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IMBA-9654 User Manual

1. RoHS RUE DEF elio RTT AHE RoHS HORS gt I ER Pet HERD E RA o LE CR VI PBB PBDE Fik O O O O X az X X SERE O O O O X pU Ass O O O O x X O O O O O dc BERGE REPE SJ T11363 2006 ESRD X dem ener e RR I de V SHH SJ T11363 2006 gt Page 198 IC 1 RiIechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Index Page 199 IE gt 97 controller specification V2 3 usn ote 16 ACPI 14 ACPIV2 0 14 86 AMD VGA 153 anti static precautions 35 70 anti static 35 70 anti static wristband 35 70 FMAM 35 70 self grounding 35 70 AT power
2. 148 Flat Panel Data Bus 148 Flat Panel Refresh 149 Horizontal Sync Polarity Active low eee 149 Vertical Sync Polarity Active 1 149 Save Changes and 150 Discard Changes and Exit sees enne enne nnnnnnnnnts 151 gt Discard _ E 151 Load Optimal amp 151 Load Failsafe 151 178 a IC NAE Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Appendix B Terminology Page 179 IE gt 97 ASKIR BIOS CODEC CMOS COM DAC Page 180 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Audio Codec 97 AC 97 refers to a codec standard developed by Intel in 1997 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI is an OS directed configuration power management and thermal management interface Advanced Host Controll
3. 121 Menu 11 USB 125 Menu 12 Power Configuration 133 Menu 13 APM Configuration cesses eeeneeeeeneee enne nnne nnn nannte nnns 134 Menu 14 PCI PnP Configuration 135 Menu 15 138 Menu 16 Boot Settings Configuration eese 139 Menu 17 Boot Device Priority Settings eese 141 Menu 18 Removable Drives esee eeeeeseesee eene nennen nnne nnns 143 Menu iD 144 Menu Eu Be crm cem 146 Menu 21 Video Configuration 147 Menu Had e 150 Page xix i m NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK gt gt amp RiIechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction _ e gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 1 1 Overview Figure 1 1 NOVA LX Motherboard The NOVA L
4. 124 VT UTF8 Combo Key Support 0 124 Sredir Memory Display Delay 124 USB 1 1 Controller Enabled esee 125 USB 2 0 Controller 222222222 2 2 22 126 Legacy USB Support Enabled eere 126 Decode I O Space n 128 1 0 Decoding Speed eese 129 Decoding Base Address eese nennen nnne 129 gt Decoding Size cci enciecen denncedendecdusuesvaneeendeeee 129 Decode Memory Space n Enabled esee 131 Memory Decoding 132 Memory Decoding Base Address seen 132 Memory Decoding Size eese 132 Power Supply Mode ATX nennen 133 Power Button Mode Instant 2 2 2 22 1 1 134 Available ierit 136 Chan
5. 37 Table 3 2 Package List Contents 38 Table 4 1 Peripheral Interface 42 Table 4 2 Rear Panel Connectors eese eene annann 42 Table 4 3 Power Connector 43 Table 4 4 Power Supply Enable Connector Pinouts 44 Table 4 5 Audio CD In Connector Pinouts eese 45 Table 4 6 Audio Connector Pinouts 10 pin esee 46 Table 4 7 Panel Backlight Connector Pinouts esee 47 Table 4 10 12 Fan Connector 48 Table 4 11 34 FDD Connector 22 2 22 50 Table 4 12 Front Panel Connector Pinouts 8 pin esses 51 Table 4 13 GPIO Connector nennen 52 Table 4 14 Secondary IDE Connector 2 2 2 4 54 Table 4 15 Keyboard Mouse Connector Pinouts 2 2 22 221 2 2 2 55 Table 4 16 LVDS LCD Port Connector Pinouts eene 56 Table 4 17 Parallel Port Connector Pinouts eere 57 Table 4 18 PC 104 Power Inpu
6. 35 dual Unpacking Precautions neesii inaa aia ii 35 3 3 UNPACKING CHECKLIST 36 2 04 Package Contents AE EEEE EEE KEE 36 JA OPTIONAL ITEMS aa E E 37 CONNECTOR PINOUT 5 39 4 1 PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS 40 NOVA LX PS 40 4 1 2 Peripheral Interface 40 4 1 3 External Interface Panel Connectors eee eese eene 42 4 2 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL CONNECTORS 42 Page viii NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard _ 0 RITechnology Corp 4 2 1 ATX I2V Power Connector 42 4 2 2 ATX Power Supply Enable vaa nha Ades RU AENEID dV cq R 43 4 2 3 Audio CD Connector 4 un 44 4 2 4 Audio Connector LO 45 425 Backlight Inverter Connector 46 4 2 6 Fan Connector 12V System Cooling Fans cessere 47 4 2 7 Floppy Disk Connector 34 48 4 2 8 Front Panel Connector 8 pin 50 4 29 GPIO Conne cto t setne E ee 51 Jud IDE Connector 40 Pin asennad 52 4 2 11 Keyboard Mouse
7. 80 DOA 8 2 external peripheral interface connector pin 9 setup 80 pur 9 connectors pinouts and location dual port USB 90 power supply 43 cnr I 45 audio 44 backlight inverter 46 electrostatic discharge 35 70 COM 2 serial 38 59 Enhanced Hardware Monitor 24 5 serial 60 0 95 6 serial 60 RJ 45 cable connector 95 serial 60 RIAD connector 4 8 serial 60 Ethernet controllers 68 MH 47 external indicators 50 Page 201 gt external peripheral interface 95 i ecce 95 connectors 95 66 67 external switches e vibe Fonds on inseri 50 fan 0 00 2 2 02 4 47 location and pinouts 47 Jb Q
8. 168 Figure 7 20 Wizard 169 Figure 7 21 Wizard Warning Screen sees 169 Figure 7 22 Audio Driver Installation 170 Figure 7 23 Audio Driver Installation Complete 171 gt Figure 7 24 Device Manager Update eene 172 Figure 7 25 Locate the Setup Program lcon serene 172 Figure 7 26 Preparing Setup Screen 173 Figure 7 27 Install Wizard Welcome Screen sees 174 Figure 7 28 Installing Screen eere eene enne nnns 174 Page xvi Ener 842 lt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 12 RIechnology Corp List Tables Table 1 1 Technical Specifications eese eene 6 Table 2 1 Geode LX Graphics Features 2 2 1222 14 Table 2 2 Supported HDD Specifications 2 2 2 2 16 Table 2 3 Power 33 Table 3 1 Package List Contents
9. IE Parallel Address 378 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard The Parallel Port Address BIOS option assigns the port address of the parallel port The following address options are available gt Disabled No I O port address is assigned to the parallel port gt 378 Default Parallel Port I O port address is 378 gt 278 Parallel Port I O port address is 278 gt 3BC Parallel Port I O port address is 3BC Parallel Port Mode Normal The Parallel Port Mode selection selects the mode the parallel port operates in gt Normal DEFAULT The normal parallel port mode is the standard mode for parallel port operation EPP The parallel port operates in the enhanced parallel port mode The EPP mode supports bi directional communication between the system and the parallel port device and the transmission rates between the two are much faster than the Normal mode gt The parallel port operates in the extended capabilities port ECP mode The ECP mode supports bi directional communication between the system and the parallel port device and the transmission rates between the two are much faster than the SPP mode gt The parallel port operates in extended capabilities port ECP mode The ECP mode Page 114 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard _ 0 RITechnology Corp supports bi directional communication between the system
10. 4 PC 104 power input connector 57 location and pinouts 57 PC 104 Plus connector 4 PCI 104 Voltage Setup jumper 84 85 peripheral connectors 42 peripheral device cables 87 Power Button Mode 134 power 14 14 AMD Geode LX 800 14 chipset 14 power supply 42 43 AT power select jumper 76 77 AT power supply 42 43 ATX power 43 lo Pai 54 PS 2 keyboard and mouse uiscera lr verbe eas 96 quad RS 232 serial port connector 4 RJ 45 connection Page 203 gt Single COMMECIOL 96 RJ 45 Ethernet 4 68 RJ 45 LAN connectors 68 RS 232 58 59 60 61 93 94 cable 93 94 2 location and pinouts 58 59 COM 3 location and pinouts 59 COM 4 location and pinouts 59 COM 5 location and pinouts 61 COM 6 location and pinouts 61 COM 7 location and pinouts 61 COM 8 location and pinouts 61 connector location and pinout
11. RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard DL i CD GND pe d CD R Ce CN16 Coco Figure 4 4 Audio CD In Connector Pinouts 4 pin DESCRIPTION CD Signal Left CD Signal Right Table 4 5 Audio CD In Connector Pinouts 4 2 4 Audio Connector 10 pin CN Label CN15 CN Type 10 pin header CN Location See Figure 4 5 CN Pinouts See Table 4 6 The 10 pin audio connector is connected to external audio devices including speakers and microphones for the input and output of audio signals to and from the system IE NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard LINEOUTR LINEOUTL MIC1IN p Table 4 6 Audio Connector Pinouts 10 pin 4 2 5 Backlight Inverter Connector CN Label CN5 CN Type 5 pin wafer 1x5 CN Location See Figure 4 6 CN Pinouts See Table 4 7 The backlight inverter connector provides the backlight on the LCD display connected to the NOVA LX with 12 of power NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard RITechnology Corp cofi 11 o CNS Figure 4 6 Panel Backlight Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 BL ADJ 2 GND 3 12V 4 GND 5 VDD EN Table 4 7 Panel Backlight Connector Pinouts 4 2 6 Fan Connector 12
12. 15 Figure 2 6 97 Codec and Audio Connector esee 17 Figure 2 7 CompactFlash Connector eese eene nnne 19 Figure 2 8 USB Connectors 20 Figure 2 9 BIOS 22 Figure 2 10 Super 23 Figure 2 11 Ethernet Interface 28 Figure 2 12 PCI to ISA 29 Figure 2 13 PC 104 Plus 31 Figure 2 14 Mini PCI Slot eeeeeseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee nennen nennen nnn nennt 32 Figure 4 1 Connector and Jumper Locations ceres 40 Figure 4 2 ATX Power Connector Location eere 43 Figure 4 3 ATX Power Supply Enable Connector Location 44 Figure 4 4 Audio CD In Connector Pinouts 4 pin 45 Figure 4 5 Audio Connector Pinouts 10 pin eese 46 Figure 4 6 Panel Backlight Connector Pinout Locations 47 Figure 4 9 12V Fan Connect
13. 82 Table 5 8 LCD Clock Select Jumper Settings sees 82 Table 5 9 LCD Voltage Selection Jumper Settings esses 84 Table 5 10 PCI 104 Serial IRQ Selector Jumper Settings 85 Table 5 11 PCI 104 Voltage Setup Jumper 85 Table 5 12 IE Provided Cables eese enne nnns 87 Table 6 1 BIOS Navigation 100 Page xviii lt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard mme RITechnology Corp BIOS Menus Menu 1 EIL 101 Lusit ECOL e 103 Menu 3 CPU 104 Menu 4 IDE Configuration 105 Menu 5 IDE Master and IDE Slave Configuration eres 107 BIOS Menu 6 Floppy Configuration 112 Menu 7 Super IO Configuration eese eese eneneeen nennen 113 Menu 8 Hardware Health Configuration eere 119 Menu 9 Smbios 120 Menu 10 Remote Access Configuration
14. NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard gt Enabled DEFAULT USB 1 1 controller enabled USB 2 0 Controller Enabled The USB 2 0 Controller BIOS option enables or disables the USB 2 0 controller gt Disabled USB function disabled gt Enabled DEFAULT USB function enabled Legacy USB Support Enabled Use the Legacy USB Support BIOS option to enable USB mouse and USB keyboard support Normally if this option is not enabled any attached USB mouse or USB keyboard does not become available until a USB compatible operating system is fully booted with all USB drivers loaded When this option is enabled any attached USB mouse or USB keyboard can control the system even when there is no USB driver loaded onto the system gt Disabled Legacy USB support disabled gt Enabled DEFAULT Legacy USB support enabled gt Legacy USB support disabled if no USB devices connected 6 3 9 IT8888 Configuration Use the IT8888 Configuration menu BIOS Menu 14 to access the Decode IO Spaces and Decode Memory Spaces configuration settings so that the system is compliant with the ISA card implemented on the NOVA LX Page 126 i Corp 8108 SETUP UTILITY _ 9Q NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard IT8888 Settings Figure 6 1 IT8888 Configuration 6 3 9 1 ISA Decode IO Spaces set the correct settings in this section please refer to the reference manual that
15. 20 2 10 4 13 CN Pinouts See Table 4 14 The 30 pin LVDS LCD connector can be connected to single channel or dual channel 18 bit or 36 bit LVDS panel RTechnology Corp amm n Oe mmc 2 19 LVD_GND 22 LVD_GND Figure 4 13 LVDS LCD Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO DESCRIPTION NO DESCRIPTION 1 GROUND 2 GROUND 3 LVDSA_Y0 4 LVDSA YO 5 LVDSA_Y1 6 LVDSA_Y1 7 LVDSA_Y2 8 LVDSA_Y2 9 LVDSA_CLK 10 LVDSA_CLK 11 12 13 GROUND 14 GROUND IE Technology Gorp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 15 SDA 16 SCL 17 LCD VCC 18 LCD VCC 19 LCD VCC 20 LCD VCC Table 4 14 LVDS LCD Port Connector Pinouts 4 2 13 Parallel Port Connector CN Label CN17 CN Type 26 pin box header CN Location See Figure 4 14 CN Pinouts See Table 4 15 The 26 pin parallel port connector connects to a parallel port connector interface or some other parallel port device such as a printer PRN PRN PRN STB PDO PD1 PRN_AFD PRN_ERR PRN_INIT PRN_SLIN Figure 4 14 Parallel Port Connector Location DESCRIPTION X sme 3 me DESCRIPTION RTechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Table 4 1
16. 90 Figure 5 15 FDD Cable 91 Figure 5 16 LPT Cable Connection 92 Figure 5 17 Connect the LPT 93 Figure 5 18 Dual RS 232 Cable Installation sese 94 Figure 5 19 Single RS 232 Cable Installation eee 95 a Er NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard _ 0 RITechnology Corp Figure 5 20 LAN 96 Figure 5 21 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector eere 97 Figure 6 1 IT8888 Configuration 127 Figure 6 2 Decode IO 128 Figure 6 3 ISA Decode Memory Spacesk l sees 131 Figure 7 1 Access Windows Control Panel eese 154 Figure 7 2 Performance and Maintenance eese 155 Figure 7 3 Access the 155 Figure 7 4 S
17. 42 location and pinouts 42 AT power select jumper 43 76 77 LO CAE OM eso prc Pie eb 77 76 77 ATA fl t CADIS 88 12V power connector 3 ATX power 3 power supply enable connector 43 location and pinouts 43 audio 3 45 location and 45 audio connector CD in 44 location and pinouts 44 audio kit PR 89 89 backlight inverter connector 3 46 location and pinouts 46 Page 200 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard battery CONDE GION 4 BIOS 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 113 118 119 120 121 123 125 126 133 134 135 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 150 CADDIES MeR T 87 flat Cable 88 port USB 90 dual RS 232 cable 93 92 parallel 92 single 94 CD in connector 4 COP Card T 74 74 setup 78 card setup 78 LOGALIOMN 78 78 4 86 installation sien
18. LCD Clock Select Description Short 1 2 Normal LCD Clock Default Short 2 3 Inverted LCD Clock Table 5 8 LCD Clock Select Jumper Settings Page 82 2 6 RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard The LCD Clock Select jumper location is shown in Figure 5 8 Figure 5 8 LCD Clock Select Jumper Location 5 5 8 LCD Voltage Selection WARNING Permanent damage to the screen and NOVA LX may if the wrong voltage is selected with this jumper Please refer to the user guide that came with the monitor to select the correct voltage Jumper Label JP6 Jumper Type 3 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 5 9 Jumper Location See Figure 5 9 The LCD Voltage Selection jumper allows the LCD screen voltage to be set The LCD Voltage Selection jumper settings are shown in Table 5 9 IE gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard LCD Voltage Select Description Short 1 2 3 3V LVDS Default Short 2 3 5V LVDS Table 5 9 LCD Voltage Selection Jumper Settings The LCD Voltage Selection jumper location is shown in Figure 5 9 Figure 5 9 LCD Voltage Selection Jumper Location 5 5 9 PCI 104 Serial IRQ Selector Jumper Label JP9 Jumper Type 2 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 5 10 Jumper Location See Figure 5 11 PCI 104 Serial IRQ Selector enables the serial IRQ protocol for this device
19. IEI Technology Corp User Manual Rev 1 00 MAY 2008 gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Revision Date Version Changes 2008 03 31 1 00 Initial release 54 842 54 lt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard _ 0 RTechnology Corp Copyright COPYRIGHT NOTICE The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to improve reliability design and function and does not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the product or documentation even if advised of the possibility of such damages This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced by any mechanical electronic or other means in any form without prior written permission of the manufacturer TRADEMARKS All registered trademarks and product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective owners Page iii gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Manual Conventions WARNING Warnings appear where overlooked
20. EIN Ra ERN UR RR DEM DADO 54 LVDS LCD mnn 55 4 2313 Parallel Pott Connector ai 56 4 2 14 PC 104 Power Input 57 4 2 15 Serial Port Connectors COM 2 58 4 2 16 Serial Port Connector COM3 and COMA RS 232 RS 422 or 5 485 59 4 2 17 Serial Port Connector COM 5 COM 6 COM 7 and COM 8 60 ZXISTETECUDITLCONBGQOF Dto i m M dE 62 4 2 19 USB Connectors Internal eese essei ene tene 64 4 2 20 VGA Connectors 1 65 4 3 EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE 66 4 3 1 Keyboard Mouse Connector cds a RUE MEE 66 LENS n gg Lr p C 67 INSTALLATION EEUU EE ERE OU FO REOR EH EE HAC 69 SCLANTI SEATIC PRECAUTIONS 70 5 2 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS 71 So d Installation Notices 71 3 2 2 Install tion Checklist sossen E A E EE E 72 5 3 UNPACKING Tn 73 do Unpacking Precautions 73 CP CARD INSTALLATION 74 3 5 JUMPER SETTINGS Usa usa tua EEEE 5 5 1 AT Power Select Jumper 5 76 5 5 2 AT or ATX Power Select Jum
21. LPG Bus 21 2 9 2 21 IE gt 3 4 2 5 3 Winbond W83627EHG Super I O chipset esee eese 22 2 31 Super VO ASK EU On 23 2 5 3 2 Super I O Hardware Monitor Functions essen 24 2 5 3 3 S per Parallel 24 2 5 3 4 Super I O Floppy Disk Drive FDD 24 2 5 3 5 Super I O Keyboard and Mouse Controller eene 25 2 5 3 6 Super I O GPIO Ports 25 2 5 3 7 Super I O Fan Speed and Fan Control er nter in totae 26 2 3 4 S rial Port Chipset 26 E O EE 26 20A PCI Bus QU 26 NAM 27 2 6 3 RealTek RTL8100C PCI Express Fast Ethernet 27 2 6 4 ITE 1 8888 PCI to ISA ta 29 30 M 31 2 7 ENVIRONMENTAL AND POWER SPECIFICATIONS 32 2 7 1 System Monitoring PP 32 2 7 2 Operating Temperature and Temperature 33 2 7 3 P wer 33 UNPACKING 34 3 1L ANTI STATIC PRECAUTIONS 35 3 2 UNPACKING sioan a
22. 2 5 3 Winbond W83627EHG Super chipset The Winbond W83627HG Super chipset is connected to the system chipset through the LPC bus ce HEEEEBHGaBT UNINRS SE o ZN CURA 73 E NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard IN Super 1 0 Figure 2 10 Super I O Chipset Winbond W83627EHG is an LPC interface based Super device that comes with Environment Controller integration floppy disk controller and UART controller Some of the features of the Winbond W83697EHG chipset are listed below m LPC Spec 1 01 compliant LDRQ LPC DMA and SERIRQ serial IRQ supported m Hardware monitor functions integrated m Microsoft PC98 PC99 Hardware Design Guide compliant m ACPI DPM Device Power Management supported Some of the Super features are described in more detail below 2 5 3 1 Super I O LPC Interface The LPC interface on the Super complies with the Intel Low Pin Count Specification Rev 1 01 The LPC interface supports both LDRQ and SERIRQ protocols as well as PCI PME interfaces IE gt 2 5 3 2 Super Hardware Monitor Functions NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard The Super I O Hardware Monitor monitors internal voltages system temperature and the cooling fan speed All the monitored environmental parameters can be read from the BIOS Hardware Health Configuration menu 2 5 3 3 Super Parallel Port The Super paralle
23. 0 000000000 191 E 3 IRQ MAPPING TABLE a H 192 DMA CHANNEL 5 lt 00000000 00 192 193 COMPATIBLE OPERATING 5 5 0404 00000000000 194 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 5 195 G 1 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL DISCLOSURE TABLE FOR IPB PRODUCTS CERTIFIED AS ROHS COMPLIANT UNDER 2002 95 WITHOUT MERCURY 196 H INDEX 199 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard mme RITechnology Corp List of Figures Figure 1 1 NOVA LX 2 Figure 1 2 NOVA LX Overview Front 3 Figure 2 1 NOVA LX Dimensions 8 Figure 2 2 External Interface Panel Dimensions mm 9 Figure 2 3 Data Flow Block 10 Figure 2 4 Memory Modules 12 Figure 2 5 IDE
24. 6 3 10 1 APM Configuration Use the APM Configuration menu BIOS Menu 13 to access set the APM configuration settings Configuration BIOS Menu 13 APM Configuration Power Button Mode Instant Off The Power Button Mode BIOS specifies how the power button functions gt Instant DEFAULT When the power button is pressed the system turns off immediately Soft Off after 4sec override The power button must be held for Page 134 jm i Piechnology Corp 4 seconds to be turned off or it NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard goes into a sleep state 6 4 Use the PCI PnP menu BIOS Menu 14 to configure advanced PCI and PnP settings WARNING Setting wrong values for the BIOS selections in the PCIPnP BIOS menu may cause the system to malfunction BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPn Boot Secur ity Chipset Exit Advanced PCI PnP Settings j Clear NURAM during WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction IRQ3 Available IRQ4 Available IRQ5 fivai lablel Available IRQ9 Available 18019 Available 18011 lablel IRQ14 Available TRQ15 Available DNA Channel 0 Available Select Screen DMA Channel 1 Available Select Item DMA Channel 3 Available Change Option DMA Chamel 5 Available General Help DMA Channel 6 Available Save and Exit DMA Channel 7 Available Exit 002 59 OCopuright 1985 2005 Ame
25. DESCRIPTI ON DATA MS DATA GND CLOCK 5 Table 4 23 Keyboard Connector Pinouts 4 3 2 LAN Connectors CN Label CN26 and CN27 CN Type RJ 45 CN Location Figure 4 22 CN Pinouts Table 4 24 _ 0 RITechnology Corp The NOVA LX is equipped with two built in RJ 45 Ethernet controllers The controllers can connect to the LAN through two RJ 45 LAN connectors There are two LEDs on the connector indicating the status of LAN The pin assignments are listed in the following table orscuenon mw sscuenon gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard pese gt Table 4 24 LAN Pinouts Activity Linked Figure 4 24 RJ 45 Ethernet Connector The RJ 45 Ethernet connector has two status LEDs one green and one yellow The green LED indicates activity on the port and the yellow LED indicates the port is linked See Table 4 25 STATUS DESCRIPTION STATUS DESCRIPTION Table 4 25 RJ 45 Ethernet Connector LEDs Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Chapter 5 Installation Page 69 gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 5 1 Anti static Precautions WARNING Failure to take ESD precautions during the installation of the NOVA LX may res
26. System Cooling Fans CN Label CN21 CN Type 3 pin wafer CN Location See Figure 4 7 CN Pinouts See Table 4 8 Two system cooling fan connectors provide a 12V 500mA current to two system cooling fans The connectors have a rotation pin to get rotation signals from fans and notify the system so the system BIOS can recognize the fan speed Please note that only specified fans can issue the rotation signals I Technology GCorp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard FANSPEED1 O 12V Figure 4 7 12V Fan Connector Location PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 12V 3 Fan Speed Detect Table 4 8 12V Fan Connector Pinouts 4 2 7 Floppy Disk Connector 34 pin CN Label CN Type CN Location CN Pinouts CN19 34 pin header 2x17 See Figure 4 8 See Table 4 9 The floppy disk connector is connected to a floppy disk drive RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard CN19 Figure 4 8 34 pin FDD Connector Location DESCRIPTION REDUCE WRITE WRITE Tae _ we _ we wre carey mex IE NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard we fe smeisuem _ Cx e s _ Table 4 9 34 pin FDD C
27. in Chapter 3 Step 2 Insert the connector Connect the FDD cable connector to the on board connector See Figure 5 15 A key on the front of the cable connector ensures it can only be inserted in one direction Figure 5 15 FDD Cable Connection Step 3 Connect the cable to an FDD device Connect the connector at the other end of the cable to an FDD device Make sure that pin 1 on the cable corresponds to pin 1 on the connector IE IT echnology Gorp 5 7 6 Parallel Port Cable with Slot Bracket NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard The optional parallel port LPT cable respectively connects the on board LPT 26 pin box header to an external LPT device like a printer The cable comprises a 26 pin female header to be connected to the on board LPT box header on one side and on the other side a standard external LPT connector To connect the LPT cable please follow the steps below Step 1 Locate the connector The LPT connector location is shown in Chapter 4 Step 2 Align the connectors Correctly align pin 1 on the cable connector with pin 1 on the NOVA LX LPT box header connector See Figure 5 16 Step 3 Insert the cable connectors Once the cable connector is properly aligned with the 26 pin box header connector on the NOVA LX connect the cable connector to the on board connector See Figure 5 16 Figure 5 16 LPT Cable Connection Step 4 Attach the LPT connector bracket to the chassis The LPT cable
28. 104 Serial IRQ Selector jumper settings are shown in Table 5 10 _ 0 RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard PCI 104 Serial I RQ Selector Description Open Disconnect Default Closed Connect Table 5 10 104 Serial IRQ Selector Jumper Settings The PCI 104 Voltage Setup jumper location is shown in Figure 5 11 mmc Figure 5 10 PCI 104 Serial IRQ Selector Jumper Pinout Locations 5 5 10 PCI 104 Voltage Setup Jumper Label JP2 Jumper Type 3 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 5 11 Jumper Location See Figure 5 11 The 104 Voltage Setup jumper allows the LVDS screen voltage to be set PCI 104 Voltage Setup jumper settings are shown in Table 5 11 PCI 104 Voltage Setup Description Short 1 2 5V Short 2 3 T3 3V Default Table 5 11 PCI 104 Voltage Setup Jumper Settings IE NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard The PCI 104 Voltage Setup jumper location is shown in Figure 5 11 Figure 5 11 PCI 104 Voltage Setup Jumper Pinout Locations 5 6 Chassis Installation 5 6 1 Airflow WARNING Airflow is critical to the cooling of the CPU and other onboard components The chassis in which the NOVA LX must have air vents to allow cool air to move into the system and hot air to move out The NOVA LX must be installed in a chassis with ventilation holes on the
29. 19 64 19 64 125 126 USB cable d al e ub p oque va Pipe 90 USB connector internal 4 64 65 location and pinouts 64 65 5 4 VGA connector internal location and pinouts 65 lt _ o RiIechnology Corp 205
30. 2 6 PCI Bus 2 6 1 Bus Overview The PCI bus on the Geode CS5536 chipset is interfaced through the GeodeLink connection between the Geode CS5536 and the Geode LX 800 Some features of the PCI bus are listed below PCI specification v2 2 compliant m 32 Bit 33 MHz or 66 MHz operation m Transaction FIFOs First In First Out m Bus master or slave Converts selected PCI configuration bus internal MSR Model Specific Register Capable of handling in bound transactions immediately after reset no setup Mapping of PCI virtual configuration space space is done completely in Virtual System Architecture VSA code Serialized processor control interface NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 2 6 2 PCI Bus Components The following components are interfaced through the PCI bus m 2 x PCI Ethernet controllers m 1 x PCI to ISA bridge m x PC 104 Plus interface m 1 Mini PCI slot 2 6 3 RealTek RTL8100C PCI Express Fast Ethernet Controller The PCI bus is interfaced to two RealTek RTL8100C Fast Ethernet controllers which are then connected to two RJ 45 connectors See Figure 2 11 RJ 45 Connectors RI echnology Corp IL 2 2 22 41 2 2 PL P LEHRER RON 4 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Ethernet Controllers Figure 2 11 Ethernet Interface Some of the features of the Realtek RTL8100C are listed below m Supports PCl mini PCl interfaces
31. 3 2 DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS ssessoesccssessoescocssessessossocssessossoosseesossoossosssessossosssese 7 ZU DIMENSIONS 8 2 1 1 Board 8 2 1 2 External Interface Panel Dimensions 9 PARADI NYE 9 2 3 AMD GEODE LX 800 CPU SUPPORT 11 2 3 1 AMD LX 800 SOOMHz Overview ees 1 2 3 2 AMD Geode LX 800 Memory 11 2 3 3 AMD Geode LX 800 500MHz Display aea irc 12 2 3 4 AMD Geode 800 500MHz Graphics processor esee 12 2 3 5 AMD Geode LX 800 500MHz Power 14 2 4 AMD GEODE 5536 SYSTEM CHIPSET rae prt bet Pru una pe 14 2 4 1 GeodeLink Interface xeu 15 2 4 2 AMD 55536 ATA 6 0 04 0 10000000 00000 0000 9 15 2 4 3 AMD Geode 55536 Audio Codec 97 AC 97 16 2 4 4 AMD Geode M 85550 Flash Interface 19 2 4 5 AMD Geode 35530 USB 19 2 4 6 AMD Geode CS5536 Serial Communications eese 20 2 4 7 AMD Geode CS5536 Real Time Clock 20 24 8 BIOS T 21 220 LPC BUS COMPONENTS c 21 2
32. 9 Ground GND 10 Ground GND Table 4 17 RS 232 COM Connector Pinouts 4 2 16 Serial Port Connector COM3 and COM4 RS 232 RS 422 or RS 485 CN Label CN32 CN33 CN Type 14 pin header 2x7 CN Location See Figure 4 17 CN Pinouts See Table 4 18 The 14 pin serial port connector connects to the COM3 and COM4 serial communications channels COM3 and COM4 are multi function channels In default mode COM3 and COM4 are RS 232 serial communication channels but with the COM3 and COM4 function select jumpers can be configured as either an RS 422 or RS 485 serial communications channel IE NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard M ummm 2 E o Figure 4 17 RS 232 422 485 Serial Port Connector Location PIN NO DESCRIPTION LIN DESCRIPTION Table 4 18 RS 232 RS 485 Serial Port Connector Pinouts 4 2 17 Serial Port Connector COM 5 COM 6 COM 7 and COM 8 CN Label CN25 CN Type 40 pin header 2x20 CN Location See Figure 4 18 CN Pinouts See Table 4 19 Page 60 COM 7 and 8 All four serial ports are RS 232 serial communications channels NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard serial port locations are specified below COM 5 is located on pin 1 to pin 10 COM 6 is located on pin 11 to pin 20 COM 7 is located on pin 21 to pin 30 2 1 IHE COM 8 is locate
33. _ RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard The NOVA LX Super I O Enhanced Hardware Monitor also monitors the following voltages internally VBAT The values for the above environmental parameters are all recorded in the BIOS Hardware Health Configuration menu 2 7 2 Operating Temperature and Temperature Control The maximum and minimum operating temperatures for the NOVA LX are listed below NOVA LX800W Minimum Operating Temperature 20 C Maximum Operating Temperature 70 C m NOVA LX800 Minimum Operating Temperature 0 C O Maximum Operating Temperature 60 A cooling fan and heat sink must be installed on the CPU Thermal paste must be smeared on the lower side of the heat sink before it is mounted on the CPU Heat sinks are also mounted on the northbridge and southbridge chipsets to ensure the operating temperature of these chips remain low 2 7 3 Power Consumption Table 2 3 shows the power consumption parameters for the NOVA LX running with a 500 MHz AMD Geode LX 800 processor with 256 MB of memory onboard Voltage Current 5 1 66 Table 2 3 Power Consumption NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Chapter 3 Unpacking Page 34 _ RTechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 3 1 Anti static Precautions WARNING Failure to take ESD precautions during the installation o
34. m Integrates Fast Ethernet MAC physical chip and transceiver onto a single chip m 10Mbps and 100Mbps operation m Supports 10Mbps and 100Mbps N way auto negotiation m Supports 25MHz Crystal or 25MHz OSC as the internal clock source m Complies with PC99 PC2001 standards m Supports ACPI power management m Provides PCI bus master data transfer m Provides PCI memory space or I O space mapped data transfer m Supports PCI clock speed of 16 75MHz 40MHz m Advanced power saving mode m Supports Wake on LAN and remote wake up AMD Magic Packet Link Change and Microsoft amp Wake up frame m Half Full duplex capability 9 Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard m Supports Full Duplex Flow Control IEEE 802 3x m Provides interface to 93C46 EEPROM to store resource configuration and ID parameters m Provides PCI clock run pin m Provides LED pins for network operation status indication m 2 5 3 3V power supply with 5V tolerant I Os 2 6 4 ITE IT8888F PCI to ISA Bridge An ITE IT8888F PCI to ISA bridge single function device enables legacy ISA expansion on the backplane The PCI to ISA bridge is shown in below PCI to ISA Bridge Figure 2 12 PCI to ISA Bridge IT8888F has a PCI specification v2 1 compliant 32 bit PCI bus interface and supports both PCI Bus master and slave The PCI interface supports both programmable positive and full subtractive decoding schemes Some
35. 109 D gt PIO Mode 2 2 iieri eee enint nin 109 gt Mode Auto 22 2 2222 cercana cernens 110 111 32Bit Data Transfer 111 2 Floppy A 1 44 MB 3 112 Parallel Address 378 114 Parallel Port Mode 114 gt Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 eorr teet mentor eau a nues 115 Serial Port1 Address 8 4 2 2 22 224 115 Serial Port2 Address 2 8 2222 2 2211 115 Serial Port3 Address 8 2 1 21 116 Serial Port3 IRQ 10 rcc correr ncn nnn nnn nn 116 gt Serial Port4 Address 2E8 5 11 recede 116 gt Serial 4 IRQ 10 teneret iei creep in nena uon nc eee ck necatus 117 3 Serial Port5 Address 2 01 20204 00442022004000080 recen enne nnn 117 gt Serial Pons IRQ T1 nenne rane enr pe teneor 117 Serial Port6 Address 208 118 Serial Port6 IRQ 10 118 Smbios Smi Support
36. 113 FDD device LN 91 91 I FDD flat cable 9 EDD 91 FDD flat cable 9 floppy disk connector 4 48 location and pinouts 48 floppy disk dives sees 48 front panel connector 4 50 location and pinouts 50 aei dove EE 104 general purpose input output connector 4 Geode LX BOO 11 GPIO 52 connector 4 51 location and pinouts 5 Graphics 12 Page 202 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard HDD connector uses prr eh SERRE 4 IDE connector 44 52 location and pinouts 52 IDE 20 88 89 ATA flat 88 88 89 TIEM 153 installation checklist 72 itur cL 75 AT power select 43 76 77 c rd Set OT 78 clear CMS ree rini 79 1 2 pin 9 setting 80 COM 2 function select 81 jumper configuration 75 jumper settings 75 LCD clock 1 1 82 LCD voltage selection 83 PCI 104 Voltage Setu
37. 5 2 1 Installation Notices WARNING The installation instructions described in this manual should be carefully followed in order to prevent damage to the NOVA LX NOVA LX components and injury to the user Before and during the installation please DO the following m Read the user manual O Theuser manual provides a complete description of the NOVA LX installation instructions and configuration options m Wear electrostatic discharge cuff ESD O Electronic components are easily damaged by ESD Wearing an ESD cuff removes ESD from the body and helps prevent ESD damage m Place the NOVA LX an antistatic pad O Wheninstalling or configuring the motherboard place it on an antistatic pad This helps to prevent potential ESD damage m Turn all power to the NOVA LX off IE gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard O When working with the NOVA LX make sure that it is disconnected from all power supplies and that no electricity is being fed into the system Before and during the installation of the NOVA LX DO NOT Remove any of the stickers on the PCB board These stickers are required for warranty validation Use the product before verifying all the cables and power connectors are properly connected Allow screws to come in contact with the PCB circuit connector pins or its components 5 2 2 Installation Checklist The following checklist is provided to ensure th
38. Decoding Speed option to specify the speed at which the nth memory space that must be decoded The following options are available m Subtractive Speed m Slow Speed m Medium Speed m Fast Speed gt Memory Decoding Base Address Use the Memory Decoding Base Address option to specify the base address at which the nth memory space that must be decoded The address must be a four digit number between 0000 and FFFF gt Memory Decoding Size NOTE Please refer to the reference material that came with the ISA card to ensure the correct configuration settings are made Use the Memory Decoding Size option to specify the decoding size for the nth memory space that must be decoded The following options are available m 1 m 2 Bytes Page 132 i2 2 I Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard m 4 Bytes m 8 Bytes m 16 Bytes m 32 Bytes m 64 Bytes m 128 Bytes 6 3 10 Power Use the Power menu BIOS Menu 12 to access the Advanced Power Management APM menu BIOS SETUP UTILITY BIOS Menu 12 Power Configuration Power Supply Mode ATX Use the Power Supply Mode BIOS option to to select the power supply that is connected to the system Page 133 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard DEFAULT An AT power supply is connected to the system gt power supply is connected to the system
39. Driver on your computer Cancel Figure 7 28 Installing Screen Step 10 Click FiNISH to complete the installation and exit the Install Shield Wizard Step 11 Once the installation process is complete the computer may be restarted immediately or later Select the preferred option and click FINISH to complete the installation process and exit the Install Shield Wizard Page 174 2 RIechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Appendix BIOS Options Page 175 gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard The following is a list of the BIOS options that are available on this board System Overview e 101 System Time nnn nt i unn nnn anas 102 System Date XX XX XX Ranma 102 OnBoard PCI IDE Controller Both eere 105 IDE Master and IDE 1 106 gt Auto Detected Drive nnns 107 zdbxipme E 108 ra4b ep M 108 gt 15 120 E 108 LBA Large Mode 222242 109 Block Multi Sector Transfer 22222 12
40. Keyboard amp Mouse gt 4 ae lt 2 a 586 3 c x gt T o xx E a o Figure 1 2 NOVA LX Overview Front View 1 2 2 NOVA LX Peripheral Connectors and Jumpers The NOVA LX has the following connectors on board m 1 x ATX 12V 5V power connector m 1 x ATX power enable connector m 1x Audio connector m 1 x Backlight inverter connector IE gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard m 1 x Battery connector m 1x CD in connector m 1x CompactFlash Type II CF Type 11 socket m 1x connectors 1 Floppy disk FDD connector m 1x Front panel connector m 1x General purpose input output GPIO connector 1 x connector m 1 and mouse connector m 1xLVDS connector m 1 Parallel port connector m 1xPC 104 Plus connector m 1xPC 104 Plus ISA power connector m 1x Quad RS 222 serial port connector m 2x RS 232 serial port connectors m 2x RS 232 422 485 serial port connector 1 x TTL connector 2 x USB 2 0 connectors Support four USB devices m 1x VGA connector The NOVA LX has the following external peripheral interface connectors on the board rear panel m 2 Ethernet connectors m 1x PS 2 connectors The NOVA LX has the following on board jumpers m AT or ATX power select m CF card setup wm Clear CMOS m COM 1 2 Pin 9 setting COM 3 function selec
41. Manufacturer AMD Brand String Frequency 255MHz FSB Speed 533MHz Cache 11 0 KB Cache L2 0 KB BIOS Menu 3 CPU Configuration The CPU Configuration menu BIOS Menu 3 lists the following CPU details Manufacturer Lists the name of the CPU manufacturer m Frequency Lists the CPU processing speed FSB Speed Lists the FSB speed m Cache L1 Lists the CPU L1 cache size m Cache 12 Lists the CPU L2 cache size Ratio Actual Value 6 3 2 IDE Configuration Use the IDE Configuration menu BIOS Menu 4 to change and or set the configuration of the IDE devices installed in the system Page 104 jm Piechnology Corp BIOS SETUP UTILITY B NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard IDE Configuration BIOS Menu 4 IDE Configuration OnBoard PCI IDE Controller Both Use the OnBoard PCI IDE Controller BIOS option to specify the IDE channels used by the onboard PCI IDE controller The following configuration options are available gt Disabled Prevents the system from using the onboard IDE controller gt Only allows the system to detect the Primary IDE channel including both the Primary Master and the Primary Slave gt Only allows system to detect the Secondary IDE channel including both the Secondary Master and Page 105 IE gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Secondary Slave gt Both DEFAULT Allows th
42. Port3 Address 3E8 Use the Serial Port3 Address option to select the base addresses for serial port 3 gt Disabled No base address is assigned to serial port 3 gt 3E8 DEFAULT Serial port 3 I O port address is 3E8 gt 2E8 Serial port 3 I O port address is 2E8 gt 2F0 Serial port I O port address is 2 0 gt 2 0 Serial 3 I O port address is 2 0 Serial Port3 IRQ 10 Use the Serial Port3 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 3 gt 4 Serial port 3 IRQ address is 4 gt 9 Serial port 3 IRQ address is 9 gt 10 Serial port 3 IRQ address is 10 11 Serial port 3 IRQ address is 11 2 Serial Port4 Address 2E8 Use the Serial Port4 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 4 Page 116 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard _ RITechnology Corp Disabled No base address is assigned to serial port 3 3E8 Serial port 4 I O port address is 3E8 2E8 DEFAULT Serial port 4 I O port address is 2E8 2F0 Serial port 4 I O port address is 2 0 2b0 Serial port 4 I O port address is 2 0 Serial Port4 IRQ 10 Use the Serial Port4 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 4 gt v 3 9 10 11 DEFAULT Serial port 4 IRQ address is 3 Serial port 4 IRQ address is 9 DEFAULT Serial port 4 IRQ address is 10 Serial port 4 IRQ address is 11 Serial Port5 Address 2E0 Use the Serial Port5 IRQ option to select the
43. S W CD licenses sticker w o CPU board NOVA LX XPE Windows XPE image and BSP S W CD licenses sticker w o CPU board Table 3 2 Package List Contents NIE RiIechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Chapter 4 Connector Pinouts Page 39 IE IT echnology Gorp 4 1 Peripheral Interface Connectors NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Section 4 1 2 shows peripheral interface connector locations Section 4 1 2 lists all the peripheral interface connectors seen in Section 4 1 2 4 1 1 NOVA LX Layout Figure 4 1 shows the on board peripheral connectors rear panel peripheral connectors and on board jumpers 2 888 12 1 88888 8888888 EB 13 CN33 CN18 CN30 88888 8888888 17 CN7 or CN12 N21 JE7 0 lt lt BBBBCN14 88888 JP16 CN25 CN Figure 4 1 Connector and Jumper Locations 4 1 2 Peripheral Interface Connectors Table 4 1 shows a list of the peripheral interface connectors on the NOVA LX Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found below NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard _ 0 RITechnology Corp Connector Type Label ATX 12V power connector 4 pin ATX CN1 ATX power supply enable connector 3 pin wafer CN2 Audio CD In 4 pin header CN16 Audi
44. Security menu BIOS Menu 19 to set system and user passwords Page 143 e NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main fiduanced Boot itu Chipset Pouer Exit Security Settings Install or Change the password Supervisor Password Not Installed User Password Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Passuord e Select Screen 11 Select Item Enter Change F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 59 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc BIOS Menu 19 Security Change Supervisor Password Use the Change Supervisor Password to set or change a supervisor password The default for this option is Not Installed If a supervisor password must be installed select this field and enter the password After the password has been added Install appears next to Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Use the Change User Password to set or change a user password The default for this option is Not Installed If a user password must be installed select this field and enter the password After the password has been added Install appears next to Change User Password Page 144 21 Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled Use the Boot Sector Virus Protection to enable or disable boot sector protection gt Disabled DEFAUL
45. See Table 4 12 One 40 pin IDE device connector on the NOVA LX supports connectivity to two hard disk drives CN10 39 40 422 et NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard _ 0 RITechnology Corp IDE_RST PIDE D7 06 05 04 PIDE 03 02 PIDE D1 PIDE DO PIDE DRQ PIDE IOW PIDE IOR PIDE RDY PIDE PIDE INTRQ PIDE A1 PIDE AO PIDE 5 0 PDASP 4 PIDE 08 516 4 CABLEID 6 PIDE A2 38 PIDE 5 1 40 DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION RESET GROUND GROUND DEFAULT 516 IE IT echnology Gorp PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 35 SAO 36 SA2 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Dx omen s emm Table 4 12 Secondary IDE Connector Pinouts 4 2 11 Keyboard Mouse Connector CN Label CN22 CN Type 6 pin header 1x6 CN Location See Figure 4 12 CN Pinouts See Table 4 13 The keyboard and mouse connector can be connected to a standard PS 2 cable or PS 2 Y cable to add keyboard and mouse functionality to the system M CN22 1 _ SITE Figure 4 12 Keyboard Mouse Connector Location DESCRIPTION 5V DATA MS DATA MS CLK KB DATA KB CLK GROUND NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Table 4 13 Keyboard Mouse Connector Pinouts 4 2 12 LVDS LCD Connector CN Label
46. Sound Video and Game Controllers option See Figure 7 24 Page 171 IE IT echnology Gorp Device Manager File Action Help Hee Human Interface Devices IDE ATA ATAPI controllers 352 Keyboards j Mice and other pointing devices Monitors Other devices Entertainment Encryption Decryption Controller Ethernet Controller Ethernet Controller Other PCI Bridge Device 27 Ports COM amp LPT Sound video and game controllers Legacy Video Capture Devices 2 Media Control Devices video Codecs System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Figure 7 24 Device Manager Update 7 5 LAN Driver To install the LAN driver please follow the steps below Step 1 Click LAN from the AMD LX GX CD Driver Menu to open a window to the X LAN Realtek where is the system CD drive folder on the driver CD Step 2 Open the RTL8100C folder Step 3 Locate the Setup program icon Figure 7 25 ud d im m da dm m win2000 Win98 985 WinMe Winx64 RTL8100C Select an item to view its description See layout Setup Setup SETUP ISS My Documents My Network Places My Computer Figure 7 25 Locate the Setup Program Icon Page 172 WinXP SETUP ikernel Am datat hdr data2 datal ES uninicon
47. TIME in Figure 7 18 and click NEXT Step 8 screen in Figure 7 19 appears Page 167 6 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Hardware Update Wizard This wizard helps you install software for Multimedia amp udio Controller If your hardware came with an installation CD lt gt or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do gt Install the software automatically Recommended gt Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue Figure 7 19 Audio Driver Installation Start Step 9 Select the recommended option in Figure 7 19 Step 10 The Wizard then searches for the driver See Figure 7 20 Page 168 RIechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Hardware Update Wizard Please wait while the wizard searches 2 Multimedia Audio Controller Figure 7 20 Wizard Search Step 11 The warning screen in Figure 7 21 appears Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware GeodeLX Audio Driver WDM has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardwa
48. UTF8 VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Disabled Use the VT UFT8 Combo Key Support option to enable additional keys that are not provided by VT100 for the PC 101 keyboard The VT100 Terminal Definition is the standard convention used to configure and conduct emergency management tasks with UNIX based servers VT100 does not support all keys on the standard PC 101 key layout however The VT UTF8 convention makes available additional keys that are not provided by VT100 for the PC 101 keyboard gt Disabled Disables the VT UTF8 terminal keys gt Enabled DEFAULT Enables the VT UTF8 combination key Support for ANSI VT100O terminals Sredir Memory Display Delay Disabled Use the Sredir Memory Display Delay option to select the delay before memory information is displayed Configuration options are listed below Page 124 IC jm Piechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard No Delay DEFAULT Delay 1 sec Delay 2 sec m Delay 4 sec 6 3 8 USB Configuration Use the USB Configuration menu BIOS Menu 11 to read USB configuration information and configure the USB settings USB Configuration Module Version 2 24 0 11 4 USB Devices Enabled 2 Drives BIOS Menu 11 USB Configuration USB 1 1 Controller Enabled The USB 1 1 Controller BIOS option enables or disables the USB 1 1 controller gt Disabled USB 1 1 controller disabled Page 125 IE gt
49. VCC Table 4 21 USB Port Connector Pinouts 4 2 20 VGA Connectors Internal CN Label CN4 CN Type 10 pin box header 2x4 CN Location See Figure 4 21 CN Pinouts See Table 4 22 2 6 RITechnology Corp The 2x5 VGA pin connector provides connectivity to an external VGA port enabling the system to be connected to a standard CRT screen 1 ii w i CN4 d 12 E mmo 910 Figure 4 21 Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO DESCRIPTION NO DESCRIPTION 1 L RED 2 SCL 3 L_GREEN 4 SDA 5 L_BLUE 6 GND 7 5VHSYNC 8 GND IE IT echnology Gorp 9 5VVSYNC 8 GND NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Table 4 22 VGA Connector Pinouts 4 3 External Peripheral Interface Connectors The external peripheral interface connectors on the back panel are connected to devices externally when the NOVA LX is installed in a chassis The peripheral connectors on the rear panel are m 1 x Keyboard mouse connector m 2x RJ 45 Ethernet connector Figure 4 22 NOVA LX External Interface Connectors 4 3 1 Keyboard Mouse Connector CN Label CN20 CN Type PS 2 CN Location See Figure 4 22 CN Pinouts See Table 4 23 The PCIE 9450 keyboard and mouse connector is a standard PS 2 connector NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Figure 4 23 PS 2 Pinout and Configuration PIN
50. can manually select m Vendor Lists the device manufacturer m Size List the storage capacity of the device Mode Indicates whether the LBA Logical Block Addressing is method of addressing data on a disk drive is supported or not Block Mode Block mode boosts IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data transferred Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per Page 107 IE gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard interrupt if block mode is not used Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt wm Mode Indicates the PIO mode of the installed device m Async DMA Indicates the highest Asynchronous DMA Mode that is supported wm Ultra DMA Indicates the highest Synchronous DMA Mode that is supported m S M A R T Indicates whether or not the Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology protocol is supported m 32Bit Data Transfer Enables 32 bit data transfer gt Type Auto Use the Type BIOS option select the type of device the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after the Power On Self Test POST is complete gt Not Installed BIOS is prevented from searching for an IDE disk drive on the specified channel Auto DEFAULT The BIOS auto detects the IDE disk drive type attached to the specified channel This setting should be used if an IDE hard disk drive is attached to the specified channel gt CD DVD The CD DVD option specifi
51. connector is connected to a standard external LPT interface connector To secure the LPT interface connector to the chassis please refer to the installation instructions that came with the chassis RTechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Step 5 Connect LPT device Once the LPT interface connector is connected to the chassis the LPT device can be connected to the LPT interface connector See Figure 5 17 Figure 5 17 Connect the LPT Device 5 7 7 Dual RS 232 Cable with Slot Bracket The dual RS 232 cable slot connector consists of two connectors attached to two independent cables Each cable is then attached to a D sub 9 male connector that is mounted onto a slot To install the dual RS 232 cable please follow the steps below Step 1 Locate the connectors The locations of the RS 232 connectors are shown in Chapter 3 Step 2 Insert the cable connectors Insert one connector into each serial port box headers See Figure 5 18 A key on the front of the cable connectors ensures the connector can only be installed in one direction gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Figure 5 18 Dual RS 232 Cable Installation Step 3 Secure the bracket The dual RS 232 connector has two D sub 9 male connectors secured on a bracket To secure the bracket to the chassis please refer to the reference material that came with t
52. details may cause damage to the equipment or result in personal injury Warnings should be taken seriously Warnings are easy to recognize The word warning is written as WARNING both capitalized and bold and is followed by text The text is the warning message A warning message is shown below WARNING This is an example of a warning message Failure to adhere to warning messages may result in permanent damage to the NOVA LX or personal injury to the user Please take warning messages seriously A CAUTION Cautionary messages should also be heeded to help reduce the chance of losing data or damaging the NOVA LX Cautions are easy to recognize The word caution is written as CAUTION both capitalized and bold and is followed The italicized text is the cautionary message A caution message is shown below lt _ 0 RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Ad CAUTION This is an example of a caution message Failure to adhere to cautions messages may result in permanent damage to the NOVA LX Please take caution messages seriously A NOTE These messages inform the reader of essential but non critical information These messages should be read carefully as any directions or instructions contained therein can help avoid making mistakes Notes are easy to recognize The word note is written as NOTE both capitalized and bold and is followed by text The t
53. in audio jack one speaker to the line out audio jack and a microphone to the mic in audio jack IE IT echnology Gorp 5 7 4 USB Cable Dual Port without Bracket NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard The NOVA LX is shipped with a dual port USB 2 0 cable To connect the USB cable connector please follow the steps below Step 1 Locate the connectors The locations of the USB connectors are shown in Chapter 3 WARNING If the USB pins are not properly aligned the USB device can burn out Step 2 Align the connectors The cable has two connectors Correctly align pin each cable connector with pin 1 on the NOVA LX USB connector Step 3 Insert the cable connectors Once the cable connectors are properly aligned with the USB connectors on the NOVA LX connect the cable connectors to the on board connectors See Figure 5 14 Figure 5 14 Dual USB Cable Connection Step 4 Attach the USB connectors to the chassis The USB 2 0 connectors each of two retention screw holes To secure the connectors to the chassis please refer 2 6 RIechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard to the installation instructions that came with the chassis 5 7 5 FDD Cable Connection The FDD flat cable connects to the NOVA LX to one FDD device To connect an FDD to the NOVA LX please follow the instructions below Step 1 Locate the connector The location of the FDD device connector is shown
54. interrupt address for serial port 5 gt Disabled No base address is assigned to serial port 5 gt 3E8 Serial port 6 I O port address is 3E8 gt 2E8 Serial port 6 I O port address is 2 8 gt 2F0 DEFAULT Serial port 6l O port address is 2 0 gt 2 0 Serial port 6 I O port address is 2 8 Serial Port5 IRQ 11 Use the Serial Port5 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 5 Page 117 gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard gt 10 Serial 5 IRQ address is 10 gt 11 DEFAULT Serial port 5 IRQ address is 11 Serial Address 208 Use the Serial Port6 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 6 gt Disabled No base address is assigned to serial port 6 gt 3E8 Serial port 6 I O port address is 3E8 gt 2E8 Serial port 6 I O port address is 2E8 gt 2 0 Serial 6 port address is 2 0 gt 2 0 DEFAULT Serial port 6 I O port address is 2 8 Serial Port6 IRQ 10 Use the Serial Port6 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 6 gt 10 DEFAULT Serial port 6 IRQ address is 10 gt 11 Serial port 6 IRQ address is 11 6 3 5 Hardware Health Configuration The Hardware Health Configuration menu BIOS Menu 8 shows the operating temperature fan speeds and system voltages Page 118 s aS lt jm Corp Hardware Health Configuration CPU Te
55. of the features of the IT8888F PCI to ISA bridge are listed below m PCI Interface IE gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard m Programmable PCI Address Decoders m Controller m Distributed DMA Controller m ISA Interface SMBus Serial IRQ Supports NOGO function Single 33 MHz Clock Input m 3 3V PCI I F with 5V tolerant buffers m 5V ISAI F and core Power Supply 2 6 5 PC 104 Plus Interface The PC 104 Plus interface comprises of the following components m 120 pin PCI connector m 104 ISA bus connector ISA connectivity is facilitated with a PCI lane being connected to the ISA bus connector through the 178888 PCI to ISA bridge described above RIechnology Corp 104 pin ISA Slot Figure 2 13 PC 104 Plus Components 2 6 6 Mini A Mini PCI slot on the board facilitates additional system expansion e Won l echnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Mini PCI Slot Figure 2 14 Mini PCI Slot 2 7 Environmental and Power Specifications 2 7 1 System Monitoring Three thermal inputs on the NOVA LX Super I O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitor the following temperatures m CPU Temperature Eight voltage inputs on the NOVA LX Super I O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitor the following volatages m Vcore m m 3 30 m 5 00 m 12 0V m 5VSB Cik
56. pixels Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks RAID refers to redundantly backing up data on multiple disks to ensure that if one disk fails the data is not lost and can be restored from the remaining disks in the array Random Access Memory RAM is volatile memory that loses data NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard SATA S M A R T UART UHCI USB VGA _ 0 RITechnology Corp when power is lost RAM has very fast data transfer rates compared to other storage like hard drives Serial ATA SATA is a serial communications bus designed for data transfers between storage devices and the computer chipsets The SATA bus has transfer speeds up to 1 5 Gbps and the SATA II bus has data transfer speeds of up to 3 0 Gbps Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology S M A R T refers to automatic status checking technology implemented on hard disk drives Universal Asynchronous Receiver transmitter UART is responsible for asynchronous communications on the system and manages the system s serial communication COM ports The Universal Host Controller Interface UHCI specification is a register level interface description for USB 1 1 Host Controllers The Universal Serial Bus USB is an external bus standard for interfacing devices USB 1 1 supports 12Mbps data transfer rates while USB 2 0 supports 480Mbps data transfer rates The Video Graphics Array VGA is a graphics display system develo
57. super I O 5 V only Power Supply 12 V for LCD and COM1 and COM2 Power Type AT or ATX 5 V 1 66A Power Consumption 500 MHz AMD LX 800 processor with 256 MB on board memory Temperature NOVA LX 800 0 C 60 C 32 F 140 F NOVA LX 800W 20 C 70 C 4 F 158 F Humidity operating 5 95 non condensing Dimensions LxW 203 mm x 146 mm Weight GW NW 700 9 2609 Table 1 1 Technical Specifications 219 4 54 NIE Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Chapter 2 Detailed Specifications IE 2 1 Dimensions 2 1 1 Board Dimensions The dimensions of the board are listed below m Length 203 mm m Width 146 mm 2 54 1008 mer HOGG SSSSCH OSS SSea oe te OoD00200060601090000t b 20000000 0noco 16 90 20 32 80 39 Figure 2 1 NOVA LX Dimensions mm 3 PO ESL 2186 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard _ o RIechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 2 1 2 External Interface Panel Dimensions External peripheral interface connector panel dimensions are shown in Figure 2 2 Figure 2 2 External Interface Pa
58. 0Hz 100 Hz Horizontal Sync Polarity Active low Use the Horizontal Sync Polarity option to select the active polarity of the HSYNC signal to the panel gt Active low DEFAULT signal is set as low gt Active high HSYNC signal is set as high gt Vertical Sync Polarity Active low Use the Vertical Sync Polarity option to select the active polarity of the VSYNC signal to the panel gt Active low DEFAULT VSYNC signal is set as low gt Active high VSYNC signal is set as high Page 149 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 6 8 Exit Use the Exit menu BIOS Menu 22 to load default BIOS values optimal failsafe values and to save configuration changes m BIOS SETUP UTILITY Exit Options BIOS Menu 22 Exit Save Changes and Exit Use the Save Changes and Exit option to save the changes made to the BIOS options and to exit the BIOS configuration setup program Page 150 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard _ 0 RITechnology Corp Discard Changes and Exit Use the Discard Changes and Exit option to exit the BIOS configuration setup program without saving the changes made to the system gt Discard Changes Use the Discard Changes option to discard the changes and remain in the BIOS configuration setup program Load Optimal Defaults Use the Load Optimal Defaults option to load the optimal default valu
59. 1 LAN Connection NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard There are two external RJ 45 LAN connectors for PCle GbE connection The RJ 45 connectors enable connection to an external network To connect a LAN cable with an RJ 45 connector please follow the instructions below Step 1 Locate the RJ 45 connectors The locations of the USB connectors are shown in Chapter 4 Step 2 Align the connectors Align the RJ 45 connector on the LAN cable with one of the RJ 45 connectors on the NOVA LX See Figure 5 20 Figure 5 20 LAN Connection Step 3 Insert the LAN cable RJ 45 connector Once aligned gently insert the LAN cable RJ 45 connector into the onboard RJ 45 connector 5 8 2 PS 2 Y Cable Connection The NOVA LX has a PS 2 connector on the external peripheral interface panel The dual PS 2 connector is connected to the PS 2 Y cable that came with the NOVA LX One of the PS 2 cables is connected to a keyboard and the other to a mouse to the system Follow the steps below to connect a keyboard and mouse to the NOVA LX 1 RIechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Step 1 Locate the dual PS 2 connector The location of the PS 2 connector is shown in Chapter 3 Step 2 Insert the keyboard mouse connector Insert the PS 2 connector on the end of the PS 2 y cable into the external PS 2 connector See Figure 5 21 Figure 5 21 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector Step 3 Connect the keyboard and mouse Connect the
60. 4 CAPCVENP ee 135 6 3 137 6 5 1 Boot Settings 138 6 3 2 Boot 141 6 3 3 Removable 142 6 6 SECURITY cr 143 NES I 145 Video Configuration uad sce aiit ilti td ud ua maux didt usd na i cud 146 150 DRIVER INSTALLATION 152 7 1 AVAILABLE SOFTWARE DRIVERS 153 7 2 OPEN THE DEVICE MANAGER IN WINDOWS 153 7 3 DRIVER INSTALLATION 158 7 4 AUDIO DRIVER INSTALLATION 165 Ted LAN DRIVER 172 IE gt 3 2 Enable the DIO Output Furtcfion 186 D WATCHDOG TIMER 1 187 E ADDRESS 5 22222422 45 46 65 26 6 VP op epa o eo aUa Een s epa 190 89 MAP 191 E 2 IST MB MEMORY ADDRESS 4
61. 4 2MBps Multi Word DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 13 3MBps Multi Word DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 16 6MBps IC NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard upmat upmat vupma2 vupma3 UupMA4 UpMA5 S M A R T Auto _ RITechnology Corp Ultra DMA mode 0 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 16 6MBps Ultra DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 25MBps Ultra DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 33 3MBps Ultra DMA mode 3 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 44MBps To use this mode it is required that an 80 conductor ATA cable is used Ultra DMA mode 4 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 66 6MBps To use this mode it is required that an 80 conductor ATA cable is used Ultra DMA mode 5 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 99 9MBps To use this mode it is required that an 80 conductor ATA cable is used Use the S M A R T option to auto detect disable or enable Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART on the drive on the specified channel S M A R T predicts impending drive failures The S M A R T BIOS option enables or disables this function gt Auto disabled Enabled BIOS auto detects HDD SMART support Prevents BIOS from using the HDD SMART feature Allows BIOS to use the HDD SMART feature 32B
62. 5 Parallel Port Connector Pinouts 4 2 14 PC 104 Power Input Connector CN Label CN28 CN Type 3 pin wafer 1x3 CN Location See Figure 4 15 CN Pinouts See Table 4 16 The PC 104 power input connector provides power to the PC 104 expansion module installed on the PC 104 slot VCC 12 VCC 5 m 28 1 3 Figure 4 15 104 Power Input Connector Pinouts PIN NO DESCRIPTION IE NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 1 5V 3 GND 5 12V Table 4 16 PC 104 Power Input Connector Pinouts 4 2 15 Serial Port Connectors COM1 COM2 CN Label CN30 and CN31 CN Type 10 pin header 2x5 CN Location See Figure 4 16 CN Pinouts See Table 4 17 The four 10 pin serial port connectors provide four additional RS 232 serial communications channels The four internal RS 232 serial port connectors can be connected to external RS 232 serial port devices CN30 CN31 109 109 RXDe TXD e e um Figure 4 16 RS 232 COM Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 Data Carrier Direct DCD 2 Data Set Ready DSR _ RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 3 Receive Data RXD 4 Request To Send RTS 5 Transmit Data TXD 6 Clear To Send CTS 7 Data Terminal Ready DTR 8 Ring Indicator RI
63. 5 25 Motherboard Appendix Address Mapping Page 190 2 RIechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard E 1 Address Map address Range Description DMA Controller Interrupt Controller System time Keyboard Controller System CMOS Real time Clock DMA Controller Interrupt Controller DMA Controller Numeric data processor Primary IDE Channel Serial Port 2 2 Parallel Printer Port 1 LPT1 Intel Graphics Controller Intel Graphics Controller Primary IDE Channel Standard floppy disk controller Serial Port 1 COM1 Table 1 Address Map E 2 1st MB Memory Address Map Description System memory VGA buffer System BIOS Extend BIOS Table E 2 1 MB Memory Address Page 191 IE NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard E 3 IRQ Mapping Table System Timer IRQS8 clock Keyboard IRQ9 ACPI Available IRQ10 LAN COM2 IRQ11 LAN USB2 0 SATA COM1 012 5 2 mouse SMBus Controller RQ13 FPU FDC IRQ14 Primary IDE Available IRQ15 Secondary IDE Table E 3 IRQ Mapping Table E 4 DMA Channel Assignments Available Available Floppy disk 8 bit transfer Available Cascade for DMA controller 1 Available Available Available Table E 4 IRQ Mapp
64. 5 25 Motherboard please do not proceed with the installation Contact the IEI reseller or vendor you purchased the NOVA LX from or contact an IEI sales representative directly To contact an IEI sales representative please send an email to sales iei com tw 3 3 1 Package Contents The NOVA LX is shipped with the following components Quantity Item and Part Number 1 NOVA LX ATA 66 100 flat cable P N 32200 000052 RS cable P N 32000 033800 RS KB MS PS 2 Y cable P N 32000 000138 RS NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Corp 1 Audio cable a P N 32000 072100 RS gt 1 4 P N 32200 025401 RS xpi 2 Dual USB cable wo bracket 32000 044300 5 1 Dual RS 232 cable P N 19800 000051 RS 1 Utility CD iE gt 1 Mini jumper pack 2 4mm et 93 P N 33100 000079 RS 92 e Or Mini jumper pack 2 0mm egeo P N 33100 000033 RS Table 3 1 Package List Contents 3 4 Optional Items FDD cable P N 32200 000017 RS NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Parallel port cable P N 19800 000049 RS RS 422 485 cable with bracket P N 19800 000063 RS 4 COM w bracket P N IO KIT 4COM R10 NOVA LX CE060 Windows CE 6 0 image and BSP
65. 58 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard EE RTechnology Corp Step 4 Double click the Setup program icon in Figure 7 25 Step 5 The Install Shield Wizard is prepared to guide the user through the rest of the process Figure 7 26 InstallShield Wizard 1 E LanSetup for RHEALTEK Gigabit and Fast Ethernet MIC Driver 8 Setup 1 80 635 Setup is preparing the Install5 hield e wizard which will quide vou through the rest of the setup process Please wall P Cancel Figure 7 26 Preparing Setup Screen Step 6 Onceinitialized the Install Wizard welcome screen appears Figure 7 27 REALTEK Gigabit and Fast Ethernet NIC Driver Setup LanSetup Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for REALTEK Gigabit and Fast Ethernet NIC Driver The InstallShield Wizard will install REALTEK Gigabit and Fast Ethernet NIC Driver on your computer To continue click Next Page 173 6 lechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Figure 7 27 Install Wizard Welcome Screen Step 7 Click NEXT to continue the installation or CANCEL to stop the installation Step 8 The Install Wizard starts to install the LAN driver Step 9 Once the installation is complete the InstallShield Wizard Complete screen appears Figure 7 28 REALTEK Gigabit and Fast Ethernet NIC Driver Setup LanSetup InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing REALTEK Gigabit and Fast Ethernet NIC
66. 8 6 1 INTRODUCTION 99 6 1 1 Starting 99 6 1 2 99 WERE mr HR Mor 100 6 1 4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration Changes cesse 100 6 1 3 BIOS Men DUF NE 100 6 2 MAIN MT 101 102 6 34 CPU Un ssent 103 6 3 2 IDE 104 6 3 2 1 Master IDE 0 04 468000 8 106 _ RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 6 3 3 Floppy 1 112 6 3 4 Super asco acters aerate das cared E 113 6 3 5 Hardware Health 1 118 NNI M 120 6 3 7 Remote Access 1 121 valide tu dad E 125 6 3 9 ITS888 1 126 6 3 9 1 ISA Decode JO Spaces eeta E EEEE 127 6 3 9 2 ISA Decode 130 ORTI 133 6 3 10 1 13
67. Computer we Disk drives 2 Display adapters gt DVD CD ROM drives Floppy disk controllers JB Floppy disk drives Human Interface Devices IDE controllers gt Keyboards 3 Mice and other pointing devices Ee oe ee EE Monitors Other devices Entertainment Encryption Decryption Controller Ethernet Controller Ethernet Controller Multimedia Other PCI Update Driver 1 9 Ports COM amp LPT Disable Processors Uninstall Scan for hardware changes Properties Figure 7 17 Update Audio Driver Selection Page 166 NE ELLE ji lt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Step 4 Select the UPDATED EE Corp RIVER option in the small window shown in Figure 7 17 Step 5 The HARDWARE UPDATE WIZARD in Figure 7 18 appears Hardware Update Wizard Welcome to the Hardware Update Wizard Windows will search for current and updated software by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with your permission Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software Yes this time only Yes now and every time connect a device 2 No not this time Click Next to continue Figure 7 18 Hardware Update Wizard Step 6 Make sure the driver CD is in the disk Step 7 Select NO NOT THIS
68. D website or the Geode LX 800 series data book available from AMD Feature AMD Geode LX Processor Color Depth 8 16 32 bpp A RGB 4 and 8 bit indexed ROPs 256 2 src dest and pattern BLT Buffers FIFOs in Graphics Processor BLT Splitting Managed by hardware Video Synchronized BLT Vector Throttle by VBLANK Bresenham Lines Yes Patterned stippled Lines Yes Screen to Screen BLT Yes Screen to Screen BLT with mono expansion Yes Memory to Screen BLT Yes throttled rep movs writes Accelerated Text No Pattern Size Mono 8x8 pixels Pattern Size Color 8x8 pixels Monochrome Pattern Yes with inversion Dithered Pattern 4 color No Color Pattern 8 16 32 bpp Transparent Pattern Monochrome Solid Fill Yes NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Pattern Fill Yes Transparent Source Monochrome Color Key Source Transparency Y with mask Variable Source Stride Yes Variable Destination Stride Yes Destination Write Bursting Yes Selectable BLT Direction Vertical and Horizontal Alpha BLT Yes constant a pix or sep a channel VGA Support Decodes Register Pipeline Depth Unlimited Accelerated Rotation BLT 8 16 32 bpp Color Depth Conversion 5 6 5 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 Table 2 1 Geode LX Graphic
69. Enabled eese 120 Page 176 dii 4 aS IC _ RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Remote Access 121 Serial Port Number 122 Serial Port 42 22 2 1 1 41 11 122 FLOW CON Ols 122 Redirection after BIOS 2 4 244 4 1442 41 220 12 12 4 1 1 122 Terminal 122 VT UTF8 Combo Key 122 Sredir Memory Display Delay 122 Serial Port Number 1 122 Base Address IRQ 3F8h 4 1 eere eere sees 123 Serial Port Mode 115200 8 11 2 22 221 2 123 D gt Flow Control None 1n coner nr tnn nne nnne 123 Redirection After BIOS POST Always eee 123 Terminal Type 1
70. IOS Use the AddOn ROM Display Mode option to allow add on ROM read only memory messages to be displayed gt 5 DEFAULT The system forces third party BIOS to display during system boot gt Keep Current The system displays normal information during system boot Bootup Num Lock On Use the Bootup Num Lock BIOS option to specify if the number lock setting must be modified during boot up gt Off Does not enable the keyboard Number Lock automatically To use the 10 keys on the keyboard press the Number Lock key located on the upper left hand corner of the 10 key pad The Number Lock LED on the keyboard lights up when the Number Lock is engaged gt DEFAULT Allows the Number Lock on keyboard to be enabled automatically when the computer system boots up This allows the immediate use of the 10 key numeric keypad located on the right side of the keyboard To confirm this the Number Lock LED light on the keyboard is lit gt Boot From LAN Support Disabled Use the BOOT From LAN Support option to enable the system to be booted from a remote system Page 140 jm Piechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard gt Disabled Default Cannot be booted from a remote system through the LAN gt Enabled Default Can be booted from a remote system through the LAN 6 5 2 Boot Device Priority Use the Boot Device Priority menu BIOS Menu 17 to specify the boot sequenc
71. N 1 LCD Vcc 2 LCD Vcc 3 GND 4 GND 5 LCD Vcc 6 LCD Vcc 7 SDA 8 GND 9 BO 10 1 11 B2 12 B3 13 B4 14 B5 15 B6 16 B7 17 GO 18 G1 19 G2 20 G3 21 G4 22 G5 23 G6 24 G7 RITechnology Corp OLCD_VCC TFT BO TFT B4 TFT B6 GO G2 4 TFT 66 2 4 FPCLK LCD EN ol SCL IE NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 25 RO 26 R1 26 R2 28 R3 29 R4 30 R5 31 R6 32 R7 33 GND 34 GND 35 CLK 36 VSYNC 37 LCD EN 38 HSYNC 39 SCL 40 DISP EN Table 4 20 TFT LCD TTL Port Connector Pinouts 4 2 19 USB Connectors Internal CN Label CN12 and CN13 CN Type 8 pin header 2x4 CN Location See Figure 4 20 CN Pinouts See Table 4 21 The 2x4 USB pin connectors each provide connectivity to two USB 1 1 or two USB 2 0 ports Each USB connector can support two USB devices Additional external USB ports are found on the rear panel The USB ports are used for bus expansion onn m oF 0 CN12 1 5 USB DT1 USB DTt USB 0 USB 0 1 7 Figure 4 20 USB Connector Pinout Locations Page 64 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 2 GND 3 DATAN 4 DATAM 5 DATAN 6 DATAN 7 GND 8
72. T Disables the boot sector virus protection gt Enabled Enables the boot sector virus protection 6 7 Chipset Use the Chipset menu BIOS Menu 20 to access the NorthBridge and SouthBridge configuration menus WARNING Setting the wrong values for the Chipset BIOS selections in the Chipset BIOS menu may cause the system to malfunction Page 145 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard fiduanced Chipset Settings WARNING Setting wrong values below sections may cause system to malfunction BIOS Menu 20 Chipset gt OnBoard AC97 Audio Enabled The OnBoard AC97 Audio option enables or disables the AC 97 CODEC gt Disabled The onboard AC 97 is disabled gt DEFAULT onboard 97 automatically detected and enabled 6 7 1 Video Configuration Use the Video Configuration menu BIOS Menu 21 to configure the chipset settings on the chipset so that they comply with the display device connected to the system Page 146 jm Piechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Advanced Chipset Settings Flat Panel Configuration BIOS Menu 21 Video Configuration Internal Graphics Memory 32 The Internal Graphic Memory option to specify the amount of internal memory is allocated to the graphics Insert an EVEN number of MB in this entry between 2 and 254 Boot Display Type Panel CRT The Boot Display Type BIOS option selects t
73. X 5 25 form factor motherboard is an AMD LX 800 platform with 256 MB of on board DDR SDRAM support for dual 10 100 Mbps Ethernet eight serial ports digital I O interface and audio The NOVA LX also supports multiple display unit types including VGA LVDS and TTL A PC 104 slot and four USB 2 0 ports are available for system expansion and peripheral device connection A Mini PCI slot is also available for expansion There are two NOVA LX models The NOVA LX 800 operates in a normal temperature range and the NOVA LX 800W operates in a much wider temperature range 1 1 1 NOVA LX Features Some of the NOVA LX features are listed below m 5 25 form factor m AMD Geode LX 800 processor 256 MB on board memory be increased to 512 MB Supports VGA 24 bit TTL and single channel 18 bit LVDS displays m Six RS 222 serial connectors and two RS 232 422 485 serial connectors m Wide operating temperature supported m RoHS compliant m Supports AT or ATX power supplies Riechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 1 2 NOVA LX Overview 1 2 1 NOVA LX Overview Photo The NOVA LX has a wide variety of peripheral interface connectors Figure 1 2 is a labeled photo of the peripheral interface connectors on the NOVA LX 5 45 5 gt 2c Fo 5 52 xxNuSa o 3 Power 23 Input Print 2x Ethernet VGA
74. age 181 IE gt IrDA L1 Cache L2 Cache LCD LVDS MAC PCle POST QVGA RAID RAM Page 182 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Infrared Data Association IrDA specify infrared data transmission protocols used to enable electronic devices to wirelessly communicate with each other The Level 1 Cache L1 Cache is a small memory cache built into the system processor The Level 2 Cache L2 Cache is an external processor memory cache Liquid crystal display LCD is a flat low power display device that consists of two polarizing plates with a liquid crystal panel in between Low voltage differential signaling LVDS is a dual wire high speed differential electrical signaling system commonly used to connect LCD displays to a computer The Media Access Control MAC protocol enables several terminals or network nodes to communicate in a LAN or other multipoint networks Express PCle is a communications bus that uses dual data lines for full duplex two way serial point to point communications between the SBC components and or expansion cards and the SBC chipsets Each line has a 2 5 Gbps data transmission rate and a 250 MBps sustained data transfer rate The Power on Self Test POST is the pre boot actions the system performs when the system is turned on Quarter Video Graphics Array QVGA refers to a display with a resolution of 320 x 240
75. al connectors are found on the motherboard and are only accessible when the motherboard is outside of the chassis This section has complete descriptions of all the internal peripheral connectors on the NOVA LX 4 2 1 ATX 12V Power Connector CN Label CN1 CN Type 4 pin ATX power connector 1x4 CN Location See Figure 4 2 CN Pinouts See Table 4 3 The 4 pin ATX power connector is connected to an ATX power supply RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Table 4 3 ATX Power Connector Pinouts 4 2 2 ATX Power Supply Enable Connector CN Label CN2 CN Type 3 pin wafer 1x3 CN Location See Figure 4 3 CN Pinouts See Table 4 4 The ATX power supply enable connector enables the NOVA LX to be connected to an ATX power supply In default mode the NOVA LX can only us an AT power supply To enable an ATX power supply the AT Power Select jumper must also be configured Please refer to Chapter 3 for more details IE NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard PS ON VCC5SB 5 V Standby Table 4 4 ATX Power Supply Enable Connector Pinouts 4 2 3 Audio CD In Connector 4 pin CN Label CN16 CN Type 4 pin header CN Location See Figure 4 4 CN Pinouts See Table 4 5 The 4 pin audio CD in connector is connected to an external audio CD device for the input and output of audio signals from a CD player to the system
76. ales iei com tw gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 5 4 CF Card Installation NOVA LX can support both CF Type cards and CF Type II cards For the complete specifications of the supported CF cards please refer to Chapter 2 To install the a CF card Type 1 or Type 2 onto the NOVA LX please follow the steps below Step 1 Locate the CF card socket Place the NOVA LX on an anti static pad with the solder side facing up Locate the CF card Step 2 Align the CF card Make sure the CF card is properly aligned with the CF socket Step 3 Insert the CF card Gently insert the CF card into the socket making sure the Socket pins are properly inserted into the socket See Figure 5 1 lt Corp Figure 5 1 CF Card Installation 5 5 Jumper Settings A NOTE PLASTICCLIP OPEN CLOSED A jumper is a metal bridge that is used to close an electrical circuit It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip often protected by a plastic cover that slides over the pins to connect them 1 iW CLOSE SHORT a jumper means connecting the pins of the jumper with the plastic clip and Jumper to OPEN a jumper means removing the plastic clip from a jumper Before the NOVA LX is installed in the system the jumpers must be set in accordance with the desired configuration Th
77. and 2 for a few seconds then remove the jumper cap and enable pins 1 and 2 to remain open If the CMOS Settings Wrong message is displayed during the boot up process the fault may be corrected by pressing the F1 to enter the CMOS Setup menu Do one of the following m Enter the correct CMOS setting m Load Optimal Defaults Load Failsafe Defaults After having done one of the above save the changes and exit the CMOS Setup menu The clear CMOS jumper settings are shown in Table 5 5 IE T echnology Gorp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Jumper Select Description Short 1 2 Keep CMOS Setup Default Short 2 3 Clear CMOS Setup Table 5 5 Clear CMOS Jumper Settings The location of the clear CMOS jumper is shown in Figure 5 5 below Figure 5 5 Clear CMOS Jumper 5 5 5 COM 1 2 Pin 9 Setting Jumper Jumper Label JP16 Jumper Type 10 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 5 8 Jumper Location See Figure 5 8 The COM 1 2 Pin 9 Setting jumper configures pin 9 on COM 1 and COM 2 as either a 5 12 power source or as a ring in RI line The COM 1 2 Pin 9 Setting jumper selection options are shown in Table 5 8 COM 1 2 RI Pin Description Short 1 3 1 RI Pin use 12V Default Short 3 5 1 RI Pin use 5V Short 7 9 COM 1 RI Pin use RI Short2 4 COM 2 RI Pin use 12V _ 0 RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Moth
78. and the parallel port device and the transmission rates between the two are much faster than the Normal mode The parallel port becomes compatible with EPP devices described above Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 The Parallel Port Address BIOS option assigns the parallel port interrupt address The following address options are available gt IRQ5 Parallel port interrupt address is IRQ5 gt IRQ7 Default Parallel port interrupt address is IRQ7 Serial Port1 Address 3F8 IRQ4 Use the Serial Port1 Address option to select the Serial Port 1 base address gt Disabled No base address is assigned to Serial Port 1 gt 3F8 IRQ4 DEFAULT Serial 1 I O port address is 3F8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 gt 3E8 IRQ4 Serial Port 1 I O port address is 3E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 gt 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port 1 I O port address is 2E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ3 2 Serial Port2 Address 2F8 IRQ3 Use the Serial Port2 Address option to select the Serial Port 2 base address Page 115 IE gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard gt Disabled No base address is assigned to Serial Port 2 gt 2F8 IRQ3 DEFAULT Serial 2 address is 3F8 and the interrupt address is gt 3E8 IRQ4 Serial Port 2 I O port address is 3E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 gt 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port 2 I O port address is 2E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ3 Serial
79. came with the ISA card being implemented on the NOVA LX These settings must are user defined Page 127 e fiduanced ISA Decode 10 Spaces Decode 1 0 Space 0 1 0 Decoding Speed 1 0 Decoding Base Addr 1 0 Decoding Size Decode 1 0 Space 1 1 0 Decoding Speed 1 0 Decoding Base Addr 1 0 Decoding Size Decode 1 0 Space 2 1 0 Decoding Speed 1 0 Decoding Base Addr 1 0 Decoding Size Decode 0 Space 3 1 0 Decoding Speed 1 0 Decoding Base Addr 1 0 Decoding Size Decode I 0 Space 4 1 0 Decoding Speed 1 0 Decoding Base Addr 1 0 Decoding Size Decode 1 0 Space 5 1 0 Decoding Speed 1 0 Decoding Base Addr 1 0 Decoding Size Boot BIOS SETUP UTILITY Secur ity Enabled Medium Speed 100 128 Bytes Enabled Medium Speed 100 128 Butes Enabled Medium Speed 1001 128 Bytes Enabled Medium Speed 100 128 Bytes Enabled Medium Speed 100 128 Bytes Enabled Medium Speed 340 32 Bytes NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Chipset TL Fi F10 ESC Power Exit Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02 59 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Figure 6 2 Decode IO Spaces Decode I O Space n Enabled Please refer to reference material that came with the ISA card to ensure the correct configuration settings are
80. ce Devices 63 IDE ATA ATAPI controllers Keyboards 7 Mice and other pointing devices E Other devices Entertainment Encryption Decryption Controller Ethernet Controller Ethernet Controller Multimedia Audio Controller Other PCI Bridge Device Video Controller YGA Compatil y 4 Y Ports COM amp LPT 8 Processors 6 Sound video and game controllers Update Driver Disable Uninstall Scan for hardware changes Properties Figure 7 8 Update Driver Selection Page 159 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Step 4 Select the UPDATE DRIVER option in the small window shown in Figure 7 8 Step 5 The HARDWARE UPDATE WIZARD in Figure 7 9 appears Hardware Update Wizard Welcome to the Hardware Update Wizard Windows will search for current and updated software by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with your permission Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software Yes this time only Yes now and every time connect a device No not this time Click Next to continue Figure 7 9 Hardware Update Wizard Step 6 Make sure the driver CD is in the disk Step 7 Select NO NOT THIS TIME in Figure 7 9 and click NEXT Step 8 screen in Figure 7 10 appears Page 160 a EE Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Hard
81. configuration options found in the menu items at the top of the BIOS screen and listed above Page 100 Ai 2 IC NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 6 2 Main jm Piechnology Corp The Main BIOS menu BIOS Menu 1 appears when the BIOS Setup program is entered The Main menu gives an overview of the basic system information System Overview AMIBIOS Version 08 00 14 Build Date 03 15 07 ID BOS6NT 12 Processor Speed 255 2 Count System Memory Size 1916 5 1 System Overview The System Overview lists a brief summary of different system components The fields in System Overview cannot be changed The items shown in the system overview include AMI BIOS Displays auto detected BIOS information O Version Current BIOS version Build Date Date the current BIOS version was made O ID Installed BIOS ID Page 101 gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard m Processor Displays auto detected CPU specifications O Type Names the currently installed processor Speed Lists the processor speed O Count The number of CPUs on the motherboard m System Memory Displays the auto detected system memory O Size Lists memory size The System Overview field also has two user configurable fields System Time xx xx xx Use the System Time option to set the system time Manually enter the hour
82. controller on the AMD Geode CS5536 has a maximum transfer rate of 100MB s ATA 6 includes advancements in error checking and ATA 6 drives are compatible with future interface additions 1 x IDE Connector IE gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard The onboard ATA 6 controller is able to support the following IDE HDDs m Ultra ATA 100 with data transfer rates up to 100MB s m Ultra ATA 66 with data transfer rates up to 66MB s m Ultra ATA 33 with data transfer rates up to 33MB s Specification Ultra ATA 100 Ultra ATA 66 Ultra ATA 100 IDE devices 2 2 2 PIO Mode 0 4 0 4 0 4 PIO Max Transfer Rate 16 6 MB s 16 6 MB s 16 6 MB s DMA UDMA designation UDMA 3 4 UDMA 3 4 UDMA 2 DMA UDMA Max Transfer 100MB s 66MB s 33MB s Controller Interface 5V 5V 5V Table 2 2 Supported HDD Specifications 2 4 3 AMD Geode CS5536 Audio Codec 97 AC 97 Controller The AC 97 specification v2 3 compliant controller on the chipset is interfaced to a 20 bit DAC and 18 bit ADC full duplex AC 97 2 3 stereo RealTek ALC203 codec The ALC203 is then connected to a 10 pin audio connector to which an audio kit can easily be connected 4272 lt I S8 Ki uo AST 2 AC 97 Codec Audio Connector Figure 2 6 AC 97 Codec and Audio Connector The codec meets performance requirements for audio on PC99 2001 systems Some of the codec features are l
83. d 31 to 40 mm 7 li 25 40 39 Figure 4 18 2 to 4 Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 DCD5 2 DSR5 3 RXD5 4 RTS5 5 TXD5 6 CTS5 7 DTR5 8 RI5 9 GND 10 GND 11 DCD6 12 DSR6 13 RXD6 14 RTS6 15 TXD6 16 CTS6 17 DTR6 18 RI6 RTechnology Corp The 40 pin serial port connector contains the following four serial ports COM 5 COM 6 IE NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 19 GND 20 GND 21 DCD7 22 DSR7 23 RXD7 24 RTS7 25 TXD7 26 CTS7 27 DTR7 28 RI7 29 GND 30 GND 31 DCD8 32 DSR8 33 RXD8 34 RTS8 35 TXD8 36 CTS8 37 DTR8 38 RI8 39 GND 40 GND Table 4 19 COM 2 to COM 4 Connector Pinouts 4 2 18 TFT LCD TTL Connector CN Label CN6 CN Type 40 pin crimp 2x20 CN Location See Figure 4 19 CN Pinouts See Table 4 20 The TFT LCD LVDS can be connected to a TFT LCD screen directly NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 42 LCD en TFT B110 TFT B3 B544 B7 Gl G3 65 Ri R3 R5 R7 O Do 1 VSYNC ac HSYNC DISPEN40 44 Figure 4 19 TFT LCD TTL Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO DESCRIPTION NO DESCRIPTIO
84. e NOVA LX is properly installed the items in the packing list are present The CPU is installed The CPU cooling kit is properly installed A compatible memory module is properly inserted into the slot The CF Type or CF Type card is properly installed into the CF socket The jumpers have been properly configured The NOVA LX is inserted into a chassis with adequate ventilation The correct power supply is being used The following devices are properly connected O Primary and secondary IDE device O Power supply USB cables O Serial port cables VGA cable The following external peripheral devices are properly connected to the chassis O Keyboard O Parallel port device printer O LAN connection RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 5 3 Unpacking 5 3 1 Unpacking Precautions When the NOVA LX is unpacked please do the following Follow the anti static precautions outlined in Section 5 1 m Make sure the packing box is facing upwards so the NOVA LX does not fall out of the box Make sure all the components in the checklist shown in Chapter 3 are present If some of the components listed the checklist in Chapter 3 are missing please do not proceed with the installation Contact the IEI reseller or vendor you purchased the NOVA LX from or contact an IEI sales representative directly To contact an IEI sales representative please send an email to s
85. e from the available devices Possible boot devices may include m 1 FLOPPY DRIVE HDD CD DVD Next directory Boot Device Priority Specifies the boot sequence from the 1st Boot Device available devices A device enclosed in parenthesis has been disabled in the corresponding type menu Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02 59 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc BIOS Menu 17 Boot Device Priority Settings Page 141 gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 6 5 3 Removable Drives Use the Removable Drives menu BIOS Menu 18 to specify the boot sequence of the available FDDs When the menu is opened the FDDs connected to the system are listed as shown below m 151 Drive 1st FLOPPY DRIVE m 2nd Drive 2nd FLOPPY DRIVE NOTE Only the drives connected to the system are shown For example if only one FDD is connected only 151 Drive is listed The boot sequence from the available devices is selected the 151 Drive option is selected a list of available FDDs is shown Select the first FDD the system boots from If the 151 Drive is not used for booting this option may be disabled Page 142 842 54 jm Piechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Removable Drives BIOS Menu 18 Removable Drives 6 6 Security Use the
86. e jumpers on the NOVA LX are listed in Table 5 1 IE NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Description Label Type AT or ATX power select JP7 3 pin header CF card setup JP1 3 pin header Clear CMOS JP8 3 pin header COM 1 2 Pin 9 setting JP16 10 pin header COM 3 function select JP12 6 pin header COM 4 function select JP13 6 pin header LCD clock setting JP5 3 pin header LCD voltage selection JP6 3 pin header PCI 104 Voltage Setup JP2 3 pin header PC 104 Plus SERIRQ Select JP9 3 pin header Table 5 1 Jumpers 5 5 1 AT Power Select Jumper Settings Jumper Label JP1 Jumper Type 2 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 5 2 Jumper Location See Figure 5 2 The AT Power Select jumper specifies the systems power mode as AT or ATX AT Power Select jumper settings are shown in Table 5 2 AT Power Select Description Short Use AT power Default Open Use ATX power Table 5 2 AT Power Select Jumper Settings NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard RTechnology Corp The location of the AT or ATX Power Select jumper is shown in Figure 5 2 below M a m mmo Figure 5 2 AT Power Select Jumper Location 5 5 2 AT or ATX Power Select Jumper Settings Jumper Label JP7 Jumper Type 23 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 5 2 Jumper Location See Figure 5 2 The AT or ATX Power Se
87. e system to detect both the Primary and Secondary IDE channels including the Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Secondary Slave IDE Master and IDE Slave When entering setup BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices This displays the status of the auto detected IDE devices The following IDE devices are detected and are shown in the IDE Configuration menu m Primary IDE Master m Primary IDE Slave m Secondary IDE Master m Secondary IDE Slave The IDE Configuration menu BIOS Menu 4 allows changes to the configurations for the IDE devices installed in the system If an IDE device is detected and one of the above listed four BIOS configuration options are selected the IDE configuration options shown in Section 6 3 2 1 appear 6 3 2 1 IDE Master IDE Slave Use the IDE Master and IDE Slave configuration menu to view both primary and secondary IDE device details and configure the IDE devices connected to the system Page 106 jm Piechnology Corp Primary IDE Master Device Detected BIOS Menu 5 IDE Master and IDE Slave Configuration Auto Detected Drive Parameters The grayed out items in the left frame are IDE disk drive parameters automatically detected from the firmware of the selected IDE disk drive The drive parameters are listed as follows m Device Lists the device type e g hard disk CD ROM etc m Indicates the type of devices a user
88. e the DIO Input Function The BIOS interrupt call INT 15H controls the digital An assembly program to enable digital input functions is listed below MOV 6F08H Sets the digital port as input INT 15H Initiates the INT 15H BIOS call C 3 2 Enable the DIO Output Function The BIOS interrupt call INT 15H controls the digital An assembly program to enable digital output functions is listed below MOV AX 6F09H Sets the digital port as output MOV BL 09H INT 15H Initiates the INT 15H BIOS call Page 186 i lt NIE jTechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Appendix D Watchdog Timer Page 187 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard The following discussion applies to DOS environment IEI support is contacted or the IEI website visited for specific drivers for more sophisticated operating systems e g Windows and Linux The Watchdog Timer is provided to ensure that standalone systems can always recover from catastrophic conditions that cause the CPU to crash This condition may have occurred by external EMI or a software bug When the CPU stops working correctly Watchdog Timer either performs a hardware reset cold boot or a Non Maskable Interrupt NMI to bring the system back to a known state A BIOS function call INT 15H is used to control the Watchdog Timer INT 15H AH 6FH S
89. er Interface AHCI is a SATA Host controller register level interface The Advanced Power Management APM application program interface enables the inclusion of power management in the BIOS An ATAPI Removable Media Device ARMD is any ATAPI device that supports removable media besides CD and DVD drives Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared ASKIR is a form of modulation that represents a digital signal by varying the amplitude volume of the signal Alow amplitude signal represents a binary 0 while a high amplitude signal represents a binary 1 The Basic Input Output System BIOS is firmware that is first run when the computer is turned on and can be configured by the end user The Compressor Decompressor CODEC encodes and decodes digital audio data on the system Complimentary metal oxide conductor is an integrated circuit used in chips like static RAM and microprocessors COM refers to serial ports Serial ports offer serial communication to expansion devices The serial port on a personal computer is usually a male DB 9 connector The Digital to Analog Converter DAC converts digital signals to analog signals NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard DDR DMA DIMM DIO EHCI EIDE EIST FSB GbE GPIO HDD ICH _ 0 RITechnology Corp Double Data Rate refers to a data bus transferring data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock signal Direct Memor
90. erboard Short 4 6 COM 2 RI Pin use 5V Short 8 10 COM 2 RI Pin use RI Table 5 6 COM 1 2 Pin 9 Setting Jumper Settings The COM 1 2 Pin 9 Setting jumper location is shown in Figure 5 8 below 6 il l oum 2 rU Figure 5 6 COM 1 2 Pin 9 Setting Jumper Location 5 5 6 COM 3 4 Function Select Jumper Jumper Label JP12 and JP13 Jumper Type 6 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 5 7 Jumper Location See Figure 5 7 The COM 3 4 Function Select jumper sets the communication protocol used by the second serial communications port COM 3 4 as RS 232 RS 422 or RS 485 The COM 2 Function Select settings are shown in Table 5 7 COM 2 Function Select Description Short 1 2 RS 232 Default Short 3 4 RS 422 IE IT echnology Gorp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Short 5 6 RS 485 Table 5 7 COM 3 4 Function Select Jumper Settings The COM 3 4 Function Select jumper location is shown in Figure 5 7 JP12 JP13 65 65 2 1 21 MES _ OM Figure 5 7 COM 2 Function Select Jumper Location 5 5 7 LCD Clock Select Jumper Jumper Label JP5 Jumper Type 3 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 5 1 Jumper Location See Figure 5 8 The LCD Clock Select jumper enables the LCD clock to be inverted The LCD Clock Select settings are shown in Table 5 1
91. erty window Figure 7 4 Step 9 The screen in Figure 7 5 appears Page 156 27 gt lt _ RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard System Properties System Restore Automatic Updates Remote General Computer Name i Advanced Device Manager 2 The Device Manager lists all hardware devices installed on your computer Use the Device Manager to change the properties of any device Drivers E Driver Signing lets you make sure that installed drivers are compatible with Windows Windows Update lets you set up how Windows connects to Windows Update for drivers Hardware Profiles g Hardware profiles provide a way for you to set up and store different hardware configurations Hardware Profiles Figure 7 5 Open Device Manager Step 10 Double click the DEVICE MANAGER tab in Figure 7 5 Step 11 The Device Manager screen in Figure 7 6 appears Page 157 IE IT echnology Gorp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Device Manager File Action Help 2 TEST 4545802D0E 3 Batteries Computer e Disk drives DVD CD ROM drives Floppy disk controllers JA Floppy disk drives Human Interface Devices IDE ATA ATAPI controllers 5 gt Keyboards TS Mice and other pointing devices Other devices Entertainment Encryption Decryption Controller Ethernet Controller Ethernet Controller Multimedia Audio Controller Othe
92. es for each of the parameters on the Setup menus F9 key can be used for this operation Load Failsafe Defaults Use the Load Failsafe Defaults option to load failsafe default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus F8 key can be used for this operation Page 151 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Chapter 7 Driver Installation Page 152 _ RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 7 1 Available Software Drivers The content the CD may vary throughout the life cycle of the product and is subject to change without prior notice Visit the IEI website or contact technical support for the latest updates The NOVA LX CPU module has six software drivers m LAN driver m Audio driver m VGA driver All four drivers can be found on the CD that came with the embedded module To install the drivers please follow the instructions in the sections below 7 2 Open the Device Manager in Windows To install the drivers please access the WINDOWS DEVICE MANAGER do this follow the instructions below Step 1 Insert the CD into a CD drive of the system that contains the NOVA LX Step 2 Open WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL See Figure 7 1 Page 153 IE IT echnology GCorp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Internet D My Documents Internet Explorer lt My Recent Documents E mail gt Outlook Ex
93. es that an IDE CD ROM drive is attached to the specified IDE channel The BIOS does not attempt to search for other types of IDE disk drives on the specified channel gt This option specifies Removable Media Device These include but are not limited to gt ZIP 15 120 Page 108 _ RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard LBA Large Mode Auto Use the LBA Large Mode option to disable or enable BIOS to auto detects LBA Logical Block Addressing LBA is a method of addressing data on a disk drive In LBA mode the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB gt Disabled BIOS is prevented from using the LBA mode control on the specified channel gt DEFAULT BIOS auto detects LBA mode control on the specified channel Block Multi Sector Transfer Auto Use the Block Multi Sector Transfer to disable or enable BIOS to auto detect if the device supports multi sector transfers gt Disabled BIOS is prevented from using Multi Sector Transfer on the specified channel The data to and from the device occurs one sector at a time gt DEFAULT BIOS auto detects Multi Sector Transfer support on the drive on the specified channel If supported the data transfer to and from the device occurs multiple sectors at a time Mode Auto Use the PIO Mode option to select the IDE PIO Programmable I O mode program timing cycles between
94. et the correct settings in this section please refer to the reference manual that came with the ISA card being implemented on the NOVA LX These settings must are user defined Page 130 842 lt r3 88 FEST L4 Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ISA Decode Memory Spaces Decode Memory Space 0 Enabled Memory Decoding Speed Medium Speed Memory Decoding Base Addr 1001 Memory Decoding Size 128 KB Decode Memory Space 1 Disabled Decode Memory Space 2 Disabled Decode Memory Space 3 Disabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02 59 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc Figure 6 3 ISA Decode Memory Spacesk l Decode Memory Space n Enabled Please refer to the reference material that came with the ISA card to ensure the correct configuration settings are made Use the Decode Memory Space n option to enable the system to decode the nth memory space on the ISA card gt Disabled Decoding of the nth memory space is disabled gt Enabled DEFAULT Decoding of the nth memory space is enabled Page 131 gt Memory Decoding Speed NOTE Please refer to the reference material that came with the ISA card to NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard ensure the correct configuration settings are made Use the Memory
95. ext is the cautionary message A note message is shown below NOTE This is an example of a note message Notes should always be read Notes contain critical information about the NOVA LX Please take note messages seriously gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Packing List NOTE If any of the components listed in the checklist below are missing please do not proceed with the installation Contact the IEI reseller or vendor you purchased the NOVA LX from or contact an IEI sales send an email to sales iei com tw representative directly To contact an IEI sales representative please The items listed below should all be included in the NOVA LX package 1 x NOVA LX single board computer 1 x mini jumper pack 1 flat cable 1 x VGA cable 1 x KB MS Y cable 1 x Audio cable 1 x 4 RS 232 Adapter cable 2 x USB cable 2 x single RS 232 cable 1 x Utility CD 1 x QIG Quick Installation Guide Images of the above items are shown in Chapter 3 lt RITechnology Corp IL ANUBODUCTION 1 2 HUNE SU 2 1 2 NOVA SLX OVERVIEW 3 1 2 1 NOVA LX OyerWew i tie eee ees 3 1 2 2 NOVA LX Peripheral Connectors and Jumpers 3 1 2 3 Technical
96. f the NOVA LX may result in permanent damage to the NOVA LX and severe injury to the user Electrostatic discharge ESD can cause serious damage to electronic components including the NOVA LX Dry climates are especially susceptible to ESD It is therefore critical that whenever the NOVA LX or any other electrical component is handled the following anti static precautions are strictly adhered to m Wear an anti static wristband Wearing a simple anti static wristband can help to prevent ESD from damaging the board m Self grounding Before handling the board touch any grounded conducting material During the time the board is handled frequently touch any conducting materials that are connected to the ground m Use an anti static pad When configuring the NOVA LX place it an antic static pad This reduces the possibility of ESD damaging the NOVA LX Only handle the edges of the PCB When handling the PCB hold the PCB by the edges 3 2 Unpacking 3 2 1 Unpacking Precautions When the NOVA LX is unpacked please do the following m Follow the anti static precautions outlined in Section 3 1 m Make sure the packing box is facing upwards so the NOVA LX does not fall out of the box Make sure all the components shown in Section 3 3 are present 3 3 Unpacking Checklist A NOTE If some of the components listed in the checklist below are missing NOVA LX
97. gs Configure Remote Access type and parameters BIOS Menu 10 Remote Access Configuration Remote Access Disabled Use the Remote Access option to enable or disable access to the remote functionalities of the system gt Disabled DEFAULT Remote access is disabled Page 121 gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard gt Enabled Remote access configuration options shown below appear Serial Port Number gt Serial Port Mode gt Flow Control Redirection after BIOS POST Terminal Type VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Sredir Memory Display Delay These configuration options are discussed below Serial Port Number COM1 Use the Serial Port Number option to select the serial port used for remote access gt COM1 DEFAULT System is remotely accessed through 1 gt 2 System is remotely accessed through COM2 gt System is remotely accessed through gt System is remotely accessed through gt 5 System is remotely accessed through 5 gt COM6 System is remotely accessed through COM6 NOTE Make sure the selected COM port is enabled through the Super configuration menu Page 122 122 lt _ RTechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Base Address IRQ 3F8h 4 The Base Address IRQ option cannot be configured and only shows the inte
98. he chassisStep 0 5 7 8 Single RS 232 422 485 Cable with Slot Bracket The single RS 232 422 485 cable consists of one serial port connectors attached to a serial communications cable that is then attached to a D sub 9 male connector that is mounted onto a bracket To install the single RS 232 422 485 cable please follow the steps below Step 1 Locate the connector The location of the RS 232 422 485 connector is shown in Chapter 3 Step 2 Insert the cable connector Insert the connector into the serial port box header See Figure 5 19 A key on the front of the cable connectors ensures the connector can only be installed in one direction RIechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Figure 5 19 Single RS 232 Cable Installation Step 3 Secure the bracket The single RS 232 connector has one D sub 9 male connector secured to a bracket To secure the bracket to the chassis please refer to the reference material that came with the chassis 5 8 External Peripheral Interface Connection The following external peripheral devices can be connected to the external peripheral interface connectors m RJ 45 Ethernet cable connectors m PS 2 Y cable To install these devices connect the corresponding cable connector from the actual device to the corresponding NOVA LX external peripheral interface connector making sure the pins are properly aligned I Technology Gorp 5 8
99. he display device the system uses when it boots The available options are listed below m CRT m Flat Panel m Panel CRT DEFAULT Page 147 gt Flat Panel Type 640 480 1851 LVDS NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Use the Flat Panel Type option to specify the flat panel PC type being used The following options are available m TFT m LVDS m Auto DEFAULT Flat Panel Resolution Use the LCD Panel Resolution to specify the LCD panel resolution Configuration options are listed below m 320x240 m 640 480 wm 800 600 m 1024 x 768 m 1152 x 864 1280 x 1024 1600 x 1200 Flat Panel Data Bus Please refer to the reference material that came with panel to determine the correct configuration settings Use the Flat Panel Data Bus Type to specify the panel data bus width and data type Configuration options are listed below m 9 24 bits 1 pixel clock m 18 24 bits 2 pixels clock Page 148 Ai 2 IC _ 0 RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Flat Panel Refresh Rate IN NOTE Please refer to the reference material that came with the flat panel to determine the correct configuration settings Use the Flat Panel Refresh Rate to specify the refresh rate required by the panel Configuration options are listed below m 60Hz m 70Hz m 72Hz m 75Hz m 85Hz 9
100. ing Table Page 192 EC 9 IC NAE Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Appendix Compatibility Page 193 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard The compatible items described here been tested by the IEI R amp D team and found to be compatible with the NOVA LX F 1 Compatible Operating Systems The following operating systems have been successfully run on the NOVA LX m Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 m Windows XP with Service Pack 2 Windows Vista Business 32 bit m Fedora Core 7 Page 194 Enes 842 lt La NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Appendix Hazardous Materials Disclosure Page 195 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard G 1 Hazardous Material Disclosure Table for IPB Products Certified as RoHS Compliant Under 2002 95 EC Without Mercury The details provided in this appendix are to ensure that the product is compliant with the Peoples Republic of China China RoHS standards The table below acknowledges the presences of small quantities of certain materials in the product and is applicable to China RoHS only A label will be placed on each product to indicate the estimated Environmentally Friendly Use Period EFUP This is an estimate of the number of years that these substances would not leak out or u
101. isted below m Meets Microsoft WHQL WLP 2 0 audio requirements m 20 bit DAC and 18 bit ADC resolution m 18 bit Stereo full duplex CODEC with independent and variable sampling rate m Complies with AC 97 2 3 specifications LINE HP OUT MIC IN and LINE IN sensing 14 318MHz 24 576MHz PLL saves crystal 12 288MHz BITCLK input can be consumed Integrated PCBEEP generator to save buzzer Interrupt capability O Page registers and Analog Plug 8 Play m Support of S PDIF out is fully compliant with AC 97 rev2 3 specifications m Three analog line level stereo inputs with 5 bit volume control LINE IN CD AUX IE gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard High quality differential CD input Two analog line level mono input PCBEEP PHONE IN Supports double sampling rate 96 2 of DVD audio playback Two software selectable MIC inputs 6 12 20 30dB boost preamplifier for MIC input Stereo output with 6 bit volume control Mono output with 5 bit volume control Headphone output with 50mW 20Ohm amplifier 3D Stereo Enhancement Multiple CODEC extension capability External Amplifier Power Down EAPD capability Power management and enhanced power saving features Stereo MIC record for AEC BF application DC Voltage volume control Auxiliary power to support Power Off CD Adjustable VREFOUT control 2 GPIO pins with smart GPIO volume control 2 Universal Audio Jacks UAJ O for front
102. it Data Transfer Enabled Use the 32Bit Data Transfer BIOS option to enables or disable 32 bit data transfers Page 111 6 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard gt Disabled Prevents the BIOS from using 32 bit data transfers gt Enabled DEFAULT Allows BIOS to use 32 bit data transfers on supported hard disk drives 6 3 3 Floppy Configuration Use the Floppy Configuration menu BIOS Menu 6 to set or change the configurations for floppy disk drives BIOS SETUP UTILITY Floppy Configuration Select the type of Floppy A comected to the system Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 58 C Copyright 1985 2004 American Megatrends Inc BIOS Menu 6 Floppy Configuration Floppy A 1 44 MB 312 The Floppy A configuration option determines the types of the floppy drive installed in the system The following configuration options are available Page 112 jm Piechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard m Disabled default m 360 5 1 2 MB 5 720 1 44 3 2 88 32 6 3 4 Super IO Configuration Use the Super IO Configuration menu BIOS Menu 7 to set or change the configurations for the FDD controllers parallel ports and serial ports BIOS SETUP UTILITY E Configure Uin627EHF Super IO Chipset BIOS Menu 7 Super IO Configuration Page 113
103. keyboard and mouse to the appropriate connector The keyboard and mouse connectors can distinguished from each other by looking at the small graphic at the top of the connector NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Chapter 6 BIOS Screens Page 98 _ RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 6 1 Introduction A licensed copy of AMI BIOS is preprogrammed into the ROM BIOS The BIOS setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration This chapter describes how to access the BIOS setup program and the configuration options that may be changed 6 1 1 Starting Setup The AMI BIOS is activated when the computer is turned on The setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 Press the DELETE key as soon as the system is turned on or 2 Press the DELETE key when the Press Del to enter SETUP message appears on the screen 0 If the message disappears before the DELETE key is pressed restart the computer and try again 6 1 2 Using Setup Use the arrow keys to highlight items press ENTER to select use the PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries press F1 for help and press Esc to quit Navigation keys are shown in Key rmm Move to previous item Move to next item Move to the item on the left hand side Right arrow Move to the item on the right hand side Esc key Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS S
104. l Floppy disk drives Human Interface Devices IDE ATA ATAPI controllers ae Keyboards 9 Mice and other pointing devices Monitors Other devices Entertainment Encryption Decryption Controller Ethernet Controller Ethernet Controller Multimedia Audio Controller Other PCI Bridge Device 9 97 Ports COM amp LPT Figure 7 15 Device Manager Update 7 4 Audio Driver Installation To install the Audio driver please follow the instructions below Step 1 Open the DEVICE MANAGER See Section 7 2 Step 2 Right click the MULTIMEDIA AUDIO CONTROLLER option listed under OTHER Devices in Figure 7 16 Page 165 IE IT echnology Gorp Device Manager File Action E aa TEST 4545802D0E Batteries Computer Disk drives a Display adapters DVD CD ROM drives 4 Floppy disk controllers Floppy disk drives Human Interface Devices H controllers pe Keyboards 3 Mice and other pointing devices NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Monitors Other devices Entertainment Encryption Decryption Controller Ethernet Controller a Audio Controller 9 97 Ports COM amp LPT 4 9 5 Processors Figure 7 16 Audio Controller Device Manager Step 3 The small window in Figure 7 17 appears Device Manager File Action Help lt 4 TEST 4545802D0E Batteries
105. l port LPT is compatible with the following LPT specifications IBM parallel port compatible m PS 2 compatible bi directional parallel port m Enhanced Parallel Port EPP mode supported Compatible with IEEE 1284 specifications m Extended Parallel Port EPP mode supported Compatible with IEEE 1284 specifications m Enhanced printer port back drive current protection The parallel port controller is connected to an external DB 26 LPT connector 2 5 3 4 Super Floppy Disk Drive FDD Controller The Super FDD controller is compatible with the following specifications m BM PC AT disk drive compatible m Variable write pre compensation with track selectable capability m Vertical recording format supported logic enabled m 16 data FIFOs m Overrun and under run conditions detected m Built in address mark detection circuitry to simplify the read electronics m FDD anti virus functions with software write protect and FDD write enable signal m Supports 3 5 inch or 5 25 inch FDD Compatible with industry standard 82077 m Supported capacities 360K _ RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 720K 1 2M 1 44M 2 88M m Supported transfer rates 250Kbps 300Kbps 500Kbps 1Mbps 2Mbps mode FDD and Win95 98 driver supported O OO O O O O controller is interfaced to FDD connected to the backplane through board to board con
106. lect jumper specifies the systems power mode as AT or ATX AT Power Select jumper settings are shown in Table 5 2 AT Power Select Description Short 1 2 Use AT power Default Short 2 3 Use ATX power Table 5 3 AT Power Select Jumper Settings The location of the AT or ATX Power Select jumper is shown in Figure 5 2 below IE I Technology Gorp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 1069 Figure 5 3 AT Power Select Jumper Location 5 5 3 CF Card Setup Jumper Label JP1 Jumper Type 3 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 5 4 Jumper Location See Figure 5 4 CF Card Setup jumper sets the CF card or CF Type II cards as either the slave device or the master device CF Card Setup jumper settings are shown in Table 5 4 CF Card Setup Description Short 1 2 Master Short 2 3 Slave Default Table 5 4 CF Card Setup Jumper Settings The CF Card Setup jumper location is shown in Figure 5 4 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard zH 05 Figure 5 4 CF Card Setup Jumper Location 5 5 4 Clear CMOS Jumper Jumper Label JP8 Jumper Type 3 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 5 5 Jumper Location See Figure 5 5 RTechnology Corp If the NOVA LX fails to boot due to improper BIOS settings the clear CMOS jumper clears the CMOS data and resets the system BIOS information To do this use the jumper cap to close pins 1
107. made Use the Decode I O Space n option to enable the system to decode the nth space on the ISA card Page 128 RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard gt Disabled Decoding of the nth space is disabled gt Enabled DEFAULT Decoding of the nth space is enabled Decoding Speed Please refer to the reference material that came with the ISA card to ensure the correct configuration settings are made Use the I O Decoding Speed option to specify the speed at which the nth I O space that must be decoded The following options are available m Subtractive Speed m Slow Speed m Medium Speed m Fast Speed Decoding Base Address Use the Decoding Base Address option to specify the base address at which the nth space that must be decoded The address must be a four digit number between 0000 and FFFF I O Decoding Size Please refer to the reference material that came with the ISA card to ensure the correct configuration settings are made Page 129 gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Use the I O Decoding Size option to specify the decoding size for the nth I O space that must be decoded The following options are available m 1 m 2 Bytes m 4 Bytes m 8 Bytes m 16 Bytes m 32 Bytes m 64 Bytes m 128 Bytes 6 3 9 2 ISA Decode Memory Spaces To s
108. modules have a clock frequency of 200 MHz and a maximum data transmission rate of 200 Mbps per pin 6 l echnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 4 x Memory Modules Figure 2 4 Memory Modules 2 3 3 AMD Geode LX 800 500MHz Display Support The AMD Geode LX 800 supports both CRT and TFT in a dual display mode The following display specifications m Supported Standards High Definition HD Standard Definition SD Supported Resolution O 1920x1440 in CRT mode O 1600x1200 in TFT mode m VESA 1 1 and 2 0 VIP VDA support 2 3 4 AMD LX 800 500MHz Graphics processor The AMD LX 800 BitBLT vector engine graphics processor supports pattern generation source expansion pattern source transparency 256 ternary raster operations alpha blenders to support alpha BLTs incorporated BLT FIFOs a GeodeLink interface Cik NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard and the ability to throttle BLTs according to video timing New features added to the Graphics Processor include m Command buffer interface _ 0 RITechnology Corp m Hardware accelerated rotation BLTs m Color depth conversion m Paletized color m Full 8x8 color pattern buffer m Separate base addresses for all channels m Monochrome inversion Table 2 1 Geode LX Graphics Features lists a complete list of Geode LX 800 graphics features For more details please refer to the AM
109. mperature ea Ucore 0 973 U UMEM 3 390 U 3 3U 3 390 U 00 5 120 U 120 12 225 5058 5 090 U UBAT 73 374 U BIOS Menu 8 Hardware Health Configuration The following system parameters and values are shown The system parameters that are monitored are m System Temperatures The following system temperatures are monitored CPU Temperature Voltages The following system voltages are monitored Vcore VMEM 3 30V 5 00V 12 0V VSB VBAT O O O 0 119 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 6 3 6 Smbios Use the Smbios Configuration menu BIOS Menu 9 to configure SMBIOS parameters Smbios Configuration Screer Smbios Configuration BIOS Menu 9 Smbios Configuration Smbios Smi Support Enabled Use the Smbios Smi Support to enable the system to support the SMBIOS SMI wrapper for the PnP function 50h 54h gt Disabled SMBIOS SMI wrapper for the PnP function 50h 54h not supported Enabled DEFAULT SMBIOS SMI wrapper for the PnP function 50h 54h supported Page 120 jm Piechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 6 3 7 Remote Access Configuration Use the Remote Access Configuration menu BIOS Menu 10 to configure remote access parameters The Remote Access Configuration is an AMIBIOS feature and allows a remote host running a terminal program to display and configure the BIOS settin
110. ndergo abrupt change This product may contain replaceable sub assemblies components which have a shorter EFUP such as batteries and lamps These components will be separately marked Please refer to the table on the next page Page 196 lt _ RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Part Name Toxic or Hazardous Substances and Elements Lead Mercury Cadmium Hexavalent Polybrominated Polybrominated Pb Hg Cd Chromium Biphenyls Diphenyl Ethers CR VI PBB PBDE Housing x 10 O O O X Printed Circuit x O X Board Metal x Fasteners Cable x 9 O O x Assembly Fan Assembly X X Power Supply X O O O O X Assemblies Battery This toxic or hazardous substance is contained in all of the homogeneous materials for the part is below the limit requirement in SJ T11363 2006 X This toxic or hazardous substance is contained in at least one of the homogeneous materials for this part is above the limit requirement in SJ T11363 2006 Page 197 IE gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard
111. nectors 2 5 3 5 Super Keyboard and Mouse Controller The Super keyboard and mouse controller is compatible with the following specifications m 8042 compatible m Asynchronous access to two data registers and one status register Compatible with 8042 software m 5 2 mouse supported m Port 92 supported m Interrupt and polling modes supported m Fast Gate A20 and Hardware Keyboard Reset m 8 bit timer counter The keyboard and mouse controller controller is interfaced to a keyboard and mouse connected to the backplane through the board to board connectors 2 5 3 6 Super GPIO Ports The Super I O has 22 programmable GPIO ports IE gt 2 5 3 7 Super Fan Speed and Fan Control NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard The super I O can both monitor and control the fan speed The super I O is interfaced to the fan on the backplane through the board to board connectors 2 5 4 Serial Port Chipset Two Fintek F81216DG chipsets on the NOVA LX support six RS 232 serial ports and two RS 232 422 484 serial ports The Fintek serial port chipset is interfaced to the southbridge chipset through the LPC bus Some of the features of the Fintek chipset are listed below m Supports LPC interface m Totally provides 4 UART 16550 asynchronous ports SxPure UART 1x UART IR wm One Watch dog timer with WDTOUT signal m One Frequency input 24 48 2 m Powered by 3Vcc
112. nel 136 Reserved Memory Size 0 essen 137 Page 177 10 gt gt Quick Boot Enabled 2 iii rette echan 139 Quiet Boot 139 AddOn ROM Display Mode Force 140 Bootup Num Lock On ecelesie esee eee nensem enne nnne nnn nnne 140 Boot From LAN Support Disabled eene 140 Change Supervisor eese 144 Change User 144 Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled sess 145 OnBoard AC97 Audio Enabled eese 146 Internal Graphics Memory 32 eese 147 Boot Display Type Panel 147 Flat Panel Type 640x480 18bit LVDS eene 148 Flat Panel Resolution
113. nel Dimensions mm 2 2 Data Flow Figure 2 3 shows the data flow between the two on board chipsets and other components installed on the motherboard and described in the following sections of this chapter 6 gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard NOVA LX800 Primary IDE System Chlpset 55536 USB 2 0 Winbond W83627EHG Figure 2 3 Data Flow Block Diagram aR 2215 _ RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 2 3 AMD Geode LX 800 CPU Support The NOVA LX series motherboards all come with a preinstalled Geode LX 800 500MHz CPU 2 3 1 AMD Geode LX 800 500MHz Overview The specifications for the 5010MHz AMD Geode LX 800 are listed below m x86 x87 compatible core m Processor frequency up to 500 MHZ m 64K I 64K D L1 cache and 128K L2 cache m Split cache TLB Translation Look Aside Buffer m Integrated FPU that supports the Intel MMX amp and AMD 3DNow Technology instruction sets m 9 GB s internal GeodeLink Interface Unit GLIU m Security Block 128 bit AES CBC ECB m True Random Number Generator 2 3 2 AMD Geode LX 800 Memory Support The AMD LX 800 supports 64 bit DDR memory modules with frequencies up to 400 MHz The NOVA LX has four optional preinstalled DDR SDRAM memory modules Each memory module has a capacity 64 MB The 512 Mb 64 MB DDR SDRAM
114. o connector 10 pin header CN15 Backlight inverter connector 5 pin wafer CN5 Battery connector 2 pin wafer CN9 Batter connector LX800W models 3 pin wafer CN24 Cooling fan connector 3 pin wafer CN211 Floppy disk connector 34 pin box header CN19 Front panel connector 8 pin header CN14 GPIO connector 10 pin header CN18 IDE connector 44 pin box header CN10 Keyboard and mouse connector 6 pin wafer CN22 LVDS connector 20 pin crimp CN7 Parallel port connector 26 pin box header CN17 PC 104 Plus power connector 3 pin header CN28 Serial port connector COM1 COM2 10 pin header CN30 Serial port connector COM3 14 pin header CN32 Serial port connector 14 pin header CN33 Serial port connector COM5 COM8 40 pin header CN25 TTL connector 40 pin crimp CN6 USB connectors 8 pin header CN12 USB connectors 8 pin header CN13 IE NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard VGA connector 10 pin box header CN4 Table 4 1 Peripheral Interface Connectors 4 1 3 External Interface Panel Connectors Table 4 2 lists the rear panel connectors on the NOVA LX Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found in Section 4 2 20 on page 65 Connector Type Label Keyboard and mouse connector PS 2 CN20 Ethernet connector RJ 45 CN26 Ethernet connector RJ 45 CN27 Table 4 2 Rear Panel Connectors 4 2 Internal Peripheral Connectors Internal peripher
115. ollow the instructions below Step 1 Locate the IDE connector The location s of the IDE device connector s is are shown in Chapter 3 Step 2 Insert the connector Connect the IDE cable connector to the on board connector See Figure 5 12 A key on the front of the cable connector ensures it can only be inserted in one direction Figure 5 12 IDE Cable Connection Step 3 Connect the cable to an IDE device Connect the two connectors on the other side of the cable to one or two IDE devices Make sure that pin 1 on the cable 54 842 54 lt oro IEI RIechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard corresponds to pin 1 on the connector 5 7 3 Audio Kit Installation The Audio Kit that came with the NOVA LX connects to the 10 pin audio connector on the NOVA LX The audio kit consists of three audio jacks One audio jack Mic In connects to a microphone The remaining two audio jacks Line In and Line Out connect to two speakers To install the audio kit please refer to the steps below Step 1 Locate the audio connector The location of the 10 pin audio connector is shown in Chapter 3 Step 2 Align pin 1 Align pin 1 on the on board connector with pin 1 on the audio kit connector Pin 1 on the audio kit connector is indicated with a white dot See Figure 5 13 MICROPHONE SPEAKERS Figure 5 13 Audio Kit Cable Connection Step 3 Connect the audio devices Connect one speaker to the line
116. onnector Pinouts 4 2 8 Front Panel Connector 8 pin CN Label CN14 CN Type 14 pin header 2x7 CN Location See Figure 4 9 CN Pinouts See Table 4 10 The front panel connector connects to external switches and indicators to monitor and controls the motherboard These indicators and switches include m Power button m Reset m HDD LED od CN14 Figure 4 9 Front Panel Connector Pinout Locations 8 pin NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 2 6 RITechnology Corp FUNCTION PIN DESCRIPTION FUNCTION PIN DESCRIPTION Power 1 PWR_BTN Reset 2 VCC5 Button 3 GND Button 4 GND HDD LED 5 HDD 6 RESET 7 HDD LED 8 GND Table 4 10 Front Panel Connector Pinouts 8 pin 4 2 9 GPIO Connector CN Label CN18 CN Type CN Location CN Pinouts 10 pin header 2x5 See Figure 4 10 See Table 4 11 The GPIO connector can be connected to external control devices including sensors lights alarms and switches PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 5 3 OUT O 4 OUT 1 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 5 OUT2 6 OUT 3 7 INO 8 INO 9 IN2 10 IN3 Table 4 11 GPIO Connector Pinouts 4 2 10 IDE Connector 40 pin CN Label CN10 CN Type 40 pin header 2x20 CN Location See Figure 4 11 CN Pinouts
117. or 48 Figure 4 10 34 FDD Connector Location eese 49 Figure 4 11 Front Panel Connector Pinout Locations 8 pin 50 Figure 4 12 GPIO Connector Pinout Locations 51 Figure 4 13 Secondary IDE Device Connector Locations 53 Page xiii gt Figure 4 14 Keyboard Mouse Connector 54 Figure 4 15 LVDS LCD Connector Pinout 55 Figure 4 16 Parallel Port Connector Location eene 56 Figure 4 17 104 Power Input Connector Pinouts eene 57 Figure 4 18 RS 232 COM Connector Pinout 58 Figure 4 19 RS 232 422 485 Serial Port Connector Location 60 Figure 4 20 COM 2 to COM 4 Connector Pinout Locations 61 Figure 4 21 TFT LCD TTL Connector Pinout 63 Figure 4 22 USB Connector Pinout Locations eere 64 Figure 4 23 VGA Connector Pinout Locations eere 65 Figure 4 24 NOVA LX External Interface Connector
118. p 84 85 Odor iii m 54 keyboard and mouse connector 4 keyboard mouse connector 54 location and pinouts 54 lt _ RITechnology Corp LAN GODBEOHOD 96 LAN DAVEE 172 LCD clock select jumper 82 83 Settings 82 LCD 1 46 82 83 backlight inverter connector 46 Clock 82 voltage 1 1 83 LCD voltage selection jumper 83 STE EOD 84 SUL OG 83 21 LPC Int aCe 23 LPT cable 92 LPT ocu eratis av PERDU RIO 92 LPT 92 LE Up e 148 LVDS 4 LVDS LCD connector 55 location and pinouts 55 LVDS Panel 55 55 55 dual channel as eo 55 single 55 cable 92 parallel 24 114 92 parallel port connection 92 parallel port connector 56 location and pinouts 56 parallel port connector
119. panel Supports 32K 44 1K 48K 96KHz S PDIF output Supports 32K 44 1K 48KHz S PDIF input Power support Digital 3 3V Analog 3 3V 5V Standard 48 Pin LQFP Package EAX 1 0 amp 2 0 compatible Direct Sound 3D compatible A3D compatible I3DL2 compatible HRTF 3D Positional Audio Sensaura 3D Enhancement optional 10 Bands of Software Equalizer Voice Cancellation and Key Shifting in Kareoke mode AVRack Media Player RIechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 2 4 4 AMD Geode CS5536 Flash Interface The NOVA LX CompactFlash socket supports standard CF Type and CF Type II cards The chipset flash interface is multiplexed with an IDE interface and can be connected to an array of industry standard NAND Flash or NOR Flash devices CF Type Socket E LT NOVASLX REN 1 Figure 2 7 CompactFlash Connector 2 4 5 AMD Geode CS5536 USB Controller Four USB ports on the NOVA LX board are interfaced to the chipset USB controller Four USB 1 1 or USB 2 0 devices can be connected simultaneously to the NOVA LX The chipset USB controller has the following specifications 4USB ports O USB 1 1 and USB 2 0 compliant gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard USB Connectors Figure 2 8 USB Connectors 2 4 6 AMD Geode CS5536 Serial Communications Eight high speed UART serial port connectors seven RS 232 and one that can be config
120. ped by IBM Page 183 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Appendix C DIO Interface Page 184 _ RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard C 1 DIO Interface Introduction The DIO connector on the NOVA LX is interfaced to GIO ports on the Winbond chipset The DIO has both 4 bit digital inputs and 4 bit digital outputs The digital inputs and digital outputs are generally control signals that control the on off circuit of external devices or TTL devices Data can be read or written to the selected address to enable the DIO functions For further information please refer to datasheet for the Winbond Super I O chipset C 2 DIO Connector Pinouts The following table describes how the DIO connector pins are connected to the Super I O GPIO port 1 Pin No Pin Signal Super 1 Pin No Symbol Description 1 GND 2 3 Output 0 124 GP14 GPIO Port 1 Bit 4 4 Output 1 123 GP15 GPI O Port 1 Bit 5 5 Output 2 122 GP16 GPI O Port 1 Bit 6 6 Output 3 121 GP17 GPI O Port 1 Bit 7 7 Input 0 125 GP13 GPI O Port 1 Bit 3 8 Input 1 126 GP12 GPI O Port 1 Bit 2 9 Input 2 127 GP11 GPI O Port 1 Bit 1 10 Input 3 128 GP10 GPI O Port 1 Bit 0 Page 185 gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard C 3 Assembly Language Samples C 3 1 Enabl
121. per 77 IE gt DIU CF Card Setup 78 m4 Clear E 79 5 5 5 1 2 Pin 9 Setting JUMPper 80 5 5 6 3 4 Function Select 2 81 5 5 7 LCD 82 ANE LCD Volta g Selecti n n ii 83 5 5 9 PCI 104 Serial IRQ 5 84 S IU PCEIUS Voltage 85 5 6 CHASSIS INSTALLATION esos pecia ipai iege uia Cosi saben 86 SOL uo e 86 5 7 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL DEVICE 87 5 7 1 Peripheral Device 87 5 7 2 ATA Flat Cable Connection 88 9 7 3 A dio Kit PUSAN NOM 89 5 7 4 USB Cable Dual Port without Bracket 90 3 7 3 FDD Cable Connetti NR RM 91 5 7 6 Parallel Port Cable with Slot Bracket 92 5 7 7 Dual 5 232 Cable with Slot Brackets aed bi Rs OS DUE ap ERE 93 5 7 8 Single RS 232 422 485 Cable with Slot Bracket sse 94 5 8 EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTION 95 3 8 1 LAN COMMECHON 96 3 8 2 PS Y Cable CONN CC ON 96 6 BIOS SCREENS cicssccsnssssccsstennscensinccsopsvickscundsbeassonsoiues 9
122. press S x Pictures MSN gt ws My Computer Windows Media Player Control Panel 33 Windows Messenger Set Program Access and Defaults Tour Windows Printers and Faxes Files and Settings Transfer Wizard Help and Support Paint Search 17 Run All Programs gt Log Off Turn Off Computer Figure 7 1 Access Windows Control Panel Step 3 The Window in Figure 7 2 appears Page 154 1 Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard oS Figure 7 2 Performance and Maintenance Step 4 Double click the PERFORMANCE AND MAINTENANCE option in Figure 7 2 Step 5 The screen in Figure 7 3 appears iv V iw V 3 1 Figure 7 3 Access the System zii Step 6 Double click the SYSTEM option in Figure 7 3 Page 155 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Step 7 The SYSTEM PROPERTIES screen in Figure 7 4 appears System Properties System Restore Remote pene Computer Name Advanced System Microsoft Windows Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2 Registered to test 76487 647 2797271 23730 Computer GeodefT M Integrated Processor by PCS 497 MHz 120 MB of RAM Apply Figure 7 4 System Properties Step 8 Double click the HARDWARE tab in the Systems Prop
123. r PCI Bridge Device Video Controller Compatible Y Ports COM amp LPT Vj MR Processors 49 Sound video and game controllers Figure 7 6 Device Manager 7 3 VGA Driver Installation To install the VGA driver please follow the instructions below Step 1 Open the DEVICE MANAGER See Section 7 2 Step 2 Right click the VGA CONTROLLER VGA COMPATIBLE option listed under OTHER Devices in Figure 7 7 Page 158 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Device File Action Help 1 TEST 4545802D0E Batteries fH Computer Disk drives 9 DVD CD ROM drives Floppy disk controllers Floppy disk drives Human Interface Devices 3 IDE ATAJATAPI controllers C Keyboards 7 Mice and other pointing devices Other devices Entertainment Encryption Decryption Controller Ethernet Controller Ethernet Controller Multimedia Audio Controller ee Other PCT Bridge Device iY Ports COM amp LPT 9 5 Processors Sound video and game controllers mp o RITechnology Corp Figure 7 7 Video Controller Device Manager Step 3 The small window in Figure 7 8 appears Device Manager File Action View e zma TEST 4545802D0E m Batteries Computer ee Disk drives DVD CD ROM drives Floppy disk controllers Floppy disk drives Human Interfa
124. r legacy ISA devices Use the Boot menu BIOS Menu 15 to configure system boot options Page 137 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Boot Settings BIOS Menu 15 Boot 6 5 1 Boot Settings Configuration Use the Boot Settings Configuration menu BIOS Menu 15 to configure advanced system boot options Page 138 jm Piechnology Corp Boot Settings Configuration Allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting This will Quiet Boot Disabled decrease the time fidd n ROM Display Mode Force BIOS needed to boot the Bootup Num Lock 0n system Boot From LAN Support Disabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02 59 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Megatrends Inc BIOS Menu 16 Boot Settings Configuration 2 Quick Boot Enabled Use the Quick Boot BIOS option to make the computer speed up the boot process gt Disabled No POST procedures are skipped gt Enabled DEFAULT Some POST procedures are skipped to decrease the system boot time 2 Quiet Boot Disabled Use the Quiet Boot BIOS option to select the screen display when the system boots gt Disabled DEFAULT Normal POST messages displayed Page 139 IE gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard gt Enabled OEM Logo displayed instead of POST messages AddOn ROM Display Mode Force B
125. re vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway STOP Installation Figure 7 21 Wizard Warning Screen Page 169 IE gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Step 12 Click the Continue Anyway tab Step 13 The Wizard updates the driver See Figure 7 22 When the Audio driver is installed the system first sets system restore point and backs up old files This may take some time Be patient and wait for the installation procedure to be completed Hardware Update Wizard Please wait while the wizard installs the software 2 GeodeL Audio Driver WDM H 22 Setting a system restore point and backing up old files in case your system needs to be restored in the future Figure 7 22 Audio Driver Installation Step 14 When the driver is installed the screen in Figure 7 23 appears Page 170 lt EE Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Hardware Update Wizard Completing the Hardware Update Wizard ES The wizard has finished installing the software for Advanced Micro Devices Win Graphics Driver Click Finish to close the wizard Finish Figure 7 23 Audio Driver Installation Complete Step 15 Click the Finish tab in to complete the Figure 7 23 installation Step 16 The Device Manager refreshes and the Audio Driver can be seen in the
126. rican Megatrends Inc BIOS Menu 14 PCI PnP Configuration Page 135 IE gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard gt IRQ Available Use the IRQ address to specify what IRQs can be assigned to a particular peripheral device gt Available DEFAULT The specified IRQ is available to be used by PCI PnP devices gt The specified IRQ is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices Available IRQ addresses are m IRQ3 m 1804 m IRQ5 m IRQ7 m 1809 m 18010 m IRQ11 m IRQ 14 m 15 Channel Available Use the DMA Channel option to assign a specific DMA channel a particular PCI PnP device gt Available DEFAULT The specified DMA is available to be used by PCI PnP devices gt The specified is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices Available DMA Channels are DM Channel 0 Page 136 Reserved Memory Size Disabled NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Channel 1 Channel Channel 5 Channel 6 Channel 7 1 RIechnology Corp Use Reserved Memory Size BIOS option to specify the amount of memory should be reserved for legacy ISA devices 3 gt gt gt 6 5 Boot Disabled DEFAULT 16K 32K 64K No memory block reserved for legacy ISA devices 16KB reserved for legacy ISA devices 32KB reserved for legacy ISA devices 54KB reserved fo
127. rrupt address of the serial port listed above Serial Port Mode 115200 8 n 1 Use the Serial Port Mode option to select baud rate through which the console redirection is made The following configuration options are available m 115200 8 n 1 DEFAULT m 57600 8 n 1 m 38400 8 n 1 19200 8 n 1 09600 8 n 1 Identical baud rate setting musts be set on the host a management computer running a terminal software and the slave Flow Control None Use the Flow Control option to report the flow control method for the console redirection application gt DEFAULT No control flow gt Hardware Hardware is set as the console redirection gt Software Software is set as the console redirection Redirection After BIOS POST Always Use the Redirection After BIOS POST option to specify when console redirection should 123 IE gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard gt Disabled The console is not redirected after POST gt Boot Loader Redirection is active during POST and during Boot Loader gt Always DEFAULT Redirection is always active Some OSes may not work if set to Always Terminal ANSI Use the Terminal Type BIOS option to specify the remote terminal type gt ANSI DEFAULT The target terminal type is ANSI gt VT100 The target terminal type is VT100 vt utFs The target terminal type is VT
128. s eee 66 Figure 4 25 PS 2 Pinout and 67 Figure 4 26 RJ 45 Ethernet Connector esses nnne 68 Figure 5 1 CF Card 75 Figure 5 2 Power Select Jumper Location eese 77 Figure 5 3 AT Power Select Jumper Location eere 78 Figure 5 4 CF Card Setup Jumper Location eese 79 Figure 5 5 Clear CMOS 80 Figure 5 6 COM 1 2 Pin 9 Setting Jumper Location 81 Figure 5 7 COM 2 Function Select Jumper Location ees 82 Figure 5 8 LCD Clock Select Jumper Location eren 83 Figure 5 9 LCD Voltage Selection Jumper Location esses 84 Figure 5 10 PCI 104 Serial IRQ Selector Jumper Pinout Locations 85 Figure 5 11 104 Voltage Setup Jumper Pinout Locations 86 Figure 5 12 IDE Cable 88 Figure 5 13 Audio Kit Cable Connection sees 89 Figure 5 14 Dual USB Cable
129. s 58 59 dual Cable oso e toi 93 serial port devices 58 single 94 RS 232 serial port connector 4 RS 232 serial port devices 58 RS 232 422 485 serial port connector 4 i non 59 61 COM 2 location and pinouts 59 485 59 60 2 location and pinouts 59 Safety 194 serial port connector 58 59 61 location and pinouts 58 59 61 software 153 Super asa ia peti 22 system 118 119 technical specifications 5 Page 204 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard te ipe Latte ausu veto DIN MEM 118 LCD LVDS connector 40 62 location and pinouts 62 TTL GODBECUOFE 4 35 73 unpacking checklist 36 unpacking precautions 35 73 eas 19 64 65 90 125 126 cable d al 90 90 cable 90 90 64 19 64 USB 1L 19 64 USB 19 64 USB
130. s minutes and seconds System Date xx xx xx Use the System Date option to set the system date Manually enter the day month and year 6 3 Advanced Use the Advanced menu BIOS Menu 2 to configure the CPU and peripheral devices through the following sub menus WARNING Setting the wrong values in the sections below may cause the system to malfunction Make sure that the settings made are compatible with the hardware m CPU Configuration see Section 6 3 1 m IDE Configuration see Section 6 3 2 m Floppy Configuration see Section m SuperlO Configuration see Section 6 3 3 m Hardware Health Configuration see Section 6 3 5 Page 102 Ener 2 94 842 I jm RTechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard m Smbios Configuration see Section 6 3 6 m Remote Access Configuration see Section 6 3 7 m USB Configuration see Section 6 3 7 m 17888 Configuration see Section m Power Configuration See Section BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Settings WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction BIOS Menu 2 Advanced 6 3 1 CPU Configuration Use the CPU Configuration menu BIOS Menu 3 to view detailed CPU specifications and configure the CPU Page 103 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard BIOS SETUP UTILITY Configure advanced CPU settings Module Uersion 13 02
131. s Features 2 3 5 AMD LX 800 500MHz Power Management The power management for the 500 MHz AMD LX 800 is listed below 1 8 Typical 3 9W 9 500MHz m GeodeLink active hardware power management m Hardware support for standard ACPI software power management m companion SUSP SUSPA power controls m Lower power I O m Wakeup SMI INTR 2 4 AMD Geode CS5536 System Chipset The NOVA LX series motherboards all have a preinstalled AMD Geode CS5536 system chipset The system chipset features are listed below m 82xx Legacy Devices System Management Bus SMB Controller wm 8 Multi Function General Purpose Timers MFGPTs m Power Management Controller m ACPI v2 0 compliant 219 4 54 RTechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 2 4 1 GeodeLink Interface Unit The GeodeLink interface unit connects the AMD Geode LX 800 processor to the AMD Geode CS5536 system chipsets Some of the GeodeLink features are listed below 64 bit 66MHz operation PCI VSM Virtual System Module that makes the interface transparent to applications software and BIOS O Programmable routing descriptors use and activity monitors and SSMI Synchronous System Management Interrupt 2 4 2 AMD Geode CS5536 ATA 6 Controller The single NOVA LX IDE connector supports two ATA 6 HDDs An ATA 6 Ultra ATA 100 compliant IDE
132. sides allowing airflow to travel through the heat sink surface In a system with an individual power supply unit the cooling fan of a power supply can also help generate airflow through the board surface NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard _ 0 RITechnology Corp NOTE has a wide range of backplanes available Please contact your NOVA LX vendor reseller or an 1 sales representative sales iei com tw or visit the IEI website http www ieiworld com tw to find out more about the available chassis 5 7 Internal Peripheral Device Connections 5 7 1 Peripheral Device Cables The cables listed in Table 5 12 are shipped with the NOVA LX Quantity Type 1 IDE Flat cable 1 VGA cable Keyboard and mouse Y cable Audio cable Quad RS 232 cable USB cables Single RS 232 cables Table 5 12 IEI Provided Cables Separately purchased optional IEI items that can be installed are listed below FDD cable LPT cable RS 232 422 485 cable Quad COM port adapter gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard For more details about the items listed above please refer to Chapter 3 Installation of the accessories listed above are described in detail below 5 7 2 ATA Flat Cable Connection The ATA 66 100 flat cable connects to the NOVA LX to one or two IDE devices To connect an IDE HDD to the NOVA LX please f
133. t COM 4 function select LCD clock setting m LCD voltage selection lt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 2 RIechnology Corp m 104 Voltage Setup m PC 104 Plus SERIRQ Select 1 2 3 Technical Specifications NOVA LX technical specifications are listed in Table 1 1 See Chapter 2 for details Specification NOVA LX Form Factor 5 25 System CPU AMD Geode LX 800 System Chipset AMD Geode CS5536 Memory 256 MB DDR SDRAM on board VGA integrated into the AMD Geode LX 800 Display One 24 bit TTL One 18 bit single channel LVDS BIOS AMI Flash BIOS Audio RealTek ALC203 AC 97 codec Expansion Options One PC 104 Plus One Minic LAN Dual 10 100 Mbps RealTek RTL8100C Ethernet chipsets SuperlO Winbond W83627EHG SSD CF Type Il Digital I O 8 bit digital I O 4 bit input 4 bit output Six RS 232 serial ports internal COM Two RS 232 RS 422 or RS 485 serial port internal USB 2 0 Four USB 2 0 devices supported NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard One 40 pin IDE connector connects to two Ultra IDE ATA33 66 100 devices Floppy Disk Drivers One FDD Keyboard mouse One PS 2 connectors for keyboard and mouse One 26 pin parallel port connects to parallel Parallel Port communications device e g printer Watchdog Timer Software programmable 1 255 sec by
134. t Connector 58 Table 4 19 RS 232 COM Connector Pinouts eene 59 Table 4 20 RS 232 RS 485 Serial Port Connector Pinouts 60 Table 4 21 COM 2 to COM 4 Connector Pinouts esee 62 Table 4 22 TFT LCD TTL Port Connector Pinouts eren 64 Table 4 23 USB Port Connector Pinouts esee 65 Table 4 24 VGA Connector 66 Page xvii gt Table 4 25 Keyboard Connector 4 22 2 22 67 Table 4 26 LAN 68 Table 4 27 RJ 45 Ethernet Connector LEDS eene 68 5 1 SUM POM mec 76 Table 5 2 AT Power Select Jumper Settings eese 76 Table 5 3 AT Power Select Jumper Settings eese 77 Table 5 4 CF Card Setup Jumper Settings eese 78 Table 5 5 Clear CMOS Jumper Settings sees 80 Table 5 6 COM 1 2 Pin 9 Setting Jumper Settings eese 81 Table 5 7 COM 3 4 Function Select Jumper
135. tatus Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu Page Up key Increase the numeric value or make changes Page Dn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard F1 key General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 F3 key Change color from total 16 colors F2 to select color forward F10 key Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu Table 6 1 BIOS Navigation Keys 6 1 3 Getting Help When F1 is pressed a small help window describing the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item appears To exit the Help Window press Esc or the F1 key again 6 1 4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration Changes If the computer cannot boot after changes to the system configuration is made CMOS defaults Use the jumper described in Chapter Chapter 5 6 1 5 BIOS Menu Bar The menu bar on top of the BIOS screen has the following main items Changes the basic system configuration m Advanced Changes the advanced system settings m PCIPnP Changes the advanced PCI PnP Settings m Boot Changes the system boot configuration m Security Sets User and Supervisor Passwords Chipset Changes the chipset settings m Power Changes power management settings m Exit Selects exit options and loads default settings The following sections completely describe the
136. te irrito 86 CHIPSET 14 clear CMOS JUITipet 79 TG Fete 80 BS 79 CMOS 79 clear CMOS jumper 79 COM 1 2 pin 9 setting jumper 80 LOCAL OM PED S 81 _ RITechnology Corp connector location and pinouts 59 IDE cess E 52 RS 232 5 422 or 5 485 59 keyboard mouse 54 COM 2 function select jumper 60 81 LVDS LCD 30 pin 55 TOCA ON escroissir 82 parallel POU 56 SEUNG acea piv Nen 81 PC 104 power input 57 COM 61 serial port COM 2 58 59 connector location and pinouts 61 serial port COM 5 to COM 8 60 pco 61 TFT LCD LVDS 40 pin 62 quur T 61 USB 2220222 64 connector location pinouts 61 VGA 65 61 COD TIS 86 COM 61 86 connector location pinouts 61 cooling fan esee ver 47 roc 61 CPU mode 153 COM 61 CET oos 147 connector location and pinouts 61 bo No COMI E dimensions 2 8 pin 9 Setup
137. the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases gt Auto DErAULT BIOS auto detects the PIO mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Page 109 IE gt gt 2 gt gt DMA Mode Auto NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard PIO mode 0 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 3 3MBps PIO mode 1 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 5 2MBps PIO mode 2 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 8 3MBps PIO mode 3 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 11 1MBps PIO mode 4 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 16 6MBps This setting generally works with all hard disk drives manufactured after 1999 For other disk drives such as IDE CD ROM drives check the specifications of the drive Use the DMA Mode BIOS selection to adjust the DMA mode options gt swomat swoma2 MWDMAO MWDMA MWDMA2 Page 110 DEFAULT BIOS auto detects the DMA mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Single Word mode 0 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 2 1 MBps Single Word DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 4 2MBps Single Word DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 8 3MBps Multi Word mode 0 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of
138. ub function AL 2 Sets the Watchdog Timer s period BL Time out value Its unit second is dependent on the item Watchdog Timer unit select in CMOS setup Table D 1 AH 6FH Sub function Call sub function 2 to set the time out period of Watchdog Timer first If the time out value is not zero the Watchdog Timer starts counting down While the timer value reaches zero the system resets To ensure that this reset condition does not occur calling sub function 2 must periodically refresh the Watchdog Timer However the Watchdog timer is disabled if the time out value is set to zero A tolerance of at least 1096 must be maintained to avoid unknown routines within the operating system DOS such as disk I O that can be very time consuming Page 188 lt _ RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard When exiting a program it is necessary to disable the Watchdog Timer otherwise the system resets Example program INITIAL TI MER PERI OD COUNTER W LOOP MOV AX 6F02H setting the time out value MOV BL 30 time out value is 48 seconds INT 15H ADD THE APPLI CATI ON PROGRAM HERE 1 is the application over JNE W LOOP No restart the application MOV AX 6F02H disable Watchdog Timer MOV BL 0 INT 15H EXIT Page 189 NOVA LX
139. ult in permanent damage to the NOVA LX and severe injury to the user Electrostatic discharge ESD can cause serious damage to electronic components including the NOVA LX Dry climates are especially susceptible to ESD It is therefore critical that whenever the NOVA LX or any other electrical component is handled the following anti static precautions are strictly adhered to m Wear an anti static wristband Wearing a simple anti static wristband can help to prevent ESD from damaging the board m Self grounding Before handling the board touch any grounded conducting material During the time the board is handled frequently touch any conducting materials that are connected to the ground m Use an anti static pad When configuring the NOVA LX place it an antic static pad This reduces the possibility of ESD damaging the NOVA LX Only handle the edges of the PCB When handling the PCB hold the PCB by the edges lt RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 5 2 Installation Considerations The following installation notices and installation considerations should be read and understood before the NOVA LX is installed All installation notices pertaining to the installation of the NOVA LX should be strictly adhered to Failing to adhere to these precautions may lead to severe damage of the NOVA LX and injury to the person installing the motherboard
140. ured as RS 232 RS 422 or RS 485 are connected to the system chipset low count LPC port via the LPC bus The specifications for the serial ports are listed below m 160550 UART with 16 byte FIFO buffer m 115 2 transmission rate 2 4 7 AMD Geode CS5536 Real Time Clock The system chipset has a battery backed up 256 byte real time clock RTC with CMOS RAM _ RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard 2 4 8 BIOS The BIOS flash memory chip on the NOVA LX has a licensed copy of AMI BIOS loaded onto it The BIOS flash memory chip is connected to the chipset via the LPC bus The flash BIOS features are listed below SMIBIOS DMI compliant Console redirection function support USB booting support 2 5 LPC Bus Components 2 5 1 LPC Bus Overview The LPC bus is connected to components listed below m 1x BIOS chipset m 1x Super I O chipset m 2x Serial port chipsets 2 5 2 BIOS The BIOS flash memory chip on the NOVA LX has a licensed copy of AMI BIOS loaded onto it The BIOS flash memory chip is connected to the chipset via the LPC bus The flash BIOS features are listed below SMIBIOS DMI compliant Console redirection function support m PXE Pre Boot Execution Environment support USB booting support NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard BIOS Chipset Figure 2 9 BIOS Chipset
141. ware Update Wizard This wizard helps you install software for Video Controller Compatible If your hardware came with an installation CD lt 6 or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue Figure 7 10 VGA Driver Installation Start Step 9 Select the recommended option in Figure 7 10 Step 10 The Wizard then searches for the driver See Figure 7 11 Page 161 IE Hardware Update Wizard Please wait while the wizard searches e Video Controller Compatible Figure 7 11 Wizard Search Step 11 The warning screen in Figure 7 12 appears Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware Advanced Micro Devices Win XP Graphics Driver Importa nti Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway STOP Installation Figure 7 12 Wizard Warning Screen Page 162 NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Cancel NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Step 12 Click the Continue Anyway tab Step 13 The Wi
142. y Access DMA enables some peripheral devices to bypass the system processor and communicate directly with the system memory Dual Inline Memory Modules are a type of RAM that offer a 64 bit data bus and have separate electrical contacts on each side of the module The digital inputs and digital outputs are general control signals that control the on off circuit of external devices or TTL devices Data can be read or written to the selected address to enable the DIO functions The Enhanced Host Controller Interface specification is register level interface description for USB 2 0 Host Controllers Enhanced IDE EIDE is a newer IDE interface standard that has data transfer rates between 4 0 MBps and 16 6 MBps Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology EIST allows users to modify the power consumption levels and processor performance through application software The application software changes the bus to core frequency ratio and the processor core voltage The Front Side Bus FSB is the bi directional communication channel between the processor and the Northbridge chipset Gigabit Ethernet GbE is an Ethernet version that transfers data at 1 0 Gbps and complies with the IEEE 802 3 2005 standard General purpose input Hard disk drive HDD is a type of magnetic non volatile computer storage device that stores digitally encoded data The Input Ouput Controll Hub ICH is an Intel Southbridge chipset P
143. ystem Properties 156 Figure 7 5 Open Device 157 Figure 7 6 Device 158 Figure 7 7 Video Controller Device Manager eren 159 Figure 7 8 Update Driver Selection 159 Figure 7 9 Hardware Update Wizard eese 160 Figure 7 10 VGA Driver Installation 161 Figure 7 11 Wizard 162 Figure 7 12 Wizard Warning Screen seen 162 Figure 7 13 VGA Driver 163 Figure 7 14 VGA Driver Installation Complete seres 164 Figure 7 15 Device Manager Update esee 165 Figure 7 16 Audio Controller Device Manager esee 166 Figure 7 17 Update Audio Driver Selection eene 166 Figure 7 18 Hardware Update Wizard esee 167 Figure 7 19 Audio Driver Installation
144. zard updates the driver See Figure 7 13 When driver is installed the system first sets a system restore point and backs up old files This may take some time Be patient and wait for the installation procedure to be completed Hardware Update Wizard Please wait while the wizard installs the software Advanced Micro Devices Win Graphics Driver 2 22 Setting a system restore point and backing up old files in case your system needs to be restored in the future Figure 7 13 Driver Installation Step 14 When the driver is installed the screen in Figure 7 14 appears Page 163 2 RIechnology Corp gt NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Hardware Update Wizard Completing the Hardware Update Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for Advanced Micro Devices Win Graphics Driver Click Finish to close the wizard Figure 7 14 Driver Installation Complete Step 15 Click the Finish tab in to complete the Figure 7 14 installation Step 16 The Device Manager refreshes and the Graphics Driver can be seen in the Display adapters option See Figure 7 15 Page 164 mme RITechnology Corp NOVA LX 5 25 Motherboard Device Manager File Action Help e lt Batteries 9 9 Computer Graphics disk contro

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