................................................................. 108

BIOS Menu 6: Integrated Peripherals..................................................................... 111

BIOS Menu 7: IT8888 ISA Decode IO...................................................................... 117

BIOS Menu 8: IT8888 ISA Decode Memory............................................................ 119

BIOS Menu 9: Power Management Setup.............................................................. 121

BIOS Menu 10: PnP/PCI Configurations ................................................................ 124

BIOS Menu 11: IRQ Resources ............................................................................... 126

BIOS Menu 12: Memory Resources........................................................................ 127

BIOS Menu 13: PC Health Status............................................................................ 129

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Glossary

AC ’97 Audio Codec 97

ACPI Advanced Configuration and

Power Interface

APM Advanced Power Management

ARMD ATAPI Removable Media Device

ASKIR Shift Keyed Infrared

ATA Advanced Technology

Attachments

BIOS Basic Input/Output System

CFII Compact Flash Type 2

CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide

Semiconductor

CPU Central Processing Unit

Codec Compressor/Decompressor

COM Serial Port

DAC Digital to Analog Converter

DDR Double Data Rate

HDD Hard Disk Drive

IDE Integrated Data Electronics

I/O Input/Output

ICH4 I/O Controller Hub 4

L1 Cache Level 1 Cache

L2 Cache Level 2 Cache

LCD Liquid Crystal Display

LPT Parallel Port Connector

LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signaling

MAC Media Access Controller

OS Operating System

PCI Peripheral Connect Interface

PIO Programmed Input Output

PnP Plug and Play

POST Power On Self Test

RAM Random Access Memory

SATA Serial ATA

DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module

DIO Digital Input/Output

DMA Direct Memory Access

EIDE Enhanced IDE

EIST Enhanced Intel SpeedStep

Technology

FDD Floppy Disk Drive

FDC Floppy Disk Connector

FFIO Flexible File Input/Output

FIFO First In/First Out

FSB Front Side Bus

IrDA Infrared Data Association

S.M.A.R.T Self Monitoring Analysis and

Reporting Technology

SPD Serial Presence Detect

S/PDI Sony/Philips Digital Interface

SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random

Access Memory

SIR Serial Infrared

UART Universal Asynchronous

Receiver-transmitter

USB Universal Serial Bus

VGA Video Graphics Adapter

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1.1 WAFER-LX Overview

The 3.5” WAFER-LX AMD LX-800 low power single board computer (SBC) is fully

equipped with advanced multi-mode I/Os. The WAFER-LX is designed for system

manufacturers, integrators, and VARs that want performance, reliability, and quality at a

reasonable price.

1.1.1 WAFER-LX Models

The WAFER-LX series has five models:

 WAFER-LX-800-R10

 WAFER-LX-WINXPE

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 WAFER-LX-CENET050

 WAFER-LX-CLIENT-XPE

 WAFER-LX-CLIENT-CENET050

The specifications for the four models are show in Table 1-1.

WAFER-LX- 800-R10 WINXPE CENET050 CLIENT-XPE CLIENT-CENET050

AMD LX-800 CPU YES YES YES YES YES

SO-DIMM Memory* NO YES YES YES YES

CRT YES YES YES YES YES

LCD/LVDS YES YES YES YES YES

Dual LAN YES YES YES YES YES

SATA YES YES YES YES YES

Audio YES YES YES YES YES

IFM NO 512MB 32MB 512MB 64MB

WinXPE Image NO YES NO YES NO

WinCE Image NO NO YES NO YES

Thin Client Package NO NO NO YES YES

Table 1-1: WAFER-LX Model Specifications

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The preinstalled memory is a 256MB DDR SO-DIMM memory module.

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1.1.2 WAFER-LX Applications

The WAFER-LX is designed for applications in the following areas:

 Kiosks and Point of Sales

 Restaurants

 Human Machine Interface (HMI) applications

 Marine, GPS and transportation applications

 Financial, retail and kiosk applications

1.1.3 WAFER-LX Benefits

Some of the WAFER-LX benefits include:

 Reduced hardware costs

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 Reduced software costs

 Reduced maintenance costs

 Client crash prevention

 Central resource control

 Security protection

1.1.4 WAFER-LX Features

Some of the WAFER-LX features are listed below:

 3.5” form factor

 RoHS compliant

 AMD LX-800 processor installed

 Dual-independent display functionality

 Low power consumption (6 Watts)

 Two high performance 10/100 megabit Ethernet controllers on-board

 Two SATA channels with transfer rates up to 150MB/s on-board

 Four USB 2.0 devices on-board

 Integrated audio

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1.2 WAFER-LX Overview

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Figure 1-2: WAFER-LX Solder Side Overview

1.2.1 WAFER-LX Connectors

The WAFER-LX has the following connectors on-board:

 1 x AT power connector

 1 x ATX power function connector

 1 x Audio connector

 1 x Battery connector

 1 x Compact Flash (CF) connector (solder side)

 1 x External LED connector

 1 x Fan connector

 1 x Floppy disk drive (FDD) connector

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 1 x General purpose input/output (GPIO) connector

 1 x IDE Interface connectors (44-pin)

 1 x Inverter power connector

 1 x Keyboard/mouse connector

 1 x Parallel port connector

 1 x PC/104 slot

 1 x PC/104 power connector

 1 x Reset button connector

 1 x RS-232/422/485 serial port connector

 2 x SATA connectors

 1 x Suspend power input connector

 1 x TFT LCD LVDS interface connector

 1 x TFT LCD TFT interface connector

 1 x USB connector

 1 x SO-DIMM socket

The WAFER-LX has the following connectors on the board rear panel:

 2 x Ethernet connectors

 1 x Dual USB connector

 1 x Serial port connector

 1 x VGA connector

The WAFER-LX has the following on-board jumpers:

 AT power select jumper

 COM3 function select jumper

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1.2.2 Technical Specifications

WAFER-LX technical specifications are listed in Table 1-2. Detailed descriptions of each

specification can be found in Chapter 2 Detailed Specifications.

Specification WAFER-LX

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CPU

Southbridge Chipset

Display

TTL/LVDS

Memory

BIOS

SSD

Super I/O

Audio

3.5” form factor

AMD Geode™ LX 800 500Mhz

AMD Geode™ CS5536

CRT integrated in AMD Geode™ LX800

18-bit single channel TFT LCD

Supports one 1GB DDR 333/400 200-pin SO-DIMM

SDRAM module

Award BIOS

Compact Flash (CF)

W83627EHG

AC'97 Codec Realtek ALC203

LAN

COM

USB2.0

IDE

Floppy

Parallel Port

SATA

10/100 Base-T dual RTL8100C

Two RS-232

One RS-422/485

Four USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 devices supported

One 44-pin IDE connects to two Ultra ATA33/66/100

devices

One floppy disk drive connector

One LPT port connector

Two SATA connectors with transfer rates up to 150Mb/sec

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KB/MS

Watchdog Timer

Digital I/O

Fan connector

Expansion

Power Supply

Temperature

Humidity (operating)

Dimensions

Weight (GW/NW)

Table 1-2: Technical Specifications

One on-board keyboard/mouse connector

Software programmable 1-255 sec. by supper I/O

One GPIO connector

One CPU fan connector

One PC/104 slot

+5V ± 5% AT/ATX power support

0ºC - 60ºC

5%~95% non-condensing

145mm x 102mm

670g/230g

1.3 Operating System Packages

1.3.1 Windows XPE SP2 (350MB image size stored in a 512MB CF card)

1. Advance Set Top Box: The package includes the components required to

create the advanced Set-Top Box (ASTB). The package provides the

functionality of the basic set-top box and also supports DVD playback, DVR,

Web browsing, networking, universal serial bus (USB), terminal services, and

Windows Media Player.

2. Internet Explorer.

3. Net Framework 1.1.

4. EWF (Enhanced Write Filter).

5. CMD - Windows Command Processor.

6. Device Manager and Task Manager.

7. Video / audio and other board chipset drivers.

8. PS/2 keyboard / mouse drivers.

9. IDE Compact Flash/HDD/Flash Disk/CD-ROM support0.

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1.3.2 Windows CE 5.0 (around 22Mbyte, CF must > 32Mbyte)

1. Enterprise Web Pad (provides the starting point for a range of Web

Pad-based devices.)

2. IE 6.0, Media Player, Excel Viewer, Image Viewer, PDF viewer, PowerPoint

viewer, Word viewer, and WordPad.

3. Support hive-based registry.

4. SIP (Software-based Input Panel): SIP for Large Screens.

5. Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC).

6. NET Compact Framework 2.0.

7. Standard SDK for Windows CE.

8. Transaction-Safe FAT File System (TFAT).

9. PCL Printer Driver.

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2.1 Overview

This chapter describes the specifications and on-board features of the WAFER-LX in

detail.

2.2 Dimensions

2.2.1 Board Dimensions

The dimensions of the board are listed below:

 Length: 146.06mm

 Width: 102mm

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Figure 2-1: WAFER-LX Dimensions (mm)

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2.2.2 External Interface Panel Dimensions

External interface panel dimensions are shown in Figure 2-2.

Figure 2-2: External Interface Panel Dimensions (mm)

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2.3 CPU Support

The WAFER-LX series motherboards all come with a preinstalled AMD Geode™ LX 800

500MHz CPU.

2.3.1 AMD Geode™ LX 800 500MHz Specifications

The specifications for the 500MHz AMD Geode™ LX 800 are listed below

 x86/x87-compatible core

 Processor frequency up to 500 MHZ

 64K I/64K D L1 cache and 128K L2 cache

 Split I/D cache/TLB (Translation Look-Aside Buffer)

 64-bit DDR Memory interface up to 400MHz (LX 800), up to 333MHz (LX 700)

 Integrated FPU that supports the Intel MMX® and AMD 3DNow!™

Technology instruction sets

 9 GB/s internal GeodeLink™ Interface Unit (GLIU)

 Security Block

o 128-bit AES (CBC/ECB)
o True Random Number Generator

 High-resolution CRT and TFT outputs (simultaneous operation)

o Support for High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD) standards
o Support 1920x1440 in CRT mode and 1600x1200 in TFT mode

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 VESA 1.1 and 2.0 VIP/VDA support

 0.13 micron process

 481-terminal PBGA (Plastic Ball Grid Array) with internal heatspreader

2.3.2 AMD Geode™ LX 800 500MHz Power Management

The power management for the 500MHz AMD Geode™ LX 800 is listed below:

 1.8W Typical (3.9W TDP) @ 500MHz

 GeodeLink active hardware power management

 Hardware support for standard ACPI software power management

 I/O companion SUSP#/SUSPA# power controls

 Lower power I/O

 Wakeup on SMI/INTR

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2.4 System Chipset

The WAFER-LX series motherboards all have a preinstalled AMD Geode™ CS5536

system chipset. The system chipset features are listed below.

 GeodeLink™ Interface Unit

o 64-bit, 66MHz operation
o PCI VSM (Virtual System Module) that makes the interface transparent to

applications software and BIOS

o Programmable routing descriptors, use and activity monitors, and SSMI

(Synchronous System Management Interrupt)

 ATA-6 Controller

o 100 MB/second IDE Controller in UDMA mode per the ATA-6

specification

o 5V interface

 Flash Interface

o Multiplexed with IDE interface Connects to an array of industry standard

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NAND Flash and/or NOR Flash

 USB Controller

o 4 USB ports
o Supports both USB 1.1 and USB 2.0

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 Audio Codec 97 (AC97) Controller

o AC97 specification v2.3 compliant interface to multiple audio codecs:

Serial In, Serial Out, Sync Out, Bit Clock In

o Legacy “PC Beep” support

 Diverse Device

o 82xx Legacy Devices
o IR Communication Port
o System Management Bus (SMB) Controller
o LPC (Low Pin Count) Port
o General Purpose I/Os (GPIOs)
o 8 Multi-Function General Purpose Timers (MFGPTs)
o Real-Time Clock (RTC) with CMOS RAM

2.5 Data Flow

Figure 2-3 shows the data flow between the two on-board chipsets and other components

installed on the motherboard and described in the following sections of this chapter.

o Power Management Controller
o ACPI v2.0 compliant

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Figure 2-3: Data Flow Block Diagram

2.6 Graphics Support

The Geode LX processor’s Graphics Processor is a BitBLT/vector engine that supports

pattern generation, source expansion, pattern/source transparency, 256 ternary raster

operations, alpha blenders to support alpha- BLTs, incorporated BLT FIFOs, a GeodeLink

interface and the ability to throttle BLTs according to video timing. New features added to

the Graphics Processor include:

 Command buffer interface

 Hardware accelerated rotation BLTs

 Color depth conversion

 Paletized color

 Full 8x8 color pattern buffer

 Separate base addresses for all channels

 Monochrome inversion

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Table 2-1: Geode LX Graphics Features lists a complete list of Geode LX graphics

features. For more details, please refer to the AMD website or the Geode LX series data

book available from AMD.

Feature AMD Geode™ LX Processor

Color Depth 8, 16, 32 bpp (A) RGB 4 and 8-bit indexed

ROPs 256 (2-src, dest and pattern)

BLT Buffers FIFOs in Graphics Processor

BLT Splitting Managed by hardware

Video Synchronized BLT/Vector Throttle by VBLANK

Bresenham Lines Yes

Patterned (stippled) Lines Yes

Screen to Screen BLT Yes

Screen to Screen BLT with mono expansion Yes

Memory to Screen BLT Yes (throttled rep movs writes)

Accelerated Text No

Pattern Size (Mono) 8x8 pixels

Pattern Size (Color) 8x8 pixels

Monochrome Pattern Yes (with inversion)

Dithered Pattern (4 color) No

Color Pattern 8, 16, 32 bpp

Transparent Pattern Monochrome

Solid Fill Yes

Pattern Fill Yes

Transparent Source Monochrome

Color Key Source Transparency Y with mask

Variable Source Stride Yes

Variable Destination Stride Yes

Destination Write Bursting Yes

Selectable BLT Direction Vertical and Horizontal

Alpha BLT

VGA Support Decodes VGA Register

Pipeline Depth Unlimited

Accelerated Rotation BLT 8, 16, 32 bpp

Yes (constant α, α/pix, or sep. α channel)

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Color Depth Conversion 5:6:5, 1:5:5:5, 4:4:4:4, 8:8:8:8

Table 2-1: Geode LX Graphics Features

2.7 Memory Support

The WAFER-LX has one 200-pin DDR SO-DIMM SDRAM socket that supports one 333

MHz or 400MHz DDR SO-DIMM memory module with a maximum capacity of 1GB.

2.8 PCI Bus Interface Support

The PCI bridge on the WAFER-LX has the following features:

 33MHz Revision 2.2 is implemented

 Maximum throughput: 133MB/sec

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 PCI and GLIU interface control

 Read and write FIFOs

 PCI

2.9 Ethernet Controller Specifications

2.9.1 Overview

The Realtek RTL8100C(L) is a highly integrated and cost-effective single-chip Fast

Ethernet controller. It is enhanced with an ACPI (Advanced Configuration Power Interface)

management function for PCI in order to provide efficient power management for

advanced operating systems with OSPM (Operating System Directed Power

Management).

The RTL8100C(L) also supports remote wake-up (including AMD Magic Packet™ and

Microsoft® Wake-up frame) to increase cost-efficiency in network maintenance and

management. It is an ideal solution for notebook/motherboard-embedded network

designs.

2.9.2 Features

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 Integrates Fast Ethernet MAC, physical chip, and transceiver onto a single

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 10Mbps and 100Mbps operation

 Supports 10Mbps and 100Mbps N-way auto-negotiation

 Supports 25MHz Crystal or 25MHz OSC as the internal clock source

 Complies with PC99/PC2001 standards

 Supports ACPI power management

 Provides PCI bus master data transfer

 Provides PCI memory space or I/O space mapped data transfer

 Supports PCI clock speed of 16.75MHz-40MHz

 Advanced power saving mode

 Supports Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up (AMD Magic Packet™, Link

Change, and Microsoft® Wake-up frame)

 Half/Full duplex capability

 Supports Full Duplex Flow Control (IEEE 802.3x)

 Provides interface to 93C46 EEPROM to store resource configuration and ID

parameters

 Provides PCI clock run pin

 Provides LED pins for network operation status indication

 2.5/3.3V power supply with 5V tolerant I/Os

2.10 Drive Interfaces

The WAFER-LX can support the following drive interfaces.

 2 x SATA drives

 2 x IDE devices

 1 x FDD

 1 x CF I or CF II card

2.10.1 SATA Drives

The WAFER-LX supports two, first generation SATA drives with transfer rates of up to

150Mb/s

2.10.2 IDE HDD Interfaces

The WAFER-LX system chipset IDE controller supports up to two HDDs with the following

specifications:

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 Supports PIO IDE transfers up to 16MB/s

 Supports the following Ultra ATA devices:

o Ultra ATA/100, with data transfer rates up to 100MB/s
o Ultra ATA/66, with data transfer rates up to 66MB/s
o Ultra ATA/33, with data transfer rates up to 33MB/s

2.10.3 Floppy Disk Drive (FDD)

The WAFER-LX supports a single FDD. The following FDD formats are compatible with

the board.

 5.25”: 360KB and 1.2MB

 3.5”: 720KB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB

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2.10.4 Compact Flash Support

A standard CF I or CF II card can be inserted into the compact flash slot on the solder side

of the WAFER-LX PCB.

2.11 Serial Ports

The WAFER-LX has two high-speed UART serial ports, configured as COM1 and COM2.

The serial ports have the following specifications.

 16C550 UART with 16-byte FIFO buffer

 115.2Kbps transmission rate

COM2 can be configured as RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485.

2.12 Real Time Clock

256-byte battery backed CMOS RAM

2.13 System Monitoring

The WAFER-LX is capable of self-monitoring various aspects of its operating status

including:

 CPU, chipset, and battery voltage, +3.3V, +5V, and +12V

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 RPM of cooling fans

 CPU and board temperatures (by the corresponding embedded sensors)

2.14 USB Interfaces

The WAFER-LX has four USB interfaces, two internal (on one pin header connector) and

two external. The USB interfaces support USB 2.0.

2.15 BIOS

The WAFER-LX uses a licensed copy of AWARD BIOS. The features of the flash BIOS

used are listed below:

 SMIBIOS (DMI) compliant

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 Console redirection function support

 PXE (Pre-Boot Execution Environment) support

 USB booting support

2.16 Operating Temperature and Temperature Control

The maximum and minimum operating temperatures for the WAFER-LX are listed below.

 Minimum Operating Temperature: 0ºC (32°F)

 Maximum Operating Temperature: 60°C (140°F)

A cooling fan and heat sink must be installed on the CPU. Thermal paste must be

smeared on the lower side of the heat sink before it is mounted on the CPU. Heat sinks

are also mounted on the northbridge and southbridge chipsets to ensure the operating

temperature of these chips remain low.

2.17 Audio Codec

The WAFER-LX has an integrated RealTek ALC203 codec. The RealTek ALC203 is a

20-bit DAC and 18-bit ADC full-duplex AC'97 2.3 compatible stereo audio CODEC

designed for PC multimedia systems, including host/soft audio, and AMR/CNR based

designs. The codec meets performance requirements for audio on PC99/2001 systems

 Single chip with high S/N ratio (>100 dB)

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 Meets performance requirements for audio on PC2001 systems

 Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements

 20-bit DAC and 18-bit ADC resolution

 18-bit Stereo full-duplex CODEC with independent and variable sampling rate

 Complies with AC'97 2.3 specifications

o LINE/HP-OUT, MIC-IN and LINE-IN sensing
o 14.318MHz -> 24.576MHz PLL saves crystal
o 12.288MHz BITCLK input can be consumed
o Integrated PCBEEP generator to save buzzer
o Interrupt capability
o Page registers and Analog Plug & Play

 Support of S/PDIF out is fully compliant with AC'97 rev2.3 specifications

 Three analog line-level stereo inputs with 5-bit volume control: LINE_IN, CD,

AUX

 High quality differential CD input

 Two analog line-level mono input: PCBEEP, PHONE-IN

 Supports double sampling rate (96KHz) of DVD audio playback

 Two software selectable MIC inputs

 +6/12/20/30dB boost preamplifier for MIC input

 Stereo output with 6-bit volume control

 Mono output with 5-bit volume control

 Headphone output with 50mW/20Ohm amplifier

 3D Stereo Enhancement

 Multiple CODEC extension capability

 External Amplifier Power Down (EAPD) capability

 Power management and enhanced power saving features

 Stereo MIC record for AEC/BF application

 DC Voltage volume control

 Auxiliary power to support Power Off CD

 Adjustable VREFOUT control

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 2 GPIO pins with smart GPIO volume control

 2 Universal Audio Jacks (UAJ)® for front panel

 Supports 32K/44.1K/48K/96KHz S/PDIF output

 Supports 32K/44.1K/48KHz S/PDIF input

 Power support: Digital: 3.3V; Analog: 3.3V/5V

 Standard 48-Pin LQFP Package

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 EAX™ 1.0 & 2.0 compatible

 Direct Sound 3D™ compatible

 A3D™ compatible

 I3DL2 compatible

 HRTF 3D Positional Audio

 Sensaura™ 3D Enhancement (optional)

 10 Bands of Software Equalizer

 Voice Cancellation and Key Shifting in Kareoke mode

 AVRack® Media Player

2.18 Power Consumption

Table 2-2 shows the power consumption parameters for the WAFER-LX when an AMD

Geode LX 800 processor is running with one 1GB DDR400 memory module and running

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Voltage Current

+5V 2.5A

Table 2-2: Power Consumption

2.19 Packaged Contents and Optional Accessory Items

2.19.1 Package Contents

The WAFER-LX is shipped with the following components.

 1x WAFER-LX800 single board computer

 1 x Mini jumper pack

 1 x IDE flat cable 44P/44P

 2 x SATA cables

 1 x SATA power cable

 1 x Audio cable

 1 x KB/MS cable

 1 x USB cable

 1 x RS-232 cable

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 1x Utility CD

 1x Quick Installation Guide

2.19.2 Optional Accessory Items

The items shown in the list below are optional accessory items are purchased separately.

 LPT cable

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3.1 Peripheral Interface Connectors

Section 3.1.2 shows peripheral interface connector locations. Section 3.1.2 lists all the

peripheral interface connectors seen in Section 3.1.2.

3.1.1 WAFER-LX Layout

Figure 3-1 shows the on-board peripheral connectors, rear panel peripheral connectors

and on-board jumpers.

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Figure 3-1: Connector and Jumper Locations

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Figure 3-2: Connector and Jumper Locations (Solder Side)

3.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors

Table 3-1 shows a list of the peripheral interface connectors on the WAFER-LX. Detailed

descriptions of these connectors can be found in Section 0 on page 43.

Connector Type Label

AT power connector 4-pin header CN1

ATX power function connector 3-pin header CN2

ATX power button connector 2-pin header CN13

Audio connector 10-pin header CN8

Battery connector 2-pin header CN7

Compact Flash (CF) connector 50-pin header CN32

Fan connector 3-pin header CN4

Floppy Disk connector 26-pin header CN31

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GPIO connector 10-pin header CN14

IDE Interface connector 44-pin header CN30

Inverter power connector 5-pin header CN3

Keyboard/Mouse connector 6-pin header CN17

LED connector 6-pin header CN5

Parallel port connector 26-pin header CN15

PC/104 power input connector 3-pin header CN11

PC/104 slot 104-pin slot CN10

Reset button connector 2-pin header CN12

RS-232/422/485 serial port connector 14-pin header CN16

SATA drive connector (150MB/s) 7-pin SATA connector CN23

SATA drive connector (150MB/s) 7-pin SATA connector CN25

TFTLCD LVDS connector 20-pin header CN29

TFT LCD TTL connector 40-pin header CN28

USB connector (USB 1.1 and USB 2.0) 8-pin header CN24

Table 3-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors

3.1.3 External Interface Panel Connectors

Table 3-2 lists the rear panel connectors on the WAFER-LX. Detailed descriptions of

these connectors can be found in Section 3.3 on page 71.

Connector Type Label

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Ethernet connector RJ-45 CN20

Ethernet connector RJ-45 CN21

RS-232 serial port connector 9-pin male CN22

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USB port USB port CN19

VGA port connector 15-pin female CN26

Table 3-2: Rear Panel Connectors

3.1.4 On-board Jumpers

NOTE:

A jumper is a metal bridge that is used to

close an electrical circuit. It consists of

two metal pins and a small metal clip

(often protected by a plastic cover) that

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slides over the pins to connect them.

To CLOSE/SHORT a jumper mean

connecting the pins of the jumper with

the plastic clip and to OPEN a jumper

means removing the plastic clip from a

jumper.

Table 3-3 lists the on-board jumpers. Detailed descriptions of these jumpers can be found

in Section 4.5 on page 84.

Description Label Type

AT power select JP1 2-pin header

COM 2 mode setup JP2 3-pin header

Clear CMOS CN7 2-pin header

s

Jumper

Table 3-3: On-board Jumpers

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3.2 Internal Peripheral Connectors

Internal peripheral connectors are found on the motherboard and are only accessible

when the motherboard is outside of the chassis. This section has complete descriptions of

all the internal, peripheral connectors on the WAFER-LX.

3.2.1 AT Power Connector

CN Label: CN1

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CN Location: See Figure 3-3

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-4

The AT power connector is connected to an AT power source that powers the system.

4-pin AT power connector (1x4)

Figure 3-3: AT Power Connector Location

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 +5V

2 GND

3 GND

4 +12V

Table 3-4: AT Power Connector Pinouts

3.2.2 ATX Power Connector

CN Label: CN2

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3-pin header (1x3)

CN Location: See Figure 3-4

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-5

The ATX Power connector (CN2) connects an ATX or AT power supply connector.

Figure 3-4: ATX Power Connector Location

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 +5V_SB

2 NC (v1.10)

3 PS_ON

Table 3-5: ATX Power Connector Pinouts

3.2.3 ATX Power Button Connector

CN Label: CN13

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1-pin header (1x2)

CN Location: See Figure 3-5

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-6

The ATX power button connector to a power switch installed on the system chassis.

Figure 3-5: ATX Power Button Connector

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 PWRBTN#

2 GND

Table 3-6: ATX Power Button Connector Pinouts

3.2.4 Audio Connector

CN Label: CN8

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CN Location: See Figure 3-6

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-7

The audio connector is connected to an on-board codec. An external audio connector kit

can be connected to the connector to provide sound input and output.

10-pin header (2x5)

Figure 3-6: Audio Connector Location

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 Line Out Right 2 Line In Right

3 GND 4 GND

5 Line Out Left 6 Line In Left

7 GND 8 GND

9 MIC In 10 N/C

Table 3-7: Audio Connector Pinouts

3.2.5 Battery Connector

CN Label: CN7

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CN Location: See Figure 3-7

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-8

The battery connector is connected to a backup battery. The battery connector is also

used to reset the CMOS memory if the incorrect BIOS settings have been made and the

system cannot boot up.

2-pin header (1x2)

Figure 3-7: Battery Connector Location

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 Battery+

2 Ground

Table 3-8: Battery Connector Pinouts

3.2.6 Compact Flash Connector

CN Label: CN32 (solder side)

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50-pin header (2x25)

CN Location: See Figure 3-8

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-9

A compact flash memory module is inserted to the Compact Flash 2 connector (J2).

Jumper 2 (JP2) configures the compact flash drive as either a slave or master device.

Figure 3-8: Compact Flash Connector Location (Solder Side)

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 GROUND 26 VCC-IN CHECK1

2 DATA 3 27 DATA 11

3 DATA 4 28 DATA 12

4 DATA 5 29 DATA 13

5 DATA 6 30 DATA 14

6 DATA 7 31 DATA 15

7 HDC_CS0# 32 HDC_CS1

8 N/C 33 N/C

9 GROUND 34 IOR#

10 N/C 35 IOW#

11 N/C 36 VCC_COM

12 N/C 37 IRQ15

13 VCC_COM 38 VCC_COM

14 N/C 39 CSEL

15 N/C 40 N/C

16 N/C 41 HDD_RESET

17 N/C 42 IORDY

18 SA2 43 SDREQ

19 SA1 44 SDACK#

20 SA0 45 HDD_ACTIVE#

21 DATA 0 46 66DET

22 DATA 1 47 DATA 8

23 DATA 2 48 DATA 9

24 N/C 49 DATA 10

25 VCC-IN CHECK2 50 GROUND

Table 3-9: Compact Flash Connector Pinouts

3.2.7 Fan Connector

CN Label: CN4

CN Type:

CN Location: See Figure 3-9

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CN Pinouts: See Table 3-10

The cooling fan connector provides a 12V, 500mA current to a system cooling fan. The

connector has a "rotation" pin to get rotation signals from fans and notify the system so the

system BIOS can recognize the fan speed. Please note that only specified fans can issue

the rotation signals.

Figure 3-9: Fan Connector Location

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 Fan Speed Detect

2 +5V

3 GND

Table 3-10: Fan Connector Pinouts

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3.2.8 Floppy Disk Connector

CN Label: CN31 (solder side)

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CN Type:

CN Location: See Figure 3-10

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-11

The floppy disk connector (FDD1) is connected to a floppy disk drive.

26-pin header (1 x 26)

Figure 3-10: FDD Connector Location

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 +5V 14 STEP#

2 INDEX# 15 GND

3 +5V 16 WDATA#

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4 DSA# 17 GND

5 +5V 18 WGATE#

6 DSKCHG# 19 GND

7 NC 20 TRACK0#

8 NC 21 GND

9 NC 22 WP#

10 MOTO0# 23 GND

11 NC 24 RDATA#

12 DIR# 25 GND

13 NC 26 HEAD#

Table 3-11: FDD Connector Pinouts

3.2.9 GPIO Connector

CN Label: CN14

CN Type:

CN Location: See Figure 3-11

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-12

The General Purpose Input Output (GPIO) connector can be connected to external I/O

control devices including sensors, lights, alarms and switches.

10-pin header (2x5)

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Figure 3-11: GPIO Connector Location

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 GND 2 5V

3 GPO0 4 GPO1

5 GPO2 6 GPO3

7 GPI0 8 GPI1

9 GPI2 10 GPI3

Table 3-12: GPIO Connector Pinouts

3.2.10 IDE Connector

CN Label: CN30

CN Type:

CN Location: See Figure 3-12

44pin header (2x22)

One 44-pin IDE device connector on the WAFER-LX motherboard supports connectivity to

Ultra ATA/33/66/100 IDE devices with data transfer rates up to 100MB/s.

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CN Pinouts: See Table 3-13

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Figure 3-12: IDE Device Connector Locations

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 RESET# 2 GROUND

3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8

5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9

7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10

9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11

11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12

13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13

15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14

17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15

19 GROUND 20 N/C

21 IDE DRQ 22 GROUND

23 IOW# 24 GROUND

25 IOR# 26 GROUND

27 IDE CHRDY 28 GROUND

29 IDE DACK 30 GROUND–DEFAULT

31 INTERRUPT 32 N/C

33 SA1 34 N/C

35 SA0 36 SA2

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37 HDC CS0# 38 HDC CS1#

39 HDD ACTIVE# 40 GROUND

41 VCC 42 VCC

43 GROUND 44 N/C

Table 3-13: Secondary IDE Connector Pinouts

3.2.11 Inverter Power Connector

CN Label: CN3

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5-pin header (1x5)

CN Location: See Figure 3-13

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-14

The inverter connector is connected to the LCD backlight.

Figure 3-13: Inverter Connector Locations

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PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 ADJ (Def: GND)

2 GND

3 12V

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4 GND

5 BL_EN

Table 3-14: Inverter Power Connector Pinouts

3.2.12 Keyboard/Mouse Connector

CN Label: CN17

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6-pin header (1x6)

CN Location: See Figure 3-14

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-15

The keyboard and mouse connector can be connected to a standard PS/2 cable or PS/2

Y-cable to add keyboard and mouse functionality to the system.

Figure 3-14: Keyboard/Mouse Connector Location

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 +5V

2 MS DATA

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3 MS CLK

4 KB DATA

5 KB CLK

6 GND

Table 3-15: Keyboard/Mouse Connector Pinouts

3.2.13 LED Connector

CN Label: CN5

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CN Type:

CN Location: See Figure 3-15

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-16

The LED connector (CN5) connects to an HDD indicator LED and a power LED on the

system chassis to inform the user about HDD activity and the power on/off status of the

system.

6-pin header (1x6)

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Figure 3-15: LED Connector Locations

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 +5V

2 GND

3 Power LED+

4 Power LED-

5 HDD LED+

6 HDD LED-

Table 3-16: LED Connector Pinouts

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3.2.14 Print Port Connector

CN Label: CN15

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CN Type:

26-pin header (2 x 13)

CN Location: See Figure 3-16

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-17

The WAFER-LX has one print port connector that can be connected directly to a printer.

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Figure 3-16:Print Port Connector Location

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 STB# 2 AFD#

3 PD0 4 ERR#

5 PD1 6 INIT#

7 PD2 8 SLIN#

9 PD3 10 GND

11 PD4 12 GND

13 PD5 14 GND

15 PD6 16 GND

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17 PD7 18 GND

19 ACK# 20 GND

21 BUSY 22 GND

23 PE 24 GND

25 SLCT 26 N/C

Table 3-17: Parallel Port Connector Pinouts

3.2.15 PC/104 Power Input Connector

CN Label: CN11

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CN Type:

CN Location: See Figure 3-17

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-18

The PC/104 power input connector provides power to the PC/104 expansion module

installed on the PC/104 slot.

3-pin header (1x3)

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Figure 3-17: PC/104 Power Input Connector Pinouts

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 -5V

2 GND

3 -12V

Table 3-18: PC/104 Power Input Connector Pinouts

3.2.16 PC/104 Slot

CN Label: CN10

CN Type:

CN Location: See Figure 3-18

104-pin PC/104 slot

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CN Pinouts: See Table 3-19

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The PC/104 slot enables a PC/104 compatible expansion module to be connected to the

board.

Figure 3-18: PC/104 Slot Location

Pin No. Column A Column B Column C Column D

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

IOCHK- GROUND GROUND GROUND

SD7 RSTDRV SBHE- MCS16-

SD6 +5V SA23 IOCS16-

SD5 IRQ9 SA22 IRQ10

SD4 -5V SA21 IRQ11

SD3 DREQ2 SA20 IRQ12

SD2 -12V SA19 IRQ15

SD1 ZWS- SA18 IRQ14

SD0 +12V SA17 DACK0-

IOCHRDY GROUND MEMR- DREQ0

11

12

13

AEN SMEMW- MEMW- DACK5-

SA19 SMEMR- SD8 DRREQ5

SA18 IOW- SD9 DACK6-

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14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

SA17 IOR-

SA16 DACK3- SD11 DACK7-

SA15 DREQ3 SD12 DREQ7

SA14 DACK1- SD13 +5V

SA13 DREQ1 SD14 MASTER-

SA12 REFRESH- SD15 GROUND

SA11 ISACLK NC GROUND

SA10 IRQ7

SA9 IRQ6

SA8 IRQ5

SA7 IRQ4

SA6 IRQ3

SA5 DACK2-

SA4 TC

SA3 BALE

SD10

DREQ6

29

30

31 SA0 GROUND

32 GROUND GROUND

SA2 +5V

SA1 ISA_OSC

Table 3-19: PC/104 Slot Connector Pinouts

3.2.17 Reset Button Connector

CN Label: CN12

CN Type:

CN Location: See Figure 3-19

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-20

The reset button connector is connected to the reset button on the external chassis.

2-pin header (1x2)

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Figure 3-19: Reset Button Connector Locations

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 Reset+

2 Ground

Table 3-20: Reset Button Connector Pinouts

3.2.18 RS-232/422/485 Cable Connectors

CN Label: CN16

CN Type:

CN Location: See Figure 3-20

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-21

14-pin header (2x7)

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The COM2/COM3 serial port combination connectors connect to RS-232 serial port

devices. The COM2 port is located on pin 1 to pin 10 and the COM3 is located on pin 11 to

pin 14 of CN16.

Figure 3-20: RS-232 Serial Port Connector Locations

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 DCD# 2 DSR#

3 RXD 4 RTS#

5 TXD 6 CTS#

7 DTR# 8 RI#/Vout

9 GND 10 GND

11 TxD485+ 12 TxD485-

13 RxD485+ 14 RxD485-

Table 3-21: RS-232/422/485 Serial Port Connector Pinouts

3.2.19 SATA Drive Connectors

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CN Label: CN23 and CN25

CN Type:

7-pin SATA drive connectors

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CN Location: See Figure 3-24

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-25

The two SATA drive connectors are connected to two first generation SATA drives. First

generation SATA drives transfer data at speeds as high as 150MB/s.

Figure 3-21: SATA Drive Connector Locations

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 GND

2 TX+

3 TX-

4 GND

5 RX-

6 RX+

7 GND

Table 3-22: SATA Drive Connector Pinouts

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3.2.20 TFT LCD LVDS Connector

CN Label: CN29

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CN Type:

CN Location: See Figure 3-22

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-23

The TFT LCD LVDS can be connected to a TFT LCD screen directly.

20-pin header (2x10)

Figure 3-22: TFT LCD LVDS Connector Pinout Locations

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 GND 2 GND

3 D0+ 4 D0-

5 D1+ 6 D1-

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7 D2+ 8 D2-

9 CLK+ 10

11 NC 12 NC

13 GND 14 GND

15 NC 16 NC

17 LCD_Vcc 18 LCD_Vcc

19 LCD_Vcc 20 LCD_Vcc

CLK-

Table 3-23: TFT LCD LVDS Port Connector Pinouts

3.2.21 TFT LCD TTL Connector

CN Label: CN28

CN Type:

CN Location: See Figure 3-23

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-24

40-pin header (2x20)

The TFT LCD LVDS can be connected to a TFT LCD screen directly.

Figure 3-23: TFT LCD TTL Connector Pinout Locations

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 LCD_Vcc 2 LCD_Vcc

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3 GND 4 GND

5 LCD_Vcc 6 LCD_Vcc

7 NC 8 GND

9 B0 10 B1

11 B2 12 B3

13 B4 14 B5

15 B6 16 B7

17 G0 18 G1

19 G2 20 G3

21 G4 22 G5

23 G6 24 G7

25 R0 26 R1

26 R2 28 R3

29 R4 30 R5

31 R6 32 R7

33 GND 34 GND

35 CLK 36 VSYNC

37 LCD_EN 38 HSYNC

39 NC 40 DISP_EN

Table 3-24: TFT LCD TTL Port Connector Pinouts

3.2.22 Internal USB Connectors

CN Label: CN24

CN Type:

CN Location: See Figure 3-24

CN Pinouts: See Table 3-25

8-pin header (2x4)

The 2x4 USB pin connector provides connectivity to two USB 2.0 devices. The USB ports

are used for I/O bus expansion.

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Figure 3-24: USB Connector Pinout Locations

PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION

1 VCC_USB 2 GND

3 DATA3- 4 DATA4+

5 DATA3+ 6 DATA4-

7 GND 8 VCC_USB

Table 3-25: USB Port Connector Pinouts

3.3 External Interface Connectors

3.3.1 External Interface Connector Overview

Figure 3-25 shows the WAFER-LX motherboard external interface connectors. The

WAFER-LX on-board external interface connectors are listed below and shown in Figure

3-25:

 1 x USB combo port

 2 x Ethernet connector

 1 x Serial communications port

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 1 x VGA port

Figure 3-25: WAFER-LX On-board External Interface Connectors

3.3.2 USB Combo Port

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CN Label:

CN Type:

CN Location: See Figure 3-25

CN Pinouts:

The USB combo port provides connectivity to additional USB devices through an adapter

cable. Various adapters may come with USB ports on a slot bracket or ports that can be

attached to D-SUB openings on a chassis. USB devices connect directly to the USB

connectors on the rear panel.

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 VCC_USB 5 VCC_USB

2 DATA1- 6 DATA2-

3 DATA1+ 7 DATA2+

4 GND 8 GND

CN19

USB Combo port

See Table 3-26

Table 3-26: CN19 Connector Pinouts

3.3.3 Ethernet Connector

CN Label: CN20 and CN 21

CN Type:

CN Location: See Figure 3-25

CN Pinouts:

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RJ-45

See Table 3-27

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A 10/100 Megabit connection can be made between the Ethernet connector and a Local

Area Network (LAN) through a network hub.

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 TX+ 2 TX-

3 RX+ 4 NC

5 NC 6 RX-

7 NC 8 NC

Table 3-27: J7 Connector Pinouts

Figure 3-26: J7 Connector

The RJ-45 Ethernet connector has two status LEDs, one green and one yellow. The green

LED indicates activity on the port and the yellow LED indicates the port is linked.

SPEED LED LINK LED

Status Description Status Description

GREEN ON: 100MB

OFF: 10MB

Table 3-28: J7 Connector LEDs

YELLOW ON: Linked

Flashing: Activity

3.3.4 Serial Communications COM 1 and COM2 Connector

CN Label:

CN Type:

CN22

RS-232 serial connector

CN Location: See Figure 3-25

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CN Pinouts: See Table 3-29 and Figure 3-27

The RS-232 serial connector provides serial connection in the RS-232 mode.

PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 DCD1 2 RXD1

3 TXD1 4 DTR1

5 GND 6 DSR1

7 RTS1 8 CTS1

9 COM_RI1

Table 3-29: COM1 Pinouts

Figure 3-27: COM1 Pinout Locations

3.3.5 VGA Connector

CN Label: CN26

CN Type:

CN Location: See Figure 3-25

CN Pinouts: See Figure 3-28 and Table 3-30

The standard 15-pin female VGA connector connects to a CRT or LCD monitor.

See VGA Connector

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PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION

1 RED 6 GROUND 11 NC

2 GREEN 7 GROUND 12 DDCDAT

3 BLUE 8 GROUND 13 HSYNC

4 NC 9 NC 14 VSYNC

5 GROUND 10 GROUND 15 DDCCLK

Table 3-30: VGA1 Connector Pinouts

Figure 3-28: VGA1 Connector

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Chapter

4

4 Installation and

Configuration

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4.1 Anti-static Precautions

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause serious damage to electronic components,

including the WAFER-LX. (Dry climates are especially susceptible to ESD.) It is therefore

critical that whenever the WAFER-LX (or any other electrical component) is handled, the

following anti-static precautions are strictly adhered to.

 Wear an anti-static wrist band: - Wearing a simple anti-static wrist band can

help to prevent ESD from damaging the board.

 Self-grounding:- Before handling the board touch any grounded conducting

material. During the time the board is handled, frequently touch any

conducting materials that are connected to the ground.

4.2 Installation Considerations

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NOTE:

The following installation notices and installation considerations should be

read and understood before the motherboard is installed. All installation

notices pertaining to the installation of the motherboard should be strictly

adhered to. Failing to adhere to these precautions may lead to severe

damage of the motherboard and injury to the person installing the

motherboard.

4.2.1 Installation Notices

Before and during the installation of the WAFER-LX, please do the following:

 Read the user manual:

o The user manual provides a complete description of the WAFER-LX,

installation instructions and configuration options.

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 Wear an electrostatic discharge cuff (ESD):

o Electronic components are easily damaged by ESD. Wearing an ESD cuff

removes ESD from the body and helps prevent ESD damage.

 Place the motherboard on an antistatic pad:

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o When installing or configuring the motherboard, place it on an antistatic

pad. This helps to prevent potential ESD damage.

 Turn off all power to the WAFER-LX:

o When working with the motherboard, make sure that it is disconnected

from all power supplies and that no electricity is being fed into the system.

Before and during the installation of the WAFER-LX DO NOT:

 remove any of the stickers on the PCB board. These stickers are required for

warranty validation.

 use the product before verifying all the cables and power connectors are

properly connected.

 allow screws to come in contact with the PCB circuit, connector pins, or its

components.

4.3 Unpacking

NOTE:

If any of the items listed below are missing when the WAFER-LX is

unpacked, do not proceed with the installation and contact the WAFER-LX

reseller or vendor.

4.3.1 Unpacking Precautions

Before installing the WAFER-LX, unpack the motherboard. Some components on

WAFER-LX are very sensitive to static electricity and can be damaged by a sudden rush

of power. To protect it from being damaged, follow these precautions:

 The user should ground them self to remove any static charge before

touching the WAFER-LX. To do so wear a grounded wrist strap at all times or

frequently touch any conducting materials that is connected to the ground.

 Handle the WAFER-LX by its edges. Do not touch the IC chips, leads or

circuitry if not necessary.

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Do not place a PCB on top of an anti-static bag. Only the inside of the bag is safe from

static discharge.

4.3.2 Checklist

When unpacking the WAFER-LX, please make sure that the package contains the

following items.

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 1x WAFER-LX800 single board computer

 1 x Mini jumper pack

 1 x IDE flat cable 44P/44P

 2 x SATA cables

 1 x SATA power cable

 1 x Audio cable

 1 x KB/MS cable

 1 x USB cable

 1 x RS-232 cable

 1x Utility CD

 1x Quick Installation GuideIf one or more of these items are missing, please

contact the reseller or vendor the WAFER-LX was purchased from and do not proceed

any further with the installation.

4.4 WAFER-LX Motherboard Installation

WARNING!

1. Never run the motherboard without an appropriate heatsink and cooler

that can be ordered from IEI Technology or purchased separately.

2. Be sure to use the CPU 12V power connector (CN10007) for the CPU

power.

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WARNING!

Please note that the installation instructions described in this manual should

be carefully followed in order to avoid damage to the motherboard components

and injury to the user.

WARNING!

When installing electronic components onto the motherboard always take the

anti-static precautions listed above in order to prevent ESD damage to the

motherboard and other electronic components like the CPU and DIMM

modules

The following components must be installed onto the motherboard or connected to the

motherboard during the installation process.

NOTE:

Some WAFER-LX models already have preinstalled CPUs. If the

motherboard has a preinstalled CPU then the following section on CPU

installation can be skipped.

 DIMM modules

 Peripheral device connection

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4.4.1 DIMM Module Installation

4.4.1.1 Purchasing the Memory Module

When purchasing SO-DIMM modules, the following considerations should be taken into

account:

 The SO-DIMM socket can support a memory chip with a maximum size of

1GB

 The SO-DIMM socket supports SDRAM DIMM speeds of 333MHz and

400MHz

4.4.1.2 DIMM Module Installation

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The WAFER-LX motherboard has two DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets. To install the DIMM

modules, follow the instructions below.

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Step 4:

Locate the SO-DIMM module connector.

Push the SO-DIMM chip into the socket at an angle. (See Figure 4-1)

Gently pull the arms of the SO-DIMM socket out and push the rear of the

SO-DIMM module down. (See Figure 4-1)

Release the arms on the SO-DIMM socket. They clip into place and secure the

SO-DIMM module in the socket. Step 0:

Figure 4-1: SO-DIMM Module Installation

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4.4.2 Peripheral Device Connection

Cables provided by IEI that connect peripheral devices to the motherboard are listed in

Table 4-1. Cables not included in the kit must be separately purchased.

Quantity Type

1 Audio cable

1 IDE flat cable 44P/44P

2 SATA cables

1 SATA power cable

1 RS-232 cable

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1 USB cable

Table 4-1: IEI Provided Cables

4.4.2.1 IDE Disk Drive Connector (IDE1)

The cable used to connect the ,otherboard to the IDE HDD is a standard 44-pin ATA

66/100 flat cable. To connect an IDE HDD to the motherboard, follow the instructions

below.

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Find the ATA 66/100 flat cable in the kit that came with the motherboard.

Connect one end of the cable to the PIDE1 connector on the motherboard. A

keyed pin on the IDE connectors prevents it from being connected incorrectly.

Locate the red wire on the other side of the cable that corresponds to the pin 1

connector.

Step 4:

Connect the other side of the cable to the HDD making sure that the pin 1 cable

corresponds to pin 1 on the connector.Step 0:

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NOTE:

When two EIDE disk drives are connected together, back-end jumpers on

the drives must be used to configure one drive as a master and the other as

a slave.

4.5 Jumper Settings

NOTE:

A jumper is a metal bridge that is used to

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close an electrical circuit. It consists of

two metal pins and a small metal clip

(often protected by a plastic cover) that

slides over the pins to connect them.

To CLOSE/SHORT a jumper mean

connecting the pins of the jumper with

the plastic clip and to OPEN a jumper

means removing the plastic clip from a

jumper.

Before the WAFER-LX is installed in the system, the jumpers must be set in accordance

with the desired configuration. The WAFER-LX motherboard has six on-board jumpers.

The jumpers are described in Table 4-2 and shown in Figure 4-2.

Description Label Type

s

Jumper

Table 4-2: Jumpers

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AT Power Select JP1 2-pin header

COM 2 mode setup JP2 3-pin header

Clear CMOS Memory CN7 2pin header

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Figure 4-2: Jumper Locations

4.5.1 Clear CMOS Jumper

NOTE:

The battery connector (CN7) is used as the clear CMOS jumper on the

WAFER-LX.

Jumper Label: CN7

Jumper Type:

Jumper Settings: See Table 4-3

Jumper Location: See Figure 4-2

2-pin header

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If the WAFER-LX fails to boot due to improper BIOS settings, use this connector to clear

the CMOS data and reset the system BIOS information. To do this, disconnect CN7 and

keep it disconnected for at least five seconds. After five seconds has elapsed, reinsert the

connector.

If the “CMOS Settings Wrong” message is displayed during the boot up process, the fault

may be corrected by pressing the F1 to enter the CMOS Setup menu. Do one of the

following:

 Enter the correct CMOS setting

 Load Optimal Defaults

 Load Failsafe Defaults.

After having done one of the above, save the changes and exit the CMOS Setup menu.

Clear CMOS DESCRIPTION

Closed Keep CMOS Setup

Open Clear CMOS Setup

Table 4-3: Clear CMOS Jumper Settings

4.5.2 AT Power Select Jumper Settings

Jumper Label: JP1

Jumper Type:

Jumper Settings: See Table 4-4

Jumper Location: See Figure 4-2

The AT/ATX Power Mode Select jumper specifies the systems power mode. Jumper

2-pin header

settings are shown in Figure 4-2.

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AT Power Select Description

Short Use AT power Default

Open Use ATX power

Table 4-4: AT Power Select Jumper Settings

4.5.3 COM3 Setup Jumper Settings

Jumper Label: JP2

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Jumper Type:

Jumper Settings: See Table 4-5

Jumper Location: See Figure 4-2

The WAFER-LX COM3 serial port setup jumper settings are shown in Figure 4-2. The

COM3 port can be configured as an RS-422 serial port or as an RS-485 serial port.

COM 2 Setup Description

Short Pin 1 ~ Pin 2 RS-422 Default

Short Pin 2 ~ Pin 3 RS-485

Table 4-5: COM3 Setup Jumper Settings

4.6 Chassis Installation

After the CPU, the cooling kit, and the DIMM modules have been installed and after the

internal peripheral connectors have been connected to the peripheral devices and the

3-pin header

jumpers have been configure, the motherboard can be mounted into chassis.

To mount the motherboard into a chassis please refer to the chassis user guide that came

with the product.

4.7 Rear Panel Connectors

4.7.1 LCD Panel Connection

The conventional CRT monitor connector, VGA1, is a 15-pin, female D-SUB connector.

Pin assignments can be seen in that can be connected to external monitors.

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4.7.2 Ethernet Connection

The rear panel RJ-45 connectors can be connected to an external LAN and communicate

with data transfer rates up to 1Gb/s.

4.7.3 USB Connection

The rear panel USB connectors provide easier and quicker access to external USB

devices. The rear panel USB connector is a standard connector and can easily be

connected to other USB devices.

4.7.4 Keyboard and Mouse Connection

A PS/2 keyboard and a PS/2 mouse can be connected to the appropriate PS/2 connector

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Chapter

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5 Award BIOS Setup

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5.1 Introduction

A licensed copy of Phoenix Award BIOS is preprogrammed into the ROM BIOS. The BIOS

setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This chapter

describes how to access the BIOS setup program and the configuration options that may

be changed.

5.1.1 Starting Setup

The Phoenix Award BIOS is activated when the computer is turned on. The setup program

can be activated in one of two ways.

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1. Press the D

2. Press the DELETE key when the “Press Del to enter SETUP” message

appears on the screen.

If the message disappears, restart the computer and try again.

ELETE key as soon as the system is turned on or

5.1.2 Using Setup

Use the arrow keys to highlight items, press ENTER to select, use the PAGEUP and

P

AGEDOWN keys to change entries, press F1 for help and press ESC to quit. Navigation

keys are shown below.

Key Function

Up arrow Move to the item above

Down arrow Move to the item below

Left arrow Move to the item on the left hand side

Right arrow Move to the item on the right hand side

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+/Page up Increase the numeric value or make changes

-/Page down Decrease the numeric value or make changes

Esc Main Menu – Quit and do not save changes into CMOS

Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu --

Exit current page and return to Main Menu

F1 General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option

Page Setup Menu

F2 Item help

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F5 Previous values for the page menu items

F6 Fail-safe defaults for the current page menu items

F7 Optimized defaults for the current page menu items

F9 Menu in BIOS

F10 Save changes and Exit BIOS

Table 5-1: BIOS Navigation Keys

5.1.3 Getting Help

When F1 is pressed a small help window describing the appropriate keys to use and the

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possible selections for the highlighted item appears. To exit the Help Window press E

the F1 key again.

SC or

5.1.4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration Changes

If the system cannot be booted after changes are made, restore the CMOS defaults. The

CPU card should come with a restore CMOS settings jumper. Refer to Section ?? for

more information.

5.1.5 Main BIOS Menu

Once the BIOS opens, the main menu (BIOS Menu 1) appears.

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BIOS Menu 1: Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility

NOTE:

The following sections will completely describe the menus listed below and

the configuration options available to users.

The following menu options are seen in BIOS Menu 1.

 Standard CMOS Features: Changes the basic system configuration.

 Advanced BIOS Features: Changes the advanced system settings.

 Advanced Chipset Features: Changes the chipset configuration features.

 Integrated Peripherals: Changes the settings for integrated peripherals.

 Power Management Setup: Configures power saving options.

 PnP/PCI Configurations: Changes the advanced PCI/PnP settings.

 PC Health Status: Monitors essential system parameters.

The following user configurable options are also available in BIOS Menu 1:

 Load Fail-Safe Defaults

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Use the Load Fail-Safe Defaults option to load failsafe default values for each BIOS

parameter in the setup menus. Press F6 for this operation on any page.

 Load Optimized Defaults

Use the Load Optimized Defaults option to load optimal default values for each BIOS

parameter in the setup menus. Press F7 for this operation on any page.

 Set Supervisor Password

Use the Set Supervisor Password option to set the supervisor password. By default, no

supervisor password is set. To install a supervisor password, select this field and enter the

password. After this option is selected, a red dialogue box appears with “Enter

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Password: ”. Type the password and press E

“Confirm Password: ” dialogue box and press E

press E

“Password Disabled !!!” dialogue box.

 Set User Password

Use the Set User Password option to set the user password. By default no user

password is set. To install a user password, select this field and enter the password. After

this option is selected, a red dialogue box appears with “Enter Password: ”. Type the

password and press E

dialogue box and press E

Password: ” dialogue box, then press any key in the “Password Disabled !!!” dialogue

box.

 Save & Exit Setup

NTER in the “Enter Password: ” dialogue box, then press any key in the

NTER. Retype the original password into the “Confirm Password: ”

NTER. To disable the password, simply press ENTER in the “Enter

NTER. Retype the original password into the

NTER. To disable the password, simply

Use the Save & Exit Setup option to save any configuration changes made and exit the

BIOS menus.

 Exit Without Saving

Use the Exit Without Saving option to exit the BIOS menus without saving any

configuration changes.

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5.2 Standard CMOS Features

Use the Standard CMOS Features BIOS menu (BIOS Menu 2) to set basic BIOS

configuration options.

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BIOS Menu 2: Standard CMOS Features

 Date [Day mm:dd:yyyy]

Use the Date option to set the system date.

 Time [hh/mm/ss]

Use the Time option to set the system time.

 IDE Master and IDE Slave

When entering setup, BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices. The Standard

CMOS Features menu shows the status of the auto detected IDE devices. The following

IDE devices are detected and shown in the Standard CMOS Features menu:

 IDE Primary Master

 IDE Primary Slave

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 IDE Secondary Master

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IDE device configurations are changed or set in the IDE Configuration menu. If an IDE

device is detected, and one of the above listed two BIOS configuration options is selected,

the IDE configuration options shown in Section 5.2.1 appear.

 Drive A [None]

Use the Drive A/B configuration to specify the floppy drive type installed in the system.

The floppy drive configuration options are:

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 None

 360K, 5.25 in.

 1.2M, 5.25 in.

 720K, 3.5 in.

 1.44M, 3.5in (Default)

 2.88M, 3.5 in.

 Halt On [All, But Keyboard]

Use the Halt On option to specify what errors detected during the power up process stop

the system.



All Errors



No Errors



All, But Keyboard

Whenever BIOS detects a non-fatal error the

system is stopped and the user prompted.

The system boot is not stopped for any errors

that may be detected.

(Default) The system boot does not stop for a keyboard

error; it stops for all other errors.



All, But Diskette



All, But Disk/Key

The system boot does not stop for a disk

error; it stops for all other errors.

The system boot does not stop for a keyboard

or a disk error; it stops for all other errors.

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 Base Memory:

The Base Memory is NOT user configurable. The POST determines the amount of base

(or conventional) memory installed in the system. The value of the base memory is

typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed, or 640K for systems with 640K or

more memory installed.

 Extended Memory

The Extended Memory is NOT user configurable. The BIOS determines how much

extended memory is present during the POST. This is the amount of memory above 1MB

located in the memory address map of the CPU.

 Total Memory

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The Total Memory is NOT user configurable.

5.2.1 IDE Primary Master/Slave

Use the IDE Primary Master/Slave menu to set or change the master/slave IDE

configurations.

 IDE HDD Auto-Detection [Press Enter]

Use the IDE HDD Auto-Detection option to enable BIOS to automatically detect the IDE

settings. Select IDE HDD Auto-Detection and press E

the HDD type. Do not set this option manually.

 IDE Primary Master [Auto]

Use the IDE Primary Master option to activate or deactivate the following drive channels:

 Channel 0 Master

NTER. BIOS automatically detects

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 Channel 0 Slave

 Channel 1 Master

 Channel 0 Slave

None

If no drives are connected to the IDE channel select this

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option. Once set, this IDE channel becomes

inaccessible and any drives attached to it are

undetected.



Auto



Manual

 Access Mode [Auto]

The Access Mode option can only be configured if the BIOS configuration option is set to

either Manual or Auto.. Use the Access Mode option to determine the hard disk BIOS

translation modes. Most systems now use hard drives with large capacities and therefore

either the LBA translation mode or auto mode should be selected.



CHS



LBA

(Default) Setting this option allows the device to be automatically

detected by the BIOS.

Selecting this option allows manual configuration of the

device on the IDE channel in BIOS.

Select this mode if the HDD capacity is less than

504MB.

Select this mode if the HDD capacity is more than

 Capacity

The Capacity specification indicates the storage capacity of the HDD installed in the

system.

 Cylinder





Large

Auto

8.4GB.

This mode is an extended ECHS mode and while it

supports HDDs larger than 504MB, it is not

recommended.

(Default) If you are unsure of what access mode to set, select this

option.

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The Cylinder specification indicates how many cylinders (tracks) are on the HDD installed

in the system.

 Head

The Head specification indicates how many logical heads are on the HDD installed in the

system.

 Precomp

The Precomp specification indicates on what track the write precompensation begins.

 Landing Zone

The Landing Zone specification indicates where the disk head will park itself after the

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 Sector

The Sector specification indicates how many logical sectors the HDD has been divided

into.

5.3 Advanced BIOS Features

Use the Advanced BIOS Features menu (BIOS Menu 3) to configure the CPU and

peripheral device configuration options.

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BIOS Menu 3: Advanced BIOS Features

 Virus Warning [Disabled]

NOTE:

Many disk diagnostic programs can cause the above warning message to

appear when the program attempts to access the boot sector table. If you

are running such a program, it is recommended that the virus protection

function be disabled beforehand.

Use the Virus Warning option to enable BIOS to monitor the boot sector and partition

table of the HDD for any attempted modification. If a modification attempt is made, the

BIOS halts the system and an error message appears. If necessary, an anti-virus program

can then be run to locate and remove the virus before any damage is done.



Enabled

Activates automatically when the system boots up

causing a warning message to appear when anything

attempts to access the boot sector or HDD partition table.

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

Disabled

 CPU Internal Cache [Enabled]

Use the CPU Internal Cache option to enable or disable the internal CPU cache.



Disabled



Enabled

 Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled]

Use the Quick Power On Self Test option to speed up the POST after the computer is

turned on. If enabled, BIOS shortens or skips some POST check items.



Disabled Normal POST occurs after the computer is turned on.

(Default) No warning message appears when there is an attempt

to access the boot sector or HDD partition table.

The internal CPU cache is disabled.

(Default) The internal CPU cache is enabled.



Enabled (Default) Quick POST occurs after the computer is turned on.

 Boot From LAN Control [Disabled]

Use the BOOT From LAN Control option to enable the system to be booted from a

remote system.



Disabled



Enabled

 SATA Boot ROM Control [Disabled]

Use the SATA Boot ROM Control option to configure SATA IDE use in DOS mode.

(Default) The system cannot be booted from a remote system

through the LAN.

The system can be booted from a remote system

through the LAN.





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Enabled

(Default) Disables SATA IDE use in DOS mode.

Enables SATA IDE use in DOS mode.

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