Portwell ROBO-8910VG2A User Manual

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ROBO-8910VG2A

Single Board Computer

User's Manual

P/N: B8981220 Version 1.0

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Preface

Table of Contents

How to Use This Manual

Chapter 1 System Overview.......................................................................................................1-1

1.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 1-1

1.2 Check List ..................................................................................................................................... 1-2

1.3 Product Specification ..................................................................................................................1-2

1.3.1 Mechanical Drawing......................................................................................................... 1-5

1.4 System Architecture .................................................................................................................... 1-6

Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration ...........................................................................................2-1

2.1 Jumper Setting ............................................................................................................................. 2-1

2.2 Connector Allocation .................................................................................................................. 2-3

Chapter 3 System Installation....................................................................................................3-1

3.1 entium 4 Processor ......................................................................................................................3-1

3.2 Main Memory .............................................................................................................................. 3-2

3.3 Installing the Single Board Computer ...................................................................................... 3-3

3.3.1 hipset Component Driver................................................................................................. 3-4

3.3.2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip.......................................................................... 3-4

3.3.3 On-board Gigabit Ethernet Controller ...........................................................................3-5

3.3.4 On-board AC-97 Audio Device....................................................................................... 3-6

3.4 Clear CMOS Operation............................................................................................................... 3-7

3.5 WDT Function.............................................................................................................................. 3-7

3.6 GPIO.............................................................................................................................................. 3-9

Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information............................................................................................4-1

4.1 Entering Setup.............................................................................................................................. 4-1

4.2 Main Menu ................................................................................................................................... 4-2

4.3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu ....................................................................................................4-3

4.4 IDE Adaptors Setup Menu......................................................................................................... 4-4

4.5 Advanced BIOS Features............................................................................................................ 4-7

4.6 Advanced Chipset Features ..................................................................................................... 4-11

4.7 Integrated Peripherals .............................................................................................................. 4-14

4.8 Power Management Setup ....................................................................................................... 4-20

4.9 PnP/PCI Configurations .......................................................................................................... 4-24

4.10 PC Health Status...................................................................................................................... 4-27

4.11 Frequency/Voltage Control................................................................................................... 4-28

4.12 Default Menu ...........................................................................................................................4-28

4.13 Supervisor/User Password Setting ...................................................................................... 4-29

4.14 Exiting Selection ...................................................................................................................... 4-30

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................ 5-1

5.1 Quick installation Guide ............................................................................................................ 5-1

5.2 Frequency Asking Questions..................................................................................................... 5-6

5.3 BIOS Setting.................................................................................................................................. 5-9

Appendix A

Appendix B

Preface

How to Use This Manual

The manual describes how to configure your ROBO-8910VG2A system to meet various operating requirements. It is divided into five chapters, with each chapter addressing a basic concept and operation of Single Host Board.

Chapter 1 : System Overview. Presents what you have in the box and give you an overview of the product specifications and basic system architecture for this series model of single host board.

Chapter 2 : Hardware Configuration. Shows the definitions and locations of Jumpers and Connectors that you can easily configure your system.

Chapter 3 : System Installation. Describes how to properly mount the CPU, main memory and Compact Flash to get a safe installation and provides a programming guide of Watch Dog Timer function.

Chapter 4 : BIOS Setup Information. Specifies the meaning of each setup parameters, how to get advanced BIOS performance and update new BIOS. In addition, POST checkpoint list will give users some guidelines of trouble-shooting.

Chapter 5 : Troubleshooting. Provides various useful tips to quickly get ROBO-8910VG2A running with success. As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 3, this chapter will basically focus on system integration issues, in terms of backplane setup, BIOS setting, and OS diagnostics.

The content of this manual is subject to change without prior notice. These changes will be incorporated in new editions of the document. Portwell may make supplement or change in the products described in this document at any time.

Updates to this manual, technical clarification, and answers to frequently asked questions will be shown on the following web site : http://www.portwell.com.tw/.

System Overview

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Chapter 1 System Overview

1.1 Introduction

Along with Intel introduced its first PCI Express chipset, many applications are longing for this latest interface. PCI Express, a serial type I/O interface such as Ethernet and USB that we had already familiar for many years. A basic link of PCI Express consists of dual unidirectional differential links, implemented as a transmit pair and receive pair and a link must support at least one lane. To scalable bandwidth, a link may aggregate multiple lanes. In PCI Express revision 1.0a, the lane can up to 32 lanes width and denoted PCI Express x32. Bandwidth of one lane is

2.5Gbps per direction; therefore, it is 80Gbps for 32 lanes.

However, full-size SHB (Single Host Board) specification of PICMG such as PICMG

1.0 and 1.2 are not support PCI Express as external expansion interface. As a result, the only way that can adopt this interface is on-board devices. On-board devices that utilized PCI Express interface are limited to some categories and space on-board. To leverage this new interface, PICMG announces PICMG 1.3, so called SHB Express. The new standard SHB takes components side as ISA card for layout consideration (same as PICMG 1.0), supports 20 PCI Express lanes and four 32-bit/66MHz PCI as external expansion.

Portwell presented its first SHB according to PICMG 1.3 that uses Intel longevity supported PCI Express chipset - 915GV & ICH6. The board, ROBO-8910VG2A equipped single Pentium 4 or Celeron D processor, DDR2 memory, integrated graphics engine, one IDE channel, four SATA port, eight USB 2.0 ports and dual Gigabit Ethernet port.

ROBO-8910VG2A features:

 Support socket 478 type, 533/800MHz FSB, Pentium 4 and Celeron D processor

that generates lower thermal than LGA 775 package and more reliable thermal solution

 Two DIMM sockets provide up to 2GB DDR2 400/533 system memory

expansion capability in dual channel

 915GV integrated graphics engine – GMA 900

 Equipped dual Gigabit Ethernet

 Audio in/out, Watch-dog timer, Type II CompactFlash socket, 8 USB 2.0 ports

(two ports dedicated to keyboard & mouse)

 Support four PCI Express x1, and four PCI expansion via backplane (additional

one PCI Express x16 by project based that change GMCH to 915G)

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1.2 Check List

The ROBO-8910VG2A package should cover the following basic items:

 One ROBO-8910VG2A single host board  One dual Serial ports cable kit  One Parallel port cable kit  One FDC cable  One IDE cable  Two 7-pin SATA signal cables  One Installation Resources CD-Title  One booklet of ROBO-8910VG2A

Optional: One bracket with PS/2 keyboard and mouse

If any of these items is damaged or missing, please contact your vendor and keep all packing materials for future replacement and maintenance.

1.3 Product Specification

 Main processor

- Intel® Pentium® 4/Celeron D Processor

- FSB: 800/533MHz

 BIOS

Phoenix (Award) system BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM with easy upgrade function ACPI, DMI, Green function and Plug and Play Compatible

 Main Memory

- Support single channel DDR2 memory interface

- Non-ECC, non-buffered DIMMs only

- Two DIMM sockets support 533/400 DDR2-SDRAM up to 2GB System Memory

 L2 Cache Memory

Built-in Processor

 Chipset

Intel 915GV GMCH and ICH6 chipset

 Bus Interface

- Follow PICMG 1.3 Rev 1.0 standard (PCI Express and PCI)

- Support four PCI Express x1 through backplane

- Support for PCI devices through backplane

- Project based to support PCI Express x16 by changing GMCH to Intel 915G

 IDE Interface

Support one enhanced IDE port up to two HDD devices with PIO mode 4 and Ultra DMA/33/66/100 mode transfer and Bus Master feature

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 Floppy Drive Interface

Support one FDD port up to two floppy drives and 5-1/4"(360K, 1.2MB), 3-1/2" (720K, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, 2.88MB) diskette format and 3-mode FDD

 Serial Ports

Support two high-speed 16C550 compatible UARTs with 16-byte T/R FIFOs

 IR Interface

Support one 6-pin header for serial Standard Infrared wireless communication

 Parallel Port

Support one parallel port with SPP, EPP and ECP modes

 USB Interface

Support eight USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports for high-speed I/O peripheral devices

 PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Interface

Support one 8-pin connector for external PS/2 keyboard/mouse connection

 Auxiliary I/O Interfaces

System reset switch, external speaker, Keyboard lock and HDD active LED, etc

 Real Time Clock/Calendar (RTC)

Support Y2K Real Time Clock/Calendar with battery backup for 7-year data retention

 Watchdog Timer

- Support WDT function through software programming for enable/disable and interval setting

- Generate system reset

 Compact Flash

- True IDE mode, compatibles with the ATA/ATAPI-4 specification

- One Type II CF socket on secondary IDE channel for supporting up to 1GB memory

- Support DMA mode

- Bootable for no drives on primary channel

 On-board VGA

- GMCH integrated graphics, 333MHz core frequency; share system memory up to 224MB for system with greater than or equal to 512MB of system memory

 On-board Ethernet LAN

Marvell PCI interface based Gigabit Ethernet to support RJ-45 connector

 High Driving GPIO

Support 8 programmable high driving GPIO

 Cooling Fans

Support one 4-pin header for CPU and one 3-pin header for system

 System Monitoring Feature

Monitor CPU temperature, system temperature and major power sources, etc

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 Bracket

Support dual Ethernet port with 2 indicators, dual USB ports and one CRT port

 Outline Dimension (L X W):

338.5mm (13.33”) X 122mm (4.8”)

 Power Requirements:

- +12V@ 7.64A

- +5V @ 4.45A

- Test configuration:

•CPU: Intel(R) Pentium 4 2.8GHZ(FSB: 800 / L2 cache: 1024KB)

•Memory: Apacer DDR2 512MBx2 UNB PC4300 CL4

•Primary Master IDE HDD: Seagate ST320011A

•OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional + SP4

•Test Programs: Burning Test V4.0

•Run Time: 10 minutes

 Operating Temperature:

-5°C ~ 60°C (23°F ~ 140°F)

 Storage Temperature:

-20°C ~ 80°C

 Relative Humidity:

0% ~ 95%, non-condensing

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1.3.1 Mechanical Drawing

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1.4 System Architecture

ROBO-8910 include Intel chipset 915GV support Pentium 4/Celeron D processor, DDR2 SDRAM, 2D/3D graphics display and ICH6 supports PCI Express x1 & PCI bus interface, APM, ACPI compliant power management, USB port, SMBus communication, Ultra DMA 33/66/100 IDE channel and SATA ports.

Super I/O chip, W83627THF is responsible for PS/2 keyboard/mouse, UARTs, FDC, hardware monitor, Parallel, Watch Dog Timer and Infrared interface.

PCI BUS

AC LINK

A D D R

PCIe CLK BUFFER

GPIO

USB

D A T A

SEC C

ICH6

PCI-EXPRESS BUS X4

88E8001

VRM 10.0

IDE Primary

DDR2

SATA CONN X4

USB 2.0 Conn x2

A D D R

C T R L

D A T A

FDC

478-PIN P4 PROCESSOR

SEC B

To PICMG1.3 SEC C

915G_only

88E8001

DMI

LPC BUS

PICMG1.3

PCI-EXPRESS BUS X16

USB 2.0 Header x2

CF Conn.

BIOS

SIO W83627THF

CK410

DDR2

PICMG1.3

SEC D

VGA Connector

UDMA /100

KB/MS

PICMG1.3

LPT

USB 2.0 signal x4

CHANEL_B

400/533

533/800

H/W Monitor

AGTL+ BUS

SEC A

AC97 CODECMIC/LIN-IN/LIN-OUT

COM X2

PICMG1.3

SATA

C T R L

400/533

CHANEL_A

915G(V)

CRT

ROBO-8910 System Block Diagram

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Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration

This chapter indicates jumpers’, headers’ and connectors’ locations. Users may find useful information related to hardware settings in this chapter. The default settings are indicated with a star sign (Ì).

2.1 Jumper Setting

For users to customize ROBO-8910’s features. In the following sections, Short means covering a jumper cap over jumper pins; Open or N/C (Not Connected) means removing a jumper cap from jumper pins. Users can refer to Figure 2-1 for the Jumper locations.

CPU

GMCH

ICH6

88E8001

W83627THF

BAT

BIOS

DIMM

JP2

JP10

JP9

JP6

JP8

JP7

JP3

JP5

S_ATA1 S_ATA3

S_ATA2 S_ATA4

Figure 2-1 ROBO-8910 Jumper Location

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JP2、JP8: AT/ATX Power Selection

JP2、JP8

Function

JP2: 1-3,2-4 Short JP8: Short

AT Power

JP2: 3-5, 4-6 Short JP8: Open

ATX Power Ì

JP3: CMOS Clear

JP3 Function

1-2 Short Normal Operation Ì 2-3 Short Clear CMOS Contents

JP5: COM2 Interface Selection

JP5 Function

5-6,9-11,10-12,15-17,16-18 Short RS-232 Ì 3-4,7-9,8-10,13-15,14-16,21-22 Short RS-422 1-2,7-9,8-10,19-20 Short RS-485

JP6: System reset

JP6 Function

Short Reset Open Normal Ì

JP9 and JP10: Power(3.3v) Selection

JP9 Function

JP9: Short JP10:1-2,3-4,5-6 Short

Backplane supply(3.3v)

JP9: Open JP10:1-2,3-4,5-6 Open

Board supply(3.3v) Ì

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2.2 Connector Allocation

I/O peripheral devices are connected to the interface connectors (Figure 2-2)

CPU

GMCH

ICH6

88E8001

W83627THF

BAT

BIOS

DIMM

J20

J17

J19

J26 J27

J24

J25

J28

J13

J21

J23

J10

J11

J30

J12

J15

S_ATA1

S_ATA3

S_ATA2 S_ATA4

J16

CPU

GMCH

ICH6

88E8001

W83627THF

BAT

BIO S

DIMM

J29

Figure 2-2 ROBO-8910 Connectors Location

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Connector Function List

Connector Function Remark

CPU fan connector

+12V power connector

Fan connector

AT Power Emulation

+5V & +12V power connector

J8+J30

HDD LED +Power LED

Printer port connector

J10

IDE connector

J11

COM1 connector

J12

COM2 connector

J13

FDD connector

J15

8-bit GPIO connector

J16

USB port2 & port3 connector

J17

Audio connector

J19

CD-IN connector

J20

PC-Speaker connector

J21

PS/2, K/B and Mouse connector

J23

IR connector

J24

GIGA_LAN1 connector

J25

GIGA_LAN2 connector

J26

USB port 1 connector

J27

USB port 0 connector

J28

CRT connector

J29 Compact flash card socket DIMM1 Channel A DDR2 connector DIMM2 Channel B DDR2 connector

S_ATA1

SATA port3

S_ATA2

SATA port2

S_ATA3

SATA port1

S_ATA4

SATA port0

J1: CPU fan connector

Pin No. Signal Description

1 GND 2 +12V 3 SENSE 4 Control

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J2: +12V power connector

Pin No. Signal Description Pin No. Signal Description

1 GND 3 +12V

2 GND 4 +12V

J3: Fan connector

Pin No. Signal Description

1 GND 2 +12V 3 SENSE

J6: AT Power Emulation (pin3 and pin4 short) connector

Pin No. Signal Description

ATX Power Ok

2 5VSB 3 PS_ON# 4

GND

Note:

J6 pin 3 and pin4 are AT Power Emulation function. “AT Power Emulation” means the ROBO-8910VG2A is able to be auto power up once power cord is plugged in ATX power supply. However, user need set BIOS setup menu “PWRON after PWR FAIL” to “ON” if you need auto power up function.

J7: +5V & +12V power connector

Pin No. Signal Description

1 +12V 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 +5V

J8+J30: HDD and power LED connector

PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description

1 5Vsb pull up (power LED+) 2 Power LED-

3 3V pull up (HDD LED+) 4 HDD LED-

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J9: Printer port connector

Pin No. Signal Description Pin No. Signal Description

1 Strobe# 14 Auto Form Feed# 2 Data0 15 Error# 3 Data1 16 Initialization# 4 Data2 17 Printer Select In# 5 Data3 18 Ground 6 Data4 19 Ground 7 Data5 20 Ground 8 Data6 21 Ground

9 Data7 22 Ground 10 ACK# 23 Ground 11 Busy 24 Ground 12 Paper Empty 25 Ground 13 Printer Select 26 N/C

J10: IDE connector

Pin No. Signal Description Pin No. Signal Description

1 RESET# 2 Ground

3 Data7 4 Data8

5 Data6 6 Data9

7 Data5 8 Data10

9 Data4 10 Data11

11 Data3 12 Data12 13 Data2 14 Data13 15 Data1 16 Data14 17 Data0 18 Data15 19 Ground 20 N/C 21 DMA REQ 22 Ground 23 IOW# 24 Ground 25 IOR# 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 Pull-down 29 DMA ACK# 30 Ground 31 INT IRQ 32 N/C 33 SA1 34 PDIAG35 SA0 36 SA2 37 HDC CS0# 38 HDC CS1# 39 Active 40 Ground

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J11 & J12: COM1 & COM2 connector

Pin No. Signal Description

1 Data Carrier Detect 2 Receive Data 3 Transmit Data 4 Data Terminal Ready 5 Ground 6 Data Set Ready 7 Request To Send 8 Clear To Send 9 Ring Indicator

10 N/C

J13: FDD connector

PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description

1 Ground 2 Density Select 0 3 Ground 4 N/C 5 Ground 6 N/C 7 Ground 8 INDEX#

9 Ground 10 Motor ENA# 11 Ground 12 N/C 13 Ground 14 Drive Select A# 15 Ground 16 N/C 17 Ground 18 Direction# 19 Ground 20 Step# 21 Ground 22 Write Data# 23 Ground 24 Write Gate# 25 Ground 26 Track 0# 27 Ground 28 Write Protect# 29 N/C 30 Read Data# 31 Ground 32 Head Select# 33 N/C 34 Disk Change#

J15: 8-bit GPIO

PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description

GPIO10

GPIO11

GPIO12

GPIO13

5 Ground 6

GPIO14

GPIO15

GPIO16

GPIO17

10 5V

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J16: USB port2 & port3

PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description

1 USB power (5V) 2 Shield Ground 3 USB DATA A- 4 Ground 5 USB DATA A+ 6 USB DATA B+ 7 Ground 8 USB DATA B9 Shield ground 10 USB power (5V)

J17: Audio connector

PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description

1 MIC 2 Ground 3 Line in channel L 4 Ground 5 Line in channel R 6 Ground 7 Line out channel L 8 Ground 9 Line out channel R 10 NC

J19: CD-IN connector

PIN No. Signal Description

1 CD-IN Left 2 CD-Ground 3 CD-Ground 4 CD-IN Right

J20: PC-Speaker connector

PIN No. Signal Description

1 Speaker Signal 2 N/C 3 Ground 4 +5V

J21: PS/2 K/B and Mouse connector

PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description

1 Keyboard data 2 Mouse data 3 KB/MS ground 4 KB/MS VCC (+5V) 5 Keyboard clock 6 Mouse clock 7 NC (key) 8 NC (key)

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J23: IR connector

PIN No. Signal Description

1 +5V 2 Reserved 3 IRRX 4 Ground 5 IRTX 6 NC (Key pin)

J24、J25: GIGA_LAN connector

RJ-45 PIN No. Signal Description

1 MDIA+ 2 MDIA3 MDIB+ 4 MDIC+ 5 MDIC6 MDIB7 MDID+ 8 MDID-

J26、J27: USB port connector

PIN No. Signal Description

1 USB power (+5V) 2 USBD3 USBD+ 4 USB Ground

J28: CRT connector

Pin No. Signal Name Pin No. Signal Name

1 RED 2 GREEN 3 BLUE 4 IDO 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground

9 +5V 10 Ground 11 ID1 12 DDCDATA 13 HSYNC 14 VSYNC 15 DDCCLK

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J29: ( solder side) CF socket

PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description

1 Ground 26 NC 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 Select 0 32 Select 1 8 Ground 33 NC

9 Ground 34 IO Read 10 Ground 35 IO Write 11 Ground 36 Pull Up to +5V 12 Ground 37 IRQ 14 13 +5V 38 +5V 14 Ground 39 Pull down 15 Ground 40 NC 16 Ground 41 Reset 17 Ground 42 IORDY 18 SA2 43 NC 19 SA1 44 Pull Up to +5V 20 SA0 45 IDE Active 21 Data 0 46 Pull Up to +5V 22 Data 1 47 Data 8 23 Data 2 48 Data 9 24 NC 49 Data 10 25 NC 50 Ground

S_ATA1、S_ATA2、S_ATA3&S_ATA4 : SATA port

PIN No. Signal Description

1 Ground 2 SATA TX+ 3 SATA TX4 Ground 5 SATA RX6 SATA RX+ 7 Ground

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PICMG 1.3 RC1.0 gold finger pin assignment table

PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description

B1 SM bus clock A1 SM bus data

B2 GND A2 GND

B3 Reserved A3 Reserved

B4 Reserved A4 Reserved

B5 Reserved A5 PCI-Express wake signal#

B6 Power button A6 PCI PME#

B7 ATX power good A7 PS_ON#

B8 Reset button A8 PCI reset

B9 Reserved A9 NC

B10 Reserved A10 PCI-Express configure pin B11 Reserved A11 GND

B12 GND A12 Reserved B13 PCI-Ex1 channel 0 TX+ A13 GND B14 PCI-Ex1 channel 0 TX- A14 GND B15 GND A15 PCI-Ex1 channel 0 RX+ B16 GND A16 PCI-Ex1 channel 0 RXB17 PCI-Ex1 channel 1 TX+ A17 GND B18 PCI-Ex1 channel 1 TX- A18 GND B19 GND A19 PCI-Ex1 channel 1 RX+ B20 GND A20 PCI-Ex1 channel 1 RXB21 PCI-Ex1 channel 2 TX+ A21 GND B22 PCI-Ex1 channel 2 TX- A22 GND B23 GND A23 PCI-Ex1 channel 2 RX+ B24 GND A24 PCI-Ex1 channel 2 RXB25 PCI-Ex1 channel 3 TX+ A25 GND B26 PCI-Ex1 channel 3 TX- A26 GND B27 GND A27 PCI-Ex1 channel 3 RX+ B28 GND A28 PCI-Ex1 channel 3 RXB29 CLOCK0+ A29 GND B30 CLOCK0- A30 GND B31 GND A31 CLOCK1+ B32 Reserved A32 CLOCK1B33 CLOCK2+ A33 GND B34 CLOCK2- A34 GND B35 GND A35 CLOCK3+ B36 Reserved A36 CLOCK3B37 CLOCK4+ A37 GND B38 CLOCK4- A38 GND B39 GND A39 Reserved B40 Reserved A40 Reserved

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B41 Reserved A41 GND B42 Reserved A42 GND B43 GND A43 Reserved B44 GND A44 Reserved B45 PCI-Ex16 channel 0 TX+ A45 GND B46 PCI-Ex16 channel 0 TX- A46 GND B47 GND A47 PCI-Ex16 channel 0 RX+ B48 GND A48 PCI-Ex16 channel 0 RXB49 PCI-Ex16 channel 1 TX+ A49 GND B50 PCI-Ex16 channel 1 TX- A50 GND B51 GND A51 PCI-Ex16 channel 1 RX+ B52 GND A52 PCI-Ex16 channel 1 RXB53 PCI-Ex16 channel 2 TX+ A53 GND B54 PCI-Ex16 channel 2 TX- A54 GND B55 GND A55 PCI-Ex16 channel 2 RX+ B56 GND A56 PCI-Ex16 channel 2 RXB57 PCI-Ex16 channel 3 TX+ A57 GND B58 PCI-Ex16 channel 3 TX- A58 GND B59 GND A59 PCI-Ex16 channel 3 RX+ B60 GND A60 PCI-Ex16 channel 3 RXB61 PCI-Ex16 channel 4 TX+ A61 GND B62 PCI-Ex16 channel 4 TX- A62 GND B63 GND A63 PCI-Ex16 channel 4 RX+ B64 GND A64 PCI-Ex16 channel 4 RXB65 PCI-Ex16 channel 5 TX+ A65 GND B66 PCI-Ex16 channel 5 TX- A66 GND B67 GND A67 PCI-Ex16 channel 5 RX+ B68 GND A68 PCI-Ex16 channel 5 RXB69 PCI-Ex16 channel 6 TX+ A69 GND B70 PCI-Ex16 channel 6 TX- A70 GND B71 GND A71 PCI-Ex16 channel 6 RX+ B72 GND A72 PCI-Ex16 channel 6 RXB73 PCI-Ex16 channel 7 TX+ A73 GND B74 PCI-Ex16 channel 7 TX- A74 GND B75 GND A75 PCI-Ex16 channel 7 RX+ B76 GND A76 PCI-Ex16 channel 7 RXB77 Reserved A77 GND B78 +3.3V A78 +3.3V B79 +3.3V A79 +3.3V B80 +3.3V A80 +3.3V B81 +3.3V A81 +3.3V B82 Reserved A82 Reserved

D1 5VSB C1 5Vsb

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D2 GND C2 Reserved D3 PCI-Ex16 channel 8 TX+ C3 GND D4 PCI-Ex16 channel 8 TX- C4 GND D5 GND C5 PCI-Ex16 channel 8 RX+ D6 GND C6 PCI-Ex16 channel 8 RXD7 PCI-Ex16 channel 9 TX+ C7 GND D8 PCI-Ex16 channel 9 TX- C8 GND

D9 GND C9 PCI-Ex16 channel 9 RX+ D10 GND C10 PCI-Ex16 channel 9 RXD11 Reserved C11 Reserved

D12 GND C12 Reserved D13 PCI-Ex16 channel 10 TX+ C13 GND D14 PCI-Ex16 channel 10 TX- C14 GND D15 GND C15 PCI-Ex16 channel 10 RX+ D16 GND C16 PCI-Ex16 channel 10 RXD17 PCI-Ex16 channel 11 TX+ C17 GND D18 PCI-Ex16 channel 11 TX- C18 GND D19 GND C19 PCI-Ex16 channel 11 RX+ D20 GND C20 PCI-Ex16 channel 11 RXD21 PCI-Ex16 channel 12 TX+ C21 GND D22 PCI-Ex16 channel 12 TX- C22 GND D23 GND C23 PCI-Ex16 channel 12 RX+ D24 GND C24 PCI-Ex16 channel 12 RXD25 PCI-Ex16 channel 13 TX+ C25 GND D26 PCI-Ex16 channel 13 TX- C26 GND D27 GND C27 PCI-Ex16 channel 13 RX+ D28 GND C28 PCI-Ex16 channel 13 RXD29 PCI-Ex16 channel 14 TX+ C29 GND D30 PCI-Ex16 channel 14 TX- C30 GND D31 GND C31 PCI-Ex16 channel 14 RX+ D32 GND C32 PCI-Ex16 channel 14 RXD33 PCI-Ex16 channel 15 TX+ C33 GND D34 PCI-Ex16 channel 15 TX- C34 GND D35 GND C35 PCI-Ex16 channel 10 RX+ D36 GND C36 PCI-Ex16 channel 10 RXD37 Reserved C37 GND D38 Reserved C38 Reserved D39 GND C39 GND D40 GND C40 GND D41 GND C41 GND D42 GND C42 GND D43 GND C43 GND D44 +12V C44 +12V

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D45 +12V C45 +12V D46 +12V C46 +12V D47 +12V C47 +12V D48 +12V C48 +12V D49 +12V C49 +12V

F1 USBD4+ E1 GND F2 USBD4- E2 GND F3 GND E3 USBD5+ F4 GND E4 USBD5F5 USBD6+ E5 GND F6 USBD6- E6 GND F7 GND E7 USBD7+ F8 GND E8 USBD7-

F9 USBOC4# E9 GND F10 GND E10 USBOC5# F11 USBOC6# E11 GND

F12 GND E12 USBOC6# F13 SATA T1+ E13 GND F14 SATA T1- E14 GND F15 GND E15 SATA R1+ F16 GND E16 SATA R1F17 SATA T3+ E17 GND F18 SATA T3- E18 GND F19 GND E19 SATA R3+ F20 GND E20 SATA R3F21 Reserved E21 GND F22 Reserved E22 GND F23 GND E23 Reserved F24 GND E24 Reserved F25 Reserved E25 GND F26 Reserved E26 GND F27 GND E27 Reserved F28 GND E28 Reserved F29 Reserved E29 GND F30 Reserved E30 GND F31 Reserved E31 Reserved F32 Reserved E32 Reserved F33 Reserved E33 Reserved F34 Reserved E34 GND F35 Reserved E35 GND F36 GND E36 Reserved F37 GND E37 Reserved

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F38 Reserved E38 GND F39 Reserved E39 GND F40 GND E40 Reserved F41 GND E41 Reserved F42 +3.3V E42 +3.3V F43 +3.3V E43 +3.3V F44 +3.3V E44 +3.3V F45 +3.3V E45 +3.3V F46 +3.3V E46 +3.3V F47 +3.3V E47 +3.3V F48 +3.3V E48 +3.3V F49 +3.3V E49 +3.3V F50 +3.3V E50 +3.3V F51 GND E51 GND F52 GND E52 GND F53 GND E53 GND F54 GND E54 GND F55 GND E55 GND F56 GND E56 GND F57 GND E57 GND F58 GND E58 GND F59 +5V E59 +5V F60 +5V E60 +5V F61 +5V E61 +5V F62 +5V E62 +5V F63 GND E63 GND F64 GND E64 GND F65 GND E65 GND F66 GND E66 GND F67 GND E67 GND F68 GND E68 GND F69 GND E69 GND F70 GND E70 GND F71 GND E71 GND F72 GND E72 GND F73 +12V E73 +12V F74 +12V E74 +12V F75 +12V E75 +12V F76 +12V E76 +12V F77 +12V E77 +12V F78 +12V E78 +12V F79 +12V E79 +12V F80 +12V E80 +12V F81 +12V E81 +12V

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F82 +12V E82 +12V

H1 PIRQB# G1 PIRQ#A H2 PIRQD# G2 PIRQ#C H3 GND G3 VIO H4 PREQ#3 G4 PGNT#3 H5 PREQ#2 G5 PGNT#2 H6 PCI RESET# G6 PGNT#1 H7 PREQ#1 G7 PGNT#0 H8 PREQ#0 G8 SERR#

H9 Pull down to GND G9 +3.3V H10 GND G10 GND H11 GND G11 GND

H12 PCICLK2 G12 PCICLK3 H13 GND G13 +3.3V H14 PCICLK0 G14 PCICLK1 H15 +3.3V G15 GND H16 AD31 G16 GND H17 AD29 G17 +3.3V H18 Pull down to ground G18 AD30 H19 AD27 G19 AD28 H20 AD25 G20 GND H21 GND G21 AD26 H22 C/BE#3 G22 AD24 H23 AD23 G23 +3.3V H24 GND G24 AD22 H25 AD21 G25 AD20 H26 AD19 G26 Pull down to ground H27 +5V G27 AD18 H28 AD17 G28 AD16 H29 C/BE#2 G29 GND H30 PCI_PRST# G30 FRAME# H31 IRDY# G31 TRDY# H32 DEVICE SELECT# G32 +5V H33 PCI LOCK# G33 STOP# H34 PCI ERR# G34 GND H35 GND G35 C/BE#1 H36 PAR G36 AD14 H37 Pull high to +3.3V G37 GND H38 GND G38 AD12 H39 AD15 G39 AD10 H40 AD13 G40 GND H41 GND G41 AD9

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H42 AD11 G42 C/BE#0 H43 AD8 G43 GND H44 GND G44 AD6 H45 AD7 G45 AD5 H46 AD4 G46 GND H47 GND G47 AD2 H48 AD3 G48 AD1 H49 AD0 G49 GND

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Chapter 3 System Installation

This chapter provides you with instructions to set up your system. The additional information is enclosed to help you set up onboard PCI device and handle WDT operation in software programming.

3.1 entium 4 Processor

Installing Socket 478 CPU

1) Lift the handling lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end.

2) Align the processor pins with pinholes on the socket. Make sure that the notched corner or dot mark (pin 1) of the CPU corresponds to the socket’s bevel end. Then press the CPU gently until it fits into place. If this operation is not easy or smooth, don’t do it forcibly. You need to check and rebuild the CPU pin uniformly.

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3) Push down the lever to lock processor chip into the socket once CPU fits.

4) Follow the installation guide of cooling fan or heat sink to mount it on CPU surface and lock it on the 478 socket.

J2: +12V Power input Connector

PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description

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

Note:

You should know Pentium 4 processor need extra 12V power source. DON’T FORGET TO CONNECT 4pin 12V connector to J2!

Removing CPU

1) Unlock the cooling fan first.

2) Lift the lever of CPU socket outwards and upwards to the other end.

3) Carefully lifts up the existing CPU to remove it from the socket.

4) Follow the steps of installing a CPU to change to another one or place handling bar

to close the opened socket.

Configuring System Bus

ROBO-8910VG2A Support socket 478 types, 533/800MHz FSB, Pentium 4 and Celeron D processor CPU, will automatically detect the CPU used. CPU speed of Intel Pentium 4 can be detected automatically.

3.2 Main Memory

Provides 2x 240-pin DIMM sockets support dual-channel DDR2 400/533 Non-ECC, non-buffered DIMMs only. The maximum memory size can be up to 2GB.Auto detecting memory clock according to BIOS CMOS settings.

Memory frequency / CPU FSB synchronization

ROBO-8910VG2A support different memory frequencies depending on the CPU front side bus and the type of DDR II SDIMM.

CPU FSB Memory Frequency

533MHz 533/400MHz 400MHz 400MHz

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3.3 Installing the Single Board Computer

To install your ROBO-8910VG2A into standard chassis or proprietary environment, you need to perform the following:

Step 1: Check all jumpers setting on proper position

Step 2: Install and configure CPU and memory module on right position

Step 3: Place ROBO-8910VG2A into the dedicated position in your system

Step 4: Attach cables to existing peripheral devices and secure it

Note:

Please refer to section 3-3-1 to 3-3-4 to install INF/VGA/LAN/Audio drivers.

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3.3.1 hipset Component Driver

The chipset on ROBO-8910VG2A is a new chipset that a few old operating systems might not be able to recognize. To overcome this compatibility issue, for Windows Operating Systems such as Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003, please install its INF before any of other Drivers are installed. You can find very easily this chipset component driver in ROBO-8910VG2A CD-title. OS needs to modify according to OS that supported by Intel® 915GV & ICH6.

3.3.2 Intel Integrated Graphics GMCH Chip

Using GMCH High performance graphic integrated chipset is aimed to gain an outstanding graphic performance. Share system memory up to 224MB for system with greater than or equal to 512MB of system memory. This combination makes ROBO-8910VG2A an excellent piece of multimedia hardware.

With no additional video adaptor, this onboard video will usually be the system display output. By adjusting the BIOS setting to disable on-board VGA, an add-on PCI VGA Card can take over the system display.

Please find Intel 915 Graphic driver in the ROBO-8910VG2A CD-title. Drivers support Windows 2000 / XP.

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3.3.3 On-board Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Drivers Support

Please find Marvell 88E8001 driver in /Ethernet directory of ROBO-8910VG2A CD-title. The drivers support Windows 2000 / XP.

LED Indicator (for LAN status)

ROBO-8910VG2A provides three LED indicators to report Ethernet interfaces status. Please refer to the table below as a quick reference guide.

J24 & J25: Ethernet port Connector

RJ-45 PIN No. Signal Description

1 MDIA+ 2 MDIA3 MDIB+ 4 MDIC+ 5 MDIC-

6 MDIB-

7 MDID+ 8 MDID-

88E8001 Name of LED Operation of Ethernet Port

Green

LAN Linked &

Active LED

Linked Active (Blinking)

LED display LAN speed

All Off N/A 10 Mbps

Green Speed LED 100 Mbps N/A

Amber Speed LED 1000 Mbps N/A

Notes:

1) Only J24 support LAN wake up function.

2) J25 Boot OS LAN LED only then can act.

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3.3.4 On-board AC-97 Audio Device

Please find Realtek AC’97 Audio driver of R ROBO-8910VG2A CD-title. The drivers support Windows 98SE / ME / 2000 / XP, and AC97 Utility.

J17: Audio Connector

PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description

1 MIC 2 Ground 3 Line in channel L 4 Ground 5 Line in channel R 6 Ground 7 Line out channel L 8 Ground 9 Line out channel R 10 NC

Note:

The Reference Voltage on MIC signal offers 2.25V~2.75V with 5mA drive.

J19:CD-IN connector

PIN No. Signal Description

1 CD-IN Left 2 CD-Ground 3 CD-Ground 4 CD-IN Right

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3.4 Clear CMOS Operation

The following table indicates how to enable/disable CMOS Clear Function hardware circuit by putting jumpers at proper position.

JP3: RTC CMOS Clear Jumper Setting

JP3 Process Selection

1-2 Normal Operation Ì 2-3 Clear CMOS Contents

To correctly operate CMOS Clear function, users must turn off the system, move JP3 jumper to short pin 2 and 3. To clear CMOS contents, please turn the power back on and turn it off again for AT system, or press the toggle switch a few times for ATX system. Move the JP3 back to 1-2 position (Normal Operation) and start the system. System will then produce a “CMOS Check Sum Error” message and hold up. Users may then follow the displayed message to load BIOS default setting.

3.5 WDT Function

The working algorithm of the WDT function can be simply described as a counting process. The Time-Out Interval can be set through software programming. The availability of the time-out interval settings by software or hardware varies from boards to boards.

The ROBO-8910VG2A allows users control WDT through dynamic software programming. The WDT starts counting when it is activated. It sends out a signal to system reset or to non-maskable interrupt (NMI), when time-out interval ends. To prevent the time-out interval from running out, a re-trigger signal will need to be sent before the counting reaches its end. This action will restart the counting process.

A well-written WDT program should keep the counting process running under normal condition. WDT should never generate a system reset or NMI signal unless the system runs into troubles.

The related Control Registers of WDT are all included in the following sample program that is written in C language. User can fill a non-zero value into the Time-out Value Register to enable/refresh WDT. System will be reset after the Time-out Value to be counted down to zero. Or user can directly fill a zero value into Time-out Value Register to disable WDT immediately.

To ensure a successful accessing to the content of desired Control Register, the sequence of following program codes should be step-by-step run again when each register is accessed.

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Additionally, there are maximum 2 seconds of counting tolerance that should be considered into user’ application program. For more information about WDT, please refer to Winbond W83627THF data sheet.

There are two PnP I/O port addresses that can be used to configure WDT,

1) 0x2E:EFIR (Extended Function Index Register, for identifying CR index number)

2) 0x2F:EFDR (Extended Function Data Register, for accessing desired CR)

Below are some example codes, which demonstrate the use of WDT.

// Enter Extended Function Mode outp(0x002E, 0x87); outp(0x002E, 0x87); // Assign Pin 89 to be a WDTO outp(0x002E, 0x2B); outp(0x002F, inp(0x002F) & 0xEF); // Select Logic Device 8 outp(0x002E, 0x07); outp(0x002F, 0x08); // Active Logic Device 8 outp(0x002E, 0x30); outp(0x002F, 0x01); // Select Count Mode outp(0x002E, 0xF5); outp(0x002F, (inp(0x002F) & 0xF7) | ( Count-mode Register & 0x08)); // Specify Time-out Value outp(0x002E, 0xF6); outp(0x002F, Time-out Value Register ); // Disable WDT reset by keyboard/mouse interrupts outp(0x002E, 0xF7); outp(0x002F, 0x00); // Exit Extended Function Mode outp(0x002E, 0xAA);

Definitions of Variables:

Value of Count-mode Register :

1) 0x00 -- Count down in seconds (Bit3=0)

2) 0x08 -- Count down in minutes (Bit3=1) Value of Time-out Value Register :

1) 0x00 -- Time-out Disable

2) 0x01~0xFF -- Value for counting down

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3.6 GPIO

The ROBO-8910VG2A provides 4 input/output ports that can be individually configured to perform a simple basic I/O function. Users can configure each individual port to become an input or output port by programming register bit of I/O Selection. To invert port value, the setting of Inversion Register has to be made. Port values can be set to read or write through Data Register.

J15 : GPIO Connector from Super I/O

PIN No. Signal Description PIN No. Signal Description

1 GPIO Port10 2 GPIO Port14 3 GPIO Port11 4 GPIO Port15 5 GPIO Port12 6 GPIO Port16 7 GPIO Port13 8 GPIO Port17 9 Ground 10 +5V

Additionally, 4-extra Digital Output ports inversely amplified signals from GPIO ports. There are open-drain buffers, which can offer greater driving capacity up to 100mA.

There are two PnP I/O port addresses that can be used to configure GPIO ports,

1) 0x2E - EFER (Extended Function Enable Register, for entering Extended Function

Mode)

- EFIR (Extended Function Index Register, for identifying CR index number)

2) 0x2F - EFDR (Extended Function Data Register, for accessing desired CR)

Below are some example codes, which demonstrate the use of GPIOs.

// Enter Extended Function Mode outp(0x002E, 0x87); outp(0x002E, 0x87); // Assign Pin121-128 to be GPIO port 1 outp(0x002E, 0x29); outp(0x002F,0x7F) ; // Select Logic Device 7 outp(0x002E, 0x07); outp(0x002F, 0x07); // Active Logic Device 7 outp(0x002E, 0x30);

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outp(0x002F, 0xFF); // Select Inversion Mode outp(0x002E, 0xF2);

outp(0x002F, (inp(0x002F) & 0x0F) | ( Inversion Register & 0xF0)); // Select I/O Mode outp(0x002E, 0xF0); outp(0x002F, (inp(0x002F) & 0x0F) | ( I/O Selection Register & 0xF0)); // Access GPIO ports outp(0x002E, 0xF1); outp(0x002F, (inp(0x002F) & 0x0F) | ( Output Data & 0xF0)); or

Input Data = inp(0x002F); // Exit Extended Function Mode outp(0x002E, 0xAA);

Definitions of Variables:

Each bit in the lower nibble of each Register represents the setting of a GPIO port. Bit0 vs. GPIO port 1 Bit1 vs. GPIO port 2 Bit2 vs. GPIO port 3 Bit3 vs. GPIO port 4 Bit4 vs. GPIO port 5 Bit5 vs. GPIO port 6 Bit6 vs. GPIO port 7 Bit7 vs. GPIO port 8

Value of Inversion Register : Only high nibble is available for this function. When set to a ‘1’, the incoming/outgoing port value is inverted. When set to a ‘0’, the incoming/outgoing port value is the same as in Data Register.

Value of I/O Selection Register : Only high nibble is available for this function. When set to a ‘1’, respective GPIO port is programmed as an input port. When set to a ‘0’, respective GPIO port is programmed as an output port.

Value of Output Data / Input Data : Only high nibble is available for this function. If a port is assigned to be an output port, then its respective bit can be read/written. If a port is assigned to be an input port, then its respective bit can be read only.

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Notes:

1) All the Buffered Digital Outputs are open-drain amplified form corresponding GPIO ports.

3) Some other functions may occupy the lower nibble of the registers. Altering any

content in lower nibble will be undesired.

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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A is equipped with the Phoenix (AWARD) BIOS stored in Flash ROM. These BIOS has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration easily. This type of information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it is retained during power-off periods. When system is turned on, ROBO-8910VG2A communicates with peripheral devices and checks its hardware resources against the configuration information stored in the CMOS memory. If any error is detected, or the CMOS parameters need to be initially defined, the diagnostic program will prompt the user to enter the SETUP program. Some errors are significant enough to abort the start-up.

4.1 Entering Setup

Turn on or reboot the computer. When the message “Hit <DEL> if you want to run SETUP” appears, press <Del> key immediately to enter BIOS setup program.

If the message disappears before you respond, but you still wish to enter Setup, please restart the system to try “COLD START” again by turning it OFF and then ON, or touch the "RESET" button. You may also restart from “WARM START” by pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Delete> keys simultaneously. If you do not press the keys at the right time and the system will not boot, an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to,

Press <F1> to Run SETUP or Resume

In HIFLEX BIOS setup, you can use the keyboard to choose among options or modify the system parameters to match the options with your system. The table below will show you all of keystroke functions in BIOS setup.

General Help

↑↓→ ← : Move Enter : Select + / - /PU /PD : Value ESC : Exit F1 : General Help F2 : Item Help F5 : Previous Values F6 : Fail-Safe Defaults F7 : Optimized Defaults F9 : Menu in BIOS F10 : Save

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4.2 Main Menu

Once you enter ROBO-8910VG2A AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, you should start with the Main Menu. The Main Menu allows you to select from eleven setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to switch among items and press <Enter> key to accept or bring up the sub-menu.

Phoenix- AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

f Standard CMOS Features f Advanced BIOS Features f Advanced Chipset Features f Integrated Peripherals f Power Management Setup f PnP/PCI Configurations f PC Health Status

f Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving

ESC : Quit F9 : Menu in BIOS ↑ ↓ → ← : Select Item F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type …

Note:

It is strongly recommended to reload Optimal Setting if CMOS is lost or BIOS is updated.

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4.3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu

This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp>/<PgDn> or <+>/<-> keys to select the value or number you want in each item and press <Enter> key to certify it.

Follow command keys in CMOS Setup table to change Date, Time, Drive type, and Boot Sector Virus Protection Status.

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Standard CMOS Features

Item Help

Date: (mm:dd:yy) Mon, Mar 13 2006 Time: (hh,mm,ss) 13:51:13

f IDE Channel 0 Master [Maxtor 91021U2] f IDE Channel 0 Slave [CD-540E] f IDE Channel 1 Master [None] f IDE Channel 1 Slave [None] f IDE Channel 2 Master [ST3120827AS] f IDE Channel 2 Slave [None] f IDE Channel 3 Master [None] f IDE Channel 3 Slave [None]

Drive A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] Drive B [None]

Video [EVG/VGA]

Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 1039360K

Total Memory 1040384K

Menu Level f

Change the day, month, year and century

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Note:

Setting On-Chip Serial ATA is Enhanced Mode.

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 Menu Selections

Item Options Description

Date mm:dd:yy Change the day, month, year and

century Time hh:mm:ss Change the internal clock IDE Channel 0 /1 Master

Options are in its sub menu Press <Enter> to enter the sub menu

of detailed options IDE Channel 0 /1 Slave

Options are in its sub menu Press <Enter> to enter the next page

for detail hard drive settings Drive A Drive B

None 360K, 5.25 in

1.2M, 5.25 in 720K, 3.5 in

1.44M, 3.5 in

2.88M, 3.5 in

Press <Enter> to enter the next page

for detail hard drive settings

Video EGA/VGA

CGA 40, CGA 80, MONO

Select the default video device

Base Memory 640K

Displays the amount of conventional

memory detected during boot up Extended Memory

N/A

Displays the amount of extended

memory detected during boot up

Total Memory N/A

Displays the total memory available

in the system

4.4 IDE Adaptors Setup Menu

The IDE adapters control the IDE devices, such as Hard disk drive or CDROM drive. It uses a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive.

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IDE Channel 0 Master

Item Help

IDE HDD Auto-Detection [Press Enter] IDE Channel 0 Master [Auto]

Access Mode [Auto]

Capacity 10246 MB

Cylinder 19852 Head 16 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 19851 Sector 63

Menu Level f

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

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

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 Menu Selections

Item Options Description

IDE HDD Auto-detection

Press Enter Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD on

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

menu. IDE Channel 0 Master

None Auto Manual

Selecting ‘manual’ lets you set the

remaining fields on this screen. Selects

the type of fixed disk. "User Type" will

let you select the number of cylinders,

heads, etc.

Note: PRECOMP=65535 means

NONE! Access Mode CHS

LBA Large Auto

Choose the access mode for this hard

disk

Capacity Auto Display your disk

drive size

Disk drive capacity (Approximated).

Note that this size is usually slightly

greater than the size of a formatted

disk given by a disk-checking

program.

The following options are selectable only if the ‘IDE Channel 0 Master’ item is set to ‘Manual’

Cylinder Min = 0

Max = 65535

Set the number of cylinders for this

hard disk. Head Min = 0

Max = 255

Set the number of read/write heads

Precomp Min = 0

Max = 65535

**** Warning: Setting a value of 65535

means no hard disk Landing zone Min = 0

Max = 65535

****

Sector Min = 0

Max = 255

Number of sectors per track

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IDE Channel 2 Master

Item Help

IDE HDD Auto-Detection [Press Enter]

IDE Channel 2 Master [Auto] Access Mode [Auto]

Capacity 120GB

Cylinder 57461 Head 16 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 57460 Sector 255

Menu Level f

To atuo-detect the HDD’s size, head … on this channel

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

 Menu Selections

Item Options Description

IDE HDD Auto-detection

Press Enter Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD on this

channel. If detection is successful, it fills the

remaining fields on this menu. IDE Channel 2 Master

None Auto

Selecting ‘manual’ lets you set the remaining

fields on this screen. Selects the type of fixed

disk. "User Type" will let you select the

number of cylinders, heads, etc.

Note: PRECOMP=65535 means NONE! Access Mode Large

Auto

Choose the access mode for this hard disk

Capacity Auto Display your

disk drive size

Disk drive capacity (Approximated). Note

that this size is usually slightly greater than

the size of a formatted disk given by a

disk-checking program.

The following options are selectable only if the ‘IDE Channel 2 Slave’ item is set to ‘Manual’

Cylinder Min = 0

Max = 65535

Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk

Head Min = 0

Max = 255

Set the number of read/write heads

Precomp Min = 0

Max = 65535

**** Warning: Setting a value of 65535 means

no hard disk Landing zone Min = 0

Max = 65535

****

Sector Min = 0

Max = 255

Number of sectors per track

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4.5 Advanced BIOS Features

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

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Advanced BIOS Features

Item Help

f CPU Feature [Press Enter] f Hard Disk Boot Priority [Press Enter]

Virus Warning [Disabled] CPU L1 & L2 Cache [Enabled] Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled]

First Boot Device [Floppy] Second Boot Device [Hard Disk] Third Boot Device [LS120] Boot Other Device [Enabled]

Swap Floppy Drive [Disabled]

Boot up Floppy Seek [Enabled]

Boot up NumLock Status [On] Gate A20 Option [Fast] Typematic Rate Setting [Disabled]

X Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6 X Typematic Delay (Msec) 250

Security Option [Setup]

X APIC Mode Enabled

MPS Version Control For OS [1.4]

Small Logo(EPA) Show [Disabled]

Menu Level 

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

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CPU Feature

Item Help

Delay Prior to Thermal [16 Min] Thermal Management Thermal Monitor 1 Limit CPUID MaxVal [Disabled]

Menu Level f

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

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Delay Prior to Thermal

The choice: 4 Min, 8 Min, 16 Min, and 32 Min.

Limit CPUID Maxval

Set Limit CPUID MaxVal to 3, Should Be “Disabled” for WinXP.

Enabled For OS: Windows NT4.0 Install. Disabled For OS: Windows XP Install.

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Hard Disk Boot Priority

Item Help

1. ch0 M. : Maxtor 91021U2

2. ch2 M. : ST3120827AS

3. Bootable add-in Cards Menu Level f

Use <↑> or <↓> to select a device, then press <+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list. Press <ESC> to exit this menu.

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Hard Disk Boot Priority

Select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority. Use <↑> or <↓> to select a device, then press <+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list. Press <ESC> to exit this menu.

Bootable Add-in Cards Select SCSI card, RAID card, ATA card Boot

Virus Warning

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

Enabled

Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.

Disabled

No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-9

CPU L1 Cache / L2 Cache

These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on CPU/chipset design.

Enabled Enable Cache Disabled Disable Cache

Quick Power On Self Test

Allows the system to skip certain tests while booting. This will decrease the time needed to boot the system.

Enabled Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST

First/Second/Third Boot Device

Select your boot device priority.

The choice: Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP,

USB-CDROM, and Disabled.

Boot Other Device

Select your boot device priority.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Swap Floppy Drive

If the system has two floppy drives, choose enable to assign physical driver B to logical drive A and Vice-Versa.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Enabled tests floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Boot Up NumLock Status

Select power on state for NumLock.

The choice: Off, On.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-10

Gate A20 Option

Fast-lets chipsets control Gate A20 and Normal – a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20. Default is Fast.

The choice: Normal, Fast.

Typematic Rate Setting

Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller – When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Typematic Rate (Chars/sec)

The rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key.

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

Typematic delay (Msec)

The delay before keystrokes begin to repeat.

The choice: 250, 500, 750, and 1000.

Security Option

Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup.

System

The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

Setup

The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

APIC Mode

Setting to Enabled can cause instabilities. Once the operating system is installed, such as Windows XP in my case, this setting cannot be changed without reinstalling the operating system, regardless of whether the initial setting is Disabled or Enabled. The purpose of setting it to Enabled is to extend the number of IRQ's, which sounds like a real risky proposition. I'm not surprised to see the conclusion reached at APIC: Benefit or Trouble. The number of IRQ's should be fine without being extended, anyway.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-11

MPS Version Control For OS

Not changeable with APIC Mode set to disabled.

The choice: 1.1, 1.4.

Small Logo (EPA) Show

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

4.6 Advanced Chipset Features

This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the Intel 915GM chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM (DDR II DIMM) and the external cache. It also coordinates communications between the conventional PCI Express bus and PCI bus. It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered. The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system. The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system.

Phoenix- AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Advanced Chipset Features

Item Help

DRAM Timing Selectable [By SPD] X CAS Latency Time 4 X DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay 4 X DRAM RAS# Precharge 4 X Precharge delay (tRAS) 12 X System Memory Frequency 533MHz

SLP_S4# Assertion Width [4 to 5 Sec.]

System BIOS Cacheable [Enabled]

Video BIOS Cacheable [Disabled]

Memory Hole At 15M-16M [Disabled]

f PCI Express Root Port Func [Press Enter]

** VGA Setting **

PEG/Onchip VGA Control [Auto]

On-Chip Frame Buffer Size [8MB]

DVMT Mode [DVMT]

DVMT /FIXED Memory Size [128MB]

Menu Level f

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-12

DRAM Timing Selectable

This option provides DIMM plug-and-play support by serial presence detect (SPD) mechanism via the system management bus (SMBUS) interface.

The choice: Manual, By SPD.

CAS Latency Time

This option controls the number of SCLKs between the time a read command is sampled by the DRAMs and the time the GMCH samples correspondent data from the DRAMs.

The choice: 5 4, 3, and Auto.

DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay

This option controls the number of SCLKs (SDRAM Clock) from a row activate command to a read or write command. If your system installs good quality of SDRAM, you can set this option to “3 SCLKs” to obtain better memory performance. Normally, the option will be set to Auto.

The choice: 2, 3, 4, 5 and Auto.

DRAM RAS# Precharge

This option controls the number of SCLKs for RAS# precharge. If your system installs good quality of SDRAM, you can set this option to “3 SCLKs” to obtain better memory performance. It is set to auto normally.

The choice: 2, 3, 4, 5 and Auto.

Precharge delay (tRAS)

The choice: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and Auto.

System Memory Frequency

Users are recommended to use Auto for memory frequency selection.

The choice: 333MHz, 400MHz, 533MHz, and Auto.

SLP_S4# Assertion Width

The choice: 4 to 5 Sec., 3to 4 Sec, 2 to 3 Sec., 1 to 2 Sec.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-13

System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Video BIOS Cacheable

Select “Enabled” to enable caching VGA BIOS into L2 cache to get higher display performance. “Disabled” to ignore this BIOS caching function.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Phoenix- AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

PCI Express Root Port Func

Item Help

PCI Express Port 1 [Auto] PCI Express Port 2 [Auto] PCI Express Port 3 [Auto] PCI Express Port 4 [Auto] PCI-E Compliancy Mode [V1.0a]

Menu Level f

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

PCI Express Port 1 / Port 2 / Port 3 / Port 4

The choice: Auto, Enabled, Disabled.

PCI-E Compliancy Mode

The choice: V1.0 / V1.0a.

PEG/Onchip VGA Control

The choice: Onchip VGA, PEG Port, and Auto.

On-Chip Frame Buffer Size

The choice: 1MB, 8MB.

DVMT Mode

The choice: FIXED, DVMT and BOTH.

DVMT /FIXED Memory Size

The choice: 64MB, 128MB.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-14

4.7 Integrated Peripherals

Phoenix- AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Integrated Peripherals

Item Help

f OnChip IDE Device [Press Enter] f Onboard Device [Press Enter] f Super IO Device [Press Enter]

Watch Dog Timer Select [Disabled]

Menu Level f

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Phoenix- AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

OnChip IDE Device

Item Help

IDE HDD Block Mode [Enabled] IDE DMA transfer access [Enabled] On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled] IDE Primary Master PIO [Auto] IDE Primary Slave PIO [Auto] IDE Primary Master UDMA [Auto] IDE Primary Slave UDMA [Auto] On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE [Enabled] IDE Secondary Master PIO [Auto] IDE Secondary Slave PIO [Auto] IDE Secondary Master UDMA [Auto] IDE Secondary Slave UDMA [Auto]

*** On-Chip Serial ATA Setting ***

On-Chip Serial ATA [Enhanced Mode]

X PATA IDE Mode Primary

SATA Port P1, P3 is Secondary

Menu Level f

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

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

IDE HDD Block Mode

If your IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-15

IDE DMA transfer access

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate this interface.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO

The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device.

The choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, and Mode 4.

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA/33/66/100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If you’re hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/33/66/100, select Auto to enable BIOS support.

The choice: Auto, Disabled.

On-Chip Serial ATA

Disabled Disabled SATA Controller. Auto Auto arrange by BIOS.

Combined Mode

PATA and SATA are combined. Max. Of 2 IDE drives in each channel.

Enhanced Mode

Enable both SATA and PATA. Max. Of 6 IDE drives are Supported.

SATA Only SATA is operating in legacy mode.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-16

Phoenix- AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Onboard Device

Item Help

USB Controller [Enabled] USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] USB Keyboard Support [Enabled] USB Mouse Support [Disabled] AC97 Audio Select [Auto]

Menu Level f

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

USB Controller

This item allows you to enable/disable USB (Universal Serial Bus) function.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

USB 2.0 Controller

This entry is for disable/enable EHCI controller only. This BIOS itself may/may not have high speed USB support built in, the support will be automatically turn on when high speed device were attached.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

USB Keyboard Support

This item allows you to enable USB keyboard function under POST, BIOS setup menu, DOS, or Windows-NT with no USB driver loaded.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

USB Mouse Support

This item allows you to enabled USB Mouse function under POST, BIOS Setup menu, DOS, or Window-NT with no USB driver loaded.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

AC97 Audio Select

Users can disable on board AC97 Audio function.

The choice: Auto, Disabled.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-17

Phoenix- AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Super IO Device

Item Help

POWER ON Function [BUTTON ONLY] X KB Power ON Password Enter X Hot Key Power ON Ctrl-F1

Onboard FDC Controller [Enabled]

Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]

Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8/IRQ3]

UART Mode Select [Normal] X RxD, TxD Active Hi, Lo X IR Transmission Delay Enabled X UR2 Duplex Mode Half X Use IR Pins IR-Rx2Tx2

Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]

Parallel Port Mode [SPP] X EPP Mode Select EPP1.7 X ECP Mode Use DMA 3

PWRON After PWR-Fail [Off]

Menu Level f

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Power On Function

This item allows you to select different power on scheme using ATX power supply.

Password

Power on using customized password string

Hot Key

Power on using special customized key

Mouse Left

Power on using mouse left click

Mouse Right

Power on using mouse right click

Any Key

Power on using any keyboard key

Button Only

Power on by power Button

Keyboard 98

Power on by keyboard 98 [Only power ON/OFF key]

Onboard FDC Controller

This item allows you to enable/disable onboard Floppy disk controller.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports.

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

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-18

UART Mode Select

This item allows users to select Infrared transmission mode.

Normal

Disable Infrared function

IrDA

Select IrDA mode transmission

ASKIR

Select ASKIR mode transmission

As Infrared transmission function shares onboard serial port 2, COM2 needs to be enabled.

RxD, TxD Active

This item is to configure Infrared transmission rate. Four options are available:

Hi, Hi

High rate for receiving / High rate for transmitting

Hi, Lo

High rate for receiving / Low rate for transmitting

Lo, Hi

Low rate for receiving / High rate for transmitting

Lo, Lo

Low rate for receiving / Low rate for transmitting

IR Transmission Delay

This option will be available when IR is enabled.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

UR2 Duplex Mode

The available choices are full duplex mode and half duplex mode

The choice: Full, Half.

Use IR Pins

The available choices are IR-Rx2Tx2/ RxD2, TxD2.

The choice: IR-Rx2Tx2 / RxD2, TxD2.

Onboard Parallel Port

This item allows you to configure I/O address of the onboard parallel port.

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

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-19

Parallel Port Mode

There are four different modes for the onboard parallel port:

SPP

Switch to SPP mode

EPP

Switch to EPP mode

ECP

Switch to ECP mode

ECP + EPP

Switch to ECP + EPP mode

Normal

Switch to Normal mode

EPP Mode Select

Select different version of EPP mode.

The choice: EPP1.7, EPP1.9.

ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a proper DMA channel for ECP mode.

The choice: 1, 3.

PWRON After PWR-Fail

This item allows user to configure the power status of using ATX power supply after a serious power loss occurs.

System automatically restores power back

Off

System stays at power –off

Watch Dog Timer Select

This BIOS testing option is able to reset the system according to the selected table.

The choice: Disabled, 10 Sec, 20 Sec, 30 Sec, 40 Sec, 1 Min, 2 Min, and 4 Min.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-20

4.8 Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use.

Phoenix- AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Power Management Setup

Item Help

ACPI Function [Enabled] ACPI Suspend Type [S1(POS)]

X Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Auto

Power Management [User Define] Video Off Method [DPMS] Video Off In Suspend [Yes] Suspend Type [Stop Grant] Suspend Mode [Disabled] HDD Power Down [Disabled] Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN [Instant-Off] Wake-up by On Board LAN [Enabled] Power On by Ring [Enabled]

X USB KB Wake-Up From S3 Disabled

Resume by Alarm [Disabled] X Date(of Month) Alarm 0 X Time(hh:mm:ss) Alarm 0 : 0 :0

** Reload Global Timer Events **

Primary IDE 0 [Disabled]

Primary IDE 1 [Disabled]

Secondary IDE 0 [Disabled]

Secondary IDE 1 [Disabled]

FDD,COM,LPT Port [Disabled]

PCI PIRQ[A-D]# [Disabled]

Menu Level f

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

ACPI Function

This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI).

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-21

ACPI Suspend Type

To decide which ACPI suspend mode to use.

The choice: S1(POS), S3(STR).

Run VGA BIOS if S3 Resume

The choice: Auto, Yes, No.

Power Management

This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to “HDD Power Down”, “Suspend Mode”.

There are three selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings.

Min. Power Saving

Minimum power management. Suspend Mode = 1 Hour, and HDD Power Down = 15 Min.

Max. Power Saving

Maximum power management. Suspend Mode = 1 Min., and HDD Power Down = 1 Min.

User Defined

Allow you to set each mode individually. When not disabled, Suspend Mode ranges from 1 min. to 1 Hour and HDD Power Down ranges from 1 Min. to 15 Min.

Video Off Method

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

V/H SYNC+Blank

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

Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.

DPMS

Initial display power management signaling.

Video Off In Suspend

This allows user to enable/disable video off in Suspend Mode.

The choice: Yes, No.

Suspend Type

Two options are available: Stop Grant and PwrOn Suspend.

The choice: Stop Grant, PwrOn Suspend.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-22

Suspend Mode

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off.

The choice: Disabled, 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 8 Min, 12 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min, and

1 Hour.

HDD Power Down

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active.

The choice: Disabled, 1 Min, 2 Min, 3 Min, 4 Min, 5 Min, 6 Min, 7 Min, 8 Min, 9 Min, 10

Min, 11 Min, 12 Min, 13 Min, 14 Min, and 15 Min.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

This item allows users to set the time to remove the power after the power button is pressed.

The choice: Instant-Off, Delay 4 Sec.

Wake-Up by On Board LAN

This option can be enabled to support Wake Up by on-board LAN.

The choice: Disabled, Enabled.

Power On by Ring

When select “Enabled”, a system that is at soft-off mode will be alert to Wake-On-Modem signal.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

USB KB Wake-up From S3

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Resume by Alarm

This item allows users to enable/disable the resume by alarm function. When “Enabled” is selected, system using ATX power supply could be powered on if a customized time and day is approached.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-23

Date(of Month) Alarm

When “Resume by Alarm” is enabled, this item could allow users to configure the date parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system.

The choice: 0 ~ 31.

Time(hh:mm:ss) Alarm

When “Resume by Alarm” is enabled, this item could allow users to configure the time parameter of the timing dateline on which to power on the system.

The choice: hh (0~23), mm (0~59), ss (0 ~59).

Primary/Secondary IDE 0/1

This item is to configure IDE devices being monitored by system so as to keep system out of suspend mode if the associated device is busy.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

FDD, COM, LPT Port

This item is to configure floppy device, COM ports, and parallel port being monitored by system so as to keep system out of suspend mode if the associated device is busy.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI PIRQ[A-D]#

This option can be used to detect PCI device activities. If they are activities, the system will go into sleep mode.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-24

4.9 PnP/PCI Configurations

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system, which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the

speed the CPU itself, uses when communicating with its own special components.

This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.

Phoenix- AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

PnP/PCI Configurations

Item Help

Init Display First [PCI Slot]

Reset Configuration Data [Disabled]

Resources Controlled By [Auto(ESCD)] X IRQ Resources Press Enter

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]

INT Pin 1 Assignment [Auto]

INT Pin 2 Assignment [Auto]

INT Pin 3 Assignment [Auto]

INT Pin 4 Assignment [Auto]

INT Pin 5 Assignment [Auto]

INT Pin 6 Assignment [Auto]

INT Pin 7 Assignment [Auto]

INT Pin 8 Assignment [Auto]

** PCI Express relative items **

Maximum Payload Size [128]

Menu Level f

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Init Display First

This item allows you to select the first display port to be initialized.

The choice: PCI Slot, Onboard.

Reset Configuration Data

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

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-25

Resource Controlled By

BIOS can automatically configure the entire boot and plug and play compatible devices. If you choose Auto, you cannot select IRQ DMA and memory base address fields, since BIOS automatically assigns them.

The choice: Auto (ESCD), Manual.

IRQ Resources

When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt.

Enter for more options IRQ-3/IRQ-4/IRQ-5/IRQ-7/IRQ-9/IRQ-10/IRQ-11/IRQ-12/IRQ-14/IRQ-15 assigned to.

Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, PCI/ISA PnP for devices compliant with the plug and play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture.

The choice: PCI Device / Reserved.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

INT Pin 1 Assignment

Devices (S) using this INT: Display Cntrlr – Bus 0 Dev 2 Func 0. USB 1.0/1.1 UHCI Cntrlr – Bus 0 Dev29 Func 3.

The choice: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15.

INT Pin 2 Assignment

Devices (S) using this INT: Multimedia Device – Bus 0 Dev 30 Func 2.

The choice: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15.

INT Pin 3 Assignment

Devices (S) using this INT: Network Cntrlr – Bus 1 Dev 11 Func 0. USB 1.0/1.1 UHCI Cntrlr – Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 2.

The choice: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-26

INT Pin 4 Assignment

Devices (S) using this INT: IDE Cntrlr – Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 2. Network Cntrlr – Bus 1 Dev 10 Func 0. USB 1.0/1.1 UHCI Cntrlr – Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 1. SMBus Cntrlr – Bus 0 Dev 31 Func 3.

The choice: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15.

INT Pin 5 Assignment

Devices (S) using this INT: Simple COMM. Cntrlr – Bus 0 Dev 30 Func 3.

The choice: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15.

INT Pin 6 Assignment/ INT Pin 7 Assignment

Device(s) using this INT.

The choice: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15.

INT Pin 8 Assignment

Devices (S) using this INT: USB 1.0/1.1 UHCI Cntrlr – Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 0. USB 2.0 EHCI Cntrlr – Bus 0 Dev 29 Func 7.

The choice: Auto, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15.

Maximum Payload Size

Set maximum TLP payload size for the PCI Express devices. The unit is byte.

The choice: 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, and 4096.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-27

4.10 PC Health Status

Phoenix- AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

PC Health Status

Item Help

CPU Warning Temperature [Disabled] Current System Temp 39℃/102℉ Current CPU Temperature 40℃/104℉ System Fan Speed 0 RPM CPU Fan Speed 2678 RPM Vcore 1.31 V +1.5V 1.44 V +3.3V 3.39 V +12V 11.85 V +5V 4.91 V VBAT (V) 3.07 V 5VSB (V) 4.94 V

Menu Level f

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

CPU Warning Temperature

This item allows you to set a temperature above which the system will start the beeping warning. Default setting is disabled. This function will only with “ACPI” power management and “S3 (STR)” suspends type.

The choices : Disabled, 50℃/122℉, 53℃/127℉, 56℃/133℉, 60℃/140℉, 63℃/145

℉, 66℃/151℉, 70℃/158℉.

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-28

4.11 Frequency/Voltage Control

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Frequency/Voltage Control

Item Help

Auto Detect PCI CLK [Enabled] Spread Spectrum [Disabled]

Menu Level f

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

F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Auto Detect PCI CLK

The choice: Enabled/Disabled.

Spread Spectrum

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

The choice: Enabled/Disabled.

4.12 Default Menu

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

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

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

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

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

Load Optimized Defaults

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

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) ? N

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

BIOS Setup Information

ROBO-8910VG2A User’s Manual 4-29

4.13 Supervisor/User Password Setting

You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The differences between are:

Set Supervisor Password : can enter and change the options of the setup menus.

Set User Password : just can only enter but do not have the right to change the

options of the setup menus. When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

ENTER PASSWORD

Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password.

To disable a password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter the password. A message will confirm the password will be disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

PASSWORD DISABLED

When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration.

Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted. This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer.

You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option (see Section 3). If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup.

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4.14 Exiting Selection

Save & Exit Setup

Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation:

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

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

Exit Without Saving

Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation:

Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N

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

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Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

This chapter provides you a few useful tips to quickly get your ROBO-8910VG2A running with no failure. As basic hardware installation has been addressed in Chapter 3, this chapter will basically focus on system integration issues, in terms of backplane setup, BIOS setting, and OS diagnostics.

5.1 Quick installation Guide

Backplane

ROBO-8910 is a full-sized SBC, and therefore is only able to run on PICMG 1.3 Backplane (PBPE-13A8 and PBPE-06V).For more detail support Backplane information , please contact with your system provider or hardware manufacture. The PCIE x 16 slots Only ROBO-8910VG2A use (Figure 5-1, Figure 5-2)

PBPE-13A8

Figure 5-1

PBPE-13A8 supports eight PCI slots, one PCI Express x16 slot and three PCI Express x1 slot .

PCIE x1

PCIE x 16 SHB

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PBPE-06V

PBPE-06 supports one PCI Express x16 and four PCI Express x1

Figure 5-2

CPU Supplementary Power Connector

ROBO-8910VG2A requires power drawing from the 12V connector. The CPU supplementary power connector should be connected at all time for this P4 system to run properly. If the system’s main power comes from a backplane, the CPU supplementary power connector should still be connected. (Figure 5-3)

Figure 5-3

PCIE x1

PCIE x16

PCIE x1

SHB

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ATX Power Setting

This section would be more likely to introduce you how to set up ATX mode on your ROBO-8910VG2A. Please refer to the following instruction.

Step1: Connect 24 -pin power cable of the ATX POWER with ATX POWER

CONNECTOR (24 -pin) on the backplane (Figure 5-4)

Figure 5-4

Step2: ROBO-8910VG2A requires power drawing through golden finger via

backplane and power connector (J2). The CPU supplementary Power Connector (J2) has to be connected to the system all the time. Otherwise, the system won’t boot up properly.( Figure 5-5)

Figure 5-5

PBPE-06V

PBPE-13A8

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Step 3: Connect TOGGLE SWITCH (CN2) connector on PBPE-06V backplane (Figure

5-6) and PBPE-13A8 backplane (Figure 5-7), which is used to power on SBC. Generally, the TOGGLE SWITCH is located on the chassis of front panel.

Figure 5-6

Figure 5-7

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Step 6: The figure below is the TOGGLE SWITCH, which is used to switch the ATX

Power on/off for SBC. Usually the TOGGLE SWITCH is located on the chassis front panel. Pressing the switch button once will turn power on, and press again to turn it off. (Figure 5-8)

Figure 5-8

Unboot problem

Symptom : SBC keeps beeping, and no screen has shown.

Solution : In fact, each beep sound represents different definition of error message.

Please refer to table as following:

Beep sounds Meaning Action

One long beep with one short beeps

DRAM error Change DRAM or reinstall it

One long beep constantly DRAM error Change DRAM or reinstall it One long beep with two short beeps

Monitor or Display Card error

Please check Monitor connector whether it inserts properly

Beep rapidly Power error warning Please check Power mode

setting

Symptom : There is neither no beeps nor screen output.

Solution : Indeed, you might want to check the system with the stand-alone to

identify the root cause by isolating the board from other possible system devices such as PCI device, Backplane, and so on. If the system still cannot boot up, please fill out RMA form which is provides on Portwell website, and then send back to Portwell Inc. as a RMA goods. Besides, you also visit RMA site (http://www.portwell.com.tw/rma/login.asp) to check RMA report if necessary.

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5.2 Frequency Asking Questions

Q: What is Serial ATA and how to use it exactly?

A: The Intel ® ICH6 chipset contains four integrated Serial ATA host controllers

capable of DMA operation on two ports. Unlike IDE bus, each Serial ATA channel can only connect to one SATA hard disk at a time; there are total four connectors, S_ATA1 to S_ATA4. The installation of Serial ATA is simpler and easier than IDE, because SATA hard disk doesn’t require setting up Master and Slave, which can reduce mistake of hardware installation. All you need to do is to plug in two cables and enable SATA in System BIOS. (The Serial ATA hard disk of installation, please see figure 5-9 as below)

Figure 5-9

After done with the installation of SATA hardware, please enter system BIOS to enable Serial ATA function. Otherwise, Serial hardware won’t be recognized. To enable SATA function, please see as following:

Q: Can I build Raid system on SATA bus with ROBO-8910VG2A?

A: No, it cannot. It is because ROBO-8910’s south bridge is ICH6, which doesn’t

support RAID function.

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Q: How can I build up an AT system using ATX power supply

A: Yes, ROBO-8910VG2A can support system in AT mode.

Q: How to use Standard PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse?

A: Users may always adopt PS/2 keyboard and mouse over the J21 jumper interface

(through bracket which supports PS/2 function) on ROBO-8910VG2A. (Figure 5-10)

Figure 5-10

Q: OK. I have finished hardware installation, but I got nothing when I power on

the system. Why?

A: There are thousands of different reasons to get this power on failure.

1. Check ROBO-8910VG2A jumper, JP1. Otherwise, incorrect power setting will not allow you to power on the system.

2. Double check if every connector is attached with the correct cable.

3. If you have changed processor with different system clock, please move JP3 (CMOS clear Jumper) to 2-3, power on the system to clear CMOS (move on/off switch from off to on for AT mode, or toggle the switch for ATX mode), power off the system, move JP3 back to 1-2, and power on again. This way to process the action for “Clear the CMOS Setting”.

Q: I connect two IDE devices over one IDE flat cable, but the system either does

not start, or just hangs from time to time. Why?

A: Make sure that you have configured the two IDE devices as a master and a slave,

respectively.

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Q: I am using an ATA-66 (or 100) hard drive, how can I know that ATA-66 function

is started??

A: You need to use the 80-pin ATA-66 IDE flat cable to have this function ready.

During POST, you can see ATA-66 (or 100) message while hard drive is being detected. Besides, after Microsoft series OS installation successfully, you must install ATA-66/100 driver, then the function can be active.

Q: After inserting Compact Flash, why doesn’t it work at all?

A: Compact flash is occupied with the master device of IDE Secondary. If there is any

device occupying this Secondary IDE Master channel, please remove it or set it as a slave device.

Q: Can I use backplane which follow the PICMG 1.0 specification?

A: No.ROBO-8910VG2A based on PICMG 1.3 , PCI Express and PCI definition. It can’t

compatibility on the PICMG 1.0 and PICMG 1.2 backplane.

PICMG 1.0 backplane PICMG 1.2 backplane

PICMG 1.3 backplane PICMG 1.3 backplane

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5.3 BIOS Setting

It is assumed that users have correctly adopted modules and connected all the device cables required before turning on AT power. CPU, CPU fan, CPU fan power cable, 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM, keyboard, mouse, floppy drive, IDE hard disk, printer, VGA connector, device power cables, ATX accessories or 12V 4-pin power cable are good examples that deserve attention. With no assurance of properly and correctly accommodating these modules and devices, it is very possible to encounter system failures that result in malfunction of any device.

To make sure that you have a successful start with ROBO-8910VG2A, it is recommended, when going with the boot-up sequence, to hit “DEL” key and enter the BIOS setup menu to tune up a stable BIOS configuration so that you can wake up your system far well.

Loading the default optimal setting

When prompted with the main setup menu, please scroll down to “Load Optimal Defaults”, press “Enter” and “Y” to load in default optimal BIOS setup. This will

force your BIOS setting back to the initial factory configuration. It is recommended to do this so you can be sure the system is running with the BIOS setting that Portwell has highly endorsed. As a matter of fact, users can load the default BIOS setting any time when system appears to be unstable in boot up sequence.

Auto Detect Hard Disks

In the BIOS => Standard CMOS setup menu, pick up any one from Primary/Secondary Master/Slave IDE ports, and pressed “Enter”. Setup the selected IDE port and its access mode to “Auto”. This will force system to automatically pick up the IDE devices that are being connected each time system boots up.

Improper disable operation

There are too many occasions where users disable a certain device/feature in one application through BIOS setting. These variables may not be set back to the original values when needed. These devices/features will certainly fail to be detected.

When the above conditions happen, it is strongly recommended to check the BIOS settings. Make sure certain items are set as they should be. These include the floppy drive, COM1/COM2 ports, parallel port, USB ports, external cache, on-board VGA and Ethernet.

It is also very common that users would like to disable a certain device/port to release IRQ resource. A few good examples are:

disable COM1 serial port to release IRQ #4 disable COM2 serial port to release IRQ #3 disable parallel port to release IRQ #7…,etc

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Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ)

A quick review of the basic IRQ mapping is given below for your reference.

IRQ# Description

IRQ #0 System Counter IRQ #1 Keyboard IRQ #2 Programmed Controller IRQ #3 COM2 IRQ #4 COM1 IRQ #5 Multimedia Device (Shareable) IRQ #6 Unassigned (Shareable) IRQ #7 Parallel Port IRQ #8 CMOS Clock

IRQ #9 ACPI Controller (Shareable) IRQ #10 USB 1.0/1.1 EHCI Controller IRQ #10 Display Controller IRQ #11 Ethernet Controller (Shareable) IRQ #11 USB 1.0/1.1 EHCI Controller IRQ #12 Unassigned (Shareable) IRQ #13 Unassigned Data Processor IRQ #14 IDE Controller (Shareable) IRQ #15 USB 1.0/1.1 EHCI Controller IRQ #15 USB 1.0/1.1 EHCI Controller IRQ #15 USB 2.0 EHCI Controller (Shareable) IRQ #15 SM Bus Controller (Shareable) IRQ #15 Ethernet Controller (Shareable)

It is then very easy to find out which IRQ resource is ready for additional peripherals. If IRQ resource is not enough, please disable some devices listed above to release further IRQ numbers. The IRQ list will show on the Post sequences as system hardware checking.

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System Memory Address Map

Each On-board device in the system is assigned a set of memory addresses, which also can be identical of the device. The following table lists the system memory address used for your reference.

Memory Area Size Device Description

0000 – 003F 1K Interrupt Area 0040 – 004F 0.3K BIOS Data Area 0050 – 006F 0.5K System Data 0070 – 0BE3 45K DOS 0BE4 – 0E1B 0.9K Program Area 0E1C – 9D66 573K [Available] 9D67– 9EFF 6.4K Program Area

= Conventional memory ends at 636K = 9F00 – 9FBF 3K Extended BIOS Area 9FC0 – 9FFF 1K Unused A000 – AFFF 64K VGA Graphics B000 – B7FF 32K Unused B800 – BFFF 32K VGA Text C000 – CA5F 41K Video ROM CA60– DFFF 86K Unused E000 – EFFF 64K System bios temporary Area F000 – FFFF 64K System ROM HMA 64K First 64K Extended

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Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ)

Peripheral devices can use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required. The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board.

IRQ# Current Use Default Use

IRQ 0 SMARTDRV System Timer IRQ 1 SMARTDRV Keyboard Event IRQ 2 [Unassigned] Usable IRQ IRQ 3 System ROM COM 2 IRQ 4 System ROM COM 1 IRQ 5 [Unassigned] Usable IRQ IRQ 6 System ROM Diskette Event IRQ 7 [Unassigned] Usable IRQ IRQ 8 System ROM Real-Time Clock

IRQ 9 [Unassigned] Usable IRQ IRQ 10 [Unassigned] Usable IRQ IRQ 11 [Unassigned] Usable IRQ IRQ 12 System ROM IBM Mouse Event IRQ 13 System ROM Coprocessor Error IRQ 14 System ROM Hard Disk Event IRQ 15 [Unassigned] Usable IRQ

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