Intel Centrino platform notebook with Intel Banias/Dothan CPU up to 2.0GHz, 2.5 inch
HDD, Multimedia, LAN, Modem, IEEE1394, USB2.0, SPDIF and PCMCIA. The fellow is a
summary of major components:
Main Chip:
CPU Intel 0.13u/ 0.09u Banias/Dothan Processor 1.4GHz-2.0GHz CPU (478P M-FCPGA) with
1MB/2MB L2 Cache
CPU Core Power Maxim 1907A
System 3V/5V Power Semtech SC1404
Core Logic: Intel 855GME Chipset
Memory SO-DIMM 200pin DDR333 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB DDR DRAM support
Clock Generator ICS950813
Graphic Engine Intel 855GME Build-in
Card Bus TI PCI1410 Single Slot, 32bit Cardbus Controller
• 32bit PCI BUS master with DMA controller for low CPU and BUS utilization
• IEEE802.3 & 802.3u standard compatible
• Single 25MHz clock for 10 & 100 Mbps operation
o
C ~ 85oC
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1.2 I/O Port
Category Specification Note
CRT Port
S-Video Port
IEEE1394
USB
Line Out
Mic In
Modem
LAN
Card Bus Slot
Point Device
INT/KB
1 Port (Standard D-Sub 9 Pin connector)
1 S-Video port support
1 Port (OHCI-1.1 support)
1 Port: Base connector, 1.1/2.0 Compliant
1 Jacks (Stereo Mini Pin Jack with S/PDIF)
1 Jack (Mono Mini Pin Jack)
1 Port (RJ-11)
1 Port (RJ-45)
Type II X 1 Supports 3.3V/ 5V PC Card 16 cards and 3.3V Cardbus Card
Internal Touch Pad – PS/2 mouse I/F
• Vendor: Synaptics
• Model:
• 2 buttons support Right/Left
Sumrex/ Chicony
•
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1.3 Power Supply
Battery
AC Adapter
RTC Battery
DC/DC
Converter
Battery Pack general spec.
•
• Operating ambient temperature: 0
• Charge temperature: 0
• Self discharge rate: Fully charged battery will be at least 80% of full charge
Battery temperature over 50 degree C (SMBUS)
Charging time over 6 hrs
Vendor :Li-Shin, Liteon, Hipro
Input: AC 100~ 240V, 50/60Hz
Output: 20V, 3.25A, 65W
Real-time clock/calendar with a coin type battery back up ( rechargeable )
Vendor: MAXELL-ML1220
Voltage: 3V
Capacity: 14mAh
RTC Power Plane Power Consumption: 5uA / 3V
Estimated R TC Battery Life: 2 years
Output Tolerance Max load Test spec
5.0V +/- 5% 4.5A 5.5A
3.3V +/- 5% 4.5A 5.5A
12V +/- 5% 0.2A 0.2A
2.5V +/- 5% 4.5A 5.0A
1.35V +/- 3% 2.0A 2.0A
1.25V +/- 3% 1.5A 1.5A
Gas Gauge: BQ2060
o
C ~ 60oC
when stored at 25
Protection:Over charge protection
Over and under voltage protection
Over current protection
Thermal protection
3S2P-> ?
3S2P-> 2000/2200mAH, 10.8/11.1V, 43.2/48.8W
Charger: ITE8510E
Charge Current: System off Max. 2.0A.
System on Max. 0.7A
Charging terminate: Charging current lower than 200mA
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C ~ 60oC
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C, 85% RH for a period of one month
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1.4 Power-On Source
No
Note
System Power Button *System power on control
1.
*Push this button 4 sec will happen H/W power shut down
This item works both when system is at on and off state
Besides RTC and AUX power plane, all power plane will turn
off until the releasing of the power button
1.5 Power Plane
Name Level System off System on Standby STD W/O AC & BAT
No
VCC3_AUX 3.3V
1.
VCC5_AUX 5V
2.
12V_AUX 12V
3.
VCC3_SUS 3.3V OFF
4.
VCC3 3.3V OFF
5.
VCC5 5V OFF
6.
VCC2.5 2.5V
7.
VCC1.35 1.35V
8.
VCC1.25 1.25V
9.
12V 12V OFF
10.
RTCVCC 2.0~3.3V
11.
VCCP 1.05V
12.
VCC_CORE 1.484V
13.
ON ON ON ON OFF
ON ON ON ON OFF
ON ON ON ON OFF
ON ON OFF OFF
ON ON OFF OFF
ON ON OFF OFF
OFF ON ON OFF OFF
OFF ON ON OFF OFF
OFF ON ON OFF OFF
ON ON OFF OFF
ONON ON ON ON
OFF ON OFF OFF OFF
OFF ON OFF OFF OFF
1.6 Connector
Connector Location Pin No
No
HDD Data CON CON24
1.
CDROM CON CON16
2.
SUB BAT CON BT1
3.
Bluetooth Dongle CON CON23
4.
Cardreader FFC CON CON10
5
S-Video CON CON14
6
DC_IN JACK CON11
7
CRT FFC CON CON5
8.
LAN/MODEM JACK CON12
9.
1394 CON CON21
10.
MIC JACK CON20
11.
LINE OUT JACK CON19
12.
MDC CON CON25
13.
MODEM CON CON28
14
USB CON CON6
15.
LCD CON CON2
16.
INVERTER CON CON1
17
DDR SO-DIMM CON17,CON18
18.
PCMCIA SOCKET CON9
19.
Battery CON CON15
20.
44
50
2
4
10
4
5
10
10
4
5
8
30
2
4
16
12
200
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INT K/B CON CON4
21.
TOUCHPAD CON CON26
22.
MINI PCI CON CON27
23.
LED FPC CON CON7
24.
CPU FAN CON CON13
25
SW board FFC CON CON29
26.
SPEAKER CON CON22
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1.7 Cable
Cable
No
LCD cable M/B to LCD
1.
INV cable M/B to Invertor
2.
MODEM cable MDC to RJ11
3.
TOUCHPAD FPC M/B to TOUCHPAD FPC
4.
SWITCH Board FPC M/B to switch BOARD
5
Bluetooth Dongle cable M/B to Bluetooth Dongle cable
6
CRT FFC cable M/B to CRT BOARD
7
LED FPC M/B to LED FPC
8
Card reader cable M/B to card reader BOARD
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4
124
10
3
6
4
1.8 LED
SUSPEND Status Green light flash when system is during suspend
POWER/Charging Status Orange light flash shown when battery is being charged
Green light is shown when battery is not charging and Power is on.
Red light flash when battery is low warning
HDD/ODD LED ON when HDD/ODD activated
RF_ON LED ON when WIRELESS Card RF activated
Num lock LED ON when activated. Num Lock OFF at default
Caps lock LED ON when activated. Caps Lock should be OFF at boot up
Scroll lock LED ON when activated. Scroll Lock should be OFF at boot up
2. Software Specifications
2.1 Product Specification
Processor Intel P4M
■ Intel Pentium M, Dothan CPU, Operating from 1.7 to 2.0 GHz,
0.09um, 2M L2, 400 MHz FSB
■ Intel Pentium M, Bani as CPU, Operating from 1.5 GHz to 1.6
GHz, 0.13um, 1M L2, 400 MHz FSB
■ Support TDP to 25W
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Core
Logic
Bus
Speed
Memory
Audio
Codec
PCMCIA TI PCI1410
IDE
Controll
er
HDD Toshiba/Fujitsu/ Hitachi
KBC/EB
C
Keyboar
d
Memory
Card
Intel 855GME + Intel
(ICH4-M)FW82801DBM
100 MHz
DDR SDRAM
System ROM
VT1612A
Integrated in Core
Logic
ITE IT8510E
Sumrex/ Chicony
4 in 1
GenesisGL817E
■ Support DDR 333 memory technology
■ Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 technology
■ Dynamic input/output buffer disabling for processor system bus &
memory
■ Optimized internal clock gating for 3D & display engines
■ Integrated low voltage differential signal (LVDS) interface
■ Front Side Bus 400 MHz (100 MHz bus clock)
■ DDR 333, SO DIMM 200-pin DDR SDRAM * 2
■ System DDR SDRAM Up to 1GB total
■ Support SPD (Serial Presence Detect) for DIMM detection
■ 512KB Flash ROM Contains Code for System BIOS (ROM in Socket)
■ Microphone Input
■ Headphone Output
■ Build-in Microphone
■ Card bus: Single-slot ACPI Card Bus (Type II)
■ Support Ultra ATA 100
■ 40GB/60GB/ 80GB 2.5” HDD
■ ACPI Power Management Channel
- 2 Power Management channels
- Compatible and enhanced mode
■ 86 Keys, Win Key, Number Key support,
■ Water resistant Keyboard.
■ Support SD card, MS card , MMC card and MS-pro
■ USB 2.0 compliant
Optical
Device
Point
Device
S/W
MODEM
WirelessIntel PRO Wireless 2200
S-Video CH7011
Bluetoo
th
Controll
er
Integrat
e USB
QSI/ LITE-ON
SYNAPTICS
MDC Board
MSI MS6833
(Optional)
Bluetooth module
(Optional)
■ Support boot function
■ CD-RW/DVD Combo
■ Dual DVD (Optional)
■ PS/2 Touch Pad with 2 buttons
■ Supports scroll Up/Down function by driver installed
■ Standard AC97 MDC interface with Scatt er, Gather and Burst
capability
■ Wake on Ring on ACPI mode through AC97 link
■ Supports ITU v.92/v.90
■ IEEE 802.11 b/g
■ Compliant with 802.11g and 802.11b (2.4GHz)
■ Support Lumance, Chroma signals for TV
■ 4-pin S-Video connector
■ Integrated NTSC and PAL encoder
■ Build-in USB BT dongle
■ Stereo Audio support
■ Build-in USB BT dongle or Flash memory disk (Optional)
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LAN
Controll
er
IEEE
RTL8100CL
T1 TSB43AB22A
1394
LCD
16:10 / 4:3
Extern
al CRT
I/O Port
Speaker
Primary
Battery
Seconda
ry
Battery
(TBD)
AC-DC
Adapter
EMI
Regulati
on
Safety
Regulati
on
LED
status
Indicato
r
■ 1 x DC-IN Jack
■ 1 x 15 Pin CRT Port
■ 1 x S-Video Output Port
■ 1 x IEEE 1394 Port
■ 2 x Phone Jac k s For Microphone Input / Audio Output:
a). External Microphone Jack 1/8”
b). External Headphone Jack 1/8” with SPIDF
■ 1 x RJ-45 LAN
■ 1 x RJ-11 MODEM
■ 1 x PCMCIA Card bus socket for PC Card Type II
■ 2 x USB 2.0 Ports
■ 1 x card reader port (4 in 1)
SMP / GELXPERT
SMP
Li-Shin/Lite-On
Hi-Pro (20V/65Watts)
CE/ FCC/ CCC/ BSMI (customer request)
UL/ cUL/ TUV /Nordic / TUV-CB/CTR-21
■ Num Lock
■ Scroll Lock
■ Caps Lock
■ ODD, HDD R/W
■ RF-ON (Wireless LAN)
■ Battery status
■ Suspend
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■ Supports 10 and 100 Mb/Sec. Full and half Duplex operation
■ Support IEEE 1394 and 1394a with Open HCI Compliance
■ PCI V2.2 MAC/BIU supports
■ 12.1”LCD
■ Display type: WXGA(1280 X 800)(16:10)/XGA(1024 X 768)(4:3)
■ Resolution: Up to 2048 x 1536 Pixels
■ 1 watt x 8 ohm x 2 + 1.5 watt x 8 ohm x 2 (Speaker) (16:10)
■ On / Off : Programmable Power Buttons (Supported by Win OS)
■ 1 Sec. → Suspend; 4 Sec. → Power Off
■ On / Off under Linux
■ Support DVD player, MP3 player, CD player, USB storage devices reader, View photo, TV out, SPDIF
■ Bluetooth remote controller and stereo headphone (TBD)
■ Disable/enable silent mode under windows
ACPI 2.0 Fully Compliant with
■
S0, S3 , S4 and S5
Uniwill Smart Power I and II
■ Support: Windows 2000 and Windows XP
■ Compatibles: Windows98 SE, Windows ME, windows Windows NT 4.0, Linux (Limited Support)
■ Plug and Play Note BIOS with ACPI 2.0 and APM 1.2
■ Dimension: L230mm X W292mm X H25~36mm
■ Weight: 1.9k g (TBD)
2.2 Preface
The software engineering specification is a dep loyment from product marketing specification. It should outline major
tasks to be implemented in a specific model. For any model which has been defined from product marketing division, there
should have a product marketing specification comes out.
The purpose of this specification i s to be a n impl ementation gui deline fo r engineers who a re responsi ble for the m odel. It
intends to avoid ambiguity about function definitions so as to allow engineers to shorten their implementation period.
The specification covers all the bundled software components which including BIOS, Micro-Controller, device drivers
and applications. The target Operating Systems will be Windows XP, Windows 2000. The device drivers and applications are
options based on per-customer’s requirements. The engineers should make sure that these drivers and application could run
without any difficulties on the target PC2001 model.
The readers of this specification are assumed to have enough experiences and knowledge to understand whatever in the
context. The specification will not intend to explain any detail of specific topic.
2.3 Summary of BIOS Specification
Feature Description
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Basic Bios Features POST(Power On Self Test)
Quiet Boot (optional show OEM Boot Logo)
Multi-Boot
APM 1.2 Compliance
Support ACPI 1.0b Spec.
Support PCI 2.1 Spec.
Support WinXP/ME and Win2000
Support SMBIOS 2.3 Spec.
CPU Auto detect the CPU type and speed
DRAM Auto detection and sizing up to 1GB
Cache Auto detection and sizing, and always enabled
Hard Disk Support auto IDE detection
Support LBA mode for large capacity HDD > 8GB
Support Ultra DMA 33/66/100
Support Fast PIO mode 4
Multi-Boot Support boot from HDD, CDROM/DVD-ROM, LAN, USB removable devices
Crisis Disk Support Flash BIOS from BIOS Boot Block
Plug and Play Support PnP runtime service and Conflict-Detection-Resolve during POST
Support SMBIOS2.3
Auto routing PnP device I/O, Memory, IRQ and DMA
Support ACPI 2.0 Device Management
Keyboard Controller WHQL Keyboard Logo compliance
Support hot plug/swap external PS/2 mouse and keyboard
Support Fn hot-key
Power Management Support ACPI 1.0b power management
Support system S3, S4 state
Support CPU C0, C1 ,C2state
Support Uniwill Smart Power control by EC
Instant On Support Instant On button to boot to Linux with DVD Player function
Core Logic INTEL855GME + ICH4M
2.4 SYSTEM
2.4.1System Memory
The System consists of DDR memory on 64-bit bus and the size options are 128/25 6/512MB on eac h DIMM slot. Th e
BIOS will automatically detect the amount of memory during POST.
2.4.2VGA
The VGA chip is Intel 855GME Build in VGA
2.4.3Audio
The audio controller is integra ted in s outh b ridge an d through the AC97 data line to external CODEC to reduce the noise
caused by PCB’s layout. According to the H/W architecture , the BIOS will recognize it as a PCI device and initialize it in PCI
bus initialization. The PCI legacy audio mode is not to be supported.
2.4.4Modem
The system can use all of the modem that is AC97’ compliance and the MDC form factor. During POST, the BIOS will
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detect the existence the MDC and set proper registers in south bridge
2.4.5PCMCIA
The TI PCI1410 supports a variety of features . PCcard , CardBus
2.4.6 Card Reader
Card Reader via USB bus, support SD Card , MMC, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro
2.4.7LED Indicator
Indicator Function Description
HDD/CDROM LED The LED will turn on when the hard disk or CDROM is activated or accessed
Power LED The LED will turn on green when Power button is pressed to power on
Instant On LED The LED will turn on green when Instant On button is pressed to power on
The LED will turn on green when Silent mode
Charge LED The LED will always off when without Battery
The LED will turn on green when Battery Full Charged
The LED will turn on amber when Battery Charging
The LED will turn on red when Battery Low warning
Suspend LED The LED will turn blink green when system is suspend
Wireless LED
1. Setup menu can define RF enable or disable
2. Load default = RF enable
3. Without WALN card = always disable
4. Into suspend = RF disable
5. Before Power off & Suspend need keep RF status for setting next power on &
resume .
Cap Lock LED The LED will turn on when Cap Lock functio n is activated
Scroll Lock LED The LED will turn on when Scroll Lock function is activated
Num Lock LED The LED will turn on when Num Lock function is activated
2.4.8PCI Device
All the PCI devices will occupy the system resources, such as I/O, Memory and IRQ, especially the IRQ assignment is
relative to H/W and system arrangement. The following will list all PCI devices:
PCI Device IDSEL
Bus# Device# Func# INT Pin Device Name
PAD19 1 3 0 B TI PCI1410 PCMCIA
PAD26 1 10 0 C TI TSB43AB22A IEEE-1394
PAD28 1 12 0 D LAN RTL8100CL
1 7 0 B, D MINI PCI DEVICES
2.4.9SMBus Devices
The SMBus is a two-wire interface through which the system can communicate with power-related chips. The BIOS
should initialize the SMBus devices during POST.
The following will list the core chip GPIO definition and function:
General Purpose Inputs
Pin Name Function Name Type Signal Description
GPIO12 RUN_SCI# Input 10Kohm pull high
GPIO32 LCDSEL0# Input Select LCD type
GPIO33 LCDSEL1# Input Select LCD type
GPIO34 LCDSEL2# Input Select LCD type
2.5 Keyboard Controller
The system uses the ITE IT8510E as the keyboard controller and ACPI embedded controller. Following will summarize all
the features of keyboard firmware.
z Uniwill Smart Power support
z Internal Keyboard and Auxiliary Device Support and Internal Pointing Device Support.
z Internal Keyboard Scan Cod e Controller Support and Internal Numeric Keypad Support.
z Simultaneous Operation of External Devices
z Simultaneous Operation of External Keyboards
z Simultaneous Operation of External Auxiliary
z Device Hot Pluggability
z Embedded Controller IT8510E 176-Pin LQFP packag e
z LPC System Interface
z ACPI Embedded Controller Power Management Event Control.
z Single Pin Keys Support .
z PS/2 Interface External Port Support support.
z System Power On/Off ATX Power Sequence Control.
z System BIOS Strap Pin.
z System BIOS ROM Flash Protect.
z FAN DAC or speed Control.
z LCD Backlight Brightness Adjust.
z Direct LEDs Support.
2.6 Power Management
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INPUT :
Input voltage range : 9V~17Vdc (Battery) or 18V~21.5Vdc (Adaptor).
Adapter: 20V @ 3.25A,65W constant voltage mode .
Battery: Main Battery: 4 Cells (4S1P) DC 14.8V 2200mA 3 Cells(3S2P) DC 11.1V 2200mA/2000mA
Second Battery: 3 Cells(3S1P) DC 11.1V(Option) 2200mA
2.6.1 General Requirement
The purpose of the Power Management (PM) is trying to reduce the power consumption of the system and extent the
battery life, increase the time without recharging the battery. The Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
specification is the latest and better PM method and will replace the traditional APM and PNP functions. ACPI is a kind of
Operating System Directed Power Management (OSPM), that is, the OS will control the system/devices to enter proper
power-saving mode and determine when to do it.
The BIOS shall provide the ACPI table that is written by ASL language, to tell the OS how to setup and control the
system/device configuration and the power-saving mode. So the system H/W, BIOS and drivers must be meet the ACPI
specification:
ACPI 1.0b compliant
Intel Geyserville III Technology Support
Supporting processor power state C0, C1 , C2 ,C3
Supporting system state S0, S3, S4 (WinXP) and S5
Support Un iwill S mart Power Function
First of all, the next section will depict the power management state transition, then describe the definition for each
system state.
2.6.2 Power Management State Transition
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2.6.3 Power Management Mode Definitions
Each system (or model) may have different PM model and state definition. For clear, see the following table :
PM Mode Definitions
Full-On The CPU runs in full speed and all the devices are power on. The system can respond to all
applications with maximum performance.
1. The system is in the state S0.
2. The CPU is in the state C0.
3. All the devices are in the state D0.
Geyserville
III
Idle This mode is similar to Full-On . The CPU might change into C1 or C2 state depend on the OS, in
Suspend The state is more power saving than above, the CPU and most of parts power will be cut off except
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CPU will running between diffenent BUS ratio depend on system loading, if power Schemes set to
Presentation or Max Battery
order to save CPU power consumption.
1. The system is in the state S0.
2. The CPU is in the state C1 or C2.
3. All the devices are in the state D0.
DRAM system.
1. The system is in the state S3.
2. The CPU and all of devices are power off except DRAM system.
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SOFF/STD The state is the most power saving mode, all of the parts in the system will power off, except the
keyboard controller enter to idle mode continuously to control the battery charging and monitor power
button.
Note: Before enter to S4, the OS will save all of data or registers in HDD.
1. The system is in the state S5 or S4.
2. The CPU and all of devices are power off.
When system is in suspend mode (S3 state ), external keyboard/mouse and touch pad cannot be the wake up event source.
Use Power button or Lid to resume.
2.6.4 Uniwill Smart Power Function
The purpose of Smart Power is to save the power consumption during the system is not busy. This function not only save the
power of Battery to extend the Notebook’s battery working time, but also reduce the the temperature of CPU / Chip and keep
system working in a lower temperature to extend the CPU and whole system’s life. Reduce temperature will also keep
Operation System work stable.
2.6.4.1 Instant On Mode: If press Instant On button to power on, CPU ext. clock will keep at 66MHz,
CPU bus ratio will keep at the minimum.
2.6.4.2 Long Battery Life Mode: Also called Smart Power 1, CPU ext. clock will keep at 100MHz, CPU
maximum bus ratio will keep at the most lower level 4 when battery mode detected (ex. Banias 1. 7G 6
point will keep maximum at level 2, Dothan 1.8G 7 point will keep maximum at level 3). This option can
be enabled/disabled by CMOS setup.
2.6.4.3 High Performance Mode: Also called Smart Power 2, CPU ext. clock will increase to 115MHz,
CPU bus ratio will keep as Pemtium M CPU default when AC mode detected. This option can be
enabld/disabled by CMOS setup.
Silent Mode: The FAN will stop or run at very low speed to keep system slient. In Windows XP OS press
Instant On button will toggle Silent mode. CPU ext. clock will decrease to 80MHz, CPU bus ratio will
keep at the minimun no matter AC mode or Battery mode when Silent mode enabled.
2.6.4.4 Pentium M CPU bus ratio table:
CPU Bus Ratio level
CPU type 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Banias 1.7GHz 6 points for B1 17 14 12 10 8 6 NA NA
Banias 1.4GHz 5 points for B1 14 12 10 8 6 NA NA NA
Dothan 2.0GHz 8 points for B1 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6
Dothan 1.8GHz 7 points for B1 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 NA
Dothan 1.7GHz 6 points for B1 17 14 12 10 8 6 NA NA
2.6.5 CPU Fan Control
In the system use the fan as the active cooling device. It is not necessary always turn on full speed, so following will
depict the method and specification of fan speed control. Before it we would like to define the fan speed:
Please refer to SmartPower Management Software Designer’s Guide
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Because fan will consume some power and make some noise, the system will try to keep the fan in low speed and keep the
system in high performance as possible. Unfortunately, there are some trade-off among some factors: thermal, noise and CPU
performance, so we increase the fan speed as active cooling method and triger the CPU clock throttling as passive cooling
method. The CPU clock and fan speed is controlled depend on the CPU temperature from hardwire thermal monitor.
2.6.6 The backlight control of LCD
The LCD panel is another key parts that will consume more power of the notebook system, so there is a way to reduce the
power consumption on battery only, e.i. reduce the brightness of backlight when end-user unplug the AC adaptor.
The backlight is controled through the KBC controller, and it is divide into 8 levels from darkest to brightest. The KBC
bios know the status of power source and the current backlight’s brightness any time. When the AC adaptor unplug, the KBC
will reduce the brightness one or two level automatically.
There is another approach to control the backlight, it will be turn off when LCD cover is close (LID switch), conversely,
it will be turn on when LCD cover is open
2.7.1 Crisis Disk
Crisis Disk function can recover the BIOS back if flash BIOS fail and can’t boot up due to lost power while BIOS flashing or
any other situations. Operation as below:
2.7.1.1 Crisis Disk options: There’re 3 kinds of Crisis Disk options (Press Key Conbine) as below
2.7.1.2Ctrl-Home: NVRAM data (DMI string) will be preserved, CMOS data will be destroyed after
flash.
2.7.1.3 Ctrl-PageDown: both NVRAM and CMOS data will be preserved.
2.7.1.4 Ctrl-PageUp: both NVRAM and CMOS data will be destroyed.
2.7.1.5 The correct way to press these combine key is, Press and Hold “Ctrl” key, then Press and
release the second key (ex. Home) several times.
2.7.2 Prepare a Floppy Disk contain BIOS ROM file
2.7.2.1 Complete Format a Floppy Disk, to make sure there’s no bad sector
2.7.2.2 Rename the BIOS ROM filename to “AMIBOOT.ROM” and copy this file into the Floppy Disk
2.7.2.3 Insert the Floppy Disk into USB Floppy Disk Drive
2.7.2.4 Insert the USB Floppy Disk Drive into any USB port
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2.7.3 Start to flash BIOS with Crisis Disk Function
2.7.3.1Insert AC adaptor, in case the Battery is too low to shutdown during flashing BIOS
2.7.3.2 Press Power Button to turn on power
2.7.3.3 Press “Crisis Disk option key” (ex. Ctrl-Home) several times
2.7.3.4 Watch the USB Floppy Disk Drive is accessing a while
2.7.3.5 Screen will show a “Starting FLASH Recovery.” message while flashing BIOS
2.8 CMOS Setup Menu
The setup function only can be invo ked by pressing F2 key during POST that provide a appr oach to change som e setting and
configuration the user prefer, and the changed values will save in the battery backu p RAM of CMOS RTC and will take effect
after the system rebooted. The setup uses a menu interface to allow the user to configure their system and the features are briefly
listed as follow
Press F12 key for Boot Menu
2.8.1 Main Menu
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit
System Overview
BIOS Information
BIOS Version : (OEM BIOS Version)
KBC Version : (OEM KBC Version)
Build Date : (BIOS build date)
Processor
Type : (detected Intel CPU type xxxx)
Speed : (detected CPU real Speed)
System Memory
Size : (detected memory size xxxMB)
System Tim e [00:00:00]
System Date [Tue 01/01/2003]
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2.8.2 Advanced Menu
Use [Enter], [Tab]
Or [SHIFT-TAB] to
Select a field..
Use [+] or [-] to
Configure system Time.
←→ Select Screen
↑↓ Select Item
+- Change Field
Tab Select Field
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
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BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit
Advanced Settings
WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections
May cause system to malfunction.
>IDE Configuration
TouchPad Support [Auto]
Internal Modem Support [Enable]
LCD AutoDimm Function [Enabled]
Mini PCI Wireless LAN [Enabled]
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Configure the IDE
device(s)
←→ Select Screen
↑↓ Select Item
Enter Go to Sub Screen
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
2.8.3 Advanced -> IDE Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit
IDE Configuration
> Primary IDE Master : [Hard Disk]
> Secondary IDE Master : [ATAPI CDROM]
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While entering setup,
BIOS auto detects the
Presence of IDE
devices. This displays
the status of auto
detection of IDE
devices.
←→ Select Screen
↑↓ Select Item
Enter Go to Sub Screen
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
2.8.4 Advanced -> IDE Configuration -> Primary IDE Master
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
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Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit
Primary IDE Master
Device :Hard Disk
Vendor :FUJITSU MHT…..
Size :40.0GB
LBA Mode :Supported
Block Mode :16Sectors
PIO Mode :4
Async DMA :MultiWord DMA-2
Ultra DMA :Ultra DMA-5
S.M.A.R.T. :Supported
Select the type
Of device connected
To the system.
←→ Select Screen
↑↓ Select Item
+- Change Option
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
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2.8.5 Advanced -> IDE Configuration -> Secondary IDE Master
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit
Secondary IDE Master
Device :ATAPI CDROM
Vendor :QSI CD-RW/DVD-ROM…
LBA Mode :Supported
PIO Mode :4
Async DMA :MultiWord DMA-2
Ultra DMA :Ultra DMA-2
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Select the type
Of device connected
To the system.
←→ Select Screen
↑↓ Select Item
+- Change Option
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
2.8.5 Security Menu
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit
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Security Settings
Supervisor Password :Not Installed
User Password :Not Installed
Change Supervisor Password
Change User Password
Clear User Password
Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled]
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Install or Change the
Password.
←→ Select Screen
↑↓ Select Item
Enter Change
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
2.8.6 Power Menu
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit
Power Settings
Intel( R ) SpeedStep( tm ) tech. [Automatic]
Power Button Mode [Suspend]
Long Battery Life Mode [Disable]
High Performance Mode [Disable]
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Depending on AC or
Battyery powered, CPU
Speed will change
based on the selections
←→ Select Screen
↑↓ Select Item
+- Change Option
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
2.8.7 Boot Menu
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
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Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit
Boot Settings
Quiet Boot [Enabled] (depend on OEM logo)
> Boot Device Priority
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Configure Settings
During System Boot.
←→ Select Screen
↑↓ Select Item
Enter Go to Sub Screen
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit